The mortar squadron reacted quickly, firing the first round of shells in less than a minute.

But half a minute ago, the artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army stopped, and only God knows whether their counterattack had an effect and whether it hit the target.

Captain Shaozo didn't care about this, the attacking troops had already completed their assembly and were ready for the assault, just waiting for him to give the order to attack.

Although the shelling just now caused them nearly a squad of infantry casualties, he believed that the damage and casualties inflicted by the mountain artillery squadron on the Eighth Route Army would definitely be greater.

With an expectant look on his face, he ordered: "The mountain artillery squadron will stop shelling in two minutes, and the third squadron, the heavy machine gun squadron, will attack immediately and take the position of the Eighth Route Army on the mountainside!" ”

"The mortar squadron continues to fire, I don't want to see the Mortars of the Eighth Route Army fire again at our attacking troops!"

More than a hundred devils, like hungry wolves, launched an assault on the mountainside.

Three heavy machine guns were mounted at the foot of the hill, and the fire continued to strafe the mountainside.

It was only then that the mountainside position, which was shrouded in gunsmoke, was completely exposed.

Halfway up the mountain, there are huge craters with a depth of more than one meter, and trenches that stretch for more than 80 meters, and at this time the trenches can no longer be seen.

Either the soil was buried by the shells, or it was blown out of huge gaps more than three meters wide.

At this time, not to mention the Tibetan troops in the middle of the mountain, maybe even one or two people can't hide.

Shao Zuo held the binoculars, and the more he looked at it, the stronger the smile on his face became, and he was full of confidence.

"Woooooooooo......oo Boom Boom Boom ......"

Suddenly, three piercing screams pulled him back to reality, and then three explosions were heard from the artillery position!

Shao Zuo was startled at first, but quickly forced himself to calm down.

With a serious face, he ordered: "It's the three mountain artillery of the Eighth Route Army, don't worry about it, the troops continue to attack!" ”

"The mortar squadron will be transferred immediately, continue to keep an eye on the mortar troops of the Eighth Route Army, and don't care about the mountain artillery!"

"The mountain artillery squadron will fight back for me now and kill them!"

Before the remaining five mountain guns of the mountain artillery squadron could open fire, the explosions on the mortar positions stopped.

Shao Zuo couldn't help but scold the Eighth Route Army for being cunning, fighting and running, and he didn't have the courage of a soldier to fight at all.

Then he raised his binoculars and looked back at the battlefield.

"Sir, the attacking force has rushed up!" The adjutant suddenly shouted, his face full of excitement.

Shaozo was excited at first, but soon regained his composure.

With a serious face, he analyzed: "The Eighth Route Army on the mountain must have retreated, otherwise it would be impossible for the attacking troops to rush forward easily without a single shot!" ”

"I didn't expect that the punch we concentrated all our strength ended up hitting the cotton, and we didn't see anything...... Watanabe Nakasa is too right, these Eighth Route Army are a group of cunning foxes who slip away when they see that the situation is not good, and they don't have a hard fight with the imperial army at all. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, a herald rushed over: "Sir, the attacking troops have occupied the position of the Eighth Route Army!" ”

"But we didn't find them on the ground, not even a single body......"

The adjutant hurriedly complimented: "Sir, your judgment is right!" ”

"Although we didn't kill a single Eighth Route Army in the attack just now. But to be able to push them back and break through the line is still a great victory. If it weren't for your proper command, sir, and hitting their vital point, I believe that the Eighth Route Army would definitely not retreat easily! ”

"Yo Xi!"

Shao Zuo's face looked a lot better, and then he began to give orders.

The troops immediately gathered and continued to advance towards Lingqiu City. We've been here long enough, and we've lost our troops. It's going to be dark in three hours, and we'll have to get back to the time we've been lost! ”

At eight o'clock in the evening, in the assembly area of the independent battalion, which was less than five kilometers away from the temporary camp of the Japanese army, several company platoon commanders all sat around Li Hao, all of them waiting for orders with eager expressions.

After a day's march and fighting, they were also very tired, and many soldiers around them did not want to get up after lying down.

But the thought that the devil might suffer heavy casualties under his night attack tonight made the whole person excited.

Only Li Hao was very calm.

Everyone is accustomed to this kind of picture, as a commander, Li Hao must always remain calm, and cannot get carried away because of excitement and excitement.

But few people found that behind Li Hao's calm face there was a touch of solemnity and hidden worry.

"Battalion commander, how are we going to fight tonight?" Xiao Yuan, the commander of the guard company, couldn't help but shout at first.

During the day, the guard company did not participate in the battle, although the whole company only had a platoon of troops, Xiao Yuan was not worried at all.

It's night, and it's fighting the enemy with guerrilla warfare, which the Eighth Route Army is best at, combined with night attacks.

He was full of confidence in the guerrilla tactics summed up by the Eighth Route Army with blood,

Even if he faced two thousand little devils alone with a platoon, he would not be afraid!

Li Hao replied with a serious face: "Before giving the order, I will give you all a precaution, I can be sure that tonight's night attack is not as easy to fight as everyone imagined!" ”

"I just came from the Japanese garrison, and according to reconnaissance, these little devils are not only very cautious in marching during the day, but also very cautious in camping at night!"

"More than 1,600 little devils are not gathered in a camp!"

"Instead, infantry squadrons, infantry squads, layered around the headquarters and artillery garrisons!"

"Not only that, but there is a lot of distance between their infantry squadrons and infantry squads!"

"In the event of an attack, each squad can not only ambush and fight, but also support each other!"

"Especially on the periphery of the station, there are all little devils in infantry squads, and there are five or six bonfires in each station, and the soldiers rest around the campfires, and their guns are not left with their guns, and they can react immediately after being attacked."

"The squad and the squad are separated from each other by a hundred meters, and two or three bonfires are lit in the middle, and next to each bonfire is a group of sentinels guarding, as for whether there is a secret sentry or not, no one knows. But judging from the caution of the little devils during the day, there must be a dark whistle. ”

"The light and dark sentinels cooperated, the squad and the squad cooperated with each other, and the little devils directly arranged a tight blockade around their temporary camp."

"We want to avoid the eyes of the devils and quietly touch the area around their station, the possibility is almost zero!"

"Attack them with artillery fire, force them to divide their forces to attack us, and beat their attacking troops?" Jiang Tianhong learned and put it into practice, and thought of the tactics of the last night attack on the Watanabe Brigade.

Li Hao shook his head and vetoed: "The devil has already prevented this!" ”

"The troops are scattered in squadrons and squads, which can completely minimize the threat of shelling!"

"Plus they have a little more artillery than we do, so they can fight back with artillery. Unless we have so many shells that we can't run out, it will never be possible to hit the devil's heartache, and then we have to send troops to attack our artillery units! ”

Yuan Qingfeng, the commander of the artillery company, obviously heard the meaning of Li Hao's words, shook his head and denied: "Battalion commander, if we want to threaten this scattered enemy, we must use six guns in a concentrated manner, and we must fire five rapid shots each time, and kill and injure the enemy through the density and number of shells. ”

"It takes thirty shells for five rapid shots, and ten rounds is three hundred, and it is likely that less than a hundred little devils will be killed, and the gains outweigh the losses, and we don't have so many shells that can withstand such consumption!"

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