Seeing the Japanese army rushing overwhelmed, Geng Hua felt very sad. He felt sorry for the brothers in Taohua Mountain, the men, women, and young people in Taohua Mountain, and even more so for the Jiuye who started this career.

He was determined to die in battle on this hill and use his blood to wash away the shame of losing the Beishan defensive position.

He shouted to the guerrillas guarding the mountain: "Brothers, behind us is the airport. We must not let the Japanese rush up. If the airport is destroyed by the Japanese, we cannot explain to Master Jiu. Even if we all die in battle, we must guard the mountain. If the people are there and the positions are there, we must never let a Japanese rush over."

The guerrillas were also ashamed of not defending Beishan just now. They respected Gao Jiu in their hearts, and did not want the respected Jiuye to be disappointed with them.

The team members shouted: "There is people and the position is there. I swear to defend Taohua Mountain to the death."

The officers, soldiers and militiamen of the Fruit Army who escaped were also ashamed of their behavior of giving up their positions just now. They also knew that Taohua Mountain was surrounded by all the Japanese. If they could not defend the positions, no one would survive. Therefore, they also made up their minds this time to defend the mountain to the death.

The Japanese army conquered the defensive positions of Beishan, and their morale was very high. Seeing the short mountain in front, they ignored it. Just like the last time, they first sent a small number of troops to launch a small-scale attack, harass the defenders on the mountain, and then gathered their troops under the hillside, waiting for the artillery to transport artillery over and prepare to launch an attack after the artillery bombardment and take down the hill ahead in one fell swoop.

The Japanese 9th Division was conquering Beishan. The division commander was very excited to see the troops making progress. He went to Beishan himself and commanded the troops to continue attacking forward.

The Japanese artillerymen carried heavy artillery, crossed the Beishan Mountain, came to the small hill defended by Geng Hua and others, and began to set up artillery.

Taoyuan Town.

Gao Jiu pressed the button in his hand, hurriedly covered his ears, and lay behind the ridge of the field.

With a loud "boom", the earth shook. A large number of strong explosives and 240mm heavy mortar shells buried in Taoyuan Town exploded almost at the same time. A huge ball of fire rose into the air, and the entire Taoyuan Town was instantly razed to the ground.

The second brigade of Japanese chariots stationed in Taoyuan Town were the Japanese chariots, as well as the remaining Japanese soldiers who fled in, and in an instant, they were bombed to pieces together with the entire Taoyuan Town.

After the explosion, Gao Jiu walked towards the town.

After careful observation, I found that there were three Japanese soldiers who survived by chance in the town, and they were all blown up.

Gao Jiu defeated these Japanese devils and then set off to prepare to attack the Japanese command center.

The explosion in Taoyuan Town was too strong, and you could hear it clearly on Taohua Mountain.

Shigeru Fujita knew that the Second Brigade of the Tanks was stationed in that direction, and was worried that something might happen there, so he hurriedly used the radio station and the telephone to contact him.

The Second Brigade did not respond at all. Instead, a Japanese army stationed between Taoyuan Town and Taohua Mountain reported to Shigeru Fujita, saying that a violent explosion occurred in the direction of Taoyuan Town. They saw a huge fireball and thought that something had happened to the Second Brigade of the War Tank.

Shigeru Fujita was a little confused when he was beaten. He looked at the time and it was already 4:40 in the morning. If he could not take down Taohua Mountain as soon as possible, after dawn, under the fierce bombing of the enemy air force, the troops could not support it at all and could only be forced to evacuate.

So he picked up the phone and asked the commander of the 9th Division and said to him: "Kun Takashima, whether you can take down Taohua Mountain depends on you. Please be sure to take down Taohua Mountain before dawn. Please."

The commander of the Ninth Division and his officers and soldiers did not know that something had happened to the Second Brigade of the War Tank. At this moment, they were full of confidence and were ready to take down the small hill in the north and attack the hinterland of Taohua Mountain Village.

The commander of the Takashima Division of the 9th Division picked up the phone and ordered the Japanese army's corps commander under the hill: "Start an attack immediately!"

Taoyuan Town.

After the blowout of Taoyuan Town, there were basically no Japanese troops in this area.

Gao Jiu used a wireless telegram to call Wang Zhankui, Guo Hengming and others, and asked them to lead the team to Taohua Mountain to attack the Japanese First Division.

