At the entrance to the valley, the first battalion of the 302nd Regiment of the 3rd Brigade of the Yanhuang Regiment was stationed here.

Before the devils came to the mouth of the valley, they had already laid an ambush, waiting for the arrival of the devils, and when the devils came to the mouth of the valley, the first battalion of the 302nd regiment did not move, but continued to lurk and wait.

After all the devil's troops chased into the valley, the first battalion of the 302nd Regiment rushed out and quickly occupied the commanding heights at the mouth of the valley.

Although there is only one battalion, the first battalion is armed with the latest automatic rifles, in addition to dozens of light and heavy machine guns, 15 mortars, 10 grenade launchers, and an artillery battalion of 10 howitzers for fire support.

If you count the terrain advantage they occupy, then the strength of a battalion is enough to destroy the devils in the valley, but Xu Minghan and Zhu Daguang asked them to surround the valley, but they besieged but did not attack, waiting for the next order.

In other words, they only need to block the mouth of the valley, and as for why they will not be allowed to attack, they do not know.

It's simple to block the valley mouth, you only need to arrange some snipers on the stone wall commanding heights on both sides of the valley mouth, and then arrange the next company of troops outside the valley mouth to block it head-on, and the remaining two companies are as reserves, and the devils can't rush out even if they sacrifice their lives.

Less than ten minutes after encircling the valley mouth, gunfire rang out in the valley, and it sounded like the devils exchanged fire with the 301st regiment at the exit of the valley. It didn't take long for the figure of a devil to appear at the mouth of the valley.

"Prepare for battle!" As soon as he saw this posture, he knew that the devil wanted to break through from the entrance of the valley, so the commander of the 302nd regiment immediately gave an order to let the snipers block the enemy first.

After receiving the order, the snipers on the mountain walls on both sides of the valley immediately launched a fire, and the twelve snipers did not miss a bullet, and when a bullet was fired, a devil would fall, and a large area would fall in the blink of an eye.

These snipers have undergone special training in the Stinger team, and their marksmanship is like a god, and they specially select the devil's machine gunners, grenadier and officers to fight, and in a moment's effort, dozens of devils have been put down, leaving the devil's team leaderless and panicking.

As soon as they saw that the situation was not good, the Japanese officers in charge of directing the charge panicked, and they hurriedly brandished their command knives and shouted, "Quick, withdraw and stop the attack." ”

The Japanese soldiers have been waiting for this sentence for a long time, these opponents hidden in the shadows are too terrible, they were killed without seeing each other's shadows, such a battle is really a bit unbeatable.

In less than ten minutes of fighting, forty or fifty devils fell at the mouth of the valley, seven of the junior commanders alone died, in addition to four machine gunners, six grenadiers, plus two Japanese medics, and the rest were ordinary soldiers.

After the failure of the assault, the commander of the devil adjusted a little, and then sent his troops out again and relaunched the attack, this time they sent infantry, and the skirmish line was wide open, in order to reduce the loss of personnel.

Looking at the devils who rushed up, the battalion commander of the first battalion of the 302nd regiment sneered, and then gave an order!

More than a dozen warriors rushed up with fuel canisters on their backs, pounced in front of the fortifications, and then pressed the button, and suddenly a fire dragon erupted, covering the mouth of the valley in an instant.

In just a few breaths, the mouth of the valley turned into a sea of fire, and a belt of fire with a depth of twenty or thirty meters appeared in front of the Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers stopped and looked at each other, "What should I do, I can't rush through at all." ”

If it is one or two meters, they can still rush, but this burning belt is more than 20 meters, so it is guaranteed to become a roast duck before it rushes out.

Look at me, I'll look at you, Jun Cao, who was in charge of commanding the attack, waved his hand helplessly, "Retreat, this can't be rushed." ”

Seeing the devil roll back, the commander of a battalion outside the mouth of the valley laughed, he patted the shoulders of those burning soldiers, and said approvingly, "Okay, good job, come down and make pancakes and stew, it's enough." ”

was beaten back again, the commander of the devil couldn't help but feel anxious, they knew that the longer the delay, the more dangerous their own people would be, if the other party came to blow up the mountain, then their own people would be buried alive under this mountain wall.

Therefore, the Japanese commander urged those soldiers to rush up for the third time, but unfortunately, the 302nd regiment had enough incendiary charge, and the sea of fire forced those devils back.

The devil is out of line, rushing, can't rush out; Retreat, retreat and have nowhere to go; Now the devil is in a desperate situation and can only wait for rescue.

Therefore, the Japanese troops temporarily stationed in the valley, on the one hand, through the radio to contact the devil troops who remained in Meiling Town, and on the other hand, looking for a way out.

It's a pity that there is no other exit here except for the valley passage at both ends, and the devils have been busy for a long time and have not found a place to go out, but because they climbed the cliff and fell to death, several devil soldiers died.

There was really no way, the devils had to return to the valley, stationed down and began to build fortifications, ready to stand by and wait for help, they believed that the brigade commander would not ignore them, and would definitely come to the rescue.

In this way, the valley mouth calmed down, the Japanese troops did not break through, and the 302nd regiment was not in a hurry to attack, but continued to block the valley mouth.

At the same time, the 301st Regiment at the other end of the valley also began to build fortifications, and then left one battalion to garrison it, while the remaining two battalions quietly left here and took another detour to the outside of Meiling Town.

Encirclement and reinforcement is the tactic discussed by Xu Minghan and Zhu Daguang this time, using the devil troops in the valley as bait to lure out the devils in Meiling Town, and then eliminate them halfway.

In addition to leaving two battalions to surround the two brigades of devils and a regiment of puppet troops in the valley, the remaining regiment and four battalions of the third brigade were arranged in a col outside Meiling Town, ready to wait for the arrival of devils.

Xu Minghan believed that the devils would definitely send people to rescue the devils of these two brigades, and what was waiting for them at that time was the ambush circle of the Third Brigade.

The team moved nervously, and the troops set off from their respective positions and rushed to the predetermined ambush site, in addition to the nearby militia and local armed forces also moved to assist the regular troops in making some preparations, and arranging the ambush circle more tightly and solidly.

The hours passed quickly, and it was getting dark, and the valley was plunged into darkness, and piles of firewood were lit, and the devils gathered around the camp, gathered around the campfire, and talked in whispers as they roasted the fire.

They were cold and hungry, and before they came, they had left all the dry food they had brought with them on the way, and who would have thought that it was a trap, they were trapped in the valley, and they had nothing to eat, only a small spring with a small water flow, and they could provide them with some water to drink.

If it were other Chinese troops, maybe the Japanese soldiers were confident that they would get out of trouble quickly, but the Yanhuang Army was too strong, and the slam just now let them know the strength of the other party, so these soldiers were in a very low mood, full of confusion about the future, and didn't know how long they could hold on!

In this way, in confusion and hunger, the devil spent the night and waited until dawn!

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