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Chapter 235 Chapter 234, Tragic, Fight Again

On the Jigongling position, only the 4st Platoon of the 10th Company of the 1th Battalion was left to defend the position! If it weren't for the fear that the Japanese would attack immediately after the bombardment, and the need to grasp the situation in front of the position, everyone wanted to evacuate everyone from the main position.

Jigongling is actually a ridge extending from Woniu Mountain in the north to Wohuling in the south. Its relative height is only a few dozen meters, and its narrowest span is only a dozen meters. It is not a dangerous place.

Therefore, the mountain road from Zhoujia Village to the east passed through Jigongling. When the road was first built, it was dug down ten meters at the lowest and narrowest part of Jigongling, so that the mountain road had a relatively low and gentle raised section that could allow carriages to pass.

In the previous period, the Eighth Route Army did not regard this place as a major defense node. Therefore, there was only one trench, which was expanded on the basis of the trench of the guerrillas and the 1st Company yesterday, with a span of about 500 meters on both sides of the road. At this time, a platoon of soldiers were scattered in the trenches, and the distance between each soldier was about 30 meters.

The soldiers dispersed in the trenches as quickly as possible, each looking for a suitable position to squat on the spot, waiting for the bombardment to come. Several veterans, still holding engineer shovels in their hands, tried to dig a side hole in the trench foxholes they occupied to hide.

However, the Japanese artillerymen did not intend to give the soldiers time! After the first test firing, the Japanese artillerymen calculated the parameters, calculated the landing point, and then adjusted the parameters of the mountain artillery and infantry artillery.

So, less than half a minute after the soldiers in the first row took their positions, the whistling sound of artillery shells breaking through the air was heard.

Chirp, chirp, chirp... The shells came from the west, drawing a series of burning lines in the air, and suddenly hit Jigong Ridge.

Boom boom boom... Amid the explosion, earth and rocks flew everywhere, and the entire Jigong Ridge was shaking!

No one knew what was happening to their comrades in the trenches. The soldiers hiding in the distance could only watch the dust and smoke from the explosions flying all over the sky, blocking out the sun in the west.

It was really covering the sky and the sun! The Japanese artillery shells kept exploding as if they were free, one after another, one after another, one wave after another.

"Over there, that's where we fired the shotgun just now. We were hit by 8 shells!" On the 10th Company side, a soldier was looking at his own position and muttering.

"I remember that when we were leaving, it was Sun Debo who was guarding that position, right? And now..." The soldier who took over the conversation did not continue, because they saw that the soil and rocks at the location that had just been hit by 8 shells suddenly lifted up, and then slid to the east, directly flooding the trench.

"Remember that position. Whoever survives to see victory, bring a bottle of wine and a box of cigarettes, come over to pay tribute to your comrades, and let them know the news of victory!" While someone was speaking, he quietly wiped his face, and it was unclear whether he was wiping away tears or sweat.

In the trench, a soldier who had just joined the army was huddled in a foxhole, holding his gun and shaking all over. "I'm not afraid. I want to avenge my sister. I want to kill the devils. I want to kill 57 devils to avenge the villagers in our village who were killed by the devils! Mom... I'm not afraid..." Amid the rumbling of artillery fire, no one heard what the soldier said. But when a shell landed in the trench next to the soldier, a smile appeared on his face.

"Mom... I haven't seen you since I was a child, and I don't even know what you look like. Now, I can see you..." When the soldier was stunned, he said the words hidden in his heart with a smile.

The bombardment continued. Even with the blockade of the Jigongling front, many trenches were still flattened. Moreover, the Type 92 infantry guns of the Japanese were able to fire indirect fire, so many shells landed directly in the trenches. The Japanese artillery was very experienced. The mountain guns bombed the west side of the trenches, while the infantry guns crossed the front line and fired at the predicted trench locations.

The bombardment was very tormenting! Not only the soldiers in the trenches were suffering, but the soldiers hiding in safe places were suffering even more! No one wanted to see their comrades being killed or injured in the bombardment!
The soldiers were suffering, and the cadres were even more so! Not only did they have to watch their comrades being killed and wounded, but they also had to watch the hilltops on both wings to guard against being outflanked by the Japanese!

Finally, after 5 minutes, the Japanese bombardment stopped, and no new shells came in for more than 10 seconds. However, the people behind did not move, because they had been fooled before, the Japanese would stop bombarding for a while, waiting for reinforcements to continue bombing.

At this time, it depends on whether the soldiers guarding in the trenches are still able to fight or give warnings!

As everyone watched in agony, figures finally climbed up from the trenches and foxholes... one, two, three... There were only 30 people left in a platoon of 12! After struggling to get up, the 12 soldiers looked around blankly, then raised their guns, lay on the west side of the trench, and put their faces against the firing holes and observation holes.

Bang... Bang... Bang... sporadic gunshots rang out. There are enemies coming from the front. They are fighting, and they are also warning the comrades in the back mountain!
"12th Company, follow me!" The 12th Company, which had been the reserve team, rushed to the trench in a hurry after the company commander called out. They were still more than 200 meters away from the trench, and they had to race against time with the enemy coming from the opposite side to seize control of the position!

The soldiers rushed all the way, like little tigers, from the foot of the mountain east of Jigongling to the top of the mountain, and then they entered the position. Although some trenches had been razed to the ground, this did not prevent the soldiers of the 12th Company from fighting on the loose soil! Especially the soldiers of the heavy machine gun squad, they directly set up the heavy machine guns on the ridges of the flattened mountain tops, using the heavy machine guns as ridges.

At this time, the 1nd Squadron of the 2st Battalion of the Imperial Army, which was ordered by the devils, had already rushed to a place less than 200 meters away from the position! This time, the puppet troops acted ahead of time, and their speed was surprisingly not slow.

As the saying goes, enemies are always jealous of each other! Who cares if the enemy is the devil or the puppet army? As long as the gun is pointed at our own people, then they are the enemy!
"Fight, fight hard..." Captain Gong of the 12th Company didn't want to let these puppet soldiers get close at all, and he didn't even care that there was a minefield 50 to 100 meters in front of the position, and directly ordered to open fire.

"Go and see how many people are left in the first row? Bring them all back!" When the 12th Company was fighting with the puppet army, Captain Mao was also shouting loudly...

(End of this chapter)