At this time, the Japanese army north of Mazhuang was still violently carrying out the counteroffensive of He Yongjie's department.

"Boom, boom, boom!!!"

At this time, there were less than 2,000 people left in the three infantry brigades of the Little Devil to carry out fierce artillery attacks on the more than a dozen hilltop positions occupied by He Yongjie's headquarters, but under the shelling of the mortars carried by the troops accompanying the Fourth Battalion and the two Type 92 infantry guns and some mortars, grenadiers and other infantry artillery support weapons on the hilltop of the Tongyou Second Division of the Little Devil Mountain, they were almost destroyed by the bombing.

Therefore, the artillery bombardment of He Yongjie's troops on more than a dozen mountains by Miokuma Jiro and other devil captains had almost no effect!

"Baga Ya Road! We are running out of shells, and the condescending counter-artillery of our opponents poses too much of a threat to our artillery. ”

Miokuma Jiro frowned and looked at his own artillery strikes, and the effect of the strikes on the four battalions of He Yongjie's headquarters on more than a dozen hills was not very good.

The headquarters of the 4th Battalion condescendingly carried out counter-artillery bombardment, and eliminated a lot of their artillery. Although Yamada Hao sent two infantry brigades to reinforce Myokuma Jiro and strengthen the military force to recapture the hilltop position north of Mazhuang, at present, He Yongjie's troops are condescending to occupy favorable terrain and have fierce firepower.

This was the seventh onslaught on He Yongjie's troops, but the lack of artillery fire made the three Japanese troops who were attacking on the back retreat in disarray, and left at least 300 lost corpses on the mountainside.

The chief of staff of the brigade, Captain Nanki Taiyi, who was standing beside Myokuma Jiro, said in a low voice: "Captain, according to the latest command call, the village has been lost. A new regiment has entered the horse village from the south of the village. At the moment, we are advancing along the main street of Shonai towards General Yamada's general headquarters, and it is not far away. If we can't regain the hilltop position here, the overall situation will inevitably collapse! ”。

"There's no other way, and now we can only attack. The opponent raided and captured the hilltop position built by Shan Tongyouer and occupied a favorable terrain. It's also impossible for us to make a detour to attack the mountains! Nan Mujun, you send someone to consult with the captains of the other two infantry brigades, and prepare to storm the hilltop position in two minutes! ”

"Captain, our three divisions are now less than 1,500 people, and there are more than 100 wounded soldiers. There is no way to launch a strong attack on a dozen hills! It is suggested that if you ask for instructions from the general headquarters of Shonai, withdraw to Shonai! If we continue to fight like this, there is no hope of regaining the hilltop position. ”

Nanmu Taiyi shook his head and said in a low voice, don't you look at how many people are left in the three infantry brigades at this time? However, the favorable terrain occupied by the enemy on the top of the mountain, the condescending fire attack, and several light and heavy machine guns hit the Japanese troops attacking the mountain with heavy casualties.

What's more, due to the heavy snowfall, the snow on the mountain is deep, and the Japanese soldiers attacking on the back are very difficult to climb the mountain, and the concealment is not good! If the fight continues, it will basically be the result of the annihilation of the whole army.

It is better to withdraw the remaining remnants of the army into the village, and will shrink the position of the troops with Hiroshi Yamada and wait for reinforcements.

At this time, the fierce battle of holding the horse village has been at least thirty-five minutes or so, and it should not be a problem to hold on to the village for an hour.

At that time, the Japanese garrisons closest to Mazhuang in Lingqiu County, Sanshan Town, Laiyuan and other places were able to climb to Mazhuang for reinforcements even if they climbed.

Preserving the vitality and sticking to the village is already the most helpless choice for Nanmu Taiyi.

When Miokuma Jiro heard this, he was silent for a while, the artillery attack had failed, and the seventh strong attack on He Yongjie's department had failed. The Japanese troops of the three infantry brigades have now numbered less than 1,500 people, and if they continue to fight, there is indeed a danger that the whole army will be wiped out at the bottom of the mountain.

