At 5 o'clock in the morning, the large Japanese army camping at the foot of the Beishan Mountain in the military city received an order to launch a covert attack on the position of the Eighth Route Army in Beishan, and quickly assembled.

Guo Tianming, the leader of the reconnaissance squad who was in charge of monitoring the movements of the enemy camp, saw a large blurred figure and approached their hidden position in the dark, and he whispered an order to the soldiers around him: "Be careful to retreat in concealment, don't alarm the enemy, and closely watch what tricks this group of little devils are going to do." ”

The enemy troops slowly adapted to walking at night, and the speed of the march began to increase, and the entire assembled Japanese army, with strict discipline and concerted action, under the supervision of their respective commanders in a low voice, was beginning to attack the peak position occupied by the only regiment of the Eighth Route Army from the bottom of the mountain at the fastest speed.

Guo Tianming, the leader of the reconnaissance squad, led the reconnaissance squad to retreat quickly to the mountain, he did not know whether Xiao Liao, the soldier who was sent to report to the regiment commander, reported the news of the enemy's movements in a timely manner, he ordered the soldiers around him in a low voice: "You closely monitor the enemy, do not expose it, I will report to the regiment commander Li again immediately." ”

Guo Tianming already had some memories of the road down the mountain when he went down the mountain to reconnoiter during the day, and he quickly ran towards the mountain, almost halfway up the mountain, when he heard someone pull the bolt of the gun and shouted in a low voice: "Who?" ”

"Don't shoot, I'm Guo Tianming of the regimental reconnaissance squad, where is the head of the Li Dynasty?"

"Come here, I'm here."

Guo Tianming followed the voice and ran to a dark shadow, panting and reporting: "Report to Acting Regiment Commander Li, the enemy is still more than 300 meters away from here, and he will rush up soon." ”

"Okay, you immediately withdraw the soldiers of the reconnaissance squad who are approaching the enemy to the main position." Li Gang ordered the soldiers of the 13th Company: "Prepare for battle, when you hear the first gunshot, immediately strike at the attacking enemy with the greatest firepower, and pay attention to the retreat order at any time. ”

The warriors lowered their voices and replied, "I heard you clearly. ”

The enemy at the bottom of the mountain approached the peak in the dark, and no matter how careful he was with his feet, there was no way to avoid the sudden sound of reaching out and missing his fingers, and he might collide with the trees and shrubs in front of him at any time.

The Japanese commander couldn't help but scream in pain whenever he heard some devils suddenly bump into the advancing tree, and immediately scolded in a low voice: "Bastard, act quietly, don't make a noise." ”

No matter how careful the enemy is, he can still make a move, and just when the Japanese army is about to climb halfway up the mountain, the devil commander is secretly happy in his heart, this sneak attack on the position of the Eighth Route Army in Beishan will soon be successful.

Li Gang led the 13th Company to lie on the position halfway up the mountain, staring at the bottom of the mountain with a tight formation, and heard a small sound from time to time under the mountain, a lump of black shadows was slowly approaching the position.

He commanded in a low voice: "The enemy is still fifty paces away from us, and we can take advantage of the darkness to bring the enemy closer to twenty-five or thirty paces, and as soon as we hear the first shot, we will immediately enter the battle against the enemy." ”

The black shadow of the large group was approaching the position of the thirteenth company step by step, and in the darkness of the night, it was impossible to see how far it was from the position, so it could only be estimated.

Li Gang did not dare to put the enemy too close before firing, so that once the firepower could not keep up, the enemy would take the opportunity to break through the position, and the thirteenth company would be immediately surrounded by the enemy, and it would be impossible to break through in the night.

For the sake of the soldier's life, Li Gang decisively shouted: "Give me a hard blow to the black shadow that comes up." ”

Li Gang pulled the trigger and fired the first shot at five o'clock in the morning in the Beishan Blockade Battle of the Military City.

The Japanese troops, who were hiding and approaching the peak, suddenly came under heavy fire halfway up the mountain, and immediately fell on the spot and carried out a fire counterattack.

The devil commander did not expect to take advantage of the night to touch the forward position of the Eighth Route Army and sneak attack, and was caught off guard, but was suddenly counterattacked by the ambush troops of the Eighth Route Army halfway up the mountain.

