Although there is a fixed position to support it, and the Eighth Squadron is much more familiar with the current terrain than the Japanese and puppets. Behind him is Wang Leshan's militia to provide external alerts, ammunition delivery, message transmission and personnel treatment, the unprecedented fierce attack of the Japanese and puppets caused great casualties to the Eighth Squadron.

Although we have two mortars on our side, and the other side only has one 92 infantry cannon and these two cannons fired against each other, the shooters of the two cannons added by the three brigades are all novices, and they are incomparable to the Japanese archers in terms of artillery technology. The curved weapon of mortar is a kind of destructive weapon at this time, and its role on the battlefield is to kill soldiers in attack. However, under the threat of Japanese precise artillery fire, these two mortars constantly change their shooting positions, and the support for artillery fire on the front line plummeted, and Zhang Ergou's position was under great pressure.

Another Japanese infantry cannon played a great role, and the fixed firepower points reinforced before the war were basically destroyed; the grenade launchers equipped by the Japanese squad also followed the team. The 50-mm grenade throwing posed a great threat to the light machine gun of the Eighth Squadron. The number of casualties in the Eighth Squadron increased sharply. Seeing the enemy approaching his position step by step, Zhang Ergou was so anxious that he was sweating.

"Where are the mortars and mortars dead? Go and let them provide fire support." Zhang Ergou shouted to the messenger.

The messenger quickly ran to the mortar position. The two mortars had just finished firing a few shells and were now preparing to transfer the position.

"Hurry, hurry up, the front line is in crisis, Captain Zhang wants your firepower support," the messenger shouted loudly.

"Boom", the Japanese artillery soldiers have found the position where the mortar is located, and a 92 infantry artillery shell fell nearby.

The artillery all knew that this position had been exposed and would soon become a target for enemy artillery. The landing point of the first artillery shell of the Japanese was so close. If the mortar did not transfer the position in time, the next artillery shell after correction would likely explode itself.

The orders brought by the messenger already show that the situation on the front line is very critical. The front line must provide timely fire support. The artillery platoon leader gritted his teeth and said, "Brothers, the brothers on the front line can't hold on anymore. Let's finish these few shots before transferring."

The artillery soldiers who were moving shells and removing the tripods immediately stopped moving. They quickly set up the mortars again and quickly set up the shooting elements under the command of the platoon leader.

"Mortar, three rapid fire preparations are ready," Seeing that everything is ready, the small red flag in the platoon leader's hand fell down and ordered loudly.

The soldier standing by the muzzle holding the shells loosened his hands and the mortar shells fell down. Then, "bang" and "bang", two mortar shells flew out.

The two shells landed accurately at the forefront. The Japanese and puppet troops who were preparing to launch an attack on the charge line were bombed and the Japanese attack stopped for a while.

Just as the third platoon of artillery platoons were about to fire the second shell, "boom", a 92 infantry artillery shell landed on the artillery position, and the mortar on its left was blown up. Three soldiers operating the cannon died on the spot, and several others were injured by shrapnel. Wang Leshan's militia brothers rushed forward, and some of them began to restrain the bodies of the dead, while others began to treat the injured.

The blood of his comrades flew onto the face of the cannon platoon leader. He wiped his face with tears in his eyes and ordered the shooter of the remaining cannon: "Prepare, release"

"Bang", a mortar shell left the barrel again.

"Prepare, let go", the third shot was beaten out.

"Boom", another 92 Infantry Cannon shell came, and the distance was quite close.

The cannon platoon leader choked and said, "In order to avenge the sacrificed brothers, let's shoot out all the two shots they didn't shoot out."

"Yes," the soldiers operating the mortar replied firmly.

"Prepare, release", "Bang", "Prepare, release", "Bang", the two mortar shells were finally shot out. After the shooting, the officers and soldiers of the artillery platoon began to pack up the mortars and shells, and they began to transfer positions.

"Boom", a Japanese shell shot came again, and this time it hit the gun position on the left. Several militia brothers who were treating the wounded were bombed, with more casualties.

The artillery platoons played a big role. The Japanese and puppet troops who were about to reach the charge line were shocked. They retreated one after another, and Zhang Ergou survived the first crisis.

Major Jiangchuan's troops were very strong. He adjusted his retreated troops slightly, and the second strong attack began again.

The third brigade now has only one mortar, and it can no longer compete with the Japanese in terms of the power of artillery fire. Under the cover of the 92 infantry artillery, the 92 heavy machine gun, coupled with the fire cover of the Japanese equipment at the squad level grenade launcher, the Eighth Squadron suffered major casualties. Zhang Ergou estimated that only one tentative attack by the Japanese and these two formal attacks, the Eighth Squadron had more than one-third of the casualties. In some trenches, in order to supplement the shortage of personnel, the Eighth Squadron had already pulled up some of the militias that assisted the operation.

