At this moment, Du Shengxi led two hundred members of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas to reinforce. They rushed to the top of the mountain in front of the Japanese and shot violently at the Japanese at the foot of the mountain.

The originally panicked militia and the officers and soldiers of the Guo army who were guarding the top of the mountain were greatly boosted when they saw reinforcements coming. Many people who were about to escape also returned to their positions and opened fire violently at the Japanese army.

The defenders suddenly increased their firepower and beat the Japanese army to the point of being overturned. They had to retreat again.

It was already dawn at this time. When the commander of the 9th Division of the Japanese Army saw that his men were beaten back, he was anxious and ordered the supervisor to shoot at the retreating Japanese officers and soldiers, forcing them to rush up the mountain again.

At the same time, he ordered an infantry brigade to strengthen the offensive and try to take down the defenders' positions in one fell swoop.

The Japanese artillery still shot towards the mountains regardless of their own casualties.

Fortunately, after the continuous shooting of guerrilla artillery, the Japanese artillery suffered great losses, with very few 240mm heavy mortars left. Although it caused considerable casualties to the defenders on the mountain, the defenders could barely support them.

Seeing that the enemy had been temporarily repelled, Du Shengxi asked, "Where is your Captain Geng?"

A guerrilla who was originally guarding the hill said, "Captain Geng is injured." Then he took Du Shengxi to the bottom of a giant rock.

Du Shengxi saw that Geng Hua had a lot of blood on his body, and a big bag on his head had been bandaged. At this time, he was still in a coma.

Du Shengxi was so relieved that he was still gasping for breath, and said to the guerrillas who were following him: "You should quickly carry Captain Geng to the hospital for treatment."

The two special forces team members stepped forward and lifted Geng Hua and placed him on a stretcher.

At this moment, Geng Hua suddenly woke up. He asked anxiously: "Have the Japanese rushed up the mountain?"

Du Shengxi said: "No, the Japanese have been defeated."

Geng Hua saw the person in front of him clearly, and he said with some shame: "I am really sorry, I lost Beishan's defensive position."

Speaking of this, this strong man actually shed tears.

Du Shengxi understands Geng Hua. He understands Geng Hua's mood and wants to comfort him. However, the situation is urgent now, Du Shengxi has no more time to do these things, so he only said: "There are too many Japanese. I won't blame you for this matter. Let's go down and rest first." After that, he ordered the guerrillas to carry Geng Hua down.

Du Shengxi has fought countless battles with Gao Jiu over the years and has rich combat experience. He saw that the hill was bare and the enemy's shells came, and the defenders could only get bombed.

He also adopted Geng Hua's tactics, and before the enemy shelled, he asked his brothers to hide on the back slope first, leave people to monitor, and wait until the enemy rushed up and then enter the position.

He learned that the Japanese had already fought desperately and that the artillery would not stop shooting when launching a charge. In this case, it was difficult to defend the mountain.

He believed that he could not defend passively in this way, so he decided to launch a counterattack from the flanks when the Japanese army launched an attack, and mixed with the Japanese army, making the Japanese artillery unable to play a role.

Du Shengxi called the commander of the Fruit Army and the militia captain on the mountain and asked them to stand on the mountain.

He led the members of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas down the mountain from the side, preparing to go around the ridges on the flanks and launch a counterattack against the Japanese army.

However, when he counted the number of guerrillas on the mountain, he found that there were not many guerrillas on the mountain. In addition to the 200 people he brought, some casualties were just now, and the total number was less than 300. Such a power was really too small.

While the Japanese army had not launched an attack yet, Du Shengxi contacted Zhang Quan urgently, hoping that he would send some reinforcements to come.

Zhang Quan was also an experienced commander. After fighting this night of battle, he had basically made it clear that the direction of the Japanese army's main attack was Du Shengxi and the others.

So he also handed over the defensive positions on each mountain to the Guo army and the militia to defend, and drew more than 600 members of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas to reinforce Du Shengxi.

The commander of the newly formed 187th Division reinforcement regiment sent by Wang Jindong was also commanding the battle with Zhang Quan. He also knew that the situation was critical, so he regarded the reinforcement company who stayed by his side as a reserve force, and followed the guerrillas to support Du Shengxi and the others.

