The Japanese army did not choose to attack on all fronts, but changed its tactics. After all, the Sichuan army has 20,000 horses, so it chooses to focus on the offensive and strive to quickly break through the core position. As long as the core position is broken, the defense line of the Sichuan army will be divided into two parts, which means that the defense line will collapse instantly. However, the Japanese army did not expect that the core position would enter the powerful Eighth Route Army. At this time, a soldier of the Eighth Route Army and a soldier of the Sichuan Army on the position were lying in the trench and fighting side by side. The distance between the Japanese troops was about 200 meters, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army did not fire a single shot, while the soldiers of the Sichuan Army shot vigorously.

"Brother, can you shoot at this distance?" "It doesn't matter if you can't shoot, isn't blocking combat just to prevent the devil from approaching?" The Sichuan soldiers still let go of their guns, and whether they could hit the Japanese soldiers was completely lucky. "Brother, there is a heavy machine gun blockade in the back, a light machine gun blockade in the front, we don't have to worry. The Japanese army enters 100 meters and then shoots more effectively, and it is necessary to aim and fight. If a bullet can kill a devil, it adds up, and the devil will not be able to attack again! ”

The Sichuan soldiers stopped shooting, and sure enough, the devil did not speed up his attack because he stopped shooting. The heavy machine guns in the rear and the light machine guns in the front formed a crossfire, creating a dense rain of bullets. "The weapons of the Eight Roads are really enviable!" The Sichuan soldiers felt low in their hearts and began to look for the shadows of the Japanese soldiers. The power of example is endless, and the soldiers of the Sichuan Army who fought side by side with the Eighth Route Army quickly adapted to the tactics of the Eighth Route Army and rapidly improved their combat experience.

At this time, the Japanese 102nd Wing invested all its forces to launch a continuous attack, the Japanese army advanced to 100 meters, and the Japanese soldiers began to launch a frantic charge. The fire of the defensive position suddenly intensified, and I saw that the Japanese soldiers were constantly being hit and fell to the ground, and the 100-meter charge road in front of them almost became a death zone. The Japanese wing commander was taken aback and felt that something was wrong, and before he could give the order, the Japanese charging soldiers lay down one after another to avoid the rain of bullets. Lying down within 100 meters, it immediately became the target of mortar bombardment.

When the brigade commander Kozaburo Akiyama gave the order to retreat, a patch of dead bodies appeared on the road ahead of the charge. Seeing this scene, Akiyama Kozaburo gasped, is this the Sichuan army of China? He felt that the opponent's defensive forces seemed to have changed suddenly, whether it was the density of firepower, the strength of the strike, and the combat effectiveness were significantly higher. "Your Excellency Brigade Commander, is the Chinese army defending on the opposite side the Sichuan Army? I suspect it's the Eighth Route Army? The captain of the 102nd Wing came to the front and panicked. Akiyama Kozaburo was shocked when he heard this, and immediately ordered the entire attack to be halted and reported to the division commander.

Zhang Yourong, the captain of the aviation brigade, flew to the Fengjing battlefield, just in time for the Japanese army to retreat. The battlefield was filled with gunsmoke. The transport plane lowered its altitude and circled, "Captain, find the cross sign!" The navigator shouted. Instantly target the airdrop. Soon the two transport planes began to drop one after the other, and a black object appeared in the sky, followed by a white umbrella flower. Army Commander Yang Sen and the generals looked at the umbrella flowers in the sky, tears of excitement, and everyone kept waving their arms to greet the transport plane in the sky.

"The Chief of the General Staff judged wisely, there were really no Japanese fighters on the battlefield, and he immediately returned at full speed!" After the airdrop of the transport plane was completed, the captain Zhang Yourong ordered to return to the plane, and all the crew members looked down, and everyone was concerned about the situation on the battlefield. At this time, the Sichuan army troops opened the airdropped packages one after another, and various weapons were revealed. An engineer company supported by the Eighth Route Army was responsible for receiving the airdrop, and Commander Yang Sen came to a package of "strange" weapons and asked, "What kind of weapon is this?" It seems to be an iron pipe. ”

The engineer company commander replied: "Report to the commander, this is called a flying thunder cannon, this is a flying thunder shell!" "Flying thunder shells? Isn't it just a dynamite bag? "It can be called an explosive package, but this explosive package uses a new type of gunpowder to explode with great power, and the range can reach 300 meters. This weapon has a remarkable offensive combat effect, especially against enemy forces in trenches and fortresses. In addition, the effect will also be obvious against the charge of the Japanese group. "Can you test fire a shot and let me see the power of the Flying Thunder Cannon."

Two Eighth Route Army engineers quickly dug an inclined pit in the ground, then placed the Flying Thunder Gun Barrel and installed a propellant at the tail. After the preparations were completed, a soldier pulled the fuse, accompanied by a puff of green smoke, and heard a muffled sound, only to see the flying thunder shells flying out of the barrel. More than 10 seconds later, a loud bang was heard in the distance, and the earth shook like thunder. Yang Sen put down the binoculars and said excitedly: "The Communist Party's military enterprises are really amazing, this flying thunder cannon is too shocking." ”

Janssen was in good spirits and continued to look at the various weapons. Walked up to several large wooden boxes, which were not opened. "What kind of weapon is this, why don't you open it?" The engineer company commander replied: "Here are anti-infantry mines, shaped like the size of a fried cake. "Anti-infantry mines?" Janssen was confused. "This is Chief of General Staff Ouyang, specially prepared for us, to be used when retreating!" At this time, several shells flew ahead, and the smoke of the explosion was filled. "Report to the commander, the Japanese army has attacked!"

