Kunlun Pass, behind the pass, the supreme headquarters of the Japanese army's Kunlun Pass garrison, there was chaos inside, and the sound of military orders was everywhere.

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"Hey, hey, is it a squadron of sappers? Have the fortifications on the first heights been reinforced? ”

"Okay, I'll report it to Your Excellency Shaozo."

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Matsumoto Sozaburo Shaozo's face was not good, the sound of the chaotic and noisy radio and field telephone made him already a little irritable, even worse, in his telescope, the smoke behind the Luotang Heights had not yet dissipated, he overlooked the entire Kunlun Pass front, and the hope in his heart became more and more dim.

Sozaburo Matsumoto, who had already commanded his garrison at Kunlun Pass, had held various positions near the pass for more than three days, and although he had repelled many attacks by the Fifth Army, his own casualties were also increasing.

The Kunlun Pass garrison under Matsumoto had a total strength of less than 2,000 men, and it was based on the 2nd Infantry Brigade, which had the most ferocious combat effectiveness in the 42nd Infantry Wing, and was also equipped with artillery, engineer and other units, and the total strength and combat strength were not very rich.

Thanks to Zhang Wei, the Kunlun Pass garrison did not get the same as the original direction, the 21st Wing, the 42nd Wing and other units of the troops and material support, up to now, it is still the garrison itself in the Kunlun Pass support, through air raids and airdrops, struggling to maintain the position, Matsumoto finally lived up to the pre-war commander's trust in him, and did not let with his own strength, withstood the attack of a main infantry division of the Chinese army.

Even if it did not suffer much loss and held the position, but the casualties of the Kunlun Pass garrison were not small, after all, in the repeated attacks of the 200 divisions and the fierce bombardment of the Fifth Army, the Japanese army was also being consumed, and after three days of attack, the Kunlun Pass garrison continued to produce combat casualties, and the Kunlun Pass garrison was close to 2,000 troops, and in the consumption of the past few days, only less than 1,400 people now have combat capability, and the remaining 600 people, either dead or wounded, can not participate in the battle.

A few hours ago, it was even more heavily damaged, the mortar position behind the Luotang Heights was actually raided by the Chinese army, and six mortars were lost, Matsumoto Sozaburo was simply painful, his capital was not rich, the artillery firepower of the Kunlun Pass garrison was only a rapid-fire artillery squadron, a mountain artillery squadron and a mortar squadron, and the Luotang Heights were raided, and almost one mortar squadron was lost.

After counting, Matsumoto found that only two 97-type 90-millimeter mortars remained in the entire Kunlun Pass garrison, and a large number of losses of mortars made Matsumoto Sozaburo very distressed, Matsumoto knew the importance of mortars in mountain warfare, but when his eyelids were lowered, the mortar position behind the Luotang Heights was actually touched.

Matsumoto felt that the situation in front of him and in front of him was becoming more and more severe, and Matsumoto was afraid that he would not be able to support the arrival of reinforcements, and the living fighting force under his command would be forcibly exhausted by the Chinese army! Because the gap in strength is too big.

What's even more worrying is that Matsumoto has not seen any hope until now, any news of getting the siege lifted and reinforcements, in fact, Matsumoto got an amazing fact last night, the first brigade of the 21st Wing reinforcing Kunlun Pass was actually wiped out!

The nearest reinforcements to himself were all eaten by the Chinese army, and it was a whole brigade that was eaten, this news really scared Sozaburo Matsumoto, what does it mean to lose an infantry brigade, Matsumoto naturally understands, the loss of an infantry brigade? So how many troops will the Chinese army put in to block reinforcements?

According to his experience, with the general combat effectiveness of the Chinese army, if you want to resist the attack of an infantry brigade, you must have a whole division, and now that a brigade has been annihilated, then the Chinese army that is blocking reinforcements, Matsumoto thinks that there are two infantry divisions at least.

With such a large number of troops, the difficulties faced by the reinforcements can be seen, and when he thinks of the strong strength of the Chinese army in the direction of the reinforcement, Matsumoto is worried, and he thinks about it again, if the Chinese army that is blocking the reinforcement has two divisions, then the Chinese army fighting around the Kunlun Pass will have a strong strength, I am afraid that it is difficult to imagine the strength of its strength.

Matsumoto began to beat the drum in his heart, not knowing whether his garrison could hold out until the moment when reinforcements arrived, but he was also relatively shrewd, out of consideration for morale, the news that the reinforcements were annihilated by a brigade was controlled by Matsumoto in the command post of the garrison, and was not reported to the officers and soldiers of the Kunlun Pass garrison and combat officers at all levels, so the spread of this news was limited to the officers and staff officers of the Kunlun Pass garrison command post.

"Your Excellency Shaozuo, the first place in the world is coming to report, there are stragglers of the Chinese army in front of the battle!"

Matsumoto's thoughts were abruptly interrupted by an adjutant.

Matsumoto: "How many enemy troops are there in the Kaishou Highlands?" ”

"According to the report of the defenders of Jieshou Heights, there are now dozens of stragglers swimming repeatedly in front of the formation, reconnoitring, they did not dare to fire, and they called to ask for instructions from His Excellency Shaozuo!"

Matsumoto suddenly became energetic, in a few days of fighting, he didn't know how many times he received such a battle warning, the front found stragglers, this is the precursor of the enemy's attack, for a few days, the attack routine of the 200th Division on Kunlun Pass is like this, before the attack will be harassed and reconnoitred by stragglers, it seems that the enemy is going to attack the first high ground again, Matsumoto thought.

"Order the defenders of the head of the realm to prepare for the battle, the defenders in front of Luotang and the pass are fully deployed, the mountain artillery squadron and the rapid-fire artillery squadron are ready to reinforce the Jieshou Heights, and the temporary reserves are maneuvering to the Jieshou Heights and preparing for battle!"

Matsumoto gave the battle order, and the adjutant skillfully used a field phone to call the Jieshou Heights where the enemy situation was discovered, and the Japanese troops guarding Kunlun Pass once again entered a state of imminent battle......

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At the same time, the commander of the 200th Division, Dai issued an attack order to the 599th Regiment and the 600th Regiment of the 200th Division in the command post, and as a feint and covering force, the two regiments were to launch a large-scale feint attack on the front of the boundary and the border, and Zhang Wei also supervised the assault troops and entered the position of the 598th Regiment in front of the Luotang Heights......

A few miles away from the position of the 200th Division, in the artillery group position of the Fifth Army, the artillery of different sources was lined up one after another, six German-style 150-millimeter howitzers of the 10th Artillery Regiment of the Central Army, four 41-type 75-millimeter mountain guns newly reinforced by the 46th Army of the Gui Army, and several 75-millimeter Bofors mountain guns and 38 field guns.

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