Japanese artillery positions, the battle went more smoothly than expected.

Nearly half of the more than 500 gunners and ammunition men were puppet soldiers, and they did not have the courage of the Japanese gunners to launch a counter-assault on the special service company and the independent company with their bare hands, but stayed in the gun position and waited for surrender.

Only one-third of the more than 200 devils in the counter-assault have weapons, and many of them are Wang Ba boxes with an effective range of no more than 30 meters, which have almost no actual combat significance.

The spy company and the independent company first strafed with machine guns to kill most of the devils with weapons, and then used bayonets and pistols to kill the remaining devils...... The battle was over.

"Company commander, except for a few field guns equipped by the little devils who were blown up by themselves before they died, the mountain artillery equipped by the puppet army, most of the mortars, and four heavy guns, are all intact." A platoon of the spy company hurriedly ran over to report.

The company commander was standing next to a heavy artillery piece with a smile on his face, and just as he was about to speak, the reconnaissance squad leader hurriedly ran over.

"Company commander, there is a Japanese puppet army coming towards us, the devil has a squadron, and the puppet army has a company, and the speed is very fast."

"All of them, ready to fight!" The company commander did not say a word of nonsense, and opened his mouth to order.

Hearing the news, the commander of the independent company rushed over and reminded: "Company Commander Zhou, these Japanese puppet troops are definitely coming at us, I suggest a quick battle and a quick solution to deal with them as soon as possible." ”

"The main force of the regiment is attacking the Japanese blocking position, and the sooner we end the battle here, the sooner we can kill the main battlefield, reinforce the main force of the regiment, and reduce the losses of the main force of the regiment."

The spy company commander Zhou showed an expression of approval, and then a pair of eyes became hot, and his eyes lit up and shouted.

"Artillery, we have captured so many artillery, we don't have to use it in vain."

"Call the two artillery squad leaders over immediately, I have a task for them."

To the southeast of the artillery position, more than 100 devils and nearly 100 puppet troops had already deployed their forces on the way to form an offensive formation.

Shao Zuo, who led the team, ran at the back of the team, looked at the figure shaking three hundred meters away, and seemed to be in a state of chaos, and decisively drew his command knife, the blade forward, and waved his command hard.

"Offensive ......"

"Taking advantage of the fact that the Eighth Route Army has not yet gained a firm foothold in the artillery position, we will directly attack it and destroy them with bayonets."

"Kill to ......"

For more than 200 days, the puppet army lined up in a straggler line, and pounced on the artillery position like a hungry wolf.

The machine gunner held the machine gun in his arms and fired as he swooped out.

The gunners walked at the end of the line with grenadiers, ready to stop and fire grenades.

On the artillery position, more than 200 soldiers lay on the Japanese alert position, holding guns and machine guns, waiting for the battle.

Behind them was a row of twelve mountain cannons.

The muzzles of the guns were all flattened, and the lowest angle of fire was aimed at the oncoming Japanese puppet army.

There were several puppet gunners squatting next to each mountain artillery, and a row of soldiers of the Eighth Route Army squatting behind them, holding rifles, staring at them vigilantly to prevent any puppet army from making small moves when firing the artillery.

This is the method that the commander of the special agent company Zhou thought of in order to achieve a quick victory: "Put bayonets on the mountain artillery, and the cannon will fight mosquitoes." ”

The twelve mountain guns aimed at the attacking troops of the Japanese puppet army at close range, severely damaged them with shells, and then the infantry went up again, destroying the remnants of the enemy and ending the battle.

"Company Commander Zhou, the devil is rushing over......," the independent company commander reminded.

"The artillery fires, each cannon shoots five rapid fire, and when the fight is over, we will kill it!"

"Boom, boom, boom......"

Twelve mountain guns opened fire more than 20 meters behind them, and twelve shells whistled almost against their scalps, smashing into the attacking troops of the Japanese puppet army.

Black smoke rose in the splashing firelight, and many Japanese puppet troops were blown up directly in the run, and more Japanese puppet troops were blown over and fell on the offensive road.

"Boom ......"

As soon as the first round of explosions stopped, the second round of shelling began.

The captain of the devil brigade rushed behind the team, and the first round of shells smashed dozens of meters away from him, and was not affected.

But his good fortune was there, and in the second round a cannonball smashed directly in front of his eyes with a scream.

The moment the fire splashed in front of his eyes, the whole person flew up on the spot, and a sharp pain quickly spread throughout his body, and then he lost consciousness.

In less than a minute, all five rounds of shells in the mountain artillery battalion were exhausted.

After receiving 60 shells, the neat offensive formation of the Japanese puppet army was directly blown to pieces, and although the Japanese puppet army that was still alive did not stop and continued to rush towards the artillery position, the pace of the assault was obviously not as vigorous and confident as just now.

Company Commander Zhou had been silently counting the number of shellings in his heart, and as soon as the fifth round of artillery sounded, he stood up from the warning position before the shells landed.

Holding a box gun, he rushed out of the position, giving orders as he went.

"Comrades, follow me to kill devils......"

After the Japanese army headquarters in Caoziling was sent out, the commander began to walk back and forth in the tent to relieve his nervous and anxious emotions.

If the reinforcements are defeated, the Caoziling defense line where they are stationed will definitely not be able to hold it, and everyone, including themselves, will die here.

As the minutes ticked by, the commander's face became more and more anxious.

Suddenly, an ensign rushed in, his face full of fear.

Before they could open their mouths to report, the explosion of "boom boom boom ......" sounded outside the command headquarters, frightening everyone to lie on the ground.

It was only then that the second lieutenant who rushed in reacted: "Sir, the reinforcements have been defeated, and the Eighth Route Army attacking the artillery position is coming towards us, you must transfer immediately." ”

"Boom...... Dadada......"

The second round of explosions soon rang out outside the headquarters, along with the sound of machine rifle fire.

"Sir, this Eighth Route Army is obviously coming towards us, you must move immediately." The captain of the guard was the first to react.

The commander did not move, but retorted with a desperate expression: "The positions are in front of us, they are all attacked, where else can they be moved?"

The captain of the guard was silent, now that the Caoziling position was fighting everywhere, there was really no safe place to transfer.

Just as he was racking his brains and not knowing what to do, the commander spoke again.

Directly ordered in a farewell tone of vowing to live and die with the position: "The guard guards the command headquarters." ”

"Combat staff officers, communications officers, orderlies, all go to the battlefield."

"Contact the front-line troops immediately, from now on, all the troops in the position will fight separately, hold their positions to the death, and not a single soldier can withdraw from the position without my order."

"Report to the division and regimental headquarters, the Caoziling defense line has been attacked by the garrison regiment in front and rear, the artillery units have all been lost, and the command headquarters has also been attacked, I have decided to live and die with the position. In order to prevent accidents, the command headquarters is requested to prepare for the breakthrough of the Caoziling defensive line. ”

After saying that, the commander picked up a rifle and several rows of rifle bullets, and walked out of the headquarters with a resolute face.