"Baga, the cunning chief of staff of the Eighth Route Army, Yamada-kun, immediately gather all the remaining troops that can fight, prepare to break through, quickly'" After listening to the chief of staff's analysis, the division commander Itagaki Seishiro immediately came to his senses. After understanding the chief of staff's thoughts, Seishiro Itagaki couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat and ordered loudly to the two wing commanders beside him.

"Hi, Your Excellency the Division Commander" Seeing that the stubborn division commander finally agreed to the proposal of the two, the chief of staff and the captain of the Yamada Wing both breathed a sigh of relief at the same time and replied excitedly. Turn around, crawl towards your own troops, and prepare to assemble your troops.

However, is it so easy to gather the troops that have been completely dispersed under the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army? You must know that at this time, countless artillery staff officers were staying in the front-line positions, carefully watching every move of the army on the battlefield of Haseguchi with binoculars. Be ready to provide the latest artillery targets to your regimental commander, Chen Guangrong, at any time, and eliminate the living forces of the army as much as possible.

Finally, just as an artillery staff officer was carefully observing the position of the Japanese army, a depression in the ambush circle caught his attention. Although, at this time, there were only sporadic fires on the position. However, the reflection of the bayonets in the hands of the Yue Jun still exposed their position very well. I saw that in a hollow, countless bayonets were shining against the light. Judging by the number and density of bayonets, the artillery staff officer was sure that at least one brigade of imps was hiding here.

Of course, the artillery staff officers who discovered the situation did not hesitate at all, and hurriedly reported the coordinates of the shelling to Chen Guangrong, the commander of the artillery regiment guarding the rear, through the telephone from the front-line position.

Facing a large group of little devils, Chen Guangrong can be said to be extremely excited. In order to better eliminate the living forces of the Yue army and give them greater casualties, Chen Guangrong assembled a total of four mortar companies, a total of 48 mortars, and aimed them at the assembly position of the Yue army.

"Open the cannon, open the cannon" with the issuance of Chen Guangrong's order. Mortar gunners, who had long been ready for battle, pushed the mortar shells in their hands into the chambers. Amid the dull sound of mortar discharge, 48 shells, with a sharp whistling sound, flew over the heads of the fighters and flew towards the assembly positions of the Japanese army.

"Boom, boom, boom, hide, hide" Captain Yamada, who had just gathered less than a large group of troops. I heard a sudden whistling sound in the sky getting louder and louder. Yamada Daisa, who has rich combat experience, immediately knew that it was the artillery of the Eighth Route Army that aimed at him. So, he hurriedly shouted an order to the soldiers around him. At the same time, he was the first to lie on the ground.

However, no matter how fast he was, he could not be faster than the speed of a cannonball. Just as he found out about the danger, 48 shells had already flown over their heads. Shells, with a loud whistling sound, slammed down from the sky over the heads of the soldiers.

"Boom, boom, boom" A dense explosion sounded in the middle of the troops that had just assembled. With the explosion of shells, the little devils who were caught off guard were overturned to the ground. At the same time, the dense shrapnel from the explosion of the shells, like rain, cut down one after another the little devils who were still standing stupidly in the hollows. As for the little devils who were directly hit, there was no accident, they were directly torn to pieces by the shells, and not even a single corpse was left.

Captain Yamada, the little devil of a brigade that has just been assembled, has not yet had any head-to-head confrontation with the surrounding Eighth Route Army. In the first round of artillery shelling alone, the Eighth Route Army lost nearly a hundred troops. However, the shelling of the artillery regiment was far from over. Just when the little devils reacted from the first round of shelling and prepared to disperse and hide. Mortars, which had an extremely fast rate of fire, had already fired the second round of shells.

"Boom, boom, boom" was another dense explosion, and some unlucky little devils, without accident, were once again sent back to their hometown by these shells.

"Boom boom" finally, just as the artillery regiment fired the fifth round of shells. The forces of a brigade that had just been assembled had to be dispersed and concealed again under the orders of Wing Commander Yamada. In the end, the artillery regiment was withdrawn from the firing range, but the little devil, in the five rounds of artillery bombardment just now, paid nearly a squadron of elite imperial troops.

"How could the artillery unit of the Eighth Route Army of Baga discover ours, Bageya Road" saw that the elite imperial soldiers of his own squadron did not cause any losses to the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side, and the whole army was annihilated. Wing Captain Yamada Daisa was furious. But what can be done? Even if you don't have artillery support?

"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, we must have made our bayonets, the reflection of our bayonets reveal our position," reminded one of the staff officers who had noticed the problem.

"Nani? Our bayonets, bayonets reflect yo Xi, chief of staff, immediately inform all the soldiers, remove the bayonets from their rifles, and go quickly. Also, order the troops to continue to assemble, and be sure to gather all the troops that can be contacted" Hearing a staff officer's reminder, Captain Yamada immediately reacted and ordered excitedly.

