There are three highlands in the vicinity of Beima Village, which are located in the north, west and southwest of Beima Village, hereinafter referred to as North Highlands, West Highlands and Southwest Highlands. The main force of the security group was approaching Beima Village from the southwest, so when the Japanese tried to control the nearby heights, the western and southwestern heights were already under the control of the security group. Only the northern heights were a little farther away, and the battalion responsible for seizing the place fell behind the Japanese.

Fortunately, the Japanese army did not realize that such a powerful army was approaching, and they seized the high ground just to completely block the passage for Jiyou to break through. Based on this mentality, the Japanese army did not set up an attack formation, but walked towards several high ground as they normally marched.

Duan Shuanghu is on the western highlands, which is the defense area of the second battalion. Li Dazhuang saw that the devils came over in a line, and hurriedly said: "Old Duan, let the brothers sweep a guy with a machine gun!" ”

The second battalion has three heavy machine guns, two of which are Jin-made Type 38 heavy machine guns, which are relatively backward in performance, but they use 65-caliber bullets, which can be used with bullets from 38 large covers and crooked handles. There is also a Type 92 heavy machine gun, which has good power, but the bullets are of seventy-seven caliber.

In addition to heavy machine guns, the 2nd Battalion had 18 light machine guns. Attacking an unsuspecting Japanese squad with so many automatic firearms at the same time will bring about the effect of "instant kill" and "group annihilation".

Duan Shuanghu said: "No, wait a minute!" As soon as the guns rang out, everything was exposed, and the first battalion had not yet taken the high ground north of the village, so they had to be given some time. ”

Li Dazhuang thought for a while and said, "It's okay to get closer, don't want to go back alive with any of these devils!" ”

Gunfire was fired first on the high ground to the north, and a small group of Japanese troops climbed up from the southeast of the high ground. The first battalion was a little slower, and at this time it was still halfway up the hill to the southwest. But they know the devils, but the devils don't know them.

After Ma Biao received the warning, he hurriedly made a gesture and said: "All the grenadiers stopped and fired three shots at the high ground. After the bombardment, the first, second, and third platoons immediately charged! ”

After the order was given, the grenadiers simply took aim and began to bombard. However, they received orders first and later, and the time for aiming was also long and short, so the bombardment was not carried out at the same time. Some of the fighters finished all three shots, while others didn't even shoot a single grenade.

Ma Biao hurriedly gave the order to stop the bombardment, and then let the three platoons start attacking the high ground. Due to the poor coordination of the infantry artillery, the attack was not cohesive. After a long delay, the Japanese troops on the high ground reacted from the initial chaos. Fortunately, there was only one squad of Japanese troops on the high ground, and they had suffered so many grenades just now, and more than half of them were killed or wounded, so they were not at all the opponents of the three platoons of the first battalion. In fact, if the grenadiers had been a little more skilled, the riflemen would have been able to "accept" the position directly.

However, the retaliation of the Japanese army also followed. Their artillery has not yet come up, but the grenadiers have begun to wield. The grenadier is like a plug-in in the hands of the devil, and the grenades fired are accurate and ruthless. Ma Biao hurriedly commanded the troops to retreat to the anti-slope and ordered the grenadiers to suppress the bombardment. Unfortunately, their skills were much worse than those of the Japanese army, and it was difficult to threaten the other side.

Ma Biao had no choice but to let each platoon quickly build improvised fortifications. The grenadier is less powerful and can be greatly reduced as long as there are fortified casualties.

At the same time as the northern highlands rang out, so did the gunfire in the western and southwestern highlands. Dozens of light and heavy machine guns opened fire in unison, and the Japanese troops who were caught off guard were knocked to the ground like wheat harvesting. With the exception of a handful of reflexes and luck, all three squads were wiped out.

Duan Shuanghu then ordered his troops to launch an attack on the Japanese troops besieging Beima Village, trying to rescue the friendly troops in the village. After hearing the gunfire, the western Hebei guerrillas in the village also began to attack outward, and they chose to break through to the west. The Japanese troops on this side were flanked by the security regiment and Ji You, and soon abandoned their positions and retreated.

The summer camp chief was overjoyed and said, "Commissioner, you guys withdraw first!" I'll stay here a little longer. ”

Professor Yang said with some concern: "If we leave, the villagers will suffer, so let the villagers withdraw first!" ”

It turned out that the battle came too suddenly. The villagers in this neighborhood did not have time to escape, and now they are all hiding in their homes.

The summer camp leader thought for a moment and said, "Okay! I'm going to inform the folks, but you have to leave quickly, the commissioner! ”

After the three main battalions took control of the three high grounds, Duan Shuanghu ordered the four battalions as reserves to return to the south of Beima Village, threatening the flanks of the Japanese army and forcing them to retreat. At this time, the cavalry led by Wu Quanfu and the cavalry battalion of the 129th Division also rushed over one after another.

Wu Quanfu didn't run far at the beginning, and when Jiyou broke through, they were still shooting cold guns on the side to cover the retreat of friendly troops. So as soon as the shots rang out, they came looking for them. Duan Shuanghu felt that now was not the time to use cavalry, so he ordered them to stand by in the rear of the southwest highlands.

The cavalry battalion of the 129th Division did not run far after breaking through, and they kept trying to kill back and rescue their comrades. As soon as the battle began, the cavalry battalion sent men to make contact and tried to rush into Beima Village from the northwest. It's a pity that the Japanese army had been prepared for a long time and did not succeed.

Fortunately, a passage was opened to the west of the village, and the Japanese troops in the southwest soon could not withstand it. Some of the daring villagers began to flee along the path between the western and southwestern highlands. It's just that there are a large number of people in this village, and many villagers are unwilling to break through, which makes the operation very unsmooth.

