Boom, boom, boom. Heavy artillery fire blew up a freshly dug trench in an instant, killing all the soldiers of a company guarding the trench, and not a single one of them escaped.

"Keep sending people up, quick! Even if you fill up the road with corpses, you can't let the devil take a step forward, fast! "In another trench, less than three hundred meters from the bombed-out trench, a regimental commander shouted with red eyes.

"Commander, we only have less than two hundred people left in the second battalion. The rest of the comrades are all. Tears of pain flowed from the corners of the communications soldier's eyes.

"Then Lao Tzu will go in person! This is the position guarded by our six regiments, and if the devil wants to step through here, he must step over my corpse! The regimental commander threw away his hat, picked up a crooked machine gun that had been issued by the head and seized from the devil, and shouted to the only remaining soldiers in the trenches: "Of the sixth regiment, are there any who are not afraid of death?" Those who are not afraid of death are with Lao Tzu, and if anyone lets the little devil step on our position before he dies, I will kill you personally. ”

"Rush!" The regimental commander shouted and rushed out of the trench and rushed to the already dilapidated position ahead.

The remaining officers and men of the Sixth Regiment rushed towards the position in unison, all of them using weapons captured from the Japanese, and one by one the 38 large covers shimmered in the cold cold glow in the sun. All gave up their precious lives in order to hold their positions, and they had to fight for freedom.

Boom, boom, boom. Japanese artillery continued to bombard the positions of the PLA.

This is the position of the People's Liberation Army twenty kilometers directly in front of Pingdingshan, and a division ordered to be stationed here was adapted from the Eighth Route Army and part of the militia.

They had not yet been issued new combat weapons such as assault rifles, and all their equipment had been captured from the Japanese. Even heavy artillery did not have a lot, and the entire division had only thirty mountain guns of 70 mm caliber.

In the face of the influx of Japanese troops, such a firepower ratio was obviously insufficient.

Fortunately, there were scattered pillboxes on the position, and the heavy machine guns in the pillboxes became the most powerful weapons and equipment to stop the Japanese army. It is precisely because of the existence of these pillboxes that the Japanese army attacked for three days, with non-stop heavy artillery bombardment, and the infantry charged countless times, but failed to break through the positions of the PLA.

"Eight Tooth Road! Do you all eat dry rice? The positions of the Shina people have been blown up, and you still can't take them, are you still the warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army? ”

In the devil's attack unit, a big Zuo roared at a group of subordinates covered in gunsmoke: "Attack now!" The artillery unit has already blown up the two positions in front and behind the Zhina, and if you can't take it back, I will shoot you all! ”

"Hay!" A group of devils immediately turned around and left, and rushed towards the troops fighting in front with murderous energy.

Attacking the Pingdingshan area head-on was the Devil 114th Wing, a mixed wing of mountain operations belonging to the Japanese Chinese Dispatch Army. There were 80 artillery pieces alone, and all kinds of light and heavy machine guns were the sum of the Chinese troops on the opposite side. In terms of equipment, it fiercely overwhelmed the defenders.

Although the number is outnumbered, the devils have shown strong military strength. Under the cover of heavy artillery bombardment, the positions of the PLA were seized several times in a row. If it weren't for the desperate efforts of the defenders of the People's Liberation Army to snatch it back, they would have occupied the last line of positions leading to Pingdingshan long ago, regardless of sacrifice.

"Kill!" A large number of devils divided into straggler lines, dispersed and rushed towards the dilapidated positions of the People's Liberation Army.

The devils were very cunning, and even when they charged, they did not forget to cover the infantry with heavy artillery in the rear, so that the defenders were completely powerless against the Japanese attack.

The skirmishers of the devils also stretched very long, with squads as units, and each squad formed a triangular offensive formation. Heavy machine guns followed closely in the middle of the ranks, and the squad with light machine guns was set up on both flanks, ready to suppress the Chinese positions at any time.

The artillery roared, and the devils advanced towards the defenders' positions as quickly as yellow ants.

The defenders' positions were dusty, and countless times the shattered corpses filled the sky with blood flowers, forming a picture that was both gorgeous and tragic!

"Comrades, it is my Zhang Aiguo's honor to die here with you today!" Zhang Aiguo, the head of the Sixth Regiment, had his left arm blown up, and the wound was dripping with blood. His face was as pale as a wax figure, but he looked at the team of less than thirty people who remained heroically.

"Commander, we can fight side by side with you, this life is worth it!"

"Brother Zhang, take us to rush! Even if he died, he couldn't be killed by the gunfire of the little devils. Rush with your brothers and hack these little devils to death! ”

"Everyone was carrying me, my leg was broken, I couldn't run. But I still have hands, and I'm going to strangle a little devil before I die. I still have teeth, and even if I bite, I'll bite their throats! ”

Zhang Aiguo looked at his group of subordinates happily, he was originally from the militia, and it was less than three months since he was incorporated into the People's Liberation Army, and he became the regiment commander a month ago.

