Houma Mountain is the only way for the Beitongpu Railway to go north to Datong, the whole Houma Mountain terrain is dangerous, the railway line passes through the mountains, and there are dead grass and bushes everywhere on both sides of the line.

In the dry grass less than 500 meters away from the railway line, there were nearly 300 soldiers of the Eighth Route Army wearing gray military uniforms, and these people were a detachment led by Liu Dehua.

During the day, they rushed to the mountain road and destroyed several sections of the railway line in front of the army, and now the army is urgently repairing, so Liu Dehua and they can arrive at Houma Mountain earlier than the army, and ambush them in advance.

Liu Dehua was preparing to destroy the railway as much as possible to buy time for the Reading Force to get ready, and at this time, about a platoon of soldiers on the railway line was planting explosives in sections.

Soon the fighters had planted the explosives and began to draw the lead.

A platoon commander personally dragged an detonating wire to Liu Dehua's hiding place, and said in a low voice: "Captain, get ready!" Let's retreat! ”

"Hmm!" Liu Dehua nodded, then waved behind him and said, "Brothers, withdraw!" ”

Liu Dehua and the soldiers gradually retreated, while the platoon commander stayed behind with a few soldiers, preparing to detonate explosives and blow up the railway.

The neighing of war horses and the shouting of cavalry were heard in the distance, and the platoon commander turned his head to see about a squadron of devil cavalry galloping from a distance.

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He ordered: "Quick! Instant detonation! After speaking, he pressed the detonator in his hand.

Several other fighters also pressed the detonator one after another, "Boom????" Several earth-shattering explosions rang out one after another. The war horses under the crotch of the devil cavalry in the distance were suddenly alarmed by the loud noise.

A devil squadron leader struggled to restrain his horse, and when he saw the fire and smoke rising into the sky in front of him, he was furious and roared: "Baga! Damn the Chinese people! After speaking, he pulled out his command knife and waved it in the air: "Kill Gaga!" Kill them all! ”

The devil cavalry behind him brushed all the sabers that were braving the cold, and then rushed forward with a shout.

At this time, Liu Dehua saw the devil cavalry rushing towards him, and immediately yelled at the platoon leader: "Li Guang, retreat quickly!" Fast! ”

Li Guang led a few soldiers to run quickly towards the mountain, and the devil cavalry roared and chased closely.

Seeing that the devil cavalry was about to catch up with Li Guang and them, Liu Dehua pulled out the mirror-faced blind man on his waist and shouted: "Comrades, fight me!" ”

After saying that, "pop" was two shots, and the soldiers fired at the devil one after another, and the two machine gunners also set up the machine guns and began to strafe at the rushing cavalry, and the two tongues of fire blocked the way for the devil cavalry to advance.

Because it was a mountainous terrain, it limited the ability of the devil cavalry to sprint, so Liu Dehua and the others easily got rid of the devil's cavalry and killed and wounded more than 20 devils, and then successfully broke through into the mountains.

The leader of the devil squadron was furious, but he was helpless, as soon as he entered the mountain, it was the world of infantry, and the advantage of the cavalry was lost.

The angry devil squadron leader had no choice but to inform his superiors that the railway had been damaged by the dirt eight roads and was seriously damaged!

Xinzhou, the military headquarters.

Major General Kato, Chief of Staff, strode into the command headquarters and said with a heavy face: "General Ishihara, I just received a report from the Fifth Cavalry Squadron that the Tongpu Railway has been damaged in many places by Tubaludi, and the heavy artillery brigade may not be able to advance for the time being!" ”

"Yaga!" Ishihara was a little annoyed and said: "Order the sappers to hurry up the construction, the 114th Division and the 18th Division each sent search teams to patrol along the railway line, and when they saw the Tuba Road Drop, they were all working dead!" ”

"Hay!" Major General Kato bowed his head abruptly.

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The outer position of Yangjia Village, the position of the 2nd Company of the 3rd Regiment of the 2nd Division was ......

Two soldiers in white uniforms were lying in the trenches smoking, and one of them asked, "Brother Wang, do you say that the little devil is powerful?" I heard that you fought fiercely with the little devils in the Yellow River last year? ”

The one who spoke was a recruit who had just joined the army for less than half a year, his name was Xu Wen, who had hardly fought any war, and was full of anticipation and excitement for the upcoming big war.

The veteran named Brother Wang took a deep breath of the cigarette in his mouth, let the thick smoke churn in his lungs, and then said to the recruit: "Brother, remember one sentence, veterans are afraid of numbers, and recruits are afraid of cannons!" There is nothing to be afraid of the little devils of the dog, as long as you aim, the bullet can pierce a hole through the debris of these dogs! ”

"Hmm!" Xu Wen nodded when he heard the words and said, "Brother Wang, were you scared when you fought for the first time?" ”

"Afraid! Why don't you be afraid, if it weren't for the old squad leader, I would have died under the fire of the devil, but the old squad leader will always sleep under that hot land! Brother Wang was obviously caught up in the memories, and he unconsciously left tears as he spoke.

Obviously, he remembered the old squad leader who had passed away. Xu Wen asked again: "Brother Wang, can you tell me the story of the old squad leader?" ”

Brother Wang wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, spat and foamed: "It was in the month of last year, the three divisions of the devils launched a fierce attack on the Yellow River Bridge, and the devil's shells were like no money to be 'thrown' at our position.

