Chapter 262: The Battle of the Counteroffensive on the Highlands

When the first shell of the Eighth Route Army landed in the marching column, the entire army was stunned. Everyone looked at the place where the explosions kept happening. Even the most basic concealment has been forgotten. Because, since they invaded China, they have been marching all the way, and when have they encountered such intensive artillery fire.

"Baga, is this the artillery shell from there the defenders of Shunping County, how can they knock down the shell so far away" At this time, the wing commander Sakata Daisa also looked at the scene in front of him in surprise.

"Your Excellency Wing Commander, no, ah, Your Excellency Wing Commander, we have been ambushed by the Eighth Route Army" At this time, the soldiers who had already moved to the first trench set up various weapons under the cover of the powerful artillery fire, and the dense bullets rushed towards the puppet army on the road, the little devil.

"Baga, how can this be, impossible, where did the Eighth Route Army come from with so many troops and such powerful artillery fire. The 1st Brigade, immediately notify the 1st Brigade of fire cover, organize defensive positions, artillery, artillery, and immediately start firing back, and destroy the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army" Sakata Daisa, who was pulled off his horse by the guards around him, yelled, and ordered to the chief of staff beside him.

"Hey, let's do it," the chief of staff turned and began to order the operator who had been following him to prepare the report.

However, he didn't know that when the artillery regiment fired the first shell, the army occupying the four commanding heights of Shenxian Mountain had already reached the time of life and death. The four battalions that were lying in ambush behind the commanding heights were already under the cover of various favorable terrain and concealed communication trenches, and slowly touched the place less than 50 meters behind the Japanese army, and were ready to attack.

At this time, behind the side of a high ground closest to the main peak of Shenxian Mountain, Xu Bin, the commander of the first battalion of the Second Regiment of the Rapid Reaction Brigade who served as the offensive counterattack, was holding the detonator in his hand tightly, waiting for the best opportunity.

Just as a reinforced squadron on the top of the hill was staring intently at the front of him, staring at the ridges on both sides of the marching column of his main brigade, the soldier gate had slowly climbed to the counterattack position while the army was not paying attention. At this moment, a violent explosion sounded on the other side of the road, that is, on the road where the army marched, and the attack finally began. A smile appeared on the corner of Xu Bin's mouth, and there was no trace of melancholy in his right hand, and he pressed the detonator in his hand violently.

A violent explosion sounded, and even the soldiers of the first battalion, who were lying 50 meters away from the mountain, clearly felt the shaking of the earth. The explosion of nearly 100 kilograms of explosives, and the huge shock wave threw the stones and soil blocks on the mountain directly into the sky. And those troops on the top of the mountain were preparing to suppress the countless Eighth Route Army that suddenly appeared under the mountain to cover the breakthrough of the main force

A violent explosion suddenly sounded under his feet, followed by the earth shaking. In the middle of the circular fortifications built by his squadron, a huge fireball rose from the ground at the moment of explosion, and the scorching flames and huge air wave shock wave knocked the Yue soldiers lying on the ground to the ground at once. Many soldiers lost consciousness at that moment, and at the same time paid the heaviest price for their invasion of China. As for the artillery squad that was closer to the point and even at the top of the explosion head, it was already torn to pieces at the moment of the explosion. I didn't even have a chance to scream.

"Comrades, rush" As the rocks on the top of the hill and the severed limbs and severed arms kept falling on the backs of the warriors lying on the ground ready to attack. Xu Bin threw down the detonator in his hand and stopped admiring the huge fireworks on the top of the mountain. Drawing his match gun from his holster, he loaded his bullet and leaped to his feet, the first to rush to the high ground that had fallen into chaos.

"Charge, kill, kill" received the order to charge, and the soldiers of the two companies of nearly 400 people who were ready for battle jumped out of the trench almost at the same time as the battalion commander Xu Bin jumped up, and rushed towards the high ground less than 50 meters away with the rifle in his hand that had already been loaded with bayonets.

