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The generals present heard that although Gao Fei's voice was not high, he was strong and resolute, and his words were thousands. If He Shaozhou dares to collide again, Gao Fei will inevitably turn his face, and the consequences will be too unimaginable. Therefore, they all eagerly shouted, "Junza!" As a warning.

Yu Wenzheng, who came with Gao Fei, was even so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, glared and gritted his teeth. Because if there is a stalemate, he, the chief of staff, really can't mediate between them.

After a period of suffocating silence in the venue, there was a suffocating period of deathly silence, and suddenly, Goofy announced loudly: "Electric!" Like a bombshell exploding nearby, the generals jumped up in shock and stood upright. Gao Fei made a gesture to the attendant staff officer: "Read!" The attendant staff immediately read:

"Baoshan. Senior Commander of the Expeditionary Force Command. Dense. The limit will arrive immediately. The Eighth Army's Songshan offensive was protracted and affected the counteroffensive Tengchong and Longling battles. Therefore, it is necessary to overcome Matsuyama within a time limit. If the restrictions are violated, the commanders of the troops at all levels below the commander of the army will be punished according to the punishment of delaying the opportunity, and there will be no favoritism, and Jiang Zhongzheng will sign. ”

After the telegram was recited, the generals were stunned one by one. After Goofy took his seat, he made a gesture: "Sit down, everyone." ”

The generals took their seats, stiffly straightening up. "I didn't want to read out this telegram, because attacking the fortification depends on the soldiers' sense of responsibility to the motherland and the nation, and it is difficult to win the battle if they are forced into battle, but I ask you to believe that as long as you do your best and do not shrink from greed for life and fear of death, then even if you fail to overcome the deadline, the responsibility will be borne by the commander, and innocent people will never be killed in vain.

I admit that the fortifications are strong, but everyone must also admit that the total number of enemies in Songshan is only more than 3,000 people, and we will attack with ten times the strength, and there is no reason to resist it. The main purpose of this chief's visit is to discuss with you the plan to defeat the enemy, and there is no other purpose. ”

He Shaozhou didn't dare to lose his temper anymore. So, under the auspices of Gao Fei, he seriously studied the plan to break the enemy.

Everyone said that artillery bombardment from a distance was ineffective. Gao Fei made a quick decision: move the artillery position close to the enemy position, and make a direct hit with a few more shots to achieve the effect of deep destruction, so that the artillery is in danger of being destroyed by the enemy, but Gao Fei believes that even if it is necessary.

The tactic is: the cannon hits directly, forcing the devils to retreat to the lower cover, the infantry can break through, and then use the bazooka to make up the "hole" to make up the "hole", and the flamethrower is aimed at the "hole" to shoot into the flames, completely eliminating the devil in the fort.

The method proposed by Wang Jingyuan was also affirmed by Gao Fei: Extend from the end of the offensive position to the enemy's position by digging a communication trench, approach the enemy's fort, and then carry out tunnel operations, and blast under the enemy's fort.

Adjustment of troop deployment: The 308th Regiment was transferred to join the left flank of the 307th Regiment; The main force of the 255th Regiment was transferred to strengthen the Yin Mountaineering aspect.

After the tactical and troop deployment was completed, Gao Feiyou refused to leave the front-line headquarters, saying that he would stay and personally supervise the battle. The generals persuaded one after another:

"Junzuo, please return to the base camp to dispatch the overall situation, we promise to conquer Songshan as scheduled, otherwise we will be willing to be a military commander!"

Gao Fei had to agree to leave the headquarters, he said: "There is no joke in the army, I hope you will do it yourself!" ”

At the time of farewell, Gao Fei held He Shaozhou's hand and said: "You can command the battle with peace of mind, as long as you are worthy of the conscience of the soldiers, it is enough to fight the war, and all the responsibilities should be borne by the commander!" ”

He Shaozhou was moved to tears: "Junzuo treats each other sincerely, and his subordinates dare to die if they don't serve each other!" Please forgive your subordinates for being rude, Jun Zuo's tolerance, your subordinates should be rewarded, please rest assured to go back to Baoshan. ”

"Okay, this chief is waiting for the good news!"

The Eighth Army launched another offensive at Matsuyama.

Army Commander He Shaozhou asked each division to set up headquarters within a kilometer of the forward position, so as to supervise the battle nearby; The headquarters of each regiment should not be more than 500 meters away from the front line, and he himself set up the army headquarters within 1,000 kilometers of the central position to personally supervise the battle. Such a distance is within the effective range of the enemy's heavy weapons, and the danger is extremely high. Seeing that the commander had made up his mind, the soldiers were also determined to die and strive to attack.

