Chapter 44

  After receiving the intelligence, the first command of the Second Dog Brigade Commander was: to carry out a scorched earth policy in all villages on the ground, hiding and burying everything that could be eaten, drunk or hidden, but due to the extremely tight time, many places were lost even before they received the order.

  But contrary to everyone's expectations, the devils were determined to attack and did not sweep through the area or implement the Three Alls policy, so after they passed by, everyone calmly began to clean up and then relocated with ease.

  At this rate, the devils will completely occupy the base in two days!

  The devils will surround the whole battalion tomorrow!

  Withdraw? There's nowhere to withdraw to, the mountain stronghold is right behind us. Although we can hold out for a while, it's uncertain when reinforcements from headquarters will arrive, and even if they do, there's no guarantee they'll be able to lift the siege.

  The two dogs concentrated all the troops and militia in the base area, and set up three defense lines on the three hillsides to the west of the main direction of the enemy's attack.

  The first line of defense, at the very front, is a minefield, which is an independent product of the Fox狸 company. All the ammunition in the arsenal is stored here, and iron thunderstones, chemical thunderstones, and other types are densely arranged on the front lines. Since other directions are not suitable for large-scale attacks, Er Gou estimates that the enemy will choose this area as the main attack direction, so he focuses on defending this place. Inside the minefield, there are mother-and-child mines, linked mines, aerial mines, killing mines, and death mines, one set after another. Entering the minefield is a matter of life and death. Behind the minefield, several deep trenches and communication tunnels are irregularly arranged on the mountain slope.

  The second line was just a deep trench on the mountain slope, and in front of the mountain slope, not even a single landmine - all the stockpiles were on the first line of defense. But this was the artillery company's battlefield, and the artillery had already set up the firing elements, with the shells' impact point right on this mountain slope.

  The third one, which is the last one, is also a similar trench communication trench. But not far away, there is something like a machine gun position, with thirty-six sets of rocket launchers set up on it after camouflage, this is still the result of Li Tie dismantling the ones on the car, no way, the production speed is too slow, and the output is too low.

  After the day and night rush of the local military and civilians, the three defense lines were finally completed on the second day. The three defense lines all have communication trenches connected to each other, and for convenience of command, hand-cranked telephones were installed on each line, so that commands could be given at any time.

  Because all the weapons of the independent regiment are close combat weapons, except for blocking Zhang Honglei, all the others returned to the mountain cave base to defend against the devils' destruction. The other regiments all withdrew to the battalion headquarters and were uniformly arranged by Battalion Commander Er Gou. One regiment was left as a reserve team, and the remaining two regiments and militia troops entered the trenches to wait for the arrival of the devils.

  Everyone loaded enough ammunition and then everyone crawled into the trenches waiting for the devils to come.

  The sun slowly rose. At around ten o'clock, a devil appeared in the warriors' line of sight. Then, a team appeared, followed by a piece, a standard example composed of points forming lines and lines forming surfaces.

  The devils also saw the trenches on the mountain slope in front of them and stopped at the foot of the mountain.

  A devil officer held a telescope and looked at the trenches on the mountain slope for a while, saluted another officer and said something.

  The devil's hand, wearing white gloves, waved, and the devils in groups found cover at the foot of the mountain, preparing to launch an attack.

  It wasn't long before the devils' mortars fired, and clouds of smoke rose near the trenches. The soldiers lay motionless in the trenches.

  After half an hour of bombardment, the devils began their assault.

  A group of devils and puppet troops opened up a skirmish line and entered the minefield. From time to time, landmines were triggered, and one by one, devils or puppet troops fell down. But they didn't stop, still continuing to advance upwards.

  But as there were too many landmines, the devils and puppet troops had already fallen by half before they even walked halfway through the minefield. The remaining devils and puppet troops saw that things were not going well, so they retreated. In the first attack, the Eighth Route Army didn't fire a single shot, and the devils were defeated. 0 to 1, the Eighth Route Army won.

  The devils' bombardment started again, this time not only were hand grenades thrown, but also 92-style infantry gun shells fell into the minefield, and one by one the landmines were detonated, exploding clods of earth.

  After the devils' cannons had plowed through the entire minefield, the devils and puppet troops began their attack again.

