Baga, these Zhina troops in front of me are a little difficult, and if they go on like this, it will be difficult to take them in a short time. ”

Qiu Xingxiang is not incompetent, although he did not fully use Leng Jie's tunnel defense tactics, but the anti-slope tactics are used.

So don't look at the attacking Japanese army of nearly 5,000 people, but after a day of fighting, they failed to take the position of Jilong Mountain.

Perhaps it was because the road was too smooth, and the Hatada detachment was a little proud.

Half of their divisions fought all the way from Anqing to Ruichang, and how many Chinese troops were defeated by them were inevitably arrogant in their hearts.

"Captain Sato, I think we should attack Zhu Po Mountain with all our might, not this Jilong Mountain. Attacking Zhu Po Mountain, we can get the fire support of the naval guns, and the weak artillery of the Yi Zhi people, under the attack of the imperial artillery, will definitely be able to quickly take the position of Zhu Po Mountain. Nagai Shaosa suggested.

After following the advice of Nagai Shaosa, Satowara Osa gave up attacking Jilong Mountain after attacking Jilong Mountain for two days without conquering it, and instead went around to Zhu Po Mountain and launched an attack from Zhu Po Mountain.

Perhaps the Japanese army was accustomed to sneak attacks on rainy nights, and although it did not rain that night, the Nagai Brigade still took advantage of the dark night to arrive at the foot of Zhu Po Mountain along the river and launched an attack on Zhu Po Mountain.

However, it was discovered by the defending 108th regiment.

The battle started at night, and Leng Jie was also woken up in his sleep by the sound of gunfire.

Since the Japanese army had not yet begun to attack Zhupo, Leng Jie's regimental headquarters did not move to the tunnel, but to the anti-cline anti-artillery hole on the No. 1 heights.

"Where is the gunshot?" Leng Jie grabbed the gun and came to the table, asking about the situation.

"It seems to be the second high ground, which is the defense area of the second battalion." Liu Xin listened to the direction from which the gunshots came from and said.

"Go to the second camp immediately to verify, what the hell is going on?" Leng Jie couldn't help frowning.

Soon, news came back that it was the Japanese troops found on Heights No. 6, and there were quite a few of them, hundreds of them, and maybe even a brigade.

Heights 6 is located in the easternmost part of the 11 highlands set up by Lengjie, and is also the location of a salient, with Heights 5 to the northwest, Heights 7 to the south, and Heights 2 behind them.

Therefore, after the Japanese army attacked the No. 6 heights, there were movements on the No. 2, No. 5 and No. 7 heights.

"According to the reply letter of the second battalion, the Japanese army may be in the formation of a brigade and wanted to sneak attack the position of Zhu Po Mountain, but we found out, so we fought." Wang Yanqing said.

"Regiment Commander, do you want to order Heights Seven to retreat into the tunnel defense now?" Liu Xin asked.

Leng Jie shook his head, "It's too early to retreat into the tunnel, it's just that I don't understand if the Japanese army that attacked our regiment is the main force of the Potian detachment?" ”

"So what now?" Wang Yanqing asked.

"Give orders to the 2nd and 3rd Battalions to immediately send troops to reinforce Heights 6, and at the same time, the remaining troops should also be careful that the Japanese may sneak attack from other directions." Leng Jie ordered.

"Okay, I'll do it right away." Liu Xin nodded.

"Do you want to report to the division?" Wang Yanqing looked at Leng Jie.

"Of course, I want to report it, let's just say that the position of our regiment has been attacked by a battalion of Japanese troops, and it is in a fierce battle.

I suspect that the Japanese may fail in their attack on Jilongshan, and they want to attack from our side and thus occupy Fuikekou. Leng Jie couldn't help but have this guess.

This is also normal, if the Japanese army attacks Zhupo Mountain and Jilong Mountain at the same time, the troops must be a little stretched, and only when the troops are united can they be powerful.

As Leng Jie ordered reinforcements, the pressure on the side of Heights 6 was greatly reduced, and the fierce battle continued until the second half of the night, and after both sides paid a lot of casualties, Nagai Shaoza ordered his troops to retreat.

Now that it has been discovered, and the Chinese army is fighting back fiercely, it means that there is no need to continue fighting.

