Two hours later, the Japanese army actually pulled out a field artillery brigade of 18 field guns from the barracks. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Under the stunned gaze of Xu Hai and others, an artillery position was built in an open field less than a kilometer away.

As soon as the regiment commander Xu Hai showed a complicated expression of both solemnity and worry on his face, the battalion commander next to him asked anxiously.

"Regiment commander, we didn't bring a single cannon, how should we fight next!"

Xu Hai didn't answer directly, but asked with a serious face: "Two hours have passed, how is the anti-artillery hole I asked you to dig is doing!" ”

"The remaining brothers can be assigned an anti-artillery hole in each squad, and it shouldn't be a problem to carry the Japanese field artillery!" The commander of the first battalion replied without thinking about it.

Xu Hai's solemn facial expression immediately relaxed, and after a long sigh of relief, he said: "It's good to have anti-artillery holes, the Japanese artillery bombardment, we will drill anti-artillery holes, and the infantry will attack, we will use the weapons in our hands to counterattack, and we will hold on for as long as we can!" ”

Faced with this solution, the commander of the first battalion was helpless, but he still took the order.

At this time, Wang Hu, who was far away in Liaoyang City, happened to see the heralds of the Second Regiment who rushed back all the way.

After listening to the herald's report, Wang Hu only thought for a few seconds before making a judgment.

"Since this is a trap set for us by the Japanese army, the Japanese army definitely has a backup move. Otherwise, with 2,000 infantry without artillery, he would definitely not be able to take the two battalions in Xu Hai's hands in a short period of time! ”

"Division commander, are you saying that the two Japanese brigades that surrounded Xu Hai still have backup." A staff officer next to him subconsciously asked.

"It's not a judgment, it's a certainty!" Wang Hu said with a firm face.

"We ate them in a row by almost an infantry wing, and with what I know about the Japanese, they will definitely retaliate. Now that such a good opportunity is grasped by them, they will definitely destroy the two battalions in Xu Hai's hands at all costs! ”

"We must immediately send troops to reinforce Xu Hai, otherwise the two battalions in Xu Hai's hands will be in danger!"

The staff officer immediately reminded: "Division commander, now we have three regiments, a field artillery regiment, and the rest of the troops of the second regiment can be mobilized at any time. If it is a rapid reinforcement, I suggest that the third battalion of the second regiment and the mountain artillery battalion of the second regiment should set off immediately. The third regiment then followed up and reinforced Xu Hai! ”

After glancing appreciatively at this staff officer, Wang Hu decisively ordered.

"Just do as you say! I'll add two more! ”

"First, draw a hundred horses from the heavy battalion of the division headquarters and send them to the second regiment, let them dismantle all the mountain artillery of the mountain artillery battalion and transport them on horses, and reinforce Xu Hai as quickly as possible!"

"Second, sort out my judgment just now, and immediately send someone to the headquarters to report to the commander. I feel that the scale of the ambush and counter-ambush battle in front of me is likely to get out of control and exceed our expectations. ”

The small hill that Xu Hai was trapped on was bombarded by the Japanese army again and again, and the entire hill was blown down by one meter.

As far as the eye can see, the entire hill has been covered with a thick layer of floating soil, and there are shell craters with a depth of more than half a meter everywhere.

The Liaodong Army's defense line around the hill had been blown up to the point where there were gaps everywhere at this time.

Dozens of meters outside the defense line, a dense layer of Japanese corpses has been laid, especially the closest thirty or forty positions to the defense line, because they were all killed by grenades, many of the corpses were covered with blood, or the corpses were incomplete, very tragic.

Of course, the defenders of the two battalions of the Liaodong Army were not much better, and until now, there were less than 300 people who could still move on the entire mountain, and the light and heavy machine guns, which were used as defensive weapons, were also lost in the Japanese army's artillery fire covering no distinction between the enemy and us.

Because of the lack of troops, Xu Hai had to abandon the defensive line that his troops had originally built at the foot of the mountain. Using the craters blown up by Japanese shells, a temporary defensive line was built on the mountainside.

And now, Xu Hai had to face a new problem, and the strength of the troops was much less, especially the light and heavy machine guns, and he lost seven or eight units again.

With the remaining forces and light and heavy machine guns, if you continue to defend the mountainside, the defense line hundreds of meters long must be full of holes.

Therefore, Xu Hai had to make a decision to shrink his defense again and continue to retreat the defense line to the top of the mountain.

At this time, the defense line was less than thirty meters away from the temporary headquarters of Xu Hai on the mountain, and it could be said that there was no way to retreat.

If he couldn't even hold this line of defense, then Xu Hai could only lead his subordinates to fight the Japanese army to the end.

Fortunately for Xu Hai, seeing that he had contracted the defensive line, the Japanese army at the foot of the mountain did not take advantage of the victory to pursue.

As the saying goes, if you kill a thousand enemies, you will lose 800 yourself. Although the Japanese had a field artillery brigade to provide artillery support at all times, there was also an absolute number of light and heavy machine guns. But they are the attacking side after all.

More than 2,000 people, and four or five hundred people were lost before the field artillery brigade came.

After attacking for more than two hours after the field artillery brigade arrived, and after losing another 5 or 600 men, the remaining troops in the hands of the Japanese wing commander were less than 1,000 men.

According to the judgment of the wing commander, after the Liaodong Army shrinks its defensive line, it must be another tough battle for himself.

However, with less than 1,000 troops in hand, excluding the defense and encirclement of the Liaodong Army, there were less than 500 people who could still move. No matter how arrogant the co-captain is, he doesn't have the confidence to fight a tough battle with less than 500 people.

Don't win the tough battle at that time, the Liaodong Army trapped on the top of the mountain still takes the opportunity to break through because of its own lack of troops, then the gains outweigh the losses.

Therefore, the wing commander, who had expected that this battle would not be so easy to fight an hour ago, had already sent someone back to the garrison to ask the division commander for help.

Now, the wing commander is waiting, as soon as the reinforcements arrive, he will immediately organize the troops to deal a fatal blow to the Liaodong army trapped on the mountain.

At this time, the remaining troops of the 2nd Regiment, under the leadership of the chief of staff, had rushed to a place less than fifteen miles from the battlefield.

At the current pace of rapid marching, they can enter the battlefield in an hour at most.

But just now, the sound of gunfire faintly coming from the direction of the battlefield actually stopped, and it stopped for almost half an hour.

Because it was not clear what was going on with the regiment commander, including the chief of staff, all the officers and men had a very bad premonition.

"Chief of Staff, why hasn't the gunshots come back for so long, do you say the regiment commander?" The chief of staff, who ran to the side of the third battalion commander, asked with a worried face.

"Don't talk nonsense, the head of the regiment will be fine!" Although the chief of staff also had a bad premonition in his heart. But in front of his subordinates, he still replied calmly.

Seeing that the worry on the face of the commander of the third battalion did not dissipate, the chief of staff continued: "Order the troops, continue to speed up. Is there anything wrong with the head of the regiment, it will be until a while! ”

"I have already sent a reconnaissance platoon to reconnoiter in front on horseback, and at the speed of cavalry, news will come back soon!"

The remaining troops of the Second Regiment were like chickens and blood, and they rushed to the battlefield frantically with a desperate posture. The reinforcements that the Japanese wing commander was waiting for, and more than 1,000 Japanese troops also rushed to the battlefield at a rapid marching speed.

Of course, the two reinforcements were not aware of each other's existence and were desperately rushing in the direction of the battlefield. (To be continued.) )