"What does the message say?" Chief of Staff Zhou and Duan Shuanghu both came over nervously, for fear of seeing the news that the Japanese army on the northern front had broken through our army's defense line and marched south.

Zheng Weiguo smiled slightly after seeing it, and said, "The captives are frivolous, and a brigade has been annihilated. ”

"How is this possible?" Chief of Staff Zhou was surprised, and hurriedly took the message and read it.

"Chief of Staff, there is Lao you here, I will go to the front line with Brigade Commander Duan to take a look." After speaking, Zheng Weiguo and Duan Shuanghu rushed to the front line with the team directly under the division.

A group of Japanese troops seized a favorable terrain and held it to the death, and the 342nd Regiment failed to capture it even after a few attacks. Captain Qi Sixian was on fire, and he was about to go into battle in person with a crooked handle.

Zheng Weiguo walked over and asked, "What's the matter, the attack didn't go well?" ”

Qi Sixian hurriedly greeted him and complained: "Oh, why did you come here, it's dangerous here!" ”

Zheng Weiguo waved his hand and said, "It's okay!" As soon as he said this, he suddenly felt a palpitation, an instinct born from years of walking on the brink of death. didn't have time to think about it, he squatted down suddenly, and pushed Qi Sixian to the ground by the way.

Bang! A bullet flew past Zheng Weiguo's helmet, emitting a piercing trill. It is estimated that the Japanese sharpshooters saw Qi Sixian and Zheng Weiguo talking, and thought that a big man was coming, so he made a decisive move. In the Battle of Xinkou, General Li Xianzhou was subjected to the black guns of the Japanese army in this way.

As soon as the gunshots rang out, everyone was taken aback. Duan Shuanghu hurriedly shouted: "Protect the division seat!" He directed the guards while firing at the Japanese troops, trying to distract them.

Several guards rushed over to take Zheng Weiguo away, but Zheng Weiguo hurriedly stopped him and said, "Get down, there are sharpshooters on the opposite side!" ”

Qi Sixian felt that the division commander was in distress, and his face was a little anxious, and he said, "Brigade Commander Duan, you protect the division's seat, and I will take the brothers to rush again!" ”

Zheng Weiguo shouted: "Stop!" Listen to my orders, everyone, don't mess around, and bring me a grenadier. ”

Duan Shuanghu shouted, "No, Shiza." The angle is too small, and the grenadier can't hit it, so let's bring in an infantry gun! ”

Qi Sixian said with some frustration: "Ahem, it's useless to contact you!" Just a few infantry guns, where can they be busy. "The bombing of the Japanese planes just now eliminated an infantry artillery position of the 33rd Division. Two infantry guns were blown up, and all the artillery crew members were killed, which made the artillery battalion, which was already short of artillery, even more stretched.

The place where the Japanese army was hiding was a low cave. It's only half a person tall, and it doesn't look like it's used to live for people, but it's probably used by nearby villagers to temporarily store straw or other things. After the Japanese occupied the place, they remodeled it and made something similar to a dark bunker.

Since this bunker can block a section of the road, it must be defeated. However, the terrain here is complicated, the heavy machine guns have a large shooting blind spot, the flat-fire guns cannot find suitable gun positions, and the mortars cannot fire at such a small angle, which makes the attack very difficult.

A Type 89 regrenade was quickly handed over. This grenadier has a hair pulling device that allows firing at extremely small angles. However, this technique is more demanding, and if you want to hit the target accurately, it is more difficult than shooting at a large angle of more than 80 degrees. Zheng Weiguo looked at it for a while, and finally made a move. Boom, a grenade drew a low-stretch curve and drilled into the cave, causing the Japanese soldiers inside to scream again and again.

The soldiers were overjoyed, cheered in unison, and asked Zheng Weiguo to make another shot. Qi Sixian said happily: "Master, you are too accurate!" ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled: "It feels good today!" As he spoke, he fired another grenade into the cave. This kind of special grenade is so powerful that the Japanese army can't turn around when they are crowded in a small cave, so they can only use the corpses of their comrades to avoid the bullets. The few surviving Japanese soldiers could not withstand the pressure and rushed out with their guns, and as soon as they rushed out of the hole, they were beaten into honeycomb coals by the soldiers who had prepared for a while.

After helping the 342nd Regiment pull out the nail, Zheng Weiguo continued to rush forward with his direct team. The sound of artillery was constantly heard on the road ahead, which showed that the battle was very fierce. In charge of this section of the road was the 332nd Regiment, and they happened to run into a hard bone, because the Japanese command and artillery were here.

