The night was hazy and the stars were dim, and the first battalion of the first reserve regiment opened a long line of skirmishers under the command of Yue Wu and began to march.

Company Commander Liu's first company was deployed by Yue Wu to march behind the battalion headquarters, and at present, the first company has suffered a lot of losses in personnel and equipment, and its morale has also suffered a certain blow.

The second and third companies were demoralized, and two infantry companies clamored for revenge for the first.

"Da Da Da!" The sound of heavy machine gun fire sounded, and Yue Wu, who was on the march, quickly fell to the ground.

"It's the sixth row!" The battalion headquarters personnel immediately made a report.

At this time, the sixth platoon had been attacked by the Japanese army, and the main force of the 117th Wing led by Gao Shu Jiayi had quickly returned to help, and after entering Xiyang County, the 117th Wing began to deploy troops in various villages with Shijiashan as the center, and more than 3,000 devil soldiers began to enter various villages, and they were ready for battle.

At this time, the soldiers of the New Second Brigade also believed that there were no Japanese troops in Xiyang County except for Shijiashan, where there were Japanese heavy artillery, and the first battalion had directly collided with the Japanese position.

"There is a village in front, the second company, take the village, the machine gun company covers." Yue Wu immediately gave the order.

THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE SECOND COMPANY QUICKLY LAUNCHED REINFORCEMENTS, AND THE 60MM MORTARS DIRECTLY UNDER THE COMPANY HEADQUARTERS HAD BEEN ERECTED, AND A SHELL FIRED DIRECTLY AT THE JAPANESE HEAVY MACHINE GUN.

As the explosion sounded, the Japanese heavy machine gun was immediately scrapped.

However, the Japanese troops in the village started shooting, and the sound of grenadiers firing shells kept ringing.

Nine Japanese grenadiers fired flares at the same time, and one by one the flares were shot into the air, and the dark night instantly became like day.

Light machine guns, rifles began to fire, bullets came out of the village, the fighters quickly hidden, light and heavy machine guns began to be set up ready to return fire.

But before the soldiers of the second company could pull the trigger, four large fireballs quickly attacked from the south, and one by one the large fireballs began to fall to the ground.

As the explosion sounded, the soldiers of the second company felt as if they had entered a steamer, and even Yue Wu, who was still some distance away from the explosion point, couldn't help but be lifted by the qi wave, and his body fell heavily to the ground.

The attacking force that the 2nd Company had just organized was instantly disintegrated by four shells, and the 2nd Company paid more than 40 casualties.

Fortunately, the troops distanced themselves when attacking, otherwise their casualties would have been even greater.

"Mixi, order the first brigade to quickly launch an encirclement and eat this branch of the army for me."

At this time, Gao Shu, who set up a wing headquarters in a village under Shijiashan Mountain, immediately issued an order after receiving a report from the front.

Two infantry squadrons of the 1st Brigade of the 117th Wing quickly began to attack from both sides, and they wanted to encircle the first battalion.

Yue Wu reacted very quickly, he immediately gave the order to retreat, the first battalion of troops quickly left the battlefield, and the machine gun company was responsible for breaking off the rear cover.

With a "boom", a grenade was fired by a cannon, and four Maxim heavy machine guns were frantically blocking the pace of the devil soldiers, but when this grenade came, the four Maxim heavy machine guns were blown into scrap metal on the spot, and more than 30 soldiers were all killed!

Artillery is known as the god of war, no matter how the war situation develops, but artillery always occupies an important place in the war, which shows how much influence artillery has on the war.

TWELVE 105MM CANNONS WERE DEPLOYED ON THE HIGH GROUND, EXCELLENT ARTILLERY PERFORMANCE, SKILLED ARTILLERY, THESE TWELVE CANNONS PLAYED A ROLE ON THE BATTLEFIELD FAR MORE THAN A WING PLAYED.

It can be said that any Japanese infantry brigade relied on these twelve cannons to garrison Xiyang County, and they could completely resist the attack of the two armies of the Chinese army.

