"Well, it's well arranged, and the telephone lines of each regiment have been joined?" Walking into the makeshift newly built front-line headquarters, a burst of dirt came to my face. With the help of the light of a horse lantern in the headquarters, the telephone in the headquarters, and almost everything that needs to be used on the map, the commander Gao Yuan couldn't help but admire.

"Thank you, commander, for the compliment, all the calls have been connected, and they are all in accordance with the regulations, and the line is double-line," Staff Officer Wang replied with a smile.

"Well, great, with these calls, it's much easier to command the battle. The little devil is estimated to enter our ambush circle in an hour. Start now, everyone is ready. Staff Officer Wang, you will immediately report to me on the progress of the current regiments" Gao Yuan nodded and ordered to everyone in the headquarters.

"Yes, Commander, according to the latest report from the regiments ten minutes ago. Now the troops of the three regiments and six battalions are all in place and are ambushed to the predetermined position. The cavalry battalion of the headquarters has also been ambushed in the woods north of Zhouzhuang, ready to attack at any time. However, it will take at least 20 minutes for the mortar batteries of the three regiments to be fully in place. Counselor Wang pointed to Zhou Zhuang on the map and introduced.

"Very good, inform the three artillery companies that they must hurry up, be sure to build artillery positions within twenty minutes, and how is the situation of the army?" Gao Yuan nodded, and then asked.

"Commander, the army has now marched to a distance of less than 7 miles from Zhouzhuang. In about an hour, we will rush to Zhouzhuang and enter our ambush circle. In addition, according to the report of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment, about half an hour ago, a patrol of about a reinforced squadron of the Japanese Army was encountered by them. However, after more than ten minutes of fighting, the soldiers of the first battalion were repulsed, and dozens of corpses of little devils were left. However, the commander of the first battalion reported a very important situation, the combat effectiveness of these little devils is not particularly strong, not like their field troops. Counselor Wang said.

"Well, interestingly, we also received a telegram from the 1st Division Guard Battalion before we came here. A few hours earlier, there had been no infantry in the marching columns, but after successive sneak attacks by the guard battalion. Suddenly, two little devils from the reinforced squadron appeared, and I was just wondering where these 500 little devils came from, but now it seems that I have understood. Listening to Staff Officer Wang's words, Commander Gao Yuan smiled and said.

"Commander, where did these 500 little devils come from" Hearing Gao Yuan's words, Staff Officer Wang also showed a curious look and hurriedly asked.

"If my guess is correct, these five hundred people should have been temporarily summoned by the little devil commander from his three wings. Moreover, these 500 little devils are the most powerful and best-equipped troops in the 3,000 army," Gao Yuan said with certainty.

"Commander, you mean to say that these two reinforced squadrons were formed temporarily by the commander of the army. If these 500 people are really the most powerful troops in the 3,000 army, then if we can eliminate these 500 little devils at the beginning of the battle, then wouldn't it be much easier to eliminate the remaining 2,500 army next? "Staff Officer Wang keenly discovered a problem.

"Yes, that's it, let's eliminate his two reinforced squadrons first, and then concentrate the whole army to eliminate the remaining 2,500 troops in one fell swoop. Strive to eat these 3,000 little devils before dawn, and then send reinforcements to the division commander to eliminate the remaining three infantry wings of the army," Gao Yuan said excitedly.

"Staff Officer Wang, immediately send a report to the Reading Force Regiment and the Second Regiment and the First Battalion. Let them quickly cut off the connection between the two reinforced squadrons of the army and their main forces when the troops launch a general offensive, regardless of any losses. After eliminating the two reinforced squadrons of the army, the troops then contracted the encirclement and eliminated the remaining main force of the army. Gao Yuan commanded.

"Yes, Commander"

In the blink of an eye, an hour had passed. After anxiously waiting for an hour on the plateau, I finally saw a little fire at the end of the road. Soon, one torch, two torches, and slowly, at the end of the highway there was a slip of torches.

"The little devil is finally here, order all troops to be ready for battle" Seeing the little devil pulling the weight of the cannon, the corners of Gao Yuan's mouth showed a long-lost smile. He commanded the combat staff officer behind him. At the same time, a pair of eyes stared at the Yue army two miles away.

Eventually, the heavy logistics units of the Chinese army, which stretched for nearly two kilometers, pushed carts and artillery and walked into the encirclement of the Second Division. Seeing that the little devil had been completely surrounded, Gao Yuan did not hesitate and ordered loudly to Staff Officer Wang beside him.

In the blink of an eye, three red flares were shot into the sky at the entrance of the headquarters. In the air, it exploded into more than three brilliant fireworks.

"Comrades, rush" When they saw the signal flare, the first thing to attack was the first battalion of the Reading Force Regiment and the first battalion of the second regiment that were closely following behind the two reinforced squadrons of the Japanese Army. The two battalions, under the leadership of their respective battalion commanders, opened the way with light machine guns and quickly rushed towards the junction between the two reinforced squadrons and the main force of the little devils.

