913. The Japanese army attacked Zhanggushan

On October 4, the 27th year of the Republic of China, the Corps Headquarters of the First Corps of the Ninth Theater conducted inferences and verifications based on the military reports and intelligence reports that were constantly being sent.

It has been concluded that the headquarters of the enemy's 106th Division, which was besieged in the Wanjialing area of the mountainous area of northern Jiangxi, is in the area of Nantianpu and Liucun in Leiminggu, where the radio signal is the most dense, and the enemy's heavy troops are also guarding this area.

On the morning of 4 October, the Corps Headquarters ordered the 90th and 91st Divisions to jointly flank Nantianpu from the east and west, inflicting heavy losses on a large part of the Japanese army.

At the same time, the intensive artillery bombardment of Liu Village in Thundering Valley did not hit Songpu I don't know, anyway, in the eyes of the three dogs, the entire Liu Village in Thundering Valley was covered by artillery fire, and there was smoke and shells everywhere.

The Japanese army adopted an asymmetrical style of fighting, that is, you fight yours, I fight mine, regardless of sending heavy troops to attack Zhang Gushan of the 58th Division of the 74th Army.

At the same time, a large number of troops were also sent to attack the side of the Biandan Mountain, that is, the defense area of the 51st Division, so as to contain the headquarters of the 51st Division and rescue the 58th Division.

Yesterday fought for a day, last night the third battalion temporarily changed down to rest, and the 306th regiment at night began to attack the devils again, but now the night attack is difficult to play a good effect.

Because the Japanese army, which did not like night attacks, was now forced by the situation to attack day and night, and they were also fighting at night, so there was no surprise attack, and the two sides could only fight together.

In the microscopic battlefield, Sangou and their three battalions did fight very hard, but looking at the overall situation, it was relatively good, because although the Biandan Mountain on this side belonged to the line of the Japanese army's main attack on Dajin Mountain, the Japanese army's main attack point was not on the side of the 51st Division.

The main attack point of the Japanese army is Zhanggushan on the edge of the 51st Division's Biandan Mountain, which is located in the south of Beixi Street, Moxi Township, Wanjialing, and the altitude of the main peak is 224.5 meters.

Although the main peak of Zhanggu Mountain is only more than 200 meters, the mountain is extremely steep, and the slope at the top of the mountain is 70 to 80 degrees, almost a cliff.

Zhang Gushan was guarded by the 58th Division of the 74th Army, and the previous forward positions had been inseparable from the Japanese army, and this time the Japanese army sent two wings of the 111 Infantry Brigade to attack Zhang Gushan in several ways.

Zhang Gushan, which has not been plagued by war for thousands of years, is even a place where people rarely have people, and the ancient trees are towering and overgrown, but this time it was intensively bombed by dozens of Japanese planes.

Aviation bombs fell on Zhanggu Mountain like eggs, thick trees were blown up, weeds and small trees were attacked by incendiary bombs, and a sea of fire.

The officers and men of the 58th Division were so miserable that they could only desperately hide in tunnels and bunkers, passively being bombed, and the degree of civilization, scientific and technological level, industrial strength, and military industrial capability of the two countries were fully displayed on this microscopic battlefield.

China has a land of millions and tens of millions of people, but civilization has just come out of feudal society, and the remnants of feudalism are very serious in many places, and the degree of civilization determines the level of science and technology, and affects industry and military industry.

Japan, which broke away from Asia and joined Europe early, has long entered the stage of capitalist development, advocating science and doing practical work, making Japan a great power in Asia and even in the world.

The two countries advance and retreat, the difference is thousands of miles, the most direct embodiment is the disparity in military strength, China's backwardness brought about by the Qing Dynasty's closure in the feudal society, and now the first to bear the blame is these innocent soldiers.

Many of the soldiers' bunkers and hiding holes were blown up by bombshells, either crushed to death by a thick layer of soil, or suffocated by being stuffed inside, and some were killed directly.