The attack commanded by Major Jiangchuan was very effective. The Japanese and puppet troops quickly arrived at the scheduled charge line. Just as the Japanese and puppet troops were about to launch an attack, a team of reinforcements quickly entered the trenches. It turned out that Han Jizhong brought Feng Zheng's 7th Squadron to support him.

Han Jizhong was actually always paying attention to the battle in Qingcaopo. Feng Zheng's 7th Squadron was to guard Lemapo. The news came from the front was not very good. When he heard that Zhang Ergou suffered major casualties when he repelled the Japanese army's first attack, Han Jizhong immediately made a decision, and the 7th Squadron immediately set out to reinforce the Eighth Squadron.

Feng Zheng was still a little hesitant when he set out because the order given to him was to strictly guard Lemapo. Han Jizhong did not care about the decisions above, and he decisively said: "The order is dead, and the battlefield situation has changed. If you fight according to the order of death, the Eighth Squadron will definitely be entangled by the enemy. They may not even retreat. Follow my orders and reinforce immediately. If something goes wrong, I will be fully responsible in the future."

Han Jizhong's order was undoubtedly correct and timely. When Feng Zheng's 7th Squadron arrived at the Qingcaopo battlefield, it was the most critical moment for the Eighth Squadron commanded by Zhang Ergou, because the Japanese army was about to launch a charge, and there were only about half of the personnel who could fight in the Eighth Squadron.

The arrival of the 7th Squadron changed the situation on the battlefield. After some resistance, the attack commanded by Major Jiangchuan was repelled again.

However, the basic situation on the battlefield has not improved substantially. The Eighth Squadron currently has only more than one hundred people. The strongest firepower in their hands is nothing more than Czech light machine guns. Major Jiangchuan estimated the opponent's strength and he commanded the troops to start a new round of attack.

There are currently only three squadrons in total, and these three squadrons are the seventh, eighth and cavalry squadrons. According to the pre-war arrangement, the Qingcaopo battlefield is a battlefield that consumes and delays the enemy. After the third squadron consumes part of the enemy, they can retreat to the Lemapo position. However, from the actual combat situation, because the enemy has strong troops and strong firepower, the main force of the third squadron is now suffering heavy casualties, and the casualties ratio between the enemy and us is about one to four. In addition, the enemy's attacks are continuous, even if the enemy is temporarily repelled, the enemy is still in contact with the third squadrons. The seventh and eighth squadrons have found it difficult to retreat calmly. Zhang Ergou and his third squadrons are in a dilemma.

Zhang Ergou was grateful for Han Jizhong and Feng Zheng's timely support. Jiangchuan's new attack began again, and the third brigade had to force himself to continue to resist. But at this moment, the only mortar, the important firepower of the third brigade, became silenced after a few shots. The reason why the mortar stopped firing was no other reason, because all the mortar shells were fired.

The third brigade had only once replenished the mortars and shells, which was brought by Liang Xixian from the rear thousands of miles away. Because the journey was long, the number of shells transported was not large. Finally, it was spread on the head of each mortar, with only a little more base. The Japanese army's attacks continued, and the mortars were fired. The base shells were fired so far, and the third brigade had to forcefully carry the enemy's 1992 infantry cannon shells and grenade throws.

In fact, the current danger of the third brigade is more than that. Jiang Chuan has seen the lack of troops on the other side. He sent a small team of Japanese soldiers to set off with a company of puppet troops. He began to implement the tactic of splitting troops and side attacks commonly used by the Japanese army.

Wu Cheng was in charge of Sangyu Town, and the battle situation on the front line continued to reach his temporary headquarters. The stalemate on the battlefield made him very worried. The Japanese and puppet troops seized the third brigade, and the third brigade could no longer retreat to the second brigade as planned. This situation had become a foregone conclusion, which forced him to adjust the plan immediately. Wu Cheng immediately issued an order to change the original plan to other squadrons, and now he must quickly reinforce Qingcaopo.

Xiao Liuzi and the big guy both personally led the main squadrons of the first and second brigades to stand by. After receiving the order, they immediately reinforced Qingcaopo from both directions.

Because all the troops of the third brigade were entangled by the Japanese and puppet troops on the front, Jiangchuan's side attack troops only encountered a little limited harassment from the militia during the march, they quickly went around to the side of Qingcaopo. Before they could launch an attack, the scouts of the side attack troops found out that the reinforcements of the third brigade had arrived. The reinforcements along the way were his own fifth squadron and Shen Zengshun's sixth squadron led by the big man.

Neither armies had a preset position, and they both met their opponents in a marching force. A battle started and the two sides immediately fought together.

