The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

chapter 197
To the north of Xingling, the Hirosue Battalion and the Ikuchi Battalion of the Japanese Army had just merged. In order to prevent the independent regiment from breaking out from the junction of the two brigades and breaking out of the encirclement, the troops began to build defensive positions as soon as they were in place.

As a result, as soon as the action started, the sound of "rumbling..." from the follow-up chasing troops was heard.

"Hirosue-kun, are the independent regiments crazy? They even took the initiative to launch an attack on the joint captain... They don't know that the joint captain has the most troops and the strongest strength. Attacking the joint captain is tantamount to suicide!" Major Ikuguchi said in shock. .

Major Hirosue was also confused by the scene in front of him, frowning and analyzing: "The attacking artillery fire is very violent!"

"Your Excellency, Captain, was attacked by at least [-] mortars...but the gunfire was not very dense, indicating that there were not many Eighth Route Army attacking them!"

"How about we take the initiative to launch an attack on the independent regiment and help the captain share some pressure?" Major Ikuguchi suggested.

"The Independent Regiment has limited strength. After we launch an attack, they will definitely mess up their positions!"

It was impossible for Shaozuo Hirosue to watch the regiment captain being attacked, so he stood aside indifferently and nodded quickly.

But before he had time to give an order, there was a burst of "dada... papa..." firefighting sounded in the blocking position.

The subordinates who were repairing the position immediately raised their guns to fight back, and the two captains were also taken aback, and quickly raised their binoculars to look at the point of firefight.

"Boom..."

Two flares were shot into the sky, and they had a panoramic view of the firefight point in an instant.

About one company of the Eighth Route Army spread out in skirmish lines, holding guns, and slowly moved towards the blocking position...

It was not discovered until it was more than a hundred meters away, and then the two sides began to shoot at each other...

Looking behind these Eighth Route Army, at least two battalions of troops organized an offensive formation under the cover of night, and the Eighth Route Army built artillery positions and heavy machine gun positions on Xingling!

Major Ikuchi was the first to react: "This is a tentative attack by the Eighth Route Army..."

"Force all our firepower points out before launching a general attack..."

"I think the Independence Corps is going all over the place..."

"Captain of Feint Attack Alliance, attract our attention!"

"If we divide up our troops to reinforce the regiment captain, we will be fooled by the Eighth Route Army!"

"The Independent Regiment took the opportunity to launch an attack on us...and made a breakthrough when we were least prepared, and escaped from our encirclement."

Shao Zuo Hirosue thought so deeply, and immediately stood up to support: "I think so too!"

"The independent regiment is too cunning, and even when they are about to die, they still want to paralyze us by playing around and around!"

"When the captain of the regiment reacts and concentrates artillery fire to destroy the artillery unit of the independent regiment, the breakout plan of the independent regiment will naturally be shattered by us!"

"I suggest that we stand still!"

"All troops stick to their positions and block the independent regiment's breakout troops at all costs!"

"The artillery in the captain's hands is far superior to the independent regiment. As long as they start to fight back, the independent regiment will become a turtle in the urn, and we will punish it!"

"Actively attack the independent regiment, share the pressure with the captain, and maybe give the independent regiment some opportunities!"

Major Ikuchi immediately agreed: "I'll give the order now!"

"All units stick to their positions and repel the blocking forces of the Independent Regiment at all costs..."

Five minutes later, the sound of artillery and firefights from the follow-up chasing troops did not weaken, but became more intense...

The independent regiment launched a tentative attack, but was easily repulsed by the two large groups...

Ten minutes later, the sound of the exchange of fire from the captain's side still remained unchanged...

The independent regiment launched two more tentative attacks...they retreated as soon as the two sides fought each other, and the expected breakout battle did not occur.

Major Ikuguchi and Major Hirosue looked at each other, and they both saw worry and uneasiness in each other's eyes...

They didn't realize they had been fooled until a communications soldier sent by the regiment leader came over.

"Sir, your Excellency, the regiment leader, was raided by the Eighth Route Army, and the troops suffered heavy casualties. I request you to launch an attack on the independent regiment immediately, share the strength and firepower of the independent regiment, let them mess up their positions, and reduce the defensive pressure of the regiment leader!"

"Are you right?" Although Major Hirosue realized something was wrong, he still didn't believe that the independent regiment dared to pick the strongest imperial army to launch an attack, and asked directly with a shocked face.

"The independent regiment is clearly a feint attack follow-up pursuit troops, how could they suffer heavy casualties?"

"We left so many artillery in the pursuit of the troops, why didn't they fight back!"

"It's been so long, I only heard the independent regiment attacking us, and I didn't hear our artillery attacking the independent regiment at all!"

"Are so many artillerymen in the follow-up troops just eating dry food? Why don't they fight back and suppress the artillery fire of the independent regiment!"

"The artillery fire from the independent regiment attacking us was too violent!" The signalman explained with a frown.

"Our artillery marched with heavy loads, and every gunner was very tired!"

"The artillery unit of the Independence Regiment stared at our artillery unit when they shot... more than [-] shells in one round of artillery bombardment, it just hit us on the head as if we didn't want money!"

"The artillery unit was blown up in chaos before they could counterattack. The casualties were heavy, and there was no way to counterattack!"

Major Hirosue immediately looked at Major Ikuguchi next to him: "Mr. Ikuguchi..."

