Next.

After the sky is bright, the small yellow ditch, the east to the mountain road, the north to the small mountain pass, and the south to the dirt road, the specific situation is like this.

The Node Pass has been occupied by the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

At various nodes, the soldiers relied on the terrain and topography to build all kinds of concrete fortifications, including concrete pillbox fortifications, concrete semi-underground machine gun fortifications, and concrete ballade pits.

In the construction of these concrete fortifications, in addition to the concrete that the soldiers had only built last night, there were also finished concrete blocks transported from Niukou Village and had already reached their final strength.

Before leaving, Chief Kong explained: "The time for us to build concrete is too hasty, even if we make a fire to heat it, these concrete blocks will be solidified at most, and the strength will not go up. ”

"The built bunkers and the fronts of various concrete fortifications are all piled up with finished concrete blocks, and then poured and reinforced, and the top of the bunker is especially important, and reinforced concrete materials should be used, at least to ensure that the devil's grenadier shells are smashed on it, and there will be no collapse."

"In addition, we built all kinds of fortifications with concrete in order to fully exploit the firepower advantage at hand and avoid the Japanese artillery attack."

"In this way, with the bunker fortifications as a cover, the heavy machine gun fortifications that five people are responsible for can even block a squad of devils."

"The remaining troops were used to defend the mountains and forests on both sides of the fortifications to ensure that the Japanese could not make a detour and sneak attack the back of the fortifications."

At present, around the West Village, at the four major nodes of the small mountain pass in the north and the mountain road in the east, each concrete fortification is constructed condescendingly relying on the terrain.

On the front of the concrete fortifications, the firing range was cleared for nearly 300 meters, while on the left and right flanks of the fortifications, it relied on the mountains and forests as a defense.

It's like a person who opens his arms and blocks at this node, is so blatantly telling the devil:

I'm not going to let you hit here!

In the mountains and forests on the left and right flanks, the warriors were also ready for defense......

……

After the sky brightened, the Japanese scouts finally detected the information about the various nodes, and the news reached the headquarters of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade.

"Report to the chief, the Eighth Route Army has built a large number of fortifications at the passes of the small mountain pass to the north, the mountain road to the east, the small yellow ditch, and the dirt road to the south."

Hideo Nakajima, chief of staff of the devil, said: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, it seems that these Eighth Route Army are trying to rely on fortifications to block these nodes and completely besiege our troops in the Xicun area. ”

"I originally thought that these Eighth Route Armies would surround our troops with their troops, but now it seems that most of these Eighth Route Armies are trying to block them with the help of fortifications because of insufficient troops."

Yamaguchi nodded beside the tree, and asked in confusion: "Nakajima-kun, if the Eighth Route Army closes the peripheral nodes of our department in order to encircle and annihilate our department, is this intention too obvious?" ”

Hideo Nakajima agreed: "What His Excellency the Brigade Commander said is that this is also quite strange. ”

"Even if the Eighth Route Army blocks these nodes, the fortifications of these nodes cannot be moved, and within the encirclement of this node, we still have a large area of activity, if the Eighth Route Army does not continue to advance, how can we encircle and annihilate our department?"

"Therefore, this independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army does not seem to be preparing to encircle and annihilate our department."

Yamaguchi Shubian sneered: "If it weren't for the encirclement, then the intention would be obvious, it was to trap our troops in this area. ”

"But the Eighth Route of the Soil is too good, how can the defense of the nodes in various places be able to stop the attack of our Great Japanese Empire?"

"Order, let the Pingchuan Brigade immediately send troops to attack Xiaohuanggou Road and destroy the fortifications of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop."

"Hey!"

……

"Report to the chief, news came from the headquarters of the Shijing Wing that the Eighth Route Army blocked the evacuation nodes on the Zhangjiazhuang Road last night and built fortifications."

When the news came, both Yamaguchi and Nakajima were stunned.

"What does this Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment want to do? It's just a small regiment, he really thinks he has such a big appetite, not only our fourth mixed brigade, but also the Ishii Wing? ”

After scolding, Yamaguchi was shocked and uncertain, and focused his final attention on the attack of the Hirakawa Brigade on Xiaohuanggou all the way.

What the facts are, see the truth after the battle.

Little Yellow Ditch.

As an important node of Xicun Road, the troops of the Eighth Route Army stationed here include soldiers from a company led by Huang Jiafu, commander of the 16th Company of the Independent Regiment, plus the 100th soldier of the county brigade, with a total strength of about 250 people.

