"Let's get started!" When the sound of artillery sounded again behind him, the Japanese 114th Wing, which was located on the left flank of the position, finally launched an attack. Even Zhuo Fei and Mu Taguchilian, who was the commander of the 18th Division at the time, did not expect that what was originally just an ordinary encounter between the two armies would actually turn into a bloody battle between the Independent Army and the 18th Division. Occupied by a company-sized unit of the Independence Army, the hill has become a bloody killing ground repeatedly fought by the Independence Army and the 18th Division, and soldiers on both sides have already paid hundreds of casualties for the battle over the mountain.

When Rutgers, who was a company commander but was seriously wounded, was carried down from the dirt mountain, he did not expect that this dirt mountain, which was seized by his own company, would become a target for both the enemy and the enemy, and he did not know that this dirt mountain, which was marked on the map by the staff of the independent army as Heights 01, would be almost razed to the ground by this battle. Around this dirt hill marked as 01 Heights, the Independent Army and the 18th Division have been completely angry, and repeated battles have also made 01 Heights corpses all over the field.

The 18th Division has a full strength of more than 23,000 people, and the 18th Division, as an independent combat unit, will be equipped with a relatively complete establishment, including infantry, artillery, and engineers, so the attack methods of the 18th Division will also be more diverse. The 114th Wing, which was the main force of the attack, attacked from the flank, and they were attacked by the 2nd Regiment of the 5th Independent Division, although the 2nd Regiment was inferior to the 114th Wing, but in terms of firepower output, the 2nd Regiment was incomparable to the 114th Wing.

According to the usual attack, before the 114th Wing began to attack, it still used artillery fire to bombard the 01 heights, and the mountain artillery and field artillery were used together. Although the 114th Wing brought only 75 mm mountain artillery and field artillery under the 01 heights, for the earth mountain in front of them, this caliber of artillery fire is already enough. The artillerymen of the 114th Wing were so confident that they even arrogantly believed that they did not need to use all the strength of the follow-up infantry at all, and that their artillery fire alone would be enough to take the mountain.

The 18th Division had never fought against the Independence Army at all, and the rough knowledge of the Independence Army was all derived from the description of the Singapore defenders in telegrams, so they suffered a big loss this time. The artillery of the 114th Wing had just made a move, and a rocket artillery company still two miles away from the 01 Heights received a return signal from the high-altitude reconnaissance planes, and according to the coordinates of the high-altitude reconnaissance planes locking on the Japanese artillery positions, the rocket artillery company two miles away from the 01 Heights immediately responded.

The three 12-barrel rocket artillery vehicles were immediately deployed on the spot, and after one test firing, according to the data transmitted by the high-altitude reconnaissance plane, the three rocket artillery vehicles immediately carried out strong fire suppression on the artillery position of the 114 Wing after slightly adjusting the launchers. Rocket artillery weapons are unfamiliar to the Japanese army, even if the Japanese spies have found out the so-called rocket artillery weapons from the Soviet army, they have never seen the real thing after all, let alone seen the field firing process and lethal effect of rocket artillery.

More than 30 whistling rockets fell from the sky, and before the artillery of the 114th Wing could recover their senses, they had already swallowed up the artillery positions of the 114th Wing. The sound of explosions in the distance, and the strange stop of shelling from the Japanese side, not only cheered the soldiers of the Independence Army who were holding on to the 01 heights, but they had already learned from the walkie-talkies that reinforcements had arrived from their side.

Reinforcements came, and the more than 200 soldiers of the Independent Army who held the 01 heights were full of courage, and in the face of the Japanese troops attacking the mountain like locusts, when these soldiers of the Independent Army fired again, they no longer had the hesitation just now. "The Japanese army is coming up again!" With a dense shout, the Japanese soldiers charged again, the bayonets on their rifles gleaming in the sunlight. With a crazy roar, a group of Japanese troops began to charge towards the 01 heights, although the opponent's long-range artillery fire ended their artillery positions on their side, but the officers and men of the 114th Wing were still confident that they could take the dirt mountain in front of them, and the machine guns and grenadiers in their hands would serve as the fire pillars of the entire flank.

"Let's fire!" At a distance of 300 meters, the two light machine guns on the 01 heights let out an angry roar, thinking that the attacking Japanese troops kept spitting out a rain of bullets, and the fiery red bullets formed a red long whip and swept across the slope. Although only two light machine guns could not build a firepower network that could block the advance of the Japanese army, the fire chain from these two light machine guns still caught some Japanese soldiers off guard, and in the blink of an eye, dozens of Japanese soldiers were already swept away by the projectiles spit out by the light machine guns like cutting wheat.

