"Nani?"

Nakamura Zhenxiong looked at the ghost soldier who reported the situation in front of him, and roared angrily: "How is it possible? ”。

"There is an enemy army in the peak of Meow to set up an ambush to block it, and your vanguard unit was suddenly strafed by enemy fire, with more than 20 casualties?"

The devil soldier sent back by the devil vanguard who walked in front said heavily: "Yes, Your Excellency General." ”。

"On the peak of the meow peak, the enemy suddenly fired at our vanguard troops, and we were caught off guard, and our vanguard suffered more than 20 casualties. It was observed that on the Meow Peak Pass and the two peaks on both sides, there were positions built by enemy troops, but we did not find them because of the influence of night! ”

When Nakamura Zhenxiong heard this, his face suddenly changed.

Afterwards, Nakamura Zhenxiong immediately said to the chief of staff on the side, Kita Taijiro: "Kita-kun, map! ”。

"Yes, Division Commander."

Kido Taijiro immediately waved his hand, and a devil staff officer on the side immediately took out a map from the document bag he was carrying and unfolded it with Kita Taijiro.

Another devil staff officer immediately took out a flashlight to illuminate the map, and Nakamura Zhenxiong immediately looked at the military map that illuminated it.

"There are large and small meow peaks, the north is the big meow peak, the south is the small meow peak, between the two peaks is the mountain pass, the width is only about six meters."

Nakamura Zhenxiong looked at the parameters marked as Meow Peak on the map, and said with a frown: "The altitude of the Big Meow Peak is more than 400 meters, and the Small Meow Peak is only more than 300 meters. ”。

"But looking at this parameter, the two peaks are steep, condescending, easy to defend and difficult to attack!"

After a pause, Nakamura Zhenxiong said to Kita Taijiro, as well as the commander of the 9th Brigade, Jio Sato, the commander of the 7th Brigade, and the commander of the 7th Brigade, Shojiro Yoshikawa, and other senior officers of the devil who came over to gather after hearing the news: "Gentlemen, we are in big trouble. ”。

"Your Excellency, General."

The next person to speak out was the commander of the 7th Brigade, Yoshikawa Shojiro, with a serious expression: "It's not just a big trouble, look at the gunfire coming over, the enemy troops blocking on the two mountain peaks, the firepower is not weak. ”。

"Judging from the humble position, the enemy forces at Meow Peak are at least more than a thousand people!"

The commander of the 9th Brigade, Haruo Sato, and others all nodded silently, there must be a thousand people.

Even if there are only 1,000 enemy troops blocking Meow Peak, with the terrain of Meow Peak, it is no problem to block their army that rushes to the east of Meow Peak!

"Click!!

At this moment, the communications staff officer of Nakamura Zhenxiong's headquarters rushed over, stood in front of Nakamura Zhenxiong and saluted: "Report to Your Excellency, General Okamoto, the commander of the 15th Brigade, once again sent an urgent telegram, the troops of the Eighth Route Army besieging Shuocheng are attacking fiercely, and they have lost a total of more than 3,400 people. ”。

"Now there are only more than 3,200 people left in the 15th Brigade, and the blocking positions occupied by the defenders in various parts of the city are constantly occupied by the Eighth Route Army, and the situation is critical, request tactical guidance, request tactical guidance, request tactical guidance!"

When Nakamura Zhenxiong heard this, he dodged the telegram in the hands of the communications staff officer and read it himself under the light of the flashlight.

"Three requests for tactical guidance, it seems that the 15th Brigade of Okamoto's right is already at a critical moment.

Nakamura Zhenxiong's face was solemn, and he said, "Gentlemen, if you can't quickly return to Shuocheng this time, the 15th Brigade will probably be destroyed!" ”。

"This?"

The high-ranking officers around Nakamura Zhenxiong, Yoshikawa Shojiro, Kita Taijiro, and Sato Jio were all shocked.

"Meow Peak is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack!"

Nakamura Zhenxiong gritted his teeth and said: "And it is also a necessary place to pass through from Qingzhou City to Shuocheng, if you want to bypass the Meow Peak, not only is there no other mountain road to choose from, even if you have a choice, you have to bypass the mountains on both sides of the Meow Peak, it takes time, and it is impossible to do it without half a day." ”。

"Our opponent has choked our lifeline!"

Jio Sato and other high-ranking officers of the devil all looked at each other, and each other's eyes were solemn.

Once the detour took so much time to get back to Shuocheng, at that time, the 15th Brigade had no longer even a single person.

Otherwise, in the telegram sent by Okamoto Youichi asking for tactical guidance in Nakamura Zhenxiong's hand, there would not have been three consecutive requests for tactical guidance.

It is conceivable that Okamoto's right hand has been beaten so badly.

I made a detour and rushed back to say that the cucumber vegetables were cold.

"Your Excellency General, there is no way but to attack the peak of Meow."

