Du Ziqi went crazy. Ignoring the intensive firepower of the Japanese army, which was already within easy reach, the heavy mortar company directly under the 7th Regiment was advanced to a distance of less than 200 meters from the forward position of the Japanese army. When his mortar was fired, the barrel of the gun had almost formed a right angle of 90 degrees.

For a sixty-millimeter mortar that moves lightly and belongs to pure infantry support firepower, it is normal to be so close to the enemy. But the relatively bulky, 120-mm mortar, which belongs to the suppressive artillery, is deployed to the front-line positions, which means that this unit is crazy. They didn't even care whether a shell, which had almost become a right-angle fire, would fall on them or not.

Du Ziqi's heavy mortars, which were not suitable for deployment on the front line, were all on the front line, and Lei Wanchun, the commander of the 90-mm mortar company directly under the Seventh Regiment, did not dare to delay. His six 90-millimeter mortars also rushed to the front-line position, and formed two mobile artillery groups with Du Ziqi.

After discussing it, the two men decided to change the previous habit of assigning tasks according to the firing range, and instead adopted the tactics of division of labor and cooperation. Lei Wanchun's 90-mm mortar suppressed the Japanese front-line positions, while Du Ziqi's 120-mm mortar company focused its strikes on the Japanese army's first-line infantry guns, rapid-fire guns, and even his wing's mountain artillery squadron.

In fact, at this time, the vanguard battalion of the Seventh Regiment was almost exhausted, which made Du Kaishan's distressed eyes red. But the 3rd Brigade of the 16th Wing of the 2nd Division of the Japanese Army, which was confronting the 3rd Brigade and 7th Regiment head-on, did not get any better. Although the vanguard battalion of the 7th Regiment was disabled, the 3rd Brigade also suffered heavy losses. After an hour of fierce fighting, the strength of a brigade was patchworked, and even two squadrons could not be put together.

In a hand-to-hand battle between the 1st Squadron of the 3rd Brigade and the 2nd Company of the Vanguard Battalion of the 7th Regiment, which had broken into its own position, it crippled and drove out the opponent who had broken into its position despite its strong individual combat ability and almost suicidal counter-charge tactics.

But after the battle, although the squadron pushed the opponent back, it was also under the blow of a large number of automatic firearms equipped by the opponent, and even the wounded were added together, there were less than twenty people left, and even a small squad could not be assembled. The squadron leader and all the squad leaders were killed in battle, and none survived. The captain of the 3rd Brigade, Nishikawa Shimichi Shaoza, who personally supervised the battle, was also seriously injured and lost his ability to command.

In the face of huge casualties, Wing Captain Shizaburo Miyazaki also has words of suffering. The Sixteenth Wing now had only one and a half infantry battalions at hand, and there were only six infantry squadrons in all. Half of the troops were lost in an hour. And the loss is not only of combat soldiers, but also of all kinds of equipment.

Combined, the light and heavy machine guns are less than one-third of what they used to be. And the artillery squadron of the wing certainly inflicted heavy losses on the opponent's artillery in the previous artillery battle, but it also lost half of its own artillery. Of the four 41 mountain guns, only two remained. The most important thing is that there are not many shells left.

At the rate of this loss, fight again. It didn't take long for the opponent to launch two more similar charges, and the sixteenth wing was gone. After hesitating, Shizaburo Miyazaki still picked up the phone, wanting to report the situation of the 16th Wing to His Excellency the Division Commander, hoping that His Excellency the Division Commander could at least send some reinforcements to the 16th Wing, or agree that the 16th Wing would shrink the defensive line. The opponent had a large number of troops, but the 16th Wing could not afford to suffer such casualties any longer.

But when he picked up the phone, he was frustrated to find that the phone would not work anyway. Before Shigeraburo Miyazaki, who was furious because of the phone interruption, called for the signal soldier, the gunfire that had just been subsided for less than ten minutes resounded in the night sky again.

Knowing that his opponent was attacking again, Shisaburo Miyazaki could only drop the damn phone that didn't know what was wrong, and raised his binoculars to look at the snow-white battlefield illuminated by the flares fired by both the enemy and us. But the more he looked at it, the more he felt cold.

The huge casualties calmed Du Kaishan's head, and he changed his previous tactics of hard encounters. Instead, small-scale, multi-angle, multi-batch, and multi-quantity raids were adopted under the cover of artillery, and the company-platoon-scale raids with machine guns were strengthened. At the same time, he roamed around the periphery with a force, like a vulture, and as long as he found a weakness in the Japanese defense, he rushed up and took a bite.

Du Kaishan did not focus on breaking through and capturing the Japanese positions, but adopted the tactics of combining large-scale infiltration with short-term surprise attacks, while killing and injuring the living forces of the Japanese army and bleeding the Japanese troops without stopping. The change of law weakened the flesh and blood of the Japanese army, which was not strong.

