Hearing the whistling sound of the shells, Platoon Commander Zhu's face changed, and he turned his head and shouted: "The devil has fired the cannon, hide quickly." After saying that, he immediately carried a gun and drilled into a side of the anti-artillery hole.

When repairing the trenches, seeing that there was still time left, Platoon Commander Zhu asked the soldiers to dig an anti-artillery hole every five meters on the position that could hide about two people.

When the battalion commander instructed the training of the companies, he said that the artillery fire of the little devils was very fierce, and if there were only simple trenches dug in the blocking position, once the devils began to shell, the soldiers hiding in the trenches would be extremely vulnerable to injury, and the best way was to dig out anti-artillery holes on the side of the trenches where they could hide. The hole doesn't need to be too big, just stick to the bottom of the trench and dig a place for one or two people to hide.

When the battalion commander introduced the construction of trenches, he specifically mentioned that the standard fortifications of the German army were all dug according to this regulation, but the German fortifications were much stronger.

Of course, this does not mean that people can be safe and sound if they hide in the anti-artillery hole, and if the enemy's shells are falling on the anti-artillery hole, the artillery hole will be directly blown up, and the people hiding inside will also be more than lucky.

But in any case, the construction of anti-artillery holes can greatly reduce the casualties of fighters in defensive positions.

It would be even better if a large anti-artillery hole could be built on the reverse slope at the back.

There was only one platoon of troops in the first line of defense, and Platoon Commander Zhu naturally did not need to let the soldiers build a large anti-artillery hole on the anti-slope plane behind, and time did not allow it.

The soldiers of the first platoon heard the shouts of the platoon commander and went into the hole next to them, and then they heard the shells fall on the blocking position, and an earth-shattering explosion sounded.

The shelling of the devils, in the dark, could only be carried out according to estimates, and the effect was naturally not ideal, plus a platoon hid in the anti-artillery hole in advance, and when the shelling stopped, only two fighters were buried in the collapsed earth.

However, when the shelling of the devils ended, the soldiers quickly ran over and pulled the two out, one of whom had a hole in his head, and the other soldier had died.

Platoon Commander Zhu was on the side of the trench and saw the devils on the road, and under the cover of shelling, he actually cleared the obstacles on the road, and at the same time began to fill in the dug up road.

It's just that they hid in the trenches just now, and they couldn't find out how much of a role the mines and traps arranged on the road were.

Platoon Commander Zhu quietly watched the devil repair the road, and it was not until the devil got back into the car and drove this way along the road that he whispered: "Pass my order and get ready to drop bombs." ”

After a while, the devil's convoy slowly started, and at the same time several machine guns opened heavy fire on the hill ahead.

The fighters of the platoon heard the gunfire and immediately hid themselves in the trenches.

Saito raised his wrist and couldn't help but feel impatient when he saw that the delay of the troops had already passed an hour. Seeing that his artillery and fire reconnaissance had not been counterattacked, he began to wonder if the attackers had fled.

The convoy soon arrived in front of Platoon Commander Zhu's blocking position.

His blocking position was not directly facing the road, but diagonally towards the road, and when he saw the devil's car approaching, he grabbed a grenade, pulled the lead, shouted and hit, and then threw it at the car not far away.

At the same time, a platoon of fighters grabbed grenades one after another and threw them at the convoy of devils in front.

All of a sudden, grenades were flying everywhere in the night sky, and in the blink of an eye, these grenades fell into the devil's convoy.

These devils reacted quickly, and after discovering that there was something unusual in the sky, they didn't wait for the car to stop, and countless devils jumped out of the car while shooting, and rushed towards the position of a row.

After the soldiers in the platoon threw grenades, in the constant sound of explosions, they kept firing at the rushing devils with their guns, and suddenly the gunfire was loud.

The platoon had a geographical advantage, and after a round of rapid shooting at the devil, the devil had to retreat, at this time, the leader of the Zhu platoon shouted to retreat, and immediately turned around with the soldiers and ran along the traffic trench and ran quickly behind.

As soon as a platoon ran down the position, the devil's shells came.

Platoon Commander Zhu looked back and saw that the blocking position just now was full of flames from explosions.

After the second round of artillery bombardment by the devils was over, Platoon Commander Zhu returned to the position with the soldiers.

The devils who rushed up after the shelling were again attacked in a row and again, leaving behind six or seven corpses and retreating.

Seeing the devil retreating, Platoon Commander Zhu immediately took the soldiers, withdrew from the position, and rushed towards the second line of defense.

His platoon had completed the task of blocking the attack, and according to the instructions of Company Commander King, it should be withdrawn to the third line of defense at this time to rest and recuperate, and at the same time serve as a reserve for the whole company.

Seeing that after his platoon completed the blocking mission, he only paid the price of three people sacrificing two injuries, and he was sad, but Platoon Commander Zhu felt inexplicably excited.

He didn't expect that the battle could be fought like this. In the past, when Platoon Commander Zhu was in the Fuya Mountain guerrillas, every time he fought with devils, he ended with heavy casualties, but this time, not only did he eliminate at least 20 devils, but his own casualties were so few, it seems that the main force is the main force.

