20_20434c_t; As Kenji Chigami worked so hard, Su Yingqi's pressure immediately doubled. Read the full text of the latest chapter. The update is so fast. The two sides barely made any tentative 'sex' attacks, and they slammed into each other. In order to recapture this commanding heights in the shortest possible time, the Japanese army came up with a squadron as a formation and pressed the "wave" and "wave" type of continuous charge on the whole line.

Facing the Japanese army under the cover of unusually fierce artillery fire, it was almost a continuous offensive. Even though there were fortifications built by the Japanese army in advance that could be used, the troops led by Su Yingqi fell into a bitter battle in a short time in the face of the Japanese troops attacking from three directions.

The Japanese barely paused for a moment, under the continuous charge, there was not even time to breathe. During the attack, the Japanese army adopted a variety of tactics, and the frontal assault did not achieve flank outflanking. The flanks were repulsed in a roundabout, and it was a two-pronged approach. At the risk of being accidentally injured by artillery fire, attacks were launched in three directions at once. This kind of attack by the Japanese army made Su Yingqi somewhat overstretched in the use of troops.

The Japanese army's offensive was so fierce and invested so many troops, and it can even be said that it did not hesitate to suffer casualties, so that even Su Yingqi, who was already mentally prepared, felt quite surprised. The flares fired by both sides illuminated the area controlled by Su Yingqi almost into daylight.

Despite the heavy casualties under the 'crossing' firepower of the Anti-Japanese Alliance, the Japanese offensive did not weaken as time progressed, but became more and more fierce. A 'wave' attack was crushed, and the remaining Japanese troops held out on the spot. There were even the corpses of their own colleagues who built fortifications and 'shot' at the Anti-Japanese Federation on the spot.

After the next 'wave' of attacking troops rushed through the anti-slope on the hill and arrived, they joined the second 'wave' of the assault force. He even did not hesitate to risk the intensive counterattack firepower of the Anti-United Nations, pushing the infantry artillery and rapid-fire 'fire' artillery under the nose of the Anti-United Nations to open fire directly.

The company placed at the foot of the mountain was the first to bear the brunt of the Japanese army's key attack target. In just half an hour, seven or eight hundred shells fell on this small position in their hands. At the same time, in order to pull out this nail, the Japanese army invested two squadrons of troops when they came up, and adopted the tactics of attacking from both sides and attacking from multiple directions at the same time.

Although relying on the fire from the hills behind him, especially the fire support of three 'Ting' large-caliber machine guns. It restrained the Japanese army's crazy move of pushing the infantry artillery under their noses and directly 'shooting' flat. But under the attack of the Japanese army, who had fought like crazy, regardless of casualties, after two and a half hours of hard work, half of the position was lost.

More than half of the troops themselves suffered casualties, and the remnants of the force were compressed to the foot of the mountain. Although Su Yingqi continued to organize mortar fire support on the anti-slope, the shortcomings in the strength of the troops made him unable to continuously put into the station like the Japanese army. Abandon the position at the foot of the mountain and withdraw the remaining troops to the mountainside to hold on.

The position on the hill was also smashed into ruins by the heavy artillery fire of the Japanese army. The 25-pounder field guns that used the fire points formed by the Japanese fortifications in the mountain were advanced to a distance of 1,500 meters and fired directly at a distance of 1,500 meters, destroying one-third of the reads in two hours.

The fortifications here were built by the Japanese army, and they knew very well the location of the firing points. This 'door' gun does not have to be too progressive, and does not even use flares to indicate the target. By adopting the method of blind 'firing' at a long distance, two shells can destroy a firing point, and there is no need for a test 'firing' at all.

In order to destroy this 'door' field artillery, Su Yingqi personally commanded a 'strong' 14-mm machine gun to continuously capture and try to destroy this 'door' field artillery. However, the Japanese army 'pumped' an engineer squadron to assist the artillery in changing positions for the 'gate' field artillery. Never on one position, contact three fires.

After the two shells were fired, the position was immediately shifted. Again, in the night, visibility at 1,500 meters was almost zero. The limited flares could only be used to block the Japanese offensive. In addition, this 'door' field gun was equipped with a brake, and even at night, the fire of the muzzle was quite inconspicuous, and this 'door' field gun was never captured.

When the battle reached the point where the sky gradually began to brighten, the hill where Su Yingqi was located had been blown into a floating ground by the intensive artillery fire of the Japanese army. Then he grabbed a handful, and his hand was full of shrapnel. Within 10 hours from the official opening of fire between the two sides and 7 a.m., tens of thousands of shells of various calibers fell on this small hill.

There was nothing left of the already sparse vegetation on the entire mountain. The incendiary bombs that had been 'fired' by the Japanese army had long been burned into a blank field. The main peak position among the three hills, in this 10-hour 'fierce' battle, was cut by Japanese artillery shells for nearly one meter.

Because of the limitations of the terrain, the actual troops invested by both sides are actually at the battalion level. Even the Japanese did not have more than two infantry brigades. However, after less than 12 hours of 'fierce' fighting, the entire position was beaten into a single appearance, which is enough to show the great determination of the Japanese army and the fierceness of the concentrated artillery fire.

The troops at the foot of the mountain, under the continuous frantic attacks of the Japanese army, have all been forced to shrink to the ridge line. In the east and west directions, the Japanese army also laid a lot of nails in the forward positions. By this time in the battle, the reinforced battalion he led had suffered one-third casualties.

Of course, the casualties of the Japanese army were greater, and the corpses of the Japanese troops who had not had time to recover in front of the entire position were covered with a whole layer. In front of the position, there was everywhere the groans of the wounded Japanese soldiers who had not had time to retreat. After ten hours of 'fierce' fighting, the Japanese army suffered two-thirds of the casualties of the first force.

