One of the purposes of Wang Haitao's visit to Pingxiang City was to encourage the 93rd Division, and today's meeting was regarded as partially fulfilling his purpose, and the content of the next meeting was that Wang Haitao inquired about the supply of military supplies, the situation of weapons and ammunition reserves, and whether there were any difficulties. The officers who were questioned answered Wang Haitao's question.

After the meeting was dismissed, Li Yuanhong led Wang Haitao to the combat command room, which had a sand table model of the entire Pingxiang City and its surroundings, and you could intuitively see the form of the enemy and us. There were still many officers in the combat command room who were busy, and when they saw Wang Haitao and his entourage coming in, they all hurriedly stood up and saluted. After Wang Haitao returned the salute, he motioned for everyone to continue to be busy, and then walked to the sand table and watched carefully, and Li Yuanhong and Mu Suzhong were also standing on the left and right sides beside him.

From the sand table, it can be clearly seen that Pingxiang City is surrounded by mountains, and there is only one road from the direction of Vietnam to reach Pingxiang City, and this road also zigzags through the mountains. Red flags indicating the defenders were planted on several hills on both sides of the road, and yellow flags indicating Japanese troops were basically at the pass of the Sino-Vietnamese border mirror.

Wang Haitao said to Li Yuanhong: "Division Commander Li, let's introduce the deployment of the 93rd Division and the current confrontation between the two armies. Li Yuanhong picked up the long pole, pointed to the sand table and said: "Military seat, the garrison situation in Pingxiang City is like this, the outer position of Pingxiang City is garrisoned by the 277th Brigade, and the road from the Sino-Vietnamese border to the periphery of Pingxiang City is garrisoned by the 278th Brigade. Pingxiang City was garrisoned by the division guard regiment, baggage regiment, and armored regiment. The position of the division's heavy artillery regiment was arranged in the Orchid Valley, two kilometers north of the city. ”

Then he pointed to the two peaks not far from the pass and said: "Now the place where the two armies are fighting is here, Daqing Mountain on the left side of the highway and Fengwei Mountain on the right. These two mountains sandwiched the Sino-Vietnamese highway in the middle, and the Japanese army had to occupy these two positions in order to pass through the road. Daqingshan is garrisoned by the 571st Regiment of the 278th Brigade, and Fengweishan is garrisoned by the 572nd Regiment of the 278th Brigade. ”

Wang Haitao saw that in addition to the red flags on the sand table, there were also two peaks on the side of the highway behind with red flags. And there are more red flags on the periphery of Pingxiang City, and there are red flags on almost all the hills near the highway. Wang Haitao made a rough calculation: There are four blocking positions on the road about 30 kilometers from the pass where the Japanese army is located to the periphery of Pingxiang City, and there are also six positions on the periphery of Pingxiang City.

Wang Haitao had not yet gone to the position to inspect on the spot, and with this sand table, he had great confidence in the 93rd Division to hold Pingxiang City. After Li Yuanhong's introduction, Wang Haitao smiled and said, "Yes, the layout is very good." If Little Japan wants to capture Pingxiang City, I'm afraid it's unlikely, but you can't be careless. You can't be careless about Jingzhou!"

Next, Wang Haitao spent another three days inspecting the outer positions of Pingxiang City, and Wang Haitao was very satisfied with the construction of the positions, and the 93rd Division, the main division that had followed Wang Haitao for many years, had a set of positions to build, and even Wang Haitao could not find any fault. In the end, Wang Haitao went to the position of the 278th Brigade and met with Huang Gang, the commander of the 278th Brigade, and his officers and soldiers.

Originally, Wang Haitao wanted to go to Daqingshan to have a look, but Li Yuanhong and they were stopped alive or dead, and Wang Haitao had no choice but to give up. Five days later, Wang Haitao returned to Longzhou City under the farewell of Li Yuanhong and others. As soon as they returned to the military office in Longzhou City, Tang Renli and Zhao Zhongwu rushed over. Zhao Zhongwu held a telegram in his hand, and said to Wang Haitao with a smile: "Junzuo, good news, I just received a call from Deputy Army Commander Tang Zuozuo, our army in Shangsi County has won a great victory!"

Wang Haitao was also a little excited when he heard this, and took the telegram and read it. After reading it, Wang Haitao smiled and said: "Great, this is really timely rain! This victory will be of great benefit to stabilizing the hearts of the people in Longzhou City." Renli, you immediately make a poster, let people post it all over the city, and vigorously publicize this great victory. Tang Renli also replied with a dangerous smile: "Yes, military seat, I will do it immediately." ”

Two hours later, notices of the great victory of Shangsi County were posted in the streets and alleys of Longzhou City, and the people of Longzhou learned that a division of the 90th Army in Shangsi County had defeated the attacking Japanese army and annihilated more than 6,000 Japanese troops, and cheers and firecrackers rang out in the city. The entire city of Longzhou discussed and spread the news of the 90th Army's defeat of Little Japan.

At this time, in Shangsi County, the Japanese army, which had converged with the Taiwanese mixed brigade, was preparing to continue to attack Chongzuo City. Commander Masaharu Honma stood in front of the map, thinking about how to launch an attack on Chongzuo City. Now that he has more than 40,000 troops at his disposal, and with the assistance of a chariot brigade and two heavy artillery brigades, it is still not a big problem to capture Chongzuo City with the troops at his disposal, with the idea of Commander Masaharu Honma.

