Maruyama Masao has never been a legalist and is very good at taking the initiative to attack, and perhaps he makes him think that offense is the best way to defend.

From the very beginning of the battle of Minshan, he found that the 72nd Army of the Sichuan Army was vulnerable, so he immediately ordered the whole line to attack, and defeated the 72nd Army of the Sichuan Army to occupy Minshan in one day; Later, Yu Jishi lined up, and Maruyama directly defeated him with one blow; Later, Hu Liqun, the third battalion of the 302nd Regiment, occupied their position, and he directly sent troops to recapture the position in a moment. And this time, Wang Yaowu personally fell to the 51st Division, so he naturally had to take the initiative to attack.

All of the above is related to Maruyama Masao's personality of being good at taking the initiative, and another point is that they have a strong air force as support.

Not long after the 51st Division arrived at Minshan, the Maruyama detachment, under the cover of aircraft, launched a fierce attack on the position of Wang Yaowu's 51st Division.

"Report to the divisional seat, the enemy is under the cover of aircraft to launch an attack on our forward positions."

"Got it."

Wang Yaowu's thick eyebrows were slightly closed, and the standard Chinese face showed his soldier's toughness.

A lieutenant colonel adjutant on the side asked, "Division, what should we do now?" ”

Wang Yaowu pondered for a moment and said: "The Japanese army occupies absolute air supremacy, and only their planes that approach the enemy will not play a role. The front-line troops were ordered to conceal themselves, and they must wait for the enemy to approach 50 meters before counterattacking, and directly launch a charge to engage in hand-to-hand combat with the devils. ”

After receiving the order, the defenders of the front-line positions all took refuge in the ring fortifications or anti-artillery holes, and let the enemy planes bomb indiscriminately. The Maruyama detachment did not know what to do, and the ground forces quickly launched an attack.

When the vanguard of the Japanese army approached the position fifty meters.

"Boom Boom" "......"

The 51st Division was first subjected to a heavy artillery bombardment. The front of the position set off bursts of soil and smoke, and the charging devils in front did not investigate for a while, killing and injuring countless people.

Immediately afterwards, a stormy offensive was launched from the position, and rows of devils fell down one by one like cutting rice, lying horizontally and vertically at the front of the position.

"Rush~" "......"

Before the attacking devils could recover from the shelling, the defenders quickly rushed out of the trenches and launched a tsunami-like attack, and quickly fought with the devils.

The two armies were intertwined and fighting. The planes in the air could not distinguish between friend and foe at all, and they did not dare to drop bombs for fear of hurting their own people, and they flew back to the base after a long time.

The defenders had the advantage of troops. After a period of fighting, the attacking devils left behind hundreds of corpses and fled back in embarrassment.

"The ace troops of the Chinese army are really not to be underestimated. In particular, their commanders are said to be fierce generals. ”

The failure of this attack, Maruyama Masao couldn't help but sigh. But he didn't feel discouraged because of this failure, and he couldn't make a plan, so he made another plan in his heart. He thought that the 151st Brigade of the 51st Division was at the end of the crossbow after two days of fighting, and of course the persimmon was looking for a soft pinch.

The Maruyama Detachment was worthy of being a strong force of Yoshizumi Ryosuke's 9th Division, and the battle was extremely ferocious, coupled with the condescending position, the 151st Brigade was cut into several sections. Because of the heavy casualties before, the position was too wide, and there were no effective fortifications to defend, it once fell into a very critical dilemma.

After Wang Yaowu learned of the situation, he quickly ordered the 151st Brigade to retreat to the Xiling area, rebuild its position, and preserve its vital forces. A few days ago, the positions that had been painstakingly fought again fell into the hands of the Japanese army.

Having lost so many positions, Wang Yaowu didn't care. As a commander, we should not care about the gains and losses of one time and one place, but should look at the overall situation. That's all he did was to divide the Maruyama detachment and create fighters for the other troops.

However, the Japanese army did not give up and continued to attack the position of the 151st Brigade, not wanting to give this remnant of the army a chance to breathe. The 151st Brigade was then caught in a bitter battle.

