Zhao Gang cursed, and to the west of the peak of the meow peak, Nakamura Zhenxiong found a mountain with higher terrain to climb, holding a telescope to observe the bombardment of the big and small meow peaks by his own artillery fire.

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

In the night, countless cannonballs smashed like locusts at the peak of the big and small meows.

The fire of the explosion completely brightens up the entire meow peak!

"Yo Xi, the Imperial artillery fire is still very fierce!"

Nakamura Zhenxiong sneered hideously.

As far as I could see, I saw countless cannonballs smashing densely towards the peak of Meow, and Nakamura Zhenxiong's heart was still very shaken!

"Your Excellency, General!"

At this time, there was also the commander of the 9th Brigade, Jio Sato, who was beside Nakamura Zhenxiong, and I saw this old devil say loudly: "The artillery fire strikes for five minutes, and a large infantry brigade attacks fiercely, if we can't take it, will we prepare as soon as possible?" ”。

In the midst of the rumbling explosion, Nakamura Zheno heard this, so he turned his head sideways to Jio Sato and asked, "What does Sato-kun mean?" ”。

"The meaning of lowly duty is that the terrain of the big and small meow peaks is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack."

Jio Sato said with a contemplative look in his eyes: "Once the next strong attack fails, we will fight a second time, and it will be impossible to win the peak of the big and small meows." ”。

"It is suggested that when the time comes, we can only quickly turn around and attack the enemy army that comes out of Qingzhou City. Or, bypass the peak of the meow and return to Shuocheng in a roundabout way. ”

The chief of staff of the 36th Division, Kita Taijiro, who was on the side, interjected, "Sato-kun, if you bypass Meow Peak, it will take too long. ”

"Now the rest of the 15th Brigade in Shuocheng may not be able to hold out for two hours."

Sato Hakuo said: "But Kita-kun, the terrain situation of Meow Peak, and the enemy forces we have seen to seize Meow Peak, I am afraid that the success rate of the next onslaught is not great." ”。

"We need to plan ahead, plan more, and stop at the foot of Meow Peak Mountain, just take more time."

Of course, Nakamura Zhenxiong understood that what Sato Jio said was right, and immediately waved his hand to signal Kita Taijiro to stop, and then said: "Sato-kun is worried. ”。

"Actually, I understand, Sato-kun, what do you suggest?"

Sato Haruo immediately said: "Your Excellency, General, I suggest that if you attack Meow Peak next, it is not good. A second re-attack was unnecessary, as the terrain of Meow Peak was very unfavorable for us to take it. ”。

"In this way, the first option is to turn around and attack the enemy army that is pursuing us from the city of Qingzhou."

Nakamura Zhenxiong's chief of staff, Kita Taijiro, said in a loud voice, "The enemy troops who are pursuing from Qingzhou Castle will inevitably withdraw to Qingzhou Castle when they see our army turning around and attacking. ”

"Mu Duojun is right."

Jio Sato bowed his head and said: "Then, the second option is a detour!" ”。

"Detour?"

Nakamura Zhenxiong didn't expect that the second option that Sato Hakuo said was a detour, so he said in a condensed voice: "Sato-kun, where can we bypass the meow peak now, which must pass through, and quickly return to Shuocheng?" ”。

"Your Excellency, General, I want to see the map!"

Haruo Sato said immediately.

At this time, the rumbling artillery bombardment was still carrying out heavy artillery fire on the large and small meow peaks, and it was still about three minutes before an infantry brigade belonging to the 7th Brigade would attack under the cover of artillery fire.

Therefore, Nakamura Zhenxiong waved his hand directly, and after walking down the mountain, he waved his hand to let the staff officer of the army take out the map, and asked Jio Sato in the moonlight, "Sato-kun, you continue." ”。

"Hey! Your Excellency, General. ”

Jio Sato paused, then pointed to the map, and said, "Your Excellency General, look, we are here now, west of the foot of Meow Peak." ”。

"Meow Peak is only about four kilometers away from Shuocheng, and it is true that once we pass through Meow Peak, our army can march back to Shuocheng in half an hour."

After a pause, Sato Hakuo then said in a condensed voice, "But the terrain of Meow Peak is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. ”

"Once the infantry can't capture the peak of the big and small meows at once, we won't have a second chance."

Zhenxiong Nakamura and Kita Taijiro on the side both nodded in agreement, everyone understands this.

