Rise from eight hundred.

The Japanese's scumbag and explosive airborne series indeed left a big psychological shadow on the Chinese soldiers on the scene.

But it is undeniable that the Japanese's saucy operation has inexplicably increased the confidence of the Chinese soldiers on the scene to win.

Probably because the Japanese behave stupidly enough!
The bloody battle of Zhang Gushan in time and space is once again inevitable.

Only this time the protagonist was changed from the 74th Army to the 4th Army, and the direct troops under Commander Xue made a brilliant appearance.

The 4th Army is indeed worthy of being the army founded by Commander Xue, and worthy of being the First Army of the Guangdong Army that produced the "Iron Army". Not to mention the firmness of the officers and soldiers' fighting attitude, its firepower alone makes people stay outside the battlefield 3 The officers and soldiers of the 43rd Army were amazed.

第4军竟然拥有一个炮兵团，30多门75山炮和150迫击炮一起开火的壮观程度远不是王大旅长靠死乞白赖凑的40几门迫击炮所能比拟的。

The shelling lasted for a full hour, completely shrouding Zhanggu Mountain in smoke!
At this time, it was only 28 hours since the Japanese army occupied Zhanggushan. Even if they brought an excavator, they would not be able to dig out such a strong fortification!Maybe this round of crazy bombardment will send him to hell.

There are no fewer than ten thousand Chinese officers and soldiers who think like this. Even Brigadier Wang Da, who was watching the battle from a distance, sighed this way. Others such as the commander of the 26th Division and Comrade Lao Guo also showed this in their expressions even though they did not have a clear view of their own. The battle might end without waiting until dusk.

Only Tang Dao looked serious.

Others don't know it, but he knows how outstanding the Japanese army's civil engineering capabilities are, especially at this moment when lives are at stake.

In the battle at Guanjia'ao in time and space, the No. 80 Group Army was so determined. It mobilized thousands of people to attack, but it was unable to completely wipe out a Japanese infantry brigade with only 600 troops. However, it only used Fortifications were built overnight.

Although the most important reason is that the Eightyth Army has no artillery for attacking fortifications, it is undeniable that the Japanese's civil engineering capabilities are among the best in the world.

Sure enough, when the shelling began to become sparse, nearly 4 soldiers of an infantry regiment of the 2000th Army, the vanguard, encountered a tenacious resistance from the Japanese as soon as they approached the attack site.

It cannot be said that this infantry regiment was not heroic enough. In less than 20 minutes, within the sight of a group of Chinese soldiers' telescopes, dark blue corpses were lying everywhere along the thousands-meter-long attack line.

The Chinese generals and colonels watching the battle standing in the trenches on the top of the mountain all took a deep breath. Brigadier Wang Da, who had just won a great victory, was even more stunned.

Only then did he realize how lucky he was to win the battle at Thunder Gorge yesterday. If the Japanese army hadn't chosen to fight hard to break through and had a huge geographical advantage, I'm afraid he would have paid a huge price to eat those 4000 Japanese troops. It's not something he can bear.

Comrade Lao Guo's face was extremely gloomy: "The Japanese invaders who stubbornly resist are really dangerous!"

Post-war statistics show that in the first wave of attacks alone, the vanguard regiment belonging to the 4th Army suffered 389 casualties and more than 400 injuries, with a casualty rate of over 30.00%.

However, the 4th Army is indeed a tough player, fully adhering to Commander Xue's tough combat characteristics. The first wave of attacks was repelled, and they immediately used infantry and artillery less than 200 meters to coordinate the attack.

Less than 10 minutes after the gunfire stopped on the battlefield, it was once again engulfed by a huge roar, and countless dark blues advanced towards the Japanese defense line in the slow advance of the barrage.

Moreover, the 4th Army also organized dozens of heavy machine guns to provide fire cover on both sides of each position, and the sound of crazy bullet output was no less than that of artillery bombardment.

Eight 8mm combat anti-aircraft guns were deployed by the equally crazy commander to an area less than 37 meters away from the forward position, and bombarded the firepower points exposed in the previous round of Japanese attacks.

On the other hand, although the Japanese army also had counterattacks from infantry artillery and mountain artillery, since the artillery groups on both sides were not far apart and almost all were within the opponent's range, the 4th Army's unfired artillery groups had been paying close attention to the opponent's artillery positions.

Although it was impossible to locate the Japanese artillery area extremely accurately, this time the victory was due to the fact that the number of artillery pieces exceeded the opponent's, and the force was overwhelming. Even if the opponent could not be destroyed, it could still put great psychological pressure on the opponent.

