The commander of the division said that Erling Mountain made Yoshida Heitaro think of the Lushun attack battle with heavy casualties, and his heart couldn't help but feel cold, but what Lieutenant General Lin Taiichiro meant was actually that this 433 Heights was as important as Erling Mountain, as long as it occupied here, then it could occupy Tuandian, which was ten kilometers away along the north-south Daqing River Valley, and if Tuandian was occupied, it would be able to cross from the Maolin Ditch and Baoquan Ditch on its west side to the rear of Gaizhou, and directly besiege the defenders of the entire Gaizhou defense line about ten kilometers long, in a small area about twenty kilometers wide.

However, the Shina army is not dead, they can resist their own detours while retreating. But if they retreat, it will be equivalent to abandoning the entire Yingkou-Gaizhou defense line, and the Japanese army can land directly from Yingkou, and after the Zhina Army retreats from Gaizhou, the next place that can be strictly defended is Haicheng. That place is different from Gaizhou, although the east side is still a mountain range, and there is also a Haicheng River that flows from east to west, but it is not on the peninsula but on the plain after all, and there are countless spaces for the Japanese army to detour to the back of the defenders' defense line, and even, the Japanese army can start westward into Jinzhou while holding the defenders in Haicheng, and cooperate with other troops to land on the west bank of Liaodong Bay.

What the Japanese army can see, the Fuxing Army can also see, just after the Japanese army occupied Zhanglangzhai, Longwangmiao and other places under the cover of chlorine shells during the day, regardless of casualties, the General Staff finally approved the 104th Army defending here to use gas masks, instead of a strategic retreat, and required the 104th Army to carry out a night attack that night, recapture the lost positions of Zhanglangzhai and Longwangmiao, and wait for the opportunity to increase the 433 heights to consolidate the defense here; At the same time, taking into account the fact that the surrounded 433 heights are quite likely to be short of ammunition. The General Staff also ordered the airship troops to airlift supplies so that the defenders could hold out longer.

Arguably. Both sides have a good plan, but who wins and who loses depends on the luck and ability of each side. In terms of time. The situation is favorable to the Fuxing Army, as long as it is delayed overnight and the Japanese army is not allowed to firmly entrench itself on the key heights, it is not too difficult to restore the defensive line, but in terms of troops, the reason why the Japanese army dares to plan this attack is because a large number of domestic reserve divisions have arrived on the Liaodong Peninsula, and at the beginning of the attack, the Japanese army has three divisions and regiments stationed outside Zhanglangzhai, and after the attack is successful. The 9th Division and the 15th Division had already entered the Daqing River valley area and began to attack the 274 Heights on the north side of the 433 Heights.

On the night of the 23rd day of the second lunar month, the moon was still very bright, and after many days of attack, the snow on the ridge had already melted, but it was on the walls of the ridge where the battle had not yet arrived. It was still covered with snow. Originally, southern Liaoning, like Andong Kuandian, was the best breeding area for silkworms, and outside the plains and fields, the mountainous areas were full of oak trees. But as soon as the cannonballs exploded, the oak trees were reduced to half of the stumps. In the smoke of gunpowder, no one cares about what silkworms are or not. The soldiers used only the broken trunks of trees to build civil fortifications. These fortifications are scattered throughout the mountain range, and they can be seen from each other during the day. However, at night, the communication was not smooth, so he had to use a horse lantern to transmit a specific signal at a specific time to show that the position was worry-free.

Jiang Dadong only slept for more than an hour before waking up, he only felt an indescribable irritability, and what was even stricter was that the eyebrows were always jumping, according to past experience, this must be something big happening, but, what big thing is going to happen? At most, it's just a dog's day sending someone to die. With a little uneasiness, he woke up the old mouse next to him and asked in a calm voice, "Who is keeping vigil today?" ”

Suddenly woke up from his sleep, the old mouse's eyes were blood-red, and it was only when Jiang Dadong lit the cigarette and handed it over that he had some energy, "It seems to be a shift, and the platoon commander went in person." ”

"Hmm!" Jiang Dadong let out a low noise, and when the old mouse handed him back the cigarette, he took two puffs before saying, "Damn, I always feel that something is wrong." ”

"What's wrong?" Even if the cigarette is no longer in his own hands, the old mouse can inhale the second-hand smoke in the air, "Even if the little devil uses a gas bomb, we are not afraid, the battalion headquarters sent the gas mask that is tuned." That thing...... Damn, it's like a ghost when you put it on, we don't think we can scare the Japanese to death if we don't shoot. ”

When the gas mask was trained, everyone used it, and Jiang Dadong was not unusual, he said: "It's not right anyway!" It always felt like something big was wrong. ”

He insisted, and the old mouse also calmed down for a while, and then smiled: "It can't be that you miss your daughter-in-law, it's only been a few months?" The old mouse's joke only made Jiang Dadong angry, and he threw the cigarette that was supposed to be given to the old mouse outside the cat's ear hole, which made the old mouse scream, and quickly got up to pick up the half of the cigarette butt. At this moment, under the 433 Heights, Sato Masatake Nakasa threw away the cigarette he was smoking, and he was leading the brigade commander Major General Inamura Shinroku into a cave.

"Your Excellency, this is the result of two months of the Engineer Brigade, and we have been as careful as possible in order not to let the Chinese army find out. The tunnel was dug from a cave on the outside of the line of defense in China, and with the help of the inherent distance of the cave, we were now deep below the defenders of China. As long as the three tons of explosives that have been brought in in in the past few days are detonated, then the 433 Heights can be taken down immediately. "Sato Nakasa's flattering invitation to the brigade commander for credit, in fact, the cave is far from digging below the main peak of the old dragon's head, but in order to take the high ground, he can only take a risk, at least this is much better than the simple impact of the infantry.

"Is three tons of explosives enough?" The cave was extremely aggrieved, but Major General Inamura still had to take a look before attacking.

"That's enough, Your Excellency." Sato replied. "We just need to blow the mountain down, we don't need to blow it to stone. The Shina army on the top of the hill must have suffered heavy casualties in the explosion, and by the time the soldiers rushed to the top of the mountain, they would probably have only surrendered. ”

Nakasa was a little impatient for the fireworks made by three tons of explosives, the sappers have always been defensive, and this time they can actually destroy the enemy troops on a position, then they must be commended by the emperor. With this kind of thinking, Masatake Sato basically smiled and accompanied the brigade commander to visit the entire cave. At this time, it was almost spring, the spring water in the belly of the mountain kept falling from the stone wall, after looking at the pile of explosives that were heavily sealed by oiled paper, a cadre of people exited the cave, the rest of the thing was to install the wires and install the detonator, I believe that after half an hour, as soon as the button was pressed, the people on the mountain would fly into the sky.

The catastrophe is coming, Jiang Dadong, who is becoming more and more uneasy at this time, called the whole class up, and then asked them to carry guns to guard everywhere, the old mouse Wu Laocai and several veterans are dissatisfied, but under the prestige, thinking of the bitterness is this night, I hope that as soon as the reinforcements arrive tomorrow, I will be replaced, and everyone at the moment has not resisted, and reluctantly went. (To be continued......)