Before the establishment of Zhang Lingfu's 547th Regiment, some of them were defeated by other units, and some of them were supplementary recruits. When Zhang Lingfu first took over this regiment, because he had just come out of prison and was leading such a regiment composed of miscellaneous troops, he couldn't help but be disheartened. It was Wang Haitao, the teacher at that time, who treated him as a cronie and took care of him in many ways, which allowed him to regain his confidence, for which Zhang Lingfu was very grateful to Wang Haitao for his kindness.

It was Wang Haitao's words and deeds and war philosophy that allowed Zhang Lingfu to learn a lot of combat methods that he had never been exposed to before, coupled with Wang Haitao's continuous support and his own ability, which allowed Zhang Lingfu to keep up with other regiments of the 90th Division in a short period of time, and after more than a year of campaigning, he made a lot of military achievements, making the 547th Regiment the main force of the 90th Division.

Now that Brigade Commander Tang has handed over such an important position to his own 547th Regiment, this is a trust in himself and the 547th Regiment, and he must not live up to the trust of the brigade commander. In fact, the small Japan on the other side is just a three-wing B division, and the total strength of the army is less than 20,000 horses, and the two brigades and heavy artillery regiments on its own side are almost more than 10,000 people, and the weapons and equipment are even more than that of small Japan.

However, if you are not afraid, you must be prepared for what you should prepare, and as the military seat often says, you must look down on the enemy strategically, and pay attention to the enemy tactically. Now that everything is ready, let little Japan come, and let little Japan know the power of the 90th Army. At this time, Zhang Lingfu was looking forward to the Japanese attack.

Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma led a large group of men and horses to the town of Taoling, and then he didn't care about resting, and immediately rushed to the position of the first wing with the captains of the other two infantry wings under him. Masaharu Honma also gasped after observing the entire defenders' positions. This position is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the defenders on the position are the 90th Army, which is known as the first army of the Chinese branch, so it is very difficult.

In fact, the strength of the field artillery wing of the 27th Division is still not weak, and when the 27th Division was formed, 24 Taisho four-year 150-caliber field howitzers were specially transported from the Japanese mainland to strengthen them. At present, the 27th Artillery Wing of the 27th Division not only has 12 75-caliber field guns, 12 91-caliber 105-caliber field guns, but also these 24 150-caliber field guns.

In addition, specialized separate mortar brigades were added to each of the three infantry wings, with eighteen heavy mortars of 150 calibers. These are also the confidence of Lieutenant General Honma Masani to dare to attack alone with his own division. Returning to the temporary headquarters of the division in Momoling Town, Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma held an operational meeting.

At the meeting, the commander of the Honma Masaharu Division consulted with his subordinates and made a decision to attack the peaks on the left and right sides of the road with the 1st and 2nd Brigades of the 2nd Wing, respectively, and the 1st Wing as the main force to attack the defenders' positions on the road. The offensive in all three directions had to begin at the same time, so that the Chinese army could not support each other. The artillery wing of the division, the 150 field howitzer and the artillery of the 1st company were used to support the attack on the road front, the 75 caliber field artillery and the artillery of the 2nd company supported the attack on the left, and the artillery of the 105 field artillery and the 3rd company was used to support the attack on the right.

With this decision in place, officers at all levels left the headquarters one after another and went separately to prepare for the attack, and Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma reported the situation here to Commander Okamura Ninji by telegram. Okamura Ninji replied in a reply telling Masaharu Honma that he would send planes to the 27th Division to help in the battle. This reply undoubtedly reassured Lieutenant General Masaharu Honma, who was a little uneasy.

At one o'clock in the afternoon, Japanese artillery suddenly launched an artillery bombardment of the positions of the 547th Regiment on the two high ground and on the side of the road. Tang Longzai and Zhu Gangwei, the two brigade commanders, stood on the top of the mountain at the same time, paying attention to the actions of the Japanese army. Tang Longzai looked at the Japanese army with a telescope, and said to Li Guiyong, the commander of the artillery battalion beside him: "Old Li, do you think little Japan is preparing to attack three positions at the same time?"

Li Guiyong was also observing the Japanese troops with a telescope and replied: "Brigade seat, I look at it, otherwise I would not have shelled three positions at the same time." Tang Longzai snorted coldly and said: "I think little Japan doesn't know the strength of our 90th Army, so it attacks in three ways? Li Guiyong continued: "Yes, if we concentrate on attacking in one place, it may be difficult for us to deal with it, but now it is no fun at all." ”

Tang Longzai didn't say anything anymore, and after observing for a while, he said: "Pass the order, let the little Japan get close to the position and then fight, the military seat means to eliminate these little Japan as much as possible, then let it get closer and fight it well, don't scare them away." "Tang Longzai's order was conveyed from below. The 272nd Brigade did not take the Japanese army seriously, and the 276th Brigade was relieved to see that the Japanese army was preparing to attack in three directions.

The 276th Brigade could not be compared with the 272nd Brigade in terms of numbers and weapons and equipment, only two regiments were not yet full, and the total strength of the brigade was less than 3,000 people, and the baggage battalion had to be left in the county town, and there were only about 2,500 people on the position.

