The attitude of the first regiment commander changed, Lei Jian felt very happy, and then the first battalion commander Zhang Ting replied firmly: "Don't worry, Commander-in-Chief Lei, there is a regiment of big brothers who will fight together, and they will definitely break the blockade of the 581st Wing of the Japanese Army and break through the devil's blockade line in this general attack." ”

At this tense moment, Lei Jian said with a smile: "You're welcome, I, the 'Commander-in-Chief Lei in front of the formation', from now on, according to the speed at which you are gradually moving forward, calculated by points, and when the blockade of the highland devils is completely broken, the 'Commander-in-Chief Lei' will come to an end, hahaha, I will be free again, think about it." ”

When he said this, the head of the regiment and Zhang Ting heard it, and a feeling that he couldn't say welled up in his heart, and he didn't speak for a long time.

The enemy and us on the high ground launched a great confrontation with firepower, and such a large platform, the main battlefield that accommodated more than 2,000 people, saw bullets flying one after another, beacons in the sky, and intertwined shouts of killing were endless, and both sides wanted to overwhelm each other in firepower and momentum.

Lei Jian ordered to the several heavy machine gun fire positions that had been erected: "Your first task is to make the machine guns roar with joy, and sweep the second line of defense of the Japanese army with dense bullets, suppress the devils from raising their heads, and cover the advance of the main force." ”

The commander of the first regiment of the New Seventh Brigade is now out of breath, and he put Lei Jian's troops in the first echelon at that time, giving him the feeling that he didn't take the New Seventh Brigade in his eyes, which hurt his self-esteem, and he really wanted to punch Lei Jian a few times.

At this time, they are on the same front, facing the devil who is ferocious and resisting, and the head of the regiment is secretly competing, and he must play the majesty of his regiment, and he can't be called the 'Commander-in-Chief of the Thunder Sword', and he and his regiment are flattened.

The commander of the first regiment quickly transmitted the order to the commanders of each battalion: "Order all battalions, companies, and platoons to secretly use the communication trenches penetrated by devils to quickly move to the enemy's second line of defense, and in the joint operation with the Thunder Sword Regiment, we will kill the strength of our new Seventh Brigade and the first regiment with the determination to kill the enemy bravely." ”

Zhang Ting, commander of the 1st Battalion, had already seen that the 1st Regiment of the New 7th Brigade was going to compete with his troops on this battlefield, and he ordered the soldiers of the 1st Battalion to use the fastest and most decisive means of attack to use the squad as a combat unit and use different terrain to kill the devil's second line of defense.

The Eighth Route Army took the enemy's first line of defense that it had just occupied as its foundation, squeezed the devil's second line of defense little by little, and under the cover of dozens of heavy machine guns that had just moved to the forward position, it gave full play to the maximum lethality of the weapons in its hands and approached the enemy in a covert manner.

Lei Jian didn't want to fight with the enemy in close quarters, he knew that the fighting skills of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were far from being comparable to the well-trained little devils, and once they started hand-to-hand combat on the battlefield, it was the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who suffered.

He ordered his troops to halt their advance, use all concealment, and engage the enemy with close fire until they were eliminated.

The little devil in the second line of defense is the most powerful of the entire three lines of defense, the stretch front is long, the troops are intensively deployed, and the trenches are staggered, and I don't know when and where, a devil's firepower point will suddenly appear and carry out a surprise attack on the Eighth Route Army.

Relying on his familiarity with the trenches and the superiority of firepower and troops, although the positions compressed by the Eighth Route Army are gradually shrinking, the overall combat effectiveness is still very strong.

Lei Jian looked at his watch and shouted to the regiment commander and Zhang Ting's battalion commander: "I give you an hour to break through the devil's blockade, and there are still twenty-seven minutes, I order you to break through the devil's blockade in less than half an hour, this is an order." ”

The commander of the first regiment of the New Seventh Brigade and the battalion commander Zhang Ting did not expect time to pass so quickly, and the two of them issued a final order to the troops, saying that they must break through the second and third lines of defense of the devils in the last 20 minutes and complete the combat mission issued by the 'Commander-in-Chief Lei' without delaying for a minute.

