The Yezhi Brigade attacked fiercely, and Zeng Wei's county brigade began to be unable to bear it.

The county brigade guarding the forward position on the hill on the left side of the stone ridge fought fiercely with the Imperial Allied Army that rushed to the ground under the persecution of the devils, and in less than half an hour, the entire platoon was killed, and the Imperial Allied Army finally occupied Zeng Wei's forward position after losing more than half of it.

Seeing that the Imperial Allied Army had performed well this time, and had actually captured the forward position of the Eighth Route Army, Noeda immediately ordered the Japanese troops who followed up to cross the Imperial Allied Army and pounce towards Zeng Wei's main position halfway up the mountain.

Noeda knew that as long as he defeated the defenders on the opposite side and took control of Stone Ridge, he would block Liu Tianshu's passage back to Fuya Mountain, so that Liu Tianshu's independent battalion could only fight the imperial army in the hilly area southwest of Fuya Mountain.

Although the independent battalion is brave and good at fighting, it is almost infantry after all, and the Imperial army can move quickly by road. The Imperial Army had the advantage of speed, and it was very likely that the independent battalion would be surrounded and annihilated.

Seeing more than a hundred devils rushing towards his main position with murderous violence, Zeng Wei had a cold face and ordered the two companies to hold Shiling at all costs, even if the county brigade was wiped out.

At the same time, he sent a messenger to report to Liu Tianshu quickly, asking the independent battalion to send reinforcements.

Seeing that the defenders on the opposite side had actually counter-charged, Noeda knew that the critical moment had arrived, and immediately ordered the second squadron to join the battle, and at the same time ordered the machine gun company to advance forward.

Zeng Wei saw that the devil was fighting more and more, and the bullets rained down on the mountain, and at the same time, the devil's grenadier mortar and the 92 infantry cannon also began to bombard the hill where he was, and his heart sank to the extreme.

He wiped the smoke from his face with his hand, looked at the soldiers around him and shouted: "Comrades, the devils want to cut off the retreat of the independent battalion, we must not let the devils occupy the stone ridge, we must ensure the safety of the independent battalion, all of them, bayonets, ready to fight with the devils." ”

Seeing the devil rushing closer and closer, Zeng Wei gritted his teeth and prepared to take the remaining soldiers to launch a counter-charge towards the devil, driving the devil down with bayonets and life.

Just as he picked up a rifle with a bayonet in his hand and was about to rush out with the soldiers, the roar of mortars and 92 infantry guns suddenly sounded from the diagonal rear of his position, and countless shells crossed the hill he was guarding and smashed towards the group of devils who rushed towards the hill in a dense formation.

I only heard the whistling of shells in the sky, and then I saw clouds of smoke rising from the formation of the devils in front of the position, and countless devils flew into the sky with the explosion, and there were screams and moans everywhere.

The devil who was charging forward fiercely just now was crushed by the sudden cannonballs, and ran in panic in front of Zeng Wei's position.

When Zeng Wei and the soldiers of the county brigade saw this scene, they were immediately stunned, and after a while, excited cheers rang out on the battlefield: "Our reinforcements have arrived, and the independent battalion has arrived." ”

As the shells continued to explode in the formation of the devil's attack, in front of the position of the county brigade, there were the screams of the devils in pain, the groans before death, and the poignant cries for help.

After a while, the shells began to extend, and countless soldiers of the New Fourth Army of the Eighth Route Army in tattered military uniforms poured up behind the mountain.

Behind them, a small warrior raised his trumpet, puffed out his cheeks, and blew a loud trumpet of the charge.

When Zeng Wei saw this scene, his blood immediately surged, holding a 38 big cover with a bayonet in both hands, he jumped into the trench at once, and shouted Comrades, kill devils, rush! Then he jumped out and bravely chased after the defeated devil.

The soldiers of the county brigade were also infected at this time, and when they saw that the captain had rushed out, they immediately let out an angry roar and chased after the devil.

Noeda couldn't help but be ecstatic when he saw that his two squadrons, supported by the fire of the machine gun squadron, were about to rush to the opposite hill, and victory was already beckoning to him. Who knew that just when his troops straightened their chests and launched the final charge in a dense formation, suddenly countless shells flew out of the sky, and these shells fell in his own ranks, immediately raising countless smoke, and in the blink of an eye, his two squadrons were all enveloped, and he could clearly hear the explosion like rolling thunder, even compared to the artillery fire of his own brigade, it was not inferior.

Seeing that his troops were all in the unobstructed open field, like lambs to be slaughtered, allowing shrapnel to tear apart one imperial warrior after another, his heart sank to the bottom of the sea.

At this time, not only the two squadrons that he had not yet entered the battle, but also the artillery squad he arranged behind, were also dumbfounded at this time, and forgot to use artillery fire to counterattack for a while.

When he heard countless figures pouring out of the opposite mountain, and at the same time, the unique charging horn of the Eighth Route Army came from afar, his heart trembled.

As an Imperial soldier, he is no stranger to this terrifying charge. He had heard it more than once on the Hebei side, and every time such a charge horn sounded, it meant that countless Chinese rushed towards him without fear.

Sure enough, he saw that the shells began to move towards the position of his machine gun squadron, and at the same time, the smoke in front of him gradually dissipated, and countless Chinese soldiers engaged in bloody hand-to-hand combat with the remaining Imperial soldiers.

