Having been tightly surrounded by the Chinese Army in Jiutang for several days, the only hope of survival for the Miki Regiment, which had already run out of ammunition and food, was the arrival of reinforcements.
They ate the bark of the trees on the position and began to dig grass roots to satisfy their hunger. There was no water to drink. Some soldiers simply drank their own urine because they knew that Major General Masao Nakamura was on the way to help in the starry night.
When the 42nd Regiment led by Nakamura Masao arrived at the outskirts of Jiutang, it undoubtedly gave the dying Miki Regiment the final confidence. They held on desperately, hoping that the reinforcements led by Nakamura Masao would arrive as soon as possible. In this situation With the support of hope, even though most of the soldiers of the Miki Regiment were dead or injured, and some people were constantly being shot or falling due to hunger, they were surrounded by four sides and still relied on the favorable terrain and the expectation of reinforcements to fight hard.
When the remaining members of the Miki Regiment learned that Major General Masao Nakamura had been seriously injured by artillery fire in order to rush across the road to join them, this group of extremely vicious demons actually showed super fighting power and continued to attack the Chinese positions with a style of mutual destruction. This was used to attract the firepower of the Chinese army and buy time for Major General Masao Nakamura to receive effective treatment.
The Chinese ** Corps saw through the Miki Regiment's trick. The troops fought steadily and step by step, ruthlessly suffocating the Japanese's desperate counterattacks. At the same time, the Chinese ** Corps continued to dispatch officers and soldiers who were proficient in Japanese and used loudspeakers to shout at the enemy at all times. The position propaganda stated that Masao Nakamura must be captured alive. Even if he cannot be captured alive, Masao Nakamura must be buried at the foot of the majestic Kunlun Mountains forever, so that he can never return to his hometown.
Let the dead bones of all invaders be buried forever on the land of Kunlun Pass and be trampled under the feet of the Chinese people forever.
This is the punishment for the invaders!
Sure enough, the Chinese team's provocation method was effective. The Japanese soldiers who had lost their senses in order to survive desperately charged, but failed again and again, and the bodies piled up like mountains.
However, the support troops led by Nakamura Masao could not cross this short 3 kilometers. The tenacity of the Chinese troops made the officers and soldiers of the Miki Regiment who fought desperately began to despair. The resilient Chinese steel division.
In the afternoon, the commander of the Miki Regiment, Yukiyuki Miki, received an encouraging telegram from the division commander, Lieutenant General Imam Cunjun: Your unit has fought bravely for days and did not let the squadron's conspiracy succeed. The division headquarters is deeply grateful for this. , your department should step up efforts to reduce the distance between it and the 42nd Wing.
Now the commander of the Nakamura Brigade is seriously injured and is still commanding the troops to move closer to you. Your blood is the glory of the empire.
The division headquarters orders you that as long as you have a breath left, you must display your military glory and fight to the bitter end. "
After Masao Nakamura's surgery was completed, the 42nd Regiment and the Miki Regiment switched from offense to defense and began to retreat and defend, waiting for the reinforcements of the 41st Regiment Captain Sakata Osaka and the Ito Brigade.
After the Japanese headquarters learned that Major General Masao Nakamura had been severely damaged, it immediately sent troops to support him. The Yoshikawa detachment located in Longzhou also set out from Longzhou and embarked on the road to Kunlun Pass.
In addition, the support troops of the Taiwan Brigade led by Lin Yixiu, under the cover of fighter jets, also arrived near Liutang at noon that day, and gained ground with the troops commanded by the second battalion captain of the 41st Infantry Regiment, Arino Major, who came from Nanning. Contact, and then jointly launch an attack on the Chinese ** team deployed on the north-south line 2 kilometers east of Liutang, so as to contain the two divisions of Dai Anlan and Qiu Qingquan who attacked Batang and Jiutang, and give the 42nd Regiment and Sanmu United takes the pressure off.
The Japanese division commander Lieutenant General Imamura Jun once again sent a telegram to the Miki Regiment and Nakamura Masao's 42nd Regiment. The imperial fighter force will arrive at Nanning Airport before tonight and will be able to launch a carpet attack on the Chinese positions at Kunlun Pass early tomorrow morning. style attack, then your two troops will attack from the inside out, seize Kunlun Pass in one fell swoop, and win the battle.
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afternoon.
Japanese division headquarters.
