Wei Xin personally found a new cover for the transfer of the Minmin-24 heavy machine gun: behind a large tree that had been put down. The tree, which is as thick as a water tank and more than two feet long, was cut down from the bank of the Qinglong River two days ago and transported here by horse-drawn carts, and the felling work was done by a carpenter's family in Xiping Village with a saw.

After setting up the heavy machine gun, Wei Xin stayed next to the shooting team and did not walk away. The round of shelling just now meant that the Japanese infantry had been prepared, and according to their usual tactics, the infantry would charge after the shelling. He couldn't guess from which direction the Japanese would rush in, and this Men 24 had to focus on dealing with the Japanese.

The past two rounds of attacks have made the commanders and fighters of the entire 7th Company understand the context of the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army. Their attacks were thunderous and rainy, and they often rushed forward a certain distance before reining in the reins of their horses, holding their feet and shooting indiscriminately on horseback, shouting loudly and bluffing. The consequence of this was that the men in the blocking position of the 7th Company could fire in the direction of the sound even in the darkness of the night, and they could shoot a large number of men and horses in the front team. As a result, the confidence of the commanders and fighters was greatly increased.

"Give the order, the Japanese are about to come up, all be ready to fight a vicious battle!"

The company commander's orders were quickly passed on the arc of the defensive line. In the last battle of the anti-night attack in Xiping Village, the 7th Company once fought face-to-face with an elite Japanese brigade, and even engaged in hand-to-hand combat with bayonets, and the losses were not unheavy; However, it also further accumulated the experience of frontal combat against the Japanese army. At this moment, in the face of the Japanese soldiers who were about to appear, they were not afraid psychologically, and silently gathered their strength and prepared to fight to the death.

When the sound of horses' hooves sounded again on the opposite side of the two flanks of the position, Wei Xin remained by the heavy machine gun and did not move, believing that the instructors and deputy company commanders guarding the two flanks could calmly deal with it. At the same time, he also made a judgment: if the puppet Mongolian army continued to charge from the left and right, then the Japanese should attack from the center. He asked the warriors' eyes to widen and monitor the open area opposite the center of the arc with all his might.

As expected, not long after the positions on the left and right sides were fired one after another, there were sharp-eyed soldiers beside Wei Xin who exclaimed: The enemy is coming!

It was a small squadron of the Japanese infantry squadron that came up, and in the night, they marched forward in silence with their waists bent, without the great movement made by the cavalry on either side. When the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side found them, the distance between the two sides was less than ten zhang.

The Min Type 24 heavy machine gun fired instantly, and the powerful fire swept down several Japanese soldiers, while the rest immediately lay down and began to return fire with the Type 38 rifle in their hands. The two sides quickly became one.

In this close-range fight, the Japanese soldiers who did not have automatic firearms at the beginning still suffered a loss, and the heavy machine guns on the opposite side roared, and they had the upper hand without any suspense, and the Japanese squad that was suppressed in the wilderness crawled backwards with their hands and feet under the retreat order of the squad leader, and crawled dozens of meters backwards with their hands and feet, breaking away from the opponent's forward position.

However, the Eighth Route Army, which had not yet gained the upper hand, breathed a sigh of relief, and the second round of Japanese shelling began, and the mortar shells and grenadiers fell from the sky again, and the accuracy was improved compared with the first round of shelling, and the number of shells and * that exploded near the Min-24 type increased significantly, and two of the four men in the firing group were slightly wounded.

"Rifle cover, Makqin immediately shifted to the right!" Wei Xin also shouted and ordered, now the 7th Company is counting on this heavy machine gun, thank God for this night without starlight and moonlight!

In addition to the original four-person shooting team, Wei Xin had just transferred half of the squad of soldiers over and designated them to take care of the heavy machine gun.

"Company commander, the crooked machine gun has run out of bullets!" From the left flank position, a soldier ran to report to Wei Xin.

"How are you guys, can the instructor withstand it?"

"Now we can withstand it, the enemy cavalry is afraid of us, and they shoot from afar, and they dare not force up."

"Tell the instructor to prepare a few torches, and if you can't stand it, throw them in front of the position, and if I see torches here, let the heavy machine gun support you!"

The torch-throwing tactic was also invented by Wu Zijian, deputy battalion commander in the last anti-night raid, and was deliberately implemented for the whole battalion in the post-war summary. The Min-24 heavy machine guns could range several miles, and it should be more than enough to turn the muzzle from here and fire directly at the front of the left flank position.

Fortunately, the traitor cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army did not contribute to the work, otherwise this arc-shaped defense may not be able to bear it.

Suddenly, the front of the central position sounded the sound of machine gun fire, and a dense rain of bullets poured in, and the commander of the 7th Company immediately heard that the gunfire was fired by the Japanese Type 96 light machine gun, and there was more than one! In an instant, several people were killed and injured.

The Japanese squad just now turned back and killed! This time, they took the lead with three light machine guns, and took advantage of the artillery fire they had just carried out to launch a rapid attack.

