On January 1, the 21st year of the Republic of China (1932), Zhang Xinghan and Li Du separated their troops from Tieling.

Li Du and Feng Zhanhai led their troops, totaling more than 15,000 people, and began to advance toward Shenyang along the South Manchuria Railway.

Zhang Xinghan led his armored troops to advance quietly and rapidly from Tieling to the southeast.

At the same time, the Japanese 1st and 5th Divisions had arrived at Qinglong Mountain in Tongliao, and the 11th Division, which replaced the 9th Division, also arrived at Horqin's left rear banner.

The 9th Division was stationed on the line from Zhangwu to Xinmin, the 14th Division was stationed in Shenyang, and the 12th Division, which went north from Panjin, was deployed in Anshan, Liaoyang, Dingtao and other important South Manchuria railway towns.

Deputy Division Commander Huang Xiansheng learned that the Japanese offensive troops had arrived and drove to Qinglong Mountain overnight to prepare to command the defense.

In a secret observation post at the front of the 702 regiment's position at the west end of Qinglong Mountain, Mr. Huang, accompanied by Wang Yicai, the leader of the 702 regiment, was observing the movements of the Japanese troops with a telescope.

Through the telescope, Huang Xiansheng could clearly see that the Japanese army was building an attack position.

"Second-in-command, are you going to ask the artillery to give him a few blows?" Wang Yicai said angrily, putting down his binoculars.

"The artillery should not be exposed for the time being. Let's call the air force for bombing and give the little devils a welcome gift. We can't let them repair their offensive positions in peace." Huang Xiansheng put down the telescope and turned around and said.

"Yes!" Wang Yicai stood up and responded, then turned and left.

Captain Honjima was in a good mood. Under the guidance of the puppet troops along the way, his squadron massacred several Chinese villages.

He himself also found a few beautiful young flower girls, and his animal desires were well vented.

At this moment, his squadron was being ordered to build defensive fortifications, so as the squadron leader, he naturally did not have to do the work himself.

Sitting aside and supervising the excavation of his subordinates, Captain Motojima was drinking the sake that his subordinates had heated for him while recalling the wonderful taste of those flower girls last night.

Suddenly, a deafening roar of engines sounded from the front, and the captain of the island stood up in shock. He saw about ten Chinese fighter planes flying past the mountains in front, roaring towards them.

The captain's pupils suddenly dilated, he threw away the wine bag, and shouted at the top of his lungs: "No, the China Army is launching an air attack. Hurry, take cover!"

The plane was traveling extremely fast, and almost as soon as Captain Motojima finished speaking, more than a dozen He111 bombers roared over.

A carpet bombing of bombs began amid sharp and ear-piercing screams.

"Boom, boom, boom...boom, boom, boom..." A series of violent explosions sounded one after another, and several forward squadrons, including the main island squadron, were all shrouded in fire and gunpowder smoke.

Under the huge shock wave, some Japanese soldiers were instantly wiped out.

In the observation post of the 702nd Regiment in Qinglong Mountain, Huang Xiansheng and Wang Yicai were watching the Air Force bombing with binoculars.

I saw huge clouds of thick smoke rising from the Japanese position accompanied by fire, and the entire Japanese position turned into a sea of ​​fire.

Wang Yicai was excited and said fiercely: "Great, blow up these weaklings."

Inside the 5th Division's temporary field headquarters.

The current commander of the 5th Division, Lieutenant General Juichi Terauchi, looked solemn and was watching what was happening in the forward position with a telescope.

As the bombing by the Chinese Air Force progressed, Terauchi Shouichi's face gradually turned livid. His hands holding the telescope could not help but clenched tightly, and veins popped out on his arms.

"Baggaya Road, the abominable Chinese people bombed our Imperial Japanese Army so unscrupulously." Terauchi Shouichi couldn't help but be angry. The majestic Imperial Japanese Army actually lost its air supremacy and could only be passively bombed.

This really doesn't feel good in my heart.

"Division Commander, please calm down. The loss of air supremacy by the Imperial Army has become an established fact. Next, we still need to prepare for air defense and study how to launch an attack on the Qinglong Mountain defense line of the China Army." The current Chief of Staff, Colonel Ando Toshiyoshi, hurriedly

Advise.

Terauchi Juichi was able to serve as the commander of the North China Front of the Japanese invaders six years later and was promoted to general, and to be promoted to marshal ten years later, which is enough to prove that this person was not an ordinary person.

The anger he had just returned was quickly calmed down, and he returned to his former composure. After pondering for a moment, Touichi Terauchi said sharply: "The key to successfully breaking through the Qinglong Mountain defense line of the Chinese Army lies in whether the Imperial Army's artillery unit can successfully attack it."

The Chinese Army survived the air attack. Otherwise, once the cover of artillery fire was lost, it would be as difficult as climbing to the sky for the imperial army to forcefully break through the long-established defense line of the Chinese Army."

"Of course, the most critical point is that the logistics supplies must keep up. The attack on Qinglong Mountain must be a brutal head-on war of attrition. Bullets, artillery shells and other supplies must be kept in constant supply."

"Your Excellency, the division commander, is right. I suggest that all the air defense forces of the entire division be assigned to the 5th Artillery Regiment to enhance the survival rate of the artillery regiment and ensure that the artillery cover of the Imperial Army's offensive forces can continue." Ando Toshiyoshi.

said respectfully.

"Well, this matter should be dealt with quickly. I order the captain of the 5th Artillery Regiment to do a good job in concealing and clearing the troops without slacking off!" Hisashi Terauchi nodded in agreement.

