After the fierce artillery bombardment and bombardment, the 16th Division of the 16th Army dispatched three infantry wings to attack the northern slope of the Jiangjun Mountain Fortress in a continuous attack posture, while the 11th Division almost all went out to attack the southern slope of the Jiangjun Mountain Fortress.

The headquarters of the baggage wing of the 16th Division of the Chinese Army, which thoroughly cleaned the battlefield of the Niushou Mountain Fortress, discovered an astonishing fact, that is, the division annihilated in Niushou Mountain was actually the headquarters of the Rehe Army Corps, which was known as the elite in the Central Army, because the officers and soldiers who died in the middle [***] had an armband marked with the word "Tiger Ben" on their chests, a large number of submachine guns, and even anti-tank rifles and other weapons and equipment that were difficult to see even the ordinary German armament units of the Central Army.

After Nakajima Imago got this report, he suddenly had a feeling of raising his eyebrows, because of the commendation of Prince Hatohiko of Asakanomiya, Nakajima Imago almost became the target of public criticism, and the huge price paid by the 16th Division to attack Niushou Mountain almost became the target of ridicule by his colleagues.

But at this moment, Nakajima Imago knew that the time had finally come, and the 16th Division had annihilated at least the troops of the Rehe Army reinforcing a division in Nanjing on Niushou Mountain!

Nakajima Imago suddenly had a feeling that the salted fish had turned over? To hell with all the previous slander and bashing! So Nakajima hurriedly submitted the captured uniforms, emblems, submachine guns, anti-tank rifles, 82-mm mortars, and so on as evidence to the acting commander, Prince Hatohiko Asakanomiya.

The 16th Division actually defeated the troops of the Rehe Regiment in the middle [***] at Niushou Mountain, which almost annihilated the fighting strength of the Rehe Regiment and even surpassed the teaching corps? Hatohiko Asakamiya was also a little surprised, because after the 16th Division was counted, the corpses left in the outer positions had reached more than 3,000? There were also many who were blown up by artillery fire, and they couldn't tell whether they were the corpses of Chinese soldiers or the corpses of the soldiers, as well as the corpses that were charred by the incendiary bombs of the Japanese army, and the 16th Division deliberately concealed some of its own casualties.

Therefore, the final inference of the staff and staff of Prince Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace is that the abandoned corpses of the middle [***] are about 4,000, and if you add the light and serious wounded, then the casualties of the middle [***] will naturally exceed 5,500 people, and the average middle [***] division is more than 5,000 to more than 8,000 people, plus those stubborn rats trapped in the belly tunnel of Niushou Mountain, then the results of a division of the total Annihilation Rehe Army can be confirmed.

Hearing this exciting news, Hatohiko Chaoxiang was very excited to pace back and forth in the headquarters, but soon, Prince Hatohiko of Asakanomiya turned around and said: "No, according to the intelligence of the empire, Zhang Xuewu's Rehe Army sent only the First Provisional Mechanized Division to Nanjing, since we have completely annihilated a division of the Rehe Army?" Then Zhang Xuewu's army should have been completely annihilated, right? Where are the chariots and heavy artillery of the Rehe Legion? ”

Asakanomiya Hatohiko's questioning made many of the staff officers present look at each other, Kuroda Osa has always been called the prince's chief think tank, Kuroda also thought a little: "His Royal Highness the Prince is considering that the Rehe Army has only five divisions in name, but its strength is nearly 200,000, if it is in terms of strength, it is not inferior to a corps in the middle [***], so the first provisional mechanized division of the Rehe Army cannot be measured by the ordinary establishment of the middle [***]. ”

Asaka Palace Hatohiko nodded and said: "I think so too, because Asaka Palace Hatohiko suddenly remembered that the 11th Infantry Brigade of the Sixth Division was attacked by the [***] Provisional First Mechanical Division, and the troops of a brigade were defeated and annihilated in dozens of minutes, how can the strength of the enemy army be underestimated?" ”

Kuroda thought for a moment and said: "I estimate that this provisional first division is probably a comprehensive force formed by chariots, engineers, heavy artillery and other troops, and it is likely to have five to eight brigades of infantry, and the total number will not be less than thirty or forty thousand, and most of them are the elite composition of the Rehe Army. Completely defeating the soul troops of [***] in the annihilation is equivalent to completely crushing the fighting spirit and morale of [***] in China, and an army without fighting spirit and morale cannot be called an army. ”

Hatohiko of Asaka Palace hesitated for a moment and said, "Then how about we announce it to the public like this, annihilate one of the [***] Rehe Legions, and inflict heavy damage on it?" ”

Kurodano is not good at sweeping the excitement of His Royal Highness Prince Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace, to be honest, such vague battle reports have no effect, and the only favorable evidence is only the captured military uniforms and damaged weapons of the Zhong[***] Rehe Legion, and these things are almost everywhere on the battlefield where fierce battles have been fought.

