Lei Jian led the reconnaissance platoon and the guard squad back to the woods, and heard the sound of guns and artillery throughout Lao Ye Mountain, and the second company, which was sticking to the first line of defense of Lao Ye Mountain, received an order, concealed its position, moved halfway up the mountain, lying behind trees and rocks, and staring at the little devils attacking under the mountain at any time.

Not long after the 2nd Company had withdrawn from its position, the 7th Brigade of the 581st Wing of the Japanese Army, which had arrived on the eastern slope of Laoye Mountain, Brigade Leader Muto Nobuyoshi Nakasa, personally commanded five artillery and mortar squadrons to target the peak of Laoye Mountain and launch the most fierce artillery strike.

For a time, the first line of defense of the Eighth Route Army in Laoye Mountain, and the three lines of defense all the way to the commanding heights, were hit by the indiscriminate fire of the Japanese artillery.

Muto Nobuyoshi, the captain of the Seventh Brigade of the Devils, brandished his command knife and ordered: "The warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army, under the cover of artillery fire, bravely kill Lao Ye Mountain, destroy the dirt eight roads on the mountain, and kill ——。 ”

A large group of little devils is like a locust, howling with guns and rushing towards Lao Ye Mountain, basically occupying the eastern slope of Lao Ye Mountain, and frantically attacking Lao Ye Mountain.

The captain of the devil brigade on the southern slope of Lao Ye Mountain, Yamada Kizo Nakasa, saw the fireworks on the mountain peak, he laughed and said: "The Tu Ba Lu has been wiped out by the powerful artillery fire of the Imperial Army, and the remaining Tu Ba Lu has lost its combat effectiveness, I order, the Imperial warriors of the 16th Brigade, target the peak of Lao Ye Mountain, and kill ——。 ”

At this time, the commander of the second company who was sticking to Laoye Mountain heard that the artillery fire of the devils had weakened, and when he saw a large number of devils rushing up from the east and south slopes, he actually shouted with laughter: "Comrades, my second company has restrained the strength and firepower of the two brigades of the devils, and it is worth it to cover the transfer of the main force of my 'only regiment' so heroically.

In order to block the attack of the devils, in order to get the main force of our 'only regiment' out of danger as soon as possible, and in order to delay every minute and second of the little devils, brothers, with the help of the terrain cover, hit the attacking enemy fiercely, and quickly retreated to the first line of defense while blocking the attack, killing the devils——。 ”

The soldiers of the second company have no fear, they know that in today's battle, the entire second company will not take a step back if they want to hold the position on the peak of Lao Ye Mountain under the strong attack of the powerful Japanese army.

The devils of the two brigades on the east and south slopes launched the most fierce attack on the mountain peak, and found that the firepower and strength of the Eighth Route Army holding the mountain peak were very weak, which regiment or brigade was blocking the attack? It was simply a force of less than a company, entrenched in the mountain peak position.

The sixteenth brigade of the southern slope, Yamada Kizo Nakasa, laughed wildly again: "Hahaha, the large army of Yanxi and Tubalu has been wiped out by the powerful artillery fire of the imperial army, and at this time, the Tubalu, which is holding the position of less than a company, orders the troops to speed up the attack, and strive to occupy the commanding heights of Laoye Mountain and eliminate the Tubalu before the seventh brigade." ”

Captain Muto Nobuyoshi on the eastern slope, looking at the position of the Eighth Route Army on the mountain peak, was not fiercely blocked, frowned and asked the chief of staff beside him: "My feeling, the Tuba Road that sticks to the mountain peak will not be destroyed under powerful artillery fire, let alone destroy the main force of the Eighth Route of the Mountain, I'm afraid it will ......." ”

Just when Captain Muto Nobuyoshi was suspicious, there was a fierce gunfire on the Hengshi Road under the mountain, but it didn't take long and the gunshots were sparse, he couldn't help but say suspiciously again: "The commander of the Tuba Road, that branch doll, cunning and cunning, this little bastard, good at striking east and west, my suspicion, this treacherous Tsuchibachi Doll Commander, there must be some big move, I heard that this bastard likes to sneak attack the baggage troops of the Imperial Japanese Army during the sneak attack movement or during the Great War, I ......." ”

Muto Nobuyoshi, a steady and scheming commander, had just touched his suspicion when he heard the sound of cannonballs exploding on the Hengshi Road at the foot of Lao Ye Mountain.

He shouted nervously: "Bastard, this commander of the Shina doll must be deploying troops, sneaking up on the baggage truck of my 581 Wing, quickly report to Iizuka Daisa, you must protect the baggage truck." ”

It was late, Captain Muto Nobuyoshi's worries became a reality, Lei Jian personally adjusted the gun position, compared the target, reloaded the shell and opened the cannon, and the flying shells blew up four of the six baggage trucks, and the serial explosions reached Muto Nobuyoshi's ears, and he almost fainted with a convulsion.