At about 8:30 a.m., the Japanese brigade arrived. The division commander Shigeharu Suematsu ordered the field mountain artillery wing to quickly enter the position, and at this time, the brigade commander Kozaburo Akiyama came to the front with a depressed face. Mimatsu Shigeru came up with a few big mouths. "Bastard, the Intelligence Headquarters can't be mistaken, the 20th Army of the Sichuan Army is defending head-on. Even if the Eighth Route Army appears on the opposite side, the number is not too much, you are a pig's brain. Kozaburo Akiyama was bleeding from his nose but didn't dare to wipe it, his body stiffened and kept his upright posture, and he couldn't help nodding his head.

"Order your 66th Wing to launch a feint immediately!" "Hey!" The commander of the division, Shigeharu Mimatsu, turned to the commander of the 128th Brigade, Major General Obaov, and said: "Order the 115th Wing to attack the right flank!" Our mission was to outflank the Eighth Route Army in Xingta, and if the Sichuan Army chose to flee to the west, we would have achieved our goal. "It can be said that the idea of the division commander Shigeru Mimatsu is correct, and he can't delay time by stalking with the Sichuan army. The headquarters of the dispatch army has already issued an order to hit the forces and eat the two divisions of the Eighth Route Army in Xingta, and never let the Eighth Route Army escape. ”

"Report to Your Excellency, the command called, and in 20 minutes, 12 bombers arrived on the battlefield." "Order 10 minutes to prepare, shell the positions on the right flank!" The Japanese concentrated their forces on the attack on the Sichuan army, and this time the Japanese put in more troops. Soon the Japanese bombers flew to the battlefield and launched indiscriminate bombardment of the left flank positions on the east side of the Sichuan army, and the Japanese army invested two wings of soldiers to launch a large-scale attack. When the Japanese bombers were bombing indiscriminately, the Japanese artillery fire also focused on the left flank position.

"Report to the army commander, the Japanese army has invested heavy troops in the left flank position, and it is obvious that the Japanese attack on the core position has suffered a loss, and the target is aimed at the left flank position." The Chief of Staff judged. Defending the left flank position was the 133rd Division of the Sichuan Army, which had lost three-fifths of its strength in the early battle, and now has a strength of more than 3,000 people. "Immediately send the airdropped weapons to the 133rd Division, and in addition, order the reserve 134th Division to support the 133rd Division at any time." Since the Sichuan army could not use flying thunder artillery, the engineer company of the Eighth Route Army temporarily acted as a flying thunder artillery team and quickly supported the left flank position.

Although the Sichuan army has dug a hole in the cat's ear, the unit lacks experience in air defense, and it should be said that it has not undergone any drills in this area at all. Although the 133rd Division had accumulated a certain amount of experience in fighting against Japan in the early stage, it was impossible for a unit that had only undergone a few tests of war to greatly increase its combat strength in a short period of time. With the indiscriminate bombardment of the Japanese army, the casualties of the soldiers began to increase. The heavy artillery fire of the Japanese army did not stop, and they launched a tidal attack.

The airdropped heavy weapons were quickly sent to the defensive positions, and the increased firepower hindered the Japanese attacking forces. However, the sharp artillery fire of the Japanese army, which constantly hit machine gun fire, made the defensive front precarious. With the exhaustion of machine-gun fire, the Japanese offensive began to intensify. The transport plane airdropped hundreds of mortars, but the soldiers of the Sichuan Army could not operate mortars at all due to lack of training, so the commander Yang Sen was in a hurry. At present, the Eighth Route Army in the core position was unable to divide troops to support the left flank position, so Yang Sen had no choice but to order the 134th Division to send troops to make up for the lack of troops.

At the moment of crisis, the engineer company of the Eighth Route Army rushed to the battlefield with flying thunder cannons. At this time, the Japanese soldiers poured in like a tide, and some positions had been broken through by the Japanese army, and hand-to-hand combat broke out between the Sichuan soldiers and the Japanese army. In a hurry, there was no time to build a flying thunder artillery position, so the engineer company commander ordered the soldiers to work in groups of three and use the crater to set up a flying thunder cannon to fire quickly. In a few moments, the first flying thunder shell exploded in the Japanese charging ranks, and a huge shock wave and smoke quickly enveloped the forward positions.

On the Japanese offensive position, the brigade commander Opauf held a telescope to look ahead. At the beginning of the attack, Opauf quickly judged that the frontal defense was the Sichuan army. Despite the ferocity of the firepower, the tactical literacy of the soldiers was immediately revealed. Obaov ordered the artillery fire not to stop, to continue to cover the positions on the left flank, and to cooperate with the bombers to destroy the enemy's defensive system. Then he ordered the troops to attack, and when the soldiers approached the enemy positions, Obaov put down his binoculars and said: "Report to the division commander that our division is about to break through the defensive line. The 150 Wing was ordered to prepare for a follow-up. ”

Just when the brigade commander Obaov was satisfied, suddenly there was a loud bang ahead, and a huge explosion raised a cloud of smoke. All the Japanese generals were taken aback, and one after another explosions exploded in the forward positions. At this time, the Japanese assault troops were very dense, and Obaov knew very well why such a huge explosion meant. He quickly judged that the explosives were not coming from the ground but from the air, and before he could give the order, the Japanese attacking troops were defeated and retreated like a tide.

The Japanese troops in the back retreated, and the Japanese troops in front and the Japanese troops who entered the trenches naturally could not escape the killing. Not to mention the huge explosion, the Japanese soldiers couldn't stand it, and the defending Sichuan soldiers couldn't bear it. At this time, the 134th Division, which supported the operation, quickly entered the position, eliminated the soldiers who entered the trenches, and killed the dizzy Japanese soldiers who were late in the front line.