The eight roads from Taihang Mountain are not as ordinary.

Saito was furious by the blockers in the night, and after finally driving away the blockers, he ran into Kim Jinbiao's second platoon, but after the second platoon gave the devil a surprise attack, he immediately retreated, so that Saito's artillery retaliation failed again.

Just as Saito rushed through the second line of defense, Liu Tianshu rushed to the riding dragon pass with three platoons and a reconnaissance squad.

Hearing Jin Zhenbiao say that the devil had just broken through his second line of defense and was running towards the third line of defense, Liu Tianshu immediately ordered Shi Qiang to set up the four grenadiers he brought on the hillside, and when the devil rushed to the third line of defense, he suddenly gave an order, and the four grenadiers attacked the devil's convoy, and the shells flew out and landed in the devil's convoy, immediately raising a cloud of smoke, turning the three cars into a fireball, and the entire devil's convoy suddenly became a mess.

Seeing the devil on the opposite side shouting in horror, and at the same time there were bursts of painful groans, Liu Tianshu shouted to Jin Zhenbiao We retreat, and immediately withdrew from the position with the troops and withdrew to the base area.

When Zhai Teng heard the report, he knew that the squad walking in front had been attacked by the attackers' artillery fire, although the attackers used grenadiers produced by the Japanese Empire, but this round of rapid attacks still caused the team walking in front to lose three cars.

After more than two hours of fierce fighting at the Dragon Pass, the squad that opened the road in front had lost two-thirds of its troops, and although the artillery retaliation of the brigade was immediately launched, Saito's heart was already at a loss at this time.

Fortunately, when the attacking Japanese troops cautiously rushed to the hill in front, they were never retaliated by the Chinese army, and at the same time, there was no one on the entire hill.

Saito received the report, pondered for a while, and ordered the signal corps to contact the co-captain.

"What? The eight ways that blocked you have fled? Watanabe was stunned when he received the report.

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, the Eighth Route has fled, and I estimate that Songkan Town has fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route Army." Saito said cautiously.

If Songkan Town has fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, and he will encounter many uncertainties if he goes over overnight, and the reinforcements led by Saito have lost almost a squad at the Dragon Pass, although the strength of the reinforcements is still there, but whether it is necessary to go over again needs to be decided by the wing commander.

Watanabe thought about it on the other side of the phone, and said weakly: "Saito-kun, I'm afraid that Songkan Town has been captured by the Eighth Road, and the situation is unknown, so your troops will stop advancing and advance to Songkan Town after dawn." ”

The night march was too dangerous, and after some thought, Watanabe decided to have the Saito brigade stationed on the spot, and everything would only be said in the morning.

Watanabe's decision can be said to have given Liu Tianshu plenty of time. Of course, even if Saito recklessly advanced towards Songkan Town, Liu Tianshu would have a back hand. He asked the reconnaissance squad to monitor the movements of the Saito brigade, and after returning to Songkan Town with the second and third companies, with the assistance of the villagers who came to help from the Xiang Shuyu organization, he moved all the things that the enemy had left in Songkan Town back to Fuya Mountain when it was still two hours before dawn.

Even the devil's telephone line, telephone, etc., did not leave at all.

The next morning, Saito and his troops rushed to the town of Songkan, and what caught his eye were the four turrets that had collapsed and turned into ruins, especially the North Gate Turret, which had been burned to the ground, and the bodies buried in the fire were all charred and unrecognizable.

As for the command of Shiro Tanaka in Matsukan Town, the building was not much damaged, but the bodies of more than 20 Japanese soldiers were neatly placed in the courtyard, and at the same time, the things in the courtyard were looted. It can be said that the Eighth Route Army not only took away all the food and ammunition stored by the imperial army in Songkan Town, but also transported all the barbed wire fences erected outside the town.

Hearing the report of his subordinates, the small team of Tianzhong stationed in Songkan Town collectively broke jade, and the Imperial Association Army who assisted the imperial army in guarding Songkan Town, except for those who died in battle, the rest were nowhere to be found. Saito's eyes breathed fire, and after walking wildly in the courtyard a few times, he had to report the situation to Captain Watanabe.

Watanabe was speechless when he learned that the defenders of Matsukan Town had been wiped out, and that the reinforced Saito brigade had also lost almost one team.

In just one night, the Eighth Route Army of Fuya Mountain not only captured Songkan Town, which had a strong artillery tower, but also caused the Imperial Army to lose almost two squads of brave soldiers, plus a company of the Imperial Allied Army.

In any case, Songkan Town could not be lost, Watanabe pondered for a long time, and finally decided to let Saito's department stay in Songkan Town temporarily, and at the same time urgently ordered the Imperial Association Army Changzhang to get his name, and quickly sent two companies of Imperial Association troops to Songkan Town.

Saito was ordered to immediately have his men collect the fallen Imperial soldiers and send them back to the county seat by car, while forcing the people to clean up the destroyed artillery towers.

Liu Tianshu led his troops back to Yaping Village, and Zhu Aiguo and Xiang Shuyu greeted him with excitement on their faces. (To be continued.) )