The Japanese troops at the gap resisted very resolutely, and because of the terrain, the heavy tanks could not rush into the gap, and could only provide fire support from a few hundred meters away. The brigade commander Wei Bin saw that the situation was extremely unfavorable, and in order to avoid greater casualties, he ordered the troops to withdraw first.

Although the effect of this attack was okay, it was a failure, and the two battalion commanders who withdrew were unwilling to find the regiment commander Wei Shaofeng. Luo Jiang, the commander of the first battalion, shouted as soon as he saw Wei Shaofeng: "Tuanzao, we can attack the city with more efforts, why let us withdraw?" Before Wei Shaofeng could reply, a familiar voice came from behind.

"I ordered the retreat, what do you have to say to me!" Listening to the voice, a few people knew that it was the brigade commander Wei Bin who was coming, and he hurriedly stood up and saluted Wei Bin, and then shouted loudly: "The brigade seat is good!" Wei Bin returned the military salute and said: "Why do you have any ideas? Luo Jiang didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of Wei Bin, but just whispered: "Luzao, it took us two battalions a long time to attack, and many brothers were killed and wounded. Seeing that we can attack the city, won't the attack in front of this retreat be in vain?"

Wei Bin said with a calm face: "You are still the commander of the main battalion, and you only think about attacking in your heart." Don't you look at the situation you are facing! The firepower on the small Japanese city wall has recovered most of it, and there are a few machine guns blocking the road at the gap, although you are only more than 100 meters away from the gap, but in the case of artillery fire cannot be supported, how many soldiers' lives do you plan to use to fill the road of more than 100 meters?"

Only then did Luo Jiang understand, and his head shrank and stopped talking. Regiment Commander Wei Shaofeng took Wei Bin's words and said: "Yes, didn't I say that you are Battalion Commander Luo, how many times have I told you? In a war, you can't always think about rushing, rushing, rushing, you also have to use your brains, the commander often says that victory cannot be won with meaningless sacrifices, and the lives of soldiers can be exchanged, don't you remember?"

At this time, Luo Jiang was completely speechless, and his head was lowered. Wei Bin ignored Luo Jiang and them, and said to Wei Shaofeng: "Commander Wei, how are the casualties of this attack?" Wei Shaofeng replied: "Report to the brigade, the casualties are not serious, thanks to the cover of heavy tanks." Wei Bin nodded and said: "Little Japan has no way to retreat, it will definitely resist desperately, Qinzhou City is not so easy to take, you must be mentally prepared to attack many times, and you can't eat a fat man in one bite." Tell me what you think of the attack below!"

Wei Shaofeng said: "Brigade seat, it can be seen from this attack that little Japan is desperate. There is more than 200 meters of open land in front of the gap, and there is no ground type to hide, and under the fire of the Japanese city wall and the gap, the troops will definitely pay a huge price if they want to break through the blockade of more than 200 meters. And the heavy artillery could not provide artillery support for fear of accidentally injuring its own people, so if we wanted to deal with the Japanese firepower points, we had to rely on ourselves. ”

Wei Bin nodded contemplatively and asked, "The analysis is good, then what do you think?" Wei Shaofeng replied: "I want the heavy fire battalion to carry mortars and attack with the troops." At a distance of 400 meters from the city wall, artillery positions and heavy machine gun positions were set up, mortars could achieve precise strikes at this distance, which were used to hit Japanese fire points, and heavy machine guns were used to suppress the Japanese troops on the city wall and in the gaps. Without the support of machine-gun fire, the Japanese army would have been much less of a threat to our attacking troops. ”

Wei Bin responded: "Yes, this method is feasible! Let me add one more point, concentrate a group of shooters to snipe the Japanese machine gunners and commanders from a long distance. I'll send you some sharpshooters from the brigade guard battalion right away. After speaking, Wei Bin looked at his watch and said, "You prepare to attack the Japanese army in an hour." Wei Shaofeng happily agreed, and as soon as Wei Bin left, Wei Shaofeng and the others got ready.

Major General Itada Jiro in the city of Qinzhou received a report that he repelled the attack of the Chinese army, but he could not easily recover. The heavy artillery position on Matouling was like a sharp sword hanging over his head, making it difficult for him to sleep. While organizing troops as reserves, ready to fill the gap at any time, Major General Itada Jiro sent a telegram to ask how Yuo Yamamoto's attack on Matouling was progressing.

At this time, Yuo Yamamoto led a force of 1,500 people to the foot of Matouling. The 546th Regiment did not build a position at the foot of the mountain, but spent a few days building a relatively strong defensive position here on the mountainside. This is a ring position that encloses half of the mountain, not only with stone blocks to build a wall more than one meter high, but also with * behind the wall to make some caves and platforms.

Three battalions were held on three sections of position, and artillery positions were built in the direction of Qinzhou City, and thirty heavy mortars were placed on the positions. The three companies of the heavy fire battalion were reinforced to three battalions, leaving the regimental guard company as a reserve. The equipment of the 90th Division was the strongest in the whole army, and although dozens of artillery pieces of the 546th Regiment of the artillery battalion failed to move with the troops, they still brought 30 heavy mortars.

