Under the leadership of Lu Zhengchao, the 691st Regiment dug a ditch on the front of the Yinniu Canal to build two lines of defense, and arranged 200 people on the hills on both sides to defend it. Although the time is pressing, fortunately, there are many big trees and boulders on the mountains on both sides of the drinking cattle canal, and it is extremely convenient to build a position.

At this time, a faint sound of gunfire could already be heard in the distance, and Lu Zhengchao immediately ordered the troops to enter the combat state, and at the same time, Bai Fei also led the team into the jungle on the mountain and disappeared.

After a short time, about 1,000 Japanese vanguard troops drove over, and the commander of the Japanese wing, Yuki Egawa, saw through the telescope that the Chinese army was ready, and ordered the vanguard to stop two kilometers away from the Chinese army's position, and when the follow-up troops arrived, immediately send 200 men to carry out a tentative attack.

The devil bent his waist, entered 300 meters in front of the position, gradually began to shoot, and after finding that the Chinese army was indifferent, he continued to advance. When they reached a distance of about 100 meters from the position, the frontal position of the 691st Regiment finally began to counterattack. Because the 691st Regiment was equipped with a large number of Japanese machine guns and grenadiers, and in terms of firepower alone, it was much stronger than the regular Japanese troops, so as soon as the battle began, it showed strong firepower, and more than a dozen crooked handles opened fire together, and the devils who immediately hit cried and cried for their mothers, and in a short period of time, more than 200 people who did a tentative attack suffered heavy casualties, and less than 50 people retreated.

The commander of the devil, Yuki Egawa, sneered and immediately ordered the artillery to start firing at the positions of the Chinese troops. Of course, Egawa Yuki is not a fool, although the 691st Regiment did not expose the positions on the hills on both sides of the road before, but the devil artillery still poured shells into the mountains, but most of them were on the front positions, so after a burst of shelling, the frontal positions of the 691 Regiment suffered heavy losses, although there were casualties on the mountains on both sides, but the casualties were not large.

Seeing that the casualties of his troops were increasing, Bai Fei, who was responsible for providing fire support, did not move, and Lu Zhengchao, who was in charge of the command on the side of the mountain, scratched his ears and cheeks in a hurry, fidgeting, and finally could only order the soldiers of the first line of defense in front of him to withdraw to the second line of defense to temporarily avoid the bombardment of Japanese artillery shells.

Seeing that the Chinese army had retreated, Sato Mori, a staff officer of the Japanese army, said to the commander Egawa Yuki: "It seems that the Chinese army has no long-range artillery fire, and I really don't understand how the 2,000 people of the advance team were defeated by them." ”

Jiang Chuan Yugui said: "Don't be careless, the Chinese army has always been cunning, this time we not only want to eliminate this Chinese army, but also go east to Laiyuan." ”

Sato Mori was stunned: "You mean, continue to complete His Excellency Abe's encirclement and annihilation plan?" ”

Jiang Chuan Yuki nodded and said: "This time we have not achieved an inch in our southward journey, and we have lost more than 2,000 imperial warriors, such a great shame, only by continuing to complete the plan and using the blood of more Chinese people can we wash it away, instead of just eliminating a few Chinese guerrillas." The artillery was ordered to continue the shelling, and after 5 minutes the infantry pressed on it. The tasks that the advance team did not complete, let us complete them. ”

Sato Mori was a little worried: "What you said is right, but I'm afraid it's a little inappropriate to act privately." ”

Egawa Yuki said: "Don't worry, when this branch army is eliminated, I will immediately ask His Excellency Abe for an order." ”

The Japanese artillery fire continued, and after a while, the shelling finally stopped, and the casualties of the 691st Regiment were also counted, and as a result, the number of dead and seriously injured in the 691st Regiment was nearly 100 in the shelling just now.

Lu Zhengchao was distressed, he scolded Bai Fei in his heart, and he didn't know where he ran to, he even suspected that Bai Fei saw that the Japanese army was strong, and he slipped away with someone.

At this time, the Japanese infantry had already poured up on a large scale, and Lu Zhengchao did not have time to get angry, so he immediately ordered the team to enter the position again to fight and resist.

The Japanese army relied on the large number of people, and the 691st Regiment relied on its geographical advantage and the positions on both sides of the valley to fire together, which was not a loss, and the two sides fought very fiercely.

The Japanese army could not attack for a long time, and Egawa Yuki was furious, and was about to order the artillery to shell again, when suddenly several deafening explosions came from the side, and when he turned his head to look, he saw that the artillery position had already turned into a sea of fire, and the martyrdom caused by the explosion not only enveloped all the artillery, but also affected the surrounding Japanese troops.

Jiang Chuan Yugui was furious and scolded: "Yaga! What the hell is going on? ”

A herald ran over and reported: "Your Excellency Jiang Chuan, a lot of artillery of the Na Army suddenly appeared on the mountain, and our army's artillery positions were hit, all the artillery was destroyed, and the artillery suffered heavy losses. ”

"Nani, didn't you say that there was no artillery in the Chinese army?" Egawa Yuki was shocked. At this time, more explosions came, and Egawa Yuki immediately picked up the telescope and looked around, and found that there were shells flying from the mountain and falling into his camp, and the successive explosions were like a heavy hammer hitting his heartstrings, and Egawa Yuki's eyes suddenly turned red.

Before he could figure out how to deal with it, another herald came over to report that the Chinese army had suddenly appeared with a large number of snipers, resulting in a large number of deaths among officers of the front-line combat units, which had seriously affected the operational command and asked for tactical guidance.

Jiang Chuan Yugui was extremely angry, and at this time, another herald came over, Egawa Yugui couldn't help but sink in his heart, but he heard the herald say: "Your Excellency, Wing Commander, a lot of Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared in the rear of the team, and they did not attack me, but only built a position on the road two kilometers away, trying to block our army's retreat. The Esaki Brigade in charge of the broken post requested tactical guidance. ”

The so-called request for tactical guidance is to ask for help, to ask for reinforcements, to fight or to retreat? Is it defense or offense? You have to say something as a leader.

Jiang Chuan Yougui's heart was in turmoil, and the successive bad news made his heart almost unbearable. Before he could issue an order, another herald came in and reported: "Your Excellency Egawa, a group of the Eighth Route Army rushed out of the mountains on the left, split our team in half from the middle, and cut off the direct connection with the Ezaki brigade. ”

"Bhagayanu!" Egawa Yuki couldn't control his emotions anymore, and pulled out his saber and split the desk of the temporary command post in half with a single sword.

Staff officer Sato Mori suggested on the side: "Our attack is unfavorable, and now the back road has been cut off again, the Chinese army is planning to divide and outflank us, if we don't organize the troops to break through as soon as possible, and when they have their hands freed, we will be in danger." ”

Egawa Yuki broke out in a cold sweat, suddenly calmed down, and said: "Sato-kun, you are right, immediately order the rear of the whole army to change into the front team, and concentrate on breaking through the defense line of the Shina army. ”