With three red flares raised, the 771st and 772nd regiments simultaneously launched a fierce attack on the enemy on the river beach. The 771st Regiment pressed the strength of the two battalions up, and the soldiers waded through the river to launch a fierce attack in the direction of Lizhuang Village and Xingcun. The 772nd Regiment moved the 3rd Battalion, which was a reserve, to the far left flank (that is, the easternmost part, near Changle Village), and pounced on the enemy together with the 1st and 2nd Battalions.

The soldiers took up their bright bayonets and rushed down the road from the top of the mountain, the pass, and even the steep hill with overwhelming courageous movements, and started a white-knuckle struggle with the Japanese army. However, during the attack, the Eighth Route Army also encountered a lot of trouble.

Take the slope on the shore as an example, it is very steep, and the defeat of the Japanese counterattack just now has a lot to do with this, which can be regarded as a great help to the Eighth Route Army. But when it was the turn of the Eighth Route Army to counterattack, it also encountered the same problem, these steep cliffs were two or three zhang high, and they couldn't go up or down. The soldiers finally rushed here, but they could only stare at the devils on the river beach.

Because of the existence of these steep slopes, some companies rushed down, and some were still in a hurry on the slopes. As a result, before he had time to divide the devil, he was divided into several pieces first, and suddenly fell into a passive situation. The Japanese reacted very quickly, and immediately concentrated their forces to storm the junction of the battalions, trying to fight a way.

The main forces of the 772nd Regiment were thrown into the attack, and the defensive line was torn apart. The Japanese army rushed to their deaths, and they really made a gap.

Captain Masaio Kasawara was overjoyed and howled, "Give me a few presses!" "The Japanese saw that there was a way out and frantically rushed towards the gap.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Head Ye hurriedly shouted: "Hurry up and send me the devil back!" ”

The special service company was the last reserve of the 772nd Regiment, and after receiving the order, it quickly rushed to the gap. The company commander picked up a flower mechanism and shouted: "Comrades, rush with me!" ”

The soldiers shouted and rushed after the company commander, and the two units collided violently like high-speed trains. Bullets, bayonets, butts, stones, fists, teeth, all available weapons were used in an instant. Originally, this was a valley, that is, the mouth of a small valley, but the corpses quickly piled up, and there was a tendency to fill in.

The commander of the third battalion, Lei Shaokang, was in a hurry and shouted: "Rope! Bring the rope quickly. "With a rope, you can slide down the cliff.

The deputy battalion commander and the first company commander were in a hurry and said, "Where is the rope?" "Because it's a rapid march, I threw everything I could, otherwise I still have backpack straps to use.

Seeing that the casualties of the spy company were getting bigger and bigger, Battalion Commander Lei was anxious and said, "Niang Xipi, follow me if you are not afraid of death!" As he spoke, he took the lead and rolled down the cliff.

Hey, don't say it's really good! The warriors rolled down the steep slope, and although they were knocked out and grinned, most of them were able to fight when they got up! The fighters did not have time to rub their wounds, picked up their guns and rushed towards the enemy. The other battalions followed suit and quickly "rolled" off the cliff.

The Japanese army never thought that the Eighth Route was so brave, and in a panic, they were unable to organize a counterattack, and the soldiers took advantage of the situation to rush into the enemy position with bayonets and red tassel guns. The long red tassel spear pierced the eyes, and although the Japanese army's 38 big cover was long, it was still shorter than the red tassel gun, and it couldn't be stopped at all.

After the war, the captured Japanese soldier Ogura Taiichi was very resentful of this, saying: "The long sword of Shina is very powerful, and our weapons are not good." ”

Under the fierce attack of the 772nd Regiment, the Japanese army retreated like a tidal wave among the rocks on the river beach, leaving corpses all over the ground. As soon as the Japanese retreated, the soldiers took advantage of the situation and rushed forward to divide them into three parts.

