Iizuka Osa had to admire, in the early hours of this morning, the first offensive launched by the Eighth Route Army began, the Eighth Route Army was repulsed in the battle, and then the Eighth Route Army braved the scorching heat, launched a second attack, and immediately retreated after the defeat, quickly implemented artillery fire to destroy the Japanese heavy fire position, the new commander of the Eighth Route Army he met was a very cunning commander who did not dare to underestimate.

He watched the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire in three consecutive rounds of rhythmic shelling, and when he heard that the last shells were sparse, this treacherous devil commander immediately ordered the two Japanese squadrons holding the first line of defense to seize the forward position as quickly as possible, so as to prevent the Eighth Route Army from taking the lead in occupying it.

The two opponents, who met again in the forward position, appeared almost simultaneously in the forward position of the high ground.

Zhang Ting, commander of the first battalion, learned the first lesson, and when the troops were approaching the enemy's forward position, he ordered the troops of the three companies, divided into three levels, and four or five steps away from the forward position, the first company lay down, the second company followed closely in a kneeling position, and the third company stood up, forming a three-line fire blockade line of high, medium, and low firepower, and carrying out the most fierce blow to the devils who rushed up.

The two squadrons of devils received the order of Iizuka Daisa, maneuvered quickly, and frantically pounced on the forward position, when they saw that the Eighth Route Army had almost rushed to the front of the position, this group of well-trained little devils launched a fire block at the fastest speed.

Under the deployment of battalion commander Zhang Ting's firepower, the first battalion has formed a three-line firepower network, and at the same time as the devils are shooting, the three powerful firepower killed the devils one by one. Iizuka Daisa found out that he had deployed the troops to seize the forward positions, but he was still a few minutes late, and in the head-on battle with the Eighth Route Army, he caused heavy casualties.

Iizuka Osa yelled angrily: "Order the second line of defense to reinforce the forward positions quickly, and we must destroy all the dirt eight roads." Even if it can't be destroyed, it is necessary to occupy the main position and drive the Tubalu down the high ground. ”

From the second line of defense, the devils rushed up to three squadrons of devils, Zhang Ting's strength of one battalion, he could not compete with the enemy at all, he shouted: "The soldiers of the first battalion, immediately carry out the order, and retreat while blocking the attack." ”

Cui Hao, the deputy battalion commander, held the machine gun and strafed the devils in the forward position, and shouted at Zhang Ting: "Battalion commander, our first battalion is charging in front, and the second echelon of the new seventh brigade and the first regiment is following closely, why don't you follow up and reinforce?" This bastard troop, it's a joke to see us. ”

"Cui Hao, don't talk nonsense, the head of the first regiment has long been impatient, if it weren't for the head of Lei to press him and not move, his fiery temper would have killed him without an order."

"Battalion Commander Zhang, what kind of battle did Regiment Commander Lei fight this time, in the past, he concentrated superior forces and eliminated a small group of devils, but now he is using the soldiers of one of our battalions to face the devils of a wing, isn't this hitting a stone with an egg? If there are troops without reinforcements, how can this battle be fought? Cui Hao, deputy battalion commander, shouted dissatisfied.

"Deputy Battalion Commander Cui, Regiment Commander Lei is a witty and brave commander, he never fights uncertain battles, our one battalion advances and two retreats, this is Commander Lei's tactics, the purpose is to harass the enemy, drag the enemy tired, take the opportunity to shell the enemy, as long as the devil's living force is eliminated, the next general attack will break through the devil's blockade line and destroy this devil's army in one go."

Zhang Ting's combat intentions can be understood so deeply, it is Lei Jian who gave him an explanation in advance, otherwise, Zhang Ting would never take the initiative to withdraw from the occupied front line of the devils, and would have already gone out to fight with the little devils.

Lei Jian observed the firepower deployment and confrontation of the enemy and us in front of the formation at any time, and he saw Zhang Ting with a battalion, counterattacking with firepower, while quickly retreating, and he gave the order for the second three rounds of artillery bombardment to the mortar position that had been prepared long ago at the foot of the mountain.

Wang Xiaoliang in the first artillery bombardment, the devil's forward position, the heavy firepower point, destroyed more than half, he held the telescope at this time, closely watched the devil's position reappeared heavy firepower, when he saw the thunder sword to give the artillery order, Wang Xiaoliang slammed his hand down, fiercely shouted: "Three rounds of shelling, aim at the enemy's heavy firepower point, open artillery, open artillery, open artillery——。 ”

'Boom, boom, boom, ......', dozens of shells flew to the enemy's forward position together, and the little devil who was blown up cried wolf, and Iizuka Osa found that the Eighth Route Army quickly retreated as soon as it made contact, and he felt bad, and ordered the Japanese troops in the forward position to quickly retreat to the third line of defense to avoid the fierce artillery bombardment of the Eighth Route Army.

