Although the location of the Eighth Route Army's airdrop was within the range of the mountain artillery wing.

However, there are mountains blocking the bullet impact point, and the airdrop area is very large, even if the shelling is in the way, the shells will only be wasted.

Nishihara Kanji, Matsuda Daizo and the devils could only watch the airdrops fall from the sky, and they were helpless.

Command of the 2nd Battalion of the Independent Regiment.

Watching the dense airdrops falling from a few kilometers in the rear, the corners of the second battalion commander Shen Quan's mouth were almost at the root of his ears.

"Pass my orders!"

"The fifth, sixth, and eighth companies left defensive positions, and the seventh company still had militiamen to collect ammunition and supplies!"

Shen Quan gave a loud order.

The fifth and sixth infantry companies, while the eighth company was a firepower company, naturally could not walk away.

The second battalion faced the attack of tens of thousands of people in the main force of the 23rd Division of the Japanese army, while the second battalion of the independent regiment only had more than 1,000 people, so Kong Jie assigned more than 600 militiamen to Shenquan to cooperate with the second battalion.

At present, the militia is regarded as a reserve by Shenquan and has not yet been on the battlefield, and is mainly responsible for logistics and supply, assisting in the treatment of the wounded, etc.

With the order of Shenquan, the main force of more than 800 people and the militia ran towards the airdrop site, ready to receive the airdrop materials.

Boom boom...

The Devil's Mountain Artillery Wing began shelling the position of the 2nd Battalion again, which was a signal that the Devil's infantry was about to start attacking.

Shen Quan had long expected that the devils would definitely not happily let the Eighth Route Army pick up the airdrops, and while the second battalion was divided into people to pick up the airdrops, the devils would definitely attack.

So he left two companies and a fire company to defend the devils

Sure enough, the devils of a squadron and the puppet army of a company had already entered the attack position and rushed towards the position of the second battalion.

The devil's mountain artillery continued to bombard, and the soldiers of the second battalion, who were about to enter the position to defend, quickly returned to the tunnel.

At this time, the machine gun fire in the shooting hole of the bunker began to scream, and the dense firepower poured towards the devil puppet army, and the devils who were used as cannon fodder in the front row fell down in rows.

The 82-mm mortars and 60-mm mortars on the anti-slope began to fire, smashing shells on the offensive route of the devil puppet army.

Boom Boom Boom ......

The shells fell continuously, accompanied by the sound of explosions, shock waves and shrapnel flew and spread horizontally, and among the mud were the screams of the devils and puppet soldiers and the flying of stumps and broken arms.

Soon, more than half of the devil's puppet army suffered casualties, and they retreated in a hurry after leaving nearly 200 corpses.

In the area between 50 and 200 meters in front of the position of the second battalion of the independent regiment, the corpses of devils and puppet soldiers were already lying densely.

In the past, if someone said that which battalion of the Chinese army could block the attack of a division of the devils, then others would definitely think that he was crazy.

But the 2nd Battalion of the Independent Regiment not only blocked the attack of a Japanese division, but even caused heavy losses to this devil division, plus the devils who were eliminated by Sabre fighters, the 23rd Division has lost more than 2,000 people.

This wave of devil puppet army has just been beaten back, and then the next wave of devil puppet army is seamlessly rushing towards the position of the second battalion.

At the same time, the devil's various artillery continued to fire shells at the positions of the second battalion.

If it weren't for the tunnels and bunkers, the positions of the 2nd Battalion would have been lost long ago, the tunnels would have protected the infantry from shelling, and the bunkers had protected the machine-gun fire points from being shelled.

Headquarters of the 23rd Division of the Japanese Army.

Through the vision of the artillery mirror, the division commander Nishihara Kanji saw this wave of attacks by the soldiers, and his eyes condensed and said: "Matsuda-kun, come and see, is the mortar fire and machine gun fire of the Eighth Route weakened?" ”

The chief of staff, Matsuda Daisa, stepped forward, and Nishihara Kanji gave up the observation position.

