The computer broke down two days ago, and the new didn't keep up, and from today onwards will ensure at least one more every day... The dense artillery fire of the army lasted for nearly five minutes, and in these five minutes, the empty positions were completely overturned, and the smoke of gunpowder was everywhere. And just as the artillery fire stopped, a dense burst of machine-gun fire rang out from the position... A squadron of soldiers, led by their commanders, marched in orderly steps and launched a charge towards the position that had just been completely destroyed by artillery fire... Without the blocking of the Eighth Route Army, the Yue Army occupied the positions given up by the soldiers almost effortlessly.

"Report to Your Excellency Brigade Commander, we have occupied the positions of the Eighth Route Army, but... It's just..."

"Yaga, just what?" Major General Sakai, who was already annoyed that he couldn't break through the position for half a day, immediately became angry when he saw his subordinates spitting at him.

"Hey! Your Excellency, the brigade commander, only served as the squadron of the attack, and there was not a single Eighth Route Army on the position, and not even a single corpse was found! The chief of staff replied cautiously.

"Nani? Not a single Chinese? How so? Yaga! We fell for the Chinese! They were in Toyan time, buying time for the retreat of their main forces. Yaga! Ordered the troops to immediately continue the road, run forward, and must find a way to hold back our enemies, who are about to flee. Major General Sakai roared loudly.

"Hey!"

As a result, the squadron commander of the Yue Army, who had just attacked the position, did not wait for the praise of the brigade commander, but waited for the news that his squadron had served as the vanguard of the whole army. And there is no time to rest, and it is necessary to march immediately.

"Yaga! Ordered the troops to assemble immediately, run forward, and target the county seat of Jinzhong. The squadron leader drew his command knife and ordered in a depressed voice.

In this way, the Ono squadron, which had just served as the vanguard of the offensive, could not take a break and became the vanguard of the whole army.

Ono's squadron quickly assembled, crossed the position that had become ruins, and collided with the second defensive position of the Eighth Route Army.

"Report to Captain Ono, there is a position dug by the Eighth Route Army in front, but there is no figure in sight. Whether to send troops to conduct reconnaissance first, and then the main squadron to pass. "Less than five minutes into Ono's march with his troops, the troops stopped again, and a squad leader came to report.

"Yaga! The main force led by His Excellency the brigade commander was behind us, and there was no time for reconnaissance, and besides, the Eighth Route Army was scared away by the artillery fire we had just had. Order your troops to form a battle formation and immediately occupy the positions in front! Ono looked at the main force of the brigade that was getting closer and closer behind him and said.

"Hey! The subordinates then went to organize the attack force. Soon, Ono's squadron charged the position in a loose attack formation.

"Company commander, the regiment commander's calculation is really accurate, the little devil really didn't tempt, and directly launched a squadron-scale charge!" The instructor looked at the two hundred devils densely packed in front of the position, and said with admiration on his face.

"Of course, instructor, the little devils are also in a hurry to rush back to Jinzhong, otherwise they wouldn't be in such a hurry, but this kind of opportunity is only once. Order the soldiers, the devil is close and firing, all of them have to wait for my order, let's also cherish the opportunity to teach the little devil a good lesson! The commander of the third battalion and the first company looked at the devil who was getting closer and closer, and took out the shell gun on his waist, and the bullet was loaded!

"Yes, company commander..."

Seeing that the devil had arrived at the position, the company commander finally gave the order to attack. In an instant, countless heads suddenly appeared on the position, and more than a dozen machine gunners quickly set up machine guns, and quickly opened fire, hitting the unprepared soldiers.

The machine guns rang out, and the soldiers in the first few rows of the attack formation were shot and fell down one after another, without even having time to react. The soldiers, who were at the rear of the attack formation, immediately lay down on the ground, and fired at the soldiers of the first company.

"Baga, despicable Chinese." Ono saw the remains of a squad of soldiers lying in a pool of blood at the front of the team because of the sudden attack of the Eighth Route Army, and scolded loudly.

"Squadron leader, quickly organize the troops to retreat! The firepower of the Eighth Route Army is almost twice that of us, and we can't hold out for long," reminded the deputy squadron leader lying on the ground beside him.

"No, we can't retreat, once we retreat, the Eighth Route Army's annihilation plan will succeed. I want to let the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side taste the blood! Order the troops to hold on, reinforcements from His Excellency the Brigade Commander will arrive soon. The squadron leader shouted loudly to the soldiers beside him. With the encouragement of the squadron leader, the army in front of the position temporarily stabilized its position, and did not retreat because of the strong firepower of the Eighth Route Army.

"Report to the brigade commander, Ono's squadron encountered the Eighth Route Army's blockade, and now Lieutenant Ono is holding on with the remnants and waiting for reinforcements."