"Hi, Your Excellency," the Chief of Staff gladly took the order. In the following time, almost all the little devils on the battlefield unloaded the proud bayonets on their rifles at once. And the various artillery staff officers lying on the ridge of the mountain lost this clue. In the darkness of the night, there were hardly any new shelling targets being reported.

On the Haseguchi battlefield, the little devils who had been completely disrupted seized this gap and began to gather troops. In fact, what the division commander Seishiro Itagaki and all the senior officers of the Fifth Division did not expect was. The army gathered troops and began to break through, which was the result that Liu Hua wanted the most.

Finally, after more than ten minutes, almost all the scattered troops of the Japanese army were assembled. However, to the great disappointment of the three companies, after the shelling just now, their own troops had unknowingly lost one-third of their strength. At this time, the remaining three wing commanders of the army were bowing their heads and came to the front of the division commander Itagaki Seishiro with their heads down.

"Nani? Yamada-kun, why are you all keeping your heads down, where did the fighting spirit of the three of you imperial armies go. Have the troops been assembled? Now, the most important thing for our 5th Division is time. We must highlight the ambush positions set up by the Eighth Route Army before the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army is formed," Seeing the three winged commanders who were dejected, Seishiro Itagaki asked suspiciously. At the same time, he pointed to Taniguchi, where there was still a quiet place at both ends of Haseguchi.

"Hi, Division Commander. The troops have been assembled and are ready to charge and break through. It's just, it's just that "after listening to the question of the division commander, Wing Commander Yamada Daisa hurriedly answered. However, when he thought of the casualties of the troops, Yamada Osa was annoyed for a while, and he didn't know how to answer the division commander in front of him.

"Nani? Now that the troops have been assembled, how can they still be swallowed. If there is any problem, report it immediately, and now we are running out of time. Yamada-kun, now I order you to report any problems immediately. Otherwise, military justice is engaged. "I saw the three wing commanders who were still with their heads down. The division commander, Seishiro Itagaki, also seemed to notice a hint of something wrong, frowned, and hurriedly asked.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander. Although the troops have been assembled, the casualties of the troops are too great. After the shelling of the Eighth Route Army and the explosion in the canyon, almost every brigade lost more than a third of its troops, and many imperial soldiers lost their legs or arms, and lost their combat effectiveness. Wing Commander Yamada Daisa, who was personally named by the division commander, replied in a low voice.

"Nani? Troop losses of more than a third? How is it possible, in less than ten minutes of shelling, our entire division lost a third? How is it possible, Yamada-kun, to tell me right away, what exactly happened, the specific casualty figures of the troops? After listening to Captain Yamada's report, the division commander Seishiro Itagaki was surprised for a while. He opened his mouth and said in disbelief.

"Hi, Your Excellency Division Commander, these are true. Although the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army was all small-caliber mortars, the number was very huge, and almost every round of artillery fire caused a large number of casualties to the heroic imperial army. More importantly, the large amount of gunpowder planted by the Eighth Route Army in the canyon. Dozens of explosion points, almost around each explosion point, within a radius of thirty meters, there is not a single living imperial soldier Countless imperial soldiers, in this violent explosion, they were blown to pieces one after another, and not even a complete corpse was left" Seeing the stunned division commander, Captain Yamada hurriedly explained.

"Baga Bage, the cunning Eighth Route Army, I must break all of you into pieces" listened to Captain Yamada's explanation. Seishiro Itagaki was shocked when he was angry

"Division commander, division commander, please stop your anger" Seeing the angry division commander, the three wing commanders next to him hurriedly comforted.

"Baga's cunning Eighth Route Army, the cunning reading power division, I'm Itagaki Seishiro, swear here, after I break through, I will definitely mobilize heavy troops, annihilate the Eighth Route Army's reading division, and break them into thousands of pieces" The division commander Itagaki Seishiro unexpectedly knelt on the ground and swore to the sky.

"I, Yamada, I, Kuriiihara Hide, swear to the sky that I will not give up if I don't destroy the reading division" Seeing the division commander Itagaki Seishiro, who swore to the sky, the three wing commanders also knelt on the ground and said.

"Yo Xi, thank you for your support, Yamada-kun, and immediately report to me the casualty reports of each wing. I need to know the current strength of the troops before I can make the next military deployment. The division commander, Seishiro Itagaki, looked at the three wing captains in front of him who were also kneeling on the ground and swore together, and quickly helped him up, regained his previous spirit, and asked.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander. According to the data just counted, there are now only more than 4,300 capable soldiers in the entire division, which is less than the strength of five brigades. In the shelling and explosion just now, a total of 1,320 people of our army were shattered, and more than 400 people temporarily lost their combat effectiveness due to various reasons. That is to say, at present, we have less than 5 brigades left in our hands that can fight. Captain Yamada replied in a whisper.

