"Yoshio Shinozuka is taking gunpowder? Didn't wait for his paratrooper squad to raid Hutou Mountain after the success of my new regimental headquarters before storming the plank road? Hearing the report, Zhao Gang muttered in his heart.

But it is clear that the momentum of the little devil's attack is regaining on the plank road, which can be heard and seen.

It seems that Yoshio Shinozuka should have been under some pressure and launched another attack in advance.

However, for Zhao Gang, the plank road is narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

If the little devil doesn't want to withdraw from Hengshan in a really embarrassed way, he must eat the new regiment of people and horses left behind in the battalions and departments deep through the plank road.

Otherwise, even if Yoshio Shinozuka blew up the plank road, it would be impossible to block the people and horses in the base area from going out of the mountain from other paths.

"Order the commander of the third battalion to resist me. The regiment commander and they are already hiding near the mouth of the Guanshui River and are ready to cooperate with us to counterattack at any time! Now, we need to wait for the right moment to move! Let's beat Yoshio Shinozuka first! ”

Zhao Gang sneered, and then waved his hand and calmly ordered the regimental staff officer who came to report.

"Yes, Commissar!" The staff officer of the regimental headquarters who reported the situation turned around and left in response, informing Ma Wenhai, the commander of the third battalion, to hold his position.

At this time, Nanata Ichiro, who once again stormed the position of Xiao Yan of the Second Company of the Third Battalion, was looking solemnly, holding a telescope in his hand and constantly observing the battle situation on the plank road.

The corpses of Japanese soldiers who had been killed by the defenders were moved on the spot by the Japanese soldiers who continued to attack in accordance with the orders of Ichiro Nanata, and were thrown under the cliff next to the plank road because they occupied the ground of the plank road.

This kind of scene kept appearing in Nanata's telescope, and the corners of Nanata's mouth twitched. And the chief of staff of the 20th Division, Masataro Nakai, was also helpless to see it, and this style of play was simply a death sentence.

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, if we continue to fight like this, even if we can finally win the last hundred meters of the plank road. The 20th Wing, the 89th Wing, and the two infantry wings to which my 80th Division belongs will also suffer heavy casualties! ”

The chief of staff of the division, Nakai Shotaro, who looked at it with a twitching face, whispered to Lieutenant General Nanata Ichiro and persuaded that under such a pig-like suicidal onslaught, it was simply sending the little devil soldiers to the light and heavy machine gun guns of the defenders.

Nanata Ichiro put down the binoculars, shook his head and said: "Your Excellency the commander has strictly ordered that the plank road must be taken at all costs, paving the way for the follow-up army to attack Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge, and the main strongholds of many new regimental base areas in Hutou Mountain!" The two infantry wings sent by our 20th Division are the most elite, and they are good at attacking tough battles in mountainous areas. This is what Your Excellency the Commander expects of our 20th Division, and you can just say this privately, Chief of Staff. Don't talk about it in front of anyone else, or you'll get into trouble. ”。

"Yes, Your Excellency the Division Commander, I understand my humble duties! Just if we continue to fight like this, our two infantry wings, I'm afraid that the last 5,000 people will also suffer more than half of the casualties! I don't know how many imperial soldiers we will lose even if we take the plank road and attack Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge, the two commanding heights that the new regiment must defend? Nakai Shotaro whispered with a worried look in his eyes.

"Your Excellency Commander said before, even if the 20th Division suffered heavy casualties, after the war, we will give priority to replenishing newly trained elite soldiers to our 20th Division. In addition, Chief of Staff, let me tell you, Your Excellency the Commander has reminded me that once the base area of the new regiment is eliminated, we, as the main attacking force, will be at least promoted by one rank! Nanata Ichiro whispered to Shotaro Nakai.

Nakai Shotaro's eyes lit up when he heard this, and in this case, Nakai Shotaro had no other opinions on the loss of troops.

After the two old devils discussed, they finally reached an agreement and began to urge the Japanese soldiers of the 79th Infantry Wing and the 80th Infantry Wing to carry out a fierce attack on the last 100 meters of the Hengshan Plank Road without hesitating losses.

"Dada, dada!!!"

On the plank road, the light and heavy machine guns in the hands of the soldiers on both sides swished back and forth, and the sack fortifications built on the plank road were splashed everywhere. Soon after many sacks were built, they were covered by the submachine guns and light and heavy machine guns of the little devils.

At this time, Xiao Yan's headquarters of the third battalion and the second company of the new 1st regiment, which was guarding the last 100 meters of plank road, also suffered heavy casualties. After all, in the midst of a fierce battle, it is impossible to have no casualties!

Fortunately, there are at least 200 or so men in Xiao Yan's hands, of which more than 50 are replenished from the hands of the third company, plus the five Makqin heavy machine guns transferred by Ma Wenhai, the commander of the latest fourth battalion, can finally withstand the wave-like and desperate onslaught of more than 5,000 Japanese troops commanded by Ichiro Nanata as a tactical offensive group.

It's just that both sides are red-eyed on the plank road, and it is difficult to solve the killing. However, compared with the losses of the third battalion and the second company of the defenders, the losses of the headquarters under the command of Ichiro Nanata in attacking the Japanese army were very huge.

After all, the plank road is narrow, easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the defensive pressure on the defenders is actually not very large. A few light and heavy machine guns are enough to block the plank road, and the lateral plane is not large, so that the little devil has a large number of troops, and he can only attack with a small force on the horizontal plane.

And this made Nanata Ichiro storm the plank road for fifteen minutes, and still only broke through less than 20 meters, but it was already the strength of at least two squadrons of casualties.

"Bagaya Road, order all troops, hit me hard according to the plan! Report to His Excellency the Commander that our department has suffered heavy casualties, but for the sake of His Majesty the Emperor and for the sake of the Empire, the onslaught is continuing! Nanata Ichiro viciously threw away the telescope in his hand, and immediately ordered Nakai Shotaro, the chief of staff of the division and regiment on the side.

Nakai Shotaro suddenly responded: "Haiyi, Your Excellency the Division Commander!" ”。

In less than twenty seconds, Yoshio Shinozuka, who was located in the bunker headquarters of Shen Qun, the second battalion of the new 1st regiment, who was located at the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge, received a report from Ichiro Nanata, and his brows were furrowed.

The tenacious stubbornness of the new regiment was simply beyond the expectations of Yoshio Shinozuka, but he didn't expect that it was worthy of the troops of several main battalions left by Li Yunlong in Hengshan, and the combat effectiveness was really strong!

"Order Nanata Ichiro, hurry up, continue to attack, be sure to take the plank road, and enter the Yunge Hongqiao Pass!" Yoshio Shinozuka didn't think much about it, and waved his hand to order to the little devil staff officer.

The Japanese staff officer paused and said, "Yes, Your Excellency Commander!" ”。

The battle continued until about 15 minutes later, and according to Shinozuka Yoshio's order, the Japanese transport plane from Taiyuan Airport had already flown into the high altitude above Hutou Mountain, and was preparing to open the hatch behind the plane and prepare to parachute into the Japanese paratrooper squad.

Just without waiting for the little devils to move, one transport plane after another was suddenly hit by the new 88-mm anti-aircraft guns on Cuiping Peak Mountain, and most of the transport planes were blown up in the high altitude on the spot.