Xinchengzi Village is directly east of Zoumayi Town, along the course of the Tang River, turning through a few zigzag valleys to see this small mountain village on the eastern slope, the Tang River from the west gently stayed, here it suddenly shrank into the narrow river valley, according to the mountain situation to turn east and west to the back of the horse pass. Watermark Ad Test: Watermark Ad Test

Without any warning at all, the Japanese Qingshui Wing suddenly attacked and advanced eastward from Zoumayi in the early morning of 2 January, and the troops in front of it attacked particularly fiercely, breaking through the positions of two companies of the 17th Regiment stationed on the banks of the Tang River, and aiming directly at Xinchengzi Village.

Liu Dabutt, the commander of the 17th Regiment, rushed to the eastern front as soon as the guns rang out, and when he saw that the Japanese army was numerous, the offensive was fierce, and the shells were falling like rain, he withdrew the soldiers in the forward position, and reassembled in the valley along the north and south sides of Xinchengzi Village in the second-line position, and at the same time he also transferred the troops of the 2nd Battalion of the 17th Regiment from Miaogoumen.

The devils still use the old tactic of attacking each hill or village, first using aircraft and heavy artillery to carry out a large-scale saturation bombardment, and then the infantry will advance from the assembly area to the starting point when the artillery fire has not stopped, and as soon as the artillery fire is extended and fired, the infantry team will immediately launch an attack on the target area.

The little devils are completely in control of the air. The devil's front-line destroyer bullied our Eighth Route Army for its lack of anti-aircraft firearms, and arrogantly flew back and forth between the valleys at ultra-low altitude (the plane pilot could see clearly), and sometimes even brushed the treetops and mountain tops, and the ground targets of our army were clearly seen by the devil pilots.

During the Anti-Japanese War, the Eighth Route Army faced battles that were not afraid of the devil's infantry. But there is really no way to deal with this devil plane from the head, and a large number of combat attrition in many offensive and defensive battles is caused by the bombing and strafing of the devil's plane, such as this time Shimizu Daizuo dispatched a large group of soldiers. With the cooperation of the aircraft, they attacked the front line of Xinchengzi and Baomaguan. On the small plateau on the east side of the north bank of the Tang River, a number of enemy planes took turns bombing the position of a platoon of the 17th Regiment. The bombs were thrown intensively, and after several rounds of bombardment, the position turned into scorched earth, and the snow was melted into muddy water by the scorching air flow of the bomb explosion, and all the soldiers of a platoon died heroically!

The weapons and equipment of the eight roads are poor. Combat relied mainly on hand-to-hand combat and night attacks. And this time the Japanese army was attacking in the daytime, and Yang Bangzi's task to Commander Liu was to hold the passage to Kawaguchi Town, and resolutely not to let a devil go over. Repeated losses and gains have formed a tug-of-war, and the corpses on the battlefield are scattered and bloodstained everywhere.

Many fighters were killed by the heavy artillery of the devil's plane. The flesh and blood are blurred, and the misery is unbearable. Many soldiers were wounded and resolutely refused to take their positions, and those who could not fight waited to pull grenades and die with the enemy. After several rounds of charging and killing on both sides, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army relied on bayonets and broadswords, and even fought with their bare hands, and died in battle after the ammunition ran out.

A platoon commander of the second company of the first battalion was red-eyed and covered in blood, so he stood there and fired at the enemy with a machine gun. Regiment Commander Liu's own orderlies were also shot and killed by him because of the strafing of the devil's plane.

Because of the fierce fighting, and it broke out suddenly, the devils who walked the horses and posts across the Tang River, had not launched any attack for more than ten days, and suddenly threw in heavy troops and aircraft and artillery to attack so fiercely, and the 17th Regiment that did fight came up, suffered heavy casualties, and in addition there was a lack of medical personnel, medicine, and stretchers, many seriously injured could not be treated in time, and they could not be transported!

Fortunately, after the second battalion arranged by Regiment Commander Liu arrived in advance, they used the terrain to desperately block the Japanese army's breakthrough momentum on the front line of Xinchengzi, and in less than two hours of fighting, the two companies of the first battalion of the 17th Regiment were almost exhausted, and only 17 people were withdrawn from the seriously wounded!

