The Japanese troops under the mountain moved quite quickly, Li Ziyuan had just completed the deployment of troops, the front-line combat fortifications had not yet been completed, and even several hiding places on the anticline had just begun to be excavated. The Japanese troops below the mountain had already begun to launch the first wave of tentative attacks under the cover of artillery fire.

This group of Japanese soldiers wearing puppet army uniforms, but quite arrogant. It was to concentrate all the artillery carried by several Japanese troops, and to concentrate the strength of about two squads to charge under the cover of artillery fire. However, although this Japanese army was a little arrogant, it was very cautious in its actions.

In the first wave of the offensive, only two infantry squads were sent to carry out a tentative attack, in order to find out Li Ziyuan's true strength and intentions, and to lure the eight roads on the mountain to expose all their firepower and create an opportunity for their own artillery suppression. It was obvious that the commander of this group of Japanese troops did not believe much in the hostile situation of his own friendly and neighboring troops.

However, the Eighth Route Army, which has less than 300 people and is extremely poorly equipped, can drag the more than 700 imperial elites under his command like this? The loss is not light, and it also makes people lead the nose away. Is it that their own friendly commanders are too incompetent, or is this eight-way force too capable of fighting? In the commander's opinion, I am afraid that the former has more factors.

However, arrogance turned to arrogance, but the Japanese commander was still cautious, and still adopted the usual tentative attack of the Japanese army before attacking the whole line. Although they were well-equipped and well-trained, the commanders of this Japanese army obviously did not want to pay too much for this group of eight roads.

So even if it was a tentative attack, all three Japanese artillery corps were mobilized to participate in the battle. You want to destroy all the machine guns on the mountain in the shortest possible time, and give the mountain eight ways as much damage as possible. He knew very well that the Eighth Route Army on the mountain was in the absence of artillery, and the machine guns were the support of the first-line firepower.

As long as the machine guns on the eight roads on the mountain can be defeated, no matter how many troops there are in the remaining eight roads, they will not make any waves. Although the physically and mentally exhausted friendly army that had been dragged by this group of eight roads had told him that the Ikeda Division, which was in charge of the sneak attack on the Eighth Route Field Hospital, had all been shattered.

Yachi on the mountain must have seized a large number of weapons and ammunition from Ikeda's headquarters in Tamama, and warned him to be careful when attacking. And the commander of this eight-way force is not ordinary cunning. Don't be fooled by the illusion created by these eight paths.

Although he looked down on the commanders of the friendly forces, the Japanese commander still listened to the warning that the Ikeda troops were broken and that a large number of weapons and ammunition had been captured by the Eighth Route. So when attacking, he did not skimp on the use of artillery fire at all.

The intensive artillery fire of the Japanese army plunged the hill that Li Ziyuan was holding into a sea of fire. Under the cover of artillery fire, the two Japanese squads participating in the attack, with typical Japanese infantry tactics, opened up the skirmish line, and under the cover of light and heavy machine guns, adopted alternate tactics to attack the hill where Li Ziyuan was located.

In the face of the Japanese attack, Li Ziyuan gave a death order, and he was absolutely not allowed to shoot without his own order. During the alternate cover of the Japanese skirmish line, except for a small number of observation posts, all men were not allowed to show their heads, so as not to encounter the fire of the Japanese infantry.

The elevation of this mountain is only more than 400 meters, and although the mountain is a little rugged, this does not affect the shooting range. This group of Japanese soldiers are all veterans, and Li Ziyuan's understanding of the military quality of Japanese veterans. Within 400 meters, even the shooting accuracy of sports shooting will definitely cause certain casualties to their own troops.

If the Japanese attacked every time, they would bring forty or fifty casualties to themselves. In less than two hours, all the living forces will be consumed, and their defensive positions will have to collapse completely. Now it's the Japanese army that has consumed it, but I can't afford it. So Li Ziyuan gave the order to die, and no one was allowed to show his head without his order to shoot.

And Li Ziyuan himself held a telescope, under the cover of a stone, constantly observing the situation of the Japanese attack. It was not until the Japanese forward troops had advanced to a distance of less than 70 meters from their front-line positions, and the stragglers line behind them was less than 100 meters away, that the fast and slow machine in Li Ziyuan's hand took the lead.

As the fast and slow machine in Li Ziyuan's hand took the lead, the troops he deployed on the front line also opened fire one after another. However, in the face of the first round of Japanese attack, Li Ziyuan did not directly come up and used heavy machine guns. Instead, light machine-gun crossfire, coupled with rifle salvos and *, greeted the Japanese soldiers.

Li Ziyuan's order was very clear, and the Japanese soldiers in front of him greeted them collectively with *. Light machine guns and rifles to fight the second wave of skirmishers of the Japanese attack. Anyway, the number of * in his hands is now sufficient, and all of them are very lethal Japanese ninety-seven style*, as well as Fengtian* used by the puppet army.

In line with the concept of not using it now, it is overdue and wasteful, Li Ziyuan used infantry firepower to intercept the second-line Japanese army, and solved the Japanese soldiers in front of him with * rain. A platoon was drawn from the defenders in front of him, and each of them was given four*. The task of this platoon was simple, that is, to greet the Japanese advance with * after they approached the position fifty meters.

