The brigade headquarters chosen by Major General Yumasa Takasaki is very good here, the entrance of the cave is not large, but the inside of the cave is very large, and from the entrance of the cave, you have to pass through a passage that only allows two people to walk in parallel, and the length is about 30 meters. In addition, the platform at the entrance of the cave is surrounded by steep slopes, and there is only one artificial path to climb up, so this type of ground can be said to be easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Soon after the 17th Brigade arrived at the Shiniuling defensive line, the 461st Brigade rushed to the bottom of Shiniuling. This time, the troops that walked in front were replaced by the 874th Regiment. The 875th Regiment took one day to defeat the Japanese army's second position, and the credit was not small, although the casualties were not too large, but there must have been casualties. Besides, the credit can't be taken up by the 875th Regiment, so the team that walked in front was replaced by the 874th Regiment, although Zhang Sanli was unwilling, but it was not good to be excessive.

The 874th Regiment came to the foot of Shiniuling and saw that the Japanese army had arranged a defensive position, and the regiment commander Wang Mingren ordered to stop the advance, and personally climbed to a high place and raised a telescope to observe the Japanese position. Wang Mingren was a little surprised by this observation. Most of the fortifications on the Japanese positions were made of stones, and although it is not known how thick they were, they were very solid from the outside.

Wang Mingren was originally a little unconvinced by the exploits of Zhang Sanli's 875th Regiment, and the strongest combat effectiveness in the 461st Brigade was his own 874th Regiment, but the 875th Regiment took such a big credit. This time, Wang Mingren was thinking that he could take the Japanese Shiniuling defense line by dividing it by two, and let Zhang Sanli see that the 874th Regiment was not eating vegetables. But after observing the Japanese position, Wang Mingren lost the urge to fight quickly.

Wang Haitao warned them again and again that the most important thing for a commander to overcome is impulse, and a commander's order can decide the life and death of his soldiers, so a commander must be calm at all times. The more difficulties you encounter, the more you must be calm.

Wang Haitao's words sounded in Wang Mingren's heart, Wang Mingren calmed himself down, and while continuing to observe the Japanese position, he carefully looked for a way to break the enemy. While Wang Mingren was observing the Japanese position, the artillery of the regimental artillery battalion had raised its muzzles on the artillery position, and the officers and men of the first battalion and the four heavy Cheetah tanks of the tank company were also ready to attack.

Wang Mingren observed this for more than half an hour, and then Wang Mingren ordered the artillery battalion to open fire, but did not let the infantry attack. After more than a dozen artillery pieces of large and small calibers of the artillery battalion bombarded with all their strength for 20 minutes, Wang Mingren ordered to stop firing, and then observed with a telescope again. When the smoke cleared and the Japanese position reappeared in Wang Mingren's center, Wang Mingren was surprised to see that only a few fortifications on the Japanese position had been damaged, and the stone wall had not moved at all, except for some bullet marks that had been blown up.

The scene in front of him made Wang Mingren understand that with these artillery in his regiment, he was afraid that he would not be able to gnaw at the fortifications on the Japanese position, and it seemed that he could only ask for the heavy artillery of the division's heavy artillery regiment to bomb it. Returning to the ranks, He Renlong, the commander of the first battalion, hurriedly ran over and asked, "Tuanzao, why haven't you given the order to attack?" Wang Mingren glared at him and said: "What kind of attack, don't you see how hard the shell of the little Japanese turtle is? After such a long shelling, people have not moved at all, should I let you rush up and be beaten?"

After speaking, he ignored He Renlong, who looked sluggish, and said to the guards: "Order the confidential personnel to report to the brigade seat that the fortifications on the Japanese position in Shiniuling are extremely strong, and the artillery of our regiment cannot be destroyed, and I ask the heavy artillery regiment to support with heavy artillery." The guard answered and ran away. He Renlong came back to his senses at this time, glanced at Wang Mingren, who had an ugly face, said no more, and turned around and went back to the camp.

Brigade Commander Liu Mingde read Wang Mingren's telegram asking for help and smiled with satisfaction. Even though the 875th Regiment had already made meritorious contributions, as the commander of the 874th Regiment, which had stronger combat effectiveness, he was still able to calmly analyze the enemy's situation and make a reasonable choice, which showed that he was qualified as a commander. Liu Mingde immediately asked Wei Zhiyuan, the commander of the heavy artillery regiment, to command the heavy artillery regiment to come forward to assist.

In addition to the 152 caliber heavy artillery regiment of the division's heavy artillery brigade, which was transferred to the guard brigade, the other two battalions were all moving with the 461st trip, and they had already supported the 875th Regiment once in the previous battle against Shamaoling, and this time to support the 874th Regiment, Wei Zhiyuan naturally had no opinion. The 36 heavy guns of the heavy artillery regiment were lined up one after another eight kilometers away from Shiniuling, and under Wei Zhiyuan's order, the bombardment of the Japanese positions began

This time the bombardment was completely different from the last time, the huge shells of the heavy artillery kept exploding on the Japanese positions, and the rising smoke enveloped the entire Japanese positions. At this time, Wang Mingren decisively gave the order to attack, and the officers and men of the first battalion followed behind the four heavy tanks and launched an attack on the Japanese position.

There is a saying that "the master of art is bold," and the officers and men of the first battalion, who had conducted many infantry and artillery coordinated combat drills, rushed forward before the bombing stopped. However, this time the tanks had to stop three hundred meters in front of the position, and in front of them was a wide anti-tank trench, which heavy tanks could not cross at all. As soon as He Renlong saw the situation, he immediately commanded the soldiers to open the straggler line and advance to the Japanese position alone.

