The Japanese army fired more than a dozen grenades in a row from four grenadiers, and it was still fruitful.

One of the machine gunners in the second platoon was a recruit, but in the boot camp, the level of machine gun shooting had always been among the best in the whole company, so he replaced the veteran as a machine gun shooter, and he was the one who knocked down at least three Japanese soldiers just now.

Perhaps because of the exuberant adrenaline, the red-eyed recruit machine gun shooter kept pulling the trigger and firing at the Japanese machine gun in the distance and successfully suppressed it, but he ignored that his opponent not only had a machine gun but also a grenadier with a range of hundreds of meters.

A grenade exploded less than half a meter away from him, and the huge shock wave not only blew the machine gun into parts, but also threw his body high and threw him out of the trench.

Judging by the grotesque twisting of his hands and feet, the shockwave had already taken his life before it hit the ground.

Witnessing all this, he punched the ground hard, of course he knew the machine gunner, it was one of the best recruits he had brought out in the recruit company, but he didn't expect that this was the first battle, and he would fold here.

Liu Lang's face was as calm as water, unmoved, he had become more and more into the role of regiment commander, any recruit who had not survived the war could not be called elite, only those who were alive were qualified.

This is a necessary experience for all soldiers of the Independent Regiment, and to live is to pass the assessment.

"What about snipers, aim at their grenadiers for Lao Tzu and kill them for Lao Tzu." Shouted angrily.

In fact, to deal with the grenadiers of the devil, there are several 60 mortars in the first company, but Liu Lang has already given a death order, in this small confrontation, all heavy weapons are not allowed to fire, can only be fired with light machine guns, moreover, the light machine guns of the three platoons and 9 infantry squads of the company can only be used half, and only 4 are used, and the rest are still hidden and not exposed.

The configuration of one accurate shooter per squad worked, and some of the arrogant Japanese grenadiers who did not hide their movements were finally punished for believing that the opponent was a group of peasants carrying guns into battle. Although they were hiding more than 300 feet away, they had been targeted by seven or eight shooters who had shot targets 400 feet away during training, and after a burst of gunfire, five of them fell.

One of them was shot three times at the same time, and the bullet hole the size of a baby's fist left on the body by Hanyang's special round-headed bullet instantly made the unlucky man lose the need to save him.

The few surviving Japanese soldiers were so frightened that they dragged the grenadiers to the ground, and they no longer had the arrogance they had before.

This is the lesson, if the platoon commanders of a company order their shooters to look for the enemy who poses the greatest threat to their side on the battlefield before they open fire, perhaps the good recruit will not be killed because of this.

But there was never a when on the battlefield.

Only the lessons of blood will let them learn how to master the rhythm of the battlefield, and everyone in the independent regiment will have to pass this level.

All this also fell into the eyes of the captain of the Yanagawa Brigade, who was carefully observing with a telescope 800 feet away.

"The Chinese troops are fairly well equipped! The level of training is also good, and it can hit the target from 300 feet away, so it is no wonder that it is called the Central Army by the Chinese people. Yanagawa Kazuo turned a blind eye to his own casualties, nodded slightly, and commented on his opponent.

So far, although the dozen or so soldiers who have been killed and wounded have been somewhat unexpected, they are still within the acceptable range, and the important thing is that he has basically found out the enemy's firepower. A company with 4 light machine guns, which is already stronger than the Chinese troops encountered earlier.

However, that's all, although the enemy's heavy machine gun fire point has not yet appeared, but with Yanagawa Kazuo's understanding of the Chinese army, this position, there will be no more than 3, as long as they dare to take the lead, the 4 Type 92 infantry guns equipped by the brigade can turn them into fireworks.

There was no need to test the attack any longer, and his valiant soldiers should not waste their lives on such an attack of little significance.

Kazuo Yanagawa waved his hand and decisively gave the order to retreat.

Hearing a sharp whistle behind him, the heavy machine guns deployed by the Yanagawa Brigade at a distance of 600 feet began to roar to suppress the fire of a company of defenders on the position, covering the retreat of the Japanese troops who were prostrate on the ground and firing at the defenders.

Seeing that the Japanese army was retreating, there was no intention of attacking, and he ordered everyone to hide in the trenches, leaving only two observation posts lurking to observe the movements of the Japanese army.

The Japanese retreated quickly and with great discipline, and even took with them the corpses and wounded of the fallen Japanese soldiers.

The eyes of the two Japanese squad leaders who retreated were red, and in just ten minutes of fighting, they paid for the death of ten soldiers, and the heavy loss of thirteen soldiers wounded, especially the five grenadiers, three killed and two seriously wounded, which made the hearts of the two squad leaders bleed, which meant that the long-range strike firepower of their squad was weakened by more than half.

On the front side, I counted in the trenches, my heart was also dripping blood, and I had complete fortifications, but there were still three recruits who died, five soldiers were injured, and one of them was shot in the arm by a Japanese machine gun. That is, he directly lost four soldiers.

The low-level commanders on both sides felt uncomfortable, but the high-ranking commanders were very indifferent, silently waiting for the other party to make a move.

After listening to Kazuo Yanagawa 's report, Major General Mitsu Suzuki showed a smile of victory on the corner of his mouth, the Central Army is the most elite army in China, and it is normal to have such equipment and strength, otherwise they would not dare to garrison this important pass with a mere regiment of troops.

However, this was not in the eyes of Mitsu Suzuki, who had more than two dozen heavy guns and thirty infantry guns, and he believed that under the bombardment of his heavy artillery, the rudimentary fortifications of the Shina people would become their graves.

Only one brigade was left as a reserve, and the arrogant Suzuki Mitsu scattered all the six brigades with a total of more than 6,000 people in the two wings under his command, and approached the three independent regimental defense areas of Hawthorn Pass, Qianzhuzi and Luowen Pass.

The two regiment commanders of the 29th Army's Provisional 2nd Division, who were five miles away, who were responsible for defending the top of the black cauldron, couldn't help but gasp when they saw this situation.

"Commander Liu, the 228th Regiment of my 224th Regiment has sent 3 battalions to Luo Wenyu to assist your army, please ask Commander Liu to act cheaply。。。。。" Qi Guangyuan, the commander of the 228th Regiment, was already in a hurry.

It is impossible not to be in a hurry, more than 6,000 people against 2,000 people, think with their ass, they also know that the independent regiment is in danger. It doesn't matter if the independent regiment is finished, nearly 5,000 people in their two regiments can't escape.

But soon, Qi Guangyuan finally knew what it meant that the emperor was not in a hurry, and the eunuch was in a hurry.

The regiment commander he was looking for was not in the regiment headquarters, and went to the front-line position.

This is really special mother's!

Qi Guangyuan's tears almost fell, the spicy next door, the fat guy was at most a platoon leader.