The Taohua Mountain Guerrillas’ wireless telegraphs use the same channel. Zhang Quan and Du Shengxi’s conversations can also be heard by Feng Xiucai, who is guarding the entrance of Taohua Cave.

At this time, most of the important materials of the guerrillas were in Taohua Cave, and non-combatants and the wounded had now entered Taohua Cave. In order to prevent the enemy's attack, some guerrillas were also retained in Taohua Cave.

Feng Xiucai knew that the situation was critical, and Zhang Quan and the others were not in enough staff. He called the squadron leader of the guerrillas who were defending Taohua Cave.

He said: "The situation in the Sidun family is now critical, so you can also take people down the mountain to support them."

Hearing the fierce gunfire at the foot of the mountain, the squadron leader was already eager to try. Seeing the fifth leader asking him to lead his troops to attack, he was immediately excited.

However, he was still a little worried about the safety of Taohua Cave and said, "Fifth Headmaster, we are leaving. What if a Japanese infiltrate in and attack Taohua Cave?"

Feng Xiucai took a long-prepared shell gun and said, "You can go. If the Japanese dare to come, I will fight with them."

The workers in the arsenal who were left in the cave, the doctors, nurses and other service personnel in the hospital also picked up their guns and said, "Don't worry, with us here, the Japanese cannot come up."

The squadron leader no longer hesitated and said to his guerrillas: "Brothers, come with me."

After saying that, they left the cave, used the cableway in the emergency passage down the mountain to slide down the mountain, and then rushed towards the airport.

The Japanese army bombarded the mountain again, and then the large group of people rushed to the top of the mountain again. The commander of the 9th Division of the Japanese army saw that it was almost dawn and knew that this was the last chance, so he ordered all the Japanese troops near the hillside to attack. This time, the Japanese army directly dispatched more than 5,000 people, and the entire hillside was densely packed, almost crowded. They were under the attack of guerrilla artillery and climbed up the mountain.

The Japanese soldiers were constantly bombed by shells and turned into broken limbs and broken arms. Corpse were everywhere on the hillside, but the living Japanese seemed to have seen nothing. They just crawled towards the top of the mountain with all their might.

As the top of the mountain got closer, artillery fire began to fall into the top of the mountain and into the Japanese army's formation.

At this time, the Japanese were all crazy. They didn't want anything and just tried hard to climb to the top of the mountain.

The officers and soldiers of the Guo army guarding the top of the mountain and the militiamen are now crazy.

Many of them were constantly bombed by the Japanese army's fierce artillery fire, and the scene was very miserable. However, the alive officers and soldiers also turned a blind eye. They just mechanically grabbed the trigger and kept firing the bullets at the Japanese army at the foot of the mountain.

The Japanese officers and soldiers attacked the mountain and were in a passive position. The artillery fire of the guerrillas, their own artillery fire, and bullets fired by the defenders on the mountain caused them heavy casualties. However, their number was too large. Although people kept falling down, the alive Japanese still gradually approached the top of the mountain.

It was almost impossible to defend it. This time, the Fruit soldiers and militiamen on the mountain did not escape. They knew that this was the last barrier in the hinterland of Taohua Mountain and they had no way to retreat, so they decided to die with the Japanese army.

The guerrillas put a whole box of grenades beside them, and waited for the Japanese to rush up, then detonated, and died with the Japanese.

The Japanese soldiers finally climbed to a few dozen meters from the top of the mountain, and began to throw grenades into the mountain.

The defenders on the mountain suffered heavy casualties, and their firepower suddenly weakened a lot.

The Japanese soldiers took the opportunity to rush upwards, and finally several Japanese soldiers had climbed to the top of the mountain.

The militia captain pulled out the pull rings of two grenades. The grenades were sizzling with white smoke. He was about to throw the two grenades into the box where the grenades were stored. Suddenly, a fierce gunshot sounded behind them, and a group of Fruit soldiers rushed up.

It turned out that these Guojun officers and soldiers were the reserve team of the strengthening company sent by the commander of the Guojun Army. They had 200 people, and wiped out the Japanese troops who rushed to the top of the mountain, and then fired violently at the Japanese troops who rushed up the hillside.