At this time, Gao Jiu had received a report from Zhang Quan that the Japanese army in the northwest had already broken through Beishan's defensive positions and was attacking and advancing towards the airport.

At this time, Gao Jiu and others were too far from the airport and there was no time to go directly to rescue him. Therefore, he decided to first attack the enemy in the east and use the means of besieging Wei to rescue Zhao to force the Japanese army to stop attacking the airport.

After Gao Jiu talked with Wang Zhankui and Guo Hengming and others, he first went to Taohua Mountain. He wanted to reconnaissance the distribution of the Japanese army in advance and provide shooting for Wang Zhankui and others to attack the Japanese army with artillery fire.

Gao Jiu rode his horse and ran quickly towards Taohua Mountain. When he arrived at the first valley where he entered the mountain, he found that there were figures shaking on the mountain and at the entrance of the valley. These people should be sentries of the Japanese army.

Gao Jiu wanted to enter the valley as soon as possible and reach the location of the mountain village, which was obviously difficult to do. He could only turn over and get off the horse and climb up the hillside.

He climbed up a hillside and saw that there were Japanese sentinels on the top of the mountain, two people standing next to a large stone.

Gao Jiu didn't want to take a detour any more, so he aimed at one of the sentries with a sniper rifle and shot him.

The sniper rifle was equipped with a silencer, and the bullets quietly penetrated into a person.

Another sentry didn't understand what was going on, so he bent down to check. Gao Jiu also shot him, and the sentry fell to the ground.

Gao Jiu quickly climbed to the top of the mountain and saw some figures shaking in the valley below.

He took advantage of the dark to touch the valley and walked through it fifty or sixty meters away from the two sentries.

In the darkness of the night, the Japanese soldiers could not see Gao Jiu. Gao Jiu did not want to disturb these Japanese soldiers. He encountered Japanese sentinels along the way. If he could, he would try to get around.

The guerrillas have already marked all the peaks of Taohua Mountain, and the data on each mountain are recorded in detail. Zhang Quan reported the situation of the enemy to Gao Jiu, but he was unable to accurately see the situation of the Japanese outside in the mountains, and could only provide the general direction of the Japanese army.

Gao Jiu climbed several hills in a row and arrived at Mount No. 17.

Opposite this mountain is the defensive position of Dongshan in Taohua Mountain Village. Gao Jiu guessed that a large number of Japanese troops should be gathered here.

Because the mountain is high, he guessed that the Japanese command post should be here too.

Gao Jiu climbed up Mount No. 19 and looked towards Mount No. 17. Sure enough, he saw groups of people swaying on the mountain. Most of them were staying in and out in and out in one place. There was a great possibility that it was a command post for the Japanese army. Gao Jiu could not judge what level it was.

Gao Jiu observed on Mount No. 19 for a while, then climbed to Mount No. 18 next to him to continue observing. In this way, he basically knew the distribution of the Japanese army in the east.

After calculating the relevant local data, he calculated the shooting elements.

In order to avoid being accidentally injured by the guerrilla rocket launcher, he retreated, climbed over several hills in succession, and found a solid rock. This place fired rockets from Wang Zhankui, Guo Hengming and others, which was an absolute blind spot.

Only then did Gao Jiu inform Wang Zhankui and others about the situation of the Japanese army and related artillery fired the generals. When informing the situation of the Japanese army, he also specifically instructed to fire more shells at the direction of the command post he discovered.

Since the Japanese position was only separated from the guerrillas by a valley, in order to avoid the guerrillas' casualties, Gao Jiu also informed Zhang Quan of the situation and asked him to inform the guerrillas guarding the East Mountain to hurry up and hide in. Those who could enter the fortifications would go in, and those who could not enter would hide on the back slope of the mountain.

Not long after, Wang Zhankui, Guo Hengming and others commanded 40 rocket launchers to launch rockets at the Japanese army.

On the hill north of Taohua Mountain Airport, in order to avoid being attacked by the Japanese 240mm heavy mortars, Geng Hua commanded the artillery of the Taohua Mountain guerrillas, including many 240mm heavy mortars. The Japanese army at the foot of the mountain first launched artillery attacks.

This time he also learned the essence, hiding a large number of people on the back slope of the mountain, leaving only a small number of people on the top of the mountain for monitoring.

Not long after, the Japanese artillery bombardment began. As expected by Geng Hua, the target of the Japanese artillery bombardment was the top of the mountain.

