Zeng Quan did not hesitate and directly ordered: "Draw an infantry platoon from the Second Company, two platoons from the Third Company, plus the small artillery squads of each company, the mortar platoon directly under the battalion headquarters, heavy machine gun platoon, and baggage platoon, join me to reinforce the regiment commander immediately, and the others stayed to clean the battlefield!"

At this time, the battle in the main direction of the regiment was indeed not over yet, and the dense sound of gunfire even showed an intensified trend.

But careful people will see that the whole battle is not as hard as everyone imagines, but is coming to an end.

After eliminating the strengthening squadrons among the Japanese army and leaving the Japanese brigade captain no chance to telegraph to the county town, two infantry companies immediately took action on the battlefield.

Without saying a word, the first battalion commander Zhang Yunshan directly ordered the two companies to go along the highway and directly attack the Japanese who were conducting a counterattack from behind.

The Japanese army, who had two squads of vanguards, divided an infantry squad to attack Wang Ping's regiment command, and the remaining infantry squad was attacked by two infantry companies of the independent regiment, collapsed after only five minutes, and was quickly destroyed.

At this time, there were only four infantry squads behind the ambush battlefield.

No, after nearly half an hour of attack and stalemate, the four infantry squads have been reduced to three, but even so, the combat effectiveness of these more than a hundred Japanese soldiers cannot be underestimated.

After a sudden raid from a company of the Independent Regiment behind him, the Japanese army, who instantly lost half of the infantry squad, immediately responded.

Dozens of Japanese soldiers immediately turned the guns and blocked the Eighth Route Army from approaching him.

The remaining nearly a hundred Japanese continued to maintain pressure on the Eighth Route Army on the high ground, and then continued to touch the high ground by crawling forward.

"Captain, the Eighth Route Army behind us came from the highway. I was worried that the captain's side had already finished. After all, their side was attacked by the Eighth Route Army from the very beginning!" Hearing the increasingly dense gunfire around, the deputy captain expressed his concerns with a serious look on his face.

"It must be so. The gunshots on the captain's side have stopped!" The squadron leader's good mood just now disappeared, and he frowned and analyzed.

"Then we won't be alone. It won't take too long to be surrounded by the Eighth Route Army's heavy troops!" The deputy captain's face looked even more ugly, and he shouted with a hint of despair.

After a brief shock, the squadron leader became calm and analyzed with a calm face: "No need to be honest, even if we become lonely, we may not die here. Don't forget, the brigade commander just reported that the brigade commander had sent a cavalry brigade to reinforce us. From a time point of view, they should be coming soon. As long as we persist until the cavalry brigade comes, we can leave here alive!"

In the eyes of ordinary infantry, cavalry is their nemesis and the god of killing on the battlefield.

As long as the cavalry reinforces, no matter how many Eighth Route Army infantry is, they cannot withstand the massacre. What's more, the brigade commander directly sent a cavalry brigade of nearly 400 cavalry to reinforce him. You must know that in the ranking of the Japanese combat effectiveness, 400 cavalry is completely worth an infantry brigade, and even more!

Therefore, in the eyes of Japanese infantry, cavalry is a god, and there is no enemy that the imperial cavalry cannot solve on the battlefield in China.

As expected, the squadron leader said that the Cavalry Brigade was on the way here, and the nervous expressions of the subordinates around him were much more relaxed.

The squadron leader did not relax because it took time for the cavalry brigade to come. Only when everyone survived and persisted until the cavalry brigade came, would there be hope of survival.

Now there are three infantry companies of the Eighth Route Army gathered around him. The squadron leader must have, the longer the time is, the more Eighth Route Army gathered.

Therefore, in order to persist here for a longer time, there is only one way, that is, a battle situation is a high ground that is conducive to defense. Only by defending from a high position can more than 100 imperial troops be blocked by the attack of the Eighth Route Army several times.

"You guys, there are more and more Eighth Route Army gathering here. We have no terrain advantage, but the Eighth Route Army can use machine gun firepower to kill us from a high point. Therefore, only by occupying the high ground in front of us can we be sure to persevere until the reinforcements come?" The squadron leader analyzed with a serious look on his face.

Listening to the increasing gunfire and the screams of soldiers around him, several small team leaders knew that what the squadron leader said was the truth.

He frowned and replied with a serious expression: "Squadron Captain, please give the order!"

"Yoxi, you are all the bravest imperial army in the Great Japanese Empire! I order: the first team attacks from the front, the second and third teams are feinted on the flanks, and disperse the firepower of the Eighth Route Army on the high ground. The third team of the Fourth Squadron blocks the Eighth Route Army behind us, so that they cannot threaten the safety of our offensive troops!" The squadron leader ordered with a serious face.

The two companies of the first battalion of the independent regiment defending the hill were personally commanded by battalion commander Zhang Qing.

I originally thought it would be very easy to use two companies to ambush the Imperial Army and two companies, but I didn't expect that the Japanese actually gave him a golden cicada to escape, and replaced the Imperial Army with a puppet army, causing him to encounter a tough bone.

Because of the initial underestimation of the enemy and showing mercy, the two companies not only failed to seize the opportunity to kill the Japanese with a large amount of firepower in the first round of raids, but were also attacked by the Japanese.

In addition, the heavy machine guns and mortars directly under the battalion headquarters were transferred away by the regiment commander. Facing the newly recruits and prisoners, most of the subordinates, in order to prevent these people from collapsing on the battlefield, Zhang Qing could only follow the orders and continuously shrink the defense line and concentrate all the troops on the high ground to confront the Japanese.

Although the troops in his hand were twice that of the Japanese and had a terrain advantage, because the Japanese army was well trained, Zhang Qing did not take any advantage during the entire confrontation. Not only that, the well-trained Japanese actually crawled forward and touched the high ground on the hill little by little.

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the heavy machine gun platoon directly under the battalion headquarters was sent back by the regiment commander. Three heavy machine guns were one to the high ground, so Zhang Qing's confidence was much higher.

However, facing the Japanese lying on the ground, Zhang Qing did not immediately order the heavy machine gun to shoot.

Because, firing a gun now is a waste of bullets. He is waiting, and he uses three heavy machine guns to attack the Japanese with a fatal attack.

He believed that the Japanese could not crawl forward like this.

Although there are many advantages of crawling forward, there is also a fatal disadvantage, that is, the degree is too slow.

As long as they touched more than 40 meters below the high ground, they could use grenades to deal with them. The Japanese lying on the ground obviously had no possibility of throwing grenades into the high ground because they had no terrain advantage.

At this time, if the Japanese army intends to rush up with the minimum casualties, they can only stand up and charge.

If you continue to crawl forward, Zhang Qing only needs to use a grenade to blow them all to death at the foot of the mountain.

Zhang Qing was right inference. After the Japanese touched more than 60 meters in front of the formation, they seemed to have been injected with chicken blood. They suddenly jumped up, and then rushed forward with a rifle.

The only few crooked handles were also held in the arms of the Japanese and acted as fixed firepower points, and their vitality provided cover for the offensive troops.

The opportunity that has been waiting for so long has finally arrived!

Zhang Qing's face instantly became furious, and he ordered the machine gunner beside him.

"Shoot, kill them all, and avenge the sacrificed soldiers!"

Three heavy machine guns, four crooked handles, and fired together, with a total of seven hot tongues of flames, just like seven death sickles, harvesting the lives of the Japanese in front of the formation.
Chapter completed!