Since 1939, the Japanese army has vigorously promoted the "Public Security and Rectification Plan" in North China, implementing the so-called "cage policy" of "using railways as pillars, highways as chains, and pillboxes as locks." For this reason, the Japanese army built a large number of roads and pillboxes in the base areas to separate the base areas and restrict the activities of the Eighth Route Army.

And this Longquangu Bridge was built during this period, because the Hutuo River is wider, in the rainy season the river is deeper, it is difficult to cross the river in vain, so this bridge has become a strategic artery within a radius of dozens of miles. The breakthrough of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong, Longquangu Bridge is the only way, it can be said that this bridge has become a lifeline related to the life and death of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong.

The cunning little devil also realized this, and Gangcun Ningci personally ordered to mobilize the surrounding garrisons to reinforce the Longquangu Bridge with all their might, and to hold the bridge at all costs, blocking the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Jizhong on the east bank of the Hutuo River.

Originally, in order to prevent the Eighth Route Army from destroying the bridge, the little devils built a turret on each side of the bridge, and a squad of devils was stationed here to protect the safety of the bridge.

After the order of Gangcun Ningci was issued, the little devils in the nearby strongholds rushed to Longquangu Bridge for reinforcements, and for a time Longquangu Bridge became lively, in just one hour, the defenders of Longquangu Bridge have increased from more than 50 people to more than 300 people, and a large number of Japanese puppet troops are still rushing to Longquangu Bridge from all directions.

Captain Sakai hurried to the Longquangu Bridge, and as the highest-ranking Japanese commander in the vicinity, he naturally took over the command of the Longquangu Bridge, at this time hundreds of Japanese puppet soldiers were busy repairing the fortifications on both sides of the bridge.

Captain Sakai stood at the head of the bridge and said with an anxious face: "Order all troops, speed up and strengthen the fortifications, according to reliable intelligence, the Eighth Route Army will arrive soon, and there is not much time left for us." ”

At this time, a devil second lieutenant next to him said cautiously: "Your Excellency, I heard that the strength of the Eighth Route Army is tens of thousands, and I am afraid it will be difficult to hold the bridge with our little strength." ”

"Yaga~! Are you scared? Captain Sakai asked with a frown.

"Humiliation is not fear! Instead, I was worried that if we couldn't stop the Eighth Route Army and make the Eighth Route Army successfully break through, wouldn't it be a mistake for the imperial army to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, he felt that it was better to abandon the east bank and blow up the bridge, so that the Eighth Route Army could be completely prevented from crossing the river. The devil lieutenant hurriedly explained.

Captain Sakai reprimanded coldly: "You are stupid and dripping!" How much manpower and material resources did the imperial army spend to build this bridge, how could it be easily blown up? ”

"Hello!" The devil lieutenant hurriedly responded, and then said cautiously: "But the bridge can be repaired if it is blown up, if this dirt road escapes, I am afraid it will be difficult to eliminate them for a while." ”

Captain Sakai nodded slightly and said: "Although this is not bad, but when this bridge was built, in order to prevent it from being blown up by the Eighth Route Army, it was specially reinforced, such a strong bridge requires a lot of explosives to blow it up completely, if it is only a small section, it will not play a role in stopping the Eighth Route Army at all, and where do you ask me to find so many explosives in a short time." ”

"Hello! It's a poor job of being ill-conceived. The devil lieutenant hurriedly said.

Captain Sakai couldn't help but sigh deeply, and said helplessly: "If I knew this, I shouldn't have built this bridge so strong in the first place. ”

But it's too late to say anything now, Captain Sakai thought for a while, and then ordered: "Pass the order, concentrate the main forces on the west bank, the east bank can be guarded, and if you can't hold it, retreat immediately, but before retreating, you must blow up the turret on the east bank, so as not to be used by the Dirt Eighth Road." ”

"Hello! Humble and prepared. The devil lieutenant hurriedly answered, turned around and hurried away.

At this moment, a little devil ran over in a panic, lowered his head and said, "Report to Your Excellency Captain, the traces of the Eighth Route Army have been found five miles away." ”

"Yaga! The speed of these dirt roads is so fast! Captain Sakai frowned and said, "Immediately pass the order and prepare for battle!" Inform all troops that they must do their best to block the attack of Tuba Road and hold the Longquangu Bridge. Notify the reinforcements and speed up the speed to come as soon as possible. His Excellency Commander Gangcun Ningci has already issued a death order, if we can't hold the bridge, we will all apologize for our crimes! ”

"Hello!" The little devils around responded in unison.

It didn't take long for the independent regiment of the Jizhong Military Region to rush to the east bank of the Longquangu Bridge, and due to the urgency of time, the independent regiment must capture the Longquangu Bridge as soon as possible, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

The commander of the independent regiment immediately ordered the troops to seize the advantageous terrain and be ready to attack at any time, and after a little preparation, the regiment commander immediately ordered loudly: "The trumpeter blows the trumpet, and the whole regiment attacks~!" ”

With the order of the regiment commander, a machine gun immediately let out a roar, shooting a string of bullets at the little devil on the bridge, at the same time several mortars opened fire together, the shells with a piercing whistle, one after another fell on the devil's position, and then there was a violent explosion.

Immediately after the loud horn of the charge sounded, and in the earth-shattering shouts of killing, the heroic soldiers of the Eighth Route Army rushed towards the devil's position one by one, and the battle entered the white-hot stage as soon as it started.

Although the offensive of the Eighth Route Army was fierce, the resistance of the devils was also extremely tenacious, especially the devil's turret, which became the biggest threat to the Eighth Route Army.

Although the Eighth Route Army had several mortars, the mortars were limited in power and could not blow up such a strong turret. The most effective way to deal with such a strong fortification is to completely destroy it with powerful artillery fire, but the Eighth Route Army is poorly equipped, and even these mortars are still borrowed from the artillery battalion, and there is no more powerful artillery to deal with the devil's turret.

However, the battle still had to be fought, and the soldiers had no choice but to resort to some local methods. Under the command of the regiment commander, the independent regiment organized death squads, which carried explosive bags in their arms, covered their bodies with a layer of quilts, and then a layer of soil, and then a layer of quilts, and another layer of soil. Then he rushed to the devil's turret without hesitation, and some of the daredevils found a board cart, which was full of sandbags, as a cover, and pushed the board cart forward step by step.

The battle was very tragic, and the ground was soon covered with a layer of corpses, watching the comrades sacrifice one after another in the artillery fire of the devils, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were not afraid, but became more combative.