As soon as Yoshida commanded the troops to rush to the open ground in front of Zhujiaao, suddenly a fire lit up in front of him, followed by another one. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The two flames were thirty meters apart, just at the east end of the open field, and he was in a panic when he noticed that two flames appeared behind the team.

All of a sudden, the Japanese troops who rushed into the open field couldn't help but stop.

At this moment, the sound of cannonballs whistling in the sky was heard, and Yoshida's face changed, and as soon as he shouted an artillery attack, he saw the cannonballs raining down. Before the soldiers could react, the shells fell to the ground and exploded, and countless fireballs rose in the open field, and at the same time, the soldiers who rushed into the open field despite fatigue rang out.

At this time, Yoshida realized that the four suddenly ignited fires were indicating the target for the artillery.

Eight 92 infantry guns and six 80 mortars kept roaring, and in the blink of an eye, each of them finished firing a base number of shells, and these shells ploughed the entire open field according to their respective demarcated areas, and countless soldiers were engulfed by the explosion, and everywhere were the screams of soldiers who were on the verge of death, and the soldiers who were lucky enough not to be killed began to run blindly on the open ground, trying to find a place to hide.

It's a pity that Shu Zhi divided this area into several large blocks long before the devils arrived, and then the infantry artillery and mortars only focused on firing shells according to their respective areas.

The explosions that sounded in the open ground were as dense as war drums, and Kawasaki, the commander of the Japanese wing who was following behind, saw the sky in front of him that was reflected red by artillery fire, and heard the explosions coming, and his face became ugly like never before.

After 15 minutes of continuous shelling, the open ground in front of Zhujiaao had been blown out of one crater after another, and the mutilated corpses of Japanese soldiers were everywhere, and the smell of blood began to waft in the night sky, and occasionally one or two painful groans came, and there was an indescribable desolation.

Kawasaki lost contact with Yoshida when the cannon sounded, and when the shelling ended, no matter how the signal soldier called, there was still no response in the headset.

Kawasaki's face was cloudy, and he finally had to send a small team of soldiers to carefully inspect the situation.

After half an hour, the Japanese squad leader ran back with a frightened face.

Kawasaki heard that the open field in front of them had been bombarded for fifteen minutes and turned into a Shura hell, one after another craters, telling the tragedy just now, and they carefully searched the entire open area, and finally found only three surviving soldiers. Two of them were slightly injured, but seeing their frightened appearance, the team leader had to bring them back.

After inquiry, it was learned that the more than 400 Japanese troops led by Yoshida had been torn to pieces in the round of artillery fire just now, and even Yoshida had been blown up to pieces, and not even a single bone could be found.

Kawasaki did not expect that the Chinese in front had such powerful artillery fire, and immediately did not dare to send troops to attack Zhujiaao, and after ordering the troops to defend in place, he immediately reported the situation to the division commander.

The Chinese who ambushed the army had more powerful artillery fire than a brigade of imperial soldiers, which surprised the entire Shandong Japanese military leadership.

You must know that in their eyes, the Chinese army is only equipped with light weapons, and even if there are mortars, they are still 60 guns, which are not very powerful, and as for the army of the Nationalist Government, there were originally some heavy artillery units, but they were all lost in the Battle of Songhu.

This is also the reason why a Japanese brigade can pursue a division of the Chinese army.

Although Yoshida led only half a brigade, even if he encountered a division of the regular army on the Chinese side, he could resist for at least four hours.

Such an ending was enough to make the Japanese military high-level drop their glasses.

In the end, in view of the darkness and the unknown situation, the Japanese high command ordered the troops going to Zhujiaao to temporarily stop their advance, immediately stay in place, and wait until dawn to start the pursuit.

Anyway, at this time, it was only three or four hours before dawn, and the Chinese moved on foot in the mountains, and at most they walked thirty or forty miles, which was not a big problem for the imperial army.

Besides, after dawn, you can also send planes to help in the war, and then it will not be too late to encircle and annihilate these Chinese.

Liu Tianshu was relieved when he saw that the devil stopped pursuing, and immediately ordered the vigilance troops to pay attention to vigilance, and the rest of the personnel all joined the transportation team, striving to move all the materials before dawn.

Less than an hour before dawn, Han Fangping led the first and second battalions of the third regiment to Zhujiaao.

When the soldiers of the Third Regiment saw that so many weapons and ammunition had been captured, they were immediately refreshed with excitement, and their bodies seemed to be full of strength.

With the addition of three regiments, when there were still forty minutes before dawn, all the supplies on the train were finally emptied, and then Liu Tianshu signaled the reconnaissance team to blow up the train, and then withdrew to the north with the alert troops.

By dawn, the troops covered the villagers and the brother troops who were carrying supplies, and withdrew to Shunshan Village, which was twenty miles away from Zhujiaao.

Seeing that the soldiers and villagers were tired and hungry, Liu Tianshu discussed with Han Fangping, let everyone rest in place, and at the same time distributed the canned biscuits and other things captured from the military column to the soldiers and villagers.

