"Boom-boom-boom-" Japanese artillery shells continued to fall on the Daoganling Heights.

The Japanese army also found that there were not many Qing troops on the Daoganling Heights, and the charging Japanese soldiers held single-shot rifles with bayonets, ignoring the artillery fire of their own Japanese troops on the Daoganling, and charged towards the Daoganling Heights!

Seeing that the Japanese army had rushed within 50 meters of the position, Li Qingyao, who had just run out of bullets from the machine gun, shouted: "Throw grenades!" "And then throw a grenade first! Immediately after that, 5 more grenades were thrown at the Japanese troops! In other words, on the entire position, plus Li Qingyao, there are only 6 people left!

Li Qingyao threw 3 grenades in succession, but the number of Japanese troops was too large, and they didn't care about casualties at all, so they couldn't stop the Japanese army from rushing into the position!

Li Qingyao's whole person was in a state of anger at this time, and he forgot his fear at all! He picked up a rifle beside him, pulled out the bayonet he was carrying in his crotch, "clicked", pressed the bayonet on, and shouted: "Get the bayonet!" ”

The young soldiers beside Li Qingyao, as well as the other 4 remaining soldiers of the 3rd Company in the entire Daoganling position, followed Li Qingyao and pressed the bayonet on the rifle!

Looking at the Japanese soldiers swarming a few meters away, Li Qingyao shouted: "Kill!" After shouting, he took the lead in killing with bayonets, and the remaining soldiers of the 5 3rd companies also rushed towards the Japanese army with a loud roar!

Li Qingyao faced a Japanese soldier who was close to him, a Japanese soldier who was a head shorter than him, and a thrust pierced a bloody hole in the chest of this Japanese soldier. He pulled out his bayonet and swept it away, and knocked out the brains of a Japanese soldier with the butt of his gun!

However, there were too many Japanese troops rushing up, and the remaining few people of the 3rd Company could not resist the hundreds of Japanese troops at all. Seeing that the Daoganling Heights were about to be lost, at this time, the gunshots of "Horn-Horn-Horn-" rang out in the Daoganling Heights, and the Japanese troops who rushed up fell to the ground one after another, and the reinforcements sent by the 32nd Brigade finally came up from the back of the Daoganling Heights at a critical moment!

The Japanese troops who rushed up saw that a large number of reinforcements from the Dingbei Army had entered the position, and kept shooting at the Japanese troops at the edge of the position, and the reinforcements had already set up 2 Gatling machine guns and began to shoot, and the spirit in the hearts of the Japanese soldiers was immediately discharged, and one after another the Japanese soldiers began to turn around and flee!

Fortunately, Li Qingyao was not injured at all, and when he saw the Japanese retreating, he immediately returned to the trench with the young soldier of the 3rd Company beside him. At this time, Li Qingyao found that the other 4 soldiers of the 3rd Company were killed while fighting bayonets!

Li Qingyao looked at the young soldier with bleeding arms and said, "Brother! What is your name? How's the arm? ”

The young soldier said, "Company commander! My name is Liu Xiaotian! There's nothing wrong with the arms! Just let the bayonet scratch it! ”

At this time, a platoon commander of the Dingbei Army who came to support came over and asked, "May I ask who is Li Qingyao?" ”

Li Qingyao hurriedly said: "I am Li Qingyao!" ”

The platoon commander "snapped" and saluted Li Qingyao and said, "Hello Company Commander Li!" We are the 322nd Company of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment, and we were ordered to support the Daoganling Heights, and the people from the brigade headquarters told us when they came, you know the situation on the Daoganling Heights, let us listen to your command! ”

Li Qingyao didn't say anything when he heard it, after a bayonet fight, Li Qingyao felt that he was much bolder, and he didn't feel any worries about being a company commander!

Li Qingyao asked, "What about your company commander?" ”

The platoon commander said with some sadness: "The company commander was hit by shrapnel from an artillery shell on the road and died!" ”

Li Qingyao also sighed and asked, "How many people are there in you?" ”

The platoon commander said: "The road was bombarded by Japanese artillery, I just counted, there are still 95 people in our 2nd company!" ”

When Li Qingyao heard that there were 95 reinforcements, he felt full of confidence in defending the Daoganling Heights.

Li Qingyao immediately distributed 95 reinforcements to the entire position, plus the Gatling machine guns led by the reinforcements, and the entire position was equipped with 8 Gatling machine guns!