"Baga Yamada-kun, in order for our army to successfully break through the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army and strengthen the combat effectiveness of the troops. I have decided to reorganize all our remaining troops into four reinforced brigades. Each of your three wing commanders will lead a reinforced brigade. The remaining reinforced brigade, led by me personally, served as a reserve for the entire division. Give you five minutes, and in five minutes, come to me and take on a new assignment. The division commander, Seishiro Itagaki, was shocked on his face. However, he quickly reacted from the shock and ordered to the three remaining wing commanders in front of him.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander," the three wing commanders nodded in reply, turned around and ran in the direction of their respective units.

And at the time when the army was assembling and reorganizing. The divisional guard battalion had already built a strong fortification behind the army. At the same time, in order to guard against the shortage of troops of the guard battalion, the strength of one battalion was specially transferred from the reinforcements of the first division, and the defensive position of the guard battalion was strengthened.

And the thousands of little devils have completely fallen into the encirclement of the warriors. And around the little devils, there are dense warriors of the Reading Force. One by one, the soldiers who were waiting for them were lying quietly in the trenches. With the help of the faint light of the campfire in his trench, he stared at the pitch-black position in front of him.

At this time, the soldiers of the 3rd Regiment and 1st Battalion of the Rapid Reaction Brigade, who were sticking to the direction of the exit of Haseguchi, were quietly lying in the front-line position less than 300 meters away from the advance guard of the Japanese army. Since this is a battleground for the Japanese army to break through the siege, the soldiers dare not slack off, and each commander is a careful observer of everything in front of the position. Finally, a slight grinding sound in front of the position attracted the attention of the commander of a battalion lying in the trench.

"Lao Wang, do you listen to any sound in front of the position" The battalion commander pushed the instructor who was lying beside him, pointed to the dark position in front of him, and asked in a low voice.

"Well, there was a voice, as if someone was crawling in front of the position. Troops, it must be a little devil who wants to play a sneak attack on Xiao Zhang, throw a torch at the position in front of him, hurry up" The instructor who listened carefully was startled for a while, and ordered the communicator behind him.

"Yes, Instructor," said the communicator behind him, who had already picked up a torch. With a force of his right hand, he threw the torch out of the position. Suddenly, the position, which was still pitch black just now, slowly revealed its original form under the faint light of the torches. And the battalion commander and instructor also took advantage of this faint light to carefully observe the situation in front of the position.

I don't know if I don't see it, and I'm shocked when I see it. I saw that less than 100 meters in front of my position, there was a large number of little devils lying on their stomachs. And these little devils, under the command of a commander, slowly crawled towards their positions.

And at the moment when the communicator threw out the torch, perhaps the commander of the army knew that he had exposed his target. Without any hesitation, a bright command knife was drawn from its scabbard. The little devil who was lying on the ground just now immediately jumped up and rushed towards his position.

"Damn, the little devil is playing sneak attack comrades, hit me hard, don't save bullets for me, fire" Seeing that the little devil was screaming, he rushed towards his position. The battalion commander did not hesitate and ordered loudly to the soldiers beside him. At the same time, the barge gun in his hand also opened fire.

"Da da bang" rang out with the battalion commander's gunshot. On the position, which was still silent just now, a dense burst of gunfire immediately rang out. A light and heavy machine gun, under the pressure of the machine gun shooter, began to spray a dense number of bullets. Tongues of fire shot out from the soldiers' positions, quickly weaving a dense network of fire in front of the position.

"Ahhh However, although in the face of the fierce firepower of the Eighth Route Army, his own troops suffered heavy casualties. However, at this time, when the life and death of the entire Fifth Division was at stake, Captain Yamada, who led the team, did not dare to slack off. Although the soldiers in front of him kept falling to the ground, they still gritted their teeth and kept urging their soldiers to charge.

"Warriors of the Empire, rushing out of the encirclement is a victory to kill" Captain Yamada, who squatted at the end of the entire charging team. He kept waving the command knife in his hand and commanded loudly.

"Kill to give" heard the order of the wing commander and thought of his own life and death. A little devil who strengthens the brigade, it's like taking a doping. Holding up the rifle with the bayonet in his hand, he charged forward one after the other.

"Fast, block, heavy machine guns, fire quickly" In the face of the lifeless charge of nearly 1,000 little devils, the first battalion guarding the front-line position immediately felt tremendous pressure. Although the little devils did not have any heavy weapons in their hands, their sharpshooters and snipers still inflicted huge casualties on the machine gunners on the position.

The flame of the muzzle of a light and heavy machine gun became a good target for snipers in the dark night. In less than a minute, the machine-gun shooters of dozens of light and heavy machine guns on their positions almost changed rounds. More importantly, under the constant fire of these sharpshooters, almost half of the heavy firepower on the position was able to exert its due power.

(To be continued)