Both the left flank and the central forces advanced by means of trench operations, which avoided large casualties but progressed very slowly. At noon on the 26th, 12 enemy planes bombed the attacking troops on the first line and dropped 18 packets of goods. The counter-attacking troops attacked with anti-aircraft guns and shot down one enemy destroyer. The airborne supplies were destroyed in the air by parachute, so they were instead captured by our attacking troops, mainly canned food, ammunition, medicine, etc.

In the following days, it rained heavily, and the attacking troops were unable to make progress, so they had to take advantage of the time between the heavy rains to continue their communication trench operations.

On the night of the thirtieth day, the 1st Regiment of the 308th Regiment made use of the communication trench operation to attack the E Heights in one fell swoop and expel the enemy on the periphery of the fortress. "Holes" were "drilled" in the fortress with bazookas, and then fired into the "holes" with flamethrowers. Suddenly the smoke rushed into the sky, the fortress turned into a sea of fire, and the E heights were occupied.

The sweeping troops of the 103rd Division also advanced with the tactics of communication trenches, retreating to the rear of the large fortress on Heights B, and the artillery advanced to the vicinity of the fort and fired continuously, knocking the fortress out, and the infantry immediately rushed forward and aimed the flamethrowers at the loopholes in the fort. The fortress collapsed in a sea of fire.

Although this method was complete, the fortress was burned to the ground, and it was difficult to ascertain the results of the battle and capture the booty.

On the night of 1 August, the communication trench dug under the control of the central troops was more than 60 meters high ground and was ready for attack. At noon on the second day, when the weather cleared, army commander He Shaozhou walked out of the bunker and chose a dense forest place that was easy to observe to observe the attack.

The artillery first concentrated artillery fire on the two heights A and B, and then transferred fire to the unnamed heights between the two heights. The central forces took the opportunity to break through to the F heights and occupy the first half of the positions. Yue Kou desperately resisted in the second half of the position, and the two armies fought each other in close combat, repeatedly hand-to-hand fighting, and the fierceness was extremely fierce.

He Shaozhou used a telescope in the dense forest to observe the fighting. He saw that the two armies were fighting hand-to-hand, and his soldiers' stabbing skills were not as flexible and fierce as those of Yue Kou, and after a while, more than half of the soldiers had been stabbed down by Yue Kou, and Yue Kou gradually gained an advantage in numbers, and continued to reinforce. In the end, there were only a few dozen soldiers left in the attacking force, and they were surrounded by several times the Koukou in the core, and it was difficult to rush out, even if the second echelon reinforcements went up, because of the limited strength, they were not the opponents of the Kou. Seeing that the attacking troops were about to be annihilated by the Yue Kou on the F heights, they would organize an attack again, and they would have to exchange a large number of soldiers' lives for it. In this case, he immediately made a decision and ordered the accompanying operational staff officers:

"Give an order to the artillery, concentrate artillery fire on the high ground!" "Junza! The"

"Give the order, kill those who hesitate!"

The combat staff officer looked at the deputy division commander and chief of staff on the side, and saw that they were all clenched their teeth and expressionless on their faces, so he only muttered helplessly: "This is too cruel" and used the wireless telephone to give orders to the artillerymen.

The artillerymen received the order, knowing that there were still dozens of their brothers fighting hand-to-hand with Yue Kou on the position, but the military order was like a mountain, and they did not dare to disobey it, so they corrected the distance and fired artillery at the F height. In the past, the artillerymen had to observe the accuracy and effect of the shots, and they would be proud and cheer for the hit of the shells and the large number of casualties inflicted on the enemy! Now the ammunition men silently filled the cannon with their heads down, the shooters fired with their eyes closed, and the commanders turned their backs

However, several army commanders in the dense forest were still holding binoculars to observe. One after another, the merciless shells flew towards the F position, exploding between the soldiers of the two warring sides, and immediately blood and flesh flew everywhere, corpses were scattered all over the ground, and dozens of officers and soldiers of the expeditionary force died together with several times the number of Koukou. Tears dripped down the binoculars, but they were all shouting, "Fight again!" Hit again! Hit again! The words popped out between his teeth.

There is no longer a little activity on the high ground, He Shaozhou waved his hand: "On the second echelon!" ”

Only when the second echelon, braving their own artillery fire, approached the F heights, he ordered: "Artillery stop firing!" "The second echelon was only fifty meters from the F position, and the artillery received an order to stop firing.

The central main position was finally occupied. However, this victory came at a terrible cost.

