The Japanese army has a tradition of repairing fortifications, as long as they are free, they will repair fortifications, so they got the nickname of groundhog.

Furuya wields a sapper pickaxe and is digging fortifications.

Just as he was digging hard, Furuya suddenly felt that his ass was kicked, and he turned around in shock, only to see the captain standing half a meter behind him with a water bottle.

"Drink your saliva, Furuya-kun." Yamazaki Jihei said with a pleasant face.

"Thank you, Captain." Furuya took the kettle and took a sip.

The Yamazaki Brigade was trapped on the high ground by the Eighth Route Army, so the water had to be spared to drink.

Yamazaki Jihei waved his hand and said, "Furuya-kun, don't be so economical, drink a few more sips." ”

"Captain, I'm not too thirsty." Furuya shook his head and handed the kettle back to Jihei Yamazaki.

Jihei Yamazaki took the kettle but poured a big mouthful, and then wiped his mouth and said: "Furuya-kun, the terrain here is conducive to the imperial army to carry forward the advantage of firepower, and the requirements for fortifications are not high, so you better save a little physical strength, and when the reinforcements complete the siege of the Chinese army from the periphery, we will also carry out a counterattack." ”

Furuya slammed a sigh, but he still subconsciously waved the sapper pickaxe again.

Jihei Yamazaki shook his head and was about to leave, when he seemed to see dust rising in the distance.

Looking back in a hurry, I saw strands of dust rising from the ridge line of the gentle slope to the south.

What's the situation? Jihei Yamazaki hurriedly raised the six-fold telescope, and now he could see more clearly, as if someone was digging a fortification at the ridge line, but he couldn't see a human figure at all.

"Captain, the Chinese army seems to be digging a tunnel!" Furuya said in a low voice.

"The Chinese army wants to shorten the distance of the charge by means of earth work." After all, Yamazaki Jihei is also a veteran of a hundred battles, and he saw through the intentions of the Eighth Route Army at once, and sneered at the moment, "Order, the artillery squadron will carry out artillery bombardment on the tunnels of the Zhina Army and blow up their sappers!" ”

The herald standing behind Jihei Yamazaki immediately waved the red flag.

Seeing the flag, the Japanese artillery in the artillery position quickly determined the firing of Zhuyuan, a test shot, and then 6 81mm light mortars opened fire at the same time.

Suddenly, rows of shells landed on the ridge of the mountain ahead.

After ten rapid fires, the artillery stopped shelling, and Jihei Yamazaki once again raised the telescope.

The wind was strong in the mountains, and it only took a dozen seconds for the smoke and dust raised by the explosion to dissipate.

Just when Yamazaki Jihei thought that the sappers of the Eighth Route Army had been wiped out by artillery, the position of the Eighth Route Army, which had just been silent, suddenly came to life again, and a handful of dust was raised again.

Obviously, the shelling of the artillery squadron had little effect.

Furuya lost no time in explaining: "Captain, the tactical literacy of the Chinese army is very high, and when they dig the tunnel, they do not dig in a straight line, but in the shape of a broken line, so that even if there are shells falling into the tunnel, the killing effect is very limited!" What's more, the chance of the shells falling into the tunnel is not very good in the first place. ”

"Yaga." Jihei Yamazaki said unhappily, "I don't need you to remind you of this." ”

"Hello." The ancient house slammed its head and stepped aside.

Looking at the dust that was still rising in front of him, Yamazaki Jihei showed a fierce light.

……

At the foot of Lijiapo Mountain, there is an open flat land.

Six 90mm mortars of the artillery battery of the separate regiment have been lined up.

The six gunners including sweet potatoes are already in place, waiting for the company commander to provide parameters.

The artillery company commander Yu Chengzhu gave the thumb of his right hand, then straightened his right arm, aimed at Li Jiapo in front, closed his left eye first and then his right eye, and then shouted: "Distance, about 1000 meters!" Angle of ecuation, 57 and a half degrees! ”

The six artillerymen including the sweet potato hurriedly turned the knob of the mortar and adjusted the angle of fire.

"Probably?" Zhao Gang was a little worried and asked, "You won't hit your own people, will you?" ”

"Lao Zhao, you can rest assured." Li Yunlong was not worried at all, and said, "The pillar cannon is amazing, and it has never disappointed me." ”

As he spoke, Yu Chengzhu checked the firing angles of the six guns again.

At this time, the observation post at the top of Lijiapo suddenly sent back a message: The devil has counterattacked!

"I've been waiting for you for a long time!" Li Yunlong laughed cruelly and shouted, "Pillar, blow up his dog for Lao Tzu!" ”

Yu Chengzhu looked calm, and shouted in a deep voice: "Yes, according to the calibration of Zhuyuan, ten rounds of rapid fire, fire!" ”

With Yu Chengzhu's order, the six ammunition men who had been preparing for a long time immediately took out a shell from the ammunition box and handed it to the six gunners including sweet potato.

Six gunners, including Sweet Potato, took the five-kilogram shell, held the shell tightly with both hands, aimed the tail of the shell at the muzzle, and then let go, and the shell slid in.

……

Lijiapo top, Japanese position.

Jihei Yamazaki held his saber high, looked up to the sky and roared: "Assault, Taoji changes ......"

At least one infantry squad of more than fifty devils immediately jumped out of the trench, holding bright bayonets, shouting and charging at the ridge of the mountain in front.

More than fifty devils poured up.

Jihei Yamazaki had a smug smile on his face.

The old devil took it for granted that a small team's counter-assault was enough to stop the Eighth Route Army's earthwork.

However, the smile on Jihei Yamazaki's face quickly froze, because just as the infantry squad was halfway through the attack, a squeaky scream suddenly sounded in the air ahead.

"Nani?" Jihei Yamazaki's eyes widened in surprise, "Shelling? ”

The next moment, rows of shells fell from the sky, and they exploded on the ground.

Yamazaki Jihei was more and more surprised to see that the artillery of the Eighth Route Army was very accurate, and the landing point of the shells almost perfectly sealed the Japanese army's charging route.

In the continuous explosions, one after another burst of flames bloomed like flowers.

It's just that the flaming flowers of the shells will be deadly, and in the blink of an eye, the attacking infantry squad will be blown to pieces by this wave of artillery fire.

Before the shelling was over, dozens of machine guns appeared behind the ridge line of the hill ahead.

Dozens of dazzling tongues of fire were like flame whips in the hands of the god of death, and they slammed over.

The devil soldiers, who had already been blown up by the shelling, were hit hard again.

The squad of more than fifty devils who attacked fell most of them in the blink of an eye.

The remaining dozen devils lost their courage and fled back in a panic.

Although Yamazaki Jihei was so angry that he screamed, there was nothing he could do about it, so he couldn't really shoot all the Japanese soldiers who fled back, right?

In this case, it would be a death to fight back.

It seems that the only way to ask for support is to the aviation.

At that moment, Yamazaki Jihei said to the signal corps: "Quick, ask the 1st Flying Regiment of the Air Force to dispatch attack aircraft to destroy the artillery cluster of the Shina Army, hurry up!" ”

The signal corpsman hurriedly copied the walkie-talkie and shouted: "Call the 1st Flying Regiment, call the 1st Flying Regiment, the 36th Independent Infantry Brigade request air fire support, repeat ......"

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