As soon as the artillery on the Japanese blocking position opened fire, the machine gun fire point here of the first battalion was hit, and the light machine guns quickly moved their positions, but several heavy machine guns did not have time to move at all, and they were destroyed in the Japanese artillery fire, and the soldiers also suffered more than 20 casualties. As soon as the machine gun fire used for cover stopped, the machine guns on the Japanese blocking positions began to rise, and the soldiers dared to poke out of their bunkers and open fire on the attacking company of soldiers.

The first company was originally a feint, and as soon as the firepower on the Japanese position was strong, Peng Biao immediately withdrew with the first company. When the head of the regiment, Wei Ye, saw this scene, not only was not angry, but a little excited. The purpose of this attack was to draw out the Japanese artillery, and although dozens of soldiers were now killed or wounded, the goal was achieved. Yu Mingren, commander of the fire battalion, also seized the opportunity and calculated the position coordinates of the Japanese artillery.

The artillery of the Japanese positions was still shelling the first battalion, and the dozens of large and small caliber artillery guns of the heavy fire battalion had already completed their preparations. Yu Ming gave an order, and dozens of * flew towards the target. The shells exploded in smoke and fire behind the Japanese positions, and the Japanese artillery that was firing at the first battalion was suddenly completely silent.

The mortars of the heavy fire battalion fired several rounds in succession, and when they saw that the Japanese artillery was not moving, they turned the muzzle of the gun and plowed the Japanese blocking position. After the mortars ceased fire, Wu Zhijun, the commander of the 1st battalion, again organized machine guns to fire suppressively at the Japanese blocking positions, and this time the 1st and 2nd companies launched an attack on the Japanese troops. The purpose of this attack was not to necessarily capture the Japanese position, but to test whether the Japanese still had hidden artillery.

As last time, a large number of light and heavy machine guns, strafing the Japanese troops on the Japanese positions, did not dare to stick their heads out at all after lying on the fortifications. After a company had advanced 20 to 30 meters along the ramp, the Japanese troops poked their heads out to block the attack regardless of casualties under the strict orders of the commander. However, the Japanese still had a numerical advantage and continued to use their lives to stop the Chinese army's attack.

Wei Ye saw that the Japanese army still did not use artillery to fight back despite such heavy casualties, and nodded secretly, knowing that the Japanese army had no artillery available. The Japanese army desperately blocked the attack of the Chinese army, and the machine guns continued to sound, especially the Japanese army's * and grenadiers still caused great damage to the attacking soldiers, and in just ten minutes, dozens of soldiers fell on the road of attack.

In order to avoid continuing to make Wuwei's sacrifices, Wei Ye asked Wu Zhijun to retreat. As soon as the 1st and 2nd companies withdrew, cheers rang out from the Japanese positions. Wu Zhijun spat on the ground fiercely and said, "Little Japan, look at your current call, when the chariot comes up, you will cry!" After more than half an hour, four light tanks and four heavy armored vehicles slowly drove along the mountain road.

The chariot stopped here in the 877th Regiment, and a young captain officer jumped out of a tank car, this officer glanced around, walked quickly to the regiment commander Wei Ye, stood up and saluted, and said: "Report to the commander, Ouyang Fei, the commander of the first battalion and one company of the armored brigade light tank regiment, was ordered to lead the light tank company and the four heavy armored vehicles of the armored regiment to follow the command. Please instruct. ”

Wei Ye returned the military salute and said, "I am Wei Ye, the commander of the 877th Regiment of the 211th Division, and I thank the brothers of the armored brigade for coming to support us. After speaking, he took the initiative to stretch out his hand. Ouyang Fei hurriedly stretched out his hand and shook Wei Ye and said, "Head Wei, the family doesn't speak the words of the two families, you can arrange any tasks!" Wei Ye smiled and said, "Okay, I'm welcome." ”

Then Wei Ye pointed to the direction of the Japanese position with his hand, and continued: "Turning the bend in front, the Japanese army has set up a blocking position, because the terrain is extremely unfavorable to us, and the casualties will be too great if we attack, so I am ready to let the tanks and infantry work together to take this position of the Japanese army in one fell swoop." I have drawn out and destroyed all the Japanese artillery, and now the Japanese positions are only heavy weapons such as grenadiers and heavy machine guns. ”

Ouyang Feili replied in the back: "Don't worry, Commander Wei, I will go up with the tank immediately, and ask Commander Wei to send infantry to assist us in attacking together." After saying that, he saluted, turned around and returned to the car. Soon two light tanks were moving side by side along the mountain road, followed closely by a battalion and a company of fighters behind them. As soon as the two tanks turned the corner, they were discovered by the Japanese troops on the position, and the Japanese captain in charge of the command was shocked.

Without artillery, if you want to deal with these huge chariots, you can only use people to hold * bags, and the captain selected twenty people who dared to die, handed them a * bag each, and prepared to wait for the two chariots to rush over, let these dead soldiers rush up and blow up the chariots. The tanks slowly moved forward along the mountain road, and the vehicle-mounted artillery and vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns opened fire on the Japanese positions as they went.

