"Order, all troops, to seize the time to rest and recuperate at once. After six o'clock in the evening, the battalions were to be arranged at a distance of 500 meters from each other. At the same time, in order to facilitate the retreat of the troops, each blocking position must have at least one communication trench leading to the dense forest next to the road, so that the troops can retreat... In addition, I would like to remind you that all blocking positions must be prepared for air defense, is it clear?" Regarding Zhang He's tactics, Bruce Lee, as a brigade commander, had almost no objections. Then, to the several regiment commanders around him, he ordered loudly.

"Yes, brigade commander, I promise to complete the mission, and I will definitely not lose the face of our guard brigade..."Hearing the order, several regiment commanders with red faces who had just been reprimanded by Bruce Lee, immediately replied together.

"Okay, let's get started. During the rest, the various units must prepare in advance all kinds of timber needed to arrange the blocking positions at night. After all, we only have a few hours to prepare, and we have to prepare in advance. For the answers of several people, Bruce Lee nodded with satisfaction, and then continued to command....

After several hours of preparation, all the timber needed to construct the barricade position was prepared. With the last wave of planes of the army, with a loud whistling sound, flew over the heads of the soldiers. The entire Guards Brigade immediately began to build fortifications on a section of several kilometers in length in battalion units, under the cover of dark nights ....

With the dawn of the next day, the sun slowly rises in the east. The nine main battalions plus the battalions directly under the brigade headquarters have a total of ten blocking positions, which are completely displayed on this section of the road. However, in order to prevent the little devil planes, before the battle began, the fighters also took great pains to discover the blocking positions on the ground in advance. In addition to covering the entire section of the blocking position with dry grass. At this moment, the soldiers who were responsible for the construction of the fortifications were hidden in the deep trenches, replenishing the physical strength expended by digging the trenches overnight, and preparing for the possible battle today.

"Lao Huang, Lao Hu, Lao Zhang, after a night of hard work, how are the various positions prepared now...."Through the binoculars, seeing the hidden blocking positions in front of him, the brigade commander Bruce Lee asked the three regiment commanders in front of him.

"Report to the brigade commander that three blocking positions of one regiment have been completed. All according to the usual training, every ten meters apart, an anti-artillery hole was dug to avoid possible air attacks by the little devils. At the same time, we have also drawn out more than a dozen light machine guns and formed a temporary air defense position to strike at all military planes that dare to fly and drop bombs at low altitudes..."

"Brigade commander, the three blocking positions of our second regiment have also been completed. When the time comes, we will eat as many little devils as we come..."Hu Zhengping also stood up and said... Immediately afterwards, Zhang He, the commander of the third regiment, and the battalion commander directly under the brigade headquarters stood up and reported.

"Very well, order the battalions to hurry up and rest. As soon as the little devil came, he immediately prepared for battle. My request is very simple, a blocking position must be held for at least an hour, and the specific time for retreat is decided by the battalion commanders and the three of you temporarily. Is it all clear? Bruce Lee ordered affirmatively.

"Yes, brigade commander..." A roar sounded, and several people quickly left the brigade headquarters and ran towards their regimental headquarters.

Finally, just as it was approaching noon, the figure of the little devil finally appeared in the eyes of the guard brigade advance scouts. I saw that under the cover of the plane, thousands of little devils drove towards the blocking position a few miles away. The scout quickly rushed to the headquarters, ready to report the incoming army.

"Report to the brigade commander, the little devil is coming...", on a hill less than a hundred meters above sea level. Bruce Lee, who received the scout's report, immediately raised the telescope in his hand and looked in the direction where the first regiment and one battalion were located. Sure enough, at the end of the highway all day, a cloud of smoke and dust slowly appeared. The little devil troops lined up in two rows, one after another, appeared in the binoculars..."Order the troops to be ready for battle and resolutely block the possible charge of the little devils..."Bruce Lee ordered with a serious face.

Of course, the troops of the Eighth Route Army, who were sticking to their positions, found the little devils who were getting closer and closer. The little devil avant-garde troops, in the shortest possible time, also discovered a blocking position a few hundred meters away, and reported the latest news to Lieutenant General Shigehou Yamaoka, the division commander located in the center of the entire unit..."Nani, the blocking position of the Eighth Route Army appeared in front, how is it possible, according to the air force reconnaissance and the display of our intelligence organs, in front of us, there is absolutely no main force of the Eighth Route Army, and some are only some small units of the Eighth Route Army's local armed forces. Could it be that the Eighth Route Army has integrated these local armed forces and is ready to use those dirt and eight roads here to block the way of our army. Hearing the report of the captain of the avant-garde wing, the chief of staff, Kuramoge Osa, asked rhetorically with a frown.

"Baga, the Eighth Route Army is really too deceitful, and it actually wants to use local militia troops to block our way. Although we only have more than 5,000 people left, they are also elite soldiers of the Imperial Army. If these dirt roads want to find death, then I will fulfill them. Matsui-kun, now I order, take your avant-garde wing, and completely annihilate the dirt eight roads in front of us, and let them know that our 109th Division is not so easy to bully..."After listening to the chief of staff's explanation, the corner of the mouth of the division commander, Lieutenant General Shigemu Yamaoka, showed a sneer, and ordered loudly.

