"Hi, Your Excellency Squadron Leader" The little devil who was pointed out by the squadron leader faced the command knife that was lowering the blood. I didn't dare to hesitate, and quickly nodded in agreement. Frightened, he crawled up to the side of the heavy machine gun and removed a corpse lying on top of the heavy machine gun. Tightly stretched out his hands and began to pull the trigger of the heavy machine gun. It doesn't matter if your target hits or not.

However, seeing the machine gunner's aimless shooting in front of him, the squadron leader was helpless. Who made their heavy weapons not as many as the opponent's Eighth Route Army? Do you really force yourself to lose weight and die?

Thinking of this, the squadron leader no longer paid attention to the heavy machine gun with no aimless design. Turning around and walking towards the position next to him, he began to direct the battle of the other squads. However, at this time, the battle process on the position held by his squadron was completely unexpected.

Under the cover of more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns of the Eighth Route Army, a dense rain of bullets, strafing. Hiding in the trenches and fortifications, the Imperial Army of the Great Emperor had no chance to show its head at all. Because, as soon as they reveal a part of their body, they will be hit by a barrage of bullets. Only a small number of soldiers, lying in the trenches from time to time, raised their rifles in their hands, and shot the oncoming Eighth Route Army. And as for whether it hits the target or not, only God knows.

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, what about our grenadiers, why didn't the heavy artillery brigade open fire, why?" Seeing the dignified Imperial Army, the Imperial Army of the Empire turned out to be completely a shrunken turtle in front of the Eighth Route Army. The squadron leader was furious and cursed at the position of the heavy artillery brigade behind him.

However, he did not know that on the position of the heavy artillery brigade in the center of the entire Japanese position, several squadron leaders were engaged in a stubborn dispute. Because, after losing contact with the captain, the entire brigade lost its direct commander in an instant.

What's more, the heavy weapons of the Eighth Route Army were all set up in their own front-line positions as if they were premeditated. It was less than 100 meters away from the defensive position of his imperial army. And at such a close distance, if you hit a heavy artillery shell, not only the position of the Eighth Route Army will disappear, but even the imperial soldiers in your trenches will also disappear with the explosion of the shells. So, four squadron leaders, at this time were arguing about whether the artillery would open fire or not.

"Eight Grid Tooth Road, the Eighth Route Army is about to break through the infantry defensive position in front of us. If we still don't open fire and provide them with fire cover, then all we have to do is apologize to His Majesty the Emperor," a squadron leader shouted loudly at the other three squadron leaders in front of him, looking at the battlefield not far away.

"Bastard, don't you know that when we open fire, our own positions will also be affected? How can we use our own artillery to fight our own imperial army. Besides, without the order of His Excellency the Captain, I categorically disagree with the opening of the cannon. The other squadron leader argued in denial

And just when several squadron leaders were constantly arguing and couldn't come up with a decision. The various assault units of the Eighth Route Army, which served as the charge, were under the cover of intensive fire from heavy machine guns and light machine guns. Paying for the tiny casualties, he rushed to the throw distance of his own grenade. At this time, the little devils in the trenches were all nested in the trenches because of the dense firepower cover of their own troops.

"Comrades, throw me grenades, rush, boom, boom" As the command sounded, countless grenades were thrown out by the soldiers. A perfect arc was drawn in the sky, and it smashed into the open fortifications and trenches of the army. And in the explosion of grenades, the stumps of the little devils broke their arms, and the air waves of the grenade explosion blew up the fortifications, and the rifles that were damaged were also blown out.

"Baga, cover up," the screams reached the ears of the warriors. The fighters, already with their rifles with bayonets on them, rushed to the edge of the defensive positions, the trenches.

"Stop the attack, lie down, and continue to throw grenades" in order to minimize the casualties of the troops. The commanders of the various assault teams wisely chose to stop the charge when the troops assaulted to a distance of only a dozen meters from the Japanese army's position. Prepare to use the grenade in your hand to kill and injure as much of the little devil's living force as possible in the fortifications of the army. As much as possible, it is necessary to avoid the huge casualties caused by the soldiers engaged in white-knuckle combat.

As the orders of the various commanders were issued, the soldiers immediately understood the orders of their company commanders and even the battalion commanders. They all fell to the ground and began to pull out the grenades left in the bullet pouches. Pull the strings, throw the bombs, pull the strings, and throw all the grenades you carry into the enemy's trenches all the way to the bomb. The fighters stopped, took the rifles on their backs, and prepared for the final charge.

"A platoon goes over to see the situation, and the rest of the people are on standby and covering" As the sound of grenade explosions stopped, the army defended its position, and the smoke in the trenches dissipated. The commander who led the team shouted loudly to the soldiers around him.

Immediately, a platoon commander was seen with more than thirty fighters. Slowly got up from the ground, bent over, and walked towards the place of Yuejun, which was only a dozen meters away. However, at this time, in the trenches of the Yue army, except for the groans of some of the Yue soldiers, no other sound could be heard.

