Wang Xiaoliang joined up with Lei Jian, the reconnaissance company and the guard platoon who infiltrated the village, and according to Lei Jianxin's information about the Japanese stronghold, after redeploying troops and firepower, he immediately pounced on several Japanese hidden forts in the lower horse post.

The first battalion soon occupied a devil's bunker in the northeast corner of the Lower Horse Post, and took advantage of the favorable terrain to launch a fire attack on several nearby bunkers.

The little devil in the light and dark fort did not expect to be suddenly attacked by the powerful firepower of the Eighth Route Army, and under the suppression of strong firepower, he immediately walked up to the central pillbox of the horse post stronghold, and at this time he heard the fierce gunfire and the Japanese squadron leader Kameda who was standing in the command post reported.

Squadron Leader Kameda ordered all the light and dark forts of the Zoma Station, as well as the light and dark sentries and patrols, relying on the positions of the light and dark forts, to carry out a fire counterattack against the attacking Eighth Route Army.

The little devil quickly formed a fighting force, and in the south of the open space leading from the lower horse post to the upper horse post, he used the strong light and dark forts and the walls of the houses as a cover, and attacked the battalion attacking frontally with the heaviest firepower.

The first battalion was suddenly counterattacked by the enemy's frantic fire during the attack, and the assault led by the commander of the first company was frustrated, and a platoon of fighters fell under the strong fire of the earthlings and had to retreat, using the terrain and features to fire at the enemy in the light and dark forts and the periphery.

Wang Xiaoliang, deputy commander of the regiment, found that the first company was blocked by enemy fire and suffered heavy casualties, and he shouted to the communicator: "Order the second battalion with the assistance of the two flanks to forcibly break through and attract enemy fire, and the first battalion will attack again from the front." ”

Lei Jian moved the front line command post forward, he got a report that the frontal attack was blocked, he rushed to the front line with the guard platoon, seeing that the enemy's light and dark forts were strong, blindly charging, it would bring greater sacrifices, he ordered the organization of a demolition team to carry out blasting on the enemy's light and dark forts respectively.

Under the cover of light and heavy firepower, the demolition team braved the enemy's bullets and bullets, and pounced on the enemy's light and dark bunkers without hesitation.

'Boom, boom' came a violent explosion, the two Ming Forts were destroyed, and the main force of the first battalion quickly advanced and engaged in another fire confrontation with the enemy's dark bunkers.

The little devil in the dark fort found that several Ming forts had been destroyed, and the Japanese troops fighting with the Eighth Route Army on the periphery were basically all broken, and the devil Cao Chang grabbed the phone and shouted: "Squadron Leader Kameda, ask for quick reinforcements, Ming Fort has been destroyed by the Eighth Road of Earth, the dark fort is in danger, hurry up for reinforcements." ”

Squadron Leader Kameda shouted in the microphone: "You quickly use poison gas bombs on the Dirt Eight Road, you must block the Dirt Eight Road in the lower Horse Post, buy time, my horse will be deployed to defend the firepower between the upper and lower Horse Posts, the empty space, do you understand?" ”

As soon as the devil Cao Chang heard that he couldn't get reinforcements, he threw down the phone and gritted his teeth and scolded: "Bastard, there are no reinforcements, my soldiers of the Imperial Army in the Dark Fort here will soon be killed by Tubalu." ”

He commanded the little devils in the main bunker, "Quickly cast the gas bombs. ”

The first and second battalions of the Eighth Route Army, which were attacking in the limelight, were suddenly poisoned, coughing and vomiting from the poisonous gas, snot and tears flowed downward, their eyes were blurred, their bodies were weak, and many soldiers fell to the ground and never got up again.

Lei Jian saw the little devil casting the poison gas bomb, he shouted angrily: "Rescue the poisoned soldiers to the rear, immediately use cluster grenades, explosions to disperse the poisonous fog, the soldiers behind do a good job of anti-poison treatment, with the help of the smoke from the cluster grenade explosion, under the cover of light and heavy firepower, destroy the remaining three hidden forts of the Horse Post, and bravely launch an attack." ”

Lei Jian in several battles, his troops were deeply injured by the little devil's poison gas bombs, after the war, according to the principle of the anti-chemical helmet, specially made a cloth sleeve similar to the anti-chemical helmet, and added a few layers of cotton at the front mouth and nose, in order to thicken the mouth and nose mask, soak it in water, put it on the head, it is much better than the ordinary mask and the thick cloth strip they made in front of them.

At this time, the fighters equipped with a platoon of 'anti-chemical' improvised masks, with only two eyes leaking, launched an attack on the enemy bunker with a gun.

