"Regiment commander, why did you stop the troops, shouldn't you make persistent efforts, go into the Loess Ridge in one go, and end the battle as soon as possible! Stop now, isn't it time to prepare for the devil! Political Commissar Cheng Xiao frowned and asked!

Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "Time is important, but casualties are even more important to us!" ”

"The Japanese puppet army in Loess Ridge has already reacted, and continuing to rush forward so cluelessly will only increase casualties!"

After speaking, Wang Ping began to order: "All the artillery is divided into three, provide artillery support to the three main battalions, break through the Japanese puppet army's resistance as soon as possible, and kill into the Loess Ridge!" ”

"Tell a few battalion commanders that I can manage enough bullets or shells for tonight's attack. You can use shells to bomb on the battlefield, and you don't need bullets! ”

Before the 5th Regiment of the Imperial Army, which had just stopped the offensive of the Independent Regiment, had no time to catch its breath, the scream of artillery shells across the sky reached their ears.

"Woooooooooo......oo It's not good, it's shelling, everyone quickly hide! The experienced Imperial Liaison Army's face changed and he shouted loudly.

Before the order to "boom, boom, boom......" was heard, an explosion sounded on the makeshift line of defense.

Because there were no trenches, these Imperial troops hid behind sandbag bunkers in time, and the shells that fell from the sky could still easily take their lives.

Ten shells of various kinds were smashed down, and several of them were powerful mountain artillery shells, which destroyed a machine gun position of the Imperial Allied Army on the spot.

"The artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army is too fierce, our blocking position is simple, and the casualties are very large, so we will definitely not be able to withstand it!" The chief of staff of the Fifth Regiment saw that his subordinates were constantly being blown away in the screams and explosions on the battlefield, and he shouted anxiously at the regiment commander.

"The devil is not a good thing, obviously let us go to the front to be cannon fodder, and buy time for them to repair their positions!" The head of the regiment replied through gritted teeth.

The chief of staff chuckled in his heart and cried out, "Then we don't all have to die here!" ”

"Commander, these are more than a thousand brothers! By the way, we can ask the Imperial Army for artillery support, didn't the Imperial Army bring an artillery brigade and several mortar squadrons? As long as the artillery is fired, it will definitely be able to suppress the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army. ”

Hope was rekindled on the chief of staff's face, but the regimental commander still had an angry expression of gritted teeth.

Then he sneered: "Artillery support, don't even think about it!" Did you hear the explosion at the beginning, it was the explosion that instantly blew up the devil artillery. Now, there is only one way to stop the attack of the Eighth Route Army, and we will continue to fill the defense line with human lives until our five regiments are wiped out! ”

The chief of staff, who didn't want to die, was stunned for a moment, and two words suddenly appeared in his mind, surrender.

However, these two words only flashed in my mind and disappeared.

As the chief of staff of the Imperial Association Army, the Eighth Route Army is a veritable traitor in his mouth. Even if you surrender, it will not end well.

And the little devil is staring behind him, and a lot of machine guns are in the back of this family. Once the troops have the idea of surrendering on the battlefield, the chief of staff is sure that they will not hesitate to shoot and beat everyone into a hornet's nest.

At this time, the heavy shelling had lasted almost five minutes, and one or two hundred shells had been smashed down, and there was not much sandbag shelter left at this time.

The temporary defense line was littered with the corpses of the Imperial Allied Army that had been killed, the wounded who made screams, and the remnants of their broken arms that had been directly shattered by the shells.

Facing a hell-like battlefield on earth, the first thought of the still alive Imperial Alliance Army was to slip away and escape from here.

But the devils in the back were not polite at all, just as the regimental chief of staff thought, as long as a soldier fled for his life, as soon as they left with their front feet, the devils would shoot with their back feet, and the fluttering bullets would directly beat them into a hornet's nest from the back.

After more than a dozen people died in a row, the still alive Imperial Cooperative Army finally broke off the idea of escaping, and lay on the ground with their heads to avoid artillery fire, some people trembled, and some people prayed in their hearts that the shells would not hit their side!

The shelling finally stopped, and when many of the Imperial Allied troops were still lying on the ground with fear on their faces, the officers had already begun to shout and curse from the position!

"Hurry up and fight, the Eighth Route Army has begun to attack. The imperial army is staring at the back again, if you don't want to die, block the attack of the Eighth Route Army for me! ”

"Bullets don't have eyes, if we don't kill the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army will kill us, get up and fight!"

Amidst all kinds of shouting and scolding, the Imperial Association Army stood up scatteredly. Because many of the bunkers were blown up, they lay directly on the ground, in a battle-ready posture.

However, when the attacking troops of the Eighth Route Army came into view and they began to shoot, they found that there was not much gunfire on the position.

As soon as they fired, the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side would immediately be able to concentrate at least two machine guns and shoot at them.

After the dense bullets flew over, because there was no cover, they didn't even have a place to hide, and they were instantly beaten into a hornet's nest.

"Tuanza, the casualties of the troops are too great, there is less than one company left in my first battalion, and there is not a single machine gun left, so it can't stop the attack of the Eighth Route Army at all!" The commander of the nearest battalion rushed directly to the headquarters of the Fifth Regiment of the Imperial Allied Army, shouting with both heartache and grief.

The regiment commander saw the situation on the battlefield, but in the face of the Japanese army's rigid order not to retreat, he had nothing to do.

"I sent out all the regimental guards, and I can't help it! Tell the brothers, hold on! ”

Then he said to the devil lieutenant who was supervising the battle next to him: "Nakata-kun, you heard, the troops suffered heavy losses in the artillery bombardment, and they couldn't stop the attack of the Eighth Route Army." I need Imperial Army reinforcements! ”

Lieutenant Nakata's face was very indifferent throughout, and there was no change.

"I will report to the Commander, but you cannot retreat one part of the Commander without the Commander's order. My troops are back behind the position to supervise the formation, and if they find someone retreating, no matter what their identity, they will be shot directly! ”

The regiment commander was eager to shoot this high-flying devil lieutenant.

However, people have to bow their heads under the eaves, who let themselves be traitors and choose to work for the devil!

Despite the reluctance of a thousand in his heart, the regimental commander pretended to express his gratitude to the lieutenant with a flattering expression.

Under the protection of the guards, Kato Osa found a dead spot for artillery bombardment, and then transferred the command to personally direct the operation.

As soon as Lieutenant Nakata's report arrived, the adjutant immediately proposed: "Sir, the defensive line at the back has not been repaired, and the outer defensive line must not be lost." The combat effectiveness of the Imperial Allied Army was too poor, and it was suggested that an infantry squadron be sent up. In this case, only the Imperial Army can block the fortifications of the Dirt Eighth Road! ”

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