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Jigong Ridge is not very high, let alone steep, except for the cliff in the east is dozens of meters high, the other three directions are gentle slopes, however, the slopes on three sides are covered with dense shrubs and thorns, although it is already the beginning of September at this time, the weather has been much cooler than the previous two months, but the bushes are still rampant with snakes and insects.

What's worse is that those thorns are very troublesome to deal with.

So, after a little try, Yoshimoto gave up opening the passage and decided to go up the mountain from the only path.

But on this path, there is a bulge near the top of the mountain, ask the local guide, this raised part is called the chicken shit pier, this position is suspended on three sides, the firing range is very good, the national army built a civil structure machine gun fortification here, and stubbornly held the passage up the mountain.

At this time, there were only two ways to go in front of the Japanese army.

Or, at any cost, rush upwards and use up the enemy's ammunition with human lives, or fight until the machine gun is scrapped, or just find a way to destroy this machine gun fortification first, and then launch an attack, Yoshimoto Sadachi, after a little weighing, finally chose the latter and decided to destroy this machine gun fortification first.

To destroy the heavy machine-gun fortifications on the pier, it is better to use cannons.

However, it took half a day to transport the artillery from Jiujiang to Jigongling, to say the least, and when the artillery arrived, it was already night, and then it would have to wait for another night to attack, and Yoshimoto Sadachi really couldn't afford it, so he decided to transfer bombers from Jiujiang Airport to bomb Jidung Dun and even the buildings on Jigongling.

There is only a small group of Sichuan troops on Jigong Ridge, which is not enough for the Japanese army to make such a big move, but considering the murderer of Okamura Ningji, Xu Rui is also on Jigong Ridge at the moment, Yoshimoto Sadachi thinks that it is worth the price, anyway, he is out today, and he will capture or kill Xu Rui no matter what.

Otherwise, not only will His Excellency the General not be able to spare him, but even he himself will not let himself go.

At this time, Yoshimoto Sadaichi didn't know that Shunroku Habata had vomited blood and died because of Xu Rui's humiliation.

Yoshimoto Sadachi called the communications soldier to him and said, "Order, the 8th Flying Squadron stationed in Jiujiang will immediately take off with bombs and carry out carpet bombing of military targets on Jigong Ridge!" ”

"Hello!" The communications soldier paused heavily, turned around and was about to leave, but was stopped by Yoshimoto Sadachi.

"Wait." Yoshimoto Sadachi called out to the signal soldier, and then said, "Send another report to the commander of the Jiujiang gendarmerie, Yoshino Rio, ordering him to transfer another infantry brigade to Jigongling, hurry!" ”

"Hello." The signal soldier paused again, turned and hurried away.

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When Yoshino received the telegram, he was storming the Yamato Hotel with the gendarmerie.

Previously, when Yoshimoto Sadaichi led the 11th Army Headquarters guard unit to attack, he was sniped by snipers from the sixth-floor rooms of the Yamato Hotel, and Yoshimoto Sadaichi was anxious to rescue Okamura Ninji, so he left an infantry squadron to attack the Yamato Hotel, and he himself took the rest of the troops out of the city by detour.

This remaining infantry squadron soon went on the offensive.

However, what happened next made the little devil unbelievable.

There seemed to be only two gunmen in the Yamato Hotel, but these two men had excellent marksmanship, using pistols to shoot within 50 meters, and rifles beyond 50 meters.

After half an hour of fierce fighting, the remaining squadron suffered most of the casualties!

However, at this time, the commander of the Jiujiang gendarmerie, Yoshino Rio, also led the main force of the gendarmerie to arrive.

Because Jiujiang is the headquarters of the 11th Army, and it is a model city that Okamura Ninji is striving to build, a whole wing of gendarmerie is stationed, and before Yoshino Rio has sent an infantry brigade to support Yoshimoto Sadachi, most of the remaining two infantry brigades have been brought in, and they are storming the Yamato Hotel.

Because he couldn't attack for a long time, the devils used artillery.

37mm caliber anti-aircraft guns, 70mm caliber infantry guns, 75mm caliber field battles, all used.

If there were 105mm or larger caliber field howitzers in Jiujiang City, it was estimated that they would also be towed.

At this time, the six-story reinforced concrete building of the Yamato Hotel had been blown out of dozens of large holes by shells, especially the top floor, that is, the sixth floor, almost completely collapsed, but even so, the two gunmen hiding in the building were still resisting stubbornly, and at this point, Yoshino Rio also had to admire the tenacity of the two gunmen.

After receiving the telegram from Yoshimoto Sadachi, Yoshino Rio immediately sent another infantry brigade to reinforce it, no matter what, the most important thing is to catch or kill the assassin who assassinated Commander Okamura, this time Okamura Ninji was assassinated, Yoshino Rio thought he was also responsible, because he was the first to suggest that Okamura Ninji attend the groundbreaking ceremony.

