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The rumbling of artillery, the splashing of mud and rocks, and the sound of light and heavy machine gun fire shook the snow and broken branches in a radius of several miles, echoing in the mountains for a long time. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

When the attack was sudden, most of the more than 7,000 officers and men of the 7,000-odd Independent Brigade of the Japanese Army were in a state of confusion, and the powerful mortar shells flew towards the Japanese troops who had not had time to evacuate and conceal them.

The Japanese officers and soldiers who had escaped the mortar attack hurriedly got up to find cover to organize fire, and the Japanese soldiers who rushed to the side of their partners with severed limbs and arms to carry out rescue were generally subjected to intensive machine-gun fire, and after paying a huge price, they could no longer care about their comrades who were rolling and wailing in the snow.

Koji Ishikawa was quickly carried by many subordinates to the back and under the rock of the mountain more than 50 meters below the shelling, wiping off the snow and black mud all over his head, and asked...... After asking a few words and getting no clear answer, Huo Ran stood up and stubbornly rushed up to the place that had been blown up by the shells

The surrounding officials were stunned. Deeply shocked, several ashamed Shaosa suddenly turned around and rushed to the place where the north and south sides were fighting fiercely, and the four staff officers and the captain of the 10th Wing Chuzo Miyamoto Kurasuke quickly chased with shame, and in the sound of guns and shouts all over the mountain, he rushed to the high place out of breath, standing beside Koji Ishikawa and looking down on the entire battlefield.

In less than three minutes, Koji Ishikawa put down his binoculars and calmly ordered the staff officer of the lieutenant and the two junior assistants to go down to meet several company liaison officers who were running quickly from all directions, record the military situation, and make timely judgments. Then he ordered Miyamoto beside him to give the order to go down, so that the 13th Wing, which was in the middle of the enemy's east-west attack, quickly retreated to the front line of the high ground 1.4 kilometers ahead, and set up a position on the spot. In order to get rid of the enemy's fire strike positions on both sides of the road that echo from afar, less than two kilometers apart and in advantageous terrain.

After a series of emergency response orders were issued, Koji Ishikawa picked up the binoculars again. Looking at the butterfly ditch in the northwest direction. Repeatedly observing the complex high ground that the headquarters had just walked on, when he aimed at the waist of the protruding high hill for the third time, Koji Ishikawa suddenly stiffened and remained motionless: on the brown boulder on the mountainside four kilometers away, four large men in white cloaks were also staring at him with binoculars. Koji Ishikawa didn't need to think about it to know that his retreat had been cut off by his opponent, and more than 7,500 people in the brigade were blocked in this narrow four places that were four kilometers long from north to south and only two to three kilometers wide from east to west.

The terrain of Pao Die Gully is as its name suggests. The main north-south road is like a butterfly's slender body, lying in it. This road is one of the three roads that must pass through Chaoyang City to Jianping and Lingyuan County, the frozen stream on the right side of the road zigzags from the southwest to the northeast, crosses two strong four-meter-wide stone bridges, and finally joins the Daling River, Jiuhuo goes east to the stream, and the four wide hills on both sides of the creek are shaped like butterfly wings. The slope is about 35 degrees low, and it is gradually lowered to form a relatively flat valley about 2.7 kilometers long and about 1.5 kilometers wide.

After Ishikawa Koji's distant observation, he suddenly found that the highest point of the crater hill, which was only more than 70 meters, turned out to contain such a dangerous momentum, without air support and sufficient artillery support, if you want to defeat the defenders occupying the high ground and successfully retreat to Chaoyang, it may be difficult to pay a heavy price.

On the protruding boulder in the northwest of Butterfly Ditch, the 44th Division 13. Brigade Major General and Brigade Commander Wang Xulun is still observing the fierce battle in the south through a telescope, this young brigade commander who served as Gu Changfeng's personal guard at the beginning, has experienced a hundred battles and made outstanding achievements and finally grew into a fierce general, with a beautiful beard, at a glance, far more mature than his actual age, the three people around him are Lieutenant Colonel Chief of Staff Dong Qizi Guan Shan, Brigade Special Service Battalion Commander Yan Tiershuang and Adjutant Wang Dong, the three of them climbed this boulder after the first round of mortar salvo fire, and have been closely observing the entire battlefield.

Below the back of a boulder where four people stand. Several brothers from the communications company were asking about the situation and issuing orders to the six regiments within five kilometers of the battle through a telephone line that had been erected in advance.

"Brigade seat, the commander of today's army on Matouling is really big, the three regiments of machine gun battalions have not killed him in several salvos, and the grandson still dares to climb up, as if he has been looking at us, but the smoke is too big to see the situation around him, as if he is the only one.

Yan Zhangshuang, the commander of the special service battalion, has faded a lot of his hometown accent recently. It seems that the month of being stationed in Beiping has made the tongue of this capable man, who is from Ningde, Fujian Province and ranked first in the comprehensive special specialty of this year's all-army competition, become much more flexible.

Gu Changfeng, who loves talents, took advantage of his convenience as the chief judge of this year's military competition. Before all the brothers began to rob people, Yan Zhangshuang, a 25-year-old graduate of the special major of the non-commissioned officer school, was assigned to his command, and personally took him for three months to serve as the battalion commander of the major under Wang Xulun.

Dong Qiaozi, who is not what it used to be, said with a smile: "The commanders of the Japanese army at all levels are still relatively brave, don't you see the squadron of today's army that was covering the rear in the west just now?" Two Japanese commanders wielding long knives were the first to rush to the "small position, and the flesh and blood of the beaten were blurred and waved their knives endlessly, and the officers behind them rushed forward and risked their lives, as a result, hundreds of Japanese troops next to them all rushed up from three sides crying wolves, forcing the brothers of the independent regiment of the 2nd Division to retreat to the rear position.

