At this moment, a shell fell in the courtyard of the brigade headquarters, and the shell exploded and blew down the courtyard wall and the walls of the house, and when it was about to collapse, the devil soldiers in charge of the close guard of the brigade headquarters rushed into the house and snatched several high-ranking Japanese officers out.

The shells kept falling on Songzhuang, the explosion destroyed everything in the village, and at this time there was a fierce gunfire from outside the village, it seemed that the devil squadron in charge of vigilance, and the 1st Battalion and 3rd Regiment of the Eighth Route Army attacking the headquarters of the Japanese brigade were engaged in a fire confrontation, it sounded that the firepower of the two sides was equal, and it was impossible to tell who was strong and who was weak.

Lei Jian commanded the artillery to carry out carpet bombardment on Songzhuang, and as soon as he found a house with devils in and out, he immediately opened fire.

Wang Xiaoliang ran to Lei Jian's side worriedly and asked, "Commander Lei Dai, it's too cruel for us to bomb Songzhuang like this, right?" You said that according to your bombing method, you won't kill all the villagers in the village? ”

The deputy head of the third regiment ran over angrily, and scolded before he arrived: "Lei Jian, you bastard, you ordered the bombing of Songzhuang, didn't you want the lives of the villagers in Songzhuang?" If you dare to give the order to fire, I will shoot you. ”

When the soldiers of the first battalion saw that the deputy commander of the third regiment Duan, they dared to point their guns at the thunderous generals in their minds, and one by one they stopped attacking Songzhuang and stared at the deputy commander Duan with angry eyes.

Lei Jian didn't have time to explain, so he could only continue to give orders fiercely: "I order all artillery fire, light and heavy machine guns, aim at Songzhuang, and open fire." ”

Suddenly, a bullet flew towards the thunder sword, and Duan Zhihong, the deputy commander of the third regiment, really fired a shot, and wisps of green smoke were still emitting from the muzzle.

Wang Xiaoliang pounced on the deputy head of the third regiment, and Lei Jian shouted: "Stop me, whoever disobeys the order again, I will shoot him." ”

Lei Jian looked at Deputy Regiment Commander Duan, who had already twisted his arm and squatted on the ground by the soldiers of the first battalion.

If it weren't for Li Gang, who was beside Deputy Commander Duan just now, flying up and kicking Deputy Commander Duan down, this reckless man would have really killed Thunder Sword with a shot fired so close to Lei Jian.

Lei Jian did not dare to delay the time of shelling the Japanese headquarters in Songzhuang, he knew that every shell that hit the enemy's camp could force the main force of the Japanese army to return to reinforcements, relieve the military pressure of the Eighth Route Army, and readjust the next combat plan.

He could only say quickly: "Let Deputy Commander Duan go first, when he hears what I said, he will lead the three regiments more bravely and strike at the enemy in Songzhuang." ”

Lei Jian rushed to Deputy Commander Duan and said very generously: "Deputy Commander Duan, you are a commander who loves the people very much, I didn't tell you in advance, the people of Songzhuang have been evacuated when the detachment headquarters was withdrawn, and now there will be at most one or two diehards in the village who have taken refuge in the devils, for the sake of these shameless traitors, I will try my best to leave a way for them to survive, and the shells will not explode in front of and behind their houses, now you can rest assured, right?" ”

When Deputy Head Duan heard Lei Jian say this, he took Lei Jian's hand with guilt in his heart, and said with tears in his eyes: "My good brother, I blame you wrongly. ”

After he finished speaking, he saluted a military salute and turned around and ran back to the third regiment, commanding the soldiers to increase their firepower and bravely kill the enemy.

Lei Jian ordered all mortars to increase the frequency of firing rounds, and be sure to destroy the Japanese brigade headquarters before the main force of the little devils returned to help.

At this time, Songzhuang had been surrounded by Lei Jian's regiment, battalion and three regiments, and the senior officers of the Japanese army who were cowering in the village kept giving orders to urge the main force of the front line to return for reinforcements.

Captain Kameda stood at the base of the wall and said to the commander of the Hoshino Brigade beside him: "Your Excellency General, once the main force of the Imperial Army cannot be rescued in time, the brigade headquarters will be destroyed by this unidentified artillery. ”

A shell landed around several high-ranking Japanese officers, and if it weren't for the little devils standing in the way of a human wall, the flying shrapnel would have killed these bastards.

Lei Jian commanded the troops to attack Songzhuang, and he suddenly called Wang Xiaoliang to his side and asked, "How many shells are there?" What about light and heavy machine gun bullets? ”

"Report to Regiment Commander Leidai, our existing artillery shells and light and heavy machine gun bullets, according to this, can still be fired like this."

"Okay, then my courage will be strengthened, and I will order the soldiers who operate the artillery to aim at the houses where the enemy is active in Songzhuang and open fire." Lei Jian's fierce hand slashed down, and loudly issued the order to bombard Songzhuang again.

