At the end of the meeting, when the officers attending the meeting returned to their respective units, all the troops moved according to the arrangements made at the meeting. The 90th Division and the troops assigned to them took the lead and went straight to Yumu Mountain to kill them. The 210th Division was behind the left of the 90th Division, the 211th Division was behind the right of the 90th Division, and the three divisions moved forward in the finished font.

After Wang Haitao left the garrison for Su Zuxin, he also moved forward with the 130 heavy cannon regiment, and when he arrived at the designated place, the 130 heavy cannon regiment built a heavy artillery position on the spot, Wang Haitao was still a little worried about their safety, and left a guard battalion and a reconnaissance battalion to strengthen the defensive force. After the defending troops began to build defensive positions around the artillery positions, Wang Haitao continued to advance with the guard troops.

When Wang Haitao arrived at the headquarters of the 90th Division, the 152nd Heavy Howitzer and Artillery Regiment assigned to the command of the 90th Division had already begun to bombard the Japanese defensive position on Yumu Mountain. On a hill, Wang Haitao saw Tang Yikuan, the commander of the 90th Division, who was already here, Tang Yikuan and Tang Yiqun, the deputy division commander, were holding binoculars together to observe the Japanese army position in Yumu Mountain.

After Wang Haitao returned the military salute, he raised his binoculars to observe, and asked, "Yikuan, how is the situation?" Tang Yikuan replied: "Commander, the defensive position of Little Japan is not badly repaired, and the terrain of Yumu Mountain is dangerous, so I am afraid that it will take a lot of effort to attack." In the telescope, Wang Haitao also saw the situation on the Japanese position opposite.

The height of Yumu Mountain is not high, only eight or nine hundred meters, but the mountain is steep, and there are several mountains connected to it. A road winds through the mountains. The Japanese had now cut off the road and set up a defensive position at the pass into the mountain. It is this position that the artillery regiment is now attacking. The power of the 152 heavy grenades and artillery is still good, and in the telescope, you can clearly see that in the smoke and dust, Japanese soldiers and weapons are constantly blown into the air.

Twenty minutes later, the heavy artillery bombardment stopped, and then four heavy tanks, four light tanks, and six heavy armored vehicles opened up their attack formations and launched an attack on the Japanese position, with a regiment of infantry behind the tanks. At the same time, heavy machine gun positions were placed on two high grounds, and dozens of heavy machine guns also began to provide fire cover for the attacking troops.

When the tank rushed to a distance of 200 meters from the Japanese position, the counterattack on the Japanese position began, and not only the remaining machine gun fire points opened fire at the same time, but more than a dozen small guns and dozens of grenadiers were also returning fire. The chariots were not afraid of small artillery attacks, but the infantry behind the chariots suffered casualties under Japanese artillery fire. In the telescope, Wang Haitao looked at all this expressionlessly, after so many years of fighting, Wang Haitao has never seen any scenes? All this in front of him is just a small meaning.

After a while, the heavy artillery regiment of the 90th Division opened fire, and dozens of 85-caliber howitzers and shells bombarded the positions of the Japanese small guns. The bombardment of more than 10 small guns of the Japanese army, which was in place and dozens of grenades and shells, was all muted after a few minutes. The Japanese positions at the mountain pass suffered heavy losses under artillery fire, but the fortifications dug by the Japanese troops on the mountain wall halfway up the mountain did not suffer much damage in the bombardment, and now these fortifications have become the main force to block the attack.

The best weapon to deal with such fortifications is direct-aim artillery fire, fortunately, the vehicle-mounted artillery on tanks and heavy armored vehicles is direct-aiming artillery fire, and after replacing them with piercing and armor shells, it is enough to destroy these fortifications. However, in order to aim better, the vehicles stopped moving forward in order to increase their accuracy. The chariot stopped, and the infantry behind pulled out the skirmish line and continued to attack.

Without the cover of the chariots, the soldiers had to face the resistance of the Japanese army, although a series of strikes made the Japanese firepower on the position much weaker, but there were still soldiers who were shot and fell during the attack. There were still a hundred meters from the Japanese position, and the fighters fell even more, and then the order to retreat was handed down, and for a time the infantry retreated first, and the chariots also retreated after the fighters withdrew.

This attack was a tentative attack arranged by Liu Yunfei, deputy commander of the 271st Brigade, and the purpose was to draw out all the firepower points on the Japanese position. After figuring out all the firing points on the Japanese positions, another round of shelling against the Japanese firing points began. This heavy artillery bombardment was very targeted, and not the last full-scale bombardment.

It took another half an hour for the bombing to stop, and this time the losses of the Japanese positions were even more serious. After the shelling, the second offensive began, still those tanks were in front, and a regiment of infantry followed. Unlike last time, this time there were several bazooka squads in the infantry. The chariots fired at the fortifications on the rocky walls of the mountainside as they advanced, and the heavy machine guns were not idle, constantly suppressing the remaining Japanese troops on the ground.

After the last round of attacks, the Japanese firepower points on the mountain wall have been destroyed a lot, and the chariots are bombarded with ease, and there is no need to deliberately stop and aim before attacking, and the soldiers no longer need to charge alone. And the * of the bazooka group at a distance of two hundred meters, the accuracy is quite good, and these * are also big killers for destroying the fire points of the Japanese army.