The location of the headquarters of the 23rd Division of the devil is very hidden, and it is far away from the forward position of the Eighth Route Army, so Nishihara Kanji watched the battle situation with the artillery mirror.

Since Sakata Nobuzhe was beheaded by the Eighth Route Army because of the front of the headquarters, the headquarters of the devils will generally be back and in a relatively safe position.

Although Nishihara Kanji is not afraid of death, he is very sorry for his life.

Matsuda Daizuo leaned in front of the artillery team mirror and said: "That's right, division commander, the artillery fire and machine gun fire of the Eighth Route have indeed weakened, and the ammunition of the Eighth Route in the position is about to run out!" ”

"Yo Xi!"

Nishihara Kanji said happily: "This is the opportunity of the locust army, immediately order the next wave of attacking locust army and the locust alliance army to make up for it, and be sure to occupy the position of the eighth road before the eighth road completes the airdrop collection!" ”

"Hey!" Matsuda Dazuo paused, turned to his side and picked up the phone to give orders.

This sweeping operation, without air support, made it extremely difficult for the devils to fight.

In fact, there are not many shells for the devils, although there is a steady stream of baggage troops from Datong to operate war materials, but after all, the supply line is not short, coupled with the continuous shelling, the devil's logistics are also a little unbearable.

Now it's all about rushing for time.

The Japanese army must occupy the position of the Eighth Route Army before the Eighth Route Army completes the collection of war materials, otherwise it will be very difficult to capture this hill.

With the order of the division and regiment headquarters, a squadron of devils and a company of the puppet army, which had just completed preparations for the attack, rushed towards the position of the Eighth Route Army.

"Boom, boom, boom......"

"Da Da Da ......"

Artillery and machine-gun shells poured fire on the devil puppet army.

It's just that the firepower of this shell and machine gun shell is greatly reduced compared to the previous fire density.

In the headquarters of the second battalion of the independent regiment, Shen Quan looked at the mortar and machine gun fire that was gradually thinning out, his eyes were calm, but he couldn't help but feel a little anxious in his heart.

Machine gun and mortar shells were about to stop.

Kong Jie's order was to fight openly, not to save ammunition, this kind of rich battle is indeed comfortable to fight, can greatly increase the enemy's casualties, reduce your own casualties.

But it consumes too much ammunition, especially machine gun shells and mortar shells, so it is like no money to shoot out.

Without these weapons and ammunition, the second battalion wanted to withstand the attack of the main force of the devil's second-line division, which was wishful thinking.

In order to prevent the airdrop from being blown up remotely by the devil's artillery wing, the airdropped combat materials are not far away, but they are relatively scattered, and it takes a certain amount of time to collect them.

"Battalion commander, the devil has added food!"

The instructor of the second battalion on the side suddenly said.

Shen Quan hurriedly raised his binoculars to look, only to see a few hundred meters away, another wave of devils and puppet soldiers rushed up with rifles.

And the devil's artillery fire has not stopped, obviously wanting to occupy the position of the second battalion in one wave.

"The fifth company immediately entered the position!"

"Ordered to collect the airdropped Seventh Company and the militia, give priority to the collection of mortar shells and machine-gun shells, and immediately transport them to the positions!"

"Order the mountain artillery company to replace the fire company and shell at the devils!"

Shen Quan instantly analyzed the current situation, and then calmly ordered loudly.

"Yes!"

The correspondent immediately picked up the walkie-talkie to convey the order.

At this time, the machine gun fire of the bunker was weakening more and more, and the artillery fire of the mortars was also weakening, and the machine gun shells and mortar shells were on the verge of breaking.

With the order of Shenquan was issued, the soldiers of the fifth company drilled out of the tunnel with guns in their hands and entered the defensive position that had been plowed several times by devil shells.

Light machine gunners and submachine gunners, with light machine guns or submachine guns in their hands, burrow into the bunker instead of heavy machine guns to shoot at the devil puppet army.

