Captain Iijima was a captain squadron leader of the 1st Brigade of the 117th Wing, and his squadron was stationed in the village of Kuhito at this time.

Captain Iijima immediately began to build fortifications after entering the village, and he turned the village into a huge fortress that he could guarantee that no Chinese army could break through.

Two Type 92 infantry guns, four Type 92 heavy machine guns, nine crooked light machine guns, nine Type 89 grenadiers, and more than 100 Type 38 rifles were his greatest reliance.

It was almost noon, and Captain Iijima was going to call the orderly and ask him to prepare lunch for himself.

But at this time, a communications soldier hurriedly ran in front of Captain Iijima, and after the signal soldier saluted in a panic, he hurriedly reported: "Squadron leader, the Shina unit has appeared, and there are many of them, more than 400 people. ”

"Bagaya Road, don't panic, the Zhina troops are coming just in time, and immediately notify the heavy artillery brigade to carry out artillery bombardment."

Captain Iijima immediately gave the order, and immediately after that, the communications corps began to pick up the phone of the squadron headquarters and immediately get in touch with his superiors.

AFTER A WHILE, SHIJIASHAN'S HEAVY ARTILLERY UNITS BEGAN TO LAUNCH ARTILLERY BOMBARDMENT, AND TWO 105MM CANNONS BEGAN TO FIRE OUTSIDE JUREN VILLAGE.

Two shells came at him, and two huge craters appeared in the ground, killing and wounding four fighters.

Captain Iijima also immediately came to the head of the village, he held the binoculars and looked out of the village, and when he saw the situation outside the village, he couldn't help but widen his eyes.

There were still traces of Chinese troops around the village, but the ground was constantly being lifted up, and Captain Iijima immediately realized that the other side was working in a tunnel.

"Contact the heavy artillery unit and carry out carpet shelling outside the village." Captain Iijima said in a cold tone.

The Japanese communications corps again made contact with the heavy artillery of Shijiashan, and this time the Shijiashan heavy artillery fired four shells, and four huge craters began to appear in the west of the village.

A dozen fighters immediately came to the crater, and they began to dig trenches towards the head of the village.

The Japanese artillery shell came over, but it only caused a small number of casualties among the soldiers, which can be described as using a cannon to fight mosquitoes, and it was not effective at all.

On the contrary, as the shells blew up huge craters, this provided good cover for the fighters.

Hundreds of soldiers quickly dug trenches around the village of Juren, and these trenches took on an S-shape, slowly approaching the village.

Captain Iijima held his binoculars and watched the Chinese troops approaching, his face became solemn, and he shouted loudly: "Contact the 3rd Heavy Artillery Brigade immediately and ask them to carry out carpet bombing around the outside of the village, remember, carpet bombing!" ”

When the signal soldiers heard Captain Iijima's words, they did not dare to delay in the slightest, and they immediately got in touch by telephone.

This request was quickly sent to Shijiashan, and after Fukuda Hisaei received the request from the infantry, he couldn't help but have a puzzled expression on his face.

Before, he had asked the 1st Squadron to support the operation in Guren Village, but now the infantry had asked for support again, which puzzled him, and he came to the 1st Squadron in person.

"Bagaya Road, why don't you support the infantry in Juren Village, how many shells have you fired." Hisaei Fukuda had an angry expression on his face.

Seeing that there were only six shells on the ground of the first squadron, he knew that the first squadron had fired only six shells.

"Captain, there are only hundreds of soldiers on the outskirts of Juren Village, they are scattered around the village, our six shells only caused them a small number of casualties, and now according to our judgment, each of our shells will only bring them an average of two casualties, Captain, such a shot is completely unreasonable."

The captain of the first squadron looked at Hisaei Fukuda in front of him, and he reported in a serious tone.

Hearing the report of the squadron leader of the 1st Squadron, Hisaei Fukuda immediately began to observe through the artillery mirror.

After some careful observation, Fukuda Jiuei's face became extremely angry, and he couldn't help cursing in his mouth.

"Yaga, damn infantry, they actually wasted our precious shells in the Great Japanese Empire, those Shina infantry can use bullets to shoot. The Signal Corps, call back to the 1st Brigade of the 117th Wing, refuse to provide artillery support, and take out two Chinese soldiers with a precious grenade, which will be the greatest shame for the Imperial Army. ”

Hisaei Fukuda said in a cold tone, he refused Captain Iijima's request, he did not provide carpet shelling.

If more than 100 Chinese soldiers are gathered together, the artillery can carry out support operations, but more than 100 Chinese soldiers are scattered and use shells to kill them, which is simply the biggest waste.

Fukuda Hisaei thought that the infantry in Juren Village could completely use rifles to deal with these Chinese soldiers, so he refused the infantry's request.

After the 117th Brigade of the 117th Wing received the telegram, Captain Shaozuo's face turned pale, he picked up the microphone and dialed the phone number of the Japanese squadron headquarters in Juren Village.

After reprimanding him on the phone, Captain Shaozuo felt a little more comfortable.

Captain Iijima was severely reprimanded, but he was very depressed in his heart, if he could solve it with rifle bullets, how could he ask for artillery support.

The Chinese soldiers were hiding in the tunnels, and they couldn't even see people, so how could the riflemen shoot?

Two infantry guns and nine grenadiers were mobilized, and he asked them to shell the tunnels to block the movement of the Chinese troops.

Anti-personnel grenades and miniature grenades were fired, shells exploded on the ground, shrapnel flew everywhere, but it was difficult to pose a threat to the infantry in the tunnel.

But after a while, the Japanese grenadiers began to find a trick, and they used the advantage of small-caliber grenadiers to shoot accurately into the tunnels.

Miniature grenades began to fall into the tunnels, threatening the soldiers digging the trenches.

This situation was quickly reported to Sun Weiguo, who immediately began to mobilize two mortar groups of the second battalion to support the operation.

THREE 82MM MORTARS, THREE 60MM MORTARS BEGAN TO BE SET UP COVERTLY, AND AS THE JAPANESE GRENADIERS CONTINUED TO FIRE MINIATURE GRENADES, TWO MORTAR GROUPS BEGAN FIRING AS SOON AS THEY REVEALED THEIR POSITIONS.

Six grenades were fired, and the mortar team immediately moved to the area, and by the time the Japanese infantry guns were firing at the area, the artillerymen were already holding the mortars.

These six grenades knocked out five Japanese grenadiers, and with the entry of two mortar groups, the Japanese artillery was suppressed.

Mortars were very light support guns, and they immediately shifted after firing a shell, giving the Japanese no chance to shoot at all.