Wakisaka Jiro, the old devil is not small, people who have a little knowledge of the history of the Warring States period must have heard of the seven guns of the Ozai under the account of Hideyoshi Hashiba, after the death of Oda Nobunaga, the two generals of the two generals, Hideyoshi Hashiba and Katsuya Shibata fought a strategic decisive battle in the Mt. Ozaba, the so-called seven guns of the Mt. Hashiba Hideyoshi who made great contributions to the samurai.

There is a samurai named Wakisaka Yasuharu in the Seven Guns of Shidake, and in the Battle of Shibada, the number one fierce general under the command of Shibata Katsuie, Sakuma Morimasa, can be described as famous.

Wakisaka Jiro is the descendant of Wakisaka Yasuji, with such a prominent family background, Wakisaka Jiro has always been a bull in the army, not to mention his adjutant colleagues, even the commander of the general division He didn't pay attention to it, and at a military meeting, Wakisaka Jiro even openly ridiculed the commander of the 18th Division, Ushijima Sadao, as a coward.

Wakisaka Jiro's arrogance factor has almost been integrated into his bones, of course he will not tolerate the first capture of Nanjing to be robbed by others, and his deputy wing captain and several captains together, Wakisaka Jiro did not hesitate to send out the 1st Infantry Brigade that had been staying by his side as a reserve, and occupied Yuhuatai before dark.

Although the old devil Wakisaka Jiro is arrogant, he is also very discerning, knowing that Yuhuatai has a non-negligible impact on the defense of Nanjing, if he occupies Yuhuatai, he can not only suppress the fire of the national army on the front line of Zangjia Lane, but also condescendingly carry out accurate artillery bombardment of Nanjing's city wall, and occupy Yuhuatai, which is equivalent to opening the gate of Nanjing.

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Half an hour later, Yuhuatai, which was the Zuihou barrier of Nanjing's southeast defense line, was officially attacked by the Japanese army head-on.

Leading the way was a group of bombers from Xiao Riben, eight of which came out of the clouds with a light bombardment, and two of them swooped down towards Meigang with a piercing scream.

The officers and men of the 19th Brigade on the position hurriedly hid in the anti-artillery hole.

Xu Shijiu poked his head out of the anti-artillery hole to look into the sky, and found that the Japanese bombers were almost vertically dived down, so he sighed in his heart, when the Battle of Songhu had just broken out, Xiao Ri's pilots were still immature and unfamiliar, but now, Xiao Ri's Ben could make difficult aerobatic maneuvers with any pilot.

The first two bombers that swooped down did not suddenly pull up until they were only a few dozen meters above the ground, and the moment the trajectory changed, two 30-kilogram bombs roared down from the belly of the plane, and in the next moment, the bombs hit the ground and exploded, one of the bombs fell near Xu Shijiu, blowing up a section of trenches on the spot, and I don't know how many people were killed or injured.

However, the indiscriminate bombing of Xiao Ri had just begun, and then the second two bombers swooped down with a piercing scream, then the third, the fourth, and after the fourth bomber had finished throwing the bombs, the first bomber that had re-pulled up the air and dived down immediately afterwards, and began the second round of dive bombs (each bomber carried six bombs).

In less than a moment, the entire Meigang was completely enveloped in gunpowder smoke and smoke from the explosion.

At this moment, the only thing Xu Shijiu could do was to hold his head with both hands and pout his ass and hide in the anti-artillery hole.

Half an hour later, Xiao Ri's bomber group threw the bombs and flapped their wings and left, and Xiao Ri's field artillery and 92 infantry guns began to shell again, the only thing to be thankful for was that Xiao Ri Ben could not measure the shooting elements through the meteorological observation troops, so the accuracy of the shelling was very poor, and most of the shells either flew over their heads or fell on the slope

But even so, the position of the 19th Brigade was still greatly damaged.

As soon as the shelling ended, Xu Shijiu got out of the anti-artillery hole, and without caring about shaking off the dust on his head and body, he tore his throat and asked each company to report the casualty figures, and the casualty figures of each company were quickly reported, with about 50 casualties, of which more than 20 were killed, and more than 10 were seriously injured, and it is estimated that it is difficult to save them.

Xu Shijiu was so distressed that he was dripping blood, these are all veterans who have experienced a hundred battles, they were blown up without even seeing the shadow of Xiao Ri's book, they really panicked, but what can be done, who let the national army have no artillery, let alone an air force? The Nationalist Army did not have artillery and air force, so it could only be ravaged by the artillery and air force of Kori Minben

Xu 19 was relieved that the officers and soldiers of the 19th Brigade were not demoralized by the indiscriminate bombardment of the Japanese army, and this group of veterans from different regions with different accents were more bloody under the indiscriminate bombardment of the Japanese army, and Xu 19 could clearly feel the will to die between them

The Japanese attack was imminent, and Xu Shijiu arranged for the wounded to be amended, and at the same time ordered the officers and soldiers to hurry up and repair the fortifications.