"Report, 151 Brigade requests reinforcements."

"Got it."

From Wang Yaowu's casual response to this "I know" tone, it seems that he does not attach much importance to this telegram.

The adjutant on the side asked, "Which troop should we send to reinforce us?" ”

Wang Yaowu turned his head, his eyes were cold, and said, "Did I say that I would send reinforcements?" ”

The forward positions were now in a stalemate with the Maruyama detachment, and with enemy planes hovering overhead, it was impossible to draw troops to reinforce them.

Wang Yaowu replied to the 151st Brigade Zhou Zhidao's troops to hold their positions and have no soldiers to send.

In order to respond to the 151st Brigade, Wang Yaowu ordered Zhang Lingfu of the 305th Regiment to occupy the first-line positions of the Rear Mountain, Zhangjiaping, Screw Rotation, and Maojiashan, and the 306th Regiment served as the construction of the flank position between the East and West Ridges. Wang Yaowu directly came to a trick to "encircle Wei and save Zhao".

Zhang Lingfu was perhaps Wang Yaowu's most capable tiger general, and when he learned of the division's order, he quickly launched a fierce attack on the Japanese army's front-line positions. The Maruyama detachment focused its attention on the 151st Brigade, there was a shortage of troops, and Zhang Lingfu's 305th offensive was not very difficult. The successful capture of four positions indirectly relieved the pressure on the front of the 151 Brigade.

Wang Yaowu also ordered the 306th Regiment to detach a battalion to search and advance from the Phoenix Bridge to Wangjiashan and other places, so as to attack the enemy's flank and eliminate the Japanese army.

The battalion moved to the front of Wangjia Mountain, when a reconnaissance soldier in front ran back and reported: "Report to the battalion commander, Japanese troops have been found on the hill ahead, and the number is about 300. ”

The battalion commander then ordered: "Prepare for battle, order the artillery to adjust the ruler and bombard the fuck first." ”

"Boom Boom" "......"

Puffs of smoke rose from the hill ahead, and the battalion quickly launched a fierce assault.

The devils on the hill didn't seem to notice the enemy at the bottom of the mountain, and they were caught off guard for a while. By the time they reacted, the troops under the mountain had already attacked violently under the cover of artillery fire.

"Kill!" “……”

The soldiers at the bottom of the hill howled as they poured up the hill. This group of devils was forced by the overwhelming momentum and was forced to retreat to Xiaomin Mountain.

"Okay!"

When Wang Yaowu learned that the 306th Regiment had successfully occupied Wangjiashan, he slapped the table and applauded. Because it was already very close to the enemy's base camp.

Immediately, Wang Yaowu ordered the battalion to take advantage of the victory to pursue and occupy Xiaomin Mountain. The 306th regiment followed up and gained a firm foothold.

Maruyama Masao learned that Wang Jiashan was lost, and his face changed greatly. Quickly order the troops to defend Xiaomin Mountain, and if there is any retreat, they will be dealt with by military law!

After receiving the death order from their superiors, this part of the Japanese army resisted stubbornly and did not back down.

The 306th Regiment continued to launch rounds of fierce attacks towards Xiaomin Mountain, but they were all repulsed. It was a successful sneak attack to easily occupy the opponent's position before, but this time, the Japanese army had already taken precautions.

The battle lasted until dark, and in order to avoid being dragged by the enemy and causing unnecessary losses, Wang Yaowu ordered the battalion to take advantage of the darkness to retreat and return to its original team.

In this day's battle, you attack and defend, you defend and I attack, and the mountains around Minshan are almost everywhere, and the battle once entered the stage of stalemate.

Wang Yaowu, a Chinese warrior, is still a step ahead of the elite Maruyama detachment of the Japanese Ninth Division. The tide of battle has already begun to move in the favor of the 51st Division.

However, the reinforcements of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army were heading south. In addition to reinforcing Minshan, they advanced directly to the east and attacked the Ninth Army from behind.

Now, another problem is in front of Xue Yue. For today's plan, the only way to do this is to order Wang Yaowu to occupy Minshan as quickly as possible to relieve the siege of Jinguan Bridge.

(End of chapter)