Chapter 114: Flesh and Fruit Mill (Part 2)

For the Chinese army, the re-allocation of firepower and the movement of troops all take time. For the Japanese, seizing this breakthrough, dismantling the Chinese army's resistance in one fell swoop, and isolating the two or three is also a time.

The Chinese army wants to win time, while the Japanese want to grab time.

A fierce collision happened at this dawn

The subsequent airship troops of the Chinese army arrived one after another.

At this time, dawn had already appeared in the east.

In the sky, the airships threw bombs and fired signal flares for marking, and even guided them with tracer machine gun bullets. Then, the artillery observation posts at the commanding heights of the Chinese army launched a school fire for the support artillery groups in the rear, guiding these artillery groups to pour dense artillery fire onto the coming Japanese army.

The Japanese army has already burned their boats.

The 15th Takasaki Regiment belonging to the 14th Division of Japan replaced the 59th Regiment, which suffered heavy losses. With the direct bending firepower of the Chinese Army's second and third positions, and even the covered shooting of the Chinese Army's support artillery group, he marched tenaciously towards the Chinese Army's Akasaka Mountain position.

The Japanese army was in front of the scattered soldiers, and behind them were marching columns in platoons. The artillery fire of the Chinese army, bombs dropped by airships, direct-fire rapid-fire artillery fire from all directions, and machine gun firepower made one gap after another in the waves of people, but they were quickly filled.

The 50th Infantry Regiment of the 14th Division also started its attack on Akasaka Mountain from Dongpo.

The strong soldiers of the 47th Division of the Japanese 6th Division suddenly attacked the Chinese army's second and third main positions from the north when the Chinese army turned all their attention to Akasaka Mountain. They almost waved the Chinese army's defense line, and thanks to the newly arrived Qiu Haiyang's troops, they launched a resolute counterattack, and used strong firepower and combined with the second and third fortification firepower to block the advancement paths of the Japanese army's subsequent troops, and then eliminated the infiltration of the Japanese army.

Before the 203 position, the dense machine gun fire of the Chinese army was like a metal storm, violently sweeping away all moving objects in the firing world. The shells of various caliber almost covered the Japanese attack array. The men of Minami Kyushu, known as the most powerful soldier in Japan, were also blown to pieces in the flash of the shells.

These tenacious soldiers resisted artillery attacks with simple lying down and concealing, and insisted on advancing forward, shooting against the Chinese army from a distance of 400 meters. The most outstanding Japanese sharpshooters used tracer bullets to mark the ballistics as other firepower, and carried firepower to suffocate the Chinese army's resistance. The individual quality of the Chinese Marine Corps was also very outstanding. With its strong foundation building, the firepower made it difficult for these tenacious Kyushu soldiers to move forward.

Frontier Command of the 14th Division.

The thick logs were built into the top, covered with steel plates and soil. The division commander of the division, Lieutenant General Tojo, held the Eight-time Zeiss telescope and observed the situation ahead.

Within sight, the tenacious Japanese infantry suffered heavy casualties under the fierce interception firepower of the Chinese army, and were full of dead bodies, but they still struggled to climb upwards.

"The attack intensity of the 50th Regiment is insufficient, so I ordered them to add another squadron." Tojo Hideko said coldly, "The interception of the Akasakayama Chinese Army and the reinforcements passages of the Second O3 main positions is obviously ineffective. I am afraid that the Chinese people have other secrets. It is recommended that the army headquarters transfer this firepower to suppress the core building of the Chinese army in Akasakayama. Notify the air defense machine gun and heavy machine gun troops to move the gun position forward and destroy the Chinese airship troops as soon as possible..."

"Commander, Your Excellency General's Phone">"

Tojo Hideko hurried over and took the microphone.

"Your Excellency Commander, attack..."

"Don't complain." During the phone call, Prince Fumimi Seiya's voice was particularly cold, "Your Majesty has three days left for us. If you can't succeed, you know how to apologize."

Tojo Hideko trembled, but immediately stood up and gritted her teeth and said, "Yes, Your Excellency."

Handing the receiver to the staff officer, Hideko Tojo closed his eyes, remained silent for a while, opened his eyes suddenly, and stared at Chief of Staff, Sanzuo Yamanaki: "Notify the Second Regiment to be prepared. The commander of our division must go out in person at any time."