"Hai, I'll make arrangements now." Ando Rikichi said with his feet together respectfully, his head suddenly lowered, and then he turned around and took the order.

As a division chief of staff, there is a reason why Ando Toshiyoshi respects Terauchi Juichi so much. After Terauchi Juichi came from a famous family, his father Terauchi Masaki was a founder of the Meiji period and a descendant of the hereditary noble family of the Yamato nation.

In a country with such a strict hierarchy like Japan, how could Rikichi Ando, ​​who came from an ordinary background, dare to be disrespectful in the slightest?

Compared to Juichi Terauchi's caution and calmness, Lieutenant General Lin Xian, the current commander of the 1st Division, is more cunning and sophisticated.

He not only concentrated the entire division's anti-aircraft weapons, such as 20mm rapid-fire cannons and 12,7mm anti-aircraft machine guns, and deployed them for air defense around the artillery positions.

The troops were also ordered to seize the time to repair and dig air-raid shelters and other defensive fortifications at all costs.

You must know that the temperature in the northeast in the cold winter is 30 to 40 degrees below zero, especially on the Horqin Grassland, it is even colder.

The land covered with snow and water is extremely hard, and even a bullet cannot penetrate even an inch. It only leaves a slightly invisible mark at the impact point. It is difficult to dig with a shovel.

However, Lin Xianzhi, an old Japanese soldier, ordered the logistics team to light fires to break the ice and assist engineers and field troops in digging fortifications.

Lin Xianzhi's persistence was not in vain. In the ensuing battle, the 1st Division avoided suffering heavy casualties due to large-scale bombing by the Japanese Army.

It was not until that night that the various units of the 11th Division arrived one after another, and the 1st and 5th Divisions took advantage of the cover of darkness to launch attacks on the Qinglong Mountain defense line of the 702nd and 704th Regiments respectively.

In the dark night, the Japanese artillery regiment was the first to open fire. Shells fell on the positions of the 702nd and 704th regiments, creating dazzling flames.

The freezing weather made the fortifications and bunkers built by the ** division long ago much harder and stronger than before. The Japanese army mostly bombarded them with 75- and 70-caliber artillery, which was completely unable to shake the fortifications of the battalions and companies of the 702nd and 704th regiments.

After the fire, machine gun bunkers and bunkers were still standing intact everywhere.

After the Japanese artillery bombardment lasted for about twenty minutes, the 1st and 5th divisions each sent an infantry brigade to charge at the positions of the two regiments of the ** division.

At this moment, the direct artillery companies of the two regiments that had been silent began to fire one after another following Huang Xiansheng's order.

More than a dozen artillery pieces fired one after another. Shells fell into the charging Japanese crowd with a scream.

Even though the Japanese skirmishers were spread out far apart, the bombing left them bloody and bloody. They suffered heavy casualties.

Seeing this scene, both the commander of the 5th Division, Juichi Terauchi, and the commander of the 1st Division, Lin Xianzhi, could not help but twitch at the corners of their mouths.

However, the shelling failed to disrupt the Japanese attack. The two Japanese commanders pulled out their command swords and slashed forward:

"Kill Gaga!"

Hundreds of Japanese troops accelerated in vain, launching a rapid charge in wavy lines and silently.

The first to fire were several machine gun fire points at the front of the 702 regiment. In the dark night, the dense bullets sprayed out from the muzzles of the machine guns like tongues of flame, which looked particularly dazzling.

The dense bullets immediately knocked the first few Japs to the ground, but more Japs rushed forward one after another.

Immediately afterwards, the deep firepower points of the 702 regiment also opened fire. Suddenly suppressed by fierce firepower, the attacking Japanese infantry fell down one after another. Under the cover of their own light and heavy machine gun fire, they began to crawl forward while firing back.

The Japanese grenade launchers accompanying the infantry squad in the charge were now in an embarrassing situation. The active grenade launchers they were equipped with were Taisho 11-year-old grenade launchers. The effective range of this grenade launcher was only 250 meters.

Before they could reach this distance, the intensive machine gun firepower of the ** Division defenders had already suppressed them, making them unable to raise their heads. Therefore, they were unable to provide effective fire support to the infantry in time and clear obstacles to help the infantry achieve an offensive breakthrough.

Fortunately, at this time, the Type 89 grenade, which was later commonly equipped by the Japanese invaders, had not yet been released. Otherwise, with the effective range of the Type 89 grenade of 500 meters, the machine gun firepower of the Japanese division would be in danger.

In the dark night, gunshots were heard under Qinglong Mountain,

Looking down from the regiment headquarters halfway up the mountain, we had a panoramic view of the entire battlefield. Heavy bullets were flying back and forth like meteors. Under the attack of these "meteors", the attacking Japanese troops kept falling down on the charging road.

The explosions caused by grenades and mortar shells exploded one after another, like clusters of small fireworks.

"Order the troops, launch flares, and beat that son of a bitch hard." Huang Xiansheng turned to Wang Yicai and ordered.

"Yes!" Wang Yicai immediately picked up the phone and quickly conveyed the order to the commanders of each battalion and company.

Not long after, a large number of flares were fired from the 702nd Regiment's position, and the 704th Regiment on the left also followed suit.

In an instant, the bright flares dispersed the thick darkness of night, illuminating the entire Qinglong Mountain battlefield as if it were daylight. The Japanese troops who were crawling and attacking were suddenly unable to hide.

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