The devils of the two brigades of the 372nd Wing of the Japanese Army have been deployed in place, and these well-trained Japanese soldiers who have been honed on the battlefield, tired bodies, and conquered by the spirit of bushido, quickly adjusted their combat state in the face of the flames of war, and launched a frontal feint and a two-wing offensive posture on the high ground occupied by the 1st Battalion of the 5th Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army's Mountain Column, and launched the first and most fierce strong attack on the position of the 1st Battalion.

Under the unified command of the commander, 50 or 60 mortars opened fire almost simultaneously, and the shells rushed out of the chambers, dragging orange flames, rising into the air and falling in an arc on the forward position of the first battalion on the high ground.

Niu Dali, the commander of the first battalion, after repelling the tired devil soldiers who were about to climb the forward position on the high ground without preparation, and ordered the troops to retreat with maximum firepower, he held a telescope and paid close attention to the Japanese battalion at the foot of the mountain, and saw that the devil commander was constantly adjusting the offensive formation, and when he found that fifty or sixty mortars were staggered, he decisively ordered: "All the soldiers of each company in the forward position immediately withdraw from the position. ”

The soldiers of the first battalion quickly withdrew from the forward position, and before they had withdrawn 50 meters, the mortar of the devil suddenly exploded, and dozens of shells were like big hailstones falling from the sky, and they exploded intensively in the forward positions on the high ground, and the dust, stones, and shrapnel kicked up into the air and fell to the ground with a 'bang'.

Zheng Tie, the commander of the first battalion, stuck out his tongue and exclaimed: "My good man, this round of artillery bombardment, if I hadn't withdrawn from the forward position in time, my first battalion would have paid a heavy price in casualties." ”

The Japanese mortars shelled three times in a row, and the soil of the forward positions on the high ground was so loose that it was as if it had just been plowed over, and the trees and thatch on the high ground were blown away, and the whole high ground was full of wolf smoke, and the tragedy was amazing.

The commander of the 372nd Wing, Fujita Osa, waited until the third round of artillery fire stopped, and immediately waved his command knife and ordered: "All troops, target the high ground of Tubalu, kill ——。 ”

The Japanese frontal feint turned into a strong attack, the Japanese troops on both wings quickly attacked the high ground, seeing that a large number of devils were about to set foot on the front position of the high ground, Niu vigorously led a battalion of soldiers, bravely pounced on the position, and saw that the little devil was about to rush up, he shouted nervously: "Concentrate the firepower of light and heavy weapons, repel the strong attack of the devils, and give me a hard ——。 ”

Light and heavy machine guns, grenades, grenades and rifles on the heights burst out with maximum lethality, shooting and killing the large Japanese troops that rushed up.

A large number of devils with guns in their hands, under the cover of light and heavy weapons, formed a formation in front and back, step by step, as if they were training, as if they were demonstrating, with superior forces and weapons, trying to level the high ground occupied by the Eighth Route Army in the first attack.

Niu vigorously watched the group of devils rush up, the yellow pressure was pressed, and the fierce devils held their guns, kept shooting, the firepower was concentrated, the attack speed was fast, and the suppressed soldiers of the first battalion of the highlands were lying on the position and quickly counterattacked.

Zheng Tie saw that the devils were about to rush up, and his battalion of soldiers exerted their firepower to the maximum, but in the face of the strong attack of many devils, they gave people an unstoppable formation.

He hurriedly shouted to Niu: "Deputy Regiment Commander Niu, just relying on the strength of one of our battalions, we can't stop the Japanese attack at all, even if all the soldiers are killed, we can't win this battle, what should you do quickly?" ”

"Bastard, can you be quiet, as a commander, when the battle is at its most intense, he actually said such negative words, once it is heard by the soldiers, it will have the adverse effect of dissipating the morale of the army, do you know?"

"Deputy Regiment Commander Niu, I'm telling the truth, commanders who dare to tell the truth are not necessarily afraid of death, they are trying to come up with a better way to stop the enemy's attack and hold their positions, don't you have this idea?"

Niu Dali also saw the arduousness of the positional blocking battle, he knew very well in his heart that what Battalion Commander Zheng Tie had just said was exactly what he was worried about, but Regiment Commander Lei ordered that the first battalion of the Independent Regiment must block the enemy from crossing the high ground to prevent the destruction of the Eighth Route Army's sabotage attack on Deshi Road, this is an order, even if the soldiers of the first battalion are all heroic, they must not abandon their positions and escape, causing the devil's army to continue to advance westward.

