Due to the urgency of time, Ushijima even ordered the troops to attack overnight without even building a military camp, except for his command tent, the rest including the field hospital and kitchen were still in the open air.

Although the altitude of Daqing Mountain is as high as more than 2,000 meters, it is a height built on the foundation of the Mongolian Plateau. However, Daqingshan is famous for its steepness, not to mention the mountain path from top to bottom, and the other sides are cliffs and cliffs, which cannot be climbed at all.

In order to better defend this base area, Han Yunhua chose Daqingshan from the time he first arrived in Saibei, and after two years of sparing no effort in construction, almost all of Daqingshan was reinforced concrete. There are four lines of defense from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain, each of which is a trench and a pillbox, and the width of the mountain road is less than three meters, which can barely transport the mountain artillery, and other heavy artillery and combat vehicles cannot go up. At the same time, Han Yunhua's department also built an extremely strong permanent defense line at the mouth of the valley, compared with the three defense lines on the mountain, this defense line at the mouth of the valley is the focus of Han Yunhua's defense.

The attack of the army was crazy, but Ushijima did not order the troops to charge, but kept bombarding the Daqingshan defense line with artillery, and the intensity of the firepower and the density of the shells were terrifying. As the commander of this Daqingshan defense battle, Han Yunqian felt a lot of pressure. If she was the only one here, Han Yunqian would not hesitate to fight the devil. But now her brother and almost all the staff officers of the command are trapped in the mountains, and the consequences of an accident are unimaginable.

However, the army would not give him time to think about it, and in just half an hour, more than 5,000 shells and even poisonous gas bombs fell on the frontline positions. But Han Yunhua, who was familiar with the offensive routines of the Yue army, had long expected this, so when he designed the fortifications, he not only took into account the normal and reasonable defense and attack of the Yue army, but also took into account the crooked ways of the little devils. So a dozen large bomb shelters connected by communication ditches next to the trenches played a key role.

These air-raid shelters are all made of sleepers and reinforced concrete, and they are buried deep underground, not to mention those small-caliber mountain guns, even large-caliber guns may not be able to do anything to him. Therefore, in the first shelling of the Japanese army, the casualties of the guard regiment were minimal, except for a few observation posts that were knocked out and a few fighters were killed and wounded, there were almost no losses.

However, after the artillery bombardment, it was a big charge of the Yue army, and in terms of the crazy surname of the Yue army, it would definitely not give up if it did not take Daqingshan. Looking at the billowing smoke on the position below the mountain and the continuous sound of explosions, Han Yunqian's heart also continued to sink, and the news from the outside world was getting worse and worse, in the past two days, the army continued to increase troops in the direction of Daqingshan, in addition to the special combat team, several other troops suffered great losses in the battle with the army, and even the troops in Xinghe County were besieged by the army. The 300th Division, which was given high hopes by Han Yunqian and the cadres of the entire former enemy headquarters, was also intercepted by about a brigade of troops of the Yue Army at the junction of Yutian Town, Xinghe County, although the 300th Division of the reorganized army attacked the position of the Yue army at all costs, but the counterattack of the Yue army was also very fierce, and once again let Han Yunhua's department see the strength of the Yue army, so it was impossible to break through the defense line of the Yue army in the short term.

Two hours ago, Yang Ruihua of Jining reported that about a division of infantry had been assembled and was now on the way to Xinghe County, and the automobile unit of about an infantry regiment in the vanguard was expected to arrive at eleven o'clock in the evening. In order to avoid the planes of the Yue army, the reinforcements in the direction of Jining chose to march at night.

The reinforcements in the direction of Jining moved very quickly, and when the first tentative attack on Niudao had just passed, the reinforcements in the direction of Jining had already arrived in Xinghe County. Although a large number of troops of the Yue army blocked the east gate of Xinghe County, the west gate of Xinghe County was not found on the army.

At 11 o'clock in the evening, the first batch of about 4,000 elite troops finally entered the county seat of Xinghe County, and at the same time arrived Zuo Quan, political commissar of the Inner Mongolia Military Region. After taking over the troops in Xinghe County, the political commissar Zuo learned about the enemy's troop deployment and firepower intensity, and compared it with the troops in Xinghe County, so he immediately ordered the troops to eat and prepare for a counterattack to rescue Han Yunhua on Daqing Mountain.

