The 35-meter charging distance takes less than ten seconds for a fast charging warrior. In those ten seconds, the soldiers were only able to fire a few bullets. Although some soldiers were shot and fell, it did not affect the soldiers' determination to destroy the army. Not a single soldier retreated because of the death of his comrades, but still charged forward bravely.

One by one, the attack formations composed of soldiers were like a wave, pressing towards the front-line positions of the army. Immediately, the bayonets and bayonets came together, and with the superiority of the Reading Brigade several times the enemy's strength, the troops of the 1st Brigade guarding the first-line positions could only drop a few hundred corpses and retreated to the second-line positions in a hurry.

In the end, the remnants of the 1st Brigade of the Devils and the 2nd and 3rd Brigades defending the second-line positions converged, and more than 1,000 people from the three brigades, with the support of mortars and heavy machine guns, temporarily thighed the attack of the Reading Brigade and kept their last defensive position. And the fighters, after a few violent blows from the devils, also suffered heavy casualties. can only retreat to the devil's first line of fortifications and confront the devil.

As a result, there was a temporary halt between the positions of the two sides, and there were no charging troops. It's just that the gunfire from both sides is still continuous, firing at each other.

"Commander, we have captured the first line of defense of the Japanese army, and the pace of the soldiers' attack has been temporarily blocked by the Japanese army. In the first line of fortifications of the devils, they are confronting the remaining devils, whether to let the soldiers rush once, and strive to take the devils' position before dawn. The chief of staff put down the binoculars and suggested.

"No, Chief of Staff, the army has deployed very strong troops in the second line of defense, and the firepower configuration is also very tight. Didn't you find that the offensive losses of the soldiers just now were very serious, if you rush again, the troops will be disabled, what will you do to destroy these devils when the time comes! Commander Liu Hua immediately retorted.

"But, Commander, in an hour, the sky will be almost dawn, and when the time comes, the devil's plane is coming, won't our attack be in vain tonight?" The chief of staff also hurriedly reminded.

"Chief of Staff, who said that when the devil's plane comes, we will retreat, if this is the case, won't the hundreds of soldiers who died tonight be sacrificed in vain? Even if the warriors agreed, the warriors who died would not agree. ”

"But, commander, if the plane comes, we do not retreat, exposed to the casualties of the fighters," the chief of staff hastened to remind.

"Don't worry, my comrade chief of staff, I will not let the soldiers go to their deaths. Wang Counselor, record orders. Liu Hua said with a smile.

"The artillery battalion, concentrate all the artillery, including the grenadiers, and launch a final artillery bombardment on the devil's position, drain all the shells we have brought, including the thunder shells, and start shelling in ten minutes. All the infantry involved in the attack immediately organized the sharp knives of the attack, and when the time came, they took on the task of assault, and after the end of the shelling, launched a general attack, divided the positions surrounding the devils, and after dawn, destroyed them piece by piece. ”

"Order the commanders and fighters at all levels, after dawn, our fighters will meet the devils and stir together, even if the devils' planes come, it is impossible to bomb them. Therefore, it is necessary to do a good job in the ideological work of the fighters. Artillery battalion, after all the shells are fired, immediately transfer the artillery, don't let the devil's plane be ruined. The cavalry battalion also participated in the attack, following the offensive route of the first battalion, going deep into the hinterland of the devils and disrupting the formation of the devils. Immediately placed. ”

Ten minutes passed quickly, and at this time, all the guns of the artillery battalion were aimed at the devil's second-line position, ready to give the devil a steel feast. The three signal flares of "bang bang bang" were lifted into the air, and at the same time, all the various artillery pieces that had been prepared for a long time also fired, and more than 100 artillery pieces of various types were all pouring shells on the positions of the devils.

The army, which has been chasing others for a long time, finally tasted today what is called artillery fire coverage and what is called saturation strike, and the shells hit the devil's position again and again. Set off patches of blood rain, blow up a strong heavy machine gun, and tear apart the corpses of devils

The soldiers were lying on their positions, excitedly watching the shelling in front of them, enjoying the most luxurious shelling in the history of the Eighth Route Army, cheering at the corpses of devils that were constantly being thrown up, and feeling excited when they looked at the soldiers who were beaten everywhere, and many soldiers couldn't help but shout.

In order to complete the task assigned by the commander, the entire artillery battalion fought for 20 minutes before all the shells it carried were consumed. Thousands of shells hit only a few thousand square meters of land, almost one square meter has to bear the blow of one shell, and the soldiers who can survive a few hits of this kind of dense artillery fire can only say that they have a great life.

