Seeing the destruction of the Japanese artillery position in one fell swoop, Wang Dayuan, deputy commander of the 2nd Regiment of the 1st Brigade, danced with joy, turned around and shouted loudly at the landing post:

"Tuanzuo, your plan has been successful, now we can make a great contribution!"

Lu Gang waved his hand and smiled, and he was stunned.

In order to ambush the Japanese artillery this time, he specially requested the brigade commander Han Tiecheng to concentrate all the 81 mortars of the brigade on the line of Xionghebi, where the Second Regiment was stationed. Later, in order to ensure that the deception tactics worked, he let the whole regiment suffer for half an hour during the first wave of Japanese attacks.

It was not until it was confirmed that the defenders had no artillery support, and the Japanese brazenly moved the mountain artillery and infantry artillery forward during the second wave of attack, and finally entered the range of the Bayi mortar.

Now seeing a sea of fire on the Japanese artillery position, the little devil artillery has suffered heavy casualties, all the mountain artillery and infantry artillery are dumb fire, and every pore of Lu Gang's body feels relaxed and refreshed.

After eliminating the artillery directly under the Japanese wing that posed a huge threat to his position, Lu Gang completely relieved himself, waved his fist, and gave an order to the whole regiment: "Hit me hard, let the little devil know that our new second army is not easy to mess with!" ”

As soon as the words fell, the sound of mortar ejection came again from the artillery position behind the ridge.

Subsequently, in the Japanese offensive formation, there were constantly flames and gunpowder smoke from the shells when they fell, which was accompanied by a large number of Japanese stumps and broken arms.

However, the devil's offensive formation did not loosen at all, and those young and vigorous devil soldiers still rushed towards the **** defensive position with a croak.

Seeing that the devils were getting closer and closer, Lu Gang shouted loudly: "The machine gun fires, and it strafs the formation of the devils." ”

As the order was conveyed in place, the light and heavy machine guns deployed on the front-line positions began to spit out tongues of fire violently, and the fire whips were like a scythe wielded by death, arbitrarily harvesting the lives of devils.

The Japanese began to suffer mass casualties, and the formation paused slightly.

The Japanese soldier Cao, who was mixed in the attack formation, raised the crooked machine gun in his hand and kept firing at the defenders in order to suppress the machine gun fire. At the same time, the Japanese officers who supervised the battle behind waved their sabers to drive the devil infantry to attack, and after a short period of confusion, the devil formation returned to its original state and pressed the defense line of the new second army again.

The Japanese did not go far before they were attacked by the organs laid by the officers and men of the 2nd Regiment.

These traps are actually quite simple, and most of them are just simple little traps...... These traps are usually slightly larger than a foot and four or five decimeters deeper than the height of the ankle, and can result in a sprained foot and neck or a broken ankle bone.

There were also some devil soldiers who stepped into the shallow pit of concealment, and the instep of their feet was pierced by the iron nails erected upside down, and they sat on the ground with their feet held and shouted miserably.

These strong-blooded student soldiers were not afraid of death, but they couldn't bear the pain, and soon the screams spread, and many young faces had hesitation and uneasiness, and they cowered in place and did not dare to move forward.

Those devil officers with command knives stepped forward to punch and kick these soldiers, and when they saw that it didn't work, one of them simply slashed to death a devil soldier lying on the ground, and the team resumed advancing.

When the Japanese offensive formation advanced to a distance of seventy or eighty meters from the position, the pre-planted mines began to play a role, and devils were constantly blown up into the sky by the blazing air waves.

"Throw grenades, fire all of them, and resolutely knock down the devils!" Lu Gang calmly commanded the battle.

Almost instantly, the guns on the position of the Second Regiment burst into flames, submachine guns and rifles began to let out light cheers, and grenades fell to the ground and blossomed in the ranks of the Japanese troops.

The devil shouted, and continued to pounce on the first line.

"Niang Xipi, the little devil is really not afraid of death!"

Lu Gang's eyes were full of cold light, and he shouted at the trumpeter: "Blow the trumpet, Lao Tzu wants to fight the little devil for a counter-charge!" ”

"Tick-tock-"

The trumpeter took out the horn, the agitated charge horn sounded, and the officers and men jumped out of the trench with a shout, picked up their guns, and rushed towards the Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain like tigers down the mountain.

The grenadiers deployed on the deep defensive line of the 2nd Regiment began to wield.

Melon grenades erupted one after another, and a burst of fire flashed behind the Japanese army, and the devil soldiers who were hesitating in the face of the counter-charge were blown up on their backs, and they were defeated for a while.

The devil soldiers in front of them were trying to beckon the devil soldiers to lie down on the spot, on the one hand dodging the **** grenade shrapnel, and on the other hand, they shot at the new second officers and soldiers who were impacting, but before they could make a move, they were named by the sharpshooters on the position of the second regiment.

The heads of the devil soldiers were like exploding watermelons, with blood and brains shooting everywhere, scaring the surrounding student soldiers who did not have much combat experience.

The officers and men of the 2nd Regiment were condescending, and the momentum was unstoppable when they charged, and the bullets of light machine guns, submachine guns, and pistols swept towards the chaotic mess like water splashes.

At this time, the drawbacks of the Japanese student soldiers who had no combat experience were fully revealed, because there was no military officer to lead the team to cheer up and make exemplary movements, the officers who pressed the formation were blown apart by the melon grenades fired by the grenadiers, and the remnants were also separated from the team.