While trying his best to lay nails in the Japanese position. However, the Japanese army found that once the nail was laid down by the opponent, it was difficult for them to concentrate their forces and pull out the nail again. And these nails that he laid one after another, with the continuous investment of troops, from point to surface, bit by bit encroached on the position of the 16th Wing.

Du Kaishan's tactic not only greatly reduced the subsequent casualties, but also made Miyazaki Shizaburo anxious. Now the 16th Wing, which has lost blood and is strict, can it resist such a kraft candy-style play? In order to maintain the stability of the front-line position, Shizaburo Miyazaki sent out non-combatants such as the baggage squadron of the 16th Wing. But even so, the front-line position is still in a hurry.

After that hour-shattering and bloody battle of weeping ghosts and gods, Shizaburo Miyazaki, who had lost too much blood, couldn't even be described as anxious about Du Kaishan's new tactics, and the whole one was helpless. In the case that the phone could not be connected, the helpless Miyazaki Shizaburo could only use the one qiē contact that Yasui Fujiji repeatedly asked to use the phone as much as possible, and not use it lightly, so as not to expose the location of the respective headquarters radio.

After receiving a telegram from Shizaburo Miyazaki to add at least two squadrons to the 16th Wing, or to request a retreat, Yasui Fujiji was not ambiguous, and called him back in the shortest possible time: "Now it is being attacked by the other side on all fronts, and the division is now without troops. Now that the battle is not yet fully understood, the 16th Wing must hold out until dawn before making plans. ”

Looking at the contents of the telegram, Miyazaki's face instantly turned pale. The meaning of Yasui Toji is obvious, there is not a single soldier in the reinforcements now, and as for wanting to retreat, at least not now. At least wait until after dawn, depending on the situation.

Yasui Fujiji's telegram made Miyazaki Shizaburo Dasa's heart instantly cold and abnormal. Let's talk about whether there can be any change in the shape after dawn, that is, the 16th Wing is now full of troops and barely enough troops, and whether it can hold out until dawn is two questions.

After several hours of fierce fighting, Miyazaki Shizaburo Osa had doubts about the combat effectiveness of the Second Division, which had always been confident in his heart and considered himself invincible, for the first time. In his heart, even if the troops were at an absolute disadvantage, his sixteenth wing could still be one to ten. But tonight's battle was fought with equal forces, and both sides were defeated.

In the past, this casualty figure Shizaburo Miyazaki naturally didn't care. His sixteenth wing is full of thousands of people, and the casualties are a large team, at most the pressure is a little great, and the rest naturally don't care. But now, in addition to the 1st Brigade of the 16th Wing staying in Mudanjiang, a squadron is now on the front line of Fuguitun with troops drawn from other wings. And Saburo Katayama Province transferred two more squadrons.

For the 16th Wing, which now has only one and a half brigades and a total strength of only six squadrons, the casualty figures, which account for more than half of the total strength of nearly one brigade, are broken and difficult to sustain. Fight, I can't fight anymore. Withdraw, but Miyazaki Shizaburo, who couldn't be withdrawn, couldn't fight, wanted to leave but didn't dare, and was in a dilemma.

Although he had already made certain preparations for the opponent's combat effectiveness before, Miyazaki Shizaburo Daisa did not expect that the opponent's combat effectiveness was so strong, especially his will to fight in other Chinese armies, which he had never seen before. In a one-on-one confrontation, he was able to almost wipe out one of his squadrons.

Shizaburo Miyazaki is restless here, but Du Kaishan, who is attacking over there, also has a hard time. The sky was about to dawn, and although a lot of blood was shed on the 16th Wing, after most of the fierce fighting in the middle of the night, it was never able to solve the enemy in front of him. After dawn, under the Japanese ground-to-air fire, the casualties of this unit may be even greater.

What worries him even more is that the roundabout troops led by Tao Jingfei, who were supposed to arrive at the designated place at midnight yesterday, were about to dawn, but there was still no news. The flanks of the Japanese army, where gunfire should have sounded, were not heard at all. What happened to Tao Jingfei there, several hours have passed, and he has not yet arrived at the designated attack position, which makes Du Kaishan very worried.

Du Kaishan is not alone in worrying, Guo Bingxun, who has been observing the battle situation in Du Kaishan's command post, has also been frowning because the detour troops have not been able to start for a long time. I tried to get in touch several times, but I never received a response.

Just when Guo Bingxun and Du Kaishan had been worried about the roundabout troops that had lost contact, Tao Jingfei, who led the roundabout troops, was looking at the map at this time and looking coldly at the company commander of the vanguard company. The reason why the roundabout troops led by Tao Jingfei never arrived at the designated position was simple, because they were lost.

