To tell the truth, not long after the 3rd Cavalry Brigade was sent tons of explosives to the western sky, the commander of the 108th Wing of the 104th Division, Matsunoo Katsuaki Osa, who led his troops to arrive by truck, got out of the car and looked at the tragic scene of the stump and broken arm at the explosion site in front of him.

Although the strength of the 3rd Cavalry Brigade participating in the attack was only a few squadrons, it was not its main force. However, without firing a single shot like this, the family was given a spoonful of stew, which really made the officers and men of the 108th Wing, who had already arrived, a little frightened.

The reconvened veterans who formed the 108th Wing were not as tenacious as those active soldiers of the Japanese army. But in addition to the brutality and burning, there is also a point that is extremely vindictive, far above the active duty soldiers.

Looking at the extremely miserable death of their comrades, the 108th Wing, who did not want to suffer the same treatment, did not hesitate at all, and under the command of Matsunoo Katsuaki Daisa, under the cover of the artillery of the wing, immediately launched a full-line attack on the front line of Guanmenzuizi Mountain.

Matsunoo Katsuaki can be said to have made a lot of money, and he invested an entire brigade of troops as soon as he came up. The 75-mm Type 41 mountain guns of the artillery squadron of the wing, the Type 92 infantry guns of the brigade guns, and the independent mortar squadron specially reinforced before the departure of the regiment exploded into pieces on the Guanmenzuizi Mountain.

Although the geographical location of Guanmenzuizi Mountain is important, it is stuck on the only way to enter the mountain from Xingshan Street to the core position of Xingshan Fortress. However, the overall slope of the mountain is not high, and the slope is very gentle. But it is almost the only barrier in the south of the entire Xingshan fortress area.

As long as it breaks through Guanmenzuizi Mountain, the most important core position of the entire Xingshan Fortress, the front line of Position Mountain and Linden Spring, will be completely exposed to the guns of the 108th Wing of the Japanese Army.

Although the fortifications that have been built are extremely strong, the main firepower points that have been built are all pointing to the northeast. Most of the flank fortifications on its south side are still under construction and are far from complete.

Once the first line of Guanmenzuizi Mountain was broken through, there were almost no fortifications on the southern flank, and it was almost impossible for the first line of the mountain, where even the defensive forces could not be gathered, to block the attack of a wing of the Japanese army. The fortress of Heungsan, which had already been captured, had the possibility of falling back into the hands of the Japanese army.

Wang Xiaoming, who knew the importance of the front line of Guanmenzuizi Mountain, did not dare to slack off in the face of the impact of the Japanese army in turn. Commanding the troops, they stubbornly relied on the fortifications that had been built by the Japanese army on the hill to resist step by step. The crossfire formed by its light and heavy machine guns inflicted heavy casualties on the attacking Japanese troops.

But the Japanese army was like a non-stop tide, when the first wave of the tide smashed the embankment, the second, third, and even more tides desperately rushed to the embankment. Both sides were red-eyed, looking at each other with red eyes. He kept sending bullets in the chamber of his hand and even bayonets into the opponent's chest.

The Japanese troops, who were almost crazy, moved the mountain artillery onto the hill in front of Guanmenzuizi Mountain, which had been used as a warning position by the Third Cavalry Brigade. As long as there is fire coming out of Guanmenzuizi Mountain, it will knock over with accurate direct artillery fire. Its artillery is far from being comparable to Yang Zhen's subordinates, who have only been trained for a few months.

Guanmenzuizi Mountain is not a fortification that is generally one meter thick, or even two meters thick, and most of the fortifications are in a semi-underground position mountain. More of his fortifications were semi-field fortifications. The power of the seventy-five-mm mountain cannon was more than enough to cope. Wang Xiaoming, who soon could not stay in the fortifications, had no choice but to withdraw from these fortifications and use the communication trenches built by the Japanese army on the mountain as temporary shelters.

In the face of wave after wave of Japanese offensive with almost no pause, Wang Xiaoming, who was at an absolute disadvantage in terms of troops, and suffered equally heavy casualties, could only support left and right. He carried the fast and slow machine in his hand, which had been connected to the holster as the butt, and had already rushed to the front line several times.

Just pressed down the Japanese fortifications again, Wang Xiaoming looked at the watch hands on his wrist, and couldn't help shaking his head and smiling bitterly, now it is only more than six o'clock in the evening, and the official battle has only been more than four hours, and the troops in his hands have not been able to make up a complete company. Several improvised independent companies also suffered heavy casualties.

Wang Xiaoming, who looked at the fewer and fewer subordinates and understood that if he continued to fight like this, it was very likely that he would lose embers without waiting for reinforcements to arrive, and called a company instructor over and ordered: "You take a few soldiers, and you are looking for a few prisoners of war from independent companies to return to Xingshan Fortress, and all the prisoners of war from the labor force are all found. ”

The instructor was slightly stunned when he heard Wang Xiaoming explain this. Although these independent companies on the battlefield were also temporarily formed by prisoners of war among the laborers, they had also become familiar with it in the middle of the night and half a day. This is a temporary arrest, can this combat power work?