On the position of the 7th Company, the rifles began to desperately return fire, buying time for the heavy machine guns that were still being erected. At the critical moment, the Czech-style diagonal spur on the right flank position strafed in, and the deputy company commander sensed the tightness of the central position and ordered machine gun fire to support it quickly. The charge of the Japanese squad was unexpectedly hit from the flank, and the pace of the attack was delayed, and it was this delay that the Min 24 completed its preparations and resumed its hasty shooting. After a hard-fought encounter, the Japanese once again succumbed to the astonishing power of the heavy machine guns and reluctantly retreated.

On the Japanese position, Wing Commander Kosuke Otsuka was already out of rage, and he had just kicked the captain of the artillery squad with his heavy military boots, because two mortars and all the grenadiers had been slow to knock out the damn heavy machine gun of the Shina Army. Immediately afterward, he roared at the infantry squad leader who had just retreated, threatening them to commit suicide, then telling them to roll aside to rest, and ordering the other two infantry squads to prepare for a new charge.

"Dazuo, the defensive deployment of the Chinese army is very good, it is not enough to rely on the frontal charge of the imperial army, and the cavalry of the Mongolian army on both flanks is obviously dealing with it perfunctorily, and it cannot play a role in containing the Chinese army." An operations staff officer cautiously reminded the enraged wing commander.

"Call Du Dongqiang to me and ask him to bring all the battalion commanders and company commanders under him!" Kosuke Otsuka commanded in a gloomy tone, and if the light was good, the people next to him would see a murderous intent in his eyes.

In the open field behind the artillery position, Du Dongqiang, commander of the cavalry regiment of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army, the battalion commanders of the first and second battalions, and the four company commanders poked there anxiously, waiting for the lecture of the opposite wing commander Dazuo, and several flashlights swept over their bodies from time to time. On either side of them, two squads of Japanese soldiers were assembled for battle.

"Who was the left flank commander in that attack just now?" Kosuke Otsuka asked with anger suppressed.

The commander of the first battalion of the cavalry regiment of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army and the two company commanders under his command raised their hands tremblingly. The Japanese wing commander took the flashlight from a staff officer and carefully looked at the uniforms and faces of the three people who raised their hands, and finally, the beam of the flashlight locked on a company commander, and the other hand waved forward slightly.

Before several officers of the Mongolian army could figure out what was going on, a combat staff officer walked out of Kosuke Otsuka's side, pulled out the Southern 14th pistol from his waist, followed the beam of the flashlight and put the muzzle of the gun against the company commander's head, and then pulled the trigger.

Bang!

A dull gunshot rang out, and the cavalry company commander of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army fell headlong on the wasteland. The rest of the officers, including Du Dongqiang, were suddenly shocked and bloodless, and their legs were sifted with chaff. This is also the first time that an officer has been sanctioned by military law after the cavalry regiment of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army was driven to the central and southern part of Jin and belonged to the control of the Otsuka Wing.

Just now, the second charge of the Japanese infantry squad was unexpectedly supported by machine guns from the flank positions of the Chinese army, which ultimately led to the failure of the charge. It was the cavalry commander who attacked the position of the Shina Army on that side who ordered the killing.

"If anyone dares to disobey the orders of the imperial army and fear the enemy, this person will be the end!" Wing Commander Dazuo said viciously, while shining the flashlight in his hand on the stiff and motionless corpse on the wasteland: "The two battalions of the cavalry regiment, all of them have been converted into infantry charges, and the attached machine guns are open in front, and there is no unified order, and you must not take a step back!" ”

At this time, Kosuke Otsuka had already realized that the cavalry was too big in the night, and even the indiscriminate shooting of the opposite Shina army could cause them a lot of damage, so he decided to change the cavalry to infantry. It is believed that one of their officers, who shot them, would have been enough deterrent. The Japanese army did not expect the Mongol cavalry, who had lost their horses, to conquer the positions of the opposite Chinese army, as long as they could play a role in diversion.

Do you want to send a telegram to Fengdian County and send an additional reinforcement to come over now? After sending away the officers of the Mongolian Army, Kosuke Otsuka thought silently: The brigade headquarters of Wencheng had clearly agreed that he could transfer some more troops from the county seat, and it seemed that the battle of the railway line near Lingshi County was tight, and the brigade commander Major General would encircle and annihilate the Chinese army on the railway line at all costs; And his own troops, as the only force outflanking the rear road of the Chinese army, were pinned on high hopes by the brigade headquarters; However, the cavalry of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army is really an embarrassing task for the rabble, relying only on a squadron of infantry of the Imperial Army, it is already difficult to break through the position of the Eighth Route Army in front of them, and after breaking through, it will be even more inadequate to rush to the railway line to participate in the battle of encircling and annihilating the Chinese army.

After hesitating for a moment, the Japanese co-captain made up his mind and prepared to let Captain Nomura in Fengdian County send another infantry squadron over - the garrison in the county town mainly dealt with the 391st Regiment of the Central Army in Dayushu Mountain, since the main force of the 391st Regiment may have jumped to the Tongpu railway line now, there are not so many troops left in the county!