Under the strict orders of the wing commander, the mortar squadron set up positions in less than two minutes, and similarly, the 1st Squadron of the 1st Brigade reached the attack position in the shortest possible time. "Boom" An explosion sounded behind the position. "It's not good, at this time the devil is testing the shell, and the devil is preparing to shell, and they are all hidden." Company commander Wang Da heard the explosion and hurriedly shouted.

So, when the explosion sounded, under the orders of cadres and veterans, the soldiers squatted in the trenches one after another, ready to hide from the shelling of the devils. Sure enough, less than ten seconds. The devil's first round of shells hit. More than a dozen shells enveloped the entire position in an instant, and the violent explosion almost collapsed the trenches, and the piles of earth kept sliding down the broken soil.

Because when Wang Da was digging trenches, he took into account the bombardment of devils. Therefore, the whole trench is not a long snake formation, but a zigzag, and even if a shell falls right in the trench, it will not cause much damage. So the veterans squatted peacefully in the trenches, covering their ears with their hands. Wait for the end of this shelling.

And the recruits are not as calm as the veterans. As the saying goes, recruits are afraid of shells, and veterans are afraid of heavy machine guns. As the shells exploded and the ground shook, the recruits squatting in the trenches began to become unstable, and some even wanted to get up and flee to the rear. However, under the strict suppression of the veterans, there were finally no soldiers to send them to death.

In order to succeed in one attack, the Devil Artillery Squadron fired more than 300 shells at this position of less than 200 meters. With the cessation of the shells. The 12 heavy machine guns of the 1st Brigade then opened fire. Dense bullets, flying everywhere on the position, pressed the fighters to not raise their heads at all. Just now, a few recruits had just poked their heads out when they were hit in the eyebrows and fell in a pool of blood.

Company commander Wang Da quietly found a shooting blind spot and poked out the binoculars to observe the enemy's situation. I saw that a squadron attacking by the Japanese army had already walked less than 200 meters in front of the position under the cover of 12 heavy machine guns, "Damn, the devil's firepower is too strong." The fighters simply could not raise their heads. Wang Da said depressedly.

"Tell the soldiers, don't fight back yet, the devil's firepower is too fierce, let them taste the power of the mines first." Wang Da thought for a while and then said.

Without the blocking of the Eighth Route Army, the squadron of the Yue Army, which was in charge of the attack, immediately came to the edge of the mine. "Boom" A violent explosion sounded in the formation of the attacking army, and the devils lay on the ground together as if they were conditioned reflexes. "Baga, it's a mine, keep going." The squadron leader looked at the explosion point, and saw two short legs in the center of the explosion, and several seriously wounded soldiers wailing beside him.

The devil soldiers, who had received the order, ignored the wailing soldiers on the ground, stood up and continued to advance. "Boom, boom", followed by several explosions in the middle of the ranks, setting off a rain of blood. At this time, the remaining soldiers saw several large pits in the middle of the formation, and the corpses and wounded around the explosion point, and they no longer had the courage to continue to advance, and even the squadron leader, who had been shouting for a charge, did not speak.

Because just now, a soldier stepped on a group of mines planted by the militia company, and six mines exploded at once, almost taking away almost a squad of soldiers. "Quick, retreat, report to the captain, request sapper support." The squadron leader finally reacted and shouted an order to the troops.

As a result, a fully staffed squadron of the Japanese army retreated in disgrace after dropping dozens of corpses in the minefield again.

"Nani, the people of China have planted a large number of mines in front of the position, and they have lost almost a small team of imperial soldiers, and they have not even seen the shadow of the people. Baga, you stupidity. After listening to the report, the captain scolded loudly, and at the same time, several slaps hit the face of the squadron leader of the first squadron who came to report.

After slapping the captain, he quietly fell into deep thought. In the attack just now, it took me a full ten minutes, and now it is less than 20 minutes away from the time set by the wing commander, and it is obviously not possible to let the sappers go up to clear the mines, which is a distance of nearly 100 meters, and without half an hour, the sapper team cannot complete the task at all. It seems that there is only a request for artillery squadron support.

Soon, the mortar squadron, which had stopped for less than five minutes, opened fire again. However, this time, the target of the army was not a position held by a company, but a mine array more than 100 meters away in front of the position. In order to completely clear the mines in front of the position, the mortar squadron shelled for ten minutes before blasting a safe passage more than 20 meters wide in front of the position.

The fighters on the position have been lying in the trenches, and since there is no threat of devil artillery fire and heavy machine guns, many fighters look free of fireworks. "It's not good, instructor, without mines, we can't hold on at all, the devil's firepower is too fierce, and the soldiers can't raise their heads at all." The company commander said to the instructor beside him.

"Well, it seems that our forward positions are no longer needed, give up. We'll have at least an hour and a half to hold out, so we'll have to leave enough troops to fight the devils in the tunnels. There can be no more wasted troops on this position. Company commander, give the order! The instructor also saw that continuing to hold on would do more harm than good, and immediately suggested it to the company commander Wang Da.

