Jin Zhenbiao took the second company all the way to Xiaotangba, but saw that Secretary Wang Shuihe, instructor Zhu Aiguo, and Deputy Battalion Commander Zeng were all there.

Seeing Jin Zhenbiao coming, Zhu Aiguo asked with concern: "Zhenbiao, how is the situation of the troops?" ”

"Report to the instructor, a platoon fought a battle with devils in the south of Shigou Village, and twelve soldiers died, but the little devils didn't get a bargain, and at least twenty devils were killed in a platoon." Jin Zhenbiao said hatefully.

When Wang Shuihe heard this, he nodded and said: "Deputy Battalion Commander Zeng, it seems that the little devil is not invincible, we have built a strong fortification in advance in Xiaotangba, since the devil is here, we have to teach them a lesson, as long as we beat the devil hard, the next battle will be easy to fight." ”

As soon as they heard that Secretary Wang Shuihe meant that he was going to fight hard with the devil in Xiaotangba, Zhu Aiguo and Jin Zhenbiao couldn't help but sink in their hearts.

"Secretary Wang, the devil is menacing this time, I think we should avoid his edge, and then look for an opportunity to ambush him." Zhu Aiguo looked at Wang Shuihe and suggested.

"Comrade instructor, our Eighth Route Army is a heroic army, and there is a way for the brave to win when they meet on a narrow road. Besides, if we evacuate Xiaotangba Village like this, what will the villagers think of us? Wang Shuihe said resolutely.

"But we only have three companies of troops, and according to intelligence, the enemy who attacked Xiaotangba alone has more than 700 people, plus the Imperial Army, there are 1,200 people, and there is a huge disparity between the enemy and us." Zhu Aiguo looked at Wang Shuihe and continued.

"Comrade instructor, although I don't know how to fight, I know that this account cannot be calculated in this way, and fighting a war depends not only on the number of people, but also on the right time and place. The little devils brutally invaded our China, and burned and looted on our land, but we defended our homeland and fought for justice, which allowed us to occupy the time. Secondly, we are fighting in the base area, and the terrain here is more familiar to us than the devils, and besides, we are defending against danger, which again occupies a geographical advantage. As for the enemy, there are more than 1,000 people, but we have the support of countless villagers, as well as the militia of various villages, if they are concentrated, it is a large force. I think we have a good chance of winning this battle. Don't say any more, I've decided, we'll let the devil have a long memory in Xiaotangba. Wang Shuihe said with pride.

If Liu Tianshu was in the base area, he would not dare to interfere too much in the affairs of the war. Now Liu Tianshu, the acting battalion commander, has no base, and he, the secretary of Fuchang County of the Communist Party of China, will not stand up at this time.

Since Secretary Wang Shuihe had made up his mind, Zhu Aiguo naturally didn't want to say more, so he had to work with Zeng Wei to start assigning tasks to the second, third, and fifth companies.

Subsequently, the second company was placed in front of the hill south of Xiaotangba, the third and fifth companies were placed on the flanks of the second company, and the machine gun company was currently rushing to this side because it was placed by Liu Tianshu in a village northwest of Fukan Town.

Oda Tashiro commanded the troops to rush all the way to the front of Xiaotangba, and the scout in charge of exploring the way came back to report that he had found that Tuhachi Road had set up a position on Rhino Ridge in front of Xiaotangba.

After hearing this, Oda Tashiro immediately ordered the troops to stop advancing, and he held a telescope to observe the terrain of Rhino Ridge, and saw that Rhino Ridge was an undulating mountain, just in front of Xiaotangba.

Unexpectedly, Tsuchihachi Road actually wanted to fight with the Imperial Army, and Oda Takiro couldn't help but be ecstatic in his heart.

"Zhang Sang, order your troops to prepare for battle, and as soon as the imperial army is covered by artillery fire, immediately launch an attack on Rhino Ridge, and strive to take Rhino Ridge in one fell swoop." Oda Takiro looked at Zhang Deming on the side and said loudly.

Hearing that he had his troops take the lead again, Zhang Deming couldn't stop greeting the women in Oda Tashiro's family in his heart, and then angrily ordered a battalion and a company to prepare for the attack.

In the south of Shigou Village, Oda Tashiro only encountered dozens of Tuba Road blocking, so he thought that the Tuba Road in Rhino Ridge should only be a small force, so he let the Imperial Alliance Army take the lead.

Anyway, these imperial co-ordinators are cannon fodder in his eyes, if he doesn't let them take the lead, will he let the warriors of the empire take the lead?

As the 92nd infantry artillery of the brigade opened fire violently at Rhino Ridge, clouds of smoke began to rise on Rhino Ridge, Zhu Aiguo didn't want to fight with the devils in Rhino Ridge at first, so he just let the second company stay in the fortifications that had been repaired before, but who knew that Secretary Wang Shuihe wanted to play big in Rhino Ridge, and now in addition to the soldiers of the second company can also rely on the fortifications built in advance in dangerous positions, the third and fifth companies are hurriedly pulled into position.

Fortunately, Oda Tashiro only wanted to take Rhino Ridge in one go, so he concentrated all the artillery fire on the front, which gave the 3rd and 5th companies a little time to repair their positions.

Jin Zhenbiao saw that as soon as the devil came up, he used the 92 infantry cannon to bombard it fiercely, and his expression half-squatting in the anti-artillery hole became very solemn.