"Yo Xi! Ono did well, ordered him to continue to hold on, gather a brigade of all mortars and grenadiers, and launch an artillery bombardment on the enemy's position, quickly, this is the best time to destroy the Eighth Route Army on the opposite position. Sakai held a telescope and looked at the position of the Eighth Route Army not far away, which was constantly spewing tongues of fire, and ordered excitedly.

At this time, on the position of the first company, the soldiers were fighting in full swing, and the company commander looked at the fewer and fewer soldiers in front of him suspiciously.

"Instructor, what the hell is the army doing? If they continue to fight like this, aren't they sent to death? Is the little devil squadron leader having a fever in his head? The company commander asked suspiciously.

"Company commander, whatever, since the little devil wants to be sent to death, let's not be polite to him, and leave all the little devils in front of our position." The instructor said as he opened fire.

"Well, that's what I said, I ordered the soldiers to aim and hit, save bullets, and leave all the little devils behind." The company commander shouted loudly.

While the two were talking, the devil's artillery had been assembled, and the cannon had been set up in a hidden position, ready to fire at any time.

Just as the fighters were in full swing, the characteristic whistling sound of mortar shells crossing the sky reached everyone's ears. The company commander hurriedly looked up, only to see countless shells coming in the air and smashing on his head.

"Ahh Devil shelling, hide quickly... Boom, boom..."The sound of a violent explosion masked the order of the company commander. One by one, the machine gunners who were firing were blasted into the sky along with their guns, and one soldier fell in a pool of blood because of his carelessness. The company commander lay in the trench, clenched his fists tightly, and could not say a word.

The devil's shelling lasted less than two minutes before it ended, but only two minutes of artillery fire and raids had already caused a lot of casualties to their own troops. The company commander looked up and saw that the position, which had become a ruin, was littered with the remains of soldiers and damaged guns. However, there was no time for the company commander to think, because the Ono squadron, which had been lying in front of the position and still had a hundred and ten men left, had already launched a charge again, and the soldiers stood up one after another, guns in hand, and rushed like a silent company.

As soon as the company commander turned around, he picked up a machine gun that had been blown up behind him and opened fire, hitting the self-righteous little devil. Facing the position of the Eighth Route Army, which only had one stop of light machine gun firepower, the little devil did not hesitate occasionally. They immediately organized fire to suppress and return fire, but did not stop their attack. Finally, under the reminder of the gunshots, more and more soldiers who did not sacrifice began to fight back, and finally blocked the pace of the devil's charge and suppressed the little devil in front of the position again. However, as far as the eye can see, less than half of the people living on the battlefield are already alive before the war.

"Order, the troops alternately cover, take the wounded and retreat, one platoon to leave cover, quickly." The company commander took the order of the seriously wounded instructor beside him. That's it! The first company's blocking battle lasted less than ten minutes and ended with nearly half of the company's casualties.

"Regiment commander, it's all my fault, I caused the casualties of the instructor and half of the company, you punish me!" The company commander came to the front of the regiment commander Shen Qinghua and cried.

"Company Commander Zhou, it's not your fault, it's the little devil who is too arrogant, I have seen the battle, you take the troops down first, organize the uninjured soldiers, and be ready to reinforce at any time."

"Yes, Captain."

Some people are sad, others are happy. At this time, Major General Sakai, the commander of the brigade, was extremely excited after watching the entire battle.

"Your Excellency Brigade Commander, Ono Squadron reports that the opposite squadron has been repulsed... At least a hundred Chinese bodies were left on the position, and since Ono's squadron suffered more than half of the casualties, Ono asked to rest in the rear. Next to the chief of staff reported.

"Yo Xi! Ono was good and gave orders to the squadrons to use the same tactics if they encountered another Chinese blockade. Ordered the troops to continue the road. ”

"Hey!" The chief of staff nodded and replied... The army immediately changed to a vanguard squadron with strong combat effectiveness, continued to approach, and soon ran into the position of the second company. With the same method, the second company soon suffered heavy losses and was forced to withdraw from its position. In less than half an hour, the army broke through the three lines of defense of the first regiment in succession, and inflicted more than 200 casualties on the entire regiment.

"Regiment commander, we can't retreat, behind the retreat is a flat river, and we can't stop the attack of the army at all." The political commissar looked at the casualty report in his hand and said as he looked at the plains behind him.

"Okay, if you don't retreat, you won't retreat, order the troops to stick here, wait for the commander's reinforcements, quickly, strengthen the position, and rotate one company after another, I don't believe that the little devil is iron." Shen Qinghua clenched his fists and ordered.

As a result, the Eighth Route Army, which had retreated when it encountered artillery bombardment just now, did not retreat at this time, like a nail, nailed to the position. Of course, the price to pay is also very large.

(To be continued)