"The devil seems to have been on guard for a long time."

At this time, the first battalion had already pulled out of formation and was preparing to attack. Hu Liqun observed the enemy situation with a telescope and blurted out an authentic Hunan dialect.

The commander of the first company stepped forward and begged for orders: "The regimental headquarters ordered us to launch an attack as soon as we arrived, so let us fight the vanguard in a company."

"!"

Hu Liqun put down the binoculars and said, "There are more than 400 people on the other side, with strong fortifications and strong firepower. The ratio of offensive and defensive deaths in positions is often 1:3, and one of our battalions is not enough for them to eat. ”

"What then? The military order is like a mountain. This time, Shangfeng was really in a hurry. ”

Hu Liqun thought for a moment and ordered: "Let the three companies and three rows go up first, and touch the depth of the water first."

"Boom Boom" "......"

A mortar battery of the first battalion took the lead in launching an artillery attack, followed by a tentative attack by three companies and three platoons.

"Attack!"

"Dadada" "......"

The devil's position in front was full of firepower, and each fire point shot at the front at an oblique angle, and the soldiers in the third platoon were quickly beaten back. And Hu Liqun has been using binoculars to observe the opponent's firepower configuration.

Not long after, the 1st Battalion launched a second wave of attacks, this time with a feint of three companies.

Hu Liqun ordered the mortar artillery to focus on bombarding the enemy's firing points.

The second round of attacks was once again repelled by the Japanese army, and Hu Liqun launched a third and fourth rounds of attacks to launch a wheel battle against the positions in front of the devils.

"Boom Boom" "......"

The strength of the ace was really not covered, except for the Japanese fire points that were attacked by key points, the enemy positions were almost covered.

The battle lasted until ten o'clock in the morning, the Japanese position had been bombed and destroyed, and the devils on the position had been attacked repeatedly to the end of the crossbow.

Hu Liqun picked up a submachine gun and led a company to launch a general attack.

"Brothers, rush with me!"

Hu Liqun bore the brunt of the attack and rushed to the front with an assault platoon. The rear artillery units continued to carry out more intense artillery bombardment, suppressed enemy fire, and launched infantry and artillery coordinated operations.

"Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "Da Da Da" "......"

Hu Liqun charged while shooting wildly at the front position. Before the devil in the first trench could shoot, he was killed by the raining bullets of the commandos. The rest of the devils were completely suppressed, and they didn't even dare to raise their heads.

"Kill" "......"

Soon, Hu Liqun rushed to the position with his troops to start hand-to-hand combat with the devils, and the follow-up second and third companies rushed up one by one.

After a bloody battle, the 1st Battalion occupied the outer positions of Minshan at 11 a.m.

"Rejoice! Hahaha. ”

This time, nearly two squadrons of the Japanese army were eliminated, and Hu Liqun was excited on the position. However, when he saw the bombed, dilapidated fortifications, he was completely excited. A cold sweat broke out.

The follow-up troops of the 302nd Regiment have not yet caught up in time, and if the Japanese army launches a counterattack, the first battalion may not be able to hold it.

So, Hu Liqun shouted loudly: "Quick! Rebuild the fortifications, and the devils will soon come back! ”

However, the Japanese did not give the first battalion time to rebuild the fortifications at all. Not long after the position was rebuilt, more than a dozen planes roared like locusts from the north and launched an indiscriminate bombardment of the positions of the battalion.

"Boom Boom" "......"

"Dadada" "......"

While bombing by enemy planes, the officers and men of the first battalion of officers and men who did not have any fortifications in their positions opened fire.

Hu Liqun shouted with all his strength: "Disperse!" Spread out! Don't stay in the fortifications! ”

There was no concealment in the position to be used, and the whole battalion suffered heavy casualties.

Misfortune is not a one-way street, and Maruyama will not give the first battalion a chance to gain a foothold. Not long after, the devil's ground troops poured down from the mountain, trying to recapture the position in one go.

"Call me!"