The Japanese commander lay on the ground, listening sideways to the firepower deployment area of the Eighth Route Army's halfway up the mountainside position, as well as the strength of the firepower, and he sneered with a sneer: "The Eighth Route is less than a company's firepower, and it is simply delusional to want to block the powerful attack of our Imperial Japanese Army." ”

He groped his way behind a big tree, slowly stood up, hid behind the tree to observe the firepower of the Eighth Route Army at night, and suddenly ordered the three Japanese squad leaders beside him: "You three squads, immediately spread out in a zigzag shape, launch the most fierce attack on the position where the tongue of fire is emerging from the Eighth Road, and kill the ——。 ”

The enemy's Tangxian Japanese squadron, as the vanguard of the Katayama Brigade, immediately ordered three Japanese squads to disperse in a zigzag pattern to launch a fire attack on the position of the 13th Company of the Eighth Route Army after finding out that only one company of the Eighth Route Army was carrying out a fire counterattack halfway up the mountain.

Under the cover of the fire of the vanguard Japanese army, the follow-up troops of the Japanese army quickly followed, and at this time, tens of thousands of Japanese troops with reinforcements in place launched the most fierce attack on the Beishan position of the only regiment with half of their strength.

Li Gang discovered the enemy's vanguard and launched a formation to launch a fire encirclement and suppression against the 13th Company, and he decisively ordered the 13th Company, each platoon to cross cover, and quickly retreat to the main position on the peak.

The commander of the Tang County Squadron of the Japanese Army, when he found that the position of the Eighth Route Army had been broken through halfway up the mountain, he shouted and shouted: "The Eighth Route has been defeated by our Imperial Japanese Army, and at this time it has become a frightened bird, and it has fled to the top of the mountain to hold on——。 ”

The large Japanese army that followed closely behind, in the early morning when the sky was gradually whitening, launched a rapid attack on the position of the only regiment on the mountain peak.

Li Gang, who had retreated to the forward position of the mountain peak, saw that halfway down the mountain, a locust-like enemy with black pressure appeared, and he was rushing towards his forward position with the fastest speed and the most fierce firepower, Li Gang shouted fearlessly: "Have you seen the four battalions on the front, the second battalion on the two wings, and the third battalion?" The little devil pounced on us, took out our greatest firepower, blocked the attacking little devil, and definitely repelled the enemy and hit me hard. ”

The only regimental position, suddenly burst out of dense bullets, strafing the attacking little devils, the devils who rushed in front did not expect that in the north mountain peak of the military city, there was such a powerful and combat-effective force, without psychological preparation, the devils who rushed in front were shot and fell to the ground, rolling down the mountain.

A large number of devils who followed closely behind, were suddenly collided by the remnants of the rolling soldiers in front, it was rainy and slippery, and they were fighting in mountaineering, they were slightly impacted, and their bodies were unstable and fell immediately.

The devils who were not knocked down, under the supervision of the commander, immediately adjusted the formation, and the devils who attacked before and after staggered each other, even if the devils in front fell and rolled down, they could avoid it at the first time.

This kind of combat quality of rapid response cannot but admire the overall combat and individual combat capability of the Japanese army, which is a well-trained and militaristic army that invades China.

The only group of soldiers on the position, when they saw the enemy rushing in front being hit by bullets and falling, and the devils behind them rolled down the hill one after another, they shouted happily for a while, and they were not happy.

But in a short period of time, the Japanese army with more abundant troops, more fierce firepower, in the form of scattered soldiers to occupy the entire military city north and south slope of the mountain, like locusts, frantically pounced on the front and two flank positions of the only regiment.

Under the repeated attacks of the enemy, there were a large number of casualties in the position, and seeing that the attacking devils were about to break through the frontal forward position, Ma Mingshan had to remind: "Acting Commander Li, it should be time to bring up the first battalion as a reserve." ”

"No, it's not yet time, once all the forces of the entire Duyi Regiment are pressed to the forward position, the actual strength of our Duyi Regiment will be exposed, and the devil commander will take an even more frantic attack according to the strength and firepower of our army."

Li Gang held a machine gun, pulled the trigger, and swept towards the little devil who rushed up like locusts.

Chief of Staff Zhou Peng ran up from the right-wing position, and shouted before he arrived: "Acting Commander Li, the right-wing position of the second battalion is facing a large number of devil attacks, and several places have been broken through. ”

Ma Mingshan reminded again: "Acting Commander Li, quickly transfer the first battalion, it will be too late to do so." ”

(End of chapter)