Du Kaishan reluctantly stayed, while Yang Zhen and Guo Bingxun led the headquarters to gallop to the front line of Pangjiadian in the north of Tangyuan. It's just that it's already dawn by this time. Under the harassment of Japanese planes, even in the mountains, Yang Zhen, who had to guard against air raids at all times, did not march very fast.

Compared with Iwabe Masao, who has become a prisoner and has now been completely freed, it is now a bitter cry for Noji Kahei Daisa, who is now concentrating on replacing two-thirds of the casualties and has lost its combat effectiveness, to attack the front line of General Ishiyama.

Not only was the opponent's resistance extremely stubborn, but the tactics of its artillery were too powerful. Despite the fact that under the threat of aviation, group firing is rarely used. But from time to time, I give myself a chill, but this time I can ask for my life at any time.

In the battle on the south bank of the Songhua River, the 24th Division almost lost its main artillery force. And the two field artillery brigades that replaced them with the artillery directly under the Kwantung Army were nowhere to be seen. Deprived of artillery fire support, the field detachment could only cautiously stagger forward on the road full of mines, braving the cold guns and cold guns of the opponent.

When he finally arrived at the front line of General Shishan at a great price, he found that the opponent had already been waiting for him. The rotational attacks launched by the field detachment, which was not covered by heavy firepower, in the face of the dense fire of the opponent, were like a big Lang that hit the seawall, and nothing was gained except for bursts of Lang flowers.

From time to time, the opponent squeezed cold, under the cover of artillery, launched small-scale tactical counterattacks, but often hit the field of Jiaping, who was miserable. Many times, under the cover of aviation during the day, he managed to capture a mountain leg. But before the butt could sit down, at night, the opponent took it back under the cover of heavy artillery fire.

The opponent's artillery has become a nightmare for almost all officers and men of the field detachment. Especially the strange cannon with a long fireworks trailing its tail, as soon as it appears, it will be killed and wounded. In the end, the field detachment did not dare to concentrate more than one squadron of troops at any point on the front line.

Although the air force, under the supervision of Lieutenant General Genbo, even did not hesitate to stop the bombing of the Luobei area, and repeatedly dispatched a large number of planes to look for these cunning artillerymen, it had no effect at all.

When your plane is in the sky, people don't show up at all. It was only in the form of a single artillery piece, and from time to time he took the time to fire a burst of cold artillery to provide necessary fire support for his own position.

But the air force can't hover in the sky 24 hours a day, he needs to refuel and refuel. When night falls, the aviation will fly back to rest. As soon as the aviation is gone, it is not known when these strange artillery pieces will appear again. From time to time, they gathered to fire at the positions and assembly areas of the field detachments.

These anti-Manchu forces cleverly dismantled the artillery and adopted the tactics of dispersing guerrillas, and also arranged a lot of false targets to lure the air force into being fooled. After the planes of the air force discovered that these false targets had entered the dive, they had already concealed anti-aircraft fire around them and opened fire together. It was very important for the aviation to lose a lot of aircraft, and seven Type 97 light bombers were beaten into fireballs.

In a situation where the losses of the aviation forces were not light, but the results were few. In order to eliminate these nasty, parasite-like artillery, Noji Kahei Daisa even did not hesitate to weaken the strength of the frontal attack. A large number of small units formed by reinforced squads were organized to infiltrate behind the opponent's positions with anti-aircraft navigation equipment to find and eliminate these hateful bed bugs. Even if it can indicate the target for the air force in the sky.

It's just that Noji Kahei's hard work obviously didn't play a big role. Many of these small units were sent out, but few returned. Most of them disappeared into the reckless mountains of the General's Stone Mountain, and none of them completed the task. After several defeats, Noji Kahei no longer dared to continue this kind of action.

In the face of the helpless Noji Jiaping Daisa, he could only urge the artillery behind to catch up as much as possible, and at the same time launch an honest frontal attack. Fortunately, the air force covered hard and bombed the mountainous area on the first line of General Stone with all its might, which gave him some comfort in his heart.

And in the rear, on the south bank of the Songhua River, Lieutenant General Momotohiro, who personally waited for General Umezu to strengthen the two independent field artillery brigades of the 24th Division, did not let the wait last long. On the same day that the light headquarters led by Yang Zhen had completed the turn, Genbo took the two field artillery brigades reinforced by the Kwantung Army Headquarters and hurried to the front line of General Shi to participate in the battle.