From this point of view. The Japanese army is indeed strong, I was thinking about it just now. What is the reason for the 7th Independent Mixed Brigade, which has just been hit hard, to recover its morale so quickly? ”

Wang Xulun put down the binoculars: "There is only one explanation, the new brigade commander is a character. As the saying goes, a soldier will be a nest, and if I guessed correctly, it is that this new brigade commander has a few brushes. OK. The mortars of our three regiments destroyed most of the Japanese artillery in the first ten minutes of the attack, and hundreds of horses were killed, but it was a pity that they were walking too fast, and if they were fifteen minutes late, we would not have to rush to attack, and we would have calmly surrounded them all in this area. Let's go, there's nothing to see next, the Japanese army has completed the contraction defense, and it is estimated that it will soon hit the area where our brigade is stationed, and I hope that little Japan will not find out about the plan to encircle the division and send reinforcements. ”

Guan Shan asked Wang Xulun in a low voice as he walked: "The two regiments of the New Seventh Brigade of the Second Division have basically completed the task of raiding and harassing, do you notify them to withdraw to us after the withdrawal for a period of rest and temporarily serve as reserve envoys?"

Wang Xulun immediately agreed: "Okay, until now, the Japanese army has basically seen their strength, plus the three machine gun battalions we went out to support have withdrawn back one after another, with their equipment and drills, if they don't withdraw, the losses will be very heavy, you personally call their brigade commander Lu Yanqing, and ask him to convey orders to his two regiments, it is estimated that he also sees the danger, and if he is so hard, his new Seventh Brigade must be beaten down." ”

Wang Xulun's observation was very sophisticated, and the New Seventh Brigade of the Second Division had reached the most difficult moment after nearly a hour of fighting, in the first 20 minutes of the sudden attack. Friendly one-three. The three artillery battalions of the brigade cooperated with the 3,000 officers and men of the two regiments of the new seventh brigade, and more than 70 guns of 81 caliber and 6. The participation of caliber mortars and nearly 100 light and heavy machine guns in the attack not only dealt a blow to the Japanese troops and caused a miscalculation of being ambushed by heavy troops; in addition to causing nearly 600 casualties and a huge confusion in formation, they also beat the two artillery squadrons located in the front half and the middle of the Japanese army to the point that they were crying wolf, and the 3,000 officers and men of the two regiments were greatly boosted in confidence and opened fire in unison, suppressing nearly 5,000 Japanese troops in a two-kilometer radius for half an hour.

However, in order to stabilize their own defensive lines, the friendly troops of the three machine gun battalions that had completed the task of assisting in the battle had quietly withdrawn backwards, and the Japanese troops who had been strictly trained gradually restored order, and the counterattack firepower composed of light and heavy machine guns and numerous grenadiers brought casualties to the two regiments of the New Seventh Brigade, and more than a dozen firepower points came out on the east and west sides. It was also occupied by the Japanese army at all costs.

The Japanese troops, who had calmed down, methodically occupied various favorable terrains. The counteroffensive began under the heavy blows of light and heavy machine guns and grenadiers. The Japanese soldiers' accurate shooting and tacit tactical coordination were fully reflected, and the hasty formation of the new Seventh Brigade, which lacked training and coordination, saw a large increase in casualties. So at the suggestion of friendly forces. Lu Yanqing, the colonel of the new Seventh Brigade, quickly gave the order to retreat.

At the foot of Matouling, Ishikawa Koichi thought nervously according to the news constantly sent by various wings, and suddenly received an urgent report from the captain of Miyamoto Wing of the 13th Wing in the south: The enemy troops on the high ground on the north and south sides began to withdraw quickly, more than 1,000 enemies on the high ground on the east side retreated south into the mangrove, and the enemy on the high ground on the west side crossed the two passes and headed west at full speed.

Koji Ishikawa raised his head in astonishment, his deep-set eyes looking south. Then he suddenly turned to the butterfly ditch to the north: "Order Miyamoto-kun, it is strictly forbidden to pursue, leave a brigade to keep the surrounding area on strict alert, and the rest of the troops will immediately assemble and retreat two kilometers north to standby!" ”

"Hey!"

The herald rushed out of the makeshift command post at the foot of the mountain.

Koji Ishikawa walked up to the communications staff officer, stretched out his hand to press the staff officer's shoulder, and said in a deep voice: "Inoue-kun doesn't need to be polite, immediately send a report to General Nishiichi." ”

"Hey!"

"First, the headquarters has defeated the two strong enemies that are surrounded on three sides, and is ready to concentrate its forces to attack about one of the rear Butterfly Ditch line. The enemy forces of the brigade blocked the main forces in order to open the entire line of communication; Second, it is preliminarily estimated that the main purpose of the enemy's ambush of our brigade and regiment is likely to be to inflict heavy damage on the support units of our army that are rushing to help; Third, a comprehensive analysis of the situation from the sudden aerial bombardment of the enemy in the early morning, to the continuous attack of the fourth brigade of the main force of our left flank by small forces, and the use of the advantageous terrain to launch a large-scale ambush in advance. This is a huge plan closely linked with each other, and the purpose is to cause the various armies of our Western Front to fall into a state of chaos in which they are fighting their own battles, to delay the pace of our army's southward movement, and then to concentrate forces to attack one of our main forces. The above is a shallow view of the subordinates, please correct the general! ”