"Battal Commander, the bombardment is over, the Japanese are coming!" The observation post's exclamation suddenly sounded at the entrance and exit of the tunnel, and the violent explosions overhead stopped at the same time.
Wei Dayong did not hesitate to pull out the box cannon, stood up and rushed towards the tunnel entrance: "Enter the position, prepare to fight..."
The surface positions have been destroyed by artillery fire, and many trenches have been flattened. The soldiers can only lie down in the craters and continue fighting.
There were light and heavy machine gun bullets flying everywhere above their heads. A few soldiers did not notice it and raised their heads a little. The bullets seemed to have eyes and flew towards them in an instant. Their heads exploded on the spot, with red and white brains flying everywhere. Everywhere……
This scene frightened many soldiers. They quickly retracted their heads from the bunker and kept their heads down no matter what they did...
More than a hundred Japanese soldiers appeared in Wei Dayong's field of vision.
Holding a gun and holding a light machine gun, he quickly rushed to a position more than 100 meters in front of the formation.
Wei Dayong conveniently replaced the box cannon with a 38-inch cap, held the flat end in his hand, aimed at a Japanese second lieutenant, and pulled the trigger while shouting: "Shoot... hit me hard..."
The fourth company has a full strength of more than 130 people, plus the temporarily strengthened equipment in the camp, there are a total of nine crooked guns!
The previous battle and artillery fire coverage had caused a lot of losses, and there were still six light machine guns. The fire company had just supported a heavy machine gun, for a total of seven light and heavy machine guns.
He suddenly opened fire, and dense bullets flew towards the little devil like rain.
The Japanese in the first two rows were shot and fell to the ground at the same time, without even a chance to lie down.
Unfortunately, the Japanese army was very determined to capture the position and had no intention of stopping even if a small team was injured or killed.
As they charged forward, they shot at the suspicious targets they found.
The machine gunners who provided cover behind were as if they were on fire. When they saw the Eighth Route Army showing up on the position, they swept over with a hail of bullets...
Facing the powerful offensive firepower of the Japanese army, the fourth company's casualties increased sharply. Even the guard squad lost three people, and only six soldiers were still fighting.
Wei Dayong saw it with pain in his heart and anxiety on his face, but he had no way to break the situation.
The disparity in strength between the two sides is too great, and they are not a heavyweight opponent at all.
If the Second Battalion wants to defend Lizhuang, they have no other choice but to fight for their lives with the Japanese...
Now he only hopes that the regiment commander will come to Lizhuang as soon as possible and that the little devils will not engage in a strategy of perish together, otherwise the small number of troops on hand will not be able to stop even two Japanese attacks.
"Bah bang bang..." Facing the little Japanese who had already rushed fifty meters away, Wei Dayong decisively changed his rifle into a box cannon to increase the efficiency of killing the enemy.
"Prepare grenades..." As soon as the bullets in the magazine were empty, Wei Dayong took out the grenades and shouted at the same time.
Dozens of little Japs directly in front also took out grenades at this moment, ready to throw them out at any time.
"Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...
The scream of artillery shells streaking across the sky suddenly sounded on the battlefield. Wei Dayong's expression changed. Before he could shout out the word "concealed", the violent explosion sounded in his ears...
Wei Dayong fell down in the trench and still felt a wave of hot air sweeping through his back.
His face suddenly turned pale, and he didn't expect that what he was most worried about happened.
The Japanese attacking force is fifty meters away, and the blocking force is staying on the surface. If the artillery is fired now, it will definitely cause huge damage to the troops.
Although the Japanese offensive troops would also suffer some accidental injuries, compared with the losses of the blocking troops, those casualties were obviously nothing.
To put it ten thousand steps back, even if the attacking troops were completely destroyed in this artillery fire that did not distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, the Japanese would still make a profit.
Without the offensive force, they still have a dozen squadrons ready to join the battle at any time.
Reflecting on Wei Dayong, without the few troops on hand, the Second Battalion would have no troops to continue participating in the war, and Li Zhuang would be captured by the Japanese due to insufficient troops.
The Japanese artillery fire started and ended quickly. Wei Dayong had just crawled out of the mound, but before he could recover, the remaining thirty or so Japanese soldiers in front of the formation were already screaming and rushing over.
"Pa bang bang..."
Wei Dayong quickly raised the box cannon and fired. The three Japanese soldiers fell to the ground, but this also attracted the attention of more Japanese soldiers.
At least ten Japanese soldiers were eyeing him, charging towards him with rifles with bayonets in hand and a fearless attitude.
"You stupid little devil... I will fight with you..."
Wei Dayong pulled out the ghost head on his back, swung it forward with all his strength, and stabbed his chest with the Sanba Gai, which was cut into two sections...
With another backhand stab, the little devil standing on the edge of the trench had his legs cut off instantly...
Wei Dayong climbed up from the ditch, holding the bloody knife handle with both hands, and faced the next Japanese without hesitation...
After killing five Japs in a row, the remaining Japs panicked. They realized that their opponents were too strong and fighting head-on was not an option, so they started to be cautious.
The two Japs attracted Wei Dayong's attention from the front, while the two Japs hid from the side and attacked...