The original hard bunker suddenly became vulnerable, and our regiment was a little better, especially the one at the forefront, where many brothers were buried alive in the bunker.

Later, the casualties of the first regiment were too great, and the division decided to replace our third regiment, and we replaced the regiment that had already suffered heavy casualties under the leadership of the regiment commander, and at this time the position of the first regiment had been blown to pieces by the devil's shells. Because of the urgency of the war, we built simple fortifications with the corpses of fallen soldiers and soldiers.

The next day, the army began to attack again, and under the fierce artillery bombardment of the devils, the machine gunners of our second company and the third squad were sacrificed, and the squad leader asked me to go up!

After the artillery bombardment, a large group of devil infantry with rifles and heavy machine guns began to charge. Soon I grabbed my machine gun and swept the devils to the ground piece by piece!

At this moment, one of the devil's grenadiers stared at me, and he quietly set up the grenadier, while I was still desperately suppressing the infantry. Didn't notice the devil's small cannon (grenadier) at all after a cannon fired.

I fainted, and when I woke up, I was already in the field hospital, and later I learned that the devil's grenade happened to fall next to me, and it was my squad leader who saved my life, but he was killed by the grenade! In that battle, the only two people alive in our third squad were me and the deputy squad leader, and we are our current squad leader! ”

Just when Xu Wen was still sighing, the leader of the third squad who was observing the enemy situation said: "The little devil who is ready to fight is here!" ”

At this time, about two squads of devils began to attack the periphery of Yang Village tentatively, and those devil soldiers slowly retreated forward with extreme vigilance.

Soon into the range of the forward alert position, the guard position was stationed a reinforced squad of troops, a total of more than 20 soldiers, the whole squad was equipped with three light machine guns, and the rest of the soldiers were all equipped with MP18 submachine gun ammunition two bases. A few grenades!

Originally, the role of this guard squad was to block the Yue army before the attack, forcing the devils to change the charging formation, and then they could retreat to the main position along the communication ditch.

However, the two squadrons in front of them obviously wanted to conduct fire reconnaissance, and the two infantry squadrons were not enough to make this well-equipped reinforced squad retreat.

Squad leader Wang Baolong pulled the bolt of the submachine gun in his hand and said in a deep voice: "Brothers, prepare to fight!" After speaking, the muzzle of the black hole hole was aimed at the devil infantry five hundred meters away.

More than 20 black muzzles all stretched out of the trenches, and the machine gunners also quietly set up machine guns, and at this time, the devils of the two squads were alternately on guard and continued to advance forward.

When the devil was less than a hundred meters away from the trench, Wang Baolong shouted: "Brothers, give me a hard beating!" After saying that, he stood up and spat out a fierce tongue of fire from the submachine gun in his hand.

The powerful firepower composed of twenty submachine guns and three light machine guns immediately stunned the little devils, and almost half of the devils in the first round of strikes were killed or wounded.

Then the little devils who followed all lay on the ground and shot at the guard squad, at which time several Readforce soldiers took out a few high-powered grenades from their waists and pulled the lead. Then throw the smoke-emitting grenade forward!

More than a dozen smoke-emitting grenades fell in the crowd of devils, and the devils lying on the ground were suddenly blown up and their flesh and blood flew sideways! Screaming and screaming.

The command knife in the hand of a devil squad leader kept waving, reprimanding the machine gunner: "Shoot! Shoot! Kill the hateful Shina people! ”

At this time, several "mobile artillerymen" of the second company in the back provided artillery support for the guard squad, and three 60 mortar shells soared into the air, smashing down into the crowd of devil squads with flames, "Boom! Boom! Several explosions rang out, and fireballs rose from the ground, accompanied by black smoke and broken limbs and broken guns.

With the support of the artillery behind, the devils of the two squads finally retreated, and the two squads belonging to the second squadron of the 35th Wing of the newly formed 6th Brigade of the 9th Division left behind at least forty or fifty corpses of their companions and fled in panic. (Note: The Ninth Division was completely annihilated in the Battle of the Yellow River, and the Sixth Brigade at this time was composed of all reserve recruits from the local area and veterans drawn from other divisions, and the brigade commander was also replaced.) When the second squadron leader learned that his two infantry squads had been routed by dozens of Chinese soldiers and suffered heavy losses, he was so angry that he "rewarded" the two squad leaders with dozens of slap awards.

Then he reported the news of the failure of the tentative attack to the wing commander Kobayashi Zhengnan, Kobayashi Zhengnan was furious, and he said angrily: "The hateful Shina people actually set up a guard position at the front of the main position, and it is really cunning!" If this alert position is not removed, it will be very unfavorable to the offensive of the imperial army! ”

Chief of Staff Tian Kenichiro said: "Wing Commander Mingjian, it can be seen that this army is not simple!" actually knows how to arrange a guard position. ”

"Hmm!" Kobayashi Dazuo nodded, and then said suddenly: "Order the first brigade to send a squadron to attack, and before ordering the tank squadron to transfer two tanks to cooperate with the first brigade, we must remove this nail and clear the obstacles for the main force of the imperial army!" ”

"Hay!" Tian Xianichiro bowed his head suddenly.

Soon, a squadron of devils rumbled towards the Yangcun position under the leadership of two light tanks.

(To be continued)