readx; At dusk, the Japanese attack was very fierce, and it seemed that they wanted to finish all the aftermath at once.

The attack was still three-planked, first the planes bombarded fiercely, then the artillery fire carried out a rapid attack, and after the artillery fire was extended, the infantry coordinated with the engineer artillery to launch an attack.

The defenders seemed to be well acquainted with this, and when the enemy air and artillery bombarded hard, the mid. When the Japanese army approached, the officers and men emerged from behind all kinds of obstacles and fortifications one after another, exerting side fire and cross-fire to annihilate the Japanese army one by one.

When it comes to this, both sides know the roots, as the saying goes, the person who knows you best is often your enemy.

The Japanese army also came up with targeted means, using a large number of artillery to generalize. The positions were blocked, and then the forces were concentrated and the various positions that were divided were launched.

The hill on the left side of Xiaohengshan is no longer a mountain of stones and grass, and the corpses of Japanese soldiers have been scattered all over the mountain, and some trenches have even been filled.

The Japanese launched seven charges in a row, this time the eighth. Hundreds of devils did not make any tactical evasion moves, shouted wildly, and rushed to the position with bright bayonets.

At this moment, the Japanese army is all under the command of the front line, and the squadron leader leads the charge, and they are bound to win this attack.

There were only a dozen of the defenders of a company left at this moment, and at this moment, they rushed towards the locust-like devils with the last grenade * bombs, and the last explosion sounded on the hill, and the company commander, who was seriously wounded, also kept the last bullet for himself.

The Japanese army did the same, first capturing the outer hills, and then concentrating all their forces to attack. Core position.

Some of the small Hengshan positions were originally overhangs, but now the corpses of the Japanese soldiers have been piled up in front, and the charging Japanese troops can even step on the corpses without difficulty.

A Type 24 heavy machine gun was already red, and the defenders still had time to sweep up two sacks of bullet casings in the morning, and now there was no time to do this "idle" thing, the machine gunner desperately pressed the trigger, and the bullets poured like water on the Japanese troops at close range, and a crazy devil rushed to the muzzle of the machine gun, and in a moment, the corpse was gone.

Two devils approached the bunker from behind, and the defenders were all killed.

The Japanese army had already rushed into the defenders' trenches for the final white-knuckle battle, but the support route was blocked by the Japanese artillery and could not implement reinforcements.

Finally, when the sky was completely dark, the Japanese army's plaster flag was raised at Koyokoyama. Satomi, the commander of the Japanese wing who had been busy for a day, finally breathed a sigh of relief, Xiao Hengshan and Da Hengshan were the core positions of the Chinese defenders, Xiao Hengshan succeeded, Da Hengshan broke one of his arms, and the connection between the defenders was also severed.

At the beginning of the attack, the attacker's losses are much greater than the defender's, but once the opponent's position is divided, the casualty ratio of both sides quickly approaches or even surpasses, and if the defender finally collapses, the attacker can inflict a large number of casualties on the opponent at a small cost.

And the people of Shina still have a big shortcoming, one point was broken through, and the whole line collapsed, and Satomi Osa was full of expectations for this.

"Order all troops to be on strict alert at night, and the commanders of each unit take turns to patrol at night!" Satomi gave the order. He knew how important the position was, and he knew that his opponent knew it.

In the wee hours of the morning, there was a dead silence on the hill, even the insects that used to sing and chirp had ceased their activity, and the moment before the storm was full of tranquility.

Suddenly, the sound of rifles rang out, followed by a continuous stream of machine guns, an overwhelming sound of artillery, and a shout of killing that filled the mountains. The team counterattacked aggressively during the night.

Middle. The team was composed of 8-10 people, each group of soldiers were covered with grenades and bullets around their waists, and under the cover of light and heavy machine guns, they launched a frontal attack on Xiaohengshan in accordance with the pre-planned charging route.

The battalion commander Zhang Zhenzhong personally led another brave team to outflank from the side, and the side of the hill still seemed to be quiet, and on the gray and black hill, a few fireworks occasionally flashed, and then returned to tranquility, which seemed to show that the bloody battle never happened and would never come.

Only 500 meters from the mountain!

400 meters!

200 meters!

100 meters!

50 meters!

Each. The soldiers held their breath and dispersed the ranks, and at night, their uniforms were wet with dew and the butts of their guns were tie-dyed with sweat.

Suddenly, the mountain was ablaze, and a dense stream of bullets rained down like a frenzied hail. team, countless hidden Japanese machine gunners, riflemen, and gunners appeared one after another, and the arrogant shouts of the devils shook the mountains and fields.

Ambushed, forward or backward, brave or cowardly?

The Chinese soldiers chose to move forward, chose to be brave, and all the soldiers shouted loudly and launched a frantic charge. One fell, and the other charged.

The Japanese accurately predicted their opponent's movements, but ignored their bravery, believing that they could crush their opponents at close range, but they did not expect that their opponents would return them with a decisive charge.

At a distance of 50 meters, a soldier rushed into the trench, stabbed the Japanese machine gunner with a bayonet, pulled out the bayonet, brought up a rain of blood, and then smashed it back, smashing the deputy machine gunner with a steel helmet and dog head with the butt of the gun.

A soldier's bayonet was broken, he pounced sideways, and strangled the devil's throat fiercely, the opponent could not take it off, and he also held the opponent with both hands, and both died at the same time.

