January 23, 1941!

A day that the whole of China needs to be remembered.

On that afternoon, both China and Japan dispatched their air force to use to reach the sky above the stone tablet.

However, no fighter can drop bombs into the lower positions.

Because, in the areas of Gaojialing and Badoufang, the central positions of Shipai, they were ordered to support, China and Japan fought fiercely to a close distance. Looking down from the sky, the yellowish and dark blue intertwined. Not to mention the powerful bomb, even a small grenade was smashed down, it was very likely that the infantry between China and Japan would blow away at the same time.

Especially in Gaojialing, both sides have already started the hand-to-hand combat mode of bayonets on more than a dozen positions on this mountain.

The Japanese army used naval guns and mountain guns to destroy most of the fortifications on the mountain. Due to Yokoyama Yong's order, the 31st Regiment of the 11th Division, which had been fighting fiercely for the whole morning, consumed most of the ammunition. Because of the slow logistics supply movement, the colonel commander who was personally commanding on the front line decisively ordered the entire army to be bayonetized.

For Murakami, who personally supervised the battle, the number of casualties is also not important. He only needs to conquer Shipai, the ugliness of the 39th Division, Yegou Detachment, and the Needle Valley Detachment that suffered heavy damage can be ignored.

The Chinese were forced to use hand-to-hand combat, which was a good opportunity for the Imperial Army to show their bravery.

It was precisely in the context of China being forced to Japan to seek it that on the afternoon of the 23rd, the largest hand-to-hand combat in the entire history of China's war broke out on the Gaojialing battlefield.

The initial force of the Chinese side was a semi-disabled infantry regiment, including its army colonel commander and civilian personnel in the regiment headquarters, only 1,600 people. However, as the battle became fierce, the 32nd Regiment ordered to arrive also entered the battle.

Since the two sides had strangled into a group, the newly arrived 32nd regiment could not be used even if there were guns and bullets.

"A person dies and eggs are facing the sky! Not all one carries a head on his shoulder. If a bayonet is used, the Japanese are also physically mortals. They will be destroyed!" The army colonel of the 32nd Regiment, who is nearly 45 years old, roared and rushed down the hill with 2,500 officers and soldiers.

On the other hand, the Japanese army also invested an infantry regiment with nearly 3,000 infantrymen.

Therefore, from the perspective of the Sino-Japanese Air Force, the entire Gaojialing hillside was full of yellow and blue interlaced. The so-called air support could only become air observation at this moment.

On the entire battlefield, except for the sporadic sound of gunfire and grenade explosions, there was no sound of cannons, all of which were sour bayonets or the sound of bayonets rubbing against bones.

The soldiers of both China and Japan were red in their eyes and had their bayonets bent, so they carried the rifle as a stick. If the rifle was broken, they used stones, grenades, fingers, bite with teeth, and used all the tools that could attack the opponent.

Although the 11th Division is already an elite Chinese unit, it is only in the Chinese army sequence, especially in the training of stinging skills. It is actually not as good as the 104th Infantry Regiment of the 13th Division.

Moreover, in terms of physical fitness, many of the 11th Division were young soldiers recruited in the past six months. They were only sixteen or seventeen years old and had not yet fully grown. In addition, their food was far inferior to that of the Japanese army. Often one Japanese army can fight two Chinese soldiers alone.

But what is the so-called trapped beasts are fighting, let alone humans?

If you can't beat it alone, it's very simple, just fight to the death.

What is the most common scene on the battlefield? A soldier rushed over without hesitation, using his body as a shield and allowed the Japanese infantry to pierce hard, and then used his last strength to hold the rifle that was about to take his life. No matter how hard the Japanese army pulled it away, he could not pull out the bayonet in a short time.

Then, the soldiers who followed him stabbed him with bayonets. The Japanese army who were reluctant to throw away their rifles were often pierced by the same method.

Change one to another is the best result that Chinese soldiers seek.

Even if you meet a smart person, you lose your gun and save your life when you see the situation is not good, but after losing your weapons, you will step on the Naihe Bridge with half of your foot on such a dangerous battlefield.

Just such a change may not be enough to reflect the cruelty of hand-to-hand combat. Many soldiers' bayonets were bending and deformed due to multiple blockings, so they chose to use their daggers or use the stones on the ground on the spot.

Therefore, on the hillside, not only blood, but also brain matter!

Shi Dakuan is a second-class private in the 2nd Company of the 31st Regiment of the 11th Division. This lowest rank in the entire army means that he is just a recruit who has only been enlisted for less than 3 months.

Yes, Shi Dakuan's hometown is in northern Jiangsu. In 1937, the Japanese army opened the southeast gate of China from Songhu, and swept across the south of the Yangtze River. After the family had several acres of thin fields to live, the Su family, who had originally had several acres of thin fields to live in. After the Japanese army's Jinling Massacre, under the leadership of Shi Dakuan's father, resolutely abandoned the fields that could provide the whole family with the lives of the young and old. They fled south to Jiangxia and then to the mountain city.