"Report to the company commander, the little devils inside are almost dead, and there are only a few dozen left who can still breathe, but they are all seriously injured and have lost their combat effectiveness" Soon, the voice of the platoon commander came from the edge of the trench. Hearing this, the company commander finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"The rest of the people, follow me, the old rules, leave no living mouth" With the order of the company commander, the remaining nearly 100 people in front of the position, under the leadership of the company commander, rushed to the position of the army.

When I came to the edge of the trench, I saw that the entire nearly 100-meter-long trench was almost completely covered by the corpses of the soldiers. Some had their thighs broken, some had their arms broken, and some even had their stomachs blown up by grenades, and their intestines and internal organs flowed out. There were also more than twenty little devils, dragging their seriously injured bodies, squirming back and forth among the corpses. To know the strength of a company, four grenades per person. What would it be like to explode in a trench less than 100 meters long and two meters wide?

"Quick, clean up the battlefield in five minutes, and then immediately replenish ammunition on the spot, take a break, remember to make up for each little devil, don't be deceived by the little devil." The company commander did not hesitate and ordered loudly.

As the soldiers began to clean up the battlefield and attack several other positions of the army, they also successfully annihilated the defending enemy. Of course, everything on the entire battlefield was reflected in the eyes of Commander Sun Xingbang, who was watching the battle in the rear.

"Report to the commander, our army has completely occupied the front-line defensive positions of the army, according to preliminary estimates, more than 700 enemies have been annihilated, and our army has suffered fewer than 100 casualties." Soon, the temporary chief of staff with a smile on his face came to Sun Xingbang with a report on the casualties that had just been counted.

"Good! Very good, order the soldiers to make persistent efforts, wipe out the remaining 700 little devils in one go, and cover the artillery battalion with artillery fire, but don't blow up the enemy's heavy artillery for me" After listening to Staff Officer Wang's report, Sun Xingbang nodded with satisfaction and ordered loudly.

"Yes, Commander" Soon, the artillery battalion, having received the order, again began shelling. However, the target of this shelling was not so scattered, but all the artillery was gathered and the three defensive positions of the Japanese army were fiercely shelled.

Mortars, grenadiers, field artillery, mountain artillery. Under the command of the commander of the artillery battalion, they began to pour shells on the three remaining defensive positions of the army. Similarly, the heavy machine gunners, who had been serving as infantry cover at the time of the artillery battalion's artillery bombardment, were likewise not idle. Under the command of commanders at all levels, they began to transfer heavy machine guns and light machine guns in their hands. Prepare to provide fire cover for the infantry more intensively during the attack that is to be carried out.

"Order the artillery fire to begin to extend, blow the trumpet of the charge, and the troops begin to charge" saw that the only three remaining positions of the Yue army were almost completely covered by the fierce artillery fire of their own artillery battalion, and they fell into a sea of fire. Commander Sun Xingbang nodded with satisfaction and put down the telescope in his hand. He ordered to Staff Officer Wang, who was waiting for an order behind him.

Immediately, the loud charge horn sounded on the entire Gongcun battlefield, followed by the sound of intensive strafing of light and heavy machine guns, and the shouts of the soldiers Under the absolute firepower and superiority of troops, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army of more than 3,000 people in two regiments almost did not waste much strength, and completely annihilated the little devils with less than three squadrons left in front of them.

And after eliminating the only field infantry of the army standing in front of the soldiers. The artillery position of the heavy artillery brigade of the army was like a naked beauty at this time, completely exposed to the eyes of the soldiers.

"Comrades, rush to destroy the remaining hundreds of people in the army. For the sake of the final victory, Chong Ah "saw the artillery positions not far away, saw the huge howitzers, and almost every soldier and commander were shocked by the scene in front of them. However, there are still commanders who react. Seeing that the only few hundred artillery soldiers left in the army who did not have much combat effectiveness had been completely exposed in front of the absolute superiority of their two regiments, he couldn't help but be surprised and shouted an order to the soldiers behind him.

"Chong" Hearing the order, the soldiers immediately reacted from shock. Under the leadership of their respective commanders, they roared and rushed to the artillery position of the army not far away.

"Baga, why did the Eighth Route Army rush over. Our infantry, how come there is no infantry to resist" Just when several squadron leaders were still arguing with each other, an exclamation from a squad leader came from the side. Hearing this, several squadron leaders turned their heads almost simultaneously and looked in the direction where the sound of the charge was coming from.

"Nani? Could it be that our infantry has been completely annihilated by the Eighth Route Army. It can't be, it's absolutely impossible to bang However, at this moment, a burst of light and dense bullets hit the side of several squadron leaders, and several guards were unfortunately shot and fell in a pool of blood.

"Baga, hide quickly, the Eighth Route Army has already rushed over. Quick, retreat immediately, retreat into the village, quickly" A squadron leader hurriedly lay on the ground and shouted to several squadron leaders around him.

"Baga, you must not retreat. We must not allow 12 heavy artillery pieces to fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, absolutely not. We're all smashed, and we have to blow up all the cannons and shells at once," one squadron leader immediately objected.

