Donkey Ridge!

Compared with the Niangziguan position, which had already sounded like a deafening sound of cannons eight kilometers away, the area of ​​Wululing, which had a more complex and changeable terrain, seemed quiet.

But only the officers and soldiers of the 17th Division who were still busy on the main peaks and adjacent high grounds knew that this tranquility would not last long.

The battalions and companies have conveyed the notice from the division headquarters: an infantry brigade of the 20th Division of the enemy brought more than 10,000 artillery, engineers, and cavalry, and came from the direction of Jingxing in a turbulent manner. Each unit entered the wartime highest alert!

The 20th Division is an old opponent. In October last year, the 17th Division fought a bloody battle with the 20th Division at Weiluling!

Snowflake Mountain, the gateway to the White Luling, is a highland composed of the main peak of Snowflake Mountain with an altitude of more than 700 meters and nearly 10 mountain ridges around it.

On the side of them is the only passage in this mountainous area. People, cars and horses can enter the Weilu Ridge through this passage, and then you can enter the Niangzi Pass after traveling 8 kilometers!

Since ancient times, if you want to enter Niangzi Pass from the North China Plain, this place is a must-pass road except for the main road.

The 17th Division will naturally set up heavy troops here.

The 102nd Regiment under the 17th Division was ordered to station in Xuehua Mountain!

The reason for the 102nd Regiment was that the 102nd Regiment took the initiative to fight. In October last year, this was also their defense zone.

Wearing a steel helmet and military uniform, Zhao Shoushan followed only by a guard squad, walked up to a high ground about 800 meters on the side of the main peak.

A major infantry battalion commander who had been notified had rushed over to greet him with his three captains and company commanders, but was blocked by the accompanying lieutenant colonel adjutant.

Standing on this hill with an altitude of more than 500 meters and looking down at the various fortification bunkers that the soldiers were still strengthening a hundred meters below, a trace of pain flashed in the white-haired general's eyes.

If the lack of douling is his sad place, then the snowflake mountain is his heartache!

In the Battle of Weiluling last year, an infantry regiment under the 17th Division lost 70% of the battle in this battle, and no one survived the three infantry companies. The colonel leader Zhang Jun had to order to abandon the defense. The fall of the position of Xuehua Mountain led to the main Japanese army's main force Chen Bingweiluling's main battlefield, and divided and surrounded several highlands, causing all the two infantry battalions to die in the highlands.

The furious Zhao Shoushan ordered the shooting of his confidant general, and even a group of officers from the division headquarters knelt down and begged without resignation.

Thinking of that day, tears burst into tears in the eyes of the white-haired general.

As a division commander, how could he not know that when an infantry group can still persist in the battle loss of more than half, it would be extremely powerful.

The battle losses are 70% and it is even more powerful among the strong army.

But that battle was different from ordinary battles. He and the entire 17th Division could not retreat, nor could they retreat. Behind them was the flank of Niangzi Pass. If Niangzi Pass was lost, the hinterland of Jin Province would open to the Japanese invaders, and millions of Jin Province people would fall into the war.

Zhang Jun, however, when he was the company commander, he followed his guard squad leader. The two had been together for fifteen years and had already surpassed ordinary subordinates. It was not an exaggeration to be close to each other as a brother.

But he retreated at such a critical moment!

If you don’t kill him, how can you be worthy of the more than 1000 soldiers who were eventually killed by the Japanese army because of the fall of Xuehua Mountain? How can you be worthy of the tens of millions of people in Jinzhou?

Colonel Zhang Jun did not ask for life, but only asked them to bring a sentence before shooting in the firing squad: "I deserve to die for my crime, but I beg the teacher to take my brothers home in view of the past friendship!"

However, he failed to fulfill the request of the Colonel of the Army to receive the order!

The 17th Division, which had only less than 3,000 people during the retreat, could only carry away those who were still alive, and those who died could only return them to the mountains and fields!

In this battle, the 17th Division came to Weilu Ridge again. The first thing the officers and soldiers of the 17th Division did was not to build a position, but to search for corpses all over the mountains!

The local people had already buried most of them in the spring, but there were still thousands of corpses lying in the shallow bushes.

Snowflake Mountain is the most!

There are no snowflakes in Snowflake Mountain, but there are white bones everywhere. Even his soldiers will suffer from wind and rain when they die!

