When Zhao Gang adjusted the deployment of defense, at this time, in the valley road more than 100 meters behind the mouth of the Jinlongxia Gorge, a company under the third battalion of the new regiment Ma Wenhai relied on the trench dug to defend and block.

However, under the onslaught of many Japanese squadron-level troops sent by Ichiro Nanata, the flat terrain of Tanichi was difficult to block the onslaught of the Japanese army.

"Your Excellency, the commander of the division, you have basically captured about half of the Eighth Route Army's blocking positions in Gudao, and you are advancing layer by layer. The terrain of the valley road is flat, easy to attack and difficult to defend, even if there is a new group of blocking positions, it is difficult to block the close-range artillery fire of our mortars and grenadiers! ”

The commander of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, Ichiro Nanata, who had already moved his headquarters forward to the valley mouth of the Jinlong Gorge and originally belonged to the Shen Qun battalion, received a report from Shotaro Nakai, chief of staff of the division.

Nanata Ichiro picked up the binoculars and saw fierce battles in Tanido, and the sound of gunfire echoed even louder in Tanido.

"Yo Xi, order the 80th Wing to draw out three elite infantry squadrons and give me a storm. Within five minutes, the Eighth Route Army's blocking position in Gudao was resolved. The 79th Wing was ordered to recuperate and prepare to tentatively advance to the plank road after the 80th Wing sent troops to capture the valley road. ”

Nakai Shotaro paused heavily and said: "Haiyi, Your Excellency the division commander, I understand my humble position!" After that, he sent someone to convey Nanataichiro's order.

At this time, the person responsible for defending the valley road of Jinlongxia Gorge was the first company of the third battalion of Ma Wenhai. At this time, Cao Jiaping, the commander of the first company, was hiding in the trench bunker dug at the back of the valley road near the entrance of the plank road, holding a telescope to observe the onslaught of Japanese troops.

"Made, the little devil is crazy! Non-stop onslaught, order brothers, machine gun cover fire, order mortar men, see the right time to take out the grenadiers and mortars of the little devils. Damn it, grenadiers and mortars are so nasty for little devils! ”

Cao Jiaping scolded and ordered a herald standing beside him, the Japanese army's onslaught was very fierce, and the attack speed was very fast.

At first glance, it was strictly urged by Yoshio Shinozuka, and it seemed that he wanted to maintain the momentum of the fierce attack in one fell swoop, and wanted to break through the valley road in one fell swoop, and attack the two commanding heights of Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge along the plank road.

"Yes, company commander." The herald responded, and then the cat leaned over and followed the trench to convey orders to each platoon and squad.

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

Less than 20 seconds after the order was spoken, the Japanese grenadiers and mortar shells whistled and smashed over, and the blocking position was suddenly filled with smoke and dust, and a few soldiers who had not had time to evade the shelling were blown up in a blur of flesh and blood.

"Brothers, hit me hard! After holding on for five or six minutes, he will withdraw and give me a hard beating. Light and heavy machine guns do not skimp on bullets, fire. ”

Getting up from the mound of dirt raised by the little devil's shells, and looking at it, he saw that hundreds of Japanese soldiers were murderous, and they were less than 30 meters away from the most advanced position with Type 38 rifles stepping on the explosion point.

"Dada, dada!!!"

The surviving fighters of the third battalion and one company were still more than 90 people on the position at this time, relying on strong trenches to block the attack, the four light and heavy machine guns on the left and right flanks and their frontal fire were fully fired, and bullets rained down on the onslaught little devils.

The terrain of the valley road is flat, although it is easy to attack and difficult to defend, but the three battalions and one company have already dug trenches in the valley road to rely on the defense.

Moreover, the valley road is narrow, so that the defenders' blocking fire is easy to shoot fiercely at the incoming Japanese soldiers, and they can almost sweep through without much aim, and they can kill a large number of little devils in one hit. 85

The fierce fire caused hundreds of Japanese soldiers in the two squadrons to cry and cry for their fathers and mothers, and the corpses of the dead Japanese soldiers were everywhere on the valley road. Corpses are all over the field, and the little devils with stumps and broken arms have quickly spread all over the ground.