Although the rocks were blown up on the top of the mountain, there were not many people left on the top of the mountain, so the guards were not seriously injured.

When the Japanese army rushed to a distance of only more than 100 meters from the top of the mountain, Geng Hua let the guerrillas, militias and the officers and soldiers of the Guo army enter the position.

This time the Japanese attack was repelled again.

At this time, the rockets fired by Wang Zhankui, Guo Hengming and others exploded near Mountain No. 17, causing a large number of casualties to the Japanese army. Even seven or eight rockets fell around the command center where Shigeru Fujita was located.

Fortunately, Shigeru Fujita and others hid in the dead corner of the rock, so they escaped by chance.

Shigeru Fujita is no longer in the mood to count the number of casualties. He once again wanted to use the wireless phone of the 9th Division commander to ask him about the battle situation there.

I heard that the Ninth Division's attack was repelled again, and it was almost dawn. Shigeru Fujita was a little anxious and asked why they hadn't attacked yet?

The commander of the Ninth Division had a lot of combat experience and had been observing the situation on the battlefield. The reason why this attack could not be attacked was that he had guessed that the defenders on the mountain hid when the Japanese were bombarding and returned to the battlefield when the Japanese charged, which avoided the attack of the 240mm heavy mortar.

He said to Shigeru Fujita: "Chief of Staff, the enemy is defending with danger, and the terrain is very unfavorable. Our artillery is unable to accurately eliminate the enemy. It is still very difficult to quickly capture this mountain."

Shigeru Fujita was already anxious and said, "It's almost dawn. If we can't capture the enemy's positions before dawn and destroy Taohua Mountain, the enemy's air force will come to bomb after dawn, and our battle will be completely defeated.

I order you to immediately capture the enemy's positions at all costs and enter the hinterland of Taohua Mountain Village.

Remember? At all costs.”

Shigeru Fujita gritted his teeth and emphasized the six words "at all costs".

The commander of the Ninth Division understood that he wanted to force the Japanese officers and soldiers to die with the defenders on the mountain.

The attack was launched in front of him by the 9th Division. As the division commander, he still had a certain relationship with these officers and soldiers. In fact, he had thought about the method mentioned by Shigeru Fujita, but he just couldn't bear to implement it.

At this point, he had no way out. Fujita Shigeru ordered him to bite his teeth and call the artillery commander to explain to him.

The artillery commander looked at the division commander in disbelief. Just as he was about to say something, the commander of the 9th Division waved his hand and said, "Execute the order immediately."

The artillery commander stood attentively and saluted, then ran back to the artillery command post and issued an order to the artillery on the front line.

Soon after, the Japanese army began shelling again. After the shelling, the Japanese soldiers rushed to the top of the mountain again.

Geng Hua also once again commanded the guerrillas, militia and the officers and soldiers of the Guo army into the position.

They saw the Japanese army approaching step by step at the foot of the mountain, put their fingers on the trigger of the gun, and waited for the Japanese army to get closer and then fired at them.

The Japanese army approached step by step, and it seemed that it had reached less than 100 meters from the top of the mountain.

Geng Hua was about to issue a shooting order, but at this moment, many mortar shells suddenly flew from the foot of the mountain. The shells cut through the night sky and made a sharp whistling sound.

The Japanese were completely crazy. They didn't care about the soldiers who accidentally injured themselves. They wanted to kill the defenders on the mountain and their soldiers, and rely on the advantage of numbers to break through the defenders' positions.

At night, the shooting of shells can only be in a rough direction. A large number of shells not only fell to the top of the mountain, but also fell into the Japanese army on the hillside.

The Japanese army on the hillside and the defenders on the hillside also suffered heavy casualties. Geng Hua was blown down from the hillside by a wave of artillery shell that exploded only six or seven meters away. He rolled seven or eight meters away on the hillside, hitting his head on a rock, and fainted directly.

The Japanese officers and soldiers attacking on the hillside were attacked by their own artillery fire. They were panicked and many people were very angry and wanted to retreat and settle the score with the damn artillery soldiers.

However, the commander of the Ninth Division had already been prepared. He set up a supervision team behind the charge of the Japanese army. As long as someone dared to retreat, he would immediately shoot at them.

The Japanese officers and soldiers were forced to rush towards the top of the mountain again.

The defenders on the top of the mountain suffered heavy casualties, lost their commander again, and were about to collapse again.
Chapter completed!