More than 30 kilometers northeast of Jinchuan, there is a small town, called Rabbit Mountain, although the scale of the town is not large, but it is located in the traffic artery. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info from here through the Jiuman River, through Baiyangli, crossing the Licheng River, only one day's trip, you can arrive at the Pingshan area, an important town in the middle reaches of the Licheng River.

The topography of Rabbit Mountain, stretches for several miles, there are 12 large and small mountain beams in the north and south, the bends are many steep, they are sandwiched with each other, and the trees cover the sky and the sun. Between the two sides, there is a simple dirt road that stretches from Cheorwon to the west of the mountain.

Although it is easy to defend and difficult to attack, in the hearts of the officers and soldiers of the 28th Regiment of the 10th Division, who are responsible for defending the place at this moment, from the regiment commander to the ordinary soldiers, they are all unhappy. Even though this is the main road connecting the four major armies, and even if this is the combined part of the 4th and 16th armies, in the eyes of the officers and soldiers, the main regiment in the dignified main division is still a bit overused here.

At noon, the sun is shining over the mountains and shining on the cliffs. Tang Jingming looked at the new company commander who was still staring at the map not far away, and sat down in the constructed position with his rifle in his arms, and began to squint his eyes.

After he rushed back to the Third Company from Beijing, the personnel of the unit had already undergone great changes. The old battalion commander Fan Shisheng was promoted to the commander of the 28th Regiment, and the old commander Wang Derong took over as the commander of the first battalion. Everything was a happy situation, but when a new company commander came to the company, he was not good again. Even if the company commander named Shen Shaoqing is a top student who graduated from the Kunming Land Academy, even if the newly appointed company commander has shown a talent to match, but I don't know why, I just don't like him, and I have had many conflicts with him openly and secretly.

"Squad leader?" A soldier next to him timidly tugged at Tang Jingming's arm.

Tang Jingming turned his head and saw that it was Xiao Mao, a little soldier who had just entered the class, so he responded with a smile: "Huh? ”

"Squad leader, you say, if we meet Japanese soldiers here, can we beat them?" The little warrior looked very young, as if he was not yet an adult.

"What do you think?" Tang Jingming thought it was interesting, so he asked rhetorically.

"I think, I think there are so many of us, it should be fine, we must be able to beat them." The little warrior said with some uncertainty.

"Xiaomao, what nonsense?" The veterans of the fifth squad watched the little soldier pull Tang Jingming and didn't let go, for fear that he would upset the new squad leader.

Seeing that this soldier named Xiaomao shrank his neck, Tang Jingming was happy, and hurriedly said to the veteran: "It's nothing, let's just chat." ”

"Well, good squad leader." The veteran sat down with a mutter: "This recruit has been trained for so long, and he hasn't become a soldier yet." ”

"Who, who said it." The little warrior didn't dare to refute it face-to-face, and muttered very quietly in his mouth.

Tang Jingming smiled and asked Xiao Mao, "Where are you from?" ”

"Report to the squad leader, my family is from Shaanxi." Xiao Mao said.

"Shaanxi's?" Tang Jingming was a little surprised at first, and then suddenly in his heart. Shaanxi was one of the first places to be governed by the Communist Party, and now all systems are complete, and the reserve system and conscription system are no exception.

Xiao Mao nodded and said, "Well, where is your home, squad leader?" ”

"Me? I'm from Beijing. Tang Jingming thought for a while.

The two chatted very harmoniously, and Xiao Mao saw that the squad leader was kind, and his heart was also inexplicably relieved. He still wanted to open his mouth to ask something, but at this time, he saw a soldier suddenly rushing up from the bottom of the mountain and running straight towards the company commander Shen Shaoqing. And, while running, he shouted: "Company commander! The Japanese soldiers are coming! Day... Japanese soldiers... Here it comes! ”

Over there, Shen Shaoqing, who was looking through the map, heard this, hurriedly stood up, and asked, "How many people are there?" Which unit is the number? ”

"I don't know, I can't see the head!" The warrior panted.

"What?"

Shen Shaoqing's face changed, you must know that the position defended by the third company is the most cutting-edge salient, and the position is very important. He took the telescope and looked forward, and the real situation immediately appeared in the telescope. I saw that on the road in the distance, an army was coming from east to west, galloping, and countless horses in the rear, or dragging cannons, or loading ammunition and supplies, stretched for several miles, and it was indeed impossible to see the head and tail.

"Quick, the whole company is ready for battle, and when the enemy's forward troops enter the range of our fire, they will immediately open fire. Also, report to the regimental headquarters immediately! Although Shen Shaoqing was young, he was very experienced in his battlefield reaction, he quickly judged the situation and made a decision. This is a blocking battle, not an ambush battle, so not a single Japanese soldier must be allowed to pass past the foot of the mountain.

"Yes!"

