When the Japanese cavalry brigade did not charge with war horses, its attack power was much worse than that of regular infantry. When the cavalry of this squadron, with two basket legs and light weapons, began to attack the nameless heights, their performance was obviously a grade worse than the regular infantry that had attacked before, which also made Tang Yigang, the commander of the first battalion guarding the top of the high ground, despise him.

The slope of the high ground is relatively gentle, but it must be an upward attack, and the slope of more than 200 meters has been cleared by the soldiers of the first battalion, and there is no too obvious cover that can be used to cover the attack. When the Japanese army climbed up to the halfway point of the hill, the position was full of firepower, and after a dozen light and heavy machine guns knocked down dozens of Japanese soldiers, the rest of the Japanese troops were suppressed and lay on the ground.

It is more difficult to shoot from the bottom up, and it is difficult to even find the target, so how can we talk about accuracy, but on the contrary, the soldiers of the company on the top of the slope not only use light and heavy machine guns to suppress the shooting, but other soldiers rely on their accurate marksmanship to constantly attack the Japanese soldiers who dare to raise their heads. For a full twenty minutes, the attacking Japanese troops only crawled to the top of the slope for a few tens of meters, and it was difficult to move forward half a step forward.

In the past, when the Japanese army encountered this situation, it would use powerful artillery fire to imitate and suppress the position on the top of the slope at the first time, and then let the infantry charge, but now without artillery suppression, it will be very difficult to attack the top of the slope. The captain of the cavalry brigade, who was standing a few hundred meters away from the battle, also looked helplessly at the machine gun fire point spitting tongues of fire on the position at the top of the slope, helpless.

Half an hour passed, and the captain could only send another squadron of soldiers up, this time not to attack the position at the top of the slope, but to cover the withdrawal of the squadron that was attacking in front. As soon as this squadron moved, Tang Yigang on the top of the slope found out, Tang Yishi thought that this squadron was here to reinforce, and in the face of six or seven hundred Japanese troops, Tang Yigang felt that the strength of a company with only more than 100 people was a little weak.

Without hesitation, Tang Yigang immediately used the walkie-talkie to give the second company in ambush in the woods on the side an order to attack. The commander of the second company was a little anxious waiting for the attack order, and now that he received the order, he immediately ordered the second company to open fire. More than 10 light and heavy machine guns of the second company opened fire from the side, which hit the Japanese army unguarded, and the squadron that went up behind was immediately knocked down dozens of people, and the rest of the people were also in chaos.

The captain of the group saw that there was still an ambush in the woods on the side, and this was broken, and his men would suffer heavy losses if they were attacked from both sides, and there was no artillery to support them. In desperation, the captain could only order a few light and heavy machine guns around him to fire into the woods, trying to suppress the fire of the defenders, and then gave the order to retreat.

When the soldiers of the two squadrons finally withdrew, they had already lost half of their troops, and the captain saw that this battle could not be fought again, he had no artillery here, and the heavy firepower was seriously insufficient, and the army of China had an absolute advantage in both firepower and terrain, and it seemed that he could only continue the attack when the main force of the division arrived.

The Japanese army retreated, Tang Yigang did not pursue, but commanded the soldiers to hurry up and repair the fortifications, Tang Yigang knew very well that it was only the vanguard of the Japanese army that had just attacked, and the main force of the army would arrive soon after, and it would be a difficult battle at that time, and it would also be a severe test for the officers and soldiers of the first battalion. Fortunately, the regimental commander's order was only to hold the high ground for two hours, which would have been nearly an hour later.

Tang Yigang hoped that the Japanese army would come as late as possible, but only half an hour later, the Japanese army appeared in sight. Tang Yigang stood at the top of the slope, holding a telescope and looking at the Japanese army, it should be an infantry wing, next to a Dazuo officer, the captain of the cavalry brigade who had retreated just now was pointing and talking to him.

Tang Yigang's face became serious, he knew that even if his battalion had strong combat effectiveness, it would not be able to withstand the attack of more than 5,000 people of a wing of the Japanese army with more than 400 people, the difference was only how long he could carry it. The longer you carry it here, the more fully prepared the regiment will be, and the easier it will be to fight the battle below. In the binoculars, Tang Yigang saw that the Japanese army had begun to arrange artillery positions, and knew that the Japanese artillery bombardment would begin soon.

The fortifications on the top of the slope were still very rudimentary, and Tang Yishi would not put his troops on this simple position to be bombed, so only a few hidden guard posts were left on the position, and the rest of the soldiers retreated to the anticline of the hillside. It didn't take long for the Japanese artillery bombardment to begin, and to Tang Yigang's surprise, the target of the first round of Japanese shelling turned out to be the forest on the side.

Tang Yigang was secretly glad that he had withdrawn the second company, otherwise in this small wood, the second company would definitely lose a lot. At this time, the commander of the second company came over and said: "Battalion commander, you are really prescient, little Japan really made a move on the woods, if the second company does not withdraw, it will definitely suffer a lot of losses." Now I'm going to take you!"

