The Japanese army retreated from the momentum of the onslaught and retreated in disarray.

Nanata Ichiro, the commander of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, who coordinated and commanded the onslaught in the rear, slammed his fist on the table of the headquarters and said angrily: "Yaga Yalu, a bunch of waste!" ”。

At this time, the chief of staff of the division, Nakai Shotaro, who was standing beside Lieutenant General Nanata Ichiro, took a step forward and persuaded in a low voice: "Your Excellency, the valley mouth of the Jinlong Gorge is narrow, and there is no favorable cover for covert attack and advance for cover shooting hundreds of meters in front of the valley mouth. Although the morale of our Imperial Army is high, they are fiercely charged with 38-type rifles. However, under such conditions of wide line of sight, it can only be reduced to the light and heavy machine gun fire in the two flanks of the opponent's Taniguchi and the multiple pillboxes in front of it. Fight like this, the casualties are too great! ”。

"How did I not know this? However, Commander Shinozuka must strictly exert the pig-sudden-style tactics created by the imperial military gods, continue to attack, and must overcome the new defensive position at the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge. Otherwise, this Taniguchi fortification alone could not be captured, and it would be impossible to completely break into the hinterland of the new regiment's base and completely strangle the new regiment. So, there's no way, Nakai-kun, you have to do it! ”

Nakai Shotaro said with a wry smile: "The defensive ability of the new regiment is too strong, according to the estimation of the division headquarters, to capture the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge, the two wings we have brought at present will have more than 9,000 people, and at least about four or five thousand casualties, almost half." Your Excellency the Division Commander, do you want to stop the offensive for the time being, and then discuss it with Your Excellency the Commander? If we continue to fight like this, our losses will be too great. ”。

Nanata Ichiro frowned, at this time, for the old devil, Yoshio Shinozuka had already made up his mind to engage in pig suddenness tactics, and he must solve the new Hengshan base as soon as possible. If it is delayed for too long again, if the new regiment blocked by the imperial army in the mountainous areas of Shigu Mountain and Fukou Mountain knows that its base area is under heavy attack by its own troops, it will inevitably return to the aid of Hengshan.

Thinking of this, Nanata Ichiro summed up all aspects of the situation, waved his hand and said, "Execute the orders of His Excellency the Commander!" Order the 79th Wing to come down and let the 80th Wing continue to storm the valley mouth of the Jinlong Gorge with the infantry brigade as a tactical offensive group, and not give the new regiment of the valley defenders a chance to breathe. Judging from the observed defensive firepower of the defenders of the Eighth Route Army at Taniguchi, our continuous onslaught still ate a lot of the opponent's defenders. Retreat at this time, and the casualties caused by the previous attack are wasted. Execute the order! ”。

"Okay, Your Excellency the Division Commander, take the order from your humble position!" Nakai Shotaro Osami Nanataichiro finally did not order to temporarily stop the onslaught, but instead adjusted the attacking troops, allowing the 80th Wing to take over the 79th Wing to continue to storm the position held by Shen Qun's troops at the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge Valley, and could only respond helplessly.

Subsequently, in accordance with the order of Ichiro Nanata, the three Japanese infantry battalions of the 40th Brigade of the 80th Infantry Wing of the 20th Division of the Japanese Army, under the cover of more than 30 75-mm mountain guns and several large-caliber heavy guns of the artillery wing commanded by Yoshio Shinozuka, once again stormed the defensive position of the new regiment at the mouth of the valley of the Jinlong Gorge with an offensive tactical group of an infantry brigade as an assault force.

The artillery fire was fierce, and the mouth of the Jinlong Gorge was already full of holes. At least two or three of the trenches dug deep in the valley mouth were filled in by Japanese artillery fire.

