The Japanese infantry brigade that landed did not delay too much after occupying Xingzi County, and immediately pounced on the valley between the east and west Guling along the bullet stone road leading from Xingzi County to Mahuiling, but this time, they were severely damaged in the Guling Pass, and finally more than 200 corpses were evacuated in a hurry.

When the commander of the 10th Wing, Kunigoro Iizuka, stepped on the shore of the lake, the first attack of the 1L Brigade on Dongguling had just failed, and more than 300 casualties were lost, and even more than 200 corpses of officers and soldiers who had died were not recovered.

Iizuka Kunigoro was born in a peasant family in Tomioka Prefecture, went to middle school but basically didn't learn any culture, went to Lu Shi but never entered Lu University, belonged to the members of the Wutian Group who were ridiculed by his colleagues, the so-called Wutian Group refers to the officers who did not go to Lu University, because the students who graduated from Lu University will be issued a "Chrysanthemum and Star" graduation badge, because the shape is similar to the coins issued during the Tenpo period in the Edo period, so it is nicknamed Tenpo money, and the officers who graduated from Lu University are also called Tenpo money group.

The Tianbao Qian Group has a huge promotion advantage over the Wutian Group, and in addition, there is also the Saber Group, which is even more of the pride of the sky.

Just because he didn't go to the Army University, Iizuka Kunigoro, an old devil, is still a big boy when he is more than half a hundred years old, and many of his classmates at the same time have been promoted to generals, and have become brigade commanders or even division commanders, but Iizuka Kunigoro, an old devil, is definitely not an easy role, not only fierce in appearance, especially fierce in battle, but also cunning.

Iizuka Kunigoro climbed a hill near the county seat to observe the terrain, and found that the valley guarded by the national army in front of it was like a tiger's mouth, and the east and west ridges on both sides of the valley were like two fangs.

The reason why the L Infantry Brigade lost just now was that the terrain of the East and West Guling was unfavorable and the firepower of the national army was fierce, but the side-fire from Niu Shidun also caused great damage to the Japanese army, and if the Iizuka Wing wanted to open the passage from Xingzi County to Mahuiling and realize Commander Okamura's intention, it must first pull out these three fangs.

Kunigoro Iizuka took out his pocket watch to look at the time and found that the hour hand was already pointing to ten o'clock in the afternoon.

In order to break the deadlock and win the victory as soon as possible, Commander Okamura limited the 10th Pei Regiment to capture Mahuiling within two days, and the division commander Ito Masaka Masaka only gave Izuka Kunigoro one day to open the road before dark.

Time was limited, Iizuka Kunigoro did not dare to hesitate any longer, and immediately called the communication soldier to him, and ordered: "Order, the artillery squadron immediately prepares for artillery fire on Niu Shidun, and then calls for naval and aviation artillery support, and the 1st Infantry Brigade immediately enters the attack position, and launches an attack on Niu Shidun after the shelling is over." ”

"Hello." The Messenger bowed heavily and turned to go.

After Iizuka Kunigoro finished giving the order, he was about to sit down and smoke a cigarette, when the second lieutenant adjutant suddenly hurried up the mountain to report to him: "Captain, Xiao Suan-san has come with me again." ”

"Yaga." Iizuka Kunigoro said angrily, "Won't I let you keep him in the headquarters?" ”

The little errant man is a war correspondent with the army, Madang War, this guy also inadvertently learned from his British counterpart that Li Yunheng was about to hold the graduation ceremony of the Anti-Japanese Military and Political University on U Moon Day, and reported this information to Harata Shigeichi in time, and as a result, he made a great contribution and was allowed to move freely in the army.

As a member of the Heavenless Group, Iizuka Kunigoro has always hated these media reporters, because most of the time, these media reporters will only lick the eyes of the saber group or the Tenpo money group, and they have always looked down on officers who have never been to the University of the Continent, so for the interview requested by the little misguided man, Iizuka Kunigoro has been prevaricating for various reasons.

In the face of Iizuka Kunigoro's reprimand, the adjutant didn't dare to argue, but hung his head and kept silent.

When Iizuka Kunigoro wanted to reprimand the adjutant a few more words, several officers with cameras on their chests had already gone up the rugged mountain road to the halfway point of the mountain, and the little second lieutenant who walked in front also waved at Iizuka Kunigoro, Iizuka Kunigoro saw the gold medal on the chest of the little lieutenant at a glance, needless to say, this guy must be a little misguided man, and this gold medal was awarded to him by the base camp in recognition of his special merits in the Battle of Madang.

When Xu 19 went down to the company position at the foot of Niushidun Mountain, Zhang Youquan was smoking old cigarettes, the Anti-Japanese War gradually deepened, and the national army began to have a serious shortage of all kinds of military supplies, including cigarettes, many officers and soldiers could not buy cigarettes, and they could only tear up their diaries and roll paper cigarettes when they became addicted to cigarettes.

Seeing Xu Shijiu coming over with someone, Zhang Youquan hurriedly got up and saluted.

When Xu Shijiu was about to raise his hand to salute in return, a short scream suddenly swept through the air, and the black blind man yelled and the captain carefully threw Xu Shijiu to the ground, and then there was a bang, and then a large number of hot earth and stones fell on his face, burning Xu Shijiu's teeth.