On the phone, Yang Bangzi heard that the battle was so fierce, judging from the strength of the devils to attack, it accounted for one-third of the besieged devils, according to this posture, it was to rush out of the way to the Fallen Horse Pass at once, and wanted to go to Kawaguchi Town, a little groaning, Yang Bangzi instructed Regiment Commander Liu to organize the troops, take advantage of the enemy's unstable foothold in the forward position, and counterattack the devils back to the horse post!

The terrain in this area is steep slopes and narrow river valleys, which is not conducive to the deployment of large troops, and the devils rely on artillery to approach the bombardment and the support of aircraft in the sky, and then put a squadron of troops at a point, and after breaking through the front line, the follow-up troops quickly follow up and expand the gap.

And the river valley made a ninety-degree bend here in Xinchengzi Village, and turned down from east to south along the north-south direction of the mountain, so the offensive momentum of the devils could be blocked, because the terrain was not conducive to the tactical use of breaking through the whole line of assault.

Now it is not easy to counterattack the devils back to the Zoumayi, and the narrow river valley is also not conducive to the deployment of the 17th Regiment, and the troops that Commander Liu can mobilize at hand, in addition to the troops defending the south bank of the South Tang River of the Zoumayi, there are still nearly 2,000 people, and this kind of terrain cannot be thrown into it all at once!

Don't think about it too much, Liu Da Butt Yang Bangzi has already commented that the brain melon seeds are not very active, but when it comes to using Fang Xin, an order has been issued, and Liu Da Ass has to be completed even if he gnaws it with his teeth!

After a burst of bombardment by Japanese planes and artillery, the devil's plane flew away, and on the ridge of a hill on the bank of the river, the commander of a battalion commanded the troops to counterattack the counterattack organized by the Japanese invaders. The squad leader of a machine gun squad beside him was shot in the head and died, and the commander of a battalion picked up the light machine gun in his hand and fired at the enemy.

At this moment, the communicator of the regiment headquarters came over and shouted to him: "Battalion Commander Han, the regiment commander ordered you to go to the regiment command post!" "Let Lao Tzu leave at this time! How can Lao Tzu leave! The commander of the first battalion yelled unceremoniously. It was an urgent order, and the regimental commander sent fighters from 2 guard companies to pick you up. Here, the instructor temporarily takes the place of command. The correspondent added.

The commander of the first battalion and the communicator braved the artillery fire of the devil's extended fire over two small ridges and rushed to the regimental command post in the valley to the east. The regimental command post was set up in a ruined temple, and the explosion of devil shells was constantly heard around it. When the commander of a battalion entered the door to report, he saw the regiment commander and the political commissar looking at the map. As soon as they met, the regiment commander said: "Battalion Commander Han, just now the second battalion commander Sun died in the south of the ditch, the second battalion is currently uncommanded, now the battle situation is urgent, I order you to be the commander of the battalion, quickly in place!" He pointed to the map and said, "Xiao Han, you can't lose this high ground (the position of the second battalion) to me!" The political commissar then emphasized: "Battalion Commander Han, you must hold it!" ”

Battalion Commander Han and a company commander of the 2nd Battalion who came to pick him up immediately rushed to the 2nd Battalion position. At that time, a fierce battle was taking place in the position of the second battalion, and the commander of the Han battalion immediately took command. When the second battalion of more than 800 people first entered the war, there were only more than 500 people left, and when they rushed here from Miaogou Gate, the position did not have time to repair and they fought face to face with the devils, and the two sides repeatedly rushed and killed four times before the devils were pushed back to the west bank of the Tang River.

In the next hour, the soldiers of the second battalion led by Battalion Commander Han braved the heavy bombardment of devil planes and heavy artillery to fight back many enemy attacks and hold the high ground. At that time, the devils saw that the attack on the high ground of Xinchengzi Village could not be effective, so they turned southwest to attack the fork of the valley, trying to break through from here and go around to the back of the line of Xinchengzi to outflank the defenders on the mountain.

Fortunately, the resoluteness and toughness of the second battalion did not let a devil go around the back of Xinchengzi!

After the battle line was stabilized, Regiment Commander Liu also prepared a counterattack force, and divided the troops directly under the regiment headquarters, including his guard company and reconnaissance company, into five units, and began a comprehensive counterattack against the Japanese army along the entire river valley, including the mountains on both sides!

In accordance with the orders of the regimental headquarters, the second battalion led by the commander of the Han battalion also took the lead in launching a counterattack against the devils on the river from the southwest corner of the Tang River valley.