"General Liu Zhi's beloved nephew is really extraordinary, withstanding the attack of a division of the Japanese army with a battalion, which has never been done since the Anti-Japanese War?" Wang Yaowu said. "This is what surprised me, I have been fighting against the Japanese army in western Yunnan and northern Burma, and I haven't fought with the Japanese army at home for several years, and I didn't expect the quality of the Japanese army at home to drop a lot!" Bangs said a little incredulously. "It's not surprising that the little devil made enemies on all sides, and even provoked the Americans, whose strength was already stretched, and a large number of child soldiers were recruited into the army, both the quality of the soldiers and the will to fight have dropped a lot, in my opinion, this little Japan will not be able to hold out for a few days!" Wang Yaowu said with a smile. "The Japanese are actually quite sad, the Americans should not be provoked, and China should not be provoked, such a big country, even if the whole of small Japan is moved, it will only be in vain for ants to swallow elephants!" Bangs said. "Brother Liu is right, after the Battle of Wuhan, the Japanese began to go downhill, this Battle of Xiangxi, I think he died a miserable death!" Wang Yaowu said confidently.

"Report, the 166th Division of the Japanese Army has retreated! There was no movement in the 34th Division, and there was basically no fighting on the entire front except for a small range of contact! "The staff officer reports to Wang Yaowu." It seems that it hurt him, and he retracted it for the time being! Tell the regimental commanders and division commanders of each position, reserve ammunition, strengthen fortifications, and soon the little devils will come back in the second wave! Wang Yaowu looked at the battle report of the first phase of the Battle of Xiangxi and said. In the first stage of the Battle of Xiangxi, apart from heavy casualties, the Japanese army can be said to have gained nothing, did not break through a single city, did not break a position! "What do you think Little Japan will do next?" Bangs asked. "How can he fight, or can't get along with Furong Mountain, this Furong Mountain pinched the Hunan and Guizhou Highway, as long as Furong Mountain is not lost, the Japanese army can not break through Furong Mountain and use the Hunan and Guizhou Highway, soldiers and baggage transportation must go around the rugged roads in the mountains, time and energy are seriously consumed, and the supply line is even longer, which greatly affects the play of the Japanese army's combat effectiveness!"

Wang Yaowu is right, the biggest headache of little Japan is here, Furong Mountain is like a nail on the Xiangqian Highway, the poor Japanese army's baggage can only be replenished through the mountains, and the combat effectiveness has been sharply reduced, which is simply like a fish in the throat for the Japanese army, Wang Yaowu judged that the next attack target of the Japanese army will be concentrated near Furong Mountain! In fact, the Japanese suffered even more from Furong Mountain, and the commander of the Japanese army in Xiangxi, Ichiro Bannishi, decided to implement the old routine of frontal attack and flank detour, with the frontal attack assigned to the new combat division, the 155th Division, and the task of flank detour to the 109th Independent Wing. The 155th Division belongs to a quasi-A-level combat division, the soldiers are well-trained and have rich combat experience, Ichiro Sakanishi has high hopes for it, and the 109th Independent Wing is famous for its mobility and special attack tactics, if these two units cooperate, it is very likely to take Furong Mountain!

After passing the preparations, the Japanese army made a comeback, and the 155th Division was divided into three routes, with a scale of about 5,000 people all the way, to launch a strong attack on the frontal positions of the Chinese defenders, and the main firepower was concentrated in Furong Mountain! One of them, after crossing the water, unexpectedly launched an attack on Taohuaping, the flank outpost of Furong Mountain! Taohuaping only has one company of defenders of the Chinese army, but this one company did not show weakness in the face of thousands of Japanese attacks, made full use of its automatic weapons to shoot at the Japanese army, and even launched a counter-assault! The Japanese army that was blocked attacked like a tide, the defenders always fought to the death, and finally could not resist the Japanese army with absolute superiority in firepower and strength, and the wounded could not be withdrawn, the company commander tied * to the seriously wounded, pushed down the mountain and the attacking Japanese army to the end, and he and all the soldiers and the lightly wounded launched the last counter-assault on the Japanese army, and finally this company all died heroically, and no life was lost! This company commander did not leave his name, but his heroic actions bought time for the national army behind to prepare, and also hit the morale of the Japanese army! The commander of the Japanese army on this road ordered the collection of the hero's corpse, and all the Japanese troops collected their guns and lowered their flags, bowing and saluting!

The tragic blocking battle in Taohuaping delayed the Japanese for six hours, and the outer position of Furong Mountain, Yankoupu, which was attacked next, was hit even more violently, and the defenders of a battalion made full use of their terrain advantages and sophisticated weapons and equipment to fight with the Japanese army! The ferocious Japanese surrounded a platoon of the defenders and occupied a high ground next to it, shooting at it condescendingly! Seeing this situation, the platoon commander immediately led people to launch a counter-assault, and even rushed directly into the headquarters of a Japanese brigade. The battalion commander saw that the Japanese were beginning to make a detour, so he took the initiative to retreat, and then unexpectedly attacked a Japanese brigade on the flank, and then disappeared again. When it appeared, a squadron carrying grain on the left flank of the Japanese army was attacked, and more than 20 truckloads of grain were burned! The Japanese army had no choice but to mobilize more than 1,400 people to encircle and suppress it, but this battalion commander cunningly made a detour from the middle of the Japanese army's position and returned to the main position of Furong Mountain!