After transferring an infantry brigade, there were less than two squadrons left around Yoshino Rio, because in the previous continuous assault, the gendarmerie suffered casualties of nearly one squadron, and the remaining squadron was responsible for the defense of Jiujiang City together with the puppet army, after all, it was impossible to ignore the city defense of Jiujiang at all, right?

With only two squadrons left in his hands, Rio Yoshino began to hesitate a little, whether to attack or not?

After hesitating for a moment, Yoshino Rio still decided to try one last time, if he still couldn't attack this time, then he could only block the surroundings of the Yamato Hotel first and wait for reinforcements, the field divisions on the front line could not come back, but the navy patrolling along the river could send marines, not only closer, but also faster.

"Doi-san." Rio Yoshino beckoned not far from a devil captain.

The devil captain immediately clinged to the ground, pouted his ass and crawled over, hiding behind the barricade where Yoshino was hiding, before he dared to straighten his waist and salute: "Captain? ”

Rio Yoshino said in a deep voice: "Doi-san, I will order the artillery to fire smoke bombs later, and then you will personally lead an infantry squad into the building, this time you must eliminate the two gunners hiding in the Yamato Hotel, otherwise, you are ready to seppuku to thank His Majesty the Emperor, understand?" ”

"Hello!" Doi paused.

"Yo Si." Rio Yoshino nodded, "Go ahead and prepare." ”

"Hello." Doi flickered again, and climbed back again.

Rio Yoshino gave Doi five minutes to prepare, and then said to the communications soldier behind him, "Let all the artillery squads change to smoke bombs, and start shelling in a minute!" ”

The signal soldiers immediately climbed to the hiding place with their backs to the Yamato Hotel, and gave Yoshino Rio's order to the devil artillerymen in the various gun positions behind him with flags.

A moment later, six 37mm anti-aircraft guns, four 70mm infantry guns, and two 75mm field howitzers in both directions of the street began at the same time, firing rows of smoke bombs at the Yamato Hotel, and soon the interior and surroundings of the Yamato Hotel were covered by billowing smoke.

Seeing that the streets around the Yamato Hotel were covered in smoke, Captain Doi immediately stood up, first wiped one of his foreheads and tied it to his forehead, then pulled out his saber with his backhand, threw off his stride and rushed forward.

Under the cover of smoke, Doi and more than fifty devils easily entered the hall on the first floor of the Yamato Hotel through the opening in the door and the wall, and the light in the hall on the first floor of the Yamato Hotel was even darker than the outside, coupled with the obstruction of the smoke, it was almost impossible to reach out to the five fingers, Doi covered his mouth and nose with a wet wool cloth while moving forward in the dark.

In the darkness, I don't know which soldier kicked a copper basin in the march, and immediately made a crisp sound of "light dang", in a dead and silent environment, this sound was extremely abrupt, Doi scolded Baga, and quickly waved his hand to squat down on the devil soldier who followed behind him.

A full five seconds passed, and there was still dead silence all around.

Doi breathed a sigh of relief, it looked like the two gunmen weren't in the lobby on the first floor.

"Group 1, forward!" With a wave of his hand, more than a dozen devil infantry of the 1st Infantry Group immediately stood up and continued to move forward with bright bayonets, but at this moment, fierce gunfire suddenly sounded in the smoke that could not be dissolved, and the scorching bullets instantly swept away the thick smoke and bloomed into clear ballistics.

In the next moment, the devil soldiers who were advancing with bayonets were shot and fell to the ground.

In a moment's effort, a group of fifteen devils had already been stacked down more than half, and the remaining devils reacted quickly, and quickly pouted their butts and lay on the ground, which was lucky to escape.

"Yaga!" Doi cursed hatefully, and pulled off his military hat and slammed it on the ground.

Before he could even touch the assassin's hair, he had already lost half of his group, and Doi felt hot all over his body.

The gunfire continued for less than three seconds before it stopped, and the lobby on the first floor of the Yamato Hotel was once again dead silent, so quiet that Doi could barely hear his own breathing.

Suddenly, there was a soft sound in front of me.

Doi couldn't help but roar: "Sasi changed ......"

The devils lying behind Doi and on both sides opened fire one after another, and the only two crooked handles in the team also fired fiercely, and the dense bullets rained forward like raindrops in an instant, and in the next moment, two black grenades rolled out of the smoke, because the distance was close enough, Doi could even see that the two grenades were emitting green smoke.

"Yaga, grenade ......" Doi only had time to shout halfway out, and the two grenades exploded.

Because the distance was too close, Doi was hit by dozens of fragments at the same time in an instant, and he was killed on the spot, and several devils behind Doi were also injured, one of the devils was the most seriously injured, and he couldn't help but scream loudly, this scream quickly brought him death. (To be continued.) )