Immediately, the artillery positions began to go into a state of alert, one artillery gun after another began to be pulled by trucks, and boxes of shells began to be placed on carts and trucks towed by mules and horses.

Ikuta Nakasa held the binoculars and looked around, and he took the lead in withdrawing with four 105mm field guns and four 75mm field guns, all of which had a range of more than 10,000 meters, and if these guns fell into the hands of the Chinese troops, the consequences would be unimaginable.

Kunomura Momoyo and his brigade headquarters have already evacuated, Kunomura Momoyo is still very cunning and vigilant, if he does not evacuate in time, I am afraid that he will become the first major general brigade commander to be captured alive by the new second brigade troops.

The cavalry units have begun to appear near the artillery positions, Ge Haifeng and Chen Guitang have already begun to deploy, the two companies of the cavalry battalion of the new second brigade will attack from the north, the cavalry battalion of the independent regiment will attack from the flank, and the first company of the cavalry battalion of the new second brigade will serve as a reserve.

THE MECHANIZED ARTILLERY COMPANY BEGAN TO SET UP ARTILLERY POSITIONS ON THE NEARBY HIGH GROUND, AND SIX 20MM MACHINE GUNS, THREE 37MM ANTI-TANK GUNS, AND FOUR TYPE 92 INFANTRY GUNS WERE ERECTED ONE AFTER ANOTHER.

When Sun Weiguo formed the artillery group, the artillery of all departments was gathered together, and the artillery commander Zheng Jingjing was in charge of commanding, and the only thing that did not change was the mechanized artillery company of the armored battalion, and the two machine guns of the cavalry battalion were also strengthened into the mechanized artillery company.

Wang Yanbo, the company commander of the mechanized artillery company, was recommended by Yin Jinshan, Wang Yanbo was born in the sixth artillery section of the Whampoa Military Academy, and then went to study at the Japanese non-commissioned officer school, and also obtained the artillery department.

Artillery of different calibers began to be erected, and Wang Yanbo, who was holding a telescope, looked towards the Japanese artillery position.

At this time, the Japanese artillery positions were already dark, and the artillery had begun to stop firing.

"The little devil artillery is going to run, the anti-tank gun is aiming at the car headlights, and the infantry guns are immediately firing flares." Wang Yanbo immediately gave the order.

Ma Xuepeng began to order the anti-tank guns to shoot at them, and armor-piercing shells began to be fired.

THE THREE TRUCKS TRANSPORTING THE 75MM FIELD GUNS WERE IMMEDIATELY DAMAGED BY ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS, THE TRUCKS STOPPED MOVING, AND ALL THE GHOST SOLDIERS DRIVING WERE KILLED.

A captain squadron leader, who was sitting in the cab of the truck, looked back at the bombed-out truck, and his face turned pale.

"Hurry up, blow up the artillery! Don't let these guns fall into the hands of the Chinese troops. "The captain squadron leader immediately gave the order.

More than thirty devil artillery soldiers began to act, and they wanted to blow up three field guns, but at this time, the cavalry units had already begun to charge.

The soldiers brandished their sabers and roared angrily, as before, Ge Haifeng, the commander of the cavalry battalion of the new Second Brigade, took the lead again.

Ge Haifeng wore a major collar badge on the collar of his military uniform, and he held a saber in his right hand and quickly came to the Japanese artillery position.

Two Type 92 heavy machine guns and three crooked-handled light machine guns began to fire, and the bullets almost grazed Ge Haifeng's military uniform.

Things on the battlefield are very weird, the more afraid of death, the more careful to dodge, the bullet seems to have eyes towards such a soldier, but the more he is not afraid of death, the more desperately he charges forward, and the bullet seems to be dodging.

With a bang, a machine gun began to fire armor-piercing shells, and the bullets directly killed the ghost soldier shooter who controlled the heavy machine gun fire.

Six machine guns began to suppress fire, and armor-piercing shells smashed the devil soldier shooter to minced meat.

Ge Haifeng felt a hot pain in his right leg, but he didn't care at all, he quickly came to a ghost soldier, and with the help of the momentum of the war horse, the saber on Ge Haifeng's right hand slashed directly at the neck of the ghost soldier.

The sharp saber cut off the neck of the devil soldier, and bright red blood began to spurt out, Ge Haifeng continued to march forward, and the three devil soldiers fell under his saber one after another.

The cavalry were like tigers entering the flock, slaughtering the devil soldiers to their heart's content.

The so-called one thing to one thing, the cavalry is powerless in front of the tank armored vehicle, but in the face of these artillery, the cavalry has become a nightmare that the artillerymen cannot wave for a lifetime.

AS SOON AS THE JAPANESE LIGHT AND HEAVY MACHINE GUNS BEGAN TO FIRE, THE SIX MACHINE GUNS WOULD FIRE ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS, AND THE ARMOR-PIERCING SHELLS FIRED BY THE 20MM CALIBER WOULD HIT THE HUMAN BODY, BUT THE HUMAN BODY WOULD BE HIT LIKE A WATERMELON THAT HAD BEEN RUN OVER BY A TRUCK.

Fierce fighting continued, but the situation of the Japanese artillery units was precarious.

When Kunomura Momoyo heard the sound of gunfire coming from the artillery position, he immediately ordered the troops to speed up the withdrawal, and at the same time he immediately sent a telegram to the two infantry brigades in Zhaoqingong Village, and he asked the two infantry brigades to immediately leave Zhaoqingong Village and quickly go to Chenjiagou Village to the north to set up a defensive position.

Kunomura Momoyo still has the ability to command, if he lets two infantry brigades return to Noyu Village at this time, then these infantry are likely to be attacked by cavalry on the road, and the cavalry and infantry encounter on the road, and the consequences can be imagined.

However, the situation of these two infantry brigades was different when they were evacuated to Chenjiagou Village, these two infantry brigades were reinforced infantry brigades, they had three machine gun squadrons, four artillery squads, and this kind of firepower alone, as long as they were stuck in their positions, if the cavalry charged, they would definitely suffer heavy casualties.

After Hideaki Okamoto and Minamijiro Araki received orders from Momoyo Kunomura, they immediately began to disengage from contact with the Chinese forces in Zhao Qingong Village, and they began to evacuate to the village of Chenjiagou, four kilometers to the north.

The troops of the new second brigade in Zhao Qingong Village were exhausted, and the troops suffered heavy casualties, and after the Japanese troops withdrew, Sun Weiguo did not give the order to pursue, after all, the Japanese army still had an advantage in numbers.

The fighting in various parts of Xiyang County gradually began to calm down, and the sun rose in the east, and the time came to April 9.

When the sun had just risen, more than 30 Japanese bombers began to come to the sky over Xiyang County, and the Japanese bombers began to carpet bomb the intended targets.

The village of Zhao Qingong was bombed into Pingding County, and the troops of the four detachments were also attacked by Japanese bombers.

It should be noted that at this time, China was very backward, and nine out of ten people did not know what an airplane was, and as for air defense training, there was no such thing at all.

The units of the New Second Brigade have been systematically trained in air defense, but most of the local units of the Eighth Route Army do not know what the planes are for.

This time, the Japanese army dispatched the Fifth and Sixth Flying Groups of the First Flying Regiment of the Provisional Aviation Regiment directly under the North China Front, with the Fifth Brigade being a light bomber group and the Sixth Brigade being a heavy bomber group, and these two groups were equipped with Type 93 light bombers and Type 93 heavy bombers respectively.