Nakamura Zhenxiong's chief of staff, Kita Taijiro, spoke directly.

If it were to take a detour, the urgent telegram sent by Okamoto Youichi this time showed that the rest of the 15th Brigade in Shuocheng must be more than lucky.

Once the 15th Brigade was annihilated by the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army and other units, then these troops under the command of Nakamura Zhenxiong were now blocked between Meow Peak and Qingzhou City.

The troops behind the palace fought and retreated, and they had been following the palace less than three kilometers west of the army.

However, the troops under the personal command of Li Yunlong in Qingzhou City had already left the city to follow the imperial army brigade behind the palace.

When the time comes, the situation will be even more difficult to manage.

"Hard attack meow peak, casualties must be very large."

Nakamura said bitterly.

The topography of the meow peak can be seen on the map.

What's more, looking east from where Nakamura Zhenxiong and the other devils are currently standing, I also saw that the large and small meow peaks not far in front of me were faintly appearing in the night.

In this way, attacking the steep meow peaks of the mountain at night will inevitably cause huge casualties.

At night, the sight is not good.

What's more, the other side has already seized the commanding heights at the height of the big and small meow peaks, and the enemy army must have laid light and heavy machine guns and artillery on the big and small meow peak mountains.

In particular, the width of the pass between the peaks of the big and small meows is only about six meters.

The mountain pass was also blocked by the opponent's position head-on, and even if it hit the bottom of the mountain pass, it was covered by the enemy's crossfire on the mountain and shot, and it would definitely not be able to run away with heavy casualties.

"But Your Excellency, General."

The commander of the 9th Brigade, Jio Sato, said in a condensed voice: "If you don't attack the peak, the rest of the 15th Brigade of General Okamoto Youichi in Shuocheng will definitely not be able to withstand it for two hours." ”。

"It's twelve o'clock in the night, and we have to make a decision. If you don't attack! ”

When Nakamura Zhenxiong heard this, he said to Sato-kun: "Sato-kun, if you don't attack, what advice do you have?" ”。

In fact, Nakamura Zhenxiong knew that it was certain to attack Meow Peak and suffer heavy casualties, which was determined by the terrain of Meow Peak.

Meow Peak doesn't say that one man is a pass, but absolutely in this terrain situation, the enemy's strength of 1,000 people is enough to block the elite of the more than 9,000 imperial troops that they are now entering the east of Meow Peak.

Sato Jio didn't expect Nakamura Zhenxiong to know his thoughts at once, so he could only suggest stubbornly: "Don't attack Meow Peak, find another way, and retreat to Shuocheng." ”。

"Or, first, eat the enemy troops who are chasing us from the city of Qingzhou."

When Nakamura Zhenxiong and the others heard this, they shook their heads silently.

Among them, Nakamura shook his head and said, "This is not good. ”。

"If that happens, the 15th Brigade will eventually be wiped out before we return to Shuocheng."

Haruo Sato then fell silent, if this doesn't work, then he can really only attack Meow Peak.

After all, after passing through Meow Peak, there is only about four kilometers left from Shuocheng.

A rapid march can return to Shuocheng in about half an hour to counter-encircle the troops of the Eighth Route Army besieging Shuocheng.

At that time, not only can the rest of the 15th Brigade be relieved, but it can also counter-encircle and eat a large number of enemy troops besieging Shuocheng.

This is the biggest attraction for Nakamura.

It's just that the casualties of storming Meow Peak must be very large.

Looking at the situation of Meow Peak, the enemy army that seized Meow Peak is very likely to be Li Yunlong's troops.

Moreover, people's firepower is not weak.

And the enemy troops who went out of Qingzhou City to pursue from the city, once they saw their army turn back to attack, they would definitely retreat back to Qingzhou City.

Now, the initiative is in the hands of Li Yunlong.

"Your Excellency, General."

The commander of the 7th Brigade, Yoshikawa Shojiro, said in a condensed voice: "Or, let's talk about Meow Peak." ”。

"Concentrate all our artillery fire to bombard the meow peaks and cover the infantry for a powerful onslaught. If you can win the meow peak, you can directly pass the meow peak and kill back to Shuocheng. ”

After a pause, Yoshikawa Shojiro continued, "If it doesn't work, we can only stop the attack and find another way." ”

"That's all there is to it!"

Looking at the map illuminated by the flashlight, Nakamura Zhenxiong gritted his teeth, and then said to the chief of staff, Kita Taijiro: "Kita-kun, pass on my order, all units concentrate all the artillery, report the mortars, and aim at the enemy positions on the mountain of the big and small meow peaks and the enemy positions in the mountain pass between the two peaks, and carry out devastating artillery strikes. ”。

"The shelling lasted five minutes, and then the artillery fire was suppressed to cover the infantry charge. The attacking infantry, concentrating the strength of a large brigade, is too much, and it cannot be used! ”

The commander of the 7th Brigade, Yoshikawa Shojiro, immediately asked for battle: "Your Excellency, General, please fight." ”。

"Good! He is worthy of the brave generals of the Empire! Yoshikawa-kun! ”

Nakamura Zhenxiong nodded with satisfaction, and said to Yoshikawa Shojiro: "For the attack on Meow Peak, the 7th Brigade will dispatch one of the most elite brigades to attack it. ”。

"I will order all the light and heavy machine guns in the other units to carry out a rapid fire attack on the peak of the big and small meows to cover the charge of the infantry brigade."

