Commander Cui of the Fifth Regiment, who was standing at the top of the hill, found that the battalion that rushed down the hill to kill the enemy was about to be surrounded by reinforced Japanese troops, and he fired three shots at the top of the hill in a hurry.

The commander of the first battalion who was leading the troops to bravely pursue and kill the fleeing enemy, suddenly heard the commander Cui who was sticking to the hilltop position firing three shots in a row, he quickly glanced at the battlefield, and was so frightened that he almost didn't close his mouth, once he continued to pursue the enemy to depth, his battalion would be surrounded by the Japanese army from all sides, and it would be too late to retreat by then.

The commander of the first battalion immediately issued an order to the companies that had penetrated into the enemy group: "Order the first company to block the attack, the second and third companies to cover the fire and retreat, retreat to the halfway up the mountain, and use the mountain cover to support the first company to withdraw from the battle with the greatest firepower." ”

After more than an hour of fighting, the first battalion finally tore through the encirclement that the devils had just formed, retreated halfway up the mountain, and blocked the enemy's counterattack with the greatest firepower.

Regiment Commander Cui ordered the second and third battalions on the left and right flanks to each draw out a company to reinforce the first battalion, and the other troops should pay attention to concealment and not expose the target.

The 1st Battalion, supported by fire from the 2nd and 3rd Battalions on the left and right flanks, quickly retreated to the top of the hill under cover, and after a bloody battle, the 1st Battalion finally withdrew from the bottom of the hill to the hilltop position.

Commander Cui said very unceremoniously to Deputy Commander Xiao, who led a battalion down the mountain: "Deputy Commander Xiao, I am the commander on the battlefield, and the orders issued by each battalion must be resolutely implemented, and I clearly order you to lead a battalion to chase and kill the enemy halfway up the mountain, immediately take measures to find concealment on the spot, and fire against the fleeing enemy, but why did you disobey the order and take a battalion to kill the enemy group under the mountain?" Once again, I warn you that this is a grave violation of battlefield discipline, and if it happens again, you will be primarily responsible for disobeying orders. ”

Deputy Regiment Commander Xiao said with a guilty face: "Commander Cui, I see that the fleeing devils are unable to form an army, and they have no combat effectiveness, so their brains swelled and disobeyed the military order to pursue and kill the enemy down the mountain, and they were almost surrounded by reinforcements of the enemy, if you hadn't fired three shots in time at the hilltop position to warn, I don't know if the soldiers of the first battalion who were about to be surrounded could come back alive, Commander Cui, you can punish me." ”

"Deputy Regiment Commander Xiao, if the troops are undisciplined on the battlefield, each blows its own trumpet, and fights its own battle, the entire army will become a plate of scattered sand, and it is easy to be broken by the enemy when he sees the opportunity, you understand this, but why do you get carried away when the war is at its most intense? In the final analysis, it is to take the orders given by the commander as a child's play, and I hope you will pay attention to this kind of erroneous thinking and behavior in the future. ”

In front of the first battalion commander, Regiment Commander Cui severely criticized Deputy Regiment Commander Xiao.

The commander of the first battalion immediately said: "Commander Cui, I see that the enemy will not be able to defeat the army, as long as a battalion is vigorous, it can destroy the attacking enemy, so I will take the lead in leading a battalion of soldiers to pursue and flee the enemy, Deputy Commander Xiao once loudly warned me to carry out the order of the regiment commander, but I was dizzy at that time, I couldn't listen at all, so I wanted to lead a battalion to destroy the scattered enemy, I should be punished for rushing, not Deputy Commander Xiao." ”

"Do you think you're not responsible? However, it was Deputy Regiment Commander Xiao who commanded the first battalion to fight, and he failed to adjust the advance speed of the troops in time, which was the responsibility for his command mistakes, and you, who did not listen to Deputy Regiment Commander Xiao's warning, thought that the first battalion was your first battalion, and arrogantly killed the enemy group, and was almost dumpled by the reinforced enemy, and your violation of battlefield discipline was even more serious. ”

When Regiment Commander Cui said this, he ordered the commander of the first battalion: "Immediately redeploy the fortifications, the enemy reinforced by Tang County and Quyang will soon adjust the battle plan and launch the most fierce attack on the Xishan position in the military city occupied by our Fifth Regiment again." ”

As Commander Cui expected, the enemy commanders reinforced by Tangxian and Quyang, when they concentrated their forces to quickly encircle the first battalion of the Eighth Route Army that had entered the enemy group, did not expect to kill two more troops from the two flanks of the hilltop position, cover the first battalion to break through the encirclement, and quickly withdraw to the hill.

The enemy's frantic attack, soon approaching the forward positions of the 5th Regiment, Commander Choi ordered the main forces of three battalions, from the front and both flanks, at the same time to strike at the attacking enemy with maximum firepower.

