There is nearly a wing of devils who fight on the official road, and the captain of the devil wing sees the Chongqing army swept like a flood, and he was shocked, Chongqing's frontal attack, the tactics of assault on both wings, although he has defense, but the Chongqing army is too much, he can only shout: "Block, block!" At the same time, they were ready to put on bayonets and assassinate at close range, Chen Fei's troops had never been in the habit of fighting bayonets with devils, a burst of grenades flew towards devils, and then all kinds of automatic weapons, and the dense bullets sent out made the devils unable to raise their heads.

"Kill the devil, kill the devil······" The earth-shattering shouts were a kind of stimulant, so that the soldiers desperately rushed to the devil's position without hesitation, mortars, bazookas kept firing, and finally tore a few holes in the devil's position, and the devil's wing captain saw that he couldn't hold it, so he hurriedly took a few of his own guards and staff officers, and ran away before the Chongqing army was fully encircled.

Several units of the 33rd Army rushed into the position of the devils, the power of the submachine guns was shown, and various American weapons were explained to be very practical, and at this time something strange happened, a large number of devils raised their hands and surrendered, which was unimaginable before.

Zhao Liu rushed into the devil's blocking position and shouted: "Kill!" Not one left, Zheng Lao Fart, Zheng Lao Fart, gone, gone, hurry forward. ”

"Yes, yes." Zheng Lao Fart followed Zhao Liu with the reconnaissance battalion, and he led his men to move forward quickly as he returned.

"Chief of Staff, gather the troops, move quickly, let's follow." Zhao Liu said to Chen Hexi at the same time.

"Yes." Chen Hexi replied.

Chen Fei, who was on the sister slope, saw Zhao Liu breaking through the devil's blocking position and immediately shouted: "Go, keep up!" ”

The troops directly under the 33rd Army began to move forward.

Zheng Lao Fart took his subordinates as pioneers, which can be described as a step by step, and suddenly "Boom! An explosion came.

"What's wrong? What's the situation? Old Zheng shouted and ran forward, only to see two soldiers lying in a pool of blood.

"Battalion commander, mines, damn it, there's a minefield ahead." A squad leader immediately said when he saw Zheng Lao Fart coming.

"Huh? Turtle son, what can I do? Damn it! "Zheng Lao Fart didn't know what to do for a while. Within a few minutes, Zhao Liu followed.

"What's wrong, why are you stopping, what's going on?" Zhao Liuda shouted.

"Brigade Commander Zhao, there is a minefield ahead, and the turtle son can't get through." Old fart Zheng said helplessly.

"What's the matter, go, go to the quartermaster department to find two horses, Zheng Lao Fart told your brother to cut two logs, let the horses run with the logs later, run first once, and then there are mines It's life-and-death." Zhao Liudao.

After a while, the horse pulled up, Zheng Lao Fart sent someone to tie the log behind the horse, Zhao Liu took out the military thorn and stabbed it on the horse's buttocks. The horse screamed and spread its hooves and ran forward.

"Boom, boom!" There are constant landmine explosions on the official road.

"One more!" Zhao Liuda shouted.

Another horse pulled the log forward, and in a few minutes the previous horse was blown to the ground by a mine. The latter horse ran and rushed down the official road, and at first it could still be seen, but after a while it disappeared.

Old Zheng gritted his teeth and shouted, "A company commander, take a squad to open the way." ”

It's a life-and-death life, and although it looks like the mines have been cleared, it's impossible to say where they are still there.

The first company commander smiled bitterly and shouted, "The third platoon and the second squad follow me." ”

When the second squad leader heard this, he did not hesitate, and led the soldiers to move forward with the first company commander.

"I wonder how long this minefield is?" Old Zheng said worriedly.

"Don't worry, it's not long, the devil commander also escaped from here just now, I guess there are some mines in the middle of the road, and the left and right sides should be able to pass." Zhao Liudao.

"Oh······" Old fart Zheng replied.

At this time, the commander of the first company of the reconnaissance battalion had already led the second squad forward to a bend at a distance of 300 meters, and originally thought that the devils would use some available terrain to block the attack, but they did not expect the devils to escape, and the first company commander turned the bend and walked forward for four or five kilometers, but did not see a single devil.

