The first battle was successful, and the morale of all the Naval Resistance Army was immediately boosted. Bao had just been reported, and the tension in his heart had eased slightly.

Although Li Guang was still at Pearl Harbor at this time, the staff stationed in Madagascar had already given a reply: he asked Bao Gang to deploy troops with the goal of ensuring that Tang Harbor was not lost. The navy has begun to prepare to support the Ceylon operation, but Zheng Xuechang's battleship formation will not reach Ceylon waters until half a month at the earliest. The First Submarine Team led by Ren Tianyang will arrive at Tang Port one after another to fight with the army.

In terms of troops, the Malagasy General Staff also gave a commitment. Within half a month, Bao Gang will be replenished with 1,000 new troops, and preparations will be made to transport troops with submarines and destroyers.

In the Tanggang headquarters, Bao Gang was basically able to confirm the strength of the Japanese army after nearly a day of reconnaissance and the intelligence of the British army. After calculating the resources at hand, Bao Gang gave another order to Qi Ruixuan - to hold on to Butar Mountain for seventy-two hours.

To the north of Tanggang, there were originally four blocking positions. But the best blocking position, Monale Hill, was lost by the British in a daze.

The Butler Mountains, Cutler Mountains, and Lake Tessmarie areas became the blocking positions that the Naval Resistance Army could rely on.

Of course, the defense of the Naval Resistance Army in Tanggang was even stronger, but if the Japanese army approached Tanggang, the infrastructure and industrial facilities of Tanggang would suffer serious losses, and Bao Gang was absolutely unwilling to fight in his "home" unless it was absolutely necessary.

Keeping the enemy out of the house was Bao Gang's general line of thought.

Both Mount Butler, Mount Cutler and Lake Tismarie were under the jurisdiction of the British before the war, and no field fortifications were constructed. Therefore, Bao Gang needed time, three days, which was the shortest time required for the Naval Resistance Army to establish a position on Katar Hill.

Under the circumstance that the strength of the Japanese army assigned to Tanggang was unknown, Qi Ruixuan had to take on the task of blocking the Japanese army for three days. The burden is not easy.

Commanders must know themselves and their opponents, and if there is insufficient intelligence, Bao Gang cannot "know the enemy", but he "knows himself".

The first field battalion of the Naval Resistance Army was well equipped, and although it had only 1,000 combat troops, it had more than 2,000 auxiliary troops.

In the past few months, in addition to the main force, the Naval Resistance Army in Tanggang has formed an auxiliary unit. This auxiliary force is more special, the Navy Resistance Army only sent heavy soldiers as officers, and the soldiers are all black troops captured by the Navy Resistance Army in Somalia.

The Naval Resistance Army captured more than 30,000 black Italian servants in Somalia. After returning to Tang Harbor. Hu Bofeng, a special logistical staff officer, is in charge of the disposal.

Most of these black captives were used as coolies, while more than 6,000 black prisoners with relatively better physical fitness and, more importantly, a little more bloodthirsty, were incorporated into the logistics force. In these days, it is definitely not a fantasy to say that black people are more docile. These blacks don't have a high IQ, but they're really very obedient.

The task of these black units was nothing more than digging fortifications. It is to serve as a logistical supply task. Serve as cannon fodder when necessary. In the Naval Resistance Army, these black auxiliaries have a very good name - the Kunlun Battalion.

The name comes from the story of Mole in the legendary novel "Kunlun Nu" in the Tang Dynasty. There is a jargon that circulated in the Tang Dynasty "Kunlun slave, Silla maid". Silla's handmaidens were equivalent to today's Filipino maids, professionally trained, capable and well-behaved; And Kunlun Nu is as strong as an ox, down-to-earth and upright, and has a gentle temperament. The aristocracy and wealthy families are rushing to ask for it.

It is said that this Kunlun slave is a black man. Li Guang once argued with several cultural people that the Kunlun slaves mentioned in the Tang Dynasty were almost impossible to be black Africans, but a friend of Professor Yuan was also a scholar of history. Professor Gu presented evidence.

The so-called evidence is actually that the Tang Dynasty poet Zhang Ji wrote a poem called "Kunlun'er"

The Kunlun family lives in Haizhongzhou, and the barbarians will travel to the Han land.

The words explained Qin Ji, and the waves passed through Yu Linzhou at the beginning.

The golden ring is about to fall, and the long curl of the snail does not wrap the head.

Self-love skin is as black as lacquer, and the cotton fur is half-removed when walking.

In the end, Li Guang didn't want to argue with literati like Gu Zhidui, the traditional Chinese literati talked about the Fazu, anyway, what the ancestors said was right and right, and what was wrong was still right. In view of the huge role of Professor Gu Zhidui and his group of literati in the propaganda organization of the Haitang Kingdom, Li Guang still attached great importance to it. Anyway, what direction Li Guang needs to promote, these literati can always find precedents from Tang history and then interpret them. It's really easy to use, and as for those that are seriously contrary to Li Guang's thoughts, Li Guang always uses procrastination to deal with them.

