The strength of Zhang Chong's two battalions was rushing towards the direction of the new 12th Division, and after the Japanese bombardment lasted for an hour, the forces of the two wings divided into three routes and launched a direct onslaught towards the new 12th Division on the hilltop position. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

In fact, by the time the artillery bombardment, the Japanese infantry had already assembled on the front line of the new 12th Division. Now the bombardment is about the same, and the infantry has launched a general attack almost in the fastest time.

The artillery continued to bombard the top of the mountain, the Japanese had already rushed up, and a large Japanese force had already appeared on the mountainside.

The 3rd Regiment and the 4th Regiment, which were at the forefront of the position, hurriedly organized resistance, but many of the recruits did not have any accuracy in their panic, and some even shivered in the trenches, frightened and stupid!

Most of the resistance were veterans who had experienced actual combat, and the machine gunners also opened fire at this time, heavy machine guns and light machine guns fired at them, and the Japanese troops were constantly killed, but there were also Japanese troops who attacked, and the mortar grenadiers also exerted their might at this time, locking on the heavy machine guns of the new 12th Division, and the light machine guns bombarded fiercely.

Most of these veterans were veterans who had participated in the Protectorate War and the two battles of Yunnan and Guizhou, and they were not inferior in courage, but they had no experience in fighting with the Japanese army.

As everyone knows, this relatively close suppression has shrouded many Japanese artillery fires, not only mortar grenadiers are bombarding machine gun fire points, but even the Japanese army's 75 mountain guns. The 92 rifle guns were also shelling forward positions.

In the roar, most of the machine-gun fire on the forward positions was lost, and then the Japanese infantry also rushed almost and began to attack gradually relying on the terrain.

The gunfire was loud for a while, and in the melee, whether it was brave, scared, or cowardly, there were heavy casualties, at least in the face of bullets, there was no distinction between bravery and cowardice.

With the effective advance of the Japanese army, the two battalions on the front line have suffered heavy casualties, and it can be said that this has just started the battle, and they have already been beaten without combat effectiveness.

Seeing that the Japanese army was about to rush up, the soldiers on the front-line position finally couldn't resist and were about to retreat, and at this time, the troops of the two battalions transferred by Zhang Chong finally arrived.

Most of the strength of these two battalions is veterans, and they are also the 60th Army sequence and the Japanese army have fought many times, so it can be said that they are veterans of a hundred battles.

The strength of the two battalions hurried to the front line, and at this time the hundreds of surviving officers and men of the new 12th Division on the defense line had begun to retreat, and the Japanese army had even rushed into the defense line.

"Get on the bayonet! Knock them down"! A battalion commander shouted.

Everyone hurriedly loaded their bayonets and charged towards the charging Japanese soldiers!

"Follow us! The Warlord prepares me for a shot on the spot if anyone dares to retreat!"

"Yes"!

"Grenade ready"!

The soldiers who followed drew their grenades and prepared them, while the troops at the front also swept over with light machine guns. Some of the Japanese troops who had just rushed up did not expect to encounter a counterattack so quickly, and soon suffered heavy casualties.

Just as the Japanese were about to rely on their positions to block the attack, a series of grenades whizzed and smashed over.

In the roar, hundreds of Japanese soldiers who rushed to the position suffered heavy casualties, and at the same time, the soldiers with bayonets and shouting to charge had already rushed to their crowd and directly started a white-knuckle battle.

For a time, the entire battle group was shouting and killing, and bayonets were bayonets, and they never stopped! Although the Japanese army resisted vigorously, only a few hundred people rushed up, how could it be the opponent of two battalions of troops, and in just four or five minutes, this group of forward Japanese troops was eaten by two-thirds, and the rest of the beaten farts and urine retreated.

"Build a defensive line, transfer machine-gun positions, fire alternately"!

"Four heavy machine guns are coming from both sides, and once the Japanese charge up, they will hit their follow-up troops"!

"Mortars are always ready to strike back"!

Under the successive commands of the battalion commander, the panicked recruits finally found the backbone, and some recruits saw that the Japanese soldiers were still farting and urinating under the collision of their own people, and the bayonet stabbed them was also dead, and they gradually became emboldened.

In particular, the soldiers who fired the first shot also stabilized their emotions and followed the reinforcements to build a defensive line and shoot at the charging Japanese troops.

Just when the Japanese army charged to a distance of only more than ten meters, the battalion commander shouted loudly: "Grenade"!

As soon as the words fell, many soldiers pulled out grenades and threw them out, and in the roar, many Japanese soldiers were blown over, and a Japanese squadron leader was killed by a single shot as soon as he poked his head out from behind the rocks.

At the same time, the heavy machine guns on the position were once again powerful, and the dense rain of bullets repelled the Japanese charge.

Just as the Japanese troops were retreating, the battalion commander hurriedly ordered the machine guns to cease fire and immediately move to the rear trenches.

Many recruits were puzzled, but they still hurriedly retreated, and sure enough, when they retreated, the Japanese artillery bombarded again, and almost all the machine-gun positions that had fired before were bombarded by artillery, but fortunately, the retreat was timely.

