Of course, despite the sudden arrival of the guard company, coupled with the sudden burst of firepower, the Ishii United team was caught off guard.

But the devil also has a huge advantage - the advantage of troops.

This is a deficit that cannot be reversed at the moment.

Even from the beginning of the sweep, on the way to attack Zhangjiazhuang, the Shijing Wing continued to suffer setbacks, and there were a lot of casualties in the team, but the emaciated camel was bigger than the horse, after all, this is a Japanese army, and until now, there are still more than 1,000 devils, even if you don't add the seriously wounded who have lost their combat effectiveness, at least there are eight or nine hundred devils.

At this moment, the guard company that launched the raid had only more than a hundred fighters.

The number of combatants of the devils is six or seven times that of the guard company.

At the beginning of the surprise attack in front of them, the soldiers of the guard company relied on the sudden raid, fierce firepower, and tacit tactical team cooperation, but the devils were almost powerless to fight back.

But after more than a minute passed in an instant, the devil gradually gained a foothold by virtue of his strength advantage, and gradually had the power to counterattack.

In the dark night, in the gap of the third-line trench fortifications, in the semi-underground machine gun fortification area dug by the devils, the light and heavy machine gun fire of the devils suddenly rang out, and the flying bullets swept down many soldiers of the guard company.

The devils began to fight back, although the devils in the trenches were still being slaughtered by the tactical team.

At this time, the battle broke out, and naturally there was no need to remain silent.

Seeing the devil's machine gun fire point explode, the monk shouted, "Fire team, kill the devil's machine gun for me!" ”

"Yes!"

Beside the monk, the two gun-grenadiers of the nearby firepower group responded, and immediately raised the grenade launcher remodeled and produced by the repair institute, and aimed the bullet impact point at the machine-gun fire point of the devil who was spewing flames in the night.

Boom –

The grenade hanging from the grenade launcher flew out, accurately hitting the machine gun fortifications of the devil that was blazing in the dark night, and then the devil's machine gun fire stopped abruptly in the violent explosion.

This grenade is a treasure that Kong Jie has wanted to make up for a long time.

The first batch of guns and grenades from the Independent Regiment Repair Institute were not homemade, but a batch of 28-year-old grenade launchers from the National Army that Kong Jie obtained from the National Army through the 57th Regiment of the Jin Sui Army.

Yes, the equipment of the national army is not bad, and other people's arsenals have long made their own guns and grenades.

It's just that the 28-year-old grenade canister still has too many drawbacks, it's a bit like a small Japanese grenadier, the difference is that this small-caliber canister is mounted on a rifle.

The performance shown does not meet the requirements of Kong Jie.

When firing, the soldier who operated the gun even had to place the end of the grenade throwing monobarrel on the ground, unable to shoot directly at various angles.

However, after handing over the samples to the repair shop, Kong Jie put forward his final request, hoping that it would be a modified weapon that could be as light as a rifle shot.

The grenade could be used as a direct-firing small-caliber artillery to strike at important Japanese firing points at close range.

Later, according to Kong Jie's prompts, the repair institute transformed the 28-year-old grenade launcher of the National Army.

There are now grenade launchers in the hands of the fighters of the Independent Regiment.

In a close firefight, this grenade is not inextricably sharp, and within a range of 20 to 200 meters, a direct grenade can strike at the target at any time.

In the previous firepower attacks of the Eighth Route Army, at a distance between 0 and 40 meters, grenades could be used as a means of firepower.

A good trained grenade pitcher can even throw a grenade at a distance of almost fifty meters.

And after 100 meters, the means of fire can be compensated for with 50 small guns, and at a longer range, you can also use infantry guns, mountain guns, or mortars.

But this still can't make up for the gap in firepower between 40 and 100 meters.

The appearance of gun grenades can completely fill this last firepower loophole.

Especially in the close-range firepower exchange in front of us, and under the cover of night, the grenade is far better than the devil's grenadier in terms of ease of operation, precision and speed.

At this moment, as soon as the guns and grenades of several fire teams appeared, many machine gun fortifications of the devils were directly extinguished in the fire of the gun grenades.

"Well done!"

Even in the fierce confrontation, seeing that the grenade shooters of the fire team frequently succeeded, and the devil's machine gun fire point was quickly knocked out, the monk couldn't help but praise it.

Realizing that the devils had an absolute superiority in strength, the guard company launched a surprise attack, and the initial advantage was gradually leveled by the devils by virtue of their numbers.

The monk who immediately responded immediately shouted: "The first platoon and the third platoon will take the first line of fortifications first, and the second platoon will immediately retreat from the right flank to cover the first platoon and the second platoon to fight!" ”

There are three large combat groups, the monk leads the third platoon, responsible for the first-line fortifications of the devils, and the first platoon leader and the second platoon commander lead the second and third large groups respectively, responsible for the second and third trench fortifications of the devils.