Simply retreat for the time being, and wait until tomorrow when the artillery is ready, and then attack again.

In night battles, although the Japanese army was also good at it, the advantage of artillery fire was seriously weakened.

After the Japanese retreated, Leng Jie thought about it and gave the second battalion an order to prepare for a retaliatory attack by the Japanese army tomorrow, especially the artillery bombardment.

Since the Japanese army chose to attack Zhupo Mountain instead, it will definitely take advantage of the superiority of naval artillery and even aircraft in the sky.

In the event of heavy artillery fire, the defenders at the front could consider retreating into the tunnels and launching a counterattack at night.

If it is only an anti-slope tactic, even if it can block the Japanese army, it will still cause a lot of casualties, so you must put the Japanese army in and then make dumplings to fight.

As Leng Jie expected, early the next morning, the Japanese launched a fierce artillery bombardment, in addition to the naval guns on the river, as well as the artillery of the Botian detachment, which enveloped the No. 6 high ground for a while.

It was here that the Hatian detachment met with stubborn resistance during the night attack last night, so they thought that there were a large number of Chinese troops on the defensive.

Then the Japanese artillery fire began to extend, covering the No. 2 height.

Bursts of artillery fire overwhelmingly smashed towards the slope of the No. 6 and No. 2 heights, and under the cover of artillery fire, it was natural that the position was shaken, but these shells were fired from the direction of the river, and most of the shells smashed on the ground fortifications on the slope, and only a small number of shells fell above the tunnel of the anticline position of the No. 6 highland.

The tunnel on Heights 6 has only one large tunnel, which is located on an anticline; There are also five small tunnels, all of which are on anticline positions.

"Ge Laozi, this little devil's artillery fire is really fierce, this has to be 105mm, heavy artillery is used, fortunately, labor and management hid in the tunnel, otherwise it is really possible to be killed by the little devil's artillery fire."

In the relatively spacious rest place in the tunnel, Liu Sandao, who was the commander of the engineer company, was cursing the street there.

"Company commander, are we still going out to fight? With such a fierce artillery fire, there must be a lot of devils. A soldier next to him asked.

"Hit a hammer, you also saw last night's movement, it is definitely a big team of devils, and the labor and management will let you go.

can let a devil be a pioneer, there must be a lot of devils, so stay in the tunnel, don't run around with labor and management. Liu Sandao used the thick Sichuan dialect to warn his subordinates.

"Company commander, why must you have so many devils?" Someone was skeptical.

"This is all taught by the head of the regiment, do you understand it or not. If you don't believe it, wait until the artillery fire is a little smaller, and go out and see for yourself. Liu Sandao affirmed.

Around Liu Sandao, there are obviously a lot of people missing, and some of them still have injuries on their bodies, or new injuries, which were all caused last night.

In last night's battle, Liu Sandao's engineer company was reduced by one-third, which is why he let people retreat into the tunnel so quickly.

There are only these people left, and there is no one enough for the devil to charge.

After more than ten minutes, the artillery fire was much smaller, and Liu Sandao sent two people out to inquire about the situation, including the unbelieving soldier. When the two crossed the ridgeline at the highest point, they saw that the Japanese troops at the bottom of the mountain were densely packed towards the sixth height.

Seeing this, the two hurriedly ran towards the pit on the anti-slope plane, shouting as they ran, "Brothers, the devils are coming up, hide well!" Hide up! ”

Hearing the greeting of the two, some soldiers in the small pit directly blocked the entrance to the hole, so as not to let the Japanese army find out that it had collapsed, which would be troublesome.

In a panic, the two hurriedly ran back to the big pit and reported what they had observed.

"Company commander, you're right, there are really a lot of devils, at least thousands of people, densely packed, everywhere."

"Brothers, don't talk, don't let the little devils find out." Liu Sandao hurriedly reminded.

After a while, the soldiers in the tunnel heard a large number of footsteps, apparently the Japanese had crossed the ridgeline and entered the anticline position.

Seeing that the position that had caused him to lose a lot last night was empty, except for some corpses, Nagai Shaoza was also surprised.

He didn't think much of it, and directly ordered to continue the attack.

The Japanese army was not stupid, and there were so many people, and they had experienced a hundred battles, and soon some black tunnel mouths were discovered.