Han Yunhua didn't care about how the outside world was fighting, and he was not only not a little afraid but full of excitement when he was surrounded by the army, which made all the cadres, including Han Yunqian, extremely surprised. Of course, Han Yunhua's performance also gave others a lot of encouragement, in the eyes of the vast majority of people, the commander is a bamboo in his chest, and the little devil under the mountain has nothing to be afraid of at all, which Han Yunhua did not expect.

Han Yunhua's mood now is excited and nervous, the battle in the eastern direction of Hebei has entered the countdown, and the main force of the 77th Division has also captured Xinglong County, which is less than 30 kilometers away from Miyun. And Kimura Hyotaro's department was taught by the instructor and Chen Guang's 334 Brigade plus the troops of the Jizhong Military Region, and they couldn't take care of the end, and hundreds of thousands of troops on both sides stumbled around Zhengding for nearly half a month. Most importantly, the political atmosphere in Europe was extremely tense, and Germany had repeatedly clamored for war, but it did not attract the attention of Britain and the United States. However, Han Yunhua knew that this time Germany was not just talking.

Throughout the battlefield in North China, nearly 80,000 elites of the army in eastern Hebei surrounded Li Dayong's more than 40,000 miscellaneous troops in Qian'an, and the onslaught of nearly ten days caused huge casualties to Li Dayong's troops, and Qian'an is now in danger. According to the telegram sent by Li Dayong yesterday, the losses of Qian'an's troops have exceeded 25,000, and although there are still nearly 20,000 people still fighting strength, the morale of the troops is very low, and the army is constantly bombarding with poison gas bombs, incendiary bombs, and aerial bombs, so the city fortifications of Qian'an, including the entire urban area, have been almost destroyed, so in two days at most, the large army of the Yue army can be under the city of Qian'an, and in five days at most, Qian'an will be lost, and in a week Li Dayong, including his 40,000-strong army, will be completely wiped out.

Of course, Li Dayong's troops were not vegetarians, and the devils who fought for more than ten days did not get much benefit, and the casualties of the troops on the attacking side would not be much smaller than those of Li Dayong's troops. So Li Dayong can let Han Yunhua fight as much as he wants, don't worry about Jidong's affairs, anyway, there is no problem with his 40,000 miscellaneous soldiers exchanging 40,000 elite soldiers.

The other side of the battlefield in eastern Hebei has now entered a white-hot stage, and the cavalry group of the Yue army has been blocked in Kuancheng for seven hours, and all the officers of the Yue army, including Lieutenant General Yoshida Nao, are a little impetuous. The corpses of men and horses were everywhere under the small dirt bag, and the blood flowed down the hillside and merged into a dark red wet band in the valley, and the smell of blood permeated the battlefield.

The seven-hour battle had inflicted heavy casualties on the cavalry units, and so far four cavalry wings had been disabled, and although they were still intact, at least 3,000 cavalry had been killed or seriously wounded. The loss of the troops is one thing, but more importantly, the blow to the morale of the troops is the most important, and the originally mighty cavalry group is now withering like a dead father.

However, the Sharp Knife Battalion, which was responsible for blocking the Yue Army, was not doing well, and there were less than 200 of the more than 700 elites left, and more than 560 people, including the commander of the Sharp Knife Battalion, died on this land. There are no wounded in the troops, as long as those who can fight are fighting, and those who are not fighting are dead people, and now the highest cadre on the front line of the blocking position is Chen Erwa, the commander of the machine gun company, and as for the machine gun company, there are only 12 people left in Chen Erwa, originally according to the order of the 77th Division of the Reading Force, the troops can retreat after four hours of blocking the army, but the two sides have just entered the white-hot stage soon after the war, even if the sharp knife battalion wants to withdraw, it can't be withdrawn. The army is red-eyed, and they will not advance if they don't wipe out this small army, but now even if the army doesn't wrap around the sharp knife battalion, Chen Erwa will not retreat, because now the soldiers are exhausted, and what awaits them when they come out of the position will be complete death.

