The courage of the puppet Mongolian army came from the large number of people they had just now, and the weak firepower of this small unit of the Eighth Route Army; However, when the Czech light machine gun arrived like a god and immediately exerted powerful lethality, the front of the puppet Mongolian army panicked, and the unexpected counter-charge launched by the Eighth Route Army showed a fighting posture and momentum, which eventually led to the collapse of the cavalry.

Wei Xin was swept head-on by the puppet Mongolian army with a machine gun, and their front team retreated backwards, disrupting the entire team's position, and also causing the cavalry on the left and right flanks outflanked from both flanks to be cowardly, and did not dare to threaten forward anymore. The deputy company commander of the 7th Company of the Eighth Route Army seized this respite and rushed to the red-eyed Wei Xin, shouting to retreat quickly, while trying to snatch the machine gun from the company commander's hand.

Wei Xin's mind was finally not disturbed, although the finger that pulled the trigger of the pistol did not stop, but he no longer charged forward, he shouted to his deputy who leaned over:

"You command the retreat, I'll be in charge of the rear!"

The deputy company commander looked at the vicious expression on Wei Xin's face, and finally did not argue any more, and the hand that was stretched out to the Czech style also retracted, turned around and began to command the small army to retreat again. Soon, they disappeared into the night and once again distanced themselves from the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army.

At this time, Du Dongqiang, the commander of the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army, had already taken the lead in riding his horse and running back to the rear, shouting to mobilize his machine guns and prepare to return the color; His 1st and 2nd Battalions were each equipped with two Japanese-made Taisho 11 machine guns, commonly known as crooked handles, and each machine gun was carried by several special personnel when riding, and dismounted and erected when it was necessary to shoot.

However, when Du Dongqiang brought up the machine gun in a chaotic manner, his subordinates told him that the troops of the Eighth Route Army had fled far away.

The commander of the cavalry regiment had a gloomy face, and while ordering the whole regiment to stand by and the front team to be on guard, he ordered several battalion and company commanders to count the battle losses. He himself copied the starter phone and contacted Captain Otsuka, who was still following up, to report on the encounter that had just taken place and ask for instructions on what to do next.

Kosuke Otsuka had just led a Japanese infantry squadron to drive out of the south gate of Fengdian County in a truck, and was not only stunned when he received the report: judging from the direction of the exchange of fire described by Du Dongqiang, it was far from the two base areas of the Eighth Route Army at the foot of Guanmen Mountain. Wing Commander Dazuo even suspected that the Mongolian Xinjiang Army was dazzled, but Du Dongqiang swore on the walkie-talkie that it was definitely the Eighth Route Army that exchanged fire with him, and there were light machine guns.

The impatient Kosuke Otsuka didn't want to dwell on the details with Du Dongqiang anymore, since the enemies encountered by the Mongolian army (let's just think it was the Eighth Route Army) were small in number and had fled, there was no need to change the plan for it. On the phone just now, Major General Major, the brigade commander sitting in Wencheng, clearly asked Otsuka to quickly attack in the direction of Lingshi County on the Nantongpu Railway Line to outflank the rear flank of the Zhina Army that was harassing the county seat.

"Cavalry regiment pay attention, don't entangle with the small force of the Eighth Route Army, and immediately march at full speed along the predetermined route!"

The Japanese wing commander gave a strong order through the walkie-talkie, and until this moment, Kosuke Otsuka, who was sitting in the cab of the truck, still didn't think much about what the small unit of the Eighth Route Army that had just encountered bizarrely on the wasteland ahead meant.

The pause and recuperation of the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army created a time and space for Wei Xin and them to retreat for more than ten minutes, and a group of dozens of people finally ran back to the preset position exhausted. After counting, seven officers and soldiers of the platoon were missing, and all of them should have been killed; Twelve others were wounded. The commander of the 7th company endured the headache and seized the time to make the last inspection of the deployment of the position. The Czech machine gun, which had just played a crucial role, immediately returned to the fortified bunker to which it belonged.