The fierce battle in Akasaka Mountain continues.

The Japanese army's corpses ranged from the perimeter of the main position to the place where they set off. Wherever they saw, there were cold corpses wrapped in yellow military uniforms, with strange deaths. Some were grinning, serious, some with tears, strange smiles, and many were already incomplete and charred and difficult to distinguish.

The troops involved in the attack of the 14th Division have completely lost their combat power.

In the fifty-ninth Utsunomiya United, the captain Miyamoto Amano was killed in battle, and the regiment Fu Komuro Saburo died of serious injury, and two of the three captains were killed in battle. The entire regiment could only piece together a complete infantry brigade.

The 15th Takasaki Regiment was finally buried under the dense firepower of the Chinese army and was destroyed on the north slope of Akasaka Mountain. In the end, only 650 people, including the captain of the Third Brigade Eika, had an astonishing loss rate of 75%.

The 50th Matsumoto United situation was slightly better, but the casualties exceeded 25%.

As for the ninja team, there were only twenty-four tired and numb soldiers, including Sadao Araki and Shinsakuro Maki. Shinsakuro Masaki was sent to him for treatment due to excessive blood loss. Sadao Araki was stunned and covered by floating soil because of his personal explosion of the Chinese army's firepower points. It was not until the Japanese occupied Akasaka Mountain to clear the battlefield. Fortunately, the rescue was timely and he saved his life.

The Chinese army's Akasaka Mountain position finally fell at 6:00 p.m. under the Japanese army's fearless brutal attack. Liu Tianyang, commander of the Chinese army's garrison, detonated the arsenal. In a brilliant explosion, he led the main position and more than 200 tired and happy Japanese troops ascended to the sky together.

At this point, the main positions of the Chinese army were completely exposed to the Japanese army.

The fall of Akasaka Mountain shakes the entire defensive posture of the Chinese army in Lushun.

The Chinese Army Garrison Command drew two battalions from various places to urgently send them to the 203 Highlands. The artillery group that had been transferred also launched violent artillery bombardment on the Japanese army in the direction of Akasaka Mountain, causing heavy casualties.

The Chinese army in the main position of the second or third place launched a fierce counterattack against Akasaka Mountain and once regained some of the positions of Akasaka Mountain.

At this time, the last reserve team of the 14th Division and the Second Mito Regiment also rushed to Akasaka Mountain in the fire of the Chinese army and immediately launched the most fierce infantry assault, fighting the Chinese army with flamethrowers, pistols, bayonets, grenades and explosives packs. The Chinese Marines in front of them also showed the greatest tenacity and courage, and persisted until the entire army suffered more than 60% of the casualties, before retreating to the starting position under the firepower contact of the main position of the second or third.

All the Japanese troops participating in the war have been severely injured.

The Akasaka Mountain position, which had become a ruin, was hit by fierce artillery bombardment from the Chinese army. The 12th Regiment and the 50th Matsumoto Regiment were both injured and injured in the artillery, so the remaining troops had to hide in the remaining part of the cover and solid support points of the Chinese army.

The Fifth Army Command of the Manchurian Army of Japan.

Prince Fushimi Sadaki'ai's face was gloomy and silent.

"...Prince General, it is difficult to capture the main position of the Second O3 by relying on the strength of the Sixth Division! The Sixth Division needs the cooperation of the 14th Division in the direction of Akasakayama and even the Second Guard Division." The leader of the Sixth Division Haruno Okubo's face turned red, "The blood of Kyushu Jianer of the Sixth Division has flowed too much. The Chinese army's firepower is too fierce. Fighting hard and hard is to fill the high ground with people's lives. This is endless to fill in any case."

"The 14th Division has done it." The chief of staff of the army, Tanaka Yoshiichi, whispered, "Although so many loyal and brave soldiers of the Imperial Army were killed and killed, they finally captured Akasaka Mountain."

"Okubo, the 14th Division can do it, why can't the 6th Division?" Prince Shin-ai Fushimiya stared at Haruno Okubo, "The 6th Division has always been considered the most powerful army in the empire. Do you want to shame this name?"

Okubo Haruno's face turned red and he couldn't speak.