Tang Yigang replied: "Your second company was ambushed in the woods, which made little Japan suffer a big loss, how can little Japan not worry about you, I just didn't expect that little Japan would shell the woods as soon as it came up, it seems that your second company hurt little Japan." As he was talking, the Japanese saw that the grove had been blown up, and no one had been blown up, so they turned the muzzle of the gun and launched an artillery attack on the top of the slope.

The Japanese artillery bombardment lasted for 20 minutes, and the position was blown up with dust and smoke, and the rudimentary fortifications were basically destroyed, and then the shelling stopped, and an infantry squadron cautiously attacked along the hillside. As soon as the Japanese troops arrived at the foot of the mountain, the guard post reported to the battalion commander Tang Yigang, and Tang Yigang hurriedly ordered a company to enter the position to block the Japanese army.

When the soldiers of the first company reached the top of the slope, the Japanese soldiers also climbed to the center of the ramp, and the commander of the first company hurriedly let the soldiers enter the position, and personally operated a light machine gun and fired at the Japanese soldiers on the ramp. The machine gun in the company commander's hand rang out, and the soldiers also found cover one after another, set up their weapons and opened fire on the Japanese soldiers. The dozens of Japanese soldiers rushing in front were knocked to the ground at once, and the rest of the people hurriedly hid and lay down.

The 16th Division must be a veteran A division, and the quality of the soldiers and the fighting are not weak, although it is a little more difficult to attack from the bottom up, but the counterattack is still presentable. Light and heavy machine guns suppressed the firing points on the position, and the grenadiers were aimed at the light straight machine guns on the position. In addition, the small artillery of the rear wing also opened fire at the light and heavy machine guns on the position, and for a while, the firepower of the first company on the position was really suppressed, and the commander of the first company was also cut a big hole in his left arm by the shrapnel of the Japanese artillery shells.

Hearing that the fire on the position was suppressed, Tang Yigang asked the mortars in the battalion to return fire on the Japanese troops. The mortars were also on the anti-slope of the hillside, and the Japanese artillery positions could not be seen, so the observers needed to go to the position on the top of the slope to direct the direction, and after a while, the observers reported the bearing coordinates, and a dozen or so large and small caliber mortars of the first battalion immediately began to counterattack.

As soon as the mortars counterattacked, the Japanese artillery fire was immediately suppressed, and the pressure was much less immediately reduced due to the lack of Japanese artillery fire on the slope top position. After bandaging the wounds, the commander of the first company saw that the Japanese artillery fire was suppressed, and immediately ordered the few machine guns to fire at the Japanese troops. Taking advantage of the suppression of the fire on the position, the Japanese soldiers advanced several dozen meters upward, and at this time they were less than 100 meters away from the top of the slope.

There were less than 200 Japanese troops who could continue the attack, but this less than 200 people brought tremendous pressure to the first company, and under the attack of the Japanese army, only 60 or so soldiers on the position were still fighting power, and the rest of the soldiers were either sacrificed or seriously wounded. Seeing that the Japanese army was getting closer and closer to the position, the commander of a company took the lead in throwing grenades, and in the explosion of dozens of grenades, the Japanese attack was stopped.

It didn't take long for another Japanese attack began, this time with an infantry brigade. Last time, an infantry squadron almost attacked the position, but this time an infantry brigade came up, and Tang Yigang's heart became heavy. Looking at the time, two hours have passed, and the first battalion has completed the task, but even if it retreats, it must repel the Japanese attack, otherwise the Japanese army will beat behind their buttocks, and the losses will not be small, let alone lose this person.

Tang Yigang called the commander of the second company and asked the commander of the second company to bring an infantry platoon and a machine gun platoon of the heavy fire company, and then go back to the grove on the side, and see the opportunity to give little Japan a hard blow from the side. In addition to the platoons that had already taken up the position, the third company used one platoon to protect a dozen mortars in the battalion, and the other platoon to cover the seriously wounded who had just been withdrawn to return to the city of Xib.

The task of these dozen mortars was to strike at the artillery positions of the Japanese wing and suppress the Japanese artillery fire under the command of the observers. When Tang Yigang came to the position with his soldiers, the position had already exchanged fire with the attacking Japanese army. Looking down from the top of the slope, more than 1,000 Japanese troops were densely packed in a large area, and although some people continued to fall during the attack, more people were still struggling to rush to the top of the slope position.

The soldiers of the two platoons and some of the soldiers of the heavy fire company didn't want to think so much, so they set up their weapons and joined the ranks to block the Japanese army. With the addition of these new forces, the firepower on the position was strengthened, and the Japanese offensive was also stalled. The two sides were more than 100 meters away and launched a confrontation. The Japanese were outnumbered, but the defenders suppressed the Japanese attack with accurate marksmanship, ferocious firepower and condescending superiority.

Twenty minutes later, the Japanese slowly attacked less than 100 meters from the position at the top of the slope. Seeing that the position was in front of him, the commander of the Japanese brigade commanding the attack stood up from the ground, pointed his command knife at the position, and shouted: "Kill it!" The Japanese soldiers lying on the ground also jumped up and launched a charge. Tang Yigang saw the Japanese army launch a charge, and was about to lead the soldiers on the position to fight the Japanese army hand-to-hand, but the sound of machine gun fire came from the woods on the side.