During this period, in order to support the family, Shi Dakuan's elder brother joined the army at the beginning of 1938 and became a soldier of the 31st Division of the 30th Army. Less than two months after joining the army, he participated in the Battle of Xuzhou and fought bloody battles in Taierzhuang, the central battlefield.

In order to defend the central battlefield of Taierzhuang, the 31st Division's company commander had to lead the suicide squad to the battlefield. If a company survived half of it, it would be a very light loss.

Shi Dakuan's eldest brother Shi Dahou was in the last 145 infantry company. There was no name Shi Dahou on the list of alive. The young man who had just turned 22 died in battle, but he earned 10 oceans of pension for his family, which was paid by his serious injury and undead company commander with his own bonus.

It was these 10 oceans that supported Shi Dakuan and his family not starved to death during the long escape.

However, the suffering was not over. Jiangxia, who was able to live in the family, was about to start a war. The whole family had to flee again. This time, Shi Dakuan's second brother Shi Dazhong, who was only 18 years old, stood up and joined the 71st Army on the streets of Jiangxia. In the following September, he participated in the famous Wanjialing Annihilation Battle.

This time, Shi Dazhong survived and made military achievements. He sent 20 oceans to his family, which was enough to make the family and young live in the mountain city.

But the good times did not last long. A year later, Shi Dazhong, who had been promoted to sergeant, died in the first Changsha Battle.

At this time, Shi Dakuan was just 16 years old. Seeing his mother's two brothers who died in battle, he had already cried and blinded. He was still a teenager and could only hide his intention of joining the army to avenge his brothers. He followed his father to pick up goods for people to support his grandparents, his blind mother, and his two younger sisters who were under 10 years old.

But the bad luck did not let the miserable family go. During the Japanese bombing over the past 40 years, Shi Dakuan's father was killed by a bomb dropped by the Japanese, and the shack built next to the cliff at home was also burned by the fire.

Finally, whether it was to avenge his father and brother or to use military pay to support his mother, Sister He, a boy under 17 years old, chose to go to the conscription center on the street. His only request was to pay one month's military pay to his mother.

Less than two months after training in the recruit company, Shi Dakuan on the training ground fired a total of 10 bullets, and was assigned to the 11th Division and followed the division's main force to arrive at Shipai.

The freshly released recruit eggs encountered the hell-difficult meat grinder battlefield, and the possibility of survival was almost impossible.

But what is miraculous is that Shi Dakuan survived until the afternoon of the 23rd. This hand-to-hand combat battlefield that shocked the future.

Shi Dakuan saw with his own eyes that his squad leader’s thick back was pierced by a Japanese army because he was holding a stone in his angry hands and hitting a Japanese invader desperately.

It was the strong Japanese invader who stabbed three brothers in the squad to death one after another, but was held by a brother who had not died and then threw him down by a brother. The squad leader who had been in the army for two years picked up a stone and smashed it hard at the man's face. At once, the Japanese army was still struggling desperately. Two or three times, the blood splattered Lao Gao, and the Japanese howled like the New Year pig that was about to be slaughtered at the village during the Chinese New Year.

Then, a Japanese army rushed over from five meters away and stabbed the squad leader in the back with such a strong force that a ten-centimeter blade appeared on the chest.

The squad leader instinctively grabbed the blade with both hands, but the Japanese army's eyes were full of ferociousness. His wrist suddenly turned, and the blade turned. The squad leader's two fingers were cut off, and a mouthful of blood was sprayed out of his mouth.

Shi Dakuan, who ran over to support with a rifle in his hand, suddenly became stunned. He was not scared, but he knew that the squad leader was going to die, and the hard man who scolded them every day was going to die sooner or later.

He didn't hate the squad leader, and never hated him, because he knew that his second brother was like this. After more than a year of joining the army, his second brother only came to a family letter. When talking about his life in the army, he complained that the new recruits were too soft and he shouted the sound of blood, but his legs were weak and he didn't dare to go up. Every time he had to take the lead, the deputy squad leader.

So, his second brother died, and now his squad leader is the same, and he is almost dying.

"Squad Leader!" Shi Dakuan roared and tears came down.

Others don’t know, but only Shi Dakuan himself knows that every time the squad leader scolds them, he thinks of his second brother, who is only three years older than him. In his heart, he also regards the squad leader as his second brother.

But now, is the squad leader going to die?

"Dakuan, let's do it! Go and kill him!" The veteran roared while spitting out blood.

The Japanese army looked at the young soldier who was not as tall as a rifle in place, with disdain in his eyes, but his subordinates turned the rifle hard again. The friction between the blades and bones was like thunder thunder in Shi Dakuan's ears.

