Division Commander Zhao, who received a call from the highest commander of the theater, looked at Lei Yunfeng with a confused expression, shook his head and said with a wry smile: "Shangfeng ordered me to seal the large number of materials airdropped by the Japanese army, and wait for the minister of supply in the theater to check it in person. ”

"What's this, didn't you just explain the situation? At present, the most important thing is to quickly distribute the captured military supplies to the regiments according to the original plan, and if the minister of supply in the theater really comes, then he should be asked to go to the regiments and collect them himself. ”

", how can it be as light as you say, I hope you can leave more for my 17th Division, otherwise the 17th Division will not be supplied with military supplies during the war, and I am afraid that the troops will lose their combat effectiveness and cause great casualties to the troops."

"There is no need to be so flustered, I think that the military supplies that have been distributed to the regiments will be immediately distributed to the companies and platoons, and the treasures in the hands of the soldiers are not so easy to collect and collect, and the supply minister will definitely retreat when the time comes."

"To borrow Brother Lei's auspicious words, I hope so."

The Suzuki Division of the Japanese Army, which was besieged in the Xiyang River Valley, learned the lesson of the first airdrop of a large number of military supplies by the Chinese troops, and organized an elite unit simply to accept the airdropped military supplies, and strictly defended to the death.

Although the National Revolutionary Army in the Zhongtiao Mountain Theater organized several sneak attacks, under the fortification of the elite units of the Japanese army, not only did they steal back a pitiful amount of military supplies, but also caused great casualties to the troops.

The Japanese army received transport planes that repeatedly airdropped military supplies to the ground to replenish their troops, and their combat effectiveness was strengthened, while the various units of our army in the Zhongtiao Mountain Theater lacked air defense weapons, so they could only stare at the Japanese transport planes like old cows pulling, crackling and dropping large quantities of weapons, ammunition, food, medicines, and other important military materials on the ground.

In order to completely annihilate the Suzuki Division besieged in the Xiyang River Valley and other units of the Japanese army that cooperated with the operation, the various units of the National Revolutionary Army in the theater launched many tragic attacks against the besieged enemy, and the fighting was very fierce, and the troops suffered heavy casualties.

The Battle of the Xiyang River Valley lasted until the twelfth day, and the supreme commander of the theater ordered the 47th Division of the 9th Army, the 5th Independent Brigade, the Theater Artillery Regiment and other units to arrive at the designated places in Puzhang and Kangjiashan at the scheduled time.

At this time, the National Revolutionary Army, which participated in the Battle of the Xiyang River Valley, nearly 7 divisions, was surrounded by the Suzuki Division, which was trapped in the Xiyang Valley and was struggling to the death.

The Supreme Commander of the Theater pointed to the operational sand table and ordered the generals attending the military meeting: Order the 14th Division of the 10th Army to attack the Japanese Inoue Yong position on the eastern slope, and order the 35th Division to attack the Lijiaguduo occupied by the Guanshan Feizhong Wing;

The 83rd Division was ordered to attack the Nanyang position occupied by the Japanese army, the 17th Division of the Western Route Army was ordered to conquer the Japanese position in Chafang, and the 81st Division of the National Revolutionary Army, which was not a descendant, was ordered to attack Tigou.

The 47th Division of the 9th Army was ordered to attack the enemy camp near Puzhang, and the 5th Independent Brigade of the Theater and the Theater Artillery Regiment were ordered to overcome the outlying positions of the Japanese Suzuki Division, contain the enemy's main force, and cover the units to launch the largest attack on the Japanese army.

The supreme commander of the theater ordered the time for launching an attack on the Suzuki division at midnight, and the generals who had attended the military operations meeting were ordered to return to their units and immediately organize preparations for launching an attack on the enemy at midnight.

When the soldiers of the various units participating in the Xiyang River Battle in the Zhongtiao Mountain Theater received the order to launch an attack on the Suzuki Division and other Japanese troops at midnight, these soldiers who survived the 12-day bloody battle with the enemy once again regained their spirits and prepared to fight to the death with the enemy and destroy the Japanese troops besieged in the Xiyang River Valley.

