The 3rd platoon, which held on to the bridgehead of Puzhen, faced the frantic attack of a small group of Japanese troops, and launched a fierce battle with the enemy, and finally fought until there were only a dozen soldiers left who could still shoot devils.

Zhang Heilong, who was hiding in the mountain trench in the rear, saw that the brothers in the village who crossed the Yellow River from Chaoyi with him were dying on the battlefield one by one, and not only braved the enemy's bullets with tears in his eyes, but also returned to the bridgehead again.

He picked up the gun lying on the ground and had already sacrificed the soldier's hand, lay on the front of the position, aimed the gun at the attacking devil, pulled the trigger and fired.

The 3rd platoon commander found that the deserter Zhang Heilong had returned, not only grabbed Zhang Heilong's collar in anger and punched him a few times, but also shouted and scolded: "You donkey, if you become a deserter again, Lao Tzu will shoot you with one shot." ”

The attacking Japanese army launched a more ferocious attack, and the soldiers of the 3rd platoon had run out of ammunition and food at this time, and the commander of the 3rd platoon drew the machete behind his back, brandished the broadsword and shouted while killing the enemy group: "If you are not afraid of death, you will follow me into the enemy group." ”

More than a dozen warriors bravely jumped to their feet, rushed into the devil who pounced on them with their broadswords, and started hand-to-hand combat with the enemy, and after a fierce battle of life and death, they finally killed the attacking enemy and quickly retreated.

Zhang Heilong walked up to the platoon commander covered in blood, shook and stretched out the blood-stained fingers of his left hand, and mustered up the last bit of strength and shouted: "3 Platoon Commander, I, I killed five or five little devils, I, I am not a deserter, Commander Wei will not shoot me on the spot as a deserter, right?" ”

He grinned as he spoke, and suddenly fell headlong to the ground, and although he was already strong, he had a tolerant smile on his face.

The 3rd platoon commander who beat him with his hands, hugged Zhang Heilong, who was covered in blood, cried with tears in his eyes: "Heilong, it's me a bastard, why should I punch you a few times before you sacrifice, you give me back to life, I can't watch you die." ”

The Japanese army launched a more ferocious attack again, and although more than 30 officers and men of the 3rd platoon bravely fought a bloody battle with the enemy, they were finally outnumbered and all died at the bridgehead in Puzhen. The follow-up large force of the Japanese army that broke through the Puzhen Bridge frantically pounced on the second line of defense of our army in Shangxiagao City.

Under the cover of the powerful firepower of aircraft, artillery, and tanks, the Japanese army concentrated its superior forces to break through the Shangxiagaoshi position of our army's Yongji defense line again, and quickly attacked the Yumeng Bridge and Emeiyuan defense line held by our army.

An attempt was made to break through from the center of the Yongji defensive line and divide the positions of our troops on the western line of Zhongtiao Mountain into two and break through each of them.

However, the Western Route Army of the Western Front of the Zhongtiao Mountain Theater launched an extremely tragic blocking battle against the attacking enemy, and repeatedly strangled in order to fight for a position, even if the position was occupied by the Japanese army during the day, it would take advantage of the night to organize broadsword death squads to bravely recapture it at night.

At this time, the Suzuki Division, which broke out from the Xiyang River Valley, ordered the 77th Wing to lead more than 3,000 soldiers, 20 artillery pieces, and 15 tanks to quickly attack the left flank position of our army, intending to capture Yaowangtai.

Although Sekiyama Hitanaka's 77th Wing was an elite division, since it broke away from the 108th Division's Takeda Soldier Ichisuke Brigade and failed in the attack on the Dongyuan battlefield, it was ordered to retreat and join up with the Suzuki Division, which was temporarily under the control of the Suzuki Division.

At this time, he finally followed the Suzuki Division to break out of the Xiyang River Valley, but he received an order again, and the 39th Brigade temporarily belonging to the 20th Division of Takagi Yoshito was dispatched, and was ordered to drive to the vicinity of Yaowangtai at full speed to stand by.

