Lei Jian stood on the rock with a telescope, scanning the 364th Wing of the Japanese Army that was frantically attacking the northern and southern positions of the only regiment, and the mystery in his heart was rapidly increasing.

He would never have thought that Captain Matsumoto should retreat from the front line of Shimizu Bridge after receiving a report from two captured Japanese soldiers that Ikeda's squadron had been wiped out and that there was no reason to rescue Ikeda's squadron.

However, the enemy commander not only did not withdraw, but instead increased his forces and firepower to launch a more ferocious attack on the position of the single regiment, which made it difficult for Lei Jian to understand for a while.

Lei Jian didn't believe that the commander of this devil wing would be desperate to fight to the death with the only regiment, there must be a lot of luck in this, once the forward position of the only regiment was broken through by the enemy, the rampant little devils would take advantage of the situation to start a siege, and the situation of the first, third, and fourth battalions holding the position would be very dangerous.

He watched for three or five minutes and found that the Japanese attack was indeed a desperate and unreserved reinforcement force, Lei Jian not only smiled, he had already guessed the purpose of the Japanese commander's sudden general attack.

Lei Jian wanted to punish this devil army for launching the final attack, so that the commander of the 364th Wing, Captain Matsumoto, would never forget the bloody defeat he suffered in the battle with the only regiment of the Eighth Route Army at Qingshui Bridge.

He said to Zhang Ping, who was standing under the rock: "Director Zhang, order the telegraph operator to immediately report to Deputy Regiment Commander Ma Ming, Deputy Regiment Commander Wang Xiaoliang, Chief of Staff Zhou Peng, First Battalion Commander Cui Hao, and Feng Guang, who is responsible for leading five chariots to attack the enemy, and order the special agent company, assault company, reconnaissance company, and Commander Wu of the Third Regiment to launch the fiercest attack and counterattack against the enemy from now on in accordance with the latest order issued by my Lei Jian. ”

The units that received a general attack and counterattack against the enemy were thrown into the urgent operation of striking the enemy as quickly as possible.

Feng Guang ordered the mortars of the combat vehicles to aim at the Japanese brigade of the cluster and open fire.

Ma Ming ordered the assault company, the special agent company, and the reconnaissance company to launch an attack on the Matsumoto Wing attacking the north and south slopes from the southwest of the Wufu Highway at the fastest speed, and ordered the cavalry battalion to move quickly, charge and kill on the periphery of the enemy's main force, and cooperate with the attack and counterattack launched by the main infantry force against the enemy.

Wang Xiaoliang and Zhou Peng ordered the soldiers of the 3rd and 4th Battalions on the northern slope to hold their positions, resolutely block the attacking enemy outside the forward positions, and wait for the final counterattack.

Cui Hao, the commander of the first battalion, ordered the troops to condescendingly exert the most ferocious firepower to counterattack the large Japanese troops who were frantically attacking the position.

At this time, the Battle of Shimizu Bridge had entered the white-hot battle between the enemy and us, and either side wanted to defeat the opponent in a stalemate with the most powerful combat effectiveness, especially the desperate Japanese Matsumoto Wing, and launched a general attack at this time without regard for the consequences, which was simply a desperate battle.

The 1st, 3rd, and 4th battalions of the only regiment that held their positions on the north and south slopes, in the face of the enemy's sudden and powerful offensive, the positions were repeatedly at the most dangerous moments, but they were all repulsed by the heroic soldiers of the Eighth Route Army.

The almost crazy captain of Matsumoto saw the main force of the Japanese army attacking the positions of the Eighth Route Army on the north and south slopes, and was about to break through the forward position, but they were all counterattacked by the Eighth Route Army at the last moment.

Chief of Staff Jun Takada reminded again: "Matsumoto-kun, this kind of desperate battle tactics is to put the 364th Wing of the Imperial Japanese Army to death, and I once again propose to withdraw from the battle immediately and quickly move closer to Yangshuo. ”

"Hahaha, Takada-kun, there is a saying in Shina called 'put to death and then live', today I, Matsumoto, will put the 364th Wing of the Imperial Japanese Army to death and come back to life, and I will definitely break through the defense line of the Eighth Road, completely defeat this unique regiment that is rumored to be a god, and wipe them all out."

Takada Jun shook his head with a sad face, and then looked up at the sky and wailed: "Your Majesty the Emperor, I, Takada Jun, fought at the Shimizu Bridge, I am afraid that it will be difficult to return to my hometown to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, only to die here in battle, lamenting that." ”

Seeing that Takada Jun was so sad and demoralizing the warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army, the captain of Matsumoto scolded angrily: "Bastard, you guy who is afraid of death, you actually let out such a wail in front of the enemy, and when this battle is over, I will hand you over to a military court for disposal." ”

"Matsumoto-kun, I'm afraid that it shouldn't be me who will be handed over to the military court for trial, but ......."