I saw Nakamura Zhenxiong motioning to Haruo Sato and saying, "Sato-kun, you continue." ”。

"Hey! Your Excellency, General. ”

Hakuo Sato said heavily: "Your Excellency General, please see, it is impossible to turn around and attack the enemy army who is pursuing us from Qingzhou City, this is a waste of time." ”。

Therefore, the attack on Meow Peak failed, and the only way to return to Shuocheng was to take a detour. It is suggested that once it is unfavorable to attack the peak of Meow, he immediately waved his division south from here, and went straight to Qianjia Town in the southeast direction of the peak of Meow, and then detoured to Shuocheng through Qianjia Town. ”

At this time, Kita Taijiro, who was standing beside Zheno Nakamura, had already immediately said: "Sato-kun means to pass through Qianjia Town and return to Shuocheng in a roundabout way. ”。

"It's just that we need to walk a full 20 kilometers to walk this road. Among them, from here to Qianjia Town, it is 15 kilometers, and then from Qianjia Town to Shuocheng, it is about 5 kilometers. ”

Kido Taijiro paused and continued, "For a distance of more than twenty kilometers, we will have to walk for at least two hours. ”

"Mu Duojun, this is also something that cannot be helped."

Sato Jio said bitterly: "This is the most suitable detour route, otherwise, my army will only be able to stumble to the peak." ”。

"But the terrain of the meow peak ......."

Nakamura Zhenxiong answered the sentence and said in a condensed voice, "The terrain of Meow Peak is not to be opened, but to block tens of thousands of imperial troops, I also know, to put it mildly, once the infantry attack is unfavorable next, there is no second chance to overcome." ”

"Your Excellency the General is wise!"

Sato Jio said concisely.

"Division Commander."

Kita Taijiro said in a condensed voice: "Take this road and detour, at least two hours. ”。

"But the rest of the 15th Brigade is now besieged by more than 10,000 elites of the Eighth Route Army in Shuocheng. The situation is extremely critical, once you take this road for too long, I'm afraid that General Okamoto will not be able to hold out for two hours! ”

Nakamura Zhenxiong's face was solemn and said, "Then there is no way." ”。

"What's more, we can't be really blocked by people at the foot of Meow Peak Mountain. Otherwise, once the rest of the 15th Brigade in Shuocheng is eaten, Li Yunlong's next target will probably be my Nakamura Zhenxiong. ”

After a pause, Nakamura Zhenxiong then said to Sato Jio and Kita Taijiro: "I have decided, once it is unfavorable to attack Meow Peak, we will immediately take the route suggested by Sato-kun and make a detour back to Shuocheng." ”。

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

Kido Taijiro and Sato Jio both said heavily, especially Kita Taijiro knew that Nakamura Zheno had already decided.

After that, Nakamura Zhenxiong personally called the communications staff officer and said to him: "You drop, immediately send another telegram to General Okamoto Youichi to inform us of our current situation." ”。

"It is very likely that we will not be able to return to Shuocheng through the peak of meow, and we will take the road of Qianjia Town to return to Shuocheng after taking the road, which may take more than two hours. Let Okamoto be right, give me two hours to hold on. ”

The Devil's Communications Staff Officer immediately said, "Hai, Your Excellency General. ”。

"Go ahead!"

Nakamura Zhenxiong waved his hand and said.

The Devil's Communication Staff Officer immediately walked away, and after returning to his position, he ordered his Devil's Communication Soldier to send a report to Okamoto Youyichi.

And while speaking, a devil soldier came to report, "Report to Your Excellency General, there is still a minute, the artillery attack will be extended and suppressed, and the infantry is ready to attack!" ”

"Got it!"

Nakamura Zhenxiong nodded, and then said to Jio Sato and Kita Taijiro: "Sato-kun, Chief of Staff, let's go and have a look!" ”。

"Hai, division commander!"

"Hay, Your Excellency, General!"

Kita Taijiro and Haruo Sato said heavily.

Then, Nakamura Zhenxiong and the other three immediately returned to the top of the mountain where they had observed the shelling before, holding binoculars to watch the large and small meow peaks not far away being hit by their own artillery fire.

A minute's time, how much time.

"The time has come! The attack brigade drawn from the 7th Brigade was ordered to attack immediately, cover with artillery fire, and kill the !! ”

Nakamura Zhenxiong waved his hand and shouted.

"Hay, Your Excellency, General!"

A ghost soldier immediately replied, and then immediately went to convey the order.

The infantry brigade drawn from the 7th Brigade, which had already been prepared for the attack, immediately used the squad as the attack tactical group, and the attack brigade composed of more than a dozen infantry squads launched a fierce attack on the big and small meow peaks.

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

"Da !!"

The devil's artillery fire was constantly covering, light and heavy machine guns and rifle fire, and constantly aimed at the peak of the big and small meows for concentrated fire and shelling.

All of a sudden, the big and small meows were hit by the devil's firepower as if it were daylight, and the fire was splashing everywhere.

On the top of Dameow Peak, Zhao Gang, who was observing the situation down the mountain from the observation mouth of the bunker headquarters, and Chen Ping'an, the commander of the fourth battalion of the Independent Regiment, looked solemn.

"Political commissar, the devil is coming up, it looks like a brigade of troops!"

Chen Ping'an pointed to the devil who was gradually approaching in the distance under the mountain, and immediately said.