Finally, Commander Masaharu Honma made the decision to advance to the city of Sozo. The Taiwanese mixed brigade was in front, and the main force of the 16th Division was separated by a few kilometers. It is about 120 kilometers from Shangsi County to Chongzuo City, although the road is also mainly a mountain road, but the road surface has been repaired by the 90th Army, and the situation is not bad. When the Taiwan Mixed Brigade handed over the defense of Qinchuan with the 48th Division, it had already learned from the 48th Division that the combat effectiveness of the 90th Army was quite strong, so it was also cautious along the way.

However, in addition to being attacked and harassed by a small reconnaissance detachment of the reconnaissance brigade along the way, they did not encounter the resistance of the Chinese army. It took two days for the Taiwan Mixed Brigade to reach Jiangzhou Town, 15 kilometers away from Zhengzuo City, and the first defensive position of the 211th Division stationed in Chongzuo City was set up on Woyan Mountain, not far from Jiangzhou Town.

Woyan Mountain is close to the road to Chongzuo City, it is a rocky mountain, the vegetation is not lush, but the mountain is steep, and it is very difficult to climb. The 878th Regiment of the 462nd Brigade of the 211th Division was stationed on this Woyan Mountain. There are many places where Woyan Mountain can set up positions, and some natural dangerous places can be held without placing many troops, and Tang Yu, the commander of the 878th Regiment, made full use of the terrain of Woyan Mountain.

The 878th Regiment set up more than 20 defensive points from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain, and the strength of each place was not much. Only when the slope of the mountain slowed down and the terrain was relatively open, did Tang Yu arrange a battalion of troops. The 878th Regiment itself has eight 120-caliber heavy mortars, as well as nearly 100 mortars of other calibers and calibers. In order to facilitate their blockade of the road under the mountain, Tang Longzai transferred four 85mm caliber cannons from the heavy artillery regiment.

The 878th Regiment used these artillery pieces to block the road below the mountain and could strike at the attacking Japanese troops. After the reconnaissance unit in front of the Taiwan Mixed Brigade discovered the defensive position of the Shina people on Woyan Mountain, they immediately reported it to the brigade commander, Major General Sadanao Ishimoto. Major General Sadamao Ishimoto immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing, the 1st Infantry Wing to move forward and prepare for the attack, and the Mountain Artillery Wing to choose a suitable position to set up an artillery position.

The commander of the 1st Infantry Wing, Ma Yuan Jiuzhi, immediately took the 1st Infantry Wing out to the foot of Woyan Mountain, and when the troops were preparing for the attack, he chose a place to observe Woyan Mountain with a telescope. This observation Ma Yuanjiu helped Dazuo couldn't help but gasp, the mountain in front of him was a very steep rocky mountain, and the position chosen by the people of China made good use of the terrain.

The position of the Chinese army was selected on a broken wall, which was about three meters high, like a wall, and there was no need to climb it without a ladder. The broken wall is still relatively long, and if you want to go around, you have to turn a long way around the foot of the mountain. However, there were not many troops on the positions of the Chinese people, and there were about two or three hundred men. Seeing the shape of the ground, Ma Yuan Jiuzhi helped Dazuo immediately order someone to cut down trees and make ladders, ready to be used to climb this broken wall.

Before using a ladder to climb the broken wall, Ma Yuan Jiuzhi asked the brigade commander to use mountain artillery to shell the broken wall and the positions of the Chinese Army on the broken wall. The brigade commander, Major General Sadamao Ishimoto, agreed to this request and ordered the mountain artillery wing to open artillery for bombardment. Not long after, the 48 mountain guns of the mountain artillery wing opened fire, and the cannons and shells flew towards the defensive positions.

On the position was a platoon of the 1st Battalion, 1st Company, 2nd Company and Heavy Firepower Company of the 878th Regiment on the defensive. Woyan Mountain is a rocky mountain, the terrain is very dangerous, but the position is also difficult to repair. In order to build a few anti-artillery holes, the 878th Regiment used a lot of explosives and medicine packs to blow up a few anti-artillery holes on the mountain that could accommodate all the soldiers.

As soon as the Japanese opened fire, the soldiers on the positions took refuge in the anti-artillery holes. This anti-artillery hole is difficult to repair, but it is also very strong after repair, and the Japanese artillery and shells directly smashed on it, and only some stones fell down, which could not destroy the anti-artillery hole at all. The Japanese bombarded for 20 minutes, and except for a few more holes in the broken wall, the whole thing remained there.

Seeing that the artillery bombardment was not fruitful, Ma Yuan Jiuzhi could only order an infantry squadron to set up a ladder and rush towards the broken wall. When the Japanese stopped shelling, the soldiers of the first company entered the position, and the company commander Liu Erbao immediately ordered to open fire when he saw the Japanese troops rushing up with a ladder. Several light and heavy machine guns were fired at once, and the Japanese troops who rushed in front fell one by one.

Ma Yuan Jiuzhi was observing the attack in the back, and when he saw the machine gun in the position, his heart sank, and he immediately ordered the mortars and Type 92 infantry guns in the wing to open fire to suppress the machine gun fire points on the position. As soon as the Japanese small artillery fired, casualties immediately appeared on the position. On the stone ground, there is no way to dig trenches, so the soldiers can only build up stones as covers, but the protection of this kind of bunker is poor, and the casualties are normal.

Liu Erbao did not have a mortar in his hand, so he could not return fire against the Japanese artillery bombardment, so he could only grit his teeth and fight against the Japanese artillery fire. There was not much time, three of the four heavy machine guns were blown up, and the fighters were killed and wounded. However, the firepower on the position did not weaken much, and the * and semi-automatic rifles in the hands of the soldiers gave full play to their power, suppressing the attacking Japanese troops and making it difficult to move an inch.