"Did the devil really escape?" The commander of the first company muttered to himself.

"Company commander, let's leave it alone, as long as we can get to Hengyang." The second class leader said loudly. He was glad that the second squad he led did not encounter a mine, and it was still fully loaded.

"Don't be careless, when the march on the left and right sides looks wrong, jump off the official road and start fighting in the ditch." A company long said.

"Yes." The second squad leader replied.

And Zheng Laofang and Zhao Liu, who were in the back, were also puzzled, the devil stopped fighting, and the fucking one was getting closer and closer to Hengyang.

"Old fart Zheng, will there be a devil waiting for us somewhere, the calmer the calmer the more careful we must be." Zhao Liu was worried.

Zheng Lao Fang thought for a while and said: "The devil must be waiting in front, we can only watch while walking now, there are too many blocking points on this official road." ”

Zhao Liu nodded and shouted: "The troops keep up, hurry!" ”

Chen Hexi, chief of staff of the independent brigade, ran over and said: "Brigade commander, the wounded have been left in the field hospital, the troops, the troops are ······."

"Tell me what's going on!" Zhao Liu said immediately when he saw Chen Hexi.

"The troops suffered heavy casualties, and more than 1,800 people were seriously wounded." Chen Hexi said.

Zhao Liu walked forward quickly, he didn't know how to answer, there were more than 5,000 people in the 7 battalions of the independent brigade plus the troops directly under it, and nearly half of the casualties were killed in one charge. The pain in Zhao Liu's heart can be imagined, since the independent brigade currently has no regiment-level units, Zhao Liu said as he walked: "Several battalion commanders are fine." ”

"The commander of the third battalion was seriously wounded, the third battalion was commanded by the deputy battalion commander, the company commander sacrificed seven, and the commander of the artillery company, Company Commander Chen, also died." Chen Hexi said.

"! Know, no matter how difficult it is, we have to open the way for the whole army, our faction is the trump card of the army commander, and we can't embarrass the army commander. Zhao Liu gritted his teeth and said.

"Yes, I understand." Chen Hexi replied.

There were no devils to stop the three-hour rapid march along the way, although everyone was cautious, but as if the devils had forgotten them, the first company commander and the second squad leader as the top soldiers quickly advanced.

"Bang!" The first company commander fell down in response, and the 38 big cover threw a pair of strings on the shoulders of the company commander.

"Company commander, company commander!" The second squad leader ran over and helped the company commander up.

"Da Da Da ~" A burst of heavy machine gun sound came, and the second squad leader was hit with five or six holes in his back.

"Ah······ Second squad leader, second squad leader, hidden, concealed ······" A company commander shouted.

The soldiers of the second squad jumped off the official road one after another, using the drainage ditch as a cover to find a work target, only to see that more than 300 meters away, there was a temple on the slope of a small hill, and the devil's heavy machine gun fire appeared from time to time. One bullet after another hit the dirt road on the official road and exploded one after another, and the first company commander pushed away the sacrificed second company commander and turned into the ditch and said: "Counterattack, counterattack!" ”

"Da ······"

"Bang ······"

The soldiers opened fire one after another, and at this time, Zhao Liu and Zheng Lao Fart led the troops up, and Zhao Liu shouted as soon as he saw that the front had received fire: "Rush!" Rush! Take down the hillside ahead! ”

The Separate Brigade immediately dispersed, and the fighters, led by their respective commanders, rushed forward.

"Calling for ······"

"Devils shell, rush, rush over, don't stop!" Zhao Liuyi shouted when he heard the voice.

The shells exploded as soon as Zhao Liu's words fell, and the soldiers of the Independent Brigade once again advanced bravely under artillery fire, and the two divisions on the left and right sides immediately surrounded as soon as they heard the sound of gunfire, trying to quickly break the devil's defense line.

What everyone didn't expect was that the devil dug a huge blocking position centered on the nameless hillside. The attacks on the left and right sides were also blocked, and for a while, the guns and cannons were loud, and the scale of the battle could be known from the sound alone, and Chen Fei's brows on the official road began to lock again.