As for the two heavy machine guns and most of the light machine guns, they have always been well hidden by Li Ziyuan and were not used in the first place. Although Li Ziyuan's blocking firepower was a little weak because he did not invest too much firepower. However, relying on the terrain advantage and the change of tactics, the Japanese army in the first round of attack suffered heavy losses.

The head and face were knocked down, and the Japanese soldiers were directly covered under the rain. After the explosion of dozens of guns, basically none of the Japanese soldiers in front survived. And the Japanese troops who followed them closely behind them also suffered heavy losses under the suppression of light machine gun and platoon gun fire.

But the strength of the Japanese army is somewhat beyond Li Ziyuan's imagination and judgment. When the first round of tentative attacks of the Japanese army was repulsed, the Japanese troops who launched the attack did not retreat to the starting position, but insisted on shooting at the enemy on the hill. In particular, the two light machine guns carried by the Japanese attacking troops were accurate and ruthless.

The two firing positions were cleverly chosen, and the light machine guns were almost suppressed by Li Ziyuan's three light machine guns that had the advantage in numbers on the front line under alternate cover. Looking at these two light machine guns, which were suppressing their machine guns, the grenadiers sent out did not hit a few shots*, but they were killed by the Japanese infantry.

Li Ziyuan also didn't care about the danger, and grabbed a grenadier dropped by a sacrificial grenadier. After judging that the two Japanese cross-fired, covering each other and constantly shifting positions, the light machine gunners roughly shifted the route. He personally operated a machine gun aimed at the Japanese and fired two close-range shells in succession.

After driving the Japanese light machine gunner out of its original position, the third shot of the Type 89* accurately hit the machine gunner in the transfer. Bombed this Type 96 light machine gun, along with his machine gunner, into the sky. The remaining machine gunners, who lacked cover, were no longer as rampant as before when they opened fire, which alleviated the embarrassment of their machine gun positions.

Li Ziyuan of the Eighth Route Army, who fought in the first round, was quite surprised by the military quality and more ferocious performance of this Japanese army, which even surpassed its internal team. The Japanese troops under the mountain also figured out the approximate firepower deployment of the Eighth Route Army on the mountain, as well as the number of troops invested.

A Japanese soldier in command of this army disguised as a puppet army, after figuring out the general deployment of the Eighth Road on the mountain. For his colleagues, he was a little scornful of his poor performance in pursuit. With such a small amount of troops and firepower on the mountain, the Eighth Route on the mountain was able to turn over hundreds of his elite imperial troops on their backs, and even the marching pot was smashed, which was really too wasteful.

However, it is obvious that his colleagues may be a little unacceptable to his arrogance, maybe they have been tricked by Li Ziyuan before, and they feel that they are really a little embarrassed. When explaining the enemy's situation to this old man, he did not give him a real account of the enemy's real strength and firepower.

Although some warnings were made, the arrogant Shaozuo still didn't reveal all the truth under his impatient expression. At least Li Ziyuan's real number of troops, the Japanese commander who pursued him, did not tell his allies truthfully.

Without him, this Japanese army dressed as a puppet army is the flower of the so-called imperial army that the Japanese army transferred from the Kwantung Army to the Guannai and prepare to form a new unit. The 36th Division has already received an order from the Japanese base camp to prepare to adjust its establishment and be ready to be transferred out of Shanxi at any time.

This brigade, which was formed from the Kwantung Army, was transferred to the Kannai battlefield as a backbone in order to take over the defense area of the 36th Division and prepare to organize new units. At this time, the Japanese Kwantung Army was all veteran divisions. Not only is it equipped among all the Japanese troops, it is absolutely superb.

And because they have been stationed in the northeast for a long time, there are no major wars, and the number of veterans is also quite large. Not only are all the officers graduates of the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, but they are also quite arrogant. Its arrogant attitude is so unbearable that even their own people can't stand it.

The Zhongzuo who led the team to pursue Li Ziyuan knew that if he told the truth, he was afraid that he would be ridiculed by this Shaozuo. Therefore, when introducing the battle situation and the actual situation of the Eight Roads, in order to maintain his dignity, he still chose to have reservations. At least the Ikeda troops, who had already been shattered, did not say a word about how many weapons they had lost.

He knew exactly what kind of weapons Ikeda's troops were carrying when they set off. But the troops who joined the battlefield later and were transferred from the Kwantung Army did not know. Despite the pursuit, he did not receive a single shot*. He knew, however, that Ikeda's troops had set off with a few mortars and a large number of artillery shells.

But on the battlefield where Ikeda's troops were broken at the foot of Higashiyama, he couldn't find even a part of a mortar. The whereabouts of these mortars, then it can only fall into the hands of the Eighth Road. But he didn't tell this Shaozuo transferred from the Kwantung Army.

Anyway, you are the flower of the imperial army, and you don't know the cunning of the Eight Roads. Instead of telling you that you won't believe it, it's better to let you accept some lessons, and you will naturally know how powerful the Eight Roads are. So he just told the arrogant Shaozo that all of Ikeda's troops were shattered, and all the weapons and ammunition they were carrying were lost. Let him be cautious when attacking.

The Japanese army Shaozuo, who didn't know that his allies had hidden some information from him, was really confused by the illusion made by Li Ziyuan on the mountain. After the first round of tentative attacks, which suffered heavy losses, the second round of the Japanese offensive was really a real investment.