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However, these Imperial Allied troops did not realize that there would be eight ways to block Yutangling, and they staggered along the road towards the ridge with their guns on their shoulders, and did not send a guard post to search the mountains and forests on the side of the road.

Seeing these Imperial Cooperative Army walking directly to less than thirty meters away from the soldiers in the forward position, Tian Yulong twitched the corner of his mouth, and then saw a company commander shouting and fighting, and the soldiers guarding the forward position immediately took off the camouflage on their bodies, and the gun in their hands fired fiercely at the Imperial Cooperative Army in front of them, and the bullets shot out rapidly, and the Imperial Cooperative Army walking in front immediately blew up the nest, and there were soldiers who were shot and screaming everywhere, and the rest were also running around in panic, trying to find a safe place.

It's a pity that they were too careless, and they didn't have any precautions at all along the way, and a series of sudden blows caused them heavy casualties, except for more than a dozen clever ones, who immediately lay on the ground with their heads in their hands, and the rest were either dead or injured.

Sato, the commander of the Japanese army who was walking behind, suddenly looked up when he heard the gunshots, and found that there were countless eight roads in front of Yutangling, and the Imperial Alliance Army that opened the road in front was beaten with heavy casualties, and he was immediately surprised.

However, as an imperial soldier, his reaction was still very agile, he suddenly pounced on a ridge, a pair of eyes turned bonelessly, observing the Yutang Ridge in front, and found that there were only eight roads under the ridge, and on the top of the Yutang Ridge, it seemed that there were no eight roads.

Could it be just a small group of eight ways to block themselves? A thought flashed through Sato's mind, and he immediately called Yin Guangxi, the commander of the Imperial Association Army, and asked him to immediately command the troops to rush forward and eliminate the Chinese who dared to block the imperial army.

When the gunshots rang out, Yin Guangxi knew that the situation was not good, and his company, which was walking in front, was suddenly hit by the Eighth Road, and more than half of them were killed or injured in less than five minutes, and the remaining brothers also lay on the ground and did not dare to move.

At this time, Sato asked him to command the troops to attack, and he was so angry in his heart that he had already condoled the women in Sato's family one by one, so he had to kick an officer next to him and order the second company to attack forward.

When the commander of the second company heard that he was asked to lead the team to attack, he couldn't help but secretly complain, listening to the gunfire just now, there were not only three or eight big covers, but also two crooked handles and one Czech-style, it was obvious that this was a regular unit that had encountered the Eighth Road.

It's okay for his troops to bully and bully the common people, but if he wants to fight eight ways, he thinks he doesn't have this ability.

But who knew that this fatal task actually fell on him, so he had to secretly scream bad luck, and then ordered a platoon to attack cautiously forward.

The commander of the company guarding the forefront saw that after the Imperial Allied Army walking in front was suddenly attacked, the rest of the people were all lying on the ground, so they stopped shooting and leisurely watched the movements of the devils.

At this time, it was not long before dawn, and even if the devil's plane was to help in the war, it would be at least an hour later.

Besides, in a battle of this scale, it is still unknown whether the devil will make a sortie.

When he saw that it was still the Imperial Allied Army that rushed up later, the first company commander scolded the devil for a while in his heart, and then ordered the machine gun to be transferred immediately, and at the same time did not fire for the time being, and only let a platoon of the Imperial Allied Army that was ready to block the charge.

Wasting bullets on the Imperial Army, he didn't think it was worth it.

However, in order to defeat the confidence of the Imperial Allied Army's attack, the commander of the first company still made the two grenadiers ready for launch.

When these Imperial Allied troops walked to a hundred meters in front of the first company in fright, two grenadiers began to fire, and the shells fell in the formation of the Imperial Allied Army, immediately raising two columns of smoke, and at the same time there were several screams, and the rest of the Imperial Allied Army found that there were cannons on the eighth road in front of them, and they were so frightened that they suddenly lay on the ground, so that the row that was ready to shoot was immediately disappointed.

Sato couldn't help but be furious when he saw that the Imperial Allied Army was directly frightened by the shells fired by the two grenadiers of the Eighth Road. From the firepower of the Eighth Route just now, he could already see that there should be only one company in the Eighth Route in front.

The dignified Imperial army was frightened by the eight roads of a mere company, and it was a joke when it was spread.

"Coward, coward." After scolding twice, Sato ordered a Japanese squad to prepare for the attack. The other two Japanese squads were ready to outflank them.

As for those Imperial Allies, they were directly ignored by the angry Sato at this time. He wanted to show these timid Chinese the might of the Imperial Japanese army.

Seeing more than 50 devils crossing the Imperial Alliance army lying on the ground, they rushed towards this side in stride, and the company commander threw the cigarette butts in his hand into the ground and shouted in a low voice: "Comrades, the little devils are coming up, everyone get ready, listen to my signal." ”

His company dug trenches along the hill under the ridge, and at the same time, on the instructions of the battalion commander, dug a communication trench to the second line of defense behind.

It's just that the new brigade and regiment have not yet had the habit of digging anti-artillery holes on the battlefield. Even the fortifications of Yutangling are only three lines of defense, and there are no criss-crossing three-dimensional fortifications, nor are they arranged in depth.

