"Battalion Commander Xu, the next step is your first battalion. Because the first battalion has always served as the forward battalion interspersed with troops, the losses of the troops along the way are very huge, and I have seen all of this. Now I order you that you shall immediately reorganize the remaining troops to two full infantry companies. When the time comes, wherever reinforcements are needed, I will use the platoon unit to disperse your battalion and send reinforcements out..."Bruce Lee continued to order.

"Brigade commander, don't worry, there is not a single mischief in our guard brigade. The first battalion guarantees to complete the task, where you point, we will attack..."After receiving the order, the battalion commander Xu Hu did not hesitate, and replied loudly with a salute.

Ten minutes later, as each unit quickly entered its own combat position, the barrels of the guns with black holes quickly stretched out of the deep shooting holes. On Bruce Lee's side, there was only one battalion of less than 300 people left. And at this moment, the three thousand little devils have surrounded all the compounds occupied by the second regiment so tightly that not even a single fly can fly out.

Just one by one, at the end of the street, just showing their hideous faces and shrunken figures. The guard posts hidden on the commanding heights of all the courtyards reported the news of the arrival of the army and the preparation of the attack to the brigade commander Bruce Lee at the first time, "Brigade commander, the little devil is coming..."

"Damn, after waiting for a long time, the little devil is finally here. Order all the troops, immediately prepare for battle, put all the little devils close to me, so that all kinds of artillery in their hands can't exert any power..."Bruce Lee ordered loudly, and climbed up to the roof along a ladder beside him. Then, following the direction of the guard point, he quickly looked over.

Sure enough, about a squad of devil soldiers, driven by a squad leader, appeared less than two hundred meters away from the position. It was forming a battle formation and slowly touched this side. At the same time, in several other directions around the position, a large number of devil soldiers also appeared one after another... Seeing the little devils getting closer and closer, the brigade commander Bruce Lee knew that the position he occupied had been completely surrounded by the Yue army, and was ready to meet the first round of attacks of the Yue army....

"Inform all commanders that they can only open fire after putting the little devil fifty meters into it. In addition, it is necessary to prevent the blasting and shelling of the Japanese army..."Looking at the attack formation of the little devils, Bruce Lee continued to order. However, as soon as his words fell, a whistling sound of cannonballs reached his ears.

Immediately after, a continuous explosion reached his ears. As far as the eye can see, several courtyards directly opposite the army have been shrouded in gunpowder smoke from the explosion of artillery shells. Through the thin smoke of gunpowder, Bruce Lee could clearly see that the soldiers defending several courtyards immediately fell into temporary chaos with the explosion of cannonballs. At the same time, on the edges of the shooting holes in the courtyard wall, the corpses of more than a dozen soldiers fell scattered..."Boom, boom...", another burst of shell explosions, resounded in several courtyards. But at this moment, after a brief period of chaos. The surviving fighters, under the command of commanders at all levels, were all hidden in some shooting corners, waiting for the end of the little devil's shelling..."Platoon commander, the little devil has begun to attack..." As the last explosion sounded, a soldier hidden at the lookout looked at a small group of devil soldiers, who were quickly rushing towards the courtyard they were defending. Hurriedly facing the platoon commander behind him, who was hiding in the shooting corner, exclaimed loudly.

"Quick, still moving, immediately into your own combat position. Everyone, without my orders, fired rigorously in advance and immediately entered the position..."As soon as the order was issued, a combat platoon, after the intensive artillery bombardment just now, the remaining 35 commanders and fighters immediately rushed out of the hiding point under the leadership of their respective squad leaders, carrying their own weapons and ammunition.

With the barrels of the black holes, the shooting holes protruded. All the fighters, at the same time, held their breath and passed their eyes through the shooting holes in front of them without blinking. staring at the street without blinking, the little devil who was getting closer and closer to him was ready to pull the trigger at any time and shoot the little devil in front of him.

Even Wang Hu, as the platoon commander, at this moment, replaced the shell gun in his hand with a rifle that had just sacrificed a soldier. From the thick hole of the bowl in front of him, the barrel was extended. At the same time, a pair of eyes, through the narrow shooting hole, stared at the little devil in front of him, silently calculating the distance of the little devil from himself.

An infantry squad, more than fifty devil soldiers, under the command of the squad leader, leaned close to the walls on both sides, and slowly moved forward. However, after these devil soldiers advanced to a distance of nearly 100 meters and still did not encounter the imaginary resistance of the Eighth Route Army, their courage became bigger and bigger. One by one, the devil soldiers slowly gave up the cover of the courtyard walls on both sides of the street, carried their rifles with bayonets, and moved to the middle of the street. Then, bending over, holding the rifle in his hand, he slowly accelerated his marching speed and rushed towards the compound defended by the Eighth Route Army not far away.

