As mentioned before, Damei Mountain looks like a giant crab when viewed from a high altitude. The high mountains and ridges of Guanxian County in the north are the crab's huge body, and Qingniu Ridge and Qingfeng Ridge are like the crab's big body.
The pincers, like human arms, surround a small basin. This basin with a radius of hundreds of miles is the Meihe Basin.
The intersection of the two crab claws is the Shaqiaogang Fortress.
On the outside of Qingniuling and Qingfeng Ridge, there are several rolling mountains. These rolling mountains are like eight crab legs, guarding the safety of Qingniuling and Qingfeng Ridge. The Kumamoto Division is currently on the outermost left of the crab.
Under the legs, they faced off against the main force of the Dameishan Military Division.
The current attack position of the Osaka Division is at the end of the remaining Qingniuling veins, which is the front end of the majestic tongs on the left. It is about five miles away from the Shaqiaogang Fortress. Although the mountains here are steep, they are not
It was so thick that the only thing standing in front of the Japanese army was a towering mountain ridge. As long as they climbed over this mountain ridge, they could launch a swooping attack on Meixian from a high position.
Originally, this ridge was covered with bushes half as tall as a man. Most of these bushes were thorns, which were very difficult to deal with. In addition, the Dameishan Military Division built a lot of bunkers on the ridge. The Japanese army
There is no condition for attack at all.
But now, these thorn bushes have been blown up by the Japanese fire.
The thorn bushes were burned away, and the only thing that hindered the Japanese army's attack was the steep mountain. However, the mountain here was not so steep that it was difficult for humans and animals to walk. The slope was at most 60 degrees, so the Japanese army could still attack from above.
Although the Japanese tanks cannot climb such a steep hillside, they can park the tank at the foot of the mountain and use the slope of the mountain to raise the body. Then the tank's main gun and vehicle-mounted front heavy machine gun can provide fire support to the infantry attacking from above.
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In addition, the Osaka Division also has a field artillery regiment with thirty-six 75mm caliber and twelve 105mm caliber field howitzers. These forty-eight field howitzers pose a huge threat to the defenders on the ridge.
After a day and night of fierce fighting, the special agent group that came for reinforcements from the Central Soviet Military Region had already suffered casualties of nearly a battalion, with more than a hundred people killed.
Xiao Yanyue came up with supplies, just in time to see the Japanese attack being repelled.
At that moment, Xiao Yanyue asked Luo Zhongyi, the chief of staff of the Suzhong Military Region who was leading the team: "Chief, how many times is this the little devil's attack?"
"This is already the ninth attack of the little devil." Luo Zhongyi first answered Xiao Yanyue's question, and then said, "And Yanzi, how many times have I told you, don't call me chief anymore, call me
Just me, Lao Luo."
"How can that be done?" Xiao Yanyue said, "You are the chief."
When Xiao Yanyue first joined the revolution, Luo Zhongyi was already the division commander of the Red Army, and the two were old acquaintances. Xiao Yanyue always called him Chief Luo Zhongyi.
Seeing that Xiao Yanyue insisted on calling him the chief, Luo Zhongyi said nothing more.
Then he turned the topic back to the battle at hand and said: "Yanzi, the quality of the grenades produced by your Dameishan Arsenal is really good. It is better than the grenades produced by the Jinling Arsenal of the government. We have already agreed that when we go back, you
You have to give us a hundred boxes of grenades, and we can treat it as the wages of our special agent team working for your Dameishan Military Division, haha."
"Chief, look at what you said, a hundred boxes of grenades are nothing." Xiao Yanyue said, "When our commander comes back, there will definitely be a big gift for him."
"Really?" Luo Zhongyi said with a smile, "Thank you so much."
Xiao Yanyue smiled, but the expression on her face quickly turned serious, and she asked again: "Chief, you are under a lot of pressure, right?"
Luo Zhongyi hummed, then pointed to the mountain fire that was still burning on the side of the mountain, and said to Xiao Yanyue: "The main thing is the mountain fire. If we don't try to put it out, the gap suitable for the Japanese attacks will get bigger and bigger."
, then our defensive pressure will increase. When our troops are diluted to a certain extent, they will most likely collapse. This is like a rubber band. If it keeps stretching, it will eventually be broken.
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"That's not possible." Xiao Yanyue said, "Old Liu just sent back a telegram. They have arrived at Mawandu and will be there soon. As soon as Old Liu and the civilian team arrive, they can build a fire road ahead.
, to block wildfires.”
"That's okay." Luo Zhongyi said, "If the gap does not continue to expand, we can persist for at least two more days. After two days, the situation will be difficult to predict."
Xiao Yanyue said: "Chief, if it doesn't work, I have transferred the workers' picket team and the student training group. Although they have not received much formal military training, there are still more than 2,000 people, and they can still stand up for a while.
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"Let's take a look first." Luo Zhongyi said solemnly, "As long as there is still one person in our Secret Service Group of the Central Jiangsu Military Region, we will not ask you workers and students from the Dameishan Military Division to come up. You will wait until all our Secret Service Corps is finished."
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"Yeah." Xiao Yanyue nodded heavily.
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Nanjing, Fanghua Garden.
By the river, Zheng San's face was as dark as water, and he stared at the simulated sand table in front of him without saying a word for a long time.
