?? The soldiers of the cavalry battalion were like a whirlwind, rushing bravely when they came, and as fierce as a tiger when they left, only in the blink of an eye, the cavalry battalion soldiers who had entered the enemy group rushed out of the enemy formation with a whistle, and more than 100 horses stepped on the ground to make smoke, and swept into the green gauze tent.

Fujita Daisa, the commander of the 372nd Wing, who was holding a command knife, looked at the dust and mist rolled up by the cavalry team in the distance, and shouted angrily: "Shoot, chase quickly." ”

The commander of the 637th Brigade of the Japanese Army, who ordered the troops of the already fatigued division, to follow in the footsteps of the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army and chase them out.

Chief of Staff Matsumoto shook his head and sighed: "This cavalry team of the Eighth Route is very brave, the attack is unexpected, and the retreat is very orderly, this well-trained cavalry unit, I don't know which military school the commander graduated from, will lead such a powerful cavalry team, crazy attack on the troops of our Imperial Japanese Army." ”

Fujita Osa was still angry, and ordered the 637th Brigade of the Japanese Army, with the most fierce firepower, to destroy the forward position of the No. 1 Heights of Tubalu within half an hour, and eliminate this stubborn march blocking the road to the west.

The artillery fire of the devils launched a heavy fire attack on the No. 1 high ground, and the Japanese launched a ninth and more ferocious attack on the No. 1 position under the cover of artillery fire.

Zheng Tie saw that they were in a dangerous moment, and saw that the devil's large army was about to break through the forward position with increased firepower, and suddenly the enemy rear guard troops were in chaos, and he found that a cavalry team had entered the enemy group, not only grinning and shouting: "Have all the soldiers seen it?" Our cavalry battalion, under the leadership of Commander Lei, decisively attacked the enemy's rear, pulling half of the devil's troops, we must repel the devil's attack when the enemy is in chaos, come, give me the greatest firepower to destroy the enemy rushing in front. ”

After a bloody battle, he finally repelled the attack of the devils, Zheng Tie took a deep breath, he knew that if the cavalry battalion did not enter the enemy group in time just now, his forward position would definitely be lost, once the barrier of the No. 1 Heights was lost, the Japanese army would drive straight in, which would inevitably cause the failure of the entire deployment of the troops to break the Deshi Road Campaign, and the consequences would be unimaginable.

Zheng Tie and his soldiers were physically and mentally exhausted after fighting fiercely with the enemy for so long, and now that the enemy and us were in a state of short truce, the soldiers seized the time to replenish some dry food and water, and some of them closed their eyes and lay in the trenches or craters blown up by the explosion of artillery shells, taking advantage of every minute and every second, and striving to rest for a while.

Suddenly, a soldier who was on guard at the forward position shouted: "Battalion Commander Zheng, the cavalry team under the mountain has retreated after killing the enemy camp, and the devils in the rear team have chased it out, and the devils in the front team have rushed to the high ground again." ”

Zheng Tie heard the soldier's emergency call, he jumped out of the crater, hunched over and rushed to the forward position, and saw a large group of devils, rushing up with a gun, and was about to rush to the forward position.

He ordered all the fighters to concentrate the grenades and grenades, wait for the enemy to get closer, throw the grenades and grenades in their hands into the enemy group, repel the attack of the devils, and hold the high ground.

The commander of the 637th Brigade of the Japanese Army, brandishing his command knife, shouted loudly: "Fujita Daisa's order is that the Dohachi Road on the No. 1 Heights must be destroyed within half an hour, and for the victory of the Imperial Japanese Army, kill ——。 ”

The enemy launched a frantic attack on the No. 1 high ground.

Zheng Tie visually inspected the devils rushing in front, and there were still fifty, forty, thirty, and twenty meters away from the forward position, and at this tense juncture, Zheng Tie shouted violently: "Brothers, in order to hold the position and avenge the brothers who died in the war, put the grenades and grenades around you into the enemy group steadily and ruthlessly, and drop bombs. ”

The soldiers in the forward position, the grenades and grenades that had been prepared in their hands for a long time, slammed out of the position, one by one, the grenades and grenades, like hail falling from the sky, falling in the enemy group and exploding and flowering, the little devils who exploded on the ground and did not move, this group of mongrels The stupid pig action that was killed and injured and did not retreat, Zheng Tie frowned when he saw it.

Zheng Tie suddenly shouted: "Pick up your gun and repel the enemy's attack with the most ferocious firepower." ”

The forward position of the first battalion of the Eighth Route Army suddenly broke out into fierce gunfire, and the bullets flew to the devil lying on the ground with a sharp whistle——。 ”

Under the cover of the enemy's heavy fire, the little devil got up from the ground, and with his spear bowed and waistbold, he charged the forward position again.