At the same time, the two companies that served as counteroffensive had a total of six light machine guns, according to the previous combat example. Lined up, they charged at the front of the line, and spewed tongues of fire at the little devils who were in chaos. Six dense tongues of fire continued to sweep down the soldiers who had not yet reacted from the explosion. In less than half a minute, the fighters rushed to the high ground.

At this time, a reinforced squadron on the high ground, after a violent explosion, nearly 100 soldiers boarded the earthen plane and went home to see their Emperor's Majesty, and together with the intensive and frantic strafing of six light machine guns just now, they once again wiped out the defenders of about half a squad guarding the rear of the position.

"Baga, we have an enemy behind us, how can this be, Ba Ge Yalu, immediately counterattack" It was not until the soldiers held their rifles and rushed to the high ground that the squadron leader suddenly found that nearly a battalion of the squadron [***] suddenly appeared from behind him. In the face of the Eighth Route Army falling from the sky, and thinking about the sudden explosion just now, the fireball that suddenly appeared in the middle of the fortifications, the remaining more than 100 soldiers suddenly turned white with fright, and one by one showed a frightened and panicked look.

"Comrades, rush, destroy the remaining little devils and occupy the position" Seeing that the army was stunned by himself falling from the sky. Battalion commander Xu Bing seized the opportunity and shouted loudly. Regardless of the usual discipline, he raised the shell gun in his hand and fired a burst of fire at the Yue army who was less than ten meters away in front of him, and more than a dozen devils fell under his gun in an instant. At this time, some of the soldiers at the front of the charge had already begun to make contact with the little devils.

"Baga is still stunned for what to do, ready to fight bayonets and withdraw bullets" Seeing that the Eighth Route Army had rushed in front of him with a rifle, the squadron leader finally reacted. The enemy in front of him is not a heavenly soldier and a general, but his own enemy, the Eighth Route Army. So he shouted loudly and ordered the imperial soldiers who were still in a daze.

"Baga, withdraw the bullets, prepare to fight the bayonet" At this moment, the remaining more than 100 soldiers finally woke up in this bloody environment, and began to withdraw their bullets one after another, preparing to sit down and prepare for the fight according to the infantry rituals. However, at this time, the soldiers have already rushed to the front of the army, on the battlefield, who will pay attention to so many rules, still waiting for you to launch the bullets, ready to fight later.

Anyway, this situation is absolutely impossible for Liu Hua's reading teacher. I saw that the little devil was busy withdrawing bullets. Xu Bin couldn't help but feel excited, this was a good opportunity to kill the devil by surprise. Thinking of this, Xu Bin directly threw away the shell gun in his hand and picked up a Type 38 rifle that had been loaded with a bayonet.

"Kill" Xu Bin did not have any melancholy, and the sharp bayonet stabbed directly into the chest of the soldier who was grasping the bullet in front of him, "Ah, Baga, you are not a samurai" The little devil who was stabbed to the ground stared at the front of him, Xu Bin, who had a murderous face, said in a slurred manner, and closed his eyes after speaking. Obviously, this little devil who had just been killed was very dissatisfied with Xu Bin's sneak attack.

"Damn, we're not samurai in the first place, I'm the Eighth Route Army. Comrades, don't show me mercy. There is no one left to kill" Xu Bing pulled out the bayonet inserted in the ghost soldier's body, shouted loudly, and rushed towards another little devil not far away.

And the warriors behind him, under the training of the special environment of the reading force. Like his battalion commander Xu Bin, he didn't have any melancholy, raised the rifle with the bayonet in his hand, and stabbed at the unprepared Yue army. At this moment, it was the first collision and stabbing between our army and the little devil. Because the army was in a hurry to withdraw the bullets, they were not ready to fight at all. And our army took advantage of the surprise attack. Therefore, the entire army almost did not suffer any losses, and killed dozens of little devils.

Seeing that dozens of imperial soldiers were killed by the cunning Eighth Route Army before they were ready, the squadron leader of the Yue Army standing at the back of the team couldn't help but scold. At the same time, he ordered the soldiers who had been prepared around him to quickly form a battle formation and rushed towards the oncoming Eighth Route Army.