At the moment, the monk thought very clearly, the devil's troops were too much more than the guard company, and it was impossible to directly capture the devil's three trench fortifications before the main force caught up.

Casualties are inevitable.

At this time, the third platoon was on the back of the third line of Japanese trench fortifications, one platoon was on the front of the second trench fortifications, and the third platoon was fighting in front of the first line of fortifications.

The monk's idea was that the strength of the devil deployed in the first trench fortifications was only about one-third, and if the troops of the first and third platoons were concentrated, plus the cover of the second platoon, and only against the first line of trench fortifications of the Japanese army, it would be much less difficult to defeat them.

Then rely on the first-line fortifications of the Japanese army to confront the devils of the second-line and third-line formulas to cover the attack of the main force.

The internal turmoil in the fortifications of the devils naturally did not care about blocking the main attacking force of the independent regiment with all their might.

"Yes!"

The monk's roar was heard, and the three platoon commanders immediately understood their company commander's thoughts and immediately carried out the order.

"Withdraw, fire cover! The rest of the grenades and incendiary bombs were thrown at me. ”

On the lower side of the Japanese army's third-line trench fortifications, the second platoon commander gave the order to retreat, and the soldiers ripped off the remaining grenades and incendiary bombs on their bodies, pulled off the leads, and threw them along the devil's trenches.

Taking advantage of the gap between the flames burning, the grenades exploding, and the devils dodging, the soldiers of the second platoon quickly withdrew to the right flank, and at the same time suppressed the second-line trench fortifications of the Japanese army with firepower, covering the actions of the first and third platoons to seize the first-line trench fortifications.

On the other side, as soon as the artillery of the artillery company stopped, the gunfire and artillery sound in the direction of the position of the Ishii Wing rang out.

The faces of the three battalion commanders, Shen Quan, Wang Leihu, and Wang Huaibao, were suddenly overjoyed.

"Great, that kid monk succeeded! The commander of the first battalion, the commander of the third battalion, we have to hurry up and support the guard company. ”

Shen Quan spoke loudly, his words mixed with excitement.

Wang Leihu's voice was like thunder, "Pass my order, the first battalion will immediately attack, and let the trumpeter blow the trumpet for me, and it will resound throughout the mountains and forests!" ”

"Yes!"

Shen Quan and Wang Leihu also gave orders to the second and third battalions to charge at the same time.

Toot Toot –

The loud Eighth Route Army's charge completely pierced the dead silence of the night, hovering around the beams in the mountains and forests for a long time.

On the third line of the Ishii United's fortifications, the final confrontation between the two sides was better than the monk expected.

Under the improvisable command of the monk, the soldiers of the first and second platoons of the guard company victoriously captured the first-line fortifications of the devils and cleared the remnants of the devils in the first-line trench fortifications.

In the process of covering the retreat of the third platoon, the right half of the trench fortifications of the second line of devils was seized.

With the help of the right half of the first-line trench fortifications and the second-line trench fortifications, the soldiers of the guard company continued to exchange fire with the remaining devils of the third-line trench fortifications and the left half of the second-line trench fortifications.

When the loud charge broke the dead silence around them, the morale of the soldiers of the guard company was even more boosted.

On the other hand, the devils of the Ishii United team, one by one, their faces changed drastically.

The temporary headquarters of the Japanese Wing Commander Ishii Haraichi was constructed in the area of the left half of the trench fortifications of the third line.

Earlier, the guards company had made a surprise attack, and the fighters of the second platoon were responsible for attacking the third-line trench fortifications, and this temporary command headquarters was also affected somewhat.

The sudden attack, the burning flames, mixed with the dense gunfire, the constant sound of explosions.

In order to protect the safety of the headquarters, the devil guards of the temporary headquarters took the initiative to go out to fight and suffered heavy casualties.

In the temporary headquarters, Ishii Haraichi and the chief of staff of the devil and other officers hurriedly hid inside the Mao'er Cave fortifications where the temporary headquarters was located, and they didn't dare to show up at all.

This means that the soldiers of the second platoon don't know where the devil command is hiding, otherwise in the previous raid, they may have ended up with Ishii Haraichi's headquarters.

Outside the cat's ear hole anti-artillery fortifications, the sound of battle intensified.

Bad news came one after another.

Although the number of troops of the Eighth Route Army was small, it was like a divine soldier descending from heaven, and the firepower was even more rapid, and the means of striking were amazing, and the three trench fortifications were attacked at the same time, incendiary bombs, grenades, shotguns, shell guns, machine guns, and gun grenades.

The means of fire strike are simply endless.

This raid made the Ishii Wing embarrassed, and the devil gradually turned the tide of the battle, and it was also with the on-the-spot command of the low-level officers that he had nothing to do with Ishii Haraichi, the brigade commander.