The 106th Division faced more than just Zhang Gushan's attack. In fact, starting at 11 a.m., at least 4 infantry divisions launched attacks from all directions towards the temporary defensive position of the 106th Division.

Originally, the 106th Division lost two artillery brigades to attack 24 mountain cannons in yesterday's desperate battle. However, they were beaten by a group. The firepower of the remaining 4 artillery brigades and 48 mountain cannons still had to be distributed. Everywhere, it seemed a little weak, but after being suppressed again, the artillery fire that could still be counterattacked was like an old man peeing - intermittently.

Moreover, news came from the front line that the lieutenant general and commander of the 4th Army actually led his guard company less than 600 meters behind the front line. The major general and brigade commander arrived at the front line trench with pistols in hand, and the colonel commander He personally led the team to the battlefield.

Unexpectedly, the second wave of attacks was the decisive battle.

Faced with such an intense attack, the Sichuan Army generals really couldn't figure out how the Japanese could block it or how they could stop it.

In fact, as the supreme commander of Zhanggushan's defense line, Major General Yamachi Gen, commander of the 106th Brigade of the 111th Division, had already despaired yesterday.

However, his desperation aroused his ferocity. It was under his personal supervision and participation in the excavations that he stayed up all night. More than 3800 Japanese infantrymen and an engineer squadron on the entire defense line were able to attack the enemy in 20 hours. Within it, a mountain defense line with a length of 3800 meters, a depth of 1.5 meters, no less than 800 individual gun holes, and more than 100 medium-sized artillery holes that can accommodate squad-level cannons was built!
Even taking advantage of the deep soil and dense trees in the mountains of Gan Province, a machine gun bunker was built with wood and stone in the forest. As long as it is not hit directly by a 75mm mountain cannon or a 37mm combat anti-cannon, it will basically not be damaged.

With this kind of efficiency, it can only be said that people's potential is truly infinite. Even Major General Shanchi Geng probably didn't expect that his subordinates could be so good!

The Japanese army, which was forced into a desperate situation, built a position that was strong enough to defend against small-caliber artillery. It was an absolute disaster for the 4th Army, which was desperately attacking.

The second wave of decisive attacks, personally supervised by the corps commander and led by the regiment and brigade commander, was resolute enough and even broke into the Japanese trenches, but they still retreated within 40 minutes.

This wave was even more tragic. The colonel commander who personally led the attack was seriously injured and fell into coma. The deputy commander died on the spot. Three major battalion commanders and two battalion commanders were killed. Nine army captains and six company commanders were killed. There were over a thousand casualties among officers and soldiers.

A main infantry regiment, which was not fully equipped but definitely had more than 2200 troops, was directly disabled. It is said that if his subordinates had not been holding on tightly, the lieutenant general who smashed his helmet in anger would have gone to the front line with his pistol. .

而20里外的第74军那边战局也同样陷入僵局，别看是3万精锐围攻5000多日军，但包围圈外围却还有27师团近万大军的威胁，3个在外围山区阻击的步兵团根本不敢异动，2个步兵团被74军中将军长握在手里也不敢轻易撒出去，能用于围攻5000日军的其实也就5个步兵团共计1.6万人。

The troop strength was only 3 to 1, not a huge disparity, and the Japanese army immediately formed a defense line based on the local terrain to support and wait for reinforcements to arrive!

As one of the army's main offensive units, the proud Major General Zhang of the 153rd Brigade actually sent a rare message to Brigadier Wang Da, whom he had scolded. The content was extremely simple: "Brothers and brothers are in crisis. Please help us, the battle is now at a stalemate and we need artillery reinforcements!"

If you can force this proud major general to say this, you can imagine that the battlefield there is also extremely tragic.

Post-war statistics show that on the 24th alone, the 74th Army suffered more than 2000 casualties, including 4 officers above the school level and dozens of lieutenants!
Brigadier Wang Da is an open-minded person. Previously, he shamelessly borrowed more than a dozen artillery squadrons from others. No matter whether they were willing or unwilling, they still borrowed them. Now, naturally, he has to return the favor and give it to the old man. When Comrade Guo asked for instructions, Comrade Lao Guo nodded in agreement.

Even though the 4th Army is fighting hard now, trying to take advantage of the war but trying to take advantage of the iron plate, the commander named Xue will never change his orders easily. At least on the 24th, there will be no fighting in the 43rd Army.

