Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura of the 106th Division of the Japanese Army has learned of the battle situation of the 113th Wing, and also knows that the night is a decisive battle, and the 113th Wing will launch a night battle against the northwest highlands on Hezhou at night and take the high ground in one fell swoop;

"The people of China like to fight at night, so tonight, our brave warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army told these people; They are no match for night fights! Junrokuro Matsuura shouted as he stared at the officer in the tent;

"Order: The 106th Field Artillery Wing began shelling the heights of the Confucian Temple at nine o'clock for half an hour! The whole army of the 145th Wing raided the Confucian Temple; Tonight take both fulcrums of the line of defense of the Zhina; Routed all the elite troops defending the positions of the Chinese in this hill. Junrokuro Matsuura slapped the map and shouted,

"Hay!" The officers did not dare to refute that Lieutenant General Junrokuro Matsuura was now the supreme commander of this battlefield; They only carry out orders.

The time quietly came to nine o'clock in the evening, the mountain artillery squadron below the northwest highlands on He Zhou had been prepared, the muzzles were raised high, the ammunition boxes for special ammunition had been opened, and the artillery wearing protective gear was already waiting for the officer's order to start firing special ammunition on the northwest highlands on He Zhou......

"Boom, boom, boom......"

The dull sound of heavy artillery shelling pierced far in the night, and the devil's heavy artillery, field artillery, and mountain artillery began to shell towards the position of the Confucian Temple, and the devil's artillery was bullying the Chinese defenders' lack of artillery, and they did not dare to take it out to fight with their own artillery; In such an unscrupulous shelling of the positions of the Chinese defenders, on the position of Confucius Temple, the 155th Division had already retreated to Niusilong to rest, and the troops defending the position were the 19th Division;

The devil's heavy artillery directly made the brothers who fell asleep completely awake, and one by one they got up and squatted, waiting for the shelling to pass......

The main force of the 145th Wing of the Japanese Army has already carried infantry guns, heavy machine guns, grenadiers and mortars and other heavy equipment from the forward position of Liujia Village.

"Kill and give!" Taking advantage of the sound of heavy artillery fire from the division headquarters, Iino Kentensa gave the order to fire poison gas bombs;

"Knock, knock, knock......"

The sound of the gas bomb being fired was very small, and after landing, there was a "snort" sound, and after a few seconds, it calmed down, and the 13th Regiment on the position did not find that the devil had fired the gas bomb......

Sticky russet smoke flowed towards the position in the moonlight, and Wang Zhaohua was still glad that the devil's heavy artillery did not shell his position, and the stench of corpses mixed with poisonous gas had already spread over the position......

The brothers on the "cough cough ......" camp have begun to cough,

"Damn, it doesn't taste right; It's not the smell of corpses, the devil's poisonous gas is here again! Hurry up and report to the head of the regiment! ”

"Brothers, follow me backwards, the machine gun team wears gas masks, find a good position for yourself and prepare to do the devil!" The company commander on the position shouted,

Wang Zhaohua had given the order to deal with the gas bombs long before dark, and the company commander understood what to do and directly ordered the brothers to retreat;

"All the machine gun crews remained, and the second battalion commander stayed! The rest of the brothers withdrew to the fifteenth regiment to the south! Fast! "The poison gas began to spread towards the second-line positions, and Wang Zhaohua took advantage of the last time to arrange the remaining defense of the positions;

On the position of the Confucian Temple, the brothers who stayed behind in the position squatted in trenches, craters and other places where they could avoid shells, enduring suffering; The devils made such a fierce artillery attack at night, which really made the brothers rub their hands together;

The position of the 16th Regiment in Wujiawa, the brothers were ready, resting in the trenches with the equipment for the attack, waiting for the order to arrive, and the regimental headquarters He Jianye and Leng Qi were making a final discussion on the attack method and intensity of the attack tonight;

"Regiment commander, report on the battle situation at the division headquarters!" The communications soldier handed over a telegram at this time,

Leng Qi took it casually and handed it to He Jianye;

"The Northwest Heights of the Thirteenth Regiment on He Zhou were covered by the devil's poison gas bomb at nine o'clock, and now the Eighth Brigade is waiting in front of your position for the devil's infantry to attack the high ground and prepare for support! The position of Confucius Temple was shelled by the heavy artillery of the Devils, and according to intelligence, the main wing of the Devils had already advanced out of Liujia Village, preparing to attack the positions of the Confucian Temple; The order for one remaining regiment of the 155th Division to support the northwestern heights on Ho Chau had been canceled by the theater of operations; The division headquarters has ordered the 18th Regiment to transfer two battalions to assemble at Zhoujiadun, preparing to support the night battle on the northwest highlands of Hezhou from the north of the northwest highlands on Hezhou, and the original harassment operation of the 16th Regiment in the evening has been changed to a strong attack! Wait for the main Japanese force to launch an attack on the high ground, bypass the high ground from the south and attack the Japanese barracks! Zhao Xitian! ”

After reading this long telegram, He Jianye handed it to Leng Qi and said: "It seems that the devil is planning to launch a general attack tonight, and the order of the division headquarters is also very clear, to storm the field military camp under the high ground. ”

"Signal soldier, pick up Huang Wujun for me!" He Jianye roared,

"Commander, the call is connected!" Leng Qi had just finished reading the telegram, and the signal soldier had already answered the phone;

"Huang Wujun, remember the parameters of the afternoon shelling! At half past ten in the evening, the shelling began on time! Until the cannonballs run out! He Jianye said on the phone,

"Commander, we don't have many shells, less than a hundred; The rest is the devil's special shell, do you want to launch it? Huang Wujun asked,

"You don't need special ammunition, just clean it up after ordinary ammunition! Wait for the replenishment of shells in the war zone! He Jianye said,

"Yes, Commander; The artillery bombardment was launched at half past ten, but if it was fired at full speed, there were eight mountain guns and field guns, and the shells were only enough to last for fifteen minutes. Huang Wujun reported,

"Then fight for fifteen minutes." He Jianye thought about it and hung up the phone.

"Bypass this distance, and pay attention to the devil's sentry when marching at night, it is estimated that it will take more than ten minutes longer than during the day, let's go! Old cold! He Jianye pointed to his watch and said,

It was almost ten o'clock now, and it was necessary to set off at ten o'clock, otherwise the 16th Regiment would not be able to attack after the shelling was over; Legasaki had changed into a soldier's clothes, with a rifle on his back, a steel helmet on his head, and a uniform grenade cloth pocket on his back; Once the 16th Regiment entered the wartime state, at the request of He Jianye, the officers were uniformly dressed in soldiers' clothing, and the devil's marksmanship was too accurate, otherwise I am afraid that the officers would die after a battle!

"Bypass the high ground from the south and prepare to raid the devil's field camp! Yang Xiaoshi, take the reconnaissance company to open the way! Watch out for the devil's sentinels! He Jianye ordered,

"Up!" Yang Xiaoshi had already set off, and He Jianye waved his arms and walked into the moonlight with the remaining brothers, walking through the bushes and overgrown paths......

There was a reconnaissance company in front to explore the road, and the brothers of the 16th Regiment were not fast with equipment on their backs, and the people of the 3rd Battalion had just returned from planting mines and had not rested, so they had to follow the large army on the road, but fortunately, the shelling and shelling He Jianye let the brothers of the 1st and 2nd Battalions share the burden, and the 3rd Battalion could travel lightly.