Besides, after the meeting, Lei Jian personally led a sharp knife platoon, rode around the Yagezhuang occupied by the Tokugawa United, urged the horses all the way to a hill on the other side of the Kameda United's position, dismounted and ordered the soldiers to do a good job of concealment, and he took a sharp knife squad to Kameda's defense area.

When Thunder Sword found that Kameda's camp suddenly had eight more tanks, twelve artillery pieces, four armored vehicles, and mortar squads, and even three or four jeeps, he couldn't help but shudder in his heart.

Lei Jian didn't expect that the supreme commander of the Japanese army stationed in Yantai City, the head of the Hoshino Shusuke Brigade, personally led a mixed devil unit that was at least a brigade to reinforce the devil two wings of the Eighth Route Army of the five detachments this time.

He retreated to the place where the sharp knife platoon was lurking, and ordered Zhang Ping, the commander of the first company, to quickly send a report to the detachment, and immediately report to the headquarters the enemy situation he touched.

Wang Xiaoliang asked: "Deputy Regiment Commander Lei, why did the devil suddenly appear here, so many tanks and artillery?" At this time, several regiments of our five detachments will be hit by the enemy's artillery fire, and they will not be able to raise their heads. ”

"You're right, we have to find a way to weaken the enemy's heavy weapon firepower and cover the detachment's regiments to destroy the devil's troops."

"You're not going to grab the little devil's tank again, are you?" Wang Xiaoliang asked in a low voice.

"How easy is it? Only take one step at a time? ”

Lei Jian said and picked up the binoculars, and found that several commanders had come out of a big tent of devils, and when he found a one-star major general appearing among the commanders, he concluded that this major general was the notorious executioner whose hands were stained with the blood of the Jiaodong military and civilians - the commander of the Hoshino Shusuke Brigade.

He took off the blocking rifle behind him, aimed at the gun, and aimed around, Major General Hoshino was always guarded by several devil officers, once he couldn't kill Shusuke Hoshino with one shot, this bastard would definitely take even more tragic revenge on the five detachments of the Eighth Route Army.

Lei Jian put away his gun, paid close attention to the movements of the devil troops under the mountain, and saw the little devil quickly pulling out in the direction of Yagezhuang, and immediately followed him covertly.

Approaching Yagezhuang, Lei Jian did not dare to approach the village to reconnoitre, for fear of moving the enemy, disrupting the enemy's deployment, and readjusting the plan to attack Songzhuang more ruthlessly.

Lei Jian carefully observed for a while, and saw that the two armies of the devils began to act secretly, all the way about a brigade to the northwest of Songzhuang, and all the way to the south of Songzhuang.

Seeing the deployment of the enemy's troops, Lei Jian scolded in a low voice: "What a vicious commander of the Hoshino Shusuke Brigade, this is to block the retreat of the Eighth Route Army and completely destroy the Eighth Route Army with the advantage of troops. ”

He ordered Zhang Ping to immediately send a telegram to the detachment headquarters to report the enemy's movements again, and immediately organize separate attacks to meet the enemy's large force attack.

When Lei Jian saw that all the devils' troops were dispatched, rushed out of Yagezhuang, spread out the battle formation, and rushed to Songzhuang in unison, he immediately returned to the position of the first battalion with a platoon of sharp knives.

Niu Dali saw Lei Jian coming back with a sharp knife platoon, and asked anxiously: "Deputy Commander Lei, has the devil started to act?" ”

"Order the troops to advance quickly to the south of Songzhuang, and be sure to seize the front of the enemy and occupy the hill east of Jiming."

The terrain of Jiming Mountain is not high, it is only five or six hundred meters, the slope is gentle, and it is not the best position to block the enemy, but only this place can deploy troops in this place to block the enemy's retreat to the deep mountains by relying on this mountain.

At this time, the detachment headquarters that was still in Songzhuang, under the repeated supervision of the head of the first regiment, Sun, retreated to the direction of the deep mountains due south.

As soon as the detachment headquarters walked out of the two-mile road of Songzhuang, they heard the Songzhuang shells roaring behind them, and the explosions continued, and Songzhuang had become a sea of fire.

Commander Liu saw that Songzhuang, where the troops had just withdrawn, had been covered by enemy artillery fire, and he frowned and said worriedly: "It seems that the task of blocking the enemy is very heavy, and I don't know if it can stop the enemy for half an hour under this wave of dense artillery fire from the enemy." ”

At this time, Sun Keming, the commander of the first regiment, withdrew to the west of the village 50 meters away, and had just settled the troops, when he suddenly heard a cannonball whistling towards them, and landed in the village of Songzhuang, where it exploded everywhere and caused a fire, and the entire Songzhuang was filled with gunsmoke.

