At about 11 o'clock that night, the tired and half-dead Japanese artillery unit, under the strict supervision of Commander Yamashita Fufumi, finally hastily constructed the artillery position, and when the Japanese artillery commander reported the situation, it was as exhausted and covered with mud as if he had been working as a coolie for three years.

All the Japanese commanders did not approve of launching an attack at night, for the simple reason that the Imperial Army had never been in the habit of fighting at night, but looking at the blood-red eyes of Yamashita Fengwen, no one dared to touch this moldy head, and His Excellency the commander under the anger did not mind sending a loud slap to the face of any general, this is a madman-like figure.

Although Yamashita was impatient, he did not lose his mind, and the reason why he insisted on launching an attack at night was that he believed that the defenders of Shina at this time were the time of fatigue and lax defense, and the main point was the effect of surprise, and he was even more disdainful to explain to his generals that the majesty of the commander was to make his subordinates unable to see through his intentions.

At 11:30 a.m., at the foot of Xiyunfeng Mountain, where the Japanese artillery position, bursts of fire broke out, and the deafening loud sound broke the silence of Duyun City in an instant, and a group of shells, with a long tail flame, swept across the sky and landed on the position of the Xiyunfeng Independent Brigade, and the Japanese attack began.

Jin Baozhu, the sergeant squad leader of the second company of the first battalion of the third regiment of the independent brigade guarding the top of the mountain, is a native of Anhui, has been in the army for five years, and is one of the few soldiers in the independent brigade who has fought head-on with the Japanese army.

The little devil at the foot of the mountain was busy noisily for most of the night, and the lights and motors sounded, and the situation was completely different from the previous days. I'm afraid that the little devil is going to attack tonight, Jin Baozhu is on his mind, his sentry position is the most advanced and prominent part of the entire Xiyun Peak, and he immediately called his judgment to the battalion command post by phone.

The battalion commander who answered the phone became angry as soon as he heard it. opened his mouth and scolded, "You *** Jinbao Zhu." Shangfeng didn't have an order, just you, a big soldier, can still know the time of the Japanese attack, lying about the military situation, and disturbing the morale of the army. Lao Tzu killed you," after saying that, he threw the phone on the shell box.

Jin Baozhu was stunned for a moment, but he didn't dare to speak, in the Central Army, the commander's words were true. After another half an hour, the little devil at the foot of the mountain did not move, but Jin Baozhu saw it from the telescope. In the woods at the foot of the mountain, there seemed to be a faint reflection of the steel helmet, and he rubbed his eyes and looked again, but there was nothing.

Jin Baozhu was not at ease, handed the telescope to the other soldiers, looked at five or six people in a row, and said that they had not found anything, and Jin Baozhu was in trouble. But the intuition sues sù him, tonight. The little devil behaved abnormally, thinking. The call was made to the battalion headquarters again.

"Battalion headquarters? I'm Jin Baozhu, please tell the battalion commander that the little devil is going to attack tonight, "The one who answered the phone was still the battalion commander, who was furious, "You *** Jin Baozhu, if Lao Tzu doesn't kill you, you *** won't stop, right?" Okay, you wait, I'll send the Overseer team. ”

Just as he was scolding, the brigade commander Chi Zifeng stepped in and asked casually, "What about getting angry with that one?" The battalion commander saw that the brigade commander had come to the forward command in person, and they were all old bosses for many years, so he didn't put down the phone and replied: "Brigade commander, it's a big soldier on the front, I have to say that the little devil is going to attack tonight, it's been twice, and I'm training him." ”

Chi Zifeng's face changed, an ordinary soldier, risking being killed, reported the enemy situation twice in a row, which is very telling, grabbed the phone, and said: "I am the brigade commander Chi Zifeng, is the situation you reported true?" Jin Baozhu was taken aback, and the brigade commander spoke in person?

I couldn't care so much about it, and said eagerly: "Report to the brigade commander, I am Jin Baozhu, the commander of the forward outpost, according to my observation just now, the Japanese army is acting abnormally, and it will also attack tonight," Chi Zifeng asked with a deep groan: "Jin Baozhu, what do you say?" "Brigade commander, the routine of the little devil's attack is to first shell our positions with heavy artillery fire, and then the infantry charge, please give the brigade commander an order, all the brothers on the positions, immediately enter the anti-artillery holes and concealment departments, it will be too late to play again."

Chi Zifeng did not hesitate, and immediately ordered the chief of staff beside him, "Immediately convey my order, except for the guard post, all the people in the surface fortifications should enter the concealment department and anti-artillery holes to prevent the Japanese artillery from shelling," the battalion commander hesitated and said: "Brigade commander, Jin Baozhu is just a big soldier, and his words are still accurate?" Chi Zifeng scolded angrily, "You know a fart, Jin Baozhu is one of the few soldiers in our brigade who came down from the Songhu battlefield, and his words are more accurate than yours." ”

That is, in the past ten minutes, the Japanese army swarms of artillery shells fell on all the positions of Xiyun Peak, and the battalion commander who hid in the hidden department watched his own command with his own eyes, and in the light of more than a dozen shells exploding, he flew into the air like papier-mâché, and said to Chi Zifeng who was hiding together: "Brigade commander, fortunately, that Jinbao pillar, otherwise, we are both finished." ”

Chi Zifeng snorted and said: "It's not just the two of us, if there is no Jinbao Pillar, the brothers of our brigade will have at least more than 1,000 casualties, and when the little devil's attack is repulsed, that Jinbao Pillar will be brought to see me," As soon as the words fell, another group of cannonballs flew over, the ground shook and the mountains shook, squeezing the hidden parts of more than a dozen people, and there was a shaking, and the soil on the roof fell one after another, and people's ears were like countless gongs struck again.

