Immediately saw that Shangwen adjusted the plan and changed the early morning attack recommended by the chief of staff to an action at night, or because of the ammunition problem. On the 25th alone, the 8th Division consumed more than half of the shells they carried. Of course, all these shells were given to the Russians, and not many fell on the heads of the Separate Regiments.

The second reason is the self-confidence of the troops in night battles and white-knuckle battles.

Having decided to achieve a breakthrough from the area guarded by the Shina people, Lieutenant General Tsumi concentrated his maximum forces, and he threw in three of the four infantry wings in his hands, the 17th, 31st, and 32nd wings, and most of the artillery wing's firepower was also transferred to this direction.

The carefully camouflaged Japanese strikers were not discovered until less than 100 meters from the front of the 2nd Battalion. As soon as the guns rang out, the Japanese troops who were crawling forward screamed and pounced, and the battle began in an instant, first in the direction of the second battalion, and then in the direction of the third battalion, the heavy machine guns also roared, mixed with the explosion of grenades, and suddenly opened the pot of the calm front.

In addition to the machine guns that were temporarily attached to it, the eight Maxim heavy machine guns and two Madsen light machine guns on the position of the second battalion roared one after another, almost without aiming, and the rain of bullets whipped through the Japanese offensive formation, sweeping away the bloody alleys. But the distance of 100 meters was too close, and more Japanese troops had already approached the position, and some of them had climbed into the breastwork and fought hand-to-hand with the defenders.

The Japanese army served as the vanguard of the 31st Wing, two of the four squadrons were deployed in the front, two followed, and the captain Asakusa Shaosa followed the first squadron all the way, and the gunfire rang out. Asakusa Shaosa jumped up, raised his sword, and shouted "Kill to give" like a wolf, and the soldiers jumped up and rushed towards the position with their rifles!

In the burst of machine-gun fire, Asakusa pulled out a flare gun and fired two red flares. At this moment, an 11.43mm Makqin heavy machine gun bullet hit Asakusa in the left eye, and the huge impact shattered his head.

Asakusa's premature death had a crucial impact on the battle.

"Throw grenades! Reverse the devil out of the shadows! Xiong Xun, who rushed to the position of the second company, saw the chaotic scene, his scalp was about to explode, and the box gun in his hand continued to shoot, regardless of whether he would be injured by mistake.

Under the cold moonlight. The dark blue figure of the Japanese army is not difficult to identify.

A puff of smoke rose from close range. This was followed by a loud explosion, the first case of a grenade being killed together, and it is impossible to count how many such cases were killed on this bloody night.

Behind Xiong Xun. A company of reserves had already come up from the second-line trenches. Bayonets poured down several pre-built communication trenches into the wide main trenches. The sound of the clash of bayonets. The sound of shots fired at close range, muffled roars and screams intertwined, instantly turning the trenches into hell on earth. The timely reinforcement of the company and the uninterrupted interdiction of machine-gun fire became the key factors in controlling the situation.

The addition of a company quickly tilted hand-to-hand combat in favor of the independent regiment.

"Protect the machine gun. Don't stop, block, block! Xiong Xun shouted hoarsely, "Go and report to the commander, let the artillery block the shooting, and leave the front line alone!" ”

A black figure screamed and pounced, and Xiong Xun's guards met him with their bayonet rifles. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiong Xun changed his magazine and knocked down the Japanese soldiers who were fighting with the bayonets of his guards with one shot. Then, Xiong Xun carried a pistol, touched forward along the trench, identified the figure, shot mercilessly, and shot again.

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"Commander, the position of the second battalion has been broken through, and the battalion commander Xiong asked the artillery to intercept, not to hit the front line, to intercept the enemy's follow-up troops!" The communications soldiers sent by the second battalion were covered with blood on their right hands, panting violently, facing Lu Shan, trembling and unable to complete the salute.

