The brothers of the 15th Regiment looked in horror at the heavy artillery shells that continued to explode behind them, and under the shout of Pan Zhen to run, they burst out of their physical potential, running with all their strength, they hoped to get out of the terrifying area as soon as possible......

At a distance of two kilometers, the troops of tens of thousands of people of the Third Division retreated to the foot of the incense burner mountain in less than 20 minutes, lying on the grass in the mountains one by one, breathing the air greedily, never feeling that the mountains were so good......

Zhao Xitian held the binoculars and looked at the position of Quanshui Ridge, the position has become very blurred, but from the items that continue to fly into the air, the position must be a mess now, even the grass and trees around the position have begun to burn, if they did not retreat decisively, most of the brothers should have really become cannon fodder by now......

The choking smoke of gunpowder drifted over with the mountain wind, and although it was so far away, Zhao Xitian could still ask about the faint smell of gunpowder......

"Gather the officers and soldiers, let the departments count the number of people, and see how many brothers have not come out!" Zhao Xitian ordered,

"Yes, Commander!" Chief of Staff Zhu Xilin replied in a tone that he had survived the catastrophe,

"Division commander, the troops are now assembled in the south of Xianglu Mountain and the north of Phoenix Mountain; The losses of the troops were not large, mainly because the 15th Regiment in the front-line position lost some people, plus the casualties of the Japanese army in the early stage, the 15th Regiment has suffered more than half of the casualties! Half an hour later, Chief of Staff Zhu Xilin came back and reported,

"Inform the commanders of each regiment that they will have a meeting at the temporary division headquarters at the foot of the incense burner mountain in half an hour!" Zhao Xitian said,

"Yes, Commander!" The Chief of Staff immediately assigned personnel to inform the regimental commanders;

The Japanese 106th Division rushed to the position of the spring ridge after the bombardment of the naval guns, and in addition to the numerous huge bomb craters that were full of positions and potholes, the ground in the low-lying areas was brown, which was the traces left by the high temperature of the shells; The scattered parts of the corpses of the Nationalist army gave off a kind of roasted meat aroma from the artillery fire, and the smell made people feel like they were vomiting......

"Yo Si! It seems that most of the Chinese army defending here was wiped out by the naval guns, and the rest retreated! Command troops: Continue to advance and strive to attack Jiujiang today. "The commander of the 106th Division, Junrokuro Matsuura, ordered the troops to continue advancing,

The 111th Wing of the 147th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army, under the leadership of the Wing Commander, quickly advanced along the road towards Jiujiang through the Quanshuilong area......

At the foot of the incense burner mountain, in a temporary tent, Zhao Xitian looked at the heads of the regiments who came in and said to everyone,

"At present, the form of Jiujiang is not good, and the 6th Division of the Japanese Army began to attack Taihu Lake yesterday; Beginning this morning, the Japanese offensive everyone saw that at present, our Xiaochikou position on the other side of the Jiujiang River was bombarded by the Japanese naval artillery, the 68th Army suffered heavy losses, and now the 106th Division is pressed from the direction of Puquan Mountain, we must block the 106th Division near Yaque Mountain, in view of the current situation of each regiment, the defensive line is adjusted as follows, the 13th Regiment continues to defend Xianglu Mountain, and the military headquarters orders the 15th Division to assemble at Chengqiang Mountain as a reserve for the whole army; Now that the 128th Division has been gathered by Chief Li, it should not be a big problem to defend Balipo in our rear. Zhao Xitian looked at everyone and continued,

"The 15th Regiment took over from the 16th Regiment to defend Phoenix Mountain, and the division headquarters was stationed at Yaque Mountain, and the 16th Regiment took over the defense; The left back position of the Yaqi Mountain position was taken over by the engineer battalion! The 18th Regiment is defending the line from Phoenix Mountain to Xianglu Mountain, and He Jianye's artillery battalion remains unchanged, ready to support the operation at any time! Now go ahead and prepare! Zhao Xitian ordered,

More than 10,000 troops of the Third Division began to change their defenses near Yaque Mountain, and the mountainside position of the artillery battalion was finally completed......

The engineer battalion of the 3rd Division built a large number of fortifications on the back position on the left side of Yaque Mountain, and nearly 700 people in the battalion were issued rifles and light and heavy machine guns according to the standards of the main battalion, but mortars were not equipped.

The engineer battalion of the 3rd Division of the defending army, under the leadership of the battalion commander Tan Zhenbin, sat in the trenches, not daring to relax at all, for fear that the Japanese army would open a breakthrough from here......

"Xiao Linzi, the telephone line to the division headquarters can be connected!" Tan Zhenbin was not at ease, and asked the correspondent of the division headquarters,

"Battalion commander, don't worry, we've already tried, no problem!" Xiao Linzi said with a smile,

"Don't be poor, hurry up and get it done! I don't think the little devils will let us relax! Tan Zhenbin scolded with a smile,

Since the Jiujiang Defensive War, the engineer battalion has built a lot of positions, watching the brothers are working hard to kill the enemy, the battalion commander Tan Zhenbin faced the situation of the country's ruin and the fall of mountains and rivers, and asked the division commander more than once to let him go to the front line to kill the devil, and now the opportunity has finally come, with the increasing losses of the national army, the strength has been seriously insufficient, the engineer battalion finally distributed weapons some time ago, although the devil did not fight when guarding the main position of Yaque Mountain, but this still cannot wipe out Tan Zhenbin's determination to kill the devil, Now the division commander has handed over the left back position to himself, although he will not face the main force of the 106th Devil Division here, Tan Zhenbin is still cautious, ready to start facing the attack of the devil, as long as he holds here and does not let the devil break through the defense line and threaten the rear of the third division......

At the military headquarters of the Eighth Army, Li Yutang looked at the combat map and fell into deep thought......

"Army Commander, judging from the current situation, the Third Division has taken the first line of Yaque Mountain, although there is no way to continue to attack forward, but as long as we hold the first line of Yaque Mountain, our Eighth Army will at least have no worries about the back!" The staff officer said casually on the side,

"I'm not worried about the 3rd Division, I'm worried about the 128th Division! They had just been defeated by the devils, and they were in a hurry to set up defenses in Balipo, if the devils broke through here again, our entire Eighth Army would easily fall into the encirclement of the devils, and then the rear of the 27th Army would also be threatened. Li Yutang said,

"Division commander, as long as the 128th Division is carefully armed, it can hold out for 4 hours and issue an early warning, and we can let the 15th Division reinforce them at any time." The staff officer said,

"Call the 128th Division, let them defend strictly, and report it immediately if there is a situation!" Li Yutang said,

"Yes, Commander!" The staff officer immediately went to the communications company and sent a telegram to the 128th Division......

At about 10 o'clock on the 25th, the Japanese 106th Division slowly advanced along the road towards Xianglu Mountain, and set up an artillery position on the road leading to Jiujiang......

Kimura Nakasa of the Harata detachment withdrew from the Yaqi Mountain in embarrassment last night in the case of the Chinese people, grass and trees, and lost a large number of soldiers, and after returning to the wing, he learned that the artillery position of the wing headquarters was also secretly attacked by the Chinese people, and his head was slapped into a pig's head by the wing captain, and after dawn, he learned that the attacking Chinese troops were only less than one division, and actually let the heroic Imperial Japanese Army retreat in embarrassment, with the 106th Division capturing the Puquan Mountain defense line, Thinking of revenge, the Pota detachment pressed towards the Raven Bird Mountain with a fierce forehead......