Demon Beast Forbidden Area
Fortress Defense Battle
On the third day, with the support of the bombing of the fighter planes, the Japanese continued to attack the seventh company's position. The bunker and fortifications were destroyed, but the remaining soldiers of the company still stubbornly insisted on fighting. On the fourth day, when the Seventh Company was ordered to retreat from the South Forest Slope, there were only 70 people left in the entire company. The casualties of the officers and soldiers were as high as three-quarters. During the day and night of the Shipai defense battle, the Seventh Company held their position from the beginning to the end and did not take a step back.
The main force of the 39th Division of the Japanese army divided its troops into two routes to invade the positions of the 11th Division of the Chinese Army in Niuchangpo and Zhujiaping. Niuchangpo was surrounded by winding mountains and towering trees. Zhujiaping Canyon was deep and the peaks were stacked. The officers and soldiers of the 11th Division fought calmly with favorable terrain.
The Japanese army and the Chinese army had a fierce battle at Niuchangpo. With the support of the Japanese fighters, the Japanese army launched several charges against the 11th Division, which held the main peak position. At the most tense moment of the battle, Commander Hu Lian's voice came from the phone,""Brothers, actively serve the motherland, defend the position, fight until the last person, and shed the last drop of blood.”
Under the attack of the 11th Division, the Japanese army suffered many casualties. In the end, due to the disparity in numbers, the Chinese army withdrew from the position at Niuchangpo.
The Japanese Third Division crossed Taoziya and attacked the position of the 34th Division of the 18th Army. The Japanese army attacked the Chinese army from the back of Tiantai Temple along the Dim sum River in an attempt to seize Tiantai Temple. When the Japanese army entered the Dim sum River, they were immediately blocked by the Chinese army and killed more than 300 Japanese soldiers.
The Japanese army turned to attack Wangjiaba, but they were also attacked by the Chinese army separately, unable to make progress. The 3rd division's Zhonghuo Tian troops came to support and cut off the connection between the Tiantai Temple and the army. The 34th division's soldiers guarding the Tiantai Temple were fearless and defended their positions, fighting tenaciously against the Japanese army.
After a few attacks, the Japanese army could not take it down. They transferred planes to help. A row of soldiers gathered under the winter wattle trees and insisted on fighting. The Japanese military aircraft blew up the winter wattle trees into bald piles, and the soil on the top of the mountain turned over a few layers. The Chinese soldiers were unafraid of death. They fought with the Japanese soldiers hand-to-hand, giving the Japanese soldiers a great deal of damage. In the end, all of them died heroically.
After the Japanese army captured Tiantai Temple, the cavalry broke into the narrow stream and was attacked by the mortar of the garrison at Longjiayan, forcing the Japanese cavalry to retreat. The Japanese infantry forced their way through the narrow stream under the cover of the aircraft and advanced toward the second line of the 11th Division of the Badoufang.
The defense of the Stone Plate Fortress was extremely tough. One side was determined to win, while the other side was desperately defending. Hu Lian ordered the regiment commanders," From tomorrow onwards, we will engage the enemy in close combat. We will fight to the last man and bury the enemy's bones here. We will write our names and blood on the stone tablet.”
Ever since the Japanese army entered the surrounding positions of Shipai, the infantry could only carry mountain cannons in this area. The Japanese army could not withstand the attacks of the Chinese army, so they used aircraft bombing instead of artillery. Every day, they maintained nine aircraft flying low to help.
More and more Japanese troops broke through the surrounding defenses and began to attack the Shipai Fortress. Under the cover of the air force, the Japanese army divided into several small groups to attack the Chinese position. As long as there was a little gap, the Japanese army would charge in a dense team and make a conical deep battle.
When both sides were fighting for the stone tablet at the cost of their lives, General Chen Cheng called Hu Lian,""Are you confident in defending the fortress?"
Hu Lian replied firmly,"Although success is uncertain, Chengren is determined!"”His heroic spirit was evident.
More and more Chinese and Japanese soldiers began to fix their bayonet. They were so close that they could clearly see each other's faces. At this moment, thousands of Chinese and Japanese soldiers were charging at each other with their bayonet.
The soldiers of the 11th Division fought bravely under the command of Hu Lian. There were no gunshots near Caojiafan for three hours. This was not a truce between the two sides, nor was it a rest. The battle had reached the point where they could not shoot. The enemy and the enemy were entangled in a hand-to-hand battle. They were fighting with their bayonet. The largest hand-to-hand battle in the Second World War broke out.
There were more than 1,000 Japanese troops attacking Triangular Rock and Sifang Bay. In order to compete for the commanding heights, the Japanese troops fired tear gas bombs. The Chinese army had no equipment to prevent chemical weapons. The soldiers fought with the enemy with their flesh and blood and miraculously wiped out the Japanese army.
The battle for Badoufang was the most intense part of the battle. Every inch of land that the Japanese army advanced had to pay the price of flesh and blood. The two armies repeatedly charged at each other in this tiny place, causing the sun and moon to lose their luster. The Chinese army fought a bloody battle and killed nearly 2,000 Japanese soldiers. The corpses of the Japanese soldiers at the front of the position were in the shape of a pyramid.
Zhongyang Entertainment announced to the whole country,""The battle on the west bank of Yichang has reached an intense level. Every stronghold must be fought to the death.”
On that cruel afternoon, the blood of countless warriors soaked the land on the south bank of the Yangtze River. After three hours of fighting without any gunfire, the tent was lowered. 1,500 soldiers of the Celestial Dynasty lay in the river. They had fought bravely and sacrificed their short lives. The Celestial army's position was not lost.
In the battle of Shipai, the Japanese army once bypassed Shipai and rushed to Funiu Mountain. The commander of the 11th division, Hu Lian, immediately ordered his subordinates to plant the flag on the highest peak and strictly ordered the defenders not to take a step back. He used the phone to warn the soldiers,"We must fight a tough battle. This time, we must let the Japanese army experience the fighting spirit of the Chinese army!"”
In order to cooperate with the Chinese army and defend Shipai, the Chinese Air Force and the American allied fighter planes frequently dispatched to attack the Japanese army on the battlefield, cutting off the enemy's reinforcements and supplies. The Chinese Air Force attacked Yichang City, killing and injuring more than 30 Japanese soldiers. They also attacked the Japanese military's Tumenya Airport in the east of Yichang, killing two Japanese soldiers and blowing up a plane. In the final moments of the Battle of Shipai, the Chinese Air Force and the ground forces joined forces to launch a fierce aerial battle with the Japanese aircraft, shooting down six enemy aircraft.
The dispatch of the air force boosted the morale of the Chinese army. The naval officers and soldiers of Shipai Fortress placed drifting mines on the Yangtze River to prevent the Japanese ships from going up the river to cooperate with the army. They held their fort and fought calmly. They allowed the Japanese planes and cannons to bombard them. They were fearless and determined to live and die with the fort.
Due to the determination of the Chinese army, the Japanese army could not attack Shipai for a long time. They suffered heavy losses, and their morale and confidence were completely lost. On the last night, the gunfire on the battlefield suddenly quieted down. The Japanese soldiers who invaded Shipai turned around and fled. Although the Shipai Stronghold had been through many wars, it still stood on the shore of the Xiling Gorge. It was impregnable, like an iron wall. In this battle, the Chinese army killed and injured 7,000 Japanese soldiers and seized countless weapons.
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