The equipment of the devils of the Fifth Division is first-class, the combat quality is even more first-class, and the artillery firepower is very accurate.

Just now, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army fired at the devils, and the devils' artillery quickly marked the shooting of Zhuyuan, and after the devils had just retreated, the shells smashed down on the hilltop positions of the first battalion.

Boom boom...

Accompanied by mortar and infantry artillery fire from distant devils.

Dense waves of shell explosions rose over the positions of the first battalion, and the fighters took refuge in the anti-artillery holes.

The inexperienced warrior, who ran a little slower, suddenly collapsed in a pool of blood in the blast wave.

After the soldiers of the first battalion arrived here, they had built fortifications in the middle of the night, and had already dug improvised trenches and anti-artillery holes.

Although the devil's artillery fire was very dense, all the fire was mortar and infantry artillery.

Mountain artillery and howitzers of more than 75 mm were not used, and the casualties of the soldiers of the first battalion were not significant.

Not to be outdone, the artillery of the first battalion fired in unison from mortars and mountain artillery in the direction of the devil's artillery position.

The artillery of both sides came and went, and the artillery battle began.

Although the first battalion had 16 mountain guns, 60-mm and 82-mm mortars were also strengthened.

But after all, the first battalion was under siege, the enemy was in the dark, and the artillery positions of the first battalion were almost in the open.

Therefore, even though the artillery firepower of the first battalion was strong, the artillery firepower of both sides was evenly matched, and no one took advantage of it.

As soon as the morning dawns, Zhang Dabiao can apply for air support, so there is no need to save artillery shells at all, and the artillery can be open to fight.

"Kill and give..."

After the artillery bombardment by the devils, the captains of the infantry brigades, receiving the order to attack the division and regimental headquarters, waved the command sabers in their hands and roared hysterically.

In the rear of the devils, the mortars and infantry guns of the devils, were pushed to within 2 km of the positions.

Infantry guns aimed at the forward positions of the Eighth Route Army and fired straight at them, and mortars aimed at the forward positions and fired at curved fire.

Not to be outdone, the mortar gunners of the Eighth Route Army set up 82-mm guns directly on the forward positions, and carried out artillery fire counter-suppression according to the position where the fireworks from the muzzles of the devil's guns were exposed.

The devil's artillery firepower is not cheap, and the infantry of the Eighth Route Army can drill out of the anti-artillery hole and shoot at the infantry who are rushing up from the devil.

As the devils attacked again, about 100 meters from the forward position, the fighters opened fire one after another.

In the dense gunfire, the devils fell one by one.

On a hill on the right flank, the 4th company of sharpshooters defended the position behind the entire 1st battalion.

This hill is more important, once the devils occupy this hill, the devils will use this hill as a base, and carry heavy firepower such as infantry artillery, mortars, and heavy machine guns onto this hill, suppress the hill of other Eighth Route Army, and use firepower to support other attacking devils.

Therefore, Zhang Dabiao arranged the fourth company of sharpshooters at the back of the mountain.

As Zhang Dabiao expected, this is the position where the devil focuses on attacking.

The devils attacked twice, and both of them were attacked by the Japanese brigade level.

It's just that the devil met the sharpshooter four companies.

This sharpshooter has four companies, and even the cooks are at the sharpshooter level.

Under the cover of flares fired by mortars in the rear, the entire front of the position was illuminated as if it were daylight within nearly 1,000 meters.

In front of the position of the fourth company is an open field, and it is a condescending situation, and the formation of the devils is relatively dense.

The sharpshooters of the fourth company began a shooting competition.

A full-fledged brigade of devils attacked twice in a row, and more than 500 people were shot and killed by the fighters of the fourth company of sharpshooters.

100 to 200 meters in front of the entire fourth company of sharpshooters, lying full of corpses of devils.

"Haha, this five-six-type gun is just exciting!"

"It's much easier to use than the American Garand."

Seeing the devil rout, Xiao Songyuan, the commander of the fourth company of the sharpshooter, slapped the five or six punches in his hand and smiled very happily:

"Lao Tzu killed five, how many did you kill?"

Next to Company Commander Xiao, some said that they killed 2, some said they killed 3, and some said that they killed seven or eight devils.

"As long as there are enough bullets, Lao Tzu can put down a hundred of them!"

A sharpshooter veteran squad leader spoke confidently.

Devils are not easy to deal with, and the devils of the Fifth Division are still the elite of the devils.

Known as the Steel Army.

Moreover, the Fifth Division had just participated in the battle against Malaysia, and after the baptism of the Southeast Asian battlefield, its combat effectiveness was very strong.

When the devil is attacking, he presents a skirmish line attack, and when he charges, he is not stupid and rushes up with a rifle like in a TV series.

Instead, bending over, bowing, running from cover to cover, and charging in a zigzag pattern, it is not easy to take out one.

Moreover, the devil soldiers can still find some opportunities to shoot in the direction of the Eighth Route Army's position with rifles.

This group of devils is indeed strong, but it has encountered the fourth company of sharpshooters equipped with five or six guns.

Although there are flares to provide light, however

"Don't fucking brag, anti-artillery!"

Company Commander Xiao laughed loudly and quickly drilled into the anti-artillery hole.

The soldiers of the fourth company of sharpshooters are all veterans and elites, and some of the fighters move faster than the company commander and squad leader, and they have long been drilled into the anti-artillery hole.