"Report to Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, that the Eighth Route has been successfully repelled outside the third-line trench fortifications, and now the Eighth Route has retreated to the right section of the first-line trench fortifications and the second-line trench fortifications."

The situation eased slightly, and Ishii Haraichi had a chance to breathe.

"Order all departments to counterattack immediately, and destroy this small force of Eight Roads in front of you before the main force of the Eighth Route attacks up!"

"Hey!"

After the order was given, Ishii Haraichi then looked at the radio signal soldier and asked, "How's the situation?" Did you get a reply? ”

The signal soldier hurriedly replied: "Sir, the situation is not very good, several brigades on the periphery of the Zhangjiazhuang mountainous area, after receiving the urgent call for help from our department, launched an attack one after another, but they were blocked by the troops of the Eighth Route Army lurking in the mountains and forests, and could not support them. ”

Hearing this, Ishii Haraichi staggered two steps in a gloomy face.

He was aware of the immediate crisis, and the surprise attack of the small force of the Eighth Route Army must have been to coordinate the attack of the main force.

The evil wolf of the Independent Regiment never gave up on his Ishii United, even if it was about to be forced to evacuate after dawn, but it still chose to launch the final onslaught in the middle of the night.

But now that reinforcements have not arrived, nearly half of the trench fortifications have been captured by the raiding Eighth Route Army troops.

Looking at the time, it will take at least five or six hours until dawn, and will this precarious fortification be able to withstand the attack of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army?

Worried, Ishii Haraichi was also a little dazed.

The only thing he could hope for now was for the combat troops to successfully eliminate the small group of eight roads that had entered the fortifications.

Then quickly build fortifications and repel the attack of the main forces of the Separate Regiment.

All military qualities and detachment command can now only be pinned on the final battle situation of the soldiers at the lowest level.

Not long after, the loud and familiar voice of the Eighth Route Army's charge reached the temporary headquarters.

This voice actually made Ishii Haraichi's heart tremble.

The time has come to live and die......

The battle was in full swing around the area of the third-line fortifications where the Ishii Wing was located.

The devil occupies the left end of the third-line trench fortifications and the second-line trench fortifications.

The guard company occupies the right end of the first line of trench fortifications and the second line of trench fortifications.

With the help of the cover of the trenches, it is difficult for the devils in the third-line trenches and the soldiers of the guard company in the first-line trenches to hurt each other.

So both sides focused on second-line trench fortifications.

Whoever can completely control the second-line trench fortifications will be able to grasp the initiative next.

At this moment, in the trenches of the second line, the confrontation between the soldiers of the second platoon of the guard company and the remaining devils was the most intense.

A circular trench of more than 200 meters, with the devils occupying the left half and the fighters of the second platoon occupying the right half.

What was the combat like?

In addition to the close encounter, the distance of more than 30 meters, the circular corner, coupled with the intermittent appearance of cat's ear hole anti-artillery fortifications, made it impossible for the infantry to engage in rifle fire.

On the devil's side, it was more relied on grenadiers to shell the right half of the second-line trench fortifications.

There's some trouble here in the second row right now.

"Platoon commander, when the previous fire cover was withdrawn, the comrades' grenades and incendiary bombs were all used up, and only some gun grenades remained!"

"Damn it, we didn't bring 50 small cannons in this operation."

Several squad leaders were anxious.

The second platoon commander was in danger, and shouted: "What are you panicking about? Right now, we're hiding in the trenches, we can't hit the devils, and the devils don't want to hit us easily. ”

"Our main force is about to fight, and it's the little devils who should be anxious at the moment."

"In this way, the order will go down, so that the soldiers are a little smarter, and there is no need to take risks, and see the cat's ear hole anti-artillery fortifications everywhere in this trench, right? Hide in them for me, and beware of the devils of the third-line fortifications rushing down from above. ”

"As for the devils in the left half of the trench, they moved forward with the cooperation of multiple tactical groups, with the cooperation of gun grenadiers and machine gunners, and in this narrow trench, the two sides met and directly cleaned up the devils with firepower."

"Yes!"

Several squad leaders were shocked when they heard this, this tactic was absolutely feasible, and they hurriedly responded.

The battle continued, and the charging horn of the Eighth Route Army from the bottom of the mountain approached more and more, like a deadly suona, which made the hearts of the devil soldiers even more depressed.

At the moment, the soldiers of the guard company can afford it, but the little devils can't afford it.

In the second-line trench fortifications, the little devils in the left half shelled the area of the second-row fighters in the right half with grenadiers for a while, and then the devil's infantry advanced to the right half.

The circular trench fortifications, which were only more than 200 meters long, were quickly encountered by soldiers on both sides in the area near the center.

At this moment, it is natural to fight the reaction and firepower of the fighters on both sides.

The devil's reaction is not slow, and as for firepower, it mainly relies on the machine gun at hand.

