"Okay, in the future, we will be comrades and comrades-in-arms, you can rest assured, there will be opportunities to fight devils in the future. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info" Ou Biaofei looked at Hu Guangyuan and said solemnly.

At this time, a correspondent came to report that the Seventh Company, which had blocked the attack, had caught fire with the devils who came out of Sanguba.

Before the Eighth and Ninth Companies launched the attack, Ou Biaofei's Seventh Company was ready to block the attack on a hill north of Songjiazhuang, because after Ou Biaofei eliminated the enemy in Songjiazhuang, according to the order of the regimental headquarters, he would prevent the enemy from moving south to occupy Songjiazhuang again, so it was a very important task to block the devil's reinforcements from moving south in the north.

When the Seventh Company arrived at the top of the mountain, the company commander Hou Yifang immediately led three platoon commanders to inspect the terrain, and then set up three lines of defense on the hill, and at the same time built fortifications on the hill in strict accordance with the position construction method personally guided by the regiment commander.

One platoon was placed in the first line of defense, the platoon commander placed two squads on opposite sides of the road, and the other squad on the front of the road, and of course, the road was also quickly dug out of the trench by his soldiers.

After completing the simple construction of the defensive position, the platoon leader quickly dispatched soldiers, and with the assistance of the villagers who came to help, dug a deep trench in front of the position, and drew flowing water from not far away.

Fortunately, the soil in the south of the Yangtze River is still very easy to excavate, and during this time, it has not rained in the sky, and the trenches are not afraid of collapse.

Soon after the construction of the position fortifications of the 7th Company was completed, the enemy who reinforced Songjiazhuang from Sanguba arrived by car.

At this time, the battle in Songjiazhuang had started for half an hour.

The devil quickly reinforced, and Hou Yifang immediately guessed that Okada Saburo should have been ready to send reinforcements as soon as the New Fourth Army attacked Songjiazhuang.

Although his second brigade was ambushed by the New Fourth Army at Wild Boar Ridge and suffered the loss of the boss, in his subconscious, he still thought that the New Fourth Army was only good at ambushes, and as for attacking the imperial army that was ready for defense, it should not be good at it.

Therefore, in his prediction, even if the New Fourth Army operating in Banqiaoji wanted to attack his troops in Songjiazhuang, I am afraid it would not be a matter of a while, after all, the Japanese troops he sent to Songjiazhuang began to build fortifications as soon as they arrived in Songjiazhuang, and they were ready to hold on, and besides, there was a company of the Imperial Allied Army that cooperated with the action.

After receiving an urgent report from Songjiazhuang, he immediately ordered the Fourth Squadron, which had been prepared early, to set off immediately.

The troops lost by Saburo Okada at Boar Ridge were quickly replenished after being scolded by Matsushita Shinichi, but the task given to him by Matsushita Nobuyuki was to ensure the safety of the road from Sanguba to the White Sands stronghold.

In order to guard this transportation line, Nobuyuki Matsushita gritted his teeth and pulled out a regiment of the Imperial Allied Army to cooperate with Okada Saburo's action.

In order to ensure the safety of the highway line, Saburo Okada drew a squadron of troops, cooperated with two battalions of the Imperial Allied Army to defend the highway to the death, built fortifications at dangerous positions, and also extracted a small squadron of machine gun squadrons and dismantled them into strongholds on the side of the road.

Only then did he have only three infantry squadrons in his hands.

The devils who were ordered to go to Songjiazhuang for reinforcements took six cars out of Sanguba and hurried south.

Of course, Nogi, the leader of the devil squadron who was ordered to lead reinforcements, was still mentally prepared for encountering the resistance of the New Fourth Army.

Knowing that the road ahead had been dug up by the New Fourth Army, and at the same time the New Fourth Army was preparing to block the attack in front, Nogi immediately ordered all the troops to get out of the car, and at the same time ordered the 92 infantry gun that cooperated with the operation to be quickly erected.

So, Nogi, who was ready, asked the soldiers around him to shoot flares to illuminate the night sky as if it were day, and then the prepared infantry guns began to bombard, and a squad of soldiers followed forward.

It's a pity that the terrain chosen by the Seventh Company to block is a bit complicated, which is not suitable for the deployment of Nogi's troops, if he sends troops to outflank him from both flanks, because there is a pond on the right side, he has to make a detour of a very long way, and on the left side, there is a mountain forest, and in the dark night, he can't tell whether there are Chinese troops waiting inside.

Therefore, the most direct way is to take advantage of the superiority of the imperial army's artillery fire and troops, and adopt the method of overwhelming the mountains and seas to directly press over.

Under the instruction of the flares, the 92 infantry guns immediately opened fire on the hill in front of the road, and for a while, the shells continued to fall on the hill, blowing up clouds of smoke.

Hou Yifang, who was guarding behind the mountain, heard the sound of the devil's 92 infantry cannon, and his heart couldn't help sinking.

You must know that the participation of the devil's 92 infantry artillery in the battle shows that the devil who came to reinforce is at least a squadron, that is, the reinforcement of the devil is more than half of his seventh company.

Although his Seventh Company had a geographical advantage, this kind of small hill, which was not dangerous, could not play much benefit in the face of the enemy's superior forces.

