"Hit me hard!"

"Mortar, blow up that devil machine gun!"

On the road under the Mali Mountain, the Japanese army was in a mess, a large number of supplies were blown up, and Chinese troops appeared on both sides of the road, plus these Japanese troops were auxiliary troops of engineers and baggage soldiers, and in the face of elite troops like the 40th Division, it was naturally very difficult to fight.

If these Japanese troops were facing ordinary Chinese troops, they would naturally not be afraid, but they were facing the 40th Division.

The 40th Division at this time can be said to be a rare elite division in the national army at this time.

A division can chase after an infantry wing of the Japanese army, and its combat effectiveness is even stronger than that of an infantry wing of the Japanese army.

In the face of a flanking attack from both sides, the baggage units and engineer units of the Japanese 18th Division suffered heavy losses, especially the engineer wing.

The engineer wing had few people and the baggage wing had a large number of people, but even so, the losses of the Japanese baggage wing at this time were nearly half.

The 40th Division, which can compete with the front-line combat units of the Japanese Army's A Division, is naturally at its fingertips when fighting the Japanese army's logistics troops.

It's definitely crushing, but it's still a big advantage.

"Sir, a large number of Japanese reinforcements have been found in the west!"

Just when the fighting on the ambush circle was fierce, the Japanese 23rd Infantry Brigade, which had already passed through the ambush circle before, turned back to reinforce.

"Pass the order, let the 119th Regiment hold its position, and be sure to block the Japanese army to the west of the incense burner peak."

Leng Jie knew that with the reinforcement of this Japanese army, the 40th Division was facing great danger.

If you can hold out until the reinforcements from your side arrive, then it will be fine, otherwise the sacrifice will be in vain.

"Yes!"

The visitor saluted seriously, and then quickly ran to the communication squad and sent a report to the 119th regiment.

Leng Jie was looking at the ambush circle with a telescope, and he knew that if he couldn't eliminate the Japanese troops in the ambush circle as soon as possible, he would have to order the troops to give up attacking the Japanese army.

In the west, the Japanese army had at least a complete infantry brigade, and such a force could be regarded as a formidable enemy in front of the 40th Division, which was not fully equipped at this time.

Attacking head-on, the 40th Division, lacking artillery, may be defeated, but fortunately they are defensive.

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"Kill, give!"

After the shelling, the Japanese 23rd Infantry Brigade began to attack the outer positions of the incense burner peak.

Li Jichang commanded a battalion that was responsible for the outer position of the incense burner peak on the south side of the road.

It is said to be a high ground, but it is not high, about 200 meters away from the road, and the Japanese army wants to reinforce the baggage wing and the engineer wing, so they can only occupy the high ground defended by Chinese troops on both sides.

Otherwise, it would be a live target.

Since this outlying position was built temporarily, although the trenches were dug, it was impossible to dig a complete tunnel defense system like the original Fuchikou fortress.

However, the anticline position is very easy to build.

During the Japanese artillery bombardment, Li Jichang left only a few observation posts, and the main force retreated to the anti-artillery holes dug when facing the anti-oblique to avoid artillery fire.

Due to the rapid reinforcements of the Japanese army, the large-caliber artillery of the artillery wing could not be deployed in time, so the first round of shelling was not intense.

After a short artillery bombardment, the Japanese went on the offensive.

"Battalion commander, the Japanese army is coming!"

There were not many Japanese troops attacking, only two squadrons.

As for such a small army, it is either the arrogance of the Japanese army, or the test of the strength of the Chinese army.

If it is the former, it will definitely be good news for the Chinese army; If it is the latter, it means that this Japanese army is difficult to entangle.

In fact, the Japanese army was really the former, and the commander of the 55th Infantry Wing of the Japanese Army, who commanded this attack, Nagano Osa.

In fact, after receiving the news of the attack on the baggage troops, the 23rd Brigade of the Japanese Army began to reinforce it, but the entire brigade of seven or eight thousand people could not rush to the battlefield in one go.

The 55th Wing was the fastest, but at this time it only reached the wing headquarters and an infantry brigade, and the rest of the troops were still behind.

It stands to reason that as a good general, you should remain calm in the face of any battle.

Nagano Osa is obviously not such a general.

For example, the Chinese army he is facing now, he doesn't know that the unit in front of him is the 40th Division, and he doesn't know how strong the combat effectiveness of this Chinese army is.

Nagano still regarded the 40th Division as if it were any other Chinese army, and could fight this battle with a force of one to ten.

In his opinion, the Chinese army ambushing the baggage troops was at most a division, but he already had an infantry brigade in his hands.

According to the one-to-ten combat method, one infantry brigade is completely enough.

Nagano's idea was very good, but in the ambush battle, the 18th Division's baggage wing and engineer wing had already lost more than 2,000 troops.

It's only a few hours.

Even if it was an auxiliary force that was ambushed, could it cause such a large casualty to the 18th Division, could it be an ordinary Chinese army?

Of course, Leng Jie wished that the more stupid the Japanese generals, the better, and it was best to have no formation for each attack, but a group charge.

This is clearly unrealistic.

No matter how arrogant the Japanese army was, they still did not forget the basic combat instructions.

"Hit!"

Following Li Jichang's order, a battalion of soldiers stationed on the outlying heights opened fire on the Japanese troops.

In this kind of operation, it is not possible to engage the Japanese army in close combat, otherwise the losses will be very large.

This stemmed from the Japanese army's dependence on grenadiers.

In this kind of operation, the Japanese preferred to use grenadiers more than light and heavy machine guns.

As soon as you rush into the 200-meter grenadier firing range, cover with grenadiers and throw grenades into the trenches of the Chinese army with grenadiers.

At this time, the Japanese grenadiers were very slippery, and the technology was also very good, and a grenadier could completely suppress a machine gun of the Chinese army.

Machine guns were suppressed, and the Chinese army could often only watch as the Japanese pressed in on their positions.

And after the Japanese army entered the grenade throwing range, it was a rain of grenades.

Therefore, it was necessary to start fighting from a distance and not let the Japanese grenadiers get close.

And snipers also give priority to grenadiers.

In street fighting, there is no need for this.

Because at that time, the Japanese army took advantage of the powerful artillery fire and armored forces to open fire from a long distance, and it was difficult for the Chinese army to effectively kill and injure the Japanese army, but it would expose its firepower.

So the street fight has to be fought closer!

These are all the experiences summed up by Li Jichang and others in many previous battles.

Seeing that the Japanese army only had two squadrons, Li Jichang ordered the machine guns of the two companies not to open fire, so as not to expose the firepower in advance.

At the same time as the gunshots rang out, the charging Japanese soldiers habitually lay down, and then turned from charging to leaping forward to cover each other.

The officers and men of the 40th Division are no strangers to this offensive method of the Japanese army.

The jump attack is indeed not easy to deal with, but it is not insoluble, as long as the Japanese do not catch the opportunity to rush into the trenches.

Looking at the cat-bent Japanese soldiers below, Li Weiguo sneered.

Other comrades-in-arms, he did not dare to guarantee, but in front of him, these Japanese soldiers were undoubtedly targets.

After seeing a Japanese officer with a command knife at his waist and a Wang Ba box in his hand, Li Weiguo, who had a grass ring made of delicate branches wrapped around his head, lay motionless behind a tree, aimed at the Japanese officer, and pulled the trigger!