At 7 a.m. on December 22, it was already dark.
The 200 divisions besieging Kunlun Pass, since the early sun rose on 22 July, the positions of the whole division have taken on a completely new look, showing a completely different vigor and vitality from the previous days, no one could have imagined that yesterday morning, this army full of vigor and vigor, still in the crossfire of the Japanese army, launched charges again and again, failed again and again, and was defeated again and again After the progress of the whole line led by the Luotang Heights, the momentum of the 200 divisions was very high, and Division Commander Dai prepared to launch a general attack with the whole division, and the three infantry regiments of the 598th, 599th, and 600th infantry regiments, as well as the troops directly under the division, including the division headquarters, all moved forward and concentrated all their forces to launch an attack on the front line of the Jieshou Heights.
The three infantry regiments and the directly subordinate troops participating in the attack and cover surrounded the Japanese army on the Jieshou Heights, and before the teaching brigade went down to the heights, the 600th Regiment and the 599th Regiment and the 9th Regiment near the Jieshou Heights began to encircle the operation.
Overnight, the battle situation underwent earth-shaking changes, and many officers and men who personally participated in the battle, including Zhang Wei, did not notice that the situation on the battlefield had changed so quickly, and the situation of the two sides was almost reversed.
When the sky was bright, there was a reconnaissance detachment sent by the Kunlun Pass garrison, which detected the encirclement of the 200th Division.
However, how can they use the Type 94 37 rapid-fire guns and the Type 41 mountain guns to bombard, and it may cause a lot of losses to the 200 divisions that have come over the encirclement, but Matsumoto knows that it is impossible to fundamentally stop the Chinese army's encirclement action.
Therefore, the commander of the Kunlun Pass garrison, Sozaburo Matsumoto, did not launch a fire attack or harassment except for continuing to draw personnel from the artillery and engineers as infantry to participate in the first-line defense.
Sozaburo Matsumoto's only measure was to declare a death battle within the defenders, and distribute basic combat weapons such as rifles and grenades to all miscellaneous soldiers and non-front-line combatants, and prepare all of them to fight, which also meant that the Japanese troops trapped on the front line of the Jieshou Heights had reached a fateful moment.
On the side of the Fifth Army, after learning of the good news yesterday, Commander Du of the Nantiancun Military Headquarters exclaimed for his joy, and after clearly understanding the excellent performance of the Teaching Brigade, he also repeatedly praised the Teaching Brigade and Zhang Wei as "the dry city of the country," and "made great contributions."
Of course, Zhang Wei, the captain of the big head brigade who led the team to drive down the high ground of Luotang in the early morning, did not know that he had become the "dry city" of the Fifth Army. ” The attack on Kunlun Pass went smoothly, and Commander Du was also quite generous in arranging the firepower of today's attack, and all the subordinate units of the Fifth Army besieging Kunlun Pass were moved, and the heavy artillery groups of the Fifth Army were moved forward, the antiaircraft machine guns directly under the army, the antiaircraft guns strengthened by the Guangxi side, and all kinds of heavy artillery firepower and anti-aircraft firepower were all moved forward, forward, and all forward The change in the mood of Commander Du is the same as that of the front-line combat officers, and the victory has stimulated Commander Du's desire to fight, therefore, these technical weapons have all moved forward, and everything is prepared for the siege campaign, and the anti-aircraft fire and artillery firepower are now fighting closely with the 200 divisions.
Below the heights, in the vacated positions of the 598th Regiment.
The brethren of the teaching brigade were doing their final preparations for the attack, and the sound of the soldiers feasting and enjoying themselves filled the entire trench.
Outside the trenches, mortars, heavy machine guns and other heavy firearms in the team lined up, in addition to the teaching brigade's own heavy equipment, the reinforced troops are also in place, two German-made 37 anti-aircraft guns and a large number of 37 explosive grenades and a certain amount of 37 armor-piercing shells, plus the newly strengthened two 20-year-old 82 mortars, so that the training brigade's firepower configuration has re-reached the level of the assault on the Luotang Heights, and the mortar and battle defense artillery are still those friendly artillery during the assault on Luotang, and these soldiers have the experience of fighting together with the teaching brigade.
However, the level of firepower of the teaching brigade did not stop there.
Behind the battle defense artillery and mortars, there was also a Bofors 75 mm mountain gun, and Division Commander Dai was afraid that the firepower of the teaching brigade would not be enough, so he actually transferred a Bofors 75 mountain gun from the mountain artillery reinforced by the army artillery group to the 200 divisions, and directly assigned it to the teaching brigade to accompany the infantry attack.
After Zhang Wei saw this 75 Bofors mountain cannon, he was also choked by the "thunder", the power and range of this thing are good, better than the Japanese-made mountain artillery field artillery, and even better than many other foreign models of mountain artillery, its positioning in the national army is similar to a high-power mountain artillery, but the weight is really large, and the gun carriage is relatively heavy, Zhang Wei doesn't know if this artillery squad can keep up with the infantry of the teaching brigade when charging.
After the troops withdrew from the heights, they had breakfast in the air trenches left by the officers and men of the 598th Regiment, and after teaching the officers and men of the brigade to go down to the heights, they were greeted with a meal of pork and stewed vegetable soup.
The soldiers fought for the night last night, and now they have sent hard dishes, all of which are made with open stomachs, and the friendly mortars, battle defense artillery, and mountain artillerymen who belong to the teaching brigade also took the dishes and chopsticks, and ate meat and drank soup with the officers and soldiers of the teaching brigade.
The soldiers ate and talked, which was also the last relaxation before the battle began.
The soldiers ate in a big gulp, and the officers of the brigade were in the trenches, around the map, repeatedly studied, and confirmed the attack plan, Zhang Wei and below, the squadron leaders, and the platoon commanders all gathered together, and after many consultations, the teaching brigade selected the attack site on the south side of the Jieshou Heights, where the terrain was relatively flat, and it was much easier to walk than the mountainous terrain in other directions, which was very convenient for the attack.
"The location of the attack is selected to the south of the head of the boundary, everyone must explain to the brothers under him, the terrain here is relatively flat, it is easy for our army to give full play to the advantages of troops, organize group attacks, and the battle defense artillery and mountain artillery and mortars attached to our brigade are also more convenient when accompanying the infantry to maneuver and shoot" Zhang Wei said earnestly to the officers around him, Zhang Wei has been assigned to the combat deployment, but this is a general attack after all, Zhang Wei still told a few more words.
"Yes," replied the officers, who were listening to orders in earnest.
Mu Chao waved his hand excitedly: "Captain, don't worry, it's not the first time that the brothers have charged in this terrain, and I'm afraid that the supporting artillery won't be able to keep up." ” "Squadron Leader Mu, I don't like to hear this, when did the mortars of my heavy fire squadron run slower than the infantry" Li Shaoyan glared at Mu Chao and said.
Mu Chao hurriedly waved his hand, so he made a gaffe, and smiled: "Lao Li, don't be careful, let's not fight a general attack, just kidding, relax, who doesn't know that the mortars of your squadron dare to use the bottom plate of the mortar to play hand-to-hand combat with the devil." ” "Hahaha" The officers, who were still serious, laughed Read the URL: