Around noon.

The devils have swept to a distance of 5 kilometers from Xiying Town.

Two of the devils swept Shangzhuang Village, Xinzhuang Village, and Guanyan Village respectively.

The village behind the devil was on fire, and the ghost puppet army swept the troops wherever they went.

It's just that the people and food in all the villages in the base area have long been transferred.

"Captain, the scout has discovered the eight-way position ahead."

A staff officer hurried over, sweat dripping from his forehead and a hurried tone.

"Where?"

Kiyota Hamamichi, the captain of the 226th Wing of the 37th Division, asked in a deep voice.

"It's on the opposite hill." The devil staff officer pointed back.

At this time, they were halfway up the hill behind the village, and it was an anticline, and the opposite hill could not be seen.

"Order the soldiers to stand by."

After saying that, Kiyota Hamachi ran towards the commanding heights with the guards.

"Hey!" The devil staff officer bowed his head, and then shouted loudly to the devil puppet army to stand by in place.

Coming to the commanding heights at the top of the mountain, Kiyota Hamachi raised his binoculars to look.

I saw that the front was at least more than 500 meters wide open land, opposite was a low mountain, through the vision of the telescope, there was an ammunition box carrying the ammunition box at the low mountain in the eight roads are moving, and the eight roads have dug trenches, but the fire point has not been exposed, and it is impossible to see how many troops the eight roads have.

Kiyota Hamachi took out the map, and behind the opposite hill, there were two large villages, in their sweeping mission.

The Eighth Road set up a position under the hill opposite, cutting off the road to the two villages behind the mountain.

After the staff officer gave the order, he walked up, and Hamachi Kiyo said:

"The Eighth Route is not building a position on the mountainside, but at the foot of the mountain, which shows that the Eighth Road does not want to defend for a long time."

"It's about breaking through from the front after a wave."

The devil's staff officer also raised his binoculars and looked at it for a while, and replied: "It seems that the Eighth Route Army is ready, captain, are we attacking or defending?" ”

"Of course it's attacking, and what the Imperial Army is best at is attacking."

"Command!"

"Masao Kokushi immediately moved closer to the brigade headquarters."

Kiyota Hamachi is on the knife and gives an order to the devil's staff.

"Hey!" The devil staff officer hurriedly gave the order.

With the order of the devil Shaozuo, the small squadron that had just finished sweeping Xinzhuang Village moved closer to Hamachi Kiyota.

In this way, there are 2 Japanese squadrons and 2 puppet army squadrons around Hamachi Kiyota, and dozens of people from the brigade headquarters.

and more than 100 true and false troops behind the buttocks, with a total strength of more than 900, which is already a force with strong combat effectiveness.

In Hamaji Kiyota's opinion, the troops in his hands were more than enough to defeat one regiment of the Eighth Route Army head-on.

And on the opposite side is at most a battalion of eight roads.

The advantages are great.

Hamachi Kiyota ordered: "Kokushi-kun, let the Imperial Cooperative Army troops under your command launch a tentative attack on the Eighth Road. ”

"Hey!"

Squadron Leader Masao Kokushi immediately ordered a squadron of fake devils, that is, puppet troops, to launch an attack on the Eighth Route position.

The puppet army was very arrogant when they started to sweep yesterday, but when they really went to the battlefield, they were all scared to death.

But the devil set up 2 machine guns in the back, aimed at their backs, and had no choice but to rush forward.

…

More than 30 puppet soldiers took the lead in the front, and more than 180 puppet soldiers wearing devil uniforms followed behind, rushing towards the position of the Eighth Route Army with rifles.

The devil didn't even shoot artillery at the position of the Eighth Route Army in advance, and in the devil's opinion, the lives of this group of imperial allies were far less valuable than the shells.

On the opposite position was the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment, and the battalion commander was none other than Guan Dashan.

The independent regiment has grown to 2,500 people, but it is still a three-three system, so one battalion of the independent regiment has a small strength of 700 people.

