The soldiers who reacted picked up their sapper shovels and began to dig on the basis of their original duties. However, the situation on the battlefield at this time was beyond everyone's expectations. Due to the fierce shelling of the devils, the entire surface of the position was almost entirely covered with a layer of floating soil, and the soldiers dug a shovel of soil, and immediately the soil next to the trench rolled down, which did not play any role in reinforcing the trench at all, unless there were sandbags here.

However, this is on the battlefield, where did you get so many sandbags? Besides, the troops attacking the devils are getting closer and closer, and the dense heavy machine gun bullets have already reached the heads of the fighters, and there is simply no time. Seeing that the little devils of a squadron advanced a distance of 50 meters again under the cover of heavy machine guns, Xu Bin, as the battalion commander, began to get anxious.

Just when Xu Bin was at a loss when he looked at the little devils who were getting closer and closer, the corpses of the devils on the battlefield that had not been damaged by the explosion gave Xu Bin a lot of inspiration.

"Comrades, don't dig it, let me use the corpses of the little devils to build trenches, quick, what are you doing in a daze, the little devils are coming up" Xu Bin, who reacted, ordered loudly. Although the soldiers were still a little uncomfortable with the corpse of the little devil, no one said anything at the moment of the great enemy. Soon, the corpses of the devils were dug out of the floating earth by the warriors and piled up on the edge of the position. A heavy machine gun, a light machine gun. Under the orders of commanders at all levels, it was directly erected on the corpse of the little devil.

Finally, a fortification formed by the corpse of a little devil was built by the warriors. And by this time, the little devil had advanced to a distance of less than 50 meters from the position. Maybe it was because there were no guns from the Eighth Route Army on the high ground, or maybe it was because the attacking little devils trusted their artillery units too much. Seeing that the high ground was already in sight, and not a single bullet was fired. Everyone accelerated the speed of the charge, and even the corner of the little devil squadron leader's mouth showed a smile, waving the command knife in his hand, driving his subordinates to speed up the attack and occupy the high ground in front of them.

"Comrades, lie down, no fire is forbidden without my order" The battalion commander Xu Bin stopped those fighters who wanted to fire and ordered loudly. Hearing the order, the soldiers immediately lowered their bodies, loaded their bullets, and prepared to give the little devil a surprise attack.

Finally, the little devil ran to a place only 50 meters away from the position, and the little devil who looked at nearly 200 people didn't take his troops to heart at all, and the enemy was very light in a dense formation, rushing towards him in a swarm, and the corner of the battalion commander Xu Bin's mouth showed a smile.

"Comrades, give me a hard beating" Xu Bin shouted loudly, holding a crooked light machine gun that had just been captured, setting it up on a bunker made of devil corpses, and frantically pulling the trigger. And the soldiers around him, hearing the order, poked out their heads one after another and shot the bullets in their rifles at the little devil who was close at hand.

In an instant, a dense rain of bullets composed of five heavy machine guns (two of which were captured in the counteroffensive just now) and a dozen light machine guns stunned the little devil at once. Layer after layer of little devils were knocked to the ground by the dense bullets, and one after another the devils who wanted to fight back were killed. At this time, the entire position was a completely one-sided massacre, yes, a massacre.

The dense attack formation of the little devils, in the face of airtight bullets, in addition to being cut layer by layer, there is basically no room to fight back. It is impossible to lie down, in such a narrow attack surface, and there is no concealment, where can he hide and lie down. It was even more impossible to retreat, and the little devils slapped in a dense formation, almost running and charging, although the lives of the soldiers in front of them were constantly being harvested. However, the soldiers behind him still did not know why and continued to charge. In this way, the retreating and charging soldiers must have collided together, which further aggravated their demise.

"Kill" Xu Bin roared angrily, constantly pulling the trigger, wanting to take advantage of this favorable opportunity as much as possible to kill and injure as much of the little devil's living force as possible. However, the little devil in front of him was, after all, a well-trained field unit, although in the face of a dense rain of bullets, although he lost nearly half of his troops. However, the remaining little devils, still under the command of the subordinate commanders, learned from the Eighth Route Army on the position, blocked them in front of them with the corpses of their comrades, and began to fight back. What's more, the little devils who served as cover had six heavy machine guns, and when they saw their soldiers lying down, they got out of the way, opened fire one after another, and began to suppress fire.

Although there is only one more squad of little devils in front of the fighters. However, the little devil's accurate marksmanship still caused huge casualties to the soldiers, one by one the machine gunners who were shooting were hit by the devils, and a rifleman with his head poked out was flowered by the head. In less than a few minutes of firing, the position had already lost more than a platoon of troops. On the other hand, because they were well-trained, they were all veterans on the battlefield, and only a dozen soldiers were hit by the soldiers' dense bullets.

"Order the artillery platoon to carry out indiscriminate artillery bombardment 50 meters in front of the position, quickly" Seeing the continuous casualties of the soldiers, Xu Bin decisively ordered and decided to use his own artillery in advance, a total of 5 mortars, to give the little devil a head-on attack.

