Suddenly, a burst of gunfire rang out on the left flank of the position, and the fierce gunfire interrupted Liu Hua's thoughts... Hearing the gunshot, Liu Huaxin jumped suddenly, and his frowning brows tightened even more. Stood up and walked back and forth in the temporary headquarters. I began to worry in my heart, and at the same time, a sense of danger hit my heart.

However, the voices that I didn't want to hear sounded one after another again... Another burst of gunfire rang out on his own right flank, and it lasted much longer ... Immediately afterwards, the gunshots that rang out behind him further verified Liu Hua's thoughts. Liu Hua began to feel uneasy, quietly waiting for the final reconnaissance results.

"Commander..."Far away, Wang Benqing, the commander of the third regiment, shouted, and a trace of panic could be heard in his voice, showing that he was very anxious.

"Commander Wang, how many enemies do we have?" Liu Hua asked.

"Commander, you know everything?" Wang Benqing showed a hint of surprise, but reacted immediately.

"Can you not know such a loud gunshot? Let's talk about the situation! Liu Hua asked dissatisfiedly.

"Yes, Commander, according to preliminary reconnaissance, there is a brigade of the Japanese army behind us, which is building a defensive position, and each flank is guarded by more than two squadrons of Japanese troops. We are already surrounded, and I really didn't expect the army to change the combat objectives. Wang Benqing replied.

After listening to Wang Benqing's words, several cadres in the headquarters were silent, and they all looked at Liu Hua in unison.

"The little devil is really cunning enough, he actually surrounded us, everyone said, is there any solution to the current situation." Liu Hua ignored everyone's eyes and said.

"Commander, although there is a brigade of devils behind us, they are defending in the plain area, and there is no danger to defend at all. We can attack and break out when they are not firmly established and their fortifications are not completed. Shen Qinghua, the head of the first regiment, said.

"Yes, I also agree with Captain Wang's opinion, take him by surprise and break out. If you don't seize the opportunity now, it will be difficult to act when the devils have built a complete fortification. Counselor Wang next to him agreed.

"No... In this way, we can get out of danger, but what should the thousands of villagers in Jinzhong City do? We must hold out here until dawn, and drag the Sakai brigade until dawn before we can break through. Liu Hua immediately interrupted Counselor Wang's words and said firmly.

"Commander, after dawn, not only will there be nearly a brigade of troops around, but the devil's plane may come to help in the battle, I think the best time to break through is tomorrow night." At this time, Staff Officer Zhou, who had rarely spoken, said.

"I agree with Staff Officer Zhou's opinion that the best time for us to break through is tomorrow night, and we must be prepared to suffer a double blow from the air and the ground tomorrow." Wang Benqing immediately agreed.

"I also agree..."Shen Qinghua quickly changed his initial opinion and said approvingly.

"I agree... I agree—" agreed with the rest of the group. Soon, a consensus was reached.

"Okay, since everyone agrees, let's split up. After everyone dismissed the meeting, all the fighters were called to get up and dig the ring fortifications, and the artillery battalion should disperse the mortars to prevent the devil planes from coming to the pot, and it was best to arrange mortars in the trenches. In addition, in the ring fortifications, an anti-artillery hole must be dug every 50 meters to prevent the soldiers from having nowhere to hide when the devil planes bomb. Finally, all weapons and ammunition cannot be placed on the surface of the position. Is it clear to everyone? Liu Hua ordered.

"Clear."

"Okay, let's go our separate ways. There are still six hours left before dawn, and everyone is trying to complete the task within six hours. ”

"Yes, Commander."

"Adjournment...", and immediately, all the troops of nearly 3,000 people moved. In the entire encirclement of the devils, find as much favorable terrain as possible to dig ring fortifications and expand the scope of their positions.

In this way, it lasted until dawn, and the devil did not launch an attack. After dawn, as far as the eye could see, a solid annular trench had appeared on his position. In the open space in the center of the trench, there were rows of small trenches, and in these trenches, all of them were placed with mortars and grenadiers.

"Commander Shen, the three companies in your hands are responsible for the left and right flanks of the position and the rear position, and each position is divided into two heavy machine guns to assist in the defense. Commander Wang, the front-line position will be handed over to you, and the remaining heavy machine guns will all be deployed by you. At the same time, artillery support can be called upon at any time. The guard company replenished all the captured light machine guns and prepared for air defense. Liu Hua looked at the front and back positions with a telescope, and the order arrived.

"Yes, Commander."

Maybe the little devils were afraid of the mortars in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, or maybe the little devils were waiting for their air support, and everyone spent the whole morning peacefully. After eating the dry food they had brought with them, the soldiers lay down in the trenches and rested quietly, waiting for the arrival of the devils. It wasn't until the sun rose that the ground army in front of the position began to move, and the squadrons of the ground army in full gear drove out of their positions, and heavy machine guns were lifted out.

