The Japanese army quickly crossed the first line of defense built by the Nationalist army at the foot of the mountain, and did not mean to stop there, but continued to rush up the mountain with bayonets, due to the terrain restrictions and the obstruction of thorns and bushes, the Japanese troops who were biting the ass of the Nationalist army and chasing them up the mountainside inevitably crowded to the only two rugged mountain roads.

Although the Japanese army was chasing, they were chasing extremely badly, and their physical strength was also a little exhausted.

Since the 10th Army landed at Jinshanwei, more than 80 divisions and more than 500,000 national troops on the Songhu battlefield collapsed overnight, and the course of the war since then is almost a race between the Shanghai Dispatch Army and the 10th Army.

The Japanese soldiers who rushed up with bayonets did not expect that at this time, dozens of pairs of fierce eyes were hiding in the rock crevices, holes in the ground or in the bushes, looking at them coldly, at least four light and heavy machine guns had been opened, and the muzzles of the black holes had been aimed at their vests.

Xu Shijiu saw this scene clearly through the telescope, and sneered at the moment: "Xiao Ri is really crazy, they really dare to rush up the mountain in a daze?" ”

Gao Shenxing said: "This is nothing unusual, since the Japanese army on the South Road landed in Jinshanwei, except for a vicious battle with the Sichuan army in Si'an and Guangde, they basically did not fight any decent battles in the rest of the time, more often, they are chasing, pursuing, continuing to pursue, and running away on the clear road." ”

Xu 19 said: "If Xiao Ri thought that he would be able to fight to the city of Nanjing by pursuing all the way like this, it would be wrong, during the Battle of Songhu, we couldn't repair the fortifications even if we wanted to, but the terrain of Niushou Mountain is different, it's time for Xiao Ri to teach our national army the ability to fight defensive battles." ”

After that, Xu Shijiu ordered again: "Flag Lao Du, close the door, and beat the dog!" ”

"Yes!" Gao Shenxing stood upright, and once again stood behind the guardrail with a small red basket flag.

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On the mountainside of Zutang Mountain, the one-eyed dragon had just retreated to the mid-mountain position with more than 100 officers and soldiers of the 3rd Company.

Seeing Gao Shenxing waving the flag from the tower and ordering the 3rd Company to close the door and beat the dog, the one-eyed dragon suddenly looked up to the sky and snorted, and the only remaining one-eyed eye also showed a fierce look, and immediately shouted to the surroundings: "Brothers, beat me, fight to death, and kill all of these bitches!" ”

The officers and men of the 3rd Company, who had already entered the defensive position, suddenly opened fierce fire, and two imitation Czech light machine guns and more than 100 infantry guns were instantly intertwined into a dense barrage and shot towards the Japanese troops on the mountain road.

However, Xiao Ri's reaction was very fast, and the remaining 40 or so Japanese soldiers quickly scattered in all directions, each occupying a favorable position to shoot at the national army, and the fire support group that was lagging behind also set up three crooked sub-machine guns and three grenadier canisters, preparing to suppress the national army occupying favorable terrain.

However, at this critical moment, the Japanese flank and rear suddenly sounded the sound of gunfire, which was hidden in the shadows of the side-firing points fired, these six side-firing points were all built in the shadows, the firing range was not wide, but it was enough to lock the entire southern slope of Chaoyang and the only two passages up the mountain.

Two Makqin heavy machine guns and four imitation Czech light machine guns were instantly intertwined into a dense barrage, and the scorching machine guns were splashed at the Japanese army like splashing water.

The first to suffer was the fire support group that fell on the side of Zuihou, the machine gunner, the sub-shooter, the ammunition gunner, the machine gun commander with a saber and the three grenadier teams, as well as the squad leader of this infantry squad and his orderlies, nearly twenty little devils fell under the barrage of bullets in an instant.

After shooting the Japanese fire support group, the machine-gun fire of several side-firing points began to extend forward, frantically shooting the Japanese individual soldiers hiding in the bushes, small ditches, and rocks, and the officers and men of the 3rd Company in the trenches also threw grenades down, and the three infantry groups of Xiao Nikben were suddenly blown up and flesh and blood flew sideways.

In less than a moment, a whole infantry squad of more than fifty little devils was killed, in the face of the national army's carefully constructed fortifications, in the face of the national army's strict frontal fire, side fire and dark fire points, Xiao Ri's performance was no better than the sheep that mistakenly broke into the wolf's den, and the end could only be torn apart and devoured by the belt bones.

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Dongshan Bridge, the front observation post of Xiaonichiben.

The gunfire on the ancestral mountain suddenly became extremely fierce, and Okamoto Zhenchen realized that something was wrong, and when he hurriedly raised his binoculars to inspect the mountain, he happened to see the cruel scene of the feint attack team being slaughtered by the machine gun fire of the national army, and saw the Japanese soldiers fall one after another in a pool of blood, and Okamoto Zhenchen's face instantly became gloomy.