The Japanese army brought a lot of artillery this time, and if the Japanese army was allowed to set up a good position and set up a good gun position, it would be difficult to defeat it according to the strength of the 33rd Division. Fortunately, the Japanese artillery was mounted on trucks, which was inconvenient to move, and it was very troublesome to move out of the trucks, but most of them were destroyed by the artillery battalion by seizing the opportunity and beating them hard. However, the artillery battalion also suffered heavy casualties in the ensuing air raid, and the two sides returned to the starting line.

After the army was forced to withdraw, the balance of victory and defeat gradually tilted in favor of the 33rd Division, because they were equipped with a large number of mortars in addition to mountain artillery and infantry artillery, a total of more than 20 (in the Taiyuan military station, eight Taisho 11-year mortars were also obtained, although they were old goods, but the performance was good).

Under the shelling and cover of artillery, the 332nd Regiment gradually squeezed the remnants of the Japanese army into a stretch of road less than 100 meters long. The terrain here is more complicated, especially the trench on the side of the road, which relies on the simple bunkers built by the Japanese army on the road. In addition, the Japanese took control of a small hill behind the road and set up an artillery position on it, with two infantry guns. It was difficult to lay such three-dimensional fortifications, especially for the 33 Division, which lacked combat experience.

In addition, the tactics of the Japanese army were also cunning. One by one, they lie on the inside of the road without even raising their heads, and when you charge, they will fire with machine guns, and if you don't, they will bombard them with grenadiers.

After several successive failed attacks, the regimental commander Li Dazhuang decided to go into battle himself, holding a fast and slow machine in each hand, and led the brothers to charge into the trench. This time, the infantry artillery coordinated well, and as soon as the artillery fire stopped, they approached the Japanese position.

Seeing that the soldiers were rushing closer, the Japanese fired a row of guns, and then inserted bayonets and met them fiercely (it is nonsense that the Japanese soldiers fought bayonets and retreated bullets, just turn off the insurance). The warriors pulled out a shell gun from their waists and coldly aimed at the enemy who was getting closer and closer. The 109th Division had never dealt with the 33rd Division before, and probably did not expect that this unit would have so many pistols.

But if you fight on this, going back will only cause greater casualties. The panicked Japanese had no choice but to rush forward and try to entangle themselves with the Chinese army. But this was almost impossible, and under the alternating cover fire of the fighters, the front of the position was instantly covered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers. The remnants of the Japanese army had to evacuate the trench in a hurry.

Li Da was overjoyed, and he flew his pistol and shouted: "Brothers, rush with me!" ”

The warriors all shouted and rushed forward, trying to rush onto the road in one fell swoop. But at this time, the Japanese grenadiers were powerful. Unlike the Chinese army, which could not blow up one of the three grenades, the Japanese grenades were accurate and drilled into crowded places.

Li Dazhuang used his leg to bend the bullet (this is the unique skill of the Northeast Beard), and at the same time shouted to command the troops to charge, but he did not know that he was such a big man and had already been targeted by the Japanese army. A grenadier hand of the Japanese army smiled and pulled the leather rope, and the grenade flew over with a bang.

"Watch out!" Da Zhuang was eventually saved by his guards, but the brave guards were martyred on the spot. The Japanese probably realized that Li Dazhuang was the commander, and several grenadiers were aimed at this place at the same time. The grenade flew over, and Da Zhuang suddenly felt a pain in his shoulder, and when he reached out, it was already bloody. The hygienists couldn't go to the rescue even if they wanted to, and the Japanese troops kept firing grenades, not giving them a chance to get close at all.

At this moment, a mortar shell accurately hit the Japanese position, killing several grenadiers on the spot. Tian Fuyi, the commander of the first battalion, rushed over at the risk of death and rescued Li Dazhuang.

Da Zhuang was still saddened by the death of the guard, and scolded: "Little devil, your grandma!" "I'm struggling, I'm going to hold the machine gun and fight the devils.

Battalion Commander Tian hurriedly dragged him and tried his best to dissuade him: "Tuanzuo, the brothers have suffered too many casualties, and they can't fight like this!" "Battalion Commander Tian used to be a company commander of the Wanfulin Department of the Northeast Army, and later went to western Hebei and was absorbed by Dazhuang. He has been fighting since he was a teenager and has a lot of combat experience.

