This time, in order to take the initiative in the decisive battle in the near future, Ouyang Yun was determined to destroy Okamura Ningji, the leader of the invasion of China, and the elite was exhausted, and all kinds of new equipment were basically taken out, not to mention that some ordinary people in southwest Jiangxi were surprised and inexplicable, even some agents who belonged to Xue Yue and the Chongqing Military Command and the Central Command couldn't help but be secretly frightened when they saw it. Many people ask themselves: "Is this our Chinese army?" "Southwest Jiangxi naturally hid the Japanese army's secret agents, and when they saw this scene, they were shocked more than the Chinese agents. It's just a military card, tanks, self-propelled guns, armored vehicles, these are actually all organized, which makes these little Japan frightened one by one, and they don't know why the whole huge battle of the Daoist Soldier Army went.

Ouyang Yun knew that there must be all kinds of spy agents hidden in southwest Jiangxi, but he relied on the super fast speed of the headquarters to march and the fox pupil had already completed the infiltration control of southwest Jiangxi, so he was not worried that these spy agents might leak the whereabouts of the troops.

Gan Shigetaro didn't realize that his unit was already in the calculation of the Scholar Army, and it happened that the two brigades of the 2nd Division of Feng Lanshan were reinforced to the Lion Gate, and he thought that if he transferred another wing back to Gao'an, he would not be able to maintain the strength advantage over the defenders of the Lion Gate, so he just sent the disabled 213 Wing back to Gao'an, and took special care of Iida Masao, so that he could rest in Gao'an with peace of mind, and by the way, monitor the movements of the national army in the direction of Changsha.

Okamura Ningji was sure that Xue Yue would not dare to disobey the will of Chongqing, and would honestly give up the counterattack on Jiangxi, but Gan Shigetaro was never at ease. The crippled Iidabe was less than a brigade in total, and it was just right to carry out such an insignificant but indispensable task.

Frontal offensive and defensive battles, with or without artillery support, the difference is quite large. In the battle of Nanjin kiln, the Japanese army only had two more mountain guns and a few machine guns, which almost became a key factor in determining the outcome of the battle. Now, there was suddenly an additional mountain artillery wing under the Lion Gate, and Zhang Quanyou's department immediately felt unprecedented pressure.

After three rounds of shelling, the remnants of Iida Masao's 213th Wing launched three attacks, and the Changning regiment was defeated. More than 600 men, including more than 400 "old bandits" who Chu Tiange relied on as the treasure of the town army, after beating the 213 Wing for the third time, there were only seven people left, and if it wasn't for Dai Dama and Huyan Leopard who saw the opportunity quickly and led their troops to support in time, the position on the top of the Lion Gate Mountain would have been lost.

Zhang Quanyou and Chang Ning were both injured, and Chang Ning was shot in the chest and fainted directly.

The 213th Wing, with the support of the 33rd Mountain Artillery Wing, disabled the Changning Regiment and reduced its own strength by 30%. However, Rao was like this, but Ganyu Shigetaro had no intention of replacing the attacking troops. And Iida Masao himself felt that if he continued to fight like this, then the only remaining brigade in his hands would not be without hope of conquering the Lion Gate - you must know that in the afternoon, more than 1,000 people of the Changning Regiment killed one and a half of them. Comparing before and after, 213 Wing seems to have made great strides.

"Keep up the good work! The next wave of attacks must take the top of the mountain in one fell swoop! Iida said during the pre-war mobilization.

At the same time, Dai Dama and Huyan Leopard were also discussing countermeasures. The little devil's artillery fire is sharp, and there is no corresponding suppressive firepower, so even if the second division comes up with reinforcements, it will be a passive situation, and the casualties will definitely not be small. The soil layer on the top of Lion Gate was too thin to dig an anti-artillery hole, and they didn't know the main reason why the Ludao Command asked them to snipe at the 33rd Division with their nephews, thinking that it was just a regular defensive battle, so they discussed whether to let the Lion Gate pass through and build a defensive line on the flat ground between the Lion Gate and the Jian family. Between the Lion Gate and the Jiajia is a plain about two kilometers wide, because it is muddy, so it is very convenient to excavate anti-artillery holes.

At this moment, the sound of artillery under the mountain rang out again, and one fireball after another flew from four kilometers away.

Dai Dama and Huyan Leopard glanced at each other, and the former said, "Then hurry up!" And at this moment, there was an "old bandit" behind them who shouted in surprise: "Reinforcements, our reinforcements!" ”

The two of them turned their heads to look at the sound, but saw a long dragon winding from the direction of Jianjia Village. Dai Dama said: "Since the second division has arrived, we still have to wait for the division commander Feng to come up, and ask him to take an idea!" ”

Fortunately, Feng Lanshan led his troops to arrive in time, otherwise, once Dai Dama and Huyan Leopard gave up the Lion Gate, Ouyang Yun's plan to annihilate the 33rd Division would be in vain.

Feng Lanshan had already learned from Chu Tiange the meaning of guarding the Lion Gate, so when he listened to Dai Dama and Huyan Leopard's proposal, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. He said to Dai and Huyan, "You can figure it out. Once the Japanese army breaks through the Lion Gate, even if we can hold the line of Jianjia Village, but if the Japanese army goes to Xigang Village and then to Datang Village, what will we do? ”

Dai Dama: "If the Japanese army wants to attack Nanchang, it shouldn't take a detour!" ”

"Confused, what if the Japanese army doesn't attack Nanchang and only thinks about running away?"

"Will the Japanese want to run away?" Dai Dama and Huyan Leopard were confused.

At this time, the shells fired by the Japanese army had exploded on the top of Lion Gate Mountain and the mountainside to the east. Many students of the 1st Division, 3rd Brigade, 2nd Regiment, and 3rd Regiment were affected by the explosion and even directly hit, and the screams rang out.

Feng Lanshan: "Let's organize the troops to hide first!" Although the Japanese artillery fire was sharp, if they thought that they would want to crush us with artillery alone, they were very wrong! The Lion Gate is so big, it is enough to garrison one regiment at a time, you lead your subordinates down to rest first, and let my people come. ”

Dai Dama: "Master Feng, we can still hold on!" ”

Feng Lanshan looked at the situation on the top of the mountain by the flash of the explosion, and said: "Okay, remember to keep in touch, and call for help immediately in case of danger!" ”

"Yes!"

Dai Dama and Huyan Leopard exchanged two sentences, and in the end, the latter took the three regiments of students to brave the artillery fire and followed Feng Lanshan to the halfway up the mountain - when Zhang Quanyou and Chang Ning led the first regiment to fight on the top of the mountain, the students of the second and third regiments were not idle, they built a lot of trenches and a rudimentary version of the anti-artillery holes halfway up the mountain. These trenches and artillery shelters are worthless against attacks from the top of the mountain, but as long as the top of the hill is in your own hands, it is an excellent place to hide.

The 2nd and 3rd Regiments each lost about one company in the battle just now. In order to be safe, Feng Lanshan asked Ge Zhengshu of the Fourth Brigade to transfer two regiments up in case of emergency.

The Japanese troops under the mountain did not know that reinforcements from the Scholar Army on the side of the mountain had arrived, so this round of attack by Iida Masao fell again. The only remaining brigade of the 213th Wing, although after this round of attack, the second regiment of Dai Dama was worn out by more than a battalion, but they also lost the strength to attack again.