Seeing this, the militia captain hurriedly threw two grenades that were about to explode down the mountain.

The grenade exploded in the air, and seven or eight Japanese devils were bruised and covered in bruises.

The sudden increase in firepower on the top of the mountain suddenly attacked the Japanese troops who rushed up.

However, there were too many Japanese. The Japanese behind continued to charge towards the top of the mountain and soon approached the top of the mountain again.

At this time, Du Shengxi had already led his guerrillas to the ridge on the flank, and he was waiting for the reinforcements sent by Zhang Quan. At this time, the sky was gradually turning white, and he could see the fierce battle situation on the top of the mountain.

He knew that the defenders on the top of the mountain could not hold on anymore and could not wait any longer, so he shouted, "Brothers, come with me."

He rushed down the ridge with a light machine gun in his arms, and the guerrillas also rushed towards the Japanese army on the hillside with machine guns and submachine guns.

The sudden blow and fierce firepower caused heavy casualties in the Japanese army, causing chaos.

As visibility gradually increased at this time, the commander of the 9th Division of the Japanese army was able to see clearly the situation on the battlefield.

He immediately ordered some Japanese troops to stop the attacks of Du Shengxi and others.

Although Du Shengxi and others had strong firepower, their number was not large after all. Soon they were blocked by the Japanese army and were forced to stop the attack.

At this moment, 600 guerrillas sent by Zhang Quan rushed over.

Du Shengxi was very happy. He asked the guerrillas he brought just now to continue to entangle with the Japanese army. He led the 600 guerrillas to reinforce from the back of the ridge to move northward. This time he was going to attack the Japanese army from the valley, not only to attack the Japanese army from the side and rear, but also to destroy the Japanese artillery left at the foot of the mountain.

Not long after, Du Shengxi and others went down the valley and prepared to attack the Japanese army's side and rear.

However, the Japanese army was obviously prepared. When Du Shengxi and others just arrived in the valley, they were attacked by enemy fire, and more than a dozen guerrillas were shot and died on the spot.

Du Shengxi hid behind a rock and saw Japanese troops everywhere inside the valley and on both sides of the hillside. The first thing he felt was that his sneak attack could not be successful. The terrain here was unfavorable. If the guerrillas rushed through the valley, the entire army would be destroyed.

Du Shengxi had no choice but to leave a squadron of guerrillas to launch a feint attack on the Japanese army and restrain the Japanese army's forces here. He led the guerrillas back and prepared to go to the top of the hill outside the airport to block the Japanese army.

Although this is passive, it is also the most direct and effective way to do it in the current situation.

The special forces team had just run so far on the top of the mountain and was about to run back. The fatigue was conceivable, but everyone knew that the situation was critical, so they gritted their teeth and persevered, desperately rushing behind the ridge.

Du Shengxi ran forward while calling Zhang Quan to report the situation here to him.

Zhang Quan felt a headache when he saw this situation. He knew that this was not a solution. Du Shengxi led the guerrillas to guard the top of the mountain, and sooner or later he would lose all the damage under the attack of enemy artillery fire. If this continues, he will definitely not be able to defend the defensive position.

Zhang Quan scratched his head and suddenly felt a little pain on the back of his hand. He raised his hand and saw that at some point, he was bitten by a poisonous insect on the back of his hand and he got a bag.

After seeing the bag in his hand clearly, his eyes suddenly lit up because he found that the sky was white and the visibility was relatively high, so he could fully play the role of the Air Force.

So he urgently called the Air Force commander and asked the bombers to take off urgently and bomb the Japanese army.

The commander of the Air Force was already ready when the fierce battle outside the mountain. At this time, the bombers were filled with oil and loaded with aviation bombs. They were just waiting to see the targets on the ground clearly and bomb the Japanese army.

After receiving Zhang Quan's order, he ordered the bomber to take off urgently.

The roar of the plane also alarmed the Japanese army outside the mountain. The Japanese army was located not far from the airport, and the Type 92 infantry cannons can hit the airport.

The commander of the 9th Division of the Japanese army immediately ordered the Japanese artillery commander to use artillery fire to strike the enemy's airport.

At the airport, the bombers all started and then took off sequentially from the airport.
Chapter completed!