Regarding the battle report issued by the dispatch army of the Central Branch of the Chinese Army, not only Zhang Xuewu was sneering, but even the division and brigade commanders of the various divisions of the Japanese Army had a disdainful attitude, believing that this was just His Royal Highness Prince Hatohiko of the Asaka Palace making excuses for Nakajima Imago of the 16th Division.

Offensive! Offensive! In front of the main position on Qixia Mountain, the 13th Division of the Yue Army and the Taiwan Shigeto Detachment poured artillery fire on the defenders' positions like crazy, and the densely packed Yue Army launched a wave of fierce attacks like the waves of the sea.

During the attack, the Chinese army even disregarded its own casualties and used artillery to repeatedly bombard the defenders' positions.

The two brigades of the teaching corps commanded by Gui Yongqing of Qixia Mountain were also somewhat unable to support it, except for the main peak position, the rest of the positions were all abandoned, and the contraction of the defense sounded good, but in fact it was just a last resort.

Dai Zhiqi, the commander of the 103rd Division, found Gui Yongqing and said anxiously: "Captain, if you don't withdraw my 103rd Division, it will be gone!" Two whole brigades! This is the seed unit of our teaching corps! Is this a spelling? ”

Gui Yongqing stood in front of the map and frowned: "Withdraw? How to withdraw? Zhang Xuewu's stunned man can kill you with one shot, even if the lawsuit reaches Chairman Jiang's door, he can't win the lawsuit, Zhang Xuewu's Fifth Brigade elite is the first to fight in Niushou Mountain, Huo Shouyi of the 112th Division on General Mountain told me by phone, you have seen the provisional 1st Mechanized Division of the Rehe Army, where is it worse than our teaching corps? That is also the German [***] affairs advisory group hand-in-hand training, the average junior high school education level or above, such a backbone cadre Zhang Xuewu has pulled out to work hard, especially now that he has used more than 20 divisions to attack Rehe, Zhang Xuewu is probably the most anxious at the moment, who dares to touch that mold at this time? That's looking for death! ”

Dai Zhiqi said a little helplessly: "Then you can only fight it out, this Nanjing City is not a place that can be defended at all, and there is only one Chu overlord Xiang Yu who has won a big victory since ancient times, and the rest of the people are not defeated and killed!" Zhang Xuewu is pulling us to accompany the funeral! ”

"Shut up!" Gui Yongqing's eyes glared and said: "Defending the city is the chairman's decision, if Zhang Xuewu doesn't ask for help, it will be Tang Shengzhi, Zhang Xuewu is too strong compared to Tang Shengzhi, starting from the general attack in the early morning of May 25th, we have been holding on for 20 days today, this is already a miracle, now there is no more of our fighter plane in the sky, whether this Nanjing City can be defended We don't count, it depends on Zhang Xuewu, as a soldier, watching the country collapse and the family die?" What if it's life or death? You and I are all in this command headquarters to no avail, take the guard company and follow me to the front-line position, and fight with Xiao Yueben! Hao Mengling died well, and Gui Yongqing also died well. ”

Dai Zhiqi hesitated for a moment and said helplessly: "My captain! At this point, what other guard company do I have? Pull it up early! ”

Gui Yongqing buckled the strap of the steel helmet, picked up a submachine gun, pulled the gun and pushed the bullet to load with a bang, and said: "Life and death are fate, wealth is in the sky!" This battle can't be fought, Lao Tzu will go back and invite you to drink. ”

When the position of Qixia Mountain was crumbling, the 154th Division and the 156th Division were holding the positions along the Qinhuai River, such as Hewan, Datang, Hongcun, and Jinsheng Village, but they were broken through by the 18th Division and the 114th Division of the Chinese Army, and Wu Jianxiong, commander of the 154th Division, personally led the division's pistol battalion and supplementary regiment to reinforce the 18th Division of the Chinese Army, and finally fought fiercely in Hewan, the blood stained the river red, and the officers and men of the 154th Division fought to the death, and the offensive of the 18th Division of the Chinese Army was forced to suspend and adjust the offensive for a time.

The position of the 156th Division was completely broken through by the 114th Division of the Chinese Army, because the 156th Division used reserves prematurely, so in the face of the comprehensive breakthrough of the Japanese Army, the division commander Li Jiang found that the general trend had gone, not only his own 156th Division was completely destroyed, but also exposed the flank of the friendly 154th Division.

The fortress of Qixia Mountain was completely surrounded by the army, and Zhang Xuewu could only contact Gui Yongqing by radio, but the chaotic artillery fire and a large number of radio waves made the radio signal extremely poor, and finally the wave frequency of the command post of Qixia Mountain was passed.

Gui Yongqing, who was the captain of the lieutenant general, was able to brave the rain of bullets and bullets of the army to squat in the trenches like a centurion, obviously the battle situation had reached the point of being out of control, and the firepower of the Qixia Mountain fortress, which was supported by the fire of the lost Wulong Mountain and the Yanziji artillery group, was completely suppressed by the army.

(To be continued)