Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Battle of Yangjialing (3)

Ouyang Cunfeng led the first brigade and the second squadron to withdraw to the area of Mawan to block the attack, at this time, a steady stream of reinforcements from the direction of Qiujin came to reinforce the devil troops, and the enemy in front of him had exceeded more than 500 people. These devils received an order from Oga Shigeru and hurriedly arrived by car from the direction of Baicha and Sankei Bridge.

After the previous stage of blockade, the 2nd Squadron consumed a lot of personnel, weapons and ammunition. After they withdrew along the road to the area around Ma Wan, they hurried to build some simple fortifications along both sides of the road with the help of the small hills on both sides of the road.

This is because the road to Yangjialing passes next to a large pond in front of the village, and opposite the pond is a relatively high hill. Therefore, Ouyang Cunfeng asked everyone to plant all the mines along this section of the road, and he was ready to have a bloody battle with the devils here, and they had to desperately complete the task of blocking the devils for 3 hours assigned by Xiao Xiong.

Ouyang Cunfeng sat on the hill, he saw that the long convoy of devils was coming from a distance, and where the convoy passed, a long cloud of dust rose up, like a yellow-gray dragon, and it did not disperse for a long time. He knew that he and his brothers were facing a life-and-death battle. Because, they have no way to retreat, and Xiao Xiong will command them not far behind.

"Boom", when most of the devil's cars entered the ambush circle, the soldiers pulled the mines. The first few cars were blown up and rolled into the pond, and a few more were blown up and caught fire and stopped in the middle of the road.

The pond was suddenly like a flock of ducks, the devils who had not been blown up or drowned, kept fluttering in the water, those who could swim desperately to the shore, and those who could not swim were clinging to them, and even hugged the devils who could swim tightly.

Those who were held by the devils struggled desperately, and those who did not break free sank into the water with the devils who could not swim; Some of those who were held simply used the butt of the gun in their hands or took off the spear of the 38 big gun, and scrambled and stabbed indiscriminately, desperately breaking free.

Because the pond is very deep and the bank of the pond is very steep, there are at least dozens of devils who have drowned.

Some of the devil soldiers who were not killed or burned to death hurriedly jumped out of the blazing car, turned around and ran back.

After the mine exploded, Ouyang Cunfeng immediately ordered to shoot at the devil. Before they could react, they were caught up by the bullets fired by the rangers, and soon fell to a large area.

And the devils who were lucky enough to struggle to climb ashore from the pond were "named" by the team members one by one. The water in the pond was suddenly stained red with the blood of the devils, and there were dozens of devils' corpses floating on the water.

The car behind the devils immediately stopped, they lifted the mortar from the car and opened heavy fire on the positions of the Einsatzgruppen. The terrified devil soldiers, under the command of the officers, also launched an attack along the road towards the Einsatzgruppen.

The battle immediately became extremely fierce.

In the direction of Junshan, Dawn laughed happily as he looked at the armored train of the devil who had been blown off the roadbed and overturned in the ditch. He ordered his team to throw grenades at the overturned train. With a few explosions, the once invincible iron guy immediately burst into flames.

The devil inside the train hurriedly opened the door and crawled out in embarrassment. The Ranger Gate is like a game against a rabbit, and the devils will destroy one when they come out. The devils in the armored train, who were not killed, were also killed by the explosion and burned to death.

The devils on the next few trains all got off the train, and they began to attack the sixth squadron of Dawn in an organized manner.

This resistance battle was relatively advantageous, and after they had conquered several blockhouses next to the railway, they hurriedly destroyed the railroad in front of them, and used the existing blockhouses and the favorable terrain here to carry out a stubborn resistance.

Since this section of the railway passes only through two hills, although the attack of the devils is very fierce and almost at all costs, it is difficult for the devils to organize an effective attack in this narrow strip, which also limits the use of their superior firepower. Therefore, more than 300 devils along the way were blocked by the special forces led by Liming less than 5 miles away from Yangjialing, and it was difficult to move an inch.

At this time, Ma Changyong led the 5th Squadron to block the devils who came out from the direction of Aicheng to reinforce in the area of Qipanling, and the situation they faced was the most critical.

Qipanling is located in the northeast of Ai Town, the county seat occupied by the devils, and is composed of more than a dozen hills that are not too high. Although this area is hilly, the mountains are relatively gentle, so there is almost no danger to defend. Moreover, it was only 5 or 6 miles away from the heavily guarded county town of the devils, and the devils launched a crazy attack on them based on the fierce artillery fire.

Due to the heavy casualties of the troops, they had to rely on the terrain to resist and retreat, using the hills and woods on both sides of the road to block the enemy's attack. The enemy's artillery fire burned the woods, and Ma Changyong led the team to withdraw from the burning woods and continued to stubbornly resist the enemy. Seeing that the casualties of the troops were getting bigger and bigger, the enemy was getting closer and closer to Yangjialing.