"Hi, Your Excellency Division Commander, the Avant-garde Wing guarantees to complete the mission, annihilate the Eighth Route Army in front of us, and occupy their blocking positions0." Matsui Daisa, who had been chased and beaten by the Eighth Route Army behind him for several days, did not hesitate without any hesitation after learning that only the local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army were blocking him, and replied confidently. At the same time, a thick murderous aura slowly appeared on his face.

"Yo Xi, Matsui-kun, since that's the case, then I'll wait here for your good news..."The division commander nodded with satisfaction.

Returning from the division commander, Wing Commander Matsui Daisa kept a confident smile on his face. Because he believed that since it was the Dirt Eight Road that stood in front of him, then with the only remaining nearly 1,000 soldiers of his wing, he would definitely be able to occupy their position, and then completely annihilate them, and once again put a halo of victory on the head of his wing... With such a light enemy's heart, Matsui Daisa, as the captain of the wing, did not hesitate at all. Although the division commander promised that he could call for air support at any time. However, thinking of the low-hanging fruit and the need to distribute a part of the air force, Matsui Osa confidently refused the air reinforcements.

Under the confident command of Wing Commander Matsui Daisa, the offensive formation composed of nearly a thousand little devils was immediately divided into three, ready to follow the usual offensive formation of the Japanese army, ready to annihilate the local troops of the Eighth Route Army in front of them in one fell swoop. Nearly a thousand little devils, neither any artillery support nor air support. Only under the cover of a dozen heavy machine guns, lined up in dense straggler lines, raising the rifles in their hands, they charged forward step by step.

"Battalion commander, battalion commander, the little devil has begun to charge..."Just when the army launched a group charge, the battalion that held the blocking position, except for the necessary observation posts, the rest of the troops were all hidden in the anti-artillery holes under the leadership of the battalion commander, preparing to avoid the possible bombing of the little devil air force. However, to everyone's surprise, the fighters who hid in the anti-artillery shelter not only did not wait for the bombing of the little devil's plane, but waited for the group of nearly 1,000 little devils to charge.

"Oh my god, what the hell is this little devil doing. There were so many planes in the sky that they didn't even carry out any bombing, but sent a large group of troops to attack. Is the little devil commander's head burned and confused, and he wants so many devils to come and send him to death..."Looking at the pieces in front of him, it was like a layer of yellow waves. The instructor, who had just rushed out of the anti-artillery hole and was lying in the trench, couldn't help but let out an exclamation.

"Regardless of whether the little devil commander's head is burned or not, he doesn't want to bomb with planes, then you're welcome. Order the companies to enter the position at once, put the little devils to a distance of fifty meters, and fire all light and heavy firepower at once, killing and wounding their living forces as much as possible..."The battalion commander ordered with a confident face.

"Battalion commander, fifty meters, isn't it too close, the little devil can approach our position with a single charge..."Hearing fifty meters, the instructor couldn't help but ask with concern.

"Instructor, don't worry. Don't forget, we are a guard brigade, each squad is armed with a light machine gun, and each company is equipped with a heavy machine gun. All the light and heavy machine guns in our battalion are mounted, and there are more than 30 of them. In addition, it is also equipped with nine grenadiers, such dense firepower, if it can't stop the charge of the little devils, our guard brigade has been training for so long in vain. The commander of the first battalion replied disdainfully.

With a heavy and light machine gun, the soldiers quickly set up the edge of the trench. The dense charging formation composed of nearly a thousand little devils was only about two hundred meters away from the position. Seeing that the Eighth Route Army was close at hand, there was still no movement in the blocking position, although the wing commander Matsui Daisa's heart was very puzzled. However, under the onslaught of the aura of victory, Matsui Daisa did not mean to let his troops disperse, but ordered his troops, to speed up the charge ..."One hundred and fifty meters ... One hundred meters... Eighty meters..."Seeing the position that was still silent, there was no need for Wing Commander Matsui Daisa to give any orders. These little devil soldiers, who had already lost their morale, slowly showed a look of excitement on their faces. At the same time, the pace of his own charge slowly accelerated.

At the same time, in the face of the attacking troops at such a close distance from the Eighth Route Army, more than a dozen heavy machine guns that served as cover in the rear also stopped firing at the same time in order to avoid possible accidental damage. Heavy machine gun shooters, looking at the avant-garde wing at the front with expectant faces.

However, the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment. Just here, nearly a thousand little devils rushed to a distance of fifty meters from the position with a confident face. Just when they thought that victory would be theirs, the unexpected happened. On the blocking position, which was still silent just now, a neat row of muzzles immediately appeared. Immediately, dozens of dense tongues of fire erupted from these muzzles and shot towards their positions.

