The troops of the first company quickly approached the Japanese position under the leadership of Yan Jiaming, and the devil soldiers on the Japanese position were also actively defending.

Six light machine guns, six grenadiers, and hundreds of rifles of the two squads were erected, and eight 90MM mortars and four heavy machine guns in the town were also ready to shoot.

In the dark night, the first company quickly approached the front with the help of the cover of night, five hundred meters, four hundred meters, three hundred meters, two hundred meters, and the first company was already getting closer and closer to Lijiazhuang Town.

Just when the first company was less than 200 meters away from Lijiazhuang Town, the flares began to be hit into the air by the Japanese grenadier mortars, and in an instant, the dark night was like day, and the attacking first company was immediately exposed to the sight of the Japanese army.

The two firing points in the town began to shoot, and the two Type 92 heavy machine guns hidden in the firing points began to fire directly, and one bullet after another quickly hit the soldiers of the first company, and the three soldiers who rushed to the front were caught off guard, and they were directly hit into a sieve by the heavy machine gun bullets.

War is not child's play, and there are very few operations without casualties, especially when the troops are attacking, and the attacking troops will definitely pay casualties.

Two Type 92 heavy machine guns spewed out tongues of fire, and bullets were fired at the officers and men of the first company as if they didn't want money.

At the same time, the Japanese troops deployed in Xianzhang Village and Lizhuang Village also began to shoot, six light machine guns fired obliquely from the two villages, and six crooked light machine guns formed a crossfire network, and the attack of the first company was quickly blocked, and as the Japanese light and heavy machine guns began to fire, the attack of the first company was instantly blocked.

Even though the troops of the first company were strictly trained, there were many new recruits in the troops, and the first company paid the price of more than 10 casualties on the spot.

Xianzhang Village and Lizhuang Village are only a few hundred meters away from Lijiazhuang Town, and the distance here allows them to cover each other.

In particular, the four heavy machine guns and eight mortars in Lijiazhuang Town can completely intercept the attack of company-level troops.

EIGHT 90MM MORTARS BEGAN FIRING AT THE FIRST COMPANY, AND ONE SHELL AFTER ANOTHER CAME AT THE FIRST COMPANY.

The attack of the first company was instantly thwarted, and the officers and men were lying on the ground and could not take any action at all.

Yan Jiaming's face turned pale, at this time he was unable to organize the troops to counterattack, the Japanese light and heavy machine guns formed a crossfire network, mortar shells kept coming, and the officers and soldiers would be killed by bullets and shrapnel as long as they moved a little.

The attack of the first company was suppressed, and the devil soldiers showed a smug smile on their faces, and the corners of the mouth of the captain of Shaozuo, who was holding a telescope to observe, rose slightly.

"How is the situation in Yangjiayu Village and Huanglong Village?" Captain Shaozo put down the binoculars, and he asked calmly.

"The shelling of the Chinese troops is fierce, but their attacking troops have been intercepted, and the 16th and 18th brigades have begun to send troops for reinforcements. Captain, there is a good chance that we will not only be able to stop the attack of the Chinese troops this time, but also be able to inflict heavy damage on them. ”

A Japanese captain on the side reported with a smug face that the attack of the new 2nd Brigade was frustrated, and the devil soldiers were full of self-confidence.

"Mixi, immediately report this information to His Excellency the Brigade Commander." Captain Shaozuo said in a smug tone.

The captain saluted the captain of the brigade and began to return to the brigade headquarters, making contact with the brigade headquarters by radio.

At the same time, the regimental headquarters of the first regiment had already begun to come to the front line.

The attacks of various units were frustrated, which poured cold water on the heads of Sun Ziyuan and others, and they did not expect that with such firepower, they would be intercepted by Japanese firepower.

"Regiment commander, I personally commanded the first battalion, I still don't believe it, our regiment can't take the Japanese position with such powerful firepower."

Deputy Regiment Commander Wang Tieniu said emotionally, his face was blue for a while at this time, although Sun Weiguo's task to the First Regiment was a feint, but the officers and soldiers of the First Regiment regarded the feint as the main attack task, and they wanted to break through the Japanese position, not to contain the Japanese troops.

"Deputy Regiment Commander Wang, don't be impulsive, although our attack was frustrated, but the Japanese firepower was all exposed, isn't this the best time for us to hit the Japanese firepower with heavy weapons? The machine gun battalion and the machine gun companies of each battalion were transferred up to attack the Japanese fire points first, and then the various units launched a fierce attack. The deputy director of the General Staff Office, Yoon Kim, made a suggestion.

"Deputy Director, Head Sun, Deputy Head Wang, I think it is better to put the main attack on the flank, compared to Lijiazhuang Town, the Japanese firepower in Yangjiayu Village is obviously much weaker, we break through the Japanese position from the flank, and then turn around and flank Lijiazhuang Town."

Yue Wu, the chief of the operations section who followed Yin Jin to the pre-first regiment to assist in commanding, hesitated, he looked at Yin Jin, Sun Ziyuan, and Wang Tieniu and said softly.

Yin Jin glanced at Sun Ziyuan, and Sun Ziyuan nodded directly and agreed.

Soon, the orders of the regimental headquarters of the 1st Regiment began to be transmitted to the front, and the Kangfei Artillery Company, which was originally assigned to the 1st Battalion to fight, was directly dispatched to Liu Jingnuma's 2nd Battalion to fight.

The machine gun battalion remained here in the first battalion, but the main direction of the first regiment was changed, the main attack was originally Huang Gang's first battalion, but now it is Liu Jingnuma's second battalion.

"Da Da Da!" In Lijiazhuang Town, a Type 92 heavy machine gun was still firing, and bullets were quickly fired out.

But at this moment, with a "boom", a grenade was fired directly by an infantry gun, and this grenade hit directly on the heavy machine-gun fortifications.

As the explosion sounded, the bricks and tiles of the fortifications fell one after another, but the Japanese fortifications were very strong, and a grenade did not give the fortifications a chance.

Some of the devil soldiers in the fortifications were injured, and the uninjured devil soldiers were ready to carry away the Type 92 heavy machine gun, but the infantry guns would not give this opportunity.

The three Type 92 infantry guns of the 1st Battalion Machine Gun Company continued to fire, and one grenade after another fired at the exposed fire points of the Japanese troops.

Nine grenades were shot out, and the two heavy machine-gun fire points exposed by the Japanese were completely destroyed.

AFTER DESTROYING THE TWO HEAVY MACHINE GUN FIRE POINTS OF THE JAPANESE ARMY, THREE 60MM MORTARS AND 27 GRENADIERS OF THREE COMPANIES UNDER THE FIRST BATTALION BEGAN TO FIRE SHELLS AND MINIATURE GRENADES AT XIANZHANG VILLAGE, LIJIAZHUANG TOWN, AND LIZHUANG VILLAGE RESPECTIVELY, STRIKING AT THE LIGHT MACHINE GUN FIRE POINTS EXPOSED BY THE JAPANESE ARMY.

The three Type 92 heavy machine guns of the 1st Battalion Machine Gun Company began to fire, and Yan Jiaming and the troops of the 1st Company began to attack the town.

YE JIANGKAI'S MACHINE GUN BATTALION OF SIX 82MM MORTARS BEGAN TO SUPPRESS THE FIRING OF THE JAPANESE MORTARS IN THE TOWN.

The first battalion was canceled for the main attack, but the officers and men of the first battalion were not convinced, and they still wanted to quickly take Lijiazhuang Town.