The first is Mazhuang, Baicaoyuan, and Lizhuang villages, which are the logistics baggage and rear guard units of the Japanese army, accompanied by a mountain artillery squadron (four 41-type mountain guns); The second is the type village, which is the main force of the Japanese army, with an infantry artillery squad (two Type 92 infantry guns) and a mortar squad (four 90mm mortars); The third is Yukou Village and Changle Village, which are the vanguard of the Japanese army, and there is a squadron of cavalry.

In fact, if you do the math, there are really a lot of Japanese artillery on this road. It's just that the attack of the Eighth Route Army was too sudden and too fierce, and these artillery pieces in a carrying state did not have time to react at all.

After the enemy was divided and surrounded, Division Commander Liu, who had just arrived, took Brigade Commander Chen to the headquarters of the 772nd Regiment. Seeing that the enemy could only hide behind the rocks on the river beach, Division Commander Liu said with great interest: "A few days ago, the enemy called us 'marsupials,' but now they themselves have become 'turtles in an urn.'" ”

Brigadier Chen breathed a sigh of relief and said happily, "Well, I finally caught it!" However, our reinforcements have not yet arrived, and I am worried about enemy reinforcements! ”

Division Commander Liu nodded and said, "Go and ask how long it will take for the 769th Regiment and the 689th Regiment to arrive." Contact the 33rd Division and the 3rd Army again and ask them to come as soon as possible! ”

The communications squad soon came to report and said three bad news in a row, the 769th and 689th regiments would take at least three hours to arrive, the 33rd Division would take at least four hours, and the 3rd Army would not be able to contact them at all.

Brigade Commander Chen observed the situation on the battlefield and felt a little worried, and said: "Our reserves are all sent up, and it will be bad once the Japanese reinforcements counterattack." Inform the third battalion and draw out a company as a reserve! ”

This order was undoubtedly very timely, and as soon as the 10th Company of the 3rd Battalion was withdrawn, Shinjiro Nakasa Kashiwazaki brought the 2nd Brigade of the 117th Wing back to help.

A very striking feature of the Japanese army's mountain warfare is that it grabs the top of the mountain, and does not seize without service. The previous Pingxing Pass robbed the Lao Ye Temple, and the later Guanjiayuan even robbed the two highlands of Guanjiayuan and Liushuyuan, and Changle Village was no exception. The fighters of the 10th Company just took a breath and quickly entered the battle again.

Kashiwazaki brought back more than 1,500 reinforcements, including a cavalry squadron, a rapid-fire artillery squadron, and some engineers and baggage men, in addition to the second brigade. After the arrival of this new force, the pressure on the Eighth Route Army doubled. In particular, the 10th Company was extremely difficult to defend on the Daijiayuan Heights.

There were no ready-made fortifications on the heights, and the fighters could only lie on the top of the unobstructed slope and shoot at the enemy. The Japanese soon concentrated the infantry artillery squads and mortar squads of the 2nd Brigade and bombarded the high ground. The Japanese artillery was very accurate, and mortars were no exception, and after a burst of wild bombardment, it brought great casualties to the soldiers.

The captain of the second brigade, Qing Shui Zhongzuo, heard the gunfire on the hill and was overjoyed, and hurriedly pulled out his command knife and howled: "Press a few and give it!" ”

A squadron of Japanese troops quickly rushed to the high ground with guns in hand, but unexpectedly, just halfway through the distance, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army became fierce again. The Soviet-style turntable machine gun roared in a low voice, and powerful bullets exploded through the crowd in a cloud of blood. The rapidly advancing skirmish line of the Japanese army came to a halt as if it had crashed against an invisible wall.

How did the Eighth Route escape the artillery fire? It turned out that the 129th Division had fought so many battles with the Japanese army, and gradually found some ways. For example, this infantry artillery coordination, the Japanese army could not do a seamless connection, and there was a big gap from the cessation of artillery bombardment to the infantry attack. Therefore, when the Japanese artillery was fired, the Eighth Route withdrew to the anti-slope plane, and the artillery stopped and returned to the position. The Japanese army did not know that the tactics of the Eighth Route Army had changed, and as a result, they suffered a great loss.