The garrison is not much, but fortunately, the terrain of Xiaohuanggou is unique, especially the node chosen by Huang Jiafu, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The Japanese army wanted to break through here, but due to the limitations of the terrain, it could not fully deploy its troops, so it could only go squadron by squadron to increase its troops with refueling tactics.

In this regard, Huang Jiafu is very confident:

"Our independent regiment is only fighting a rich battle now, plus the concrete fortifications built, how many devils come to him, how many will we kill."

"The battalion commander said that the regiment commander asked us to hold the node this time, not only to block the little devil, but also to use the advantage of firepower to consume the devil's vital strength as much as possible, and wait until the devil's reinforcements are knocked out, and the devil who is surrounded by us will be eaten by him sooner or later."

Around 7 a.m.

The scout soldier in charge of guarding the perimeter of the node returned and reported to Huang Jiafu: "Report to the company commander, there is a Japanese army advancing in our direction. ”

"Good time, Lao Tzu is waiting!" Huang Jiafu was dumbfounded, "How many people are here from the devil?" ”

The Scout Warrior replied, "About a squadron of devils." ”

Huang Jiafu nodded and said mockingly: "It seems that this attack of the little devil is tentative. ”

"Continue to scout and pass on the advance of the Japanese army at any time."

"Yes!"

After the scout soldiers turned around and left, Huang Jiafu called several platoon commanders under his command, as well as Liu Zhenghua, the captain of the county brigade.

"Lao Liu, how are the comrades of the county brigade preparing?"

Liu Zhenghua nodded and said, "Don't worry, Commander Huang, everything is ready." ”

"Good!" Huang Jiafu clenched his fists and said to several platoon commanders: "Tell comrades, immediately enter the state of preparation, everyone's long-awaited battle is coming." ”

"Yes—" several platoon commanders replied in unison.

……

Seven a.m. 18 a.m.

The 4th Independent Mixed Brigade of the 1st Army of the Japanese Army, the 3rd Squadron under the 1st Infantry Brigade and the Pingchuan Brigade of the 1st Infantry Brigade, under the leadership of Squadron Leader Ichiro Tsuda, arrived in the Xiaohuanggou area.

Ichiro Tsuda was ordered as the vanguard to try to attack the defensive position of the Eighth Route Army in Xiaohuanggou in order to test the reality of the Eighth Route Army.

The task given to Ichiro Tsuda by Captain Hirakawa was:

It is necessary to find out which unit the Eighth Route Army is defending Xiaohuanggou, what its combat effectiveness is, what its firepower is distributed, and what its strength is.

Ichiro Tsuda was very cautious along the way, knowing that he was most likely facing troops of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

The reputation of the independent regiment is now a banner in the independent fourth mixed brigade of the First Army of the Japanese Army, a banner of the Eighth Route Army.

Since the beginning of this sweep, after the continuous setbacks in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, all the Japanese officers and soldiers of the Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army have gritted their teeth with hatred for the Independent Regiment.

At the same time, they regarded the independent regiment as the most difficult opponent.

There was a rumor in the army that before this sweep began, His Excellency General Yoshio Shinozuka, commander of the First Army, once said the following:

"Even if you catch up with three wings, you must destroy the independent regiment!"

For this reason, the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army soon became the headquarters of the First Army, vying for the target they wanted to eliminate.

The 4th Separate Mixed Brigade was no exception.

As he continued to advance, Ichiro Tsuda led the team and soon arrived near the open shooting boundary of Xiaohuanggou.

Ichiro Tsuda climbed a dirt slope somewhere and looked through a telescope.

The small yellow ditch was in the positive direction, and was swept out of an open area of nearly 300 meters by the troops of the Eighth Route Army.

Looking into the distance, I saw bunker fortifications.

Ichiro Tsuda looked at it, and his heart couldn't help but sink, judging from the outer wall of the fortifications built by the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side, it seemed to be a concrete building.

This is not good, in peacetime, the Great Japanese Empire dealt with the backward equipment and scarce ammunition of the Dirt Eight Roads, the masonry structure of the gun tower made these Dirt Eight Roads helpless, the concrete structure of the building is even stronger, and the infantry artillery came not to be easily blasted away.

These dirt roads are so powerful that such a number of concrete fortifications have been built in this small yellow ditch area overnight.

Ichiro Tsuda also knows a little about the characteristics of concrete, and now he only hopes that these concrete buildings built by eight roads will not be built for a long time, and the strength has not been improved, and if an attack is launched as soon as possible, it may not be impossible to smash these fortifications.

It's just Ichiro Tsuda's squadron, which naturally doesn't have such a sharp weapon as an infantry cannon in his hands.