"Snort" The sound of a bayonet stabbing into the chest sounded, and this time there were casualties on both sides. But in the face of well-trained little devils, the casualties of the fighters were significantly greater. "Killing" In the face of the little devil's superb stabbing skills, the soldiers did not flinch, shouted, and rushed into the battle formation of the army, and immediately, a fierce white-knuckle battle began.

Due to the several blows before and after, the army at this time had less than 100 troops left. However, the 100-strong Yue army, all of which are front-line infantry of the Yue army, and they are troops who have participated in actual combat, and they have a strong ability to fight and stab, they work in groups of three, and then form a large attack formation again in every three groups, constantly rampage on the battlefield, so that the soldiers can not resist at all.

And look at the two companies of the first battalion, after the charge and the first impact of the little devils, there are now less than 300 troops who can stand up. Facing the attack formation of the army in groups of three, although at least one squad of soldiers surrounded the periphery of each group. However, in the face of the superb stabbing skills of the Yue army, ten people had no way to start, and often when a soldier rushed over, he would be immediately picked out by the bayonet of the Yue army.

In less than five minutes of stabbing, the fighters had already fallen nearly a platoon of troops. However, the army lost less than a squad of troops, and the losses of the enemy and the enemy reached an astonishing 1:3. Looking at the soldiers who kept falling to the ground in front of him, the heart of the battalion commander Xu Bin was dripping blood. What a good warrior, but lost in this kind of depletion of soldiers.

"Damn, little devil, I'll fight with you" The battalion commander Xu Bin couldn't hold back any longer, his eyes were red, he just held the rifle in his hand, and was ready to rush towards an attack formation of the army. However, at this time, the guards who were only following him did stop him tightly.

"Battalion commander, you can't go, the instructor said, no matter what happens, you are forbidden to go to the battlefield" The two guard soldiers with shell guns just hugged themselves.

"Damn, when is it, get out of the way of me, or Lao Tzu will kill you" Seeing the soldiers constantly falling under the bayonets of the army, the battalion commander, who usually never gets angry, scolded loudly at the two guards in front of him. Finally, under the constant struggle of the battalion commander, Xu Bin broke free from the guards' hands, picked up his rifle, and rushed to the battlefield.

"Kill" Xu Bin rushed to the flank of one of the devil's attack formations, took advantage of the attention of the Yue army to be attracted by several soldiers in front, roared loudly, and stabbed the bayonet in his hand into the chest of the Yue army. A stream of blood gushed out from the wound where Xu Bin pulled out his bayonet, spraying himself in the face.

Just as Xu Bin was about to wipe the blood that had quickly entered his eyes with his sleeve, an exclamation reached his ears. "Battalion commander, be careful, get down." As a rich commander, Xu Bin has full trust in his soldiers and comrades-in-arms, and hears about his own realm. Without any hesitation, he fell directly to the ground.

Two gunshots rang out, and suddenly, a huge weight pressed on his back. At this time, Xu Bin, who had just been blocked by blood, finally saw clearly what was on his back. A little devil stared at him with a pair of big eyes, staring at himself with an incredible forehead, and in his chest, two blood holes were constantly bubbling outward.

"Battalion commander, are you okay?" the two guards hurriedly ran over, picked up Xu Bin, who was lying on the ground, and asked. It turned out that just when Xu Bin's eyes were blindfolded by blood, a little devil saw that he couldn't miss the opportunity, so he rushed over with a bayonet, wanting to deal with the commander of the Eighth Route Army. But as he knew, all this was watched by the guards who were closely following him to protect him. After his battalion commander lay down, two bullets went out, and under the habit of running fast, the corpse of the little devil pressed on his body.

"Damn, what are you doing in a daze, I'm fine, kill the devil" Seeing the guard in front of him supporting himself, looking at the high ground where the battle was still going on around him, the battalion commander hurriedly ordered. Despite the opposition of one of the guards beside him, he snatched twenty rings from his hand. Attacking a small devil not far from him is a point shot. A series of gunshots rang out, and the three little devils lay on the ground.

