Wang Dali and two battalions of the Fourth Regiment were watching the Japanese in the distance pass under their noses.
"Captain, are we going to let the Japanese pass by like this? What if the regiment commander creates trouble?"
The battalion commander of the fourth regiment looked at him in embarrassment and said.
Wang Dali's eyes widened, "Is this something you have considered? I think you are careful because you want to take my position, right?"
The first battalion commander chuckled, "Commander, what do we mean by this?"
"Don't ask, I will tell you when it's time for you to know!"
When the Matsumoto unit advanced to Erdaogang, it was not attacked.
"Report to Mr. Matsumoto that trenches dug by Tubal Road were found on the hillsides on both sides!"
"Yo Xi, I knew this would happen. If we continued marching like before, we would definitely be caught off guard by Tubal Road.
Tell Asai to move on! "
Matsumoto said proudly.
The Matsumoto team finally reached the last of the three hills at noon. The hills around here were even steeper. Matsumoto looked at the passage that looked like the mouth of an abyss and felt a headache in his heart.
[Who the hell chose the offensive line? Isn't this kind of path just waiting for others to ambush you? 】
Matsumoto complained in his heart, but he had to keep a calm expression on his face. If someone reported it to Wu Chuannan, his life would be difficult.
Sakai Yusuke said to Matsumoto: "Master Colonel, what should we do now?"
"You still need to ask me, fire reconnaissance, scan the surrounding area for me!"
At Matsumoto's order, the Japanese's heavy machine gun fired at the hillside in the distance.
"Da da da………."
The soldiers of the Third Regiment had already buried their heads under the instructions of the veterans, and the Japanese bullets did not make any ripples.
Matsumoto looked at the road in front of him, the uneasy feeling in his heart still not erasing.
"Let the Asai Brigade clear the way, and the other troops will be on standby!"
As soon as Asai heard the order, he was dumbfounded. Why the hell did he get killed every time? Is there any royal method?
Unfortunately, he didn't dare to go to Matsumoto for the theory, so he had to bravely lead the remaining 400 people under his command and quickly ran towards the mountain road.
"Will the leader fight?"
Qian Zhengyang asked in a low voice as he watched the Japanese troops enter the ambush circle.
Hu Changshun was a little embarrassed, but he couldn't do it without fighting. If more than 400 Japanese soldiers passed through, he wouldn't be able to handle it if they turned around and came back.
"Hit" Hu Changshun took the shell gun in his hand and shot the leader of the Japanese.
In an instant, there was loud gunfire on the Eighth Route Army position, and Wen Gu's brother and sister, Da Kui and Xu Baichuan, also began to attack.
Although the marksmanship skills of Dakui and Xu Baichuan are not as good as those of Wen Gu and his sister, they are still much better than ordinary soldiers.
"Snapped"
After Wen Xin started to kill a Japs, he said to Wen Gu, "Brother, why are all the Japs officers so afraid of death? I've been searching for a long time and haven't found any of them?"
Wen Gu killed a Japanese sergeant with one shot and said, "This unit looked like it was attacked by us last night. Now it's almost scared out of its wits. How dare it show its head!"
Qianjing was hiding behind a rock, shouting loudly, "Fight back quickly and beat Tubalu back to me."
Wen Gu had seen Asai's figure a long time ago, but because of the shooting angle, he kept him. As Wen Gu moved quickly on the position,
Finally, he caught the flaw and "picked up the hook". The Type 97 sniper rifle in Wen Gu's hand fired a bullet.
Asai stuck his head out and was giving orders to the other Japs. "Bang", the bullet hit him between the eyebrows. When the other Japs saw that the commander was dead, they ran away.
When Matsumoto saw how fierce the fight was, he was not angry but happy.
"Shangga, I finally caught the main force of Tubal Road, and ordered the mountain artillery brigade to build an artillery position immediately. We must keep all of Tubal Road here!"
"Hi"
The messenger ran out immediately.
He knew from the gunshots in front that the main force on Tubal Road was on the opposite side.
The artillery battalion captain originally didn't want to pay attention to Matsumoto. He was under the direct leadership of the division headquarters, but he would receive orders now, and he also knew that now was not the time to lose his temper.
"Establish a position immediately and let Tubal Road across the way experience the power of our artillery!"
The Japanese artillery brigade has 12 Type 41 mountain guns. This type of gun is relatively light, with a total weight of only more than 600 kilograms. It can be disassembled and transported manually even in rugged mountains.
Wu Chuannan split the only heavy artillery regiment in his hands into three brigades, and allocated some points to each of the three regiments.
In his mind, Tubal Road was short of guns and ammunition, and the empire's artillery was a powerful weapon that Tubal Road could not face.
The Japanese artillery positions were established very quickly, and the range of the Type 41 mountain cannon was not very far, so it was directly up to the experienced veterans to calculate and adjust the parameters.
"One test shot!"
"Bang"
A burst of white smoke came out of the muzzle of the mountain cannon, and the shell flew in a parabola towards the Eighth Route Army's position.
"Bang"
A two-meter crater appeared in front of the Eighth Route Army position.
"Avoid the cannon!"
The entire position was filled with such shouts. The veterans took the recruits and hid in the dug anti-gun holes.
Because the first battalion was in the front and effectively delayed the Japanese advance, the trenches of the third regiment were dug better.
As soon as the soldiers ran in and hid, the Japanese artillery that had been adjusted opened fire, and a large number of artillery shells rained down.
Dust was flying on the position, and craters appeared one after another. The soldiers hid in the anti-gun holes, covering their ears tightly and opening their mouths.
Wen Gu and Wen Xin pulled Dakui and Xu Baichuan back to the artillery position of the Third Regiment when the Japanese's first artillery shell came over.
They looked at the Japanese bombardment with hot eyes. Xie Quan, commander of the artillery battalion of the third regiment, took Wen Gu's hand and said,
"A little story, how about it? Can you figure out the location of the Japanese artillery positions? As long as we knock out the Japanese artillery, we will win this battle!"
Wen Gu didn't say anything, he was calculating in his mind. Wen Xin pulled Xie Quan and said, "Uncle Xie, don't worry, my brother is just calculating!"
Wen Gu walked to a cannon and said to several people: "You all come here. I have calculated the parameters and will adjust them according to this number."
All of a sudden Wen Wen and Xie walked over, and so did the veterans in the artillery camp.
It took a group of people about ten minutes to finally adjust all the parameters.
Xie Quan's excited voice sounded, "Reload everything, fire three rounds very quickly!"
"Loaded."
"Loaded."
………
"Fire!" As Xie Quan ordered all the artillery to fire at the same time, the sound of 24 92 infantry cannon shells streaking through the air,
Matsumoto's heart tightened, and he hurriedly looked up at the sky.
"idiot"
When the captain of the Japanese artillery battalion heard the sound of "咻", he knew that today was going to be over!