Although the second company had fortifications built in advance, the devil's artillery fire was too fierce, and some unlucky soldiers were directly blown away by the shells.

Oda Tashiro's shelling lasted for half an hour before it slowly thinned out, and Jin Zhenbiao drilled out of the anti-artillery hole to take a look, but saw more than 100 Imperial Cooperative troops, with guns in both hands, rushing towards the ridge, and he immediately whispered to the soldiers of the three platoons to calm down.

The combat effectiveness of the Imperial Association Army is far worse than that of the little devils, and since these two devils are sent to the door, they have to take a good bite.

It wasn't until these Imperial Allied troops rushed to less than fifty meters away from the forward position that he shouted a beating, and the soldiers of the second company immediately followed these Imperial Allied troops and continued to shoot.

The Imperial Cooperative Army running in front suddenly heard a dense gunfire in front, bullets rained down, and in a blink of an eye, more than 20 companions fell screaming, and the rest of the Imperial Association Army hurriedly lay on the ground, staring at the ground with both eyes, and fired indiscriminately at the ridge.

But lying on the ground would also be hit by bullets, and after more than a dozen casualties, these Imperial Allies could no longer hold on, and hurriedly retreated with their guns.

Seeing the retreat of the Imperial Army, Jin Zhenbiao stopped the platoon leader who wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and ordered everyone to hurry up and repair the fortifications, because in a few minutes, according to the custom, the devil's artillery fire should come again.

Oda Tashiro didn't expect the first charge of the Imperial Allied Army, and he was easily beaten back by the Tsuchibachi, but through this round of attacks by the Imperial Allied Army, he still basically understood the firepower arrangement on the defenders' positions.

In the battle just now, there were only two Czech light machine guns fired on the opposite side of the Tuba Road, and as for the grenadiers and crooked machine guns, not even one of them was exposed.

Could it be that there are only two machine guns on the opposite side of the Tubalu? Oda Tashiro thought about it and felt that it was impossible, you must know that in the south of Shigou Village, when his team was attacking, it was suddenly attacked by the Tubalu grenadiers, and directly reimbursed four grenadiers and two crooked handles.

It seems that the Tsuchibachi Road hid the grenadier canister, probably to wait for the Imperial soldiers to rush forward before taking the Imperial soldiers by surprise.

Oda Tashiro thought about it, called the first squadron leader, asked his troops to prepare for the attack, and as soon as the shelling was over, he would charge Rhino Ridge from the left, center and right.

The task given by the wing captain to Oda Tashiro is to go straight to the old nest of Yaping Village on Tuba Road.

As for whether the Tsuchihachi Road will flee north, Watanabe does not have to worry at all, the Japanese troops in the north have promised to block the road of the Tsuhachi Road to the north with all their might.

The artillery attack of the devils came as scheduled, and the soldiers of the second company immediately hid in the anti-artillery holes and allowed the shells to explode on the hill.

Half an hour later, the shelling of the devils slowly stopped, and the Japanese troops in three squads, divided into left, center and right, rushed towards Rhino Ridge with murderous spirit.

Compared with the attack of the Imperial Army, the devil's attack is naturally much more skillful in its tactical movements. Under the command of the squadron leader, the devil soldiers quickly rushed to 300 meters in front of the ridge when the Tuba Road on the hill was suppressed by artillery fire, and when the shelling was over, with the wave of the squad leader's command knife and a roar in his mouth, the devil soldiers immediately formed a straggler formation, bending down and holding a gun and constantly leaping forward.

On the way forward, in addition to cooperating with each other, the devil soldiers will also take advantage of the terrain, and at the same time, the support fire of the squad is crooked, and the heavy machine guns that cooperate with the action move forward alternately, and when they reach a distance of 300 meters, the heavy machine guns immediately find a position to set up, and then the bullets rain down on the position of the Eighth Route Army.

Jin Zhenbiao saw that the battle was dusty by the devil's heavy machine guns, and the two fighters who had not been able to dodge were unfortunately hit by bullets and flew backwards.

It's a pity that his second company didn't have a top shooter like Shi Hu, and several soldiers raised their guns and fired two shots at the devil's heavy machine gunner, but unfortunately they couldn't hit because the target was too far away.

The devils, supported by heavy machine guns, quickly rushed to a distance of two hundred meters, and then the grenadiers were also erected, and the shells began to be thrown at the positions on the hill.

Seeing that the devil was so arrogant, Jin Zhenbiao couldn't help but be angry, and immediately ordered the grenadier of the second company to knock out the devil's grenadier and heavy machine gun.

The grenadier hand in the company glanced at the position of the devil's grenadier, and then quickly adjusted the angle, and the two cannons ejected, hitting in the middle of a grenadier group of the devil, and as the explosion sounded, one of the devil's grenadier groups was directly knocked out.

It's a pity that before Jin Zhenbiao's grenadier group could exert its power again, the devil's 92 infantry gun suddenly fired at the position of the grenadier, and two shells hit, and with two loud bangs, one of Jin Zhenbiao's grenadier groups was directly blown up.

Fortunately, at this moment, the devil squad that was roundabout from the side happened to hit the muzzles of the third and fifth companies, and the entire Rhino Ridge suddenly burst into gunfire.

The two squads were caught off guard by the third and fifth companies, and in the blink of an eye, they each left behind more than twenty corpses and had to retreat.

The flank detour failed, and the leader of the devil squadron had to order a retreat. (To be continued.) )