On the night of the 19th of the month, the sound of guns and cannons rumbled, and the sound from the direction of Kunlun Light could also be faintly heard in the position of the teaching brigade.
The siege of Kunlun Pass by the units of the Fifth Army was protracted, and in the tug-of-war, the Honor 1st Division captured Fairy Mountain, Laomaoling, Wanfu Village, Luotang and 411 Heights near Kunlun Pass; The 200th Division captured two heights.
Other units, friendly forces such as the 99th Army and the 46th Army also had their own battles, either cooperating with the Fifth Army to attack Kunlun Pass, or engaging reinforcements from the Fifth Division in other directions, but the battles and progress of each division were not all in hand and tangible results.
The Kunlun Pass garrison was strengthened by the second brigade of the 42nd Wing of the Japanese army, equipped with reinforced artillery and machine guns, and occupied favorable terrain, so the Japanese army could use the terrain to carry out various counterattacks and counterattacks, so the battle was extremely difficult for the main force of the siege, that is, the troops of the Fifth Army.
A small piece of land can often change hands several times in an hour.
The Japanese army may launch a counterattack at any time, and the front foot of the position is still in their hands, and the rear foot may lose the hard-won position because of the counterattack of the Japanese army.
The fighting strength of a strengthened infantry brigade in charge of garrison is very astonishing, and the terrain has greatly limited the development of the artillery fire of the Fifth Army to a certain extent, and the 1st and 200th Divisions of Honor have fought very hard.
The new 22nd Division, on the other hand, was not responsible for the task of besieging the army, and the whole division blocked the Nanbin Highway to block the reinforcements, and compared with the other two divisions, the battle was much easier, and the most fierce fighting was the teaching brigade and the 65th Regiment on the front line.
The confrontation between the Teaching Brigade and the Takeda Brigade was still continuing, Zhang Wei had just sent He Jinhai away in the command post, and He Jinhai took the engineer platoon to the rear position, and the baggage platoon was jointly deployed.
Zhang Wei walked out of the position, inspecting the front line while thinking about the next battle.
The second batch of reinforcements of the Japanese army was delayed, and it would not be quickly reinforced to the Takeda Brigade in the short term.
The confrontation with this Takeda Brigade had to continue, and the telegram from Deng Junlin, commander of the 65th Regiment, made it clear that the construction of positions and preparations for an ambush would not be until noon on the 20th, and the teaching brigade and the friendly Zhou Pu battalion would have to go up for most of the day.
In the final analysis, a procrastination.
"Pay attention to observation, the Japanese army may attack at night in the middle of the night, you must keep an eye on the front line."
In the front-line position, Zhang Wei sniffed the smell of gun oil and gunpowder in the position, and said to Qiu Wei, the leader of the first squadron, and Mu Chao, the leader of the second squadron.
The officers and men of the 1st and 2nd Squadrons stationed in the front-line positions were full of spirit, and the light and heavy firearms were erected on the trenches and pointed directly at the field in front of the positions.
"Captain, the Japanese army has the support of an infantry squadron, do we have to keep in their way during the day tomorrow?"
Mu Chao asked.
Zhang Wei replied: "No matter what the Japanese army moves towards, anyway, our brigade will have to hold up until noon tomorrow." ” "Stagnate, the Japanese army has a car, it is possible to use the car to make a quick assault, the ears are pricked up, and if it really can't be done, two flares will be fired."
"Yes" Teach the brigade that the only way to hold the position is to hold the position, and the longer it drags on, the more beneficial it will be to your side.
"Incompetence of subordinates" In the temporary headquarters of the Takeda Brigade, a Japanese squad leader bowed his head in grief and indignation, bent over, and confessed to the captain Takeda Masayuki.
This Japanese squad leader is none other than the captain of the Japanese alert squad besieging He Jinhai, at this time, he is hanging on his arms, and there are shrapnel scratches on his face, all of which were combat wounds from the third squadron of the teaching brigade, and he has no worries about his life, but he looks very embarrassed, which is quite inconsistent with the image of the imperial army's usual "bravery".
The squad leader continued to confess to the captain Takeda Masayuki, and even proposed to commit suicide by seppuku, in this battle, the alert team was prepared, but still let the Chinese army succeed on the flank, was raided, and lost a number of combat soldiers, the crime is really not small.
Takeda Masayuki was expressionless, he did not blame the captain of the alert squad too much, for this failure, Takeda Masayuki thought that it was better to conceal the stragglers of the Chinese army, so he escaped the search of the alert team.
After the large-scale raid, Takeda had no time to think about it, because there was a more important task waiting for him.
"Your behavior is indeed an insult to the dignity of the imperial soldiers, the dignity lost on the battlefield, you have to find it from the battlefield again, the next battle will be more dangerous, I hope you don't have a similar situation again, don't embarrass the brigade and the imperial army" "Yes," the squad leader replied, and then left the temporary command post of the Takeda Brigade.
It has been more than a day since he confronted the Chinese army in this place, and for more than a day, he has not moved an inch, and Takeda has received reinforcements, so he naturally will not wait any longer.
The mission of this trip was not to confront the Chinese army, but to reinforce Kunlun Pass After the Takeda Brigade was reorganized, it was restored to the strength of three squadrons, as well as the replenishment of vehicles and ammunition.
The vitality of the Takeda Brigade has been greatly restored, whether it is the strength of the hardware, the number of combat soldiers, or the morale of the grassroots soldiers, it is all a boost.
What he said to the captain of the vigilance squad just now, Takeda also said to himself, the honor lost on the battlefield must be recovered from the battlefield, Takeda has the confidence to replenish, and he also needs large-scale reinforcements in the rear as a backing, and his desire to win against a strong enemy is very high.
In his heart, he vowed to use the attack and reinforcement of Kunlun in exchange for rebuilding the dignity of the first brigade of the 21st Wing and the bravery of the imperial army.
Attacking is the best way.
"Captain, Your Excellency Captain Miki has a telegram ordering our unit not to stop and intensify the attack since we already have infantry reinforcements from the second brigade."
The inseparable lieutenant of the brigade reported with the newly received telegram and Takeda.
"Wing Commander's Telegram" "It was the reinforcements led by the Wing Commander who had gotten rid of the attack of the Chinese army and were stepping up, but but" The adjutant of the brigade looked at the telegram, reading it, and his face gradually turned bad.
"But what," Takeda asked eagerly.
"The road seems to have been damaged by the Chinese army, and the reinforcements led by Wing Captain Miki are unable to advance quickly, and the Wing Commander urgently asks us to continue to attack."
"Hmm."
Takeda said softly, the news that reinforcements were hindered did not seem to affect Takeda.
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