Wang Bairun thinks that the fourth watchtower is the most dangerous among the eight watchtowers of the eight towers, and the sixth watchtower is the safest, so he personally guards the fourth watchtower, so when he heard that the sixth watchtower was lost, his face was like earth, and cold sweat flowed down his back. The thought popped into my head at once; But another conclusion was immediately concluded, either die in battle or go to court-martial! No, it is necessary to immediately recapture the No. 6 watchtower, and at the same time prevent the enemy's follow-up troops from reinforcing it, the enemy must have follow-up actions, and there will never be only a sneak attack on the No. 6 watchtower. For the first time, his thinking was so clear, he immediately issued a series of orders, immediately strengthened the frontal defense, alerted the enemy to night attacks, immediately reported to the brigade headquarters, asked the brigade headquarters to directly support the No. 7 and 8 watchtowers, and ordered the reserves to immediately launch a counterattack on the No. 6 watchtowers.

When the loud military horn passed Wang Bairun's order to the No. 7 or 8 watchtower, Xu Yan, the commander of the second company, was in the No. 7 watchtower that he recaptured, commanding the machine gun to shoot at the army, and the upper floor of the watchtower also sent two machine guns, and the powerful firepower finally suppressed the enemy.

Xu Yan secretly called it a fluke, he was in a state of emotion just now, completely forgot about strengthening the frontal defense, and wanted to recapture the No. 6 watchtower, but fortunately, the order of the head of the Wang regiment arrived three minutes early, allowing him to win time.

In addition to the No. 6 watchtower, the fire of the eight buildings was extinguished, and the flames and grenade explosions from the muzzles of the guns were seen, and in the firelight, the soldiers of the army howled and pounced on the city wall, and the firepower of the defenders on the city wall was obviously not as good as that of the day, but the tenacity was still the same. The dark night also created a lot of trouble for the attackers, and the dangerous place of the Eight Towers formed the greatest difficulty for the Yue army, and the heavy leather boots of the Yue army were very inconvenient to move on the mountain road, and the bright light reflected by the steel helmet above the head became the best shooting target for the defenders.

However, the situation of the No. 7 watchtower was still grim, and the army that captured the No. 6 watchtower blocked the counterattack from the No. 5 watchtower with two machine guns, and at the same time set up an observation post on the top floor of the watchtower and set up a heavy machine gun to shoot at the No. 7 watchtower to cover the attack of the main force.

Attacking Towers No. 7 along the city wall was a team of more than 20 people, a total of 86 people, and they lost 19 people in the sneak attack, including one who fell off the cliff by mistake during the climb. The first line of the narrow wall passage can only walk four or five people side by side at most, so it is useless to have many troops.

Timely orders and adjustments have minimized the loss of the No. 6 watchtower, but the pressure on the No. 7 watchtower is still very great; The artillery fire of the front army kept falling around the watchtower, and the army attacking along the city wall was also attacking desperately, and Xu Yan personally stayed in the watchtower to command the defense. This short section of the city wall immediately became a bloody path of flesh and blood.

Zheng Dongguo was furious when he received the report from the headquarters, he was completely angry, and Wang Bairun dared to derelict his duties so much when the brigade headquarters had a clear order.

"Shoot him right away, shoot him right away! This scum! Bastard! Fuck it, I'm going to kill him! Zheng Dongguo slapped the table and scolded.

"Shooting him is a trivial matter, and there are two things that must be done at once, the first is to send reinforcements; The second command reminds you of the movements of the frontal enemy. Du Yuming was also very angry in his heart, Song Yunfei's reminder was so timely, but they were completely more than the case, so that it led to the current dangerous situation.

"It's not enough, it's not enough to recapture the No. 6 watchtower and transfer the anti-aircraft guns." Song Yunfei suddenly interjected, no one objected to him at this moment, on the contrary, he attached great importance to his opinion. Since the news of the night attack of the Yue army reached the command headquarters, everyone's eyes on Song Yunfei immediately changed, turning into admiration, his prediction of the actions of the Yue army was so accurate, it can be said that the Yue army is fighting according to his ideas.

Zheng Dongguo ordered without thinking about it: "Report to the division headquarters immediately, and ask the division headquarters to transfer the Reading Artillery Regiment to the command of our department." Then he said: "Tell Wang Bairun that if he can't take back the No. 6 watchtower, he won't come back." The battalion directly under the brigade was ordered to immediately reinforce the No. 7 watchtower. ”

As soon as his words fell, the staff officer shouted: "Brigade commander, division commander call." ”

Zheng Dongguo picked up the phone and just said a word to the division commander, and a scolding voice immediately came from the microphone: "Zheng Guiting! What the fuck are you eating! Badaolou is going to be lost, don't blame me for ignoring the feelings of my classmates! Take it back for me immediately, and if you can't take it, you'll screw your head off! ”

Zheng Dongguo listened to Huang Jie's scolding without saying a word, he replied wordlessly, and only after Huang Jie's anger subsided for a while, he said: "Division, I have already transferred the battalion directly under the brigade, and I will launch a counterattack as soon as it is dawn, but the terrain of the No. 6 watchtower is too dangerous, and I ask to transfer the artillery regiment to me." ”

On the phone, Huang Jie pondered for a moment and then replied, "Okay, I'll report to the commander." ”

The Seventeenth Army had two artillery regiments, the 1st and 2nd Regiments of the Reading Artillery Regiment, both of which had anti-aircraft artillery, but strangely enough, both regiments were under the direct command of the army, and the divisional artillery battalions of the three divisions were armed only with mortars.