A soldier spun the muzzle of a 92-heavy machine gun, aimed it in the direction of the Japanese troops, and fired fiercely.

White blade against white blade, flesh against flesh, corpses built into fortresses, blood pooled into waterfalls.

The strange cry of the hungry wolf, the roar of the awakening lion, the black tide of aggression, and the fire of the uncessation of resistance.

At dawn, the morning sun shines, and the golden light shines on the small horizontal mountain, and it is the middle that flutters high. Team flags!

Middle. The team has regained the position again!

On April 9, the Japanese did not launch a single attack, not even a symbolic artillery bombardment, and Mingguang seemed to have returned to its former tranquility.

Xu Ming did not harass his opponent, except for still dispatching the "shout of Fujita Shaoza" at night, which caused the morale of the Japanese army to drop by 5 points, there was no other action.

Both sides are gasping for air, and the casualties paid are shocking. Each of the 15 infantry companies involved averaged less than 50 men after the battle. When the captain boasted that he would cut off the "tumor" of Mingguang, the soldiers under his command could occupy a large area of valley, but when the troops were collected at night, a larger room could be installed, and the captain directly became the squadron leader, and the "scalpel" was broken. Another brigade that went on the offensive also completely lost its offensive capability.

The Dizhou troops had no intention of taking Bengbu and breaking through the Huai River defense line, and as soon as the battle of Mingguang ended, he planned to collect his troops and return to Chuxian. He really couldn't fight anymore, a month ago, he was still full of confidence, even the commander of the army who opposed his southward advance at that time, General Yan Junliu, was not worried about his defeat, but because he occupied too many places, resulting in insufficient troops.

And now, he has suffered setbacks in Mingguang one after another, not only himself, but all his colleagues and subordinates feel that it is an incredible failure.

It has been five days since he came into contact with the people on April 4, and even more than four days since the start of the large-scale offensive on April 6, and his troops are still unable to move an inch, and he can hardly believe that this is true if he had not experienced it himself.

As a division commander, Ogisu often looked at various issues from a lofty perspective. The opponent is obviously not very mature, especially unfamiliar with the individual skills, and there is room for improvement in the opponent's fortifications, but even so, he still did not succeed.

He briefly calculated how he could break through the opponent's defense line if everything was perfect, and the result shocked him, asking for 100,000 men, 50,000 to attack, 50,000 to ensure the line of communication and to block the opponent's reinforcements.

100,000! The number of an army! How many 100,000 soldiers were there in the Great Japanese Empire? Just after the capture of the capital of China, the senior officers of the Central China Dispatch Army were optimistic that the opponent had been greatly weakened, and that any infantry artillery coordination at the wing level could run rampant here.

However, the strength of one of his divisions was completely stopped here, and now he feels that his strength is insufficient. It's ridiculous to say that when he brought more than 10,000 people, he still felt that there were too many people, and he was worried about the pressure on logistics, especially military rations. But now, how he wished that there would be more people to end the Battle of Mingguang once and for all.

It is false to say that he did not regret the Ogishu army, and he originally agreed to the request of his friends Ryosuke Isoya and Itagaki Seishiro to carry out the battle on the southern section of the Jinpu line, for which he did not hesitate to offend the commander Yan Junliu, and he stubbornly wanted to send troops. In the empire, it doesn't matter if you offend people, it's okay if you don't obey military orders, but the only thing that happens is to defeat the battle, and a general who loses the battle can't be emperor again. world to survive.

Once the Battle of Myeongko fails, not only will Shita's military and political career suffer a major setback, but the entire 13th Division will be humiliated.

In this battle, he must not lose the army of Ogizhou, and he must strive for victory at all costs.

The soldiers of Ogizhou are holding on, and Xu Ming is not holding on.

The casualties of the troops reached more than 4,000 people, nearly half of the living force, especially Xie Jinyuan's 643rd Regiment, which had been disabled and completely withdrawn to recuperate.

The casualties among the officers were even greater, and the 107th Division was still a new army in the final analysis, relying entirely on the officers, the soldiers were flesh and blood, and the officers were bones.

He was expecting reinforcements for the first time, and finally on April 9, reinforcements came, a reinforced battalion of the 51st Army, about 1,000 people.

No matter how "strengthened" it is, it is still only a battalion, and there are not no reinforcements, but I am afraid that no one dares to come here, for fear of being trapped.

If he wins the battle, Xu Ming is sure that the "reinforcements" will definitely come quickly.

Xu Ming stood on the top of the mountain, looking up at the sky in the distance, the sun was about to set, the remnant sun was like blood, and the afterglow was shining on the position, which was desolate.

A soldier blew the whistle, Xu Ming looked over silently, Qiu Linfeng put on his coat for him, and walked down the battlefield together.

The honor of the 107th Division is here, and a unit that has become elite is won from victory after victory. Xu Ming knew that his troops were immature and had many shortcomings, but the reason why he was able to block the powerful Japanese army here was that the tradition of victory had been formed from Wuhu and Mingguang, so that they were not afraid of all enemies and defeated all enemies.

But the tradition of victory is difficult to come by, but it is easy to lose, once Mingguang is defeated, it will be a great blow to the morale of the entire army, not for the present, but for the future.

In this battle, he Xu Ming must not lose, and he must strive for victory at all costs.