The next day, when the morning sun just dawned, the cheetah squad was all asleep in the cave, and the third battalion of the 772nd Regiment of the 386 Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in Qiheng Village called out a tight knock on the door: "Battalion commander, open the door quickly, there is an emergency"

Camp Commander Zhou turned over and opened the door and asked, "Early in the morning, what's the situation?" ”

A soldier in a gray cloth uniform replied: "Battalion commander, the reconnaissance platoon found a small group of devils halfway up the mountain five kilometers ahead, moving in the direction of Pingding County. ”

"What?" The devil appeared on the mountain, go, we immediately reported to Deputy Regiment Commander He, as soon as Camp Commander Zhou heard that there were devils, he suddenly came to his senses, and he was completely sleepy, and hurriedly walked to a room at the rear of the camp with the soldiers.

"Knock...... Knock ......" on the door, and the door opened immediately, and a middle-aged man let them in.

Battalion Commander Zhou entered the house and said, "Deputy Regiment Commander He, according to the report of the reconnaissance platoon, a small group of devils was found on the mountain road ahead, to fight or not to fight?" ”

Deputy Head He said: "Devil, what are you doing on the mountain?" What is the purpose? Since they are here, they are going to be eliminated, and the headquarters ordered us to look for opportunities to fight a few beautiful battles, not to mention that there are only a small number of devils, and you can't eat a battalion of soldiers? The soldiers immediately urgently assembled, and the cadres of the whole battalion, company platoon, and squad immediately came over for a meeting to arrange combat missions. ”

Battalion Commander Zhou turned around and ran out, and gave an order, Deputy Regiment Commander He was very happy in his heart, and yesterday he went to the brigade headquarters for a meeting and came back from the third battalion to see his old partner's daughter Wang Xue, this girl, smart and clever, in the past two years, the army has suffered a lot at a young age, and I think that I am almost eighteen years old this year, the army is reorganized, and there is a lack of political education cadres at the battalion and company levels, Wang Xue took the initiative to invite Ying to the third battalion on the front line of the Anti-Japanese War as an instructor, but he met a small group of devils sent to the door, and the devils have recently attempted to capture Pingding County, These devils must have ulterior motives, no matter what? Destroy him first.

Deputy Regiment Commander He couldn't have imagined that the devil was ambushed by the Yamada Brigade last time, and Yamada Dazuo was killed, Inoue Ichiro proposed that in order to avoid the pain of the last time, he first sent various teams into the mountains to search for whether there was an ambush by the Chinese army, and broke into the three battalion defense area that had just arrived for a few days.

According to the report of platoon commander Li of the reconnaissance platoon, no devils in the brigade were found behind the devils, and this group of devils was about thirty or forty people in a small team, and it was possible that they were lost devil soldiers.

After the discussion between Deputy Regiment Commander He and Battalion Commander Zhou, the whole battalion left one platoon to stay behind, and the rest participated in the battle.

Wang Xue set off with the troops, according to Deputy Regiment Commander He, Battalion Commander Zhou meant that she stayed in the station, after all, fighting is a man's business, but Wang Xue said that she was an instructor, how could there be any reason not to participate in the battle.

As soon as they arrived at the designated place to lay in ambush, they found that the shadows of thirty or forty devils were walking slowly from the path ahead, and when they were nearly 300 meters away from the ambush place, they stopped, and several devils held the 38 rifles of the sun flag, climbed the small hill, looked around, and the rest of the devils were on guard in place.

The distance of 300 meters is the effective killing range of the Hanyang-made rifle of the Eighth Route Army, but how many of them are accurate? Bullets can't afford to waste. The soldiers are well hidden, hoping that the devils will come over as soon as possible, and while they are unprepared, they will be eliminated, and a few little devils will go back and say something to a military cao?

The devil immediately got up and set off again, two hundred meters, one hundred meters, fifty meters, hit! Deputy Commander He roared and took the lead in shooting at the devil.

In an instant, nearly 200 rifles rang out at the same time, and some soldiers threw L rounds at the devils, and the devils walking in the front row were immediately shot and fell, and several devils were injured on the ground.

After all, the devil was trained and experienced in combat, so he panicked, and quickly flashed to both sides to find cover to fight back, and a devil called for help on the walkie-talkie.