In the smoke of continuous artillery fire, the soldiers were in the craters or dilapidated trenches, withstanding the waves of air that could hit at any time, listening to the deafening roar, braving the hot dirt and sand and stones that continued to fall, wielding the weapons in their hands, shooting at the surging devils and puppet soldiers.

Semi-automatic rifle, submachine gun and machine gun fire continued to fire, spilling barrage after barrage.

The rear mountain artillery company opened fire instead of mortars, and the shells constantly smashed at the attacking devils.

The two divisions of the Devils had three main directions of attack on the base areas of the independent regiment, which were defended by the main forces of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalions, with the assistance of the militia and the mountain artillery battalion.

In an attack on the general scale of the devils, the mountain artillery of the independent regiment would not be used, and the mortar shells on the anti-slope were shelled, and this time the mortar shells were almost exhausted, and the mountain artillery company joined in the artillery bombardment of the devil's infantry.

There is a walkie-talkie that adjusts the shooting of Zhuyuan at any time, so that most of the shells of the mountain artillery can fall in the queue of the devil puppet army.

Although it is a mountain artillery company, this mountain artillery company is a battalion size and is equipped with 12 75mm mountain guns and 1 105mm howitzer.

The devils of the attacking squadrons and the puppet army of the 2 companies were finally suppressed by the fierce firepower, and they were harvested piece by piece, and the enemy who did not die was helplessly prostrate on the ground.

With the 7th Company and the militia transporting airdropped mortar and machine-gun shells to the positions.

The M2 heavy machine gun and the M1917 heavy machine gun screamed wildly, the mortars began to operate, the barrage was sprinkled one by one, the mortar shells fell in groups, and the devil puppet army had no chance at all.

The puppet army of two devil squadrons and two companies suffered more than half of the casualties and retreated in a hurry.

In the headquarters of the second battalion, the instructor wiped the cold sweat on his forehead: "It's too dangerous, if the airdrop is another hour late, I'm afraid our position will be lost." ”

Shen Quan also breathed a long sigh of relief and nodded.

The devil's artillery firepower was very strong, and just now the soldiers of the fifth company entered the position to defend against the devil's artillery fire, and almost half of the company's soldiers stuffed the devil's shells between their teeth.

But fortunately, the position was preserved, and the casualties of the devils and the puppet army were greater.

The second battalion commander smiled slightly, and his tone was arrogant: "It's refreshing to have airdrop supplies, with this batch of ammunition, Lao Tzu can still be here to fight with the 23rd Division of the devil for 3 days." ”

The commander of the seventh company has just reported that this batch of ammunition has three bases, and there are also a lot of canned meat and fruits, as well as some medicines, medical supplies and spare weapons.

It's very comfortable.

……

Look at the attacking troops that almost succeeded, but fell short, and retreated.

In the headquarters of the 23rd Division, the regiment commander Nishihara Kanji tightly held the handle of the lieutenant general's sword in his right hand, and his face was a little hideous, and he wanted to cut people at this moment.

Take a deep breath.

Nishihara Kanji suppressed the anger and impulse in his heart to cut people, and at this time, mortar shells and machine gun shells must have reached the position of the Eighth Road.

Cutting people is nothing but impotent rage.

"Matsuda-kun!" Nishihara Kanji let go of the handle and shouted.

"Hey!" The chief of staff on the side, Matsuda Daizo, hurriedly stepped forward.

"Immediately prepare hundreds of sets of eight-way military uniforms and flares." Lieutenant General Kanji Nishihara coldly ordered.

Matsuda Dazuo was stunned for a moment, he instantly understood the idea of the division commander, it was nothing more than waiting for the next eight-way call airdrop, and they pretended to be eight-way to get the airdrop.

But where do I go to get the Eighth Route Military Uniform at this time?

This sweeping operation is estimated to last for a month, and since the Eighth Route Army can call for airdrops, it is likely that there will be a second and third calls for airdrops.

"Hey!"

However, Matsuda Dazuo had no choice but to bow his head, the division commander was angry, if he hesitated, he was afraid that he would be cut by His Excellency the division commander.