"You don't know how terrible things happened," Prince Fushimi Seiya said with a gloomy face and gritted his teeth. "The base camp has forwarded the telegram. The Russian Mongolian front is likely to have suffered a crushing defeat in the Mongolian Gobi Desert, and may even be surrounded by the Chinese."

All Japanese officers whom Okubo, including Haruno, heard of the first time.

"The success or failure of the national war is all related to the gains and losses of the second and third high ground." Prince Shinai Fushimiya said coldly, "If we take this place and sweep Lushun, our army will gain freedom of movement in the Bohai Bay, and even directly land and cut off the heavy army group in northeastern Liaodong, and cut off the connection between the Chinese army's Northeast Front Army and the Gyeonggi. We can make a comeback in one fell swoop. If we can't get the second and third, the national war will probably end in a bleak end. Once the Russians lost Ulan-Ude, the Siberian Railway was cut off, it will be difficult for us to support it."

Haruno Okubo looked pale: "Your Excellency Prince General, how could this be the case... Russians..."

"Now is not the time to comment on the Russians." Prince Shinai Fushimiya shook his head, "We have no choice but to have more time to get it down, so we probably have to apologize together."

"Your Excellency, I think Okubo's concerns are not unreasonable. Since you have occupied the Akasaka Mountain position, you must make full use of this front position and you can retreat appropriately against the attack of the 203." Chief of Staff Yoshiichi Tanaka said, "The Chinese army's 203 main position has a tight defense and airships support in the air. Our army's frontal attack losses are too great. I suggest that our army concentrate on heavy artillery and bombard the 203 main position, and the 14th Division, the 6th Division and the 2nd Guards Division use this time to replenish the combat power as soon as possible. Start a strong attack tomorrow during the day, and you must take the 203 main position within 48 hours."

Starting from 2:00 p.m. that day, the firepower of the Japanese artillery group was concentrated on the main highlands of the second or third.

High and low smoke pillars rose from the high ground. The half-ton shell of Japan's 280-mm heavy mortar cannon streaked across the sky, and it smashed heavily on the Chinese army's basement area with the sound of a train roaring, leaving behind a huge crater with a diameter of more than 20 meters. The surface creatures within the diameter of 80 meters were either dead or injured.

The unprecedented violent bombardment lasted for half a day and took place several more times at night.

October 8th day.

Looking at the Chinese military positions, yellow waves of people rushing in the east and north, like ants.

To the north, the elite 45 Kagoshima corps of the Japanese 6th Division took the lead, and the wing flag was marching in the center of the queue. The wing leader Ritaro Kishimoto waved his sabre and marched in the column.

To the east, the Second Mito corps of the 14th Division had been replenished and set out from the Akasaka Mountain position and headed towards the 203 main highland.

On Akasaka Mountain, the 47mm modified anti-aircraft machine guns transported by the Japanese army at night had already entered the position, and a batch of light mortars and infantry guns were also aimed at the 203 Highlands.

The subsequent attack troops of the Japanese army have entered the starting position, waiting for the clarity of the battle situation ahead.

The battle has reached a white heat from the beginning.

Since the occupation of Akasaka Mountain, it has become more difficult to support the troops of the Chinese army's main defense zone. After many supplements, the Chinese army defenders in the Erectile Dysfunction Highlands were mainly Marines, with a total of 2,200 combat soldiers.

In front of them, the Japanese army had three divisions.

The Japanese army launched a continuous strong attack in a rotating manner.

In the face of the fierce firepower of the Chinese army, infantry brigades filled up one by one, and countless living lives instantly turned into ashes. Then the next brigade was the next.

At this time, all clever tactical maneuvers and strategic deception were meaningless, and all gave way to the violence of the sacred man. The Japanese army tried to overwhelm the Chinese defenders in front of them with the most concentrated firepower and troops, while the Chinese army resisted tenaciously with the complex and solid fortification system combining the ground and the underground.

In just three hours, the Japanese army launched four charges, all of which failed. The two main attacking regiments suffered more than 40% of their casualties and had to retreat and rest.

Then there were the 23rd Capital United of the Sixth Division and the Utsunomiya United of the 14th Division.