Taro Hashimoto, the captain of the Devil Mixed Brigade, saw that Songzhuang, which was occupied by the Eighth Route Army, was already a sea of fire, and he laughed and said: "Yeongxi, with intensive artillery fire, the Eighth Route will collapse, and the battle to clear the Eighth Route will end soon under my artillery fire." ”

When Kameda saw that the artillery fire had stopped bombarding Songzhuang, he stood on a small dirt slope and ordered loudly: "Order all the warriors of the empire to kill Songzhuang and give it to ——。 ”

As soon as the artillery fire was scarce, the commander of the first regiment ordered the soldiers to immediately rush into the village, occupy the favorable terrain, and prepare to meet the attacking little devils.

Commander Sun held the binoculars and saw that the Japanese army rushing from the east of Songzhuang was like a yellow tide of locusts, rushing towards Songzhuang.

He ordered: "Gare me up, use the light and heavy weapons in your hands, and give me a hard blow when the enemy attacks for the first time, and you must beat the little devil hard." ”

Under the order of Commander Sun, six mortars, eight heavy machine guns, and more than 20 light machine guns opened fire at the same time.

With the cooperation of light and heavy weapons, the soldiers quickly threw the grenades and grenades around them at the enemy, and there were explosions and strings of flames, and the little devils who hit them suffered heavy casualties.

Captain Toshio Kameda saw the Imperial Army soldiers charging in front of him, falling one by one, and he roared angrily: "Hashimoto Taro, you bastard, the dense artillery fire did not knock down the heavy fire position of the Tsuchihachi Road, and my soldiers were severely damaged, I want to accuse you." ”

A devil operations staff officer reported: "Report to Kameda Osa, the commander of the Hoshino Brigade ordered to organize a more violent attack immediately. ”

Captain Kameda shouted: "Order the captains of each major team to immediately lead the team to launch the fiercest attack on Songzhuang, and we must destroy the dirt eight roads in the village." ”

The devils are like a tide, and under the cover of artillery fire, they once again launched a more fierce attack on Songzhuang.

When Commander Sun repelled the enemy's first attack, he immediately ordered the soldiers to replenish their weapons and ammunition, and no matter how fierce the enemy's firepower was, they must block the enemy for half an hour before retreating.

The enemy rushed up and began to encircle the village at a distance of 100 meters from Songzhuang, and once Songzhuang was surrounded, a regiment could not be said to be able to break through, and all of them would die here.

Commander Sun ordered the 9th Company of the 2nd Battalion to block the enemy in the south of the village, and the 10th Company to block the enemy in the north of the village, and to strike at the enemy's attempt to encircle Songzhuang with strong firepower.

According to the judgment of the firepower of the first Songzhuang Tuba Road, the captain of the Kameda Wing judged that there was at most one regiment of the Tuba Road that held the Songzhuang Town, and he scolded with a pout: "The Tuba Road, which is less than one regiment, dares to block the fierce attack of one of my wings, it is simply a dream." ”

He ordered the three devil captains: "The Fujiwara brigade launched a strong attack on Songzhuang from the front, attracting the light and heavy firepower of the Tuba Road, and the other two brigades surrounded Songzhuang from the north and south, I will fence the Tuba Road and fight again, hahaha." ”

There was no problem with the deployment of the captain of the Kameda Wing, but he did not know that the First Regiment of the Eighth Route Army that held Songzhuang had been fully replenished with weapons and ammunition, and if the Eighth Route Army had previously equipped and charged twice, the Kameda Wing could take Songzhuang.

The enemy's firepower was very fierce, and the 9th and 10th companies of the 2nd Battalion of the 1st Regiment and the 10th Company of the Japanese Army, which were sent to the south of Songzhuang, could not fight in proportion to each other at all under the fire of a brigade of devils, and several firepower attacked, and they were forced to retreat to the village while blocking the attack.

The little devil soon occupied the position at the entrance of the south village of Songzhuang, and attacked with fire step by step, forcing the position of the first regiment to shrink rapidly.

Seeing that the enemy was about to encircle his regiment, the commander of the first regiment of Sun rushed to the south of the village with a company, and launched a fierce exchange of fire with the little devils who had just occupied the position in the south of the village.

The enemy's fire was very fierce, and under the suppression of powerful firepower, the soldiers of a regiment were shot one after another and fell, the troops were rapidly attrition, and the situation on the battlefield was very grim.

In order to keep the retreat channel, he ordered the second battalion to rush out of the position west of the village, even if there was one person left, to cover the withdrawal of the first regiment from Songzhuang.

The enemy had already regarded Songzhuang as a potato, and the captain of Kameda shouted: "Five minutes, the warriors of the empire, five minutes to destroy all the eight roads of Songzhuang." ”

(Tianjin)