"Made, Yoshio Shinozuka, this old devil is crazy! Such a large-scale artillery fire, no money! Made! "In the bunker of the second battalion headquarters of the new 1st Regiment in the rear of the Taniguchi defenders, the crumbling bunker of the 2nd Battalion headquarters that had been blown up by artillery shells, and Shen Qun, the commander of the 2nd Battalion who was directing the battle inside, scolded and cursed.

"Battalion commander, the pillbox on the left flank was blown up, and all the fighters inside were killed. The fire on the left flank weakened, and the little devil almost broke through from the left flank! At this time, a field herald ran in from the door of the bunker, and reported to Shen Qun before he had time to stand upright.

Hearing this, Shen Qun hurriedly walked to the observation port of the bunker, picked up the telescope and looked in the direction of the left flank of the Taniguchi position. Number Five

I saw that the two reinforced concrete pillboxes on the left flank of the Taniguchi position had been bombarded by the Japanese heavy artillery continuously, and they were covered with railroad sleepers, sandbags and other objects, and they had been blown into ruins. As these things were blown to pieces, the circular reinforced concrete pillbox built of ash and steel underneath was bombarded by the Japanese army's large-caliber heavy artillery, and finally collapsed shortly after, and all the machine gunners who had not had time to withdraw were killed.

"Fuck! The deputy battalion commander Rong Zhenguo was ordered to lead the reserve to go up to reinforce the left flank position of Taniguchi. Order the machine gunners in the bunkers where the right flank can still withstand it, and part of the machine gun fire is tilted towards the left flank, and resist the little devils who are about to break in from the left flank! Hit me hard! ”

Shen Qun's command on the battlefield was flexible, and he suddenly knew that if Taniguchi's left flank was lost, Taniguchi's entire position would be in danger of being broken through by the Japanese army, so he directly gave an order.

"Yes, Battalion Commander." The field herald responded, and then the cat ran out along the trench passage that connected to the door of the bunker.

"Di Lingling! Di Lingling! ”

At this time, the field phone rang on the table, and Shen Qun grabbed the field phone, "Political commissar, the little devil stormed the Taniguchi position, the pillbox on my left flank has been blown up by the Japanese army's large-caliber heavy artillery, I have asked the deputy battalion commander Rong Zhenguo to take the battalion reserves to reinforce the left flank position, temporarily withstand the onslaught of the little devil!" ”

"Okay, you have been holding the position at the mouth of the Golden Dragon Gorge for nearly fifty minutes or so, I order, you can retreat at any time depending on the situation! I have sent the 3rd and 4th Battalions to defend at the two commanding heights of Cuiping Peak and Tianfeng Ridge. On the road from the mouth of the canyon to the plank road hundreds of meters behind, layers of defense have been deployed! If the Taniguchi position can't withstand it, withdraw in time! Zhao Gang ordered on the phone.

Shen Qun said rightly: "Understand, political commissar!" By the way, the commissar, where are they now? ”。

"According to the time, it is estimated that it has gone north along the western source of Qingzhang, and at this time it should be to cross the Taihang Mountain to the north and rush to Yuci. Once Yuci is conquered by Lao Li and they enter the south gate of Taiyuan, it will inevitably cause Shinozuka Yoshio to have a big turmoil. Your second battalion has worked hard, and you can retreat at any time depending on the situation, and I have ordered the 88mm guns of Cuiping Peak Mountain to be ready to cover your retreat at any time! ”

Shen Qun said to Zhao Gang on the other end of the battlefield phone: "Understand, political commissar!" ”。

Hanging up the battlefield phone, Shen Qun ordered all units to continue to resist for another ten minutes before retreating. Looking at this situation, Yoshio Shinozuka is still engaged in a pig assault attack, and about seventy percent of Taniguchi's blocking positions have been bombed by the artillery fire of the little devils, and the soldiers are not able to stand in the trenches, and they are also ready to give up the Jinlong Gorge Taniguchi, and block the main force of the Japanese army under the command of Shinozuka Yoshio on the Taniguchi passage and the plank road hundreds of meters away.

The narrow plank road and valley road are a nightmare for little devils!