On the top of Kuma Mountain, the range of the Japanese position was about 150 meters in diameter. Within this range there was a squadron of infantry and soldiers withdrawn from the second line of positions, adding up to about a thousand men to the left and right. The captain was scolding the three squadron leaders under him, and the two very strong positions were all lost in less than a day, which was unacceptable to the captain.

But it has become a fact, and it is useless not to accept it, and the captain can only vent his anger on the three squadron leaders under him. After some scolding, the captain told the three squadron leaders that his brigade was going to live and die with the position, and there was no way to retreat when they retreated to the top of the mountain, either to hold the position, or all the jade was shattered here.

The three squadrons did not dare to raise their heads when they were scolded, and as soon as the captain finished scolding, all three of them left in a hurry, each returned to his own team, and commanded the native soldiers to defend to the end. The Japanese positions on the top of the hill were mostly made of rocks, which were very strong and densely numbered, and the officers and men of the third battalion were intercepted by more than 10 heavy machine guns in the Japanese bunker fortifications as soon as they began to attack.

The Japanese positions were narrow on the front and could not be attacked from the flanks, and the road was blocked by fierce fire on the way forward. The 3rd Battalion encountered problems as soon as it began its attack. Seeing that the attack of the third battalion was blocked, Feng Lisan commanded the twelve mortars to shell the hilltop position to suppress the Japanese army and cover the attack of the third battalion. The shells were fired, but they could not hit the rock-built fortifications at all.

The Japanese troops in the position fell a lot under the shrapnel flying around, but several machine gun fire points were completely fine under the protection of the fortifications. Seeing that the shells could not hit the fortifications, the Japanese army recklessly manipulated the machine guns and fired fiercely down the mountain. If you want to capture the Japanese position, these machine-gun fire points must be knocked out, but the shells cannot blow up the fortifications, and the wind on the top of the mountain is strong, and the horses will be blown away as soon as the smoke rises, and it will not block the sight of the Japanese army.

At this time, not to mention Li Mingshan, the commander of the third battalion, even Feng Lisan and Zhou Yuchun had no choice. The soldiers of the third battalion were pinned down in the rubble and could be hit by bullets if they were not careful. Li Mingshan looked at the machine gun fire point that kept spitting out tongues of fire, smashed his fist on the rock next to him, and scolded: "Grandma's, Lao Tzu doesn't believe it, I can't take the Kuma Mountain Heights even if I attack here." ”

After scolding, Li Mingshan shouted: "The demolition team leans in and blows up the machine-gun fire point, and the fire is covered!" Under the cover of dozens of light and heavy machine guns, the second demolition group slowly approached the Japanese machine-gun fire point. However, the covering machine guns could suppress the Japanese troops firing from the probe on the position, but they could not cause damage to the machine guns in the fortifications. More than 10 Japanese machine-gun firing points were also covering each other, and the two groups of demomen who went up fell one after another without even approaching within 50 meters of the machine-gun firing point.

At this time, Li Chunshan, commander of the 568th Regiment, came to the second position, held a telescope and observed the Japanese position for a while, and then said to Feng Lisan: "These machine gun fire points of the Japanese army are roadblocks, and we must destroy them all in order to attack the Japanese position!" Feng Lisan responded: "Yes, Tuanza, if you don't destroy these machine gun fire points, no matter how many people there are, the third battalion will have to fall on the way to attack." ”

Li Chunshan frowned and thought for a while, and said: "It's getting dark, we must take the Kuma Mountain Heights as soon as possible, I'm afraid that the Japanese army will make a move as soon as it gets dark." I'm here to ask the division to send heavy artillery to help. After speaking, Li Chunshan called the operator and sent a telegram directly to the division commander Li Yuanhong, requesting the support of the division's heavy artillery regiment. It's been almost a day of fighting in front, and the Kuuma Mountain Heights have still not been captured, and Li Yuanhong is also a little anxious in his heart, but Li Yuanhong also understands that the Japanese army is not easy to deal with, and this kind of thing must not be rushed.

Now Li Chunshan sent a telegram requesting artillery support from the Heavy Artillery Regiment, and Li Yuanhonghao did not hesitate to assign the task of supporting the 568th Regiment to the Heavy Artillery Regiment. Soon, shelling began with dozens of artillery pieces of the still 150 heavy howitzer, artillery battalion and 75 caliber field artillery battalion. The 75-caliber field gun was less powerful and could not hit the fortifications, but it was not small in terms of lethality to the Japanese soldiers, while the shells of the 150 heavy howitzers and artillery fell directly on the Japanese fortifications, but they could bring damage to the Japanese fortifications.

After half an hour of saturation and blowing, the Japanese fortifications could not withstand the repeated bombardment of artillery shells, and more than 10 machine-gun fire points were basically destroyed. After the artillery fire stopped, there was basically no movement on the Japanese position, and the officers and men of the 3rd Battalion rushed to the top of the Japanese army in the first step, and behind them were the officers and men of the 1st and 2nd Battalions who followed closely.

The Japanese headquarters on the position had been destroyed by the artillery bombardment, and the Japanese captain in charge of the command was also killed in the artillery fire. There were still more than 100 Japanese soldiers alive on the position, and under the organization of a squadron leader, they launched a decisive charge against the officers and men of the third battalion who rushed to the position. However, these more than 100 soldiers could not be the opponent of the officers and men of the third battalion who were in high morale, and they were shot and cut down by the officers and men of the third battalion from a distance and at close range, and they were soon turned into corpses that fell to the ground.

