A company of the second battalion commander Xu Wancai and a company of Ding Jianzhong of the third battalion were ambushed at the right end of the north side of the road. The puppet army released by Li Yunlong at the left end happened to come to them.

While carrying out a thunder attack there, they did not want to fall behind and launched a fierce attack.

The grenades were greeted by a closer one, and the ones were shot with a rifle from a distance. The heavy machine gun was concentrated and transferred to Li Yunlong to fight against the Japanese, and only a few light machine guns were left.

But this is enough. Many puppet troops were defeated by the national army, surrendered to the Japanese, and adapted them.

A man with backbone, even if he is captured for a while, he will not be able to be a traitor or fight with the Japanese.

Most of the people who work with Japan are just to make a living. They will work hard for whoever gives money and food.

Of course, you can't expect to work hard for those who make money, right?

Just pretend to behave.

So, Xu Wancai commanded two companies to launch an attack on the puppet army, and the puppet army was furious.

"Eighth Route Army, we are ambushed!" someone shouted urgently.

"Hidden, brothers, find a place to hide!" This is a team leader who greeted his subordinates and looked for cover to hide.

"Brothers, fight!"

The sound of Sun Erqing shouting was far lower than the first two, only a few confidants around him and a few Japanese soldiers who were walking a few steps behind him could hear it.

That's what he said, but according to his actions, a hungry tiger pounced on his food, and a lazy donkey rolled around, hiding in the dead corner between the road and the ridge in a few seconds, almost completely avoiding the direct firepower of the Eighth Route Army.

He held the Mauser pistol in both hands, held it up on his chest, and looked up against the stone in fear.

Hearing the endless explosion, bullets flew past his head, he was like a fat pig about to be slaughtered, and he was extremely frightened.

"Damn it, this is an ambush by the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Didn't it mean that there would be no Eighth Route Army members? The dog-good Ichian Nakano is just talking nonsense."

He also saw the Japanese army following behind him and was attacked even more fiercely. The arrogant Taijun, who was once arrogant, is dead all over the place and can no longer slap him in big mouth.

The subordinates fought each other, and Sun Erqing was not ready to command them. Those who performed the most outstandingly on the battlefield were the easiest to be targeted and the easiest to be beaten to death.

He was not going to seek death, so he stayed here for a while to see if he could find an opportunity to break out.

However, he didn't want to, others would force him to do it.

During the sweep, the squad followed their team and sent a sergeant to supervise him.

The sergeant is a veteran and can speak some simple Chinese. He pointed at him as soon as he got up: "Sun Sang, go and command your subordinates and break through along the highway. There has not been a blockage from the Eighth Route Army."

"quick!"

The command of the military commander made Sun Erqing greet his family's female relatives in his heart.

You said there is no Eighth Route Army here, but now the Eighth Route Army is ambushed here. What have you been doing?

You said there was no Eighth Route Army ahead, who knows if the Eighth Route Army has blocked the gap and waited for them to come?

To put it nicely, it is to let them break through, but to put it badly, it is probably to let them attract firepower!

Everyone knows that the gun strikes the first bird.

Sun Erqing wanted to refuse, but the Japanese had a great reputation and he didn't even dare to say anything.

Under the urging of the military commander, he shouted reluctantly: "Lao Qi, it's not okay to be beaten like this. There is no Eighth Route Army in front of the highway. Organize all the brothers and break through the front for me."

The person who is called Lao Qi is one of the four team leaders under him and is also his sworn brother.

At this moment, under the ambush of two companies of Xu Wancai on the north side of the road, the puppet army suffered heavy casualties and could no longer hold on.

Sun Erqing gave him a life-saving straw. Lao Qi shouted left and right and passed on the order. At the same time, he temporarily formed a team of small teams to break through and prepare to break out along the road.

And all this fell into the eyes of the leader of the first battalion, the second company and the other ranks on the south side of the road.

Ambushing is also a strategic one. The south side of the road is worse than the north side of the road. In the case of ambush, it is impossible to attack the enemies on the road as soon as possible.

But when the battle begins and the sound of gunfires draws the enemy's attention, they can move forward and enter the attack range.

After the puppet troops on the highway were attacked, most of them hid in the dead corner between the highway and the ridge on the north side, and a small number attacked towards the ridge on the south side, hoping to occupy this parallel high point so that they no longer had an unfavorable position.

But that was really too difficult. It was equivalent to selling the back to the Eighth Route Army. After being hit by the direct fire behind him, they retreated one after another.

Resist on the spot and is at a disadvantage in the terrain. It is easy to be beaten, but it is difficult to beat the Eighth Route Army.

Breakthrough becomes the best choice.

The first platoon leader and his team came up at the right time. Although the third battalion, which acted as a reserve team, was rushing through the valley, the puppet army would probably run head-on when they broke out, and it would eventually be a fish caught.

But why should I give it to them the third battalion of fat that I can eat now?