"Order the artillery battalion, fire at the Heigou River, don't be reluctant to shell, and throw all the shells on me!" Lu Shan shouted, and the commander of the communications platoon of the regiment headquarters turned around and shot four tracer bullets into the sky in a row. This was the required signal, and another signal soldier sped behind to verbally convey the order.

"How!" Lu Shan didn't care about the injuries of the signal soldiers of the second battalion, and asked with a glare.

"The Oriental soldiers quietly touched up......," the signal soldier calmed down, "The battalion commander said, don't send reinforcements, we can withstand it, but we need artillery interception, and the Oriental brigade is behind." After speaking, he tried to raise his hand and salute Lu Shan, turned around and left.

"Lao Xu, you take the guards up." Lu Shan waved his hand and slashed.

"Yes!" Xu Gong held the German box with the head of the machine open in his hand and rushed out of the command post.

"No, you go to Shengguang!" Lu Shan saw Cheng Erhu gritting his teeth, "Turn the devil back!" ”

"Yes!" Cheng Erhu rushed out of the cannon with a shell gun.

After Cheng Erhu took a battalion up, Lu Shan's mind settled a little. He was more assured of Xiong Xun's command ability. Seeing the Russian liaison officer, Major Marinin, running in, Lu Shan shouted at him, "I can't rely on a few of my cannons alone!" Hurry up and contact your artillerymen and fire at my front line! ”

When Deng Qinghua stammered his request into translation, Marinin ran away without saying a word.

"I'll go to the direction of the third battalion, and I'll leave it to you to command." Lu Shan took the guards and rushed out of the command post despite Deng Qinghua's obstruction.

The Japanese troops who rushed into the position of the second battalion were less than 200 men. The follow-up troops were blocked by heavy machine-gun fire, and they thought that the people of China would abandon their positions and flee, but they did not expect the defenders to be extremely fierce, and even adopted the same method of fighting and not retreating. Hand-to-hand combat in the narrow trenches was brutal, with both sides losing almost one-to-one.

The Japanese troops who broke through the position of the second battalion divided their troops, some of them rushed to the machine-gun position, and the other part broke through to the depth according to the pre-planned plan. But I didn't expect that there was more than one position of the Chinese army, the Japanese officers and soldiers who had just climbed the trench were swept down by the rain of bullets fired from behind, and the dense rain of bullets gave the Japanese army great casualties.

With the addition of the Chinese Army Reserves. The end of the two squadrons that broke into the position was soon coming. In less than half an hour, the Japanese troops who broke through the position were slaughtered, and although they caused almost equal casualties to the independent regiment, they did not destroy the machine gun fire of the independent regiment and the rapid response of the artillery of the independent regiment, which led to the disconnection of the Japanese attacking forces and eliminated the results achieved.

When Lu Shan arrived at the second trench of the third battalion, the situation was better than he thought, the first battalion had already occupied the second trench, Lu Shan relieved himself and ran forward along the traffic trench. Come to the main position. Seeing that the situation was under control, the soldiers were shooting and throwing grenades outward. Lu Shan walked along the trench and stepped on a corpse. I almost broke my foot. Split the face saw Sheng Guang who had taken off his coat and was yelling. "How?"

"It doesn't matter. The devil who came in has been destroyed! Old Bear has some trouble there, and I've already sent reinforcements from the fourth company of the reserve corps. The first battalion doesn't need to take care of this, I can withstand it. ”

"Good!" Lu Shan said. A sharp scream came, and Sheng Guang suddenly pounced on Lu Shan, and a shell accurately fell into the trench, blowing up a machine gun. I don't know whose forearm was torn off the owner's body by a cannonball and smashed to the top of Lu Mountain.

Lu Shan got up, felt that his face was slimy, and wiped it, "Don't hide from the artillery fire, resolutely resist it!" ”

"Go back to your place!" Sheng Guang, who was shocked by the cannonballs and lost his hearing, yelled at Lu Shan.

"I'll go to the second battalion......" Lu Shan tried to discern the next direction and ran to the right.

