The commander of the second battalion of the 391st Regiment is also a veteran of a hundred battles, although he can never see how many cavalry there are on the opposite side in the night, but when the reinforced Makqin heavy machine gun arrived, he immediately erected it to the far right end of the entire defense line - if according to the drill code, a linear arrangement of the blocking position erected the only heavy machine gun, it should be close to the central area, so as to facilitate the transfer of the muzzle at any time to support the left and right flanks - at present, from the sound of the horse's hooves of the cavalry charging on the opposite side, it is difficult for the defenders to judge their position, Rather than having the heavy machine gun blindly choose the direction of the attack in the dark, it is better to set it up at one end of the position, with the muzzle of the gun diagonally aimed at the front of the entire line of defense to shoot through.

It worked. When the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army rushed forward in a bluff again, the Makqin heavy machine gun suddenly fired at the far right end of the position, and a dense and powerful rain of bullets poured diagonally from right to left, immediately penetrating the front line of the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army, and the neighing sound of the war horse after being shot became a whole. The commander of the second battalion of the 391st Regiment knew that he was in a good position, and he yelled excitedly, and ordered the Makqin shooters not to stop and fight until there was no sound of horses' hooves!

Du Dongqiang, the commander of the cavalry regiment who supervised the formation in the rear of the puppet Mongolian army, first heard the sorrowful roar of the war horse in front of him, and then suddenly realized that the sound of the machine gun on the defense line of the Chinese army had changed, and it was no longer the Czech style that he was familiar with before, but - Makqin heavy machine gun!

Du Dongqiang was so frightened that he almost fell off his horse: the reason why he dared to organize this kind of rotational charge formation was to use the inaccurate firepower of the Chinese army in the night; The formation of this charge was in a column, and the opposing light machine guns were not easy to capture. However, once the heavy machine gun appeared, it was different, although the heavy machine gun commonly equipped by the Japanese army was a copy of the Hatch Kais's Type 92, but Du Dongqiang also listened to the Kwantung Army instructor teach the Chinese Army's Type 24 heavy machine gun, and the prototype Makqin it copied had become famous as early as the First World War, and was called the "life harvester" by the enemy who had lingering fears.

"Close! Wrap up now! ”

Du Dong howled hoarsely - once the tall cavalry team encountered the head-on ravage of the "life harvester", the end would be extremely tragic.

The cavalry's charge was stopped in time, and the ambition of Du Dongqiang to fight to the death just now was wiped out in an instant. He didn't know where the fortified army on the opposite side had gotten Makqin, but he had ordered all of them to retreat: the range of that thing was enough to shoot for miles, and the cavalry regiment couldn't touch it.

Unexpectedly, just as the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army was retreating in a chaotic manner, the roar of automobile motors suddenly came from the direction behind them, and three Japanese 94-style trucks with headlights on rushed over from far and near. Du Dongqiang's back of his head couldn't help but tingle for a while, so he avoided the heavy firepower of the front army, and the Japanese who were urging him to come up again!

These three trucks were the three vehicles that had just escaped the siege and harassment of the 7th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the Xu Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. One of the squadron leaders of the two Japanese squadrons dispatched from Fengdian County tonight was sitting in the first truck at this moment; With the help of the reflection of the headlights, the squadron leader saw clearly the fact that the Mongolian Xinjiang Army was busy retreating, and he was furious on the spot, and before the truck was moving, he had already pushed open the door on the right side of the cab, stood on the pedal under the door, brandished the Southern 14th pistol in his hand, and scolded non-stop.

When the cavalry rear of the Mongolian Xinjiang Army, including Du Dongqiang, saw this situation, they all unconsciously stopped, and waited for the order (punishment) of the imperial army with anxiety.

The Japanese squadron leader asked the commander of the cavalry regiment of the Mongolian Army, who was running up quickly, and the latter emphasized that they were forced to retreat only after the sudden appearance of the heavy machine guns of the Chinese Army.

At this time, the truck that had turned off the engine also turned off its headlights, and the Japanese soldiers on the car began to jump out of the cabin. In addition to carrying more than 60 soldiers, the three trucks also had a mortar and five grenadiers. The squadron leader of the Japanese army, who had rich combat experience, pushed away the trembling Du Dongqiang and personally commanded the deployment of mortars and grenadiers; He had to first knock out the heavy machine guns of the Chinese army, and then let the cavalry of the Mongolian army relaunch an attack on the front to attract the attention of the opponent, while the imperial infantry quietly touched the flank of the Chinese army's defense line and attacked the opponent by surprise! In short, it is necessary to follow the order of Wing Commander Dazuo: everything must be based on speed, quickly launch strikes, quickly break through positions, and quickly advance in the direction of the Nantongpu Railway.

On the defensive line of the 2nd Battalion of the 391st Regiment, with the addition of the Makqin heavy machine gun, the officers and men breathed a sigh of relief. Since they could not see the lights of the Japanese trucks from their positions, they did not know that behind the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army, there was another new force of the Japanese. The second battalion commander excitedly patted the adjutant of the regimental headquarters on the shoulder, asking him to return to the regimental seat immediately, which was completely withstandable:

"You let the group seat and them retreat quickly, and the main force has entered Guanmen Mountain, so I don't need a hard top here, so as not to have too many dreams at night!"

The adjutant had just personally felt the effective suppression of the enemy's cavalry by the heavy machine guns, and his mood was relaxed, and after a few words of brief explanation to the commander of the second battalion, he hurriedly embarked on the return journey.

Just when the adjutant was still on the way back, the walkie-talkie of the Central Army Headquarters had already called the second battalion headquarters, and Qin Zhongxiao personally talked to the commander of the second battalion and learned about the situation there.

