The speed of the devil's sappers is still very fast, even if they are braving the rain of bullets, even if they are constantly putting cold guns by the snipers, even if they are constantly bombed by artillery fire, they still set up this pontoon bridge, and the first batch of devil troops of about a squadron rushed over along the pontoon bridge that has not yet been completely built.

The first thing these devils did when they rushed over was to set fire to the cotton fields in order to drive out as many of the battalion of soldiers who were hiding in the cotton fields.

Although the cotton is in the harvest season, the cotton plants are still green and fresh, and they cannot be lit at a little like in winter. The devils sprinkled gasoline on the cotton plants near the road and the river, so when they lit it, it burned very vigorously, and the billowing smoke rose into the sky, forcing Sha Wenhua and Zhang Shun and the snipers to hide deeper in the cotton fields behind.

Of course, Sha Wenhua and Zhang Shun and others are not people who sit idly by, when they retreat, they will also see the devil soldiers outside through the gap in the cotton, and from time to time they will shoot a cold gun to kill those devils who are on fire in all directions.

The fire finally burned, but fortunately there was not much wind, and the fire gradually weakened as the gasoline burned out, and there was still a certain amount of moisture in the cotton fields in the south, even in the afternoon, so even if no one tried to extinguish it, the fire would go out on its own.

It's just that the thick smoke fills all around, choking people's eyes and nose can't stand it, but they don't dare to cough out loud, so they can only continue to run to the back, hoping to find a place where they can breathe happily.

But it was also in this passive situation that the devil sappers who built the bridge quickly built the pontoon bridge, and the devil's tank drove down the road, went down the slope of digging and filling to the river, carefully got on the pontoon bridge, and with the rolling of the tracks, it really drove across the river.

In the distance, Xiao Linghu could see the situation by the river clearly, and he knew that the real battle between their regiment was about to begin. He couldn't help but take out his pocket watch again and look at it, at this time, it had been almost two hours since they stopped the devils by the river, which was much beyond Xiao Linghu's expectations, at the beginning, he thought that as long as they could block the devils on the other side of the river for an hour, they would be satisfied.

"Go and inform Brother Hua and Junzi of them, let them retreat to their respective companies, and carry out the battle below step by step!" Xiao Linghu ordered Yang Gensheng.

Yang Gensheng answered, and ran away like a rabbit.

At this time, the first company, under the leadership of the company commander Tian Dahai, was already lying on the right side of the road, and the second company was lying on the left side of the road. All of them are hiding in cotton fields, of course. The third company was regarded as a reserve by Xiao Linghu, and the first and second companies were added at any time.

Of course, Xiao Linghu knew very well that it was impossible for them to stop the devil's advance with the strength of a battalion, and their actions on both sides of the highway were mostly a kind of harassment, hoping to slow down the devil's march.

And now, for Xiao Linghu, there is another kind of expectation, they have planted so many mines on the road, maybe they can kill some enemies, and when they move, they have to be more slow, and what Xiao Linghu hopes most is, of course, that those mines can blow up the devil's tank that opened the road, even if it can't blow it up, it's best to make him unable to drive.

In addition to the direction of Panjia Village, where Xiao Linghu was located, they also surrounded Zhulou Village in the east and Luobei Village in the north, and the strategy they adopted was the same as the strategy adopted by the 11th Division on the previous day. Come to think of it, their purpose is also very clear, they just want to occupy the crossroads of Luodian and drive them away, not really want to annihilate them.

Xiao Linghu knew that Hu Congjun had already transferred the other two battalions of the 65th Regiment to both sides of this road, and when their battalion beat this group of enemies in a daze, those two battalions would continue to work the devil's next itinerary and continue to maneuver this enemy to the end.

At last, all the enemy forces passed through the pontoon bridge, and in order to be able to hold the point, they left a small group of devils here to guard the pontoon bridge, and after a short rest, the rest of the people set off again and marched along the road to Luodian.

The snipers who were assigned to the squad all returned to their respective platoons, but Xiao Linghu looked extremely nervous. His battalion headquarters was now located in the middle of the cotton field on the right side of the road, and there was a small pond with no ditch on the edge of the pond that connected to the river outside, and it was not known where the water came from. From the outside of the cotton field, this position is not visible at all. Originally, there were a few tall willow trees growing on the edge of the pond, but they were all sawn to the same height as cotton by Xiao Linghu, and he didn't want to turn this place into a target for the attention of devils.

According to a normal march, the tanks of the devils should open the way in front and follow their infantry closely. However, even this thin-skinned tank that is not advanced is very valuable to the devils, and the most important thing can be regarded by them as a gun that can walk freely, so this team of devil soldiers is also very protective of the tank, and does not let the tank go ahead, on the contrary, it is a team of devil infantry that walks in the front of the team.

These infantry moved quite quickly, and soon came to the minefield of a battalion, just stepped in, and heard a "boom" explosion, a ghost soldier finally stepped on the first mine, with the explosion of this touch mine, all the devil soldiers fell to the ground together, they thought it was another ** artillery fire.

At this time, Xiao Linghu had already come to the ambush point of a company on the right side of the road, and Tian Dahai couldn't help but ask him: "Do you want to fight?" ”

Looking at the group of devil soldiers lying on the ground on the road, Xiao Linghu shook his head and said, "Wait a little longer!" ”

Indeed, these devils have just stepped into the minefield, but as soon as they fire, they will retreat to the back, and then the devil's tank will come on, then their machine gun position will become a target for the devil's tank. Therefore, what Xiao Linghu wants to see the most is naturally that the devil's tank can step into the minefield first, and if the devil's tank can be killed, then the battle will be much simpler.

Of course, Xiao Linghu also knew that this was just his wishful thinking, and it was impossible for the devil to go according to his thoughts, and he still had to wait, waiting for the best time to fire.