Japanese troops, and planes.

The morning of the first day of the official start of the Battle of Niangziguan was not only a torment for the soldiers on the battlefield. For the mountain people who have lived in the Taihang Mountains of Niangziguan for generations, I am afraid that it is also a memory that cannot be erased for a lifetime.

In addition to the constant rumbling of artillery from the distant mountains, in the sky, six Japanese bombers painted with eye-catching "sun" flags on their tail fins were constantly buzzing and roaring overhead, from Xuehua Mountain to Niangzi Pass to Jiuguan, all the Chinese defense lines on the three attack points of the Japanese army were bombed by as many as 36 bombers in one morning.

On the way back, many Japanese planes also carried out machine-gun fire on the mountain villages in the field of vision. That was their revenge for the loss of five warplanes two days earlier.

However, this time the mountain people learned a lot smarter, and as soon as they saw the Japanese planes flying overhead, they dragged their families and even their livestock into the woods. He waited until the sun went down and did not see a single Japanese plane, and then returned home from the mountains and forests.

The bombs were dropped by Japanese planes on the positions of the Chinese defenders, and most of the houses in Taihang Mountain were built of stone, and the damage caused by machine guns was actually limited. However, the tyrannical behavior of the Japanese aircraft undoubtedly made the mountain people hate them even more, which also laid the groundwork for the increasingly strong resistance of the people in the Taihang Mountain area in the future, and the attacks on the Japanese army were as frequent as drinking boiled water.

Dragging the frightened and premature ewe, holding the little lamb that had just opened his eyes and taking his mother and sister to hide in the mountains, although he was only 8 years old, he stared at the Japanese machine flying in the sky and made a wish, and when his sister grew up a little, he also grew up a little, and he was going to go to Uncle Shanying to sign up for the army to fight devils.

Moreover, he also wants to be an air force, and he wants to take down these little devils who can't step on their traps in the air.

At this time, Yamariwa, who stared at the Japanese machine with anger in her eyes and made a grand wish, of course did not know that he really became the eagle of the Republic thirteen years later, although he did not take the opportunity to fight the Japanese little devils, but he still beat the devils, but he was a foreign devil.

Who would have thought that the first generation of ace pilots of the Republic would be just a little mountain baby holding a lamb and expecting the ewe to milk and still having a runny nose?

People always have to have dreams. Maybe one day, it will come true?

This afternoon, for Zhao Shoushan, commander of the 17th Division of the Xuehuashan Battlefield, his dream was to open up the line of communication and send reinforcements to a hill in the Xuehuashan defense line, and an infantry company of the 102nd Regiment of his 17th Division located in the main position of the mountain has been divided and surrounded by the Japanese for 20 hours.

The telephone line had been completely blown up, and the command had no idea what was going on with the casualties of the infantry company on the top of the hill. What's worse is that since yesterday, the Japanese army has used up to 12 mountain guns and 12 field guns to bombard all parts of the defense line on Xuehua Mountain, and then use a small force at the level of an infantry squadron to take advantage of the gap in the defense line to take the opportunity to outflank it, although the 102nd Regiment on the defense line of Xuehua Mountain organized several desperate counterattacks to repel several Japanese invaders, but a group of Japanese invaders with a number of more than 200 people occupied an important place, which was the only passage located in the position of the department, and the rest of the place was almost a vertical cliff of nearly 90 degrees, The troops that sent supplies to the ministry simply could not go up.

What would it be like to fight such a terrible battle without supplies? Zhao Shoushan, who stayed two kilometers away, was sitting on pins and needles, and could only hold a telescope and look at the mountains that were still a little blurry in the distance.

In the past 20 hours, Zhang Shijun, the commander of the 102nd Regiment, had organized at least five death squad attacks, but because the Japanese artillery fire was too fierce, and the position was easy to defend and difficult to attack, the five death squads all suffered heavy losses but still could not take the position.

The 17th Division's 12 mountain guns were not without effort, and in 10 minutes of rapid artillery bombardment, more than 400 shells were poured into the positions occupied by the Japanese at a rate of 20 rounds per minute, although the Japanese suffered heavy casualties, but the Japanese reinforcements arrived quickly, not to mention, at the same time, the Japanese artillery retaliation came more violently, and the 24 guns of the two artillery brigades launched retaliatory shelling at the mountain artillery battalion at the same time.

Although the artillery battalion was very valiant, holding only half of the opponent's cannon and firing at the opponent, in this kind of artillery firing in which you could not see the opponent and could only feel the temperature of the artillery fire, courage may work, but it cannot determine the outcome of the battle.

Ten cannons were fired at the same time, and twenty shells were fired by the enemy. The extremely rare artillery battle in the Niangziguan area lasted for two hours, and Japanese planes also participated in the battle, and the two anti-aircraft and flat-firing dual-purpose anti-aircraft gun positions supported by Liu Lang also brazenly participated in the battle.

However, the final result was that more than half of the artillery battalion of the 17th Division was lost, an air defense position was bombed into ruins, two Japanese planes were shot down, and the Japanese artillery losses were unknown.

The artillery battalion of the 17th Division was almost crippled and suffered heavy losses, but the strategic purpose was still not achieved. That key position was still firmly occupied by the Japanese invaders. The main infantry company located at the top of the hill was still isolated from the rest of the world, and both the supply route and the retreat route were completely cut off.

