"What?" Hearing that the troops were going to give up the forward position and the mountainside position, Guo Xiangfei, whose eyes were bloodshot, turned over from the stretcher and went to the ground, Guo Xiangfei glared at Sun Guiming angrily and shouted: "The surname Sun, the brothers of Lao Tzu's battalion have all sacrificed their lives on the battlefield, and you will say withdraw as soon as you are the brigade commander?" How to withdraw? How do you make me deal with the brothers who have died for my country? Sun Guiming! You have to give me an explanation today, if you dare to take a step back, the box gun in Lao Tzu's hand will definitely not agree. ”

Sun Guiming blushed and roared angrily: "Guo Xiangfei! I said your uncle, let your mother's stinky fart, Lao Tzu take a step back and let me die without a place to be buried, who dares to take half a step back from the fifth brigade up and down? ”

Guo Xiangfei glared at Sun Guiming and said loudly with tears in his eyes: "Then you will take us back!" O Traveler! The bodies of hundreds of my brothers in my camp are still there! Don't we have an oath in the Rehe Legion? Never give up, never give up? In the bloody battle of Chengde, we didn't leave behind the bones of a brother! ”

Sun Guiming's eyes suddenly widened and said, "Guo Xiangfei! You're still not a soldier anymore? Qingshan buries the bones of the faithful everywhere, but begs the horse leather shroud to be returned! Where is the land where people are not buried? We have sacrificed our lives on the land of the motherland, as the regiment commander said, when we sacrificed, the national flag behind us was still flying high, this is the highest honor and realm of you and my soldiers, do not disregard the overall national interests for the sake of your own personal honor. ”

Guo Xiangfei, who was covered in blood, was carried down, looking at the front position with the plaster flag floating in the distance, Guo Xiangfei cried bitterly! Sun Guiming stood in the headquarters and looked at the staff officers who were packing up their things and preparing to enter the tunnel, and the headquarters had planted 100 attacks of explosives surnamed Lie, set up electric detonating devices, and planted many mines nearby, which were all surprises for the army.

There are no two positions on the front line and the mountainside, the position of the main peak of Niushou Mountain was soon blown into a sea of fire by the heavy artillery of the Yue army, guarding the hilltop position is a company of the guard battalion of the Fifth Brigade, the officers and men of the whole company under the leadership of the company commander Wang Guangde desperately resisted, but the power of the heavy artillery of the Yue army is too great, the old fortifications of a hundred years ago can not withstand the fierce artillery bombardment of the Yue army, in a scorched earth ruins, the Chinese soldiers braved the wanton flying shrapnel, desperately resisted the onslaught of the Yue army, and all 172 people of the company below Captain Wang Guangde were martyred.

In order to maintain the honor of the Rehe Legion, Sun Guiming placed the sharp knife company of his most excellent guard battalion on the main peak position, and the five combat companies of the whole battalion of the guard battalion held out at least until dawn tomorrow according to Sun Guiming's estimate, and in Sun Guiming's opinion, the Rehe Legion could not be the first unit to lose its position in any case.

As a result, in just 40 minutes, the company he sent was completely wiped out, and Wang Guangde, one of Sun Guiming's favorite company commanders, also sacrificed his life for the country.

In sending troops to counterattack and recapture the position is obviously impossible, in desperation, Sun Guiming immediately ordered all the troops to enter the tunnel, in the damp and cold tunnel, Sun Guiming looked at the rows of light and serious wounded one by one to check the injury, Sun Guiming remembered that when digging these tunnels, he once complained to Zhang Xuewu that the tunnel was too narrow to fit into his two regiments.

At that time, Zhang Xuewu had reminded Sun Guiming to be vigilant against his own military strength and firepower, because he was no longer the army that lacked preparations and warm clothes outside Chengde City, and after four years of vigorous development and lying on his back, the army strength of the empire has been greatly improved, and the military department of the army has also realized the great role of heavy artillery and chariots in attack and defense.

It can be said that Sun Guiming completely underestimated the firepower of the Yue army and its determination and preparation for attacking fortified positions, but the area of Niushou Mountain was indeed not suitable for defense, lacked depth configuration, and also lacked effective fire suppression of the heavy artillery units of the Yue army; since the Chinese army launched a general attack, on the one hand, all the fighters of the Yue army were dispatched to fight for air supremacy in the area of the battle between the two sides in Nanjing, and on the other hand, the bombing effect of the Chinese Air Force, the Flying Tigers, and the Soviet Volunteer Air Force on the heavy artillery units of the Yue army was extremely insignificant.

Ye Yunfei learned that the troops of the Niushou Mountain Fortress were about to withdraw into the tunnel, and he put down the binoculars a little helplessly, and the Fifth Brigade of the Garrison Command under his command was added to the Second Brigade and a field artillery group with 36 75-mm field guns and a howitzer group with 28 105-mm howitzers. Wulong Mountain Fortress is the model display place of the Nanjing section when the Wufu Line was built at that time.

