Lu Xinghua thought that the reason why they could not be ambushed was very sufficient, because the location of their crossing of the river was absolutely secret, and it was impossible for the Japanese army to know the road in advance, so it was impossible to set up an ambush in advance, and even if the Japanese army discovered them at the beginning of their crossing of the river and mobilized their forces to ambush them, it was impossible, because the Japanese army did not have such a fast movement speed and arrived at the ambush position in just ten minutes.

Lu Xinghua then said: "This must be a small group of Japanese troops attacking, the infantry got off the car, and cooperated with the tanks to clear it." Lu Xinghua guessed correctly, it was indeed a small force of the Japanese army that launched the attack, that is, the reconnaissance force sent by Abe Shinichi, they relied on the cover of the pine forest, and decided that Lin Yuan's troops would not enter the pine forest, so they used killer guns to attack the tanks of Lin Yuan's troops.

Lin Yuan's troops received the order, the infantry immediately got out of the car, formed a skirmish line to approach the pine forest, and shot into the woods while marching, at this time the tank fired a flare, illuminating the pine forest, and the machine guns on the infantry fighting vehicles also fired, the shells whistled and flew into the pine forest, and a few thinner pine trees were even broken, and the Japanese army saw that Lin Yuan's troops launched a counterattack, and immediately fled into the distance, and the soldiers of Lin Yuan's troops did not chase, but returned to their own team and continued to march towards the Japanese mountain pass.

Lu Xinghua's troops continued to move forward without encountering the slightest obstacle, and after about half an hour, someone suddenly came to report: "Japanese defenders have been found ahead. As soon as Lu Xinghua heard this, he immediately took out the map and asked the staff officers beside him: "Where are we now?" ”

The staff officer said, "In front of us is a place called Heituling, about fifteen kilometers away from the Ghost Sorrow Pass where we are going. ”

Lu Xinghua said: "It's strange, there should be no Japanese defenders in this area of Heituling!" Where did the defenders come from? Lu Xinghua then asked, "How many Japanese soldiers are there?" ”

The soldier who reported the message said: "I don't know, our company is fighting them!" ”

Lu Xinghua thought to himself: "The Japanese troops in Heituling must have only recently been mobilized, in this case, their defensive preparations will definitely not be very sufficient, and we may be able to capture them with a charge." But Lu Xinghua thought about it: "The task given to us by the division commander is a feint, if we attack the Japanese army, it will become a real attack, should we do this?" ”

Thinking of this, Lu Xinghua immediately contacted Xiao Yingwu and asked, "Division commander, we were intercepted by the enemy in Heituling, do you want to attack them?" ”

Xiao Yingwu said: "There were no Japanese defenders in Heituling, since they suddenly appeared, then you will eat them!" ”

Lu Xinghua then said: "Okay! Let's do it. Lu Xinghua immediately ordered: "The infantry got off the car, the tanks gathered to the east, and attacked the Japanese positions with artillery, and the infantry attacked the Japanese from the west." "In this way, the direction of travel of the shells and the infantry became two, and the shells could hit the Japanese positions, but they would not hurt the infantry in the charge.

The tanks and infantry quickly completed the dispatch, the tanks immediately opened fire, Lin Yuan's troops had already reconnoitred and understood that the Japanese army did not have a strong fortress on the Black Soil Ridge at all, and the reason why they dared to defend this place was entirely because the slope here was very steep, and the tanks could not come up, so Lin Yuan's troops used anti-personnel grenades, and they were also equipped with time fuses, and the shells basically exploded when they hit the top of the Japanese army's head, and the shrapnel falling from the sky made the Japanese army not even have a place to hide.

Just when the Japanese army was bombed on the top of the mountain, the infantry also began to march to the top of the mountain, Lu Xinghua watched the fire burst from the shell explosion from a distance, and couldn't help sneering in his heart: "Little devil, you still want to block us, and don't look at whose troops we are!" Just when he was triumphant, suddenly, a violent flash of light appeared on the Japanese position, followed by a deafening explosion! The explosion was so violent that several Japanese soldiers were even blown away in an instant! The flying body stood out in the night sky illuminated by the firelight.

Lu Xinghua was taken aback when he saw this scene, and thought: "The power of this explosion is so great, it is definitely not something that our tank gun shells can hit!" So who fired this shell? Today, the only troops crossing the river are our regiment, and there is no one else! Could it be that our people asked for fire support? This is going to be fought, what kind of fire support do you need! ”

Thinking of this, Lu Xinghua hurriedly shouted: "Who asked for fire support? ”

At this time, a staff officer said: "Report to the regiment commander, no one has asked for fire support!" ”

Lu Xinghua pointed to the distance and said, "No one asked for fire support? So what's going on with the explosion just now? The power of that shell is clearly only available to the shells of our large-caliber support artillery! ”

As he was talking, another shell exploded on the Japanese position, this time the location of the explosion was between the Japanese position and the infantry attack line of Lin Yuan's troops, Lin Yuan's troops were behind the attack line, so no one hit this shell, Lu Xinghua pointed to the smoke from the explosion and said: "Look at the shell again, who is supporting us?" ”

The staff officer shook his head and said, "I really don't understand...... the staff officer was wondering, but suddenly saw a panic flash in Lu Xinghua's eyes, and the staff officer hurriedly asked: "Regiment commander, what's wrong with you?" ”

Lu Xinghua shouted: "Damn it! This cannonball is not here to help us, it is here to help the little devils! These two shells were simply test projectiles, which is why they hit crookedly and landed on the positions of the Japanese troops, and as soon as the Japanese corrected their shots, the shells fell on our heads. ”

The staff officer hurriedly asked, "Regiment Commander, why do you think like this?" ”

Lu Xinghua said: "You didn't look at the explosion point of the Japanese shells, the first one was on the Japanese position, and the second one was between the Japanese army and us, this is moving towards us!" The little devil doesn't want to die in a war, and he wants to drag us to the end at the risk of being blown up! Quick, hurry up and order the infantry to get on the car, we are ready to leave the place. ”

The staff officer hurriedly went to convey the order, and Lu Xinghua immediately informed Xiao Yingwu: "Division commander, it is very likely that we will face the blow of the Japanese heavy artillery, and the defenders of Heituling actually used themselves to guide the artillery to shoot!" ”

Xiao Yingwu's heart moved, and he immediately ordered: "You guys quickly retreated, understand?" ”

Xiao Yingwu said: "I understand, I will lead the troops to retreat!" Lu Xinghua was just about to give the order to retreat, but there was a sudden movement in his mind, and then he said to Xiao Yingwu: "Division commander, we can't retreat!" The Japanese have already discovered our position, and they can also think of our retreat route, they will definitely fire artillery on our retreat route, and if we retreat, we will retreat to the muzzle of the little devils! ”

Xiao Yingwu also understood at this time, and immediately said: "You guys stay in place first, and I will immediately order our artillery to open fire and suppress the Japanese artillery group!" Xiao Yingwu immediately ordered the artillery cluster: "Artillery fire rapidly, attack the Japanese position!" At the command of the order, a total of 120 guns of the 7th Division, the 2nd Division, and the 1st and 2nd Independent Brigades immediately opened fire, and the shells flew towards the Japanese positions, and the sky was suddenly filled with a terrible roar.

Xiao Yingwu also knew that the Ludao artillery would not have much effect on the Japanese artillery, so he immediately contacted Lin Yuan and said, "Lin Shuai, can the air strike be carried out in advance?" ”

Lin Yuan didn't think about it when he heard it, and then said, "This can't be done!" ”