Ichiro Tsuda thought about it and ordered the artillery to build a grenadier position, ready to bombard the concrete fortifications of the Eighth Route Army in Xiaohuanggou.

"After the bombardment began, the first and second squads took the lead in attacking with the help of artillery cover, scattering their forces and beware of the Eighth Route Army's fire!"

Ichiro Tsuda couldn't see the reality of the Eighth Route Army lurking in Xiaohuanggou from the telescope, so he could only make a tentative attack to explore the specific situation.

Boom –

The shells of the devil's grenadier exploded in the area of Xiaohuanggou, and in the violent explosion, some shells directly smashed on the concrete pillbox fortifications built by the 16th Company.

These concrete fortifications, which were built at night, have only lasted five or six hours, but fortunately, they have been completely solidified and their strength has increased to about 10% of the final strength by using the fire heating method.

The top of the concrete bunker fortifications was made of reinforced concrete, and one or two grenadier shells of the devil smashed into it, but it did not collapse immediately.

Company Commander Huang had been waiting for the little devil for a long time, and he guessed that the devil would bombard with grenadiers, so he arranged it early in the morning, and ten 50 small cannons were lined up.

The grenadier positions of the devils shelled the concrete fortifications, and after the position was exposed, they were immediately bombarded by 50 small guns.

The counterattack of the 16th Company came so quickly that the devils were caught off guard, the shells exploded in the grenadier positions, the devils' grenadier positions were blown up in pieces, the grenadiers were damaged, and the artillery lost more than 10 people.

The two squads, the Hundred and Ten Devils, had already rushed to the open firing boundary area and were rushing towards the fortifications of the Sixteenth Company.

The grenadier position behind the devil was destroyed by the 50 small cannons, so that when the charging devil infantry ran out of shell cover, the infantry of the two squads of the devil was already less than 15 meters away from the fortifications of the 16th company.

"Hit!"

When the commander of the Huang company gave an order, he expected that the devil would definitely retreat without the cover of the rear artillery, so he gave a combat order while the devil had not come to his senses.

In the next moment, two heavy machine guns built in the fortifications of the Xiaohuanggou pillbox burst out left and right, blocking the entire firing zone with crossfire, plus more than a dozen light machine guns opened fire together, and a round of concentrated fire came down, and the charging devil infantry was directly swept down.

At this time, all the bullshit bushido spirit was thrown to the country of Jawa.

Under the unusually fierce fire assault of the sixteenth company, the little devils were eager to grow two more legs one by one, and they hurriedly turned around and retreated, and the whole team collapsed directly.

On both sides of the Xiaohuanggou forest, the soldiers of the county brigade who had been lurking for a long time also began to open fire.

Ichiro Tsuda, who was watching the battle from the rear, was terrified, and the light and heavy machine-gun fire in the concrete pillbox fortifications in front of him was desperate, and the gunfire from the woods on both wings, judging from the gunfire, was afraid that there must have been five or six hundred people............ On both sides of the small yellow ditch, under the cover of dense woods, the comrades of the county brigade were rushing back and forth in the woods.

After firing a shot at one location, immediately change the position and shoot another shot at a distance of a few meters, each person responsible for at least three to five firing points.

In this way, a warrior in a quick back and forth transfer will be able to use the cover of the woods to fire what appears to be three to five people.

Ichiro Tsuda's judgment of the strength of the 16th Company will also be three to five times more.

Coupled with the strong artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side, the grenadier positions of the squadron were destroyed as soon as they were deployed.

Ichiro Tsuda, who was completely shocked, hurriedly gave the order for a strategic transfer.

"Leather boots! It's leather boots! Your Excellency Squadron Leader, they are all wearing leather boots, and the woods are full of their men, there are too many of them, and they must be the main combat force of the independent regiment! ”

The two Japanese squad leaders who launched the attack, the Japanese squad leader who survived by luck, said in shock.

The two Japanese squads, more than 100 devil soldiers, withdrew in a hurry, and only the last 20 people remained, if it wasn't for the speed of retreat fast enough, and the previous charge was not too deep, maybe all of them would have been wiped out here.

Ichiro Tsuda, who had retreated into the woods, looked at the corpses of more than eighty Imperial soldiers lying in the open shooting strip from a distance.

In a trance, it felt like a nightmare.

At this moment, the nightmare woke up so that Ichiro Tsuda didn't even have the courage to stay here.

"Withdraw, report the specific situation to His Excellency the captain first!"

Ichiro Tsuda, who was a little sad, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and spoke.

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