As soon as the second round of shelling was about to end, Lei Jian immediately conveyed the latest order, quickly adjusted the gun position, and the shell impact point extended forward fifteen meters to open fire.

The third round of shells rushed out of the barrel and whistled over the heads of the Eighth Route Army below the high ground, exploding between the first and second lines of defense of the enemy on the high ground with a sharp whistling, and the retreating little devils fled in all directions, suffering heavy casualties.

Lei Jian ordered the artillery position, adjusted the artillery position again, extended the impact point fifteen meters forward, and launched the fourth round of artillery bombardment on the high ground.

Seeing that the shells came out of his chamber again, he shouted to the 1st battalion and the 1st regiment of the New 7th Brigade lying on the mountainside of the high ground: "All troops, immediately launch the fiercest general attack on the high ground held by the Japanese army, and must break through the devil's blockade line at all costs and rush ——。 ”

Thunder Sword suddenly bounced, snatched the machine gun of a soldier who was about to rush past him, held it in his arms and shouted the lofty slogan of 'kill the devil, rush-', and rushed forward to the high ground.

The warriors gained strength from the shouts of the thunder sword, and all the warriors who participated in the battle rushed forward with their guns in their hands, shouting: "Kill the devil, rush——。 ”

The simultaneous shouting of thousands of people was like a roaring torrent, tearing through the air, impacting everything and spreading to the farthest places.

The battalion that rushed to the front quickly occupied the forward position, and the first regiment followed closely, and the two units quickly expanded their positions to strike at the little devils who were still struggling under artillery fire with maximum firepower.

The commander of the Japanese 581st Wing, Iizuka Osa, really did not expect that the cunning, shrewd, and decisive commander of the Eighth Route Army would calculate the minimum danger range of the shell impact point, and promptly order the troops to launch a general attack on the high ground held by his wing.

Iizuka ordered the troops to stop retreating, he had seen that the mortars of the Eighth Route Army did not dare to continue firing, this was because the Eighth Route Army had occupied the forward position, and the artillery units under the mountain could not grasp the specific position of the Eighth Route Army at all, and blindly opened the artillery, which would only hurt his own people.

He ordered the troops to stick to the second line of defense, and ordered the chief of staff to immediately extend the left and right flanks to block the two squadrons of the Eighth Route Army advancing westward, and to reinforce the high ground as quickly as possible to counterattack the general attack of the Eighth Route Army.

The highland occupied by the 581st Wing of the Japanese Army can be said to be a serpentine mountain range with a flat top and extending far to the two wings, and the highland is the commanding height of this mountain range, which is more than 600 meters away from the mountain, and the top of the mountain covers an area of more than 10 acres, and the so-called flat land in the middle is only about 5 or 6 acres.

The second line of defense is about 15 meters away from the first line of defense of the forward position, the terrain is on a slope of one meter on the high ground, and the third line of defense is less than 10 meters away from the second line, and the combat headquarters of the devil is set up on a flat ground on the third line of defense.

The three lines of defense that are progressing layer by layer are coherent and connected by Iizuka Daisa, and you can reach any of the three lines of defense without jumping out of the trenches.

At this time, the 1st Battalion and the 1st Regiment of the New Seventh Brigade, which had already occupied the first line of defense of the devils, could be regarded as condescending and stood firm in the prerequisite for striking at the enemy. At this time, the 2nd Battalion of the Thunder Sword Regiment and the 2nd Regiment of the New 7th Brigade, which attacked from both flanks, broke through the fire blockade on both flanks of the Devil's Heights at the same time, forcing the Devil Turtle to retreat back to the second line of defense.

Iizuka Osa saw that the Imperial Army troops had taken the lead in the blocking position, and the front line had been occupied by the Eighth Route Army at this time, he shouted angrily: "Order two artillery squads, open fire quickly, and we must wipe out the Tubalu that occupies the forward position of our Imperial Japanese Army on the forward position and open fire——。 ”

The Japanese artillery position was set up on the right side of the headquarters of the 581st Wing, and the little devils dug out a flat ground on the slope below the high ground and placed mortars.

The leader of the devil's artillery squad was afraid that he would not be able to grasp the elevation angle of the mortar, which would affect the inaccuracy of the landing point of the shell, and blow up the imperial troops.

(End of chapter)