He Shaozhou returned to the shelter department and lashed out at the combat staff officer: "Why are you hesitant to carry out the order? Fighting a war is a cruel thing in the first place, is there any humanity to talk about in a battle of flesh and blood, and you fight to the death? If we don't fire, those brothers will still be stabbed to death by devils! Then lose the position, and then use the lives of hundreds of brothers to rush and kill and take the position! Go and let the devil stab him to death with a bayonet! To win the war, there must be a price. You are a soldier, but you have the kindness of a woman, how can you be a good soldier! Get the hell out of here! I don't want to see you from now on! ”

The people on the side all understood that He Shaozhou had an evil fire. In the next few days, He Shaozhou seemed so preoccupied and irritable that his subordinates did not dare to see him. Li Mi, the deputy commander of the army, knew that he had a mental burden, so he asked Liang Xiaozhai, the chief of staff of the army, to persuade him.

Li Mi said: "Junzuo, the husband and soldier are murder weapons. There is no benevolence, righteousness and morality in the use of murder weapons, so at that time, Junzuo ordered the cannon to be fired, and those of us present did not stop it, but agreed. Why bother?"

Liang Xiaozhai echoed: "The deputy seat is reasonable, we are the generals, command the battle, and the responsibility is to strive for victory and reduce casualties. Junzuo's approach has achieved these two goals, so why blame yourself too much? ”

He Shaozhou sighed deeply: "That's it! Thousands of meritorious crimes, let future generations comment on it. ”

During the attack on the central position, the 103rd Division attacked Heights A from the east and west sides of Heights D and E, and in only half an hour, they reached the front of Heights A. Seeing that the gateway of the fortress had been destroyed by artillery, it directly sprayed in through the portal with flamethrowers. In a short time, about fifty devils jumped out from the tops of the east and west forts, tried to escape, but were mostly wiped out by the infantry, and the remnants of the enemy rolled down into the communication trench on the north side of the A high ground, and tried to resist again. At this time, Zhuzipo, Yinshan artillery and anti-aircraft machine guns were concentrated on the north side of the A high ground, and the central troops also drew four heavy machine guns to cheer, and finally annihilated the remnants of the enemy.

At noon on 3 August, the central troops, supported by the fire of Yinshan Mountain, occupied position F. At this point, the enemy of Rolling Dragon Slope was completely eliminated. But this did not reduce the difficulty of the attack. It is said that the fortifications of the Kozon Mountain are stronger than the former, and the trapped beasts are still fighting, and the Ko is struggling even more frantically when he is dying.

It is said that the position of Mount Curzon is centered on the sub-high ground, so the surrounding fortresses must be broken first in order to successfully destroy the axis, and the attacking troops still attack by tunnel operation.

Beginning on 3 August, the artillery bombarded the E, F, G, and H heights with artillery fire for three consecutive days. On the seventh day, the 3rd Battalion of the 3rd Regiment of the Honor Regiment of the Central Army launched the first attack, broke into the enemy formation, and fought hand-to-hand with the stubborn enemy for two hours. Xie Mengxiong, the commander of the 246th Regiment, led his troops to break into the enemy formation, and withdrew at dusk, leaving only eight soldiers in the battalion, and Xie Mengxiong also died heroically. Another battalion of the regiment broke through, but also met with fierce resistance, and by the evening it broke out, leaving only ten soldiers.

The left and right flanks launched an attack at the same time, which was almost fruitless.

The troops suffered heavy casualties, with only twenty officers and men left in the 3rd Battalion of the 2nd Honorary Regiment and the 246th Regiment with all casualties. But it was not replenished in time. The offensive could not be stopped, and the attack could not be carried out without troops, so the command headquarters had to first draw some soldiers from the heavy machine gun and artillery units, and then gather the non-combatants of the command system at all levels, mix them into a regiment, and continue the attack. At the same time, the 309th Regiment was transferred from Xiangyun and the 3rd Battalion of the 3rd Honorary Regiment from Baoshan Airport to participate in the counteroffensive battle. Before reinforcements arrived, on the one hand, the excavation of the tunnel continued, and on the other hand, the camera attacked. Don't let the Kou see through the reality.

The fortress in Songshan is said to be the strongest on the top of Songshan, and the side fire is also the strongest and tightest, and the counteroffensive troops have attacked the peak four times, but because they could not enter the fortress in time, they were attacked by the fire prevention forces on both sides, and suffered heavy casualties, and finally could not gain a foothold. The command repeatedly studied the countermeasures, and finally decided: first extend the communication trench operation to the nearest distance of the enemy fort, then dig a tunnel until the lower part of the fort, and then plant a large amount of explosives to blow up the enemy fort from below. This was the only feasible option at the time, and the decision was made to order the engineer commander to direct the operation and calculate the amount of explosives to be used.