Professor Gu Zhidui was so proud of the victory in the debate that the black unit was named the Kunlun Battalion.

During World War II, it was an era of extremely underdeveloped information, and these blacks had no cultural knowledge at all, not even basic labor skills. Led to the battlefield by the white men they thought were god-like, in addition to serving as cannon fodder, they were still cannon fodder.

Hu Bofeng's method of managing these black captives was very simple, he found a few small leaders in this group of black people, and the small leaders selected were not very demanding, only one - they had to be bloodthirsty and violent.

Hu Bofeng made a promise to these blacks to fight with the Naval Resistance Army for five years, not only to have food but also clothes to wear. If they do well, they can return to their homeland in Africa, and the Naval Resistance Force will arm them and support them to grab a piece of territory, become a chieftain, or a king. This pie is really tempting.

In comparison, this condition was much more generous than that given by the Italian army, and the dreams of the black leaders were made chieftains and kings. I'm dreaming of hugging a bunch of beautiful brunettes in OOXX.

As for whether they could survive five years, these blacks had no idea at all, and they couldn't even count the five fingers of one hand.

The leader of the Kunlun Battalion, whose real name is Du Dulala, who followed the first field battalion of the Naval Resistance Army, has a long list of people, and no one understands it. Gu Zhidui, Professor Gu took the name Moeller and gave it to this outer. The name is taken from the homonym of the black man's name Mo Le in the Tang legend "Kunlun Nu", and the reason why it has been changed a little is that Gu Zhi said to the professor: "Ink, black also." ”

After Qi Ruixuan's first victory, he began to urge Moeller to start building the fortifications. It is enough to play a small trick once, and the position built by Qi Ruixuan this time is very formal. Thousands of people started work together on the two mountain beams.

Saburo Takeshita Nakasa only heard a burst of gunfire in Monal Mountain, and no other news came. Saburo Takeshita, who has been on the battlefield for a long time, immediately realized that something was wrong. After another ten minutes, no more gunshots were heard, and Saburo Takeshita realized that something was wrong.

The squadron led by Jeonkawa Haya, although there was no telegraph radio. But there are flag soldiers, and there is no flag back at this time, and if Saburo Takeshita doesn't know that something is wrong, he will be a stupid pig.

Saburo Takeshita was shocked by the heavy losses, you must know that in one day's battle, he has now suffered nearly 500 casualties, especially a squadron led by Quan Chuan Zao, I am afraid that it has been wiped out.

Don't look at Saburo Takeshita who led 1,400 Japanese troops, in fact, he only had four squadrons of infantry directly under him, and the other tank squads, artillery squadrons and auxiliary units were not his direct troops, but only strengthened forces in wartime.

The casualties of 500 people had already broken the bones of Takeshita's detachment.

Saburo Takeshita thought for a while. Tactfully sent a report to his boss, Captain Shinichi Hirai. In the telegram, he did not explain the reason for the collapse of the Quanchuan Morning Squadron, only that he was now insufficient to expand the area of control.

To know, the road between the Monar Mountains and the Buttler Mountains. In the middle, a little closer to the Monales, there is a fork in the road, which is a large road into the mountains of central Ceylon. This road can be used to kill Colombo.

Monar Hill is important. The security of the Japanese army in the south could be guaranteed, but in order to attack Colombo, it was necessary to occupy Butele Hill. Otherwise, the opponent will be threatened at any time, and the battle will not be able to be fought.

According to the deployment of the Supreme Commander of the Japanese Army, Lieutenant General Nishimura Takuma, the southern road was flanked by an infantry wing that was independently mixed with the 21st Brigade. The brigade commander, Major General Yamaguchi Chestnut Flower, sent this infantry wing, the wing commander Hirai Shinichi Nakasa.

How is Saburo Takeshita, the captain of the brigade, Nakasa. How is Shinichi Hirai, who is one level higher than his position, also a middle assistant?

The reason is very simple, the two have similar qualifications, and both have the ability to be promoted to co-captain, and the two have always been in a competitive relationship. Saburo Takeshita has made great achievements. But Shinichi Hirai's network has taken it to the next level. The network triumphed over the exploits, and Shinichi Hirai had just served as a wing captain before the war, and his rank had not yet been able to respond to the promotion. Therefore, in the infantry wing, the relationship between Saburo Takeshita Nakasa and Shinichi Hirai was not harmonious. When Shinichi Hirai received Saburo Takeshita's report, his mind went around a few times.

Nakasa, who is good at relationships, is not as good as Saburo Takeshita in war, but his ability to analyze words is a step higher. After reading the telegram, Shinichi Hirai immediately realized that Saburo Takeshita had suffered a defeat.

What is powerless to expand, it's all an excuse. The root cause of this is undoubtedly defeat.

However, even if he suffered defeat, Saburo Takeshita's exploits were brilliant enough, and you must know that the capture of Monale Hill was the most critical part of the Japanese army's battle plan. Because of this, Shinichi Hirai, as the co-captain, although he is at odds with Saburo Takeshita, he can't easily hit Saburo Takeshita.