"The troops stop advancing, Wang Liang, send someone to see what the situation is." Chen Fei said.

"Yes." Wang Liang replied and immediately sent someone.

"Listen to the sound, the left and right sides are also open, what is the place in front? I'm afraid that the devil is determined to fight us in front. The old steamed bun came up.

"Well, the situation is unclear now, but that's basically what it means, Tang Bing, Tang Bing, your division is also up, support Zhao Liu, be sure to open a gap." Chen Fei shouted.

Not far away, Tang Bing immediately replied when he heard it: "Yes." At the same time, he waved his hand to his subordinates, and the 69th Division quickly advanced.

At this time, Zhao Liu's eyes were on fire, his heart was dripping blood, the devil's dense artillery fire blew up the soldiers of the independent brigade in the charge to death or injury, heavy machine guns were raised in all corners of the hillside, the soldiers couldn't rely on it at all, Zhao Liu gritted his teeth that were about to bleed, and could only be in a hurry.

After a while, Tang Bing led the troops up, and Zhao Liu immediately shouted when he saw it: "Commander Tang, attack quickly, attack!" ”

Tang Bing was stunned for a moment, he looked at Zhao Liu, who was already angry, and immediately picked up the binoculars to look forward, such a dense artillery is still a fart, doesn't this make our soldiers die?

"Withdraw, withdraw! What about Chen Hexi? Take your brigade commander down, withdraw, remove your brothers! Tang Bing shouted.

"Withdraw!" Zhao Liu was stunned.

"Remove your grandmother's legs, and everyone will rush with me!" Tang Bing said angrily.

Tang Bing immediately stepped forward and grabbed Zhao Liu, looked at Zhao Liu, whose eyes were red, and said calmly: "Think about it for the brothers." ”

When Zhao Liu heard this, it seemed like a deflated ball, and he suddenly held back, "I, I ······" Zhao Liu said a few words and suddenly fainted.

"Quick, quick, help Brigade Commander Zhao down." Tang Bing hurriedly said.

"Brigadier Commander, what's wrong with the Brigadier Commander?" Chen Hexi and several guards shouted at the same time.

"Angry, send him to the hospital quickly, Chief of Staff Chen, gather the troops, and wait for orders in the back." Tang Bing replied.

"Yes." Chen Hexi replied. Immediately went to direct the retreat of the troops.

Tang Bing looked at the retreating soldiers of the Independent Brigade, and his heart ached, the Independent Brigade is all veterans, the commander's heart, just a few hours, two charges, the troops fought miserably, the depressed soldiers of the Independent Brigade supported each other, dragging their rifles, looking like a defeated soldier, Tang Bing stepped forward and shouted: "Damn, what's wrong, is this the commander's trump card unit?" Is this the invincible and invincible army in the mouth of Brigade Commander Zhao? How can there be a reason to win in wars, cheer up, who has never suffered a defeat, the army commander is watching you from behind, you have to let the army commander know that the independent brigade is getting stronger and stronger, all raise my head and hold my chest high! Tang Bing's words made the originally listless soldiers puff up their chests again.

"Did you hear Master Tang's words? The independent brigade is getting stronger and stronger! Chen Hexi immediately took Tang Bing's words and shouted.

"The more you fight, the stronger you get, the stronger you ······" The shouts of the independent brigade immediately released the suppressed and painful emotions of the fighters.

Tang Bing nodded and watched the independent brigade leave, thinking, after all, it is the trump card of the army commander, there is blood, the attack of the 67th division and the 68th division is also very unsmooth, Zhu Guowen's division attacked twice and was pressed back by the devil's raindrop shelling, and He Wenbin's division was hit by dozens of light and heavy machine guns and couldn't raise his head, and he couldn't get close to the devil 150 meters at all, the devil set up an artillery position on the small hillside, and there were more than 200 mountain guns of various calibers, plus the mortars on the position, the devil arranged a powerful firepower on the small hillside, The three division commanders contacted each other and reported the current situation to the army commander.

"What do you mean? The three division commanders had an idea when they explained the situation so hard? The old steamed bun said.