Without waiting for Gao Tianjun to finish mockingly, suddenly from the east and west ends of the Fuping Highway, fierce gunfire erupted, and one shell after another shells fell from the sky like a large hailstone, falling in the cluster of Japanese attacking troops and exploding, the little devil who was blown up fell to the ground, how could he continue to attack if he was not killed? Scattered in all directions in a hurry.

The soldiers of the 1st, 3rd, and 4th Battalions of the One Regiment, who were struggling to hold their positions to block the enemy's frenzied attack, felt more and more that it was difficult to block the enemy's powerful offensive, and at the critical moment when the forward position was about to be broken through by the enemy, dozens of shells suddenly fell on the attacking enemy group.

Five combat vehicles and ten mortars, echoing the only artillery company on the southern slope, fired shells explosively almost at the same time, striking the main force of the attacking devils with the fastest speed and the greatest artillery fire.

Although Wing Commander Matsumoto found that the Eighth Route Army had launched the largest range of artillery strikes, this guy did not believe that the Eighth Route Army would have such continuous shelling, but pretended to be calm and shouted: "Order all troops to break through the Tubalu position, kill all the Tubalu Regiment, and kill them." ”

Chief of Staff Toshichi Takada grabbed Wing Captain Matsumoto, who was brandishing a command sword to supervise the battle, and shouted in a disrespectful tone: "Matsumoto Daisa, your desperate resistance is disregarding the life and death of the 364th Wing, it is disloyal to His Majesty the Emperor, and you do not regard the warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army as your life, I implore you to give an order to withdraw from the battle immediately, and if you insist on not listening, I will immediately accuse you to the commander of the Katayama Brigade." ”

Wing Commander Matsumoto, who was awakened by Takada's irreverent howl, immediately calmly scanned the entire battlefield and found a powerful infantry cavalry reinforcement of the Eighth Route Army rushing from the southwest of the Wufu Highway.

Frightened, he quickly issued an order: "Order the advance guard brigade to cover the fire of the main force to retreat to the northeast of the Wufu Highway, destroy the five strange chariots of the Tuba Road, eliminate the 3rd Regiment of the Tuba Road that has been biting my Matsumoto Wing, withdraw from the Qingshui Bridge Battle as quickly as possible, move closer to the Yangshuo Katayama Brigade, kill it, and retreat quickly." ”

The Matsumoto Wing, which had just launched an attack on the positions of the Eighth Route Army on the northern and southern slopes with the most ferocious firepower, turned into a group of wolves fleeing in a hurry in less than an hour, and fled in panic.

Lei Jian, who was standing on the rock, found that the little devil suddenly turned his attack into fleeing under the powerful artillery fire, and Lei Jian shouted to Zhang Ping: "Order the only regiment to participate in the Qingshui Bridge Battle, launch the final attack and counterattack against the fleeing Japanese army, and must destroy the enemy's main force in the pursuit and launch a general attack, and the speed must be fast." ”

When the troops received the order to launch a general attack on the enemy, the soldiers of the 1st, 3rd, and 4th battalions of the only regiment in the positions on the north and south slopes, which had been fighting very hard with the enemy, saw the little devils being beaten and fled in a hurry, and when they received the order to launch a general attack on the enemy with Lei Jian issued, the soldiers rushed out of the trenches with their guns like tigers descending from the mountains, pursued and killed the fleeing Japanese Matsumoto Wing, and launched the tactics of chasing and beating the butt with the greatest firepower.

The Matsumoto Wing, which was hit by artillery fire, panicked and withdrew from the offensive tactics, turned into a rapid retreat under the cover of fire, and broke the main Japanese force that fled to the northeast of the Wufu Highway, and with the most fierce fire, the fastest speed, attempted to destroy the five chariots led by Feng Guang to fire at the highway to attack the enemy.

Feng Guang received the order from Lei Jian, not to strike at the enemy on the spot, but to retreat while blocking the attack, so that the enemy could not pursue, and he was frenzied by the firepower, and had to break through the fire blockade of five chariots.

Wing Captain Matsumoto found that the five combat vehicles led by Feng Guang used guns and artillery fire to strike, firing shells when they were far away, and light and heavy machine guns when they got close, and suppressing the devils who counterattacked with firepower.

The chief of staff, Jun Takada, saw the fire of the five strange chariots of the Eighth Route Army and blocked the passage of the main force of the Matsumoto Wing to retreat to the northeast, and he ordered the grenadiers to concentrate their fire to destroy the five chariots blocking the front.

Feng Guang found that the little devils who were rushing towards the chariot suddenly stopped, and dozens of little devils carrying grenadiers rushed out of the ranks, and he shouted nervously: "Retreat quickly, dodge the devil's grenadiers." ”

The devil's grenadier was quickly placed, and a grenade chased the five chariots that were retreating quickly, and suddenly the last chariot was hit by the enemy's stray bullets, Feng Guang, who was standing on the car, only heard a scream, the chariot was disintegrated by the grenade explosion, and the vehicle, light and heavy machine guns and mortar fragments were shot out of the air, whistling and flying to the periphery.

(End of chapter)