"Comrades, without further ado, I want to say that this battle will be the biggest challenge we have faced since the establishment of the military region, and even since the formation of the entire Eighth Route Army! If we win, maybe the victory of the Anti-Japanese War will come early!"
At the Yuci training base, Liu Yu's headquarters, except for the airborne regiment waiting for orders at Longwangshan Airport, the artillery brigade heading south to Hanxinling first, and the Second Guard Brigade stationed in Jingxing, all the other troops are assembled here.
On the stage, Liu Yu was doing pre-war mobilization, and his voice spread through the loudspeaker throughout the playground.
More than 70,000 Eighth Route Army soldiers were looking at their commander with determined eyes.
Looking at the soldiers standing upright in front of him, Liu Yu roared loudly: "The folks in the base area are watching you, and the compatriots across the country are waiting for the good news of your victory! Use the momentum we had when our bayonets saw red, and crush everything. enemy!!!"
"Must win!"
"Must win!"
"Must win!!!"
Three roars gave Liu Yu the best answer.
"Set off!"
Following Liu Yu's order, the soldiers of the armored brigade retracted their heads into the tank, the mechanized infantry battalion boarded the armored vehicle, and then the engine started, and the roar resounded throughout the world.
The three divisions drove out of the training base in order, with the main regiment at the front, the supplementary regiment at the back, the engineers, baggage carriers, joint logistics and other auxiliary arms in the middle, and the artillery and field hospitals of each division at the end.
In the sky, 5 flight formations and 15 P40 fighter jets flew over their heads to escort their march.
After Liu Yu and the others reported their combat plan to the headquarters, they immediately received approval.
The deputy commander also believed that it would be better to cut off one of his fingers than to hurt ten of his fingers! At present, only Liu Yu's troops in the Eighth Route Army are capable of undertaking this "finger-cutting" task.
Instead of letting them put out fires everywhere, why not concentrate on destroying one of the enemies!
At the same time, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters also ordered the 120th Division to cooperate with the 115th Division to defend Shiling Pass. After covering the transfer of the people in other areas, they withdrew from the battle and gave up some base areas. They exchanged space for time and gave Liu Yu the opportunity to annihilate 20 and 36. Division time!
. . . . . .
To the south, Han Xinling.
The Japanese 36th Division has arrived and has launched an artillery bombardment on the defensive position of the Taiyue Column.
Baishan, the forefront of the Taiyue Column's defense line, the position of the 3rd Company of the 771st Regiment.
"call out!"
"boom!"
The sound of artillery shells breaking through the air came, and a veteran of the Eighth Route Army showed no panic at all, still staring ahead and observing the front.
"昘!"
When the veteran heard this, his eyes narrowed, and he immediately put away his gun, turned around and rushed into the cat's ear hole behind him.
"boom!"
The cannonball happened to hit not far from where he was, and a lot of dust fell along the edge of the cat's ear hole.
"Bah, bah, bah..."
The veteran waved his hands to disperse the smoke, climbed out of the cat's ear hole, and climbed to the trench to continue observing.
The Japanese shelling has been going on for half an hour, and the shells are falling less and less. According to experience, their infantry will be coming up soon.
Sure enough, it didn't take long for him to see a large piece of shit-yellow stuff about a kilometer away slowly advancing towards this side.
Just as he was about to shout, he heard a large number of footsteps behind him.
When he turned around, he saw an Eighth Route Army cadre with a shell gun in his hand leading a group of people running into the trench through the traffic trench, and then the crowd quickly dispersed.
The same scene was seen in several traffic trenches in the distance.
The cadre ran to the veteran.
"Company commander!" the veteran greeted.
The company commander gave him a thumbs up. Anyone who serves as an observation post and can survive the Japanese bombardment is a good person.
Then the company commander raised his binoculars, took a look, and shouted to the others: "Everyone is stable, ah, except for the sniper, everyone else, don't worry about the fire, keep it close! Although we have plenty of bullets now, but You can’t make things up! The leader is right, you have to remember the hard days of the past all the time so that you can better cherish the rich days now! Later, everyone will give me a bullet to kill an enemy! Ah, when the time comes Let the new recruits from the 122nd Division have a look at their marksmanship. We, the 771st Regiment, are not here to compete, so they don’t have to complain about their marksmanship! Speaking of which, Commander Liu is the married daughter of our 771st Regiment. What are people showing off to?"