"Damn! The little devil finally moved and ordered the troops to be ready for battle! The guard company pays attention to air defense, and the military planes should be coming soon. ”

"Buzz buzz buzz " A faint roar of machinery reached everyone's ears.

"Quick, hidden, the devil plane is coming." At this time, several guards and soldiers picked up homemade ground rolls and shouted loudly to the position, reminding the fighters to defend themselves. Immediately, in addition to leaving the necessary troops for vigilance, the rest of the ground people in the entire ring fortification took refuge in the nearby artillery holes. The whole process is orderly and there is no trace of chaos.

However, the dozens of soldiers in the guard company were on the contrary, two people with a machine gun, An Zhao divided the battle group in advance, and quickly assembled in the trench in the middle of the position.

"Hum...", two planes appeared in the soldiers' field of vision, and soon, they circled above the soldiers' land.

"Murata-kun, this is where Major General Sakai asked us to bomb? Why can't you see so many Eighth Route Army! One pilot said gloomily over the radio.

"Nani? I don't know, I guess the timid Eighth Route Army is now hiding. Let's fly low and bomb! In this way, the Eighth Route Army could be eliminated more and the burden on Major General Sakai could be lightened. Anyway, the inferior Eighth Route Army did not have any anti-aircraft weapons. ”

"Yo Xi, let the Eighth Route Army have a good taste of the Imperial Air Force." As he spoke, he was already swooping.

Finally, several Eighth Route Army soldiers hiding in the trenches came into his field of vision.

"Yo Xi, Murata-kun, I found the Eighth Route Army, I'm going to destroy them!" The little devil pilot said excitedly. Immediately began to turn the fuselage and rushed towards several fighters. As the plane got closer, the fighters were clearly frightened and began to run in a panic. Looking at the panicked Eighth Route Army, the corners of the little devil pilot's mouth showed a hint of a smirk, and without any hesitation, he pressed the bomb drop button and dropped two bombs.

However, just as he was about to appreciate the results of his battle, an accident happened. At least six tongues of fire suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and the bullets were intensively hitting his own fighters.

"Baga, how can the Eighth Route Army have anti-aircraft weapons?" The little devil pilot didn't have time to think about it, and quickly pulled up the nose of the plane, trying to get out of the range of the bullet as soon as possible. But if you want to escape, it's not that easy, and the six tongues of fire are just biting the devil's plane.

A slight explosion sounded, and billowing smoke rose from the right wing of his own plane. Similarly, Murata who was preparing to bomb at a low altitude was also reminded by Nakamura to fly high in embarrassment and luckily avoided the threat of bullets.

"Baga, Murata-kun, my plane is injured and must return, and the Eighth Route Army here will be handed over to you." Nakamura said, dropping dozens of bombs on the belly of the plane at an altitude of thousands of meters. He flailed his wounded wings and flew back.

"Boom, boom, boom...", a series of explosions rang out over the position. The entire position was immediately in flames. Although the hit rate of the high-altitude bombs was very low, several of the dense bombs still fell in the trenches, and more than a dozen fighters were unfortunately killed, the smoke of gunfire dissipated, and several trenches were completely destroyed.

"Da-da-da... Kill and give..."As the explosion of the bomb sounded, the devil's charge began. Under the cover of the intensive fire of several heavy machine guns, a squadron of ground troops went straight to the gap where the bomb had just exploded.

"Continuous, up, fast, we must plug that gap." Captain Wang shouted loudly.

Immediately, a company of nearly 100 soldiers, armed with weapons, turned out of the anti-artillery hole and rushed to the gap.

The soldiers who rushed to the gap did not have time to dig new fortifications in the ruins, so they directly set up machine guns and began to strafe, and the intensive fire hit the unprepared Yue army, one by one the Yue soldiers were shot and fell to the ground, and the momentum of the attack was temporarily contained. However, without the cover of the trenches, the soldiers would also have no protective umbrella on the battlefield, and they would also become the focus of the army's heavy machine guns.

The display lying on the position immediately became the target of the army's heavy machine guns, and more importantly, the plane, which had been hovering in the air, also discovered the fierce battle below, and after distinguishing the situation, several bombs were dropped by him from a high altitude. Unfortunately, one landed right in the middle of the soldiers of the company who were counterattacking, and most of the platoon of soldiers disappeared in that explosion. In this way, under the double blow of the machine gun plane and the ground, the first company quickly suffered more than half of the casualties, and the guard company immediately fired into the air to disrupt the devil plane and drop bombs. Artillerymen, immediately open fire, destroy the enemy's heavy machine guns. Liu Hua looked at the company with increasing casualties, and he didn't care about overstepping the command, and ordered loudly to the Wang staff officers around him.

(To be continued)