The Japanese troops on the position watched the Chinese troops under the steep slope charge up the mountain road again, and knew that these people must not be allowed to rush up, otherwise once the position is lost, there will be no room for retreat under this type of ground. The position* was still exploding continuously, and the Japanese soldiers also rushed to the edge of the position to block the charging Chinese soldiers, regardless of the shrapnel flying everywhere.

The soldiers of the platoon of the charge had left life and death behind, and had only one belief, that is, to rush to the Japanese position and destroy the little Japan on the position. The fighters who rushed to the front were shot and fell, and the fighters behind immediately went up. Soon the blood of the casualties became a stream and went down the mountain road. Seeing that the soldiers were getting closer and closer to the Japanese position, Lian Qi Li clenched his fists nervously.

At this time, the Japanese troops on the position suddenly threw more than a dozen hands and mines onto the mountain road. The explosion of hands and thunder enveloped the dozen or so fighters who rushed to the front. When the smoke was blown away by the mountain wind, Qi Li saw the dozen or so soldiers lying in a pool of blood. At this point, there were only more than 30 soldiers left in a platoon, and they were still struggling to charge upward.

Seeing that the attention of the Japanese army was all attracted by these 30 or so soldiers, Wang Mingren ordered the guard company around him to send a platoon to charge the Japanese position, and at the same time ordered the sharpshooters in the guard company to snipe at the Japanese soldiers who were outcropping on the ground. The guard company is worthy of being the elite selected in the whole regiment, and there are more than a dozen sharpshooters who are sure to snipe the Japanese army.

The platoon of the guard company quickly rushed up the mountain road, and the soldiers charging in front were less than 50 meters away from the Japanese position, and more than a dozen soldiers in the back stopped, raised the charging and frontal guns in their hands, and used intensive firepower to cover the soldiers in front and continue to approach the Japanese position. Fearing that they would injure their own people by mistake, the mortar stopped bombardment, and seeing that the mortar stopped, another squadron of Japanese troops poured out of the cave.

With the cover of more than ten rushing and sharp guns, the Japanese troops on the position could not show their heads at all, but their hands and mines were still being thrown out. The dozen or so fighters who approached the Japanese position also took out grenades and bullets and threw them at the position. Amid the explosion of grenades and bullets, the dozen or so fighters finally rushed to the Japanese position. But as soon as they rushed to the position, several fighters were knocked to the ground by the oncoming bullets.

The soldiers in the back hurriedly lay down and rolled on the spot to avoid the Japanese fire, and then you can see the technical and tactical level of these well-trained soldiers. In the rolling, they can also seize the opportunity to fire at the Japanese with their charging and sharp guns. There were few remaining Japanese troops on the position, and the Japanese soldiers who had just rushed out of the cave had not yet entered the state, and now the Japanese troops were beaten by more than a dozen rushing and sharp guns.

However, there were only a dozen soldiers who rushed up, and under the blows of more than 100 Japanese troops, few people soon had the strength to fight back. Seeing that they would all die here, the edge of the position suddenly sounded a dense burst of gunfire, and the more than ten soldiers who had covered them had already rushed to the position. With their sudden addition, the Japanese army was caught off guard and swept away.

Under the steep slope, Qi Li watched the remaining 20 or so soldiers finally rush to the Japanese position, couldn't help waving his fists in the air, and shouted excitedly: "Rush up! Rush up!" A platoon of soldiers from the guard company had finally begun to charge up the mountain road, and Qi Li was not far behind, and immediately ordered a company to charge.

On the position, the firepower of more than a dozen rushing and sharp guns was not weak, and the Japanese soldiers also lay on the ground and fired at the dozen or so soldiers who rushed up. The position was not large, and the distance between the two sides was only thirty or forty meters, but fortunately, the dozen or so people who rushed up found cover in a hurry, and some sandbags were scattered on the position after being blown up, otherwise they would all die here if they couldn't hold out for a few minutes.

As soon as the two sides hold each other, Major General Yumasa Takasaki in the cave can't sit still, if the position outside the cave is occupied by the Chinese army again, then he and these soldiers in the cave have nowhere to retreat, unless they surrender, they will all die in the cave sooner or later. Therefore, the position outside the cave cannot be lost in any case. Major General Yumasa Takasaki hurriedly sent another squadron out to help in the battle, and he told the squadron leader in command that the Chinese army must be wiped out no matter what, and the position outside the cave must be held.

The squadron leader naturally understood the consequences of losing the position outside the cave, gritted his teeth, pulled out his command knife, and rushed out of the hole with his squadron. The squadron leader rushed out of the hole and looked at the situation, and he understood that the pattern was not good, although the number of Chinese troops was not large, but each of them had a rushing and sharp gun, and the firepower was very fierce, and the number of people on his side was quite large, but the firepower was not stronger than that of the other side.

The squadron leader immediately asked his subordinates to throw hands and mines at the Chinese army, and dozens of hands and mines were thrown at the same time, and after a burst of explosions, the opponent's firepower really weakened. Overjoyed, the squadron leader ordered his soldiers to rush forward to eliminate these Chinese soldiers. At a distance of more than 30 meters, it would not take a minute to rush up, and just as the Japanese soldiers rushed over, several figures suddenly jumped up from the ground, and in a few shouts: "Long live the 90th Army!" These figures rushed into the ranks of the Japanese army, and with the sound of several explosions, several Japanese soldiers fell down with screams.

