Abejing and Yu Zhishan bowed their heads and agreed, and each took the order.

THIS BRIGADE IN YU ZHISHAN IS ALSO EQUIPPED WITH AN ARTILLERY BATTALION, WHICH IS EQUIPPED WITH ARTILLERY IMITATED BY THE FORMER NORTHEAST ARMY, AND MOST OF THEM HAVE A CALIBER OF ABOUT 70MM.

More than a dozen tanks of the Japanese army stepped forward one after another, adjusted their muzzles and opened fire first, and then the artillery of the Yu Zhishan Brigade also opened fire.

The shells whistled towards the south bank and landed on the positions of the Dragon's Tooth Regiment, one by one they exploded violently.

At this time, there is a palpitating picture on the north bank, a large group of people captured by the puppet army in the artillery fire of the dragon's tooth just now, the innocent people who were lucky not to die, taking advantage of the chaos of the Japanese puppet army supervised behind them, jumped into the river one after another.

They tried to swim across the not very wide Cihe River and swim towards the position of the Dragon's Tooth Regiment on the south bank, because they knew that the people on the south bank were all the Eighth Route Army, all of them were anti-Japanese forces, leaving only a dead end, and there might be a glimmer of life if they swam through.

Cheng Cai, who had been unable to bear to shell the north bank, discovered this critical situation, and immediately ran to Liu Yidao, who was hiding from the Japanese artillery fire in the trenches, and saluted without hesitation: "Deputy Commander Liu, come and see, there are people swimming towards the south bank!" ”

When Liu Yidao heard this, he immediately stood up with Scarface and the others, held a telescope and looked at the river on the north bank, and saw a scene that made them extremely worried.

Liu Yidao, who was already extremely guilty, suddenly had red eyes, ignoring the artillery fire of the Japanese tanks and puppet artillery that was still raging and bombarding, and pulled his throat to Scarface and others: "Give me the order, the whole regiment will immediately open fire, fire at the Japanese puppet army, and cover the people at any cost!" ”

Scarface was furious, and quickly turned around to give the order himself, and it didn't take long.

The officers and men of the 1st and 2nd Battalions opened fire one after another, and all kinds of light and heavy machine guns and grenadiers, regardless of the threat of Japanese artillery fire, stubbornly opened fire on the Japanese puppet troops on the north bank, doing their best to provide fire cover for the civilians who were still swimming in the river.

The artillery company directly under the regiment also opened fire again on the north bank after transferring the artillery position.

The sudden firepower further killed and wounded the puppet army, which had already suffered heavy casualties, and the Japanese troops, who were sitting at a safe distance and watching their artillery and tank counterattack, were even more surprised, and repeatedly exclaimed that the people were crazy.

Daoyu Zhongzuo was even more confused, holding the telescope and watching, he wondered: "Yaga, what's wrong with the damn Zhina?" It's so unconventional. ”

Soon, Yu Zhishan's puppet army spotted the civilians who jumped into the river and swam to the south bank, and after Yu Zhishan learned the news, he quickly rushed to report to Daoyu Zhongzuo.

After hearing this, Daoyu was furious and said: "Baga, shoot me, shoot into the river, don't let go of a single person!" Liu Yidao's guess was not wrong, and Japanese officers like Daoyu Nakasa had no intention of letting go of these Chinese who were captured as coolies.

After the plan is finished, it is time to kill them to set an example, so as to give a deterrent warning to those who dare to join the Eighth Route Army and other anti-Japanese forces.

Now that they all jumped into the river with the intention of escaping, there is no use value, and Daoyu, who is holding back the fire in his belly, naturally wants to order a big killing.

The Japanese infantry braved the artillery fire of the Longya troops on the south bank, and the guns and bullets advanced, but they were all blocked by the strong fire of the Longya officers and soldiers, and they failed to do so, and after paying a certain number of casualties, they had to retreat.

But the grenadiers, mortars, and an artillery battalion of the puppet army hiding behind tanks or fortifications posed a great threat to the people who were crossing the river.

Many civilians were killed by the bombardments, and soon blood stained the river red.

Seeing that some civilians were hit by the explosion less than a few meters from the south bank, fell down, and died tragically in front of their eyes, the officers and men of the Dragon's Tooth Regiment were dumbfounded and angry.

Some soldiers and junior officers resolutely braved the artillery fire of the Japanese puppet army to rush out of the trenches and jump into the river to save the injured people one by one.

Someone took the lead, and more and more soldiers jumped out of the fortifications, regardless of life and death to rescue the people who swam over.

Many soldiers unfortunately died on the road to save people, Liu Yidao was distressed, and personally held a light machine gun and roared: "Fire cover!" ”

With that, he slammed the trigger of the light machine gun in his hand, and poured a large amount of bullets towards the opposite bank.

Cheng Cai, deputy commander of the first battalion, also jumped out of the trench and carried a wounded man about 30 years old on his back...... Rumble! A shell landed near them, knocking both men to the ground.

The commander of the first battalion, who was manipulating heavy machine gun fire, was furious when he saw this, and while running towards Cheng Cai, he scolded angrily: "Little devil, I cǎo your grandma!" ”

With the assistance of two other fighters, Scarface rescued Cheng Cai, the deputy battalion commander covered in blood, and the middle-aged man.

The other soldiers also rescued one after another civilians ashore, but fortunately, most of the people captured by the puppet army this time were young and strong people, most of whom could swim, plus the full fire cover and rescue of the dragon's tooth regiment.

In the end, more than 60 percent of the people were rescued ashore, and although there were still many casualties, it was not easy to achieve this result.

After the angry Japanese puppet army reported the resumptive artillery fire for the last time, they stopped firing at the dragon's tooth group, and the gunfire continued for more than an hour on both sides of the Cihe River, and finally quieted down again.

Liu Yidao walked to the side of Cheng Cai, who was seriously injured, and two medical soldiers were bandaging him, and Scarface asked anxiously on the side, "How is it?" Is it strict? ”

Although Scarface and Cheng have only been partners for a long time, the two have a very good temper, so they already have a deep comradeship and brotherhood, so they are very concerned.

A medical soldier wiped the sweat from his forehead and said: "Fortunately, the shrapnel did not hit the vital point, but now he has lost too much blood and fallen into a coma, we must do our best to send this chief to the column headquarters, where there is a field hospital where he can perform surgery." ”

Liu Yidao said: "Scar, you lead someone to quickly send Deputy Battalion Commander Cheng and those compatriots who were rescued ashore by us, I am here." ”

"Yes!" Scarface agreed with a bang, and commanded the soldiers to pick up Cheng Cai and leave.

At the same time, Jiang Haidong also led the main force of the first regiment and three battalions to quietly return to the only way for the front-line troops of the Japanese puppet army to Xinle and hid.

Jiang Haidong personally sent a telegram to Qiao Youhua informing him of the situation.

Qiao Youhua, who was resting in a woods somewhere and was waiting for news, immediately stood up and said to Liu Jianhua and Zhao Tiezhu in good spirits: "Order the cavalry battalion to gather immediately!" Ready to go! It's time to suffocate, right? Tell my brothers, when the time comes to fight, give me twelve points of spirit! ”

PS: The sixth update, why is there no movement in the monthly pass today? Would you like to give another one? Brothers, Saburo please!