Light and heavy machine guns alone were armed with 20 units, and in addition to 20 machine guns, 20 submachine guns were also armed.

And each fighter was equipped with weapons and plenty of ammunition.

"Battalion commander, the devils are attacking."

The guard reported to Guan Dashan, who was lying behind a tree with his eyes closed.

Hearing this, Guan Dashan got up from the trench, raised his binoculars and looked, only to see that on the open ground ahead, the devil puppet army rushed towards the position in a straggler line.

Although the puppet army's acting skills are very good, they can't escape the eyes of battlefield veterans like Guan Dashan.

"It's all two devils."

Guan Dashan's tone was disdainful, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Pass my order, only 1 company attack, and only 3 machine guns."

Although the command ordered to fight openly, wasting a large amount of ammunition on the puppet army was a waste.

When the puppet army entered the forward position for more than 30 meters, Guan Dashan raised his rifle and aimed at a puppet army.

Syllable!

He pulled the trigger, and with a blow to his shoulder, the puppet soldier he was aiming at fell to the ground.

The sound of a gun is a signal to fire.

Da Da...

Bang bang bang...

Gunshots crackled, 1 heavy machine gun and 2 light machine guns, and more than 100 rifles fired at the puppet army.

Although the puppet army is also shooting at the Eighth Route position, the puppet army's marksmanship is touching, and it is difficult to hit.

And the eight roads in the position shot the puppet army like a target.

In less than 3 minutes after the fire was fired, dozens of puppet troops had already fallen, while the casualties of the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment were very small.

If it weren't for the devil machine guns staring at the back, the puppet army would have fled.

However, there are still many puppet soldiers who pretend to be shot and fall to the ground and pretend to be dead.

"Captain, the gunfire of the Eighth Road is very sparse, no more than 200 people at most."

"The marksmanship of the Eighth Route is good, it should be the main force of the Eighth Route, not the militia force."

At the Japanese position, squadron leader Masashi Kokushi put down his binoculars, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Xiao Kushi-kun, you judged right." Kiyota Hamachi nodded, "This should be a small group of eight roads trying to break through." ”

Masao Kokushi asked for battle: "Captain, let's go in the squadron, it only takes one attack to destroy this eight-way force." ”

"Go ahead." Kiyo Hamadi nodded, his tone full of murderous intent: "Chop off the heads of all Hachilu." ”

"Hey!" Masao Kokushi bowed his head, smirked, and turned to walk towards where his troops were.

Walking to the front of the Japanese soldiers, Masao Kokushi took out his command saber, pointed forward, and shouted: "Kill the chicken!" ”

The devils took their bayonet rifles, stood up with a bang, and rushed towards the position of the first battalion of the Independent Regiment.

The puppet troops who were about to retreat were all beaten to the ground, some were still fighting back, and some were pretending to be dead.

After the devils approached, the puppet soldiers got up one after another and continued to attack and advance towards the position of the Eighth Route Army.

…

As the devils joined the battlefield, the situation immediately became different, first of all, the devils' light and heavy machine guns were set up in the distance to suppress the firepower of the Eighth Route Army.

The marksmanship of the devil riflemen was also excellent, with a high hit rate at a range of 200 meters, and the fighters of the 1st battalion were shot one after another.

Just when the devil puppet army thought that they would win, a sharp whistling sound suddenly sounded in the sky.

The little devils and the puppet army all heard the whistling.

But most of the devils and all the puppet army didn't care.

There was no artillery at all on the Tuba Road, and it must have been the shells fired by the Imperial Army.

Although veterans can judge the impact point by the screaming of shells, the devil puppet army is already very close to the position of the Eighth Route Army.

In the case of the preconceived absence of artillery on the Eighth Road, it must have fallen on the position of the Eighth Road.

Ordinary devils didn't care, but Masashi Kokushi was a little stunned, the captain didn't say that he wanted to open fire?