Gao Shenxing turned back from the forward observation post on the ridge of the mountain and reported: "Captain, Xiao Ri has come up. ”

Xu Jiu opened the holster, picked up the box cannon and shouted: "Brothers, Xiao Ri is here, ready to fight!" ”

The veterans who were repairing the fortifications threw down their sapper shovels one after another, copied their guns, pushed the bullets and loaded them, and unloaded the grenades from their waists, unscrewed the screws and opened them in front of them, without noise, without cursing, and without panic, all the veterans seemed calm as usual, and they all looked indifferently at the ridge line of the mountain in front of them through the crosshairs, waiting for Xiao Ri to emerge.

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Seeing that he was about to rush to the top of the mountain, but he never saw the national army appear on the ridge line, the squadron leader of the 4th squadron of the 1st Brigade of the 36th Infantry Wing of the Japanese army began to be calm, this old devil is an old qualified squadron leader, there is no way to be promoted due to poor popularity, but he is very good at summarizing and learning, and he has smelled the smell of danger

It is too abnormal that the Chinese army does not occupy the ridge line on the top of the mountain for fire suppression

When he was less than 50 meters away from the ridge line at the top of the mountain, Ken Okazaki suddenly raised his right hand, and the more than 70 Japanese soldiers who were climbing up the hillside in teams stopped one after another and fell to the ground again, and the fire support group that was behind also hurriedly set up the Type 92 heavy machine guns, grenadiers, and mortars.

Okazaki Ken ordered the squad leader again: "Suzuki-san, you take an infantry team to go up first." ”

"Hello." The squad leader named by Ken Okazaki bowed heavily, immediately got up from the ground, and then waved back, more than a dozen Japanese soldiers followed suit, and followed Suzuki with bayonets to continue walking up the mountain.

However, at this juncture, a sharp gunshot suddenly sounded behind the ridge line on the top of the mountain, Suzuki reacted quickly, and fell to the ground on his side, and at the same time he only heard a bang on his head, and after falling to the ground, he took off the steel helmet on his head and took a look, only to see that the top of the steel helmet had been punched out of a depression by Zi Yan, and by a fraction of a second, he was headshot by the national army.

Suzuki was lucky enough to escape, but most of the thirteen Japanese soldiers who went up the mountain with him were newly replenished recruits, and their reaction was several beats slower than Suzuki's, six of which were directly beaten into a sieve and killed on the spot, and the remaining seven Japanese soldiers were also injured to varying degrees, and fell on the ridge line and wailed.

As a veteran, Suzuki knew that the crisis had not been resolved, so he immediately rolled down the slope, and sure enough, not long after Suzuki rolled downhill, more than a dozen grenades were thrown out of the hilltop platform, and after continuous explosions, the seven Japanese soldiers who were originally only injured were silent.

"Yagayalu." One guy lost an infantry group, and Okazaki was so angry that he scolded his mother.

Suzuki climbed up to Ken Okazaki and reported, "Squadron leader, there's a soldier on the top of the mountain!" ”

Ken Okazaki picked up Suzuki and asked, "What kind of terrain is there at the top of the mountain, and how many guards are there?" ”

Suzuki said: "The top of the mountain is a large platform, and the trench fortifications of the Chinese army are built in the middle of the platform, at least fifty meters away from the ridge line, but there are also a large number of foxholes dug between the ridge line and the trench fortifications, and it is not too clear how many Chinese troops there are." ”

"Nani, the top of the mountain is a big platform, and the fortifications of the Chinese army are built in the middle of the platform, at least fifty meters from the ridge line?" Ken Okazaki was keenly aware of the power of the national army to build fortifications like this.

The Chinese army was hidden behind the ridge line on the top of the mountain, and the artillery observers could not observe the impact point, so it was impossible to make ballistic corrections, and it was difficult to guarantee the lethal effect of field artillery and infantry artillery.

In other words, conventional shelling is purely a waste of shells.

The only thing that can pose a threat to the positions of the national army on the hilltop platform is the dive bombing of the air force, but the number of bombers of the air force is limited, and there are more than a dozen battlefields that need support, and the number of aerial bombs is not very sufficient.

Artillery has become an ornament, and aviation cannot be counted on, so it can only rely on infantry to attack.

However, even if the infantry is invested in a strong attack at any cost, I am afraid that the effect will not be much better, the terrain of Meigang is not open enough, and the attacker will deploy at most one reinforcement squad at a time, and the offensive formation will be too dense if it exceeds one team, and it will be easily killed and injured by the machine gun fire of the national army.

Ken Okazaki realized that he had encountered a hard bone today, and he would have to take off a layer of skin even if he was not afraid of dying.

It must be admitted that Okazaki Qian's battlefield insight is still quite keen, and he is also very good at learning, Xu Shijiu's arrangement in Meigang left an extremely deep impression on him, but three years later, this old devil used the same method to make the Eighth Route Army suffer a big loss in Guanjiayuan, and even Mr. Peng was beaten out of temper.

The battle of Li Jiapo in "Bright Sword" is based on the battle of Guanjiayuan and adapted, but the battle of Li Jiapo in the novel ended in victory, and the independent regiment commanded by Li Yunlong won a hearty victory, but in fact, the result of the battle of Guanjiayuan was diametrically opposite, the real battle of Guanjiayuan, Mr. Peng mobilized more than 20,000 troops of three brigades and two regiments, and the bloody battle failed to eliminate Okazaki Qian's 500 Japanese troops for two days and nights, and Zuihou had to withdraw from the siege gloomily.