The Japanese army, which was stubbornly resisted, finally concentrated more than 5,000 people, and launched an attack on the main position of Furong Mountain with the support of artillery! In order to make the attack go smoothly, the Japanese army continued to increase the independent Second Artillery Wing to help the battle, but the tragic thing is that no matter how the Japanese attacked, they were never able to break through the resistance of the defenders, and a brigade commander was killed, and the Japanese army was demoralized, but the offensive continued! Due to the increase in the artillery power of the Japanese army, the artillery fire in the frontal position supported the ghost artillery regiment under the leadership of the ghost artillery, and the continuous reactionary coverage and accurate point shelling of the Japanese army, which made the Japanese army miserable, and finally was forced to be helpless, and concentrated all the artillery and ghost artillery regiments of the second artillery wing to face off, the ghost artillery that underestimated the Japanese artillery fire was beaten and suffered a little loss, but the angry ghost artillery found the Japanese artillery position, and directly requested air fire support, and the fourteen Chinese bombers at the Zhijiang airport took off, and several tons * Thrown on the artillery position of the 2nd Independent Wing of the Japanese Army, the Japanese artillery suffered a heavy blow! The angry captain of the second wing of the Japanese artillery scolded! Just when the two sides were facing each other and it was difficult to distinguish, the situation of the battle changed. It turned out that the 109th Independent Wing of the Japanese army took advantage of the lively battle on the main position, sneakily bypassed Furong Mountain, and launched an attack on Dongkou Town!

The Japanese wing commander at the entrance of the cave was very cunning, and after arriving at the entrance of the cave, he did not attack first, but reconnoitred around the entrance, and found the Wu Fatzi heavy artillery regiment that was here! The captain of the Japanese wing was overjoyed and decided to give up the attack on Dongkou Town and kill this heavy artillery regiment first! A large group of Japanese troops rushed up with the cover of the terrain. Wu Fatzi, who was arranging heavy artillery, was scrubbing the barrel of the cannon at this time, and when he heard the report that the Japanese army was sneaking up two hundred meters away from him, he ordered the escort battalion to start fighting immediately, and also put the ruler of the cannon directly to zero to start attacking. Satisfied with the artillery regiment does not have much combat effectiveness, a charge can be taken, but the result of this battalion commander is really not easy to mess with, with his own soldiers undisguised rushed over all the way to shoot and kill, its momentum is very sharp, as if there are a million male soldiers, coupled with Wu Fatzi's heavy artillery attack to zero, as a result, the sneak attack of the Japanese army was beaten and fled! The captain of the 109th Wing did not take advantage of it, but exposed himself. The commander of the 109th Wing ordered an attack on the town of Dongkou, the defenders of the cave entrance were the 57th Regiment of the 19th Army, and they took advantage of them to take advantage of the extremely difficult terrain to build the position on the mountain beam layer by layer like a shelf, and set up a deer bar to cover the gun position, and the front of the position was a vast paddy field, the field of vision was very wide, and the light and heavy weapons were cross-fired, forming an extremely dense fire net, which caused a great obstacle to the Japanese attack. The Japanese army attacked several times under the cover of artillery fire to no avail, and finally had to launch a special attack again, more than 100 brave Japanese soldiers watched * rush in frantically with bayonets, the defenders were not fully prepared, coupled with the lack of preparation for the Japanese attack method, they were actually beaten out of the cave town by the Japanese army!

The 109th Wing of the Japanese Army, which had just occupied Dongkou Town, had not yet had time to be happy, and the main force of the 19th Army had already assembled on both sides of Dongkou Town, and the 109th Wing, which had not yet gained a firm foothold, suddenly found itself surrounded by Chinese soldiers all over the mountains, especially the angry Wu Fatzi covered one cannon after another, which made the Japanese troops occupying Dongkou Town miserable, and finally had to withdraw, but after the 109th Wing withdrew, they found that their way was cut off by the Chinese troops, As a last resort, the 19th Army was unwilling to follow the attack, so that the 109th Wing of the Japanese army was surrounded by the Chinese army. Wu Fatzi, who was taken aback by this unlucky unit, violated the regulations and personally dragged a company of four heavy guns with a car, and a company of troops came to help in the battle, and the besieged and desperate 109th Wing resisted desperately and occupied several small hills. After Wu Fatzi came, he used heavy artillery to shoot directly at the Japanese machine gun, and the result was that the Japanese soldiers who were beaten turned on their backs and were directly extinguished by the next charge of the 19th Army, the 109th Wing was destroyed, and the 109th Wing Captain committed suicide by disembowelment!

Wang Yaowu was anxious about the fall of Dongkou, because less than 20 miles away from Dongkou Town was the logistics base of the defenders, and he did not expect that the 19th Army was extremely fast, and in just four hours, the 109th Wing was completely annihilated, and he directly sent a telegram "indispensable" to the commander of the 19th Army, and the morale of the 19th Army was greatly boosted, and under the leadership of the commander, he went out to Furong Mountain to launch a counterattack against the 155th Division!