The inevitable attack failed again. Iida Masao himself had not realized that they had lost the strength to attack again, and wanted to try again. Amami asked someone to stop him. After nearly two hours of fighting, Observation, Aman can also see that those guarding the Lion Gate are definitely the elite of the cadet army. The reason why the 213th Regiment fought like this is not because Iida's command is not good or the soldiers are not alive, but because the enemy is too difficult to deal with. He did not fight again. Iida responded harshly, but said to him: "Just leave some seeds for the 213th Regiment. After this battle is over, I will ask Commander Okamura for instructions and let you return home to replenish."
Iida was so grateful that he almost burst into tears. Long live my understanding. He bowed to Amami repeatedly and said, "Your Excellency, thank you for your care. It's a humble position, a humble position."
Gan Can didn't have time to listen to his gratitude. In his imagination, he dared to capture Nanchang before dawn. He waved his hand to interrupt him, called for the captain of the 215th Regiment, Colonel Kadowaki Kanwei, and said to the latter : "Don't you want to avenge Major General Naoki Araki? I will give you this opportunity now. Iida-kun has opened the situation for you. Now, it's up to you."
The Matsumoto Battalion that protected Araki Naoki came from the 215th Regiment of Nagatowaki Mikiwei. The Matsumoto Battalion was almost wiped out. After Araki and Matsumoto were killed, Nagatowaki Mikiwei went around clamoring to avenge them. Zan apparently remembered this and gave him the opportunity to capture the Lion Gate. Nagato bowed first, then raised his head and said loudly: "Your Excellency, please give us twenty minutes. After twenty minutes, I will ask you Climb up the Lion Gate and look out over Nanchang."
"Xingxi." Gan Cang nodded,
Nagato bowed to Amami again, nodded to Iida, and then gathered the troops.
Five minutes later, Nagato personally led the remaining two Japanese brigades of the regiment and launched an attack on the top of the Lion Gate Mountain in squadron units. "There are not many defenders on the top of the mountain anymore. Gentlemen, take out your weapons." Be brave and use the heads of Chinese people to pay homage to Lord Araki's spirit in heaven." He roared like this, which immediately won a roaring response from his Japanese soldiers.
Amami saw this scene 500 meters away, and was very satisfied with Nagato. He called the chief of staff, Colonel Koji, and said to him: "After the Lion Gate is captured later, I will lead the main force first. I’ll leave the light, heavy and engineer troops to you.”
The 33rd Mountain Artillery Regiment of the Japanese army carries a lot of ammunition. Every wave of shelling almost plows up the top of the mountain. Even the "old bandits" in the guerrillas are frightened by such a scale of shelling. Now, if they survive the bombardment, it has become the first problem they have to solve.
Yoshida Kenichi also thought that there were not many defenders left on the mountain. This was the last shelling of the headquarters, so the artillery fire was extra sufficient. This also caused the Second Regiment to suffer particularly heavy losses in this round of shelling. Diffraction at the foot of the mountain. When the Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain began to fire illumination bombs at the top of the mountain, there were less than two companies of men and horses left in the Second Regiment.
Dai Dama's left arm was also injured by shrapnel in this round of shelling. The artillery fire was diverted. He quickly hung his left arm around his neck with a triangle belt, and then looked down the mountain. Halfway up the mountain on the west side, the cadets The fire caused by the grenades thrown in the previous counterattack was still burning. Through the light of the fire, the Japs gradually appeared. Although the Second Regiment suffered heavy losses in the previous round of shelling, the strong Dai Dama still wanted to rely on his own strength. However, when he saw the number of invading enemy troops clearly, he gave up the idea, "MD, there are so many Japs." An "old bandit" beside him exclaimed in a low voice,
Dai Dama: "You kid, you want to take it down in one fell swoop." After saying that, he took out two flares, put them into the pistol, pulled the trigger and fired.
Two red signal bombs rose into the sky, which made Feng Lanshan's heart sink on the mountainside. He shouted: "Brothers, be ready. As soon as the artillery fire stops, people will rush up." Then, he came from the side again. The communications staff officer took the microphone in his hand, squeezed the messenger and shouted: "Mao Xiangnan, prepare two regiments, come up as soon as the artillery fire stops."
"yes."
The sound of artillery stopped. Under the leadership of Ge Zhengshu, the third regiment and the two regiments of the fourth brigade of the second division immediately rushed out of the trenches and anti-gun holes, and rushed towards the top of the mountain in a swarm. At the same time, the sound of gunfire on the top of the mountain had already begun. It rang,
In the Japanese army's ranks, flares were launched into the sky one after another, immediately lighting up the mountaintop area as bright as day. Nagato personally stood on the front line. He raised his command sword high and shouted to his subordinates to charge. The Japanese army was organized into squadrons, platooning They formed one skirmish line after another and launched an attack on the top of the mountain. Dai Dama looked down from a high position. His field of vision was full of Japanese helmets wrapped with camouflage nets. His eyes couldn't help but shrink. This formation was actually quite disadvantageous to the attacker, and Thinking about it on the other hand, it also shows that the Japanese army is bound to win this attack. Looking around, behind him, the support troops are rushing up. On the top of the mountain, almost everyone looks ragged, and some of them are hanging like him. With an arm or a bandage wrapped around their head, they faced his gaze and puffed up their chests subconsciously, with a look of death in their eyes, "I once had a thousand brothers, and now only these are the only ones left." It's one o'clock." He growled in his heart, moisture appeared in his eyes, he rubbed it hard, and suddenly shouted: "Brothers, who are we?"
"Bandits from Yingya Mountain." Dozens of voices roared in unison,
"Why should we be bandits?"
This is a tradition of the "old bandits" in Yingya Mountain. It has been sounded countless times when Yingya Mountain and the guerrillas were facing desperate situations. Gradually, it has become the pride of the "old bandits". The "old bandits" are completely obsessed with it. I instinctively shouted: "To kill the Japanese."
Dai Dama pointed to the bottom of the mountain with his right hand and shouted: "Today, we may die here, but even if we die, we must let the little devils know who we are. We are bandits on Yingya Mountain. As long as China's big There is still a Japs on the ground, and our bandits in Yingya Mountain will not be wiped out for a day. Brothers, rush."
"Go ahead."
Nagato Wakiganwei, Feng Lanshan, Ge Zhengshu and Hu Yanbao, none of them thought that Dai Dama would launch a counterattack at this time. Even though they had a commanding advantage, they only had two companies, and almost everyone Injured, in this situation, it is more of a suicide attack than a counterattack.
Feng Lanshan immediately shouted: "Nonsense." Hu Yanbao cursed: "Old Dai, you are looking for death." Ge Zhengshu shouted: "Brothers, hurry up, hurry up, hurry up."
Nagato Wakiganwei was first surprised and then overjoyed. He shouted: "The Chinese people are desperate. Imperial soldiers, kill them."