I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 635: The Sorrow of Zhongtiao Mountain (8) Zhongtiao Mountain Diary

Xie Jinfang's 207th Division was stationed in the middle of the north-south defense line.

To their south was the road leading into the mountains, a flat area about two kilometers wide and ten kilometers long.

This place is called Guishe Slope, which means it is a slope that looks like a hanged ghost’s tongue.

The end of this slope is just behind the defense line of the 80th Army of the National Army.

The roads here are wide and gently sloping, making them ideal for large-scale assaults while leaving the defenders with no strategic locations to defend.

That is why the 207th Division was arranged to defend here, and this is the only place that the Minister of Defense has not changed.

It was because this place was too critical and related to the flank of the Central Army on the southern front that the Minister of Defense did not dare to make any random arrangements.

If the Japanese pass through here now, they will definitely try to outflank the 80th Division.

The Japanese are powerful and if we let them pass, the 80th Division will surely collapse.

Even the entire defense line of the National Army in Zhongtiao Mountain would collapse.

Xie Jinfang immediately gave the order: "Order the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Brigade of the 207th Division and the divisional engineering battalion to go out.

Have them go down to Ghost Tongue Slope immediately and set up a defensive position on the spot."

Chief of Staff: "No, Commander, the terrain of Guishe Slope is too flat.

Not to mention sending a regiment of troops, even sending a brigade would not be enough.

They simply could not withstand the impact of the Japanese mechanized forces."

Master Xie said in a calm and resolute tone: We must stop!

Once the Japanese break through there, the whole area will be in chaos.

Don’t be afraid of losses. If one regiment is destroyed, we can just send out another brigade.

If one brigade is destroyed, our entire 207th Division will move forward.

If the whole division is destroyed, you and I will take over. There is no other way, we can only sacrifice ourselves, die heroically for our country, and die on the battlefield!"

What they didn't notice was that their conversation was recorded by the military reporter Ji Lingbo.

Zhongtiao Mountain Diary: At five o'clock in the morning on May 9, General Xie made a bold statement.

There is no other way but to sacrifice myself, die heroically for my country, and die on the battlefield.

Liu Yanzi, a reporter from the Military Newspaper of the Temporary Capital!

There were trenches and trenches built in advance on Guishe Slope.

With the quick operation of the division's engineering battalion, it was immediately renovated.

Several heavy machine gun positions were built so that the heavy machine guns of the 207th Division could be moved at any time.

All the heavy weapons of the 207th Division on the northern front were moved to new positions, and all the previous machine gun positions were abandoned.

Division Commander Xie Jinfang still had some considerations about changing the heavy weapons position.

This is because their layout remains unchanged throughout the year, and the Japanese may have already investigated it clearly.

If I still stay in the same place and don't leave, it would be tantamount to seeking death.

《Japanese in Zhongtiao Mountain: At ten o'clock in the morning on the 9th, the Japanese soldiers became angry and humiliated when they saw that Commander Xie refused to give way.

The Japanese dispatched armored vehicles to Guishe Slope, launching their third consecutive attack.

Now the Japanese artillery bombardment is about to begin again...

Reporter of the Capital Military Newspaper: Liu Yanzi

Before the smoke had cleared, the soldiers of the guard battalion rushed towards Xie Jinfang's division headquarters.

After a lot of effort, they finally dug the Chief of Staff and Xie Jinfang out from the ruins.

Xie Jinfang coughed and said, "How is the Chief of Staff?"

The chief of staff covered his head and said, "I was hit by a brick on my forehead and the skin is exposed."

Commander Xie asked the guards to quickly dig out the staff and drawings buried under the house.

While patting the dirt off his body, Commander Xie cursed, "Damn it, these little Japanese devils are so evil.

We have changed two headquarters, but the Japanese artillery can still find us."

Chief of Staff: "The Japanese have been studying us for more than half a year. How can they be the headquarters? They know more than us. This is not surprising."

Commander Xie pointed to the Ghost Sheep Slope below and said, "The commander of the regiment below is really good at using explosives.

The Japanese suffered heavy losses this time. In just one morning, they probably lost no more than a battalion.

Chief of Staff, go and see how much damage the regiment commander has suffered.

If the losses are too great, let them rest and have the Second Brigade and the Second Regiment take over immediately."

It turned out that the commander of the regiment did not confront the attacking Japanese.

They deliberately showed weakness and lost three lines of defense in succession.

When the attacking Japanese soldiers entered the third trench triumphantly.

A regimental commander ordered the engineers sent by the division to detonate the explosives buried in the trenches in advance.

An entire battalion of Japanese soldiers were killed in the third trench.

Chief of Staff: "Thank you, Commander. I just went to see that the fighting was fierce at the head of the regiment, but the casualties were less than the soldiers of a battalion.

The Japanese have been stunned by the bombing and have not yet sent out troops to launch another attack on the 1st Regiment.

Moreover, our current casualty ratio with the Japanese is as high as one to three.

The Japanese have already lost more than 1,500 people, so this is a great victory for us!"

Commander Xie: "Tell the regiment commander below to make sure the soldiers are on guard against artillery fire.

Also, I remember that he was a pretty good player when he was in the Four Banks in Shanghai.

When this battle is over, I will personally recommend him for the title of deputy brigade commander. He will definitely get it."

The chief of staff said: "Then I will take over as the regiment commander. Thank you, division commander, for the promotion. Hahahaha..."

The Japanese Zhongtiaoshan Campaign Headquarters, several Japanese division commanders were there.

They gathered around Hayata and Ono and looked at the hanging map together.

Commander Sakai said with shame: "Mr. Hayata, Mr. Ono, I have failed your expectations of me.

Unexpectedly, the 207th Division had buried a large amount of explosives in the trenches.

As a result, a whole battalion of Imperial warriors from my division were killed in battle."

Ono turned around and said, "Mr. Sakai, have you noticed that the combat characteristics of the 207th Division look familiar?"

Tomohisa Hayata: “I noticed that, too. Their trench blasting tactics look very familiar.

The use of this tactic is almost identical to that of Song Wenwan from Gannan.

You have been on the battlefield of Zhongtiao Mountain, confronting General Wei of the National Army, so you know very little about this kind of warrior. "

After Hayata finished speaking, he still took the trouble to tell the division commanders again about Song Wenwan's outrageous actions over the years.

After hearing this, these division commanders also felt a chill.

Especially the commander of the Sakai Division, he even felt that he was very lucky.

After all, others had lost entire divisions, while he had only lost a battalion, which was not much.

Ono: “It’s not that there is no way to deal with them, we can just use cannons to fight them.

Moreover, Xie Jinfang's 207th Division obviously does not have the heavy firepower of the guerrilla division.

But we can’t afford to wait any longer, today is only the first day of the battle.”

Hayata: "Ono-kun, if you have any ideas, you must speak up. We will support you at all costs."

Ono: "Let the troops rush forward and fight with bayonets. If the Chinese troops dare to come out, bomb them with artillery shells."

Yoshitani: “Ono-kun, by then we will be mixed up with the people from the 207th Division.

If that happens, our loss will also be considerable.

China's population base is incomparable to that of any empire.

This time we are 130,000 against 300,000. Even if it is one for one, we can’t beat the Chinese!"