Your Excellency, the results are out. ”

After dawn, while the troops on the high ground were withdrawn, Satowara also asked people to count the losses of last night.

Of the three brigades, the Nagai Brigade suffered the greatest losses, with less than 300 people retreating, the captain Nagai Shaozuo Yusha, and the other two squadron leaders Yusha;

The situation of the Yamada brigade was better, and more than 600 people retreated;

The Yoshino Artillery Brigade was miserable, with less than 300 people retreating, and all 12 Type 94 75mm mountain guns were left on the high ground.

The Nagai Brigade and the Yamada Brigade had already suffered some losses before, and they were not satisfied.

Suffice it to say, in last night's battle, the Nagai Brigade lost more than 500 people, the Yoshino Artillery Brigade probably lost about 200 people, and the Yamada Brigade lost about 200 people.

In fact, there are about one or two hundred people trapped in the three brigades on the mountain, and their lives are unknown.

For these Japanese troops who did not retreat, the Japanese troops under the mountain directly sentenced them to death, so the Japanese came up with a death figure of more than 900 people.

There is no doubt that this should be regarded as the largest loss in a single battle of the Botian detachment since it set out from Wuhu.

Even in the face of the defenders of Madang Fortress, the 64th Army, or the 4th Army, the 54th Army, the 14th Division and other troops, the Potian detachment did not have as many as 900 people killed in a single battle.

The worst was only a thousand casualties, but in fact, the actual casualties were only three or four hundred, five or six hundred.

What's even more infuriating is that 12 Type 94 75mm mountain guns and a large number of shells were also lost.

"Baga, a group of idiots, sent a telegram to the aviation unit, asked for tactical support, blew up those 12 mountain guns, and couldn't let them fall into the hands of the China."

Satowara yelled angrily.

"Hey!"

"What the hell is going on? Why are there so many armies on the heights? What the hell is the Nagai Brigade doing? "Angry is angry, but Satowara also wants to know why.

A Shao Zuo said, "Your Excellency Qi Dazuo." Previously, the Yongjing brigade occupied several highlands in Zhupo Mountain, not because the people were defeated, but because they retreated into the underground tunnels they built. According to the report of the Nagai Brigade, last night, the Shina army came out of the tunnel and attacked the Nagai Brigade and the Yoshino Brigade from all directions. ”

"In the tunnels underground? Why didn't the Nagai brigade report? Satowara wondered.

It is said that Nagai ordered the mouth of the found tunnel to be blown up, and sent soldiers to defend it near the hole that was blown up, and also set up mines, thinking that the soldiers of Shina would be trapped underground.

Unexpectedly, the underground fortifications built by the people of China had more than one entrance, and they were all hidden, so the Nagai brigade was ambushed. Shao Zuo explained.

"This means that the defeat of the people of China before is all an illusion? Just to lure the Imperial army to occupy ground positions on the high ground and come out at night for a sneak attack? Satowara said in a deep voice.

"That's how it should be." Shao Zuo replied, "Your Excellency, we are now in a predicament, if we can't conquer the high ground of Zhu Po Mountain and clear these Chinese troops located under the tunnel, we will not be able to completely occupy Zhu Po Mountain.

At night, the Shina would still come out of the ground and attack.

At night, the advantage of the Imperial army will be greatly weakened, and the positions occupied during the day will most likely be lost. If it doesn't work, we can only give up attacking the Zhupo Mountain position and attack Jilong Mountain instead. ”

"Yaga!" Satowara scolded, "Then find a way to find those hidden pit entrances, or even go directly into the pit and destroy the Shina army inside." ”

It is impossible to give up attacking the position of Zhu Po Mountain, even if they can capture the position of Jilong Mountain, but in the end if they want to capture the fortress of Fuchikou, they must also occupy Zhu Po Mountain, which is a hurdle that cannot be bypassed.

"Hey!"

Just as Shao Zuo was about to convey the order, Satowara stopped the other party, "Do you know which unit is defending this position?" ”

"I only know that it is the 54th Division of the 18th Army of China. The division commander's name is Li Fangchen, a graduate of the first phase of Huangpu, who has just been appointed as the commander of the 18th Division. ”

"What about the position of Zhu Po Mountain in front of you? Which troop is it? Satowara asked again.

"It's the 18th Regiment of the 108th Division, and the regiment commander doesn't know who it is." Shaozo replied.

Satowara didn't continue to ask, he focused on Li Fangchen, the division commander, because the other party was from the first phase of Whampoa, and he thought that there was another difficult role.

When the Japanese army was planning how to retaliate, Leng Jie had already ordered the captured 11 Type 94 75mm mountain guns and 2 Type 92 infantry guns to be hidden.

Originally, there were 12 Type 94 mountain guns, but when I was fighting at night, I don't know who blew up one, which made Leng Jie angry.

For these 13 artillery pieces, Leng Jie gave the 3rd Battalion 8 Type 94 75mm mountain guns, not favoritism, but because the No. 3 high ground defended by the third battalion is located in the rear, which is suitable for artillery positions, and can also effectively reinforce the other two main positions and the position of Jilong Mountain, which can basically cover the entire Fuchikou fortress.

Heights No. 1 got 3 Type 94 mountain guns, and Heights 2 got 2 Type 92 infantry guns.

This is also because Heights No. 2 will be the focus of the Japanese army's attack, so it may not be possible to use the captured mountain artillery on Heights No. 2.

Just after Leng Jie asked people to hide the artillery and clean up the battlefield, the Japanese air raids and artillery bombardment came.

After the end of the Japanese shelling, the Japanese did not attack at the first time. Taking advantage of this gap, Leng Jie commanded the troops to eliminate the small Japanese troops entrenched in the heights of Zhupo Mountain, otherwise when the Japanese army launched an attack again, these Japanese troops would definitely make the defense very troublesome, and these nails must be pulled out.

After all this was over, Leng Jie sent the results of last night's night attack to the division headquarters in the form of a battle report

Seeing that Leng Jie's side not only killed 900 Japanese soldiers, but also captured the artillery of a complete artillery brigade of the Japanese army, he simply stunned the people at the division headquarters.

Li Fangchen was most unhappy about the military exploits of Leng Jie's troops, but thought that he had a good command.

Therefore, Li Fangchen's report to the military headquarters and the theater command was that on the evening of September 18, he commanded the army to counterattack Zhupo Mountain, killing and wounding more than 1,000 Japanese soldiers and capturing a lot.

In the battle report, Leng Jie was not mentioned at all, and this too ugly appearance also made some people very dissatisfied, and even Leng Jie's direct boss, the major general and brigade commander of the 54th Brigade, was gone.

So someone made a small report to the military department, saying that the main credit for last night's counterattack was the 108th Regiment of the Leng Jie Department; This was followed by the 107th Regiment, which supported meritorious.

No matter how you look at it, this credit should also be the 54th Brigade, that is, how did he, the brigade commander and the two regiment commanders below, all be snatched by Li Fangchen.

It just so happened that the Central Army had the problem of overstepping the level of reporting, so because of the credit of Zhu Poshan's counterattack, a group of people fought there, but the main owner Leng Jie didn't know.

At this time, he was thinking about how to repel the Japanese attack.

Because after the Japanese army was ready, they invested two brigades to attack the Zhupo Mountain position again.

Unlike the previous ones, which were only aimed at occupying ground positions, this time the Japanese army aimed to eliminate the Chinese troops in the tunnels.