"Baga, the cannons must not be blown up, we must leave them behind without the order of the commander. Besides, reinforcements from His Excellency the Division Commander are now on the way, and we can wait for reinforcements to arrive at any time to recapture these cannons," said another squadron leader.

"Yo Si! I agree, we will retreat at once now, and let the Eighth Route Army help us save these cannons for the time being. When reinforcements from His Excellency the Division Commander arrive, we will recapture these cannons that belong to the Empire. The last squadron leader immediately agreed. The minority obeys the majority. Soon, the remaining two squadron leaders agreed to this opinion, temporarily handed over 12 heavy howitzers to the Eighth Route Army, and waited until the main force of the division led by the division commander arrived, and then recaptured these cannons. And now, for these artillerymen who basically have no combat effectiveness, the most important task is to save their lives.

Opinions were unified, and the four squadron leaders immediately returned to their positions. Summoning all the artillery under his command, he picked up infantry weapons and fled to Gong Village, a kilometer away. Prepare to take advantage of the complex terrain of Gongcun and hold out until the arrival of reinforcements from the main force of the division led by the division commander.

"Okay, great, the little devils actually took the initiative to abandon their artillery positions and retreat to Gong Village. I was also worried that the engagement at the artillery positions of the Japanese army would detonate the shells stored there. Hehe, now this question doesn't have to be thought about anymore. Ordered, a regiment immediately occupied the enemy artillery positions. The 2nd Regiment continued to pursue the enemy's artillery and strive to encircle it all in Gongcun. Use the tunnels in the village to eliminate the remaining hundreds of artillerymen. Seeing hundreds of little devil artillerymen, they actually retreated to Gong Village in embarrassment with rifles. Sun Xingbang was excited and ordered loudly.

"Yes, Commander" As soon as the order came out, the two regiments that were immediately pursuing the army were divided into two. The fighters of a regiment quickly seized the artillery positions abandoned by the enemy. The fighters of the other regiment were divided into several attack units and chased after the little devils who fled in embarrassment. At the same time, while carrying out a roundabout outflanking, we strive to use the tunnels to completely annihilate the remaining more than 300 artillery in Gongcun.

The next battle was without suspense, with only more than 300 left, little devil artillery with little combat effectiveness. Surrounded by more than 1,000 soldiers who were familiar with the terrain and had the help of tunnels, they were completely annihilated by the soldiers in less than an hour. Until this time, the battlefield of Gongcun, which was still full of artillery fire just now, slowly began to be quiet at this time.

On the battlefield that was still under fire just now, in addition to a certain number of troops to protect the 12 heavy howitzers that had just been captured. The remaining warriors began to clean up the wide battlefield. , the whole process seems to be orderly.

Finally, half an hour later, the eastern sky finally showed a glimmer of light. With the eastward rise of Xuyue, the soldiers who fought for several hours finally ushered in the arrival of a new day. And Commander Sun Xingbang, who has been sticking to the front line, also waited for the arrival of dawn. At the same time, I also waited for exciting results.

"Report to the commander, the battlefield has been cleaned. This is the result of the battle just counted by the regiments, and I would like to ask the commander to take a look at it. Staff Officer Wang said excitedly, and handed the list in his hand to Sun Xingbang.

"It's finally over, read it to me," Sun Xingbang said as he seemed relieved.

"Yes, Commander, after a day and two nights of continuous fighting, we have eliminated a total of 2,269 of our troops, and not a single prisoner has been taken. Among them, there is a captain of the Dazuo Wing of the Chinese Army, a chief of staff of Zhongzuo, and three captains of the Shaozuo Brigade, among which 459 soldiers of our army have been sacrificed, 136 have been seriously wounded, and more than 600 have been lightly injured. Among the more than 600 people, except for a small number of fighters, the remaining fighters basically did not affect their combat effectiveness and could immediately enter a new battle. Counselor Wang said excitedly.

"Yes, the ratio of casualties between friend and foe is 4:1, the fight is good, and the soldiers are all good. What about our seizures? In particular, is there any problem with the 12 heavy howitzers explained by the division commander?" After listening to Staff Officer Wang's report, Sun Xingbang nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask.

"Commander, we have captured a total of 1,148 intact rifles, 26 light machine guns, 8 heavy machine guns, 11 grenadiers, and a batch of ammunition. As for the other light weapons, they were all blown up by our artillery shells. In addition, there is the enemy's heavy artillery brigade, after counting, we captured a total of 12 150-mm heavy howitzers, about 6,000 shells, which can be said to be a very huge capture. Counselor Wang replied again.

"Good, good, great. Staff Officer Wang immediately sent a report to the division commander and reported the victory to the division commander. Listening to Counselor Wang's answer. The commander finally breathed a sigh of relief and ordered excitedly.

"Yes, Commander," Staff Officer Wang also replied excitedly.

"Well, order the soldiers to hurry up and clean up the battlefield, and then make corrections to replenish their strength. At the same time, a regiment was ordered to replenish the captured weapons and ammunition, and at noon, I would personally lead a regiment to reinforce Haseguchi. Seeing Staff Officer Wang, who was about to leave, Commander Sun Xingbang then ordered.

(To be continued)