Chapter 18 The whole wing of the Japanese army slammed into the onslaught

"Kill and rush, rush me, we must break out of the encirclement of the Chinese army and move closer to Pingxingguan. Kill! Hiding in a huge dirt pit next to the Qiaogou Gorge Road, Ushijima was full of murderous brandishment brandishing a katana, and the two Japanese infantry brigades of the 23rd Infantry Wing of the command post headquarters charged in groups.

The two infantry battalions of the 23rd Infantry Wing of the 36th Brigade of Ushijima Mansho Division, under the command of Wing Commander Iyahashi Ichigo Daisa, charged in groups according to Ushijima Mitsuru's order, and launched a fierce attack on the blocking front formed by the 3rd Battalion and the 4th Battalion of the New 1st Regiment.

More than 2,000 little devils were murderous, holding Type 38 rifles and attacking the blocking positions constructed by the 3rd and 4th Battalions like a tide.

"Boom, boom, boom!!"

Japanese-made Type 92 infantry guns, grenadiers, mortars and other artillery fire smashed into the blocking position on the ancient road built by Ma Wenhai and others, because the ancient road was narrow, although the blocking position was enough to block the Japanese army of more than 2,000 people attacking horizontally with a small force.

However, the Japanese artillery fire was very fierce, and the blocking position was suddenly blown up with clouds of brilliant gunpowder smoke and flames. Fragments of shells flew everywhere, and many fighters were killed and wounded on the spot in the fortifications of the blocking positions. At least dozens of fighters were killed by the artillery fire of the little devils in the position, and the battle was extremely fierce for a time.

"Order a part of the 3rd and 4th battalions to resist me, reinforcements will arrive immediately!" Behind a hidden fortification behind the blocking position, Ma Wenhai, the commander of the third battalion of the new 1st Regiment, who was concentrating on observing the battle situation, frowned, and the blocking attack was very fierce.

"Yes, Battalion Commander!" A herald soldier beside Ma Wenhai responded to the road, and then the cat hurriedly ran along the trench to the blocking position to give the order.

At this time, once the blocking position is broken through by the little devils, then the main force of the Japanese 6th Division is likely to tear through the hole from here and retreat to Pingxingguan.

The news came from the thousands of troops of the Eighth Route Army of their own side who attacked Pingxingguan, and the Japanese defenders of Pingxingguan were holding the key points of the pass, although they tried their best to send troops east to meet the retreat of the 6th Division, but they were blocked by their own troops. However, once the Japanese defenders of Pingxingguan received reinforcements from Fanzhi, Yanmen Pass, Daixian and other places, the situation was a little different.

Therefore, after getting Li Yunlong's call at this time, more than 1,000 soldiers who were personally led by Wei Dayong to reinforce the third and fourth battalions had already arrived.

Before the reinforcements arrived, Ma Wenhai had to command all the three battalions and one of the four battalions to hold the valley road blocking position leading to Pingxingguan.

"Made, you have to hold your ground. Otherwise, things will be in trouble! Ma Wenhai stood behind the bunker fortifications, cautiously watching the defensive operations of the blocking position in front of him, and his mind was solemn.

At this time, the reserve of more than 1,000 new regiments led by Wei Dayong soon rushed to the blocking position, assisted the third battalion and the first battalion and some of the fourth battalion to firmly block the fierce attack of the two Japanese infantry brigades of the 23rd Wing of Ushijima Mansuo.

Relying on the weapons and equipment of a large number of little devils captured in the previous series of battles, the reserve reinforcements and the third and fourth battalions together blocked the pig assault tactical onslaught of the two Japanese infantry brigades.

Under the wave attack, the two Japanese infantry battalions of the 23rd Infantry Wing attacked fiercely, but under the fire counterattack of the Eighth Route Army troops in the blocking position, they were beaten with heavy casualties. The two Japanese infantry battalions attacked back and forth for at least ten minutes, losing nearly two squadrons of men and horses, and were unable to break through the blocking position of the new regiment.

"Bang!"

Ushijima Man, who was standing behind the hidden fortifications and commanding the battle, watched the two infantry brigades of the 23rd Infantry Wing, the wing commander of the Iehashi Ryō Division, not overcome, but instead lost his troops, Ushijima was already full of anger, and his right hand smashed on the sack in front of him, banging.

"Bagaya Road, Jiaqiao is one waste! Two infantry brigades, under the cover of artillery fire from the artillery brigade to which the brigade belongs, could not even take a small Chinese army blocking position, waste! Ushijima was full of anger, and the two infantry brigades attacked for about ten minutes, but they couldn't break through the blocking position of the Eighth Route Army, and if this continued, it was possible that the 6th Division would be annihilated.

Several Japanese staff officers who protected Ushijima looked at each other, and all the devil staff officers did not dare to come forward to persuade Ushijima to calm down.

In less than a minute, the commander of the 23rd Infantry Wing, who rushed to Ushijima Man, said helplessly: "Brigade commander, there is a heavy burden on your duty!" The firepower on the blocking position of the Eighth Route Army was too strong, and the horizontal surface of the valley road was not long, so our two infantry brigades attacked the pig assault and became the target of fire in the opponent's blocking position. Our department has suffered heavy casualties! ”。

"Rubbish, a bunch of rubbish!" Ushijima pointed to the head of the family bridge and scolded, and the scolded family bridge was able to stumble his head.

After scolding for a while, the battle continued. At this time, Ushijima was full of guilt and the bridge was united, and once he could not break through the blockade of the Eighth Route Army and broke through to Pingxingguan, there was a 90 percent chance that the 6th Division would be annihilated in the Qiaogou Gorge east of Pingxingguan.

"I order you to gather all your men and horses, and under the cover of the artillery brigade, attack me again. We are running out of time, and the Chinese army ambushing us will not give us too long! ”

Ushijima pointed to the family bridge and said, "I'll transfer you another infantry brigade of the 45th Wing to strengthen the assault force, go!" This time, I can't break through the resistance of the Chinese army, you drop, I thank His Majesty the Emperor for committing suicide! ”。

"Please rest assured that the brigade commander will definitely lead the army to break through the blocking position of the Eighth Route Army this time. Otherwise, without the brigade commander's hands, he will immediately commit suicide by disembowelment on the battlefield to thank His Majesty the Emperor! "Jiaqiao Heyi's face was flushed, and Ushijima Mitsuru transferred troops to the 45th Infantry Wing and an infantry brigade to strengthen the assault force, if it could not break through the blocking position built by Ma Wenhai and others, and retreat to Pingxingguan, the destruction of the 6th Division would be imminent.

Jiaqiao was left with no time, so he could only rush back to the troops quickly after a heavy pause, and commanded all the men of his 23rd Wing and an infantry brigade drawn from the 45th Infantry Wing by Ushijima to launch a fierce attack on the blocking positions of Ma Wenhai and others.

All of a sudden, the blocking position built by a new group of some men and horses on the valley road in the direction of Pingxingguan was violently attacked by the men and horses of at least one wing of the little devils, and the dense devil soldiers shouted slogans on board and board, once again exerting a pig-like attack.

At this time, Li Yunlong, who was paying attention to the battle situation at any time, saw that the blocking position of Ma Wenhai and others was violently attacked by three or four thousand Japanese troops in the bunker headquarters at a high place, and his heart suddenly tightened.