The three light and heavy machine guns of the 7th Company were roughly set up in an inverted triangle in the entire position, and the Republic of China Type 24 heavy machine gun was placed at the bottom of the inverted triangle because of its longest range; Taisho 11 style and Czech style one left and one right, respectively located in the two top corners; The positions of the other officers and men of the 7th Company were mixed and arranged in front of and behind the three machine guns. As a temporary blocking position that was set up in a hurry, it can be said to have been done to the extreme.

Wei Xin looked at the dark and dreary wasteland in front of him, and then turned his head to look in the direction of Hekou Village in Guanmen Mountain on the east side, where there were two platoons of Wang Shuanglong's 6th Company, which could be relied on if necessary. In addition, he also sent a communications corps to immediately rush to the area around the east gate of Fengdian County to report the enemy situation -- according to the joint operation plan, an infantry company of the 3rd Battalion of the 391st Regiment of the Central Army was ambushing in that area, and if the enemy troops in Fengdian went out of the city to aid the Tongpu railway line, the infantry company would launch a feint attack on Fengdian City in due course, so as to achieve the goal of containing the Japanese puppet defenders in the county.

Looking back on the encounter just now, Wei Xin roughly estimated that the enemy's cavalry was basically above two or three hundred, and his own side suffered from being exposed to unsheltered open land; Now with the support of the blocking position and the help of light and heavy machine guns, the 7th Company has more than 150 man's guns, and it should have a good chance of winning if it blocks this enemy force in front of the position.

Come on, traitor cavalry, the Czech style just now is just a wine and a saucer, and then let you taste the flowing water banquet of Makqin! (Author's note: The 24th heavy machine gun of the Republic of China is an imitation of the German Makqin heavy machine gun, that is, the MG08 heavy machine gun, so the Chinese military still habitually calls it Makqin.) ）

In the rain of bullets on the Nantongpu railway line, the back-to-back defense line organized by the Japanese army's deputy captain, Captain Maori, relying on the train cars and the railway embankment, has become more and more solid.

In the open wagon compartment of the fourth section, two mortars attached to the infantry squadron were firing shells incessantly; A machine-gun squad reinforced by the Nara Infantry Brigade Headquarters fired two of the four Type 92 heavy machine guns on this carriage to the west, and the other two were removed from the carriage, and a machine-gun position was established on the side of the road east of the railway line, and under the cover of two infantry detachments, it opened heavy fire on the Chinese troops on this side. At the same time, the nine light machine guns and grenadiers of the infantry squadron were also deployed on the east and west sides to carry out return fire.

In the midst of a fierce battle, Captain Mori received a telegram from the headquarters of the Hagiwara Brigade in Fumijo, and learned that new reinforcements had arrived at full speed by car along the road parallel to the railway line, which was another infantry squadron of the Nara Brigade of which he was the deputy captain; Moreover, Wing Commander Otsuka Osa also personally led an infantry squadron of the Nomura Brigade, together with the cavalry regiment of the Mongolian Army, to make a roundabout advance here from Fengdian County to block the back road of the bold and reckless Chinese army. Soon, the deputy captain of the Japanese army received a telegram again, and the Kato Brigade in Linfen, south of Jinnan, had just sent two infantry squadrons to Lingshi County by train to help!

Reinforcements arrived from all directions, which made Captain Maori feel as if he had been beaten, his confidence and courage multiplied, and he roared and commanded the back-to-back lines to fire fiercely, and ran towards the eighth carriage at the very end of the column, which was also an open-top wagon, and a reinforced artillery squadron of the Nara Brigade with two 92 rifles was loaded in that carriage, and it was time for them to use their might.

Compared with the increasingly tough posture of the Japanese army in the main defense, the 391st Regiment of the Central Army, which was mainly attacking, gradually showed its fatigue of timidity!

