The Japanese 364th Matsumoto Wing received the order, and the avant-garde Ida Brigade and a brigade of devils who followed behind launched the most fierce artillery bombardment on the position of the 3rd Battalion of the Eighth Route Army in Xishan, Sangtou Town.

Wang Xiaoliang saw that the well-trained little devils had restrained the devils of the 364th Brigade who had fled in all directions in a very short period of time, and steadily surrounded Xishan in a planned manner, and he ordered Duan Zhiquan, the commander of the third battalion: "Order the artillery squad to aim at the enemy's artillery position, bombard me with the most fierce firepower, and cover the devil's artillery fire."

With the most fierce firepower, he blocked the devils who surrounded Xishan from three sides, and told every soldier of the third battalion that he must hold the position on Xishan for half an hour and destroy the enemy's living forces in the battle with the enemy. ”

Under the command of Wang Xiaoliang, the soldiers of the third battalion aimed at the enemy artillery position at the foot of the mountain, and suddenly fired shells, one after another shells flew over the enemy's head with a roar, and landed on the enemy's artillery position.

When the leader of the devil's artillery squad saw the Xishan Eighth Route Army, setting up a mortar condescending fire to strike the artillery position, he roared frantically in the artillery fire: "Aim at the Xishan Tu Eighth Route position, and use the most ferocious artillery fire to wipe out all the Tu Eighth Route troops that are stuck in the Xishan position." ”

Nearly 100 mountain artillery mortars and grenadiers from the enemy's artillery position once again launched a lewd threat, and one shell after another fell on the Xishan position, and the artillery position was almost destroyed under the enemy's powerful artillery fire, and the soldiers who held the Xishan position were bombarded by artillery fire, and the casualties were constantly increasing, and the entire position was shrouded in artillery fire, and the smoke and flames of gunpowder rising in the air could be seen from a long distance.

Lei Jian led some regiment commanders to stand in the command post 500 meters west of Qingshui Bridge, and when he saw the smoke and flames of gunpowder rising from the west mountain of Sangtou Town three or four miles away, and the constant sound of explosions, he frowned and held the binoculars, paying close attention to the movements of the west mountain.

Three minutes later, Lei Jian said to Li Gang beside him: "Commander Li, Deputy Commander Wang led Duan Zhiquan's three battalions to hold the Xishan position, and now they are facing the enemy's artillery fire and the attack of large groups of troops, I am afraid that it will be very dangerous and difficult to hold the position for an hour, I suggest that the third battalion be ordered to hold on for another ten minutes, and immediately withdraw from the position and retreat to the southwest in a covert direction."

Arrived at the position of the fourth battalion on the northern slope of Sangtou Town, under the unified command of Wang Xiaoliang and the joint operation of the fourth battalion, the purpose was not to completely annihilate the enemy, but to take a sudden fire strike, consume the enemy's troops, weapons and ammunition, and continue to attack the enemy in the battle and retreat. ”

"Regiment Commander Lei is very well deployed, and I, Li Gang, will immediately issue a new combat order in your name."

"No, give the order to my Lei Jian and your Li Gang's name at the same time, so that it will strengthen the confidence of all the soldiers of the only regiment, carry it out."

Wang Xiaoliang led the soldiers of the third battalion to brave the enemy's powerful artillery fire and the fire of the group enemy, and the position occupied by the third battalion was attacked by the enemy's powerful artillery fire, and the position had become a wolf smoke, and the number of sacrificed and seriously injured soldiers was increasing.

Facing a large number of devils who were quickly surrounded under the cover of artillery fire, Wang Xiaoliang held a machine gun and kept strafing the attacking enemy, and he ordered Duan Zhiquan, the commander of the third battalion beside him: "Battalion commander Duan, order the soldiers to hold on for another twenty minutes and withdraw from the position immediately." ”

Duan Zhiquan, the commander of the third battalion, heard that he would hold out for another 20 minutes, and he looked at the large number of enemies who surrounded him and shouted to Wang Xiaoliang: "Deputy Regiment Commander Wang, if you hold on for another 20 minutes, the entire third battalion will be surrounded by the enemy on the top ......of the west mountain, and you will not be able to withdraw if you want to withdraw by then, so I think it is better to ask for instructions." ”

"What do you say? Bastard, I can't hear you louder. "Wang Xiaoliang kept bursting out of the entire position, and the noise of light and heavy machine guns 'suddenly, suddenly, ......, and couldn't hear what Duan Zhiquan was shouting at all.

