Xianglu Mountain is located in the remaining veins of Lushan Mountain, high in the east and low in the west, and it is also a last resort to establish an anti-slope artillery position in the southwest, if the Japanese army breaks through Yaque Mountain from the southwest, the national army of the entire Puquan Mountain defense line can only retreat into Jiujiang Road......

"Commander, the terrain of the entire incense burner mountain is suitable in one place in the southwest direction, that is, the mountainside here, but the construction here is very difficult, the mountain above is a whole rock, the hardness is relatively large, and the bottom is a mixed mountain of mud and stone, a large amount of explosives must be used here, plus the brothers of our engineer company have leveled the site here overnight, you can build the position you request, backed by the overall rock area, I am afraid that there is no way to build a cannon hole here, you can only look at the geological conditions underground, It depends on luck to see if you can dig trenches and fire artillery holes. The commander of the engineer company drawn from the 15th Regiment by the division headquarters said,

"Then do you have enough explosives? Do you want me to give you some somewhere else? He Jianye asked,

"Not yet. I will contact the engineer company of the 13th Regiment to work together, and Regiment Commander He, you will rest first. After the commander of the engineer company finished speaking, he immediately led the brothers of the engineer company to contact the people of the 13th regiment to start construction......

The dull sound of ......the explosion came from the southwest of the incense burner mountain, and listening to this movement, He Jianye knew that the engineer company had already started construction......

He Jianye watched as the brothers of the artillery battalion began to rest in the position of the 13th Regiment of Xianglu Mountain, He Jianye asked Zeng Da to contact Leng Qi's nearby defense line, and sent a messenger to inform the baggage company, engineer company and transport company of the 3rd Battalion and the 16th Regiment to let them rush to Fenghuang Mountain to join the large army at the front line of Xianglu Mountain......

The warships of the devils along the Yangtze River and Panyang Lake, bombarded the positions of the national army defending Jiujiang indiscriminately, and the planes of the Japanese devils in the sky have been continuously bombing the urban area of Jiujiang, and a small number of planes have been drawn out to carry out key bombing of the various blocking positions, on the front line of Puquan Mountain, the 106th Division of the Japanese Army, with the cooperation of the mountain artillery wing of the division, broke through the position of the 128th Division of the National Army on the morning of July 25, and spread out to the south along this opening, and the 190th Division of the National Army blocked in this area faced a fully loaded Japanese division. Gradually retreat back and shrink the line of defense......

The heavy artillery brigade of the Devil's Central China Dispatch Army was assigned to the Japanese army attacking from Dabie Mountain, and was used to attack the sniper Central Army, so in addition to the heavy fire support of the naval guns and the bombing of the aircraft, the devil's troops that landed near Jiujiang from the Yangtze River and Panyang Lake were only supported by the mountain artillery attached to the wing......

Compared with the Chinese defenders, who only had a small number of heavy machine guns, as long as they were artillery, they had to resist the defending troops with flesh and blood; After the Japanese 106th Division broke through the defense line of Puquan Mountain, it crashed headlong into the defense line of the Third Division, and in the Quanshuilong area, the generals of the Third Division under the command of Zhao Xitian beat the devil down......

The battle ahead fell into a state of anxiety, and in the face of the stubborn resistance of the Chinese defenders, the attacking troops of the Japanese 106th Division encountered obstacles again. The Japanese destroyers and shallow gunboats slowly turned their hulls, the squeaky metal sound sounded, and the main guns on the devil warships raised their hideous muzzles, and as the commander issued the shelling parameters, the Japanese 5-inch guns of 50 times the caliber began to be loaded with high-explosive shells, and they would shell the position of the 3rd Division at Quanshuilong across a distance of 8,000 meters......

"Tom!" The main guns of the Japanese destroyers made a loud tom sound, and the test-fired shells whistled towards the spring ridge, and the violent anti-shock force caused the destroyer to retreat a few meters on Panyang Lake before stopping......

The test-fired shell passed over the Devil infantry position and whistled towards the Chinese defenders' positions in a graceful arc, and the sound of the air being torn apart could be heard in the air.

"Boom!" A huge cloud of smoke and mushrooms sounded behind the position of the Third Division, and the earth trembled fiercely under the light of the explosion, and the officers and men of the Third Division turned pale and their hearts beat violently, even if they were the elite of the national army, but the infantry was so frightened that their teeth chattered up and down under the huge power of the navy's main guns;

"Division commander, it's the destroyer's main gun fire on Panyang Lake, our position can't resist! Retreat to the incense burner mountain! The chief of staff roared,

Zhao Xitian was silent, his eyes revealing an unwilling gaze......

"Commander, you can't hesitate! If we don't leave, I'm afraid that our third division will be killed by the Japanese naval guns here! Have you forgotten the Songhu battlefield? The chief of staff reminded,

"Alas!" Zhao Xitian looked at the huge smoke and dust rising from the rear of the position, thinking about the tragic situation of the Songhu battlefield, his face also changed, damn, the devil army heavy artillery did not come, this actually used naval artillery to bombard the army position, this is a trend that does not let people live!

"Order the troops, as long as ammunition, to quickly retreat towards the incense burner mountain!" Zhao Xitian gave the order,

After receiving the order, the troops of the 3rd Division knew that it was time to flee for their lives, and they did not drag their clothes and water, and quickly rushed to retreat in the direction of the incense burner mountain, without the shouts of the officers, but everyone ran with the strength to feed......

The violent roar reached the incense burner mountain, and the huge effect of the explosion could still be felt in the incense burner mountain......

"The Japanese devils are using naval guns to open the way, how the hell are they going to defend it? Xianglu Mountain is not ten kilometers away from the Japanese warships on Panyang Lake, and it is still within the range of the opponent's shelling, so I hope that the Japanese naval guns are not so accurate at a long distance! He Jianye thought silently in his heart,

"Speed up, build a position, the division commander can't hold in front for too long!" He Jianye roared and ordered the engineer company to speed up the construction of the position,

The artillery observers of the 106th Division of the Japanese Army looked through the binoculars and found that the shells of the naval guns had exploded in the rear of the position......

After the explosion of the test firing, less than fifteen minutes later, the salvo of the Devil's naval guns began.......

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

On the position of the Third Division, huge mushroom clouds continued to rise, like oversized fireworks blooming, the smoke and dust brought up by the explosion spread in the spring ridge area, and the hot air wave swept away with a huge shock wave, and the troops of the Third Division had just withdrawn from their positions, although they were already running desperately, some officers and soldiers of the 15th Regiment behind still did not have time to get out of the explosion area, and their thin bodies were violently washed down on the grass by the shock wave, and the blood in their mouths spurted indiscriminately. The wails continued to be heard, and soon they were drowned out again by the rumbling of cannons;

The spring ridge position trembled violently, and the tent that had not had time to be dismantled was directly knocked into the air by the air wave of the cannonball, and then swept away by the fireworks of the next cannonball, and began to burn in the air, and the scattered village dwellings were torn to pieces and flew into the air, and the earth and stones fell from the air and fell on the ground and floated around......