Seeing that the Japanese army rushed towards the position as if enchanted, regardless of the casualties, the first company commander couldn't help but boil his blood, ran back and forth on the position, and commanded the soldiers to desperately block the attack. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The two sides fought fiercely for more than ten minutes, and more than half of the casualties in the company were spewed out of hatred in the eyes of the remaining soldiers, and they kept reloading and pulling the bolt and shooting.

Unfortunately, the Japanese army was also red-eyed at this time, and Matsuoka's infantry artillery desperately bombarded the position of the second company behind the forward position to prevent the reinforcement of the troops on the ridge to the forward position, and at the same time, the Japanese army, like locusts, regardless of the explosions around them and the screams of their companions, rushed towards the position fiercely.

Gradually, two of the positions of the first company were broken through by the devils, and all the soldiers who were guarding that position were sacrificed, and the commander of the first company was in a hurry, so he had to draw a few people from the soldiers who were fighting fiercely to follow him to plug the gap.

The four soldiers received the order of the company commander, carried their guns and followed the company commander along the trench to the south, and as soon as they ran a hundred meters, they saw the figure in the trench flashing, and the steel helmet on their heads flashed in the setting sun.

"Call me!" The company commander roared angrily, raised his pistol, and fired three shots in a row, knocking the two devils to the ground, and the soldiers who followed him also quickly raised their guns and shot.

The devil also saw the oncoming New Fourth Army at this time, and suddenly shouted and shot while rushing, and in a blink of an eye, there was only one soldier left who followed the company commander.

The commander of the first company saw a devil smiling and pounced on him, and hurriedly raised his pistol and slammed it, but unfortunately there was a sound in the chamber of the gun, but the bullet was gone.

Seeing that the devil's bayonet was stabbing in the chest, a series of grown-ups roared, and he took off his hand and smashed the pistol into the devil's face.

The devil saw that the officer of the New Fourth Army with a pistol in front of him was about to fall under his bayonet, but he didn't expect a black thing to fly towards his face with the sound of the wind, and immediately subconsciously dodged.

The commander of the first company took advantage of this kung fu, did not retreat but flew forward, grabbed the devil's wrist and suddenly raised his knees, the devil only felt that his crotch was hit hard, and the severe pain made him lose the strength of his hands.

The commander of the first company seized the opportunity, grabbed the 38 big cover in the devil's hand with both hands and pulled it violently, and actually snatched the rifle over.

The devil lost his rifle, and the sharp pain in his crotch had not eased, so he couldn't help but take two steps back.

"Kill!" A terrifying shout sounded, and before the devil could react, he felt a sharp pain in his abdomen, and his body fell to the ground with a limp.

From smashing with a pistol to rushing over to smash the devil and grab the rifle, the movement of the company commander was like lightning, and before the other devils could react, he had already held the snatched infantry, like a god, and rushed towards the other two devils.

The soldier who followed him also killed a devil at this time. At this time, panting and covered in blood, he rushed to the side of the first company commander.

When the remaining three devils saw that the two New Fourth Army were blocking the road, they immediately shouted and pounced viciously.

Just as the commander of the first company and the wounded soldier were fighting with the devil, the devil poured into the position like a tide......

Because of the smoke from the shells, the second battalion commander couldn't see the situation in the forward position clearly, but when he heard the constant explosion of grenades, his heart sank to the bottom of the sea.

It's a pity that while the devils suppressed the position of the second company with artillery fire, they also cut off the road to reinforce the forward positions with artillery fire.

Fortunately, the devil's rearing force was also blocked by the artillery fire of the temporary detachment, and they could not rush up for the time being.

Shi Qiang and Chen Jian stood in the command post, watching the sound of guns and artillery in the forward position as dense as fried beans, and at the same time, there were constant explosions on the second line of defense, and their faces were as solemn as iron.

I didn't expect the little devil to really play with his life this time, it seems that the troops in the forward position are more than lucky.

At this point in the war, the reinforcements could not go up, and they could not retreat, so I am afraid that there was no other way but to fight to the death.

Sure enough, half an hour before dark, the forward positions of the temporary detachment were lost one after another, and the soldiers of the two companies guarding the forward positions all died heroically.

After receiving this news, Shi Qiang and Chen Jian, as well as the leaders of the 68th and 72nd Regiments, were all in tears.

Since the establishment of the Independent Division, there has never been a tragic case of a whole company making a heroic sacrifice, and I did not expect that in just two hours, two companies died heroically.

Shi Qiang wiped the tears on his face vigorously, looked into the distance and said, "What is the situation of the devil now?" ”

"Detachment leader, after the devils occupied my forward position, they immediately built fortifications there, and it seemed that they were going to confront our army." A staff officer heard Shi Qiang's words and hurriedly said.

"Confrontation with our army?" Jian Chen couldn't help but ponder for a moment, then stared at the map for a long time, looked at Shi Qiang and said, "Detachment leader, I think the devil may continue to attack tonight." ”

"Tell me your reasoning?" Shi Qiang listened with a solemn expression.