Anyway, carrying these things can only increase the burden, and they are distributed to the soldiers and villagers, which can increase physical strength and reduce the pressure of transportation.

Zhao Yaxuan saw that Liu Tianshu commanded the Second Regiment, really successfully ambushed the military column of the devil transporting supplies, and also used the captured infantry artillery and mortars to directly bomb the Japanese army attacking Zhujiaao back to Japan, and couldn't help but admire her eyes.

She didn't expect that the originally very fierce devil was in the hands of the second group, as if it was meat sent up, and the second group could eat it if it wanted to, and cut it if it wanted to.

No, after arranging for the guerrillas to take care of the villagers, Zhao Yaxuan ran to Liu Tianshu.

"Commander Liu, this battle is too enjoyable, you have eliminated so many devils at once, and captured so many things, you are really amazing."

"Captain Zhao, look at what you said, there is the credit of your guerrillas, if it weren't for you organizing so many villagers, these materials would not have been able to move here, but the little devil will not give up, Captain Zhao, I have to tell the villagers more, let everyone work harder, and be sure to pass through Qinglong Gorge as soon as possible." Liu Tianshu looked at Zhao Yaxuan and said with a smile.

Qinglong Gorge is a canyon that enters the north mountain, both sides are mountains, a small road passes through the middle of the canyon, enters Qinglong Gorge, even if it really enters the deep mountains and old forests, the devil wants to chase it, then he can suffer.

"Okay, I'll go organize the villagers." Although Zhao Yaxuan was only a guerrilla leader, she also knew that the situation was urgent.

Before dawn, the devils did not dare to pursue boldly, but after dawn, the advantage of the Eighth Route Army in night combat could not be brought into play, and at the same time, the devil's plane could come to make trouble.

If the team carrying supplies cannot withdraw into Qinglong Gorge, it is very likely to be attacked by the devils.

Sure enough, less than ten minutes after Zhao Yaxuan left, a correspondent came to report that the reconnaissance team had found a large number of devils in the southeast direction and was heading towards Qinglong Gorge.

Subsequently, another correspondent came to report that the reconnaissance brigade had discovered that the large army of devils was advancing towards Qinglong Gorge from the southwest.

When Liu Tianshu heard the news, his heart couldn't help but sink.

It seems that the commander of the devil is not a straw bag, and he knows that the person who attacked the military column will definitely go to Qinglong Gorge. Because the amount of materials lost this time is really amazing, a whole five wagons, dozens of tons of supplies, including a quilt that can equip a wing.

If so many materials were not destroyed in Zhujiaao, they must have been taken away by the Chinese.

With so many things, the Chinese can't go fast if they want to, and a large number of people move, and the traces can't be hidden.

Liu Tianshu asked people to call Political Commissar Liao, and then introduced the situation to Political Commissar Liao and Head Han.

"According to the intelligence of the reconnaissance brigade, at least one wing of devils has been chasing us, and two of them are rushing towards Qinglong Gorge, probably trying to block our retreat into the mountains. Now the second and third regiments, except for the two companies that serve as guards, are helping to transport supplies, how to fight the next battle, I don't know what your opinions are? "Although the brigade commander said that he would let him command the three regiments, after all, he and Han Fangping are at the same level, so he naturally can't put on a leadership stand.

Besides, the current situation also made him feel embarrassed, and he really wanted to hear the opinions of a few people.

Han Fangping listened to Liu Tianshu's introduction while thinking nervously.

Two battalions of the 2nd Regiment and three battalions of the 3rd Regiment joined the transport team for the seized materials.

Now the entire transport force is still ten miles away from Qinglong Gorge, even if everyone carries supplies to Qinglong Gorge, it will be at least an hour. But the devils are advancing lightly, and the devils in the southwest direction are only eleven or twelve miles away from Qinglong Gorge, and if they don't immediately draw troops to rush to Qinglong Gorge in front of the devils, I'm afraid that the huge transport force will be intercepted by the devils.

"Commander Liu, otherwise, I will take a battalion of the third regiment to immediately rush to the Daipo Ridge in the south of Qinglong Gorge to block the devils in the southwest direction, and let the second battalion of the third regiment immediately rush to Qinglong Gorge to build a blocking position to block the devils in the southeast direction." Han Fangping thought that the first and second battalions of the second regiment had just experienced a fierce battle, so he volunteered.

When Liao Zhifeng heard this, his eyes looked at Liu Tianshu.

Liu Tianshu thought for a while and said: "Commander Han, the devil is red-eyed this time, the devils who came from the southeast and southwest are numerous, I think so, you take the three regiments, one battalion and three battalions to Qinglong Gorge, you must block the devils, don't let the devils get close to the gorge, the first and third battalions immediately replenish the ammunition from the captured materials to the maximum, remember, you must beware of the devil planes." In addition, I asked the artillery company to draw a platoon and bring two infantry guns to support you. Political Commissar Liao, I will leave the first and second battalions behind, and you will be responsible for organizing the villagers to step up the delivery of supplies, and the devils in the southwest will be handed over to our second regiment to be responsible. I'll take the third battalion and the artillery company to meet this gang of devils. (To be continued.) )