And the ten light machine guns at the forefront of the charging troops, in the hands of the soldiers, continuously sprayed dense tongues of fire, harvesting the little devils that could be seen in front of them. The rifleman, who was only following the heavy, shot the gunner with the rifle in his hand and threw grenades forward over the gunner in front of him.

Immediately, a three-layer fire network composed of machine guns, rifles, and grenades instantly tore a squad of soldiers in front of him to pieces. Quickly inserted into the junction of the two armies, splitting the two armies in two. On the other hand, in the first battalion of the Reading Regiment, only in the process of reunion, more than a dozen machine gunners were hit by the army and fell on the way to charge.

The two reinforced squadrons were smoothly separated by the fighters of the two battalions, and then it was time for the three artillery batteries to strike. 36 mortars, under the command of the plateau, were divided into two artillery groups. Almost as soon as the two reinforced squadrons of the Japanese army were separated and surrounded, the shelling of the two artillery clusters also began.

An artillery cluster, 18 shells, with a huge whistling sound, flew to the positions of the Japanese army. The explosion of 18 shells immediately shattered the Japanese army that was lying on the ground and preparing to organize a defense on the spot. An assault team that had just been organized, and before it could launch a counterattack, it was once again blown up by these shells.

"How can there be artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army of Baga, and what about our artillery wing? Why not carry out artillery suppression, why "Seeing that the Imperial Army, a reinforced squadron of its own, under the combined fire of the enemy's artillery and machine guns, there were constantly casualties, the squadron leader of the reinforced squadron of the army roared loudly.

However, he did not know that at this time his life was already in the countdown stage. Under several rounds of intensive artillery fire, the entire position of the Japanese army was almost blown to pieces. A light machine gunner, just set up the light machine gun in his hand, ready to suppress the enemy's machine gun fire. A single shell landed on his side, and the heavy, along with his favorite machine gun, was blasted into the sky.

"Comrades, rush, tick, tick" And just when the two little devils who reinforced the squadron were constantly struggling under the dense artillery fire of the fighters. On the two flanks of the main force of the Yue Army, there were loud charging horns, followed by the shouts of the soldiers.

In an instant, in the meadows and woods that were still silent just now, countless soldiers of the Eighth Route Army holding rifles and light machine guns suddenly appeared. A bright bayonet, under the reflection of the fire of the shell explosion, emitted bursts of cold light.

"Comrades, rush" under the leadership of one commander after another to lead by example. None of the soldiers hesitated or feared, they all screamed, raised their rifles with bayonets in their hands, and rushed to the position of the Japanese army several hundred meters away, which was full of artillery fire.

"The Eighth Route Army of Baga is the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Quickly, organize the defense, machine gunners, shoot immediately, quickly" Seeing the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army rushing towards him, the squadron leader couldn't help but feel a chill. He yelled loudly at the soldiers beside him. However, his voice can only be said to be insignificant in this constant explosion position.

Faced with the squadron leader's order, only a few dozen soldiers around him heard the order and began to move towards their own flanks. However, just as they were moving in the direction of the main force of the Eighth Route Army on the right flank, the fighters of a battalion inserted into the junction of the two armies also began to attack. Under the leadership of the commander, several light machine guns spewed out dense tongues of fire and swept towards the back of the army. Countless little devils who were moving to the right did not understand why, and they were knocked to the ground by the dense rain of bullets.

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, Organize Defense, Organize Defense Quickly" Seeing the dozens of soldiers he had just gathered, he was beaten by an Eighth Route Army that suddenly appeared behind him in an instant. The captain also began to get anxious, and shouted orders to the officers around him.

However, it was already too late at this time, and within a dozen seconds of hesitation, the soldiers rushed into a distance of several tens of meters again. The position of the army was less than 50 meters away from the soldiers who were charging rapidly.

"Comrades, grenades" Immediately, an order sounded among the charging fighters. Hearing the order, the fighters took out their grenades one after another, and directly with their own teeth, pulled the fuse of the grenade. As a puff of white smoke came out of the wooden handle of the grenade, the soldiers did not hesitate and quickly threw the grenade that had been drawn.

At a distance of 40 meters, it was easy for a soldier with strong arm strength to throw a grenade into the position of the army. And the fighters, who had small arm strength, although threw grenades to the edge of the position. However, the smoke from the grenade explosion blocked the eyes of the little devils who were shooting, and provided a good cover for the soldiers who were charging.

"Kill" with another shower of grenades raining down on the little devil's position. The fighters had already rushed to a distance of less than 20 meters from the Japanese army. In the blink of an eye, the smoke from the grenade explosion had cleared, and the soldiers had already rushed into the position of the Japanese army with their rifles with bayonets in their hands

And at this time, after intensive artillery shelling, intensive strafing of the fighters' machine guns, and then two consecutive rounds of more than three hundred grenades. Of the 250-man reinforced squadron, less than 100 survived at this time. What's more, these little devils, who are less than a hundred people, all lay on the ground in order to avoid a new round of grenades from the fighters. Unbeknownst to him, the Eighth Route Army had already rushed in front of him.