As soon as it was dawn, Ma Changyong received another instruction from Xiao Xiong, asking them to continue to hold on to the enemy for 3 hours. Although he was crying bitterly in his heart, he also knew that Commander Xiao Xiong must have his own plans, and the commander must know that it would be very difficult for the troops to act as blockers.

The team had soon retreated to Shetou Ridge at the intersection of the two highways from Aicheng to Yangjialing and from Qiujin to Yangjialing.

Suddenly, Ma Changyong heard gunfire coming from the west. One of the team members ran down from the top of the mountain and hurriedly reported to him:

"Captain, it's our men who have withdrawn here from the Mawan."

"It must be Ouyang Cunfeng's second squadron. The brothers beat me hard and picked up the brothers from the second squadron. ”

It turned out that Ouyang Cunfeng and his second squadron, who were blocking the devils in the Mawan area, went relatively smoothly at the beginning of the battle. But, after all, there is a huge disparity in the power of the enemy and the enemy. The devils used the heavy artillery fire as a cover and constantly launched a tidal wave of attacks against me. They made a detour from the hill behind the village and attacked from the flank. The rangers on the mountain to the north were immediately attacked from both sides by the enemy, and they were attacked on the back and abdomen.

Ouyang Cunfeng immediately asked the team members from the north to cross the road and withdraw to the southern position. After the team converged, they fought and retreated, slowly retreating in the direction of Yangjialing.

Soon, Ouyang and the others heard the fierce gunfire coming from the direction of Qipanling. Therefore, Ouyang Cunfeng decided to quickly join up with the 5th Squadron and join forces to block the enemy at Shetou Ridge, where the terrain is more favorable.

Finally, the two teams met. Ouyang Cunfeng and Ma Changyong counted the number of people, after the fierce resistance battle just now, the remaining members of the two squadrons are now just 200 people, and nearly half of the team members have hung up the lottery. There is not much ammunition in sight.

However, there was still an hour before the three-hour blocking time ordered by Xiao Xiong, and on the road below the mountain, the devils who came up from the two directions of Qiujin and Aicheng had already merged, and the devils on the highway were black and pressing, and they had added up to more than 1,000 people. Moreover, the devil added two more tanks, presumably from the direction of Dean. There were dozens of mortars.

Ouyang Cunfeng and Ma Changyong discussed it and thought that although the number of people in the special team had increased, the situation was still grim. Shetou Ridge is the last barrier to Yangjialing, if the devil breaks through here, he can go straight to Yangjialing, directly threatening the safety of the large army led by Xiao Xiong.

The two decided to reintegrate the existing personnel, divide them into two teams according to the condition of the wounded, and lead them separately, each occupying the high ground and woods on both sides of the Shetouling Road, for the final blockade, and absolutely not allowing the enemy to pass through here, even if the team is exhausted, the task must be completed.

"Report to the sir, the devils are attacking." One of the team members came running and told them both.

The two looked at it, and on the road below the hillside not far away, the devil's two tanks had already started, and black smoke was emitting from the tank's buttocks. The devils behind the tank have formed a long two columns. On the flat ground on both sides of the road, the devil's artillery began to set up mortars, and the muzzles of the guns were aimed at the positions of the Einsatzgruppen on the hillside.

"Brothers, hurry into the position, find a place to hide, the devils are about to attack." Ouyang Cunfeng immediately issued an order, and he led his troops into the position on the east side of the road.

As soon as they entered the position, the devils began to attack. Dense mortar shells rained down on the positions, and some trees were set on fire. Bullets from machine guns and rifles cut off tree branches like gusts of wind and landed on the heads and bodies of the team members lying on the ground.

After a burst of artillery fire, the devils under the mountain, led by tanks, began to launch a frantic attack on the positions of the Einsatzgruppen.

Xiao Xiong understood that he led the Einsatzgruppen to fight this battle really hit Oh Kashige's heart, and it hurt him completely. However, he felt that it was not enough, and he had to step on the devil's heart. Therefore, Xiao Xiong ordered his subordinates to launch an attack on the important Yangliujin Railway Bridge on the Nanxun Railway, completely cut off the Nanxun Railway, destroy the lifeline of the devils to transport strategic materials to the Changsha front, cooperate with the actions of the third theater, and disrupt the campaign deployment of the devils.

After Xiao Xiong captured Yangjialing Station, he felt that he had achieved the effect he had expected before the war. Therefore, except for Li Minghua, who was left to lead a group of men and horses to prepare to meet the blocking force, the rest of the troops immediately launched an attack on the enemy who was defending the railway bridge along the railway to the south.