With the fire support of artillery, Noji Kahei Daisa, who had been attacking half-dead before, immediately returned to Yang. Under the personal supervision of Lieutenant General Genbo, the forces of two brigades were concentrated on both sides of the Jiamusi-Heli railway line, regardless of the loss of firepower, and launched a pig-stud charge in turn.

Noji Jiaping went crazy, and Wang Guangyu, who was holding the front, immediately felt the pressure doubled. The ground-to-air firepower of the Japanese troops serving as cover was almost costless, and the average number of aerial bombs dropped every day was as high as 200 per day, and the 75-millimeter mountain artillery shells were as high as more than 1,000. The surface position of the first line of the General Stone was blown into ruins under the almost frantic fire of the Japanese army.

Coupled with the strategic bombing of the entire Luobei, Tangyuan, Binsui and other places in the early stage, the bomb reserves of the Japanese army at the Jiamusi airfield were rapidly declining. Since the amount of replenishment that needed to be transported from the Shenyang Arsenal to Jiamusi was far from comparable, on the third day of the battle on the front line of Jiangjunshi, Lieutenant General Teramoto Kumaichi, commander of the Second Flying Group of the Japanese Air Force stationed in Jiamusi, had to limit the number of bombs dropped per day.

The original horizontal bombing of the netting type was changed to a high-precision fixed-point dive bombing. Although this will cause some battle damage under the enemy's ground fire, it is much better than completely cutting off air support. Although the number of bombs dropped by the Japanese air force was strictly controlled from the third day of the battle, Wang Guangyu still withstood the pressure of firepower that he had never endured before.

Under the firepower of the Japanese army regardless of the cost of work, and under the desperate attack of Noji Kahei, who was supported by artillery fire, regardless of attrition, the original blocking battle with ease suddenly became tense. The first line of the general's stone is the last line of attack that Yang Zhen demarcated for Wang Guangyu, and behind it is the Xingshan fortress area and Luobei, which Yang Zhen regarded as the location of the base camp.

In order to prevent the Japanese army from entering Luobei and the northern part of Heli, Wang Guangyu changed his previous tactics of using the terrain to resist step by step, and stubbornly resisted the heavy siege of the Japanese army with the preset position of the first line of Jiangshi.

Fortunately, after Yang Zhen took over the Fuxingshan Fortress, he knew that the first line of General Stone was the throat place to curb the northward movement of the Japanese army in Jiamusi. A great deal of preparations had already been made, not only to build a large number of field fortifications on this line, but also to concentrate two engineering companies formed on the basis of the skilled laborers liberated in the fortress, and to use the large amount of steel and cement seized in the Xingshan fortress to build a large number of permanent firepower points and support points.

Wang Guangyu took advantage of these fortifications and firepower points that had already been built to start a battle with the Japanese field detachment for every inch of land. Almost every inch of land has to be fought over repeatedly before the ownership can be finally determined. After only three days of fighting, the two infantry brigades that launched the attack by the field detachment suffered more than half of the casualties, and Wang Guangyu's main regiment was also half disabled.

The most fierce place where the battle broke out was not the main peak position of the General Stone, but a high ground located on the right flank of the main peak that was not large in area and not high in height, but located at the center point of the entire defense line and formed an angle with the main peak position.

A company entrenched on this high ground, under the full attack of the Japanese concentrated infantry brigade, two field artillery squadrons, and five aircraft, although there was a preset position to rely on, still carried casualties in a short day.

In order to recapture this high ground, which was vital to the entire defense line, Wang Guangyu mobilized the strongest battalion of the two battalions of reserves at hand. After a whole night of fierce fighting and a half-day of fierce fighting, when the two sides changed hands many times and the Japanese offensive capacity was exhausted, the situation on this extremely important high ground was stabilized.

Although the high ground was eventually recaptured and finally controlled, the battalion that was the first of the two battalions of reserves that Wang Guangyu had at his disposal was also killed or wounded by two-thirds. A full infantry battalion was on the way, and by the time it was withdrawn, there was less than a company left. Cadres above the company level, except for a deputy battalion commander who was slightly wounded, all the battalion commanders and instructors below were killed.

The huge casualties, and the bitter battle in which even a small piece of the position had to be fought over and over again before the ownership could finally be determined, not only put the officers and men fighting on the front line under unimaginably tremendous pressure, but also Wang Guangyu, who set up his command post on the main peak position, also beared tremendous pressure.

Watching the companies at hand plunge into a battle that was almost a bottomless pit, the huge casualty figures made Wang Guangyu, who had been fighting smoothly since the formation of the unit, cry in distress.