On August 3, the traffic trench operation began. The first line of the attacking troops was about 150 meters away from the enemy fort, and four communication trenches were dug from the second line and extended to the enemy fort. Each trench was one meter wide and one point eight meters deep. By the twelfth day, each trench had advanced one hundred and twenty meters. When digging the trenches, although the attacking troops were covered by fire, the operating soldiers were also killed and wounded by enemy fire. When the trench reached a distance of 30 meters from the enemy fort, the trench operation began. There are two tunnels, 1.2 meters high, 1 meter wide, 5 meters can be dug every day and night, until 18 days, it is expected to have been dug under the enemy fort, then dig and place the explosives space, and then 120 boxes of TNT 3,000 kilograms of explosives are loaded into the two spaces excavated in the left and right two tunnels, and after the fuse is drawn, the end of the tunnel is blocked and pounded tightly with sacks filled with soil, and then the operating troops exit the tunnel.

On the morning of 20 August, the units began their activities. Because the firing position was at the headquarters of the 3rd Regiment of Honor, the regiment launched a feint in order to attract more enemies to the high ground. At 9:15 p.m., the 3rd Regiment of Rong retreated, and the command headquarters gave an order, the engineer commander pressed the button, and the attacking troops stared at the high ground with wide eyes, only to see a black column of smoke suddenly rise and soar into the sky, but the explosion sound was like a muffled thunder, which was by no means an unexpected earth-shattering sound.

The 3rd Regiment of Honor rushed to the enemy position, only to see that the result of the explosion was the appearance of two large funnel-like holes in the ground, one with a diameter of about 30 meters and a depth of about 15 meters; The other is about 40 meters in diameter and has the same depth. Later, according to the confessions of the four captured prisoners, there were originally 75 prisoners in the enemy fort, but all of them were buried in the soil except for four prisoners, and the enemy invaders on the periphery were also completely annihilated by the Rong 3rd Regiment.

The 245th Regiment assaulted the F high ground at the moment of blasting, and the other assault on the E high ground was attacked by the flanks, and the infantry suffered several casualties!

The 308th Regiment assaulted the H Heights and occupied them in one fell swoop.

On 20 and 21 August, Kou counterattacked on the heights of Zizi for two consecutive nights, and Huang Renwei, commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 3rd Honorary Regiment, insisted on supervising the battle despite being wounded three times, so that the battalion commander and below suffered all casualties. At dawn on the 22nd, the commander of the 3rd Rong Regiment gathered 30 remnants of the regiment, plus more than 10 soldiers left in the regiment's special service platoon, and personally led these more than 40 people to rush to the position and fight the enemy. In fact, it was said that Kou was also exhausted, and at the end of the crossbow, after this vigorous new force rushed to kill, they retreated one after another, rolled down the high ground and the valley, and were annihilated by the artillery fire of the attacking troops.

After recovering the position, a closer inspection showed that the position was filled with dead bodies, among which there were sixty-two pairs of dead people who were hugged by soldiers from both sides of the war!

After the counteroffensive troops reoccupied the sub-heights, the command immediately ordered to repair the fortifications quickly, and after a day and night of hard fighting, only five fortifications were repaired, and each other had side defenses. Therefore, after the 22nd, Yue Kou counterattacked several times, but was repulsed, and also paid heavy casualties!

This is really a fierce battle that shocks the world and weeps ghosts and gods, and the heroic poems written by the Chinese Expeditionary Force in Songshan! The people of Yunnan once built the "Monument to the Fallen Soldiers of the Eighth Army of the Western Yunnan Campaign" in Kunming Yuantong Park. Inscription:

"The island country is poisonous, and the pain is in western Yunnan, who has no blood, endures the border, Huan Huan soldiers, regardless of hardships and dangers, ten hot and ten decided, willing to die like a glutton, acne loyalty, famous monuments, fearful of righteousness, and shows Laizi."

The names of the dead soldiers will go down in history, the eternal generations, the rivers and mountains are immortal, and the moon will win glory!

On 24 August, the 309th Regiment drove from Xiangyun to Lameng, and the next day it joined the highland front. The artillery originally assigned to the 3rd Regiment of Rong was transferred to the command of the regiment, and the command had high hopes for this regiment, and on the 28th, the regiment first used an infantry platoon to make a tentative attack on the B heights, and rushed into the trenches, only to find that only seven wounded devil soldiers were resisting.

There have also been cases where a few devils who have slipped through the net are not far away, but hide in the remnants of the castle, woods, etc. There was a devil hiding in the ruined fortress and shot twelve soldiers of the expeditionary force in three days! In the end, it was discovered during the restoration of the ruined fort.

On the night of the 28th, the 309th Regiment was attacked twice. At noon the next day, he still attacked with a platoon of troops, occupying Heights C and Heights No. 5, so he increased his troops by a company to consolidate his position.

In the evening, two more companies were sent to consolidate the position!

(To be continued)