Tonight, the Japanese troops in the entire Fengdian County were in a state of high tension and readiness, and across the night sky, they seemed to be able to hear the faint sound of artillery coming from the direction of Guanmen Mountain, but it was difficult to determine.

The last infantry brigade left in the county is the 1st Infantry Brigade of the Otsuka Wing, the captain of which is Nomura Shaosa, the former captain of this brigade, Fukudaoka, has been killed in the battle with the 391st Regiment of the Central Army, and Nomura is his successor, so the 1st Infantry Brigade is now renamed Nomura Brigade.

After Wing Commander Kosuke Otsuka, who was sitting in Fengdian, personally led a squadron of the First Infantry Brigade and the Mongolian Cavalry Regiment to set off, Nomura Shaosa, who stayed behind, soon received news that the team was blocked and intercepted by the First Division of the Eighth Route Army near Guanmen Mountain, and the wing commander ordered Nomura to strengthen vigilance and prepare for battle all night. While Nomura was thinking about the military map in his brigade headquarters, Kosuke Otsuka called again, ordering Nomura's brigade to send an additional infantry squadron and reinforce a machine-gun squad to immediately leave the county seat and follow the established route to catch up with the team in front.

Nomura Shaozo knew that something was wrong - although the combat effectiveness of the cavalry regiment of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army was low, after all, there were more than 300 horsemen and horses, and they carried several light machine guns; What's more, His Excellency the Wing Commander also personally led a squadron of Imperial infantry to sweep behind; It should be difficult for an average-sized Chinese army to pose a threat to it. However, Dazuo called for troops so quickly, which shows that the blocking of the Eighth Route Army has caused them a lot of trouble.

Ten trucks quickly finished lining up in front of the original county government gate, and an infantry squadron and a machine gun squad from Nomura gathered and boarded separately, and the convoy rumbled past the only thoroughfare in the county, startling the dogs in the homes of the residents on both sides, and finally drove out of the south city gate in a puff of smoke.

As the standing division of the Japanese army, the two brigades under the command of the Sena Division were each equipped with an automatic convoy, and each automatic convoy had as many as 1670 vehicles, mainly Type 94 trucks, which were used to deliver troops (including the wounded), transport weapons, ammunition, and other baggage that urgently needed replenishment. At present, the Hagiwara Brigade's automatic convoy, its team headquarters and half of the vehicles are stationed at the brigade headquarters station in Bunjo, and the other half is evenly distributed to the garrison troops in the small elm mountain and Fengdian county to ensure their rapid and mobile delivery capability.

Therefore, the two Japanese puppet army reinforcements dispatched from Fengdian County one after another tonight, except for the cavalry, were transported by trucks, achieving the "noble and fast soldiers" mentioned in the art of war. In this way, in front of the blocking position of the 7th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Xu Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, which had only more than 150 people, a cavalry regiment of the puppet army, two infantry squadrons of the Japanese army, and a machine gun squadron were soon gathered - the real test came!

In Hekou Village, a few miles away from the blocking position of the 7th Company of the Eighth Route Army, Wang Shuanglong, the commander of the 6th Company, led a platoon of soldiers to guard the area around the entrance of the village. Tonight, Wang Shuanglong has two tasks, the first is to ensure the safety of the position in the Guanmen Mountain Pass, and then to take over the 7th Company of his brothers who are blocking the attack.

The task of guarding the mountain pass was entrusted to the company instructor, and the other platoon commanding the 6th company had already arranged the position of the Guanmen Mountain Pass above Hekou Village like an iron bucket, and according to the instructor's own words, no one except Asuka wanted to enter Guanmen Mountain from here for half a step.

However, the platoon led by Wang Shuanglong went down to Hekou Village, but it was not to defend the village - since the last anti-night attack, Wu Zijian, deputy commander of the second battalion, felt bitterly that the war had caused misery to the innocent people, so he decided in principle not to use the small Hekou Village as a military barrier in the future, and a platoon of the 6th Company was stationed in the village in peacetime, and it was still in a position with the position of the Guanmen Mountain Pass, and once the enemy sent heavy troops to attack, it would immediately withdraw from Hekou Village - tonight, the platoon guarding the village entrance all looked at five miles away.

Just now, after the blocking position of the 7th Company was launched, Wang Shuanglong had already sent soldiers to find out the situation; As the battle continued, the 6th Company Commander's worries became heavier and heavier, and finally he couldn't hold it anymore and personally ran to the position of the 7th Company.

When Wang Shuanglong arrived with a few soldiers, the 7th Company was desperately resisting the third round of offensive launched by the Japanese puppet army on the opposite side, and several of them immediately entered the battle to assist in the defense, so they could feel the ferocity of the enemy's approach.

"Old Wei, this battle can't be fought like this anymore!"

As soon as this round of battle ended, Wang Shuanglong found Wei Xin in the smoke that had not yet dispersed, and witnessed the scene of the 7th Company's casualties, he anxiously and decisively put forward his own opinion, suggesting that the 7th Company immediately abandon its existing position and temporarily withdraw to the direction of Hekou Village.

Wei Xin was not surprised to see his old comrades-in-arms coming up, but the other party's proposal made him hesitate: the entire blocking battle had only been fought intermittently for less than an hour, so did it seem too rash to withdraw from the position?