Yaowangtai is the commanding heights of the battlefield on the western front of Zhongtiao, the terrain is relatively complex, and the front of the position is very difficult to hold, once the Japanese troops launch an attack, the defenders of Yaowangtai will face the dangerous situation of facing the enemy on three sides

If Yaowangtai is lost, the entire Yongji defense line will be exposed to the threat of Japanese troops and light and heavy firepower.

At this time, those who were ordered to hold on to Yaowangtai were the commanders of the 46th Brigade Infantry Battalion Zhang and the Artillery Battalion Commander Zhao.

Besides, Lei Yunfeng led the Cheetah Commando Team to take advantage of the cover of night to sneak into the camp of the headquarters of the 77th Wing of the Japanese frontline troops to conduct a sneak attack, and successfully completed the task and returned to the headquarters of the 17th Division.

Due to the heavy casualties of the troops participating in the Xiyanghe Battle in the theater, and the troops could not receive timely supplies of military supplies, in the face of the rapid reinforcement of more than 15,000 devils from two units sent by the Japanese army, they had to withdraw from the battle in order to preserve their strength.

Lei Yunfeng insisted on returning to the headquarters of the Western Route Army to report to Commander Wei, and the commander of the 17th Division, Zhao, repeatedly retained, but Lei Yunfeng was unmoved, and finally led the relatively sound Cheetah Commando to return to the headquarters of the Western Route Army.

Commander Wei looked at Lei Yunfeng, who had been away for more than ten days, and at this time, the swarthy black man had also lost a lot of weight, not only took Lei Yunfeng's hand and said with emotion: "Yunfeng, I learned that you performed well in the Battle of Xiyang River, and I am very happy but also very worried about you. Now that I see you safely back by my side, my hanging heart can finally be put down. ”

"Hmph, Commander Wei doesn't have to worry about Lei Yunfeng, this guy just wants to be in the limelight, since he is not afraid of death, why should you worry about him?" Chief of Staff Xu was so angry when he looked at Lei Yunfeng, and even he couldn't understand why he hated Lei Yunfeng so much.

"Chief of Staff Xu is right, my Lei Yunfeng is a cheap person, as long as I hear the sound of gunfire there, I am anxious to kill it, I can't sleep and eat well if I don't kill a few little devils a day, Chief of Staff Xu won't have this problem, right?"

"Me? You're right, as long as I hear the sound of gunshots, my hands itch, and I can't wait to stand at the front of the position with a machine gun, pull the trigger and suddenly pounce on the little devils, you are very angry with me. ”

"It's really not easy to get Chief of Staff Xu to admit that I still have some things in common with you in Lei Yunfeng, and I am here to express my sincere gratitude to you."

"Don't come to this set, Lao Tzu didn't grow up listening to flattery, you remember for me, I and you Lei Yunfeng will never be able to pee in the same pot."

"Wouldn't it? On the battlefield of the Zhongtiao Mountain West Front, aren't the missions you and I perform are all to kill devils? At this point、No, this is a very important point of combination between me and you, Chief of Staff Xu, and there is no way to strip away the negation if you want to. ”

"Hahaha, I didn't expect you little bastard to go around me, you're right, as long as you spend all your energy on fighting the war and killing the enemy, and don't use the insidious and cunning means of the military commander behind your back to bring down my Western Route Army, I will never be your enemy again."

"Chief of Staff Xu is now an enemy, I really hope to be of one heart and one mind with you, abandon your specific dissatisfaction with people of my status, as long as the brothers are of the same heart, we will definitely defeat the Japanese army attacking my Zhongtiao Mountain, and strive to return to my hometown as soon as possible."

"It's easy to say, when will the little devil be defeated? I can gamble my life on it, and if I don't defeat the little devils, even if the blood stains the battlefield, and I don't open my eyes to death, I want to see the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians finally defeat this group of Oriental devils. ”

"Chief of Staff Xu, don't be pessimistic, as long as the army and the people work together to fight a bloody battle with the Japanese army, the Japanese army that invaded China will definitely be defeated in another 7 years.