He ordered the artillery platoon deployed behind: "Pay attention to the artillery, the coordinates are one hundred meters in front, adjust the gun position, and put it ——。 ”

More than 20 shells suddenly flew out from behind the position of the first battalion, and fell 100 meters below the high ground in an arc, and the shells fell in the group of devils, and the strong explosion caused the little devils whose limbs were broken and suffered heavy casualties, and the devils who were injured but not dead howled loudly, but there was no order from the commander, and the devils with sound legs and feet continued to attack the high ground with their guns in hand, without flinching.

When the second round of shelling just ended, Niu vigorously turned around and waved his hand, and the artillery quickly disassembled the gun, picked up the mortar parts separately, and ran frantically down the mountain.

Fujita Osa, the commander of the devils, saw that two rounds of dozens of shells suddenly erupted from the high ground, exploding in the ranks of the attacking Imperial Japanese Army, killing and wounding a number of soldiers, he angrily ordered: "Mortar, quickly blow up the artillery position of the Dirt Eighth Road for me, open the artillery, open the artillery quickly——。 ”

If it weren't for Niu Dali's timely order to withdraw the artillery from the artillery position, this bombardment of the devil's artillery would have dissipated and completely abandoned.

Under the cover of artillery fire, the devils launched a second attack on the position of the first battalion, and in the face of a large number of attacking devils, the soldiers of the first battalion forgot to die and counterattacked with the greatest firepower.

Niu Dali watched the soldiers around him fall one by one, he angrily picked up a machine gun, stood up and shot the little devil who was about to rush to the front position, Zheng Tie next to him jumped up and knocked Niu Dali down, at the moment when Niu Dali fell, a shuttle machine gun bullet swept towards the place where he stood, if Zheng Tie hadn't knocked him down in time, Niu Dali might have been strong.

Zheng Tie scolded very unceremoniously: "Bastard, you are the supreme commander of the position, if you have a good guy, who will command the battle?" If I am still lucky enough to be alive, Commander Lei wants you from me, do you want me to die or live? ”

Niu Dali lay on the position, ignoring Zheng Tie's noise, kept swinging the body of the light machine gun, and the bullets swept towards the little devils who rushed up from the pile, and he shouted angrily: "Little devils, you all go to die." ”

Niu Dali, who was setting up a machine gun to shoot the enemy, suddenly lowered his head, and the whole person lay on the ground softly, the machine gun was dumb at the time, and Zheng Tie was so frightened that he crawled to Niu Dali's side, and when he saw Niu Dali covered in blood, he shouted eagerly: "Deputy Commander Niu, Deputy Commander Niu." ”

Zheng Tie shouted to the soldiers beside him: "Come here, a soldier, quickly send Deputy Commander Niu to the bottom of the mountain, and immediately bandage the wounds." ”

Suddenly, Niu Dali raised his head and said with a wry smile on his bloodstained face: "Zheng Tie, I, Niu Dali, haven't seen Captain Lei, and I don't dare to die yet, I still have to wait to defeat the little devil and live well for a few hundred years, don't worry, I'm okay." ”

He shouted and insisted on lying down in front of the light machine gun, pulled the trigger, and the machine gun in his hand screamed with joy, and bullets flew out of the hot tongue of fire, flying towards the enemy group with a sharp whistle.

Captain Fujita Wing Commander held his command knife in his hand, watching the position of the Eighth Route Army on the Highlands counterattack with even more frantic firepower, he frowned and asked the chief of staff beside him: "Matsumoto-kun, what kind of Eighth Route Army is this?" Why is there such a strong fighting power? Their weapons and ammunition are better equipped than a squadron of the Imperial Army, why is that? ”

"Your Excellency Dazuo, could it be that this Tubalu army that can fight well is the Tubalu army that attacked the 637th Brigade guarding the pontoon bridge on both sides of the Yellow River? Probably not, that Tubalu should have left here a long time ago, and it wouldn't have been waiting on this high ground to stop our westward imperial army, right? Chief of Staff Matsumoto hesitated as if he was answering, and as if he was asking rhetorically.

Fujita Osa pouted and said: "No matter where this Dirt Eight Road came from, I must destroy them with the greatest firepower today, clear the advance channel of our Imperial Army's troops, and order two artillery squads to bombard the Dirt Eight Road Heights again." ”

(End of chapter)