"Bang bang bang" Just when the sixth little devil fell under his own gun, the barge gun in his hand remembered the sound of "ding dong". It turned out that the bullets in the pistol had been completely wiped out by his own continuous shooting.

"The bullet is fast," Xu Bin shouted loudly quickly, just following the guards behind him to hand over a new box of magazines. Xu Bin immediately continued to load, and finally, Xu Bin's gunfire attracted the attention of everyone on the battlefield. Seeing that the little devils kept falling under the battalion commander's gun, the other company platoon commanders also began to look like themselves, threw down the rifles in their hands, drew out the pistols on their waists, and began to shoot at the army.

A battalion, almost five or six pistols, joined the ranks of the battle. The form on the battlefield immediately underwent earth-shaking changes, one by one, one by one, the attack formation, collapsed under the pistol attack of a few people, and what the soldiers needed to do was to make up for those wounded soldiers, or for those lone devils to rise up and attack in less than a few minutes of battle, the entire highland was only left with dozens of devils with less than a squad around the squadron leader.

"Baga, the Eighth Route Army is cunning and cunning, hold on, the reinforcements of His Excellency the Wing Commander will be coming soon" Looking at the Eighth Route Army who was slowly thinking about his surroundings, and looking at the officers of the Eighth Route Army who were holding pistols, the squadron leader couldn't help but shudder, but he still kept encouraging the soldiers around him.

However, his encouragement did not play any role, and under the combined attack of the pistols and bayonets of the Eighth Route Army, the Imperial Army was able to fight less and less, and the range of activities of the Imperial Army was soon compressed to the edge of the high ground by the countless Eighth Route Army. looked at the elite imperial army, unwilling to die under the pistol of the Eighth Route Army. Look at the eyes of the fallen Imperial Army, as if they were accusing themselves of their miscommand

"Baga...... Disengage immediately and quickly. Retreat quickly," the squadron leader finally gave up on continuing to resist, and ordered to the army that was already less than half a squad around him.

As for the remaining dozens of little devils, they all seemed to be relieved after hearing the order to retreat. also ignored the Eighth Route Army that was getting closer and closer. I don't care about the retreating formation of the infantry. Hearing the order, one turned around with his brain and ran towards his main force down the mountain.

Of course, Xu Bin did not miss the opportunity to beat the water dogs, seeing the retreat of the Yue army to his main force, and looking at a simple trench dug by the Yue army along the edge of the high ground, there was a heavy machine gun that was not damaged, and stood there. Xu Bin didn't say a word, quickly entered the trench with the guards, grabbed the machine gun, and prepared to shoot. Similarly, the guards next to him were also clever enough to take out a plate of bullets from the ammo box next to him.

"Da Da Da" A crisp machine gun sounded. The dense bullets swept towards the retreating devil soldiers, and one by one the little devils were hit by the dense bullets, were shot in the back, and fell in front of the position. At this time, the accurate shooting accuracy and long-distance range of the 92-type heavy machine gun of the Yue Army were thoroughly reflected here, and when more than a dozen people involved in the Yue Army had rushed to a distance of 300 meters down the mountain, they were still constantly hit by the heavy machine gun in Xu Bin's hand.

It wasn't until the last little devil fell on the hillside 400 meters away from the position that Xu Bin was reluctant to trigger the Panasonic heavy machine gun, in fact, he didn't know that in the strafing shot he had just killed, he almost shot ten bullet plates. If this had been in a normal battle, the heavy machine gunner would have been removed from his post by his superiors.

"A company, strengthen the position, and prepare to prevent the counterattack of the little devils. The second company cleaned up the battlefield and rescued the wounded soldiers, quickly, immediately split up to execute" Looking at the only more than half of the soldiers left in front of him, the battalion commander did not have the excitement of using the heavy machine gun just now, but ordered with a heavy face.

At this time, not only Xu Bin's first battalion, but also the other two battalions of the second regiment responsible for counterattacking all the heights also received good news. That is, in less than ten minutes after the start of the entire battle, the strength of a brigade of the army had disappeared from their formation.

(To be continued)