"Company commander, the platoon has blocked the rear of the village, do we still want to continue the attack?" One of the fighters reported the situation to the company commander.

At this time, the soldiers of the second and third platoons had already gathered in one place, and the first platoon was ordered to block the retreat of the little devils and prevent the little devils from escaping from the east side of the village.

"The little devils are in the dark, we are in the light, and they have the advantage of the terrain, if we continue to fight like this, even if we eliminate the remaining little devils, we may lose more than half!" The second platoon commander said worriedly that the battle was very unfavorable to them, and more than half of the losses were still his most optimistic budget.

"Judging from the firepower of the little devils, there is probably a squad of devils in this village, we have killed more than 20 people, and there are at least 30 little devils in the village. In such street fighting, a large number of people may not necessarily be able to take advantage. "The commander of the third platoon also did not recommend launching an attack.

The company commander lowered his head and quietly thought about what to do next, judging from the current situation, this squad of Japanese troops must not have appeared in Burning Ditch by chance, since it did not appear by chance, the large force of the Japanese army must not be far from Burning Ditch, once Burning Ditch is controlled by the big army of the little devils, all the troops will be blocked to the west of Burning Ditch, or can only find a way out in other directions, but it will definitely be too late in time.

The Japanese captain had already heard the gunfire in the direction of Yaorengou and ordered his troops to speed up the march and immediately support Yaorengou.

Of course, Ma Wanzhong also heard the gunfire in the direction of Yaorengou, at this time the Japanese army and Ma Wanzhong were very close to Yaorengou, and both sides were speeding up to assemble in the direction of Yaorengou.

At this time, the company commander who was burning the ditch also decided to give up the clearance of the last few yards, because a soldier reported to the company commander that the Japanese army was holding the people as shields, and for the safety of the people, the company commander had to reconsider other methods.

"Tell the platoon leader to give up the encirclement of the east end of the village, and we must defend this village! The second platoon leader and the third platoon leader blocked all the roads in the village as soon as possible and opened up the yards next to each other! "The company commander knew that no matter whether the Japanese troops arrived at Yaorengou first, or their regimental commander arrived first with his troops, there would inevitably be a fierce battle.

I don't know when, but the rain gradually stopped, and occasionally a breeze blew, blowing the raindrops from the leaves to the ground. The soldiers were nervously preparing in the dark night, and only by being busy could they drive away the cold brought by the rain.

"Company commander, what's going on?" A platoon commander was recalled from outside the village and the company commander was found.

"It's possible to fight hard tonight, you platoon as a reserve, let the soldiers go in and rest first!" The company commander was nervous, and he hoped that their troops would arrive one step ahead of the little devils, so that the pressure on them would be much less.

The platoon commander looked at his company commander's solemn expression, and knew that there might be big trouble tonight, the Japanese troops in the village had not been cleared, and in case the Japanese army arrived, they could only hold on to the village.

As the soldiers left, the company commander looked up at the silent night sky, where the thick clouds had thinned and he could even see a faint star in the distance.

"Company commander, a large number of Japanese traces have been found in the northwest of the village!" A soldier hurried into the courtyard to report to the company commander.

"Tell the second platoon commander and the third platoon commander to act according to the original plan." A company commander checked his rifle and went out of the yard, tonight he was not a company commander, he was a fighter.

The first to arrive at the Yaorengou was the Japanese army, and the Japanese scouts in the village had already reported the situation in the village to the Japanese captain. The captain of the Japanese army knew that there was a company of Chinese troops in the village.

"The first and second squadrons are fortified outside the village, the third squadron attacks the Chinese troops in the village, and the fourth squadron and the machine gun squadron remain on standby!" The Japanese captain quickly gave the order.

The Japanese captain had to guard against the arrival of the Chinese army, because he knew that the Chinese army they were going to block was strong in combat, and they did not have any advantage in numbers, so thinking about it, the Japanese captain was full of worries, but the order of his superiors, he could not disobey, and more importantly, the honor of the Japanese Empire, so he had to do this.

"Bang Bang Bang"

The sound of gunfire once again broke the silence in the night, and the troops of a squadron of the little devils launched an attack on the Chinese army in Yaorengou, but this time the Japanese squad that entered Yaorengou first became the unit that blocked the rear of the Chinese army.

The troops of a company of the 33rd Independent Division withstood the attack of the little devils with their makeshift fortifications. This time, the advance company of the 33rd Independent Division occupied all the terrain.

The strength of a squadron of little devils had to disperse after entering the burning ditch, and the burning ditch was full of sheep intestine paths, which could not accommodate the movement of large troops, if the soldiers were too dense, it was easy to be strung with a string of gourds by the 38 big covers.

"Grenade!" A soldier shouted loudly to his companions, a dozen little devils had rushed to a distance of more than ten meters in front of them, and there were only five soldiers in this courtyard holding out.