Under such a blow to the Japanese position, the soldiers suffered heavy casualties, but there were still soldiers who were desperately counterattacking under the rain of bullets. Thirty meters away from the Japanese position, the tank stopped advancing, and the fighters of the company behind the tank also set up light machine guns and covered the fire on the tank to cover the other fighters to advance the assault. The soldiers killed in the Japanese position had already been laid on the ground, and the captain was still ordering the soldiers behind to keep going up.

The soldiers of the charging company first threw a round of grenades and bullets into the position, and then took their weapons and charged while shooting. The resistance on the Japanese positions was already very weak, and there were not many casualties, and the soldiers of the first company rushed to the Japanese positions. The Japanese soldiers in their arms also launched a counter-charge desperately, but most of them were killed on the ground, and only a few one or two people rushed over and rang the * bag, and the soldiers of the first company also suffered more than a dozen casualties.

The position was captured, and the captain of the Japanese army knew that it was difficult to hold it any longer, so he could only retreat back with the remnants. However, because of the Japanese resistance, the main force led by Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao bought two hours, and during this time, the 56th Brigade and the 2nd Division were mixed, and the forces of the two infantry brigades were concentrated, and under the cover of artillery and heavy weapons, they rushed through the ambush of the 542nd Regiment at Paizhishan.

The 542nd Regiment advanced lightly, and there were no heavy weapons except for a few 60 mortars. The distance from the road was more than 500 meters, and regiment commander Liu Yunfei could only send the first and second battalions to set up an ambush close to the road, and the third battalion used machine guns and mortars to provide fire support at the foot of the mountain.

Soon after, the 56th Brigade of the Japanese Army sent an infantry brigade to attack the 542nd Regiment in an attempt to wipe out the 542nd Regiment in ambush in one fell swoop.

When this infantry brigade saw that it was not attacking the 542nd Regiment at all, it immediately reported it to the brigade commander. At this time, Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao also withdrew with his troops. Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao saw that there was an ambush by the Chinese army at Paedeyama, and realizing the seriousness of the problem, immediately sent the 29th Wing to send an infantry brigade to strengthen the offensive, and also ordered the mountain artillery wing of the 2nd Division to assist in the attack.

With the 2nd Division, which had a strong attacking force, joining the attack, and with the assistance of the Mountain Artillery Wing, the 542nd Regiment began to struggle to block the attack, and the casualties among the officers and men continued to increase. After blocking the Japanese Duohuan's strong attack, the only few artillery guns of the 542nd Regiment were also blown up by the Japanese mountain artillery, and more than half of the machine guns were lost.

Seeing that the troops who ambushed them had withdrawn, the Japanese army did not chase after them, and hurriedly reorganized their teams and continued to retreat in the direction of Zhennanguan. The mountain road is narrow, and with so many troops and military supplies, artillery, etc., the speed of the Japanese army's retreat can be imagined. When the 211th Division defeated the Japanese blocking position, Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao led the main force of the 2nd Division to advance three kilometers through the foot of Paizhi Mountain.

The captain of the Japanese army, who was responsible for commanding the broken troops, withdrew two kilometers in one breath before regrouping, and at this time he had only more than 2,000 troops in his hands, barely organized into two brigades. The captain immediately reported to the wing commander that the blockade had failed, and that the Chinese army was continuing the pursuit. After the situation was reported to Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao, Lieutenant General Maruyama Masao again ordered the broken troops to continue to choose the type of ground to block the pursuit of the Shina army.

The captain could only carry out the order, once again chose a mountain road, hastily repaired some fortifications, and prepared to block the pursuers again. After the 877th Regiment occupied the Japanese blocking position, the regiment recognized that Wei Ye had not even cleaned the battlefield, leaving a company to contain the casualties, and ordered the 2nd Battalion to continue to pursue the Japanese army. Similarly, the reconnaissance group of the reconnaissance battalion again moved forward and took on the task of reconnaissance and spearheading.

The reconnaissance group had not gone far before they found that the Japanese had set up a blocking position on a mountain road. The reconnaissance team immediately reported the information, Wei Ye received the information, and said to the commander of the second battalion beside him: "Little Japan is going to block our pursuit at any cost and buy time for the main force to retreat, but how long can these remnants of the defeated army stop us?"

The commander of the second battalion replied: "Tuanzao, I'm afraid it will take a lot of time to wait for the chariots behind to come up, do you want our second battalion to attack once?" Wei Ye thought for a while and said: "It's okay, your second battalion will try to attack first, and I will let the heavy firepower battalion provide you with fire support with artillery guns." However, if it doesn't work, withdraw first, and the casualties must not be too large. ”

Wang Haitao always taught his officers that they should give full play to their advantages in firepower when fighting, and they should not fight hard with the enemy, and this kind of teaching has been engraved in the bones of the officers, so Wei Ye also repeatedly told the second battalion commander that he could not attack hard and could not have too many casualties. The commander of the second battalion got Wei Ye's order and returned to the battalion excitedly, so that the troops could prepare to attack the Japanese army.