"Open the artillery, open the artillery" Seeing the signal flare, the artillery position immediately sounded a series of orders to fire the artillery. Immediately afterwards, the entire artillery position was covered with white smoke from the firing of shells. More than 150 shells of various kinds, with a huge whistling sound, flew over the heads of the soldiers in the forward positions and flew into the ring fortifications of the army.

"Boom, boom, boom" A dense explosion exploded in the ring fortifications of the Yue army. The dense shells rained down on the heads of the little devils, and in the trenches, the machine gun positions were instantaneous, and the entire ring fortification was covered by this dense artillery fire. As far as the eye could see, the entire military position was filled with the wailing of soldiers, the flying stumps and broken arms, and the explosion of ammunition

The entire shelling, under the order of the regiment commander Chen Guangrong, did not hesitate to spare the shells, lasted for a full ten minutes. In this ten-minute period. More than 2,000 rounds of artillery shells fell in the ring fortifications of the army. You must know that 2,000 shells, even if two shells kill a little devil, it can cause at least 1,000 casualties in the army.

After the shelling, the smoke cleared. The position of the army, which was still orderly just now, has become a ruin at this time. Throughout the ring fortifications, there were stumps and severed arms of soldiers everywhere. Looking at the entire position, there is hardly a single intact corpse to be seen. More importantly, the heavy weapons in the ring fortifications, in this fierce shelling, almost all the remaining light and heavy machine guns of the army were blown into the most primitive parts.

Of course, no matter how fierce the shelling was, Seishiro Itagaki, the commander of the division, and the elite soldiers of a squadron beside him were not harmed. Because, their safety is bought by other soldiers around them in exchange for their own lives.

"Tick tock" At this time, there is no room for the little devils on the battlefield to think about anything else. Because, at this moment, the loud trumpet of the charge has sounded. Accompanied by the sound of the charging horn, the Eighth Route Army was densely packed with machine-gun strafing sounds in front of the position.

The impermeable rain of bullets was unceremoniously poured by the soldiers onto the army position, which had become a ruin. Those who had just survived the shelling, and just as he was thanking his Amaterasu, a dense rain of bullets knocked him to the ground at once. Of course, most of the little devils who survived were still at the moment when the charge horn sounded. As soon as he turned over, he hid in the trenches, dodging the impenetrable rain of bullets.

"Comrades, rush" has a sufficient advantage in troops, coupled with the lack of troops and ammunition at this time. For the final general attack, Liu Hua did not divide it into a general attack and a feint. Instead, the whole army attacked in one go, slowly compressing the position of the army.

Amid the shouts of killing, thousands of soldiers, led by their respective commanders, raised their rifles with bayonets in their hands. Under the cover of heavy machine guns, they broke out of the hidden trench and launched a final charge to the position of the Japanese army, which had become completely in ruins a few hundred meters away.

In the face of the dense soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who rushed towards them, the two wing commanders who were sticking to the trenches knew. In the face of the enemy's superior forces and firepower. He has less than a thousand troops left, and he can't even fill the gap between the other party's teeth. However, in order to be able to rely on the existing forces in his hands as much as possible, create chaos and create a chance for the division commander to break through.

The two wing commanders made a wise choice, and they would engage in hand-to-hand combat and close combat with the Eighth Route Army for a while. Because they all know that the little force they have left can be blocked from a distance. Before the Eighth Route Army rushed in front of him, his remaining troops would be exhausted under the dense fire net of the Eighth Route Army.

Faced with this thought of the two wing commanders of the army, the troops of several thousand people, almost without encountering any resistance, rushed to within the throwing distance of their grenades.

"Grenade cover, rush" "Baga, throw the grenade immediately, everyone is ready to fight, ready to fight." Kill to give" at the same time, in the troops of both the enemy and us, the same order sounded at the same time.

Immediately, I saw a dense array of grenades thrown out by the soldiers, and they landed accurately in the trenches of the army not far away. Similarly, dense grenades were thrown out of the trenches by the little devils and landed in the front of the charge.

At the same time, there were violent explosions at the two positions. The hundreds of fighters who rushed to the front of the entire unit, facing the dense grenades, there was no doubt that they were all drowned in the smoke of gunpowder from the explosion of the grenades in an instant. As for the casualties of the fighters, it goes without saying that they must have been heavy casualties.

