"Da Da Da!"

"Da Da Da!"

"Dada ——”

"Bang!"

"Bang bang bang! ——”

As the two armies clashed head-to-head, a dense burst of gunfire rang out across the battlefield.

Bullets shuttled back and forth between the two armies like a rain of pear blossoms, and although the marksmanship of the soldiers of the 61st Army was far inferior to that of the little devils, they were not at a disadvantage when they had an absolute advantage in troops.

On the contrary, they are slowly approaching, regardless of casualties.

However, the machine gunners of the little devils were too powerful, and one by one the machine guns strafed back and forth, forming a dense network of crossfire, repelling the charges of the 61st Army again and again.

The two armies clashed for about half an hour, and a large number of little devils seemed to smell the wind and swarmed towards this side.

This is a small devil's artillery team, under the camel of mules and horses, several Type 92 infantry guns, plus some 60mm caliber mortars and a large number of grenadiers were transported to the front line of the battlefield.

These artillerymen were very skillful in building the fort, and after a short time, the fort was built, and after some adjustment, they directly launched a brazen artillery bombardment on the 61st Army.

"Tom!"

"Tom ——"

Dozens of shells suddenly burst out of their disembowels, roaring into the sky, turning into clusters of brilliant flames, piercing the sky and smashing towards the position of the 61st Army.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Dozens of shells fell one after another, and suddenly there was a violent explosion.

These shells were all smashed at the machine gun fire points of the 61st Army, and the artillery skills of the devil artillery were exquisite, almost one by one.

As the sound of the explosion rang out, a very light and heavy machine gun was blown away.

Along with the bomber, there was also the same machine gunner.

Although the machine gunners of the 61st Army are not good at marksmanship, they can still form a certain amount of fire suppression against the little devils.

As the devil artillery fired, the machine gun fire of the 61st Army was pulled out one after another, and the firepower was sharply reduced, and it was no longer possible to form an effective suppression of the little devils.

"Retreat! Retreat to the hill position! ”

Seeing that the situation was not right, Commander Chen decisively gave the order to withdraw his troops and withdrew towards the position on the mountain.

However, the little devil took advantage of the situation to pursue and caused a large number of casualties to the 61st Army.

……

In the end, this assault also ended with the rout of the 61st Army.

In fact, there was no need for the 61st Army to take the initiative to attack the little devils, because they could hide in the position and use bunkers and fortifications to block the incoming enemy.

It's just that when Commander Chen found that the pursuing devils were only worth 2,000 people, he suddenly changed his mind, thinking of a surprise attack, taking them by surprise and annihilating them all.

The beginning was very smooth, and it really caught the little devil off guard.

However, Commander Chen overestimated the fighting qualities of the soldiers of the 61st Army and underestimated the fighting qualities of the little devils.

So much so that they hadn't formed a planned kill for the little devil, the little devil had already reacted, and with his own strong strength, he dragged it until the reinforcements arrived.

In this raid, the 61st Army suffered nearly 2,000 casualties, and in addition to being caught off guard at the beginning and killing more than 100 devil officers and soldiers, in the subsequent battles, a total of less than 200 devil officers and soldiers were eliminated.

The difference in combat strength between the enemy and us can be seen.

However, the battle did not end there, and the 61st Army, which successfully retreated to its position, still succeeded in stifling the attack of the little devils with the help of strong fortifications.

At this time, the Japanese army was very uncomfortable.

If they bypassed the 61st Army and pursued them directly, they risked becoming a lone army and being flanked from front to back.

But if they didn't pursue it directly, they would have to capture the defensive positions of the 61st Army and annihilate or crush it.

Although the combat effectiveness of the 61st Army was not good, everyone had a determined heart to die, so they still stubbornly withstood the attack of the little devils, and defeated the attacks of the little devils again and again, causing them great trouble.

This made the devil commander angry, but helpless.

Two hours later, a large number of Japanese reinforcements arrived.

This is the 39th Infantry Brigade of the 20th Division under the jurisdiction of the Second Army of the Japanese Army.

It is worth mentioning that the 20th Division of the Japanese Army is also a standing division of the first type.

4x4 compilation.

That is, 4 field infantry wings, plus a cavalry wing, an artillery wing, an engineer wing, and a baggage wing, a total of 8 wings, with a strength of about 25,500 at full strength.

The strength may be slightly lower than that of the 14th Division and the 5th Division, but the strength should not be underestimated.

The combat effectiveness is also in the middle and upper class among the standing divisions of the Japanese army.

The 20th Division, which set off almost at the same time as the 11th Brigade of the Garrison Regiment, did not arrive in the Xinkou area until today because of the long distance.

Because the 20th Division and the 5th Division did not belong to the same battle sequence and belonged to the same level, and the high-ranking officers of the Japanese army all had their own arrogance, it was notoriously incompatible with each other.

Therefore, the 20th Division did not report its whereabouts to the 5th Division.

Therefore, it was not until the 20th Division arrived in the Xinkou area that Seishiro Itagaki and Shigeyasu Suzuki were able to know.

By this time, they had long lost their former arrogance, so they both joined forces to greet Lieutenant General Kawagishi Fumizaburo, commander of the 20th Division.

Kawagishi Bunzaburo enjoys this feeling of being respected, especially when the other party is still at the same level as him, and even has a strength that is still stable over him.

The three of them had a good conversation, made a simple analysis of the current situation, and after sharing information, the three hit it off.

Kawagishi Bunzaburo quickly agreed to the proposal of Seishiro Itagaki and Shigeyasu Suzuki to send troops to pursue the rout of the Chinese Second Theater.

The obstacles in front have been basically cleared, and now is the time to reap the fruits of victory, how can Kawagishi Bunzaburo resist in the face of such a temptation?

Therefore, the 39th Infantry Brigade under his command was ordered to pursue under such circumstances.

……

The picture pulls back to the South Huaihua position.

With the arrival of the 39th Infantry Brigade of the Japanese Army, it immediately abolished the main offensive position of the previous infantry detachment.

And the brigade commander of the 39th Infantry Brigade, Major General Yoshito Takagi, also took over the position of former enemy commander directly.

The captain of the Osa's detachment was inferior to Takagi Yoshito in terms of status and power, and although he was unwilling, he didn't dare to show it in the slightest.

Soon, Yoshito Takagi reformulated the plan of attack.

Under his order, the devil officers and soldiers of an infantry squadron immediately formed a scattered formation and rushed towards the defenders' positions.

This is the devil's usual offensive method, first using a small number of troops as bait to lure out the defenders' light and heavy machine gun fire, and then using artillery fire to remove the light and heavy machine gun fire points exposed by the defenders.

Eventually, the army surged up again.

Such a method was invincible in previous offsets, so it was regarded as a magic weapon for victory by the Japanese army.

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