The Japanese grenadiers were not vegetarians, and the grenadiers that were already on the battlefield were the first to counterattack.

Six grenades seemed to have eyes, and they all smashed into a battalion of grenadier arrays at once, blowing up a grenadier and two gunners on the spot.

Grenadier canisters, unlike mortars, require mechanical adjustment of the muzzle in order to aim at the target.

An excellent grenadier hand, holding the barrel, can accurately find the target position with just a pair of eyes, and then grasp the grenadier barrel in his hand with a slight offset, and start shooting, and it is a hundred shots.

"Immediately shift your position and continue to stare at the devil's heavy machine gun fire!" The deputy commander of the fire company that commanded them immediately ordered.

After arriving at the new position, he continued to order: "Spread them all out, aim at a heavy machine gun in the middle and open fire, one grenadier and one grenade, and move when you are done!" Get ready...... Fire! ”

Soon, a violent explosion sounded at the Japanese heavy machine gun position, and dozens of grenadiers also strictly followed the order, and retreated after the battle.

However, the devil grenadier is too powerful, and he has a quick reaction time. As soon as everyone walked on the front foot, six grenades exploded behind them. The two grenadiers were unfortunately shot in the back and fell in pools of blood.

The three small artillery squads were pressed and beaten by the devil's six grenadiers, Zhang Qing was very annoyed, and he couldn't wait to rush up by himself.

But in the end, he still held back, who let his soldiers not train enough, and his combat quality is not as good as that of elite devils.

Since the fight is not an opponent, Zhang Qing can only think of other ways to make up for this shortcoming.

"The devil grenadier is too powerful, we have few heavy machine guns, and it is not easy to move, and it is certainly no match for the grenadier man. Order, all the crooked handles on the position are shot, staring at the devil grenadier to shoot me. If you are sure that the sharpshooters can shoot too, we can't let them be so arrogant that they can press us down! ”

Despite the fact that the position defended by the 1st battalion did not have the advantage of being too high in terrain, there was still a height of five or six meters.

In addition, there was an unobstructed view in front of the position, although the devil grenadiers were squatting one hundred and fifty meters in front of the formation to shoot. The two companies holding their positions could still clearly see their every move.

A total of eight crooked handles, condescendingly shot together.

More than a dozen devil grenadiers who were caught off guard were killed and wounded more than half on the spot.

The remaining devils who were still alive immediately lay on the ground to avoid the bullets.

"Baga, it's incredible that the Eighth Route Army is equipped with so many machine guns!" Qiushui Shaozuo looked at the battlefield with a dumbfounded expression, and the eight tongues of fire that suddenly appeared on the battlefield exclaimed.

Then he changed the conversation and continued: "However, no matter how strong the firepower is, it can't stop the front of the Imperial Japanese Army!" ”

"Order the heavy machine gun to suppress the blocking fire of the Eighth Route Army, and the attacking troops will immediately counterattack!"

"The second squadron is all on board, and the attack will be launched together behind the first squadron!"

"However, the machine gunners and grenadiers of the second squadron must be at the front to provide fire support to the first squadron!"

The commander of the Japanese army, Akisui Shaozuo, changed the combat order at the right time, and immediately saved the situation on the battlefield that was unfavorable to him.

More than a dozen crooked handles of the two infantry squadrons fired back together, and after the subsequent six grenadiers joined the battle, three grenadiers were specially divided to hit the machine gun fire points on the position. Eight machine guns that were screaming happily continued to mute fire and the machine gunners died.

"No, the devil has increased the offensive strength and firepower, so it's too passive!" Zhang Qing said with a frown.

Then he began to give orders: "The heavy machine gun platoon will shoot immediately and suppress the offensive firepower of the devils!" Others are also shooting, and the devils must not be allowed to get close to our positions! That's the bottom line! ”

At this time, Wang Ping suddenly asked: "Did the devil attack force enter the artillery coverage area booked by the infantry artillery!" ”

"It's already in!" Zhang Qing replied immediately.

"Then let the infantry artillery fire! The infantry artillery has a long range, and the mortars equipped by the devils can't help them, and they can completely suppress the devils! Wang Ping made a decision directly.

Seeing what Zhang Qing wanted to say, Wang Ping directly waved his hand and analyzed.

"I know you're worried that firing the cannon now will scare the devils away, but you have to remember that the task of the first battalion is to stop the devils, not to eliminate many people. As long as you can stop them and reduce the losses of the troops, you can use any weapon! As for how many devils are eliminated, I don't care. If two infantry cannons can really scare the devils from attacking, that's the best! ”

"Woo...... Boom ......" a piercing scream soon sounded on the battlefield, followed by two explosions that exploded in the middle of the devil's attacking troops.

More than a dozen hideous-looking devil soldiers were either torn to pieces by shells on the spot, blown away, or blown to the ground.

Qiushui Shaozuo was still full of confidence just now, believing that the battle situation was developing in his favor.

As soon as the shell exploded, the confidence on his face was gone, and he showed an expression of disbelief.

"How is that possible? Infantry artillery, how could the Eighth Route Army be equipped with infantry artillery! ”

Then, without waiting for the second shell to crash into the attacking troops, he shouted an order: "Order the artillery to strike back at once and destroy these two infantry guns!" ”

The leader of an artillery squad next to him immediately shook his head and replied: "Captain, the distance is too far, the mortars we are equipped with cannot reach the infantry artillery positions!" ”

"Then watch the infantry attack under artillery fire!" Qiushui Shaozo stared at the artillery squad leader and asked.

The squad leader could only keep his head down and not say a word.

Fortunately, at this time, the vice captain spoke: "We still have a chance!" The Eighth Route Army only has two infantry guns, as long as their infantry is eliminated, without infantry protection, the two infantry guns are scrap metal and have no effect! ”

"Yo Xi!" The angry expression on Qiushui Shaozuo's face looked much better, and then he ordered: "Continue to attack, ignore the artillery bombardment, directly break through the position of the Eighth Route Army and destroy them!" ”

"Kill, give!" The officers of all ranks in the attack raised their command knives and ordered the soldiers who had just fallen to continue to rush forward.

At this time, more than two hundred riflemen on the position also fired.

Most of them are veterans of bloody battles, and although they are not as good as the elite devils, they already know how to sign up on the battlefield.

Shoot a bullet at the right opportunity to face the devil in front of him, then quickly retract into the trench and move to the side to continue looking for an opportunity to shoot.

The devils in the offensive kept being killed, and the Eighth Route Army on the position also continued to be sacrificed.

"Woo...... Boom ......" At this time, the two infantry guns opened fire again, and the two shells with a screaming sound took the lives of more than a dozen devils.

The bullets in front were blocked, and the shells above the head kept falling down, and more than half of the more than 100 people of the first squadron were lost at once.

And at this time, they were still seventy or eighty meters away from the position of the first battalion!