And the little devils couldn't stand it either, and the grenades in the trenches exploded one after another. The whole trench immediately became like hell, full of stumps and severed arms of soldiers.

Of course, the casualties of hundreds of people could not stop the will of thousands of soldiers to charge, and as the smoke of gunpowder dissipated. Without any hesitation, the follow-up troops quickly crossed the charging road paved for themselves by their comrades with their own blood, and rushed to the position of the army that was close at hand.

"Kill the warriors of the empire, and the time has come to be loyal to His Majesty the Emperor, kill and give" Similarly, on the army position, there are less than a thousand little devils left. Under the command of the two wing commanders, they held up the rifles that had already been loaded with bayonets in their hands, and resolutely launched a counter-charge against the Eighth Route Army, which was getting closer and closer.

"Snort" The sound of a bayonet thrusting into his chest sounded, and the two sides collided in an instant. One by one, the little devils who had completely lost their lives rushed to the formation of the Eighth Route Army desperately. As much as possible, before he died, he killed and injured the living forces of the Eighth Route Army.

The clashing of bayonets with bayonets, the snorting of bayonets into the chest, the wails of soldiers, the occasional sound of grenades exploding, immediately filled the entire battlefield. And until this time, the division commander Itagaki Seishiro, who was quietly lurking on the battlefield, still did not make any movement. Similarly, 150 elite Imperial soldiers were also lying motionless on the ground, waiting for the division commander's order to attack.

In less than five minutes of the entire white-knuckle battle, a gap finally appeared in front of the division commander Seishiro Itagaki. And this gap officially co-captain Kurihan Daisa, with his personal guards, tried his best to open a passage for the division commander.

"Warriors of the Empire, you should know your mission, that is, to do everything possible to protect the flag of our Fifth Division and send it to the Taiyuan headquarters. I ask you, no matter what resistance you encounter, not to make any stay. If you want to rush me desperately, breaking out of the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army is victory. The division commander commanded again to the soldiers behind him.

"Hi, Your Excellency Division Commander"

"Yo Xi, warriors of the Empire, rush with me, kill and give" heard his satisfactory answer. The commander of the division, Seishiro Itagaki, immediately drew his command knife and jumped up from the ground. Commanding loudly to the 150 soldiers behind him, the first one rushed to a gap that the captain of the Kurihan Wing had opened for himself.

"Kill for" 150 of the most elite little devils. Seeing that his division commander was rushing to the front, he immediately jumped up from the ground. 150 people, forming a huge sharp knife attack formation, soon surrounded the division commander Itagaki Seishiro. Quickly interspersed with a passage that Wing Captain Kurihan Osa had opened for him.

However, to say that these 150 little devils are indeed the elite of the army. Because, the soldiers who came to intercept them along the way were stabbed to the ground by several bayonets almost as soon as they met these little devils. And the entire charging formation, in the face of the impact of the Eighth Route Army, did not have any messiness and continued to charge.

In this way, under the impact of this sharp knife, the already very weak defense line, almost a charge of the army, was broken through very easily. On the other hand, on the road of the army's assault, almost a corpse fell to the ground. However, among these corpses, almost all of them were warriors, and only a few were left behind by these little devils.

However, these little devils paid dozens of casualties, highlighting the encirclement of the fighters. Can they really escape from Liu Hua's palm and return to Taiyuan? The answer is no. Because everything on the battlefield, especially the breakthrough of the Yue army, was all reflected in the eyes of Liu Hua and the chief of staff of the command center.

"Commander, you really got you right. Seishiro Itagaki is really ready to fish in troubled waters. However, the combat effectiveness of this squadron of the Yue Army is very strong. In less than a few minutes, at least nearly a hundred fighters fell under their bayonets, while these little devils suffered less than 30 casualties. "I saw about a squadron of little devils, rushed out of their encirclement, and quickly disappeared into the darkness. said the chief of staff.

"Well, I guess these little devils are the only remaining elite of the Fifth Division. However, he is no longer an elite unit, he is also an infantryman, in front of the cavalry, even if he is in the elite, he can only wait to be beaten and annihilated. Liu Hua said with a smile, obviously not these little devils take it to heart.

"Division commander, let the cavalry regiment attack, Seishiro Itagaki must be among these little devils" The chief of staff nodded thoughtfully, and let Hou suggest.