After Li Chunshan climbed to the top of Kuuma Mountain, he smiled and asked the telegraph operator to send a telegram to Li Yuanhong, reporting that the 568th Regiment of Li Yuanhong's division commander had captured the heights of Kuoma Mountain. Although Li Yuanhong was also very happy to receive the telegram, he knew that this was only the first victory, and the task given by the military seat was to capture the Japanese Langshan defense line, and now the battle had just begun, and there was still a Bawaishan high ground in front of him.

Only by taking the Bawaishan Heights can it be regarded as opening the gate of Lang Son City, and can we further attack Lang Son City. Li Yuanhong looked at the sky outside and asked the operator to call back the 568th Regiment, clean up the battlefield, and rest on the spot. As soon as the operator went out, there was a voice from the door: "Report!" Li Yuanhong looked up and saw that it was Huang Gang, the commander of the 278th Brigade.

After Li Yuanhong let Huang Gang in, he asked, "Brigade Commander Huang, is there something wrong with me?" Huang Gang smiled and said: "Shizuo, I heard that the 568th Regiment of the 277th Brigade has taken the Kuoma Mountain Heights, can the task of attacking the Bawaishan Heights be handed over to our 278th Brigade? I promise to take the Bawaishan Heights in one day." Li Yuanhong looked at Huang Gang and said, "No, tomorrow's task of attacking the Bawaishan Heights will still be handed over to the 277th Brigade of Brigade Commander Mu Suzhong." ”

After speaking, Huang Gang was a little anxious, and then said: "Do you know why the military seat didn't send our 93rd Division up during the counterattack?" Huang Gang replied: "That is the military seat wants our 93rd Division to raise elite animals, so that we can play better in the second stage of attacking the Japanese army in Vietnam." Li Yuanhong nodded and said: "It's good to understand, now your 278th Brigade is the same as the 93rd Division during the counterattack war, and there is only one task to raise elite animals." ”

Huang Gang reacted at this time, and said a little excitedly: "Is the division preparing to use our brigade leader to attack Langshan City?" Li Yuanhong smiled and replied: "Brigade Commander Huang should hurry up and prepare, there is not too much time left for your brigade, don't drop the chain when the time comes." Huang Gangmeng stood up and said: "Although the division seat can rest assured, our 278th Brigade can be put into battle at any time!"

Li Yuanhong nodded and said, "Okay! Go ahead and prepare. As soon as Huanggang left, Mu Suzhong, the commander of the 277th Brigade, came to Li Yuanhong, and Mu Suzhong came to report on the battle situation of the 568th Regiment today, and at the same time came to ask for instructions on how to arrange the division seat for tomorrow's attack on the Bawaishan Heights. Li Yuanhong asked in detail about the 568th Regiment's attack on the Kuuma Mountain Heights today, and asked about the downsizing of the 568th Regiment. Mu Suzhong had just heard Li Chunshan's report before he could answer in such detail.

After asking, Li Yuanhong said: "Division Commander Mu, I still want to hand over the task of attacking the heights of Bawaishan Mountain tomorrow to your brigade, and now your brigade still has two regiments available, are there any difficulties?" Mu Su replied in a neutral manner: "Military seat, the 277th Brigade guarantees to complete the task!" However, through today's attack, I saw that the Japanese bunker fortifications were built very strongly, and neither the mortar nor the straight rocket launcher could directly destroy it, and only the repeated bombardment of the 150 heavy howitzers and artillery of the division's heavy artillery regiment could be effective. Therefore, tomorrow's attack on the heights of the Bawai Mountains, I hope that I can still be assisted by the divisional heavy artillery regiment. ”

Li Yuanhong immediately replied: "Don't worry, Brigade Commander Mu, I will order the division heavy artillery regiment to continue to assist you in the attack." Do you have any other requirements?" Mu Suzhong thought for a while and said, "There are no other requirements, tomorrow I will let the two regiments attack the Bawaishan Heights with all their might." Li Yuanhong also told Mu Suzhong to minimize casualties, not to attack by force, and to ask for artillery support if he was not right, and so on, before letting Mu Suzhong leave.

The news that an infantry brigade and a heavy machine gun squadron were all shattered in one day on the high ground of Kuma Mountain surprised Major General Yukio Akita. How could an infantry brigade and a heavy machine-gun squadron, with a strength of nearly 1,500 men, and dangerous mountains and fortifications to defend, all of them shattered in one day and lost their positions?

At this time, Major General Akita Yukio suddenly remembered what Commander Imamura Jun had told him to be careful and to take the attacking Shina army seriously, and then he knew that Commander Imamura Jun must know that the attacking Shina army was not simple, so he reminded himself, and it was ridiculous that he was arrogant and thought that the Shina army would not be able to break through the Langsan defense line at all.

Major General Akita Yukio was no longer arrogant, and immediately sent a telegram to Commander Imamura, reporting that Commander Imamura had lost the heights of Kuma Mountain in one day today, and that all the heavy machine gun squadrons of an infantry brigade of his detachment had been shattered, and asked Commander Imamura Jun to send reinforcements to him immediately. Commander Jun Imamura was stunned when he received Yukio Akita's telegram.

Two days ago, Akita Yukio was still very confident in saying to himself that there was an Akita detachment, but he could ensure that the Langshan defense line was not lost, and just two days later, he sent such a telegram and asked for reinforcements, which was so great that Commander Imamura Jun couldn't believe it. However, Lang Son is the gateway to Hanoi, and once the Lang Son defense line is lost, Hanoi will be wide open, and there will be no danger to defend. Therefore, the Lang Son defense line must not be lost.