Nakamura Jun walked over quietly, stood next to Shozo by the river, and whispered: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, the Osaka Division has just responded to the telegram."
Hebian Zhengzo rolled his eyes and asked hoarsely: "How do you say it?"
Nakamura Jun paused and said: "General Miyake has made a decision not to withdraw troops!"
Kawabe Shozo breathed a sigh of relief. Miyake Toshio finally did not miss the mark at this critical moment. Otherwise, if Miyake Toshio chose to withdraw from the battlefield at this time for the safety of the Osaka division, his entire raiding plan by Kawabe Shozo would be in vain.
It's over.
At that time, Toshio Miyake will not be punished for withdrawing from the battlefield, but Shozo Kawabe will be dismissed from his post due to the failure of this raid, and even sent to a military court for trial. After all, when he served as the staff officer of the Central China Dispatch Army
Over a long period of time, it has caused great losses to the Imperial Japanese Army and the empire.
Nakamura Shun hesitated for a moment, and finally said: "Chief of Staff, please forgive me for speaking bluntly. Although General Miyake has decided to continue the attack, with the poor combat effectiveness of the Osaka Division, if we expect them to make a breakthrough, it is better to rely on my mother."
It might be more practical for pigs to climb trees."
When Hebian Zhengsan heard this, his expression turned gloomy again.
Indeed, the combat effectiveness of the Osaka Division is really unflattering. In Gamagian County, the 170th Infantry Regiment plus a tank squadron faced the Chinese with one regiment, and the Chinese only had one regiment. But the result
Woolen cloth?
As a result, the 170th Infantry Regiment was completely destroyed!
Moreover, what is even more unbelievable is that from the start of the battle to the end, it took less than four hours in total. The 170th Infantry Regiment was not even able to hold on for one night. Kawabe Shozo simply couldn't imagine it.
How weak must the combat effectiveness of the 170th Infantry Regiment be to be wiped out so quickly?
Therefore, Shun Nakamura's worry is very reasonable. I'm afraid the Osaka Division really can't count on it.
However, the situation is as it is now. Besides counting on the Osaka Division to make a breakthrough, who else can we count on? Who else can we count on? The Kumamoto Division?
Yes, as of now, we can only count on the Kumamoto Division. In any case, the Kumamoto Division is also one of the two most capable divisions among the seventeen permanent divisions of the Empire of Japan. Although in the Battle of Feicheng half a year ago,
, the Kumamoto Division has just suffered heavy losses, but the Kumamoto Division is the Kumamoto Division after all, and its legacy still exists!
At that moment, Kawabe Shozo shouted: "Order, the Kumamoto Division no longer needs to engage in unnecessary entanglements with the main force of the Dameishan Independent Regiment outside Qingniuling. Let them immediately go deep into Qingniuling and set fire to the deep mountainous areas where the opponent has not had time to build fire roads.
!Tell Naosaburo Okabe to burn the virgin forest of Qingniuling no matter what."
"Hai!" Nakamura Shun nodded heavily.
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Kawabe Shozo ordered the Osaka Division to continue the attack, and Miyake Toshio chose to obey.
Kawabe Shozo then ordered the Kumamoto Division to go deep into Aoni Ridge to set fire, but this time, Okabe Naosaburo refused without hesitation.
"Bagagaru, continue to go deeper? Are you going to die?" Naosaburo Okabe said angrily, "Idiot Shozo Kawabe will only sit in the war room of the headquarters and give orders. He will never know how powerful the fangs are.
Dangerous and difficult to deal with!"
In the past few days, while the Osaka Division was having a lively fight with He Shuya's Third Regiment, the Kumamoto Division was not idle at all.
Launch an attack.
However, in these battles, the Kumamoto Division was always at a disadvantage and almost never achieved victory in any small-scale battles. The key was that the Wolf Fang was too difficult to deal with.
In the jungle terrain, Wolf Fang is simply invincible!
In fact, Naosaburo Okabe is right to be cautious. If the Kumamoto Division chooses to obey Shozo Kawabe's order and rashly enter the mountains of Qingniuling, it will immediately make the same mistake as the Osaka Division. The logistics support line of the Kumamoto Division
It will definitely be cut off by Xu Rui!
Even if He Shuya cuts off the Osaka Division's logistics support line, he cannot pose a threat to the Osaka Division in a hurry because He Shuya's troops are very limited. But if Xu Rui cuts off the Kumamoto Division's logistics support line, what can he do?
What awaits the Kumamoto Division is the immediate annihilation of the entire army.
Xu Rui holds the main force of Dameishan Military Division in his hands, and he also has wolf fangs!
Kumamoto Division Staff Officer Shigenori Shigeta said: "Division Commander, how do you reply to the headquarters?"
Naosaburo Okabe snorted and said: "Just say, we were stubbornly blocked by the main force of the Dameishan Independent Regiment at the foot of Qingniuling, and the progress was not smooth. But please rest assured, the headquarters, once we make progress, we will continue to move forward immediately."
Push forward!”
Shigetori paused and was about to turn around and leave when Okabe Naosaburo stopped him. Okabe asked, "Shigeta-san, when will the weapons and ammunition allocated from the Second Army arrive?"