"100 meters, 80 meters, 60 meters...."Looking at the little devil who was getting closer and closer to him, platoon commander Wang Hu silently counted the specific distance between the two armies. At the same time, his fingers slowly pulled the trigger of the rifle in his hand. The muzzle of the black hole was firmly aimed at dozens of meters away, and the captain of the army squad was holding the command knife and constantly urging the soldiers to speed up the attack..."

A gunshot rang out, and platoon commander Wang Hu pulled the trigger of the rifle in his hand without hesitation. Immediately, the squad leader, who was still waving the command knife just now, instantly poured a blood shot out of his chest, and then fell heavily on the street. The sound of the gun was the order, and it was the platoon commander Wang Hu who had just fired the bullet in the chamber. Immediately, a dense burst of gunfire rang out from his side. Three crooked light machine guns and dozens of rifles shot a dense rain of bullets at the little devils on the street at the same time.

Suddenly, on the bare street without any obstacles, more than 50 little devils, in the face of the sudden dense rain of bullets, like live targets, fell in a pool of blood one after another, and soon there were more than half of the casualties. The rest of the soldiers, under the command of their respective military officers, relied on the front of the courtyards on both sides of the street to conceal themselves and began to counterattack.

However, more than 20 devil soldiers, although squatting in the corners on both sides of the street, hid their bodies as much as possible. However, compared to the fighters hiding behind the shooting holes, there really is no comparable surname. Dense bullets, in the streets, still continue to kill and injure this their living force. And the soldiers hiding in the courtyard wall, except for a few unlucky soldiers, were hit by the accurate bullets fired by the sharpshooters of the army, and fell in a pool of blood accidentally, and there were no big casualties.

"Baga, retreat immediately, the Eighth Route Army is very powerful, hurry up and retreat..." The remaining 20 or so soldiers suffered more than half of the casualties in less than a minute. A little devil Jun Cao, hurriedly faced the remaining soldiers, and ordered loudly... A squad of devil soldiers, who had just been in contact with the fighters for less than two minutes, were greeted by the dense rain of bullets fired by the soldiers, and hastily withdrew from the soldiers' field of vision. More than fifty devil soldiers, except for a few lucky devils, successfully retreated. The rest, all left on the streets, turned into corpses. And more than 30 fighters, except for four soldiers, who were killed by headshots under the sniping of the army's precision marksmen, did not suffer any losses.

"Quick, retreat immediately to prevent the shelling of the little devils. The first class, carry the sacrificed comrades, and retreat immediately..."I saw a few devil soldiers retreating in a hurry. Platoon Commander Wang Hu's heart, after a short period of excitement, immediately became serious again. Then, facing the warriors around him, who were also excited because of the victory, he ordered loudly.

Sure enough, just when 31 people, carrying the bodies of their fallen comrades, withdrew from their positions and entered the hidden points built in advance, the overwhelming artillery fire swept in. The empty yard immediately sounded a burst of dense explosions, and in less than two rounds of artillery fire, the entire courtyard was completely enveloped in the smoke from the explosion of the shells... And at this time, the battles in several other courtyards also ended one after another. Around the entire position, the courtyard that had been attacked by the Japanese army was also covered by the dense artillery fire of the Japanese army. After seeing his first round of attack, not only did he not have any results, but he suffered huge losses. One grenadier after another and mortars, under the command of the chief of staff, began to pour shells one after another into several courtyards to vent their dissatisfaction and anger.

"Commander Hu, how about the losses of each platoon in the battle just now? How many little devils have we eliminated in total..."In the face of the intensive artillery fire of the Yue army, looking at the only nine mortars in his hand, Bruce Lee shook his head helplessly, giving up the idea of wanting to fight back. Then, he asked Hu Zhengping, the head of the regiment who came in a hurry.

"Brigade commander, the five squads of the first round of the attack have all been repulsed by our army. After statistics, the little devil left a total of almost one hundred and fifty corpses, which can be said to be a heavy loss. However, except for the second battalion, five companies and one platoon, the casualties of the other platoons were very large, all of them combined, a total of 62 soldiers were killed, 24 soldiers were seriously injured, and they could not participate in the next battle...."Hu Zhengping replied.

"What's the matter, don't the soldiers have thick courtyard walls to provide them with cover, how can there be such large casualties?" Hearing that the army was attacking in a tentative round, his own troops lost most of the company's combat effectiveness. Bruce Lee couldn't help frowning, and asked with a puzzled face, wanting to know the specific reason.

"Brigadier Commander, this is the case. After the soldiers repelled the attack of the Japanese army, they forgot to hide in time because of the victory. Therefore, in the face of the sudden and intensive artillery fire of the Japanese army, the troops paid huge casualties. However, in the process of blocking the attack of the devils, the casualties of the troops were very small. Hu Zhengping replied.

"Alas, how can it be caused by the light enemy. Lao Hu asked the first battalion to serve as a reserve and sent several combat platoons to replace all the troops with more than half of the casualties and reorganize them. In addition, tell these platoon commanders that every time they repel an attack by the Japanese army, the troops must conceal themselves in the shortest possible time to avoid the shelling of the little devils..."Bruce Lee said with a frown.