Battalion Commander Zhou shouted while shooting: "Quick, quickly destroy them, the devil has reinforcements." ”

The soldiers shot more violently, and the stormy gunfire exploded like thousands of thunderbolts at the same time, and the devils on both sides in front of them were instantly turned into pulp, and the screams rose and fell with each other.

Platoon Commander Li led the reconnaissance platoon to rush towards the devil, and the whistling bullets almost hit him, and one of the soldiers next to him was shot and fell, and the other soldier immediately dragged him behind the stones on the side of the road.

"Rush up and wipe out all the devils." Deputy Head He shouted again. The current strength is ten to one, rushing up to fight with the devil in close hand-to-hand combat, a quick battle, and can't be delayed until the devil's reinforcements arrive, so Deputy Commander He took the lead and jumped out.

"Da Da ......" the devil's machine gun roared, and pieces of bullets smashed the dirt in front of him like splashing water. At the same time, the devil set up two mortars and bombarded the ambush of the Eighth Route Army, and the shells blew up the soil around them and tumbled like boiling water, as if they wanted to destroy this place.

Soon, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were hit by shells, and in an instant, flesh and blood flew sideways, and new soldiers continued to run and shout. As the saying goes, on the battlefield it is the veterans who are afraid of machine guns, and the recruits who are afraid of shells. Many of the recruits were not even issued with guns, but copied broadswords and spears. I have not yet experienced bloody scenes on the battlefield, and when I saw my comrades-in-arms on weekdays being blown up and flying in all directions, I panicked all of a sudden, and the wounded were increasing, and the reconnaissance platoon of Platoon Commander Li was also suppressed by the devil's machine gun and could not move on the side of the road, and from time to time with the help of cover, he came out of his head and fired back a few shots.

Seeing this situation, Battalion Commander Zhou shouted loudly: "Don't panic, find cover, recruits and unarmed soldiers rescue the wounded and retreat," look ahead, it's not good, Deputy Commander He covered his thigh with his hand, blood flowed, Battalion Commander Zhou reddened his eyes, jumped up and ran a few steps, and put Deputy Regiment Commander He back, this devil's firepower is too strong, and the combat effectiveness is not weak, more than a dozen soldiers have been sacrificed, at least more than 20 soldiers have been injured, only more than 20 devils are left, the marksmanship is very accurate, this battle is really a nest, it is really a nest, it is really a chicken steal, The anti-devouring rice, the casualties are so large, and the devils can't be eliminated, and this battalion commander will come to an end.

Wang Xue was stunned by the tragic image in front of her, and then saw that Deputy Regiment Commander He was injured, and the blood flowed from his thigh, so he came to his senses and ran over and shouted: "Uncle He, don't move, first bandage the wound, tie your thigh with gauze to stop the bleeding" The two soldiers also came over and helped Deputy Regiment Commander He onto the stretcher and carried him to the back.

Deputy Regiment Commander He pricked the needle and wanted to come down, and said in his mouth: "My injuries don't matter, I must eliminate this group of devils," Deputy Regiment Commander He no longer had the joy he had before, and he thought that it was easy for a battalion to deal with more than 30 devils, and the devils had strong combat effectiveness, and they were one or two times stronger than the national name D army, and the national army still had machine guns and cannons, and the national army could win more with less and stronger with the weak after fighting with the national D for so many years.

Unexpectedly, after fighting for half an hour, although more than a dozen devils were killed, the casualties of the soldiers were more, the devils suppressed the team's attack with two machine guns, and there were more than ten rifles next to them that kept firing, and the mortars were even more crazy and bombed, basically controlling the situation, stationed and waiting for reinforcements, and the devils behind them will be more passive when they arrive at the situation, the ammunition of the whole battalion is insufficient, and the wounded need to be treated are still increasing. I was very worried and anxious.

Fierce firefights, stalemate with each other, suddenly from behind the devils ran a group of devils, about a squadron of nearly 100 people, by the devil's reinforcements arrived, seeing this situation, set up a few mortars, aimed at the battalion, "boom, boom" quickly fired several shells.