"Okay, that's what I mean, and I'll send a report to Wang Hu right away, saying that the strength of a squadron of the army is fleeing west of Haseguchi. In addition, among this group of little devils, there is Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki Seishiro, the commander of the military division. Order your troops to surround this army and annihilate it, and capture as much as possible the commander of the division, Seishiro Itagaki. Division Commander Liu Hua nodded, pointed to the communication staff officer behind him who was waiting for an order, and ordered loudly.

"Yes, Commander"

Soon, a Wang Hu lurking around Haseguchi received an order from the division commander. When he learned that it was the army that he was going to destroy, it was Seishiro Itagaki, the commander of the Fifth Division. Not daring to slack off, he immediately summoned all the battalion and company commanders and began to assign tasks. At the same time, he sent all his scouts to Haseguchi, and he also led the main force of the regiment, and more than 1,000 cavalry quickly inserted to the west of Haseguchi.

"Report to the regiment commander, my reconnaissance platoon was two kilometers ahead, and I found about a squadron of little devils, who were rapidly advancing in the direction of Taiyuan." Just when Wang Hu took his cavalry regiment and rushed forward quickly. The platoon commander of the reconnaissance platoon of the cavalry regiment quickly ran in front of Wang Hu and replied loudly.

"Okay, it's finally here. Order, the first battalion immediately detoured back to the front of the army, blocking their way, the second battalion outflanked the left flank, the third battalion outflanked the right flank, and now start to act" Listening to the report of the reconnaissance platoon commander, Wang Hu was excited, and ordered loudly to the three battalion commanders beside him.

"Yes, regimental commander" Immediately, the three battalion commanders, each with their own troops, rushed in the direction of their own attack.

At this moment, the commander of the division, Seishiro Itagaki, was marching quickly in the dark wilderness under the escort of less than 120 little devils. Since there was no torch lighting, the fast-moving troops, yes, someone tripped and fell to the ground. But, no matter what, no one stopped. Everyone, without saying a word, rushed on the road.

"Division commander, now that we are four kilometers from the battlefield, are we resting for a few minutes. The soldiers were unusually tired after just fighting and marching for an hour. It's not too late for us to rest for a few minutes on the road" finally, looking at the panting soldiers. One of the squadron leaders who led the team ran to the division commander Seishiro Itagaki, who was also out of breath, and proposed.

"Yo Xi, order the troops to stop and rest for five minutes, and continue on their way after five minutes. Also, it is forbidden for anyone to light a torch and expose our targets. Listening to the squadron leader's advice, the division commander Seishiro Itagaki nodded and ordered.

"Hi, Your Excellency Division Commander" Immediately, the soldiers who had been ordered to rest, under the double blow of fatigue and hunger, collapsed to the ground one after another, and began to fall asleep in less than a minute. Even the division commander Itagaki Seishiro slowly closed his eyes after hearing the whirring shout.

And at this moment, the first battalion of the cavalry regiment had already rounded back to their front, less than a kilometer away, quietly waiting for the arrival of the little devil. And the soldiers of the two battalions who rounded back to the two wings of the army, in order not to alarm the little devils who were close at hand, had already dismounted, pulled their war horses, and slowly approached the little devils.

Finally, just five minutes later, when the army was ready to continue the march, the encirclement of the cavalry regiment had been formed. More than 120 little devils, at this time, have completely become a meal on the plate of the cavalry regiment.

"It's not good, division commander, listen, it's the voice of the cavalry, it must be the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army chasing after you." Finally, as the encirclement of the cavalry regiment gradually shrank, the sound of the hooves of the war horses finally woke up the little devil squadron leader. Hearing the sound of horses' hooves, the squadron leader's first thought was the cavalry unit of the Eighth Route Army, and he hurriedly reminded the division commander beside him.

"Nani, cavalry, cavalry of the Eighth Route Army. Baga, still stunned for what to do, ordered all the soldiers to immediately prepare to meet the enemy, immediately retreat, quickly" Hearing the reminder of the squadron leader beside him, and hearing the louder and louder sound of horses' hooves, the division commander Itagaki Seishiro couldn't help but be taken aback, and ordered loudly.

