Horiuchi Katsu led the team to detour nearly 30 miles before rushing to the north of Zhao Jiayu.

Relying on a well-developed map, the time for the Horiuchi Brigade to specify the attack point was only half an hour.

This was not a big problem, and soon, radio communication was completed, and the Horiuchi Brigade took the lead in attacking the fortifications north of Zhao Jiayu with 4 92 infantry guns and 4 94 90mm mortars.

Almost at the same time, the southern line of the Ishii Mori brigade also entered the southern entrance of Zhao Jiayu and began to attack.

It's just that there are only 4 92 infantry guns accompanying the Ishii Sen Brigade, and they aim at the Zhao Jiayu fortifications they found and directly aim at the shelling.

Before the 4 light machine gun fire points at the front of Zhao Jiayu's southern entrance could be fired, they were hit by the 92 infantry artillery of the little devils, and then the thin fortifications were quickly flattened by the shells!

Fortunately, the fortifications were opened to the trenches, and the rate of fire of the 92nd infantry guns was also impressive, and the interval between the shells was a bit large, so the machine gunners were able to retreat from the fortifications and hide in the trenches before the second round of shelling began.

After pulling out the garrison fortifications at the entrance to the village of the Independent Regiment, Ryohei Miura, the first squadron of the Ishii Mori Brigade, immediately ordered the first squad to occupy the first trench of the Independent Regiment.

Guarding the three interconnected trenches at the front of the south entrance was the second company of the third battalion. The three platoons were scattered into the trenches in turn, and the machine-gun fire was originally concentrated on the front line, ready to teach the little devil Pig Sudden Charge a profound lesson.

Who knew that the little devil didn't talk about martial arts, and he used artillery at the beginning, and aiming at 4 machine gun fire points was a bang!

These improvised fortifications are basically two layers of wooden planks sandwiched between 30 centimeters of soil, which can be carried for a while for the 92 infantry guns, but they can definitely not carry a few rounds.

So as soon as the machine gunners saw the little devils launching artillery bombardment, they took the initiative to withdraw from the fortifications and hide in the trenches.

Guarding the first trench was a platoon of the second company, and at this moment, the platoon commander Zhou Shicai secretly poked his head out to observe the movements of the little devils.

The little devils of the first squad of the little devils bent down and held their guns and cautiously advanced, and behind, the little devil Ryohei Miura had already commanded the 4 heavy machine guns assigned to his squadron to establish a temporary heavy machine gun position, and the 6 crooked machine guns of the other two squads also entered the combat state.

Behind the machine gun, there is the grenadier group of the little devils, who are staring at Zhao Jiayu's forward position at the moment, once they find a point of fire, they will not hesitate to launch an artillery attack!

It was just a tentative attack by the little devils, but the firepower used was much stronger than that of a battalion of the new 1st regiment or the new 2nd regiment.

What's more, there are 4 92 infantry guns staring at the little devil in the back.

On a high point to the west of Zhao Jiayu, Zhao Gang overlooked the position and observed the little devil's every move with a telescope.

Beside him is the communication soldier who is pulling the wire, this is the little devil field telephone system captured by Gao Jianwu Wolf Yu's Kwantung Army baggage team to annihilate the little devil, and this time it happened to be used by Zhao Jiayu.

At this moment, Zhao Gang saw that after the little devil artillery pulled out the fortifications, dozens of little devils began to approach the first line of defense.

200 meters.

150 meters.

......

Zhou Shicai is the backbone of the old foundation of the Eighth Road, his mentality is very stable, and he is used to putting the enemy in the range of grenade attacks, and he will wait for a wave of grenades first, and this time is no exception.

waited until the little devil entered within 30 meters, and Zhou Shicai shouted, "Fight!" After saying that, he threw a grenade towards the crowd of little devils.

More than a dozen grenades in the first trench were thrown at the little devils along with Zhou Shicai, even if the little devils scattered the formation and were so frightened that they immediately fell on the spot when they saw the grenades, but after this wave of grenades exploded, they also took away more than a dozen little devils at a time.