"Yes, brigade commander, I'll do it...."After speaking, Hu Zhengping hurriedly ran towards the compound where the first battalion of the reserve was located... With a few combat platoons, they quickly rushed out of the courtyard and took over several compounds of the forward positions. The intensive artillery attack of the little devils also ended immediately. At the end of a few streets, once again the figure of the attacking troops of the little devils appeared... However, this time in the attack, the little devil seems to have been a lot smarter. Maybe they know that in this empty street, they have no concealment, and on the street, like the target of the Eighth Route Army, they can't escape the fate of being killed. Therefore, this attack, in front of the little devil, several large cars full of various obstacles were impressively launched. The little devils, carrying their own weapons, under the cover of several large cars, slowly advanced towards the end of the street, that is, the compound that they let go.

"Damn, the little devil finally got smart and even thought of using a shield. However, they seem to have forgotten that we have not only machine guns but also mortars. Through the binoculars, I saw the little devils, pushing the cart in front of them hard, and slowly walked towards the compound, and the corners of Bruce Lee's mouth showed a sneer. Immediately, his face instantly became serious, and he ordered solemnly to the correspondent beside him.

"Order the artillery company, open fire at once, and blow up all the big cars in front of the little devil for me. I'm going to see today, without the cover of the cart, these little devils are going to take something to block the bullets for them..."

"Boom, boom, boom...", with a dense burst of shell explosions, reached his ears. The artillery battery, having received the order to open fire, began to speak. Because the firing elements of the firing target had already been determined, the first round of artillery fire fired by the artillery company caused huge losses to the little devils who attacked all the way... With the first round of nine mortar shells, explosions occurred one after another in the ranks of the little devils' attack. The two carts that were pushed to the front by the little devils and were responsible for blocking the bullets, along with the obstacles stacked on the carts, were blown to pieces by the shells. Together with more than a dozen devil soldiers who were closely behind the two large cars, they were also killed and injured by the explosion... With the experience of the first round of artillery bombardment, the artillery company immediately began to drop the muzzle of the gun and put its target on the little devil who was in charge of the attack on the other side. In this way, the devil soldiers attacking from the five directions, only five rounds of artillery fire fired by the artillery company, destroyed all the carts. Let hundreds of little devils who were in charge of the attack, in the process of attacking, lose the cover of the cart..."Baga, the cunning Eighth Route Army. Your Excellency Chief of Staff, all carts have been completely destroyed. Did you order the attacking troops to retreat immediately? Looking at the time of a moment, an offensive plan that he had painstakingly thought of was crushed under the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army. A group captain standing next to the chief of staff hurriedly suggested.

"Eight grid tooth road, can not retreat, ordered the troops to continue the attack. I don't believe that the dignified Imperial Army of the Imperial Army could not capture a few courtyards occupied by the Eighth Route Army. You know, Your Excellency the Commander only gave us an hour, but now we have been delayed by ten minutes. So, anyway, there's no time left, let's go ahead and squander ... Order the troops to continue to attack us, and we must occupy the outer positions of the Eighth Route Army..."The chief of staff vetoed loudly.

Under the strict order of the chief of staff, this is a devil soldier who has lost his cover, and has to get up from the street, bend his waist as much as possible, and continue the attack under the strict order of the commander. And just in front of them, in the shooting holes of black holes, there are countless pairs of eyes, staring at their every move, ready to shoot at any time....

With a bunch of little devils, they rushed to within a range of fifty meters. , a dense burst of gunfire, once again rang out in several positions. In the midst of a dense hail of bullets fired by several combat platoons. A team of little devils who were in charge of the attack had to once again drop a large pile of corpses and retreat back in embarrassment...

That's it, once, twice, three times ... The three fierce attacks launched by the army were all destroyed by the resolute resistance of the soldiers. At the same time, in these three attacks, the army paid a total of nearly 400 casualties, but it did not even occupy a compound occupied by the second regiment.

However, the soldiers in charge of defense, except for the combat platoon led by Wang Hu, paid the price of more than half of the casualties. The troops of several other compounds, almost every round of the army's attack, will be replaced with new units because of huge casualties. According to the final statistics, in the half-hour attack, the 2nd Regiment suffered a total of more than 200 casualties, of which the number of direct casualties was about 150, which can be said to be a heavy casualty.

Half an hour of fighting, with more than two hundred casualties, was a very terrible figure for the 2nd Regiment of the Guards Brigade, which had only more than 1,600 men. However, Bruce Lee didn't take it to heart. Because he knew that if he could leave all the surrounding 3,000 troops here, even if his second regiment was wiped out, it would be worth it. Because he knew in his heart that if he fought in the street with the three thousand devil soldiers around him, his troops would have to pay at least the same number of casualties as the army.

(To be continued)