Xinkou, South Huaihua said that the army's forward position.

The two devil soldiers were lying in the trench and paying close attention to the front, at this time it was already the afternoon, the sun had already begun to prepare to "get off work" to rest, the devil's position was facing the west, and the devils on the army position were a little unable to open their eyes in the dazzling afterglow. The two ghost soldiers in charge of observation were even forced to shield their hands from the dazzling sunlight, but in this way, their visual distance was greatly shortened.

After a while, a devil noticed something unusual, he immediately called another devil soldier, and the two of them quietly raised the 38 rifle in their hands, only to see a large white unknown object moving rapidly, and the snow-white white unknown object became more and more dazzling under the refraction of the sun.

But soon, the soldier finally saw it clearly, and he immediately shouted: "Zhina man! Enemy attack! As soon as the words fell, a crisp gunshot rang out.

The steel helmet on the head of the devil soldier had been overturned, and a bloody hole appeared on his forehead, apparently dead.

Another devil soldier found that his comrade was shot, and immediately pulled the trigger to shoot back, at this time other devils also shot one after another, and a group of soldiers on the opposite side also opened fire.

After being discovered by the devils, the soldiers of the first regiment, one battalion and two companies immediately formed a straggler formation relying on the terrain and rushed forward with a shout.

A devil squadron leader saw more and more people rushing up from the command headquarters, and he immediately ordered light and heavy machine gun fire.

After receiving the order, four Type 92 heavy machine guns and eight crooked handles hidden in the devil's position opened fire one after another, but what the devil did not expect was that the Chinese did not rush much, so they retreated with the bodies of their companions.

The devil soldiers grinned and laughed: "If you want the west, the people of China have been repelled by us!" Long live His Majesty the Emperor! Hooray?????????"

However, before the cheers of the devils stopped, at least a dozen fireballs appeared in the sky, and those fireballs smashed into the devil's position with a whistling sound, and more than ten light and heavy machine gun fire points suddenly rose up to a ball of fireballs, followed by the explosion of ammunition, "Knock knock!" ”

The leader of the devil's squadron never dreamed that the quality of the artillery on the opposite side of the country was so superb that he could destroy almost all of his light and heavy firepower points in the first round of strikes without test firing.

However, the devil's nightmare is not over, a regiment of artillery in the first round of accurate knockout of the devil's light and heavy machine guns, began to saturate the devil's position, the sky shells with fireballs kept piercing the blue sky and fell on the devil's head, the entire South Huaihua fell into a sea of fire.

Everywhere, there were devil soldiers covered in fire, crying wolves, howling and rolling in an attempt to extinguish the fire on their bodies! But without exception, all the ghost soldiers who were on fire were either slowly burned to pieces by the flames, or torn to pieces by the air currents generated by the explosion of the subsequent cannonballs.

What was even more unfortunate was that the headquarters of the devil's squadron also suffered a shell, and the two squad leaders and the positive and negative squadron leaders were killed on the spot, and the devil's command system was immediately paralyzed.

The shelling lasted about ten minutes, and two artillery batteries and a tank battalion of the first regiment fired at least nearly 10,000 shells at the Devil's position.

The second company, which was in charge of the charge, had already been prepared at the front line, and when the shelling stopped, the commander of the second company clicked his rifle with a bayonet, and then raised his arms and shouted: "Brothers! Rush with me! After saying that, he took the lead and rushed forward.

More than 300 soldiers behind him clicked on their bayonets, and then shouted and followed the company commander to rush towards the devil's position. The second company rushed to the position of Nanhuaihua with almost no decent resistance, and after eliminating the remaining more than 20 devil wounded soldiers, the second company captured Nanhuaihua in one fell swoop. A soldier even planted the blue sky and white flag on the main position in Nanhuaihua.

Command of the 11th Infantry Wing.

"Yaga! What do you say? Nanhuaihua lost? Captain of the 11th Infantry Wing, Ozawa Harano, roared in disbelief.

"Hay! The Chinese carried out saturation artillery bombardment on South Huaihua, and the second squadron responsible for guarding South Huaihua lost two-thirds of its ranks, including the squadron leader, and only the third squadron as a reserve was forced to withdraw due to the loss of command. A devil lieutenant replied with a sudden bow.

"Yaga Tooth Road! Send a telegram to the Fifth Cavalry Wing, asking them to immediately send a cavalry brigade back to our unit, and order the reserve of the 3rd Infantry Brigade to immediately counterattack the people of Nanhuaihua, and the artillery squadron will fully assist in recapturing Nanhuaihua before it gets dark today! Ozawa roared angrily.

"Hay!" The devil lieutenant bowed his head suddenly, and immediately took the order.

As a wing commander, it is impossible for Ozawa Harano not to know the important surname of Nan Huaihua, so he must recapture Nan Huaihua at all costs! In fact, at this time, Ozawa Harano made a fatal mistake, that is, when the rear road was cut off and the supply of ammunition to the soldiers would be interrupted, he even fought a war of attrition with the Reading Army, his 11th Wing plus baggage, artillery and logistics reserves were full of 4,000 people, and the First Infantry Brigade and five squads were wiped out by the Reading Army, he couldn't afford to lose one to one, and the first regiment of the First Division alone consumed him to death.

