When the sky was approaching dawn, Captain Kosuke Otsuka, with a pair of blood-red eyes, ordered a general attack on the village of Kawaguchi, which had resisted all night.

As early as a few hours earlier, the wing commander had received a battle report from the brigade headquarters in Wencheng: the chief of staff of the riverside had telegraphed that the Tyumen Infantry Brigade had fully captured Xiping Village, and the Eighth Route Army resisting in the village had suffered a annihilating blow, and the remnants had fled into Guanmen Mountain. I hope that your troops will be inspired by this and quickly resolve the fighting in Hekou Village.

At that time, Kosuke Otsuka was also looking at his pocket watch by moonlight: just after one o'clock in the night. Unexpectedly, the chief of staff of the river and the Tyumen Shaozo are progressing so fast! This may also be due to the deputy battalion commander of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army sent to them on his side! With an irritable wave of his hand, he drove away the telecommunications staff officers who were waiting to be called back.

The attack on his side was frustrated, and he couldn't come up with any reason to reply to the brigade headquarters, and the wing commander Dazuo vented all his anger on the head of the cavalry regiment of the Mongolian Army: Du Dongqiang, a bastard, his subordinates were afraid of the enemy like tigers, and they attacked this small estuary village several times, but they were all collapsed at the touch of a button.

The reason why Captain Otsuka called Kawaguchi Village "small" was not speculation, but when the moon appeared in the sky in the middle of the night, he stood on the roof of a truck and really saw the whole picture of Kawaguchi Village at the foot of Kanmon Mountain for the first time.

Baga!

How many Eighth Route Army can be accommodated in such a small village? They resisted for hours! Du Dongqiang really deserves to be killed.

He gave the captain of the brigade, Nara Shaosa, an order: all infantry guns and mortars, including grenadiers, took advantage of the firing range that became clear in the moonlight, and bombarded this small village - since Du Dongqiang's Mongolian cavalry could not shake this village either under the horse or on the horse, then use the artillery fire of the imperial army to raze it to the ground first!

The angry artillery fire of the Japanese wing commander did cause a catastrophe to the people of Hekou Village.

However, the bunkers and fortifications built by the 2nd Battalion of the Lin Division under the auspices of Wu Zijian showed their ability to resist attacks at this moment. Most of them were repaired by sturdy civil facilities such as grinding discs and stone walls, and the materials used were all stones transported from Guanmen Mountain. Therefore, the Japanese army's ferocious shells destroyed one house after another in the village, but they did not cause too much damage to the commanders and fighters of the Eighth Route Army who were hiding behind these bunkers and fortifications.

This also made the next few offensives launched by the puppet Mongolian army continue to be in vain - the Eighth Route Army can always continue to fire from behind various concealments, against the infantry and cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army.

The appearance of the moonlight not only allowed the Japanese puppet army to see the terrain of Hekou Village clearly, but also made the two defense areas of the Eighth Route Army see clearly the layout of the invading enemy army. In particular, the condescending heavy machine-gun fortifications in the Yamaguchi area are particularly clear.

Xiao Junping and Li Tianlin, after observing the Japanese puppet army in the Chen Bing wilderness with a telescope, felt that they could no longer hold on here. From the observation angle of the heavy machine gun fortifications, you can't see the puppet Mongolian army's attack on the west of the village, but the scene of the traitor cavalry dismounting and attacking the head of Hekou Village on foot is vivid. The sabotage battle personally commanded by Li Tianlin just now successfully solved the heavy machine-gun positions that the Japanese army had insidiously arranged under the mountain pass, and now, there should be no Japanese soldiers there; In other words, sending troops down from here to support the village of Hekou will no longer be dangerous and obstructive.

Although Wu Zijian specially sent a soldier from Hekou Village to climb up along the traffic ditch, ask what was going on with the firefight at the foot of the mountain pass, and once again convey the order that he could not hold on, Xiao Junping's attitude still underwent a key change at this time. The captain of the enemy engineer was originally sent by Wu Zijian to supervise the commander of the 5th company, in case Li Tianlin made a rash attack. But at this moment, the moon suddenly appeared, and Xiao Junping knew very well that once the Japanese artillery fire had a clear firing range, the blow suffered by the small Hekou Village was unbearable for Wu Zijian and them.

Therefore, when Li Tianlin once again proposed to send troops down the mountain to attack the Japanese puppet army, Xiao Junping expressed his approval.

They quickly developed two options:

First, he secretly descended the mountain from a hidden traffic ditch and infiltrated Hekou Village at the foot of Guanmen Mountain to send troops to support Wu Zijian, the deputy battalion commander. Second, send troops directly from the river valley to charge downward, flank the troops of the puppet Mongolian army attacking the head of the village, and lure the Japanese puppet army to attack the area around the mountain pass, so as to reduce the pressure on the village of Hekou.

