The news reached the former enemy headquarters of the Independent Regiment, and the entire headquarters was in a state of excitement.
Chief of Staff Zeng Quan was the most direct, exclaiming with excitement: "This Yang Xiong fought so well, he actually had a casualty ratio of one to three, and he was on a frontal battlefield with the Japanese army. The regiment commander, political commissar,
I have an idea, if this casualty ratio can continue to be maintained, our independent regiment will be able to consume all the Japanese and puppet troops outside the mountain and annihilate them all with our own strength!" Political Commissar Cheng Xiao also showed great satisfaction on his face.
Smile: "Zhang Yunshan is right, this Yang Xiong has created a miracle and must be rewarded!"
"I suggest that we personally ask for credit from the military branch for him!"
Wang Ping finally spoke, but neither Cheng Xiao nor Zeng saw much happiness on Wang Ping's face!
"It is certain to ask for credit. Not only Yang Xiong, but all the soldiers who participated in the battle must ask for credit!"
"But, Chief of Staff, it is basically impossible for you to continue to maintain this casualty ratio!"
"The reason why Yang Xiong was able to eat so many Japanese and puppet troops, we have all seen just now, there is a lot of mystery in it. The enemy did not know our strength, especially our machine gun bunker, so they were caught off guard and ate two of them in one bite.
Multiple infantry squadrons!”
"Do you think that in the next attack, the Japanese will send out several infantry squadrons at once to hit our guns?"
"There is also our machine gun bunker. I am sure that as soon as it is exposed in the next battle, it will be bombed by Japanese planes!"
The smiles on Zeng Quan and Cheng Xiao's faces suddenly disappeared.
Especially Cheng Xiao, who was a little too happy and immediately reacted when Wang Ping reminded him.
"Captain, you are right. Do you want to remind Zhang Yunshan?"
"No need for the time being, but we must keep an eye on the battlefield. If Zhang Yunshan can react, that would be the best. If he can't, I still have to remind him if he can!"
Thousands of days of mighty puppet troops quickly reached the second line of defense prepared for them by the independent regiment.
"Brigadier Wang, your security brigade will send out a company, the imperial army will send out an infantry squadron, artillery brigade and a heavy machine gun squadron, and a mortar squadron will provide fire cover. We will launch an attack in five minutes!" At Ono's signal, Lieutenant Colonel
The chief of staff took over the command and gave unceremonious orders to the guard brigade commander.
On the surface, this order sounds like a coordinated attack between the Imperial Army and the Imperial Association Army, but Brigadier Wang is not a fool. He can tell at a glance that the Japanese still want the Imperial Army to serve as cannon fodder for them, so that they can not only block bullets for them on the battlefield, but also
Can force out the Eighth Route Army's firepower!
However, compared with the cannon fodder that directly let the Imperial Alliance Army test the firepower of the Japanese and puppet troops at the beginning, it is much better now, with Japanese troops following along in the attack.
Brigadier Wang didn't want to agree from the bottom of his heart, but who would let him eat like a traitor?
After a hint of helplessness flashed across his face, Brigadier Wang pretended to be very agreeable and replied: "Please don't worry, sir, I'll give the order right away!"
The Imperial Alliance Army walked in front, and more than a hundred Japanese soldiers walked behind, holding rifles, and moved step by step towards the second line of defense of the Independent Regiment.
During this process, the artillery brigade's more than 20 mountain artillery, field artillery, and infantry artillery were desperately throwing shells at the position.
The violent explosion lasted less than a minute before thick smoke enveloped the entire position.
Not to mention, in the middle of the bombardment, three bombers flew over.
More than a dozen aerial bombs fell from the sky, further intensifying the destruction of the position.
As soon as the ten minutes of high-intensity firepower ended, twelve mortars began shelling.
Twelve heavy machine guns were also lined up on a small high ground less than 300 meters away from the position, shooting fiercely at the position.
"Kill him!" The squadron leader squatted on the ground, drew out his command knife, swung it forward and ordered loudly.
The company commander of the Imperial Association Army looked very reluctant, but under the threat of bayonets shining brightly behind him, he had to shake his pistol and shouted: "Brothers, the Imperial Army has ordered that if the Eighth Route Army positions are captured, I will go to them."
The one who rushes forward and is the first to rush to the Eighth Route Army position will be promoted to two ranks and will be rewarded with a hundred yuan!"
"The Imperial Army is right behind us, and their bayonets don't have eyes! Charge forward, don't get stabbed to death by the Imperial Army instead of being beaten to death by the Eighth Route Army!"
Nearly three hundred people, including the Imperial Army and the Japs, formed a skirmish line and rushed towards the position in a mighty manner.
The position that the engineer company had worked so hard to build had already been almost completely bombed.
There are craters and blasted holes everywhere. If everyone hadn't stayed here before the bombardment, it would be hard to imagine that the ruins below were a solid defensive position composed of two trenches more than ten minutes ago.
Li Binshan, commander of the Second Battalion and Second Company, is also an old Red Army soldier. In all his memories, he has never encountered such a situation.
Before he had a formal exchange of fire with the enemy, his life-saving positions on the battlefield were blown up by the enemy with artillery shells and bombs.
Fortunately, he had also seen the battle he had just experienced and was mentally prepared.
After being stunned for a moment, he immediately ordered: "Get into the position quickly. The machine gunner is ready to counterattack. Let me watch the Japanese heavy machine gun with the grenade launcher. The others will resume their positions immediately. We must ensure that everyone has a bunker to hide in!"
The instructor then added: "Pay attention to the Japanese artillery shells, they are no joke. If you feel the shells flying towards you, lie down and take cover. Most of the casualties in the company are caused by Japanese artillery shells. You will definitely suffer a loss once."
We can’t suffer a second loss!”
The Japanese army learned a lot of experience and lessons from an attack, and the independent regiment also learned a lot from the previous battle. At the same time, they also learned the Japanese three-axe attack method thoroughly.
Precisely because of their experience, the Second Company's casualties were always very small before the counterattack.
But as the Japanese and puppet troops advanced one hundred and fifty meters in front of the formation step by step, the situation suddenly changed.
"Machine gunner, start counterattack!" Li Binshan, who calculated the distance between the enemy and ourselves, decisively issued a counterattack order.
The eight machine guns of the main company and the recruit company immediately opened fire, and soon created an airtight net of bullets in front of the Japanese and puppet troops.
But because the puppet troops stood in front of the Japanese, most of the people who fell to the ground in the first round of strafing were Imperial Army soldiers.
And because the combat quality of the Imperial Alliance Army was not as good as that of the Japanese army, nearly a platoon was killed and wounded in one fell swoop.
"Hey, the Eighth Route Army finally fired back! The grenade launchers immediately counterattacked and knocked out these firepower points. The machine guns suppressed it and the covering troops continued to attack." Because there were Imperial Army soldiers in front of him to block bullets, the Japanese squadron leader was not worried.
and angry, but happy that the Eighth Route Army started to counterattack and exposed its own firepower.
"Boom, boom, boom..." In less than five seconds, a series of explosions sounded at the second company position.
A machine gun group that was not moved in time was blown over.
Fortunately for Li Binshan, when the grenade exploded, the two machine gunners hugged the machine gun tightly in their arms to ensure that the machine gun was not damaged even though they knew that they would definitely be killed!
"Two machine gunners go up, the machine gun fire cannot be stopped, and the bullets should be fired at the Japanese as much as possible!" Li Binshan ordered decisively while feeling heartbroken.
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