According to the plan, the cavalry troops of the Yue army had passed Kuancheng and entered the expected ambush site, but now there was no movement, and Wan Guoquan thought that the Yue army had found them retreating. However, the news from the scouts said that the army was now being blocked by the Sharp Knife Battalion and was not advancing an inch three kilometers east of Kuancheng.

After receiving the news, Wan Guoquan knew that the Sharp Knife Battalion could not be withdrawn, so he ordered the mechanized brigade to advance immediately and rushed to Kuancheng, and at the same time sent a report to the cavalry group of Aolige, ordering his cavalry troops to immediately converge from Kuancheng to Kuancheng, and the two troops flanked the cavalry group of the Yue army in front and back.

Wan Guoquan has studied that there is a wide valley area east of Kuancheng, although it is not conducive to the assault of mechanized troops, but it is also not conducive to the cavalry troops to break through and escape. Therefore, Wan Guoquan's order to Aolige was that the cavalry troops did not need to enter the valley to fight with the Yue army, and the charge would be handed over to his mechanized troops, and the cavalry troops only needed to guard the valley.

The original battle plan had to be changed, but although the current battlefield was not conducive to the assault of the mechanized troops, it was also not conducive to the escape of the cavalry, and it would only bring a little trouble to the cavalry units of the Aurege. But it can completely annihilate the cavalry group of the army, and it is worth paying a little price.

Lieutenant General Yoshida Nao never thought that the valley he was in would become the place where he was buried, and at eleven o'clock in the evening, just when the Sharp Knife Battalion was exhausted and the ammunition was about to run out, and was ready to meet the Grim Reaper, the rumbling sound of motorcycles suddenly came from behind the Sharp Knife Battalion, which made the Sharp Knife Battalion and Yoshida Naoto frightened.

The original battle plan was only known to the commander of the Sharp Knife Battalion, but after the death of the commander of the Sharp Knife Battalion, all the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Battalion only knew that they were here to block the cavalry troops of the Yue Army, and no one knew why they were blocked. Now the Sharp Knife Battalion has no strength to fight anymore, and the physical exertion of the soldiers is nothing, but the weapons and ammunition have been exhausted, and the guns without ammunition are burning sticks, and the vast majority of their troops are equipped with machine guns, even if they are powerful, they can't put bayonets on the machine guns. Therefore, if this army that suddenly appeared is called an army, then they will be completely finished today, and if it is reinforcements, the devil's cavalry will not be able to eat and go away.

Soon, hundreds of three-wheeled motorcycles slowly stopped behind the blocking position, and a large number of troops quickly assembled, and through the light of the motorcycle, Chen Erwa saw that all the soldiers were wearing dark green camouflage uniforms. Although Chen Erwa has been in the army for less than a year, he knows that the green camouflage uniform is a unique military uniform of the Inner Mongolia Military Region, and it goes without saying that it must be the Eighth Route Army.

The arrival of reinforcements made the remaining hundred or so soldiers of the Sharp Knife Battalion extremely excited, shouting loudly to vent the excitement in their hearts. As the supreme commander of the front line, Chen Erwa was also excited, he stroked his body and withdrew from the trench with a soldier and came to the front of this sudden reinforcement.

A soldier on the opposite side who seemed to be a cadre gave Chen Erwa a very solemn military salute, and Chen Erwa also replied with a military salute like a mechanical reaction, and said loudly: "We are the troops of the sharp knife battalion of the 77th Division of Reading Force, I am Chen Erwa, the commander of the machine gun company, which part are you from?" ”

"Zhang Dingguo, commander of the motorized infantry regiment of the mechanized brigade of the 300th Division, comrades have worked hard, from now on we will take over your position, Company Commander Chen, you can go down with your soldiers to rest, we promise to hold the position well, and our large army will arrive soon."

Chen Erwa knew about the reorganization of the 300th Division, although he had never heard of this motorized infantry regiment before, but this did not prevent him from trusting this unit.