How heartache would their parents have if they learned about this?

Even though the white-haired general whose mind is as strong as gold and stone always thinks about this, his heart is like a knife cutting!

The white-haired general stopped silently and looked down. Not long after, the adjutant walked up and reported softly: "Second, Commander Cheng of the 102nd Regiment and the company commanders of each battalion have arrived, waiting for you to speak!"

"Then let them all wait at the martyrs' tomb! I'll go there immediately! Let the brothers in the 521 Highland stop, and I have something to say to them." The white-haired general waved his hand and said.

The Martyrs’ tomb was just finished yesterday. The remains that can be found in the entire Snowflake Mountain are concentrated here. It is a tomb of more than 800 people.

The address was selected by Colonel Cheng Pengjiu, the 102nd Regiment guarding Xuehua Mountain, and it is on the side of a high ground below the main peak of Xuehua Mountain.

In his words, the brothers' heroic spirits are not far away and will fight side by side with the rebuilt 102nd Regiment!

There were 138 infantry companies stationed on the 521 Highlands, plus the regiment commanders, battalion commanders, and company commanders who came from the highlands of Xuehua Mountain. The officers and soldiers of the 17th Division standing in front of the martyrs' tombs were lined up in three rows. The first row was the officers, and the two rows behind were soldiers.

The white-haired general stood in front of them.

"Brothers! I know that not many of you have ever come to this place called Snowflake Mountain, because most of those who have been here will stay here forever.

At this time last year, all my 102nd Regiment had a full staff of 1,890 people. When I left, only 700 were left, and everyone was injured! All 1,190 people who did not leave were in front of you!"

The white-haired general's tone was not passionate, but a little dull.

But no matter whether he is familiar or not, he can clearly feel the heart-wrenching pain of the lieutenant general when he removes the white hair from his steel helmet.

In the officer ranks, more than half of the officers' eyes were red.

Because, since the former 102nd Regiment, at least 80% of the time, died in the battle since the colonel's regiment commander, these people were promoted after the war.

There were many soldiers in the queue of soldiers who bowed their heads and shed tears, and the graves opposite were all buried with their robes.

"Now, the 102nd Regiment of my 17th Division is guarding Xuehua Mountain again, and the enemy is coming to serve the 20th Division again. I ask you, do you want to avenge such a bloody revenge?"

"want!"

"If you don't take this revenge, you will be a man of Sanqin!"

.....

Under the guidance of the commander of the 102nd Regiment, more than 100 officers and soldiers roared in unison!

"Okay! Although this battle in eastern Jin is not like the last time when the defense line was broken, there are millions of people behind it, but it is also of great importance.

If the defense line is broken, the triangular force of our 70,000 troops in the east of Jin Dynasty will be disintegrated, and the Japanese army can march straight into the flanks of our 70,000 troops in the east of Jin Dynasty will be destroyed!

Therefore, this battle is more dangerous than last year, and it is a death battle!

My Zhao Shoushan vowed in front of the heroic spirit who died in battle in my 17th Division. In this battle, my 17th Division, 12,000 soldiers below Zhao Shoushan, will survive and die in the position!

Those who retreat will kill! Those who fear war will kill! Those who say retreat will also kill!

In addition, please rest assured that all the brothers of the 102nd Regiment will not go to this battle. Just after you Xuehua Mountain, if you are gone, I, Zhao Shoushan, the divisional staff and everyone in the guard battalion will fill in it!

If you go first, I won’t cry because I know that Zhao Shoushan will go to meet you soon!

If I die before you, please don’t be sad. Please continue to hold the gun in your hands and kill the enemy!”

The white-haired general who had just spoken plainly was now like an angry lion, and the sound of cracking stones echoed in the mountains!

"Kill the enemy!" Seeing that the commander of the division was so determined, he actually moved the division headquarters forward to Xuehua Mountain. The officers and soldiers of the 102nd Regiment were also filled with blood and raised their guns in their hands, shouting loudly in front of the commander of the division who was determined to fight to the death!

This is the courage of a soldier!

"Kill the enemy!" The roar of more than 100 people reached another high ground, and the soldiers on the high ground also raised their arms to echo it!

"Kill the enemy!" The entire Xuehua Mountain position was full of roars.