"I have sent a communications corps to the Tongpu railway line to urgently report the situation to the 391st Regiment, and now they have not returned," Wei Xin took a few sips of water while holding a military water bottle, and explained to Wang Shuanglong: "I think that at least we should get a reply from the 391st Regiment before making the next step, and it is irresponsible to abandon the position before that." ”

"You put your team together, are you responsible?!" Wang Shuanglong shouted a little angrily, warning the commander of the 7th Company to pay attention to the current situation of his company's casualties, and at the same time reminding him that the deputy battalion commander Wu Zijian had instructed the 7th Company to block the attack: If it could not withstand the Japanese army in the front, it could consider withdrawing from the position, avoiding the front of the enemy's reinforcements, and then attacking and entangled from the flank, delaying its progress towards Tongpu Road.

"Dalong, do you know, many of this enemy are puppet Mongolian cavalry, and later I also saw a car light shaking in the distance opposite, it may be a convoy of trucks in which the Japanese are riding-"

"So what?!" The commander of the 6th company had no intention of figuring out the meaning of his old comrade-in-arms' words, and interrupted him impatiently.

"You still don't understand? If I really want to let them go, how can my men catch up with their horses' hooves and the wheels of their cars with two feet! ”

Wang Shuanglong was stunned and couldn't say a word in response. The battle plan only mentions that it can be attacked from the flank to delay enemy reinforcements, but ignores the emergence of this situation.

After speaking, Wei Xin left his old comrades and went along the arc position to check the casualties and ammunition consumption, although the Japanese puppet army was repulsed again, but the next round of attack may only be a matter of time. It was difficult to predict where the battle would turn next, and he began to order the whole company to be ready for hand-to-hand combat with bayonets.

Wang Shuanglong silently followed up and assisted Wei Xin in doing related work. The 7th Company, which suffered a lot of casualties, was now preparing for war and mobilizing without lack of tragedy, which made his heart like a knife; The temporary position, which was originally built in a hurry, became even more vulnerable after several artillery strikes. All of this indicates that the battle will become more and more tragic in the future, and the 7th Company may even be wiped out!

"Why don't I see a car light on the other side? It's completely dark, are you sure you read that right? ”

Finally after inspecting and inspecting the position, the company commanders of the two brothers' companies sat down behind a mound and gasped, and Wang Shuanglong pointed to the opposite side and asked Wei Xin. The latter shook his head with a wry smile, saying that the car lights were true, and the long slip of the car lights came from far and near, and the reason why they couldn't see the company now was that the Japanese had turned off the lights after reaching the front line.

Company commander, the enemy is coming up again!

The cries of the soldiers suddenly sounded on the arc of the position, one after another, and it was clear that the enemy was found at the front of the entire position. Immediately after the gunfire rang out, the fourth round of blocking began.

"Old Wei, if you resist it, I'll send someone to transfer all my platoons in the village!"

The pony pistol in the hand of the 6th company commander kept shooting, and at the same time he made up his mind to help his old comrades, the strength of a platoon may not be able to solve a big problem, but it can support it for a while!

Wei Xin heard Wang Shuanglong's words shouted loudly beside him, and he had the heart to oppose it, but he had no time to take care of it: the firepower from the opposite side was more dense than the previous ones, and the Japanese undoubtedly invested more troops to carry out this attack, perhaps, the fate of the 7th Company was decided in this attack! He ran to the point of heavy machine-gun fire, which was the most critical and dangerous place at the moment.

The Japanese puppet army's attack cunningly changed the direction of the main attack, they had realized that the heavy machine guns of the Eighth Route Army were the biggest threat, but it was difficult to use artillery fire to knock out this fire point in the dark. In view of the fact that the only heavy machine gun was basically erected in the center of the Eighth Route Army's position, the Japanese wing commander made an adjustment, and he ordered all the cavalry of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army to dismount and attack on foot, and the attack position was placed in the middle to attract the heavy machine gun fire of the Eighth Route Army. At the same time, the two Japanese infantry squads were divided into one left and one right, and quietly advanced towards the two flanks of the arc position of the Eighth Route Army.

Wei Xin didn't see through this change of the enemy at the beginning. The front team of the puppet Mongolian army set up four Taisho 11 machine guns to strafe and charge, forcing the heavy machine guns of the Eighth Route Army to return fire with all their might, and when the commander of the 7th company suddenly heard the sound of the machine gun on the opposite side was no longer the familiar Type 96 just now, and began to realize that he had been deceived, the Type 96 machine guns were already roaring on both sides.

Wei Xin scolded angrily, and ordered the heavy machine gun to immediately turn the muzzle and shoot diagonally at the front of the left flank position: the instructor was in charge of commanding there, and now they only had rifle fire left, and the light machine gun had run out of bullets!

"It's the puppet Mongolian army coming up on the front, save bullets and don't rush to fire back, wait for them to really get closer, and then use * to solve it!"

The commander of the 7th company shouted to pass on the order, and at the same time asked Wang Shuanglong to help command the central position, and he ordered two squads of soldiers to rush to the left flank position - the previous battle has proved that the puppet Mongolian army has always been afraid of the battle and will not attack as seriously as the Japanese soldiers, and the position commanded by the deputy company commander of the right flank still has a Czech type in the formation, and at this moment Wei Xin is most worried about the left flank without the support of machine gun fire.

Sure enough, he failed to run into the left flank position, the shouts of the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side were clearly audible, all the rifles on the position were shooting desperately, but it was still difficult to stop the enemy's approaching, Wei Xin, who was in a hurry, ordered the two squads that followed behind him to throw bombs, and took the lead in jumping out of the position, throwing out one of their own * in the oblique stab, and the rest of the reinforcements who arrived one after another followed suit, bravely jumping onto the unobstructed wasteland and throwing it at the Japanese charging formation.

This almost suicidal close-range bomb was instantly killed and wounded by the enemy's indiscriminate gunfire, but the sudden bombardment of dozens of * bombardments finally blew up the Japanese soldiers who were forced to the front!