Due to the terrain, it is impossible for an infantry brigade of the devil to be fully deployed, so the maximum number of troops invested at one time is 100 people, and soon the mountain artillery squadron directly under the wing headquarters is ready to open fire.

The four 75 Lingshan guns and the 60 mortars belonging to each infantry squadron all aimed their black muzzles at the Nanhuaihua position.

At this time, the second company had just finished cleaning the battlefield and was repairing the defensive positions destroyed by its own artillery, and the current Nanhuaihua position was in a mess, all the firepower points were destroyed, and all the trench fortifications built by the original devils were blown up.

The soldiers of the second company were nervously and orderly repairing their positions under the leadership of the company commander, and suddenly the sky sounded "Yu Yu!" Voice.

The experienced soldiers of the second company immediately heard that something was wrong, and several veterans opened their throats and shouted: "Devil shelling, lie down quickly!" Take cover! ”

As soon as the words of several veterans fell, several shells dragging long flames fell, and they exploded suddenly.

Soon, the entire position of the second company was suddenly under artillery fire, and the sound of explosions was endless, and some soldiers who had no time to dodge were suddenly torn to pieces by the ruthless explosion, turning into a rain of blood and falling down.

"Fuck! The dog's reaction is so fast! The signal corps immediately reported to the regiment commander and asked for artillery support! The commander of the second company spat out a mouthful of muddy water and yelled at the communications soldiers not far away.

"Yes!" After receiving the order, the signal soldier immediately jumped out of the trench and rushed towards the direction of the regimental headquarters, but before he could go 100 meters, suddenly a shell fell beside him, and the signal soldier immediately fell in a pool of blood.

When the third platoon commander saw that the communications corps was killed, he ran to the second company commander and reported: "Company commander! The communications corps is sacrificed! ”

"What? What did you say? In the roaring cannon, the second company asked loudly.

"I say, the communications soldiers have died!" The third platoon commander leaned next to the ear of the second company commander and opened his throat and shouted.

"Oh!" The second company commander heard it clearly this time, and said loudly: "Then send a few more!" Just go! Be sure to send the information to Lao Tzu! ”

"Yes!" The three platoon leaders made a promise, and then the cat ran to the back.

"Boom!" The devil's shelling continued, and the second company and the first company sent five or six heralds unfortunately fell under the devil's artillery fire. At this time, the second company is no longer in the next place, because the devil's artillery fire is violently bombarding their position, and now the soldiers on the position can't even move, how to convey information again?

The commander of the second company shouted at the top of his voice: "Brothers, all hidden, no movement without an order!" ”

A regimental headquarters.

Niu Tiangui listened to the bursts of artillery from Nanhuaihua, and hurriedly said to the staff officers beside him: "Call the first battalion immediately and ask how the situation is on the front line?" Didn't the shelling of our regiment stop? Where are the guns still being fired? ”

"Yes!" The staff officer of the major of the first regiment immediately stepped forward to answer the promise and immediately turned around to make a call. Not long after, the major chief of staff hung up the phone, turned around and reported to Niu Tiangui: "Report to the regimental seat, the first battalion and the second company have captured Nanhuaihua, and now the devil is shelling the second company, and the commander of the first battalion is asking the regiment headquarters for artillery support. ”

Ushida Gui walked to the phone and said, "Give me a battalion!" ”

The major staff officer quickly stirred the phone, and then handed the microphone to Ushida Taka.

Niu Tiangui took the phone and said loudly: "Hey! I'm Ushida Taka! ”

"Tuanza! I am Zhang Fugui, the commander of the first battalion, please instruct. Zhang Fugui, the commander of the first battalion, stood up on the other end of the phone.

"Oh, first battalion commander, I order you must defend Nanhuaihua for me at all costs! Tell the two companies on the battlefield with four words! Fight to the death! Niu Tiangui said loudly into the phone.

"Yes! Rest assured, the mission is guaranteed! The commander of the first battalion straightened up.

After hanging up the phone, Niu Tiangui called the artillery battalion commander again and asked him to shell the artillery positions of the Japanese army and reinforce the second company.

The artillery battalion commander reported back; The artillery positions of the devils were located outside their range and could not be shelled.

Helplessly, Niu Tiangui could only order the first battalion to defend the position in Nanhuaihua.

The position of the second company of South Huaihua.

At this time, Nanhuaihua once again fell into a sea of fire, and the fortifications that the soldiers had just built in a hurry were ruthlessly destroyed by the fierce artillery fire again.

After about fifteen minutes, the devil's artillery finally stopped the bombardment, and the commander of the second company shook the dirt on his body, looked back at the fortifications filled with gunsmoke, and shouted loudly: "Each platoon immediately reports casualties!" ”

"Twenty-one wounded in one platoon, seven killed!"

"Thirty-three people were wounded in the second platoon and five were killed!"

"Twelve wounded in the third platoon, eight wounded, and four killed"

Several platoon commanders also opened their throats in response.

As soon as he heard the casualties, the eyes of the commander of the second company suddenly moistened, and as soon as the devil shelled his second company, the casualties were nearly one-third, plus the casualties during the attack just now, at least one-third of the casualties of the second company at this time.

In fact, it is no wonder that the position above Nanhuaihua was shattered by a fierce artillery fire, and the second company had not had time to build the destroyed fortifications, and all the anti-artillery holes had already collapsed.

That's why the second company had such a large casualty.

(To be continued)