Artillery shells fell from the sky and suddenly exploded on the fourth company position!
More than a dozen soldiers were caught off guard and were blown over on the spot, and several soldiers were blown out of the trenches!
"Shell attack, take cover!" the fourth company commander shouted heartbrokenly!
The mortar fire rate is too fast, and the Japanese attacking troops are close!
Many soldiers were still lying on the edge of the trench throwing grenades at the Japanese attacking troops, and the second round of shells had already been dropped!
In the blink of an eye, more than a dozen soldiers were blown up!
It wasn't until the Japanese stopped attacking and all the surviving soldiers hid in the trenches that the casualties came down!
"Company commander, the Japanese are attacking again!"
Less than half a minute after hiding, the sound of the warning sentry sounded!
Through the smoke generated by the explosion of the shells, the company commander could vaguely see sixty or seventy Japanese soldiers rushing over like crazy, holding rifles in one hand and grenades in the other!
"The Japs are about to charge forward. Throw grenades in front of them, throw them all out, and then prepare to fight with the Japs with bayonets!" the company commander shouted anxiously!
He grabbed a grenade, pulled out the safety, slammed it on the butt of the gun, and threw it out!
After throwing one, throw the second one!
At this time, the scene that the company commander was most worried about appeared!
The moment the grenade exploded, Japanese soldiers had already rushed more than 20 meters in front of the formation!
Even if they have the terrain advantage and are condescending, the Japanese can still throw grenades into the position!
And that’s exactly what they did!
A dozen white smoke grenades fell from the sky and hit the mountain ridge position!
Explosions sounded together on the fourth company position!
The two grenades were the most powerful, hitting the trench directly!
The grenade exploded, and the four soldiers nearby fell down. Their bodies were covered with wounds and blood, and they disappeared in the blink of an eye!
Of course, the Japanese casualties were even greater!
They were all exposed on the surface of the position, facing the rain of grenades falling from the sky, with no way to hide!
"Fix the bayonet and get ready to fight with the little devil on the bayonet!" After throwing out the last grenade around him, the company commander shouted at the top of his lungs while loading a new magazine for the box cannon!
There are still more than twenty Japs in front of the formation, and the Fourth Company, which has a full strength of more than 150 people, has more than thirty. Judging from the number, the advantage lies with the Fourth Company!
But my family knew their own affairs. If the two troops really collided with each other and fought head-on with bayonets, the remaining thirty people in the fourth company would be completely killed by the Japanese in five minutes at most!
But now the troops have no way to retreat. Even if they know they are outmatched, the company commander can only bite the bullet and attack!
But he doesn’t have no chance of winning!
The whole company and him have a total of five box guns. If they can be used well, at least half of the Japs will be killed instantly before a close encounter. The rifleman will hold back the remaining Japs and buy time for all the box guns to change bullets, and then use them again.
If the box cannon kills the remaining Japs, they will win this battle!
Seeing the Japanese charging closer and closer, you could clearly see the enemy's correct face. He rushed towards me with his bayonet pointed out, trying to poke a big hole in his body!
The company commander decisively pulled the trigger!
"Fire the box cannon, hit me hard!"
"Pa bang bang..."
The gunshot rang out, and the Japanese who rushed forward fell heavily to the ground with shock and unwillingness on their faces. Each of them had several bloody holes in his body!
They were only one step away from the final victory, but they had no chance to see it!
The Japs behind were stunned for a moment, and then they began to curse, but the movements of their feet did not stop!
Keep charging forward with your bayonet drawn!
"The riflemen come up to meet you, while the others change bullets, hurry up!" the company commander ordered decisively!
More than thirty Eighth Route Army troops faced off against a dozen Japanese soldiers, bayonets touching bayonets!
It stands to reason that the Fourth Company, which has three times the strength advantage, will definitely be able to inflict serious damage on the Japanese, or at least stab a few to death!
But the results are quite different!
Only one Japanese soldier died, but six people from the Fourth Company died!
The huge casualty ratio further proves the Japanese's powerful bayonet fighting ability!
Fortunately, at this time, there was already a box cannon with bullets replaced, and he joined the battle in time!
"Sir, the entire attacking force has been wiped out, but there is no one left on the Eighth Route Army on the mountain ridge!" The adjutant lowered his head and reported at the Japanese attack position!
The Japanese captain had a gloomy look on his face. He had thought of all the consequences, except this one!
His expression became more and more embarrassing, and he turned into an angry lion, shouting curses!
"Bageya Road, I didn't expect the Eighth Route Army on the mountain ridge to be so capable of fighting, and as fierce as the imperial army and not afraid of death!"
"The artillery fires and blows up all the remaining Eighth Route Army troops into pieces!"
"The First Squadron continues the attack, captures the mountain pass, kills the remaining Eighth Route Army, and then marches urgently to reinforce the blockade!"
"We have been delayed here for almost half an hour. We can't delay it any longer. According to intelligence, some strongholds on the blockade have been captured by the Eighth Route Army!"
"Boom boom boom..."
When the explosion sounded again on the mountain ridge, the second battalion commander Zhang Yun also had a sullen face, his expression was very ugly!
The Japanese were so ruthless that they fired artillery during the attack without fear of accidentally injuring their own people!
Fortunately, the communications staff officer of the regiment sent him good news!
"Battle Commander Zhang, the regiment commander ordered: All the detour troops are in place, and the troops can counterattack!"
