"Communicator, inform the two regiment commanders and the commander of the artillery battalion that a meeting will be held here in an hour."

"Yes, Commander..."

Sure enough, half an hour later, the devils stopped their attack and began to shrink their defenses to prevent the Eighth Route Army from breaking through at night. After a day of fierce fighting, the battlefield slowly quieted down. After arranging the troops on guard, the two regiment commanders hurried to the temporary headquarters.

"Sit down, let's talk about tonight's breakout. First of all, I would like to inform you of the good news, tonight to break through, the cavalry regiment will come to meet us, which solves our worries. Okay, let's first report on the situation of their respective troops? ”

"Let's start with the artillery battalion." Liu Hua continued.

"There were basically no losses in the artillery battalion personnel, only on ammunition ... Just counted, there are still 90 mortar shells and about 200 grenades fired from grenadiers, and only these families are left. The commander of the artillery battalion replied with a wry smile.

"There's so much left to hold on to now, that's enough. Captain Wang? ”

"Yes, there are still about 1,320 fighters in the regiment with combat effectiveness, 50 seriously wounded and 150 lightly wounded. Ammunition, since it was replenished at the time of departure, was quite sufficient. Wang Benqing replied.

"Well, Captain Shen"

"The regiment has 90 seriously wounded, 250 lightly wounded, 350 combat troops, and the ammunition is running out." Head Shen replied embarrassedly.

"Alright, now order: we will break through from behind to facilitate the reception of the cavalry regiment. The breakout time is scheduled for 11 p.m. sharp. Artillery battalion. ”

"To..."

"At eleven o'clock, you must finish all the shells and grenades, and then break out with a battalion of equipment, and destroy all the remaining heavy weapons..."

"Yes, Commander...", although he was very reluctant to give up on the heavy weapons that were captured, he still replied firmly.

"Commander Shen, you don't have a combat mission, you are responsible for the transfer of all the light and serious wounded, and the guard company will also be under your command at that time, remember, you can't leave a single wounded behind."

"Yes, Commander...", Regiment Commander Shen replied confidently.

"Hmmm! Commander Wang, you will be responsible for breaking through and covering. At that time, the order of the breakthrough was one or two battalions in front, the artillery, one regiment and all the wounded in the center, and the third battalion in cover. When the time comes, all the heavy machine guns and grenades will be handed over to the third battalion that will act as cover. Let them arrange all the grenades as mines and bury them in the position, put them in heavy machine guns, and blow them all up when they are used up. In a word, you can't leave a shot at the devil. ”

"Yes, Commander, the three regiments are guaranteed to complete the task." Wang Benqing stood up and said excitedly, "Okay, go back now and prepare, and break through on time at night." Liu Hua confidently announced the adjournment of the meeting.

Finally, after several hours of preparation, all the troops were in place. In particular, the soldiers of the 12nd and 2nd battalions of the 3rd Regiment all looked solemn, their bayonets loaded with guns, and their bullets loaded.

"Boom, boom... The first to fire was the artillery battalion. After sorting out all the equipment that needed to be taken away, the remaining mortar grenadiers were neatly erected by the fighters on top of the position. Since these weapons were about to be destroyed, the warriors ignored their useful life and fired shells as fast as they could.

Immediately, without any advantage in the terrain, the army of the Say, who had only dug a trench in the plain, immediately tasted what is called saturation shelling.

On the position of the Japanese army, which was no more than 200 meters long and less than 10 meters wide, nearly 50 artillery pieces of various kinds fired more than 300 shells in less than a minute, and in an instant, the entire Japanese army position was plunged into a sea of fire.

Before the artillery fire stopped, a loud charge sounded on the position of the Eighth Route Army.

"Da Da..." The troops still broke out in the same way as before. Dozens of light machine guns, lined up in an arc, formed a death squad for the troops to break through. Everyone trotted and rushed out of the position, all the muzzles of all guns spewed tongues of fire, and fanned out the positions of the Japanese army.

"Rush..."The machine gunner was closely followed by two battalions of bayonet-wielding fighters..."Yaga... Quick, fire, resist. The captain of the Yue Army who was guarding the position was lucky to avoid the shelling, but when he heard the charging horn on the position of the Eighth Route Army and looked up, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.

Under the light of the fire, dozens of light machine guns continuously spat out tongues of fire and moved towards their positions. The airtight bullets clung to the edge of his trench, and the captain saw with his own eyes several soldiers who were ready to return fire were hit and fell in the trench as soon as they showed their heads.

However, the captain quickly reacted from the shock. Quickly shouted for the soldiers to return fire. However, he did not think about how many soldiers could be like himself, with the protection of everyone, to avoid the shelling that had just been shelled for less than a minute.

Still, his orders were heard. One... Two... One after another, there were surviving soldiers who rose from the trenches that had been blown into ruins. Finally, under the organization of some low-level commanders, the surviving Yue army began to fight back sporadically.