The soldiers of the second platoon were all elite and no less reactive, with machine guns and grenades at hand.

At the first moment when the two sides suddenly encountered, the grenadier directly pulled the trigger, and the power of the grenade that flew out was not too great, and it was actually similar to an ordinary grenade, but the focus was on the longer range and faster firing speed, and it flew out directly at an almost straight angle, in this already narrow trench, directly into the cat's ear hole fortifications where the devil was hiding.

There was a loud bang, and the three cats in the cat's ear hole fortifications were blown into a puddle of flesh.

The superior and inferior firepower of both sides is judged.

The soldiers of the second platoon, who had succeeded in one blow, continued to move forward, and then hid inside the next cat's ear hole anti-artillery fortification, quietly waiting for the devil to show up at the corner.

As long as the devil shows his head, he directly grenades to greet him, which is more direct and effective than any means of attack.

The battle situation of the second-line fortifications was transmitted to the temporary headquarters.

Ishihara was stunned, if it continues like this, the battle situation will become more and more unfavorable.

He gritted his teeth and gave an order for the devils of the third-line fortifications to charge directly, quickly rush to the right half of the second-line trench fortifications, and eliminate the eight roads hiding in it.

The soldiers of the first and third platoons of the guard company who were hiding in the trench fortifications of the third line were not vegetarians, and they had long been ready to cover the second platoon with fire at any time.

As soon as the devils crawled out of the third-line trenches, the machine guns that the fighters had set up long ago opened fire directly.

Listening to the charge that was getting closer and closer, the devil braved the fire of the soldiers, quickly advanced thirty meters, and rushed to the back of the second-line trench fortifications, trying to sneak up on the second-row soldiers in the trenches.

There were also some devils who jumped directly into the trenches, trying to start a hand-to-hand fight with the soldiers of the second platoon.

But what's the difference between that and death?

The devil is facing the elite of the pistol company at the moment.

In the case of close-quarters combat, can the devil's 38 big gaier compare to the barge guns fired by the soldiers left and right?

The soldiers of the second platoon hid in advance in the fortifications of the cat's ear hole, and the devil jumped into the trench, and the fire on both sides fired a direct volley.

One of the little devils who jumped into the trench fell down as if he had suddenly had an epilepsy.

Directly beaten into a sieve by a machine gun, it was called a tragedy.

The battle lasted until the fifth minute, and the sound of the charge trumpet was almost in the ears of the devils, and the soldiers of the independent regiment who launched the attack advanced to a distance of less than fifty meters from the forward fortifications of the Japanese army.

The devil's firepower counterattack was quite sparse, which made Shen Quan and the other three battalion commanders happy, and it seemed that the comrades of the guard company had perfectly contained the devil.

"Kill—"

The shouts of killing sounded from three sides, enveloping the Japanese fortifications.

Then the main force arrived, and the monk also gave the order to charge directly, and the soldiers of the first and third platoons spoke out in advance to prove their identities, and then rushed out of the trenches.

"First battalion commander!"

"Monk, you kid is really good this time." Wang Leihu praised, and then asked, "What about that old devil in Shijing?" In what place? ”

The monk pointed to the third-line trench fortifications, "It is estimated that it is in the third trench, and I don't know the specific location." ”

"Hehe, then let's go find him, the captain of the devil wing is also a big boy, this is a big fish, if he can be caught alive, the head of the regiment will definitely have to smile crookedly!"

Wang Leihu laughed.

The temporary headquarters, the signal corps, has made Ishiihara feel dead.

"Your Excellency, the second-line fortifications have not been taken, and our attacking troops have suffered heavy casualties."

"Report to the commander, according to the report of the forward observation post, the main offensive force of the Eighth Route is less than 100 meters away from the fortifications!"

"Sir, the main force of the Eighth Route has broken through the first-line fortifications and is advancing to the second- and third-line trench fortifications!"

"Sir, the reinforcements have been blocked by the Eighth Route Army and cannot be supported!"

"Sir......

"Your Excellency, Captain!" The chief of staff of the devil said angrily, "Now that there is no escape, it is time for my Imperial Japanese soldiers to serve the emperor's allegiance, please allow me to personally lead the troops into battle!" ”

Ishiihara glanced at the chief of staff, and when he saw that the chief of staff of the devil had a resolute gaze, he nodded dejectedly.

"Go ahead!"

"Hi Wing Commander, take care!"

After that, the chief of staff of the devil led a team of devils to rush out, and then Ishiihara heard the sound of gunshots, which seemed to be mixed with the screams of the chief of staff of the devil before he died.

"It's over, it's all over, independent regiment...... Kong Jie! ”

Ishii Haraichi, who was in despair mixed with anger, gritted his teeth and said: "If there is an afterlife, this revenge will not be avenged, and I will not be a man!" ”

Bang –

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