"Also, the roundabout troops will take your counterattack as a signal and launch an attack on the Japanese army at the same time to annihilate them!"
The solemn expression on Zhang Yun's face disappeared instantly!
His eyes shone brightly and he shouted: "Great, instructor, I have been holding back for so long. I can finally fight back!"
"Order: Five companies, six companies, fire companies, enter the position as soon as the Japanese bombardment stops, and then wait for my order to counterattack!"
"The Japanese must think that there is no one on the mountain ridge, so we will use their tactics to get closer to them and beat them!"
More than a hundred Japanese soldiers, armed with rifles and screaming, rushed up the mountain ridge!
In their eyes, occupying the mountain ridge is a sure thing and there won't be any surprises!
Therefore, the closer they are to the ridge, the more careless they are, and the denser the offensive formation becomes!
Fifty meters away, there is still no movement on the mountain ridge!
This further confirmed their inner judgment. There were indeed no enemies on the mountain ridge, and the Eighth Route Army was finished!
"Da da da……"
The sudden sound of machine gun fire interrupted their sweet dream!
Dozens of tongues of flame appeared suddenly, some were shot with crooked handles, and some were shot with heavy machine guns!
The bullets flew towards them, intertwining with each other, forming an airtight bullet net, covering them!
The Japanese captain was stunned again. Seeing the sudden change in front of him, he showed a dumbfounded expression!
"Boom boom boom!"
Before they could react from the shock, the sound of shell explosions also reached their ears, and it rang in his ears!
"Sir, there is more than one company of the Eighth Route Army on the mountain ridge. Judging from the firepower, it is at least one battalion, and it is also a reinforced battalion equipped with mortars!" the adjutant shouted with a look of shock on his face!
"They are shelling our heavy machine gun position. The heavy machine gun position must be moved immediately!"
"There are also attacking troops. The Eighth Route Army's blocking firepower is too fierce. They must retreat immediately, otherwise they will definitely make the same mistake as the Second Squadron and the entire army will be destroyed!"
The captain almost shouted the order: "Then why are you still standing there? Go and give the order right away!"
"The Eighth Route Army just deliberately hid its strength and showed weakness to us. It must be planning a big conspiracy that we don't know about!"
"The attacking troops will withdraw immediately and artillery cover!"
"Also, order our remaining troops to strengthen their vigilance. Although I don't know what this conspiracy is, it must have something to do with us!"
"Boom boom boom..."
The explosion sounded again, this time directly at the artillery position!
"Sir, the artillery position has also been targeted by the Eighth Route Army, and the artillery shells were fired from behind us. There is also the Eighth Route Army behind us!" the captain of the third squadron reported, with a dumbfounded and shocked expression!
The captain's face suddenly turned pale!
If he still doesn't understand his opponent's conspiracy at this time, then his position as captain will be in vain!
He shouted out loud: "Retreat, everyone retreat, leave here directly and go back to Datong City!"
"We were fooled. The Eighth Route Army has a huge appetite. They want to surround us here and annihilate us!"
"Da da da……"
The captain only reacted now, it's obviously too late!
The order was issued, but before anyone could move, gunfire rang out all around, very densely!
"Sir, we are really surrounded!"
The adjutant didn't believe the captain's judgment at first, but now he believes it, and then he also showed a dumbfounded and shocked expression!
"Why are you still standing there, gather the troops and break out immediately!" The captain's eyes were full of shock. He didn't expect the Eighth Route Army to be so fast! But he did not lose his mind and ordered very decisively!
"The attacking force must have suffered heavy casualties. The artillery and heavy machine gun squadrons have also been targeted. We only have one infantry squadron left in our hands. If we don't leave, we won't be able to leave!"
Datong City Japanese garrison headquarters!
The combat staff officer who put down the microphone looked solemn and hesitated for several seconds before speaking bravely and reporting!
"General, so far, we have lost contact with three strongholds on the blockade. The nearby garrison reported that they also heard the explosion of mountain cannon shells on the battlefield!"
"We judge that these mountain cannons must have been used by the Eighth Route Army when they attacked our coal mines!"
"That's definitely the case!" Major General Noda replied calmly!
"Without heavy siege weapons like mountain artillery, the strongholds we built on the blockade could at least withstand the attack of a main regiment of the Eighth Route Army!"
"Now that we have lost three strongholds at once, I can't think of any other reason except that the Eighth Route Army has siege artillery to support it!"
"On Bageya Road, three strongholds have been breached, and all the gun towers in the middle must have been destroyed. The total must be no less than ten. This means that the blockade we have worked so hard to establish has been broken through at least five kilometers by the Eighth Route Army!
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"With such a long vacuum zone, even if the Eighth Route Army has tens of thousands of absentees, it can easily withdraw to the base area!"
"Where are the reinforcements? Logically speaking, they should have arrived at the front line. Why hasn't the news come back yet?"
"With their firepower and combat effectiveness, even if they can't block such a big gap, they can still intercept some absentees!"
"Contact them immediately. If you find the Eighth Route Army and the truants, intercept them if you can. If you can't intercept them, destroy them resolutely!"
"Once these deserters enter the Eighth Route Army base area, it won't take long for them to turn into a group of well-trained Eighth Route Army soldiers, and then in turn kill our soldiers! I must nip this hidden danger in the bud, even if they are still a group of unarmed soldiers
, or even absenteeism without the strength to restrain the chicken!"
The chief of staff immediately agreed: "The general is wise!"