Although the number of troops invested in the first few rounds of Japanese attacks was not large, it showed the tenacious willpower of the Japanese army. The first wave of Japanese troops who ate the attack almost meticulously used the Japanese infantry mountain attack tactics. Although the Japanese troops in the previous rounds of attacks did not withdraw to their starting positions despite the fact that they had achieved great results under the dense fire of the blocking troops.

Instead, they stuck to the front line of the position, using ravines and even the corpses of their comrades, and built improvised fortifications on the spot to shoot at the blocking troops in front of them. Like nails, they were stuck in front of the positions of the blocking troops. The follow-up troops continued to advance under the cover of artillery fire and light and heavy machine guns.

At the time of the attack, the Japanese echelons in front and behind followed quite closely. The Japanese troops of each echelon cooperated with each other to attack alternately, and after a wave of offensive was crushed, they held on the spot. The follow-up echelons were under the cover of their firepower, and the more their positions continued to squeeze forward.

This squeezing tactic adopted by the Japanese army put the blocking troops at the front under tremendous pressure. The Japanese front, although a little slow, was also pushing forward a little bit firmly. In less than an hour from the start of the Japanese army's official attack, the attacking Japanese army had already laid nails in the forward position, less than a hundred meters away.

Although the grenadiers of the blocking troops also blew up several crooked machine guns of the Japanese army. The light and heavy machine guns that fired cross-fire also cost the Japanese a considerable price. But the same color of the Japanese grenadiers, plus those nails nailed to the forward positions accurate rifle fire.

In coordination with the infantry artillery in the rear and the mountain artillery in depth, the two rounds of offensive also caused many casualties to the blocking troops. However, several heavy machine guns of the Japanese army did not take into account the consumption of ammunition at all, and even more with intensive crossfire, the suppressed forward troops were somewhat unable to raise their heads.

Looking at the forward position, although the two companies relied on simple fortifications, they were still at a disadvantage in the confrontation with the two squadrons of the Japanese army. Li Ziyuan shook his head, he had made up his mind to practice hard for so long. The confrontation with the two squadrons of the third-rate division of the Japanese army in front of them is not a small gap in artillery firepower, but also in infantry tactics and training.

Fighting ambush warfare and guerrilla warfare, one's own troops can still deal with it. Through the battle with the puppet 58th Division, when facing this 69th Division, his own troops concentrated their forces in mobile warfare, although they could still gain the upper hand. But in this one-on-one battle, it seems that there is still a gap between their own troops.

At present, the 62nd Division reorganized by the Japanese army is compared with the standing division of the Japanese army back then. Not only has the firepower and strength declined, but also the quality of individual soldiers and commanders has dropped by a large margin. There are not many junior officers in their twenties, and the Japanese officers who were killed in the previous ambush battle even have captains in their forties.

In the past, this was basically unthinkable in the face of the Japanese army's standing divisions and Category B divisions such as the 36th Division. And to deal with such a newly formed division regiment, when one-on-one, one-on-one one, one-on-one troops, still have the upper hand, this is known to be in-depth research.

It seems that after this battle, the training of his own troops still needs to be increased. Thinking of this, Li Ziyuan turned his gaze to that side, the prisoner who was captured when he was fighting with the 50th Division of the puppet army, is now squatting on the ground like a nest head, listening to the deafening gunfire in front of him, and the puppet army prisoner with dull eyes.

After the Japanese puppet army launched a full-scale attack at the same time, it was not only He Sanliang who was under great pressure at this moment. Liu Siming, who was blocking the main attack of the puppet 38th Division head-on, also fell into a bitter battle. Although the puppet army under the mountain is inferior to the Japanese army in terms of individual combat effectiveness, tactical combination and application.

But the puppet army of the ministry was unexpectedly tenacious, and it also put on a posture of fighting to the death and not retreating. concentrated his forces and took turns of assaults, so that Liu Siming, who had already paid a great price under the attack of this puppet army, was under pressure not as small as He Sanliang.

This time, the puppet army, which obviously intended to buy and sell with a hammer, even organized a war overseer. A few bright broadswords and two machine guns were placed behind the attacking troops, and some of them retreated and killed them directly. There are those who retreat without authorization and kill the officers who lead the team first. As soon as the commander of this puppet army did this, the puppet army in front could only desperately attack and advance when there was no way to advance or retreat.

The puppet army played with his life in front of him, and Liu Siming on the front can be said to be under double pressure. Under the situation of increasing casualties among the troops, Liu Siming could only give up the two hilltop positions in front of the main peak. Except for a flank cover position, all the remaining forces were withdrawn to the front of the main peak to hold on.

It's not just that the soldiers have already suffered more than half of the casualties at the moment, and they can only be reduced to a company after withdrawing from the main peak. The loss of weapons and equipment is also quite staggering. The heavy machine guns reinforced to Liu Siming, together with the four heavy machine guns originally equipped with the machine gun company of the second battalion, were half blown up by the Japanese puppet army's artillery fire.

Since the start of the battle, the eight roads in front of him have never used any weapons other than grenadiers and heavy machine guns. Yamashita, whether it is the Japanese army or the puppet army, has reached the point of being unscrupulous in the use of heavy weapons. Its artillery even advanced to a distance of seven or eight hundred meters from the front line, and opened direct fire.

