Seeing that the Japanese troops attacking in the front began to retreat, Sun Yuanjiang immediately ordered the heavy machine guns arranged in the rear to quickly withdraw from their positions and retreat in the direction of Longguling, and at the same time ordered the second company to quickly advance fifty meters along the communication trench. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

When the devils who attacked head-on retreated, the devils who attacked the two wings also began to retreat.

As soon as the devil withdrew from the position, the shells flew like raindrops, and Sun Yuanjiang couldn't help but change his face when he heard the strange whistling sound of the shells: "It's the 75 Mountain Cannon, hide quickly!" ”

As the battalion commander of the independent division, Sun Yuanjiang's knowledge was naturally not ordinary, and when he heard it, he knew that what the devil used this time was no longer the 92nd infantry artillery, but the 75th mountain artillery.

He led the people of the command post and quickly ran to the side of the anti-artillery hole, and at this moment, the shells in the sky fell, and an earth-shattering explosion sounded on the mountain, countless trees were blown into the air, and stones and sawdust flew all over the sky.

Miki couldn't help but show a hideous smile on his face when he saw that the hill guarded by the New Fourth Army on the opposite side was beaten by the artillery wing that came later.

Under such heavy artillery fire from the imperial army, see how the New Fourth Army is hiding?

When Sun Yuanjiang heard a series of explosions sounding from the position, he couldn't help but rejoice that he ordered the second company to move forward quickly, otherwise the second company and the machine gun company would still be on the position just now, and the casualties would be tragic in this round of artillery bombardment by the devils.

The devil's shelling finally ended after ten minutes, and Sun Yuanjiang was about to order the second and first companies to prepare for battle when he heard the roar of airplanes in the sky.

In the blink of an eye, the two planes came at a rapid pace, and bullets rained down from the sky, and when they flew over the position, the bombs fell one after another. The sound of a loud explosion turned far away, and at the same time, the earth and rocks on the hill flew up, and it seemed that even the mountain was trembling.

The wanton bombing by the devil's plane finally ended five minutes later, and when the devil's plane left, the devil's soldiers, who attacked again, quietly rushed to within 100 meters of the positions of the second and first companies.

Sun Yuanjiang saw through the smoke that had not yet dispersed, and suddenly found that the devil had rushed to the front of the position, and his heart suddenly tightened.

At this moment, the commander of the first and second companies had discovered the devil, and as they struck, the soldiers of the first and second companies ran to their positions, raised their guns and shot desperately at the rushing devil soldiers, and at the same time, grenades, grenadiers, mortars, etc., all fired at the devil.

The sudden burst of fire knocked down the devils who rushed in front in pieces, and Miki realized that the New Fourth Army had run to the lost position just now, and couldn't help but curse angrily.

The New Fourth Army was also too cunning to advance instead of retreating, and hid in the front position, so that all the shells fired by the mountain artillery wing fell on the hill of the main position.

Seeing that the resistance of the New Fourth Army was very stubborn, its own troops could not advance at all, and at the same time, the troops attacking on both flanks were also strongly blocked.

Miki had no choice but to order his troops to retreat again.

Seeing the devil retreating, Sun Yuanjiang found that the time for retreat had come, and immediately seized this opportunity, ordered the first and second companies to quickly withdraw from the battle, and then ran in the direction of Longguling.

When the third battalion withdrew to Longguling, Sun Yuanjiang found that the casualties of the entire battalion had reached one-third, and the number of soldiers who had died reached 70.

Wang Shizhu couldn't help but look solemn when he saw a blocking battle that caused as many as one-third of the casualties of the third battalion, and he immediately ordered the third battalion to temporarily withdraw to the rear to rest.

Shi Qiang and Chen Jian also withdrew to Longguling at this time, and according to the instructions of the division headquarters, they had to hold back the enemy in Longguling for a day to buy time for the clearing of the fortified walls in Shitian County.

Fortunately, at this time, the 72nd Regiment also withdrew, so after discussing with the two, it was decided that one battalion of the 72nd Regiment would guard the southern end of Longgu Mountain, and one battalion of the 68th Regiment would guard the north end of Longgu Ridge, and the divisional artillery regiment would be deployed behind Longgu Ridge to be responsible for artillery reinforcement.

However, the 3rd Battalion of the 68th Regiment was bombarded by the Devil's Mountain Artillery at Chengjiapo, which made the two of them suddenly feel a heavy burden on their shoulders.

You must know that the devil's 75 mountain artillery is more powerful than the 92 infantry artillery, but it is more than a little bit stronger, although the 75 mountain artillery is inconvenient to carry, but as long as it is put into battle, it is a mortal threat to the New Fourth Army.

"Lao Chen, you said, once the devil arrives in Longguling, where will the mountain artillery position be arranged?" Shi Qiang stared at the map and said with a frown.

Jian Chen stared at the map for a long time, thought for a while and said, "Brigade Commander Shi, if you want to say that the east of Longguling is suitable for the devil to arrange the mountain artillery position, I think there are only these two. You see, if the devils set up the mountain artillery positions in these two positions, their artillery fire could cover the entire Longgu Ridge, and although other places could cover the entire Longgu Mountains, the terrain was not suitable for arranging the mountain artillery positions. ”

Shi Qiang looked at the position pointed by Jian Chen, thought for a while and said: "You are right, these two positions should be the best position for the devil to arrange the mountain artillery position, Lao Chen, the devil's mountain artillery is the biggest threat we face, if you don't think about knocking it out, I'm afraid the next battle will be very difficult." ”

"What do you mean?" When Jian Chen heard Shi Qiang's words, his heart moved, and he looked at him and asked.

