Zeng Quan did not hesitate and directly ordered: "Deploy an infantry platoon from the second company, two platoons from the third company, plus the small artillery squads of each company, the mortar platoon, heavy machine gun platoon, and baggage platoon directly under the battalion headquarters, and follow
I will immediately reinforce the regiment leader, and the others will stay to clean up the battlefield!"
At this time, the battle in the direction of the main force of the regiment was indeed not over yet, and the intensive sound of gunfire even tended to become more intense.
But those who are careful will find that the whole battle is not getting harder and harder as everyone imagined, but it is drawing to an end.
After eliminating the reinforced squadron in the middle of the Japanese army and preventing the Japanese army captain from sending a telegram to the county seat, two infantry companies immediately launched an empty attack on the battlefield.
Without saying a word, the commander of the first battalion, Zhang Yunshan, directly ordered the two companies to follow the road and kill the Japanese counterattack from behind.
The Japanese troops of the two forward teams separated an infantry team to attack Wang Ping's regiment headquarters. The remaining infantry team was attacked from the front and back by two infantry companies of the independent regiment. It only lasted five minutes before it collapsed and was quickly wiped out.
At this time, only the four infantry squads at the rear were left in the entire ambush battlefield.
No, after nearly half an hour of attack and stalemate, the four infantry squads have been reduced sharply to three. But even so, the combat effectiveness of these more than a hundred Japanese soldiers cannot be underestimated.
After being suddenly attacked by a company of the Independent Regiment behind them, the Japanese army, which lost half of its infantry squad in an instant, responded immediately.
Dozens of Japanese soldiers immediately turned their guns to prevent the Eighth Route Army from approaching them.
The remaining nearly a hundred Japanese soldiers continued to maintain pressure on the Eighth Route Army on the high ground, and then continued to crawl towards the high ground by crawling forward.
"Squadron leader, the Eighth Route Army behind them came from the highway. I'm worried that the squadron leader's side is already finished. After all, their side has been attacked by the Eighth Route Army from the beginning!" Listening to the increasingly dense gunfire around them
, the vice-captain expressed his worries with a serious look on his face.
"That must be the case, the gunfire from the squadron leader's side has stopped!" The squadron leader's good mood suddenly disappeared, and he analyzed with a frown.
"Then we won't be alone. It won't take too long before we will be surrounded by heavy troops of the Eighth Route Army!" The deputy captain's face turned even more ugly, and he shouted with a hint of despair.
After a brief shock, the squadron leader calmed down and analyzed with a calm face: "Don't worry, even if we become alone, we will not necessarily die here. Don't forget, the brigade commander just informed that the brigade commander has already
A cavalry brigade was sent to reinforce us. Judging from the time, they should be arriving soon. As long as we hold on until the cavalry brigade comes, we can get out of here alive!"
In the eyes of ordinary infantry, cavalry is their nemesis and the god of death on the battlefield.
As long as cavalry reinforcements arrive, no amount of Eighth Route Army infantry can withstand the massacre. What's more, the brigade commander directly sent a cavalry brigade of nearly 400 cavalry to reinforce himself. You must know that in the Japanese combat effectiveness rankings, 400 cavalry are completely worth it.
The last infantry brigade, even more!
Therefore, in the eyes of the Japanese infantry, cavalry is god, and there is no enemy on the Chinese battlefield that the imperial cavalry cannot defeat.
Sure enough, as soon as the squadron leader said that the cavalry brigade was on its way over, the nervous expressions of the surrounding subordinates relaxed a lot.
The squadron leader did not relax, because it would take time for the cavalry brigade to come over. Only if everyone stayed alive and persisted until the cavalry brigade came over would there be any hope of survival.
Now that three infantry companies of the Eighth Route Army have gathered around him, the squadron leader is certain that the longer the time passes, the more Eighth Route Army will gather.
Therefore, in order to persist here longer, there is only one way, and that is to find a high ground that is conducive to defense. Only by defending from a high position, more than a hundred imperial troops under his command can block several times the Eighth Route Army's attack.
