The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 417 Divine Soldier Descends From Heaven, Is That Brothers Army?
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At this time, there was another company of soldiers beside Commander Feng, which was the company of the second company commander.

The situation is in a dilemma.

With the help of some ammunition gathered at the end, Commander Feng led a temporary machine gun platoon and some veterans with good marksmanship, which attracted the firepower of the Japanese army from the direction of Xipo and covered the retreat of the main force from the flank.

The main force of the Fifth Regiment managed to break out of the siege, but Commander Feng and the Second Company were blocked by the Japanese army behind the earthen wall facing the west slope.

The main force was able to break out of the encirclement because of the cover of firepower from Commander Feng and his party. Right now, if Commander Feng and his party try to break out from the flanks again, the devils will definitely press up.

At that time there was no other firepower to cover.

On Erlian's side, the original nine light machine guns were bombarded by the Japanese Type [-] grenadier, and now only four remained.

The ammunition has almost bottomed out.

In the rear, the Japanese troops from the other two directions came from the village again, and they would soon reach the tail of the second company.

At that time, the Japanese army will attack back and forth, and Commander Feng and the soldiers of the Second Company may only have a dead end.

"The ammunition is almost exhausted. You have to break out, or you can only stay where you are and die."

The situation in front of me was very simple to analyze. With these two paths, after Commander Feng finished speaking, the Second Company Commander and the others looked resolutely.

"Leader, don't say anything, even if you die, our brothers will die on the way to charge!"

Commander Feng knew that there was no better choice in front of him, so he nodded heavily, "Okay, then rush out, the first battalion commander and the others will cover for us!"

This is natural, but the soldiers of the first battalion don't have much ammunition on hand. .

After Commander Feng and his party initiated a forced breakout, the first battalion commander led some soldiers in person without saying a word, concentrated the last ammunition, opened the skirmish line from the flanks, and launched a cover attack in the direction of the Japanese squadron.

The leader of the devil squadron who relied on the fortifications on the west slope to fight back was not panicked at all.

In his opinion, there is no easier battle than the present.

The Tuba Road on the opposite side was short of ammunition, and the previous firepower weakened after less than a moment.

The equipment is even more backward. There are only a few light machine guns, and there are no mortars or heavy machine guns at all.

The rifle is not as far as the Imperial [-]-style rifle, and the marksmanship is not as accurate as the well-trained Imperial soldiers.

Coupled with the Type 700 grenades on the Imperial Army's side, the effective shelling range of nearly [-] meters is enough to make the Tuba Road on the opposite side suffer.

"The firepower is divided into two directions. On the one hand, continue to suppress the group of Tubalu behind the earthen wall. It seems that Tubalu who broke out of the encirclement really wants to rescue them."

"You only need to block them behind the earth wall, which can be used as bait to let the earth roads that have already broken out continue to come and die."

"Don't worry on the other side for the time being. These Tuba roads are purely carrying out a death charge. After putting them into a distance of 50 meters, the light and heavy machine guns will fire together."

When the leader of the Devil Squadron gave the combat order, his face was full of pride: "Mr. Xiaogu, do you know that on the battlefield, I like to build such a slaughterhouse. We hold knives in our hands. These stupid Chinese soldiers will It's a great feeling to stick our heads out and let us chop one by one."

The adjutant said with a smile: "Hey, your Excellency the squadron leader is very right. This kind of thing is really interesting. We just need to hold back these dirt roads, and the follow-up main force will soon turn around and outflank them."

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At the same time, the back of the Japanese squadron.

At the foot of a certain mountain, Kong Jie, Sun Desheng, Chen Dalian and others arrived with a company of guards and a company of cavalry.

The group of people rushed over following the sound of gunfire.

"Regimental Commander, the small mountain village is where our new fifth regiment is stationed. The equipment of this fifth regiment is still relatively scarce, and it seems that they are in trouble."

"Hurry up as soon as possible, I hope there is still time." Kong Jie ordered.

"Yes!"

"Old Sun, arrange two scouts to go ahead on horseback to investigate the situation clearly. After we arrive, we don't have time to analyze the battle situation, so we must start the battle immediately."

"Yes!" Sun Desheng took the order and arranged scouts.

When Kong Jie, Sun Desheng, and Chen Dalian led the team to the Xipo area, the fifth regiment was in a hard fight.

"Reporting to the head of the regiment, the comrades of the fifth regiment have been entangled by devils and are exchanging fire with the Japanese army at the end of the village."

"The devils built their fortifications on the western slope more than 200 meters away from the end of the village. According to investigations, there was only one Japanese squadron with two heavy machine guns, twelve light machine guns, and ten grenade grenades."

The two scouts who had investigated the situation clearly in advance reported to Kong Jiehui.

