Because of the precise shelling of the heavy artillery brigade of the independent regiment without warning and without warning, the division headquarters of the 10th Division and the 10th Wing of the field artillery suffered heavy losses.

It was busy until dawn the next day, and the division headquarters finally restored order.

Thankfully, because the Maori Wing and the other two infantry wings protected the front and the left and right flanks, the independent regiment failed to take advantage of the situation to attack, otherwise the losses of the 10th Division would have been even heavier.

Fortunately, such an extremely bad situation did not happen.

At 8:05 a.m., more than 40 Type 97 carrier-based attack planes of the 3rd Flying Regiment of the Air Corps directly under the Central China Command flew over Dameishan and began bombing the "heavy artillery positions" outside Meizhen and Shaqiao Gang.

In the eyes of Hata Junroku, the importance of Yueyang and Changde far exceeded that of Dameishan, so he was not prepared to send attack planes of the rearmament aviation to Dameishan.

But I can't stand the words of Higashikure, although Higashikuru is only the commander of the subordinate group army, but his other identity is the emperor's uncle, belonging to the nobles among the nobles, the Sino-Japanese war will end one day, but he will continue to mix in the country, so he should give the imperial family face, it must be given.

In this way, with a telegram, Higashikure sent more than 40 Type 97 carrier-based attack planes that Toshikuhiko had originally planned to send to the Wuhan battlefield to the Dameishan battlefield; judging from the current firepower configuration of the Japanese army, it is absolutely a luxury to dispatch more than 40 attack planes to bomb such a tactical-level target as Dameishan.

The sound of a huge explosion coming from the direction of Meizhen could be heard more than a dozen kilometers away.

Piggy Yoshio is essentially a militarist, but he is relatively tactful.

Listening to the incessant sound of explosions, Yoshio Piggy said to Higashikuru with some flattery: "Your Highness, strictly speaking, Xu Rui's Dameishan Independent Regiment is not even a tactical-level target, and I am afraid that only you can let Your Excellency the General dispatch so many attack planes to the Dameishan battlefield to support." ”

Higashikuru waved his hand and said with a smile: "Little pig-san, I have good news for you, according to the report of the aviation scouts of the 3rd Flying Regiment, they found the heavy artillery position of the Independent Regiment outside the Shaqiao Post at the entrance of Meizhen, and the artillery of the Independent Regiment was busy camouflaging at that time, but they didn't expect the aviation scouts of the Imperial Army to fly over Damei Mountain so early, and they were immediately identified and reported to the follow-up flight regiment. ”

"Really?" When the little pig righteous man heard this, he immediately perked up.

Higashikure said again: "If there is no miracle, now the heavy artillery brigade of the independent regiment should have been blown to ashes by the attack aircraft of the 3rd flying regiment, which means that the heavy artillery threat of the independent regiment has been lifted, and your troops will be able to attack the gateway of Meizhen, Shaqiaogang, without any scruples." ”

"Hello." Little Pig Yoshio paused heavily and said, "I understand, I will order the 10th Infantry Wing to attack Shaqiaogang. ”

After finishing speaking, Piggy Yoshio picked up the telephone and said, "Pick me up the 10th Infantry Wing." ”

After a while, the phone was connected, and Piggy Yoshio said again: "Maorisan?" I am Little Pig Yoshinan, I order your team to immediately launch an attack on the gate of Meizhen, Shaqiaogang, please be sure to take Shaqiaogang before noon today, please. ”

After finishing speaking, Yoshio Piggy hung up the phone again, and then turned to Higashikuru and said: "Your Highness, if you have no other military affairs in the morning, I would like to ask you to stay temporarily, you know, last night's shelling caused a lot of damage to the morale of our department, and if Your Highness is here, it will be an encouragement to the morale of our department." ”

Of course, what Yoshio Piggy said was a pretext, Tokuri Twisthiko stayed in the division headquarters of the 10th Division, and there was no half-dime impact on the morale of the 10th Division.

Speaking of which, the performance of the 10th Division last night was really bad, it didn't look like an elite division with a hundred battles at all, but more like a special division that had just stepped on the battlefield.

Although Higashikure Twisthiko is a prodigal child, he still has a good grasp of human nature.

At that moment, Dongjiu Tsuruhiko nodded happily and said, "Yo Xi, then I'll wait here for good news." ”

I have to say that the ideal of the little pig righteous man is very beautiful, but the reality is extremely cruel.

The Maori Wing began its attack at 9 a.m. and stormed for more than four hours, until 2 p.m., when it only broke through the two flank defenses on the periphery of the Independent Regiment.

Yoshio Piggy originally wanted to show his hand in front of Higashikurehiko and eliminate the previous bad influence, but the final result surprised him, and the Maori United attacked all morning without an inch, not only failed to eliminate the impact, but anyway, it made his impression of Higashikure Tsuruhiko even worse.