Xiao Junping advocated the first plan, and Li Tianlin, who was impatient, insisted on implementing the second.

The reason of the enemy engineer captain was very simple, secretly sent one or two platoons of troops to infiltrate Hekou Village, and Wu Zijian decided how to use it, so that he could support Yamashita without completely disobeying the original order of the deputy battalion commander.

Li Tianlin claimed that he knew Wu Zijian better than Xiao Junping - if the situation changed, the original order could be changed accordingly:

"Captain Xiao, don't forget, the deputy battalion commander originally ordered us to guard the mountain pass and wait for dawn! Why? It was because the night was too dark to see how many troops the enemy was coming, so they didn't let us advance. But now that the big moon has come out, the little devils and the traitor's troops can see it clearly, they have made it clear that they want to swallow Hekou Village in one bite, and if they don't attack at this time, where will the deputy battalion commander still have a way to live? ”

Xiao Junping bit his chapped lip and stared at the face of the 5th Company Commander, still hesitating.

"That's it!" Li Tianlin waved his hand impatiently: "The deputy battalion commander will investigate it, and I will bear it alone!" How to say that I am still the commander of the 5th company, and I have the final say on the transfer of troops in the 5th company! ”

Xiao Junping nodded helplessly: "Okay, you arrange the troops first, and I will immediately send my team members to sneak into the village and inform Deputy Battalion Commander Wu, so that he can know our actions." ”

"That's how you mother-in-law!" Li Tianlin turned around and walked outside the heavy machine gun fortifications, and counted down the enemy engineer captain: "What's the notice, I'll organize a rush to fight here, can't Hekou Village still be seen?" Don't they have long eyes?! ”

Of course the village of Kawaguchi saw it.

At that time, the cavalry battalion of the puppet Mongolian army was carrying out another attack on foot under the angry urging of the Japanese commander, and the firepower of the Eighth Route Army at the head of the village had begun to return fire. Suddenly, the left flank of the puppet Mongolian army's attacking team was in chaos, and a violent rain of bullets poured over, hitting them with their heads in their hands. The commanders of the 5th Company guarding the head of the village soon found that from the dry valley of the mountain pass, a flood rushed down a stream of people - it was the comrades-in-arms of the 5th Company of a platoon and two squads personally led by his company commander Li Tianlin!

Xiao Junping insisted on letting only the commander of the 5th company lead half of the troops to charge down the mountain, and the other platoon and two squads, he must resolutely stay in the mountain pass: Deputy battalion commander Wu trusted himself so much that he repeatedly told the mountain pass position that there should be no mistakes, and he could not be careless on this issue.

Li Tianlin, who had no intention of arguing, stopped talking nonsense, ordered the team, and rushed down with an order; At that moment, the two enemy workers sent by Xiao Junping to Hekou Village to report the news had not even had time to descend from the hidden traffic ditch to the foot of the mountain.

Li Tianlin personally held the only Czech light machine gun and rushed to the forefront. More than 60 wolf-like 5 companies of elites who charged together, taking advantage of the height advantage from top to bottom, held the rifles in their hands while charging and fired at the puppet Mongolian troops below; This powerful and dense rain of bullets suddenly knocked the other party down. The puppet Mongol army collapsed at once, and they fled to the direction of the large formation of infantry in Nara in the distance.

According to the agreement with Xiao Junping in advance, after Li Tianlin rushed down and succeeded, his troops were divided into two, and the troops of the two squads retreated to the gentle slope of the mountain pass, occupied favorable terrain along the way and set up defenses, waiting for the enemy to launch an offensive on the mountain pass; Li Tianlin led a whole platoon to retreat into Hekou Village, where he joined the deputy battalion commander and waited for the next instructions.

Wu Zijian did not see the scene of the commander of the 5th company charging down the mountain, when he was directing the operation in the west of the village.

After Xia Lianshan led the cavalry company to attack the puppet Mongolian army on the flank and returned, Wu Zijian still did not leave the position in the west of the village, and now, he and Xia Lianshan are each responsible for commanding half of the defense line in the west of the village, and let the deputy company commander of the 8th company Han take a platoon to sit at the end of the village. Wu Zijian knew very well that such a long and narrow trend in Hekou Village was easier to be broken by the enemy from this side.

But the appearance of the moonlight really caught the deputy commander of the second battalion off guard. The Japanese puppet army, which was now certain to be followed by the Japanese army behind the puppet Mongolian army, adjusted very quickly, and not long after the moon came out, the artillery attack on the village came, and now the enemy was no longer fighting in the dark, and the shells of the 92 infantry and 97 mortars hit the houses of the village more and more often. The villagers were already fleeing, and Wu Zijian did not let everyone run from the village to Guanmen Mountain, fearing that the crowd would cause a misjudgment of the heavy machine gun fortifications in the mountain pass; He arranged for the cavalry company to guide the people to flee out of the village, and temporarily take refuge in the middle of Hekou Village and Xiping Village, where there are patches of woods to hide.

