Defending the commanding heights on both sides of the road was the 4th battalion of the separate regiment.

4 Battalion Commander Zhang Dabiao set up his battalion headquarters on a hill with the widest view on the right, and there was a huge rock above the head of the battalion headquarters, which was a natural shelter.

It can effectively evade the damage of the Japanese army's curved fire.

The direct fire of the Japanese troops was also blocked by the mountain and could not reach the shelter.

Of course, everything that is good must have disadvantages, and there is no good thing in this world that only takes advantage of the advantages and does not pay the price.

Although the headquarters of the 4th Battalion could effectively avoid the Japanese warp fire and direct fire, it could also not see the movement of the Japanese troops in the middle valley.

But this was not a problem for the 4 battalion.

Because the defense of the middle valley and the road was the responsibility of Shen Quan's 2nd battalion.

All they had to do was defend the high ground on both sides of the valley and make sure that the 2nd Battalion was not attacked from behind.

There was a lively fight in the valley just now, and Zhang Dabiao could still hold his breath and lean against the rock wall to smoke Hade Gate leisurely, but his guard Yang Erniu was in a hurry.

Yang Erniu has to look out from time to time.

When I see that there are still no devils coming up, I will sigh.

Then he said with some worry: "Battalion commander, this little devil won't let the 2nd battalion finish fighting, right?" ”

Don't laugh, that's what Yang Erniu thinks, he is really worried that the devil will be killed by the 2nd battalion.

The ambush battle in Changning Town gave the soldiers of the 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army a strong illusion, and killing devils seemed to be no different from chopping melons and vegetables.

So Yang Erniu is really worried that the devil will be killed by the 2nd battalion.

In a sense, this is undoubtedly a kind of blind confidence.

But blind self-confidence is also self-confidence, and a clever commander can correctly guide this self-confidence, and he can make the troops under his command become an invincible army of tigers and wolves!

Why is it said that the troops that have won more battles tend to have higher combat effectiveness? Here's why!

Because there are too many victories and battles, the morale of the officers and men will be high, and they will feel that no one in the world is their opponent, and no matter what kind of opponent they encounter in the future, they will already be mentally overwhelmed by the other side.

Zhang Dabiao is undoubtedly a clever commander.

So he didn't laugh at Yang Erniu, but just said: "Erniu, don't worry, the devil has you to beat!" ”

"I'm afraid not." Yang Erniu shook his head and said, "It seems that there is only one brigade coming back this time, right?" ”

Zhang Dabiao said: "It is also a brigade, the 3rd Brigade is different from the 9th Brigade, the 9th Brigade has already disabled our independent regiment." ”

"There are only four brigades in total."

"It's estimated that there may not even be 4,000 people."

"And there are no artillery, engineers, baggage soldiers or anything."

"But the 3rd Brigade is a complete independent mixed brigade."

"Not only are the five infantry brigades intact, but also the artillery, engineer, and baggage brigades, as well as the brigade and regimental headquarters, are basically intact, and the entire brigade has seven or eight thousand people, to say the least."

"Even seven or eight thousand pigs, enough for two battalions to kill for half a day."

"What's more, seven or eight thousand devils? So you don't have to worry, you have to fight. ”

Yang Erniu breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to sit down to smoke a cigarette when he suddenly saw a team of devils appear on the opposite mountain beam out of the corner of his eye.

"Battalion commander, there are devils!"

Yang Erniu suddenly perked up.

Zhang Dabiao also rolled over and got up, and then raised the telescope.

Through the field of vision of the telescope, Zhang Dabiao can see more clearly.

I saw that about a small group of devil infantry had climbed to the top of the opposite hill.

Looking at this posture, the devil is preparing to detour behind the 2nd Battalion from the top of the mountain, and then launch a dive condescendingly, and cooperate with the devils attacking along the road in the valley to eat the 2nd Battalion.

"The little devils of the dog day are cunning enough." Yang Erniu said, "I really came back from the top of the mountain." ”

Zhang Dabiao could only roll his eyes, your mother, this is also called cunning? That's just the basics, okay?

The real cunning is Staff Officer Wang, and the "side-firing firepower" tactic proposed by this dog day is really powerful!

At that moment, Zhang Dabiao stretched out his hand and said, "Erniu, give me the gun." ”

Yang Erniu hurriedly handed over a 38 big cover.

Zhang Dabiao pulled the bolt of the gun and pushed a bullet into the chamber of the gun.

Then put the gun on the rock wall, aim at the devil 1,000 meters away on the opposite side, and pull the trigger.

Zhang Dabiao aimed at a devil flag bearer with a bayonet on the opposite mountain beam.

When the gun rang out, the devil's standard-bearer answered...... Squatted down, and the dozens of devils who followed behind the devil standard-bearer also knelt on the ground one after another.

In the next moment, fifty or sixty tongues of fire bloomed on the waistline of the mountain beams on both sides of the valley.

However, it was the 12 Type 92 heavy machine guns and 54 crutch light machine guns deployed by the 4th Battalion at the waistline of the mountain beam that opened fire.

66 light and heavy machine guns fired fiercely at the same time, and 66 dazzling tongues of fire were like flame whips in the hands of the Grim Reaper, violently pumping towards the devils who were advancing along the ridges on both sides.

In an instant, the devils fell to the ground in rows like wheat cut down by a sickle.

The effective firing range of the light machine gun is only six or seven hundred meters, and the ballistic dispersion area of more than 800 meters is no longer visible, but the accuracy is not enough, and the number is to make up.

More than 50 crutches were fired at the gun, forming a huge barrage that was more than enough to make up for the lack of accuracy.

Therefore, in the face of such a dense barrage, the devil infantry advancing along the ridges on both sides of the valley fell one by one, and in the blink of an eye, half of them had already suffered casualties.

As soon as the rest of the devils saw that the situation was not right, they quickly retreated.

The second attack of the Japanese 3rd Brigade was again disintegrated.

Looking at the few devils who retreated, and then at the dozens of devils lying on the ridge, Yang Erniu couldn't help but say: "Damn, Counselor Wang's method is really good." ”

"How can machine gun fire still be used like this?"

Zhang Dabiao is also very impressed in his heart, and he really admires it.

I remember that when Wang Yan first told him about side-firing firepower, he was still a little unimpressed.

Otherwise, with the support of the head of the regiment, he would not have adopted it at all, but looking back now, the reason why the head of the regiment supported Wang Yan so strongly is really not unreasonable.

The king counselor of the dog day is really not simple!

It is worthy of being the elite of the Central Military Academy!

……

A few hundred meters away, inside the command post of the separate regiment.

"Hahaha, the second wave of the devil's attack has been repulsed again." Li Yunlong put down the binoculars, turned back to Wang Yan and said, "Staff Officer Wang, this side-firing firepower you got from the dog day really fucking works." ”

"The devil who advanced along the ridge just now was beaten badly by the 4th battalion."

Wang Yan said with a smile: "Regiment commander, this is nothing, the method of using side-firing firepower was actually invented by the devil, and in the first stage of the Battle of Songhu, the national army suffered a big loss from the devil's side-firing firepower!" ”