Kong Jie nodded. He had just scanned through the binoculars and had a panoramic view of Xipo's situation.

After thinking for a moment, Kong Jie directly ordered: "Monk."

"To!"

"You lead a group of troops, take our small artillery platoon, and use the bunkers along the way to push forward from the back of the Japanese squadron. After quickly reaching the range of the artillery, immediately build an artillery position and point the artillery at the place where the devils are. Position, first knock out all the devil's heavy machine guns and grenade grenades."

"Yes!" The monk replied.

"Old Sun, Old Chen, you two should each lead a cavalry group, and turn around from the left and right at the same time. You don't have to hide it. The louder the movement, the better, to attract the attention of the devils, and while covering the advance of the small artillery platoon, take the lead of the Fifth Regiment." Comrades relieve stress."

"Yes!" Sun Desheng and Chen Dalian took orders and left.

Time moves forward rapidly.

Head Feng is leading the soldiers of the second company, trying to break out from the earth wall area.

It's just that the light and heavy machine gun fire from the Japanese army suppressed fiercely, and the grenadier shells cut off the way to break through. Commander Feng and his party were temporarily suppressed behind the earth wall and could not move.

The commander of the first battalion has already led the team to pull out a long skirmish line in the vast and gentle area, and at the same time charged towards the western slope position where the Japanese squadron is located.

The smile on the face of the leader of the Devil Squadron grew stronger. He ordered the firepower of the light and heavy machine guns to be deployed secretly, plus the ready grenades. At this moment, it was like a tiger with its fangs open, waiting for the attack. The Tuba Road on the opposite side threw itself into the trap.

"200 meters."

"150 meters."

"100 meters."

Holding a range-finding binoculars in his hand, the devil's observer looked at the charge of the fifth regiment of the Eighth Route Army, and kept reporting the distance between the Eighth Route Army and his own position.

Behind the earthen wall, Captain Feng, who noticed the attack by the first battalion commander, cursed anxiously: "Retreat, he, retreat quickly! The devils have plenty of firepower, and they are just waiting for us to charge. If we charge up now, nothing but Sending you to death in vain will do nothing."

The second company commander gritted his teeth and roared: "Captain, I will lead the team to charge again, and I will definitely be able to charge out."

Before the words fell, two grenadier shells from the devil flew over. Commander Feng had quick eyesight and quick hands, and pressed the second company commander to the ground. Amid the rumbling sound, the two of them seemed to be unable to hear anything in their ears. A clod of soil rustled down from the dirt wall.

"Regiment commander, company commander—"

"Not dead yet!"

Commander Feng pushed away the clod, got up with a grunt, and kicked the Second Company Commander who was held down by him, "Are you still panting?"

The disgraced second company commander got up.Shaking his head, he brushed off the dust all over his head, and as the dust flew around, he picked out his ears again, and said, "Head, you're breathing!"

"It's okay if you don't die."

While speaking, Commander Feng looked at the soldiers of the first battalion who were continuing to rush towards the Japanese army's position in the distance. Foreseeing what would happen next, he couldn't bear to close his eyes.

The backwardness of equipment and the scarcity of ammunition are really sad.

It's just a squadron of devils, only a quarter of the strength of the Fifth Regiment in front of them. With the grenade grenade on hand, two reinforced heavy machine guns, and twelve light machine guns, they can suppress the entire Fifth Regiment. Can't hold my head up.

As the second company commander said, "This battle was too useless."

... In the heart full of sadness, Commander Feng, who closed his eyes, heard various movements, including noisy gunshots, chaotic gunfire, and strangely, there seemed to be the sound of horseshoes, as well as sounds from farther away. The sound of killing.

Then the familiar cannon sounded.

It sounded like the bombardment of the devil's [-]-type grenadier, but if you listen carefully, it doesn't sound like it. It seems to be more powerful... Strange, why does the sound seem to come from the direction of Xipo?

Could it be that the devil's grenadier exploded?
The sound of the cannonball exploding is not the same as the sound of the cannonball being ejected.

"Regiment commander, reinforcements, reinforcements! They seem to be our own comrades!"

The second company commander on the side exclaimed.

Hearing the sound, Captain Feng opened his eyes, and looked at the devil's camp on Xipo first, then his pupils opened slightly, my good guy, the devil's camp has been bombarded.

From a farther direction came the sound of horseshoes which intensified.

The cries of cavalry soldiers were mixed with the sound of horseshoes.

"kill--"

Commander Feng was stunned for a while, looking around, a group of cavalry rushed from the back, left and right wings of the Japanese squadron on Xipo at the same time. Gallop the horse and shoot at the same time.

The majestic cavalry charged, at first glance, it was thought that a large-scale cavalry was coming.

"What's the situation? How can there be cavalry to support us?"