If you don't see the enemy's face, it's not a battle loss, it's a great loss, but there is no way, people can take air supremacy and pour steel explosives on your head.

In addition to the bombing by planes, the Japanese army also brought in a mountain artillery unit, which continued to bombard Zhanggu Mountain indiscriminately, ploughing back and forth like a ploughed field.

Seeing that the troops were constantly being killed and injured by artillery fire, Feng Shengfa, commander of the 58th Division, thought about it again and again, and wanted to call Yu Jishi, commander of the 74th Army, to plead with the commander and allow the 58th Division to withdraw to the second line of positions to defend and not suffer from artillery fire again.

Feng Shengfa is Yu Jishi's brother-in-law, their wives are siblings, and they are both Zhejiang villagers, so they are very close in relationship, and Commander Feng thought about this request, and Commander Yu should be able to agree.

Master Feng Sheng is a native of Zhuji, Zhejiang, and entered the Guangzhou Presidential Palace in the twelfth year of the Republic of China as Premier Sun's guard, and was later recommended to be admitted to the first infantry section of Huangpu.

After graduating from the military academy, he followed the Eastern Expedition to the Northern Expedition of the large army, and all the way down, became the commander of the 18th Division of the 11th Army, and later transferred to the Guard Division, that is, the 88th Division of the 5th Army, as the regiment commander and brigade commander, promoted to major general, and entered the Army University for further study.

After graduating from Lu University, he became the deputy commander of the 88th Division, and when it came to the Battle of Songhu, the 51st Division and the 58th Division became the 74th Army, and the former 58th Division commander Yu Jishi became the commander of the 74th Army, and Feng Shengfa was transferred from the 88th Division to the 58th Division as the division commander.

Judging from the resume of Division Commander Feng, he is not a person who relied on Commander Yu to ascend to the position, but fought on his own step by step, and he is also a general who graduated from Huangpu Lu University.

In view of his relationship with Commander Yu, he thought that Commander Yu would agree to his request and ask the 58th Division to retreat to the second front to block the Japanese army.

Unexpectedly, Commander Yu rejected his request: "No, absolutely not, you can't retreat a single step, if you retreat and let go of the Japanese army, the chairman can't spare you, and he can't spare me, this position must be held desperately." ”

Division Commander Feng had no choice but to send his troops up in batches to resist the Japanese charge, and under the cover of strong firepower, the Japanese army charged for the first time with a sea of more than 1,000 people.

The front-line position immediately entered the white heat, like a crucible that could melt steel, whether it was the Japanese army or the Chinese soldiers, after approaching, they were immediately melted away, and the world evaporated.

Under the dense bullets, groups of Japanese soldiers fell in front of the position, but groups of Japanese soldiers stepped on the corpses of their compatriots and continued to pounce.

Under the guns and bullets of the Japanese army, batches of officers and men of the 58th Division also fell into the position, but the officers and men were also the same as the Japanese army, without fear, as if they had been hypnotized, not afraid of life and death, rushing forward and falling one after another.

Zhang Gushan, who had been silent for tens of millions of years, was in flames and blood at this time, and the two sides invested all their firepower and troops, and the tragedy reached the point of no return.

Despite the fact that a large number of people are falling and dying every minute and every second, both sides are still like crazy to increase their forces and increase their firepower, and the front of the position can be described as a sea of corpses and blood.

The weather in October, the day was still very hot, and the rotting corpses burst out with an unbearable corpse stench, permeating the entire Zhanggushan, like countless unjust souls, surrounding Zhanggushan, unwilling to leave for a long time.

In addition to the smell of corpses, there is also choking gunsmoke, and even the poisonous gas of the Japanese army, etc., the entire Zhanggu Mountain is about to suffocate, the original ancient trees are towering to the sky, but now it is bare by shells, and the mountain is full of low charred tree trunks and black scorched earth.