More shells smashed around the main trenches of the first line. Realizing the failure of the sneak attack, the Japanese turned to a strong attack.

As soon as the gunfire rang out at the front, without waiting for the order to come, the eight guns of different calibers of the artillery battalion of the independent regiment fired one after another within two minutes, and according to the pre-calibrated scale, the artillery fire began to cover both sides of the Heigou River, and a stream of blood mist rose in the rear of the Japanese army that was swarming forward.

"Battalion commander, the Japanese are on two brigades at most, one or two thousand people at most, and stopping his rear team is a victory." Mu Changchun, who commanded the artillery battle, said to Huang Jinhui.

"That's the truth......" Huang Jinhui looked at the position where the smoke was rising, anxious. He wanted to rush forward, but his duty was to move.

The Japanese artillery shells smashed over and exploded about 100 meters to Huang Jinhui's right, but Huang Jinhui didn't move, "Hit, fuck it!" He shouted, but his voice was drowned out by the loud roar around him......

When Lu Shan arrived at the position of the second battalion, the hand-to-hand combat had already ended, and the guard company was counting and transporting the wounded. The two companies that Cheng Erhu had transferred from the direction of the 3rd Battalion had already joined the defense, and the first onslaught of the Japanese army was repulsed in leaving hundreds of corpses.

Soon, the Japanese retaliatory artillery fire smashed over, and the officers of the Independent Regiment in the trenches shouted one after another, "Go into the hole, quickly enter the anti-artillery hole!" Observation posts stay! ”

Lu Shan was dragged into the anti-artillery hole by a squad leader, "You stay, I'll go find the battalion commander." Lu Shan couldn't see the squad leader's face clearly, and vaguely remembered that he was the fourth batch of people who came with Shang Fengchun.

The Japanese artillery fire was extremely fierce, and Lu Shan, who was hiding in the anti-artillery hole, only felt that the sky was falling apart, and the earth and rocks on his head seemed to be about to collapse. Lu Shan felt uncomfortable with his grievances, and swooped out of the hole, and he didn't even have time to hold him. I had to follow the commander out of the hole.

Lu Shan saw someone running over from the east and identified that it was Xiong Xun, the commander of the second battalion.

"What the hell! Let the enemy touch your position! Seeing Xiong Xun coming, Lu Shan reprimanded.

"Commander, you are injured......" By the light of the fire, Xiong Xun saw that Lu Shan's face was bloody.

"Nope. What are your casualties? ”

"Counting...... Fuck, Japanese carrot head is really fucking not afraid of death...... Commander, go back to the command post quickly, as long as I live, the position will not be lost! ”

"Battalion commander, the devil is here." A platoon commander who was lying on the trench and observing, shouted.

"Send the commander back!" Xiong Xun ordered the two soldiers, "Don't get in my way here. A shell exploded behind the trench, and Xiong Xun's guard slipped limply along the trench wall.

Lu Shan didn't care about the wounded, climbed the steps of the trench, looked to the southeast, and with the continuous explosion of shells, the black and oppressive Japanese troops formed a skirmish line and rushed towards the position.

"Commander, you go down, don't get in the way of my command!" Xiong Xun pulled Lu Shan down, "You two, send the commander back to the headquarters." The two soldiers couldn't help but say, and thousands of people grabbed Lu Shan and dragged them to the traffic trench.

"Now listen to my orders, put the enemy in close quarters, and prepare grenades." Behind him, Xiong Xun gave an order.

Immediately after, the heavy machine guns on both sides were the first to fire, and the sound of countless rifle fire joined the chorus.

"Alright, you two go back." Lu Shan really needed to grasp the overall situation, he broke away from the two soldiers of the second battalion, took the guards who were inseparable from him, and ran backwards with his waist.

Lu Shan returned to the command post, and the anxious Deng Qinghua finally breathed a sigh of relief. Immediately, he saw the blood stains on Lu Shan's face, "Ah, are you injured?" ”

"No, it's spilled, right? What is the direction of the three battalions? ”

"Shang Fengchun has passed, and Erhu has sent someone back to report, and there is nothing wrong with that direction for the time being."