After a while, Huang Jie's call arrived, and his anger was still very big: "Zheng Guiting, you listen to me!" The 11th Regiment of the 6th Brigade is under your command, the 1st Artillery Regiment is also under your command, the army commander ordered, how to lose the No. 6 watchtower, how to take it back, if you can't get it back, up to the division commander, down to the battalion company commander, all relevant personnel must go to the military court! Did you hear me clearly? ”

"Hear me clearly!" Zheng Dongguo replied loudly.

Zheng Dongguo put down the phone and sternly said to everyone in the headquarters: "The army commander ordered, how to lose the No. 6 watchtower, how to take it back, if you can't get it back, from the division commander to the battalion company commander, all relevant personnel must go to the military court!" Did you hear me clearly? ”

"Yes!" The crowd replied in unison.

Just when Zheng Dongguo was dispatching troops, the battle around the sixth and seventh watchtowers became more intense.

Regardless of the difficulties brought by the night battle, the army launched an attack on the No. 7 or 8 watchtower without stopping, the bullets pierced the night sky, roaring towards the city tower, a large number of soldiers rushed to the city wall, the grenades on the city tower rained down, the explosion overturned the hard rock, the corpses rose in the smoke, and then fell heavily in the distance.

Under the cover of heavy machine guns and grenadiers, the Japanese army attacking along the city wall approached the watchtower step by step. Xu Yan fought so badly that he pushed away the machine gun shooter, jumped to the shooter's position himself, grabbed the machine gun and swept wildly.

"Smack, smack..." A barrage of bullets hit the stone wall, and the splash of stones hit his face painfully. "! Come on! "The machine guns fired frantically downward, blocking the path of the enemy's attack.

The troops occupying Building 6 were in a better position, with two machine guns blocking the attack slowly, leaving behind a few corpses at almost every step, blood gushing out and staining the centuries-old bluestone.

The night of fierce fighting in the dawn of the day was completely stopped, the army held the No. 6 watchtower, the middle [***] team also held the No. 7 watchtower, from the frontal attack of the army threw down the mountain of corpses and retreated, the No. 6 watchtower of the army marched into a lone army. The generals began to figure out how to clean up this lone army.

When the day was bright, the battalion directly under the brigade came up with reinforcements and brought Zheng Dongguo's order, the No. 7 and 8 watchtowers must be guarded, and those who retreated without authorization will all implement the method of revolutionary soldiers sitting together, and the command of these two watchtowers belongs to Yin Guoping, the commander of the battalion directly under the brigade.

Zheng Dongguo couldn't sit still in the command headquarters, he handed over the brigade headquarters to the deputy brigade commander, and rushed to the regimental headquarters of the Eighth Regiment under the Badaolou to personally supervise the battle. Du Yuming also felt that this battle was very important, and he wanted to feel the tactics of the army more deeply, so he also followed him to the headquarters of the Eighth Regiment.

Rong Junxian, deputy commander of the Eighth Regiment, reported to Zheng Dongguo the battle situation last night and one night, last night and a night of fierce fighting, the two battalions of the Eighth Regiment guarding the Great Wall suffered one hundred and forty-two casualties, but the casualties were mainly concentrated in the No. 678 watchtower, 34 soldiers stationed near the No. 6 watchtower were all killed, and the eighteen people of the No. 7 watchtower were all killed, and in the subsequent defense of the enemy's attack, 41 people were killed, and there are still 76 people left in the two watchtowers, and now the battalion commander Yin Guoping of the brigade directly under the brigade has brought two companies to reinforce it. The other company I told him to stay at the bottom of the hill as a reserve, and the situation has stabilized.

"Commander Wang decided to fight back against the No. 6 watchtower." Rong Junxian finally said.

"Be specific." Zheng Dongguo knocked on the table impatiently, and Rong Junxian said that he didn't say anything when he left a company as a reserve, and it was right to do so, and the two watchtowers could not accommodate more than 400 people.

"Flank from both sides." Rong Junxian only added that the topography of the No. 6 watchtower determines that it can only be captured by attacking through the city wall, which is not a surprising tactic.

"Alright, let's do it." Zheng Dongguo said categorically after a slight condensation, Du Yuming's brows furrowed slightly, but he couldn't find a better tactic, the only suggestion that could be added was to wait for the artillery to arrive before launching an attack, but the artillery would have to wait for two hours at the earliest, and the army could not be given another two hours, and then the frontal army would launch a new round of attack.

With a red signal flare in the sky, two gray streams of people were killed from the No. 7 watchtower and the No. 5 watchtower, but these two torrents were blocked by the fire of the No. 6 watchtower as soon as they came out of the building, and the gray flow of people was cut into two sections, the front part did not turn back, and still insisted on charging forward, when they rushed halfway, they were blocked by the machine guns of the army, and the one that rushed in front turned over and loaded, and the one behind immediately crawled to the ground, looking for shelter, but there was no other shelter on the bare city wall except for the corpse.

(To be continued)