The entire Japanese offensive also stalled, and many Japanese soldiers began to look for cover or lie on the ground to avoid the deadly rain of bullets, and once the impact lost speed and strength, it was equivalent to losing. The Japanese officer who commanded the forward operation saw that the situation was not good, and immediately ordered the grenadier to fire and cover the mortar forward, but after several test firings, the Japanese found that the opponent's machine gun bunker was very low, and under the cover of the terrain, even curved fire was difficult to hit. The use of mortars and grenadiers failed to dispel the enemy's machine-gun fire, but it worked against other bunkers on the hill, and the attacking Japanese concentrated grenadiers and mortars to attack a certain section of the Independence Army's position, and in the dense explosions, the Independence Army soldiers on the hill were almost unable to hold on.

"Damn the Japanese, it's simply too dangerous to fight with them!" Throwing himself into the trench to avoid the bombardment of a grenade, the company commander Rutgers couldn't help but curse secretly, especially when he saw the dense patch of earthy yellow in the middle of the mountain, which made Rutgers's face much worse. After the concentrated use of grenadiers and mortars, the offensive of the 114th Wing began to become smooth, and the Japanese attack was like a huge chisel cutting through the defenders' positions little by little. If it weren't for the sharpness of the weapon, Rutgers dared to guarantee that as long as the opponent attacked with all his strength, the entire defense line on his side would be complete.

But fortunately, the soldiers under his command are quite reliable, at least they can still be firmly nailed to the position, and if more than 200 people fight to the death and do not retreat, how can they hold out until the arrival of reinforcements from the brigade. "Firepower! The only thing that can stop the opponent is strong firepower suppression! Rutgers had already seen the movements of the Japanese troops down the hill through the binoculars, and knew that the other side had concentrated mortars and grenadiers to suppress their positions from a distance.

Unfortunately, Rutgers and Ben did not carry mortars, but only two bazookas, and the range of the bazookas could not knock out the opponent's mortar position. More than a dozen mortars were pouring shells from less than 800 meters away from them, and each roar meant that hundreds of shrapnel were raging on the hill, and his soldiers could only suffer this unfavorable situation in silence.

"Company commander, we have contacted the friendly army that just provided us with fire support, and the other party asked if you still need fire support? They need specific coordinates and directions. Just as Rutgers was racking his brains to find a solution and try to turn the situation around, the footman who had been forced to stay in the barrage rushed over and brought Rutgers a piece of unexpectedly good news. The walkie-talkie configuration of the Independence Army had already been implemented in the company platoon, and the walkie-talkie squatting next to Rutgers was the only walkie-talkie still alive in his company.

Successfully used a walkie-talkie to contact the rocket artillery company located two miles away from the rear, and learned that two infantry companies were already rushing to the Japanese flank, Rutgers was excited and immediately asked the rocket artillery company to implement long-range fire support for himself. The lethality of the rocket artillery salvo against a massive infantry charge proved to be truly amazing, and the three rocket artillery vehicles swept away the troops of the 114th Wing under attack with only one salvo, and the Japanese troops of the two squadrons of Moyo were covered in the explosion of the rockets.

The 114th Wing, which was the main attacker, was dumbfounded, some officers and soldiers were glad that they were still in the starting position, while other Japanese soldiers were fighting in two groups, and the lethality of the other party's weapons was too strong. The 114th Wing, which had suspended the continuation of the offensive, lost nearly three squadrons of strength and almost all of its long-range firepower, was temporarily silenced. The 114th Wing is completely confused about the rocket artillery weapons of the Independence Army, whether it is on the Chinese battlefield or the Southeast Asian battlefield, they have never seen this kind of weapon.

Knowing that the attack of the 114th Wing was blocked, and there were heavy casualties and almost all of the long-range fire weapons destroyed by the opponent, the division commander Mutaguchi Lian was also furious, and the 18th Division had never fought such an embarrassing battle since the day it was founded. In particular, the news that the 114th Wing has suffered casualties among three squadrons is even more unacceptable to Mutaguchi Lian, you must know that the 18th Division can be called the elite of the elite in the Japanese military sequence.

The strength of the three squadrons was killed and wounded in just over an hour, which was not acceptable to Mutaguchi Ryoya in any way. As a result, before the 114th Wing withdrew the troops under attack, it received an order from the division and regimental headquarters, requiring the 114th Wing to attack the 01 Heights again, and to end the battle within one hour and completely annihilate the enemy. "Nani? How could the division commander give such an order? Can the lives of our soldiers of the 114th Wing be ignored at will? "The officers of the 114th Wing were furious when they received such a strong order from the division, but they could not refuse, because this was a military order and they were soldiers.

According to the Rutgers Company guarding the 01 Heights, they were already reinforcing their positions, and knowing that a large number of friendly troops were already rushing to the rescue, the soldiers of the Rutgers Company had the intention of holding the place for a long time with the Japanese army. Knowing that less than two miles behind the position there was a rocket artillery company ready to provide them with long-range fire support, the morale of the Rutgers Company was even higher, and they were already somewhat impatient to look forward to another Japanese attack, preferably a large-scale attack of the kind that would be launched in full swing.