Of course, the power of the border area is limited, and there are not many of these dozen little devils who are directly killed, and most of them are wailing with missing arms and legs.

Zhou Shicai didn't care about the results of the grenade, he directly tightened the trigger, and the machine gun rifle and submachine gun fired together, naming the little devils lying on the ground one by one, and the little devils' little heads were exploded with blood.

However, the little devil's machine gun and grenadier canister are not vegetarian, when Zhou Shicai and they threw bombs to reveal their figures, the little devil's machine gun immediately spewed out tongues of fire, which made a row of soldiers who got up to shoot a dozen soldiers were hit by the dense machine gun fire of the little devil.

Then the grenadiers of the little devils also sent grenades to the trenches, and several more fighters could not dodge and die.

"Retreat!" Zhou Shicai, who took a shot to change places, avoided the counterattack of the little devil. But now the first trench could not be held either.

So according to the previous deployment, Zhou Shicai decisively ordered a retreat.

At the same time, the grenadiers of the second company at the front of the position aimed at the heavy machine guns of the little devils began to counterattack!

And in the distance, a mortar position is being directed at the artillery of the little devil under the guidance of artillery observers.

The battle situation was about to break out, and as soon as the first contact was made, the little devils paid a squad, and on the side of the independent regiment, most of the platoon was also sacrificed.

The battlefield of the position is so cruel, and now the little devils who have the advantage of firepower and the independent regiment with the geographical advantage, neither side has taken much advantage.

The two independent regiments were in the 94-mm mortar position, and after the first round of attacks, they were a little away from the 92 infantry guns of the little devils, and they deviated by more than 10 meters, but they only injured the ammunition men of a few little devils.

On the side of the second grenadier, only one of the three grenades hit the little devil's machine gun, and the other two grenades were also missed.

But the grenadier of the little devil counterattacked like a shadow, and immediately hit the grenade at the grenadier position of the second company.

Fortunately, the grenadiers of the second company insisted on the tactical requirement of changing positions with one shot, and this time nothing happened.

However, as soon as the position is shifted, the machine gun target facing the little devil must be re-aimed with the current hit rate of these grenadiers in the second company.

It's good to be able to hit a target with three shots.

There is no way to effectively contain the firepower of the little devils.

After testing the basic firepower of the independent regiment's position, the little devil did not stop at all, and directly put all the squadrons on it, which led to the second wave of attacks on the second company's position.

The little devil suppressed the three trench lines exposed with machine gun fire, leaving three groups of grenadiers to confront the second company of grenadiers, and the rest began to bombard the second trench intensively.

There were six grenadier canisters, which covered a trench of more than ten meters at once, so that the soldiers of the second company and the second platoon of the independent regiment inside could not dodge at all.

This time, the little devil showed his fangs, and the defensive pressure of the second company was compressed to the limit at once.

"Order, the third and fourth positions of mortars are aimed at the front machine gun positions and grenadier positions of the devils, suppressive shelling, 3 bursts of fire!" Zhao Gang saw that the momentum was not right, and began to command the artillery to counterattack.

"Heavy machine gun positions No. 1 and No. 2, ready for fire reinforcement of the second company!"

According to the pre-war deployment, heavy machine gun fire will only be exposed to the cluster charge of small devils.

If the second company can withstand it, then the heavy machine gun fire will wait for the second company to retreat, and the little devils will swarm before firing, but now Zhao Gang sees that the situation is not right, if he doesn't suppress the little devil's attack.

I'm afraid that the second even can't withstand the first wave of the little devil's attack.

The little devil with superior firepower of machine guns and grenadiers has the front-line attack force, and the second company defending the three front-line trench defense lines, either the jade is burned to death, or there is only retreat.

There is no third way.

But this is by no means the result that Zhao Gang is willing to see.

So he had to show Zhao Jiayu's hole cards early.

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