Yoshikawa Shojiro said with a serious face: "Please rest assured, Your Excellency the General, you can issue a military order if you don't succeed!" ”。

"Soga!"

Nakamura Zhenxiong nodded, and then continued to Kita Taijiro: "Order the signal soldiers, call back to General Okamoto Youichi, and tell him to be sure to wait for help!" ”。

"Isn't there more than 3,200 people in his hands, so he must order every soldier in his hand, relying on the buildings in the city, to put the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who are attacking them into a distance before firing. It is necessary to use the cover of night to engage behind the enemy covertly, so as to gain time to wait for our army to return to help. ”

When Kida Taijiro heard this, he immediately said heavily, "Yes, division commander!" ”

Subsequently, Nakamura Zhenxiong said to the devil officers around him: "Prepare for shelling in two minutes!" ”。

"Hai !!"

All the high-ranking officers of the devils stood up one after another, and then dispersed.

At this time, Zhao Gang, who personally commanded the fourth battalion of the independent regiment in Meow Peak, was on the top of the big meow peak, at the observation gate of a bunker headquarters that was temporarily repaired by the soldiers of the fourth battalion, and was condescending to look at the Nakamura Zhenxiong army of devils west of the mountain.

"Commissar, the little devil is here, hahaha, he was caught off guard and killed at least twenty devils by the soldiers!"

Chen Ping'an, the commander of the fourth battalion, pointed to Zhao Gang and observed the corpse of the killed devil under the mountain, and reported.

"The fighters fought well, but it's a pity that the vanguard of the little devils reacted too quickly and retreated, otherwise, our machine gunners would definitely be able to shoot more bullets to annihilate more devils."

Zhao Gang said with a little pity.

"Not bad, Commissar."

Chen Ping'an, the commander of the fourth battalion, nodded and said.

"Nakamura Zhenxiong should organize an attack soon, and the soldiers of the fourth battalion are all ready! The shelling of the little devils should be coming soon. ”

Zhao Gang quickly put away his relaxed mood, and then said with a solemn face.

"It's ready, I've been waiting for the devil to attack."

Chen Ping'an said: "The big meow peak is divided into eight hundred, the small meow peak is also eight hundred, and I sent more than four hundred soldiers to the mountain pass between the big and small meow peaks." ”。

"In this way, it is enough to use the terrain of the large and small meow peaks to block the attack of tens of thousands of devils and horses. Anti-artillery, too, has been done. ”

Zhao Gang bowed his head and said in a condensed voice: "Soon the devils will shell our defensive positions." ”。

"The regiment commander has already called before, they have gone out of the city to follow the enemy army, and they are engaged in an exchange of fire with the troops behind the devil's hall. Zhang Dabiao, Commander Ding, and Commander Kong have already carried out a powerful attack on the devils in Shuocheng, and the current battle in the direction of Shuocheng, in about an hour, should be able to end the battle! According to Zhang Dabiao's latest telegram to the regiment commander, the 15th Devil Brigade in Shuocheng probably only has more than 3,000 devils left. ”

The fourth battalion commander, Chen Ping'an, said with a happy face: "We will block the attack, and it will be absolutely no problem to block the devil army commanded by Nakamura Zhenxiong here for an hour." ”。

"Then get ready for battle!"

Zhao Gang waved his hand and said in a condensed voice.

"Yes, Commissar."

Chen Ping'an said impressively.

And two minutes later, all the artillery, the mortar Zheno Nakamura, with a wave of his hand, gave the order to open fire.

Immediately, hundreds of meters west of the peak mountain under the night of the meow peak, on the temporary artillery position of the devil, as many as seventy or eighty artillery pieces of various types, the shells fired by the mortars, whistling with a long shell tail flame, in the night it seemed very clear to smash into the mountain between the big and small meow peaks and the mountain pass between the two peaks.

"Boom, boom!!"

The dense cannonballs, in a few seconds, had already landed on the large and small meow peaks and between the two peaks, exploding a dazzling red light.

The flames of the explosion are dazzling everywhere!

Countless shells exploded, and the mountains and woods around the peak of Meow were shaken.

The earth shakes the mountains, so much so!

"The little devil is still the same, the artillery fire goes first, there is nothing new!"

The vibration of the explosion directly shook down the dust and mud on Zhao Gang's temporary bunker headquarters, and transferred it to Zhao Gang, making him dirty, and he couldn't help but curse in his mouth.

(End of chapter)

Lewen