"Lao Chen, in this way, we will immediately send people to these two positions to plant explosives in advance, and once it is determined that the devils will arrange the artillery positions in these two positions, we will bombard these two positions with mortars, detonate the explosives, and knock out the devil's mountain artillery." A hint of fortitude flashed on Shi Qiang's face.

Hearing this, Jian Chen compared it on the map, looked at him and said, "If we hide mortars in these two positions in advance, we can hit here and detonate explosives, but these two positions will be surrounded by devils' heavy troops at that time, how can those soldiers in charge of mortars safely retreat?" ”

Although Shi Qiang's method is feasible, the people who carry out this task will face unlimited risks, and once the devil's mountain artillery position is bombed, they will definitely pounce on them like mad dogs.

"This, we think about it this way, the matter of detonating explosives is the responsibility of the people of the special service company, they can disguise themselves as devils, and once they succeed, they will immediately retreat from this position, and then blend in with the devil troops, and then try to withdraw." Shi Qiang said as he pinched his chin with his hand.

Hearing that Shi Qiang was going to let the warrior disguise himself as a devil, Jian Chen thought for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, just do as you say, I'll go and arrange it." ”

There were still about two hours left for the devils to arrive at Longguling, and these two hours were naturally enough time for the spy company to complete the task of planting explosives, camouflaging and arranging detonators.

After receiving the order, company commander Lin Fuguang ordered the whole company to assemble, carry explosives and mortars, run to the position designated by Deputy Detachment Commander Chen, set up a guard post, quickly buried the explosives, and then left a six-person combat team each, disguised as devils with mortars, and hid in the mountains and forests on the side of the two flat woodlands.

As a soldier of the special service company, this disguise and other skills are their compulsory homework, and after these six people ran into the mountains and forests, they immediately chose a hidden location and dug a hole to hide in.

Of course, above the entrance of the cave, it is well disguised, and if you don't look closely, even if you walk in front of it, you can't find it.

When Deputy Brigade Commander Chen assigned tasks to Lin Fuguang, he made very detailed arrangements, such as when the company would open fire, what route it would follow to retreat after the artillery was fired, how it would blend into the group of devils, and where the people of the spy company would meet them.

The terrain around Longguling was inspected very carefully as early as when Shi Qiang and Chen Jian received an order from the division headquarters to hold back the enemy in Longguling for a day and a night.

Soon after the special service company completed the task of planting explosives and withdrew, the main force of Jiang Cheng's detachment chased to the front of Longguling.

Longguling is the only way to enter the county seat of Ishida, and it is said to be the only way, just because this road is the most convenient, and it is the official road from Linchuan to the county seat of Ishida, as for bypassing Longguling to rush to Ishida, it is not impossible, but it is at least an extra day to walk.

Besides, that road is not as easy as this one.

As long as you pass through Longguling, there is no danger in going to Shitian County, so to speak, as long as Jiang Cheng's detachment crosses Longguling, Shitian County will be just around the corner.

"Miki-kun, the front is Longguling, which is called Yifu Dangguan by the Chinese, and Longguling is ten thousand people?" The commander of the Japanese army, Major General Jiang Cheng, pointed to the gray mountains in the distance and asked Miki Daisa, who was standing in front of him.

"Your Excellency General, in front of you is Longgu Ridge, and our intelligence, the temporary detachment of the Independent Division, is guarding there, trying to block the way for our imperial army to enter Ishida." Miki whispered.

"Just with these mud-legged hillbillies, they also want to stop the pace of the Imperial Japanese Army?" Jiang Cheng couldn't help but sneer, "Miki-kun, order your troops to prepare for attack, and after our planes bomb, immediately launch an attack on Longguling, I want to see, is it the hard bones of the Chinese, or the steel of the Imperial Japanese Army?" ”

"Hello." Miki put his feet together, nodded vigorously, and then turned to leave.

After Miki left, Jiang Cheng held the binoculars to take a closer look at Longgu Ridge, and after returning to study the map, he called the captain of the mountain artillery wing on the side, Akiyama Daisa.

"Akiyama-kun, in order to better teach these damned Chinese, your mountain artillery is placed in this position, and when the bombardment of the air force is over, immediately carry out artillery bombardment on Longguling, and you must severely damage the New Fourth Army on the opposite side." Please! After speaking, Jiang Cheng also bowed deeply to Akiyama.

Akiyama's artillery wing originally did not belong to the combat sequence of the Jiang Cheng detachment, but this time, in order to enhance the firepower of the Jiang Cheng detachment, Qiu Shan was specially asked to follow the detachment with twelve mountain guns.

At the time of Chengjiapo, Qiushan's mountain artillery ploughed the defenders' positions, and finally forced the New Fourth Army to abandon the Chengjiapo position and retreat to Longguling.

This time, Jiang Cheng naturally wanted to rely on the artillery wing to strike a heavy blow at the New Fourth Army on the ridge, so as to make new contributions for the detachment to break through the resistance of the New Fourth Army. (To be continued.) )