Zeng Lingshan gathered the officers above the regimental commander of the garrison headquarters together, but everyone did not have the joy after the victory, and the grief of more than two-thirds of the casualties of the third regiment made everyone silent.

"I don't know if it's because of my irritable temper in the past, or if I've passed on some other bad disease, but if so, I apologize to everyone." Zeng Lingshan stood up with a sad face and sighed lightly: "After three days of fighting, our garrison headquarters has sacrificed nearly 5,000 people, and the largest casualty is the pre-3rd regiment, which is the largest casualty since the establishment of our garrison command. ”

"Shouyi is the longest with me, and this time I was negligent, not only did I die heroically, but I also suffered more than two-thirds of the casualties of the whole regiment."

Huang Ming saw that everyone was in a depressed mood, for fear that if this continued, it would affect the morale of the troops, so he hurriedly stood up and said: "Let the past pass, the battle is not over yet, we should learn the lessons of the Third Regiment, turn grief into motivation, and avenge the dead brothers." ”

Huang Ming's words made Zeng Lingshan suddenly wake up, "What the political commissar said is right, now is not the time for us to be sad, just now Political Commissar Qiao and Chief of Staff Shen have sent an order, start a comprehensive counterattack early tomorrow morning, and strive to annihilate all the devils around Lotus Mountain, everyone go back to deploy immediately, don't let the temporary defeat lead to low morale of the troops, do you understand?" ”

"Understood!" More than a dozen people stood up and clenched their fists and said loudly.

At the same time, Fang Yun's column and more than a dozen officers were also sitting together.

"In today's battle, although the devils suffered more than 30,000 casualties, we also suffered nearly 5,000 casualties, but we have left the devils without the ability to continue a full-scale attack, tomorrow is the time to counterattack, are you all ready?"

"Always be ready!" The officers all shouted in unison.

"Cheng Shiyi, I don't approve your request for punishment, I hope that the sacrifice of the commander of the first battalion and most of the soldiers of the first battalion can remind you in the battle in the future! Some of our comrades may not know that the name of the first battalion commander is Yi Yinchang, and when Commander Lin inspected the troops before the Battle of Pseudo-Tonghua, he greatly praised his performance during the officer training, and coupled with his good performance in the troops, he personally promoted him to the commander of the first battalion of the 102nd Regiment of the 101st Division. ”

Cheng Shiyi had long been crying, feeling guilty about his mistakes, Fang Yun glanced at him, talked and continued: "Commander Lin once said that the past was just an experience, not a burden. The commander of the first battalion was once praised by Commander Lin, we have lost an excellent commander, and it also reminds all of us that our decision is related to the lives of many soldiers, so we are required to stay sober at all times, and the next battle is still very hard, I hope everyone will cheer up and command the next battle well. ”

Lin Junxiong learned of the battle situation in Lotus Mountain, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, although the troops had casualties, but the purpose of defeating the devil's attack has been achieved, relying on the solidity of the eighteen fortresses of Lotus Mountain and the heroism of the soldiers, the devil's attack on Lotus Mountain eleven divisions have been wiped out more than half, tomorrow should be a more important day, whether the devils who have been defeated to the greatest extent can be eliminated, will determine the future situation in the northeast.

"Lao Feng, after tomorrow, the pattern of the Northeast will be completely changed, our new First Army will completely lay the advantage in the Northeast, tomorrow should also be the beginning of the Changchun counteroffensive, we can't give the devils too much time to think, and let the inner circle array find some trouble for the devils tomorrow." Lin Junxiong said to Feng Zhansong, who was a little excited, with a smile, and then turned to Wang Biao and said: "Tell Xiao Quan that you can get closer to Changchun, and at the same time let Wei Xin withdraw to Dehui County to stop the devil from returning to Harbin, and Yilan will hand it over to the Anti-United Nations forces." ”

The devils attacked the northwest of Lotus Mountain, there was silence in the conference room, Tojo Iwa had been covering his head with his hands for a full hour, and the officers on both sides faced a series of fiascos in the past few days, and no one dared to say a word, and the situation was silent.

After a long time, Tojoiwa's fingers moved, and he rubbed his face vigorously, placing his hands on the table, revealing a face that was extremely depressed and haggard.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Lotus Mountain, as the nest of the new First Army, has become an impregnable wall under Lin Junxiong's deployment for several years, and for three days, our army has almost not advanced an inch, but it has lost three divisions, and if it continues like this, our remaining two divisions will also be lost in Lotus Mountain."

Tojo Yan let out a long sigh after speaking, and he could see that his heart was already extremely haggard, he glanced at the officers on both sides, and said coldly: "The decision I make next will be different from the deployment of General Umezu, if you don't want to listen to my orders, you can go out now!" ”

The officers on both sides all stood up and bowed their heads and said in unison: "I am willing to listen to Your Excellency's arrangement!" ”

Tojo Yan slowly stood up, but he couldn't squeeze out a smile on his stiff face, "Very good, I order: Tomorrow morning, a small number of troops will make a feint, and the large army will retreat to the northwest and stop at sixty kilometers north of Lotus Mountain." I think about it this way, one is to respond to General Umezu's attack on Changchun at any time, and on the other hand, if there is an emergency, I can evacuate in the direction of Rehe. ”

The officers on both sides responded in unison: "Hey! ”

Compared with Tojo Iwa's decision, Yukio Kasawara seemed hesitant and continued to attack, and it is difficult to guess the fate of the remaining three divisions in the next track, and it is more likely that they will all be destroyed; Retreat, can only go to the direction of Changchun, but he is very unwilling, he used to be the second person in the Kwantung Army Headquarters, but now he has fought with the New First Army several times, and he is as big as a lost dog, and he has no shame to see his former subordinates.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Kasawara Yukio made a difficult decision to continue to carry out Umezu Mijiro's order to attack Lotus Mountain, one of which was that he could not turn back, and the other was to carry out Umezu Mijiro's order by himself, and he could no longer blame himself for the defeat in this battle.