Where did the shells come from?

In the next second, the screaming sound was getting closer and closer, and Masao Kokushi raised his head and suddenly saw black dots falling from the sky.

Since the initial velocity of the shells of the artillery during this period was not high, it was possible to see the trajectory of the shells.

But seeing it means it's over.

"Shelling, quick..."

Before the word lie down was shouted, the shell fell next to Masashi Kokushi and exploded!

The shell turned Masashi Kokushi and the other two or three devils around him into a pink mist.

When the smoke cleared slightly, all four devils disappeared without a trace, and the surrounding devil puppet army was also blown down by this shell.

Either dead or wounded.

One member of the Sword Squadron of the 1st Battalion of the Independent Regiment called for artillery support from 2 artillery batteries by radio.

1 mountain artillery battery, 1 howitzer battery, 4 75-mm mountain guns and 4 105 howitzers.

And the more than 400 people of the devil puppet army spread out in front of the open field, and there was no need to test fire in advance, and they came up directly to cover it with artillery fire.

Boom, boom...

In the second round, the third round of shells continued to fall on the attacking devil puppet army.

Accompanied by circles of blazing and dazzling red light, in the continuous explosion of the landslide and ground cracking, the mud and fog dozens of meters high were lifted in the open field, and the corpses of the devil puppet army were thrown high.

The artillery fire began to extend.

In the field of view of the telescope, Kiyo Hamaji, who saw this scene, was too dumbfounded and his face was full of disbelief.

How could the Eighth Route have such a formidable artillery?

Suddenly, the position of the Eighth Route Army seemed to come to life, and the Eighth Route Army rushed out of the position.

Light machine guns and submachine guns spat tongues of fire, roaring and rushing towards the attacking devil puppet army, and the earth-shattering shouts of killing came, and the Eighth Route Army began to counterattack.

Countless soldiers of the Eighth Route jumped out of the trenches with bright bayonets, forming a gray tide, and countless white bayonets shone dazzlingly in the sun.

After being bombarded by artillery fire, the devil puppet army stood up, and the two sides fired at each other without cover.

But unfortunately, whether it is firepower or numbers, the devil puppet army is not at the same level as the Eighth Route Army.

Seeing that the devil puppet army was invincible, he turned around and ran wildly to escape, and in the dense gunfire like bursting beans, the devil puppet army fell in pieces.

…

Kiyota Hamachi felt the cold sweat on his back slowly oozing out, and the telescope he was holding in his hand suddenly clenched, and he said to himself: "This is Dirt Eight Road? This can't be a dirt road..."

He immediately drew his sword and shouted: "Fire, fire immediately!" ”

Light and heavy machine guns, mortars and infantry guns mounted on the hill immediately opened fire on the Eighth Route Army.

But soon, the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army spread to the hill where the devil was.

The devil didn't know that the Eighth Route would use the Xu Jin barrage, and he didn't even have a test shot, and thought that it was the Eighth Route Artillery that had calibrated the shooting Zhuyuan in advance, so it was blown up again.

On the top of the mountain, the devil's firepower was instantly shrouded in a sea of fire.

This is just one of the battlegrounds of this great battle.

More than 20 sweeping troops of the 37th Division of the Devil were fiercely attacked by the Eighth Route Army at the same time.

The eight-way assault units were supported by 75-mm mountain guns and 105-mm howitzers called in by the special forces.

The devils and puppet armies were all stunned.

There were even several units of the Japanese puppet army that were completely annihilated.

Some positions are suitable for ambushes, and some positions are suitable for frontal attacks, and the several devil puppet armies that have been completely annihilated are basically devil puppet armies that have been ambushed.

When the news reached the headquarters of the 37th Division, the division commander, Kenyoshi Hirata, did not move as if he had been struck by lightning, as if he had heard it wrong.

His face was full of disbelief: "Nani, the eight roads are on the offensive in an all-out way?" Heavy losses of the imperial army? ”