"Hi, division commander" Immediately, more than 100 little devils who had just rested for less than a few minutes were in the roar of the squadron leader. Got up from the ground, quickly assembled a defensive formation, and retreated in the direction of Taiyuan under the leadership of the division commander Itagaki Seishiro.

However, their good fortune also ends there. When they were less than 500 meters away, the first battalion of the cavalry regiment in front of them had slowly met them. Nearly 400 cavalrymen, lined up in two lines of defense, formed a semicircle, and slowly pressed towards the fast-moving little devil's position.

"Baga, division commander, our path has been blocked by the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army. I will lead all the soldiers to resolutely block the charge of the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army. Your Excellency, Division Commander, immediately bring your personal guards and retreat, quickly." Seeing the nearly 400 cavalrymen in front of him, the faces of the division commander Seishiro Itagaki and the squadron leader beside him immediately turned pale. However, the squadron leader still endured the panic in his heart and suggested to the division commander.

The commander of the division of "Baga, the cunning Eighth Route Army" had no reason to disagree. Under the protection of several guards, it was ready to retreat to the rear. However, at this moment, two battalions led by the regiment commander also appeared in the field of vision of the little devil. The same two lines of defense, lined up in a semicircle, slowly pressed towards themselves.

"Bageya Road, is it true that Amaterasu doesn't protect your people" Seeing that he had completely fallen into the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army cavalry regiment. The division commander, Seishiro Itagaki was desperate, knelt on the ground, and yelled at the sky.

"Warriors of the Empire, now that we are surrounded, show your courage and fight with the Eighth Route Army in front of you. For the sake of the Emperor, for the sake of Your Majesty, kill to give" After a long roar, the division commander Itagaki Seishiro stood up from the ground, drew his command knife, and commanded loudly to more than a hundred soldiers behind him.

"Hey, long live the Empire, long live His Majesty the Emperor" Immediately, more than a hundred little devils, under the leadership of Itagaki Seishiro, launched a counter-charge against the oncoming cavalry regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

"Hehe, it seems that these little devils are quite backbone, a little tasteful. Order, everyone, change rifles, and prepare to shoot" I saw more than a hundred little devils, under the command of a commander, brazenly wanting to launch a countercharge themselves. Wang Hu was surprised for a while, but the corners of his mouth soon showed a strange smile, and he ordered loudly to the hundreds of cavalry behind him.

Immediately, the cavalry soldiers on the war horses, under the command of the regiment commander, took off the rifles on their backs together, loaded the bullets, and kept their hands flat, steadily aiming at the more than 100 little devils who were getting closer and closer.

"Shooting" Seeing that the Yue army had already rushed into the range of his horse rifle, Wang Hu did not hesitate and ordered loudly.

"Bang bang bang" A neat row of guns rang out, and a dense rain of bullets flew towards the group of little devils two hundred meters away.

"Ahhh However, after the loss of more than thirty soldiers, the remaining little devils did not seem to have any intention of stopping. Still led by an officer with a command knife, he rushed towards his troops.

"It seems that these little devils really don't want to live, then I will fulfill you. Everyone listened, aim for me, don't stop, keep shooting," Seeing that the Yue army continued without fear of death, he rushed towards himself. Regiment Commander Wang Hu ordered loudly.

"Bang bang" Immediately, in the encirclement of the cavalry regiment, there was a continuous burst of messy rifle sounds. And with the sound of gunfire, there were fewer and fewer little devils following behind the commander of the Itagaki Division.

"Kill itachi" said that the commander of the army, Seishiro Itagaki, waved the command knife in his hand and rushed in front of the soldiers. He didn't know that in the gunfire just now, the more than 100 little devils who followed him had all been beaten back to their hometown by the soldiers.

"Bang bang" Two gunshots rang out, and Seishiro Itagaki, who was rushing towards the regiment commander Wang Hu, looked at the two blood holes in his chest that were bubbling with blood, and fell to the ground unwillingly.

"Baga" This is the last sentence that Seishiro Itagaki said when he lived in this world. Until he died, he didn't understand that his fifth division had an elite imperial army of nearly 20,000 people. Why did he lose in the hands of the people of China who he had always looked down on, and he was defeated everywhere.

"Captain, this is a big fish. The one you just killed was a lieutenant general, and he was Seishiro Itagaki, the commander of the division of the Japanese army. Due to the realization of the night, until Itagaki Seishiro rushed to a distance of only ten meters from him, Wang Hu did not see his military rank clearly. However, the soldiers who went down to clean up the battlefield quickly told Wang Hu, who was waiting for the results, the shocking good news.