"Okay, order the troops to withdraw from their positions immediately, retreat to the village, fight with the devils first, and then enter the tunnel." Wang Da made up his mind and immediately ordered.

Not long after the fighters withdrew from their positions, the heavy machine guns of the devils covering the attack opened fire, and in order to take the Chinese positions on the opposite side at one time, the captain used 2 squadrons of troops this time. Under the cover of heavy machine guns, the troops slowly approached the position along the safe passage opened by the explosion.

Due to the temporary retreat of the fighters, the army occupied the positions of the fighters without much effort. However, this position is a position that is undefended. "Report to the captain, the people on the opposite side of the country have abandoned their positions and are nowhere to be found, and the attacking squadron has occupied the positions of the people of China, and they are requested for the next battle plan."

"Yo Xi, it seems that no one of the people of China can stop the pace of the Imperial Army of the Great Empire. Ordered, two squadrons continued to move forward, clearing the village of the remnants of the enemy and clearing the way for the main wing. Report to His Excellency Wing Commander. We have successfully repelled the resistance of the Chinese and are searching for the remnants of the enemy. The captain commanded to the chief of staff behind him.

So, the two squadrons that had just won received the order to enter the village with their heads held high. However, what happened next surprised Yue Jun. Originally, I thought that there were only a few remnants of the enemy left in the village, and the soldiers of the two squadrons would be quickly cleared, but the situation exceeded everyone's expectations.

With the entry of the Yue army, the soldiers appeared from the corners of the wall and some hidden places in the eaves, and one after another accurate bullets were fired at the Yue army who was close at hand. Due to their familiarity with the terrain, the fighters who fired a shot often retreated when the enemy search force arrived.

So, in the midst of this sparse gunfire, the soldiers of the two squadrons of the Yue Army were like headless flies, piercing everywhere. can only be beaten passively. Soon, under this scattered blow, the casualty figure of the Japanese army rose sharply. The two squadron leaders who led the troops were also in a hurry.

"Quick, don't disperse, assemble immediately, concentrate your forces," the squadron leader shouted loudly. However, as soon as he finished speaking, a bullet hit his head, and the whole head was cut in half by the bullet, and the red and white brains were splashed on the ground.

The squadron leader died, and the devils of this squadron were even more chaotic, Wang Da looked at the soldiers who were messing around, and immediately seized the opportunity to concentrate a company's troops and rushed out to the squadron that had fallen into chaos, causing them heavy casualties again. In the end, with the help of another squadron, the formation was slowly stabilized.

However, at this time, the casualty data of the two squadrons was already close to that of the two squadrons. However, the gunfire continued to ring around, and with one gunshot, at least one Imperial soldier was wounded. Eventually, under the orders of another squadron leader, the devil slowly withdrew from the village with the wounded.

When the captain heard the chaotic gunfire in the village, he thought that he was destroying the remnants of the enemy, but he didn't expect to usher in two squadrons carrying the wounded and suffering heavy casualties.

"Baga, what the hell is going on?" The group leader yelled at the squadron leader with a face full of gunpowder.

"Report to the captain, the people of China did not retreat, they relied on the buildings in the village to fight with us in the streets, because we are not familiar with the terrain, so the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the leader of the first squadron has been shattered." The second squadron leader endured the burning pain on his face and raised his head to answer.

"Baga, bastard, hateful Zhina, artillery, artillery, immediately open fire, bombard the Zhouzhuang in front of me, and I will break the Zhina people inside into ten thousand pieces." The captain pulled out the command knife at his waist and shouted loudly.

Although the army launched a fierce artillery bombardment on Zhouzhuang, the soldiers at this time had already hidden in the tunnel with the captured booty. Let the heavy artillery fire explode above his head.

"Company commander, in the street battle just now, the two companies killed a total of 26 soldiers, wounded 38 people, and captured some weapons." The instructor came to the company commander with a face full of gunpowder smoke and said.

"Well, instructor, some battle-hardened fighters from the militia company are added to the two companies, and it is still a long time, and we must ensure that the combat effectiveness of the two companies is not affected. Let them replenish the weapons and ammunition they have just captured, disperse them into platoons, and let the veterans follow them, and do not go to the battlefield as deserters when the time comes. Company commander Wang Da nodded after listening to the instructor's words.

After speaking, the company commander walked to a lookout to observe the enemy situation. At this time, the artillery bombardment of the Japanese army continued, and many places in the village were already on fire, and there were few intact houses left.

"Damn, the little devil is really crazy, fortunately it's not winter, otherwise so many houses will be destroyed, what should the people do?" The instructor next to him looked at the village in a sea of fire and sighed.

"Instructor, after the devils attack for a while, I will take a company out, first entangle with the devils for a while, and then hide in the tunnels to fight with the devils."

The instructor looked at Wang Da's back, did not speak, and nodded.

(To be continued)