However, just when the surviving soldiers of the Yue Army were excited that they had escaped the shelling, a dense burst of bullets came from the position of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side. Some of the devil soldiers who had not yet recovered from their shock were knocked down one after another, and those who still kept their senses wanted to fight back, but looking at the entire position, they could hardly find a complete machine gun.

So, in the absence of heavy weapons to cover, those soldiers who had just crawled out of the rubble could only lie on the useless bunkers and use their rifles in their hands to carry out sparse fire.

And these sparse rifle sounds are not at all threatening to the Eighth Route Army, which has a timely and heavy machine gun. Often, when a bullet hits, dozens of heavy machine gun bullets will hit it, so under the cover of the dense fire of the heavy machine gun, this senseless shooting slowly stopped on the position of the devil on the opposite side.

Without the threat of the devil riflemen, the soldiers also began to attack, under the leadership of their respective knife platoons and knife companies. The fiercest attack on the devil's position was launched

The day finally dawned, and the battlefield of Changle Village, which had been fighting all night, slowly quieted down. Not because the battle was over, but because the soldiers on both sides were too tired, except for the cavalry battalion and guard battalion of the Reading Brigade, which shuttled back and forth in front of the position, searching for the outcropping devil soldiers in front of the enemy and our positions.

Looking at the entire battlefield of Changle Village, at this time, the Yue Army and the Eighth Route Army had been completely mixed together, achieving the result demanded by Liu Hua. The Eighth Route Army surrounded the Yue Army, and the Yue Army also blocked the Eighth Route Army in front and back. In this way, the men and horses of the two sides are crisscrossed and intertwined, taking advantage of the short armistice time to replenish the physical strength of the soldiers and improve the combat effectiveness of their own troops.

The reason why the Japanese army was able to fight like this was because of the last shelling last night. The army lost almost all its heavy weapons, and even its light weapons were quite a few. Among them, the loss of soldiers was also very serious, and in the end, the army that was able to avoid artillery bombardment and still be able to fight was less than a full brigade.

The army of less than 1,000 men, which can also be said to be the remnants of the army lacking ammunition, could only retreat under the attack of the Eighth Route Army, which was full of morale, well-armed, and sufficient ammunition of several thousand men.

And when the army continued to shrink the defensive line, the cavalry battalion of the Reading Brigade was dispatched. In the rear position of the devils, because there was no threat of heavy weapons, the cavalry battalion could be said to have displayed its might, and when it saw the active army, it went up and slashed it. Under such slashing, the command system of the Yue army was finally completely cut off. The army without a command is in the midst of defeat and retreat. Slowly, the defensive formation of the army began to become chaotic. In the end, they could only fight separately under the leadership of their respective squad leaders and squadron leaders, which created a very good opportunity for the fighters to divide and surround them.

So, under the leadership of their respective sharp knife troops, the soldiers just rushed forward bravely, regardless of the resistance of the troops next to them, and constantly divided the formation of the devils. Then they slowly compressed their positions, and after an hour of fighting, the current battle situation was formed.

Since the men and horses of both sides fought continuously for a day and a night, it can be said that people are sleepy and lacking. Therefore, the commanders of both sides tacitly chose to suspend the fighting. At the same time, Liu Hua of the headquarters also chose to let the soldiers recover their strength. After the combat effectiveness of the troops is restored, the final blow will be launched against the devils and the 117th Wing will be completely wiped out.

In fact, the so-called rest is to sit on the ground and eat dry food. The battle has reached this point, and who can rest? In order to allow the soldiers to replenish their physical strength as soon as possible, Liu Hua specially asked the cooking class to bring some mule and horse meat and soju to refresh the soldiers.

The devil is much more miserable, because they are under siege, there is no food to use at all. Their so-called rest is to lick their lips that have dried and cracked, smell the smell of meat wafting in the air, and sit quietly on the position, waiting for their last moment to come.

Similarly, Okamoto Osa, the wing commander of the army, also sat quietly in a temporary underground bunker, eating the last few canned beef left in the army. It's just that when you eat the verb, it's not looking at the sky. Everyone in the command knew what the wing commander was looking at and waiting for?

However, everyone's psychology is also clear about one thing, and the timely arrival of the Empire's planes to help in the war will not have any effect on themselves. Because now that the positions of myself and the squadron have been staggered, if the planes of the empire bomb them, then wouldn't they even bomb their own people. Everyone shook their heads at the captain's constant looks, and at the same time, they didn't have any hope for their future.

At this moment, the three planes of the first group of the army slowly appeared in everyone's field of vision. At the same time, the pilots on the three planes also became curious about the quiet battlefield, could it be that the people of China were wiped out by the 117th Wing of the application. As a result, the three planes began to lower their altitude, preparing to conduct a low-altitude reconnaissance of the battlefield and determine the bombing target.

(To be continued)