Jin Baozhu's few words saved the lives of more than 1,000 people in the Independent Brigade, otherwise, the soldiers of the Central Army exposed to the surface fortifications would definitely suffer heavy casualties under the heavy artillery bombardment of the Japanese army.

Yamashita Fengwen stood at the foot of Xiyun Peak, looking at the main peak of Xiyun Peak like a rain of fire pouring on his head, surrounded by dozens of senior officers, the bursts of fire reflected by the explosion, shining on the resolute and murderous face of His Excellency the commander, no one knew what he was thinking.

The fierce artillery bombardment of the Japanese army has already woken up Guo Huawen in Duyun City, he immediately called the Xiyunfeng Independent Brigade Headquarters, the staff officer who answered the phone told him that the brigade commander Chi Zifeng was not in the brigade headquarters, and had already gone to the forward position, Guo Huawen angrily dropped the phone, on the one hand, he was worried about Chi Zifeng's comfort, on the other hand, he felt sorry for the troops, the Japanese army launched an attack at night, which was completely unexpected by him, this ferocious artillery bombardment, the independent brigade casualties were not small.

In another private house in Duyun City, Chu Tian handed over the prepared telegram to the telegrapher, "Division commander, the Fengwen Department under the mountain will launch an artillery bombardment on Xiyun Peak at 11:30 o'clock tonight," The telegram was very short, and after a while, Tang Qiuli called back, and it was also a few words, "Yamashita Fengwen can't wait, report the battle situation in Duyun at any time." ”

The fierce shelling lasted for an hour and a half, tens of thousands of shells fell on the main position of Xiyun Peak, Xiyun Peak was almost razed to the ground, tall trees and low shrubs were blown into countless pieces by the dense rain of bullets, and they fell there in a mess, and the craggy boulders were blown into several pieces and lifted away from the original place, and the Japanese artillery unit, according to the order of Yamashita Fengwen, finished about half of the shells carried by the baggage troops of the 15th Army.

Yamashita Fengwen was ruthless, to take the Xiyun Peak position before dawn, he did not hesitate to shoot more than half of the shells, that is, to the defenders of the independent brigade, causing heavy casualties, if it were not for the heavy losses suffered by the baggage troops, most of the ammunition carried, the fierce shelling would be more than double the current one, however, in Yamashita Fengwen's opinion, it was enough.

After the shelling, the Japanese army unfolded the strength of a main division, launched an attack on the position of Xiyun Peak, in the night, the wolf-like howl of the Japanese soldiers, heard the chill in people's hearts, from the Xiyun Peak to look down, everywhere there are Japanese soldiers, along the steep slope, trying to climb up.

Chi Zifeng drilled out of the concealment department and ordered loudly: "The troops entered the fortifications, the little devils came up, give me a hard beating of these dogs, pay attention, no one is allowed to shoot without Lao Tzu's order," I don't know when, he held a Czech light machine gun, looked at the wriggling figure under the mountain with bright eyes, and placed a dozen grenades beside him.

The chief of staff said worriedly: "Brigade commander, the front line is too dangerous, please go back to the brigade headquarters, you are commanding thousands of brothers, you can't be in danger," Chi Zi said without replying: "Lao Tzu finally seized this opportunity, don't slaughter the little devil fiercely, feel aggrieved, in this way, chief of staff, you go back to the brigade headquarters to command, if I die, you will take over my command, by the way, report the situation of Xiyun Peak to the commander, he is worried about this." ”

The Japanese soldiers had climbed to a place less than 100 meters away from the forward position, because the mountain of Xiyun Peak was steep, and the Japanese soldiers were crowded into a pile, and they were closer, and the Japanese soldiers who climbed a steep slope were already less than 50 meters, Chi Zifeng fiercely pulled the trigger of the light machine gun, and a tongue of fire sprayed out, and with the sound of gunshots, in an instant, the Xiyun Peak position was fully resurrected.

Condescendingly, taking advantage of the geographical advantage, the dense rain of bullets was all splashed on the heads of the Japanese soldiers who climbed up, and the first wave of Japanese soldiers, almost without reacting, became the live target of the soldiers of the independent brigade, and the Japanese soldiers who fell down screaming screamed and fell down, and when they got to the bottom, they were already a corpse.

The Japanese soldiers who followed behind, did not know what was happening in front of them, and they were still pouring up, and the charging formation became chaotic at that time, but fortunately, the Japanese commander found that the defenders' fire was too fierce, and the soldiers rushed up to die, and they could temporarily avoid the condescending bullets under the steep slope.

There was a shout, the Japanese soldiers all hid under the steep slope, without the deadly rain of bullets above their heads, and finally took a breath, Chi Zifeng found out about the situation at a glance, and laughed, "Brothers, prepare grenades, throw at least five of them at me each, don't save it, blow up these *** little devils." ”

(To be continued)