In a very short period of time, all the oil drums were shrouded in flames, some exploded in the carriage, and some rose into the air under the impact of the explosion.

As long as the truck affected by the flames suddenly caused a fire, spreading forward and backward, the entire Hengshi Road suddenly became a huge fire dragon, and with the help of the wind, it quickly caused the fire of the company camp.

Several vacated oil drums flew to the Japanese artillery position, and before they fell, there was a deafening explosion, which triggered a sea of fire in the Japanese artillery position, and the shells piled up in the artillery position were detonated, and the serial explosions completely destroyed the devil's artillery position.

The raging flames quickly spread to the place where the main force of the Japanese army was assembled, and the little devil who was launching a frantic attack on the position of the only regiment of the Eighth Route Army on the east bank was about to break through the frontal forward position of the Eighth Route Army, but was blocked by the powerful firepower of the Eighth Route Army, and suddenly killed the cavalry battalion led by Li Gang from the northwest direction, and rushed into the enemy group to start a bloody battle with the enemy.

The commander of the 581st Wing of the devil, Iizuka Osa, ordered a brigade to surround the cavalry battalion that had entered the enemy camp, intending to destroy the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army with the help of strong strength and firepower superiority.

In order to keep the frontal position of the only regiment from being broken through by the Japanese army, Li Gang brandished his saber and shouted: "All the soldiers, with platoons as units, rush back and forth in the enemy group, reinforce the frontal battlefield, relieve the strong offensive pressure of the Japanese army, and kill ——。 ”

The soldiers of the cavalry battalion did everything they could to slash back and forth in the enemy group, and the devils who killed them ran away, but under the supervision of the Japanese commander, they immediately began to surround the cavalry battalion of the Eighth Route Army that rushed into the enemy group.

Li Gang saw that the cavalry battalion was surrounded by a large number of devils, and he was taking measures to divide and encircle him, trying to break them down and carry out encirclement and suppression.

He immediately realized the danger of the cavalry battalion and shouted: "Cross-charge cover, quickly exit the battle, kill ——。 ”

It was another dark slashing and killing, but the cavalry battalion had been surrounded by a large army of devils, and it was impossible to kill it.

Li Gang remembered the whistle of Lei Jian at the moment of emergency, ordering the troops to forcibly retreat, he waved his saber and cut off the head of a little devil, took the opportunity to send his right index finger into his mouth, puffed his cheeks violently, and a sharp whistle echoed in the fierce battle battlefield of blood and fire.

The cunning devil commander supervised the Japanese soldiers, and when he found that the cavalry was rushing out, he immediately adjusted the encirclement and adopted a relaxed and moderate encirclement.

The soldiers of the cavalry battalion broke through several times, but they were blocked by the devils and could not be killed, and they were about to be divided into several small encirclements by the enemy again, and the situation of life and death was very serious.

When Deputy Regiment Commander Wang Xiaoliang, who was commanding on the frontal battlefield, found that the cavalry battalion was divided and surrounded by the enemy, and after several surprise kills, he was never able to break out of the encirclement, he shouted to the soldiers of the first battalion of defense who were sticking to the first line of defense: "Our cavalry battalion is surrounded by a large army of the enemy, and seeing that there is no hope of breaking through, in order to protect the elite of the only regiment, give me a fierce blow to the attacking little devils, contain the main force of the Japanese army, and rescue the cavalry battalion to fight out of the encirclement." ”

The only regiment on the east bank blocked the Japanese army's westward advance and reinforcements, after more than 20 hours of courageous resistance, at this time the consumption of troops, weapons and ammunition was very large, and it had reached the most dangerous moment, if you did not pay attention to it, the forward position would be broken through by the devils, once the first line of defense, the second and third lines of defense would be broken through, and the position would be difficult to preserve in the shortest possible time under the enemy's powerful offensive.

At this time, he received an order from Commander Nie of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region to reinforce the cavalry company of the East Vertical Independent Regiment of the newly formed only regiment at the foot of Lao Ye Mountain, and under the leadership of Niu Dali, deputy commander of the regiment, they rushed non-stop to Lao Ye Mountain.

One hundred and twenty miles away, the cavalry company of the East Vertical Independent Regiment took only three hours to run all the way over the mountains and mountains, and finally saw Lao Ye Mountain.

The closer the deputy regiment commander Niu Dali got to Lao Ye Mountain, the clearer the fierce guns and shouts became, and he shouted to the soldiers of the cavalry company: "Comrades, the only regiment of our old regiment commander Lei Jian is engaged in a life-and-death battle with the enemy in Lao Ye Mountain at this time, and I order to speed up the sprint again, and we must enter the battlefield in the shortest possible time to reinforce the 'only regiment'." ”

Niu Dali's cavalry company rushed through a mountain bay and saw that between the foot of Lao Ye Mountain and the east bank of the Tiechuan River, 500 meters in front, a large number of devils were fighting fiercely with the only regiment blocking the enemy's westward advance with the help of superior forces and powerful firepower, and the battle scene was very tragic.