Before the Japanese could recover from these blows, a dense burst of gunfire rang out at the edge of the position. It was a platoon of fighters of the guard company who rushed to the position. Not only were there a large number of soldiers, but also three light machine guns were also put into battle, and the Japanese were stunned by the sudden blow, a large number of soldiers were shot and fell, and the rest fled to the cave in a hurry.

After the first company of the third battalion also rushed up, the position outside the cave had fallen into the hands of the third battalion, and the commander of the first company was busy directing the soldiers to use sandbags on the position to make a ring position around the entrance of the cave, and several machine guns completely sealed the entrance of the cave. Qi Li was busy directing the soldiers to rescue the wounded and collect the bodies of the sacrificed soldiers.

The attack was fierce, and only four or five of the 50 daredevils who charged and the soldiers of the platoon who charged behind survived after being seriously wounded, and the rest of the soldiers were all killed. Since the establishment of the third battalion, it has never sacrificed so many soldiers in a battle, and Qi Li looked at the corpses lying on the ground, and his heart was like a knife. Wang Mingren also walked over and gave a military salute to the remains of the soldiers.

After dealing with these things, Wang Mingren and Qi Li stepped into the position together. Wang Mingren lay behind a sandbag bunker, looked at the entrance of the cave for a while, and a company commander ran over, Wang Mingren asked: "What is the situation in the cave? Have you sent people to attack?" The company commander replied: "Tuanza, there should be a lot of small Japanese in the cave, I just sent a squad in to try to attack once, but it was repulsed and caused one death and one injury." According to the soldiers' report, not far from the entrance to the cave, there was a Japanese blocking position, the position was quickly fortified with stones, there was a heavy machine gun and two light machine guns, and the number of Japanese troops was about 30 people. ”

After listening to the company commander's report, Wang Mingren realized that this cave was not so easy to fight. The Japanese army has no way to retreat, and unless they come out and surrender, they will be trapped and fighting. The beasts that fight to the death are ferocious and terrifying, and even if they are destroyed, I am afraid that they will pay a considerable price. I don't know much about the structure and internal situation of this cave, and some special methods are afraid that it will be difficult to achieve results, and it seems that I have to attack it.

Thinking of this, Wang Mingren said to the commander of the company: "Organize troops to attack again, seize the cave little by little, be patient when attacking, and pay attention to protecting yourself." The commander of the first company took the order, and after a while, the soldiers of the second squad crossed the line of defense and touched the entrance of the cave. The effort was not great, and there was a fierce sound of gunfire in the cave, including the sound of Japanese machine guns and the sound of their own light machine guns.

The gunfire was also mixed with the sound of hands, mines, grenades and bullets. The gunfire continued for half an hour before it gradually stopped, and then a soldier ran out of the cave, and this soldier ran to the side of a company commander and shouted: "Report to the company commander, the first line of defense in the cave of the Japanese army has been captured by us, killing 21 Japanese soldiers, killing 4 of our casualties and wounding 6 of them." ”

Two squads went in and suffered half of the casualties, which shows the intensity of the battle. The commander of the first company didn't say much, and immediately sent two more squads to rush into the cave. Behind the first line of Japanese defense was the narrow passage, and at the other end of the passage, a squadron of Japanese troops was hidden behind a ring position, waiting for the Chinese troops to rush out of the passage.

The passage allowed only two people to go side by side, and as soon as the soldiers of the squad who took the lead rushed out of the passage, they encountered the intensive fire of the Japanese soldiers who had been prepared for a long time, and only four soldiers saw that the situation was wrong and hurriedly retreated to the passage to save themselves, and the other eight soldiers, including the squad leader, died at the entrance of the passage. The soldiers withdrew and reported the situation to the first company commander, but the first company commander had no choice but to run to report the situation to Wang Mingren.

Wang Mingren also frowned when he heard the report of the company commander, and then the company commander of the guard company next to him said: "Tuanzuo, this type of ground is very unfavorable to us, we can't attack by force, the loss is too great, why don't we transfer the bazooka group to help?" Wang Mingren replied: "The bazooka is a suitable weapon, but in the attack just now, the piercing and armor shells were all used up, and if we go back to the division headquarters to transfer ammunition, the time will be delayed for too long." ”

The commander of the guard company replied: "The regimental seat, the artillery shells brought by the bazooka group not only piercing and armor shells, but also grenades and bullets. After hearing this, Wang Mingren raised his eyebrows and asked: "Can the bazooka group still use grenades and bombs?" The commander of the guard company replied: "Yes, Tuanza! I also learned how to use this bazooka when I was studying in the guard brigade before, and I have personally fought it, and the power of the grenades and bullets fired out is not small, no worse than that of a small caliber." ”

At this time, a smile appeared on Wang Mingren's face, and he said, "Great, you go and transfer a few groups of bazooka groups to help in the battle immediately." The commander of the guard company agreed, and hurried down the steep slope. After a short time, the four bazooka groups came to Wang Mingren with the commander of the guard company, and Wang Mingren told them about the situation, and all the four bazooka groups took the initiative to ask Wang Mingren for battle.