The soldiers of the forward position of the first battalion, in several attacks by the enemy, bravely counterattacked, but the disparity in strength was too great, at this time the casualties were heavy, and the soldiers who could hold the position were rapidly decreasing, but they were soldiers, they were the masters who killed the enemy, and they were not intimidated by the vicious enemy, but more nervous and arduous to hedge against the devils, and carry out the maximum firepower strike.

Just as the enemy and us in position No. 1 began to fight for the forward position, suddenly the sound of gunfire was heard from the second position on the right flank.

Zheng Tie shook his head and sighed: "It seems that another unit of the enemy is finally coming, I don't know if the company led by Deputy Battalion Commander Zhang Ting can repel the enemy's attack." ”

At this time, Zhang Ting, who was sticking to the No. 2 Heights, saw the No. 1 position in flames from the telescope, and he knew that the No. 1 position was undergoing the most cruel test, and he didn't know whether the second and third companies led by Battalion Commander Zheng Tie could block the Japanese army's large forces in the high ground and block the passage for the Japanese army to advance westward.

Just when Zhang Ting was paying close attention to the battle situation of the No. 1 High and Low, he found a soldier rushing up from under the high ground, shouting as he ran: "Deputy Battalion Commander Zhang, the strength of a brigade of devils is rapidly rushing towards our No. 2 High Ground. ”

Zhang Ting waited for the soldier to rush up, grabbed him and asked eagerly: "Squad Leader Liu, you said that the strength of a large army of devils is rapidly rushing to the No. 2 high ground, do you see it clearly?" ”

"Report to Deputy Battalion Commander Zhang, I and a few soldiers who went out to reconnoitre, found a devil brigade, which was heading towards our side, so we hid in the crop field, and when most of the devil troops passed, we saw the tail of the Japanese army, and roughly calculated, the strength of the devil should be more than two squadrons, not more than the strength of one brigade."

"Squad Leader Liu, how is the devil's weaponry?"

"The enemy's light and heavy weapons are average, there should be an artillery squad, there are more than a dozen heavy machine guns, and the light machine guns can't be counted, but the spare ammunition is not very much, which can be seen from the ammunition boxes carried by Japanese soldiers on their shoulders."

As soon as Zhang Ting heard squad leader Liu say in such detail, and the explanation was also very clear, he excitedly grabbed squad leader Liu and said: "Squad leader Liu, thank you for your careful observation, you return to the army and prepare for battle." ”

As soon as the soldiers heard that the little devil was close to the strength of a brigade, they rushed to the No. 2 highland, these comrades-in-arms who were fighting fiercely with the enemy on the No. 1 highland, because they had their own tasks and could not rush over to reinforce and were anxious, and now the devils sent it up, and shouted one by one: "Deputy battalion commander Zhang, this time our first company can finally show its skills, see that the second and third companies are fighting hotly on the No. 1 highland, haha, it really makes people can't help but want to rush over and take a hand, this ......." ”

Zhang Ting saw that the soldiers' mood for killing the enemy was high, and he reminded: "Comrades, with the strength of a company, we want to block the attack of nearly a large group of devils, and the battle between the enemy and us will definitely be very tragic, and each and every one of our soldiers must not take it lightly, and must attach importance to the enemy tactically, and only by being mentally prepared to fight a big battle and a hard battle can we defeat the enemy mentally and in action, and we must remember this." ”

At this time, the soldiers in charge of reconnaissance all returned to the No. 2 heights, and seeing that the soldiers were ready for battle, they hurried back to their troops to meet the upcoming battle.

The vanguard of a Japanese brigade had already walked out of the dirt road of the green gauze tent, and the brigade Nakasa, who was riding a horse in front, pointed to the No. 2 high ground in front and ordered: "Order the troops to speed up their advance, cross the No. 2 high ground and pause and rest." ”

The little devils, who were already exhausted, heard that they were going to cross the second high ground and rest, and they were depressed like deflated balls, and they were weak and lamented in a low voice: "What kind of bastard order is this? After a rapid march of dozens of miles, why don't you go down the mountain, take a break for a while, and then climb the mountain in front of you? So inhumane, sir, bastard. ”

Captain Toshio Kuno, who was riding on a war horse, shouted to the soldiers who walked behind him and beside him: "Yaga, don't complain with resentment, once you sit at the bottom of the mountain in front of you, it will be difficult for you to get up again, move forward quickly, and those who slack off will die and die." ”