Almost instantly, the devil who rushed forward was overturned by the dense rain of bullets, and the devil lying down had just opened his field of vision, and he enjoyed a round of grenade coverage before he had time to shoot, and in the violent explosion, the devil was blown apart.

Seeing that his companions were covered in blood and howling loudly, the remaining devils no longer had the fighting spirit, so they got up and turned around and ran, mixing in the fleeing team and running like a tide.

As the saying goes, the defeat of the army is like a mountain, and the officers and men of the Lugang Regiment are like a sharp knife, which pierces the Japanese army, and the Japanese army can only scatter and flee.

Looking at the devil soldiers who were chased like ducks at the foot of the mountain, Lu Gang was very relieved - this year has finally not been in vain, the recruits have made rapid progress, and the Japanese army has been almost completely suppressed.

Komatsubaramichi, the commander of the 23rd Division of the Japanese Army, who was observing the battle situation at the division headquarters on the top of Gaohongjian Mountain in the north, saw all this, his eyes widened and he was extremely shocked.

When I was in Manchuria, it was always the imperial army that drove the China guerrillas all over the mountains, but now the situation is reversed, the devil soldiers keep having grenades falling on their heads, and there are Zhina soldiers chasing behind, and the devil soldiers are killed and wounded every minute and every second, and the tragic situation is unbelievable.

Lieutenant General Komatsubara-michi was about to order the artillery wing directly under the division to suppress the pursuing New Second Army when the roar of aircraft engines suddenly sounded behind him.

"Yo Xi!"

Komatsubara-michi turned around in surprise to see Japanese planes flying over the battlefield, eight of the twelve bombers, in groups of two, swooping down from the sky and rushing towards the battlefield.

Wu Ming was also observing everything that was happening on the battlefield.

In this defensive operation, the 2nd Regiment held back, and after killing the artillery of the Japanese wing and dealing a major blow to the Japanese army, it made a decisive counter-charge and achieved great results.

Now the Japanese planes were reinforced in time, the 2nd Regiment did not fall in love with the battle, retreated cleanly and neatly, because the formation was very scattered, did not suffer many casualties, both the defense and the offensive were solid.

After that, the Japanese army, unwilling to be defeated, launched two waves of attacks in other directions, one of which drove two regiments of puppet troops to rush to the front, but was easily repelled by the officers and men of the new second and third divisions, and the day passed like this.

As the sun sets, the tired birds think of home.

After seeing the performance of both the enemy and us on the spot, Wu Ming had a relatively intuitive understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army's newly organized divisions and regiments, and was very satisfied with the performance of the new second and third divisions.

Most of the officers of the two divisions have been baptized on the battlefield, and the soldiers are well-trained, and there are no cases of panic leading to unnecessary casualties.

"It seems that the two divisions we are facing are indeed inferior to the Japanese standing divisions we encountered before. But you must not be careless, the Japanese army will definitely play tricks when it encounters difficulties, such as using poison gas bombs! Therefore, the deployment of troops must be disciplined, and do not let people end up in a pot! ”

Wu Ming walked out of the headquarters of the new Second Division and gave a detailed advice to Luo Yuming, who saw him off.

"Yes!"

Luo Yuming gave a solemn salute and replied with his head held high: "The military seat often says that lions fight rabbits, and you need to do it with all your might!" All the generals of our new Second Division will not underestimate the Japanese devils! ”

At this time, a staff officer rushed out of the command headquarters and strode to Wu Ming: "Military seat, transfer an urgent telegram from the military headquarters!" ”

"Oh!?"

Wu Ming took the telegram curiously, looked at it carefully, pondered for a while, nodded to Luo Yuming, and then took Zhang Ying, Chengyuan and others down the mountain.

Staring at Wu Ming's disappearing back, Luo Yuming secretly guessed what the content of the telegram Wu Ming had just read was.

On the way back to the military headquarters, Wu Ming was silent, and the atmosphere in the car was a little dull.

Zhang Ying couldn't help it, and asked, "Junzao, what happened to make you so nerve-wracking?" ”

"It's a telegram from the task force...... I have told the chief of staff before, if there is any news, you must inform me as soon as possible. Wu Ming said.

"What big move do I have to be a little devil!"

Zhang Ying didn't care too much, and then asked curiously: "Junzao, why do you attach so much importance to the task force?" Now that the battlefield behind enemy lines is at a low ebb, a few simple raids will not have much impact on the overall battle situation, so it is worth paying so much attention to it! ”

Wu Ming shook his head: "You are wrong, the strategic materials stored by the Japanese army have almost been exhausted since the continuous battle, and they will definitely strengthen the occupied areas in order to plunder our country's resources, so as to achieve the purpose of feeding the war with war." The more this time, the more we must not give up easily, as the Japanese army focuses on the front, the battlefield behind enemy lines will play an unimaginable role! ”

Once the troops behind enemy lines of the New Second Army launch continuous raids and harassment operations in the hinterland south of the Yangtze River, they will inevitably weaken the Japanese army's logistical supply and thus bring opportunities to the frontal battlefield.

Zhang Ying suddenly realized: "The Japanese army mobilized the main force to confront our army, and the rear was bound to be empty, so the task force had room for development." And once the Japanese army deploys troops to maintain law and order, our main force can cooperate with the task force to storm the Japanese army, so that the Japanese army can not take care of each other, what a clever move! ”

Wu Ming nodded: "The tactical characteristics of our army have gradually been figured out by the Japanese army, we have to use our brains and find ways to distract the attention of the Japanese army, so that the devils will not be able to fight with all their strength, and our opportunity will come!" ”

Zhang Ying nodded again and again, deeply touched.