On December 9, the gloomy sky was so gloomy that the devils attacking from the southeast were almost out of breath, and the soldiers had long lost their original sharpness, as if they had expected the tragic outcome of the battle.

Kasawara Yukio was at a loss for the low morale of his troops, and today he decided to concentrate all his troops on the Sixth Fort, which was fiercely attacked yesterday, and he did not expect the result of his desperate bet, but he still had a trace of luck, as long as he led his troops to take the Sixth Fort, organized a defense according to the Sixth Fort, and then asked Tojoiwa's troops to go around to the periphery of the Sixth Fort, concentrate their forces, and attack from the breakthrough of the Sixth Fort, everything may have a turnaround.

Although the slope of the front slope of the Sixth Fort has been destroyed due to yesterday's explosion, there is no defense that can be used, although Nandy expected that the devils might use the Sixth Fort as the focus of the attack, but he did not expect that Yukio Kasawara would be so desperate and concentrate all his forces to attack.

The group attack organized by the devils as a wing made Nandi's 103rd Regiment extremely stressed on the defense, although it resisted several successive attacks by the devils, the casualties of the troops were also very large, and Nandi had to ask for help from Shangguan Yingwei.

Compared with the fierce attack at the sixth fort on the southeast side, the ninth fort in the northwest was attacked by the devil troops early in the morning, Zeng Lingshan thought at first that Tojo Rock was forced to make a faint move, but from the news from everywhere, the devils attacking everywhere seemed to be only a small force, and the attack was not violent and retreated quickly, he frowned and thought about it, suddenly realized a possibility, and immediately ran to the headquarters.

"Let everyone report the latest situation immediately!" Zeng Lingshan said to the correspondent as soon as he entered the headquarters.

"What's wrong, Commander Zeng?" Huang Ming saw the worried Zeng Lingshan and couldn't help asking.

Zeng Lingshan frowned and looked at the map, "I'm worried that the devil is going to run, our general attack plan is set for one o'clock in the afternoon, don't let the devil run in advance." ”

Soon, the troops from all over the country sent back the news, the devil had not attacked for an hour, Zeng Lingshan threw the pencil on the table, "The devil really wants to run, Lao Huang, it seems that we can only ask for instructions to launch a general attack in the northwest direction in advance, and the devil will run away later." ”

Qiao Xinyu received the situation and instructions from Zeng Lingshan, and then looked at the situation sent from the southeast, he looked at Shen Yushan and said: "Yushan, it seems that the general attack must be advanced, but on the southeast side, I mean to lure the enemy deep, outflank the periphery of the teaching regiment, and surround the devils first." ”

Shen Yushan said with a smile: "I think it is feasible, a general attack in the northwest, and the sixth fort in the southeast will be given to the devils, first give them hope, and then let them despair." ”

Qiao Xinyu nodded, and said to the signal soldier: "Order, the garrison headquarters will attack from the northwest with all its might, and the third and fourth regiments of the teaching regiment of the peripheral base will attack from the periphery; The 1st Column abandoned the defense of the 6th Fort, and then concentrated its forces to encircle it on three sides, the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the Teaching Regiment blocked the gap and surrounded it on three sides, and the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the Teaching Regiment blocked the gap, and surrounded him for a few days before launching a war of annihilation. ”

Yukio Kasawara was thrilled to see that the defending troops on the mountain were about to be unable to resist. Nandy shuttled around the position, cheering for the soldiers, anxious why the division headquarters didn't shoot reinforcements, suddenly, he saw the communication troops hurrying over, he hurriedly ran up and asked, "How is it, when will the division reinforcements arrive?" ”

"The division headquarters ordered to immediately blow up the sixth fort and retreat to the fifth."

"Huh? Blow up the Sixth Fort, retreat? Nandi didn't believe his ears, and thought about it, it was impossible for the division headquarters to suddenly make this decision, it must be that Political Commissar Qiao and Chief of Staff Shen had some kind of tricks, thinking of this, his mind suddenly lit up, and he realized that this was to lure the devil in and then encircle and annihilate, he immediately arranged for the troops to retreat.

Kasawara Yukio saw that the defending troops on the mountain had retreated, and he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, although the troops had lost nearly 10,000 people, but finally tore through the defense of Lotus Mountain based on the eighteen fortresses of Lotus Mountain, and the troops rushed to the mountain, not yet close to the sixth fort, where there was an explosion from inside, although the sixth fort was not blown up, but it was also broken.

"The New First Army is too cunning to design such a strong fortress that can only be destroyed from within. Tell the headquarters General Umezu about the battle situation here, contact Tojo Iwakun, and ask him to bring his troops closer. Finally breaking through the defense of Lotus Mountain, Yukio Kasahara instantly regained his earlier spirit.

"What, Tojoiwa's troops can't be contacted?" After Yukio Kasawara heard the report of the signal soldier, he asked suspiciously, Tojo Iwa's troops could not be contacted, so where did they go?