"Ha ha ha ha......"
There was no trace of tension on the battlefield. Everyone was compressing bullets, unscrewing grenade caps, and chatting. After finishing their preparations, a few of them took out their cigarettes, lit them for the soldiers around them, and smoked them happily.
While talking, the Japs below had already advanced to a distance of 600 meters, the attached 60mm mortars began to be set up, and the Japs infantry had begun to push forward.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers opened the gun safety, pulled the bolt, and took aim.
"Bang!"
There was a burst of gunfire from the right side of the position.
The company commander raised his binoculars and took a look. One of the mortarmen on the opposite side was lying on the ground.
The company commander hammered the trench: "Okay! This guy Erbao's marksmanship is becoming more and more accurate, so the sniper rifle is becoming more and more comfortable in his hands!"
"Bang!"
While talking, another shot came. Looking below, this time an officer holding a command knife was hit. He looked like a squad leader.
"Da da da da..."
At this time, the Japanese light and heavy machine guns opened fire, trying to suppress the snipers on the mountain.
The bullet struck in front of sniper Li Erbao's personal trench, creating a large cloud of smoke.
Li Erbao was suppressed and unable to raise his head. He crawled into the traffic ditch with his butt sticking out and changed his position.
Taking this opportunity, the Japanese grenade soldiers at Yamashita ran forward quickly for a distance, inserted the grenade into the ground, and fired one after another.
However, there was still no response from the Eighth Route Army positions on the mountain, and the Japanese began to accelerate their advance.
One minute later, the distance was only 200 meters.
"choke!"
A Japanese aide pulled out his command sword, glared and roared: "Give me Tuzi!!!"
“Onboard!!!”
The Japs began to charge at full speed.
"Bang!"
There was another gunshot. The major had just finished shouting and was about to charge when a bullet hit his head.
On the mountain, I saw the company commander put down his binoculars and picked up his shell gun. When he saw that the Japanese were already 150 meters away, he roared: "Hit!"
With that said, he fired a shot at the foot of the mountain.
Suddenly, there was loud gunfire on the mountain. Nine Czech light machine guns and two Maxim heavy machine guns opened fire simultaneously. Many soldiers also held submachine guns.
It is said that after the AK trial production was successful, Liu Yu asked the Weapons Research Institute to continue improving it, and soon produced the original empty Type 81-1 assault rifle according to Liu Yu's requirements. At present, a few units such as guard battalions, airborne regiments, and special operations groups have been equipped. The Thompson submachine guns replaced by these troops were given to other brother troops by Liu Yu as a favor.
However, the MG42 is very unpopular because it consumes ammunition too quickly and is a "broken gun" that is no less than a crooked gun in the mouths of other military region chiefs...
The ferocious firepower of the 3rd company and the bullets that hit their heads and faces made the Japanese in the first squadron below immediately stop charging, then lay down on the ground, using the corpses of the dead Japanese as cover, and fired at the mountain while rolling the corpses. Move ahead.
Finally, after another ten minutes, the Japanese finally moved to only 50 meters away from the front edge of the position.
The Japs did not receive instructions, but they all stood up in unison and rushed towards the 3rd company's position. However, they had not rushed a few meters when a roar came from their ears.
"Grenade!"
That voice drowned out the sound of gunfire.
Immediately, the Japs saw dozens of grenades falling from the sky like snow. This was only the first wave. Looking towards the position, the second wave of grenades had already flown out.
God knows if the soldiers of the 3rd company have sore arms? They threw 9 waves of grenades down at once...
There are nearly 1,000 grenades, and there is only one squadron of Japanese soldiers below.
For a time, the Japanese were blown to pieces.
"Too stupid!!!"
Finally, a Japanese official couldn't stand it anymore and shouted an order to retreat.
There were more than 200 men in a squadron, and only half of them were withdrawn. During the retreat, several of them were killed by the 3rd Company.
"Stop shooting!"
Seeing that the Japs were running away, the 3rd company commander also issued a ceasefire order, and then praised loudly: "Good fight, just fight like this! I heard that the Japanese field divisions are all elites, I don't think they are doing well! I'm I haven’t even used my special trick yet, and I’m fucking pissed (SUi)!”