Lei Jian saw that the two troops were desperate to confront the enemy's firepower, and he ordered the soldiers in the heavy machine gun position: "You must adjust the machine gun position at any time according to the direction where the devil appeared, and suppress the enemy with the most fierce firepower, and cover the rapid advance of the 1st Regiment of the New 7th Brigade and the 1st Battalion of Zhang Ting." ”

The devil commander who was stuck in the second line of defense, hiding in the trenches, poked his head out from time to time and waved his command knife and howled: "The samurai of the Imperial Japanese Army, the Tsuchibachi Road is not the opponent of the Imperial Army, fighting for the new order of Greater East Asia, fighting for the holy war of His Majesty the Emperor, killing and giving ——。 ”

Under the command of the commander, the little devil attempted to carry out a counterattack, but under the suppression of the heavy machine gun fire in the forward position, he retracted into the trench, rushed out a few steps and then retreated several steps, and the combat range was further reduced.

The chief of staff of the 581st Wing was really unbearable, and quickly ran to the side of the wing commander along the traffic trench, and said in a nervous tone, obviously dissatisfied: "Your Excellency Iizuka, my second line of defense will soon be broken through by the Eighth Route Army, and the third line of defense is a subsidiary organ of the wing, which has no combat effectiveness.

Iizuka-kun, my request is to send a report to the brigade commander on the situation on the high ground, and please send reinforcements of rapid mobile troops and air fighters in the shortest possible time. ”

Iizuka Osa shook his head and lamented: "Chief of Staff, I have reported the battle situation on the heights to the brigade commander, and even crossed the level to report to the commander of the 180th Division, Lieutenant General Hino, and received a reply from the commander of the 19th Brigade, Major General Yoshimaru Kiyotake; The 576th Wing was sent to reinforce along the Hengwu Highway, but was ambushed by the Tuba Road cavalry and infantry many times on the way, and the troops suffered heavy casualties and returned to the base camp.

General Hino, commander of the 180th Division, replied more directly; Your wing is the most combat-ready unit of the Imperial Japanese Army, and now there are no troops to send out, and air fighters are fighting on the frontal battlefield, and there is no air reinforcement. ”

Iizuka Osa shouted with a bitter face: "Bastard, a wing would be attacked by Tuba Road on Hengwu Road, and it is a shame for the Imperial Japanese Army to flee in such a big defeat." ”

The chief of staff was more pragmatic, he was concerned about the life and death of the 581 Wing in front of him, and he did not bother to care about the rights and wrongs of reinforcing the Imperial Army Wing, and the honor and disgrace had nothing to do with him.

He calmed down and said in a tough tone: "Iizuka-kun, the soldiers of our United Imperial Japanese Army are the most effective troops, now the main position has been lost, the second line of defense is in danger, the Tubalu will soon break through the second line of defense, once a Tubalu reinforcement force appears behind our troops, we will be attacked by the enemy, and it will be difficult to kill the encirclement formed by the Tubalu." ”

Captain Iizuka had long had the idea of abandoning his position and quickly evacuating and returning to the base camp, but this vain fellow, just waiting for the chief of staff to propose it first, he made a very reluctant gesture to show his determination to fight the Eighth Route Army to the end.

He listened to the chief of staff's second request for air and ground reinforcements from the upper peak, and the answer he got was that the bamboo basket was fetching water, and he had to put forward a plan to abandon the position and quickly evacuate, just to give Iizuka Daisa, and took the opportunity to say: "Chief of Staff, do you think that my 581 Wing cannot defeat the Tubalu and should withdraw from the battle quickly, right?" ”

The chief of staff didn't care about the cunning of this guy, and he didn't care that he would be held accountable by the upper echelons if he abandoned the position without authorization, and he, a young Zhuang faction officer who knew the current affairs, no longer had any scruples, and boldly proposed to abandon the position and retreat immediately.

Iizuka still wanted to support for a while, and instead of directly agreeing to the request of the chief of staff, he suddenly ordered the Japanese troops of the second line of defense to launch a fire counterattack against the Eighth Route Army, which was gradually advancing, and recapture the lost position of the second line of defense.

The Japanese commander who commanded the second line of defense, knowing that he had no choice but to do it, brandished his command knife and shouted: "Warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army, we are the invincible 581 Wing and the most combat-effective soldiers——。 ”

The little devil who was already at the end of the road, the shouting and killing were not very loud, the kind of arrogant ferocity, at this time he was already decadent and had no fighting spirit, and he just poked his head out to carry out a fire counterattack, and was suppressed in the trench by the heavy machine gun fire of the forward position of the Eighth Route Army.

At this moment, fierce gunfire came from behind the Japanese army, and the little devil at this time was really said by the chief of staff of the wing, and the dangerous situation he was facing was already suffering from the enemy.

(End of chapter)