The most important thing is that, in addition to the lives of more than 100 brothers, the position named Position No. 1 is too important, if it is captured, the Japanese army will mount infantry artillery on the top of the mountain, and all the other positions of Xuehua Mountain are within its range, and they are condescending and unavoidable.

If the No. 1 position is lost, the entire defensive battle of Xuehua Mountain can be declared a failure, and the whole army must retreat to the second line of defense, which is also the last line of defense discussed with Liu Lang and others--- Lack of Donkey Ridge.

However, this was only the second day, and what he Zhao Shoushan promised Liu Lang was to hold on for at least five days, kill and wound a large number of Japanese invaders, and at the same time, firmly block the enemy's 40th Brigade in front of the right flank of Niangziguan.

He knew that he couldn't ask Liu Lang more. His 17th Division was on the front line, facing a wing of the 40th Brigade of the Japanese Infantry, while the Liu Lang Independent Regiment and the 772nd Regiment were also a wing, and they were also facing heavy artillery such as the 105 howitzer. They also have to block the moment of the final battle.

The submachine guns sent by Liu Lang have all been sent to the front line, the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine gun platoons that have been supported have been killed in nearly a platoon, and the 1,000 gas masks sent by him have all been on the front line, without the 1,000 rounds of mountain artillery shells he sent, the artillery battalion would not even have the ability to carry out a bayonet-style artillery battle with the Japanese artillery, and he has done everything he can.

"Tell Zhao Shijun to inform Zhang Dengdi's fifth company in the flag language that even if the last person fights, it will be carried until dawn tomorrow." Zhao Shoushan pursed his lips, which had not drunk water for a long time, and did not turn his head back, and gave an order to Geng Jinghui, the commander of the 51st Brigade in the command headquarters, who was also speechless. "Also, let's just say that I Zhao Shoushan said it, and told Company Commander Zhang that after the war, the fifth company will be the first company to be rebuilt by the 17th Division. As long as the 17th Division remains, the 5th Company will always be there. ”

"Yes, Master." A trace of sadness flashed across Geng Jinghui's face.

He knew that the elite infantry company under his command was over. However, the division headquarters had done its best, and for them, 133 people were killed in the artillery battalion, 34 people were killed in the air defense platoon supported by the independent regiment, and 143 people were killed in the 102nd regiment.

"Tell Zhang Shijun of the 102nd Regiment that as long as the gunfire on the position of the fifth company continues, his 102nd Regiment will not be able to retreat, and the brothers of Lao Tzu's 17th Division will shed blood in Xuehua Mountain, and his little devil on a dog day will not want to fall into the air." The sadness on Zhao Shoushan's face was overwhelmed by the boundless coldness, and he continued with his cheeks puffed.

The rumbling cannon sound resounded in the distance proved that the Japanese invaders had started a new round of attack, and Zhao Shoushan had already been beaten out of the real fire, and even forgot what to hold on for five days. If it weren't for the lack of donkey ridge, his 17th Division would have to live and die in Xuehua Mountain and the position.

On the No. 1 position of Snow Mountain.

A soldier with a dirty face and a military uniform on his body that had long been stained with dust and blood touched a lieutenant officer lying next to him with his eyes closed and holding a submachine gun: "Hey, company commander, what are you laughing at!" Did you marry a daughter-in-law in your dream? ”

"The devil is coming up again?" The lieutenant officer, who was holding a submachine gun and pretending to sleep, woke up with a spirit.

"No, no, I'm looking at the company commander and you're having fun, I don't know what you're happy about, I want to ask." The soldier laughed.

"You melon coward, Lao Tzu just dreamed of answering home, the water in the river in front of the house is so sweet! Lao Tzu was drinking happily, and he was woken up by your melon. The lieutenant who had just turned over and got up gave the hehe, happy soldier a brain meltdown.

"Go home! Company commander, you can still go home! The soldier asked with a sad face, forgetting that he had been hit in the face.

"Watermelon! I'm afraid I won't be able to go back to the ball when I go home. Look at how many little devils are surrounded under the mountain, the regiment headquarters and the division headquarters have taken out the mountain artillery that they have been reluctant to use in order to save us, and I don't know how many shells have been fired. The lieutenant shook his head and sighed.

"That's the end of the ball, Eda just told Forehead a daughter-in-law before he left, and he left before he crossed the door, and he didn't know what it was like to sleep with a woman!" The soldier's face was even worse, and he said unwillingly with a crying voice.

"Watermelon, you shit, Lao Tzu's sister hasn't passed the door yet, you want to sleep, see if Lao Tzu doesn't kill you." On the other side, a thin soldier lying not far away was furious, crawling from the end of the trench to start working.

"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, just say that, I can't think about it in my heart!" The soldier hurriedly explained. "Hey, if you hit again, if you hit your forehead again, you'll turn your face."

"Give Lao Tzu a little rest. Dog's day, I haven't drunk water all day, and I'm still so energetic. The lieutenant kicked the two away in a fit of rage.

"Yes! Why doesn't it rain a little on this day of dog's day? Let Lao Tzu drink saliva before he dies! The soldier looked up at the sky and couldn't help but lick his chapped lips again.

The soldier's wish at this time is not to live, but only to drink saliva.

From last night to now, with the supply of supplies cut off, the water has also been cut off.