"Kill...kill...kill..."
At the Second Battalion of the Garrison Regiment, more than a hundred soldiers from the Fifth Company were doing morning exercises. The loud shouts of killing continued to sound in the training ground, and the entire Lizhuang could hear them clearly.
Battalion Commander Wei Dayong shuttled back and forth among the recruits as usual, checking their training results and correcting the mistakes of the recruits with problems.
"Da da da... bang bang bang..."
A series of gunshots suddenly rang out at the security position five kilometers away, which was the first line of defense for the garrison to face the Japanese and puppet troops.
No matter who it is, don't try to bypass it and infiltrate into the base area.
Wei Dayong's face suddenly became particularly ugly.
According to the regiment's previous analysis, it was impossible for the Japanese army in Baoding to mobilize troops to attack Shunping in a short period of time.
Unexpectedly, just three days after the Junping night attack, the Japanese and puppet troops came to kill them. This was too unexpected.
He took out the box of artillery hanging on his waist and ran towards the entrance of the station. As he ran, he ordered: "Fourth company, fire company directly under the battalion headquarters, guard platoon, assemble immediately, follow me to reinforce the security position..."
"Immediately ask the instructor to contact the regiment headquarters. The security position of the second battalion has been attacked. The strength and equipment of the Japanese and puppet troops are not yet clear... I have led the fourth company to fight. If there is any news, I will report it immediately and ask the regiment headquarters to prepare for the battle in advance. …”
When Wei Dayong rushed to the battlefield, the forward position had been occupied by the Japanese forward squadron.
More than a dozen soldiers lay scattered there, with guns and ammunition scattered everywhere.
Dozens of Japanese soldiers stood on the ground with guns, looking around...
More than half of the Japs in the forward squadron have already crossed the guard position, holding guns in hand, forming a line of skirmishers and approaching the front line position.
A large number of the main Japanese troops have appeared at the end of the road.
There was no end in sight to the mighty team, with a large number of cavalry and artillery mixed in...
"The troops will enter the position immediately...the light and heavy machine guns are on standby. Without my order, no one can shoot in advance...the riflemen will be ready for battle and will open fire when the Japanese invaders rush into a hundred meters. Try to use only rifles to block the Japanese and puppet troops." First round of attack!”
Wei Dayong glanced at the battle situation and began to issue orders, while raising his binoculars to look at the end of the road.
The Japanese and puppet troops in front of them arrived so suddenly that the Second Battalion did not receive any information.
The group leader must not have received any news, otherwise he would have informed himself as soon as possible!
He must immediately find out the true situation of the Japanese and puppet troops, report it to the regiment headquarters, and hold them back so that the regiment commander has enough time to arrange the battlefield.
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"Bang bang bang..."
The fourth company's blocking gunshots soon sounded on the position, but the main force of the Japanese on the road had exceeded a thousand people, and there was still no end in sight.
"Battal Commander... the Japanese offensive is too fierce. We can hardly withstand it. We must use light and heavy machine guns immediately!" Yi Fei, the fourth company commander, suddenly ran over to report.
"All six light machine guns equipped in the first and second platoons participated in the battle. The other light and heavy machine guns were on standby to repel the little Japs in front of them immediately!" Wei Dayong made a decision quickly.
Five minutes later, the Japanese forward squadron returned to the warning position at the cost of more than half the loss, but Wei Dayong was not happy at all.
The main force of the Japanese on the road has exceeded 2,000 people, and there is still no end in sight.
"Battal Commander, how many people did the little devils send out to retaliate against us? Why haven't they finished yet... It's not that the Japanese and puppet troops in Baoding suffered heavy losses and couldn't spare any extra troops to attack us. Then where did these little devils come from?" Fourth company commander Yi Fei took a breath and asked.
Wei Dayong shook his head: "I don't know where the little devil here came from!"
"But we must report the matter here to the group leader as soon as possible!"
"No Japanese and puppet troops are allowed to cross Lizhuang before receiving the order to retreat!"
"Correspondent, go back to the village immediately and inform the instructor to transfer the new recruits...and by the way, transfer the common people in the village as well."
"There are too many Japanese, so the blocking position here won't last long!"
"Only street fighting can hold them back!"
As soon as the correspondent left, Yi Fei's exclamation came over: "Battal Commander, the little devil is setting up artillery, a whole mortar squadron..."
"The troops immediately retreat to the main position!" Wei Dayong ordered helplessly.
"The tunnel fortifications on the forward position have not yet been completed and cannot withstand the Japanese artillery attack..."
"50% of the tunnel fortifications on the main position have been completed. It is still possible to block a mortar!"
"If the Japanese use mountain artillery and infantry artillery, we can only retreat to Lizhuang and fight with them in the streets!"
"Boom boom boom..."
As soon as Wei Dayong stepped into the main position, an explosion sounded behind him. After a while, the forward position that had been hit by dozens of artillery shells was covered by artillery fire, and there was smoke everywhere, and thick smoke billowing...
Wei Dayong was frightened for a while...
Fortunately, he had reacted quickly enough. If he had withdrawn one minute later, the Fourth Company would have lost at least one platoon in the artillery fire.
"Batalion Commander...the Japs on the highway have come to an end..." Yi Fei reported with a frown.
Wei Dayong replied solemnly: "The enemy has at least three thousand people, equipped with more than ten mountain field guns and infantry artillery... They are all little devils, there are no puppet troops..."
"Correspondent, go back to Lizhuang immediately and report the enemy situation to the regiment headquarters by phone... If you can't get through on the phone, ride to the regiment headquarters to report..."
"Tell the leader that the Second Battalion will stop the Japanese in Lizhuang at all costs..."
After saying that, he ordered Yi Fei: "Let comrades prepare for battle... By the way, replenish ammunition and eat some dry food..."
"When the Japanese take over the forward positions, there will be a fierce battle waiting for us."
At the Pingyang Town Garrison Regiment Headquarters, Huang Yu was studying the blocking positions that the army had begun to build to see if there was anything that could be improved.
After the night raids in Shunping County and Nanhan Village broke out, the Japanese and puppet troops would definitely pay attention to tunnel warfare.
It would be difficult to use the same fighting method to deal with the Japanese again.
As a front-line position to block the Japanese and puppet troops, the garrison must find new ways to deal with them with some new types of tunnel warfare that the Japanese have never seen before.
Only by taking them by surprise can they be caught off guard and have a chance to defend their base.
"Captain...something big happened..." Chief of Staff Wang Lin suddenly rushed over.
"Wei Dayong just called...their security position was attacked by the Japanese and puppet troops...the enemy's situation is unknown!"
"He has already brought people over to investigate!"
"We used to take the little devils by surprise!"
"I'm worried that the little devil will retaliate in kind and catch us by surprise!"
Huang Yu's expression changed and he said, "Too bad, I forgot about this..."
"According to experience, it is impossible for the Japanese and puppet troops in Baoding to send troops to attack us in the short term, so there is no preparation... If the little devil really decides to kill us and catch us off guard, the garrison will definitely suffer a big loss!"
"Maybe we will lose all the base areas we established outside the mountains!"