"Okay, immediately ask the brigade commander and General Yamada for instructions and withdraw to the vicinity of the Shonai headquarters!"

Nanki Taiichi suddenly breathed a sigh of relief, it was good that Miokuma Jiro didn't stick to it, "Hai, captain!" Obedience! ”

Subsequently, after consulting with the captains of the other two Japanese infantry brigades, Nanki Taiichi agreed with the old devil's intentions. Immediately, Taiichi Minamiki called Hiroshi Yamada and Hiroaki Sakamoto directly in Shonai.

At this time, Zhang Dabiao's headquarters had already joined forces with Shen Qun's headquarters of the second battalion of the new 1st Regiment and Ma Wenhai's headquarters of the 3rd Battalion to encircle Yamada Hao's headquarters on three sides, and they were under onslaught, and had already begun to encircle and attack near the headquarters where Yamada Hao and Sakamoto Hiroaki were located.

The sound of gunfire and shouting of killing was clearly audible by the two old devils, and the distance was estimated to be less than 100 meters!

In the headquarters where Hiroshi Yamada and Hiroaki Sakamoto are located, there are only a few devil staff officers and a Japanese communications soldier in charge of radio contact, and the rest of the devils are all driven out by Yamada Hiroshi and pick up guns to fight.

"The report general, brigade commander, Myokuma Jiro and others called, and the strong attack on the hilltop position north of Mazhuang suffered heavy casualties, and the seventh strong attack lost at least more than 300 soldiers. At present, the combined strength of their three infantry brigades is less than 1,500 men. And the opponent raided and captured the new regiment of the Zhuangbei hilltop position at least one regiment, and condescendingly carried out a strong firepower blow to the troops attacking on our back, the other party is a veteran of positional warfare, we are storming the Zhuangbei hilltop battlefield, the casualties of the three men and horses are clearly visible! ”

Soon, a devil staff officer hurriedly walked up to Hiroshi Yamada and Hiroaki Sakamoto, and said with a heavy pause.

Hiroaki Sakamoto and Hiroshi Yamada looked at each other when they heard this, and the three infantry brigades combined to attack could not recapture the position on the north of Zhuangbei, and it seemed that the mountain warfare defended by a certain unit of the new 1st Regiment of the 2nd Division of the Yama Tongyu Division was also very strong.

"General, look?" Hiroaki Sakamoto said.

Hiroshi Yamada asked the devil staff officer who reported the situation to the previous two in a condensed voice, "Do you have any instructions from Mikuma Jiro and the others?" ”。

"The general is right, Miokuma Jiro and others asked for instructions, and it is impossible for the three men and horses to recapture the hilltop position under the strong attack. At the moment, the snow is constantly falling, the snow on the mountain is too deep, and the soldiers attacking the mountain are within the range of the opponent's firepower, and the remaining forces of the three men and horses will be wiped out! They asked His Excellency the General, His Excellency the Brigade Commander, to withdraw to Shonai! ”

Hiroaki Sakamoto immediately said: "General, it seems that there is no way for Miokuma Jiro and the others to recapture the position of Zhuangbei Mountain!" ”。

Yamada Hao was silent for a few seconds, and then waved his hand to the devil's staff officer: "Order Myokuma Jiro and others to lead the troops to withdraw to the Shonai!" Move closer to the headquarters and hold the north side of the headquarters! ”。

"Hello, General!" The devil's staff officer left in response.

Subsequently, Hiroshi Yamada said to Hiroaki Sakamoto: "Sakamoto-san, how many troops do we have left at the moment?" ”。。

"General, there are only about five thousand left!" Hiroaki Sakamoto smiled bitterly in his heart.

Yamada Hao immediately frowned, "This means that we have a total of more than five thousand casualties now?" ”