"Detachment leader, you see, the goal of Jiang Cheng's detachment is very clear, that is, to attack and occupy my Shitian County, and Longguling can be said to be an important gateway to Shitian County, as long as Longguling is captured, our army will have no danger to defend. Besides, although Jiang Cheng's detachment lost mountain artillery and suffered almost 1,000 casualties, this loss is nothing to a force of nearly 10,000 people, and Jiang Cheng, an old devil, will also ruthlessly order the troops to attack us in order to recover the field where the mountain artillery was lost. Chen Jian calmly said his thoughts.

Shi Qiang thought for a while and said: "Your idea is very reasonable, it seems that the night counterattack we originally prepared may not be able to do so, so we ordered the 68th Regiment and the 72nd Regiment to send troops to hold their positions and strictly prevent the devils from attacking in the dark." ”

The devil occupied the forward position, which was equivalent to blocking the road of the New Fourth Army's counterattack, and at this time of the battle, Shi Qiang felt that he could only harden the top.

Liu Tianshu learned that Jiang Cheng's detachment had captured the forward position under the Longgu Ridge, and did not retreat when it was dark, but sent troops to hold the position, and immediately knew that Shi Qiang and Chen Jian had encountered a hard bone.

However, it is impossible for any army to become an iron army if it has not experienced tragic battles, and since the establishment of the independent division, although it has had many fierce battles with devils, it has played to its strengths and avoided its weaknesses, so the casualties of the troops are not large.

As a result, the officers and men of the unit were a little arrogant, thinking that the little devils were nothing more than that. In addition, some commanders always have the idea of fighting a battle that takes advantage of them and not fighting a vicious war and fighting hard.

Now that the temporary detachment has been forced to this part, there is no other way to think except to fight hard with the devils.

After all, the evacuation and relocation work in Shitian County had only been started for less than two days, and many of the logistics departments and local cadres of the independent division had not yet been moved to safe places.

It is impossible for Liu Tianshu to ignore the common people of Shitian County in order to avoid large casualties among the troops.

However, in order to relieve the pressure on the temporary detachment, the 71st Regiment was quietly rushing in the direction of Ishida.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the devils suddenly launched an attack on the second line of defense of the temporary detachment, and the shells continued to fly down the hills, and some even flew behind the ridges.

Seeing the devil's shells flying, the troops guarding the second line of defense immediately opened fire, ignoring the explosion around them, the light and heavy machine guns shot at the devils rushing towards the position, the bullets rained down, many devils were hit by bullets, and rolled down with bones, but the commander of the devils behind waved the command knife, constantly urging the devils to attack, and in the end, many devils simply lay on the ground, and climbed up while shooting.

The shells fired by the devils kept falling on the second line of defense, and at this time, the soldiers guarding the second line of defense could not care about the explosions around them, so they could only shoot at the devils desperately and knock down wave after wave of devils.

It's a pity that this time the devil is determined to take Longgu Ridge, even if it is a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, he doesn't care, the devils who rushed in front can be said to be going forward and successive, the front fell, and the back rushed up without hesitation, and the crooked machine guns, heavy machine guns and grenadier mortars only cared about bombarding the ridge, and the explosions and gunfire on and below the ridge were mixed.

The 2nd Battalion of the 68th Regiment held out on the second line of defense for an hour, the 2nd Company and the Machine Gun Company lost more than half, and the 2nd Battalion Commander hurriedly threw the 3rd Company into battle, but within 10 minutes, several positions were broken through, and just when the 2nd Battalion Commander was about to take the last platoon into the counterattack, the 1st Battalion Commander rushed to the position with his troops.

The addition of the first battalion sharply increased the firepower on the position, and after ten minutes of fierce fighting, the devils who were about to rush to the position were finally driven down.

When the position of the 68th Regiment was almost breached, the position of the 72nd Regiment in the south was also attacked by a battalion of the Japanese army, and the two sides fought fiercely until half past ten, and the devils left more than 700 corpses in front of the position of the 72nd Regiment and had to retreat.

However, the 72nd Regiment did not please go, and the two battalions were beaten to only three companies.

Shi Qiang received a report and learned that more than half of the casualties of the two main regiments were killed, and he couldn't help but be extremely sad.

He felt a feeling of a knife wrenching his heart at the thought of nearly a thousand originally fresh lives, in one day, either sleeping forever in this land they loved, or scarred and having to withdraw from the battle.

When Shi Qiang and Chen Jian were heartbroken by the casualties of the troops, Jiang Cheng was also gloomy in his command post.

He didn't expect that the New Fourth Army on the opposite side would be so difficult to fight, and in just one day, the imperial soldiers who fell under the sabers and guns of the New Fourth Army were as high as 2,000.

Looking at the bodies of fallen soldiers in the wilderness, he felt a chill run down his back.

You know, through the binoculars, he saw with his own eyes that his soldiers were about to rush to the opponent's position, but more than a dozen figures suddenly appeared on the opponent's position, and after these figures jumped out of the trench, they rushed towards the attacking team without hesitation, and then there was a sky-high explosion, and the huge smoke enveloped all the surrounding soldiers.

When the smoke cleared, what was left behind was a stump of limbs. (To be continued.) )