Shen Shaoqing's order was quickly carried out, and after the Russian war passed, the positions of the three companies suddenly fired a volley of guns and shells, and the bullets rained down on the Japanese troops on the march. Countless grenades, also like hailstones, began to fall from the mountain beams and explode in the queue. The sound of gunfire, artillery, and shouts intertwined, and the burning materials and severed legs of the stumps flew wildly in the air, and the road below the mountain immediately became filled with gunsmoke.

The Japanese were attacked suddenly, suffering heavy casualties, but they were not slow to react, and the rest began to fight back after jumping into the back of the rocks on both sides of the road and nearby. It's just that they played chaotically because they didn't expect that their opponent would appear in this position at all.

"A few tufts!"

The Japanese follow-up troops, soon after discovering several positions of the Chinese army on the ridges on both sides, began to gather their troops, launched a dense attack formation, and prepared to charge.

Yamazaki Yoshizuka Osa looked at everything in front of him with a calm face, although the appearance of the Shina Army surprised him a little, but now it seems that the troops are still too small, and he doesn't think that just such a little Shina Army can stop the advance of the elite 6th Division. It is believed that without waiting for the arrival of the main force of the division, his 13th wing will be able to take the position in front of him and open the passage.

After putting down the binoculars, he waved his hand to the two 75mm mountain guns behind him. The Japanese mountain artillery that was hastily arranged, hurriedly calibrated and fired the first shot in the battle.

Boom! Boom Boom! Thundered......

As Shen Shaoqing had expected, the three-company position, as the most advanced salient part, became the target of the Japanese army's key bombardment.

Tang Jingming lay on the ground, shook his head, his ears were still buzzing, the cotton clothes on his body were torn several times, and the steel helmet on his head didn't know where to fly. He wiped a handful of "sweat" from his forehead, and felt that something was wrong, so he stretched out his hand in front of his eyes and saw that it was all blood!

"******, it's actually a lottery!" Tang Jingming scolded in a low voice and wanted to stand up, but he felt that his thigh hurt terribly, and when he touched it, it was a handful of blood, and there was also an aggravated pain from the place where he was touched. He gritted his teeth, leaned against the mountain wall, and barely stood up with his rifle in his hand. When I turned my head, several soldiers in front of me were lying in a pool of blood, and a heavy machine gun was blown up and turned into a spare part, obviously unusable.

"Squad leader!" A voice sounded, and Tang Jingming knew that it was the voice of the recruit Xiao Mao who was still chatting with him in front. He looked back and saw a bloody hand sticking out from behind a large rock, and the cotton in the broken sleeve of the military jacket was no longer white but dark red with blood.

He shook his head vigorously, regaining his senses. Although his head was bleeding, his left arm was bleeding, and his thigh was still bleeding, he still endured the pain on his body, came to Xiao Mao's side, fumbled for the bandages he took out of his backpack, and bandaged Xiao Mao indiscriminately.

At this time, the gunfire in the distance and under the mountain became louder and more intensive.

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The military headquarters of the 4th Army was located in Longchili, on the edge of the Imjin River, a hundred kilometers north of Rabbit Mountain. On the morning of 1 January, the military headquarters only knew that two divisions of the Japanese army had launched attacks on Shanyang-ri and Chengwei-ri on the front of the 11th Division, and Zhongping-ri and Fuman-ri on the front of the 12th Division. Yin Changheng had no choice but to order all divisions and regiments to report their respective situations every hour, and at the same time asked the 16th Army, which was friendly to his neighbors, to report on their positive situation.

Yin Changheng believed that the Japanese army in front of him only had the strength of the 2nd Division and the 12th Division, a total of two divisions. With the strength of these two divisions alone, it is impossible to attack several directions at the same time, and only one of them must be the main attack direction, and the other is a diversion feint, but it is impossible to immediately judge which direction is the main attack, but according to his analysis, the biggest possibility is the front of the 11th Division, trying to seize the area of the Shan Ai Mountain...... He preferred that the enemy would attack mountainous areas rather than along flat roads that would allow the KPA to exploit its artillery superiority.

It was not until the afternoon of the same day that after the news of the battle between the 28th Regiment and most of the 6th Division of the Japanese Army in the Tushan area came, Yin Changheng, who approached the map, suddenly realized. This **** little Japan actually went to the entire 16th Army, and it was a good idea to fight, but I don't want to think about it, do they have such good teeth?

Therefore, he immediately ordered Zheng Kaiwen, the commander of the 10th Division, to let the 28th Regiment hold on to the spot and block the Japanese army, and the 29th and 30th regiments of the second line immediately rushed to Tushan to familiarize themselves with the situation and prepare to participate in the battle.

As soon as the order was given here, Zhang Xiaohuai, the commander of the theater there, suddenly called. Yin Changheng took a look at it, and it turned out that he had learned of the Japanese army's campaign intentions and ordered the rear to rest, and the 53rd and 54th divisions of the 18th Army, which were closest to the front line, rushed to reinforce them, and hoped that the 4th Army would be able to actively adjust its deployment, and while blocking the Japanese 6th Division in place, it would be able to find favorable fighters and deal a major blow to the Japanese 2nd Division and the 12th Division in front of them.