"What, you said that the commander of the army division was killed by me" Looking at the political commissar in front of him, Wang Hu said in disbelief.

"Lao Wang, I really didn't expect your luck to be so good, so you shot and killed a lieutenant general of the Yue Army twice." The political commissar also said excitedly.

"Okay, great. Seishiro Itagaki was the old boy, and we finally killed him. Quick, operator, immediately send a report to the division commander that our cavalry regiment completely annihilated the breakthrough squad of the Japanese army and killed the commander of the division, Lieutenant General Seishiro Itagaki. Fast. After getting the exact news, Wang Hu was excited and ordered loudly.

"Yes, Captain." I heard that my cavalry regiment had killed the lieutenant general. The operator was also excited and replied loudly. Turning around, he put the radio station behind him on a rock, beckoned his deputy, and began to send a message.

"Division commander, division commander, good news, Itagaki Seishiro and the old boy were killed by Commander Wang" Just as Liu Hua was pacing in the temporary headquarters, anxiously waiting. Li Qing, the chief of staff who was guarding the radio, suddenly shouted out excitedly.

"What, you said that the old boy was killed by Wang Hu?" After listening to the words of the chief of staff, Liu Hua was excited for a while, and continued to ask with conviction.

"Yes, a squadron led by Seishiro Itagaki was wiped out by the cavalry regiment. Seishiro Itagaki and the old boy are also among the ranks that have been eliminated. The cavalry regiment is cleaning the battlefield, and the body of Seishiro Itagaki will be transported to the headquarters in a moment. The chief of staff affirmed.

"Well, don't worry about it now. Order all the reserves to press on me, and in the shortest possible time, to deal with the remnants of the enemy, quickly. Listening to the words of the chief of staff, Liu Hua was excited, and he no longer had any worries, and ordered loudly.

"Yes, division commander," the chief of staff also replied excitedly.

With the addition of more than 2,000 reinforcements, the remnants of the army led by the two wing commanders of the Yue army were wiped out in less than half an hour after Liu Hua gave the order. It wasn't until the next day, when there was a glimmer of light in the sky, that the gunfire on the entire Haseguchi battlefield finally stopped.

As the sun rises, Haseguchi, after a night of fierce fighting, finally fully unfolds into everyone's field of vision. As far as the eye can see, on the battlefield of several square kilometers, after a night of fierce fighting. Everywhere there were stumps and severed arms, charred corpses, trees, blasted guns and ammunition. There were corpses everywhere, some of them were warriors and some of them were little devils. Especially in the place where the hand-to-hand fight took place last night, there was a dense layer of corpses.

Liu Hua took the chief of staff and walked on the soft black soil. It is said that it is soft black soil, but it is not. This thick layer of black soil is not really black soil. Rather, after a night of artillery shelling, it was completely blown out of a sinking floating earth, and it was charred floating soil.

Liu Hua and the chief of staff walked quietly on the battlefield, saluting the remains of the soldiers from time to time. At this time, the tragedy of the battlefield has completely entered the field of vision of the two.

"Chief of Staff, it seems that the casualties of the troops are very large" Seeing the hand-to-hand battlefield not far away, he brought out the remains of the soldiers from time to time, and placed them in two rows in front of him, and they continued to extend. Division Commander Liu Hua said worriedly.

"Well, division commander, these casualties were mainly caused by the final hand-to-hand combat last night. The little devils who can survive the night of fighting are the elite of the entire Fifth Division. Hand-to-hand combat with such a little devil, with such a large casualty, it is natural. Looking at the division commander Liu Hua with a worried face, Chief of Staff Li Qing hurriedly reminded.

"Well, I know that. But seeing so many warriors, a person who was still alive yesterday, has become a cold corpse today, this is uncomfortable, forget it, don't mention this. Chief of Staff, inform the Logistics Department that the field hospital of the division headquarters must use our best medicine to treat the wounded. Save as many seriously injured lives as possible. Don't be afraid to run out of medicines, I'll find a way when I run out. Division Commander Liu Hua looked at the seriously wounded who were carried in front of him one by one, and ordered loudly.

(To be continued)