"Yes, battalion commander" received the order, and a communicator who followed Xu Bin closely, braved the bullets flying above his head, and began to climb towards the position of the artillery platoon behind the mountain. Seeing that his correspondent had safely climbed to the rear of the high ground, the battalion commander Xu Bin breathed a sigh of relief, picked up the machine gun and continued to fire.

Finally, five dull sounds sounded from the mortar positions behind the high ground, and the dull sound of cannon ejection was particularly clear in the fierce gunfire. Immediately afterward, five violent explosions exploded in the hidden positions of the Japanese army.

"Boom, boom, boom", the violent explosion immediately turned the little devil who was hiding behind the corpses of his comrades. The artillery platoon, which was at the rear of the high ground, no longer seemed to worry about the shells being fired after capturing the shells of the Japanese army. Just as the shell exploded, five more shells shot out of the barrel and flew towards the position of the army in a beautiful arc above the heads of the soldiers.

Suddenly, the entire position of the Japanese army was completely enveloped in the artillery fire of a battalion, and the casualties began to increase sharply.

"Where did the Eighth Route Army of Baga come from so many mortars, artillery, and ours? Why don't you return fire on the grenadiers, our grenadiers, return fire, quickly, cover the shot" The squadron leader who was lying behind the corpses of his comrades saw that the soldiers around him were constantly being blown to the ground, scolded loudly, and ordered the signal soldiers around him to call for artillery support from the artillery brigade.

However, he did not know that the mortars of the first battalion artillery platoon were curved guns, and the artillery positions were built behind the high ground. And almost all the cannons equipped by the little devils are mountain artillery, and they can't hit the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army at all. I could only watch the squadron that was responsible for the attack struggling under the shelling of the Eighth Route Army, but I could only do it in a hurry.

And the devil's grenadier really wanted to fight back, but above the heads of the nine sons, more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns of the Eighth Route Army formed an impermeable firepower network. As soon as they show their heads, they are bound to be hit. Just as the squadron leader gave the order, several grenadiers who had just emerged were hit and fell in a pool of blood. Frightened, the remaining grenadiers retracted their heads. How the squadron leader of the five rounds yelled and scolded, he just didn't raise his head.

"Okay, well fought, I want to give credit to the artillery platoon:" Seeing the more than 100 little devils in front of the position crying wolf howls from the ghosts bombed by their own 5 mortars, I couldn't help but cry excitedly. At the same time, the machine gun in the hand did not stop firing. As soon as the little devil shows his head, he will immediately attract at least one machine gun fire.

Finally, when the artillery platoon fired the tenth round of shells, the little devil squadron leader could no longer hold on. Because in the shelling just now and the strafing of the Eighth Route Army on the top of the mountain, he once again lost nearly a small team of troops. Now there is less than a squad left in the troops that have gathered around them and still have combat effectiveness. No, not a squad, but half a squad.

"Baga, this is simply a slaughter, retreat quickly, retreat quickly" Finally, the squadron leader of the army gave the order to retreat. The little devils, who had been suppressed by the fighters for ten minutes, heard the order, and almost breathed a sigh of relief, and slowly retreated to the rear of the position with their weapons, running faster than the other.

Seeing that the little devils with less than half of the squad had withdrawn from the range of their machine guns, the battalion commander Xu Bin threw down the machine guns in his hand, and saw the more than 100 corpses of little devils lying in front of his position, Xu Bin finally breathed a sigh of relief. Because he knew that he had almost wiped out a squadron of little devils this time, and the little devils would definitely be honest for a while, but the little devils still had a revenge mentality.

"Order, all pulled to the rear of the position to rest, leaving a squad on guard. Retreat immediately," Xu Bin ordered loudly. You must know that the little devil's revenge surname is very strong, although the loss of a squadron of troops, it will take a long time for the infantry to charge again, but the dozens of mountain guns in the hands of the little devil are not vegetarian.

Sure enough, Sakata Daisa, the commander of the army, couldn't help but be furious when he saw that a squadron he attacked had lost more than half of its strength in less than half an hour, and that less than half of the squad had withdrawn. In addition to ordering the squadron leader to commit suicide by disembowelment, that is, to order the two mountain artillery squadrons to carry out indiscriminate retaliatory artillery bombardment on the high ground held by Xu Bin, killing and injuring the living forces of the Eighth Route Army as much as possible, and avenging the jade broken imperial warriors.

But he didn't know. On the high ground that has just caused huge casualties to the army. At this time, except for a scattered and concealed guard squad, not a single soldier of the Eighth Route Army could be seen, and even the corpses of the sacrificed comrades were all moved to the back mountain by the soldiers and handed over to the militia who came to support.

"Battalion commander, in the battle just now, a company lost 34 people, 18 people were seriously wounded, and a platoon was lost. Now there are still 110 people who can participate in the battle. Weapons and ammunition hesitated to seize a large amount of ammunition for the army, and it was very sufficient. The second company lost 41 killed, 26 seriously wounded, and more than 90 people were able to participate in the battle. After the two company commanders arranged for the troops to rest, they ran to the battalion commander Xu Bin to report the losses.