He took the lead, brandished the saber in his hand, led the cavalry company into the enemy group, and launched a frantic slashing and besieging the devils of the 'One Regiment' cavalry battalion.

Li Gang, who was fighting desperately with the enemy to break out of the encirclement, was exhausted from wielding his saber and slashing, and he lamented and scolded: "Bastard, the 'only regiment' cavalry battalion will be destroyed in the hands of my Li Gang, I would rather die than ......." ”

Li Gang suddenly found that the little devils who surrounded him were loosening from the periphery, and he was already red-eyed, and when he looked up, he saw a cavalry team, which entered the enemy group from the periphery, and the commander who took the lead in slashing and killing the devils was actually Niu Dali, the deputy commander of the old independent regiment.

He immediately shouted in high spirits: "The soldiers of the cavalry battalion of the 'One Regiment', the deputy commander of the old independent regiment, Niu Dali, led the cavalry company to reinforce us, and took this opportunity to bravely kill out of the enemy group, and kill more little devils in order to live ——。 ”

The Japanese troops surrounding a brigade of the cavalry battalion were suddenly attacked by a cavalry team from the periphery, and the cunning and treacherous captain of the 11th Brigade of the Japanese Wing, Nakamura Masao, and the battle supervision troops changed their formation again, in an attempt to surround and strangle the reinforced Niu Dali cavalry company.

A company's cavalry battalion entered the enemy group, and Niu Dali, the deputy regiment commander who rushed to the front, wanted to lead the surrounded Li Gang cavalry battalion out of the encirclement, but he didn't expect to be besieged in the enemy group by the devils.

Wang Xiaoliang, who was in the front position, when he saw a cavalry team of the Eighth Route Army bravely entering, he immediately realized that it was the reinforcements of the Eastern Column Independent Regiment that had arrived.

Wang Xiaoliang shouted to the soldiers in the position: "Comrades, the reinforcements of our brother troops have arrived, attract the main force of the devils with the most fierce firepower, and cooperate with the cavalry battalion to fight out of the encirclement." ”

The main force of the 'One Regiment' has fought many fierce battles of attack and counter-offensive with the enemy's 581 Wing several times in the blocking battle, and at this time the loss of troops is very large, and the firepower has been significantly weakened, and the frontal position alone is not a strong firepower, and even the devils who block the attack feel very difficult, how can they still use the most fierce firepower to attract the devils besieging the cavalry battalion of the One Regiment with the most powerful firepower and firepower? Completely utopian and futile.

The cavalry battalion of the 'One Regiment' and the cavalry company of the East Column who rushed to reinforce had been divided and surrounded by the Eleventh Brigade of the Devil at this time, Niu Dali did not expect that not only could the cavalry battalion of the 'One Regiment' be rescued, but even the cavalry company he brought was deeply trapped in the enemy group.

The situation on the battlefield was very grim, and the 'One Regiment' and its reinforcements were already at a critical moment of fierce fighting with the enemy, and at this time, there were still 40 minutes left before the time to withdraw from the position, at 6 o'clock in the morning of the 26th.

Under the enemy's powerful firepower and troops, once the enemy planes suddenly bomb the air, the 'only regiment' of the Eighth Route Army may not be able to hold out for even ten minutes, and the position will be broken through by the devil's army.

This was the most arduous and dangerous experience that the 'One Regiment' had experienced since its formation. In the most tragic blocking battle, the troops suffered heavy casualties, and their weapons and ammunition were basically exhausted, but there were still 40 minutes before they withdrew from their positions.

The commander of the 581st Wing of the devil, Iizuka Kiyosho Daisa, led the troops to be blocked by the fierce fire of the 'only regiment' at Lao Ye Mountain, and was never able to break through the position, and marched west to reinforce Zhengtai Road, and was reprimanded by the brigade commander and division commander many times.

At this time, he saw that the two cavalry teams that were surrounded by the Eighth Route Army would soon be wiped out in only a minute and a second, and he commanded arrogantly: "The Seventh, Sixteenth, and Eleventh Brigades must strangle the encircled Eighth Route Cavalry Brigade with the most fierce firepower, and the main force of the frontal attack must break through the Eighth Route Position within ten minutes, and kill the ——。 for the victory of the Imperial Japanese Army ”

The Japanese army once again launched the most fierce attack on the front and flank positions of the only regiment, and at the same time, the 11th Brigade launched a frantic strangulation against the two cavalry units of the encircled Eighth Route Army.

Under the most fierce attack launched by the devils, some of the positions of the Eighth Route Army on the front and on both flanks had been broken through, and the first battalion of the first line of defense of the forward position was forced to fight and retreat, intending to retreat to the second line of defense and fight fiercely with the enemy again.

(End of chapter)