In addition, the light and heavy weapons in the troops were all original goods carried from caves, and the number of light and heavy machine guns was even more staggering. The backbone of the 546th Regiment has followed Wang Haitao all the way from the Battle of Songhu to the present, and there is nothing to say about the technical and tactical level or the quality of individual soldiers. According to Wang Haitao's estimate, with this regiment guarding the position, even if the Japanese army came to the brigade, they would not be able to break through their defense line in a short time.

When he learned that the Japanese army had only dispatched more than 1,500 people and did not carry artillery and other heavy weapons, he couldn't help but despise the Japanese army. In Xiao Changxin's view, the Japanese army only dispatched more than 1,500 people, and it was a pipe dream to break through its own defense line.

However, tactically it is still necessary to pay attention to the Japanese army, Xiao Changxin called several battalion commanders over and said: "Everyone, the Japanese army has dispatched more than 1,000 people to attack our position, I believe that everyone has not taken these more than 1,000 Japanese troops in their eyes, but I still want to remind everyone that the commander is on the mountain, you all have to cheer up, don't capsize in the gutter!"

Ma Long, the commander of the first battalion, replied: "Regiment commander, you can rest assured! I will use my head to guarantee that little Japan will not be able to attack our position." Xiao Changxin nodded, and then advised: "Ma Long, your first battalion is facing Qinzhou City, it should be the main direction of the Japanese army's attack, don't be careless!" Ma Long and several other battalion commanders made assurances before returning to the army to prepare to meet the enemy.

Yuo Yamamoto knew that the situation was urgent, and when he reached the foot of the mountain, he didn't care about letting the troops rest, so he ordered the whole group to attack the mountain. The mountain of Matouling was not precipitous, and the Japanese army began to climb up the hillside. When they were about to reach the mountainside, an open field suddenly appeared in front of the Japanese army, which was 150 meters wide, and at the end was a semicircular stone wall, which should be the defensive position of the Chinese army.

Yuo Yamamoto received the report from his subordinates, hurried to the front and was stunned, the Chinese army was obviously prepared, looking at the length of the stone wall, I am afraid that there is not much possibility to bypass, it seems that only by taking this position, can we continue to attack to the top of the mountain. Yuo Yamamoto could only prepare his men for the attack, and set up four Type 92 infantry guns and twelve mortars with the artillery squadron.

The position that Yamamoto faced was exactly the position of Ma Long's 1st battalion, and the weapons of the 1st Company, 2nd Company, and Heavy Firepower Company on the position all stretched out of the shooting holes, and dozens of light and heavy machine guns were enough to completely block the open field in front of him. As soon as Yamamoto gave the order, the Japanese small artillery fired, and the shells fell on the positions of the first battalion in an instant.

The officers and men of the 1st battalion were very experienced, and in the face of the Japanese shelling, none of them panicked, and all of them quietly lay down in the fortifications and bunkers and did not move. Within a few minutes of the Japanese artillery bombardment, the artillery fire of the 546th Regiment Artillery Battalion counterattack arrived, and the 30 heavy mortars were full of power, and the Japanese army was stunned at once, and before the Japanese could react, those small artillery pieces were completely lost.

Yuo Yamamoto was shocked and angry, he didn't expect that the Chinese army would have such strong artillery fire, and his artillery was completely lost in a short period of time, completely losing its combat effectiveness. Without the cover of artillery fire, but the other side has fierce artillery fire, how should we attack now? Yuo Yamamoto suddenly made a difficulty. After being stunned for a while, Yuo Yamamoto decided to attack, so a squadron of infantry opened a skirmish line and attacked the position.

When all the infantry of this squadron entered the open field, Malone shouted: "Fire!" The charging and sharp spears in his hands took the lead and fired a string of bullets. Then the light and heavy firepower on the position was fully opened, and after sweeping down a piece of Japanese troops, the rest of the Japanese troops were suppressed and lay on the ground and did not dare to raise their heads, and fired back at the position indiscriminately, but no one knew where the bullets would fly.

The sound of gunfire on the mountainside reached the top of the mountain, and Tang Shanhu ran to Wang Haitao's side and said: "Military seat, the 546th Regiment below should have exchanged fire with Little Japan." Here is our heavy artillery regiment watching, is the military seat going down the mountain first to go back to the military headquarters?" Wang Haitao looked at Tangshan Tiger and smiled, he knew that Tangshan Tiger was definitely not afraid of little Japan, but out of concern for his own safety, he would ask this question.

Wang Haitao said lightly: "It's okay, there are 546 regiments here, and Little Japan can't attack it." "The reason why Wang Haitao is still here is that he is ready to let the heavy artillery of the heavy artillery regiment provide artillery support for the siege of the 211th Division. In Wang Haitao's plan, the attack of the 210th Division at the North Gate was more to attract the strength of the Japanese defense, and it was best to attack the city, and it would be nothing if it was blocked, and the 211th Division's surprise attack on the West Gate.

After the battle at the North Gate began, Wang Haitao sent a telegram to Li Changwu asking about the location of the 211th Division. Li Changwu replied that the 211th Division had approached Qinzhou City, asking for instructions on when to launch an attack on Qinzhou City. Wang Haitao immediately telegraphed back, asking Li Changwu to launch a surprise attack on the west gate of Qinzhou City at 12 o'clock in the afternoon, and he would provide artillery support to the 211th Division at that time.