Seeing that if the machine gun squadron did not retreat, it was afraid that it would be destroyed by the enemy's artillery fire, Noeda had to order the machine gun squadron to retreat in pain, and at the same time ordered the third squadron to immediately build fortifications on the spot.

At the same time, his artillery began to bombard the opposite hill in an attempt to stop the Chinese soldiers from rushing continuously.

It's a pity that his two squadrons didn't hold out for long in front of the Chinese troops who were flooding like the sea, and those Chinese soldiers with hatred in their eyes rushed directly to this side, and at the same time, on the side of his position, Chinese soldiers also began to appear.

For a while, Noeda couldn't figure out how many Chinese were coming, and in a panic, he had to order the troops to retreat.

The artillery fire of Noeda's artillery squad slowed down the pursuit of the Eighth Route Army, and Noeda, with the remaining two infantry squadrons and one machine-gun squadron that had lost a third, finally broke away from the pursuit of the Chinese army and retreated five miles before gaining a foothold on a hill.

Seeing that the devil had retreated far away and had established a defensive position on the hill in front, Liao Zhifeng immediately ordered his troops to stop the pursuit.

Zeng Wei saw a Eighth Route Army wearing a tattered military uniform standing there very majestically, and immediately ran over, at this time Xu Yongdong came over and introduced: "Commander Liao, this is Comrade Zeng Wei, the captain of the Fuchang County Brigade, Comrade Zeng Wei, this is the deputy head of the Eighth Route Army Liao Zhifeng." ”

Hearing that the one in front of him turned out to be the deputy regiment commander, Zeng Wei immediately stood upright, snapped a military salute, and shouted loudly: "Hello Commander Liao, Zeng Wei, the captain of Fuchang County of the Eighth Route Army, reports to you." ”

Liao Zhifeng returned a military salute, looked at him and said sincerely: "Captain Zeng, the comrades of your county brigade have worked hard, we are late, and everyone has suffered." ”

Although it was only a glance, Liao Zhifeng still saw that the county brigade had suffered heavy casualties, and his heart ached faintly.

"Commander Liao, fortunately you arrived, otherwise, this position may be captured by devils." Speaking of this, Zeng Wei felt a fluke in his heart.

Subsequently, Liao Zhifeng ordered the troops to quickly clean up the battlefield, and at the same time sent troops to monitor the movements of the Yezhi brigade.

Liu Tianshu received a report and was relieved to know that the Eighth Route Military Battalion, with the cooperation of the machine gun company and the artillery team, had repelled the Yezhi Brigade that attacked Shiling.

When the troops arrived at Shiling, they saw all the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army Camp who had won the battle, with the joy of victory on their faces, and Liu Tianshu knew that the blood in the hearts of these rescued soldiers began to boil.

In one fell swoop, two squadrons of the Yezhi Brigade and a company of the Imperial Allied Army were annihilated at Stone Ridge, and the captured weapons made the Eighth Route Army Camp almost every man have a rifle.

Watanabe learned that the Noeda brigade attacking Stone Ridge had been severely damaged and had to retreat five miles, and immediately vented his anger in the office, and as for the women of Noeda's family, they were greeted by Watanabe one by one.

Watanabe had already made up his mind that as soon as Noeda returned, he would have him disemboweled to thank the emperor.

Noeda, a fool, lost a large group of imperial soldiers in his hands, which was simply a shame for the Imperial Japanese Army.

Such a great shame, wild branches can only be washed away with their lives.

Knowing that the main force had successfully passed through the Stone Ridge, Liu Sutang and Hao Mengxuan set up a pocket for the pursuers in a valley, and suddenly took advantage of the favorable terrain to block the Japanese troops behind, ate a Japanese squad chasing in front and drove away.

Yokokawa, who commanded the pursuit of the troops, did not expect that these despicable Chinese would dare to set up an ambush for the Imperial Japanese Army when they were defeated, and the army following behind was blocked by a small group of Chinese troops, and when he finally broke through the Chinese resistance and rushed over, his squad was only left with corpses scattered all over the ground.

In such a short period of time, he ate a full squad of him in one bite, which made Yokokawa gasp.

In the next pursuit, he no longer dared to rashly advance on the scale of a small team.

Due to his prudence, the 5th and 6th Companies easily escaped Yokogawa's pursuit, and after meeting up with the 2nd Company at Stone Ridge, they quickly pursued the main force.

Yokokawa chased him to Stone Ridge and joined up with Noeda's Brigade, which had carefully rushed to Stone Ridge after discovering that the independent battalion had retreated. However, when he learned that Noeda's brigade had lost two infantry squadrons and a company of the Imperial Cooperative Army that cooperated with the operation, his shock was indescribable.

His Yokokawa brigade also lost almost one squadron in the exchange of fire with the broken Chinese army, so that Liu Tianshu's independent battalion also seized the opportunity to eat three squadrons of the Imperial Japanese Army when it retreated to Fuya Mountain.

Together with the two squadrons of the escort car, the independent battalion actually ate five squadrons of the imperial army in two days.

Such an opponent, which is still Dohachiro, is simply the nemesis of the Great Japanese Empire. (To be continued.) )