On the east and west sides of the wasteland, with railways and highways as the central line, the four companies of the 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 391st Regiment were completely suppressed by the powerful fire of the Japanese army. The officers and men lying on the ground were covered with a dense rain of bullets overhead, and from time to time mortar shells and grenadiers exploded in the ranks. Although their rifles and machine guns were able to clank and spark the motionless wagons on the railroad tracks, they were very ineffective against the Japanese troops.

After learning that the multiple rounds of strikes launched by the grenadiers had little effect, Qin Zhongxiao finally lost his patience. At this moment, the colonel of the Central Army deeply felt that the self-proclaimed chairman of the National People's Congress was descended from the elite headquarters, and in the face-to-face competition with the truly elite Japanese divisions and regiments, there was more than one level of difference in strength! This gap was proved to a certain extent as early as last year's Battle of Northern Jin and the Battle of Xinkou, and today it has deepened its imprint.

He gave up his intention to seize the heavy weapons of the Japanese army in its entirety - that now seems too unrealistic! - Although it can be judged from the exchange of fire: there were a large number of heavy machine guns and mortars in the ranks.

"Inform the commander of the first and second battalions that the besieging troops are retreating in stride!"

Qin Zhongxiao gave the latest order with sadness and regret, and next, he was already preparing to put the heavy artillery of his artillery company back into battle, since the loot could not be obtained, then simply give it a jade to burn!

However, just as the three mountain guns and one 92-infantry gun of the artillery company were transferred back to the wasteland east of the railway line and the highway and the firing boundary was adjusted nervously, reports came from the 1st and 2nd battalions that they were suppressed by the strong fire of the Japanese army and that the troops could not be safely withdrawn.

The colonel of the Central Army was dumbfounded: knowing that they couldn't attack, why couldn't they retreat!?

At this moment, the four large-caliber guns lined up were aimed at the flanks of the Japanese military columns, but in the second half of the night when the dark wind was high, the artillery could not guarantee to completely hit the military columns, and if the infantry of the 391st Regiment besieging the army column did not withdraw in advance, once the gunners were inaccurate, the risk of heavy artillery shells smashing into their own ranks would surge.

Qin Zhongxiao was in a hurry to sweat with white hair!

The commander of the artillery company on the side stomped his feet in shame: the original two artillery companies of the 391st Regiment were equipped with mortars and anti-aircraft artillery, and he and his subordinates lacked much actual combat experience in these newly acquired heavy artillery, and they were embarrassed at the critical moment. Suddenly, the commander of the artillery company looked at the only Type 92 infantry gun among the four heavy guns, his eyes lit up, and he shouted at Qin Zhongxiao:

"Tuanza, I am not sure of a long-distance strike, I will push this 92-step gun to the front of the military column and shoot at close range!"

"Can it work? Won't it hurt your own brother? Including the artillery itself? Qin Zhongxiao asked anxiously, he obviously had no other ideas at the moment.

The commander of the artillery company patted his chest and said that there was no problem, the Japanese man-made Type 92 infantry gun, with a low body and a short and thick barrel, was suitable for close combat; During the Battle of Xinkou, they used a captured 92-step gun to quietly advance under an artillery lookout of the Japanese army, and bombarded the target at a close range of several tens of meters.

The colonel of the Central Army couldn't help but be overjoyed: "Okay! Then hurry up, push the cannon up, and get rid of the carriage with heavy machine gun fire points in Little Japan first! ”

Before the words fell, an astonishing news suddenly came from the communications corps of the regimental headquarters: The special agent company had just reported with a walkie-talkie that car lights had appeared on the road on the side of Wencheng on the same road, and the scale was a convoy of trucks, which was heading in the direction of the battlefield; The officers and soldiers of the special service company judged that it might be a new reinforcement sent by the Japanese army in Wencheng!

The entire 391 regiment command suddenly fell into a new tense atmosphere.