After Li Yunlong finished speaking, he stepped aside and made room for Zhao Gang.

Zhao Gang stood where Li Yunlong was just now, and said in a deep voice: "Comrades, I don't say much.

I just want to tell you that since the beginning of winter, the enemy has amassed a large number of troops and carried out large-scale brutal sweeps in central Hebei, southern Jin, eastern Jin, and northwestern Jin.

They formed a huge encirclement in North China and wanted to eat us in one bite.

I don't want to hide it, so I'll tell you the truth, and we're going to face a bloody battle like never before, and this time it's going to be more brutal than any before.

Many of us may be sacrificed!

I would say yes, no matter how big the sacrifice, it is a price we have to bear.

Because we are soldiers, Chinese soldiers! When the national disaster is at the head, we sacrifice, do we still have to sacrifice our fathers and fellow villagers? ”

Xu Wen, Zhang Dabiao and others replied in unison again: "Can't! ”

Zhao Gang continued to say in a righteous and awe-inspiring manner: "Comrades, even though the enemy is outnumbered and there is a huge disparity in strength, we dare to fight with the enemy with our lives, and we will definitely be able to fight a bloody road!"

When we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, and we have to fight the majesty of the independent regiment! ”

Everyone applauded, and Li Yunlong immediately announced the order: "Now I order, the whole regiment immediately stationed in Erdaohezi to block the enemy attacking the hinterland of my base area, and cover the transfer of the common people!"

After completing the task of blocking the enemy, you can use the company and platoon as a unit to carry out counter-assaults and attacks on the enemy in batches and routes, and fight your way out! ”

"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison, and began to act.

Erdaohezi was an important pass in the base area of the Independent Regiment at that time, and it was impossible for the Independent Regiment to take away the people in the entire base area at that time.

Therefore, the only choice was to leave a group of militia and small units to organize the local people to move and retreat to the mountains.

Wait for the Japanese puppet army to sweep and come back.

The main force of the Independent Regiment will carry out a counter-assault on the Japanese army from the front, so as to break out of the encirclement and reopen new anti-Japanese base areas in other places.

Therefore, the battle of Erdaohezi is inevitable!

At that time, it was the 4th Brigade of the Japanese Army that was responsible for attacking the independent regiment, which was the second-line unit of the Japanese army in North China specially used to sweep the battlefield behind enemy lines.

Although it is a second-line unit, its combat effectiveness is not weak.

The entire brigade has two infantry wings, a cavalry wing, an artillery brigade, a tank fighting vehicle squadron and a number of directly subordinate units, with a strength of six or seven thousand people, which is several times that of an independent regiment.

Moreover, it has been fighting with the Eighth Route Army all year round, and has accumulated very rich combat experience, and its combat effectiveness is not much better than that of the Japanese Army's A Division from the beginning of 37 to 38.

The first to arrive at Erdaohezi was the 4th Cavalry Wing of the 4th Brigade, the captain of which was called Kuroshima Morita with the rank of Osa.

Arrived with them, and there was also a puppet army with the number of the 5th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Cooperative Army.

At this time, the main force of the independent regiment had all rushed to the preset position of Erdaohezi and was ready to block it.

Finding that the devil cavalry and the puppet army were coming, the regiment commander Li Yunlong immediately raised his gun and fired a shot into the sky, and the sound of the gun was an order, and the soldiers of the battalions and companies of the independent regiment opened fire one after another.

Suddenly, the guns rang out, and patches of dense bullets roared towards the devil cavalry and the puppet army infantry.

Whoosh! Puff puff! The dozens of devil cavalry and puppet soldiers marching at the front couldn't dodge and were hit one after another, and suddenly a burst of people turned on their backs.

Suddenly blocked by fire, Kuroshima Morita Daisa, who led the team, was taken aback, and in view of the fact that his troops were completely unprepared, he did not force an attack, but calmly ordered the troops to retreat to a safe place.

When the commander of the 4th Brigade, Major General Heiyong Lufu, led the main force of the 4th Brigade to arrive, he saw that his vanguard had stopped.

Kuroshima Morita Daisa, who was in charge of commanding the cavalry wing, rode over on horseback with a depressed face, and couldn't help asking, "Kuroshima-kun, what's going on?" Why did your vanguard stop? ”

Kuroshima Morita frowned and said, "General, Tubachi set up an ambush in front, took him by surprise, and lost some troops.

Attacking fortified positions is not what the cavalry wing is good at, so he ordered to stop the advance and wait for the arrival of the main force with you, the general, before making plans! ”

"Oh!" Ping Yong Lufu nodded and asked, "How many people are there in China?" ”

"I don't know, but the firepower is fierce, it should be the main force of the 129th Brigade of the 386th Division!" Morita Kuroshima replied.

"Pass my order, the artillery brigade immediately covered the positions of the China Army, covered the 4th Infantry Wing, the 5th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Army, and launched an attack on the positions of the Chinese army, and the tank squadrons attacked in concert! Cavalry units were retained as reserves. Ping Yong Lu Fu immediately ordered in a deep voice.

"Hay." Several Japanese adjutants, including Kuroshima Morita, bowed their heads and received orders in unison.

So the 4th Brigade, surrounded by a large number of puppet troops, under the cover of artillery and tanks, began to storm Erdaohezi.

The independent regiment, under the command of Li Yunlong, Zhao Gang and others, put up desperate resistance, especially Xu Wen's artillery company, which destroyed eight tanks and armored vehicles one after another with accurate artillery technology.

At the same time, it also inflicted a large number of casualties on the charging Japanese infantry group, dealt a heavy blow to the devils, and effectively supported the defense of the brother troops.

The Japanese puppet army suffered heavy casualties, and it was difficult to advance an inch!

The two sides fought fiercely from morning to evening, and the bloody battle lasted for more than eight hours, and the Japanese puppet army lost more than 500 people, but it was still unable to break through the position of the independent regiment.

At this time, Zhao Gang, the political commissar who returned to the base area in the afternoon, turned back with some of the soldiers, ran to Li Yunlong, and said to Li Yunlong: "Old Li, the people have all moved into the mountains, and the friendly and neighboring troops have also withdrawn one after another, so it's time for us to break through!" ”

"Okay." Li Yunlong nodded and said: "It happens to be dark, let's take advantage of the night to carry out a counter-assault on the enemy and break through from the front!" ”

Zhao Gang said: "I'm afraid not, according to intelligence, the enemy in front of us is the main force of the 4th Brigade, not only a large number of infantry and artillery, but also formed cavalry.

Besides, the troops have been fighting for a day, and the soldiers are exhausted, this time we can't fight hard, it's better to bypass the front and kill from their weak points.

"Well, good!" Li Yunlong nodded in agreement, and immediately turned his head and shouted: "Huzi, notify the military commanders of all battalions and directly subordinate units to come over for a meeting." ”