With the permanent fortifications of reinforced concrete as the main body, and with the field civil fortifications, the entire fortress battery completely eliminated the shooting dead end, and the guard strength was extremely sufficient, especially in the No. 1 and B-shaped No. 1 batteries, two 12-inch large-caliber naval guns were installed in the No. 1 and B-shaped forts, and these naval guns were prepared by experienced naval personnel, and the morale of the naval officers and men who landed for the first time to resist the enemy was very high.

It can be said that the "dragon" in the Nanjing garrison fortress fort is the Wulong Mountain Fort, the "lion" is the Lion Mountain Fort, the "elephant" is the Xiangshan Fort, and the "general" is the general mountain fort fort garrison group composed of four forts as the main support point, and the four forts were built by Zhang Xuewu's assault after the construction of a large number of anti-tank and anti-infantry trenches, with the civil engineering field fortification system, supplemented by heavy garrison, especially the Yanziji Fortress and the Oolong Mountain, Purple Mountain, etc., all of which are within the range of artillery fire. No matter how much the army concentrated its forces on any of the forts, the defenders on the remaining fort batteries could use artillery fire to provide precise support.

After capturing Niushou Mountain, the army tried to transport heavy artillery to the top of Niushou Mountain, but was bombarded by three high-explosive grenades from four 12-inch cannons on the No. 1 batteries of Jiangjun Mountain Fortress A and B, and two 150-millimeter howitzers of the 38 Type were also blown into a pile of scrap metal.

However, the loss of heavy artillery is no longer relevant to the commander of the 16th Division of the Imperial Army, who has lost five infantry brigades, and the most important thing is that the flag of the Imperial Army has been raised on the top of Niushou Mountain, and the 16th Division is the first of the many divisions and detachments of the Imperial Army to besiege the capital of China, and the first of the mixed brigades to break through the defense line of the defenders of China and annihilate at least one division of the strength of the army, the honor of breaking through the defense circle of Nanjing first will belong to the 16th Division.

Nakajima looked at his chief of staff, Nakazawa Mifu Daisa, proudly and said: "Nakazawa-kun, please send a telegram to His Royal Highness Prince Hatohiko of Asaka Palace, I say that the 16th Division of the Imperial Army is the first to break through the absolute defense circle of Zhang Xuewu in Nanjing, the capital of China, and occupy Niushou Mountain, and the brave warriors of the 16th Division are expanding their results!" ”

The chief of staff of the 16th Division, Mifu Nakazawa, was overjoyed and said: "Your Excellency, Division Commander, I'm afraid His Royal Highness Prince Hatohiko of Asaka Palace is going to apply for a medal for you this time!" ”

Nakajima-kun said with a smile on his face: "Nakazawa-kun, we are here for the great Emperor to realize the unity of Greater East Asia, all the forces that hinder us from realizing Asians in Asia are the enemies of our empire, and our enemies can only have one end in the end, that is, they will be completely wiped out, Zhang Xuewu has some ability, it is a pity that this is not the cold Chengde, the 16th Division has said that the imperial army is not what it used to be, Nakazawa-kun, you look at it!" In less than a week, the banner of the empire will be fluttering in the sky over Nanjing, and everything in the city of Nanjing belongs to the great Emperor Ben [***] people, everything of the people of China! ”

Sanfu Nakazawa was slightly stunned and said: "Your Excellency, Your Excellency the division commander, the decision of His Royal Highness Prince Hatohiko of Asaka Palace is actually a little improper, His Royal Highness Prince Hatohiko of Asaka Palace is a royal family after all, and the command he acts as an agent to take charge of the army is just a form and process, and he really executes his order to lift military discipline?" The consequences will be very serious, and the public dismissal of military discipline in the capital of a country will be accompanied by a large number of annihilations and looting, which will have a great impact on the reputation of the emperor. ”

Nakajima Imago waved his hand and said nonchalantly: "The soldiers have made sacrifices to achieve victory, as the victors, they have the right to dominate the vanquished, this is the law of heavenly selection, as the victors, they naturally have the right to enjoy everything of the vanquished, what are a few women?" What if it's thousands, tens of thousands? Nakazawa-kun, you haven't chosen a beautiful woman along the way, as long as you deal with it cleanly afterwards, after all, this is a war, and the number of soldiers killed in battle is normal, and the death and injury of civilians can only be regarded as an accident! ”

Since the division commander has such an indifferent tone and tone, Nakazawa Sanfu knows that it is inconvenient for him to say more, so he can only sigh helplessly, individual looting and violations are normal in war, because the nerves of soldiers hovering on the verge of death have been in extreme tension, so once they relax, it is easy to do things out of line, and such examples are too normal in war.

After receiving the report of the commander of the 16th Division, Nakajima Imasago Asahara, the dark clouds on the face of Prince Hatohiko of Asaka Palace finally dispersed, and Prince Hatohiko of Asakanomiya with a smile on his face walked quickly to the sand table, and found the location of Niushou Mountain with a baton in front of the sand table.

The important surname of Niushou Mountain is naturally self-evident, the six divisions and one detachment besieging Nanjing, three heavy artillery brigades, two reading field artillery detachments, plus three tank wings, all units have suffered huge losses and made no progress, and Hatohiko himself is also anxious.

(To be continued)