"Battalion commander, the Japanese infantry is coming up again"!

"What are mortars still stunned for? Open fire and shoot"!

"Yes"!

The mortars of both regiments were bombarded intensively, and the Japanese soldiers who had just charged up were killed and wounded indiscriminately by a wild bombardment, and they finally charged closer, and the battalion commander led his troops to charge up and open fire.

Under strong resistance, another wave of Japanese charges was repulsed at one time.

"See, as long as you are bold and tactically flexible, these little devils are like this, and they will die if a bullet hits"! The battalion commander said loudly.

With the powerful reinforcements of the battle situation, the defensive pressure on the front was finally relieved, but when the frontal pressure was just eased slightly, the pressure on both sides of the new 12th Division was great, and under the frantic attack of thousands of Japanese troops, the position changed hands several times, and the trenches on the forward positions were almost filled with corpses.

After the Japanese army was repulsed, the artillery bombarded again, after the bombardment, it was rushing, and after the bombardment, the new 12th Division, which was full of new recruits, had seen such a formation, and many soldiers were hurriedly recruited, and even many officers were commanders who had graduated from the lecture hall in advance and had never gone through actual combat, and they were simply unable to command in the face of the Japanese infantry and artillery coordination tactics.

The officers suffered heavy casualties in charge after charge, but the soldiers fought valiantly, barely holding their positions even with heavy sacrifices.

Similarly, Zhang Chong in the military department was anxious like an ant on a hot pot, and the 58th Army could not be contacted by each other, which made Zhang Chong scold, and the current situation suddenly became very tense, and what made Zhang Chong even more helpless was that he was the commander of the New Third Army, and he commanded the First Group Army on the order, but he had no real power and some generals were not satisfied, and he could not effectively command, nor could he move the troops below at will, and even the transfer of troops had to be negotiated, and what made Zhang Chong even more furious was that the radio stations received by the 58th Army were almost all bad, Without radio and telephone lines, even the brigade headquarters command regiment headquarters cannot command, how can such a battle be fought?

It is equivalent to blindfolding himself, the same Japanese army is attacking Chongyang, and it is also attacking Tongcheng, where the 58th Army is stationed, a mixed brigade and two tank units are attacking the 58th Army with the help of aerial planes, and the fierce fire of artillery tanks on the ground is fiercely attacking the 58th Army.

Tongcheng is also full of artillery fire, the fortifications built by the Japanese army have been destroyed a lot under the artillery fire again and again, and the Japanese army even once attacked Tongcheng, but fortunately, Sun Du organized reinforcements to counterattack in time to beat the Japanese army back.

However, the Japanese attack failed and it was a heavy bombardment that lasted for several hours, and some recruits were even shocked to death by the shock wave generated by the explosion again and again!

Similarly, Sun Du could not contact Zhang Chong, and the so-called First Group Army was unable to contact each other, so you can imagine how bad the situation of the war was.

"What about these dogs! Take some rags and fool the old men"! Sun Du slapped the table and scolded.

"Immediately send out a signal corps and ride horses to report on the battle situation!" Sun Du's face was pale.

"Yes"!

"Inform the troops to pay attention to concealment, and once the artillery fire is thin, immediately enter the position to repair the fortifications to resist the Japanese attack"!

"Report, the full force cannot be contacted"! A communications soldier said.

"If you can't get in touch, use someone to get in touch, or use a flag"! Sun Du said angrily.

In the evening, the Japanese attack was finally repulsed, and the position of the New 12th Division was finally stabilized, but the New 12th Division also suffered heavy losses of nearly 2,000 men.

Even the two battalions that came in for reinforcement lost more than 20 percent of their troops. After hastily repairing the fortifications, everyone was finally able to catch their breath and eat something to replenish their strength.

The sky gradually darkened, and Zhang Chong finally breathed a sigh of relief, as long as the first day of the Japanese attack was blocked, the recruits would be able to get experience on the battlefield, and their combat effectiveness would also go up.

In order to prevent Zhang Chong from drawing troops, one of Yoshizumi Ryosuke's wings attacked the 183rd Division, and the strongest 184th Division was directly pinned down by the heavy forces of the two wings, and constantly fired at the positions of the 184th Division.

Zhang Chong did not dare to transfer the troops of the 184th Division, after all, the location of the Baini Bridge was too important, and once the Japanese army broke through the Baini Bridge, they could go straight to Chongyang.

After dark, the soldiers of the New 12th Division began to hurry up and rest after dinner, leaving only the sentries on guard.

At nine o'clock in the evening, the Japanese position, which had been silent for several hours, was again filled with artillery fire, and after the shells exploded on the position, a series of smoke rose up.

This was some tear gas, and many soldiers in the field suddenly coughed violently, and tears couldn't help but flow out.

"Quickly wet the strip of cloth to block the mouth and nose, those who have gas masks quickly put on gas masks and prepare to fight back, and the soldiers without gas masks quickly withdraw"! (To be continued.) )