"Da Da Da Kill" rushed to the position of the army, and the machine gunners with the highest casualty rate did not hesitate at all. It was a burst of strafing at the position of the Japanese army, which was full of gunsmoke, until all the bullets in the light machine gun magazine in his hand were exhausted, and then the soldiers behind him were allowed to rush into the Japanese army's position and engage in the most brutal white-knuckle battle.

However, after the intensive strafing of just ten light machine guns, the little devil, who was originally less than 100 people, lost more than 20 soldiers again. By the time the soldiers rushed into the army's position, there were only more than 60 wounded little devils who stood up from the ground with their bodies crooked.

"Kill" in the face of the little devils who usually do a lot of evil. The fighters did not hesitate, despite the fact that the other side was already wounded. In the midst of a burst of shouts of killing, a pair of bright bayonets were stabbed into the stomach of the little devil by the soldiers, and pulled out with a string of blood flowers. However, although there were only more than 60 troops left on the position, their dying struggle still caused huge losses to the soldiers.

Faced with the bayonets that were quickly stabbing at them, these injured little devils knew that they could not dodge. Therefore, these soldiers, who no longer had a surname, did not dodge, but held out their chests and let the sharp bayonets plunge into their stomachs. And just when the bayonets in the hands of the fighters completely stabbed the little devil in the chest, the accident happened.

In the face of the bayonets that had been inserted into their chests, the faces of these little devils did not show despair before they died. Instead, at the corners of their mouths, a hint of a smirk suddenly appeared. Just when the soldiers felt strange and were about to draw their bayonets, a grenade emitting white smoke appeared in the hands of the soldiers in front of them.

"Boom" A violent explosion sounded. This little devil was blown to pieces along with the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army in front of him.

In this way, in the fierce hand-to-hand combat, it was almost a little devil in exchange for the Eighth Route Army. However, after more and more soldiers poured into the positions of the army, the situation still took a certain turn. Although, from time to time, the explosion of a grenade caused a lot of casualties to the soldiers, but after all, the fighters were better than the number of people.

In less than five minutes, more than 60 little devils in front of him were all wiped out by the soldiers, and even dozens of little devils who were seriously injured and could not move were quietly given bayonets by the soldiers with the tacit consent of the commander. In the end, not a single living hole was left on the entire position. However, the fighters also paid a corresponding price, 54 soldiers fell to the ground forever, and 12 soldiers were seriously wounded and will never be able to go to battle again

And just when the soldiers were packing up the two reinforced squadrons, the main force of the Yue Army, which had been scolded by the captains of the two reinforced squadrons, was also besieged by the troops of the Second Division. However, in addition to the attack of nearly 2,000 soldiers of the first regiment, they also had to face the attack of the cavalry battalion of the second division of 400 people.

At the moment when the three signal flares were lifted into the air, a group of people in front of the Yue army were blocked. Under the leadership of the regimental commander, two infantry battalions that had been waiting for a long time were directly inserted into the two flanks of the army, attacking while making a detour. The regiments and battalions, which had been clinging to the advance guard of the Yue army, immediately turned around and launched a counterattack against the Yue army with tough and ferocious firepower. In an instant, the engineering wing, which was at the forefront of the entire unit, fell into a mass counterattack.

And at the same time, the cavalry battalion, which had already been ready for battle and was ready to go, had already rushed out of the hiding woods under the leadership of the battalion commander. Holding the Type 38 cavalry rifle in his hand in one hand, he rushed towards the battlefield where explosions kept occurring.

Even more importantly, on the battlefield, under the cover of the sound of violent explosions of mortar shells. The main force of the Yue army, which was counter-encircled, did not notice a cavalry battalion that was getting closer and closer behind them. And just when the cavalry battalion was less than a kilometer away from the last baggage troops. The earth-shattering roar finally made these little devils react, and everyone turned around and looked behind them.

However, the scene from a distance of a kilometer frightened them into a daze. The cavalry battalion, which had accelerated to the fastest speed, lined up in a sharp knife attack formation, and quickly rushed towards the army. In the dark night, under the reflection of the fire that was constantly exploding around them, the entire cavalry battalion wanted a black sword, and quickly plunged into its chest.

"Baga, it's the cavalry, the cavalry of the Reading Division is fast, organizing the defense. Machine gunner, immediately build a machine gun position. Immediately open fire" saw a battalion of cavalry of the Eighth Route Army, and quickly rushed towards his baggage wing. The face of the captain of the baggage wing was immediately turned white with fright, and he shouted orders to the soldiers around him.

However, with a whole baggage wing and nearly 1,000 logistics personnel, how many soldiers can fight? In addition, just a few hours ago, he had already transferred all the 200 veterans of the entire wing who had been on the battlefield to form a temporary reinforced squadron. Feel the shaking of the earth and listen to the sound of shaking louder and louder. These logisticians, who had barely experienced much fighting, looked angry and frightened.

(To be continued)