Da Zhuang saw the wounded everywhere, and his heart ached, and said, "Then how do you say to fight?" ”

Battalion Commander Tian said: "We infantry alone can't do it, we have to let the artillery help!" His plan was to use infantry feints, draw out Japanese firepower, and then let the artillery end it, and then repeat it. In fact, this is the one commonly used by the Japanese army, where the infantry rushes, the artillery blows up, and the rotation attacks. Watching the infantry attack fiercely, but it was the artillery that really worked. It's just that the scene of the Japanese army's long live charge is too shocking, making people mistakenly think that this is the key to the victory of the Japanese army.

Li Dazhuang hesitated a little and said, "Isn't it too grinding?" ”

Camp Commander Tian hurriedly said: "Tuanzuo, you just listen to me, this is how the Northeast Martial Arts Hall was taught in the past!" "Most of the instructors in the Northeast Lecture Hall graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, so the tactics are very close to the Japanese army.

For the sake of the face of the Northeast Lecture Hall, Li Dazhuang finally agreed to let Tian Fuyi give it a try. Tian Fuyi transferred three platoons from the 1st Battalion that were fairly intact, and asked Da Zhuang to transfer a mortar company, and personally explained to them the main points of this set of tactics.

This kind of infantry and artillery coordination tactics is much simpler than the squad offensive tactics taught by Zheng Weiguo before, and the grassroots officers will understand it as soon as they hear it. So, after the artillery battalion was preparing for fire, a platoon attacked again under the cover of machine guns and grenadiers. As soon as the Japanese counterattacked, they immediately looked for concealment and stopped.

At the same time, the mortars began to exert their power, and several successive three consecutive explosions caused the Japanese positions to turn on their backs. Seeing that our side had no casualties but had caused heavy losses to the Japanese army, Da Zhuang couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said repeatedly: "Okay, just fight like this!" ”

The three platoons attacked one in turn, and the situation of the Japanese army became more and more difficult. Finally, the commander who led the team couldn't bear it anymore and personally led the team to launch a counter-charge. But such recklessness can only lead to a faster demise. With the successive killings of the officers and junior officers, the Japanese army finally collapsed and fled to the top of the hill.

At this moment, Zheng Weiguo and the others just happened to rush over. Duan Shuanghu walked in front, turned around and smiled: "Shizuo, it seems that we have come for nothing, and the 332nd Regiment has almost solved it." ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled: "It's a good thing to be able to solve it yourself!" But when he looked around, he couldn't help but smile, because the ground was full of corpses from both sides of the enemy. There was a large red stain between the positions of the two sides.

Li Dazhuang staggered over and said, "Master, why are you here?" ”

Zheng Weiguo saw that his face was pale, and as soon as he spoke, he bared his teeth and said busily: "Are you injured?" ”

Li Dazhuang said: "It's nothing, it's just a mosquito bite." As he spoke, he shook his body and almost collapsed. It turned out that he was injured by a grenade in many places just now, and because he was afraid of shaking the morale of the army, he kept holding on and did not say a word, but asked people to bandage his shoulder. When the hygienist heard the news, he hurriedly rushed over and carried Li Dazhuang down for treatment.

Zheng Weiguo looked at the hill occupied by the Japanese army and said, "Battalion Commander Tian, how do you think this position will be fought?" ”

Tian Fuyi was overjoyed in his heart, knowing that this was to cultivate him, he hurriedly organized his words, preparing to leave a deep impression on the division commander. But as soon as he spoke, a burst of gunfire rang out from behind the mountain, and then a blue sky and white sun flag was planted on the mountain. It turned out that the 331st Regiment was worthy of being the main force, they not only eliminated their own share of the devils, but also crossed the line.

It should be said that the 331st Regiment was responsible for the most Japanese troops, but the Japanese combat units were mostly concentrated in the middle and front of the convoy, and most of the rear were baggage and logistics personnel, not to mention the combat effectiveness, and there was no heavy equipment. In addition, the 331st Regiment is from the Northwest Army, and its combat effectiveness is really strong, so it is not surprising that it can solve the battle so quickly.

Before cleaning up the battlefield, a team of cavalry suddenly rushed over, and the first platoon commander found Zheng Weiguo and said: "Division, the staff said that there are a lot of telegrams in the communications revenue, please go back and decide!" ”

PS: Thank you Brother Ge Tian for your reward, thank you for the praise that is destined to continue, thank you for the praise of repeated defeats and long-term help!