Zeng Quan did not hesitate, and directly ordered: "Transfer one infantry platoon from the second company, two platoons from the third company, plus the small artillery squad of each company, the mortar platoon directly under the battalion headquarters, the heavy machine gun platoon, and the baggage platoon, and immediately reinforce the regiment commander with me, and the others stay to clean up the battlefield!" ”

At this time, the battle in the direction of the main force of the regiment was indeed not over, and the dense gunfire even had a tendency to intensify.

But those who are careful will find that the whole battle is not getting harder and harder as everyone thinks, but is already nearing the end.

Eliminate the reinforced squadron in the middle of the Japanese army, and let the Japanese captain not have the opportunity to send a telegram to the county seat. On the battlefield at once, two infantry companies shot empty.

Zhang Yunshan, the commander of the first battalion, did not say a word, and directly ordered the two companies to follow the road and directly kill the devils who were carrying out a counterattack from behind.

The Japanese troops in the forward two squads, because they separated an infantry squad to attack Wang Ping's regimental headquarters, and the remaining infantry squad was flanked by two infantry companies of the independent regiment, and it only lasted five minutes before collapsing, and then it was quickly wiped out.

At this time, the entire ambush battlefield was left with four infantry squads behind His Highness.

No, after nearly half an hour of attack and stalemate, the four infantry squads have been sharply reduced to three, but even so, the combat effectiveness of these more than 100 devils should not be underestimated.

After a sudden attack by a company of the Independent Regiment in the back, the Japanese army, which lost half of its infantry squad in an instant, immediately reacted.

Dozens of devils immediately turned their guns and blocked the Eighth Route Army from approaching them.

The remaining nearly 100 devils continued to maintain pressure on the Eighth Route Army on the high ground, and then continued to touch the high ground by creeping forward.

"Squadron leader, the Eighth Route Army behind is killed from the road, I'm worried that the captain's side is finished, after all, their side has been attacked by the Eighth Route Army from the beginning!" Listening to the increasingly dense gunfire around him, the deputy captain expressed his worries with a solemn face.

"It must be so, the gunfire on the captain's side has stopped!" The squadron leader's good mood just now disappeared all of a sudden, and he analyzed with a frown.

"Then we won't be alone, it won't be too long, we will be surrounded by the heavy troops of the Eighth Route Army!" The vice-captain's face became even more ugly, and he shouted with a hint of desperation.

After a short period of shock, the squadron leader calmed down and analyzed with a calm face: "Don't worry, even if we become alone, we won't necessarily die here." Don't forget, the captain has just reported that the brigade commander has sent a cavalry brigade to reinforce us. Judging by the timing, they should be almost there. As long as we hold on until the cavalry brigade comes, we can get out of here alive! ”

In the eyes of ordinary infantry, cavalry is their nemesis, the god of killing on the battlefield.

As long as the cavalry reinforcements came, no amount of infantry of the Eighth Route Army could withstand the slaughter. What's more, the brigade commander directly sent a cavalry brigade of nearly 400 cavalry to reinforce himself, you must know that in the ranking of the Japanese army's combat effectiveness, 400 cavalry is completely worthy of an infantry brigade, or even more!

Therefore, in the eyes of the Japanese infantry, the cavalry is a god, and there is no enemy on the Chinese battlefield that the imperial cavalry cannot solve.

Sure enough, as soon as the squadron leader said that the cavalry brigade was on the way over, the nervous expressions of the surrounding subordinates relaxed a lot.

The squadron leader did not relax, because it would take time for the cavalry brigade to come, and only if everyone survived and persevered until the cavalry brigade came would there be any hope of survival.

And now that there are three infantry companies of the Eighth Route Army concentrated around him, the squadron leader is sure that the longer the time drags on, the more the Eighth Route Army will gather.

Therefore, in order to hold out here for a longer time, there is only one way, and that is to have a high ground that is conducive to defense. Only by condescending to defend can more than a hundred imperial troops under his command block the attack of the Eighth Route Army, which is several times larger.