Although the devil's accurate marksmanship caused a lot of casualties to the machine gunners in the front row. However, it is important to know that the machine gunners in the first few rows are death squads. In the ranks of the Eighth Route Army, the death squads were all members of the public industry and soldiers with the belief that they would die, and such casualties would only boost their confidence in killing the enemy.

The machine gunner in front fell, and the alternate shooter behind him did not hesitate, picked up the machine gun and continued to shoot, and continued to charge, the fighters would only do one more thing at most, close the eyes of their fallen comrades, and fulfill their unfulfilled wishes... The soldiers' charge was uninterrupted, however, the ghost soldiers who had just fired at the Heavy were not so comfortable. Because he had to endure the merciless revenge of the soldiers, when his guns rang out, he attracted the attention of at least one machine gunner..."Da Da..."The machine gunner who found the devil was not polite, and did not think of saving bullets. It was a shuttle bullet at the outcropping devil, and in an instant, the dense bullets beat him into a hornet's nest.

The captain couldn't help but be furious when he saw that his soldiers had finally dodged the shelling, but in the face of the dense firepower of the Eighth Route Army, they sacrificed their lives for the empire with only a few bullets. You know, when did the powerful Imperial Army receive such a blow.

The angry captain, who also lost his mind, saw a light machine gun beside him that no one could control, and set it up on the edge of the trench, shouting and shooting at the Eighth Route Army that was getting closer and closer, as if he was preaching the excellence of the Imperial Army. However, he didn't get excited for long. Because as the machine guns fired, the muzzles that constantly spewed tongues of fire also became the best targets for the fighters, and immediately, several machine guns strafed over.

"Baga..." The captain unwillingly let go of his right hand holding the machine gun, looked at several blood holes in his chest that were bubbling out, leaned back, opened his mouth, and fell into the trench.

At this time, the fighters were less than 100 meters away from the devil's position. And the devils guarding the position, seeing that the Eighth Route Army, which was getting closer and closer, immediately fell into chaos after hearing that their captain was killed, and began to fight on their own, and loopholes began to appear in many places in the position.

The fighters seized the opportunity and quickly rushed towards the weak point of the devil's position.

"Kill..." finally tore a hole in the devil's defense line. The fighters with bayonets behind them immediately rushed to the front of the line, divided into two lines, killed the two flanks of the breakthrough, and began to expand the open breakthrough.

"Commander, the breakthrough has been torn open, and now the two battalions are expanding the breakthrough, and the troops can set off...", Wang Benqing, the commander of the third regiment, ran in front of Liu Hua and said.

"Good! The troops are leaving..."Liu Hua ordered loudly. A regiment carrying the wounded began to retreat in an orderly manner.

At this time, the main force of the Yue army had launched a group charge to the position under the personal leadership of the chief of staff of the Yue army. It turned out that Major General Sakai had guessed that the Eighth Route Army would break through tonight when it was dark. Therefore, in addition to the troops of one brigade to serve as defense, the remaining two brigades were all on alert, loaded with bullets, ready to attack at any time.

When Sakai, who was chopping back and forth in the command headquarters, heard the sound of cannons, especially when he knew that the direction of Liu Hua's breakthrough was directly opposite, a sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth.

"Yo Xi, Chief of Staff, now is the best time for us to eliminate the Eighth Route Army. I think most of the strength of the Eighth Route Army at this time was used to break through. For us, he should only be a symbol of the surname's defense, if we launch a charge when they break through halfway, then, at that time, the Eighth Route Army will definitely fall into chaos, and I think the chaotic Eighth Route Army will be slaughtered by us like a lamb.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Brigade Commander." The chief of staff next to him also nodded in agreement.

"Yo Xi, Chief of Staff. Now order you to lead your troops to charge at the opposing Eighth Route Army position. Break through their defensive positions and break through their breakout formations. Then destroy this force completely," Sakai ordered with a flushed face.

"Hi..."

So, when the 1st, 2nd, and 2nd battalions were opening the breakthrough with all their might, the chief of staff of the Yue Army led two dissatisfied formations to charge the position.

Perhaps because the Sakai Brigade was affected by the breakthrough of the Reading Division, it actually adopted the same tactics as the first and second battalions, and it was also machine guns to open the way, dozens of light machine guns lined up, and then more than a thousand soldiers with rifles with good bayonets. Looking at this posture, it seems that he wants to break through the defensive position of the third battalion at one time.

"Haha, instructor, the little devil is smart enough to learn the method of concentrated fire breakthrough taught to us by the commander. You see, there were at least thirty or forty light machine guns in that platoon. ”

"Hehe, battalion commander, the little devils learn very quickly, but they don't know that this kind of tactics depends on the situation, and the eight heavy machine guns on our position are not vegetarians.

(To be continued)