20 artillery squads, a supply company and an escort infantry company arrived at the front line of the 4th Army at around 74 p.m.A major of the Sichuan Army who led the team was also frightened by the battlefield that had been fighting for more than 6 hours. Most of the hills on the battlefield, which was only 1.5 square kilometers in radius, had been blown away. Looking around, there were dark blue fallen bodies almost everywhere. And khaki corpses!
Because of the fierce fighting, both China and Japan did not restrain their own remains, and just allowed them to lie scattered on the battlefield. More than [-] remains were torn apart and thrown high in the continuous fire. The bloody scene was unbearable. see!

However, when the Sichuan army received the order and entered the battle, they gradually became numb. All they had to do was to mechanically stuff artillery shells into the barrels and bombard all areas where the Japanese soldiers could be seen!
At this moment, life has become the cheapest commodity!
China and Japan, who have been fighting to the death, have only one purpose at this moment, to kill each other. It doesn't matter whether they live or die!
The two direct lineages were locked in a bitter battle, and even Commander Xue could no longer hold his nerve. At five o'clock in the afternoon, he actually arrived at the front line of Wanjialing with his own escort team!
The commander personally visited the front line, and it was like injecting a shot of stimulant into the tens of thousands of officers and soldiers of the two infantry armies who were locked in a bitter battle. Seeing that it was going to be nightfall in more than an hour, the offensive continued unabated, with each wave getting higher and higher.

The defense line built by the Japanese army is crumbling before our eyes!
However, with a strong enough will to survive, the Japanese defense line, which had been breached in several places, did not collapse. Instead, it continued to increase troops and blocked the gaps with human lives.

"If you can't attack today, then tomorrow! If the regiment commander can't lead the attack, then change to the brigade commander. If the brigade commander doesn't work, just the division commander! If it still doesn't work, I, the commander, will come in person! In short, there is still one person alive in my 12-strong army. , the battle to kill these Japanese invaders will not stop!" Commander Xue stood less than 1500 meters away from the heavy artillery fire, and said a famous saying that made both China and Japan tremble.

That night, Rokuro Matsuura, the commander of the 106th Division, looked at the casualty figures reported by various ministries and cried in despair.

The casualties of the Chinese army on the 24th were quite large. The total casualties of all participating troops in the Wanjialing area reached more than 6000. However, the 106th Division, which was on the defensive side, was not much better. The casualties of the front-line infantry had already exceeded 2000. Now, Those on the front line are already second-line units such as engineers, communications corps, and health corps.

As the saying goes, minor injuries do not leave the firing line. Nowadays, for the 106th Division, as long as a broken arm or leg can still pull the trigger, it is considered a minor injury.

The first unit of the 74th Division, which was surrounded and beaten by the 27th Army, desperately called for help from its own division. At the end of the day, only 5000 of the 3500 men could still fight. According to this consumption rate, the division would be defeated in just two days. They will all become dead.

It's a pity that their request for help was not too urgent, and it was so urgent that the lieutenant general commander of the 27th Division jumped away, but in fact it didn't have much effect.

Three Chinese infantry regiments were deployed 5 kilometers away from the battlefield. The 27th Division was a second-line division. The entire division, excluding the remaining troops, totaled 1.8 people. 5000 were surrounded. There was also an infantry brigade with more than 6000 troops. People, the rest are auxiliary troops, there is simply not enough strength to break through that line of defense in two days.

More importantly, according to intelligence, more than 10 Chinese troops have gathered in the Wanjialing area. If they wait until they finish cleaning up the unlucky ones in the encirclement, or even just finish them off, then turn around and kill them, 27 Can the division's tens of thousands of numbers stop them?
Then why don't all the 106th Division have to be buried with this unfortunate guy?

Therefore, the main force of the 27th Division that came to the rescue at Starry Night actually stayed only 40 kilometers away from the Wanjialing battlefield and did not dare to move!
As the saying goes, hesitation will lead to defeat. The entangled and wandering of nearly [-] Japanese troops undoubtedly sprinkled another pepper on the bloody wounds of all the Japanese troops in the encirclement.

On the night of the 24th, a desperate mood enveloped the remaining tens of thousands of Japanese invaders in the encirclement!

The mentality cannot be broken. Our Imperial Army has a strong sense of honor. No one dares to bear the consequences of a division being wiped out. Reinforcements will come sooner or later. This is the reason Matsuura Rokuro hypnotically cheers himself up!
However, what happened in the early morning of the 25th finally made the Japanese Army Lieutenant General division commander a little unable to hold his nerve.

Although the Chinese chose a truce on the night of the 24th, it stopped on the frontal battlefield, but it did not mean that they really allowed the 106th Division to watch the stars and the moon on the top of the mountain, and talk about life and ideals.
They actually also played a drama of inserting and harassing behind enemy lines.