The devil commander who commanded the attack saw that the troops were attacking smoothly at the beginning, and shouted that within an hour, they would break through the position of the Eighth Route Army and eliminate the Eighth Route Army on the position.

Unexpectedly, when the Japanese army attacked to thirty meters away from the forward position of the Eighth Route Army on the mountain, it suddenly broke out unexpectedly powerful firepower from the front and both flanks, under the judgment of the devil commander, the position of the Eighth Route Army on the hill was at most one battalion, but this sudden burst of firepower woke up the two bastard commanders, this is a regiment of the Eighth Route Army, implementing a powerful fire blockade on the mountain.

Commander Cui found that the devil's attack was slowing down, as if he couldn't react in time after being frightened, and he lost no time in shouting: "All light and heavy weapons, grenades, and explosives packs, with the most ferocious blow, will definitely repel the attacking enemy." ”

More than 400 little devils, under the fierce fire of the Fifth Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, could not parry for a while, the enemy who rushed in front was shot and fell down one after another, and the enemy behind was hit by the devils who fell down and rolled down and stood unsteadily, some were hit and rolled down the mountain, and some turned around and fled, and for a while the troops were in confusion, and the Japanese commander hastily withdrew his troops and ended the second attack.

The Japanese commanders of the two armies that returned to the bottom of the mountain, faced with the deployment of the Eighth Route Army in the Xishan position of the military city, as well as a strong counterattack force, once again assembled their troops and launched a third attack on the Xishan position.

Under the command of Commander Cui, the 5th Regiment relied on the advantages of mountain slopes and strong fortifications to organize and deploy defenses in place and command decisively to defeat the Japanese attack again.

The regimental chief of staff said happily: "We have repelled the enemy's third attack, and if the little devil launches another attack, as long as we can repel it, we will complete the task of blocking the enemy in the position for five and a half hours, and we can withdraw from the position ......." ”

Commander Cui reminded in time: "Please comrades don't rejoice too early, the enemy's follow-up troops will soon reach the foot of the west mountain of the military city, if the Japanese commander who has been defeated three times adjusts the attack plan, wait for the arrival of the reinforced enemy, and then launch the craziest attack, I think our fifth regiment may not be able to defeat the attacking enemy, by that time, the battle will be very fierce." ”

The commander of the devil who went down the mountain after the rout found that the Eighth Route Army stuck to Xishan repelled the powerful attack three times with the help of favorable terrain, and the enemy commander of Quyang reinforcement shouted arrogantly: "The position of the Eighth Route Army in Xishan, after three attacks by the Imperial Japanese Army, the troops will be reduced, and the consumption of weapons and ammunition will be very large. ”

The commander of the Japanese army in Tang County shook his head and sneered: "Mine is not as optimistic as you, Tu Balu is very good at fighting blocking warfare, especially habitual guerrilla warfare, and unexpectedly carry out sneak attacks and counterattacks on our imperial army troops, ours must not be careless, wait for the arrival of reinforcements, with the help of strong forces and firepower, and then launch an attack, only in this way can we capture the position of the Eighth Route Army." ”

The two commanders had a disagreement over the position of the Eighth Route Army in Xishan, and under irreconcilable circumstances, the enemy commander of Quyang, who had taken the initiative, shouted at the Tang County commander with an arrogant attitude: "You are frightened by the Eighth Route Army, how can a mere regiment of the Eighth Route Army stop the powerful attack of our more than 400 Imperial Japanese Army?"

General Kiyoji Kazuki, commander of the First Army Corps of the North China Front, once said: "If you do not understand the strategy and tactics of the Tuba Road, you lack weapons and ammunition, and the combat effectiveness of the troops is low.

We now have more than 500 warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army, are we still afraid that a regiment of 6 or 700 people will not be able to succeed? My troops are about to attack the position of the Eighth Road on the mountain, and your Tang County Imperial Army, once you don't assist in the operation, I will accuse you to the upper peak, do you understand? ”

The arrogant commander of the Quyang reinforcement force put down his cruel words and gave an order: "Order all the imperial warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army in Quyang, target the position of Tubalu on the mountain, and kill ——。 ”

The commander of the Japanese army in Tang County, when he saw that the Quyang reinforcements had launched an attack on the hilltop position of the Eighth Route Army for the fourth time, this timid and cautious guy knew that there was no chance of winning this attack, but he was afraid that the commander of Quyang would report that he was afraid of the enemy in front of Shangfeng and would be reprimanded, so he had to order the troops to follow closely and launch an attack on the fifth regiment.

The commander of the fifth regiment, Cui, did not expect the little devil to organize the fourth attack so quickly, and he ordered the battalions: "Save bullets, block the enemy at the front of the position, wait for the enemy to get close to the position fortifications, and start a white-knuckle battle with the enemy." ”

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