On the forward position of the Niushou Mountain Fortress, where the fortifications were completely destroyed, the first battalion of the ninth regiment of the fifth brigade headquarters, the first battalion of the tenth regiment, and all the survivors of the fourth battalion together were only about 50 people, and Guo Xiangfei, the commander of the fourth battalion, whose head was grazed by shrapnel, had just removed the bodies of the first battalion commander of the ninth regiment and the first battalion commander of the tenth regiment from the position, so as not to be blown up by the artillery fire of the Japanese army.

The entire outer position of the fortress of Niushou Mountain has been blown up by the artillery fire of the Yue army, and the people who eat bowls and small plates and drink in small cups have become rare and generous, and the shells are thrown at the Chinese defenders' positions as if they don't want money.

Guo Xiangfei, who had a bloody face, shook the handle of the phone vigorously, and there was a murmur in the microphone, this voice Guo Xiangfei was naturally very familiar, this was the busy sound of the phone disconnection, and the remnants of the three battalions were concentrated, Guo Xiangfei counted the personnel once, he remembered that after the last time he repelled the army, there were two battalion commanders, three company commanders and five platoon commanders on his position, and more than 260 soldiers.

And after repelling the frantic attack of the Yue army this time, he was the only officer who counted the personnel again, and the officers of the Rehe Army also adhered to the spirit of Whampoa who charged and died in the front, so the proportion of casualties among officers in the fierce battle remained high.

Guo Xiangfei temporarily appointed several commanders and responsible persons, and explained his agents after he was killed, and then silently began to clean up ammunition and weapons.

Almost all of the heavy machine guns of the three battalions on the position were destroyed by the artillery fire of the Japanese army, and only a dozen or so modified Czech light machine guns could be used, and there were also a large number of submachine guns, grenades, and blasting canisters.

Guo Xiangfei looked at the faces blackened by the smoke of gunpowder, how young and excellent these soldiers were! Every soldier can be called one in a hundred elite and brave, placed in [***] other main forces of the Central Army, which are all squad leaders, platoon commanders, the most rare thing is that more than 30% of the soldiers have junior high school or high school or even college education, if not sacrificed here, maybe more than ten years later, there will be new generals among them.

Looking at the remains of those sacrificed officers and soldiers, Guo Xiangfei's heart was like being cut by a knife, where he lay his own brother Guo Xiangyun, a twenty-two-year-old young man was hit by a cannonball from the army, the body was picked up by Guo Xiangfei piece by piece, a good man was to defend the country, he resolutely took his younger brother to join the army from Rong, he had to give his mother an explanation no matter what.

The third brother Guo Xiangcheng and the fourth Guo Xiangrui are both in Chaoyang Fortress, can they get out of the position alive? Guo Xiangfei didn't think too much, and the tense battle made him have no time to take care of it, and the sacrifice of his younger brother made Guo Xiangfei's heart full of unforgettable hatred for him at the moment.

Guo Xiangfei is a native of Shandong, at this moment his hometown Qufu has been under the threat of the army, Qufu is the hometown of Confucius, famous for his knowledgeable and talented people, Guo Xiangfei dropped out of college to join the army and once became the laughing stock of some people in his hometown, and now the army has stepped into the hinterland of the Central Plains. How can paper inkstone be the opponent of the army's aircraft artillery?

Guo Xiangfei has never regretted his decision and his encouragement of his three younger brothers to join the army, the only guilt is to take the three younger brothers away from his mother, sorry for the mother who raised his brothers alone with hard work, Guo Xiangfei felt a burst of bitterness and guilt when he thought of the wrinkles on his mother's forehead and the silver hair on his head.

Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety can't be both, mom, you just turn out to me! Guo Xiangfei knelt on the ground and kowtowed three times in the direction of his hometown, then took out the pocket watch that he had always treasured in his pocket, put it on a stone, and smashed it with the butt of the gun.

Then the body of a dozen pieces of national currency also tore off and discarded, and then a few anti-tank rifle parts were dismantled and buried, the soldiers on the side also burned or smashed their personal belongings, if it was said that he himself captured, it would be a great shame, everyone present knew very well, I am afraid that they have no reinforcements, just one peripheral position consumed three battalions of troops, even the fifth brigade with eight battalions of strength did not dare to consume a whole regiment of troops on the first day in the outer position.