At least a thousand people, organized as infantry platoons, took advantage of the darkness to sneak into the defense line from the dense forest and conduct harassing attacks on the artillery, field medical teams, and the already pitifully small baggage troops.

Overnight, as many as 400 imperial officers and soldiers were killed in this small-scale sneak attack.

Five infantry guns and mountain guns were damaged!

Even Matsuura Rokuro's division headquarters was attacked. If he hadn't had an infantry squad as a guard at the time, the Chinese would have taken the initiative to evacuate after 20 minutes of attacking and seeing that they could not advance. His division, as a lieutenant general, The commander almost went to see Amaterasu before the entire division.

At that time, Matsuura Rokuro picked up the Nanbu Fourteen pistol and hid in the bushes. Bullets whizzed past his side. The nearest Chinese infantryman would never be more than 50 meters away!
When there were sufficient troops in normal times, the 106th Division could form an infantry squadron to encircle and suppress the Chinese who dared to enter the defense line, making it impossible for them to come or go.

But the reality is that it is already extremely difficult for the 106th Division to maintain all defense lines, let alone deploy troops to exterminate the 'Monkey King' that is making trouble in their stomachs.

But this time, it was not led by Tang Tuanzuo, but the work of the new deputy commander of the 4th Army Guard Regiment.

Xue Shuda did not forget Tang Dao's reminder. At the combat meeting at the beginning of the war, he stated that the guard regiment would not be the main attack force on the frontal battlefield. He did not want such a great hero. The division, brigade, and regiment commanders who participated in the meeting almost The child didn't say anything happy, and even the lieutenant general just thought it was the commander's brother who was having fun at that moment, so he agreed along the way.

After the bloody battle during the day, everyone looked at Xue Shuda differently. With such a bloody battle during the day, no matter how many regiments came, it would be difficult to use them, and they could only use human lives.

Of course, no one would think that Xue Shuda was afraid of fighting, because that night, the guard regiment was dispatched in force, broken into pieces, and led by local guides to sneak into the Japanese defense lines to conduct harassment.

It sounds simple to say, but the danger is no less dangerous than the frontal battlefield. If you are not careful, thousands of elites can be trapped in the Japanese defense zone and never come out.

Moreover, the guard regiment dispatched not only soldiers, but also schools!

The colonel and deputy commander actually led the team in person, taking the only radio station in the whole regiment into the battlefield. The escort he brought with him was only two infantry platoons with a hundred people.

In addition to killing the enemy, the deputy colonel commander who had fought brilliantly at Sihang Warehouse was also responsible for commanding the infantry platoons scattered in the mountains.

Since there is no wireless communication and they can only rely on signal bombs, this is undoubtedly roasting meat under the nose of the tiger, and the Japanese army may be attracted at any time.

The boldness even surprised Commander Xue who arrived at the 4th Army headquarters.

He succeeded, using the cover of night to kill hundreds of Japanese invaders, and also destroyed several Japanese military stations with command capabilities. He even killed one Lieutenant Colonel and three Majors on the spot, and even destroyed three mountain cannons. .

Even at about 4:1200 in the morning, Colonel Xie sent out three green and one red flares for the evacuation of the entire army. Before dawn, he led more than 1100 of the more than [-] officers and soldiers participating in the battle to evacuate the battlefield, and the battle losses did not exceed three digits. .

It can be called another classic battle in the Battle of Wanjialing.

However, compared to this large-scale harassment battle involving more than a thousand troops, Matsuura Rokuro was heartbroken and thankful that he was lucky enough.

But a piece of news came in the early morning, which directly made Matsuura Rokuro's mentality explode.

An artillery squadron with 4 mountain guns and 200 artillerymen was attacked again one hour after the Chinese harassment war ended!
Then, more than 200 of the 80 artillerymen were killed on the spot. The remaining 110 people would not have survived if they had not jumped into the forest with their legs and feet. The four cannons were not blown up, but the breechblocks were gone, which was equivalent to becoming decorations. .

Forget it, anyway, there are thousands and dozens of counters every day!
However, according to the reaction of the Japanese infantry squadron leader who rushed to support, based on what he saw, there would never be more than five Chinese people participating in the sneak attack. Otherwise, there would never be so many people alive among the frightened artillerymen.

A few Chinese people can scare the empire's 200 officers and soldiers into hiding in the forest like quails?Even if they are artillery.

Who else would it be to be so depressed?Rokuro Matsuura burst into tears on the spot.