"Boom Boom"

After the explosion, the only six remaining little devils began to retreat! In the other directions of the village, four or five warriors guarded a courtyard, and only one squad of warriors in the east was resisting more than thirty little devils in the east.

"Hurry up or it's a step too late!" Hu Guoshan led two battalions of soldiers at the front of the entire team, and from the binoculars he could see that the little devil had already arranged the defense of the outer perimeter of the village.

A few minutes later, Ma Wanzhong also rushed up with a large army, and the 5,000 prisoners of war they rescued were left behind by them, and the soldiers of the first and third regiments who could be left behind had already assembled on the periphery of the burning ditch.

"Old horse, the advance company is surrounded in the burning ditch, judging from the sound of gunfire, they are holding on to each yard!" Ma Wanzhong, who had just arrived at Hu Guoshan, said.

"How's the terrain around?"

"There is a cliff to the north of the village, a gentle slope to the south, and an uphill slope from west to east, and the little devils have already set up defenses outside the village, and this terrain is not conducive to our attack, and the most important thing is that it is impossible to judge how many Japanese troops there are." Hu Guoshan said.

"Let a company reconnoiter the Japanese firepower first, we must open the way into the mountain as soon as possible, and then bypass it from other directions, it may be too late."

"I'll arrange it!"

Under the fire reconnaissance of a company's soldiers, Ma Wanzhong and Hu Guoshan judged that the little devil probably had the strength of a brigade in Yaorengou, and this brigade was equipped with a machine gun squadron, so what annoyed Ma Wanzhong was how the little devil carried the heavy machine gun and ran so fast.

"It's a pity we didn't have a flying thunder cannon with us, otherwise we would have opened a gap easily!" Hu Guoshan shook his head and said. "There's no way, if you want to get out alive, you can only storm it, let the troops surround this group of little devils, and we will eat their brigade of Japanese soldiers walking!"

"No way!" Ma Wanzhong immediately rejected Hu Guoshan's suggestion, "We don't have heavy weapons, only a dozen mortars, and the ammunition of the troops is not very sufficient. ”

"So what do you say? We must open this road within three hours, otherwise the little devils coming from the direction of Sucheng will have several times our troops. ”

At the end of the battle in Pingsong, Ma Wanzhong had already sent a signal corps to tell the 2nd and 4th regiments to evacuate, and the little devils from the south had no one to stop them, and according to the marching speed of the Japanese army, their vanguard would be able to reach Yaorengou in more than three hours, and it would not be the group of little devils in front of them who would be attacked by the enemy, but their troops.

"Gather our only dozen mortars, blow up a gap in the defensive position of the little devils in front of us, and then let the soldiers breathe a sigh of relief before charging!"

The soldiers of the first and third regiments came in a hurry, and although the little devils were more tired than them, after all, they had already made a good defense and rested for a while, and at this time, the soldiers of the first and third regiments also needed to recover their strength, and then engage a Japanese brigade in front of them.

"You are the commander-in-chief of the operation, I listen to you!" Hu Guoshan knew very well that the situation he was facing at this time was very critical, and there could only be one order in the army.

"Boom Boom"

The mortars took a stance, and the Japanese troops in front of them roared, according to Ma Wanzhong's order, not a single shell was left, and all of them were fired, in fact, there were not many shells in the first place, so they could only hit one round.

The position that the little devil had just set up in the burning ditch was suddenly overturned by shells, and these temporary fortifications could not stop even a grenade, let alone a more powerful mortar shell.

The most important thing is that all the shells were concentrated in the defensive position of the Japanese army at the entrance of the village, the shells fell, not a single grass was grown, and the troops defending at the entrance of the village were blown into meat sauce, and if you grabbed a handful of mud from the ground in the dark, you couldn't tell whether it was minced meat or mud after the rain.

The captain of the little devil looked at the place where the shells fell with binoculars, and the flesh on his face twitched, but he did not give the order for the troops at the entrance of the village to retreat. Because he knew very well that the Chinese army would not give them a chance to breathe, and as long as there was a person on the position, they would fight to the death.

The shells were finally finished, but there was no movement in the night, except for the screams of the little devils.

The captain of the little devil frowned, he couldn't figure out why the Chinese army didn't take advantage of the end of the artillery fire to launch an attack, what were they waiting for?

"Let the 3rd Squadron continue to attack the Chinese troops in the village!" The captain of the little devil was also annoyed, now it seems that although they have an advantage in the terrain, the Chinese army in the village is the key to this battle, once the Chinese army in the village is relieved and attacks the village entrance, the village entrance defense will be breached.

If the defense line is breached a little, the entire defense line will be in jeopardy, so he must constantly put pressure on the Chinese troops in the village.