The Japanese troops trapped in the valley were almost completely powerless to fight back under the heavy machine-gun fire that swept across the valley, as well as the fire of mountain artillery and mortars. He could only watch the eight roads on the opposite side, and rushed to his side almost without any resistance.

However, at this time, he thinks that white-knuckle combat is his strength, and he still takes advantage of himself in close combat. And in any case, you can get rid of your opponent by playing melee combat with the eight roads, that kind of explosive firepower strike. As the counterattacking forces approached, the surviving Japanese troops were slightly relieved.

Before the enemy troops rushed to the last thirty meters, the enemy's light and heavy machine guns all stopped firing. The surviving Japanese soldiers quickly stood up, ready to move closer to their nearest comrades. Quickly withdraw the bullets from the rifle in your hand and engage in a melee battle with these eights. Even if they can't take revenge, these Japanese soldiers are confident that they will save some face.

It's just that these Japanese soldiers who are busy withdrawing bullets and are bent on fighting to the death with the eight-way people who rushed in front of them through white-knuckle warfare. But he didn't see that behind these Eighth Routes, which also stopped the charge, the two Soviet-made heavy machine guns that followed the troops in motion, plus three Soviet-made turntable light machine guns, had been erected on a small mountain beam seventy meters away.

The wheeled gun mount of Soviet-made heavy machine guns was actually not very suitable for mountain warfare. At the very least, the wheeled gun carriage lacked the appropriate support, which could easily cause trouble in erection. But for Luofengling, which has a gentle mountain and a low altitude, this kind of gun carriage is quite convenient for sports.

The troops launched a counterattack, and this heavy machine gun could easily keep up with the movement of the troops with a soldier dragging it. At this time, the disadvantages have turned into advantages. At least you don't have to carry hundreds of kilograms of heavy machine guns and run with the troops. The two fighters easily followed behind the counterattacking force with machine guns and a box of bullets.

He Sanliang was a very thoughtful person, and he had no intention of fighting hard with the Japanese army at the beginning of the counterattack. The first is that these Japanese troops are not too fuel-efficient lamps, although only half of the squadron is left, but if they are tough, they will have to pay a corresponding price. The Japanese army still has a set of white-knuckle warfare, and when fighting this kind of white-knuckle warfare, it is often to kill 1,000 enemies and lose 800 self-losses.

The other is that there is no need to be tough at this time. As long as the Japanese army can be forced to put on a white-knuckle combat posture, the rest of the matter can be handed over to the machine gun to solve. Therefore, when he commanded the counterattack, he directly carried the Soviet-made heavy machine gun that was more convenient to move under this kind of terrain. Isn't it more convenient to solve with fire than with a bayonet?

He Sanliang, who personally led the team to launch a counterattack, at this time the troops under his command were only the flanks of the original main peak, and the two companies were reduced into a company. As for the reserves that Li Ziyuan put in, according to his previous plan, it was just a bluff. Under the cover of firepower, the remaining Japanese troops were forced to prepare for a white-knuckle battle, so they turned to the flank of the frontal battlefield under the command of Wang Jun and directly penetrated the main peak.

Cooperate with the troops who counterattack head-on, and strive to repel the frontal puppet army in one go. Otherwise, once the puppet army on the front desperately rescues the Japanese army here, it will bring certain changes to the entire battle to encircle and annihilate the Japanese army. After all, even if the puppet army over there had more casualties in the previous battle, it still had an advantage in terms of strength.

In the previous offensive operations, the number of casualties of the puppet army was indeed not light. But the four companies that his own troops used for the first line of defense were basically disabled at this time. Four companies in two directions can be pieced together into two companies at this time. Coupled with the previous casualties, at this time the entire unit still retains a complete formation, and this reinforced company remains.

If the last fully formed unit is also crippled in the counterattack. Then the future situation will not be easy to deal with. Who knows how long this anti-sweeping operation will last, and it is still a better choice to maintain a reserve force of a certain size in hand.

Although Li Ziyuan set the tactical deployment of the Japanese army first and then the puppet army, and gave He Sanliang the last bit of vitality he had. But He Sanliang knew that the risk of doing so was too great, and it was somewhat desperate. This puppet 38th Division has strong combat effectiveness and is quite well equipped.

At the moment, compared to the Japanese army, which suffered heavy losses and most of its forces were dealt with by artillery shells and heavy machine gun fire. The remaining puppet army of the main force is relatively more threatening. Once the Japanese troops on the flank were surrounded, they desperately launched an attack on the frontal position of the main peak. With the small number of blocking troops in the frontal position at the moment, the conjugation of them is quite large.

Moreover, He Sanliang did not agree too much with Li Ziyuan's decision that the troops were not enough, and the tactics of firepower to make up for it. With so many shells, it is almost impossible to replenish them once they are gone. I don't know what kind of difficult environment I will face in the future, but I always don't panic when I have food in my hands.

Besides, such a big spender is not conducive to the growth of the troops. After all, in addition to a small amount of light weapons and ammunition, the Eighth Route Army was able to provide a small amount of self-sufficiency. Most of the ammunition, especially heavy weapons and ammunition replenishment, is still reliant on capture, which is very harmful to the growth of the troops.

This time, the troops captured enough shells to open their hands and feet. But who can guarantee that the appropriate caliber of shells will be captured in every battle. Once the troops are made accustomed to fighting in this way of fighting, it will be difficult to fight in future battles. It is still a better way to go a long time.