At present, most of the soldiers in the unit still use Hanyang-made rifles, and each squad has a Japanese-style "crooked-handled" light machine gun, and a submachine gun is considered a good weapon. The platoon had two Czech light machine guns and two Japanese heavy machine guns, and the German-made heavy machine guns were only equipped with four at the company level. However, one battalion had a firepower company composed of eight mortars, four German-made heavy machine guns, four German-made light machine guns, and ten submachine guns, which also greatly improved the overall combat effectiveness of the 276th Brigade.

Like the 386th Heights, the 276th Brigade set up the first line of defense on the mountainside less than 100 meters from the foot of the mountain, and built another line of defense every 80 meters from the first line of defense upwards, making a total of four lines of defense. Further up the four lines of defense, there are only two lines of defense formed by using natural terrain, and the line of defense more than 100 meters from the top of the mountain can be said to be a natural danger.

A ridge with a length of more than 20 meters and a width of less than five meters is the only way to go to the top of the mountain, and there are cliffs on both sides of the ridge. On a platform further up from here, all 18 Japanese-style 75 mountain guns of the 276th Brigade are arranged here, and these 18 mountain guns are the trophies of many battles and are the treasures of the 276th Brigade.

At the same time as the Japanese shelling, three infantry squadrons entered the attack positions, and after the shelling was over, they were to attack three positions at once. Covering their attack were four Type 92 infantry guns and six 90 mortars from the artillery squadron of the brigade, plus eight heavy machine guns from the machine gun squadron.

The Japanese army's 20-minute artillery bombardment did not cause much damage to the fortifications on the two high grounds, and the 150 howitzers brought some damage to the fortifications on the positions of the 547th Regiment. Fortunately, the officers and men were hidden in the anti-artillery holes, and there were no personnel losses.

Zhang Lingfu was in the anti-artillery hole, listening to the explosion of shells on the position, and his face changed and said: "The power of this shell of Little Japan is not small, it is not like the shell of a seven-five-caliber artillery. Tang Jianqiang, the commander of the firepower battalion beside him, responded: "Tuanzao, listen to this explosion, at least an artillery shell with a caliber of more than 120 mm." ”

Zhang Lingfu asked again: "Then can our bunker and anti-artillery hole withstand such a shell bombardment?" Tang Jianqiang replied: "If it is a direct hit, the bunker will not have a problem withstanding five shells, and there is no need to worry much about the anti-artillery hole, the soil layer on it is thick enough, and the roof of the cave has been reinforced, this kind of artillery fire is fine." Tang's strong answer relieved Zhang Lingfu's heart.

After 20 minutes of shelling, the explosion of shells on the position was sparse, Zhang Lingfu was about to go to the position to have a look, but was stopped by the commander of the first battalion, Du Haifeng, Du Haifeng said: "Tuanza, little Japan should not send many people up for the first attack, and besides, there are mines laid outside the position, I just take a company to the position, and you don't have to go up to the regimental seat." After speaking, Du Haifeng ordered in the walkie-talkie: "One battalion and one company will all go to the position, and the rest of the soldiers will serve in place." After giving the order, Du Haifeng took the lead in drilling out of the anti-artillery hole, and the soldiers of the company behind him followed him closely and drilled out.

Du Haifeng led his soldiers along the traffic trench, braving sporadic artillery fire to rush to the position, to the trench, to see that the female wall in front of the trench was partially blown down, but most of them were still intact. The soldiers stood behind the women's wall, sticking out of their guns from the firing holes. Du Haifeng, on the other hand, got into a bunker, in which there was a Type 67 heavy machine gun and a Type 54 light machine gun, as well as a squad of soldiers.

When he came to the firing port, Du Haifeng raised his telescope and looked at the position, the barricades and barbed wire fences arranged on the road in front of the position were damaged a lot by the Japanese artillery fire, revealing gaps one after another, and the Japanese troops were moving forward along the road in the farther places. Du Haifeng took a closer look and judged that it was an infantry squadron of the Japanese army that was attacking, so he ordered the fire point of the hidden fort not to fire, and the other soldiers obeyed the order to fire.

To say that Du Haifeng, the infantry of this squadron, really didn't take it seriously, and as soon as the fire on the positions on both sides was flanked, this infantry squadron could only come and send him to death. Du Haifeng used a walkie-talkie to get in touch with the position on the other side, and on the other side of the position were the soldiers of the second battalion defending, and the commander was Gao Guangshi, the commander of the second battalion. Coincidentally, Gao Guangshi's side also sent a company into the position, and Du Haifeng reiterated the order of the second battalion to stand and open fire after his position opened fire, of course, this order was given by the regiment commander Zhang Lingfu.

When the Japanese infantry squadron reached a distance of 200 meters from the defenders' position, it encountered roadblocks and barbed wire, but fortunately, the artillery fire had partially destroyed the barricades and barbed wire, so the infantry squadron easily crossed the destroyed barricades and barbed wire and continued to advance. Not going far, the Japanese soldier who was walking in front stepped on an anti-infantry mine.

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