More than thirty light and heavy machine guns and hundreds of rifles erupted at the same time. In the face of the impenetrable rain of bullets, in just the blink of an eye, the nearly 100 little devils who charged at the front didn't even have time to react, and they were beaten into a hornet's nest by the dense bullets.

"Baga, hide quickly, lie down... Prepare to return fire..."When Wing Commander Matsui Daisa, who was following behind the entire wing, was awakened from his dream by the dense gunfire and the screams of soldiers. The nearly 1,000 little devils who were responsible for the attack had already fallen under the intensive strafing of more than 30 light and heavy machine guns, and nearly 300 soldiers had fallen in two entire rows. And more soldiers were pressed to the ground by the dense firepower, and they couldn't lift their heads at all.

However, just when the remaining little devils, under the command of commanders at all levels, wisely lay on the ground, dodging the bullets flying overhead. A sharp whistling sound reached the ears of these little devils again. The entire battalion was equipped with nine grenadiers, and at their own speed, they threw grenades or grenades into the group of little devils.

With the sound of explosions, a few unfortunate little devils must have been blown up and turned into mutilated corpses. In just a few seconds, dozens of grenade cameras exploded loudly, causing nearly 100 casualties again in the dense formation.

"Baga, we were fooled, this is not the place of the Eighth Route Army at all, but the regular troops of the Eighth Route Army, which have always been elite. Eight Grid Tooth Road, the troops will retreat immediately, hurry up, retreat immediately..."I saw that under the intensive blows of the Eighth Route Army dozens of meters away, the casualties of my own troops continued to rise like a straight line. Wing Commander Matsui Daisa did not hesitate and immediately gave the order to retreat to the troops in front of him.

"Da-da-da... Under the cheering of light and heavy machine guns and grenadiers, nearly a thousand little devils, after leaving more than 400 corpses in front of the position, retreated in a gloomy manner and began to sort out the remaining remnants of their own wing. As for the battalion that held its position, it was under the command of the battalion commander and quickly retreated into the anti-artillery hole behind it. Because he believed that after suffering such a big loss, the Yue army would not give up and would retaliate frantically.

Sure enough, just as the last soldier quickly drilled into the anti-artillery hole. A loud whistling sound of breaking through the air reached everyone's ears. A bomber, ready to be avenged by the infantry, broke through the air, ready to deliver low-altitude bombs to the blocking positions of the Eighth Route Army below... However, it was very unfortunate that when the plane was only less than 500 meters away from the ground, a dense tongue of fire immediately shot out from the ground. In the face of a dense network of firepower, although the little devil pilot knew that this kind of firepower was only fired by light machine guns, at an altitude of 500 meters, there was no threat to his aircraft at all.

However, in the face of death, the little devil still wisely chose to pull up the fuselage. Keep your plane at an altitude of 500 meters and start dropping bombs. However, at an altitude of 500 meters, the accuracy of the bomb can be imagined..."Boom, boom...."A huge explosion sounded over the position of the first battalion. Several aerial bombs weighing several tens of kilograms fell on the position, kicking up patches of smoke and dust. Although, in just a moment, the entire position was shrouded in gunpowder smoke from the explosion. However, there were less than two or three bombs that really destructive the blocking positions ... A flying squad of three planes began to rain bombs on the ground one after another. The entire blocking position also trembled in the sound of explosions. What's more, two aerial bombs landed directly at the openings of two anti-artillery holes. With the shells of the bombs, almost a platoon of fighters in the anti-artillery hole were all buried, and their lives and deaths were unknown.

Finally, in the anxious waiting of everyone, the three planes finally dropped the bomb in the belly. After swinging his wings, with a whistling sound, he quickly flew away from the battlefield, ready to return to the airport to replenish ammunition. As the plane departed, the fighters, who had been suffocating in the anti-artillery hole for ten minutes, immediately rushed out of the trenches. Some of the fighters quickly entered the position that had been blown up and mutilated, and prepared to block it. The other part of the fighters quickly found the bombed anti-artillery hole and began to rescue the possible survivors.

"Battalion commander, the little devils are attacking...", as the sound of the observation post reached the ears of the first battalion commander. The commander of the first battalion hurriedly threw down the shovel in his hand to rescue the surviving soldiers, quickly lay down in the trench, and raised the telescope in his hand.

Maybe the little devil is still in a bit of panic about the attack just now. After all, hundreds of corpses were placed alive in front of the position, swearing to the little devils that the Eighth Route Army was strong on this blocking position. In the second attack, only a standard squadron was dispatched. Nearly two hundred little devils, under the command of a squadron leader, lined up in three loose offensive formations, under the cover of heavy machine guns, bent over and slowly rushed towards the position that had been blown into ruins.

Since in the battle just now, the strength of the entire blocking position has been completely exposed. This time, the commander of the first battalion did not hesitate. Just when the two hundred little devils were just approaching the position at a distance of 200 meters, they ordered all the riflemen to start shooting sporadically, constantly sniping and killing the soldiers. As for all the light and heavy machine guns, in order to prevent shelling from the grenadiers of the little devils, fire was not carried out ...

(To be continued)