On the ridge on the left side of Dongyang Village.

Seeing that the Japs at the foot of the mountain did not pursue the villagers, but were swarming toward the foot of the mountain like a tide, a company of soldiers immediately stopped advancing and looked for suitable locations nearby, relying on rocks, trees, etc. as bunkers to build firepower fortifications.

.

This is the good thing about mountains. There are bunkers everywhere and there is no need to deliberately dig trenches.

A famous platoon leader looked at Xu Hailang who was not far away and said: "Company commander, there are quite a few Japs here. It looks like there is indeed a large group."

Xu Hailang: "Don't panic, our mission is to cover the retreat of the people in Dongyang Village, not to eliminate this Japs."

"In addition, I have reported the matter to the battalion commander. At the same time, the second company, third company, cavalry company and other units are also on the way. They will arrive here soon."

"Now that we have the geographical advantage, as long as we wait until reinforcements arrive, these devils will die!"

"Pass my order, each platoon should spread out as much as possible and find favorable terrain for defense to prevent Japanese artillery attacks!"

"Machine gunner, once the Japanese attack, concentrate your firepower and hit them hard!"

"clear!"

The messenger next to him made a promise and immediately conveyed Xu Hailang's order.

The Japanese from Yamazaki Battalion were very fast and they rushed to the foot of the mountain in a short time.

"Warriors of the empire, attack, attack! Kill the Chinese Tubal Road on the mountain and kill the chickens!"

Following the order from the former enemy commander, hundreds of Japanese infantrymen immediately rushed up the mountain ridge under the cover of machine gun fire, shouting the slogan "board on board, board on board".

Unfortunately, these little devils still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the First Company of the Independent Battalion.

Although the first company is only a company in name, its total strength is close to 400, which is comparable to that of a battalion.

And the equipment is not bad. Heavy machine guns are equipped to the platoon level, and light machine guns are equipped to the squad level. Some squads even have more than one. All light and heavy machine guns added together, there are more than 30.

In addition, each squad is equipped with at least one grenade launcher.

Of course, the classes in the independent camp are not ordinary classes. They have at least more than 20 people, and more than 60 people in the platoon.

"Thud, tug, tug, tug, tug..."

"Pah, pah, pah, pah..."

Before the Japanese soldiers from the Yamazaki Battalion reached the halfway point of the mountain, a burst of fierce gunfire rang out from the mountain, and then dense bullets poured over them.

At the same time, sizzling grenades flew down one after another, and as soon as they landed, they exploded one after another.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom! -"

The Japanese who had no time to evade immediately screamed and fell down in large numbers. These little Japanese died in different ways. Some were killed by the heavy rain of bullets, some were killed by grenades, and some had vital parts injured by grenade fragments.

"Hidden, hidden!"

The remaining Japanese soldiers immediately dispersed, sought shelter nearby, and then began to fire back with their guns.

In this way, although the Yamazaki Battalion stopped casualties, the offensive collapsed.

Yamazaki Jihei, who was supervising the battle from the rear, frowned when he saw that the troops' attack was blocked: "The combat effectiveness of this Eighth Route Army is really good. It seems to be an independent battalion. No wonder it can repeatedly attack the stronghold of the Imperial Japanese Army!"

"Order the first squadron to detour from the left wing, and the second squadron to detour from the right!"

"After they are in position, each squadron will launch an attack at the same time!"

"Hiyi!"

Several Japanese soldiers promised, and then ran forward quickly.

…

On the other side, after 20 minutes of running, the monkey finally arrived at Sunjiazhai and told the sentry on duty about the Japanese raids in the countryside.

After hearing what the monkey said, the sentry did not dare to delay at all, and immediately took the monkey to find the battalion commander Zhang Dabiao who was personally training the sword skills at the training ground.

"Battal Commander, something bad has happened. The Japanese are here to raid us!"

Hearing this, Zhang Dabiao was suddenly shocked and asked: "Where are the Japanese and how many people are here?"

The monkey said: "Captain Zhang, there are many Japs here, at least several hundred, and they are in our Dongyang Village now. You should quickly lead people to rescue the fellow villagers in our village!"

Zhang Dabiao of Dongyang Village knew about it. He also formed a militia team in Dongyang Village at that time. However, hundreds of Japanese people came, and the militia team's few broken guns were obviously unable to withstand it.

The team has been destroyed.

Not to mention the militia, even his first battalion probably wouldn't be useful.

But the villagers in Dongyang Village had to save them!

After Zhang Dabiao pondered for a moment, he gritted his teeth and shouted: "Inform all companies and platoons to assemble quickly and advance towards Dongyang Village!"

"In addition, send a few more people to inform the Second Battalion, Third Battalion, and Independent Battalion, saying that I, Zhang Dabiao, have stewed a pot of meat in Dongyang Village, and invite them to come and have a taste!

Tell them they must hurry, otherwise there will be no soup!"

This is a big fat piece of meat for a Japanese army of several hundred people. If it is eaten, it can at least double the strength of a battalion.

However, Zhang Dabiao also knew that he was very weak. With the strength of only one battalion, it was obvious that he could not eat this piece of fat, so he had to invite the other battalions to help out...

Upon receiving the order, the companies and platoons of the first battalion immediately stopped training and rushed towards Dongyang Village.

At the same time, several communications soldiers also rode towards the headquarters of the Second Battalion, the Third Battalion, and the Independent Battalion.

Since Li Yunlong conducted a thorough investigation of each battalion and company last time, Zhang Dabiao, Shen Quan and Wang Huaibao also knew the location of each other's battalion headquarters.

During this time, they even conducted several joint operations.

However, the Second and Third Battalions were stationed far away from Sunjiazhai, but Wang Chengzhu's independent camp was only less than 20 kilometers away from Sunjiazhai.

Before Zhang Dabiao could ask for help, Wang Chengzhu had already received the intelligence sent back from the reconnaissance company.

When he learned that more than one brigade of Japanese soldiers had gone to the countryside to raid the countryside, he immediately realized that this was an opportunity to practice their skills.

After all, it's easy to find a Japanese army headquarters, but it's not easy to find a large Japanese army that goes deep alone.

So he decisively led the fourth company, fifth company, and artillery company to dispatch, leaving only the reserve company to guard the station.

In addition to the battalions of the New Regiment, the Independent Regiment also took notice of the Yamazaki Brigade.

Since the Battle of Yangcun, Ding Wei and Kong Jieke have been thinking of ways to develop their troops and get rid of the label of dough.

Therefore, Ding Wei also sent a large number of scouts to collect intelligence everywhere.

After the scouts of the independent regiment discovered the Yamazaki brigade going deep alone, they reported the situation to the regiment headquarters as soon as possible.

At this time, Ding Wei and Kong Jie were also leading their troops on their way to Dongyang Village.

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Chapter completed!