The mountain defense line defended by Wan Fulin's 7th Brigade, under the fierce attack of the Japanese army's superior forces, the defenders suffered heavy casualties, and the first line of defense was broken through by the Japanese army.

The critical situation of the Dashan defense line directly threatens the success or failure of the entire Dezhou campaign, and the troops defending in a dotted line shape, if the attacking side breaks through from one point and opens a gap, then the entire defense line is very likely to collapse, Liu Tiehan's eastward command troops, limited by the strength of the force, and there is no defense system in great depth, which is like an eggshell, a hole is knocked out, and the egg yolk and egg white all flow out.

In the face of the crisis in the direction of the mountain, Liu Tiehan had no troops to support at all, and Wan Fulin's Seventh Brigade would not support it for long, and the Japanese army would be like sharks smelling blood, swarming over.

Liu Tiehan could only take a risk, and his plan was based on the original Han Fuyu Air Force at Jinan Airport, and the specific point was that after the Seventh Brigade held the second line of defense for five hours, it withdrew from its defensive position and put the Japanese troops in, and then all the fighters of the air force carried out a covering bombing of the Japanese army, and then arrived to the east to refer to Feng Kai of the Ninth Brigade and Chen Guozhu of the Tenth Brigade, together with the Wan Fulin Department of the Seventh Brigade, to carry out a counter-encirclement of the Japanese troops on the Wedge Defense Line and annihilate them on the spot.

This was a bold and risky plan, if the air force could not reach the combat area on time, if Wan Fulin's 7th Brigade could not support it for five hours, if Feng Kai's 9th Brigade and Chen Guozhu's 10th Brigade could not reach the meeting point on time, as long as any situation occurred, the Texas defense line would be breached.

Therefore, when Liu Tiehan's plan was proposed, Zhao Yuhe did not speak for a long time, and he also knew that the commander-in-chief's plan was the only way to solve the crisis in the direction of Dashan at present, but all the conditions were based on the necessary basis, and the risk was too great.

Without too much time to hesitate, Wan Fulin's second line of defense was being fiercely attacked by the Japanese army, and the Japanese army pressed on the whole line, the battlefield artillery rumbled, the sound of killing shook the sky, and all the brigades in the east were in a bitter battle.

Liu Tiehan grabbed the phone and spoke directly to Xu Anbang, the captain of the air team, he only asked one question, within a fixed range of about five kilometers wide and eight kilometers long, all the planes of the air force are fully loaded with ammunition, can they completely cover this area, Liu Tiehan's tone was extremely strict, and Xu Anbang was nervous for a while.

After all, it was the first time he received the combat mission issued by the new commander, and after discussing it with several squadron leaders for a while, he definitely told Liu Tiehan that it could be completely covered, and if there was no attack by Japanese aircraft, it could even be bombed a second time, which was enough, Liu Tiehan wanted this sentence, and he told Xu Anbang with great certainty that there would not be a single Japanese plane in the sky of North China, and he obviously felt that Xu Anbang was relaxed.

Xu Anbang knows that he has a hard time, and with the various types of aircraft he is now piecing together, when he encounters Japanese fighters, it can only be a live target, and since the commander-in-chief is so sure, the rest of the work will be easy to do.

During the discussion of Xu Anbang and them, Liu Tiehan has not put down the phone, his heart is high, if this method does not work, he can only retreat on the whole line and establish a new defense line on the south bank of the Yellow River, as for whether he can get rid of the pursuit of the Japanese army and have enough time to gain a firm foothold, to be honest, he is not sure at all, the only thing he can count on is the troops of the four brigades that are rushing to arrive.

He ordered Xu Anbang's air force to go to the sky for all that could fly, and after five hours, it must rush to the direction of the mountain, and he would establish ground-air liaison and instruct the planes to bomb the target area, in a word, throw everything that could be exploded on the heads of the Japanese, and the main point was to maximize the bombing effect.

He also ordered the Ninth Brigade and the Tenth Brigade to rush to the Dashan area within five hours, and those who delayed the fighters should come to see them, and Feng Kaihe and Chen Guozhu, who had received the order, showed their embarrassment, and they were eager to immediately enter the battle, and the troops had already driven out of Jinan, and they could go from Jinan to Dashan, and if they were forced to march, it would take a day and a half of the night.

Liu Tiehan knew what they meant, and gave an idea, immediately in Jinan City and the surrounding areas, requisition civilian vehicles, two brigades of troops, changed to mechanized marching, can be arrived within five hours, these two people came to the spirit at that time, please rest assured, ensure that within five hours, arrive at the designated area on time, all the arrangements have been completed, what should be done has been done, and the rest is to wait for the results.

Dashan, the second line of defense of the defensive position of the Seventh Brigade of Wan Fulin, the front of the Seventh Brigade is more than ten kilometers wide, the artillery fire is continuous, the Japanese army takes the wing as a unit, launches an uninterrupted attack, several times, the Japanese army has already attacked the position, and the soldiers of the Seventh Brigade have been beaten out with red eyes, in front of the position, the corpses of the Japanese soldiers are all over the place, and the remains of the dead soldiers can be seen everywhere in the trenches.