"The idea is nothing more than that it is difficult to attack, to be honest, the devil can make such a large defensive position in such a short time, I admire it very much, this battle is difficult to fight." Chen Fei said.

"What then? Do you want to take a detour? The old steamed bun said.

"You, the chief of staff, are so good, you can think of a detour, let's make a detour, the devil will send some troops to follow us, we will eat that piece of bitterness, you are pure nonsense." Chen Fei glanced at the old steamed bun and said.

The old steamed bun scratched his scalp and said, "Then what should I do?" With such a powerful fortification, how many warriors must be sacrificed to sweep it off. ”

Chen Fei thought for a while and shouted, "Liu Xiaomei come here." ”

Liu Xiaomei, as the director of communications, has been around Chen Fei.

"Commander." Liu Xiaomei came over and said.

"Contact the U.S. 14th Air Force and ask for their help." Chen Fei said.

"Yes." Liu Xiaomei replied and went to report immediately.

"Tell the troops to stop the attack, by the way, can you fence off the devil fortifications?" Chen Fei said.

"I'll go ahead and have a look." Old steamed bun said.

Chen Fei nodded.

"Commander." Old Zheng came over panting.

"Well, where are we?" Chen Fei asked.

"In ······ In Guanxian County Land Temple, the land temple here is relatively large, it is the common land temple of several nearby villages, the surrounding flat land is unobstructed, a hill of about one square kilometer in the middle, the devil is deployed on the hill, and suddenly inserted the throat on the official road, I estimate that the devil in the fortification area has at least two wings. Old Zheng said.

"So much?" Chen Fei said strangely.

"Commander, don't you see that there are at least a hundred light and heavy machine guns, and it is estimated that there are more than a hundred mountain guns of various kinds." Zheng Lao said.

"Well, it seems to be a tough battle, Camp Commander Zheng has worked hard, go down and rest first." Chen Fei said.

"Yes, yes······" Zheng Lao Fu replied, leave immediately, he went to the hospital to see how Zhao Liu was doing.

"Commander, the 14th Air Force has been contacted, and they said that this time it depends on the time, because they are going to compete with the devils for air supremacy over Hengyang." Liu Xiaomei said.

"Oh, okay, when will they attack, we will cooperate and tell Chennault, a hammer deal, the firepower must be fierce, and it is best to hit the devil twice in the middle to catch him off guard." Chen Fei said.

"Yes." Liu Xiaomei said.

The staff office quickly formulated an offensive plan, the chief of staff of the old steamed bun was incompetent, but more than a dozen staff officers were veterans, and the detailed attack plan made it clear to all troops from the company commander to the division commander, Chen Fei couldn't help but nod, he didn't change a word and sent it to the divisions, and after a while, the 14th Air Force gave the time for air support, at 12 noon tomorrow.

"Order all troops to step up their rest, and at the same time send small troops to harass day and night, especially at night, the devil's artillery is not accurate." Chen Fei said to Wang Liang beside him.

"Yes, do you want to change the attack time?" Wang Liang said.

"No, although the air force has given time, if there is a change, it will affect the troop arrangement." Chen Fei said.

"Yes." Wang Liang replied.

Night slowly fell, Lao Zhangtou sent a large number of mutton and beef to the troops, wanting the soldiers to eat and sleep enough, so that they would attack tomorrow, for a while, the fragrance was overflowing, a large piece of braised pork let the veterans eat with relish, and the recruits would rather eat potatoes, cabbage, than eat meat, the battlefield is not only wafting the aroma of beef and mutton, but also the smell of burnt human flesh, the recruits often vomit when they think about it, according to the veterans, this is the reason for the lack of battlefield, plus the 33rd Army has good food, if you change to other troops, If you don't see two meals of meat in a year, you can eat such good braised pork, so burn it and burn it fragrant. There is also the smell of human flesh, damn it, I was hungry for a while, and I even ate human flesh.

On this night, the gunfire and artillery sound around the land temple in Guan County continued, sometimes intensive, sometimes sparse, anyway, it did not stop for a minute, and the Chongqing Military Commission not only received a call from the 33 rd Army to report that there was a fierce battle, but even the government agencies and spy organizations near Guan County reported one after another, and the 33 rd Army fought with the devils in the Land Temple.