The first battalion was very embarrassed and left the battlefield, but Yin Jin continued to march in the direction of Shijiashan with the artillery company and the second battalion.

On the artillery battalion position on the north bank of the Songxi River, Li Jiaxin saw that the Japanese artillery began to shoot, and he was eager to immediately order the artillery to return fire, but Zheng Jingjing ordered the troops not to open fire without authorization.

He got in touch with the brigade headquarters through the wired phone of the headquarters, and Zheng Jingjing personally reported the situation.

"BRIGADE COMMANDER, THE NUMBER OF JAPANESE ARTILLERY IS NOT AS LARGE AS OURS, BUT NOW IN AN ARTILLERY BATTLE WITH THE JAPANESE ARMY, WE WILL DEFINITELY SUFFER, THE JAPANESE ARMY SHOULD BE USING A 105MM CANNON, THE SPECIFIC MODEL IS NOT CLEAR AT PRESENT, BUT OUR EIGHTEEN 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS WILL DEFINITELY NOT BE THE OPPONENT OF THE JAPANESE CANNON, I ASK TO GIVE UP THE SHELLING."

After Zheng Jingjing got in touch with Sun Weiguo, he immediately suggested.

AS SOON AS HIS WORDS FELL, THE SOUND OF ARTILLERY SOUNDED ON THE ARTILLERY POSITION, AND A COMPANY COMMANDER COMMANDED HIS SIX 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS TO SHELL SHIJIASHAN WITHOUT AUTHORIZATION.

Six mountain guns continued to fire grenades, and one grenade after another hit Shijiashan.

The firing range of the Type 94 mountain artillery is also very good, its range is nine kilometers, compared with the general mountain artillery and field artillery, the range of the Type 94 mountain gun is very long.

But in front of the Type 92 cannon, the Type 94 mountain cannon is like a child who has not grown up.

The firing of the six mountain cannons did not pose a threat to the cannons on Shijia Mountain, and each cannon on the mountain at this time was well protected.

Fukuda Kuei flicked the dust off his shoulder, a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he immediately began to give the order to fight back.

Four cannons began to be put into the artillery battle, and the Japanese squadron leader quickly calculated the firing yuan according to the artillery mirror.

Immediately afterwards, large fireballs quickly hit the artillery positions of the New Second Brigade, and before the six mountain guns could make any reaction, four of them were destroyed on the spot.

The other two mountain guns were also affected, and the artillerymen realized that their mountain guns could not compete with the Japanese artillery at all, and by the time they tried to move, it was too late.

The Japanese artillery fired again, four grenades fired at the artillery position, and the remaining two mountain guns were just pushed by the artillerymen, and they were enveloped in a sea of fire.

Fortunately, the Japanese artillery only fired eight grenades, destroying the six mountain guns of the first company of the artillery battalion, and then they stopped the attack.

Just as at this time, the twelve cannons of the Japanese army were shooting at the artillery position, and the eighteen mountain guns of the artillery battalion were to be destroyed here.

Pingding County, the new second brigade headquarters, Zheng Jingjing returned to the brigade headquarters from the front line, and he reported to Sun Weiguo in person.

At this time, Sun Weiguo had already issued an order, and all units of the New Second Brigade quickly withdrew to the north bank of the Songxi River to stand by, and at the same time he asked all units to distance themselves and set up positions.

"Brigade commander, the little devil seems to be fighting our idea, the little devil doesn't need such a good artillery to fight the anti-Japanese troops in the southeast of Jin, but it is set up in Xiyang County, which is obviously aimed at us." Deputy Chief of Staff Qin Xianliang looked at Sun Weiguo with a bright gaze, and he said in a high school tone.

"There are two possibilities, the first Japanese army wants to prevent us from participating in the southeast Jinxi operation, and they intercept us here in Xiyang County. The second Japanese army wants to encircle us and annihilate us completely, so there will be Japanese troops here in Xiyang County, and now no matter which possibility it is, our whereabouts should have been exposed long ago. Sun Weiguo looked at the map, and he analyzed.