Fortunately, the battalion commander specifically emphasized in the assignment that when the battle began, he must not place the main forces on the mountain. At the same time, it is necessary to set the route of the movement of troops in advance.

At this time, although the devil's shells kept falling on the hill, his second and third platoons were all hiding in the anti-artillery holes of the fortifications behind the mountain, but there was no loss.

As for the platoon guarding the first line of defense, naturally they could not be withdrawn, and at this time, they all hid in the anti-artillery holes of the first line of defense, allowing the devil's shells to explode overhead.

Nogi saw the position of the New Fourth Army on the opposite side through the flares, which were blown up by the infantry artillery and the mortar grenadiers to which the squadron belonged, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of pleasure in his heart.

The platoon commander heard that the devil's shells began to extend backwards, and immediately drilled out of the low anti-artillery hole, and shouted: "The devil is coming up, quickly, each squad checks the situation and prepares for battle." ”

When the three squad leaders heard this, they immediately checked the casualties of the troops, and finally found that in the bombardment of the devils just now, three soldiers were unfortunately killed.

The rest of the fighters were furious when they learned that their comrades had died in the bombardment of the devils just now, and they ran to their respective positions with their guns, and the machine gunners were ready to shoot with the crooked machine gun arranged in the middle.

As for the grenadiers in the platoon, they were also squatting in the trenches at this time, ready to fire.

The platoon commander saw that his fighters had just entered the position, and dozens of figures appeared on the road, and these figures rushed towards his defense line in battle formation along the road.

The platoon commander saw that the devils were constantly rushing in, he just watched coldly, at this time, in addition to the grenadiers fired from the devils from time to time, the shells fired by the 92 infantry guns and mortars had moved to the top of the mountain.

Seeing that the devil rushed to the opposite side of the trench, the devil's grenadier and light machine gun also began to move, and the platoon leader looked at the devil hatefully, and shouted at the grenadier behind him: "Grenadier, hit me!" ”

The three grenadiers immediately opened fire on the position of the Devil grenadier and the position of the light machine gun on the opposite side, and the shells flew out rapidly, directly blowing up the two grenadier groups of the Devil who were busy moving forward, and at the same time blowing up the Devil light machine gun that was following behind into parts.

Immediately after the first hit, the grenadier group began to transfer.

After all, the devils still have infantry guns and mortars in their hands, and once the location of a row of grenadiers is determined, they will definitely retaliate with fire.

Grenadiers, in terms of range and power, cannot be compared with the devil's infantry artillery and mortars at all, so naturally they can only hit and run.

Sure enough, Nogi noticed that artillery shells suddenly flew out of the opposite hill, blowing up the grenadier group of the first squad and a light machine gun, and immediately ordered the infantry guns and mortars to suppress it, and at the same time ordered the first squad to attack quickly.

Seeing that the devil's grenadier and light machine gun were knocked out, the platoon commander immediately ordered the whole platoon to open fire, and dozens of soldiers raised their guns and continued to shoot at the devils who rushed to the edge of the trench, beating six or seven devils to the ground in the trench, and at the same time, the light machine guns in the platoon also roared, and a string of bullets flew out, taking the lives of four or five devils.

But at this time, the devil was also red-eyed, and although the companions around him kept falling, the rest of the devils still shot desperately while rushing forward.

However, when he rushed to the edge of the trench, he found that the despicable Chinese had dug a trench in front of the position, and had brought water from one side, making the trench very muddy.

These soldiers rushed to the edge of the trench, because it was dark night, although flares rose from time to time, but for the low place, they still could not see clearly, and when they jumped into the ditch and found that it was very muddy and difficult to walk, grenades and grenades suddenly flew in front of them, and one by one exploded in the trench.

These devil soldiers were unable to move in the trench and could not dodge at all, and many of them were hit by flying shrapnel and fell in the mud screaming.

Nogi was dumbfounded when he saw the first team jump into the trench one by one, and then saw a series of explosions in the trench.

The second team, which was prepared, saw this strange situation and naturally stayed there.

After a long while, the first squad leader ran back with seven or eight of his subordinates in confusion.

"Report to Captain Nogi, the despicable Shina men dug a trench in front and filled it with water, and after we jumped in, we couldn't move at all, pity my squad, my squad is all finished." The first squad leader was crying and shaking.

It is now almost early winter, although this is the south, but the winter is still very cold, and these ghost soldiers who escaped back rolled in the muddy water, and the clothes on their bodies were all muddy water, and they were naturally shivering with cold.

"What? Is there water in the trenches? Nogi couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, the trench in front of the New Fourth Army's blocking position, he looked carefully, it was ten meters wide, but it was not deep, and it was only about one meter long, but it was filled with water and turned into mud, if he launched an attack, it would definitely become the death zone of the Imperial Army.

Besides, it's night again.

"Captain Nogi, it's full of water, it's true, we can't rush through it at all." The squad leader said with his head down.

"Eight grids!" Nogi scolded angrily, but he didn't dare to let the second squad continue to attack, so he had to order the artillery to continue firing at the blocking position of the New Fourth Army, and at the same time report the situation to Captain Okada through the radio. (To be continued.) )