The commander of the 13th Brigade Hoshino Shusuke Brigade, since he stepped into Chinese soil, was already embarrassed by such a terrifying artillery attack by the Eighth Route Army this time, which he had never had since he joined the army, and he was calculated by a half-haired child named Lei Jian, so that later, whenever he mentioned the Battle of Songzhuang, he would still be haunted and shake his head.

He ordered the tank and artillery teams to return to Songzhuang as quickly as possible, and if the rescue was delayed, they would be dealt with by military law.

The Japanese tanks were covering the infantry at this time, pursuing the retreating Eighth Route Army troops, and had already pursued the Eighth Route Army to the east bank of the Shahe River.

The 1st Regiment and the 2nd Battalion had led the enemy to an ambush circle on the east bank of the Shahe River of the 7th Detachment and 2 regiments, and the Devil's infantry launched a final pursuit in an attempt to encircle the 2nd Battalion on the east bank of the Shahe River and eliminate it.

The Shahe River is more than 40 meters wide, it is late autumn at this time, just a few days ago, there were just a few rains, the torrent pouring down from the upstream, stirring up the waves on the river surface to roll, surging down, you can hear the roar of the river in the distance, the swelling of the Shahe River, the deepest part should be about two meters.

The Japanese army just wanted to eliminate the troops of the Eighth Route Army east of the Shahe River, even if it could not be eliminated by firepower, it would force the Eighth Route Army into the raging river, and then block it with firepower to achieve the goal of eliminating the Eighth Route Army.

The devil commanded the front-line commander of this campaign and the deputy brigade commander of the brigade, Murano Daisa, and ordered the troops to attack the position on the east bank of the Shahe Eighth Route Army, and must complete the battle plan of the 13th Brigade of the Japanese Army to clear the Eighth Route in the shortest possible time.

The second battalion, which retreated to hold the east bank of the Shahe River, saw that the enemy was about to enter the ambush circle set up by the two regiments of the seventh detachment, and the soldiers secretly competed in their hearts: "Bastard, dead little devil, hurry up?" I'm waiting for you crumbs. ”

The speed of the Japanese attack accelerated, and the vanguard finally entered the ambush circle, and the two regiments of the seventh detachment of the Shandong anti-Japanese guerrilla army of the Eighth Route Army, which had already been ambushed here, saw the little devil enter the ambush circle, and the deputy commander of the seventh detachment gave an order: "We finally waited for the little devil to come, and beat me hard." ”

The vanguard of the little devil was suddenly ambushed, and the follow-up troops not only did not retreat, but launched an even more frantic attack, in the eyes of the devil, they did not take the Tuba Road on the east bank of the Shahe River into account at all.

The weapons and ammunition of the seventh detachment were too far behind those of the fifth detachment, and they had several fierce battles with the main force of the little devils in the offensive position, and they were greatly suppressed in terms of firepower, and the position was shrinking little by little, and they were about to retreat to the bank of the Shahe River.

The deputy commander of the 7th detachment ordered a regiment to block the enemy, cover the 1st regiment, 2nd battalion of the 5th detachment and other regiments to strengthen the Shahe River, retreat to the tidal flat battlefield on the other side of the river, and use the newly constructed positions of the 1st regiment and 3rd battalion to block the enemy's crossing of the Shahe River and clear the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army.

The commander of the 13th Brigade of the Devil ordered the Japanese troops to attack with all their might, capture the position on the east bank of the Eighth Route Army, cross the river in pursuit, and wipe out the Eighth Route Army in the base area in one fell swoop.

The seven detachments and one regiment that remained in the position on the east bank of the Shahe River were desperately resisting, but they were still forced to retreat to the Shahe, and they were about to lose their positions, so they were forced to swim in the Shahe River and rely on the positions on the west bank of the Shahe River to block the enemy's powerful offensive.

The deputy commander of the seventh detachment, with a regiment and a regiment and two battalions of soldiers, rushed down to the position on the east bank of the Shahe River, and threw themselves into the turbulent Shahe River, the bitter cold of the river in late autumn, the exciting soldiers gathered together, every step forward was very difficult, the closer to the center of the river, the bigger the waves of the river, some soldiers were swept away by the river, and some soldiers had leg cramps in place and did not dare to move.

A regiment of the Seventh Detachment, which held its position on the east bank of the Shahe River, bravely resisted the enemy, knowing that once the position was broken by the enemy, they would be forced into the rapids of the Shahe River, and at that time, they could only become the target of the little devils.

At the very dangerous critical moment when the Eighth Route Army's position on the east bank of the Shahe River was in danger, the tanks and artillery of the little devils turned their heads and retreated frantically, leaving the Japanese infantry behind, without caring about it at all.