"Yaga, Yaga Yalu" The furious Matsuura Junrokuro slapped Kijima Kazuo twice in front of countless Japanese soldiers, and Kijima Kazuo immediately left two bright red fingerprints on his face, and the corners of his mouth were also torn and oozing blood, but he could only hang his head and let Matsuura Junrokuro reprimand him like a son.

Matsuura Junrokuro couldn't help but be angry, from midnight last night to noon today, a full twelve hours had passed, but the Kijima Wing had still not been able to get through Wanjialing, how critical the situation was, even idiots could already see that if they couldn't get through the Wanjialing passage, what was waiting for the Matsuura Division would be the end of the entire army.

It should be noted that Wanjialing is actually not a mountain, but a small village.

But this Wanjialing is deep in the deep mountains and old forests, surrounded by rolling mountains and dense forests, except for a mountain road leading to the outside world, there is no other road, Matsuura Division was also interspersed with this mountain road at the beginning, when Matsuura Junrokuro sent people to find another road, but found nothing.

The cruel reality is that if the Songpu Division cannot open this only passage in time, it will have to wait for help, and those who have grown up in the mountains or have lived in the mountains for a long time know that it is almost impossible to open up a new passage from the deep mountains and old forests, and time does not allow it.

Kijima's robe hung his head, and he also said that he was suffering.

It is difficult to say that the Kijima Wing is not dedicated, in fact, the Kijima Wing has done its best, and the two infantry brigades that have been engaged in the battle have all suffered more than half of the casualties, and the casualties of the L Infantry Brigade have exceeded sixty percent, and they have almost been completely disabled, and the corpses of the officers and men of the Kijima Wing are almost lying on several hills around Wanjialing.

But what can be done, the opponent is too tenacious and fierce

Often it was the Kijima Wing who managed to capture a hill with great difficulty, but before the Japanese army could gain a foothold, the Nationalist Army immediately launched a major counteroffensive, and then there was a tragic white-knives battle, in which the Kijima Wing was almost powerless by the opposite Nationalist army, and soon the mountain was lost again.

In this way, the tug of war was repeated, and as the hours passed, the Kijima United team was stunned and could not move an inch.

Kijima has never participated in the Battle of Songhu, and he has not seen the ferocity of dozens of German armor divisions on the Songhu battlefield, so this is the first time he has seen such a tenacious and fierce national army on the battlefield.

Junrokuro Matsuura turned his gaze to Kenten Iino, the co-commander of the L13th Infantry Wing.

The four infantry wings of the Songpu Division (the 10th Pei Regiment) suffered heavy casualties in the previous Nanxun Line operations, and each wing had been replenished for at least two rounds, and the soldiers of each wing were almost all reserves and reserves, and there was no actual combat experience at all, which was also the main reason why the Mudao Wing could not fight the 58th Division with bayonets in Wanjialing.

Therefore, in terms of combat effectiveness alone, the other three infantry wings may not be much stronger than the Kijima wing, which is still very clear to Matsuura Junrokuro, so he can only hope for Iino Kenten, unlike Kijima Kao, Iino Kenten participated in the Battle of Matsuhu and had a good performance in the bloody battle.

"Iino-san." Junrokuro Matsuura patted Kenten Iino on the shoulder, "Please." ”

Kenten Iino is not tall, that is, he is in his early sixties, and his legs are slightly looped, which is almost the same as the image of small and medium-sized Japan in the imagination of the Chinese, but if you underestimate this old devil because of this, it would be a big mistake, this old devil is really not a good stubble, in the battle of Songhu, Dachang Town was almost laid by him

"Hello." Kenten Iino raised his legs and bowed heavily.

(Dividing Line)

At noon, the 58th Division's main position on the high mountain tip ushered in a short respite.

Seeing Feng Shengfa coming over accompanied by Chief of Staff Yang Shaoren and two brigade commanders, Qi Yongnian, the commander of the 343rd Regiment, hurriedly put down the nest head that had only gnawed half of it, hurriedly ran out of the temporary headquarters, stood up and saluted, Wei Changlu's 347th Regiment stood guard at the top of the high mountain until dawn, and then it was replaced by Qi Yongnian's 343rd Regiment.

Feng Shengfa looked at the temporary headquarters of the 343rd Regiment and said worriedly: "This is too simple, right?" ”

Qi Yongnian's regimental headquarters is indeed too simple, that is, four small trees cut off the branches, and then build a few bamboo poles on top of them and cover them with a layer of leaves, such a temporary command center, not to mention that it can't stop the little Japanese grenades, once the little Japanese bombers are discovered, only one dive strafing, Qi Yongnian should sacrifice his life for the country.