The 391st Regiment is equipped with a total of four walkie-talkies as standard, one for each of the regimental headquarters and the battalion headquarters of the three battalions. Later, the Zhao Mutou Special Service Company directly under the division headquarters was temporarily strengthened to fight the 391st Regiment and brought another one; In this way, the entire 391 regiment has five walkie-talkies, although there is still a significant gap compared with the number of walkie-talkies that the Japanese standing division is equipped with to the infantry squadron level, but it is quite advanced under the overall equipment level of the national army at that time. Not to mention, the 2nd Battalion of the Xu Brigade of the Eighth Route Army, which fought side by side with the 391st Regiment tonight, was so backward and simple in terms of means of communication that it completely relied on manpower transmission.

"It seems that the second battalion commander is temporarily fine, and only the cavalry attacked them, so it should be the puppet Mongolian army in Fengdian City, right?" The colonel of the Central Army, who put down the microphone of the walkie-talkie, said to Zhang Hong, the chief of staff who was guarding beside him.

Zhang Hong suddenly frowned and asked: Where did the Japanese go? Wasn't it the Japanese who broke through the blocking position of the Eighth Route Army?

This question made Qin Zhongxiao also vigilant - what the chief of staff said was very true, the second battalion captured the puppet Mongolian cavalry prisoner * generation: Fengdian reinforcements who broke through the blocking position near Hekou Village of the Eighth Route Army included a large number of Japanese troops.

Where did this large number of Japanese troops go?!

"Could it be that the Japanese directly copied Xiping Village and blocked our retreat into Guanmen Mountain?" Zhang Hong blurted out a sentence worriedly, and was immediately frightened by his assumption.

But the colonel of the Central Army immediately shook his head: "Impossible! Our regiment also temporarily decided to enter Guanmen Mountain from Xiping Village, and the Japanese are not roundworms in our stomachs, so how could they guess our retreat route so quickly? ”

The chief of staff has begun to be stubborn, and Zhang Hong, who has always been known for his prudence, is always accustomed to preparing for the worst. He immediately used the walkie-talkie at the regiment headquarters to call the commander of the first battalion, and at this moment, the main force of the first battalion of the 391st regiment, as well as the artillery company, heavy equipment, and baggage, were all on the way to Xiping Village.

Zhang Hong's reply from the commander of the first battalion made Zhang Hong breathe a sigh of relief: the main front team was about to arrive in Xiping Village, and the left-behind troops of the Eighth Route Army in Xiping had just sent a response personnel at the joint.

"My Chief of Staff, you're too nervous! Do you see the Japanese as heavenly soldiers? Qin Zhongxiao teased with a mocking tone and demeanor.

Zhang Hong doesn't care about Shangfeng's cynicism, it's a good thing that nothing happens, it's better than being a prophecy by himself!

The colonel of the Central Army immediately analyzed that the reason why the commander of the second battalion had not seen the main force of the Japanese army for a long time now seemed to have only one possibility, that is, the blocking troops of the Eighth Route Army were still fighting with the Japanese army after the position was broken through, and they were holding back their pace of continuing to advance towards the railway line near Hekou Village.

"Maybe." Zhang Hong replied lightly, he was always reluctant to talk about the topic of the Eighth Route Army. Immediately, he changed his words: since the commander of the second battalion had already taken the fourth and fifth companies to resist the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army, at this moment, there was no need for him and the sixth company under the command of the regiment to establish a reserve position here, and he should immediately catch up with the footsteps of the main force of the regiment and enter Xiping Village and Guanmen Mountain as soon as possible.

The colonel of the Central Army hesitated for a moment, but also felt that according to the current general situation of development and changes in various local battlefields, it was indeed of little significance for the sixth company of the second battalion to stay here. His adjutant rushed back from the second battalion commander at this time, and Qin Zhongxiao finally waved his hand and ordered a retreat.

In this way, the 6th Company of the 2nd Battalion of the 391st Regiment abandoned the defensive line that had just begun to be hastily constructed, assembled the whole team under the command of the company commander Captain Zhu Xingyun, and set off in the direction of Xiping Village in the east.

However, less than ten minutes before the Central Army left, a convoy of trucks suddenly appeared at the far end of the wasteland, and a long convoy rushed from the direction of the Nantongpu Railway Line, moving forward closer and closer. If one were to stand in the wilderness at this time and count them, they would find that the convoy consisted of as many as seventeen large trucks.

This is exactly the Japanese reinforcements from Linfen!

Due to unfamiliar road conditions, after this large group of Japanese reinforcements left the railway line, the trucks they transferred to could only grope their way to the southeast, until they faintly heard the sound of guns and artillery fire-it was the second battalion of the 391st Regiment fighting fiercely with the cavalry of the puppet Mongolian army--and then drove towards the battlefield at full speed.

Kikuchi Shaosa, who commanded this reinforcement, began to analyze nervously since he heard the sound of the exchange of fire in front of him; He knew that there was a county town of Fengdian at the northernmost tip of Guanmen Mountain, and from there a large number of reinforcements from the Hagiwara Brigade were also dispatched tonight to the Tongpu railway line near Lingshi County, preparing to flank the Encircled Shina Army. Nine times out of ten, where the fire is being crossed, it is the reinforcements that are fighting with the Chinese army fleeing the railway line. At this moment, it is undoubtedly the best opportunity for me to lead a diagonal stab!

Shao Zuo ordered to move forward at full speed, and seventeen trucks frantically ran over the land on the wasteland, ran over the place where the colonel of the Central Army had just left, and swooped towards the two companies of the second battalion of the 391st regiment!