The Seventh Brigade has reached the point where the oil has run out of lamps, Liu Tiehan's judgment is completely correct, the gap in the Dashan defense line is like a wound in the entire Dezhou defense line, the Japanese army smelled blood, and continued to increase troops in this direction, fighting for five days, and finally drilled a hole in this iron plate, how could it not be desperately to expand the hole, the Japanese commander, put the reserve of the last division and regiment, also into the direction of Dashan.

After five days of bloody fighting, more than 20,000 devils were killed, and more than 6,000 people were killed or wounded, close to one-half, but the number of devils was not small, and a group of them were repulsed, and without waiting to take a breath, the devils launched a new attack.

There was another ferocious artillery bombardment, the second line of defense of the Seventh Brigade had been overturned by the Japanese artillery fire, and the anti-artillery holes built before the war did their best to preserve the safety of the troops.

He hadn't closed his eyes for several days, his eyes were bloodshot, his stubble was old, the major general's uniform was covered with dust, several bullet holes and shrapnel-torn clothes, revealing his shirt that had turned gray, and the bandages on his body had become earthy gray, and blood had clotted on them.

This is the fiercest battle Wan Fulin has fought in his life, in the face of the remains of his subordinates, his heart has become numb, there are too many comrades-in-arms who have fallen beside him, and familiar faces, with a cannonball, a bullet, disappeared in front of his eyes, and there is only a bitter hatred for the little devil in his heart.

Wan Fulin is not afraid of death, he is only worried about his own defense line, it looks like the sun frozen in the sky, he can't wait to kick the sun down the mountain, after dark, the little devil will no longer attack, he and the soldiers can also take a breath, the commander-in-chief did not approve his plan to organize a death squad and counterattack at night to recapture the first line of defense.

On the contrary, he ordered himself that after holding out for another five hours, the whole brigade would retreat ten kilometers, and the general headquarters would have a new operational deployment. In the entire line of defense, only its own area has lost its first-line positions, and if it is not recaptured, how can the 7th Brigade raise its head in front of other fraternal units in the future?

Does the commander-in-chief think that the Seventh Brigade is no longer able to hold the mountain defense line and wants other troops to take over its own defense area? Wan Fulin analyzed Liu Tiehan's compliance with the order more than once, and felt extremely uncomfortable, he didn't need anything else, as long as he gave him two more regiments of troops, the little devil didn't want to take a step forward, and even the lost position could be recaptured.

However, in his several calls asking for reinforcements, the commander-in-chief did not send a single reinforcement, perhaps, the whole front was in a fierce battle, and the commander-in-chief's hands were really no soldiers to send, he was anxious, angry, cursing the little devils, and turning back and forth in the command center, the Japanese artillery bombardment stopped.

Wan Fulin threw away all his thoughts, grabbed the submachine gun, and rushed out of the command headquarters like a gust of wind, the guards hurriedly put on a steel helmet for the brigade commander, and the little devil was about to charge again, this group of guys who were looking for death, with the bullets flying by the tip of the head, went directly to the forward position, fortunately, after a few days, the soldiers had almost figured out the routines of the little devils.

As soon as the Japanese artillery bombardment stopped, knowing that the little devil was about to charge again, the soldiers rushed out of the shade and the anti-artillery hole, seized the time, hastily repaired the bombed and changed fortifications, clenched their guns, stared at the open ground in front of them, and the figures of the soldiers appeared on the horizon like ghosts.

This time, the devil's attack was more ferocious than any time, and it was finally repulsed, and hundreds of soldiers were killed, looking at the time, it had reached the five hours required by the commander-in-chief, Wan Fulin gave the order to retreat, and he took one last look at the defense line full of the blood of his comrades, how many soldiers fell here, and gave up like this, his heart was full of unwillingness, and he was torn like a sharp pain.

Not long after the withdrawal of the 7th Brigade, the Japanese army began another fierce attack, after the shelling, groups of Japanese soldiers, howling and rushing up, there were no dense bullets, the positions of the Chinese defenders, empty, for several days, the Japanese troops who suffered in the mountains and suffered heavy casualties, almost couldn't believe their eyes, those who dared to fight with the tanks, were defeated like this?

There was a cheer on the position, the blood-red military flag was raised, and the Japanese commander Fu was ecstatic to learn that the Dashan defense line had finally been broken through, and ordered the troops in this direction to quickly advance along this gap, and the attacking troops continued to expand the results, tear the gap wide, and hold the breakthrough on the spot to provide flank cover for the follow-up troops.

In order to increase the assault force and complete the plan, all the troops who were resting and recuperating were also put into the ranks of the attack, and a large number of follow-up troops of the Japanese army, like a turbid wave, poured in along this gap.