This time it was only two hours, and both regiments were seriously injured and corpses were everywhere. The recruits who had just added in were already scared from the beginning in the face of such a harsh battlefield situation. What the emperor, what the Great Japan, and what the Great East Asian Holy War had become a cloud in the sky at this time. Faced with the hell scene, many simple peasant children collapsed and fled directly, and fell under the guns of the supervising team without exception.

By this time, the Japanese army's follow-up forces had been banned from watching the battlefield and could only stay in the trenches and wait for orders.

The 47th Grand Division, and the 50th Matsumoto United were filled in with this meat grinder again.

At this time, the Chinese army was exhausted, and the reserve team had filled in, and many people were already fighting hard. While the Chinese army supported artillery groups, they had to provide curved firepower to strike the Japanese offensive, they had to suppress the Japanese army in Akasaka Mountain and cover the subsequent Chinese army to reinforce the second and third highlands.

Qiu Haiyang's troops were exhausted, but they still had to insist on fighting at the forefront.

According to the experience of Songshushan, Qiu Haiyang arranged the machine gun bunker at the corner position in the ridge and carried out key reinforcement to form side fire or even reverse fire. The Japanese army entering this side fire range was killed in seconds without any suspense. The machine guns on the front mainly blocked some important mountain paths, while mortars and grenade launchers were mainly targeted at the Japanese army hiding behind rocks and advancing with straight obstacles.

The bomb fell like rain, and the Chinese military positions were also intensively suppressed by the Japanese infantry firepower.

On the 203 position, artilleryism was brought to its extreme.

The artillery group mobilized by the Chinese army earlier played a huge role at a critical moment. A group of Japanese infantry artillery that blatantly came forward to support was violently bombarded by the Chinese army's hidden heavy artillery, and the artillery was destroyed and killed. The curved firepower of both sides reached an unprecedented density in the history of war. Under such artillery fire, life had completely become a fragile product similar to glass. Infantrymen on both sides of the enemy and us turned into trenches in such a harsh battlefield environment, and most of the time they had to curl up in hidden parts or trenches, or lie behind the ground or obstacles.

The fierce battle continued until late at night.

The Chinese airships fired flares over the Erroi Highlands. The battlefield was brightly lit, and various shells from both sides came and went, and the tenacious Japanese army began to take turns to attack the Erroi Chinese positions.

The number of casualties in the Japanese army has reached too much, but it is conservatively estimated that more than seven or eight thousand people in the Chinese army have made many reinforcements from Niujiao Mountain to the second and third positions. The figures of the losses in the halfway made Yi Shuihan, who had just seen it, think that he had written an extra zero.

The Japanese attack finally achieved results. In many positions, the remnants of the Japanese attacking troops penetrated into the trenches. Although they were quickly eliminated, they were still a great encouragement to the Japanese attacking troops.

All Japanese troops have attacked twice.

dawn.

The Japanese army's fierce attack seemed to have finally stopped, and only the roar of artillery shells cutting through the sky and the violent explosion accompanied by the earth's shaking.

The exhausted Chinese Marines and the National Defense Army soldiers ate the hot meal in advance. Before they could recall the battle alarm was heard.

The white phosphorus flares illuminate the battlefield clearly.

The 20th North Slope, the sharp knife of the 6th Division is also recognized as the strongest wing of the Japanese Army: the 13th Kumamoto wing entered the battlefield. These fierce, brave, stout and black soldiers from the Mikushu, adhered to the legacy of their ancestors' bravery and tenaciousness, have always been the best in the Japanese Army. At this time, Haruno Okubo finally used the victory and defeat.

Dongpo.

The 20th Japanese Guard Regiment, the Imperial soldiers of the Eighth Guard Regiment, took the chrysanthemum-patterned Guard flag, and roared the Guard's war song and rushed down Akasaka Mountain.

"Crossing mountains, corpses are everywhere; crossing the sea, blood flows into rivers; serving loyalty to the emperor, and treating death as if home."

The majestic and magnificent singing echoed among the mountains, like rolling spring thunder. The guard infantry clusters that were raising energy were like moving bayonets, so that they could start to march towards the second and third high ground.

The Chinese soldiers on the position looked at the enemies in front of them who seemed to never retreat, and looked at the nightmare-like defensive operations that seemed to have no end, and clenched the steel gun in their hands.

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