Wang Xiaoming put a new magazine on the fast and slow machine that had been attached to the handle of the gun as a butt and had run out of bullets, and his guards died in the fierce battle with a Japanese army that had just reached the edge of the position in order to protect him, who had already personally charged. Something like this to press a bullet, he can only do it himself.

After replacing the fast and slow machine magazine that had been emptied in his hand, Wang Xiaoming, who was replacing the magazine of the submachine gun used by his own guards, saw that the instructor was still looking at him in a daze, and kicked him angrily, and said angrily: "You don't fucking go quickly." Do you really want to watch the troops being wiped out? ”

The instructor who had been kicked did not dare to delay, grabbed two veterans with his hand, and along the communication trench, dodged the shells that came from time to time from the opposite side, broke through the Japanese artillery blockade area, turned around and ran towards the front line of the position mountain.

Looking at the backs of several of them, Wang Xiaoming raised the binoculars and observed the Japanese troops who were assembling on the opposite side to attack again, and said to Meng Ziming, the instructor of the second regiment and the first battalion who was temporarily acting as the battalion commander at this time, because the commander of the first battalion was seriously injured: "Ziming, have you calculated, how many times have we repelled the Japanese attack so far?" ”

Meng Ziming, who was pressing the bullet of a captured 38 rifle in his hand, heard Wang Xiaoming's question, and immediately replied: "Political commissar, we have repelled eleven Japanese charges from the afternoon to the present. Damn, this devil is really a little evil today. The charge was repulsed by us, so he lay down on the mountainside and used his corpse to build a fortification to shoot at us. ”

Putting down the binoculars in his hand and looking at the only remaining troops around him, Wang Xiaoming said to Mencius: "Ziming, if we continue to fight like this, we may not be able to wait for reinforcements to come up." If we can't figure it out, we'll all have to explain it here. How, scared no? ”

Meng Ziming, who had already finished pressing the bullet and was unloading the bayonet to wipe it, couldn't help but be stunned when he heard Wang Xiaoming's question. After a pause, he said, "Commissar, what is there to be afraid of." I have followed you since the day you joined the Anti-Japanese Federation. For so many years, the war did not come in blood and go in fire. When have I ever been scared? ”

"In the past, when I could only shoot 20 bullets in a battle, I was never afraid. Now with such good equipment, look at the portable machine gun we made ourselves, oh, call him a submachine gun to the commander. Each of us has four grenades converted from our own arsenal. Cadres above the platoon level will each have a fast and slow machine. In the middle of the battle, each person has at least a hundred rounds of ammunition available, and can you still be afraid? ”

"Being a soldier itself is a bloody job. If you're afraid of death, why are you going to be this soldier? When he came out to be a soldier to fight devils, he never planned to come back alive. Fighting devils, we have never been ambiguous. Death is death, what's the big deal. ”

Regarding Meng Ziming's answer, Wang Xiaoming just smiled but did not answer him, but raised the telescope and began to observe again, and did not stop the offensive because it was getting dark. By this time there was a squadron of about a squadron of Japanese troops who had assembled and were ready to launch a new charge again.

Observing that the Japanese army was preparing to attack again, Wang Xiaoming immediately ordered: "Each company checks the ammunition and prepares for battle. The submachine gunners are all ahead of time, ready for a white-knuckle battle. ”

Looking at the Japanese troops who surged up again, Wang Xiaoming, who had been squeezed to the ridge line on the top of the mountain, knew that he could not retreat any longer. If you retreat further, you will really lose your mouth when you close the door. As soon as the gate is lost, the position mountain behind it will not be able to hold. Now what Wang Xiaoming is looking forward to most is not reinforcements, but the instructor who was sent out by himself to catch the soldiers can bring the new recruits over quickly.

The Japanese army, which launched another new offensive this time, seemed to have the idea of squeezing them down, if not completely annihilating the defenders on the top of the mountain. After burning the entire hill with artillery fire and incendiary bombs, there was not even a tentative attack, and the attack was fierce as soon as it came up. The flares hit as if they didn't want money.

Facing the fierce Japanese army, looking at the position around him that was blown into a sea of fire by the Japanese incendiary bombs, Wang Xiaoming raised his hand and rushed the fast and slow machine in his hand at the Japanese soldiers who were following the fire, and after the magazine was empty, he grabbed a Type 38 rifle, put on the bayonet, and shouted to the surrounding soldiers: "Comrades, rush up and mix with the devils, they won't dare to be in **." ”

After he took the lead in rushing out of the already burning position, the soldiers who heard his shout either raised their rifles with bayonets or submachine guns, and met the Japanese troops who had already pressed up.