After all, a devil is a devil, and he has his own fixed routine for this kind of offensive operation. When they rushed to a distance of 300 meters from the position of the first company, the three crooked handles of his squad were immediately erected on the spot, and at the same time, the grenadiers began to prepare for fire suppression in the rear.

Then, the crooked handle of the devil opened heavy fire on the company's position, and at the same time, the grenadier that went forward fifty meters began to fire shells at the company's position.

Its infantry, suppressed by the fire of both, began to bend forward with a stoop.

The commander of the first company saw that the devil's crooked machine guns and grenadiers were fighting in a very orderly manner, and immediately ordered the machine guns and grenadiers in the company to return fire.

After less than two minutes of fighting, one grenadier group of the devil was directly defeated, and the other grenadier group had to retreat.

At this time, the infantry that the devil had rushed forward rushed to a distance of less than two hundred meters from the first company.

At this time, the infantry of the first company also opened fire, and the rushing devil soldiers launched a confrontation, the soldiers of the first company had trench cover, and the devil's marksmanship was a little better than that of the first company.

Sato saw that the attacking squad was blocked by the eight routes, and with a roll of his eyes, he ordered the other two squads to immediately carry out two squads.

Tian Yulong saw that the devil began to outflank him, and immediately said to Pang Fuyong, who came with him: "Battalion Commander Pang, it's up to you below." ”

"Hehe, Camp Chief Tian, you can rest assured, I promise to let the devil drink a pot of me." Pang Fuyong said nonchalantly.

The devil in front of him did not have infantry guns, only point grenadiers and the like, but he had a machine gun company in his own hands, and there were twelve heavy machine guns.

Since the devil is going to come up and send him to death, he naturally has to meet his requirements.

Seeing that the devils outflanked on both sides had entered the effective range of the heavy machine guns, Pang Fuyong waited for another minute, until these devils were ready to start attacking, he suddenly ordered to fire, twelve heavy machine guns fired at the attacking devils at the same time, and the tongue of fire quickly spit out like a poisonous snake, and went straight to the rushing devils.

One platoon had four heavy machine guns on the left, the other on the right, and a platoon behind the company was responsible for fire interception of the devils attacking the company.

Hearing the sudden sound of a dull heavy machine gun on the opposite hill, Sato's face couldn't help but change drastically.

He didn't expect that the Eighth Road on the opposite side actually had heavy machine guns, and it was not three or two, and suddenly a feeling like falling into an ice cellar came to his heart.

At this time, his three squads were all spread out, and they were under the effective blow of the opponent's heavy machine guns, so the next consequences could be imagined.

Sure enough, he saw that the front was suddenly filled with smoke, and then he saw that his soldiers were constantly flying by the rapid bullets, and the remaining soldiers had to find cover.

It's a pity that the machine-gun attack of the Eighth Route came too suddenly, and after a while, the three squads had lost more than half of them and had to retreat back in embarrassment.

At this moment, Sato received a telegram from the headquarters, saying that the Japanese troops in the Qufeng stronghold had lost contact, that is, Kameda Kazuzo, who had reinforced Yongle Town, and there was no news, and Commander Yokota told him that it was very likely that the main force of the Eighth Route had rushed over and asked him to withdraw to the county seat immediately.

"It's too late." Sato laughed and scolded in his heart, and immediately ordered the troops to retreat.

The attacking Japanese army and the Imperial Allied Army received the order and hurriedly retreated, and when they withdrew from the effective range of the eight-way heavy machine gun, Sato was stunned when he saw the sparse team.

In just this moment, one of his Japanese squadrons lost more than half, and as for the Imperial Allied Army that cooperated with the battle, the losses were not large.

Thinking of this, Sato called an Imperial Allied Army and asked him to go over and tell Hachiro with a white flag, asking for permission for them to heal the wounded.

When Tian Yulong heard this, he discussed it with Pang Fuyong and promised that Sato's people who were sheltering the wounded could not carry weapons.

There were seventy or eighty corpses lying in front of Yutang Ridge, plus the wounded who were groaning all over the ground, and it would not be a matter if the devils were not allowed to be treated.

When Sato heard Hachiro's reply, he immediately sent a platoon of Imperial Allies, put down his guns and ran to heal the wounded and the bodies of the Japanese soldiers who had died in battle.

While the Japanese were carrying and treating the wounded, the 2nd Battalion also began to bandage the wounded and sent them to the rear to rest.

After the devil brought back the bodies of the wounded and dead soldiers, he did not stop, but retreated directly.

Seeing the devil retreat, Tian Yulong knew that the devil had already made up his mind to retreat, but at this time, his troops were still on the ridge, and it was impossible to catch up, so he had to order the soldiers to continue to strengthen the fortifications, and at the same time report the situation to Commander Liu in Qufeng's stronghold.

Liu Tianshu learned that the devils who came out of Jiping County had retreated, so he ordered Tian Yulong to be stationed on the front line of Yutangling and at the same time carry out the work of mobilizing the masses.

As for the Qufeng stronghold, because Shi Qiang got in touch with the local guerrillas who were active, after allocating a batch of weapons to the guerrillas, he handed over the work of mobilizing the masses in the Qufeng stronghold to the guerrillas. (To be continued.) )