At midnight, the 85th Division of the 14th Army, which was holding the Tiger Head position, first launched the most fierce attack on the Japanese army, followed by the 10th Division, the 83rd Division, and the 17th and 81st Divisions.

Although the Japanese army has been attacked by the National Revolutionary Army in the theater of operations day and night in the past few days, it has not felt that it is already in danger when the troops have been replenished with airdropped materials.

The commander of the Suzuki Division even clamored to hold his position and wait for reinforcements from the 108th Division's Takeda Bing Ichisuke Brigade, as long as the two armies converged, the encircled defense line of the Shina troops would be completely destroyed.

At this time, the commander of the Suzuki Division, who was lying on the marching bed of the Japanese army's Xiyang River Campaign Headquarters, was tired and sleepy after many days, and suddenly heard the deafening sound of gunfire and shouts of killing in the Xiyang River Valley.

He didn't particularly care, and moved his numb body to fall asleep again.

"Report to General Suzuki, the Xiyang River Valley is full of guns and shouts of the Shina troops, they are holding their rifles with bayonets, raising their broadswords and smashing into the outer positions of our Imperial Japanese Army, and the battlefield situation is very critical."

The chief of staff of the division Sasaki nervously rushed into the room, shouting in a trembling voice.

The commander of the Suzuki Division, who was sleeping and snoring, stretched his waist, looked up at the flustered Chief of Staff Sasaki and said:

"General Sasaki, the Chinese troops have harassed our Imperial Japanese Army twenty-four hours a day, and now it is the norm to attack again, what is there to make a fuss about? Yours have a good rest, understand? ”

"Your Excellency Suzuki, according to the report of the commander of the Inoue Yong Brigade, the 85th Division of the 14th Army of the Chinese Army suddenly launched the most ferocious attack on our army's Li Jia Guduo position.

"Even if a mere Li Jiaguduo peripheral position is lost, as long as the Japanese Imperial Army launches a counteroffensive at dawn, it will soon be occupied again, and there is nothing to worry about."

"No, that's not the case, Suzuki-kun, the 83rd, 17th, 81st, and 10th Divisions of the Chinese army have successively conquered Nanyang Yuan, Chafang, Tigou, Dongpo and other important peripheral positions of our army, and at this time they are attacking our base camp with the most ferocious firepower, once ......."

The commander of the Suzuki Division heard Chief of Staff Sasaki say that so many Japanese outlying positions were broken through and occupied by the Shina troops, and launched a powerful offensive against the base camp, and Huo could no longer lie down and jumped off the marching bed.

"Chief of Staff Sasaki, is what you just said true?"

"Your Excellency, the situation on the battlefield is indeed very dangerous as I said, please give the most severe order to all brigades and regiments at once, ordering the troops to hold their present positions before dawn, and must not be endangered by the Chinese troops breaking through again to the base camp."

"Very good, order the Inoue Yong Brigade and other participating troops to stop launching a counterattack on the lost extended positions, and must hold on to their current positions, and if they are lost, the captains of each wing will apologize to His Majesty the Emperor and hold all those responsible."

The various wings of the Japanese army besieged in the Xiyang River valley received the stern order of the commander of the Suzuki Division, and each one did not dare to take it lightly, personally supervised the battle on the front line, and frantically blocked the attacking troops in the theater with the most ferocious firepower.

During the 12 days of continuous bloody fighting against the enemy, the divisions, brigades, regiments, battalions, companies, and platoons were greatly reduced, and some companies almost desperately survived less than 10 people.

In particular, the casualties of the brigades of the 17th Division were even heavier, and three-fifths of the officers and men were heroically on the western front of the Battle of Zhongtiao Mountain, and at this time less than 2,000 officers and men were able to participate in the battle.

The 54th Regiment was the main force of the 17th Division, and this elite division had less than 300 soldiers at this time.