Duan Shuanghu saw the villagers and hurriedly said: "It's still the comrades of the Eighth Road who are careful and fast, and send a few correspondents to the nearby villages to inform the villagers to move quickly." ”

As he was talking, the correspondent said, "The deputy seat, the group seat is here!" ”

Duan Shuanghu got up and looked, sure enough, it was Zheng Weiguo who came. He said happily: "Tuanzao, have the artillery come up?" The northern position was bombarded by devils and was a little untenable! ”

Zheng Weiguo said angrily: "The artillery is still busy!" How do you run so fast? After entering Zanhuang County, you should wait for the artillery. "The artillery of the security regiment is still not up to the level of fighting when it comes. They had to select the artillery position, measure the distance to the target, and adjust the firing element...... In short, don't count on them.

Duan Shuanghu said: "Tuanzao, didn't you send someone to send the deployment map of the Japanese army in Lijiazhen?" I thought you were asking me to attack Li Jiazhen directly! ”

Zheng Weiguo was a little angry and said: "It's nonsense, is the order used to "think"? Also, didn't it tell you not to fire as much as possible? Why didn't you wait for the artillery to be in place and start fighting? In fact, Zheng Weiguo himself has problems, at least the message conveyed is not clear enough.

Duan Shuanghu said helplessly: "I don't want to either, but the Japanese army wants to seize these high grounds, and we have to fight." ”

Zheng Weiguo took a look at the terrain and said: "You are right about this, if the Japanese army controls these highlands, the battle below will be difficult to fight." ”

At this time, the observation post reported that the Japanese artillery had arrived, and it was two Type 92 infantry guns. At this time, Zheng Weiguo had already taken over the command, and hurriedly ordered that only one platoon should be left on each high ground to garrison, and the rest of the troops would build fortifications on the anticline. He also ordered the artillery to give priority to attacking the enemy's artillery, and to quickly withdraw from the original position after the battle.

Not long after the order was given, the Japanese artillery began to wield. The first thing they bombarded was the high ground west where Zheng Weiguo was located. The infantry cannon was very powerful, with a killing range of up to 22 meters on flat ground without shelter.

As soon as the smoke and dust of the artillery fire cleared, Duan Shuanghu spat out a mouthful of sand and said, "Tuanzuo, you better go down quickly, it's too dangerous here!" ”

Zheng Weiguo said: "How can it not be dangerous to go to the battlefield? You don't have to stay here, quickly take the 2nd and 4th battalions to attack the flank of the Japanese army in a roundabout way. We can't just stay here and be beaten! ”

Duan Shuanghu was stunned for a moment and said, "What about here?" ”

Zheng Weiguo said with a smile: "Leave it to me and the team directly under the regiment." ”

Duan Shuanghu thought that the western heights were blocked by the northern highlands, Beima Village, and the southwest highlands, and the Japanese army could not directly send troops to attack except for artillery fire. So this was indeed a relatively safe area, so he quickly took the second battalion to support the fourth battalion.

Zheng Weiguo did not transfer all the teams directly under him to defend the position, because there was no need at all. He looked back and said, "Except for the sniper platoon and the artillery sights, the rest are for me to stay below and be on standby." ”

Wang Dazhui said happily: "Tuanza, don't worry! We won't disgrace you this time. ”

Zheng Weiguo smiled: "Very good, it's up to you next!" ”

By this time, the Japanese had already turned their guns and began to bombard the high ground to the north. As soon as the western high ground was far away from them, it was impossible to cross the Chinese army's defensive ground to occupy it even if it collapsed. Second, the northern highland is the highest of the three highlands, and once it is occupied, it can suppress the fire of Beima Village and the other two highlands.

The Japanese army has a strong ability to coordinate with infantry and artillery. While they were bombarding, the infantry attacked after the artillery fire. However, in this way, their backs were completely exposed to the guns of the western heights, and the distance between the two places was about 500 meters in a straight line.

Zheng Weiguo pointed to the enemy's back and said, "Are you sure?" If it doesn't work, I'll turn up the machine gun fire! "In fact, the effect of heavy machine gun strafing strafing stratish lines is not good, after all, after the troops are deployed, there is a large gap between people, unless the enemy is attacking in line, but this is almost impossible. Zheng Weiguo said this, but he just wanted to provoke Wang Da Hammer them.

Wang Dazhui smiled and said, "Okay, look at the action!" "Alas, this honest boy has learned to be a little flamboyant.

According to the different habits of each person, the snipers use different guns, such as 38 Dagai, Liao 13, Zhongzheng, and Czech, and Wang Dazhui still uses ZH-29 semi-automatic rifles. In order to improve their shooting ability, Zheng Weiguo added scopes to the rifles of five of the fighters. This kind of scope is used by devils on machine guns, and it is less effective, but it is always better than mechanical aiming.

Bang! A Japanese squad leader with a command knife and roaring fell on his back on the hillside, which was the first result of Wang Dazhui's victory. Then two more fighters hit the target. It seems that the hard training during this period has not been in vain. The sniper distance of 500 meters was nothing for the major military powers during World War II, but it was already a great achievement for China at that time.

Zheng Weiguo breathed a sigh of relief, and he also picked up a rifle and joined the ranks of sniping. He used to like to use the 38 big cover or the Liao 13, but now he is obsessed with the ZH-29 semi-automatic rifle. Although this rifle has a lot of problems, its absolute accuracy is higher than that of bolt-action rifles, but it is more difficult to master.

Boom, boom, boom, the attacking Japanese troops fell one after another before they could exchange fire with the battalion stationed on the high ground. Due to the artillery bombardment and the occasional explosion of grenades, the Japanese did not see the problem at first. In fact, they simply did not think that the Chinese army would be able to hit the target at such a distance.