Large war room.
There were many officers in the war room.
Division commander Imamura Jun walked back and forth in front of the large map with a serious expression.
Several junior officers who had just arrived from the Navy and Army Air Forces were discussing the Chinese fighter jet that caused heavy damage to the 42nd Wing in the mountains last night.
This morning, after Masao Nakamura led the team out of the mountains, according to the previous agreement, he turned on the radio and sent a telegram to the division commander Imamura Tsutomu, informing him that the unit had arrived at Batang and was only one step away from the Miki unit, and said There were Chinese fighter jets last night, which almost brought disaster to his wing.
After receiving the telegram, Lieutenant General Imamura Jun immediately summoned relevant personnel to study the Chinese fighter jet. However, due to the brief content of the telegram and little description of the Chinese fighter jet, his staff could not figure out the reason for a while.
Therefore, Imamura called Hainan Airlines and Army Airlines and requested to send professionals to study together. Among them were Army Aviation Colonel Moritaka Moritaka, the commander of the "Kato Ace Fighter Squadron", and Kato Major, the commander of the "Kato Ace Fighter Squadron". Lieutenant Saburo Itai, HNA's elite.
Shortly after arriving, these three people all read the brief telegram sent by Masao Nakamura.
Colonel Moritaka Nakasa pondered for a long time: "A disaster? What kind of fighter jets can China have that would make General Nakamura pay so much attention to it?"
"China's best fighter jets at present are the enhanced versions of the I-153 and the I-16. These two fighter jets are not our opponents in the Type 97 land warfare at all, and it is impossible for General Masao Nakamura to take them so seriously."
Saburo Itai fought against the Chinese Air Force many times and shot down many of the above two fighter jets. He can be said to be a Japanese ace pilot who knows the Chinese Air Force thoroughly.
"We can't get to the scene, so we don't know what type of bullets this fighter uses, but I can be sure that the two above-mentioned fighters are not so powerful.
However, what interests me even more is how this Chinese pilot flew a plane into the mountains at night? "
Colonel Moritaka Nakaba held his chin with one hand: "Itai-kun, have you forgotten? Just a few days ago, a Chinese bomber severely damaged one of our seaplane carriers in Qinzhou Bay. It was also night and it was foggy."
Saburo Sakai said: "Colonel, what you are saying is that it was possible that the pilot who flew the combat attack against the 42nd Wing last night was also the pilot?"
Colonel Moritaka Nakaba nodded: "It is very possible that such a pilot can be called a genius. With the wisdom and ability of the Chinese people, it is a miracle to have one such genius. It is impossible to have two." After saying this, , Nakasa Moritaka secretly counted how many such wizards there were in Japan, and then he sighed, it seemed that there were none.
Major Kato, who had been silent, said slowly: "I suspect that the pilot who piloted the bomber to severely damage our seaplane carrier in Qinzhou Bay, and the pilot that General Nakamura mentioned, is the same person who shot down the Nine-Liu Land Attack over Yun'an Town. .”
Colonel Moritaka Nakaba's eyes turned cold: "Are you talking about China's ace pilot Zhou Zhihan?"
Major Kato said slowly: "It might be him. If not him, who else in the Chinese Air Force currently has such capabilities?"
Saburo Sakai was silent for a while: "Didn't the Chinese pilot who shot down our fighter plane over Yun'an Town accept Captain Kondo's challenge?"
Major Kato stood up and frowned: "He accepted Kondo-kun's challenge, but the time was chosen by him. Judging from these successive incidents, I wonder if this is a conspiracy of the Chinese Air Force. They deliberately accepted Kondo-kun. But it is up to them to choose the challenge at the time to divert our attention and focus on the Battle of Kunlun Pass."
"Your Excellency, Division Commander!" Colonel Moritaka Nakasagi said, "Can you contact the 42nd Regiment now?"
A staff member of Imamura Jun said: "They took out three radio stations, and only one is left. In order to ensure the power, we agreed to contact you every two hours." The staff member looked at his watch as he said, "The time to contact us is almost up. .”
A few minutes later, the intelligence officer walked in: "Your Excellency, Division Commander! It's time to contact the 42nd Regiment, and the radio has been turned on."
Imamura Jun said: "First ask General Nakamura how the injury is, and then ask the 42nd Wing to describe in detail the shape of the Chinese fighter jet last night!"