Wei Dayong was unable to defeat the four hands with his two fists. He dodged the bayonet stabbed at the back of his heart, but not the bayonet stabbed at his shoulder blade.
The sharp edge of the knife can easily break through the military uniform and pierce the body...
The severe pain also irritated Wei Dayong. His eyes immediately turned red. He held the bayonet pierced into his shoulder blade with one hand and refused to allow the Japanese to leave. He held the ghost-headed sword in the other hand and slashed hard at the enemy's neck.
This was Wei Dayong's sword full of rage, and it was also a sword he used all his strength. It was very powerful.
The devil's round head was chopped off by him, and blood spattered on his face, making him look like a devil.
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"Pa bang bang..."
At the critical moment, several gunshots suddenly rang out behind him. Three Japanese soldiers who wanted to attack Wei Dayong again fell to the ground at the same time, with several bloody holes in their chests.
"Battal Commander, are you okay?" Instructor Chen Fei hurried over with the guard platoon. After a burst of gunfire, there was no longer a living Japs in sight.
"Old Chen, aren't you moving the people away? What are you doing here?" Wei Dayong asked with a worried look on his face.
"The folks have been moved away. I asked the Fifth Company to protect them... I was afraid that something would happen to you, so I brought a platoon of guards to kill you!" Chen Fei explained with a concerned look on his face.
"Fortunately, I came here in time, otherwise you kid would have dealt with me here!"
"The regiment leader asked us to defend the position for three hours and then evacuate the position, and then use guerrilla warfare to slow down the enemy's march, and then take them to Pingyang Town!"
"You've been guarding it for more than an hour...I think we can withdraw!"
"There is more than an hour left for us to fight in the street with the Japanese!"
When Chen Fei was talking, Wei Dayong kept staring at the front of the position.
After the artillery fire coverage is over, it is impossible for the Japanese to rely on dozens of soldiers to take down the blocking position. There must be back-ups.
Sure enough, before Chen Fei finished speaking, an infantry squadron had already reached the front of the formation more than a hundred meters away.
A glance around showed that there were less than sixty soldiers who could continue to fight in the position, including the guard platoon that the instructor had just brought.
If the fighting continues, there won't even be enough people to fill the gap between the Japanese's teeth.
Immediately ordered: "Retreat... Listen to the instructors, evacuate the main position and enter Lizhuang. We will fight with the Japanese in the streets!"
Twenty minutes later, the Japanese appeared at the entrance of Lizhuang Village.
This time they were obviously well prepared and set up artillery at the entrance of the village...
After the entire Lizhuang was covered by artillery fire, two planes also appeared in the sky above Lizhuang. The aerial bombs were dropped as if they were free, as if they were going to completely level Lizhuang.
Miyazawa Daizuo stood on a mound not far from the village entrance, enjoying the shelling scene in front of him with a smile.
A captain suddenly ran over: "Sir... we found more than a hundred Eighth Route Army corpses in the blocking position we just occupied!"
"Including the wounded and corpses taken away by the Eighth Route Army... we attacked the main position and eliminated at least two hundred Eighth Route Army soldiers!"
"Intelligence shows that there is only one battalion of the Eighth Route Army in Lizhuang, including a company of new soldiers...minus the more than 200 people we just killed and injured, there are at most 100 people in the village!"
"We have planes and cannons. We can definitely take it down in one attack!"
The smile on Miyazawa Ozuo's face grew stronger, and he immediately said: "Even if there are really only a hundred Eighth Route Army soldiers in the village, our artillery preparations cannot be compromised!"
"Although the Eighth Route Army has tunnels to hide in, as long as our artillery fire is strong enough, even the strongest tunnels will be blown down!"
"In order to eliminate them, we have lost a lot of troops, even the chief of staff was not spared!"
"Before departure, the brigade commander also repeatedly stated: We must destroy the enemy at the minimum cost!"
"We can kill the enemy with artillery shells and aerial bombs, but we will never engage in hand-to-hand combat!"
"Order: When the artillery and aviation will level the village to the ground, when will we launch an attack!"
"Although our raid caught the Eighth Route Army off guard, forcing them to rush into the battle without any preparation, it greatly reduced our losses and combat pressure!"
"But as long as our offensive firepower is strong enough, even if the Eighth Route Army is prepared..."
"Their conspiracy will be torn to pieces by powerful artillery fire!"
Compared with the high spirits of the Japanese, Wei Dayong, who was hiding in the tunnel, felt like his days were like years.
The Japanese artillery fire was so fierce that with every explosion, a large amount of soil would fall overhead.
He was afraid that the tunnel would not be able to withstand the bombardment and would be blown up.
"Battal Commander... A row of hidden tunnels collapsed... More than ten soldiers were buried inside. Although we dug them out, it took too long and everyone suffocated to death!" A soldier ran over to report.
"Old Chen..." Wei Dayong said calmly.
"The Japanese sent planes to bomb the village. The aerial bombs are too powerful. There will definitely be tunnels that will collapse!"
"In order to prevent the two of us from being blamed at the same time, we must act separately!"
"If someone dies, the other person can continue to direct the battle!"
"You take the first guard class, and the second guard class follows me..."
"Repulse the Japanese attack once, and we will evacuate the village through tunnels!"