"The situation of the battle seems to be completely unexpected... What should we do next?"

"Your Excellency, Captain, is a person who refuses to admit defeat easily, but now he has sent someone to ask us for help, which shows that the follow-up hunting troops have indeed reached a critical juncture of life and death!" Major Ikuguchi replied with a serious face.

"For the sake of the overall situation, we must immediately launch an attack on the independent regiment above Xingling, disperse their forces and firepower, and reduce the combat pressure of your Excellency the regiment captain!"

"If the main force of the independent regiment is attacking the regiment leader, the Eighth Route Army attacking us is just a bunch of empty soldiers. We attack the independent regiment now and we can catch them by surprise. If we fail, we can severely damage the independent regiment and kill them!"

Hirosue Shaozuo replied with a ruthless heart: "Just do it like this..."

"The two of us launched an attack from the flank of the Independence Regiment together. They will definitely not be able to withstand it!"

In addition to the probing troops, several main battalions of the independent regiment who seized Xingling are desperately building defensive positions.

With limited time, they did not dig trenches and repair bunkers as usual, but used the terrain to quickly build some heavy machine gun firepower points to block the Japanese attack head-on.

Kong Jie personally supervised the battle, the first and third battalions guarded the left wing of Xingling, the second and fourth battalions guarded the right wing of Xingling, and the guard battalion served as a reserve team...

"The heavy machine gun position must be repaired, and a few more reserve positions must be repaired...they are the key targets of the devil grenadiers, and they must be constantly moved in the exchange of fire to survive longer!" Kong Jie ran back and forth on Xingling. ,remind……

"Regimental commander, don't worry, I have built two reserve positions for each heavy machine gun!" The first battalion commander Shen Quan replied seriously.

He suffered a big loss at the hands of the devils last night. Since then, he no longer has the previous arrogance and confidence on his face. No matter what devils he encounters, he always looks cautious, for fear of being caught off guard again.

"The left-wing position will be handed over to you...All the first and third battalions are under your command...Defend the Japanese attack at the lowest cost, and you must not fight them head-on!" Kong Jie patted Shen Quan on the shoulder and ordered.

"Wait for the Assault Company and the Cavalry Company to deal with the enemies behind us, and then we will join forces to deal with the little devils on the flanks and fight to defeat them all!"

"But one thing must be noted: if there are devils who want to retreat and escape, we must fight out of the ground to stick to them and not give them a chance to escape... Is everything clear!"

"Regimental Commander...the little devil is coming towards Xingling!" The first company commander who took on the task of probing suddenly ran over to report.

Kong Jie didn't say a word of nonsense, and directly ordered: "All troops go into position immediately and prepare to fight!"

In order to clear the siege of the joint captain as soon as possible, the two captains did not launch a probing attack, but sent two infantry squadrons to launch a strong attack, forming a skirmish line and rushing towards the Xingling Highland at a very fast speed...

Mortars joined the fray at the same time, pouring shells on the high ground.

Because they didn't know the exact location of the independent regiment's firepower point, they could only attack the Xingling Highland indiscriminately, which caused their first round of shelling to be very ineffective...

Before the shelling was over, the sound of heavy machine gun fire rang out on the battlefield. Three or four hundred little devils were divided into two groups, armed with guns, and rushed towards the top of the mountain in a mighty manner, running faster and faster...

When there were forty or fifty meters left in the blocking attack position, the shelling ended, and the devils attacked the high ground faster.

One by one, like hungry wolves going crazy, they rushed up to the high ground desperately.

"Boom boom boom..." The heavy machine guns hidden in various positions of Xingling suddenly joined the battle.

The Independence Regiment killed a large number of Japanese troops last night and seized a large number of heavy weapons. Compared with mountain artillery and infantry artillery, heavy machine guns are much easier to carry, and will play a greater role in the ensuing battle.

After supplementation, the number of heavy machine guns carried by each battalion has increased from the previous three to five.

The four main battalions had a total of twenty heavy machine guns. When they fired suddenly, a rain of thick bullets flew towards the little devils, killing seventy or eighty people in an instant!

The surviving little devils all lay down, being pressed down by the rain of bullets flying above their heads and unable to move.

But the devil's counterattack was also quick.

Throwing grenades, mortars, shooting while staring at the firepower point that suddenly appeared on the Xingling Highlands...

"Boom boom boom..." The three heavy machine guns that were firing instantly misfired and were submerged in the artillery fire, which showed how accurate the devil's artillery fire was.

The devil killed his three heavy machine guns. Shen Quan felt very uncomfortable, but his reaction was a little dissatisfied. He frowned and began to order: "Heavy machine guns immediately move their positions... cover with light machine guns, suppress the little devils on the mountainside... Absolutely don't let them rush up!"

"What are the grenadier squads of each company doing, why don't they fight back..."

"The first battalion of grenadiers counterattacked the Japanese grenadiers... The third battalion of grenadiers attacked the Devil's heavy machine gun position... Hit two grenades and move to a position. Don't be targeted by the Devil's artillery."

"Let everyone not be afraid of wasting ammunition!"

"The ammunition we seized along the way is enough for everyone to squander, let me shoot as much as I want, suppress the devil's heavy machine guns and grenades at all costs, and reduce the pressure on the infantry's defense!"

(End of this chapter)