"Comrade regiment commander, it's okay to hand over the position to you, but our sharp knife battalion can't be withdrawn, my comrades-in-arms are still on the position, they don't allow us who are alive to withdraw from the position before the battle is over, so I beg the regiment commander to let us stay here and fight with you, we are familiar with the terrain here, and we can help you." Chen Erwa said loudly.

Looking at the young and somewhat excessive company commander in front of him, looking at his blood-stained face and the wounds on his body that had not yet been bandaged, Zhang Dingguo didn't know what to say, but he knew that if he didn't let this company commander stay on the position today, it would be a pity for this unit. "Okay, Company Commander Chen, you can stay with your troops, I will let the soldiers send the ammunition to you, the devils are about to attack, let's enter the position."

"Get into position and get ready for battle!"

The infantry of the mechanized brigade are all the elite selected by Han Yunhua from various units, so their combat quality and fighting will are not comparable to ordinary troops. Soon more than 1,800 fighters entered the position, and machine guns and small steel cannons were also set up, just waiting for the charge of the army.

Seeing the arrival of reinforcements from the [***] team, Lieutenant General Yoshida's heart was sinking, this small infantry "regiment" of the branch had blocked him for nearly eight hours, and if such a regiment came again, then his plan to raid Chengde was likely to be aborted, so it was necessary to fight quickly and quickly break through their defense line when this branch of reinforcements did not really gain a foothold.

"The order is to charge, the 10th Cavalry Wing, the 121st Cavalry Wing."

"Hay!"

The two cavalry wings immediately led the crowd out and rushed towards the last line of positions of the Sharp Knife Battalion.

"Dada............"

".......... Da Da Da ..............."

“………… Boom Boom Boom ............"

Unlike the Sharp Knife Battalion, every soldier of this motorized infantry regiment of the mechanized brigade is an expert in machine guns, and each motorcycle will be equipped with a light machine gun, so the firepower on the position of the Sharp Knife Battalion has more than doubled. And the artillery battery of the motorized regiment was not vegetarian either, a dozen mortars did not say anything, first ten rounds of rapid fire.

Although it is true that the cavalry of the Yue army did not say anything about their will to fight, in the face of such dense firepower, the cavalry of the Yue army was a live target, and when the cavalry units of the cavalry group of the Yue army rushed to a distance of less than 100 meters from the position, they could not rush forward a single step.

Gunshots, cannons, shouts of killing, moanings, neighing of horses! Nearly 5,000 soldiers from both sides died in just half a day, making Zhang Dingguo, who had just entered the position, and Lieutenant General Nao Yoshida, who had been in command for seven or eight hours, felt chills all over their bodies.

When the battle between the two sides was in full swing, a cavalry suddenly rushed out from behind the cavalry group of the Yue Army, quickly ran to Lieutenant General Yoshida and said in a panic: "Report to Your Excellency, the commander of the group, our troops guarding the mouth of the valley have just received news that a large number of Shina cavalry have suddenly appeared in the east of the valley, and the number is incalculable. ”

"Nani! Yaga, the cavalry of China? How could there be cavalry in China here? Yoshida Nao was greatly annoyed, and at the same time felt an unprecedented panic, he suddenly had a premonition that this time the cavalry group was afraid that it would not be able to complete the mission, and even a large number of troops would be damaged.

Yoshida Nao didn't realize the danger he was facing now, Han Yunhua spent so much energy, not to stop him from sneaking up on Chengde, but to completely annihilate his cavalry group. Perhaps this idea seemed crazy to Lieutenant General Yoshida, and he didn't even think about this possibility, after all, where is the mobility of the cavalry troops, even if they can't escape, they can still escape. He didn't believe that his more than 15,000 cavalry couldn't even escape, so the current Lieutenant General Yoshida was panicked, but he was not in chaos.

Looking at the dense firepower of the [***] team in front, Lieutenant General Yoshida knew that his mission had been completely failed today. Somewhat reluctantly looking in the direction of Chengde, Lieutenant General Yoshida ordered all the cavalry groups to turn around and rush towards the mouth of the valley.

(To be continued)