At this time, the sky was only bright, and the mountains around Xifengkou were shrouded in a layer of hazy mist, mixed with a little gunsmoke, and a breath of slaughter filled the heavens and the earth. Xu Rongfang couldn't help but clench the steel gun in his hand, and he didn't want to relax at all. After the rumble of the cannon ceases, silence takes center stage for the time being. A quarter of an hour later, the sound of rustling footsteps sounded all over the hills, and after a while, with the sound of gurgling Japanese calls, Japanese soldiers wearing steel helmets and khaki uniforms rushed to the position of the Cadet Corps.

The sound of machine guns rang out, and the bullets hit the dirt and rocks on several commanding heights of the defenders, and later, the shrill sound of grenades tearing through the air sounded, and mortars and grenadiers that were used as support fire for small units began to be thrown into battle by the Japanese. First there was the explosion of a "rumbling" grenade, and then the explosion of a melon grenade.

The smoke began to disperse in all directions, and the splashed dirt fell on Xu Rongfang's helmet, and he did not move, only staring closely ahead. Beside him, Sun Gang, the former deputy company commander who was newly promoted to instructor, looked not far away with some concern. There, a soldier was shot in the left chest by a shrapnel, but he was not allowed to leave the line of fire and was being bandaged by the hygienist.

The cries of the little devils were already clearly audible, and they were getting closer and closer to the defense of the chain. There was a temporary pause in the sound of the cannon, and Xu Rongfang knew that this was the little devil moving the mortar forward. Then, if nothing else, there will be a new round of shelling, which is bound to bring them even more casualties. With this in mind, his eyes turned to the positions of the mortar platoon.

Gu Qiangping suddenly stood up at this time, the several mortars of the artillery platoon were not put together, he waved the pennant in his hand violently, and immediately, the sound of clattering cannons rang out.

The unique gunshot of the 38 big cover of "Woo Woo" rang out, and Gu Qiangping, who stood up at this time, undoubtedly became a live target, and the little devil who rushed over naturally would not let go of this opportunity. At this time, the distance they were from Gu Qiangping was no more than 300 meters, which was the best shooting distance for the 38 Dagai. However, Gu Qiangping certainly wouldn't be stupid enough to stay there and wait for death. As soon as the order to fire the cannon was issued, he shrank back.

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At this time, Ouyang Yun's mood calmed down after making an important decision. On the front line of Xifengkou, most of the troops of the Xuebing Army are now gathered, including the Second Division, the Teaching Corps of the 29th Army, Zhang Qingyu's Special First Brigade, and not far away, there are also self-propelled artillery brigades and Hu Li's chariot regiment...... According to the plan formulated before, the Cadet Army not only had to bear the enemy in front of Xifengkou, but also took the initiative to attack from Xifengkou after the Japanese army changed because of the big shoji, waiting for an opportunity to encircle and suppress the devils like a great victory in Tianjin.

Ma Lanyu was a change, but Ouyang Yun believed that under the command of Zhang Yantian and Qin Dechun, there would definitely be no problem in defending. Picking up the binoculars, he looked down the hill and just saw that one of the little devils' mortar positions was hit by three grenades at the same time, and three or four little devils flew into the sky with their teeth and claws. The yellow pressure of the Japanese army filled the front of the first line of defense of the second division, and on the mountainsides on both sides, a series of explosions suddenly appeared, which was a little devil stepping on a mine. The peaks on both sides outside the Xifengkou Pass, because of the mountain situation, Guo Da did not arrange guards, and the sufficient mines of the student army gave him the confidence to make such an arrangement. The minefield was too close to the 2nd Division and the Great Wall at Xifengkou, and in this case, it was impossible for the Japanese army to send sappers to clear the mines, so they had no choice but to abandon the plan of all-round advancement and attack from the front instead.

In Ouyang Yun's eyes, the long skirmish line of the Japanese really began to shrink, and the two sides stopped, leaving only the middle piece to begin to advance forward. "200 meters, 150 meters, 100 meters!" He counted silently, and gradually sweated for Xu Rongfang in his heart. Putting the enemy into the best range and then attacking will naturally maximize the damage to the enemy, but if they can't hold down the position, or if the Japanese rush at them, their company will be in a desperate situation.

On the battlefield, the sound of mortar fire became less and less, on the one hand, because of a lot of losses in the cross-fire, and on the other hand, the closer and closer distance between the two sides made the artillery on both sides afraid of accidentally injuring their own people and did not stop. "50 meters!" He Ouyang Yun silently recited this number in his heart, and the Japanese had stopped shooting, and when they ran wildly, the unique gunshots of Makqin and Wei Qing rang out. The sound of gunfire poured out along the entire trench like a huge scythe, sweeping down almost all the enemies within a distance of 100 meters on the opposite side at once. The grenade that was thrown first exploded a few seconds after the gunfire rang out. The explosion of hundreds of grenades set off a thick gray-black smoke screen in front of the position. In the light of the fire, the earthy yellow figure flew, fell, and groaned......

Under such heavy firepower, in just ten minutes, the first wave of the little devil's attack was forced to stop. Then, as the earthy crowd retreated back to their fortifications, the cannon rang out again.

Ouyang Yun put down the binoculars and said to Chen Shichang and Mu Jiandie beside him: "I hope the little devil will not send out the air force." He asked Chen Shichang again: "Is there a report on the battle situation from Brigade Commander Zhang Yantian and Division Commander Li Ganjiang?" ”

Chen Shichang shook his head.

Mu Jiandie said: "The Japanese army still doesn't know what kind of weapons we used in Renqiu and Zhangjiakou to shoot down so many of their fighters, and before we understand this, the Japanese will definitely not easily dispatch their air forces." ”

Ouyang Yun frowned slightly, and said, "It's hard to say." If the defense of the second division is too good, when the time comes, the special code will not be able to think of a plane. If the casualties are too large, Kiyoji Kazuki will definitely have to make a desperate gamble because of domestic pressure. I just wish Li Ganjiang could move a little faster now. ”

The fire lasted for half an hour. The continuous shelling for half an hour cut the ground height of the position defended by Xu Rongfang's "First Company of Losers" by half a meter, and as a result, not only did the trenches they were defending collapse, but also the anti-artillery holes were also collapsed a lot, causing their company to suffer great casualties.

Seeing this, their regiment commander Wang Xiuhua hurriedly sent people to sneak over from the traffic trench to interrogate them, asking them if they could hold on.

Xu Rongfang replied categorically: "We have only consumed less than one-tenth of the ammunition, and we can hold on!" ”