The other fighters were also orderly, although the line of sight in the trench was not good, but the soldiers were able to find their own anti-artillery holes, and their movements were as quick as a thousand tempers, and there was no scramble for anti-artillery holes.

As soon as the soldiers hid, the devil's shells smashed down on the position synchronously.

Boom boom...

Dense blast waves were scattered, mud, sand and stones flew sideways with shrapnel, and the soldiers withstood a deafening roar.

Although the devil's artillery fire did not hurt the soldiers much, the dense explosion sounded in the ears, and it was still very uncomfortable.

If it is a close-range explosion, there is a risk that the soldier will become deaf.

……

"That's a lot of firepower."

Seeing their own two attacks, the soldiers were repelled by fierce fire before they could get close to the position of the Eighth Route Army, and not only failed to attack the position, but suffered a lot of losses.

Even the artillery fire in the rear of the infantry was somewhat suppressed and could not be of much use.

Matsui Taikuro suddenly felt a little bad.

At a certain defensive point on the top of the mountain, the infantry firepower of the Eighth Route Army had a fully automatic firepower almost every one meter.

The dense fire swept away the Japanese soldiers who rushed up and fell one by one.

"Could it be that the Eighth Route Army soldier on that position has a light machine gun?"

Matsui Taikuro looked puzzled.

The Eighth Route Army on that position was the new regiment, battalion and company, as the infantry unit with the strongest combat effectiveness in the new regiment, the previous battalion and company had an MP40 submachine gun, and later an M3 submachine gun.

Now the first battalion and one company are armed with a Type 56 submachine gun.

Although the name is a Type 56 submachine gun, it is actually an automatic rifle per person, which is equivalent to an AK per person.

In Matsui's opinion, it was natural to think that the Eighth Route Army in that area had a light machine gun in every hand.

With such a powerful firepower, the infantry alone could not rush forward, and the artillery firepower brought by the 5th Division was insufficient, and there were not many shells.

Moreover, the artillery firepower of the other side is not weak, and it can even implement counter-suppression of artillery fire.

The commander of the 11th Infantry Wing, Sasaki Gossa, reported to him with an ugly face: "Division commander, the casualties of the troops are relatively large, and my 2nd Infantry Brigade has suffered more than half of the casualties. ”

Behind Sasaki Gosa Sansa, there stood several gray-faced Nakasa and Shaosa.

"Waste..."

Matsui Taijiuro snorted coldly:

"A fully formed infantry brigade attacked the hill defended by more than 200 people of the Eighth Route Army, and the casualties in the two attacks were more than half? The face of the Fifth Division has been completely disgraced to you! ”

The commander of the 21st Infantry Wing, Keio Sasaki, also came over and said, "Your Excellency the division commander, I request that the 5th Field Artillery Wing be transferred over to shell the positions of the Eighth Route Army. ”

Matsui looked at the watch in his hand.

"Yaga!"

"There are still two hours before dawn, and then the planes of the Eighth Route Army will be able to provide air support, and at this time, transfer the 5th Artillery Wing, do you want my 5th Artillery Wing to be wiped out?"

Matsui Taikuro really wanted to give Sasaki Keio two ear scrapers.

"Hey!"

Keio Sasaki bowed his head suddenly, not daring to speak, with a bitter expression.

Matsui Taikuro is also very clear.

The Eighth Route Army occupied the commanding heights, and its firepower was beyond imagination, and it would be difficult to attack it without transferring the 5th Field Artillery Wing over.

But now that Matsui Taijiuro is allowed to withdraw his troops, he is reluctant.

"After 10 minutes, if we gather troops to attack again, I don't believe that my Fifth Division will not be able to eliminate more than 2,500 soldiers of the Eighth Route Army!"

Matsui's tone was murderous.

When the Fifth Division attacked Shanxi, it was invincible and arrogant.

Now it is embarrassed by more than 2,000 Eighth Route Army.

Matsui Taikuro originally thought that he would be able to destroy more than 2,000 Eighth Route Army soldiers, but the situation greatly exceeded his expectations.

"Hey!"

A group of devil adjutants bowed their heads in unison.

The military order is like a mountain, and as an imperial soldier, even if he dies on the battlefield, he will not hesitate.

With Matsui's order, the devil soldiers took a short break and then began the third wave of attack.

Time is running out for devils.

Waiting until dawn, the planes of the Eighth Route Army will be able to arrive, so the devils want to settle the battle before dawn, so they launched a continuous attack in such a short time.

Although the tactics of this wave of devil attacks are nothing to praise.

It was still the artillery that was bombarding on the side, and the infantry on the other.

However, this wave of attacks was even more fierce than the previous two attacks, and the artillery fire was wave after wave, and the devil soldiers all rushed upwards with their lives.

"Battalion commander, the pigeons have five minutes to arrive at the battlefield."

In the headquarters of the first battalion, a radio soldier put down the receiver and microphone in his hand and reported to Zhang Dabiao.

Zhang Dabiao's eyes lit up slightly, and air support arrived!

For fear of being monitored by the devil's radio, the radio on the plane and the radio on the ground were all communicated in secret language.

The pigeon in the new regiment is the code name of the aircraft.

Zhang Dabiao gave the order in an indifferent tone: "Let the artillery positions prepare flares and light the fire in four minutes!" ”