The wing commander of the 80th Wing of the 40th Brigade of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, who was responsible for commanding the attack, had no choice but to order the Japanese troops under his command who were responsible for storming the last half of the defenders' blocking positions in Gudao to withdraw in a hurry.

If you attack again, you can only fall prey to the opponent's machine gun bullets.

However, Ichiro Nanata obviously would not stop attacking for a few minutes, and soon directly ordered the captain of the 80th Wing to continue the onslaught.

The mortars and grenadiers of the little devils, and several Type 92 infantry guns from the artillery wing also arrived at the bombardment.

"Company commander, the position has been blown up in many places. The brothers suffered heavy casualties, and if they continue to fight, I am afraid that there will be heavy casualties. I'm afraid that more than half of my company has suffered casualties, so let's withdraw! ”

The Japanese army mobilized infantry artillery and artillery bombardment, so that Cao Jiaping's platoon commander Zhuang Tianrui had to risk the danger of being bombed by the Japanese artillery and rushed along the trench to Cao Jiaping, who was directing the battle, and suddenly suggested.

Cao Jiaping looked at the watch on the bowl in his left hand, the time had come, "Okay, it's time, order mortar fire to cover the retreat of each platoon and squad!" Fast! ”

"Yes, company commander." Zhuang Tianrui, the leader of the platoon, secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and continued to fight for ten minutes, and the casualties in a row were all light.

Subsequently, Cao Jiaping commanded the rest of his company to retreat sharply to the plank road in the rear.

Due to the cover of artillery fire, it was not until the blocking position of the 3rd Battalion and 1st Company of the New 1st Regiment more than 100 meters behind the valley road had not been opened for two minutes that the Japanese troops, who had noticed that something was wrong, cautiously attacked and advanced under the cover of light and heavy machine gun fire with Type 38 rifles.

It was only when they reached the blocking position of the three battalions and one company behind the valley road that they found that there was no trace of the defenders.

Soon, Nanata Ichiro, who learned that Tanido had been completely captured by his own side, was also relieved.

It's just that soon when the chief of staff of the division, Nakai Shotaro, reported that the total losses of the various units responsible for attacking Tani Road would also be more than 500 people, the old devil Nanata Ichiro's face suddenly changed greatly, if he continued to attack, the last infantry wing of the two divisions and regiments he brought out this time would probably suffer heavy casualties.

"Forget it, there are so many casualties! Report to Your Excellency the Commander that Gudao has been captured by our army, please give instructions on the next attack! ”

Nanata Ichiro did not order the front-line troops to continue the onslaught, but first consolidated the Kanryukyo Gorge that had already been captured, and then sent the chief of staff, Nakai Shotaro, to report the results of the battle to Yoshio Shinozuka first.

Nakai Zentaro paused: "Hai, Your Excellency the Division Commander. Then he sent someone to report the battle situation to Yoshio Shinozuka in the woods six or seven hundred meters in front of Taniguchi.

In less than a minute, Yoshio Shinozuka, who had learned about the battle situation through the battlefield telephone contact, stepped forward with the chief of staff of the army, Yusuke Tohi, stood in front of Yoshio Shinozuka and said: "Report to Your Excellency Commander, Ichiro Nanata has called, and he has conquered the Jinlong Gorge Valley Road." The defenders of the Eighth Route Army were defeated, but the terrain of the valley road was flat, which was conducive to the firepower of the opposing defenders. In the attack on Gudao, we suffered more than 500 casualties. ”。

"So, in the capture of the valley mouth and valley road of the Jinlong Gorge, we have already lost about 2,500 people? It's a war of attrition! ”

Yoshio Shinozuka frowned, the war of attrition is the last thing Yoshio Shinozuka wants to see, and if he fights like this, Yoshio Shinozuka feels that he can't hold his liver!