The little devil hiding in the bunker with a chemical protection mask, in the smoke of the explosion, saw a unit of the Eighth Route Army wearing a mask, which was quickly rushing up, and the devil Cao Chang exclaimed: "Bastard, where did the gas mask come from?" Quickly implement the fire blockade, and we must kill this group of Zhinatu Eight Roads. ”

The soldiers wearing cloth masks could still endure the erosion of the poisonous gas at first, but the closer they got to the center of the poisonous fog, the more poisonous gas they inhaled, and when they were dizzy, they had only one belief, that is, to persevere, insist on rushing to the devil's bunker and destroy the enemy's fire position.

The second and third companies of the 1st battalion, which followed closely behind, followed closely behind the 'anti-chemical' platoon with explosives and rushed to the enemy's bunker with explosives in their arms, and finally approached the enemy's bunker, stuffed the explosive bag into the gun's hole, fell and rolled and evacuated.

'Boom, boom', three violent explosions, in the night before dawn, the smoke and flames rising into the sky, reflecting half of the sky.

Lei Jian ordered his troops to attack the enemy's stronghold through the empty space between the upper and lower horse posts.

The blank area was completely exposed to the north of Shanggomayi Village and the fire blockade of the enemy's bunker, and the soldiers who rushed in front were suddenly counterattacked by the powerful fire of the devils, and one by one they were shot and fell to the ground, and some were slightly wounded, got up and continued to charge forward.

As soon as Lei Jian saw that launching an attack on the enemy's stronghold in this way, he caused great casualties to the troops in the empty space where there was no concealment, and he ordered the troops to suspend the attack, retreat quickly, and wait for a new attack order.

After more than two hours of fierce fighting, the sky began to brighten, which was very unfavorable for attacking the enemy's stronghold.

Lei Jian ordered the 1st Battalion to continue to attack the enemy in the front, through a 50-meter open space, to contain the enemy's firepower, and to cover the 2nd Battalion from both flanks, relying on the village to conceal, and launch an attack on the enemy in a roundabout way.

Song Zhida, commander of the second battalion, ordered the first and second companies to quickly approach the south of Shanggomayi Village from the east, and ordered the third company and the mobile company to attack the enemy from the west under the cover of houses.

Zhang Ting, the commander of the first battalion, ordered light and heavy machine guns to attract enemy fire, and the troops, under the cover of firepower, built fortifications while advancing, intending to confront the enemy with the help of fortifications.

The enemy troops stationed in the south of Shangzomayi Village used bunkers and single bunkers to launch fire strikes on the first battalion, and it was difficult for the first battalion and one company to advance because of the enemy's strong firepower.

At this time, the second battalion, which was concealed on both flanks and approached the position south of the enemy's village, suddenly launched an attack on the enemy, and the first battalion suddenly jumped up and bravely launched an attack at a favorable time when the enemy's fire was dispersed.

The second line of defense of the enemy's stronghold, in the attack of the 1st and 2nd battalions, the single bunker was occupied, the light and dark fort was destroyed, and the breakthrough to the central stronghold of the devil continued.

Seeing that the second line of defense was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, the leader of the devil squadron grabbed the phone and asked for help from the 2nd Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade and the 156th Brigade stationed in Laiyuan City.

When Captain Jiro Takakura received a call for help, he immediately reported to the commander of the Second Brigade and asked for air support from fighter planes, and he sent more than 100 little devils to quickly reinforce the Zoumayi stronghold by truck.

Deputy Regiment Commander Li Gang, who was responsible for blocking the enemy reinforcements from Laiyuan, was leading the cavalry battalion to ambush Dongtougu, which was the only way to the horse post, and sent a cavalry squad to reconnoitre, and quickly returned to report: The enemy reinforced by Laiyuan, riding five trucks and loaded with more than 100 little devils in full armor, was frantically rushing towards the horse post.

Li Gang ordered the troops to prepare for an ambush on the enemy, and quickly reported to Lei Jian: "Report to Commander Lei, the enemy with more than 100 reinforcements in Laiyuan City has almost arrived at the cavalry battalion to set up an ambush position by truck, and our cavalry battalion is ready to meet it." ”

At this moment, Chief of Staff Zhou Peng led a special agent company that was ambushing the enemy in the northeast direction of the Zoumayi and blocking the reinforcements from the Yaoyukou stronghold, and found a devil army of seventy or eighty people, running to rush to the Zoumayi reinforcements.

Chief of Staff Zhou immediately reported to Lei Jian: "Report to Regiment Commander Lei, more than 80 little devils of the enemy reinforced by Yaoyukou have approached our ambush position and are preparing to implement a fire blockade. ”

(End of chapter)