"Calm down, wait until the devil gets closer."

Zhao Gang said.

"Yes!"

Chen Ping'an, the commander of the fourth battalion, also behaved very steadily, if he wanted to kill and injure the devil as much as possible, it was best to keep the devil close to the absolute range of rifles and machine guns.

Especially for the defenders, the fire of the machine gun is the most suitable for launching fire clusters when the devils need to be killed down the mountain and climb up the mountain.

And Zhao Gang is not a high-achieving student from Yenching University, and his military literacy is still not to be said.

After the devil's cluster artillery fire began, Zhao Gang was stunned and ordered the artillery and mortars brought by the fourth battalion not to fire back again, but to wait for the devil's infantry to come up.

After all, the artillery and mortars brought by the 4th battalion were not stronger than the artillery brought by the army of devils commanded by Nakamura Zhenxiong under the mountain.

At this time, Zhao Gang and Chen Ping'an were in the bunker to observe the situation under the peak of Meow Mountain.

I saw that in the night, the attacking devil brigade used the squad as a tactical attack group.

More than a dozen tactical attack squads formed a battle formation, and under the cover of artillery and machine-gun fire from the rear, the cats attacked with their waists on their waists.

It's just that the defenders of the 4th Battalion of the Independent Regiment at the foot of the big and small meow peaks and in the frontal position of the pass between the two peaks did not open fire.

"Kill the twitter, kill the twitter!!"

By the time the commander of the Devil Attack Brigade could not continue to open artillery fire in the rear to cover the artillery fire, he had already attacked less than 20 meters below the peak of the Big and Small Meow Peak, and finally ordered to run straight and charge.

Soon, more than a thousand devils launched a pig rush charge in the form of a squad.

Obviously, the little devil tried to rely on the crowd tactics to carry out a pig rush charge and attack the peak mountain of the big and small meows.

At this time, Zhao Gang had already seen the devil's charge.

"Order the artillery, bomb me hard! Machine gunner, rifleman, kill, grenade, smash me! “

Zhao Gang immediately ordered.

"Yes, Commissar."

Chen Ping'an, the commander of the fourth battalion, immediately replied, and then turned around to command.

In less than ten seconds, the soldiers of the four battalions of defenders on the Meow Peak Mountain, who had received the order, immediately pulled the trigger and attacked the devils who charged down the mountain under the counterattack of their own artillery.

"Da !!"

"Bang Bang Bang !!"

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

The sound of machine guns, rifles, and the bombardment of artillery counterattacks were intertwined one after another.

All of a sudden, the ghost soldiers who were preparing to rush to the peak of the big and small meows and were attacking upwards were immediately beaten by the fire of the defenders on the mountain at night, crying and screaming.

"Kill twitter, kill twitter, rush me, for the empire, for Your Majesty Tianhuang, kill twitter, kill the independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army! Kill! ”

The devil captain of the attack team roared angrily, holding a katana in his hand and slashing down to attack.

But at this time, if you continue to charge up and attack, you are simply a target for the defenders!

I saw the soldiers of the fourth battalion of the Independent Regiment, condescendingly, using the weapons and equipment in their hands, grenades, bullets, and artillery shells to smash down intensively.

Although the Devil Brigade attacking Meow Peak uses squads as a tactical group to attack, the defenders' firepower can be maximized in a small space.

In less than two minutes after the soldiers of the fourth battalion launched a counterattack, the corpses of the devils who were killed in front of the mountain pass between the big and small meow peaks and the two peaks were already dense.

"Hit hard, brothers!"

Chen Ping'an, the commander of the fourth battalion, personally operated a Makqin heavy machine gun on a position at Dameow Peak, and strafed the devil soldiers attacking from the bottom of the mountain.

In the night, a series of ballistics appear very clear in the night.

The peak of the big and small meow peaks is protruding to the west, and the pass between the two peaks is concave to the east.

Roughly in a triangular state, this kind of terrain defense is very conducive to the cross-coverage of the fire of the four battalions.

Before you know it, countless devils have been killed.

Nakamura Zhenxiong, Kido Taijiro and other devils who observed the attack were dumbfounded.

Although I knew that the defensive strength of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army was very strong, I didn't expect that under the terrain of the wild meow peak, the opponent's firepower was also very strong, and the favorable terrain of the meow peak was used to lay out crossfire.

Seeing that the devil brigade in charge of the attack was almost finished, Nakamura Zhenxiong hurriedly ordered, "Hurry up, order the attacking troops to withdraw from the battle, hurry up, if you don't withdraw, it's all gone!" ”

"Yes, Your Excellency!"

The ghost soldier beside Zhenxiong Nakamura immediately answered, and then hurriedly rushed away to give the order.

By the time the gunfire had completely stopped, it was already 12:18 in the morning.

(End of chapter)

Lewen