The commander of the second battalion led the soldiers to conquer the first turret on the cliff, and there were three turrets in Mianshan, and he was blocking the second battalion that had gained a firm foothold on the cliff with the most crazy firepower, and the soldiers of the second battalion who were suppressed by fire were lying in the traffic trench to avoid the enemy's fire, and he was very anxious.

At this time, it is one o'clock in the morning, from three o'clock to destroy the Mianshan enemy artillery tower in Niangziguan, there are less than two hours left, the time is urgent, the task is arduous, once the Mianshan artillery tower can not be destroyed at the specified time, it will directly affect the battalion below Niangziguan, the action task of destroying the devil's railway station.

The commander of the second battalion ordered the company commanders: "Divide the troops into three battle formations, attack the devil's artillery towers separately, and take the three artillery towers of the Japanese army in Mianshan before the early hours of the morning at all costs." ”

Under the leadership of each company commander and under the cover of the Japanese army's communication trenches, the soldiers went separately and touched the three artillery towers of the devils in the night.

Niangzi closed the central turret of Mianshan, suddenly turned on a searchlight, and from time to time strafed the controllable range of the turret's firepower, and found that the Eighth Route Army appeared in the traffic trench with a hunched waist and moving rapidly, and the devil commander of the central turret ordered the other two turret devils: "Tuba Road is moving closer to the turret along the traffic trench, and I order you to implement the maximum firepower to block it, and you must eliminate this Tubalu in the traffic trench, and do not approach the iron thistle terrestris in front of the turret." ”

The little devils of the three artillery towers took crossfire strikes, using light and heavy machine guns, strafing back and forth in a fan, and the grenadiers stretched out from the gun holes of the turrets, and under the visual instructions of the other gunhole devils, they kept firing grenades at the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army hidden in the traffic trenches.

Under the powerful blow of the enemy's crossfire from the three artillery towers, the soldiers of the second battalion who attacked inflicted heavy casualties.

The commander of the second battalion faced the powerful firepower of the devils, and the troops could not break through for a while, so he had to ask the artillery company for help and ask for artillery support.

The artillery company of the military region, just a mountain artillery, bombarded the cliff artillery tower from under the Niangzi Pass, with an elevation angle of 75 degrees, and fired two shells in a row, but this gunner, because of the shortage of shells, did not have enough shells at all, and handed them over to training in peacetime.

At this time, facing the devil's turret, and firing at an elevation angle of 75 degrees, it was very difficult, and the shells that flew out were either too high to cross the turret and fall behind the mountain, or too low to bombard the half of the cliff.

The artillery company commander was afraid that the gunners would not be able to grasp the accurate impact point and injure the second battalion on the mountain, which added insurmountable difficulties to the gunners.

Under the cover of artillery fire at the foot of the mountain, the commander of the second battalion was able to provide cover for the soldiers of the second battalion who attacked the turret, although the impact point of the shells was very unsatisfactory, but the gunpowder smoke and dust that exploded could provide cover for the soldiers of the second battalion who attacked the artillery tower.

Under the cover of artillery bombardment without accuracy, the soldiers of the second battalion quickly approached the periphery of the three turrets, but they were blocked by the thistle terrestris and could not climb over.

The soldiers were blocked out of the turret by thistles, unable to continue to approach for a while, and were in a stagnant to difficult situation.

The commander of the second battalion ordered the attacking companies to use grenades to blast away the thistles, and to destroy the three turrets that Niangzi had closed within fifteen minutes, which was an order that could not be disobeyed.

In the explosion of a grenade, the thistle terrestris was blown out of the gap that one person could just pass, and the soldiers crawled in the communication trench, dodging the bullets and passing through quickly under the crossfire of the three Japanese artillery towers.

The soldiers in front were sacrificed, and they didn't have time to deal with the remains of their comrades, so they pushed aside with tears, and the soldiers behind bravely approached the enemy turret.

The fighters approached the turret and shoved a cluster grenade through the turret gunhole.

Twelve minutes later, Niangzi closed the cliff wall of Mianshan Mountain, directly threatened to close the last three turrets of the station, bridge, and village, and in the continuous sound of explosives blasting, the devil's turret was blown into the sky.

Niangzi Pass, the four turrets of the 'ninth pass' pass of the Great Wall, as well as the attached firepower points, were completely destroyed, and the Niangzi Pass, which was occupied by the Japanese army for three years, returned to the hands of the anti-Japanese soldiers and civilians, and the red flag was planted at the head of the Niangzi Pass.

