Seishiro Itagaki led the remnants of the 21st Brigade of the Japanese Army under his command and some of the Japanese troops who had temporarily joined his unit, totaling more than 5,300 men, and only began their first exploratory attack after they arrived at the first pass of the new regiment base area in Hengshan for 20 minutes.

Among them, the main force of the test was the headquarters of the 21st Infantry Brigade of the 41st Wing of the 21st Brigade Regiment. I saw more than 1,000 Japanese troops, scattered innumerable, in a three-layer offensive formation, the straggler line towards the Jinlong Gorge Valley Valley, the cat with his waist bowed and his rifle attacking.

At this time, Saka Kamihei, commander of the Japanese artillery brigade at the headquarters of the 21st Brigade of the Itagaki Division, commanded ten Japanese-made Type 92 infantry guns, which were lined up, and the swarthy muzzles were already aimed at the mouth of the valley.

"The target is the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge, a new regiment defensive position. At a distance of five hundred and twenty meters, ten volleys. Ready, put! When Sakakami arrived at Itagaki Seishiro and gave the order for the shelling, he immediately slashed down the command pennant he was holding in his hand and ordered the artillery to be fired.

I saw that the Japanese artillerymen, who had already loaded the shells, pulled the cannon rope, and immediately the Type 92 infantry guns roared angrily.

The shells of the Type 92 infantry guns immediately flew out of the barrels of the guns with a whistling speed, whistling in the sky with tail flames, and in an instant, they quickly smashed into the new fortifications at the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge. Bursts of fierce and dazzling artillery fire burst out, and the flames suddenly erupted.

Among them, several shells hit several reinforced concrete pillboxes built on both sides of the canyon, but they did not explode at all and were intact.

The commander of the Japanese artillery brigade, Saka Kami, scolded angrily in his heart, and immediately quickly ordered the Japanese artillery under his command: "The artillery is locked, each gun fires freely, and the shelling will take five minutes." Fire!!! ”。

Under the angry shout, the Japanese army's 10 Type 92 infantry guns and more than 20 mortars kept fiercely shelling the new regiment's position at the mouth of the canyon valley.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble!!!! ”

The cannonballs rained down like rain, and the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge fell into artillery fire in an instant.

At this time, the infantry brigade of the Japanese army, also under the command of its captain, rushed forward. The 38-type rifles in the hands of the little devil infantrymen are shooting and running while shooting.

The new regimental defensive position at the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge, the left and right flanks are the second and third battalions responsible for the defense, only to see the second battalion commander Shen Qun who is responsible for the defense on the left and right flanks, and Ma Wenhai, the commander of the third battalion, have ordered all the troops under their command to fire rapidly with a small part of the firepower to repel the Japanese attack. Important points of fire, which were not exposed at all.

After all, as for the Japanese army's offensive routine, in fact, all the units of the new regiment have already been in the mirror in their hearts, and they have long been clear.

"Tututu, Tutu, Tutu, Tutu!!" In the pillboxes on both sides of the canyon valley mouth, nearly a dozen light and heavy machine guns suddenly opened fire together, sweeping away the Japanese soldiers in the attack, and hitting the little devils.

The closer the mouth of the valley is, the more powerful the machine guns become, and the woods hundreds of meters in front of the valley mouth, the low mounds that can be used for lying down and firing covertly have been bulldozed by a new mass. Therefore, the machine-gun fire from the pillboxes was enough to inflict heavy casualties on the Japanese brigade that was tentatively attacking.

"Haha, kill, hit their machine gunners, kill!" At this time, Li Yunlong was smiling in the hidden bunker behind the canyon, holding a telescope to observe the Japanese attack.

The staff officer on the side nodded, picked up the phone directly in the bunker headquarters, and gave orders to the commanders of the second and third battalions defending the canyon.

At this time, Zhao Gang, who was standing next to Li Yunlong, had just returned from the machine gun air defense position, and when he saw Li Yunlong so excited, he smiled and said: "Haha, Lao Li, the little devil's artillery fire is very fierce!" Are we firing back? ”。

"Well, if you don't say it, I've forgotten. Let Wang Chengzhu use a mortar to blow them up at close range, without infantry artillery. This wave of attacks by the little devils was clearly a tentative attack, the offensive formation was very scattered, and the concentrated artillery fire could not eat much of their infantry. Behind is the big head. Li Yunlong waved his hand and smiled.

Zhao Gang nodded, and then said, "Your old Li is really cunning." By the way, the air defense positions have been arranged, and all our remaining light and heavy machine guns have been arranged on the commanding heights of Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge respectively, plus the German-made 88mm anti-aircraft gun on Tianfeng Ridge that you Lao Li didn't know where to get it, this is enough to leave at least thirty little devil fighters flying over us It is not a problem at all. ”。

"Okay, Lao Zhao, you're doing a good job."

Li Yunlong said with a smile, pointed to the battle situation at the mouth of the canyon in front of the observation hole, and said, "It seems that the tentative attack of the little devil is about to end. Next, let's see how this old devil fights Seishiro Itagaki and how we can improvise. ”。

"Yes, it's all ready, just wait for the old devil Seishiro Itagaki to make a move." Zhao Gang said with a smile.

At this time, when Li Yunlong and others were ridiculing, the tentative attack of an infantry brigade of the Japanese army, after Wang Chengzhu's mortar fire counterattacked several guns, retreated very cleanly and did not attack for the time being.

In the temporary command headquarters, Itagaki Seishiro said to Major General Ueno, chief of staff of the division: "It seems that the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge is indeed a dangerous place that cannot be opened by a single man. If we put in the strength of an infantry brigade to attack, I am afraid that we will be ruthlessly shot by the dense fire of the enemy's pillboxes. If it weren't for the muddy and slippery mountain roads, heavy rain and snow, maybe heavy artillery support could be mobilized. Now, it's only time to wait for the bombers to take out the opposing hedgehog bunkers with heavy aerial bombs. ”。

After a pause, Seishiro Itagaki continued to say to Ueno: "How long will it take for the fighters of the aviation to fly over the Jinlong Gorge?" ”。

"Your Excellency, Division Commander, I have just contacted the commander of the fighter formation, Maki Kitaoka, and they still have five minutes to fly over the Jinlong Gorge. Kitaoka Maki Shosa asked them to guide their targets on the ground so that they could bomb accurately. ”

"Yo Xi!"

Itagaki Seishiro said in a condensed voice: "Do a good job of guiding the bombers to carry out low-altitude bombing." The mouth of the Jinlong Gorge is too small, and it is necessary to bomb at a low altitude to possible blow up the pillboxes of the Chinese army. Otherwise, even if we concentrate all our infantry and artillery fire, we will not be able to break through the mouth of the canyon in a short time. ”。

"Understood, Your Excellency the Division Commander!" Ueno was pausing heavily, his expression serious.

Itagaki Seishiro nodded, then raised his head and ordered the Japanese officers at all levels of the 21st Brigade on the left and right: "Once the bombers have eliminated the bunkers built by the new regiment at the mouth of the canyon, the troops will quickly attack the mouth of the canyon according to the plan. My request is that I must take advantage of the situation when the other party has no time to react, take the valley mouth, and kill into the depth of the new group's lair. As long as it is entered, there is a chance to cut off the nest of the new group, and this is the best chance to avenge the four princes who died in the empire. ”。

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