Hideo Fukuda, the commander of the Eighth Division of the Japanese Army, looked at the two brigade commanders and four infantry wing commanders of the Eighth Division with a very ugly face, and said sternly: "We, a large Japanese army division, have been attacking a Qing Dynasty defense line for almost a whole day, and we haven't even taken down a position of the Dingbei Army!" Our Eighth Division will become the laughing stock of the entire military circles! ”

A Japanese brigade commander said: "Division commander, it's not that the soldiers of our Eighth Division are not heroic!" It's that the Dingbei Army of the Qing Dynasty is really too difficult! Their soldiers are not only well-armed, but also have the will to fight no less than the soldiers of our Great Japanese Army! The 2 wings of our brigade have already broken more than 2,500 people in this day's attack! ”

Another brigade commander also said: "Division commander, the two wings of our brigade have also broken nearly 3,000 people!" I really don't have the ability to continue attacking! ”

Hideo Fukuda gasped, although he knew that his division had suffered a lot of casualties in today's attack, but he didn't expect to lose more than 5,000 people! The strength of the 8th Division was lost a quarter in one day!

But Fukuda Hideo thought of his arrogant words in front of the commander General Oyama Iwa, gritted his teeth, and said to the six senior officers of the Eighth Division: "Gentlemen, although our Eighth Division has suffered heavy casualties, the Dingbei Army on the opposite side is not easy, for the sake of the Japanese Empire, for the honor of our Eighth Division, I hope that you will hold on a little longer and continue to attack the forward front of the Dingbei Army!" At least one of the positions of the Dingbei Army must be taken! ”

After saying that, Hideo Fukuda bowed deeply to the 6 people, and the 6 officers also immediately bowed deeply to Hideo Fukuda, and then the 8th Division re-launched an attack on the front of the 32nd Brigade!

It's a pity that today's last attack of the Japanese army still did not break through any of the positions of the 32nd Brigade! The corpses of the Japanese soldiers were left in one place and slowly retreated to the Japanese camp.

Hideo Fukuda, who was full of shame, came to the headquarters of the Southern Route Army and said to the commander Oyama Yan: "I'm sorry! Commander, you've been disappointed! ”

Dashan Yan frowned and said, "Futian-kun, how about the casualties of the Eighth Division?" ”

Hideo Fukuda replied in frustration: "Our Eighth Division has lost 6,150 people!" Nearly 2,000 more were injured! It can be said that our Eighth Division has suffered nearly half of the casualties! ”

Dashan Yan in the headquarters, and the other 4 division commanders were stunned by the casualty figures of the Eighth Division! I didn't expect that a 20,000-strong division would lose almost half of its strength in just one day's attack!

Da Shanyan thought about it for a while and said, "Futian-kun, your Eighth Division has done its best!" Rest tomorrow! Fujita-kun, tomorrow your 9th Division will take over from the 8th Division and continue the attack! ”

Hideo Fukuda and Masao Fujita shouted at the same time: "Yes! Commander! ”

Hideo Fukuda also introduced to Oyama Yan and the other 4 division commanders in the headquarters that the Dingbei Army was equipped with a small explosive package that could be thrown, which brought great casualties to the 8th Division!

This small explosive bag used by the Dingbei Army is very suitable for infantry use, and the Japanese Army should also be equipped with this weapon! Oyama Iwa nodded and said that he would report the matter to the Japanese base camp!

In the headquarters of the 32nd Brigade, Li Kai frowned and asked the adjutant, "Have the casualties been counted?" ”

The adjutant nodded and said, "Brigade commander!" On this day, our brigade lost 1,360 people! And more than 300 wounded soldiers! ”

Li Kai felt distressed to death for the casualties of so many soldiers, but the battle still had to be fought! No one thought that the Japanese army was equipped with a batch of large-caliber howitzers, so that the artillery advantage of the Dingbei Army was not brought into play, and the Japanese artillery brought great casualties to the defending troops on the position!

Li Kai asked, "How is the situation in the Daoganling Heights?" How is that Li Qingyao? ”

The adjutant said with a smile: "This Li Qingyao didn't expect that he was really a talent!" With a few people, hold out until reinforcements arrive! Even the bayonets fought with the Japanese army! In the end, Li Qingyao and another soldier were left in their company! Now there have been 2 reinforcements to the Daoganling Heights! There are already nearly 230 troops on the Daoganling Heights! And the Daoganling Heights are still under the command of Li Qingyao for the defense of the entire position! ”

Li Kai frowned, "That Li Qingyao has not been trained as a commander!" Why don't you let the officers who have gone up with reinforcements command the Daoganling Heights! ”

The adjutant said: "The road to the Daoganling Heights has always been the focus of the Japanese artillery attack, and the company commanders led by the two reinforcements were all sacrificed under the Japanese artillery fire on the road. In addition, Li Qingyao has been on the Daoganling Heights and is familiar with the environment, so the Daoganling Heights are currently under Li Qingyao's command of the defense of the entire position! ”

Li Kai nodded and didn't say anything more, he was thinking in his heart, even if he added the 31st Brigade as his own support force, could he hold his position for another 4 days and complete the task given to him by the division commander Ni Fan!