Shimizu Nakasa saw that his subordinates suffered heavy casualties and hurriedly ordered the withdrawal of troops. The Japanese soldiers, who were struggling to hold on, heard the call for amnesty, and one by one they climbed the ground and fled down the slope. The machine gunners of the Eighth Route Army were able to kill, and the bullets chased the heels of the Japanese soldiers for a long time, and several deep and long blood marks were drawn on the slope on the spot.

Kashiwazaki looked through a telescope and saw that the long slope was covered with the corpses of Japanese soldiers, some of whom had not yet died, and were lying on the ground wailing and convulsing. He was so angry that he called Qing Shui Zhongzuo and scolded a bloody dog.

Qing Shui's face was a pig's liver color, and he said: "Your Excellency, the terrain here is dangerous, and the Chinese army has Russian-style machine guns, so it is difficult to capture it for a while." ”

Kashiwazaki was furious and said, "Yaga! As he spoke, he slapped the water hard.

Qing Shui had no choice but to cover his face and go back to continue organizing the attack. When the Japanese soldiers saw that the captain was beaten, they trembled one by one, for fear that they would slow down and become the captain's punching bag. However, the second attack was driven down, this time with greater casualties.

While the Japanese army was desperately fighting for the Daijiayuan Heights, Brigade Commander Chen took the opportunity to command the troops to launch a strong attack on the enemy on the river beach, trying to take the lead in solving this part of the enemy. However, the trapped beasts were still fighting, and the Japanese army used the boulders on the river beach to resist desperately, and the soldiers failed to overcome it after attacking for a long time.

In addition to the unfavorable terrain, the lack of troops of the Eighth Route Army was also a very important reason. With a strength of about 3,500 people (the main regiment of the Eighth Route Army has about 2,000 people, here two regiments lack a battalion) to attack the Japanese wing of about 3,200 people (the Kashiwazaki Wing lacks the first infantry brigade, but there are two more cavalry squadrons and some auxiliary units such as baggage and engineers) It is still very difficult.

The battle became more and more intense, and Deputy Regiment Commander Wang Jinshan personally took the guards to Daijiayuan. With this fierce general in the formation, the battle situation was finally stabilized. The Japanese bombardment failed to take this high ground.

The battle lasted for about three hours, and Kashiwazaki Nakasa was in a hurry, and ordered Shimizu Nakasa to lead the main force of the 2nd Infantry Brigade to launch a pig assault charge on the Daijiayuan Heights. And at this time, Brigadier Chen encountered a second trouble - insufficient ammunition. The two regiments he led were lightly armed and hurried, and they did not carry much ammunition with them. The battle lasted from seven to eleven in the morning, and after four hours of fierce fighting, the ammunition was gradually running out.

Kashiwazaki quickly spotted the problem from the sound of gunfire and said happily: "The Shina people don't have much ammunition!" Victory belongs to His Majesty the Emperor! When the Japanese soldiers heard the news, their morale increased greatly, and they shouted, "Onboard!" "Once again, we launched a fierce attack on the Daijiayuan Heights.

At the same time, the artillery units of the Japanese army also launched a sharp attack on the anticline of Daijiayuan. The 10th Company and 1st Platoon, which was defending on the high ground, suddenly suffered heavy casualties. The second and third platoons had already suffered more than half of the casualties, and they were still resting at the bottom of the slope.

What's worse is that due to the Japanese artillery fire blockade, the replenished ammunition could not be delivered. The warriors on the high ground can only fight with the devil with bayonets! The Japanese rushed halfway up the slope and habitually lay down on the ground, but the expected sudden sound did not come.

The squad leader, Hikaru Sada, was overjoyed and said, "The bullets of the Shina people have really run out this time!" Give me the courage to take the imperial samurai! The Japanese soldiers were indeed emboldened, and they rushed forward with a howl.

As soon as Deputy Regiment Commander Wang Jinshan led the remaining soldiers of the 10th Company to rush halfway up the mountain, the explosion of grenades and the roar of a row of soldiers were heard from the top of the wall. At this point, all the platoon was killed, and the Daijiayuan position was lost!