Captain Muto Nobuyoshi roared at the attacking little devils: "At the fastest speed, destroy the dirt eight roads on the peak of Lao Ye Mountain." ”

Wing Captain Iizuka Osa, who was sitting in the jeep at the foot of the mountain, closed his eyes and recuperated, he was about this deployment to storm Lao Ye Mountain, with the greatest firepower, with the largest number of troops, it was only a matter of time to capture Lao Ye Mountain, in his mind, there was no defeat, only victory, this is just a matter of time.

Suddenly, in the process of advancing, there was a fierce sound of gunfire from the front, which shattered the sweet dream of this cunning Japanese commander, who decisively ordered the troops to stop advancing, find out the strength and firepower of the Eighth Route Army that was attacking the imperial convoy, concentrate superior forces, destroy this sneak attack of the Eighth Route Army, and order the troops to continue to advance.

The development of the war, contrary to Iizuka Daisa's imagination, he received an urgent report, the truck in front was attacked by the Eighth Route Army, two truck tires were burst, unable to continue to advance, two armored vehicles are fighting back with heavy firepower, the small unit of the Eighth Route Army that is sneaking back.

Captain Nakamura Masao of the 11th Brigade who attacked Laoye Mountain from the west quickly pushed the truck lying on the road to the ditch, ordered the troops to continue to advance westward, arrived at the slope of Lao Ye Mountain in time, and immediately organized the troops to storm Lao Ye Mountain.

This offensive plan is very vicious, if Lei Jian deploys all the 'only regiments' in Lao Ye Mountain to block and reinforce the 581 Wing on Zhengtai Road, the 'only regiment' at this time may have been hit by several rounds of fierce artillery and mortars and continuous artillery fire by the devils, and most of them are heroic on the peak position of Lao Ye Mountain.

Iizuka Osa had preliminarily determined that the artillery fire had destroyed the main force of the 'One Regiment', and that it was the anti-Japanese forces in the vicinity who attacked the Imperial Army's trucks at this time, so it was not worth making a fuss.

Just when Iizuka was full of confidence, suddenly the baggage convoy in the rear was shelled by two mortars, and in an instant four baggage trucks were hit, and the artillery fire detonated the shells and bullet boxes on the baggage trucks.

The sound of the explosion, like a loud thunder, bombarded the heart of Iizuka Daisa, who jumped off the jeep in fright, and under the cover of a few little devils, hid in the side of a truck, so as to avoid being injured by the shrapnel from the explosion or losing his life.

Iizuka Dazuo scolded hysterically: "Yaga, the bastard of the Eighth Road, you pig, actually attacked the baggage cart of my 581st Wing, I want to catch you and kill you bastard." ”

The chief of staff of the wing, Ken Sato, rushed to the captain of the Iizuka wing, and reported in a panic: "Report to Iizuka Osa, according to the reports of the 7th and 16th brigades in the front, the main force of the Tsuchibalu stuck on the peak of Laoye Mountain has been wiped out by the fierce artillery fire of our imperial army, and the remnants of the Tsubachi Road on the peak are less than one company. ”

Iizuka nodded in agreement: "What Sato-kun said makes sense, the commander of this Nawazi, who is cunning and cunning, ordered the seventh and sixteenth brigades to attack the attack speed with the most rapid firepower, and to occupy Lao Ye Mountain and destroy the dirt eight roads of the mountain within an hour.

Ordered the 11th Brigade Commander Nakamura Masao to abandon the attack on Lao Ye Mountain from the west, pass through the Hengshi Road under Lao Ye Mountain as quickly as possible, consolidate the position fortifications in front, deal with the surprise attack of the Tu Eighth Road, and return to the 7th and 16th Brigades, and continue to move closer to Zhengtai Road. ”

The second company, which was sticking to the peak of Lao Ye Mountain, was attacked by the powerful fire of the two devils in the east and south, and the first line of defense was broken through by the enemy, and at this time it was retreating to the second line of defense along the communication trench while blocking the attack.

A large number of devils who had broken through the first line of defense were tightly pursuing the butts of the first battalion and the second company of the 'only regiment' of the Eighth Route Army along the communication trenches.

The commander of the second company led the remaining more than 80 soldiers of the second company to finally retreat to the second line of defense, and he shouted to the soldiers who were still alive with a firm attitude: "Comrades, we have reached a very dangerous situation today, with the weakness of one company in Lao Ye Mountain, to block the attack of the devils of the two brigades. ”

(End of chapter)