Chapter 543: Fierce Battle at the Ancient Dragon's Mouth (Part II)

When the captain of the 3rd Brigade saw the end of the artillery bombardment, he immediately drew his command knife, shouted to kill Gege, and led the three squadrons of the 3rd Brigade to rush towards the ridge in front of him like a tide. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

The commander of the division, Akiba, had given a death order to the wing, demanding that it break through the blocking position of the New Fourth Army at all costs, rush to Gulongkou as soon as possible, and block the opening of the independent division of the New Fourth Army.

The soldiers guarding the position, seeing that the devils were like a tide, under the light of the flares, ran madly towards the position, and immediately held their guns and prepared to fire.

With the roar of the second battalion commander, fierce gunfire rang out on the entire position, and the battalion machine gun company arranged in the back desperately spit out bullets towards the rushing devils, knocking down the devils running in front one by one.

Behind the attacking devils, mortar grenadiers and heavy machine guns vigorously spat tongues of fire at the positions of the New Fourth Army, and under the irradiation of the constantly rising flares, one by one the soldiers of the New Fourth Army were hit by bullets and flew backwards, and at the same time, the shells fired by the devils also continued to explode on the positions.

However, the second battalion had the advantage of geographical advantage, and at the same time, the mortars and grenadiers of the second battalion did not care about the transfer at this time, but just desperately fired at the rushing devils, and countless shells exploded in the ranks of the devils' attack, and the heavy machine guns that blew the devils behind them into scrap metal.

Just when the two sides were inseparable, the devils who rushed behind them rushed in the dark, and it seemed that the devils were ready to carry out a pig rush charge and use people to fill the road of the charge.

The soldiers of the second battalion kept falling, and the commander of the second battalion was already full of tears at this time, but his anger continued to erupt, and while waving his pistol and firing at the devil, he shouted loudly for command from the position.

Just when the devil paid a heavy price and was about to rush to the position of the second battalion, a burst of shells flew from behind the mountain ridge, falling in the team of the devil's attack, and the smoke that continued to rise shrouded the devil's formation in a blink of an eye, and the continuous explosion was sandwiched with the devil's hoarse scream, and the devil behind was blocked by the dense shells, and could not rush up for a while, the second battalion commander saw that the opportunity could not be lost, and rushed angrily, and rushed towards the devil with the soldiers while shooting.

In the blink of an eye, the enemy and the enemy ran out of bullets from their guns, and then their blood-red eyes collided together, and the terrifying sound of bayonets stabbing into flesh sounded from the position, as well as the screams of dying and the gasps of desperate fighting.

The first battalion of the 66th Regiment also rushed up from behind at this time, and one battalion joined, and the devils who were blocked by the shells were finally eliminated, but the second battalion also fought to only about 50 people.

Fuji Ding did not expect that the artillery fire of the New Fourth Army was so sharp, and a brigade that he attacked in front was attacked by the artillery fire of the New Fourth Army, and the loss was already more than half, and now the artillery fire of the New Fourth Army blocked the reinforcements of the troops behind, and he could only watch the third brigade fall into a desperate situation.

Half an hour later, the shelling of the New Fourth Army stopped, and everything returned to tranquility, and what appeared in front of Fujiding's eyes was a fragmented corpse all over the ground, and no one of his third brigade survived.

Thinking of reimbursing a brigade of himself in a battle, Fuji Ding couldn't help but gasp.

In tonight's fierce battle, not to mention the loss of all of his infantry brigade, he also lost the artillery of the wing, and what made him even more sad was that the position of the New Fourth Army was still standing in front of him.

When did the New Fourth Army become so powerful?

He looked a little dazed, shook in the command post, and then angrily reported to the division commander.

Akiba was also shocked when he learned that the Fujiding Wing had lost a brigade and had not been able to capture the blocking position of the New Fourth Army, and at this time, he finally realized the feeling of the 142nd Division in Longjiazhai.

It's just that he didn't know that the 66th Regiment of the 21st Brigade of the New Fourth Army, which was defending on the ridge, also suffered close to 1,000 casualties.

When Kang Shuidong saw the wounded who were constantly being carried down, his heart was like a knife.

After two hours of fighting with the Fujiding Wing, the 66th Regiment had already suffered more than half of the casualties.

There were also two infantry brigades in the Kotoding Wing.

Fortunately, at this time, the 71st Regiment and the 72nd Regiment of the New 7th Brigade and the troops directly under the brigade had already passed through Gulongkou after following the division, and the 67th and 68th regiments of the 22nd Brigade were passing through Gulongkou.

According to the plan, the 66th Regiment held out for another hour and could slowly retreat in the direction of Gulongkou.

Just when Fujiding ordered the First Brigade to prepare for the attack, the Shenwei Wing and the 65th Regiment of the 21st Brigade were also intractable.

The forward position on the hill guarded by the 65th Regiment had changed hands several times, and the troops were organized to counterattack and snatch it back, and the casualties of the Shenwei Wing were as high as more than 900, while the 65th Regiment also suffered more than 500 casualties.

Tong Guijie saw that the troops of the New Seventh Brigade and the Twenty-second Brigade had withdrawn one after another, and found Hao Mengxuan coming, and immediately went over to discuss with him, and finally handed over the defense of Gulongkou to Hao Mengxuan, and his 64th Regiment urgently assembled.

The 65th Regiment and the 66th Regiment fought so hard that Tong Guijie's heart dripped, when did the 21st Brigade suffer such a big loss.