Commander Feng's question blurted out.

The Second Company Commander on the side scratched his head and said with a smirk, "Who knows, anyway, he is supporting our own comrades."

Commander Feng said: "The cavalry charge like this is becoming less and less common on the current battlefield."

"The charge of the cavalry in front of me looks fierce, but as long as the devil's machine gun fires to meet them, these cavalry comrades will be in danger."

As he said that, Commander Feng's eyes fell on the Japanese army's position again. Facing the charge of the two-winged cavalry, the devil's machine guns and grenade launchers seemed to be silent.

"The one who commanded the two cavalry to fight is definitely an expert. Now it seems that the cavalry on both sides are more just to attract the devil's attention."

"Look, there is an advancing artillery unit on the center line, which suppressed the devil's artillery fire in advance, so that in a short while, the cavalry on both sides can break through the devil's position."

The second company commander felt like he was dreaming, and his party was in crisis just before!
The mighty team in front of him appeared like a divine soldier descending from heaven.

"Head, is this really our army?"

Head Feng did not reply.

The second company commander asked himself and answered, "Wearing the uniform of our Eighth Route Army and beating devils, it must be our own comrades."

"But commander, look at these comrades, the number seems to be small, only one or two hundred people, and half of them seem to be cavalry. I glanced over and saw more than 200 light machine guns in a blink of an eye. There are still so violent follow-ups artillery fire."

"If this is really our own comrades, it is also an Eighth Route Army unit. The gap in equipment is too big, right?"

"Just the equipment they have on hand can crush our fifth regiment!"

"Compared with others, we probably don't even count as local troops."

Head Feng: "..."

Commander Feng is at a loss at the moment, and he also doesn't know who is the sacred army in front of him.

The battle is still going on.

Kong Jie's battle plan went smoothly.

The cavalry on both wings rushed forward with great fanfare, and then appeared suddenly again, startling the Japanese squadron on Xipo.

The devil's attention was drawn to the cavalry on both sides. How could he notice that there was a small artillery platoon of the Eighth Route Army advancing rapidly on the center line.

The small artillery platoon was not far from the Japanese position at first, but after advancing 500 meters quickly, it was less than 500 meters away from the Japanese position.

The twenty fifty small cannons of the small artillery platoon are lined up.

The monk in charge gave the command without hesitation, "Fire two shots first, test fire, and measure the distance!"

boom -

Two shells exploded in front of the devil's position.

The monk who was watching with a range-finding telescope shouted: "It's two short-range bullets, and the guns will hit the point and move forward 50 meters."

boom -

Another two shells hit the past.

"Long-range bullet, retract 20 meters from the point of impact!"

"beat--"

boom -

A series of artillery shells hit the past. After testing the range, close-range, and long-range shells, dozens of shells accurately landed on the western slope position where the Japanese squadron was located.

The devils in the Xipo position were immediately stunned.

It's nothing more than two cavalry suddenly appearing, but where did this artillery unit come from?

The key is that the ferocity of the opponent's artillery fire far exceeded the expectation of the leader of the Devil Squadron.

After all, it was just a Japanese squadron.

It is not considered an elite combat unit of the Japanese Army's Class A Division, but can only be regarded as a second-rate unit among the Japanese combat troops.

The Devil Squadron in front of us had been strengthened with two heavy machine guns, which was pretty good. Each squadron had only one light machine gun and one grenadier.

There are not many light machine guns and grenades in the entire squadron, that is, bullying the fifth regiment with backward equipment and scarce ammunition.

When encountering such elite troops as the independent regiment's guard company and cavalry company, the devils immediately wilted.

The [-] small cannons, which hit farther and were more powerful, hit the Devil Squadron with round after round of shells, directly hitting the Devil Squadron unable to lift their heads.

Under the leadership of Sun Desheng and Chen Dalian, the cavalry on the two wings advanced quickly, and the distance of several hundred meters was reached in a short time.

After approaching the position of the Japanese squadron, the cavalry soldiers on both wings quickly dismounted to fight, and continued to beat the Japanese invaders with machine guns and grenades.

The commander of the fifth regiment and the first battalion, who was leading the soldiers towards the Japanese position and advancing in a skirmish line, ignored the shock in his heart and took the opportunity to give the order for all to charge.

Commander Feng saw that the Japanese army was being raided from both sides, and the formation was in chaos. He ignored the firepower to suppress the earth wall area, and also gave the order to attack.

This time, the Japanese squadron was attacked from three directions at the same time.

Coupled with the [-] small artillery on the independent regiment's side, they took the lead in suppressing the devil's light and heavy machine guns, as well as grenadier positions.

The Devils lost all their advantage in firepower, and when their troops were at an absolute disadvantage, the situation was instantly reversed...

(End of this chapter)