So the little pig Yoshio was a little annoyed and angry, and took the opportunity of Higashikuru getting up to go to the toilet, picked up the telephone and gave Maori Suehiro a death order, ordering the 10th Infantry Wing to capture the Shaqiaogang position before dark, clearing the way for the main force of the follow-up division to enter Meizhen, otherwise Maori Suehiro would be sent to a military court.

At this time, Yoshio Piggy still fantasizes about breaking through Shaqiao Gang before dark, and still fantasizes about proving himself again in front of Higashikure Twisthiko and re-proving the combat effectiveness of the 10th Division, but he doesn't know that the Maori Wing has fallen into danger, and a greedy blood plate has shown its fangs to the Maori Wing!

(Dividing Line)

Through the tunnel, Xu Rui went up to the defensive position of the 1st Battalion.

In the past half a month, due to the surplus of ten tons of ash provided by the Nationalist Government, the Independent Regiment simply built some concrete fortifications outside Shaqiaogang, and connected these concrete fortifications with Shaqiaogang Fortress through tunnels, of course, when necessary, these underground passages can be completely cut off.

It was with these sturdy concrete fortifications that the 1st Battalion could barely block the attack of the Maori Wing, otherwise, not to mention just one battalion, two more battalions would be transferred, and the 2nd Battalion of Wanzhongshan and the 3rd Battalion of Xu Dekun would all be transferred, but I am afraid that the Maori Wing of the little devils would have been defeated.

There are strong fortifications for cover, and no fortifications for cover, the result is of course completely different, this only need to see the actual combat case of the Normandy landing, you can know that in the Normandy landing, with strong fortifications, a German machine gunner can easily hunt down thousands of Allied soldiers.

So in the face of strong fortifications, the situation of the attacker is extremely miserable.

So when Xu Rui came to the position, He Guangming was even in the mood to joke with him.

He Guangming grinned and said, "Commander, didn't you say that the 10th Division is the elite division of the seventeen permanent divisions of the little devils, second only to the Kumamoto Division and the Sendai Division?" But how do I feel that this is all there is to it? ”

"That's what I said." Xu Rui didn't have a good breath and said, "If you have the ability, don't you hide in the fortifications, you pull the troops to the front of the field to fight the devils?" How long can I see your 1st battalion lasting? ”

"You're stupid for me?" He Guangming said hesitantly, "Don't use the fortifications, go to the field to fight the devils?" ”

"Then you don't talk about it here." Xu Rui snorted and said, "What about the casualties of the 1st Battalion?" ”

Speaking of casualties, He Guangming immediately became vigilant and said in a deep voice: "It's okay, the casualties are not too big." ”

"What do you mean that the casualties are not too big?" Xu Rui frowned and said, "You tell me the truth, how many casualties have you had?" ”

"The whole battalion can still almost piece together an entire company now." Speaking of this, He Guangming didn't wait for Xu Rui to speak, and immediately rushed to say, "Regiment commander, our 1st battalion has been fighting with the devils for a long time, and it is not easy to drag the devils tired. ”

"Lao He, when can you change your standardism? What does it mean to let Lao Wan and Lao Xu pick up cheap? Xu Rui snorted and said coldly, "Don't participate in the next counterattack, your 1st Battalion, but you can rest assured, if you can really annihilate the 10th Wing of the devils this time, your 1st Battalion will be the first achievement!" ”

He Guangming immediately grinned when he heard this, and said with a smile: "This is about the same. ”

"Look at your little bit of interest." Xu Rui snorted and said, "Let's go and rest." ”

"Gotcha." He Guangming agreed, hummed an out-of-tune tune and turned away.

In a short time, the officers and soldiers of the 2nd and 3rd Battalions, who had been recuperating in the fortress for a long time, were fully armed and entered the forward position through the tunnel one by one, and Wan Chongshan and Xu Dekun also came to Xu Rui.

Xu Rui turned his head and glanced at the two of them and asked, "Are you ready?" ”

Wan Chongshan and Xu Dekun nodded at the same time: "The troops have entered the attack position." ”

Xu Rui raised his wrist and looked at his watch, immediately picked up the telephone in front of him, and said in a deep voice: "Give me the fortress artillery brigade." ”

After a while, the phone was connected, and Xu Rui said, "Ah Niu?" I'm Xu Rui, before the devils start to attack, shoot Zhu Yuan according to the calibration, and blast their sortie position into scum for me, do you hear? ”

"Yes." Niu Dazhuang's thunderous response immediately came from the phone, "Before the devils start to attack, shoot Zhu Yuan according to the calibrated and bomb their sortie position into slag!" ”