"It's not good to lie down," Battalion Commander Zhou saw that the situation was wrong, and shouted loudly, with the current situation, a wise choice must be made, otherwise the consequences will be very serious, Battalion Commander Zhou looked at Deputy Regiment Commander He, who was injured in the back, pondered for a while, and said: "The whole battalion, collect the bullets and ammunition, hand them over to the soldiers of the first company, recruits with no combat experience and soldiers under the age of eighteen, and organize all the wounded to retreat immediately."

The ammunition of the whole battalion was not very large, and the first company had less than 15 rounds of ammunition per person, but fortunately there were more than 40 hand-held ammunition, which lasted for half an hour at most, and had to be evacuated immediately.

Wang Xue and Platoon Commander Li led everyone, carrying stretchers to support the wounded, and were escorted by nine soldiers from the first squad to prepare for retreat.

Deputy Regiment Commander He did not insist on staying, knowing that Battalion Commander Zhou's order was correct, not to mention that these people could not help if they stayed, it was still a burden, the original plan was to use the advantage of more people to fight hand-to-hand with the devils, it was obviously impossible, more than a dozen excellent soldiers had been sacrificed, and more than 20 were injured, among which there were four seriously injured who needed to be rescued and operated on as soon as possible, and they could no longer increase the wounded, these were the forces of the War of Resistance!

The devil's firepower is becoming more and more intense, and he has completely suppressed the firepower of the third battalion and is preparing to charge.

Battalion Commander Zhou saw that Wang Xue and the others were still not moving, and if they stayed for one more minute, there would be more danger, and shouted at her: "Quick, Wang Xue and Platoon Commander Li go quickly, this is an order, execute it immediately, and prepare a hand L bullet, and when the devil is close, I will shout and throw it before throwing, save ammunition, and must hold on until Deputy Regiment Commander He and they evacuate safely." ”

Wang Xue saw that Deputy Regiment Commander He nodded at her, turned back to Battalion Commander Zhou and said, "Battalion Commander, be careful, after we retreat, quickly withdraw from the battle, there is no need to fall in love with the battle."

Camp Commander Zhou replied while paying attention to the devil's situation: "Well, let's go, I know." ”

Wang Xue led the recruits without a trace of hesitation, and the platoon commander Li and the soldiers of the first squad were behind, glanced at the position worriedly, and shouted "go quickly" ruthlessly, and the rest of the soldiers followed quickly, but there were too many wounded, and the journey was very slow.

Battalion Commander Zhou saw that Deputy Regiment Commander He and the wounded had retreated, breathed a sigh of relief, and said to the soldiers: "Now, the wounded have left, we have to save ammunition, hold on for a while, they will be safer, the devil's artillery fire is very fierce, the soldiers should disperse, and when the devil is close, throw L bombs and drag them." ”

The soldiers of the first company replied in unison: "Yes, battalion commander, rest assured, we will never let the devil pass, unless we step over our corpses." ”

Battalion Commander Zhou looked at these soldiers in front of him and sighed with emotion, what a good soldier! Among them, there are many soldiers who have come from the Long March and have experienced a hundred battles, but today because of their own carelessness, they miscalculated the combat effectiveness of the devils, and did not guard against the fact that the devil's reinforcements would come so quickly. After listening to Platoon Commander Li's report, I thought it was a lost devil who broke in, but it turned out that the devil had deliberately arranged it, deliberately did it, and it was purposeful and planned.

They never expected that these small teams of devils were Inoue Dazuo was afraid that there would be an ambush by the Chinese army in the mountains and forests, so he suggested to the brigade commander that the large army should go to Pingding County along the road, and he led his subordinates to keep a distance from several small pairs to be responsible for searching for whether there were Chinese troops on the mountain, and finding it to avenge Yamada Dazuo. Sure enough, a small team was ambushed, more than a dozen imperial soldiers were killed and wounded, and after receiving a call for help, he immediately ordered the two squads searching nearby to reinforce quickly, and he personally led the troops to converge, and he must destroy the Huaxia troops, he was very confident, because he called to listen to the gunfire of the Huaxia army, and learned that they were not many in number, backward in equipment and weak in combat, but they were not afraid of sacrifice, and the position was not an inch.

Inoue Ichiro was surprised when he heard this! What kind of team is here? Unlike the national army units encountered in the past, who led it? And who is directing the battle? Coming quickly, the sound of mortars and machine guns could be heard gradually, and Battalion Commander Zhou did not know that the greater danger was coming.