"It's okay, Little Japan can't find my regimental headquarters." Qi Yongnian grinned.

In fact, why didn't Qi Yongnian want to build a solid temporary headquarters for himself? But the problem is that little Japan doesn't give him time at all, and in this Wanjialing battle, the 58th Division and Little Japan really met on a narrow road, so it was too late to dig trenches and dig foxholes, so where could they care about getting a solid regimental headquarters for themselves?

Feng Shengfa didn't say anything, and only told Qi Yongnian to pay attention to safety.

As he spoke, Feng Shengfa sat down at Qi Yongnian's regiment headquarters, and Yang Shaoren, Fang Riying, and Zhu Qi, the two brigade commanders, also moved a stone and sat down, Qi Yongnian was stunned and said: "Master, you are ...... this"

Yang Shaoren said: "If Little Japan wants to open up the Wanjialing passage, it must first take a few hills on both sides, and the high mountain tip where your regiment is stationed is the first to bear the brunt, and the division has made a decision, swearing to live and die with the high mountain peak position, and swear to live and die with the brothers of the 343rd regiment." ”

Qi Yongnian was shocked when he heard this, and said with a bitter face: "Master, you better hurry back to the division, with you, the staff seat and the two brigade seats here, I am so exhausted that I can't even fight." ”

"How to fight or how to fight, you don't have to pay attention to us." Feng Shengfa frowned, and said, "If you think I'm in the way here, you can send me a gun and send me to the front line." ”

Qi Yongnian smiled bitterly when he heard this, of course he would not and did not dare to send Feng Shengfa to the front line, but after smiling bitterly, he was inevitably a little moved in his heart, as the commander of the first division, Feng Shengfa could have stayed in the relatively safe rear, but now he took the initiative to come to the front-line position, to live and die with the officers and soldiers of the 343rd Regiment in the most dangerous position, this is a kind of determination, but also an attitude, the 58th Division has such a division commander, which is the luck of the officers and soldiers of the whole division

At that moment, Qi Yongnian stood upright and said solemnly: "Please rest assured, as long as there is still one person in our 343rd regiment, as long as I Qi Yongnian still has a breath of air, I will never let Little Japan cross the top of the mountain half a step" Qi Yongnian said too much, and there were times when he complained bitterly.

(Dividing Line)

Dean, Commander of the L Corps.

Wu Yizhi whispered to Xue Yue: "General seat, the 58th Division is hard to beat the main force of the 10th Pei Regiment of the small Japanese with the strength of one division, will the pressure be too great?" Once the 58th Division can't withstand it, and once Little Japan opens up the Wanjialing Pass, the entire combat operation will be seriously affected, so is it not possible to transfer one or two divisions from the Ruiwu Road front......

"It's too late." Xue Yue shook his head and said, "The 58th Division has already fought with the 10th Pei Regiment of the Little Japan in Wanjialing, and when you draw troops from the front line of Ruiwu Road and rush over, the daylilies will be cold, not to mention that after the transfer of the 8th Army, the troops on the front of Ruiwu Road are already insufficient, and if they are transferred again, they may shake the defense line of Ruiwu Road, and the Little Japanese Division is not a vegetarian." ”

Wu Yizhi said again: "But Wanjialing ......"

"I believe in the 58th Division, I believe in Feng Shengfa" Xue Yue waved his hand to stop Wu Yizhi from going on, and continued, "In the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Nanjing, the 58th Division fought well, and in the Battle of Lanfeng, if it weren't for Gui Yongqing's bad deeds, the 58th Division might even lose the old devil of Nakajima and Jinchaowu, and in the East and West Guling, the 58th Division also fought well, such a force, I can trust them."

Seeing that Xue Yue had made up his mind, Wu Yizhi didn't say anything more.

In fact, Wu Yizhi also vaguely guessed that the reason why Xue Yue did not transfer troops from Ruiwu Road to reinforce the 58th Division had another layer of thought, that is, to sacrifice the 58th Division to greatly consume the spirit of the 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan, and then concentrate all his forces to strike a thunderous blow and completely annihilate the 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan.

From the standpoint of the commander-in-chief of the 1st Corps, Xue Yue's decision was undoubtedly correct, although it was a little cold, and it was also completely in line with the principle of employing troops to exchange the greatest victory for the minimum cost, but from the standpoint of the officers and men of the 58th Division, this battle was too difficult, because it meant that they would face the onslaught of the 10th Pei Regiment of Little Japan alone.

However, Xue Yue didn't expect it, and Wu Yizhi also didn't expect it, that the difficulties of the 58th Division were far more than that.