Grenades fired from mountain and field artillery exploded accurately on the position......

From time to time, the brothers who had been killed howled and rolled on the ground in pain......

"Battalion commander, you can't hesitate; Withdraw! The guard company commander shouted in Zhao Dingjun's ear.

The remaining brothers in the trenches looked at Zhao Dingjun with a blank eye, if there was no battalion commander in person, it is estimated that these people would have run away long ago...... Zhao Dingjun hesitated for a few seconds, the roaring cannonballs above his head kept exploding, and in just a few seconds, several more brothers flew into the sky with the explosion of the cannonballs......

"No one can withdraw from their positions until they receive an order from the top!"

"If you resist to the death, tell the brothers to build more fortifications! The cannon of the Japanese devils is too terrifying! Zhao Dingjun shook his head thinking about the overwhelming artillery fire......

At 8 o'clock in the morning, the Hatada detachment gathered all its forces to prepare for the attack, and with a large number of artillery, the Japanese devils advanced in the direction of Nantianmen in an attempt to expand the scope of the attack.

"Order the first wing to find the location of the artillery position 600 meters in front of the defense line of the people of China, build an artillery position nearby, and let our mountain artillery wing use shells to let the people of China get out of the line, so that we can attack Zhang Jinshan directly behind the soldiers of China." Shigeichi Harata ordered.

"Hay! Your Excellency, Major General! The herald ran forward to deliver the order of Major General Hata.

"Boom" "Boom, Boom, Boom......"

The earth-shattering sound of artillery rang out, and the 48 75mm mountain guns of the Japanese Mountain Artillery Wing, the eight field guns of the artillery squadron of the 1st Wing, and the infantry began to pour shells at Nantianmen.

Countless flashes of light lit up on the position of Nantianmen, shells poured like raindrops, and the muddy waves set off on the muddy land slapped on the trenches and jungles, and the muddy earth set off bursts of red waves.

In the sound of the devil's shelling, Nantianmen was completely wiped flat, the muddy ground was hit everywhere by the shock wave of the explosion, and the wet ground was then dried by the high temperature of the shell explosion......

Thanks to Zhao Dingjun's reminder, the bunkers built of various machine gun fire points in wood, stone and other materials were not destroyed by 75mm caliber shells, and they stood down with difficulty in the battle......

"Kill, give!" Captain Yoshino, wielding his saber, rushed towards the Zhangshuwan defense line amid a whoos-wow howl from the two squadrons assembled at the starting position......

"Machine guns ready, all the living brethren go up to the trenches, ready to fire!" Zhao Dingjun was still screaming as hard as he could.

Entering 300 meters, the devil's 38 rifle began to shoot sporadically, and several of the fighters whose bodies were slightly exposed to the trench were directly shot in the head by the devil's rifle......

"Fire!" Seeing that the devil entered 200 meters, Zhao Dingjun ordered.

"Da, da......" "Knock, knock......

The 3rd Battalion, which had just lost more than 100 people in the Japanese attack, was killed in a large number of officers and men in a wave of artillery shelling, and after the shelling, only 31 people remained on the position. After days of heavy rain, the grain and grass could not keep up, and the ammunition was gone, Zhao Dingjun led 31 warriors to hold the position to the end, and at 4 o'clock in the afternoon of August 31, the officers and soldiers of the 3rd battalion were martyred.

Nantianmen unfortunately fell into the hands of the Japanese army.

The Japanese army crossed the Nantianmen Gate and attacked Zhang Jinshan and Shuangpo on both sides of the road at night and exchanged fire with the 116th Regiment of the New 39th Division guarding here.

After a fierce battle, the sound of gunfire drowned out the noise of rain, and in the darkness of the night only felt the fires splashing and the mountains shaking.

As soon as the morning dawned, a steady stream of Japanese troops arrived from Mangshi, and the situation became more urgent. The 2nd Division of the Japanese Army had arrived in Mangshi on August 28, and Honda was full of confidence and continued to increase troops to Longling. The Japanese army of the brigade was fierce and launched a strong attack on Zhang Jinshan.

Zhu Daoyuan, the commander of the 116th Regiment, moved the command post to the top of Zhangjinshan Mountain, determined to fight hard with the Japanese army.

After the first day of fighting, Zhang Yongfang, acting commander of the 3rd Battalion, and Wu Qipeng, commander of the reconnaissance company, were seriously wounded, and more than half of the soldiers were killed or wounded. The troops were seriously insufficient, and the ammunition, food, and grass could not keep up, and the officers and men on the hill who were holding on to it had no food for two days.

By September 3, the 116th Regiment had been fighting for 8 days and 8 nights, and there were only more than 50 people left in the regiment. Regiment commander Zhu Daoyuan and battalion commander Liang Guochao were both seriously injured and were forced to retreat to Sanguanpo.

Shuangpo is under the pressure of the enemy, and the situation is also very critical. After receiving the order, the 4th Battalion of the 25th Regiment of the 9th Division hurried to Shuangpo for reinforcements, but it could not stop the fierce offensive of the Japanese army. The battalion commander and deputy battalion commander were wounded one after another, the troops suffered heavy casualties, and part of the position was lost again.

The pond slope at the bottom of the pot is also facing the pressure of the soldiers.

A company of the 82nd Regiment of the New 28th Division, guarding here, bravely resisted the invading Japanese army, repelled 10 charges by nearly 700 Japanese troops, and the two sides fought repeatedly in front of the position, and the position was lost and regained 3 times. In the end, due to being outnumbered, the officers and men of the whole company died heroically.

The two divisions of Honda Masaki, with more than 15,000 troops, are gradually tightening towards Longling like two big pincers of crabs.

This was only the first step of the 33rd Army's "Broken Operation": to recapture the previously lost stronghold of Longling and force the 11th Army to withdraw from Longling.

Song Xilian's various departments fought very hard. The troops suffered heavy casualties and asked Song Xilian for troops. And Song Xilian has long had no troops to adjust.

The battle has reached the point where there are no more reinforcements, and the situation can be described as extremely critical.

After more than two months of fighting, countless officers and men have lost the results of the war that they have shed blood and sacrificed in exchange. Song Xilian could only ask Wei Lihuang, the commander of the expeditionary force, for reinforcements.

Wei Lihuang was even more worried that the vicious change in the Longling battle situation would affect the entire war in western Yunnan, and the consequences would be unimaginable. But where is Wei Lihuang going to ask for soldiers? The general reserve in his hand had already been pulled to the front line, and the 8th Army was fighting hard in Songshan, and it also suffered heavy casualties. Commander Wei had no choice but to ask the Chongqing Military Commission to transfer the 5th and 200th Divisions belonging to the Kunming Defense Command to Longling. In order to ensure the situation of the Longling Battle, he ordered the 36th Division in Tengchong to quickly move south for reinforcements after the Tengchong War ended.

On September 6, the 200th Division rushed from Kunming to the Longling front.

This was a new force, and Song Xilian immediately ordered the 200th Division to join the right flank to take over the defense of Huapo, Miaofangpo, Sanguanpo, and Guoditang.

On September 7, the Songshan War finally ended, and the Songshan section of the Yunnan-Burma Road was opened.

The mixed battalions of the 10th and 7th Artillery Regiments also rushed to Longling with eight howitzers and four field guns. The distressed 11th Army received strong reinforcements.