The commander of the second company suddenly shouted: "The little devil rushed up again and beat me hard." Brothers, we still have the last line of defense, that is, the commanding heights position, once we retreat to the commanding heights position, then our second company's road to the war of resistance will come to an end.

In order for the main force of our 'only regiment' that is still alive and can kill more little devils for us, we must block the enemy at the bottom of the mountain at the commanding heights of Lao Ye Mountain, and every minute and second of blocking the attack of the little devils will give our 'main group' the most precious time to retreat. ”

At this time, a soldier shouted dissatisfiedly: "Company commander, could it be that our Lei Regiment Commander just left our second company on Lao Ye Mountain to block the attack of the devils of the two brigades, regardless of our life or death?" ”

Several soldiers asked in agreement: "Company commander, could it be that Regiment Commander Lei really put our second company in Lao Ye Mountain?" This, shouldn't this be the style of Captain Lei? ”

The second company commander didn't have time to do too much ideological work, and he shouted angrily: "Bastard, you don't know who our Lei Regiment Commander is?" At this time, Lao Ye Mountain only left our second company, which means that the battle with the enemy under the mountain will be more intense, I don't believe that Commander Lei will give up our second company, do you believe it?

I say to you, no matter what the result is, don't forget, we are soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, and it is the unshirkable responsibility of every soldier to kill little devils. ”

The commander of the second company shouted while holding a machine gun, pulled the trigger and shot the devils who pounced along the traffic trench.

The devils of the two brigades on the east and south slopes frantically launched an attack on the peaks of Lao Ye Mountain, and the howl like a wild wolf not only did not frighten the soldiers who held their positions, but aroused the pride of the soldiers in killing the enemy.

The second line of defense of the second company that held on Lao Ye Mountain was also broken through by the devils, and at this time, the devils of the 16th Brigade who retreated to the commanding heights and attacked on the southern slope of the south slope divided into a squadron and went around to the west slope of Lao Ye Mountain to attack the commanding heights.

The commanding heights of Lao Ye Mountain, which the second company held, have been surrounded by little devils on three sides, and the north is a cliff, and the battlefield situation is precarious, and there is no suspense when the enemy breaks through the commanding heights, and it is only a matter of time before the entire second company fights with the enemy to the last person.

At this time, the operator braved the enemy's artillery fire, rushed to the second company commander, and shouted close to his ear: "Company commander, Regiment Commander Lei ordered to abandon the commanding heights position, quickly retreat from the cliff, and when it came to the bottom of the mountain, there was a reconnaissance platoon of war horses, ride around Lao Ye Mountain, and quickly meet the main force on the east bank of the Tiechuan River. ”

A soldier roared angrily: "From the rock wall at the commanding height to the root of the mountain below, there are more than 30 meters, how can we go down and retreat, can we not be able to jump off the cliff?" The bastard ordered that instead of jumping off a cliff and falling to his death, it was better to kill a few more little devils on the battlefield. ”

The operator ignored the soldier's roar, and in order to make the company commander hear clearly in the fierce gunfire of the shouting words, he dragged the company commander down, leaned on his ear and shouted: "Company commander, before the commander of the regiment Lei evacuates the commanding heights, leave ten thick ropes, and order us to tie the ropes to the trees on the cliff wall, and immediately retreat to the bottom of the mountain under cross-cover, this is an order." ”

As soon as the commander of the second company heard that Regiment Commander Lei had prepared the second company for retreat in advance, he shouted excitedly with tears in his eyes: "Soldiers of the second company, our regiment commander Lei did not abandon the second company, and left us a rope on the mountain peak, and now order us to cross cover and evacuate immediately."

I ordered to concentrate fire to repel the little devils who rushed to the front, immediately carry out cross-fire cover, and the second and third platoons immediately withdraw from their positions, withdraw from the cliff to the bottom of the mountain as quickly as possible, and move as quickly as possible. ”

The deputy company commander rushed to the second company commander and shouted: "Company commander, I will lead a platoon of fire to block the enemy, you quickly take the second and third platoons to withdraw from the position." ”

"Bastard, you withdraw first, it's an order."

The deputy company commander knew in his heart that in this extraordinary period, there was no time to argue, so he shook his head with tears in his eyes: "The second and third platoons carried out cross-cover and quickly withdrew to the bottom of the mountain. ”

The 7th and 16th Brigades of the Japanese Army, which had surrounded the commanding heights of Lao Ye Mountain from three sides, saw that the Eighth Route Army held on the commanding heights did not have many soldiers and its firepower was weakened, and began to retreat to the edge of the cliff.

