"Buzz" "......"

Dozens of planes roared from the east, and after circling over Minshan for a while, they began to bomb the positions of the Sichuan army below. Immediately afterwards, ground artillery fire launched a simultaneous attack. The "defensive" battle of Minshan thus began.

"Attack!"

"Bang Bang Bang" "......"

The combat effectiveness of the Maruyama detachment is really extraordinary, after all, it is a first-class division, Okamura Ningji's sharp knife unit. As soon as they arrived at Minshan, they launched a fierce offensive against the Minshan position defended by Wang Lingji's 72nd Army.

As soon as the Maruyama detachment went into battle, dozens of planes and artillery were dispatched to bombard the positions of the Minshan defenders indiscriminately. In an instant, thousands of shells rained down from the sky, shaking the mountain. Most of the defenders' trenches were blown up instantly, and Wang Lingji's 72nd Army suffered heavy casualties from the shelling alone.

The 72nd Army did not have decent fortifications at all, it was completely a "tofu scum project", how could such a rudimentary fortification block such a fierce shelling.

After the shelling, the positions of the defenders in front were full of mourning and miserable, and countless people were wounded.

"Help Me ......"

"Who's going to save me......"

“……”

No matter how these wounded soldiers wailed, in exchange for the snub of those comrades-in-arms who got along day and night, it was not that they didn't want to care, but that they couldn't protect themselves. As for the fighting squads and conscripts, there are even fewer and poorer, and there are not even decent field hospitals.

After the fierce bombardment by the Japanese, the Maruyama detachment took a dozen tanks as the lead, and behind the tanks were the infantry swarming under the black pressure.

Facing the Japanese tanks, the "double spearmen" of the 72nd Army were dumbfounded one by one. Not to mention the weapons and experience of fighting tanks, they have never seen these things since they were born from their mother's womb.

"Company commander, what is that, how can such a big iron shell move?"

"What does the turtle son care about? Call me! ”

"Bang! Bang! Bang! ”“……”

The soldiers who were holding the position began to use their "old sleeves" against the tanks in front, and they did not even have a decent heavy machine gun, and the result can be imagined.

The devil tank was extremely arrogant at full speed, constantly spewing sparks from the machine gun's hole, and the tracks crushed the soft ground and kept approaching the forward position.

"Brothers, rush! Blow up that Iron King Eight! ”

"Kill~"

“……”

The Sichuan troops in the position desperately rushed out of the trenches and rushed towards the tanks. In the face of a strong enemy, the officers and men of the Sichuan army had no fear, and fought hard with the strong enemy with flesh and blood.

"Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "......"

After a burst of heavy machine gun fire on the tank, countless Sichuan soldiers fell down in rows before they could get close to the tank, and the blood stained the land red for a moment.

The soldiers of the Sichuan army did not know how to fight these tanks at all, and could only use their flesh and blood to complete their mission as soldiers.

Not long after, the first line of defense of Minshan was easily broken by the Japanese army at a very small cost, and the Sichuan army suffered numerous casualties. The tanks crushed the corpses of the Sichuan soldiers and continued to attack forward, invincible all the way.

(PS: This can't help but remind me of a sentence by Okamura Ninji: One general is incompetent, and the three armies are exhausted!) )

At the headquarters of the 6th Brigade of the Japanese Army, Maruyama Masao learned that the troops at the front were easily successful, and he couldn't help but sigh: "Dealing with such a ragtag army is simply wasting my shells and gasoline."

A Nakasa on the side asked, "How are we going to fight next?"

Maruyama had a disdainful expression and ordered: "Attack on all fronts, I will take Minshan in one day!" Stick a knife in the back of the Chinese army! ”

Maruyama is fully qualified to be arrogant and disdainful of the enemy in front of him, these "twin spearmen" are a bunch of miscellaneous in his eyes.

The Maruyama detachment quickly launched an all-out attack, launching a fierce attack on all important hilltop positions in Minshan, and the 72nd was defeated on the entire line.

At this time, the headquarters of the 72nd Army thought that it was noisy, and everyone was in a hurry, as if they were facing a great enemy.

"Report, Liyu Mountain is lost!"

Report. Beacon Hill is lost! ”

Report ......

"Where is it lost again!?"

Wang Lingji has no master, and his heart is panicked. You can only calm yourself down a little by shouting loudly.

The signal soldier was a little frightened, and said in a low voice: "Xintangpu is lost."

Wang Lingji's 72nd Army's Minshan position collapsed on all fronts, and Liyu Mountain, Bijia Mountain, Xintangpu and other important places were lost one after another.

The danger of these positions is no worse than that of Jinguanqiao and Dongguling, and a division can block a division of the Japanese army and inflict heavy losses, but a single army of the Sichuan army cannot stop a brigade of the Japanese army in one day. This can only be explained by the poor equipment of the Sichuan army, the poor quality of the soldiers, and the worse commanders!

Wang Lingji kept waving his hand and ordered: "Order the troops to retreat on all fronts!" Don't keep it, don't keep it! ”

"That's not good. Everyone knows that Xue Yue, the tiger boy, can't afford to mess with his temper. ”

"Xue Yue, I'm afraid to beg! In Sichuan, Lao Tzu has the final say. At the beginning, Lao Jiang was down-and-out in Shanghai, robbing women with Lao Tzu, but he was deleted by Lao Tzu twice! ”

"Commander~ It's not what it used to be, you can't talk nonsense in the future, it's easy to lead to death."

"Got it, got it. But the troops must not be wiped out, and Lao Tzu must not die here. If Lao Tzu dies, you will raise a large group of aunts and wives? ”

The chief of staff's persuasion, Wang Lingji did not listen to it at all. If there is no army to do political capital, anyone can step on their own foot, and this is the reality.

Wang Lingji had a completely fearless expression. The Nationalist Government has moved its capital to Chongqing, Sichuan, and he is a well-known figure in Sichuan, and even the dead Liu Xiang has to call himself a "teacher". Old Jiang couldn't help himself.

Immediately, Wang Lingji ordered all the troops to withdraw, and the Minshan position was declared lost. But even the retreat was chaotic, and the troops scattered and desperately ran south. Maruyama saw the timing of the preparation and ordered the troops to disperse the pursuit at a short distance.

Now that the commanding heights have fallen into the hands of the Maruyama detachment, the left back of our Jinguanqiao defenders has been exposed to the noses of the Japanese army in the blink of an eye.

With the loss of Minshan and the sharp turn of the battle, the entire defense system of Xue Yue's First Corps will face the danger of loosening the entire line.

When the news reached the headquarters of the First Corps in Yazuiyuan, Xue Yue was taken aback. He stood in front of the striking military map in the headquarters that showed the situation of friend and foe, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

At that time, with the development of the war situation, the center of gravity of the battlefield had shifted southward. Xue Yue decided to shrink the frontal battlefield of the Nanxun Line and retreat to the second line.

Therefore, Xue Yue decisively ordered Ou Zhen's Fourth Army, Li Hansoul's 64th Army, and Li Yutang's Eighth Army, which were on standby in the Jinguanqiao area, to retreat south to the Wushimen area to enrich and strengthen the second-line defense force.

However, Yoshizumi Ryosuke's 9th Division made a halfway way to bite Jin, Minshan was lost, and the three armies that were being ordered to retreat south immediately fell into the danger of being attacked by the enemy on their backs, and if Minshan was not recaptured, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Therefore, it is imperative to send a strong force to retake Minshan. For the first time, the Nationalist Army will also launch a large-scale mountain attack on Japan.

(End of chapter)