"Gentlemen, more and more Eighth Route Army have gathered here. We have no terrain advantage, but the Eighth Route Army can use machine gun fire to kill us from above. So, only by occupying the high ground in front of us can we be sure to hold on until reinforcements arrive?"
The squadron leader analyzed with a serious look.
Listening to the increasingly dense gunfire and the constant screams of soldiers around them, several squad leaders knew that what the squadron leader said was true.
He frowned and replied with a serious face: "Squadron Captain, give the order!"
"Yo Xi, you are all the most heroic imperial troops in the Japanese Empire! I order: the first squadron to attack from the front, and the second and third squadrons to feint from the flanks to distract the Eighth Route Army's firepower on the high ground. The fourth squadron and the third squadron block us.
The Eighth Route Army behind us cannot be allowed to threaten the safety of our attacking troops!" the squadron leader ordered with a serious look on his face.
The first battalion, second and third companies of the independent regiment defending the hilltop were personally commanded by battalion commander Zhang Qing.
I originally thought that it would be a very easy task to ambush two companies of the Imperial Association Army with two companies, but I didn't expect that the little devil actually gave himself a golden cicada to escape from his shell, replacing the Imperial Army Army with puppet troops, giving himself a hard time.
Because they underestimated the enemy and were merciful at the beginning, the two companies not only failed to seize the opportunity of the first round of raid fire to kill and injure the Japanese in large numbers, but were also attacked by the Japanese.
In addition, the heavy machine guns and mortars directly under the battalion headquarters were transferred by the regiment commander. Faced with most of his subordinates who were new recruits and captured soldiers, in order to prevent these people from collapsing on the battlefield and causing any accidents, Zhang Qing could only follow the order.
Continuously shrink the defense line and concentrate all troops on the high ground to confront the Japanese.
Although he had twice as many troops as the Japanese and had a terrain advantage, Zhang Qing did not take any advantage during the entire confrontation because the Japanese troops were well-trained. Not only that, the well-trained Japanese actually crawled forward and
Point by point, move towards the top of the mountain.
Fortunately, at the critical moment, the heavy machine gun platoon directly under the battalion headquarters was sent back by the regiment commander, and three heavy machine guns were mounted on the high ground. Zhang Qing's confidence was much higher.
However, facing the Japanese soldiers lying on the ground, Zhang Qing did not immediately order the heavy machine gun to fire.
Because firing now would be a waste of bullets. He was waiting for the critical moment to use three heavy machine guns to give the Japanese a fatal attack.
He believed that the Japanese could not keep advancing like this.
Although crawling has many advantages, it also has a fatal disadvantage, that is, it is too slow.
As long as they reach more than 40 meters below the high ground, he can use grenades to deal with them as much as he wants. However, because the Japanese lying on the ground have no terrain advantage, it is obviously impossible to throw grenades towards the high ground.
At this time, if the Japanese army planned to charge forward with minimal casualties, they had no choice but to stand up and charge.
If they continue to crawl forward, Zhang Qing can blow them all to death at the foot of the mountain with just a grenade.
Zhang Qing's deduction was absolutely correct. After the Japanese reached more than sixty meters in front of the formation, they suddenly jumped up as if they had been given a shot of blood, and then rushed forward with their rifles in hand.
The only crooked weapons were held in the arms of the Japanese as fixed firepower points, and their vitality continued to provide cover for the attacking troops.
The opportunity you have waited for so long has finally arrived!
Zhang Qing's face instantly became fanatical, and he ordered the machine gunner next to him.
"Shoot, kill them all, and avenge the fallen soldiers!"
Three heavy machine guns, four with crooked handles, fired together, a total of seven hot tongues of fire, like seven death scythes, harvesting the lives of the Japanese in front of the formation.
A dozen Japanese soldiers just jumped up and were hit by bullets before they could take a step forward. Then they fell to the ground and died!