In order to ensure that the detour was not detected by the Japanese scouts, before the detour set off, Tao Jingfei strictly ordered not to mention flares and torches, except for occasional flashlights. As a result of the smear operation, the commander of the vanguard company took the wrong path, missed the designated sortie location, and brought the troops to a place nearly ten kilometers south of the original position.

The follow-up troops followed the troops in front, and not only most of the troops went to the wrong position together. There was also a battalion and a mountain artillery battalion directly under the brigade, plus two heavy machine gun and heavy mortar companies of the Eighth Regiment that were left behind, and they didn't know where they had gone.

Looking at the company commander who looked ashamed and didn't know where to put his hand, Tao Jingfei also calmed down. He knew that even if he withdrew, this guy wouldn't be able to recover the lost few hours. The only thing I can do now is to figure out how to recover this loss.

Listening to the faint sound of gunfire in the north, and looking at the sky that had gradually begun to brighten, Tao Jingfei gritted his teeth and said to the only regiment commander beside him, Chi Feng, the head of the ninth regiment: "I can't catch up when I go back now." In this way, you and I, each with a battalion, pressed straight to the Japanese position to the west. ”

Chi Feng looked at the sky and said, "Political commissar, are you waiting for the Eighth Regiment to arrive?" We missed the sortie location, and now that the enemy situation in front of us is unknown, isn't it dangerous to attack so rashly? We now have only two battalions on hand, and the mountain artillery battalion has also dispersed. There is no absolute superiority in troops and firepower. ”

Tao Jingfei looked at the hands on his watch, which were already pointing to five o'clock, shook his head and said, "It's too late." The Eighth Regiment didn't know where it had gone, and it didn't know when it would arrive. We can't wait any longer, if we don't attack now, we will try our best to mix with the Japanese army, and when the Japanese air force is dispatched at dawn, we will have to pay more price. As for the Eighth Regiment, as soon as the gunshots rang out, they would come to them. ”

After that, Tao Jingfei pointed to the map and said, "You and I will each take a battalion and directly approach the Japanese positions on the Western Front." The brigade commander's side has already started, and judging from the combat effectiveness of the second division, if we don't act for a long time, the seventh regiment will pay more price. ”

Tao Jingfei made up his mind to press directly towards the front line of Junde, but a battalion of the Eighth Regiment led by Mu Changqiu, the commander of the Eighth Regiment who was separated from him, and other scattered troops fought before them. After finding that he was separated from the main force led by the political commissar, Mu Changqiu did not hesitate to immediately command a battalion at hand as an attack point and swept westward without knowing where the main force was going.

In fact, Mu Changqiu didn't know that the position he was in now was less than five miles east of the main firing position of the artillery wing of the Second Division. In front of them, the artillery was guarded only by a squadron of the 2nd Division's Baggage Wing, which meant that there was hardly any defense of the Japanese regular troops between them and the artillery positions of the 2nd Division.

Mu Changqiu's hand almost caught the Japanese army off guard. In the face of the opponent who suddenly appeared in front of them, this squadron of baggage soldiers was fearless in battle. But with the exception of a heavy machine gun that had been blown up at the beginning of the battle, the squadron, which had almost no heavy weapons, suffered heavy casualties from the enemy's two heavy machine gun batteries as soon as they first engaged.

After receiving the report that the vanguard company had discovered the Japanese artillery position, Mu Changqiu couldn't help but be overjoyed. Compared with a squadron of baggage troops, the artillery wing of the Japanese army was placed in front of him like a ripe fruit. Mu Changqiu did not hesitate to immediately adjust the deployment, except for a company of troops, under the cover of a heavy machine gun company, and a fierce battle with the heavy soldier squadron that desperately resisted, the rest of the troops were all put into the battle for the Japanese artillery position.

In order to solve the Japanese artillery as much as possible, Mu Changqiu put all the troops at hand into it. Despite the desperate resistance of the Japanese artillery, the artillery was blown up as fast as possible so that these cannons did not fall into the hands of the opponent.

It's just that the resistance of the Japanese artillery, which was mostly pistols, except for a small number of rifles, was tenacious. But in front of opponents with a large number of automatic firearms, they were quickly defeated. The resistance of these Japanese artillery was still defeated in the shortest possible time. Except for a small number of Japanese artillery who fled, most of them were killed.

Although some of the twenty-four mountain field artillery pieces it was equipped with were blown up by the dying and struggling Japanese artillery, most of the field artillery fell into Mu Changqiu's hands. The 2nd Division, which had lost the cover of artillery fire, although its resistance was still strong, was like a tiger that had its claws removed, and it could only struggle in vain.