He even stepped on the half-kneeling squad leader's back with his leather boots, trying to use his strength to pull out his bayonet.

But he didn't expect that the dying person would have such great strength. His bloody hands were holding the half blade tightly like a vise.

He stared at Shi Dakuan with no spirit, and kept breathing.

"I'll wipe your ancestors!" Shi Dakuan stared at the boss with his rifle, and suddenly stabbed forward.

The Japanese army had to drop their rifles and avoid the weak Chinese soldiers' stabbing. Finally, they found an opportunity to hug Shi Dakuan, who was close to him and the weak-powered one.

The two rolled on the hillside.

Although this Japanese soldier is not Cao Chang's army, he must be a veteran who has been in the army for more than two years. He is not only strong but also has a lot of thought. During the rolling process, he constantly uses Shi Dakuan's body to hit the stone, which makes Shi Dakuan dizzy.

Finally, Shi Dakuan, who was already at a disadvantage, was tied up by one of the Japanese hands. Shi Dakuan, who had already spent a lot of effort, was even more powerless to resist due to the loss of oxygen. He kept hammering the Japanese army's hands gradually became weak.

'I'm going to die too. Big brother, second brother, are you here to pick me up?' In a trance, Shi Dakuan seemed to see the bloody faces of his elder brother and second brother.

"Dakuan, you are the last pillar of the Shi family. If you die again, how can you live, your mother, sister and grandparents?" The eldest brother's face, which was missing half of his head, was particularly ferocious, and he shook Shi Dakuan, who was about to faint, and asked.

"You have to live well, otherwise I'm sorry to my elder brother and me." The second brother, who had an arm missing, stared at Tongling with his eyes.

"Yes! I am the last man in the Shi family, I can't die!" Shi Dakuan's will to survive suddenly became extremely strong.

He no longer hammered the strong Japanese army in vain, but instead fought desperately with one hand and groped around his waist with the other hand, with a wooden grenade inserted there.

Finally, the grenade was pulled out, and he used all his last strength to hold the grenade and smashed it hard at the Japanese army's head.

The 17-year-old boy made a desperate attempt. I don’t know how much strength he used, but the extremely strong Japanese army was hit and also let out a tragic howl.

The front end of the grenade is made of cast iron, and it is a lump of iron. Anyone who hits the head will have to open it.

Shi Dakuan, who finally escaped from the trap, held the grenade tightly, and slammed it hard again with all his strength. The Japanese army finally fell to the ground, but his hand grabbed Shi Dakuan's wrist who was about to smash it again.

How strong Shi Dakuan's will to survive was also fully reflected in the Japanese infantry this time. Even if he was hit, he had an illusion, and the final power of the Japanese army burst out made Shi Dakuan unable to get rid of his incompetence.

Shi Dakuan, who was trying hard to survive, suddenly remembered what the second brother said in his family letter: Japanese are jackals and beasts. They are vicious, and we must be more fierce than them, otherwise we will not be able to kill them.

Shi Dakuan suddenly pressed his head down without hesitation and bit the Japanese carotid artery hard. That mouth almost used up the power of Shi Dakuan's 17 years of life. A fishy smell instantly filled Shi Dakuan's mouth, and the Japanese howl deafeningly.

But Shi Dakuan did not let go, and even tried to put his head desperately as a jackal. This is how the jackal tear opens the flesh and blood of the prey.

He succeeded!

The Japanese army below gradually stopped struggling, and the hands that had once pinched his wrist also drooped softly.

Shi Dakuan also raised his head at this time.

The young soldier with blood on his face was like a demon, holding a piece of flesh and blood in his mouth and a yellow-white tube...

The Japanese soldiers who saw this scene stood up all their hair.

And this is just a small microcosm of the battle between thousands of Chinese and Japanese soldiers, and there are many more cruel battlefields.

Because, neither side has a way out.

The Japanese command issued a dead order, and today it was necessary to conquer Gaojialing and Badoufang at any cost.

The Chinese side has already retired and can retire, and the division headquarters is behind. If you retreat, the stone tablet will be gone.

The mountains were filled with despair and even the expressionless Japanese commander vests were covered with cold sweat.

Lieutenant General Murakami, who was only 800 meters away from the battlefield, only picked up the telescope twice in one hour and looked at the battlefield. He was waiting, waiting for this cruel hand-to-hand battle to decide the outcome.

This Japanese lieutenant general who became famous in the Battle of Zaoyi was extremely convinced that the Imperial Army would win this unconventional battle.

"Transfer my military order, put the flag of my 11th Division into the highest point of Gaojialing, and tell the 31st Regiment that all the soldiers of the 32nd Regiment would be with them. If the people are in the position, if the position is lost, my entire army will be destroyed!" The division commander Hu, who was watching all this on a hill opposite, made another choice.
To be continued...