Chen Fei entered the makeshift headquarters of the engineer battalion.

"I heard that Zhao Liuhuo was in a hurry and fainted?" Chen Fei asked Wang Liangdao.

"It's okay, I've returned to my own troops, today the Independent Brigade attacked twice, and the sacrifice was great." Wang Liang said.

Chen Fei nodded, he was about to ask Zheng Lao Fart to talk about today's march, Liu Xiaomei ran in and said, "Commander." ”

"Well, say." Chen Fei was confused.

"Army commander, the military committee has an urgent telegram, let our army, be sure to break through the devil's defense line to support Hengyang, the tenth army is about to hold on, now there is a shortage of food and ammunition in the city, and the two weeks designated by the chairman are almost here." Liu Xiaomei said.

"Call back, the devils are well defended, the artillery fire is fierce, the troops attack with heavy casualties, and the progress is slow." Chen Fei said.

"Commander, what if the Military Commission wants to determine the time?" Liu Xiaomei said.

Chen Fei smiled bitterly and said, "How to decide?" It's not one of our troops supporting Hengyang. Let's do our best, unless the headmaster doesn't want to see us, let's all die here, if we need time, call back, do our best! ”

"Yes." Liu Xiaomei said.

"Commander, take a rest, I haven't slept well in days." Wang Liang said.

Chen Fei shook his head, walked out of the command headquarters, looked into the distance, and had a lot of thoughts, thinking about what the battle situation would be tomorrow, whether the wounded soldiers could be treated as soon as possible, whether the position of the artillery battalion could be a little further forward, etc., he touched his pocket, wanted to smoke, but didn't touch it, "Wang Liang, is there a cigarette?" Chen Fei said.

"I have, I have ······" Sanmao handed over the cigarette as he spoke, Chen Fei took the cigarette, and Sanmao helped Chen Fei light it: "Commander, look." Sanmao said while looking at the left with his eyes, Chen Fei also looked at it, it turned out to be a dumb person, "Army commander, the dumb man has been on the battlefield with the reconnaissance battalion today, Zheng Lao Fart said, this kid is good, smart." Sanmao said.

Chen Fei looked at the dumb man again, beckoned to him, and said, "Dumb, will you follow me in the future?" ”

The mute stood up seriously and solemnly, looking like he was fine.

"The dumbness is just a throat problem, the ears are no problem, the commander can use it with confidence." Sanmao said with a smile.

Chen Fei nodded.

At this time, there was a rumbling cannon sound in the distance, and red lights emitted from the sky, "It's been shelling for so long, how much ammunition does the devil have on this small hillside?" Wang Liang said.

"The devils must have been carrying ammunition to the defenders in trucks non-stop, otherwise no amount of shells would have been exhausted." Sanmao replied.

"We don't have large-caliber artillery fire, otherwise we can blow up the Land Temple with a random bombing." Wang Liang said.

"Stop, stop, you can't talk nonsense, the land temple is for our land lord and land wife, they are all watching, these devils in front of them must not die well." Sanmao immediately said.

"Hopefully." Chen Fei replied suddenly.

The next day, just after dawn, the gunfire and artillery suddenly stopped, as if both sides were tired, and said that they would rest first, Chen Fei came to the forward position of the Tang Division of the 69th Division in front of him, he held a telescope and observed for a while: "No wonder it is so difficult to fight, this fortification can be done, even a person can't see it, it looks like the small hillside has been hollowed out." Chen Fei said.

"It's impossible to hollow out, it's only been a few days since this devil attacked Hengyang, and it only took three or four days for them to make a detour to block it." Tang Bing said.

"I know this, so I say the fortifications are well repaired." Chen Fei said.

"Commander, according to your order, let's surround the small hill on three sides, I just don't understand why we should leave one?" Tang Bing said.

Chen Fei looked into the distance and muttered, "I hope that this group of devils in front can escape under Chennault's air raid." ”

"Oh······" Tang Bing immediately understood Chen Fei's intentions.

Chen Fei looked at his watch and hoped to arrive at 12 o'clock.