Now is not the time to hide from the planes at all, but to hold the position and wait for reinforcements.

The officers and men of the first battalion braved the threat of aircraft and launched a fierce counterattack against the attacking devils.

The soldiers of the first battalion on the position completely became a live target for the devil's plane, and Hu Liqun was anxious when he saw his soldiers fall one by one.

"It's stupid to fight so hard!"

Hu Liqun realized that if he continued to fight like this, he would only be wiped out, and suddenly he seemed to think of something, instead of sitting and waiting to die, it was better to start hand-to-hand combat with the devil.

Hu Liqun suddenly rushed out of the trench like a fierce tiger and shouted vigorously: "Brothers, fight with the devil!" Enemy planes do not dare to bomb their own people! ”

"Kill!" "Kill ......" and "......"

Hu Liqun once again bore the brunt of the attack, leading a battalion of remaining soldiers to charge the devils in front.

The two teams quickly rushed together, and there was me in the enemy, and I had the enemy. The Japanese planes circled in the air for a while, unable to launch a ground offensive. Not long after, he had no choice but to fly back to the base.

"Kill!"

Hu Liqun stepped forward bravely and fought to the death against the enemy! The officers and men of the first battalion were all killed under his leadership. As Xue Yue said, battle is a contest of blood and fire, either you die or he dies!

The two teams fought together, like a meat grinder, and people kept falling. In the midst of this earth-shattering battle, there were occasional explosions. The soldiers on both sides were not afraid of death, and they both dared to die.

After another round of bloody battles, the devil was forced by the momentum of the national army and began to retreat.

"Yaga, are they also Imperial soldiers!?"

A young man (group leader) who was watching the battle in the rear was very dissatisfied with the performance of the soldiers in front, and he first saw that the morale of his troops had fallen, and the enemy seemed to be braver than his own soldiers, and was not afraid of death.

"Shelling!"

The young man brutally gave the order and ordered his artillery to launch an artillery bombardment on the front. In his eyes, these timid soldiers deserve to die on the battlefield. And this move is also to kill the chicken to show the monkey, so that the soldiers under him know what the end of cowardice is.

"Boom Boom" "Boom Boom" "......"

Countless shells fell between the two teams of people who were still fighting in front of them, and the flames flew everywhere and shrapnel flew everywhere. The smoke of gunpowder completely covered this battlefield of death and blood.

Suddenly, "Boom! With a loud bang, a cannonball landed accurately next to Hu Liqun.

"Battalion commander!"

The company commander roared, and saw Hu Liqun looking up at the sky and slowly falling to the ground.

The battle is not over, there are still so many soldiers under his command, Hu Liqun's last look seems to be so unwilling.

This round of shelling directly broke up the two teams, and a round of flesh-and-blood fighting also stopped in the artillery fire.

The first battalion lost its commander, and the commander of the first company withdrew with the rest of the troops to the vicinity of Xiaoyangpu, waiting for reinforcements.

"Battalion commander! Battalion commander! ”

The remaining soldiers of the first battalion gathered around Hu Liqun, and the commander of the first company shouted vigorously with tears.

Hu Liqun slowly opened his eyes, looked at the soldiers around him who were covered with blood, and asked in a weak tone, "Where are the reinforcements?"

All the soldiers bowed their heads in tears, and the reinforcements they had been waiting for were still delayed.

Hu Liqun closed his eyes again, but this time he never opened them again.

"Battalion commander! Battalion commander ......"

No matter how the soldiers around him shouted, Hu Liqun did not react, and his loyal soul rested here!

Hu Liqun: A native of Pingjiang, Hunan, graduated from the fifth phase of the Luoyang Branch of the Central Military Academy

Xue Yue was furious when he learned of the battle ahead. The 74th Army moved slowly and did not arrive in time, and he blamed all the blame on Yu Jishi. Yu Jishi will face an unprecedented embarrassment......

(PS: See Xu Ping's "Chiang Kai-shek's Wenchen Military Generals")

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