"Gentlemen, there are more and more Eighth Route Army gathered, we have no terrain advantage, but the Eighth Route Army can use machine gun fire to kill and injure us condescendingly. So, only by occupying the high ground in front of us, can we be sure to hold out until reinforcements come? The squadron leader said with a serious face.

Listening to the increasingly dense gunfire around them and the constant screams of soldiers, several squad leaders knew that the squadron leader was telling the truth.

frowned, and replied with a serious face: "Squadron leader, you give the order!" ”

"Yo Xi, you are the most heroic Imperial Army of the Great Japanese Empire! I ordered: The first squad will attack head-on, and the second and third squads will flank and feint to disperse the fire of the Eighth Route Army on the high ground. The third squad of the 4th Squadron blocked the 8th Route Army behind us and could not let them threaten the safety of our attacking troops! The squadron leader ordered with a serious face.

The two companies of the first battalion and the third battalion of the independent regiment defending the hill were personally commanded by the battalion commander Zhang Qing.

Originally, I thought that ambushing the two companies of the Imperial Association Army with two companies was a very easy task, but I didn't expect that the little devil would actually give himself a golden cicada shell, replace the Imperial Association Army with a puppet army, and let himself run into a hard bone.

Because of the light enemy and the mercy of their subordinates at the beginning, the two companies not only failed to seize the opportunity to kill and injure a large number of devils in the first round of surprise firepower, but were also beaten by devils in a surprise attack.

In addition, the heavy machine guns and mortars directly under the battalion headquarters were transferred away by the regiment commander, and in the face of the subordinates who accounted for most of the recruits and prisoners, in order to prevent these people from collapsing on the battlefield, what accidents occurred. Zhang Qing could only follow the order, constantly shrink the defensive line, and concentrate all the troops on the high ground to confront the devils.

Although the troops in his hand are twice as large as those of the devils, and he also has the advantage of terrain. But because the Japanese army was well-trained, Zhang Qing did not take any advantage during the entire confrontation. Not only that, but the well-trained devil actually crawled forward, and little by little he touched the high ground of the mountain.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the heavy machine gun platoon directly under the battalion headquarters was sent back by the regiment commander, and the three heavy machine guns went to the high ground, and Zhang Qing's confidence was much higher.

However, in the face of the devil lying on the ground, Zhang Qing did not immediately order the heavy machine gun to shoot.

Because, shooting now is a waste of bullets, he is waiting, waiting for the critical moment to use three heavy machine guns to give the devil a deadly attack.

He believed that the devil could not keep crawling forward like this.

Although there are many advantages to crawling, there is also a fatal drawback, which is that it is too slow.

As long as they touch more than 40 meters below the high ground, they can use the grenade to clean them up to their heart's content, and the devil lying on the ground obviously has no possibility to throw the grenade to the high ground because he has no terrain advantage.

At this time, if the Japanese army planned to rush forward with minimal casualties, they had to stand up and charge.

If they continued to crawl forward, Zhang Qing would only need to use a grenade to blow them all up at the foot of the mountain.

Zhang Qing was right, after the devil touched more than 60 meters in front of the formation, it was like being hit with chicken blood, he suddenly jumped up, and then rushed forward with a rifle.

The only few crooked guns were also held in the arms of the devil as a fixed fire point, and their vitality continued to provide cover for the attacking troops.

The opportunity to wait so long has finally arrived!

Zhang Qing's face instantly became fanatical, and he ordered the machine gunner next to him.

"Shoot, kill them all, and avenge the sacrifices of the warriors!"

Three heavy machine guns, four crooked handles, shot together, a total of seven scorching tongues of fire, like seven death sickles, to harvest the lives of the devils in front of the formation.

A dozen devils just jumped up, and before they could take a step forward, they were hit by bullets, and then fell to the ground, dying!