In less than two days since the Japanese army launched an all-out attack, half of his absolute main regiment stuck to the front-line position was killed, and almost all the company and platoon commanders at the grassroots level were replaced.

Wang Guangyu's stubborn resistance made the field detachment still slow to make progress even though it was covered by powerful ground-air firepower. More than half of Wang Guangyu's main regiment suffered casualties, and the casualties of the field detachment that launched the attack were even greater. In addition, the field detachment of the 32nd Wing, consisting of the two brigades that survived the shelling, plus the temporarily transferred 22nd Wing, and a completed infantry brigade, was also crippled after two days of fierce fighting.

After three days of fierce fighting, the two main attacking brigades completely lost their offensive capability, not to mention that the brigade drawn from the 22nd Wing, which attacked the high ground on the right flank of the main peak, had less than one-third of the people who had been evacuated alive after a day of fierce fighting. In other words, in just one day, Wang Guangyu certainly ran out of a battalion. Noji Kahei also fought out a brigade.

In the words of a veteran of the 22nd Wing, who had participated in a series of vicious battles in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Xuzhou within the establishment of the 11th Division, it was the first time that the 22nd Wing, which had fought against many Chinese troops in the battlefield of the Zhina Pass, had encountered Chinese troops with such a strong fighting spirit, such a resolute determination to fight to the death, and the key was that they were so well-trained, almost all of which were aimed at the combat characteristics of the Japanese army.

Unexpectedly, in just three days, the field detachment, which had absolute superiority in open ground firepower, would lose its offensive capability, and under the constant supervision of General Umezu Mijiro, he could only replace the field detachment with the 40th Wing, which had been assigned to the 24th Division as a reserve.

Lieutenant General Gen Bo, who was eager to break through the defenders of the first line of General Shi, replaced the half-crippled field detachment with the 40th Wing. But he didn't expect that the opponent's elite had already traveled day and night, secretly detouring back to his flank.

Not only did Hiroshi not realize that the opponent had detoured to his flank, but even Wang Guangyu, who was commanding the troops in General Shi Zhufeng's own command post to stubbornly block the Japanese army, did not know that his friendly troops had arrived close to him, waiting for the 25th Division to gradually consume his blood during the attack.

When the Forty Wing, which had been recuperating before, was replaced, Wang Guangyu, who was already feeling a little tired, felt a lot of pressure. Compared with the previous 22nd Wing and the 32nd Wing, the 40th Wing, which was drawn from the elite 10th Division of the Japanese Army, not only was its tactical level not inferior, but its fierce fighting will was even higher than it. This can be seen from the code name of the 11th Division, to which it originally belonged.

When their offensive was repulsed, the Japanese did not retreat to their starting positions, but stuck there like nails, firing at their opponents on the spot. Its accurate shooting, skillful combination of infantry tactics, put much more pressure on the front-line positions than on the field detachments.

Even when Wang Guangyu was observing the battle situation, the telescope in his hand was only exposed by the sun's rays, and was shattered by a shot fired by a Japanese soldier 400 meters away. If it weren't for the fact that this guy's shooting distance was a little too far, and the telescope was blocked, this shot would definitely kill Wang Guangyu.

Looking at the German-made Zeiss telescope that Yang Zhen gave to himself after he became the regiment commander, there were not a few units in the entire full set of Japanese-style equipment, but now they were smashed and smashed, Wang Guangyu was distressed and ignored his subordinates present, and scolded with great grace: "These bastards, you all can't fucking die." This is the telescope given to Lao Tzu by the commander himself, and it will be fucking destroyed in your hands. ”

Looking at Wang Guangyu, who was distressed by the long observation distance and the clarity was much better than the captured Japanese-style telescopes used in a large number of troops at present, but because of the limited number, in addition to the reconnaissance battalion and some artillery, only the German-made Zeiss telescopes that were originally issued to the cadres above the regimental level of the original three main forces jumped straight to his feet.

He knew that Brigade Commander Wang was interested in this telescope baby, and none of the several combat staff officers who were still holding him when he slept dared to persuade him. They also knew that the reason for the brigade commander's gaffe was not only the telescope he loved so much, but also the increasing pressure on the front line.

Just when Wang Guangyu was scolding, his familiar voice suddenly came from behind him: "Why did you become so jumpy?" Isn't it just a telescope? I'll give you another one, is it worth it? Where is your maturity and poise? ”