The platoon leader targeted Lao Qi and others who were preparing to break through and clearly ordered: "Brothers, let me call the group of people who danced the most with the grenade."

If you eliminate the most organized ones, the remaining stragglers will not be a concern.

Xu Wancai also noticed a row that was thrown into the battle. He also commanded the light machine guns to weave firepower nets to block the puppet troops preparing to break through.

For a moment, the puppet army suffered heavy casualties. Sun Erqing, who was paying close attention to the breakthrough troops, closed his eyes in pain.

It’s not a pity that Lao Qi died. He can recognize his brother if he is gone. More than 20 subordinates who have been beaten to death are nothing. He can help him again if he is gone.

But seeing how the Eighth Route Army did not let them go today. And this terrain is difficult to escape.

He was just worried about his life and future.

But I heard from my subordinates that the Eighth Route Army treated prisoners with preferential treatment and did not kill them. Indeed, many of his subordinates were arrested and finally released.

Sun Erqing silently remembered these things.

Twenty-five minutes after the battle started, Ding Jianzhong came on the movement with the Third Battalion, completely blocking the way forward.

Xu Wancai made a quick decision and ordered: "Comrades, get the bayonet and rush!"

The soldiers went down the mountain like tigers, charging towards the puppet army.

Someone shouted: "Kill!"

Some people also shouted: "Snatch the gun and don't kill it!"

The remaining hundreds of puppet troops were already scared of being beaten. Seeing that the Eighth Route Army had a strong force and weaker will to resist, they had no idea of ​​fighting for bayonets.

The result is obvious.

But the battle was not over, and Xu Wancai knew very well that the Japanese army was the enemy. He led the team himself, rushed onto the road, divided the battlefield, and prepared to launch the final charge.

While the puppet army was doomed to be defeated, the Japanese army was still resisting tenaciously.

"Damn it, he's really a tough guy."

On the south side of the road, Zhang Dabiao, who was commanding the first company, said with sigh.

The Japanese army of the Sakata United team were indeed tenacious in fighting. In the same bad situation, even with more severe firepower, they did not lose their will to resist and were slaughtered.

Nakano Ichian got off the horse in a hurry, and first felt a fury of being teased. He vowed to promise that there were no Eighth Route Forces here, but was ambushed by Eighth Route Forces here.

A slap in the face turned his face so badly.

But as a commander with rich combat experience, he quickly calmed down and discovered that there were no enemy troops on the ridge on the south side of the road, and it was an important terrain for them to fight against the Eighth Route on the north side.

Nakano Ichian made a quick decision and ordered a squadron leader to concentrate his troops and occupy the ridge on the south side of the road.

The Japanese counterattack power was very strong, especially the grenade launcher in the hands of veterans, which caused great trouble to Li Yunlong.

The blockade effect on the north side of the road was not satisfactory. If Zhang Dabiao hadn't rushed up in time and had a counterattack.

The Japanese almost occupied the ridge on the south side, causing the entire ambush to fail.

The Japanese counterattack was far from over.

Compared with the two main companies on the ridge on the north side of the road, Zhang Dabiao's company's troops seemed to be less powerful.

The Japanese army regarded their place as a weak point and organized three charges within half an hour. They rushed out of the highway twice and reached the ridge.

Zhang Dabiao led his men to fight with them in hand-to-hand combat, and pressed them back twice, defending the Shanliang position.

The road ahead has been cut off, and Ikaan Nakano can see clearly. With the fact that his capital is getting less and less, he can't even do it even if he occupies a high ground and sticks to it.

Reinforcements?

I also thought about the speed of the march that Colonel Noguchi walked fifty miles in three days, and today he set a long distance away from him in order to catch up with the progress.

Kazuan Nakano helplessly eliminated this impossible option, and there was only one way left - breaking backwards.

He had thought that since the Eighth Route Army has set up a pocket array here to ambush him, how could he not set up an army to cut off his retreat?

But is it because there are enemies behind you that won’t fight?

Even though you know there is a tiger in the mountain, you still have to walk to Tiger Mountain.

Nakano Ichia gave the last order to the only captain left under his command: "Break backwards!"

Lu Wenyuan led the third company and when the Japanese army completely entered the encirclement, he had already followed and closed the gap.

He told the soldiers before: "Today I set up a pocket array to eat all the Japanese. Our company has the heaviest task and we must not let a Japanese escape from here."

The soldiers answered one after another: "Company Commander, we will never let a Japanese man go. This time they will definitely let them know the power of our Eighth Route Army."

Wang Desheng also said a few words, but the angle he stood was different from that of Lu Wenyuan.

He said: "Comrades, more than 300 Japanese devils, more than 200 puppet troops, at least 500 pieces of autumn clothes. If they are all eliminated, our regiment will not have to spend the winter in a single piece of clothing. Comrades, do you have confidence?"
To be continued...