The new 2nd Regiment is facing a severe test.

The brigade commander placed the new 1st Regiment in Changning Town, and placed the 2nd New Regiment in the area of Zhuangzi Township in Xiaodian County.

This was done to protect the flanks of the new regiment and to reduce the pressure on the new regiment.

Because the Japanese 41st Division was heading north along the long road, the first target of attack must be the new 1st Regiment, and the 2nd Regiment was at most flanked by a small group of Japanese troops.

This judgment of the brigade commander was basically correct.

The 41st Division of the Japanese Army was indeed attacking the new regiment.

However, after many attacks were frustrated, Qing Shui Gui sacrificed the usual routine of the Japanese army, and sent a partial division to cross the southwest Migou and detour from the small ravine between Liujiapo Village and Milan Village.

If it was only an infantry brigade, the new 2nd Regiment would still be able to withstand it.

However, the 41st Division sent a bit more partial divisions this time, and it was a wing.

At this time, the pressure on the new second regiment was great, and the head of the regiment, Kong Jiedu, went to the front line in person.

"Commander, why did you come up?" Guo Yuansheng, the commander of the 1st battalion, said, "It's dangerous here. ”

"Less nonsense." Kong Jie said impatiently, "What is the situation now?" ”

"The situation is not optimistic." Guo Yuansheng's face fell, "The devil's attack is too fierce." ”

While the two were talking, gunshots rang out in front of them again, and the devil launched another attack on the new second regiment.

Kong Jie hurriedly raised the telescope, and through the field of vision of the telescope, he could clearly see that a group of about 50 devils with bright bayonets opened a sparse straggler line on the open plain, and swooped towards the position of the 1st Battalion of the New Second Regiment with great momentum.

Kong Jie turned his gaze again, and saw a small mountain bag on the right.

The field of view moves further to the left, and a small hill is also seen on the left.

These two small mountain bags, like two door gods, were stuck in the Japanese army's offensive line.

But it's a pity that now these two hills have been occupied by the little devils.

Kong Jie's face darkened, and he pointed to the two small hills and asked, "Commander of the 1st battalion, why don't you seize these two hills?" With such two important commanding heights, they didn't even send troops to defend them? ”

"Commander, keep it." Guo Yuansheng said with a bitter face, "But in the end, I didn't hold it." ”

"How did you fight this battle?" Kong Jie was furious, "Immediately organize a counter-charge and recapture the mountain!" If you can't take back the mountain, Lao Tzu will shoot you for a shit! ”

"Yes!" Guo Yuansheng gritted his teeth, turned around and shouted, "1 company, 3 company, assemble!" ”

Soon, more than 200 fighters from two companies were assembled in the makeshift trenches.

Guo Yuansheng said to Yang Kexin, the commander of the 1st Company: "Company Commander Yang, you are in charge of the hill on the left!" ”

After speaking, Guo Yuansheng said to the soldiers of the 3rd Company: "The 3rd Company will follow me to the right mountain!" As soon as the cannon stops after a while, he will charge Lao Tzu, and if he doesn't recapture the mountain, he won't have to come back alive! ”

"Yes!" More than 200 soldiers responded with a miserable expression.

Then two mortar batteries of the new 2nd Regiment began shelling.

Rows of 90mm caliber, 82mm caliber grenades were dumped onto the forward positions.

The devil, who was charging forward with a bayonet, was blown up and turned on his back, so he hurriedly retreated.

Because this was originally just a tentative attack by the devils, and then, the devils also concentrated 12 75mm mountain guns and 6 92 infantry guns to suppress the artillery of the new 2nd regiment.

Two mortar batteries of the new 2nd Regiment immediately stopped shelling and moved.

Guo Yuansheng raised the shell gun and shot it at the top of his head, and shouted: "Brothers, rush! ”

The next moment, more than 200 soldiers from the two companies rushed out of the trenches like tigers out of the box, and charged towards the two hills in front.

At this time, the Japanese army had already put up crane guns on two small hills.

Suddenly, heavy machine-gun fire poured down from the top of the hill.

The soldiers of the Eighth Route Army, who were charging forward, fell a dozen at once.

Kong Jie was suddenly anxious, and roared angrily: "Heavy machine gun company, fire cover!" ”

Kong Jie gave the order, and the heavy machine gun company behind the flank could no longer care about exposure, and opened full fire.

Dense machine-gun fire poured from the flanks towards the two small hills, and the devil's machine guns were suppressed.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, the soldiers of the 1st Battalion quickly rushed up the two small hills and engaged in a fierce white-knuckle fight with dozens of devils guarding the top of the small hills.

Through the field of vision of the telescope, Kong Jie could clearly see that Guo Yuansheng removed half of a devil's shoulder with just one knife, and even cut the 38 big cover in the devil's hand in half.

"Good boy!" Kong Jie couldn't help but cheer, he deserved to be his right-hand man.

But soon, Kong Jie couldn't laugh, because a devil sneaked up from behind without saying a word, and stabbed through Guo Yuansheng's vest in one fell swoop.

After Guo Yuansheng was stabbed, he still stabbed backhand, cutting off the head of the devil who was sneaking in behind.

Looking at Guo Yuansheng who fell to the ground and convulsed, Kong Jie trembled in distress, this is the cadre he exchanged from the Independent Regiment with 2 machine guns, gone!

The knife in the vest can't be saved by the gods.

But fortunately, the hill on the right side was finally taken down.

At the same time, the white-knuckle battle on the hill on the left has also ended.

But looking at the sparse dozen figures on the hill, Kong Jie's mood was bad again.

The number of veterans of the new second regiment was originally small, but now it is even less, and now it is even more incomparable with Lao Li and Lao Ding, why is it always me who is lagging behind?

……

In the blink of an eye, the time came to noon.

The correspondents who had been sent out returned one after another.

"Brigadier Commander." Yuan Qinglin, the commander of the communications company, said, "There is no problem with the independent regiment and the new regiment, the devils have been attacking all morning, but they have not even been able to break through their first line of defense." ”

"It's just that the situation of the new second regiment is not good."

"The 41st Division of the Japanese Army sent at least one wing to make a detour from the southwest Migou direction."

"Although the new second regiment is desperately resisting the attack, due to the lack of favorable terrain that can be used, the casualties of the troops are very large, and several cadres at the battalion and company level have been sacrificed."

The brigade commander's brow furrowed suddenly.

The 41st Division of the Japanese Army would send a wing to make a detour in the direction of Xiaodian, which he did not expect.

According to past experience, the Japanese army sent at most an infantry brigade to make a detour from the flank.

The foundation of the new 2nd Regiment was weak, and it was indeed difficult for them to block a wing of the Japanese army.

After frowning and muttering for a moment, the brigade commander said again: "Send someone to call the political commissar Zhao of the independent regiment immediately." ”

Yuan Qinglin hurriedly sent someone to call, and after a while, Zhao Gang hurriedly walked into the brigade headquarters.

"Zhao Gang." The brigade commander said in a deep voice, "Are the first minfu back?" How much is left undelivered? ”

Zhao Gang said: "The first batch of people have returned, and now there are about 30,000 materials left in the warehouse, all of which are grain. ”