Just when Sangou and his several companies took the north hill of Xiaomin Mountain, the superiors immediately realized the importance of this mountain, which was not only the salient part of the position, but also a shortcut to attack the main position of the Japanese army in Minshan. &1t;/p>

I just didn't expect the third battalion to take down this highly tactically significant mountain overnight, and I thought that whether the third battalion could take Yangping Mountain last night was a question. &1t;/p>

If we knew that even Xiaomin Mountain could be taken last night, then today's troop deployment would not be like this, and even the strength of the entire 51st Division would be adjusted. &1t;/p>

Now that the 51st Division is in the south and west of Minshan as the key offensive direction, the battle in the morning has already begun, and it is impossible to change troops in battle, so it can only urgently order the third battalion to hold the salient of Xiaominshan, the northern hill. &1t;/p>

It would be better if we could go one step further and hit the hinterland of the main position in Minshan, but we should not take risks, and we still have to hold our positions to the death for now, and then make a decision after watching the progress of this morning's attack. &1t;/p>

Therefore, after receiving the military order, Liu Guangyu, the commander of the third battalion, immediately pulled the battalion headquarters to the big cave where the seventh company of the three dogs was located, indicating that he was sworn to defend this salient to the death. &1t;/p>

From this point of view, the command of the third battalion has been pulled to the front line less than a kilometer away, which is considered a relatively dangerous behavior, but in a special time, it is not impossible. &1t;/p>

It's just that now the Japanese army is being attacked by the 51st Division on all fronts, and has to concentrate on and force to deal with it, if the attack of the 51st Division goes smoothly and the Minshan is captured, then the three dogs don't matter, there is no pressure to wait for the moment of victory. &1t;/p>

If it doesn't go well, or even if it fails and retreats, then the position of the three dogs will be very dangerous, and the Japanese army will not easily give up this extremely dangerous position to the Chinese army no matter what. &1t;/p>

Therefore, in this gap, the third battalion ordered each company to immediately dig fortifications, carry ammunition and even food and drinking water, and the stretcher team sent the seriously wounded to the rear and immediately carried supplies up the mountain. &1t;/p>

Before Battalion Commander Liu came, Sangou told all the personnel of the Seventh Company to quickly squint in the cave for a while, which was regarded as a little supplement to the continuous marching and fighting in the past day and night. &1t;/p>

After Battalion Commander Liu came, he immediately woke everyone up, and dug fortifications with the Eighth and Ninth Companies, and there were many stones on this mountain, and there were few muddy grounds, even if there was muddy ground, it was also hardened ground, so everyone dug it very hard. &1t;/p>

But don't dig it, it's not good, this fortification is your own life, the deeper you dig, the harder your life is, now if you want to be lazy and perfunctory, the last unlucky is yourself. &1t;/p>

In order to survive, all the people began to do it, even Liu Guangyu picked up a pickaxe and dug desperately, and the others had no reason not to do it. &1t;/p>

The terrain on the mountain, with many rocks and little soil, has dug up the skin of everyone's palms, and some people have to pick up strips of cloth or ties, wrap their hands and continue digging. &1t;/p>

However, when they encountered a large rock and could not dig it, the Seventh Company called Radish and a few demomen to install an appropriate amount of explosives and blow up the stone. &1t;/p>

This was immediately popularized throughout the battalion, where a certain amount of explosives were planted in the mountains, large holes were blown up, and several communication trenches, foxholes, machine gun nests and other fortifications were quickly dug up. &1t;/p>

In addition to the big cave where soldiers can be hidden, there are also some caves dug on the anticline of the mountain, which are just small and can accommodate one or two people. &1t;/p>

In addition to the battalion headquarters, the big cave was also used as a hiding cave, ammunition depot, grain depot, etc., and the stretcher team and the militia men who moved in the local area brought a large amount of food and drinking water. &1t;/p>

In the depths of the cave, there is a spring, but there is not much water, and it is afraid of overuse and depletion, Liu Guangyu still picked up a lot of drinking water under the advice of the three dogs. &1t;/p>

Sangou is afraid of playing a defensive war, from Songhu to Nanjing to Lanfeng, constantly defending, without food, ammunition and water, and will fight very badly in the end. &1t;/p>

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Sure enough, the 51st Division stormed all morning, but failed to defeat the Maruyama Brigade of the 9th Division, failed to take Minshan, and had to retreat to catch his breath and rest. &1t;/p>

However, the Japanese army did not let the 51st Division rest its breath, and immediately dispatched dozens of planes at noon to continuously bomb and strafe the retreating positions of the 51st Division, and the northern hill of Xiaomin Mountain was the brunt. &1t;/p>

Since the area of the hilltop position in the north is not large, and the troops cannot be deployed, there is no need to spread all the men of the battalion on it and become a live target for the Japanese planes and artillery. &1t;/p>

Therefore, at the suggestion of the three dogs, the third battalion left only a few observers of the ninth company in the forward position, and most of the rest hid in the anticline, and the seventh company, as a reserve, all stayed in the cave and slept soundly. &1t;/p>

The sleeping skills that the veterans practiced on the battlefield also affected the recruits at this time, regardless of the roar of artillery outside, or even the caves shook, the dust and small stones on it did not fall, and they could not stop the veterans from sleeping soundly. &1t;/p>

In the midst of the snoring of the mountain, the recruits simply followed the example of the veterans, and no longer worried about the situation outside, even if the devil was about to rush over, they had to sleep, even if the cave was about to collapse, they had to sleep. &1t;/p>

Even if you are going to die in the next second, you still have to sleep now, even if you die, you will die asleep, and you will die comfortably, which is also the one that everyone thinks is the most enjoyable way to die among the countless ways to die on the battlefield. &1t;/p>

Originally, everyone marched heavily for a day, and then fought a night of mountain warfare, and the tired whole body was paralyzed on the ground. &1t;/p>

If it was before, Sangou would have mother-in-law and mother-in-law ordering everyone to hurry up and sleep, but now I don't want to talk about these common sense things, and I'm tired of talking about it. &1t;/p>

Needless to say, everyone knows that this is the time to sleep, it is a task and a pleasure, so why not do it together. &1t;/p>

Just when the seventh company was snoring in the cave, the eight companies and the ninth company outside were not so comfortable, everyone was distributed on the anticline of each mountain, some nested in a small hiding cave, and some could only shrink in the foxhole. &1t;/p>

Even more uncomfortable was the observer soldiers on the frontal position, who were suffering from the fierce baptism of aerial bombs and artillery, and the bombs of Japanese planes and distant artillery exploded on the position at the same time. &1t;/p>

Saturated bombs covered the epidermis of the position, raging like a storm, tearing apart everything that could be seen and the earth like death. &1t;/p>

The position was shrouded in thick smoke for a long time, and the smoke continued to light up with flashes of bomb explosions, and the whole mountain shook and shook because of the violent explosion. &1t;/p>

The two observers left behind by the Ninth Company were distributed in two different locations, hiding in the hidden caves dug in advance, like a small boat, tossing and turning on the windy sea, unable to do anything but resign themselves to fate. &1t;/p>

One of the observers had already been shattered by the shells, and his body could not be found, and the fragments of his body, as well as the gravel and earth, were thrown into the sky and sprinkled on the earth again, merging with the mountain and the earth. &1t;/p>

The remaining one of the observers, although trembling, still stuck to their posts, if they don't stick to it, if they go out to escape for their lives at this time, they will be blown to pieces immediately, it is better to stay in place, if you are lucky, you can still pick up a life. (To be continued)&1t;/p>

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