Before the smoke from the explosion dissipated, Zhang Youquan rushed forward and helped Xu Shijiu up.

"Captain, are you alright?" Zhang Youquan nervously checked Xu Shijiu's whole body while asking, lest there was something missing or something, the donkey Erdan even stretched out his hand to Xu Shijiu's crotch, he had just learned the skills of injury inspection from the veteran, so he wanted to verify from Xu Shijiu to see if the captain had incontinence.

Xu Jiujiu slapped the donkey's claws away and said, "I'm fine, look at Lao Hei." ”

Before Zhang Youquan could take a look, the black blind man over there had already sat up, scratched his head and said, "Captain, I'm fine." ”

The calf picked up two fragments of the bomb from the side and said: "Captain, you and Brother Kuroko are really fateful, this shell of Little Japan only exploded twice, if it is blown into dozens or hundreds of small fragments, you really have nine lives and it will be over." ”

Xu Shijiu looked back, it was true, the landing point of the shell just now was very close to him, fortunately, the bullet body only produced two large fragments, if it was blown into countless small pieces as usual, he and the black blind man were afraid that they would have been blown into a sieve long ago, especially the black blind man was definitely dead or alive, not just scalded by stones and mud.

However, Xu Shijiu couldn't care about rejoicing for himself, because the shell just now was obviously just a test launch of Little Japan, and then it should be a large-scale cluster shelling, and he shouted at the moment: "All hidden, all hidden, Little Japan is going to shell my cow dun cluster, quick, everyone, quickly conceal ......"

Before the words landed, rows of shells had already hit the air with a piercing scream, and more than 100 officers and soldiers of the 19th Brigade Company scattered in a hurry, and they all hid in the anti-artillery holes built in advance.

Xu 19 also followed Zhang Youquan into a nearby natural cave, just into the cave, the small Japanese artillery shells have been overwhelmingly falling, the ground shakes the mountains, the entire position outside the cave entrance is soon filled with thick gunsmoke, look at this momentum, I am afraid that even the Japanese gunboats on Poyang Lake have joined the shelling.

Zhang Youquan took the smoke pot and knocked it on the stone wall, knocked out the old cigarette ash in the pot, and said to Xu Shijiu when he turned back to him: "Look at this jiashi, does Little Japan really plan to attack the cow mound?" ”

Xu Shijiu had already analyzed with Zhang Youquan that if Little Japan attacked Guling, it would first attack Niu Shidun, because when Little Japan attacked Guling, its back would inevitably be towards Niu Shidun, and the 19th Brigade only needed to set up a few machine guns on Niu Shidun, and it could form a cross fire with the defenders' positions on the East and West Guling positions, so that Little Japan had nothing to hide.

It was precisely because of this consideration that Xu Shijiu took the initiative to ask Ying to guard the cow mound.

Feng Shengfa found after surveying the terrain of Niu Shid Pier on the spot that although Niu Shid Dun is not as high as the East and West Guling, it is particularly steep, especially in the face of the front of Poyang Lake, it is impossible to climb, and the other three sides of Niu Shidun are under the cover of the machine gun fire of East and West Guling, which can just form a seamless cover with the main position of East and West Guling, so he agreed to Xu Shijiu's request, if it is good steel, it should be used on the blade, and the 19th Brigade does not guard Niu Dun, who will guard it?

Xu Shijiu didn't answer Zhang Youquan's words, just looked at the smoke outside the cave entrance and didn't speak, Xiao Japan really launched a fierce attack on Niu Shidun as he expected, but Xu Shijiu didn't have a trace of pride in his heart, because there will be a bloody battle in Niu Shidun next, and the 19th Brigade will once again undergo a cruel test.

As soon as the shelling ended, an infantry squad of the Iizuka Wing launched a long line of skirmishers and launched a tentative attack on the Niushidun from the northwest side.

Xu 19 followed Zhang Youquan out of the anti-artillery hole and went up to the first line of defense.

Seeing Xu 19 coming up, Zhang Youquan said, "Captain, did you come up?" I'm so tired that I can't fight a battle here, so you'd better hurry back to the brigade headquarters. ”

"You just have to fight your battles, and it's good that I'm not here." Xu Shijiu paused, and said, "No, there is only one, we have to put little Japan closer and fight again, this time, we must not let little Japan retreat to bring the corpse back, now the army is in urgent need of medicine to treat malaria, we have to replenish the medicine from the corpse of small Japan." ”

"Captain, don't worry." Zhang Youquan pulled out the box cannon, opened the nose of the machine again, and said murderously, "The matter of the medicine is handed over to me, and the little Japanese in front of me don't want to go back alive." After that, Zhang Youquan ordered the donkey Erdan again, "Erdan, immediately send the order down, no one is allowed to shoot, and wait for little Japan to get close before fighting." ”

The order was passed down quickly, and the veterans who had already pulled the trigger released their fingers one after another, closed the insurance, and a few veterans with big nerves even sat down with their backs against the trenches, and several people gathered in a heap, taking turns to smoke paper packets of cigarettes.