At half past one o'clock in the afternoon of 15 February, more than 6,000 devils led by Major General Sakai Hoji to form the 1st Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade soon appeared in front of the officers and men of the 8th Brigade. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Report to Your Excellency the Brigade Commander, in front of you is the position of the instructor of the Eighth Route Army." A Japanese scout reported to Major General Hoji Sakai.

The prestige of the instructor spread among the Japanese army after he eliminated the Fifth Division and took Taiyuan Castle, and although Major General Sakai Hoji was ashamed to speak out in front of Lieutenant General Kiyotaro Uemura and belittled the instructor to nothing, in his heart, he still had a great fear of the instructor.

Hearing that there was the instructor's position in front of him, Major General Sakai Hoji was also quite nervous, and he asked eagerly, "Are you sure that it is the instructor of the Eighth Route Army?" How many troops do they have? ”

"Look at the banner should be the instructor of the Eighth Route Army, with about 10,000 troops, and they built a position more than five miles long in front of them, blocking our front." The scout replied.

"How many 10,000 people? It seems that the other party is not easy to deal with! "Major General Sakai Hoji is a little bit of a wax, he was still fearless before, but Lieutenant General Uemura Seitaro ordered him to be the vanguard on the spot, he faintly felt a little regretful, think about it, the instructor can go against the tide in the general situation of the repeated defeats of the Chinese army, and defeat the Japanese army one after another, I think it should not be a wasted person.

But the force has already been loaded, where is there any reason to stop, Major General Sakai Hoji can only comfort himself, bluffing to many officers: "Hahaha, I laugh at the Eighth Route Army instructor is so arrogant, if they can defend the Yellow River in Baotou, even if our imperial army warriors are invincible, they need to pay a heavy price to take them down, and now they are fighting a field battle with our imperial army, it is really a mantis arm as a car!" ”

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, is very wise! It's ridiculous that the instructors are so arrogant and arrogant that they deserve to be eliminated by us. Your Excellency, this is a godsend for our brigade to eliminate the instructor and make a name for itself! Wing Commander Hasegawa Miyoji Osa Hasegawa added.

"It's a pinch, Hasegawa-kun is very reasonable, then Hasegawa-kun will command the first wing to break through the instructor's position." Major General Sakai Hoji took advantage of the situation and ordered.

"Hay! Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, I will immediately command the First Wing to launch an attack on the Chinese Army, defeat the Chinese in one fell swoop, and kill all the instructors, especially their division commander Zhang Cheng. "Miyo Hasegawa was an extremely fanatical militarist, and he boasted more than Major General Sakai Hoji.

"Yo Xi, Hasegawa-kun is worthy of being a great warrior of my imperial army, then I will listen to your good news." Major General Sakai Hoji said appreciatively.

"Hey, leave everything to me, and the news of victory will come soon." Miyoji Hasegawa swore an oath.

Only half an hour later, Miyoji Hasegawa gathered all the forces of the 1st Wing and launched a major attack on the positions defended by the 8th Brigade.

Except for a small number of veterans, most of the soldiers of the Eighth Brigade were recruits recruited by the instructors in this expansion.

"Comrades, the little devil is nothing great, don't be afraid, since I, Zhou Dakui, went to the anti-Japanese battlefield, and the number of devils I have killed alone has exceeded the number of slaps, this time I want to do a good job and make up enough for two slaps." Don't rob me later, leave a few more devils for me to kill. The veteran Zhou Dakui shouted nonchalantly.

"That's right, the devil is like a fool, as soon as he charges, he doesn't care about rushing up, he can't even dodge, I use a Czech sweep, hey, a sweep is a big piece." Other veterans chimed in, constantly belittling the devil in order to alleviate the fear of the recruits.

"The devil is stupid, but the marksmanship is really amazing, you recruits can be smart, don't show your head if you have nothing to do, and when the devil charges, hit hard in the trench to ensure that all of you can bud, hahaha!" Zhou Dakui laughed.

Zhou Dakui's hearty laughter greatly reduced the fear of the recruits, and the recruits found that in the jokes of these veterans, they were no longer nervous, and the sweat in their palms cooled down.

"Listen, recruits, when the devils attack, they will first shell our position, you all take shelter for me, don't run around." Zhou Dakui said loudly again.

The same scene happened in every trench of the Eighth Brigade, most of the Eighth Brigade were recruits, and they participated in such a fierce battle in the first battle, Deng Hua, who was a little uneasy, ordered the veterans of the Eighth Brigade to cheer for the recruits in various ways, so that they could adapt to the atmosphere of the war as soon as possible.

The arrogant Hasegawa Miyoji and several Japanese officers stepped on a small dirt slope, observing every move in the instructor's position with a telescope, and when he found that the Eighth Route Army didn't even dare to show its head, he couldn't help laughing: "What am I talking about!" What do I say! You see, these soldiers of the Chinese army do not even dare to show their heads, they are all cowards' work, we only need to put a few rounds of artillery first, and then let the infantry charge, and the Chinese will soon collapse. ”

"Yo Xi, the captain of the wing is very wise, and he can see through the cowardly nature of the Shina army at a glance, and His Excellency Lieutenant General Itagaki was defeated in such a weak Shina army, which is really surprising!"

"I think His Excellency Lieutenant General Itagaki is also unworthy of his name, very incompetent, and he is not as good as the captain of Hasegawa."

The Japanese officers around him boasted one by one, and they almost boasted that Hasegawa Miyoji was an immortal general in the sky and in the earth.

Hasegawa Miyoji was very used in his heart, but he said modestly: "Don't compliment me, I'm still far from His Excellency Lieutenant General Itagaki, and when I become a lieutenant general, I can compare with His Excellency Lieutenant General Itagaki." ”

"The co-captain is too modest, His Excellency Lieutenant General Itagaki only debuted relatively early, if the co-captain and His Excellency Lieutenant General Itagaki debuted at the same time, maybe 'Itagaki no guts' will be changed to 'Hasegawa guts'."

Although Hasegawa was so happy that he didn't want to, but when the war was about to start, he still stopped his subordinates' bottomless boasting and ordered the artillery to launch an artillery bombardment on the position of the Eighth Brigade.

"Boom! Rumble! Boom ......"

Under the order of Miyoji Hasegawa, the artillery brigade of the 1st Wing fired shells one after another and smashed them fiercely towards the position of the 8th Brigade.

"The devils are shelling, and they are all hiding!" Zhou Dakui shouted loudly.

Thundered!

One after another shells fell around the trenches, splashing a large cloud of dust, the devil's shells hit accurately and hard, and a few shells fell in the trenches, and the defense line of the Eighth Brigade soon suffered casualties.