Aren't you a great performer? Then keep fighting.

Saburo Takeshita has already lost two squadrons, and if he loses some more, he is afraid that he will have to return to Indochina to replenish his troops, and he will lose the qualification to compete for the captain of the wing.

Shinichi Hirai laughed wickedly and began to give orders.

Monale Hill was garrisoned by follow-up troops, and Saburo Takeshita made every effort to take Butler Hill.

Saburo Takeshita received an order, although he was not good at intrigue, but he was not stupid, and knew that Shinichi Hirai was playing with a knife to kill people. He already has a considerable understanding of the opponent in front of him, and the strength that can destroy an elite squadron of the Japanese army in ten minutes will definitely not be weak.

Saburo Takeshita estimated that the opponent had a regiment of troops, or even more. It is not easy to rely on his existing troops of less than 1,000 troops to take Butler Mountain.

But the military order was like a mountain, and Saburo Takeshita had to organize an attack at this time.

From five o'clock to nightfall, four or five hours of fighting, Saburo Takeshita not to mention directly launching an attack on Butara Mountain, it was difficult to even get close to Butele Mountain. There was an open field about four kilometers in front of Butara Mountain, which was tightly sealed off by naval artillery fire.

ALTHOUGH THE ARTILLERY EQUIPPED WITH THE FIELD BATTALION OF THE NAVAL RESISTANCE ARMY DOES NOT HAVE HEAVY ARTILLERY, THE POWER OF THE FOUR LEGAL 85MM GUNS IS QUITE POWERFUL. IN PARTICULAR, THE FIRING RANGE EXCEEDED THE 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS EQUIPPED WITH THE JAPANESE ARTILLERY SQUADRONS. FOR ONE AFTERNOON, THE FOUR 85MM GUNS DID NOT STOP AT ALL, AND THE SHELLS KEPT EXPLODING IN THE RANKS OF THE JAPANESE TROOPS.

Saburo Takeshita did not think about suppressing the opponent with artillery fire, but he was helpless, although his troops had six 75 mountain guns, the range was obviously closer than the opponent. Artillery positions were deployed twice, and each time a cannon was fired, they were blown up by the opponent's shells at any cost.

All along, Li Guang has cultivated technical arms at any cost. To this day, the level of artillery has been demonstrated.

All this time, the artillery of various countries sought counter-suppression means against the enemy's artillery fire. But there are not many effective means, and there seems to be no better way than to rely on a huge artillery group to counterattack. Theoretically, the position of the opponent's artillery position can be calculated according to the trajectory of the opponent's artillery, but in practice, it is extremely difficult to find out the location of the opponent's artillery only by observing the trajectory of the opponent's artillery with the naked eye. If there is a way, it is to rely on the empirical data of the gunners.

In today's battle, the long-term training finally saw results, and the gunners and observation posts of the Naval Resistance Army cooperated very tacitly, and the four 85mm field guns continued to strike and constantly adjust the impact points, and finally saw results.

By the evening, the devil's six mountain cannons were destroyed in succession, and in the end, only two were left, and the few shells they carried had been exhausted. Originally, the British weapons and ammunition captured by Saburo Takeshita were not small, but the British army was a 76.2MM three-inch shell, which was unusable by the Japanese army.

If the Japanese infantry dared to get closer, the infantry guns and mortars became a nightmare for the Japanese infantry.

After several hours of artillery fighting, the Naval Resistance Army once again killed and wounded more than 200 Japanese soldiers with extremely small casualties.

Saburo Takeshita was almost vomiting blood from the heavy losses, and it was not that he didn't want to call for fighter support. But on the first day of the landing, the Japanese support fighters were very busy. Even if they are not busy, the aviation of the Japanese Navy is not so obedient. In the Japanese army, there were many contradictions between the navy and the army, and it was not so easy to ask the naval aviation to support the army's earthen buns. Moreover, on the first day of the landing battle, naval aviation had more important tasks, such as ensuring the safety of landing ships, and bombers at British airfields were practically unavailable.

On the battlefield in China, the Japanese army has always used aircraft and artillery against the Chinese army, but when they arrived in Ceylon, they turned around, and Saburo Takeshita was tortured by the artillery of the naval resistance army for an afternoon, and it was difficult to launch an effective attack even if he tried his best. The battle lasted until the evening, and the attack could no longer be maintained, and even if Saburo Takeshita was angry, he couldn't urge a little devil.

The continuous high-intensity march, coupled with several battles, by the evening, Takeshita Saburo's subordinates could no longer even lift their legs, and they could not continue the battle at all.

At night, Saburo Takeshita couldn't move, and he didn't want to fight. But Qi Ruixuan will not spare the devil easily. At night, Qi Ruixuan sent a platoon of troops to harass the Japanese army in turn.

After losing dozens of devils, Saburo Takeshita had no choice but to withdraw his troops into the Monal Mountains, strictly guarding the main road into the mountains, and the large army could not retreat in the mountains. (To be continued......)