"I didn't expect to die so soon!" Zhang Aiguo sighed with emotion, but then saw the little devil who was getting closer and closer, and suddenly roared: "Death is also ****-mother's little devil!" Comrades, rush with Lao Tzu and kill these little devils! ”

At the same moment, on the entire front, countless figures jumped out of the trenches.

The screaming PLA soldiers burst out with the last strength of their lives, their legs like flying, and they rushed towards the devil with their bodies shot out like cannonballs.

Broadswords crisscrossed and slashed, cutting through the air and slashing down on the top of the devils' heads. The defenders of the entire front fought because they had no positions left to defend.

Between a humiliating death or a bloody battle to the end, they did not hesitate to choose the latter. Chinese soldiers, especially those who seek freedom, will never bow their heads under any threat. Laughing about life and death, the battle flag will never fall.

Behind the positions of the fiery fighting, a regiment of the PLA was rushing towards the battlefield. They didn't have any heavy weapons, but each of them had a large blade in their hands.

They are preparing to join the hand-to-hand combat in front of them, fighting bayonets with well-trained devils, and the PLA soldiers are not so stupid.

The best way to deal with the Japanese soldiers is to use a large blade.

The devil soldiers are generally relatively close, but their three-eight big covers are very long, and when they are equipped with bayonets, they are almost like spears.

This thing may not play a big role in the hands of the PLA soldiers, but in the hands of the devils who have worked hard to fight the stabbing skills, it can play a big role.

But the big blade happens to be the nemesis of the devil's bayonet, and it only takes one block of force to block the devil's bayonet. Then the warriors rushed upwards with all their might, and they were able to kill the devil without any defense at close range.

A regiment of the People's Liberation Army quickly joined the hand-to-hand combat, and the originally one-sided situation was immediately leveled by them. A stalemate hand-to-hand battle opened on a long front, and for a while the devils could not take a step forward, and the PLA could not repel the devils.

Two kilometers behind the position, division commander Fang Qing's expression was extremely solemn.

Slowly put down the binoculars in his hand, and asked the staff officer beside him in a deep voice: "How many reserves do we have?" ”

"Division commander, there is only one regiment and your guard company left! However, the logistics staff all said that they were holding kitchen knives, and they were going to fight with the devils! The staff officer said tragically.

"Let the guard company and the regiment in reserve all be ready for battle, and rush forward at any time to reinforce our troops!" Fang Qing frowned tightly: "The position must not be lost, before the reinforcements arrive, we will die, and we will also use corpses to block the way of the devil's advance." ”

"Let all the logisticians collect their weapons, and if necessary, I'll rush with them!" Fang Qing put down the telescope in his hand, this thing was no longer useful to him. At this moment, guns and knives are the most useful things.

"Division commander, you" the staff officer stopped talking.

"Needless to say, if we can't hold this position, we are all derelict in our duty! Behind us is the base that has just been established. That was bought by countless martyrs with their blood and lives, even if they fought for our lives, we couldn't let the little devils waste it! Fang Qing said categorically.

"The devil has retreated, the devil has retreated!" Suddenly, cheers were heard from the forward positions.

Fang Qing looked fixedly, and saw that the devils were finally slowly retreating backwards after dropping countless corpses under the lifeless impact of the PLA soldiers. But the troops were not messy, apparently a prepared retreat.

"Not good." As soon as Fang Qing felt bad, the devil's artillery fire smashed over.

The soldiers on the front line were immediately exposed to the artillery fire of the devils, and countless casualties were killed and wounded in an instant.

The people who were not dead also reacted, and the devil infantry retreated, so that the mortars behind them could bombard themselves accurately.

All the soldiers supported each other and retreated, while the devils who had just retreated were arrogant and roared after the PLA.

The bullets fired from the 38 Dagai made a rattling sound, and many retreating PLA soldiers fell on the road. Blood filled the land, and the corpses of dead warriors were everywhere.

"Guard company, reserve regiment, all rush up to me! Fight off the devil's attack and withdraw our men to the second line, quick! Fang Qing pulled out his gun and ran out directly.

The addition of the new force will hit the devils who are frantically chasing them head-on. Under Fang Qing's command, the devil's attack was once again repulsed.

The soldiers supported each other, abandoned the first line of ground that had been blown up, and quickly retreated to the second line of positions in the rear.

The second line of positions was also shelled by the devils in turn, but it was still about a meter deep and could barely be used as a defensive position. And on the second line, there is a strong pillbox every twenty meters or so, and the heavy machine gun in the pillbox is the deadliest weapon to stop the devil infantry.

Fang Qing sat in the trench with a bullet pierced in his shoulder, and half of his body was stained red with blood.

A medic immediately stepped forward to stop the bleeding, and it took two bandages to stop it.

"Division commander, when will the reinforcements arrive? We won't be able to hold on for much longer! The staff officer said almost with tears in his voice.

"It's coming, it's coming! Our reinforcements will be here soon! Fang Qing was a little dizzy, and in his confused eyes, he seemed to have seen a large number of reinforcements shouting and rushing towards them!