Guo Xiangfei looked at the surviving soldiers and said with a little excitement: "Brothers! Behind us is Nanjing, Nanjing is the capital of the Republic of China, we must not lose, we as soldiers to resist aggression is our sacred duty and duty, so many of our brothers have died here, said that we have suffered heavy casualties, but look at our frontier, said that my own casualties are greater, we have 450 million comrades in the great country of China, how many kittens do we have? It's just that relying on the rapid development after the Meiji Restoration and the national policy of reckless military force, I can't afford to lose, we can use space for time to drag them down, but at this moment we are behind Nanjing City, and we can't back down a single step! ”

Guo Xiangfei paused, licked his chapped lips and continued: "Especially since there are still hundreds of thousands of people in the city who have not been able to transfer in time, and the nation-state is at the last critical juncture, brothers! Our Rehe Army is the best equipped and the highest military salary in the [***] troops, as the saying goes, raising soldiers for a thousand years is a time to use soldiers, the weapons and equipment we use, the military uniforms on our bodies, and the rice and white noodles we eat are all people's fat and people's ointment! The first thing to be sorry for after losing the battle is the people who raised our parents and our food and clothing. We must not be embarrassed by the Rehe Legion, and the Rehe Legion will definitely not be the first to lose its position after the war. He said that he can only occupy our position by stepping on our corpses, and every inch of land under our feet is an inseparable sacred land of the motherland. ”

Guo Xiangfei stood up and raised his arms and shouted: "Swear to live and die with the position!" Swear to live and die with the position! ”

Soon, the mountain artillery of the Yue army began to bombard the forward position of the fortress of Niushou Mountain again, and the heavy artillery of the Yue army had already transferred its fire to the mountainside and the main peak position, because the forward position had been almost flattened by artillery fire, and the artillery of the Yue army really could not find a reference for artillery bombardment.

Guo Xiangfei hid in a crater, hung a row of five "glorious bullets" on his chest, hugged a Czech light machine gun modified from Baotou, and put a P-18 submachine gun on the side, waiting for the end of the artillery bombardment, maybe this is the last moment of his life, Guo Xiangfei's only regret at the moment is that he can't give his mother a pension, and he can't see the child who is about to be born with his own eyes.

Guo Xiangfei touched the suicide note in his arms, it seems that there are still many things to explain to his wife, and his children will inherit their father's business in the future.

Rumble! A close bomb shocked Guo Xiangfei's head and swelled, if his wife gave birth to a girl, then let her study medicine, so that she can save the lives of officers and soldiers more, Guo Xiangfei made up his mind before he suddenly thought, is this damn war going to be fought for 20 years?

With a beast-like shout from the other side of the position, hundreds, or even thousands, of beasts shouted frantically one after another, "Surprise kill!" Guo Xiang stretched out half of his shoulders violently, set up a machine gun and kept pulling the trigger at the dense attack queue of the Yue army, and the bullets of revenge suddenly gushed out.

It can be said that in order to attack Nanjing, the army mobilized three field heavy artillery brigades and several field artillery wings to participate in the battle, and together with the field artillery wings attached to the various divisions and regiments attacking Nanjing, the number of 75-millimeter artillery pieces of the army has exceeded 500.

Although more than 500 artillery pieces were nothing to the European theater during World War II, and the European theater rarely counted 75 mm mountain artillery into the campaign-level artillery, it was already very difficult and not easy for the poor and ugly man himself.

More importantly, Prince Hatohiko of Asakanomiya used his influence to mobilize a large number of shells from the mainland, so that the artillery of the Yue army was suddenly enlarged, but he himself also had a hard time at the moment, because their arsenals in Mukden and Xinjing were frequently attacked by the air force of the Rehe side, and their production facilities were seriously damaged, and more importantly, the loss of skilled workers and a large number of Chinese workers cut corners and grind foreign workers, so the number of shells delivered from Mukden and Xinjing was extremely limited.

Although the firing range of the heavy howitzers of the Yue army is not as far as the German heavy howitzers equipped by Zhang Xuewu, the training quality of the artillery of the Yue army is not worse than that of the artillery of the two heavy artillery brigades of the Rehe Army, so for the positional battle on the front line of Niushoushan, Zhang Xuewu did not plan to use heavy artillery too early, he had to wait for himself to advance their heavy artillery into the range of his heavy artillery little by little, and then concentrate the firepower of the two heavy artillery brigades to give the heavy artillery brigade of the Yue army a devastating blow. What's more, the 240-millimeter guns of mine have not been destroyed by the Air Force.

In the use and concealment of artillery, the selection and replacement of artillery positions, he still has a lot of experience, especially when Chengdeqi's field artillery wing was fighting against Zhang Xuewu's artillery regiment, the technology and attack concept of Chinese artillery shocked him very much.

For the so-called self-innovation, I have added a lot of verbose bits and pieces that do not need to be added to the snake, so as to highlight the innovation of its own design.

(To be continued)