There is still a mountain road of nearly 800 meters to go from the Wujiawa position to the northwest highlands on He Zhou, and He Jianye must set off with more than 1,000 brothers first, otherwise it will be too late to climb the high ground when the signal flare is raised;

Taking advantage of the last time, He Jianye's speed of progress was not fast, and the reconnaissance company had already scattered left and right to act as a vanguard at the moment of departure, to ensure that there were no devils' sentinels on the way, until He Jianye led a large army to the last intact shrub under the south mountain of the northwest highlands on He Zhou, and the reconnaissance company still did not find the little devils......

"Fortunately, the devil was still immersed in the joy of taking the high ground, and did not ask the Japanese army in Liujiahe to cover from this side; It was only one hundred and fifty meters, and Zeng Da told the brethren to rest on the spot and wait for orders; Beware of concealment! He Jianye commanded,

"Li Qiang, take a few brothers to a high place, pay attention to the signal flare!" He Jianye shouted loudly to the platoon commander of the reconnaissance company,

"Commander, Lao Liu has already gone; Don't worry, you can't make a mistake! Li Qiang ran over and reported,

He Jianye didn't speak, nodded, sat on the ground, sorted out the equipment on his body, unscrewed the back cover of the grenade and put it in the cloth bag, and waited for the next attack on the devil's position, but there was no time to charge......

Although the devil's artillery fire is fierce, but this is in a hilly area, occupying the northwest highlands on Hezhou can overlook the entire battlefield, if the devils build the artillery position on the high ground, I am afraid that there will be no safe area for the entire defense line, and the defending national army will be very passive no matter what it does.

The reason why the military headquarters of the Eighth Army ordered the Third Division to recapture this high ground was that it hoped that the situation on the battlefield would not be reversed, so that the national army would occupy all the nearby high grounds, and whether it was attacking or defending, it would be easy to fight, and it would not be able to stop the devils if they wanted to!

The brethren of the 16th Regiment had been resting for several days after being withdrawn from Fenghuangzui, and although there was no reorganization, the remaining brethren had escaped the bombardment of artillery fire, slept well, and now launched an attack on the high ground, with the cover of artillery, it was no problem to deal with a mere anti-chemical squadron that did not carry heavy equipment;

The training of the 16th Regiment is very sufficient, and the defense and attack of various terrains have been trained, at least the company platoon commanders know how to fight the attack on this high ground, so He Jianye is not worried at all, that is, he is afraid that they will feel sorry for the casualties of the brothers, and the attack speed will slow down, He Jianye will personally go into battle, with his own charge in front, He Jianye believes that the brothers dare not slow down their pace, which is also a common problem of all national armies in this era, only the commander is not afraid of death, and the brothers under him will move forward bravely;

Taking advantage of the last time, Wang Qiang, the commander of the third battalion, was already arranging the attack task, and if he won Zhu Yunhua by guessing boxing, he must be the first to attack the high ground, otherwise he will have no face to grab the task in the future; After the third battalion passed through the Phoenix Chew, after the regiment's reorganization, the personnel were less than 500 people, but the regiment commander gave a lot of Czech style when resting;

"Company commander, your company has relatively sufficient personnel, follow me to be responsible for the frontal assault; two to the left, three to the right; Remember, the regimental commander may be the first to charge, and our task is to be faster than the regimental commander; Even if there is a heavy machine gun barrage of devils in front of you, you have to take it down for me! If there is a difficulty, can it be raised now, is there any? ”

The three company commanders also knew what it meant to raise difficulties now? Not only will the forward task of the third battalion be taken away by the first battalion, but I am afraid that they will not be able to raise their heads in the sixteenth regiment in the future, and the three of them collectively gritted their teeth and shook their heads......

"Then go ahead and prepare! Pay attention, don't get together when attacking, your brains are alive! Sheng Hai waved his hand and asked them to prepare by themselves!

In fact, the poisonous gas in the northwest highlands on Hezhou was basically dispersed before half past five in the afternoon, although the speed of the poisonous gas in the hilly area would be much slower, but under the scorching sun and mountain wind, the poisonous gas of the devil would not last long, but Iino Kentensa understood the power of the poisonous gas, and in order to make his infantry a little less non-combat attrition, he still waited for another half an hour before ordering the support troops to set off; There was already a squadron on the hill to defend the position, although there were no heavy weapons, but Iino Kenju believed in the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Japanese Army, even if there was a counterattack by the Shina people, he could send his troops to the high ground with light and heavy machine guns in less than ten minutes to defend;

The devil anti-chemical squadron on the high ground has taken off its gas mask, holding a rifle in the trench and blowing the mountain wind, the gas mask is stuffy and hot, and the sight is not good......

"Whew! Shout! Shout! ”

The red flare, dragging the white smoke, slowly rose into the sky at nearly six o'clock......

"Flares! Commander, the flare is up! The voice of Liu Fagui, the commander of the second platoon of the reconnaissance company, came from afar, and the shouts gradually approached......

"Go!"

He Jianye got up and rushed forward with his rifle, before He Jianye gave the order, Sheng Hai and the three battalions were already running towards the high ground, and in front of them were the brothers of the reconnaissance company, who were originally closest to the high ground......

"Boom, boom、......"

A deafening explosion came from the west, and He Jianye knew that the artillery battalion had opened fire......

"Brothers, the shelling is only ten minutes, and within ten minutes the position must be captured! I'm invincible! Kill! He Jianye kept shouting to cheer everyone up;

The shells fired by the artillery battalion of the 16th Regiment continued to fall on the west side of the high ground, shaking the mountains and rocks, and the shrapnel carried the earth to impact the neatly lined up devils, and the devils were knocked down by the shock wave and shrapnel in pieces;

"Yaga! The people of China shelled! Lie down! "The grassroots officers of the devil are still performing their duties, and the devil soldiers are lying on the spot looking for cover,

"Yaga! How dare the artillery of the people of the day come out! Kenten Iino lay on the ground and yelled angrily,

"Your Excellency, I'm afraid that the people of China are going to launch a counterattack; Is it not immediately ordered that the Yokoyama Brigade immediately climb the mountain to defend! The staff officer next to him reminded,

"Yaga! With such heavy artillery fire, we let the warriors advance in this environment in an unobstructed open area, do you want them to die? Kendai Iino scolded,

"I believe that our squadron on the high ground will be able to hold the position, this kind of artillery fire of the people of China will not last, and in less than ten minutes, our aviation will arrive!" Kendai Iino roared,

"Boom, boom、......"

The mountain artillery and field artillery of the artillery battalion spanned a straight distance of one kilometer under the fire of the devils at full speed on the road up the mountain, and the power was terrifying, and the devils did not dare to move at all......

"The people of China! The people of China have come up! ”

The devils on the high ground had already seen the brothers of the 16th Regiment charging down the mountain, and the devils who were the first to find them screamed in horror, they did not carry machine guns, only the rifles in their hands could resist them......

"Kill and give! Resist! The wing commander is down the hill, and in less than ten minutes the support will arrive! The squadron leader brandished his command knife and shouted,

"Bang, bang, bang......"

The devil's 38th rifle continued to fire, trying to stop the charging 16th Regiment.