Field battles can best test the quality of a unit, which requires soldiers to have excellent qualities. In this regard, even the fifth squadron brought by the big man himself is not as good as the Japanese soldiers. Even the big man carried a mortar, and the number of troops brought by him was more than the Japanese and puppet side attack troops. After the fight, the two sides actually fought to a draw. Among them, Shen Zengshun's sixth squadron was a newly formed squadron, with more new recruits, and it was very panicked when fighting. As the battle time between the two sides increased, the casualties of the second squadron became increasingly serious, and the situation on the battlefield was increasingly tilted towards the Japanese and puppets.

When Xiao Liuzi arrived at Qingcaopo, he was about to catch up with the Japanese and puppet troops starting the last 100-meter charge. The Japanese artillery fire continued to fall on Qingcaopo's position. The Eighth Squadron and the Seventh Squadron were more than half of the casualties. Zhang Ergou and Feng Zheng both had red eyes and were holding bayonet rifles, preparing to have a final hand-to-hand battle with the Japanese.

At this time, it was too late to fully unfold the troops. Xiao Liuzi pulled out his shell gun and shouted: "Brothers, come with me to kill the Japanese." After that, he took the lead and rushed towards the rain of bullets.

The arrival of this new force quickly suppressed more than 100 Japanese soldiers who charged, and Qingcaopo's position immediately stabilized. However, this time, the reinforcements completely ignored the casualties caused great losses to Xiaoliuzi's soldiers. Under the firepower of the Japanese and puppet troops, about one-fifth of the officers and soldiers who were completely exposed to the position were injured and killed, and Xiaoliuzi was also hit in the head by a shrapnel.

The health soldier rushed up to bandage him. Xiao Liuzi touched the wound and found that the small shrapnel might have flew from afar and was stuck on the bone on the left side of his head. He grabbed the shrapnel with his hands and gritted his teeth and pulled it out. A stream of blood flowed down his scalp, dyeing half of his shoulders red.

"Import the mortars quickly and establish positions immediately, and notify the squadrons to take over the positions immediately. The Japanese attack is about to begin." The health soldiers were still bandaging him, and Xiao Liuzi issued an order to the commander.

Xiao Liuzi's first marching had two mortars. Because they were marching in a hurry, they did not bring many artillery shells. However, this time they learned from the three marches of artillery and did not use artillery fire when the most necessary. In this way, although the casualties of officers and soldiers on the position were a little bit greater, the battlefield situation was no longer as urgent as before, and the two sides began to confront each other again.

On the side of the big man, because of the strength of the Japanese, the big man could only fight and retreat. The big man's fifth squadron soldiers had been through battle for a long time and were relatively calm in this kind of field battle. However, Shen Zengshun's sixth squadron was becoming more and more declining, and the increase in casualties made morale depressed. Some soldiers were already making up for the goal of escaping.

At this moment, Wu Cheng personally arrived with his direct squadron. The emergence of the new force immediately suppressed his position and quickly occupied the advantage of the battlefield. The Japanese and puppet troops began to fight and retreat, and finally met with Major Jiangchuan's main force.

Now the Ninth Detachment's troops in this battle have been concentrated in Qingcaopo. It is expected that the plan to make a total on the second line of defense before the war is no longer possible. Wu Cheng personally took the battle and came to the forefront of the position.

Zhang Ergou's arm was stabbed by a Japanese man in the previous battle. Now he is bandaged by a comrade. Wu Cheng's arrival just made him take a breath, and he handed over the command of the battlefield completely to Wu Cheng.

Through the telescope in his hand, Wu Cheng carefully observed the opponent's troops' arrangement. Although Jiang Chuan's troops suffered some casualties and the plan to split the troops and side attacks was not realized, the excellent qualities of the troops still made the Japanese troops orderly, and the deployment of all troops was as regular as the textbook. Wu Cheng listened to the reports of the squadron leader below on the combat and casualties. He believed that under the current circumstances, unless Wu Cheng had another powerful field force in his hands to carry out a side attack on the Japanese, otherwise it would be lucky to be able to tie the opponent with the existing troops in Wu Cheng's hands.

The Ninth Detachment did not enter the battlefield but the two squadrons left at Xiashangou and Niuwangzhai, as well as a platoon stationed in Motianling. If these forces were put into the battlefield, the balance of victory would inevitably tilt towards the Ninth Detachment. But this was also the last force of the Ninth Detachment. They were all transferred, and those places became vacuum zones. If the Japanese and puppet troops opposite them took advantage of the opportunity to attack, the Ninth Detachment would have no final support at all. In addition, these places were far away, and it would take several hours to reach the battlefield. In the middle of these few hours, will there be any changes in the battlefield in front of them?
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