However, even though they suffered huge casualties, the Japanese army's investment in troops and firepower in this direction did not decrease significantly. After the 'fierce' battle in the middle of the night, although both sides were quite exhausted, the Japanese army continued to invest troops.

In the middle of the night, the 38th Infantry Brigade, which was mainly attacking, was crushed. Of the four infantry squadrons that were put in, they could only be reduced to one infantry squadron in ten hours. Saburo Kiyono, the captain of the 38th Brigade who commanded in person, was also killed by the mortar of the Anti-Japanese Federation during the battle.

The squadron leaders of the four squadrons involved in the battle were all killed, and 70 percent of the officers were killed or wounded. A considerable part of the infantry squad was basically wiped out. The 1st Squadron was fully engaged, and in the end only seven wounded remained. This casualty figure has already exceeded the casualties paid by the 'mixed' Ninth Brigade in the entire Third Battle of Changsha.

Faced with the delay in making decisive 'sexual' progress, and the huge casualties that have occurred. Major General Kenyoshi Ikegami, who was quite surprised by the fierceness of the firepower of the combined infantry and the strength of his will to fight, did not hesitate at all. He was immediately 'drawn' as the reserve of the Japanese army on the entire Kangbao battlefield, and two squadrons of the 40th Infantry Brigade took over the offensive.

And two squadrons of the brigade regiment engineer brigade, also thrown in this direction. There was also a squadron of baggage soldiers who were also 'drawn' and assigned to the 48th Brigade. In order to seize this commanding height, Major General Kenyoshi Ikegami can be said to have mobilized all the forces that can be mobilized.

Immediately after the death of Saburo Kiyono, he immediately sent the captain of the Forty Division, Katsu Horiuchi, to take over the command. The 38th Brigade and the 40th Brigade were both backbone units that participated in the Third Battle of Changsha before being 'mixed' into the 9th Brigade and transferred to the Kangbao battlefield.

With the 40th Infantry Brigade to replace the 38th Infantry Brigade, Major General Kenkichi Ikegami can be said to have fought hard. There is no way, if he wants to hold Kangbao City, this hilly area in the northeast must be recaptured. Otherwise, the Anti-Union will be condescending, and it can even hit his command directly.

In order to shrink the number of troops, ensure the input of troops in the northern battlefield. He even shrank the defense of the southern front to the first line of the east 12 acres, Haojiacun, and Guojiaying. And here is only a few kilometers away from the city of Kangbao. But Ikegami's move is not a simple concession.

He used the retreat to disperse the forces invested by the Anti-Japanese Union on the southern front. Although the southern line of defense was narrowed back a considerable distance. But behind him in the Anti-Alliance, he left a large number of firepower points and troops. As a result, unless the anti-union on the southern front is willing to risk attacking from both sides, it can only disperse its forces and bite hard one by one.

Faced with this situation, Yang Jicai immediately threw the last reserve in his hand into the offensive on the southern front. However, the lack of troops had a very fatal impact on his battle. Although he had done his best to launch an offensive to deal with Su Yingqi's troops who were fighting the northern front.

But his troops were limited, and he fought until noon the next day, but he was really unable to attack. It can only be changed to a frontal containment with a force, and mobilize part of the troops to turn around and clear the nails deliberately left by the Japanese army behind them. Otherwise, under the front and rear fire, it will be difficult for the troops at the front to be nailed there.

As for Su Yingqi on the northern front, the only support he can do now is to 'draw' a company from the frontal front and strengthen Su Yingqi. In order to avoid that under such a desperate offensive of the Japanese army, Su Yingqi, who was short of his own troops, was completely defeated in the operation on the northern front.

Regarding Su Yingqi's switch from offense to defense on the northern front, Yang Jicai did not object after receiving a detailed report. For him, if he wants to eat the Japanese army in front of him now, he definitely doesn't have that capital. His original intention was also to adopt the tactics of grinding plates, launching an offensive at night to seize a few key points, and to attract the Japanese army's in-depth forces little by little by defending the attack.

Taking advantage of their infantry firepower, they held out during the day and gradually consumed the living forces of the Japanese army. It's just that he was originally prepared to bear the burden of this grinding plate by himself. But Su Yingqi was on the northern front, but he seized a key point and carried the burden over. Su Yingqi's adjustment and deployment was just in time to deal with his tactics.

It's just that the current situation, although it is developing according to Yang Jicai's original expectations. But the current situation makes him really not optimistic. The lack of troops left him with no reserves. On the southern front, although the opportunity to use the main force of the Japanese army and be attracted by Su Yingqi in the past, after fighting in the middle of the night, a considerable part of the key points have been seized.

However, the current attacking force, constrained by the lack of troops, is no longer able to continue the attack. Unless the Japanese troops behind them shrink back, the nails left by the consciousness are completely eliminated. Otherwise, the troops that have already been used to the extreme will no longer be able to 'draw' even one platoon or more to launch an attack except for infiltration operations.

The situation on the southern front did not worry him too much. What he was most worried about now was that the northern front, which was now responsible for 60 percent of the Japanese troops and almost 90 percent of the artillery fire. At present, when the forces on the southern front have been used to the extreme, it is really impossible to 'draw' more troops to the northern front.

That night, the 'color' came again, facing a stalemate in the battle situation, and the increasing pressure on the northern front. After Yang Jicai temporarily formed a platoon of non-combatants such as grooms, guards, and clerks to Su Yingqi on the northern front, he really had no troops to adjust.

After hesitating for a long time, he still dispelled Yang Jicai, who reported directly to the headquarters, and sent a telegram to Liu Changshun and Wang Minggui respectively. Although he had an urge to report directly to the headquarters, Yang Jicai finally dismissed this idea in consideration of the strict discipline in the troops.