Seize the artillery tower position of the devils in Mianshan in Niangzi Pass, directly clear the fire deployment of the Japanese army's condescending fire blockade of stations, villages, and adjacent bridges and culverts, and carry out the next step of the battle, clearing the fire obstacles.

Commander Chen of the 5th Regiment of the Right Column led the 1st Battalion to lurk near Niangziguan Station, and waited for the 2nd and 3rd Battalions to destroy the Niangziguan Mianshan Devil's Artillery Tower before starting to attack Niangziguan Station.

The first battalion led by Commander Chen of the Fifth Regiment assigned two companies to different battles with the enemy according to the strength of the devils around Niangzi Pass, and there were only one battalion and two companies with less than 150 soldiers in the attack on the Niangzi Pass Railway Station.

There is a Japanese garrison team stationed at Niangziguan Station, a platoon of the puppet army, and in terms of troops, a company of the Eighth Route Army has an advantage. When the battle of Mianshan in Niangziguan began, the leader of the Devil Garrison Squadron, Hechi Guishi, ordered the Japanese commander at the station with a fierce attitude: "The main force of Tuba Road, storm the main position of my Niangziguan, your station must strengthen the firepower and defense, once the cunning Tuba Road, take advantage of the night to sneak attack, and resolutely eliminate it." ”

The captain of the station devil squad pushed open the window of the station dispatch room, looked up at the cliff of Mianshan Mountain in Niangziguan, and said contemptuously: "The stupid pig of Tubalu, Niangziguan has four turrets built by the Imperial Japanese Army, as well as a hidden firepower blocking position, the mountain is steep, the firepower is fierce, and the Tuba Road delusionally wants to break through the stronghold of Niangziguan occupied by our Imperial Japanese Army, and it is simply looking for death by himself." ”

Just when the captain of the devil squad looked up to admire the battle of Mianshan Beacon Fire, he suddenly heard an earth-shattering explosion from Mianshan, and under the background of gunpowder smoke and flames, the entire Japanese artillery tower in Mianshan was completely destroyed by the Eighth Route Army.

At this time, Regiment Commander Chen, who was already lurking near Niangziguan Station and the Fifth Regiment of the Right Column, saw a victory signal flare from Niangziguan Mountain Peak, and he ordered the commander of the second battalion and the second company Deng beside him: "Immediately order all platoons of the second company to launch a general attack on Niangziguan Station according to the advance deployment." ”

For a while, the gunfire was loud, and the captain of the devil squad who was shocked by the sudden burst of gunfire had no intention of appreciating the magnificent scene of Niangzi Guan Mianshan, he rushed out of the dispatch room and shouted to the devil soldiers: "The warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army, the Mianshan Artillery Tower of Niangzi Guan, has been attacked by the Tuba Road, and we have lost the condescending fire support, and immediately enter the position and bunker, and wipe out the Tuba Road attacking the station." ”

A squad of devils and a platoon of puppet troops are distributed in different positions, so that the firepower of the attack is scattered from all sides, and it is impossible to form a second company of the attack to carry out effective fire strikes.

The captain of the devil squad saw that the Eighth Route Army was attacking strongly, with a few devils who were still alive, he hurriedly withdrew from Niangziguan Station, and fled in all directions under the night, and at dawn, the second company of the Eighth Route Army finally occupied the Niangziguan Railway Station.

Just as the Second Company of the Eighth Route Army had just occupied the Niangziguan Railway Station, it suddenly found a train coming from the direction of Taiyuan, and the soldiers of the Second Company, who had not yet gained a firm foothold, were preparing to intercept the Japanese train under the command of Company Commander Deng.

There was an emergency braking sound from the train, and several little devils came out of the black smoke, and these little devils were the Japanese squad leaders who broke out of the train station.

The captain of the devil squad stopped the train a hundred meters outside the station, and he jumped on the train and shouted: "Niangziguan Station has been occupied by Tuba Road, ...... quickly." ”

The Japanese soldier Dazuo on the train grabbed the leader of the devil squad and shouted: "Niangziguan Railway Station, what happened?" I lead 800 veterans, to pass quickly, must be handed over in Shijiazhuang on time, do you understand? ”

(End of chapter)