An infantry battalion of the Taiwanese Mixed Brigade launched an attack from the flank of Yabei Mountain to the defenders' positions on the mountainside of Yabei Mountain. More than 1,000 Japanese troops spread out layer by layer, and heavy machine guns were mounted at the foot of the mountain, and began to shoot non-stop at the defenders' positions to cover the infantry attack. The procession of more than 1,000 people, looking down from the mountain, flooded the foot of the mountain with a yellow patch, and then the yellow gradually moved up the hillside.

The slope of the mountain is not steep, the slope is not large, and the ground in front of the position has been cleared, although the attacking Japanese army has no cover, but it is easier to climb. The Japanese moved up on the flank of the not wide position, and when they reached 200 meters in front of the position, Mo Huaishan gave the order to open fire. The 90th Division was the division with the best firepower and the strongest combat effectiveness in the whole army, and Mo Huaishan immediately ordered to open fire, and the light and heavy machine guns on the position were fired first.

More than a dozen light and heavy machine guns spat out long tongues of fire, and bullets swept towards the Japanese soldiers who climbed up. The machine gunners are veterans of the battle formation, the combat experience is very rich, under such a terrain, how to give full play to the power of the weapon, to the enemy with the greatest damage, these shooters are very clear in their hearts, looking at the light and heavy machine guns are strafing, different angles, different shooting methods to give full play to the power of these dozen machine guns.

In addition to the light and heavy machine guns, other fighters also pulled the plate of the weapons in their hands, and used their accurate marksmanship to shoot bullets at the attacking Japanese troops. In particular, the 10 snipers, who were equipped with snipers and rifles, aimed at the light machine gunners and grenadiers in the Japanese ranks. Under the fierce fire of the defenders, the Japanese troops who rushed ahead fell like wheat.

These soldiers of the Taiwan mixed brigade had learned the fierce firepower of the defenders in the previous battles, but now they are facing the defenders, and their firepower superiority is better and their shooting is more accurate. The Japanese soldiers lay down on the hillside in unison, and they used their weapons to fight back at the defenders on the position. However, it was not so easy for the Japanese to shoot bullets into a small shooting hole from 200 meters away, and as the time passed for ten minutes, the Japanese casualties were increasing, and there were only more than ten casualties in a company on the position.

Major General Sadamao Ishimoto, who was watching the battle at the foot of the mountain, saw through the telescope that the troops could not attack at all, and his brows couldn't help frowning. Under the order of Major General Sadamao Ishimoto, the mountain artillery wing, which had stopped shooting, began shelling again, and the shells that crossed the women's wall, and the shrapnel flying in all directions after the explosion brought some damage to the soldiers of the company who were shooting downward behind the women's wall.

Half an hour later, the attacking infantry brigade left behind more than 200 corpses and retreated, and more than 30 casualties on the position. These casualties were basically caused by Japanese shelling, and there were also grenades and projectiles from grenades and shells that exploded after flying over the women's wall. Between the battles, Mo Huaishan reported the battle situation to the battalion commander Tang Yiqiang, and Tang Yiqiang received the report and considered how to deal with the mountain artillery wing of Little Japan.

The Japanese then launched a second offensive in succession, each of which was covered by mountain artillery and mortars. The company repelled these two attacks of the Japanese army, and suffered nearly 100 casualties of its own. When attacking the last attack of the Japanese army, the first company was supported by the mortars of the battalion heavy fire company, and the more than 20 mortars in the battalion fired a salvo to end the mortar positions at the foot of the Japanese mountain.

The Japanese mortar position was terminated, but Tang Yiqiang had no way to deal with the Japanese mountain artillery position, and the report to the regiment commander Tang Weimin requesting the use of the division's heavy artillery regiment was refuted, on the grounds that the firepower of the heavy artillery regiment could not be exposed yet. Tang Yiqiang had no choice but to watch the Japanese mountain artillery show fierceness, but fortunately, the female wall on the position was strong and resisted most of the artillery fire.

The Japanese attacked three times in a row, but not only failed to capture the position, but lost hundreds of soldiers, which made Major General Sadanao Ishimoto hold his stomach. At this time, the 16th Division also reached behind the Taiwan Mixed Brigade, and the commander of the 16th Division, Lieutenant General Shiro Makino, called Major General Sadashi Ishimoto to the temporary headquarters. Major General Sadanao Ishimoto came to the headquarters of Lieutenant General Shiro Makino, and as soon as he saluted after entering the door, Lieutenant General Shiro Makino began to reprimand.

Major General Ishinomoto Sadanao couldn't even raise his head when he was reprimanded, and after Lieutenant General Makino Shiro scolded him fiercely for "incompetence and waste," he asked Major General Ishimoto why he didn't attack the defensive positions on the road of the Shina people at the same time? Major General Ishimoto Sadamao replied: "Your Excellency, my brigade is too weak to attack the two positions of the Shina people at the same time. ”

Makino Shiro still understands the situation of Taiwan's mixed brigades, and what Ishimoto Sadashi told the truth is also true, so Lieutenant General Makino Shiro said: "Ishimoto-kun, Your Excellency Commander Honma has high hopes for us, we must take the position of the Shina people as soon as possible, and fight to the death with the Shina people under the castle of Zuozuo, so we can't delay any longer." I order your brigade to attack with all its might at the Yabei Mountain position, while my division will simultaneously attack the positions of the Chinese on the road. Shi Benjun went back and prepared, and in two hours, the attack would begin. ”

Two hours later, at 3 p.m., the Japanese suddenly launched artillery fire at the same time to bombard the 90th Division's position on the mountain and on the road. There were not only dozens of mountain guns but also more than a dozen 15O-caliber field grenades and shells that fired at the position on the mountain on the back of the house, and not only 75-caliber field guns but also dozens of heavy artillery pieces of the heavy artillery wing that fired at the highway position.