The attack was successful, the chariots rushed all the way to the mountain pass, and the soldiers behind also successfully rushed into the Japanese position, and after some hand-to-hand combat, a Japanese infantry brigade on the position at the mountain pass was completely annihilated. After occupying the mountain pass position, the gate into the mountain had been opened, and Wang Haitao saw that it was almost evening, so he ordered the attack to be stopped, and the whole army camped on the spot.

The 90th Division was attacking the position of Yumu Mountain, and the other two divisions were not idle, and after advancing two kilometers in the direction of Yunpan Mountain and Shiniufeng respectively, they rushed to repair the fortifications on the spot. Fortifications such as bunkers can't be repaired in a hurry, but digging a few trenches and putting some sandbag fortifications on it is not much of a problem. In the rear of the two divisions were artillery positions of two heavy artillery regiments.

The soldiers marched for most of the day, and then the 90th Division attacked the Japanese positions, and the other two divisions were exhausted from repairing the fortifications, but the morale of the soldiers was very high. Needless to say, the 90th Division captured the Japanese formation at the mountain pass, and the other two divisions were also grinding their fists for the big battle that would come tomorrow. Wang Haitao returned to the temporary camp and called Tang Longzai, Tang Yikuan, and the three division commanders over, reminding them to prevent the Japanese air raid tomorrow.

In the evening, in the Japanese headquarters in Hengyang, Lieutenant General Yamamoto Mitsuo, commander of the 3rd Division, and Chief of Staff Fukuyama Kanbang Daishi, division commander of the 39th Division, Lieutenant General Sukita Laishiro, chief of staff Asami Kikuo Osa, commander of the 68th Division, Lieutenant General Sakuma, chief of staff Harada Sazaburo Osa, and others gathered together.

He said, "Ladies and gentlemen, Commander Isamu Yokoyama has placed great hopes on us in this battle. Now the Chinese army, as planned, has entered our encirclement. Tomorrow our three divisions will attack the Chinese army in the encirclement. Let me remind you that this Chinese army in the encirclement, known as the First Chinese Army, is not only extremely well-armed and quite combat-ready, but they also have a large number of huge tanks, which are difficult to deal with. You must attack it at all costs. Tomorrow morning our air warriors will also come to support, and the artillery units of all departments will also bombard it with all their might. Here's wishing us success in this battle together. ”

As soon as Yamamoto Sano finished speaking, Lieutenant General Sakuma, the commander of the 68th Division, stood up and said: "Yamamoto-kun, when attacking the Shina troops tomorrow, Sumita-kun is ready to let the cavalry wing of the 39th Division take the lead in the charge. There was no cavalry in my division, and I asked Yamamoto-kun to transfer the cavalry wing of the 3rd Division to me for command. "The 68th Division, a type B division, is not equipped with cavalry, Lieutenant General Saburo Yamamoto thought about it for a while, and agreed to Lieutenant General Sakuma's request.

The commanders then discussed some of the methods to be adopted in the attack, what kind of situation would arise, how to deal with it, and so on. This can also be seen that the Japanese army attached great importance to Wang Haitao's troops. There was also the shock of Lieutenant General Yamamoto Mitsuo after the 90th Division took the Yamaguchi position without much time, and Lieutenant General Yamamoto Mitsuo was in the Yamaguchi position, but the strength of an infantry brigade was arranged, and there were fortifications that had been prepared for more than ten days available.

The next morning, the 90th Division was preparing to continue the offensive when the sound of planes was heard in the air. The troops that had been prepared for a long time immediately dispersed and hidden, and at the same time all anti-aircraft weapons were prepared. Perhaps knowing that the Chinese army has many anti-aircraft weapons, this time the Japanese army dispatched two flying teams at once, and the planes did not dive and bomb, but began to drop bombs at high altitudes.

However, the 37 mm caliber twin antiaircraft gun in Wang Haitao's hand had an effective firing height of 3,000 meters, but the Japanese planes did not fly above 3,000 meters at the beginning. This high-altitude bomb is not accurate.

However, Wang Haitao's troops gathered in such a small space, and many of the bombs and bombs dropped by Japanese planes fell on the troops, no matter how inaccurate they were. For a time, the ground was filled with gunsmoke and fires. Fortunately, Wang Haitao had camouflaged the heavy artillery positions and the armored brigade tanks in advance, and although the heavy artillery and tanks also suffered losses, the losses were not large.

It took 40 minutes for the Japanese planes to move in the air before they finished dropping all the aerial bombs and bombs they carried, and the antiaircraft artillery units on the ground desperately fought back against the bombardment, and only then did they destroy and damage eight Japanese planes. As soon as the Japanese planes left, they heard a roar in the distance, and the earth began to tremble again. As soon as the experienced officer heard this, he shouted: "Quickly enter the position, the cavalry of the little Japanese is charged!"

Sure enough, as soon as the troops hurriedly rushed into the position from their hiding places, they saw the Japanese cavalry charging from the north and southeast at the same time. First of all, the artillery began to exert its might, and one heavy artillery shell after another fell in the ranks of the Japanese cavalry, and the Japanese cavalry turned on their backs, and then the light and heavy machine guns on the position also began to roar.