Duan Zhiquan shouted for a long time, Wang Xiaoliang didn't know if he really didn't hear it, or deliberately pretended not to hear the question he asked, Duan Zhiquan heard Wang Xiaoliang ask again, shouted a few times at the top of his voice, suddenly stopped shouting, rushed to a heavy machine gun that was screaming, and shouted to the heavy machine gunner: "Go away for me, let Lao Tzu teach the little devils who surrounded me a good lesson." ”

The heavy machine gunner shouted to Duan Zhiquan: "Battalion Commander Duan, the enemy attacking under the mountain, concentrate the main firepower on our mortar positions and light and heavy machine gun fire points, you are very dangerous here, leave quickly, I ......." ”

The heavy machine gunner, who was shouting and shouting for Duan Zhiquan's battalion commander to leave, suddenly stopped shouting, his body fell back sharply, and the whole person fell into the improvised position fortifications, Duan Zhiquan desperately rushed to the heavy machine gunner and shouted: "Xiao Liu, wake up quickly, you are the best heavy machine gunner in my third battalion, you can't die." ”

Xiao Liu slowly opened his eyes under Duan Zhiquan's crying, he was weak and bloody, and said with a bitter smile and intermittent words: "Duan, Duan battalion commander, I, I can't do it, okay, you are the battalion, the battalion commander, for the sake of the third battalion, you, you have to leave, leave the heavy, heavy machine gun array, and the ......." ”

"Xiao Liu, Xiao Liu, you can't die——。" Duan Zhiquan hugged Xiao Liu, the heavy machine gunner who died intermittently before he finished speaking, and with tears of grief in his heart, he caressed Xiao Liu's eyes and closed them, gently put down Xiao Liu's body, suddenly jumped up and pounced on the heavy machine gun, pushed aside the heavy machine gun deputy shooter who was pulling the trigger and strafing the enemy, and roared with tears in his eyes: "Little devil, bastard, you all go to die——。 ”

The 'Sudden ......' heavy machine gun burst again, and Duan Zhiquan aimed every bullet that was fired at the little devil who was about to rush to the forward position, and the little devil who was hit by the frantic fire of the heavy machine gun fell down the hill one after another in the tongue of fire sprayed by the heavy machine gun, and rolled down the hill along the slope.

The Japanese commander found a heavy machine gun in the Xishan position of the Eighth Route Army, and spat out a tongue of fire to strafe the Japanese commander and the devils who concentrated on attacking the Xishan position. ”

The commander of the Japanese artillery squadron, who had received the coordinates indicated by the front-line commander, scanned the light and heavy machine-gun fire points of the Eighth Route Army's Xishan position with a telescope, and visually measured the distance, coordinates, as well as the extension of artillery fire and the range of strikes on both flanks. ”

'Boom .....' seven shells suddenly rushed out of the breech, dragging orange flames and whistling, and flew towards several light and heavy machine gun fire points in the positions of the third battalion of the Eighth Route Army in Xishan.

When Duan Zhiquan saw that the best heavy machine gunners of the 3rd Battalion were hit by enemy fire and died heroically, he rushed to the heavy machine guns in a rage, shouting with tears in his eyes, to avenge the sacrificed comrades, Wang Xiaoliang saw that the attacking enemy was approaching the forward position, and he ordered the 3rd Battalion to exert its maximum firepower at all costs, and must hold its position and fight to the death with the enemy.

At this moment, the operator of the third battalion quickly pounced on Wang Xiaoliang and shouted: "Commander Lei and Commander Li are in a hurry. ”

"Bastard, rambling, read." Wang Xiaoliang was holding a light machine gun and struggling to kill the devil, and he couldn't spare time to take the urgent telegram in his hand and read it carefully, shouting and asking the operator to read it to him.

"Order Wang Xiaoliang to lead the third battalion to withdraw from the position immediately, quickly and covertly move closer to the position of the fourth battalion on the northern slope of Sangtou Town, and command the three battalions and two battalions of the third battalion to join the fourth battalion to attack the Matsumoto Wing marching towards Qingshui Bridge." After the operator finished reading, he shouted: "Report to Deputy Head Wang, the urgent message has been read, please instruct." ”

Although Wang Xiaoliang's eyes were fixed on the little devil who was about to rush to the front of the position, and his hands and feet were linked to the machine gun to hit the enemy fiercely, his ears were pricked up and he listened carefully to every word of the content of the telegram that the operator read to him.

When Wang Xiaoliang heard that he was going to lead the third battalion to withdraw from the position immediately, join up with the fourth battalion ambushed on the northern slope of Sangtou Town, and under his unified command, fire on the Matsumoto Wing marching towards Qingshui Bridge.

He knew the importance of Lei Jian and Li Gang signing the urgent message at the same time, so he immediately handed over the light machine gun to the machine gunner beside him, and shouted to the third battalion commander: "Battalion Commander Duan, Duan Zhiquan, come to me immediately." ”

Duan Zhiquan, who was setting up a heavy machine gun and spitting out tongues of fire to shoot the little devils, heard Wang Xiaoliang shouting at him, and he shouted without looking back: "If you have something, just say it, Lao Tzu can't take care of anything now, and he knows how to kill the little devils more and avenge the sacrificed comrades and brothers of my third battalion." ”

Duan Zhiquan didn't pay attention to Wang Xiaoliang's shouting at him, and continued to set up a machine gun to shoot the attacking devils, Wang Xiaoliang rushed to Duan Zhiquan, dragged him down in the improvised position fortifications, smashed Duan Zhiquan fiercely, and shouted: "Commander Lei and Commander Li issued an emergency order at the same time, ordering the three battalions to ....... ”

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