For a time, the position of the 90th Division was full of loud explosions, as well as gunsmoke and fire. The loud explosion alarmed Tang Yikuan, commander of the 90th Division in Jinjitun. Tang Yikuan stood on the roof and raised his binoculars to look in the direction of the position. The mountain behind the house is not visible there, but the road position is clearly visible through the telescope.

Tang Yikuan knew at a glance that the Japanese army had used heavy artillery, and the fortifications built on the highway positions could not withstand the bombardment of the Japanese heavy artillery, and Tang Yikuan's brows couldn't help frowning. Tang Yikuan believed that with the strength of the 90th Division, it would not be a big problem to deal with the Japanese attack, but he also did not want the 90th Division to suffer too many casualties, because the officers and men of the 90th Division were veterans of a hundred battles, and everyone was precious.

At this time, Tang Lin, the commander of the heavy artillery regiment beside him, asked: "Division, do you want the artillery regiment to return fire, so that you can attract Japanese artillery fire and relieve the pressure on the position?" Tang Yiqiang thought for a while and said: "It's not time yet, your artillery regiment will not move." Tang Yikuan is very clear about the strength of his artillery regiment, 36 75 imitation German field guns, 24 German 150 caliber howitzers and shells, such strength is not weak, but it is definitely not able to fight artillery battles with the heavy artillery of the Japanese army.

The Japanese heavy artillery bombardment stopped after ten minutes, while the other artillery bombarded for half an hour. Under the bombardment of the Japanese army's 150-caliber howitzers and artillery guns, the women's wall on the Wubeishan position collapsed in many places, and the officers and men of the battalion guarding the position also suffered dozens of casualties. The fortifications built on the highway positions were basically destroyed under the heavy artillery of the Japanese army, and the entire position was in shambles.

After the shelling ended, an infantry battalion of the Taiwanese mixed brigade launched an attack on the front of the mountainside position on the back of the house under the cover of mountain artillery. At the same time, an infantry battalion of the 33rd Infantry Wing of the 16th Division also launched a charge on the road position, and this infantry brigade was accompanied by ten Japanese combat vehicles. Zhang Lingzai was also observing the movements of the Japanese army behind the position, and when he saw that the Japanese army attacked and dispatched the chariot, he couldn't help but say: "It seems that this little Japan is a little anxious, and it will be real as soon as it comes." ”

The 272nd Brigade also laid out several lines of defense on the road, the first line of defense was at the foot of the house back mountain, and was garrisoned by the 1st Battalion of the 546th Regiment. After observing that the Japanese tanks were also involved in the attack, the regiment commander Xiao Changxin immediately ordered the heavy fire battalion to send a bazooka platoon to support the first battalion. Because the Longzhou Arsenal was already able to imitate the 40 rocket launcher, the 40 rocket launcher can now be prepared to the regimental level, and each regiment of the 90th Division is equipped with 40 guns.

When Wang Haitao was equipped with bazooka for all units, he told him that the weapon of bazooka should be carefully managed, and that troops other than the 90 th Army should not be allowed to obtain it, let alone fall into the hands of the Japanese army in its entirety. As a result, each regiment formed a separate bazooka company, under the unified command of the heavy fire battalion. After receiving the order of the regiment commander, Wei Fei, the commander of the heavy firepower battalion, immediately sent a bazooka platoon to carry 12 bazookas to live in the position of the first battalion.

On the position of the first battalion, the battalion commander Ma Long led his troops into the position after the Japanese stopped shelling. The position had been bombed in a mess, but the officers and men of the first battalion were accustomed to this, and they did not need to be ordered by Ma Long, and each of them looked for a suitable position to hide it. The front of the highway is not wide, only about 15 meters, and on one side is the back of the mountain, and on the other side is a steep slope more than 10 meters high, and the Japanese attack can only be carried out on the front of this more than 10 meters wide.

At the forefront of the Japanese army were two combat vehicles side by side, which were the latest Type 97 medium tanks equipped by the Japanese army. This kind of tank also weighs more than 11 tons, and is also equipped with a 37 mm caliber tank gun and two heavy machine guns; for other national army units, it is a behemoth that is difficult to resist, but for the officers and men of the 90th Division, who are accustomed to seeing "Cheetah" tanks, it is just a heavy armored vehicle, and it cannot be compared with the tanks they are equipped with.

Seeing that the Japanese tanks were opening the way, and the soldiers were following behind the chariots to attack, Malone ordered the heavy fire company to prepare the company's two 82 recoilless guns, and at the same time ordered the replacement of four Type 67 heavy machine guns*. As soon as the soldiers under his command were ready to fight back, the bazooka platoon sent by the regiment commander arrived, and Ma Long saw that the bazooka platoon was coming up, and he felt more confident.

Soon the Japanese approached 200 meters in front of the position along the road, and the tank guns and heavy machine guns on the tanks also began to fire. Ma Long asked the platoon commander of the bazooka platoon: "At this distance, can you kill the chariots of Little Japan?" The platoon commander raised his head and measured the distance before replying: "Report to the battalion commander Ma, it can be done." Ma Long said happily: "Great, the chariot of the little Japanese will be handed over to you!" The platoon commander replied: "Battalion Commander Ma, rest assured, we promise to complete the task." ”