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A herald beside the wing captain suddenly rushed over and reported: "Sir, the wing captain orders you to lead the troops to retreat immediately, and the mountain that Wang Liaodong's army is trapped in is transferred!" ”

"Nani, now retreat and transfer, are our reinforcements coming so soon!" Tanaka asked with a look of incomprehension.

The herald shook his head and said it was not clear, although Tanaka Shaosa still didn't understand, but no matter what, his life was saved after all.

The order to retreat was given without thinking too long.

After Tanaka Shaoza hurried to the side of the wing commander, the follow-up reinforcements of the Liaodong Army not only sent troops in their own direction, but also sent troops to the main force and the encirclement.

If it weren't for the timely retreat order issued by the wing commander, the limited Japanese army would likely have been broken by the Liaodong Army.

Seeing that Tanaka Shaosa had safely retreated, the Wing Commander continued to order while breathing a sigh of relief.

"Give an order to the troops surrounding the mountain, get out of the way, and let the Liaodong army trapped on the hill leave."

Although Xu Hai, who was trapped on the mountain, did not know why the Japanese army suddenly let him go, as soon as the Japanese army opened the mouth, he did not stop on the mountain for a minute, and led his troops down the mountain to join the reinforcements. While retreating, he muttered to himself, saying that he owed Huang Zhongxin, the head of the Third Regiment, a great favor.

Of course, these are all later words, as soon as Xu Hai left the mountain with his troops, the Japanese wing commander hurried up the mountain with more than a thousand remnants.

Before his own reinforcements arrived, the wing commander decided to hold on here, and would drag the surrounding Liaodong Army here, and when the main force of the division arrived, he would surround them in one fell swoop.

Because the Japanese army reacted too quickly, Huang Zhongxin, who had thought about the total annihilation of the Japanese army from the beginning of the battlefield, almost pounced.

"Head Xu, I finally know why you're trapped here! These Japanese soldiers are so cunning that they can react quickly to the slightest movement we have! As a result, my three battalions rushed all the way here, and almost not a single Japanese soldier was killed! Looking at the Japanese troops on the hill who were desperately repairing their positions, Huang Zhongxin, who was frowning, couldn't help but complain.

Xu Hai replied in a heavy tone: "It's very cunning, otherwise my two battalions wouldn't have this little strength left!" ”

Speaking of this, a trace of murderous aura quickly emanated from Xu Hai's body, and said to Huang Zhongxin: "Old Huang, I owe you a favor. But now I still have something to help me with, no matter what, I have to eat these Japanese soldiers today to avenge the brothers who died in the war, you must send troops to help me! ”

"I'll help you with this!" Huang Zhongxin replied without thinking about it.

"However, don't say anything unkind, your people are also Liaodong Army, and they are all my brothers. Even if you don't say it, I won't let them go today! ”

Speaking of this, a trace of confidence flashed on Huang Zhongxin's face, and he assured Xu Hai: "Don't worry, this time not only my third regiment is here, but also the field artillery regiment." With the field artillery regiment taking action, on this small hill, more than 1,000 Japanese troops must not be able to hold out for too long! ”

Twenty minutes later, Xu Hai and Huang Zhongxin received the good news that the field artillery regiment had set up its position.

After glancing at Xu Hai, Huang Zhongxin decisively decided: "Tell the field artillery regiment to cover the mountain that the Japanese army is trapped in for five minutes, and we will attack after that." ”

Soon, a screeching shell flew over the heads of the two men and exploded on the hill.

Round after round, in less than a minute, the small hill was shrouded in explosions and gunsmoke.

Five minutes later, the shelling stopped, and Huang Zhongxin immediately sent a battalion to attack the hill. But more than 1,000 Japanese troops were like turtle shells, although the shelling just now was very dreamy, and as soon as the attack of a battalion rushed to the foot of the mountain, a dense stream of bullets shot out of the smoke of gunpowder.

After losing two platoons in a row and not being able to break through the Japanese fire interception, although Huang Zhongxin was very unwilling, he still gave the troops an order to retreat.

"The Japanese must have dug a large number of individual bunkers in the mountains, otherwise they would definitely not be able to escape the artillery fire just now!" Xu Hai, who was more familiar with the mountain than the Japanese army, frowned and said with a calm face.

Huang Zhongxin was stunned suddenly, and quickly asked, "Do you have a way?" You've been on the hill for hours, and you should know how to crack the man-man bunker on the mountain! ”

Xu Hai shook his head helplessly and replied: "I really have no choice, unless I use heavy artillery, I can only let the brothers get close to their positions and blow them up with grenades, and I need a lot of grenades!" ”

Without heavy artillery, Huang Zhongxin could only order the field artillery regiment to continue firing.

This time, the field artillery regiment shelled for ten minutes before stopping. While the smoke of gunpowder shrouded in the hill had not yet dissipated, a battalion of the Liaodong Army rushed to the hill again.

Just like the attack just now, the Japanese troops on the hill seemed to be unable to be killed and could not be killed, and continued to shoot dense bullets at the foot of the mountain.

A battalion, having again dropped dozens of corpses, quickly withdrew from the scene.

At this time, Huang Zhongxin's face had turned red from anger, and he stared at a pair of big eyes, as if he didn't believe what he saw.

Xu Hai next to him didn't expect that the Japanese army would be even more difficult to fight than himself.

As for the reason, it is very simple to say, the most ordinary soldiers of the Japanese army trapped on the hill have been trained for half a year, and their combat quality and individual combat effectiveness are very high.

On the other hand, the two battalions in Xu Hai's hands have less than two percent of the veterans who have been soldiers for more than a year. Although the remaining soldiers are veterans of battle, their training time is too short after all, and some soldiers have only completed three months.

In this case, the well-trained Japanese were obviously more experienced in evading artillery fire.

But even so, the losses of the Japanese army were not much smaller.

The artillery was covered by fifteen minutes of artillery fire before and after, and the field artillery regiment fired at least a thousand shells into the hill.

More than 1,000 Japanese troops were concentrated on such a small hill, even if a blind cat hit a mouse, more than 1,000 shells could also hit many Japanese soldiers.

Besides, it was cannonballs that fell from the sky, not ordinary iron bumps. Even if the Japanese were hiding in individual bunkers, shells could still inflict a devastating blow on them at close range.

At this time, more than 1,000 Japanese troops who had gone up the mountain had held out to less than 800 by this time, including only 200 lightly and seriously wounded.

The only thing that made the Japanese soldiers happy was that they brought a large number of light and heavy machine guns with them up the mountain, and although the shelling destroyed a lot, the savings were still enough to meet the needs of the battle.

Huang Zhongxin, who vowed to eat up the more than 1,000 Japanese troops, let the field artillery regiment continue to shell as soon as his attacking troops withdrew.

The fire lasted only two minutes before it stopped.

In Xu Hai's words, as long as the Japanese army hid in bunkers and prepared for anti-artillery, the artillery coverage of the field artillery regiment would outweigh the losses.

In that case, then why waste shells in vain. Anyway, the possible damage caused by the field artillery regiment to the Japanese was just two minutes ago.

Not to mention, the two-minute artillery attack was very short, but it caused nearly 300 casualties to the Japanese army.

A battalion, which had been on standby outside the range of Japanese fire, immediately rushed to the top of the hill and launched a third attack on the Japanese army. (To be continued.) )