After the Japanese puppet army launched a general attack, the puppet artillery, under the order of its division commander, even advanced a Taisho sixth-year mountain gun to a distance of less than 500 meters from Liu Siming's blocking position. Treat this mountain gun as a direct-aim gun, and aim and fire directly.

Faced with the squeeze of the Japanese puppet army, Li Ziyuan's telescope has not been put down. The Japanese puppet army under the mountain took turns to attack, almost non-stop, and it was not only the front-line combat units that were under tremendous pressure, but also the psychological and mental pressure on Li Ziyuan, the commander.

The number of casualties suffered by the forward blocking forces in the battle. Li Ziyuan's hand holding the telescope was even a little trembling, and his lips were bitten by himself. This was not because he was afraid or for any other reason, but because of the casualties in the forward position at this time, he was about to bleed.

But Li Ziyuan also knew very well in his heart that this price was something he had to pay. If you don't fight this battle, you can indeed get out of the fight. However, not only the tens of thousands of people and local cadres in the fortified walls of the Jiuding Mountain area will encounter a catastrophe. In terms of the overall situation. Relying solely on taking the Japanese puppet army around the mountains, it was difficult for him to complete the tasks assigned by his superiors.

It's just that despite the trembling of his distressed hands, Li Ziyuan still insisted on his plan. The hidden firepower must not be moved until it is fully deployed. Otherwise, it will be too difficult to find such an opportunity once the grass is taken by surprise. The devil is not a fool, and the generals of those puppet armies are even more sperm.

Once he startles the snake, let the Japanese puppet army in front of him realize that he is a hard bone that they can't eat. This Japanese puppet army is not only likely to turn around and attack the Jiuding Mountains, but may even retreat back to the starting point of the attack. So either you don't fight, or if you want to fight, you can only kill with one hit.

Compared with Li Ziyuan, who was in pain, Major General Toyoji Okumura, who was originally a little complacent opposite him, was very unsightly at the moment. He was not only dissatisfied with the progress of the puppet army, but also with the progress of the Japanese army. For him, the Japanese puppet army participating in the war at the moment, no matter which aspect of the offensive efficiency is too slow, too much waste of time.

After nearly an hour of attack, the Japanese troops who attacked consumed two-thirds of their shells, and the more than two squadrons of the Japanese troops who attacked suffered dozens of casualties, but they only captured two covering positions in the direction of the flank of Luofengling. As for the position of the main peak of Luofengling, it has not been able to make a decisive breakthrough for a long time.

Look at the sun that is gradually sinking in the west, and the cannonballs that are already insufficient at hand. Knowing that once it was night, it was very likely that he would be slipped away by the eight-way force in front of him, and Major General Okumura Toyoji, who was afraid that he would be empty-handed in the end, couldn't care about anything else, and directly gave the order for a general attack to the forward troops.

The Japanese troops at the front who received the order, although their captains were very dissatisfied with this order. thinks that this will cost his subordinates too much. Compared to Major General Toyoji Okumura before dark, it is necessary to annihilate this order of the Eight Roads. The captain believed that it was the most correct choice to advance steadily at the moment and rely on the superiority of artillery fire to gradually eat away at the opponent's strength.

Even at night, their own side can rely on the advantage of troops to trap this eight-way force in Luofengling. The area of the entire Luofeng Ridge is not large, and the trend of the mountain is quite gentle. Crucially, the altitude is not very high. Such a battlefield is a rare battlefield, enough to make steady progress to solve the problem.

It's a big deal to transfer the troops left behind in the Jiuding Pass back. Anyway, there weren't a few left of the eight roads over there, and the surrounding friendly forces were quickly surrounding them on all sides. Even if the Jiuding Pass is temporarily retreated, those dirt eight roads can't run out, why should they risk paying a lot of money and rush to eat this eight roads that are already sitting in the city of sorrow?

Anyway, the opponent doesn't have much troops, and his own troops plus the main force of the 38th Division have an absolute advantage in the comparison of troops. Coupled with the advantage of firepower, steady and steady is a more suitable situation for yourself. Although the Eighth Route troops in front of him are not many, the firepower is not strong. However, the will to fight is quite tenacious, and a strong attack can only cause heavy casualties to oneself.

However, Major General Toyoji Okumura put on a posture that he did not want to have any room for bargaining on his orders. Let this captain only bite the bullet and give his two squadrons an order for a general attack. And behind them, the Japanese artillery was also smashing the last few shells at Li Ziyuan's position.

When all the Japanese forces entered the ravine on the flank of the main peak, they pulled out the skirmish line and prepared to launch their usual pig assault tactics at critical moments. Li Ziyuan, who knew that it was time to fight back at this moment, put down the telescope in his hand. The order was given to He Huizhang and all the artillerymen, as well as the heavy machine guns that had been concealed until now.

With Li Ziyuan's order, the depth of the front line was deployed from the cross, and he had been hiding and waiting for the time before, and he could only sit back and watch a few heavy machine gunners fighting the front line. At the first moment, the trigger of the heavy machine gun was pulled. Together with the 20-millimeter cannon and a 37-gun gun, they formed a network of crossfire against the almost unprepared Japanese troops.

Li Ziyuan deployed here are all water-cooled Soviet-made heavy machine guns with a fast rate of fire. The dense bullets fired from these heavy machine guns swept through the Japanese positions that were attacking. The shells of the 20-mm small cannon and the 37 flat-fire guns also blocked the exit of the ravine from which the Japanese attack started.