"Long Zhishui, you take the first battalion and the second battalion through here, and then immediately give me a slap on the ass of the Shenwei Wing, and after completing the task, immediately retreat to the northeast. Cheng Wei, you take the 3rd Battalion of the 64th Regiment and the Brigade Guard Battalion, go around to the flank of the Tengding Wing from here, give me a hard beating, and after completing the task, immediately detour here, return to this position and return to this position, I am waiting for you here. Tong Guijie's face carried an indescribable murderous aura.

The 65th and 66th Regiments basically completed the task of blocking the attack, but the losses of these two regiments were very heavy.

Only the 21st Brigade has ever taken advantage of the enemy, and when has the 21st Brigade suffered such a big loss, this one must be recovered no matter what.

Cheng Wei and Long Zhishui quickly disappeared into the night with their troops, and after Tong Guijie saw them leave, they stood on the top of the hill in Gulongkou, waiting for the 65th and 66th regiments to come back.

As for the wounded who were sent down from the position, the stretcher team that had come up from the local area followed the main force to the direction of Yangsan.

Akiba knew that the New Fourth Army was running northeast through the Gulongkou, so he urged the Fujiding Wing and the Shenwei Wing to attack again.

At the same time, the troops on the front line of Dongming also followed the 72nd Regiment of the New Seventh Brigade and chased in the direction of Gulongkou.

At this time, the 69th Regiment of the 22nd Brigade also withdrew to a place 20 miles from Gulongkou.

Standing on the mouth of the ancient dragon, you can already hear the sound of gunfire from the west and north.

Zhang Zhouhong stood on the mouth of the ancient dragon and kept shouting to the troops who ran over: "Comrades, hurry, go forward." ā€

Okamura Ningtz was naturally anxious when he learned that the Independent Division had jumped out of his encirclement from Gulongkou, but unfortunately there were still three hours before dawn at this time, and his own air force was not useful at all, and the closest to Gulongkou were only two wings of the 101st Division.

As for the pursuing troops, their speed was not very fast in the dark night.

After receiving the urgent order from the division commander, Fuji Ding asked the first brigade to launch another attack on the New Fourth Army that was blocking the front, and these Japanese troops had just run to a place 300 meters away from the position of the New Fourth Army, and they were again bombarded by the artillery fire of the New Fourth Army, and countless soldiers were torn to pieces by the explosion of the shells, and the entire wilderness was full of bloody corpses, as well as bloody arms and thighs.

Fortunately, the artillery bombardment of the New Fourth Army was not as fierce as just now, and the First Brigade, after paying the price of 300 men, finally rushed to the front of the position of the New Fourth Army, and the two sides engaged in a bloody battle with light and heavy machine guns and rifles.

The First Brigade once again paid the price of 200 men and finally captured the forward position of the New Fourth Army, but at this moment, countless grenades flew in the sky, blowing up the captured forward position of the New Fourth Army into a sea of fire, and the more than 200 imperial soldiers who had not had time to cheer before occupying the position were directly blown over in the successive explosions.

When the smoke cleared, the New Fourth Army took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack and drove the remnants of the devils out of the position.

Fuji Ding saw that his troops were about to rush to the position of the New Fourth Army, but they were attacked by the artillery fire of the New Fourth Army, and countless heroic imperial soldiers fell in pools of blood, and then they were counterattacked by the New Fourth Army, the attack of the First Brigade, and finally retreated in embarrassment.

Fuji Ding looked at the mountains in the distance, his eyes showed a fierce light, and he urgently ordered the second brigade to prepare.

Since the division commander has given the order to die, it is necessary to either let the damned New Fourth Army taste the power of the imperial army, or they will all fall on this mountain ridge and collectively serve His Majesty the Emperor.

The second brigade quickly completed its assembly and, under the tragic command of the captain, rushed towards the mountain again.

Kang Shuidong saw the devil rushing towards the mountain again, his face was as cold as ice, and he said to the commander of the 66th Regiment without any emotion: "Commander Zhang, order the whole regiment to prepare for battle, the devil is about to come up." ā€

Hearing this, Regiment Commander Zhang nodded sharply, turned around and ordered the battalions to prepare for battle.

The 66th Regiment now has less than 600 men capable of fighting, and as for the artillery that cooperates with the operation, it has withdrawn north ahead of schedule because the shells have been exhausted.

At this time, the brigade headquarters' retreat order had not yet come down, and they naturally had to insist.

Just when the devil rushed to less than 500 meters from the mountain range, the correspondent ran to report that the brigade commander ordered the 66th Regiment to immediately withdraw from its position and retreat in the direction of Gulongkou.

At this time, the 72nd Regiment and the 69th Regiment also withdrew to Gulongkou one after another, and Zhang Zhouhong was asking the division's infantry artillery to prepare for artillery bombardment on the mountain ridge, so as to cover the passage of the 72nd Regiment and the 69th Regiment through Gulongkou.

Fujiding's second brigade rushed to the front of the mountain, but he didn't expect that not a single bullet flew out on the ridge, and the Japanese captain immediately waved his command knife and rushed towards the ridge with his troops.

Sure enough, they rushed to the ridge, only to find that the New Fourth Army on the ridge had withdrawn.

When the captain of the Japanese army was about to report the good news to the wing commander, he suddenly saw the location of the wing headquarters, and fierce gunfire and violent explosions rang out. (To be continued.) )