Even if it was an accident, He Sanliang did not agree with this approach. So at the beginning of the counterattack, on the premise of knowing that Li Ziyuan would not agree to his own approach. He Sanliang made some minor modifications to Li Ziyuan's entire counterattack plan in detail.

For He Sanliang, the remaining half of the squadron now, the remnants of the two companies that he counterattacked from the front, and the combined one company was enough. Moreover, he was close to the distance of bayonets with the remaining Japanese troops, and he suddenly stopped charging because he didn't want to fight a lose-lose white-knuckle battle with the Japanese army in front of him.

Unexpectedly, the Eighth Road on the opposite side, after approaching the distance of his own bayonet, suddenly passed directly through the battlefield from his right flank. The number of follow-up Eighth Routes was not large, and although the surviving Japanese troops did not understand what the intentions of such a move were.

However, with keen tactical literacy, he quickly assembled in this last short time and completed the final preparations for white-knuckle combat. It's just that it's not yet time for these guys to completely let go of their hearts in the face of a small number of opponents, and prepare to teach those dirt eight roads what a real army is with a clean and neat white-knuckle battle.

From behind these eight roads, which were already less than fifteen meters close to him, but suddenly scattered towards the two wings, there was a dense sound of machine guns. The bullets fired from a few light and heavy machine guns that had already entered a distance of less than 70 meters and suddenly opened fire would not have thought of the opponent's real killer move, and the Japanese troops who were waiting for them here were directly knocked down.

By the time the two Soviet-made Maxim machine guns had each drained a cartridge belt, there was no longer a single standing Japanese soldier on the entire battlefield. When the gunfire was over, He Sanliang, who also rushed up with the troops with his own barge gun. Looking at the corpses in front of him, he waved his hand and ordered a platoon to be left to clean up the battlefield in a hurry.

He took the rest of the troops and made a detour towards the frontal position of the main peak. At this time, in the frontal battlefield of the main peak of Luofengling, with the transfer of Li Ziyuan's artillery fire, the frontal battlefield of the main peak has become a mess. The debate between Major General Yutaka Okumura and the commander of the puppet 38th Division over whether there was a chicken or an egg came first was finally interrupted by the artillery fire transferred from the Eighth Road on Luofengling.

I watched the Japanese army enjoy it in hell before, and they made their own artillery baptism, and these puppet troops were already frightened. Hasn't it always been the Japanese who relied on the superiority of artillery fire to chase after the Chinese army? Why is this plot reversed today, and it's the turn of the Japanese to be beaten?

When these puppet soldiers who watched the Japanese army under artillery fire* before are now suffering the same purgatory themselves. These puppet troops, who have reached the limit of psychological endurance, fell directly into chaos. Although the officers at all levels tried desperately to gather their troops, the orders at this time were far less than the threat of artillery. Despite the artillery on the opposite side, in fact, the number of artillery on hand was not large.

Although in front of the puppet army, Liu Siming, who had less than one company of troops left at this time, launched a full-line counterattack according to Li Ziyuan's order, in which the bluff was stronger. Moreover, the main goal was to cut off the connection between the Japanese puppet army, and did not launch a frontal counterattack with all its might.

However, after He Sanliang's reinforced reserve arrived and joined forces with Liu Siming, the situation immediately changed. The artillery fire that was turned around from behind the main peak was already hitting the puppet army that had completely lost confidence. At present, Liu Siming, whose strength has doubled, commanded the troops to counterattack with all their might, although the establishment can still be maintained without collapse, but it is no longer possible to form an effective resistance.

Li Ziyuan's focus on shifting artillery fire was actually quite accurate. Under the shadow of the horror of the shells, the puppet army in front of them was busy shrinking their forces for fear of suffering an unwarranted disaster with the Japanese army. He chose this time to transfer the artillery fire, which directly disrupted the position of the puppet army.

The first four rapid fires fired from the three mountain guns, and a total of twelve shells all fell in the shrinking queue of the puppet army. As the only cadre in the entire regiment who was born in regular artillery, Zhou Tong's artillery skills are quite solid. The goals he reported basically didn't need to rest.

Although Zhou Tong was originally in the Jin Sui Army, he was only an artillery squad leader, and his own cultural quality was also high. But after joining the army, he was willing to work hard to learn. For the sake of Zhou Tong, Li Ziyuan also specially found the chief of staff of the military region. Zhou Tong was sent to the military region's teaching team and trained as an artillery company commander for a period of time.

It's just that Li Ziyuan, who adheres to the idea of getting the moon first near the water, almost didn't lose his wife and broke his soldiers. The artillery training team of the military region, which is also the same as itself, and is extremely short of artillery talents, almost did not detain Zhou Tong. If it weren't for the chief of staff to help speak, Li Ziyuan would have sent it, but it would be difficult to come back.

However, although he experienced some twists and turns at the beginning, Zhou Tong's basic skills and command level have been greatly improved. It's just that he is restricted by equipment and establishment, and he can only be a deputy company commander aggrieved. Of course, Li Ziyuan's regimental structure is a bit too much to say that an artillery battalion is organized.

In the case that the other troops did not even have a few mortars, he set up an artillery battalion with both mountain artillery and mortars, and he was a little arrogant. In fact, no matter how many artillery pieces are captured, he is also a passing god of wealth. Most of the loot still had to be handed over.

Otherwise so many artillery, not only shells he has no way to solve. Even the mules and horses with cannons he can't afford to feed at all. Unless he decides that these mountain cannons are really carried by men to fight on the march. So in addition to one or two for himself, he basically has to hand over the rest.