"Where's the ammunition? Got in touch? ”

"I've been contacted, Lao Zhao is sending it up." The original leader of the horse gang has now become the battalion commander of the baggage battalion of the independent regiment, "The position of the second battalion has been consolidated? ”

"It's safe for now. Little Japan of Dog Day is Crazy! Well, let them die. Lu Shan took the wet towel and wiped his face, "The reserve team can't move, let Lao Xu and Erhu's people withdraw, and pass on my order, which company loses its position, which company will take it back for me!" Organize the battle team, and those who dare to retreat without permission will be shot on the spot! Fuck, I'm afraid the main force of the Eighth Division is eyeing us. ”

It was a bloody night! Since the failure of the sneak attack, the two successive strong attacks of the Japanese army have been repulsed by the independent regiment, and the Japanese 31st Wing, which has suffered heavy casualties, has been withdrawn, and the 17th and 32nd Wings have joined the attack.

Lieutenant General Naofumi Tachimi, known as a famous Oriental general, behaved extremely irrationally, and seemed determined to crush his opponent in one fell swoop on this bloody winter night. He divided the two wings, the 32nd Wing against the 2nd Battalion and the 17th Wing against the 3rd Battalion, and took turns to change the attacking troops at the front of the not open position, and launched attacks without stopping, and half of the squadrons even fought twice!

The independent regiment, which had succeeded in getting started, relied on the effective blocking of artillery, and the two battalions that held on to the front, with timely reinforcements and ammunition replenishment from the reserves, ruthlessly smashed the Japanese attack again and again, and the machine guns, grenades and rifle fire formed an insurmountable death barrier, and never let the Japanese break through their positions!

On this night, the 4th Siberian Division of the Russian Army became a spectator, they witnessed the stubborn fighting of the friendly army, and they no longer dared to underestimate this friendly Chinese army.

It is worth mentioning that Major Marinin played a great role, realizing that the situation was critical, he persuaded his superiors to turn the Russian artillery fire in the direction of the independent regiment, and about four artillery battalions were supporting the defense of the independent regiment. Russian artillery fire effectively suppressed the Japanese artillery, and without the "joining" of dozens of Russian artillery, only six guns of the independent battalion (two guns were destroyed in the artillery battle) could not stop the tide of Japanese attack.

The fierce battle lasted from about 8 p.m. to 1 p.m., and the Japanese troops, having suffered heavy casualties, finally stopped the attack. The Japanese suffered extremely heavy casualties, and the piles of corpses even covered the machine-gun firing range of the independent regiment! The tenacious Japanese infantry lay behind the pile of corpses and held out until the terrible retreat horn sounded, and the infantry, who were not afraid of death, retreated.

Counting the number of people, in the non-stop bloody battle for more than four hours, the independent regiment paid more than 600 heavy casualties, of which the second battalion accounted for the lion's share, because the battle in this direction was more fierce than in the direction of the third battalion. The battalion was basically crippled, and the battalion commander Xiong Xun was shot in the right arm, but he always insisted on front-line command and fulfilled his duty. Four company commanders killed two in battle, the remaining two were also wounded, one of them was still seriously wounded, and a piece of shrapnel cut off three fingers of his left hand! The battle losses of the squad and platoon leaders were even more staggering, these were all elites from Shandong, and most of them did not know why they came to Kanto and why they wanted to help the Russians fight to the death with the Japanese. But in the Mengshan army, they learned to obey and understand the difference between soldiers and civilians. Since the commander wants us to come to Kanto, let's come. Since there is a fight with the Japanese army above, let's fight. They did not know the significance of the defensive battle of Heigoutai in Ludao, and after this battle, the hope of the Japanese army to capture Heigoutai during the march was lost, and the 8th Division of Lijian Shangwen was basically crippled on this bloody night. (To be continued......)