Before the war started, the fighting spirit was already surging on the Snowflake Mountain!

"What are the Chinese doing?" Less than 3 miles from the Snowflake Mountain position, a hidden squad of Japanese vanguards was startled by the sudden rumbling roar and hid in the dense forest.

It was not until a few minutes later that they realized that the Chinese were shouting slogans. Although they couldn't hear clearly what they were shouting, they could still feel the determination of the Chinese soldiers on the other side.

Chinese, this is a demonstration!

The information was soon sent back to the ears of Yoshito Takagi, the commander of the 39th Infantry Brigade of the 20th Division, which was still eight kilometers away from Xuehua Mountain.

"Haha! The defeated generals dare to speak out about their courage? They are just cheering themselves up before the war! Don't worry about them." Yoshito Takagi put down the information in his hand, his eyes full of contempt.

Unlike the 21st Division who didn't know their opponent at all, Takagi Yoshito already knew that he was about to face his opponent's number.

The 17th Division also learned from the Four Regiment to form its own reconnaissance force. Takagi Yoshihito even sent up 200 vanguards before the main force arrived in Jingxing.

This also means that the main forces of the two sides have not met yet, but the reconnaissance vanguards have already fought in the mountains and dense forests.

In just 24 hours, the reconnaissance vanguards of both sides exchanged fire for more than ten times, with each suffering casualties.

The 17th Division relied on a captured Japanese army and tortured and found out that the opponent was the 39th Infantry Brigade of the 20th Division. The Japanese army also found the number of the 17th Division from the armband of the Chinese scout uniforms who died in battle, which also allowed Yoshito Takagi to determine the opponent he was going to face this time.

Last year, the 39th Infantry Brigade was mainly facing the enemy head-on, and the 17th Division fought with the 40th Infantry Brigade of the 20th Division at Weiluling. In the heart of the arrogant Yoshito Takagi, the 40th Infantry Brigade of the 40th Infantry Brigade was far less combative than the 39th Infantry Brigade, and he could defeat the 17th Division.

Moreover, all the elite troops of the 17th Division were killed in the last battle, but a year was not enough to recover. This time he and the 39th Infantry Brigade brought three artillery brigades, the artillery corps of the division's artillery corps. As one goes up and down, what will the 17th Division fight against his tens of thousands of troops?

Yoshi Takagi was not arrogant out of thin air. This time, the 20th Division seemed to be divided into two parts. One part, mainly composed of the 40th Infantry Brigade, cooperated with the 18th Division to attack the Chinese army's defense line on the eastern front, and the 39th Infantry Brigade was mainly attacking Niangziguan. However, because of the urgent time at that time, the 40th Infantry Brigade only carried an artillery brigade, a chariot squadron and a part of the engineering corps.

The 20th Division is a permanent division, and its artillery corps can have 4 artillery brigades, three 75mm mountain artillery brigades and one 105 howitzer brigade.

This means that the 39th Infantry Brigade will have heavy fire support of 24 75 mountain cannons and 12 105 howitzers, plus the 8 75mm mountain cannons, 8 90mm mortars, and 20 70mm infantry cannons available to the entire infantry brigade, as many as 72 guns!

If the air support that can be reached at any time, as well as most of the baggage corps, two engineer squadrons, two cavalry squadrons, and the total strength of the entire army was as high as 12,000, he wanted to ask whether the defeated generals of that division could resist the dense firepower of such a large army by shouting slogans.

Indeed, theoretically and logically, no flesh and blood can survive such a terrible artillery fire!

But if this confident Japanese major general had the opportunity to see the battle on the ice field, he would know that miracles were always created by people.

At that time, the Chinese soldiers were not facing them, but American cowboys who were armed to the teeth. The 72 cannons that made Takagi Yoshihito confident were the typical little Karami in front of American cowboys!

Even if you hit a small hill, the Americans can take at least dozens of doors and hundreds of doors, and ten bombers in the sky can throw bombs.

This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! That is a serious bomber, with a single order of more than five tons of bombs. I don’t know how many 96 fighter jets that killed the Japanese North China Front Army in seconds and carried only one thousand pounds of bombs!

After the artillery fire, the rock layers on the high ground will become softer than mud, and the peaks will be cut by several centimeters!
To be continued...