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Chapter 551 Chapter 550, Chongpo strikes again
Ga, gaga, gaga... Amid the unpleasant sound of the Type 2 heavy machine gun, the heavy machine gunners of the nd Core Regiment kept firing bullets towards the Japanese.

Da da da... The Qilali light machine gun shooters, hiding behind the bunkers, were also shooting at the enemy's manpower. Similarly, the enemy's heavy machine guns were also firing to suppress the enemy, but because of the ambush just now, the enemy only had two heavy machine guns, and could not form an effective firepower network at all.

However, the Japanese still had a lot of Type 99 light machine gun teams. These Japanese soldiers hid in the dark, using the terrain as a cover, and continuously fired at the mountain.

The battle was going on in such a tense atmosphere. Occasionally, a grenade from a grenade launcher would streak through the air and explode on each other's positions, taking away some lives.

"Stay calm, there are not many Japanese left! Where are the grenade launchers? Find the Japanese grenade launcher group and kill them!"

"Artillery team, do you see that over there? I suspect that's the Japanese Type 92 infantry gun setting up the gun. Bomb it!"

"Bayonet fight? What bayonet fight? Our weapons are better than the Japs', and we have the terrain. Why are we so eager to fight with the Japs with bayonets? Keep fighting!"

On the battlefield, Captain Hu kept switching positions to command every battle. He knew that this was the first major battle after their 2nd Regiment was fully equipped, and if they fought well, they would establish their reputation!
"Very good, Xiao Hu's command is very methodical! Once we repel this attack, the Japanese will evacuate! Tell Zhongpo to pay close attention to the Japanese artillery fire and always look for the Japanese mountain artillery positions! As long as we knock out the Japanese mountain artillery positions, we will win this battle!" Unlike in history, Commander Guo did not go to the front line, but commanded from the center.

More than 20 minutes passed in the stalemate battle. After sacrificing more than a hundred lives, the attacking Japanese had to withdraw from Xigangzi. When they came, there were more than 1000 troops, but now there are only more than 100 left. The Japanese suffered a big setback this time.

While fighting here, gunfire was heard from other positions, which were fighting with other Japanese troops. When the Japanese retreated, Commander Guo handed over the command to Captain Hu, and moved his guard company to other positions.

After fighting the devils for several years, Commander Guo knew that it was just infantry shooting now, and it would be the devil's artillery bombardment later! The key point of today's blocking battle was to destroy the devil's artillery positions.

In terms of equipment, the Eighth Route Army is slightly better than the Japs (only in Dayou Town); in terms of manpower, the Eighth Route Army now has many more troops than the Japs; in terms of terrain, the Eighth Route Army has complete defensive fortifications and occupies the commanding heights, which are all advantages for the Eighth Route Army! The only shortcoming is the artillery brought by the Japs, which is the biggest threat!

Once the enemy's artillery is destroyed, it will be like a tiger without its claws, just a big cat that can be easily suppressed!
So, for the entire afternoon, Commander Guo moved between several positions, making tactical adjustments from time to time, and repelling wave after wave of Japanese attacks.

Finally, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon, the Japanese infantry stopped attacking. A large number of Japanese and puppet soldiers' corpses were left in front of each position, and the blood dyed large areas of hillsides and dead grass red.

Of course, the fighting was mutual. There were casualties on the Japanese and puppet army side, and there were also many casualties on the Eighth Route Army side. However, the wounded had been carried back to Dayou Village for treatment.

Seeing that the Japanese had not attacked for a long time, Commander Guo knew that the Japanese artillery was in place! According to his judgment, if the Japanese attack was not smooth, they would continue to bombard with artillery, and the time would not be short. In the past, he could only ask everyone to dig deeper trenches, dig out anti-artillery holes, and wait for the Japanese artillery shells to almost stop bombing.

Today, he looked at the heavy mortar battalion fiddling with mortars, and the 27 sturdy 120mm heavy mortars, and he felt particularly confident! In today's battle, no matter how fierce the previous battle was, he did not use these heavy mortars, but let the 82 mortars and grenade launchers of each regiment fight against the devils. This is not because he did not have heavy mortar shells in his hands and was reluctant to use them, but he felt that good steel should be used on the blade! 27 heavy mortars, 540 shells, this is his confidence! But such precious shells, only to bomb the devil's infantry, that would be a loss! It's better to fight soldiers against soldiers and cannons against cannons, so that you won't feel at a loss!

Although Minister Zhang has also promised that we will produce and use our own mortar shells and we can continue to receive them after use, we still have to save as much as possible.

"Xiao Ma, come here!" Thinking of the artillery, Commander Guo called the company commander of the special forces company over.

"What's the matter, Commander?" Company Captain Ma came over and asked.

"Gather some people from your special forces company and divide them into groups. Don't have too many people, just a dozen people per group will do! Their directions are east, northeast, and southeast! Have them go out quietly, try to avoid the enemy's sight, and look for the enemy's artillery positions! If they are discovered by the enemy halfway, retreat and don't fight to the end."

"Yes, I'll arrange it right away!" Captain Ma turned and left. Soon more than 30 soldiers set out, divided into three groups, and left the Eighth Route Army's position. Such a small-scale deployment is the job of scouts. The nature of the special forces company is similar to that of the reconnaissance company, so it's just right to send them out.

Only half an hour after the scouts went out, the whistling sound of artillery shells breaking through the air was heard, and then the top of Xigangzi Mountain was blasted with clouds of black smoke and dust by more than a dozen mountain artillery shells.

"Commander, these should be 12 mountain cannons bombarding. I'm not sure if it's the Japanese artillery battalion. But by reversing the Japanese's trajectory, we found that their location is in the direction of Laowugou! It's just that the exact location is hard to say..." Battalion Commander Situ walked up to Commander Guo and reported his findings.

"The position on the mountain is still okay. Comrades can still hold on. Just wait a little longer..." Commander Guo looked at the bullet holes in the air and asked Situ and the others to be patient.

Soon, more than a dozen figures ran back from the eastern hilltop and ran straight to the artillery position: "Report... We found the Japanese artillery position in Lao Yagou, the specific location is as follows!" The returning scout said as he took out a simple topographic map.

"Situ, do you understand? If you understand, blow the hell out of him!" Commander Guo cursed after seeing several of his soldiers being blown away by artillery shells.

"Give me five minutes, and we will fight back immediately!" Battalion Commander Situ confirmed the specific location of the Japanese artillery position with the scouts, calculated on paper, and then turned and left.

1 minute, 2 minutes... 5 minutes later, the 27 120mm heavy mortars of the artillery battalion opened fire at the same time. The shells drew a perfect parabola in the air and landed in the Lao Ya Valley.

Lao Ya Gou was only 3 kilometers away from here, and it would take time for the sound of the explosion to reach here, and it would even be drowned out by the sound of the artillery fire here. However, after Captain Situ fired five rounds of artillery shells in succession, thick smoke rose from the direction of Lao Ya Gou and formed a cloud in the air. As for the Japanese artillery bombardment, it also ended miraculously.

(End of this chapter)