When the shelling stopped, and the smoke of gunfire had not yet cleared from the position, the officers and men of the first battalion had approached the trench at the forefront of the Japanese position. As soon as the Japanese soldiers recovered from the fierce artillery bombardment, they pounced on their respective positions, and countless grenades and bullets flew over in front of them, and in the panicked eyes of the Japanese troops, grenades and bullets exploded in a row.

The Japanese troops in the trenches were blown up by grenades and bullets, and at this time, the officers and men of the first battalion had already rushed into the trenches with shouts, and the two sides fought hard in the trenches. There were not many Japanese troops in the trenches, and the Type 38 rifles in their hands were not as good as the charge, front, and shell guns in the hands of the officers and men of the first battalion in the narrow trenches, so they were completely at a disadvantage.

Half an hour later, all the Japanese troops in the trenches were wiped out, and although the first battalion also suffered dozens of casualties, it was a victory to be able to occupy this trench. Next they were confronted by the stone wall fortifications fifty meters away. He Renlong commanded the soldiers to charge three times in a row, but they were all repelled by the Japanese army hiding behind the stone wall with fierce fire, and dozens of soldiers were killed or wounded.

Just when He Renlong's blood-red eyes were about to launch a charge again, Wang Mingren rushed over in time to stop He Renlong's blind attack. The most powerful weapon against a fortification like a stone wall was a vehicle-mounted gun with piercing and armor shells, but the tank was blocked in front of the trench and could not rush through. At this time, Wang Mingren thought of the 40 bazooka equipped by the division guard regiment.

Wang Mingren immediately sent a telegram to Brigade Commander Liu Mingde, requesting that the bazooka group of the division guard regiment bring * to assist in the attack. Liu Mingde immediately forwarded a telegram asking for help to the division commander Tang Hongming, and Tang Hongming agreed without hesitation and sent four bazooka teams to the 874th Regiment for support. Wang Mingren waited on the position for more than an hour before four bazooka groups arrived.

The fighters of the bazooka group began to observe the target as soon as they arrived at the location. At a distance of 50 meters, the bazooka can fully exert its power, and these fighters have chosen their targets in vain and loaded them with piercing and armor shells. After a few small firing sounds, the four armor-piercing and armor-piercing shells flew towards their respective targets. The power of the piercing and armor bullets is not small, but it cannot penetrate the stone wall of 30 centimeters at once, leaving only four large holes in the stone wall.

As soon as the fighters of the bazooka group saw that the attack of the piercing and armor shells was effective, they decisively added another piercing and armor bullet to the target. This time, the piercing and armor shells lived up to expectations and penetrated the stone wall, exploding behind the stone wall, and the Japanese troops behind the stone wall were crying wolves for a while. The bazooka team used piercing and armor shells to destroy eight machine-gun fire points behind the stone wall, and the Japanese firepower was weak.

Wang Mingren seized the opportunity and ordered the first battalion to charge, and the officers and men of the first battalion rushed under the stone wall after paying the price of more than a dozen soldiers with oncoming bullets and casualties. The two sides began to throw grenades and bombs at each other through the stone wall. There were casualties on both sides in the explosion, and it was the will and the spirit of not fearing death on both sides. Finally, the Japanese troops, who had suffered heavy casualties, could not stand it anymore and retreated one after another.

In the battle just now, He Renlong was also cut by shrapnel in a blood groove on his right arm, which aroused his madness even more. He Renlong took the lead over the stone wall in desperation. As soon as the soldiers saw that the battalion commander did not care about his safety, he rushed over the stone wall first, and also climbed over the stone wall one after another. He Renlong and the soldiers climbed over the stone wall and saw that the stone wall was a mess, full of corpses of Japanese soldiers, and more than a dozen seriously wounded were still lying on the ground screaming.

There was no mercy on the little Japanese fighters, and several fighters rushed up and dealt with the wounded in a few strokes. He Renlong saw a group of Japanese soldiers hurriedly climbing up the mountainside, He Renlong was about to lead the troops to pursue, but Wang Mingren, who had just climbed over the wall, stopped him in time. When Wang Mingren observed the Japanese position, he found that there was another Japanese position on the mountainside, and these Japanese troops must have withdrawn to the position on the mountainside.

The position at the foot of the mountain is so strong, the position on the mountainside will definitely not be bad, and it will definitely not work to attack with a battalion of troops with no small damage. Therefore, Wang Mingren ordered the second battalion to go up and continue the attack. With the experience of the 875th Regiment in dispersing and attacking the mountainside position, Wang Mingren also did it again, but now without the support of the chariot, the bombardment effect of heavy artillery on the mountainside position will not be too good, so Wang Mingren asked four rocket launcher groups to assist in the attack.

Bi Yuqiang, the commander of the second battalion, took over Wang Mingren's command of the battle, and the second battalion turned into a combat group with a squad as a unit and climbed up the mountainside. Soon gunshots rang out halfway up the mountain. Just as the 2nd Battalion was scattering the attack, suddenly a group of shells fell among the attacking fighters.

Fortunately, one battalion was divided into so many combat groups, and the people were relatively dispersed, so there were no major casualties. Wang Mingren, who was watching the battle, looked through his telescope at the place where the shells were coming from, and found that there was an artillery position that was firing artillery at the top of the mountain. Wang Mingren immediately ordered the artillery battalion to destroy the Japanese artillery position on the top of the mountain.