Okamoto has always taken the "God of War" Nogi Noshinori as his lifelong example, he never takes his life seriously, and naturally he will not take the life and death of dozens of Japanese soldiers to heart, the only thing he cares about is the honor of the soldier and the reputation of the samurai!

The feint attack squad was wiped out in a very short period of time, and Okamoto Zhenchen can have a good face to have a ghost, he just boasted to the division commander Gu Shoufu that he had gone to Haikou, saying that he could easily take Niushou Mountain before noon, and he could successfully hit the city of Nanjing before dark, but as soon as the words landed, the national army immediately gave him a resounding slap in the face.

Only then did Okamoto realize that his estimate of the Nationalist army had been wrong, and that the Nationalist army guarding Niushou Mountain had not lost its fighting spirit, but was also very cunning.

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On the tower of Hongjue Temple, Gao Shenxing retracted his gaze and turned his head to Xu Shijiu and said, "I really didn't expect that this infantry squad of Xiao Ri Yiben would be finished so quickly. ”

Xu Nineteen said: "This is the terrible side firepower." ’

Gao Shenxing said: "Yes, I really didn't expect the lethal effect of side-fire fire to be so strong. ”

Xu Shijiu's expression darkened, and he asked Gao Shenxing: "Have you heard of the L Battalion of the 524th Regiment of the 88th Division?" ”

Gao Shenxing said: "I heard Ergua say that on the day I first arrived at the 19th Brigade, this battalion was ambushed by the Japanese army on Xinmin Road, and more than 400 officers and soldiers of the battalion were all killed from the battalion commander down, and none of them survived. ”

"Yes, more than 400 brothers in the battalion were lured into the depth by the Japanese army, but they were ambushed by the Japanese army's side fire, and Zuihou did not survive." Xu Shijiu sighed lightly and said gloomily, "Today, it can be regarded as a small breath of evil for Battalion Commander Han and more than 400 brothers, so as to teach Xiao Riyi to know that they are not the only ones who know how to use side-fire firepower. ”

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Dongshan Bridge, the front observation post of Xiaonichiben.

Chief Okamoto breathed a sigh of relief and said, "It seems that the man has also become smarter, and he has also learned to use side-fire points. ”

The captain of the 3rd Infantry Brigade Kawaki Tato Kishozo said: "Wing Commander, the Chinese army has not only learned to build side-firing fire points, but these side-firing fire points have also been constructed quite in an orderly manner, which can not only effectively avoid the blows of the Imperial Army's grenadiers, but also ensure that the passage up the mountain is sealed and locked, so is it not to wait for the field artillery wing to arrive before attacking?" ”

"Field artillery wing?" Okamoto said, "No, when the field artillery wing comes up, it will be at least tonight, doesn't this mean that we have to wait here for a day?" If it was just a day's delay, if the 9th Division or the 13th Division were allowed to enter Nanjing first, His Excellency the Commander would certainly be disappointed, and you must be disgraced, right? ”

At this time, the new commander of the Shanghai Dispatch Army, Hatohiko Asakanomiya, had already arrived, and he and the commander of the Tenth Army, Yanagawa Heisuke, were a bit like Sasaki Takatsuna and Ohara Keiki, who fought for the first place in the Battle of Ujigawa in the ancient Ujigawa River.

The 6th Division belonged to the camp of the 10th Army, and naturally did not want to let the 9th and 13th Divisions belonging to the camp of the Shanghai Rebellion take the lead.

At that moment, Okamoto Zhenchen turned his head to Takada Shimichi, the captain of the 2nd Infantry Brigade, and said: "Takada-san, the mountain in front will be handed over to your 2nd Brigade, and it must be taken before noon." ”

"Hello!" Takada Shidao suddenly retracted his feet and bowed his head.

The Gaotian Brigade has four infantry squadrons, a baggage squadron, a heavy machine gun squadron and an infantry artillery squadron, and there are 1,100 soldiers at full strength, but on the way to Nanjing, the infantry squadrons have suffered repeated battle losses, and the artillery squadron and the baggage squadron are also lagging behind, and the Gaotian Brigade has only more than 700 combatants at this time

Takada Shimichi is a typical Japanese samurai, short in stature, but very strong, with a square beard on his lips, and a terrifying gleam in his small eyes, this old devil once killed sixteen unarmed civilians with a saber in a small village outside Suzhou, including an infant baby

Such a frenzied old devil naturally did not sympathize with his subordinates, and immediately ordered the four infantry squadrons under the jurisdiction of this brigade to launch a fierce attack on Zutang Mountain in turns, and it was a fierce attack at any cost, more than 700 little devils were divided into 16 echelons, and rushed up the mountain wave after wave against the machine guns of the 19th brigade.

In order to hold the position, the two Makqin heavy machine guns of the 3rd Company of the 19th Brigade were boiled until the cooling water boiled, and the barrels of the six imitation Czech light machine guns were also burned red.

However, the position was finally held, and from the morning to the evening, there were more than 200 Japanese corpses, but they were never able to attack Zutang Mountain, because the six side-firing fire points built by the 19th Brigade at the foot of the mountain were too tricky, not only the fortifications were strong but also could protect each other.