The clashing of bayonets, the groans of the wounded mixed with submachine guns, and the crisp and even somewhat pleasant sound of short shots from fast and slow machines resounded on the top of the closed door. At this time, both sides, whether mountain artillery, infantry artillery, mortars, grenadiers, or even light and heavy machine guns, had lost their effectiveness. It can only be seen who has more bayonets and who is skilled in stabbing.

Although the 104th Division, which was composed of re-conscripted Japanese soldiers, was a special division of the Japanese army, its combat effectiveness was second-rate even among the Japanese army. However, its ability to fight in the white hand was not much worse than that of the Japanese standing division. The tactics of fighting bayonets in his hands are also incomparable to Wang Xiaoming's subordinates.

Seeing that the attacking troops who had already rushed up the mountainside had already fought with their opponents with bayonets, the captain of the 108th Wing, Matsunoo Katsuaki, who had been holding a telescope to observe the battle, couldn't help but show a smug smile on the corner of his mouth. Although the combat effectiveness of his own wing is only second-rate in the entire Japanese army.

However, the 108th Wing, which has also received strict training in white-knuckle warfare, has definitely not been able to compare with this group of Liukou in Northern Manchuria. This group of rogues fights bayonets with their own subordinates, isn't that a comparison between the squirrels and the giants? In terms of white-knuckle tactics alone, one squadron of his own once defeated a battalion of the most elite Central Army of the entire China Army.

It's just that he was wrong. In terms of white-knuckle warfare alone, even if it is a special division composed of reserve officers and soldiers like the 104th Division, Wang Xiaoming's subordinates are indeed far from being able to compare with it. However, Wang Xiaoming's subordinates were equipped with two kinds of Japanese weapons that did not have melee weapons, submachine guns and fast and slow machines.

In order to avoid the absolute superiority of the Japanese army's artillery fire and fight close combat with the Japanese army as much as possible, Yang Zhen specially designed a tactic. In the event of close combat, each company uses submachine guns and fast and slow machines as the core to form a long and short match with rifles. Use submachine guns to disperse tactical combinations of Japanese troops. In a team of two, use bayonets against the scattered Japanese troops.

The power of the Japanese army's white-knuckle warfare is more reflected in its tactical combination when its forces are weak. Once this combination is dispelled, it is almost as powerful as nothing in front of the opponent's large number of automatic weapons equipped.

Watching his comrades not be swept down by the automatic weapons in the hands of the opponent. It was a bayonet that was flanked from front to back, and a pair of piercings were stabbed. After only half an hour of white-knuckle fighting, the Japanese army, which had already suffered two-thirds of the casualties, was the first to be unable to withstand it, and even the corpses could not be dragged out, so they retreated.

Despite having a large number of submachine guns and automatic weapons such as fast and slow machines, despite having a condescending advantage, despite having a local superiority in strength. But even so, this white-knuckle battle brought nearly one-third of the casualties to Wang Xiaoming's remaining troops.

That is to say, when the battle reached this point, the battalion under Wang Xiaoming, plus all the strength of those improvised independent companies, was now only one and a half companies. Light and heavy machine guns were lost under the Japanese artillery and grenadiers.

Seeing that he had almost achieved his goal, he was driven down by his opponent. Not only did he not be able to rush up at the end, but he couldn't even keep the mountainside that he had occupied, and he was overwhelmed by the opponent all the way down the mountain, and then retreated to his subordinates who had originally started from the position, and Matsunoo's face turned blue.

After half an afternoon of fighting, Matsunoo Katsuaki Osa inflicted heavy losses on the defenders, leaving the opponent almost incapacitated. However, under the stubborn resistance of the defenders, his own casualties were not light. Of the three infantry brigades of the 108th Wing, one infantry brigade suffered seventy percent casualties and had lost its combat effectiveness. Another infantry brigade has also suffered nearly half of the casualties.

If it weren't for the advantage in troops, Matsunoo Katsuaki, who had a somewhat serious personality, brought all the three infantry brigades of the 108th Wing. According to this casualty figure, the 108th Wing may have already lost its ability to attack and was the first to lose.

Although he had been under a lot of pressure from Lieutenant General Shigeru Sawada's telegram asking about the situation almost half an hour, Matsuno Otsuaki Daisaku put away his revenge after a long attack. Accepting the persuasion of his subordinates, it was decided to let the troops, who had been attacking for an afternoon, temporarily rest for an hour. Eat something. After recovering his spirits, he relaunched the attack, striving to complete the battle and drive the opponent out of the hill.

It's just that what he didn't expect was that it was his order to rest for an hour that relieved the opponent who was almost unbearable and almost killed and wounded. When Wang Xiaoming temporarily brought those recruits into the position, Matsuno Daisa and his 108th Wing had lost the possibility of taking Guanmenzuizi Mountain, the core position of the Xingshan Fortress and the gateway to the Position Mountain.