I ordered the remnants of the dirt road to drive to the edge of the cliff, force them to jump, and fall them to death. ”

The second company commander led a platoon with less than 20 soldiers left, facing the attack of two Japanese brigades, at this time they had run out of ammunition, they did not throw down the guns in their hands, but held the rifles with bayonets, facing the little devils who were approaching step by step, they were retreating step by step, they wanted to grab the rope at the last moment, and suddenly jumped off the cliff, only in this way could they save their lives.

The squad leader who was around the second company commander said in a low voice: "Company commander, I will lead the first squad to stand on the cliff to cover, you take other soldiers, hurry up and evacuate the top of the mountain along the rope, hurry, time waits for no one, and it will be too late to grind." ”

The commander of the second company ordered in a firm tone: "The first squad will follow me, and the other squad will quickly withdraw the peak of Lao Ye Mountain along the rope and carry out the order." ”

The little devil looked at the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who had retreated to the edge of the rock wall, and there were only nine soldiers left on the edge of the cliff wall of the Blink of an Eye, Captain Yamada waved his command knife and howled: "Bastard, the earth eight roads fled to the bottom of the mountain along the rope, and quickly killed the earth eight roads on the edge of the cliff less than ten times." ”

The second company commander had already retreated to the edge of the cliff, and one step back was the abyss, he stood still and said to the soldiers beside him: "Leave three soldiers to follow me, once the little devil approaches, sacrifice his life to cover the five soldiers to grab the rope and retreat to the bottom of the mountain." ”

It was too late, the little devil had surrounded them, and the five soldiers were just about to bend down and grab the rope, the little devil's machine gun and rifle opened fire at the same time, and the rope tied to the root of the tree was broken, and the nine soldiers of the Eighth Route Army on the cliff were running out of ammunition and food at this time, and there was no way out.

The second company commander shouted to the soldiers around him: "Brothers, my company commander failed to withdraw you to the bottom of the mountain, I'm sorry, but we are soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, how can we not let the little devil scare to death, hold the gun and straighten the waist, once the little devil presses up, kill more little devils are earned, ready to fight with the enemy." ”

The little devil who was only five or six steps away from the nine soldiers of the Eighth Route Army suddenly stopped, and the captain of the 16th Brigade Yamada Kizo, holding a command knife, pointed at the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army on the edge of the cliff and shouted: "You are at the end of the road, my advice, put down your weapons and kneel on the ground to beg for mercy, and return to the Imperial Japanese Army, the Imperial Japanese Army will spare you from dying, you understand." ”

"Hahaha, bastard, we are soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, and we would rather die than be dogs for you bastards, come on, Lao Tzu will fight to the death with you." The second company commander shouted angrily.

Captain Yamada was enraged, and he ordered the little devils in the front row: "Take aim with your gun, listen to my command, and shoot these few people who don't know whether they are alive or dead." ”

The second company commander didn't want to die under the guns of the devils, for fear of defiling his body, he encouraged the soldiers around him: "Brothers, we have completed the task assigned to us by Regiment Commander Lei to block the enemy, and now we want to withdraw from the peak of Lao Ye Mountain safely and alive——。 ”

Nine soldiers in the second company commander took the lead, turned around suddenly, jumped off the top of the cliff, one hand gun and two arms outstretched, falling rapidly, nine soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, like nine eagles with wings spread, at the last moment of life, at the last moment of their lives, at the last moment of their lives, they did not cry, did not cowardice, but shouted: "Lao Tzu is a soldier again twenty years later, kill - ghost - son——。 ”

The soldiers began to shout from the cliff, and the shouts of the heart-rending and majestic mountains and rivers swirled around the mountain peaks and vibrated in the canyons, causing the resonance of the mountains, and the echo of the mountains 'kill--ghost-son-', spread in all directions.

The soldiers who went down to the bottom of the mountain and were still hanging on the cliff, saw the company commander jumping off the cliff with the soldiers, this heroic leap shocked every soldier who was still alive, if they could live, it was these nine soldiers who used their bodies and lives to block the shooting of the little devil for them, as long as they were alive, they swore that they would definitely avenge the heroic soldiers.

(End of chapter)