"Lianshan, your cavalry company must also be ready to retreat!"

Wu Zijian took advantage of the battle break to call the cavalry company commander: "The 5th and 8th companies can retreat to the mountain pass at the foot of the mountain on the other side of the village, what should the cavalry company do?" Can a horse be led? ”

Xia Lianshan had a difficult face: "It's no problem to pull it up, but it takes a little effort; The problem is that if the enemy blocks the gentle slope of the mountain pass with firepower, it will be difficult to do, the war horse has a big target, and there is no one so smart to climb the mountain! ”

Wu Zijian couldn't help but stomp his feet and complained: "I'll just say it!" Lao Feng should never have sent you to me, if it was in the mountain pass behind Xiping Village, you cavalry could run directly into the mountains without dismounting! ”

At this moment, another exchange of fire began at the head of the village, and within two minutes of the exchange of fire, Li Tianlin led people to attack down from the side of the mountain pass, easily repelled the charge of the puppet Mongolian army, and entered Hekou Village.

Seeing that Li Tianlin actually entered the village, Wu Zijian was so angry that his nostrils were smoking, he grabbed the collar of the 5th company commander, and scolded him with his head and face. Only then did the latter realize that he had come at the wrong time: the deputy battalion commander had already considered abandoning the place.

"Such a good village, the fortifications that took a lot of effort to build, don't you want it?!" Li Tianlin couldn't help but wail at Wu Zijian.

Wu Zijian began to roar with a blue face: "No matter how good the fortifications are, they can't bear to let little Japan beat them with artillery!" If Lao Tzu had Zhao Yejiao's artillery there, he would definitely bombard them. But now it's only a bombardment! I can't gamble with everyone's lives here! ”

The retreat plan was quickly formed.

According to visual observations, tonight's puppet Mongolian army attacked the head of the village and the west of the village, each with about one or two hundred, and the firepower was not strong, and the combat effectiveness was not strong. Wu Zijian decided to use a part of his forces to contain and resist the puppet Mongolian army on the other side of the Qinglong River in the west of the village and prevent it from approaching; Then, concentrating the main force, he suddenly attacked out from the head of the village, completely defeated the puppet Mongolian army in front of the village, controlled the terrain below the mountain pass, and then turned into the mountain pass, and received the containment troops left in the village to leave the village and enter the mountain pass as a whole.

The key to the retreat was to move quickly and not drag the mud and water - it was clear in the moonlight that the Japanese army also had almost the same number of troops as the puppet Mongolian army, and had stayed three or four miles northwest of the village, and the shells were fired from the artillery positions there; You can faintly see a large truck parked. Wu Zijian couldn't figure out why the Japanese only let the puppet Mongolian army charge repeatedly, but there is no doubt that if the Japanese army began to participate in the offensive, the defensive pressure on their side would increase exponentially!

Wu Zijian was most entangled in ignorance of the battle situation in Xiping Village, he had the intention to put Xia Lianshan's cavalry company back now, even if Xiping also needed to abandon it, it would be much easier for the cavalry to retreat into the mountain from there. But Li Tianlin resolutely objected, he now knew that Xiping Village was attacked at the same time tonight, and immediately concluded that the enemy army that attacked Xiping at night did not set off from Fengdian-

"The mobile post I arranged in the west direction of our village, the farthest is five miles away, which is also suggested by Captain Xiao, he said that the direction is the Tongpu railway line, and there are elite heavy troops of the enemy, so you must be careful. If the enemy troops in Fengdian had passed by us to the west tonight and attacked Xiping Village at night, the mobile outpost would have discovered it long ago! This proves that the enemy troops who attacked Xiping may have been sent from the direction of Tongpu Road, which is the elite heavy troops that Captain Xiao said! We can't let the cavalry company go back to adventure! ”

Wu Zijian looked at this brave and resourceless 5th company commander, and thought to himself that he was really close to Zhu Zhechi, this kid has always been talking with Xiao Junping recently, and he has really gained a lot of knowledge.

"Deputy battalion commander, the devil's team has been dispatched, and more than a hundred people are moving in the direction of the village, as if they are carrying two heavy machine guns!"

An observation post set up on a roof in the village sent someone to make an urgent report.

Wu Zijian was surprised: I'm really worried about something! It seems that Li Tianlin and the others rushed down from the direction of the mountain pass just now, which attracted the attention of the devils, and the enemy army is very likely to cut off the connection between the two defense areas!

"Tianlin, quick, take a platoon to hide behind the fortifications at the head of the village immediately, listen to my orders, if necessary, will launch a counter-charge, and absolutely must not let the devils gain a foothold under the mountain pass - that is our retreat!"

"Deputy battalion commander, if you need a counter-charge, let our cavalry company take the lead!"

Xia Lianshan shouted excitedly, and at the same time, he pulled out the shiny saber from his waist.