"Well, let the warriors hurry up and rest. As long as the commander does not issue a general attack order, the devil will never give up occupying this high ground. I think there will be more fierce battles in the future, so I have to take a break from the time. Also, go to the militia behind and search for as many sacks as you can, which will be used to build fortifications later. The battalion commander Xu Bin thought of the scene when there was nothing to build the fortifications just now, and hurriedly ordered.

"Yes, battalion commander, I'll do it" After the two company commanders finished speaking, they turned around and went to arrange.

Just when the commanders at all levels arranged for the fighters to make corrections, the revenge of the devils began to shelling. Under the order of Wing Commander Sakata Daisa, the shells that did not cost money kept pouring down on the position, and almost the entire high ground was shrouded in the artillery fire of the little devils.

At this time, the battalion commander Xu Bin was not in the mood to appreciate the free fireworks in front of him. He was thinking, thinking about how to continue the battle for this high ground for a while. Because now, he has just experienced the first charge of the little devils, and he has lost a third of his troops. And next time, the little devil will definitely not make the mistake of underestimating the enemy just now, and will change his tactics. And what should I do?

As with the tactics just now, all the troops were put on the front line. If the little devils change their tactics, then their own troops will not only suffer heavy losses, but perhaps lose their positions. What's more, in the battle just now, because the little devils were all suppressed in front of the position by their own machine gun fire, they did not have the opportunity to use grenadiers. If the next time the little devil uses a grenadier, how should he deal with this problem?

Countless questions began to appear in Xu Bin's mind, and countless tactics were vetoed by these various questions. Xu Bing began to slowly sort out the tactics that the division commander gave him when he was teaching the team. It is hoped that from these tactics, we can find a tactic that is suitable for the current situation.

Finally, Xu Bin's tight brows loosened. A tactic that was very familiar in later generations appeared in Xu Bin's mind. That is, when the attacker's weapons and firepower are stronger than their own, the defender should try to allocate the firepower as much as possible to be heavy in the front and light in the rear, and the soldiers should be light in the front and heavy in the rear, and build more than two defensive positions on the blocking position

"Communicator, call the two company commanders over immediately, hurry up" Xu Bin ordered as he looked at the high ground that had been completely covered by the artillery fire of the Yue Army.

"Battalion commander, is there something wrong? Is there something wrong, so anxious? The two company commanders soon came to Xu Bin's face.

"Well, just now we repelled the attack of a squadron of little devils, and we also lost a third of our strength. Later, the little devils will definitely attack again, and we will face even harsher battles. Taking advantage of the process of the army's artillery bombardment, let's talk about it and discuss how we can continue to fight later. There is one principle, that is, no matter what, even if all the troops are exhausted, we can't lose this high ground. Xu Bin said.

"Battalion commander, I think we will fight as we just did, although our losses are also very serious, but a squadron of devils has been completely wiped out by us after all." A company commander suggested.

"No, I can't. It is absolutely impossible to press the forces up at once. Just now, we took advantage of the little devils and caught them off guard. What's more, our firepower is strong, pressing the devils to fight, so that their grenadiers do not play their due role. I think this time, the little devil will definitely change his tactics" Before Xu Bin could speak, the second company commander immediately retorted, and after listening to the words of the second company commander, Xu Bin looked at the second company commander with appreciation. Obviously, he was very satisfied with the answer of the second company commander.

"Well, I also agree with the words of the second company commander, according to the model just now, it will definitely not work, everyone is discussing and discussing," Xu Bin said. After saying that, all three of them fell silent.

"In this way, in accordance with the tactics given to us by the commander, we will allocate troops in the front and then in the rear, and the firepower in the front and then in the rear. Use all our heavy weapons, only one platoon at a time, even if the little devils use their grenadiers, the threat to us is not particularly great, more importantly, we can arrange the main force to the second-line position, if the time is ripe, we can also fight the little devils in an ambush battle, what do you think? Xu Bin said, "Good idea, battalion commander, I agree" "I also agree" The two company commanders listened to Xu Bin's words and immediately agreed.

"Good. Now I order, after the shelling of the little devils is over. All of them went to the position to build cover, and the little devils launched a charge, leaving only two platoons of troops and all the heavy weapons. Our platoons rotated, and the rest of the troops hid on the flanks and rear flanks of the high ground, forming a loose encirclement. If there is a chance, let's put the little devils in and fight, and strive to wipe out another squadron of devils," Xu Bin ordered.

"Yes, battalion commander" Although the commander of the army at this time thought that the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army on the four highlands was very terrifying. However, they still arrogantly believe that these Eighth Route Army just want to block themselves, and they have no ability to completely annihilate a reinforced wing of their own. After losing a squadron, Sakata was not discouraged and again ordered a squadron to charge. At the same time, the artillery was ordered to prepare for a retaliatory artillery bombardment, and the bones of the Eighth Route Army on the top of the hill must be blown up.

Half an hour of shelling was over, and when the fighters walked up to the position, the whole position was really devoid of bones. But these corpses are the corpses of little devils. Stepping on the soft floating soil, the little devil made the Eighth Route Army once again experience what it means to be covered by artillery fire

(To be continued)