  This time, the devils directly dispatched more than a company of devils and a battalion of puppet troops. The entire mountain was filled with yellow-clad figures, like a swarm of locusts rushing up to the summit.

  Occasionally, unexploded landmines would go off, but they could no longer stop the devils from advancing.

  The devils soon rushed to the front of the trenches.

  "Fire!" At the commander's order, countless small black dots flew out of the trenches and exploded among the enemy troops.

  A burst of gunfire rang out, and a batch of devils and puppet soldiers fell down.

  "The Eight Banners" devils launched a counterattack, and the Eighth Route Army began to suffer casualties.

  After two bursts of gunfire, the Eighth Route Army launched a counterattack.

  The Eighth Route Army charged forward with bayonets, and the devils started to withdraw the bullets from their rifle barrels, also yelling as they charged. The devils and the Eighth Route Army were about to clash together.

  "Rat-a-tat-tat..." A burst of crisp submachine gun fire rang out, more than 20 Type 100 submachine guns went into action, and the devils immediately fell down again. Then, other Eighth Route Army soldiers also started firing.

  The devils had just retracted the bullets from their gun barrels and didn't have time to reload, so they retreated while cursing, watching themselves being slaughtered by the Eighth Route Army. Bayonet vs bullet, bayonet lost, 0-2, another victory for the Eighth Route Army.

  Watching his two attacks fail, Itai was furious and the consequences were severe. The officer in charge of leading the attack was slapped twice and the attacking troops regrouped.

  The devils' bombardment has started again. This time's bombardment is much more intense than the previous two times, and it also lasts a lot longer.

  Three seconds after the devils' bombardment stopped, the devils rushed to the edge of the trenches, but unexpectedly, there was not a single person in the trenches. The Eighth Route Army had escaped, leaving behind only empty and nearly flattened trenches.

  What a joke, with such intense shelling, wouldn't run and wait for death? The Second Dog would never do such a stupid business. So just as the devils' artillery fire had just begun, taking advantage of the smoke from the exploding shells, the troops withdrew to the second line of defense.

  The devils easily occupied the first line of defense.

  Standing on the top of the first line of defense mountain, looking at the trenches on the opposite slope, Itoda was full of momentum.

  "Today is the day of the Eighth Route Army's demise, we must eliminate the Eighth Route Army today."

  "Your Excellency is wise and brilliant, how can this small band of Eighth Route Army be your match? Your Excellency only needs to use one little finger to pinch them to death. To oppose Your Excellency is like Lao Shouxing eating arsenic, isn't that just asking for trouble?" The fat translator beside him chuckled and flattered Boardman.

  "Yo, your big brother is great."

  With a wave of his white glove, the devils and puppet troops charged towards the second line of defense.

  The eyes were about to rush to the top of the mountain, a fierce artillery shell landed in the charging troops, throwing the devils and puppet soldiers who were charging high into the air, or directly tearing them into pieces. The devil and puppet army's charging team immediately lost many people. Seeing the Eighth Route Army's cannon fire seemed to have no intention of stopping, Itai was furious, giving orders to the orderly in a loud voice. The orderly ran away immediately.

  Before long, the devils' cannons went off, targeting the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions.

  It wasn't long before the Eighth Route Army's cannons stopped firing, and the devils continued their charge towards the summit.

  Regular artillery vs amateur artillery, the Eighth Route Army lost 2-1. Two large cannons were destroyed, personnel casualties were severe, and the artillery company's organization was almost lost.

  The devils and puppet troops swarmed up to the trenches, but the machine guns in the trenches made them retreat even faster. A dozen or so machine guns formed a machine gun position, how could it be stopped by these little devils?

  The devils have been repelled.

  What to do with the withdrawal? The work of throwing a grenade launcher.

  Thirty-eight mortars fired shells simultaneously at the mountain top trench artillerymen.

  At first, you could still see puffs of smoke, but later nothing could be seen, only the flames flickering, and the entire mountain top was shrouded in a layer of smoke and dust.

  Half an hour later, the bombardment stopped, and the devils charged up, but still nothing was found. The devils smoothly occupied the second line of defense.

  In less than two hours, they captured the two defense lines of the Eighth Route Army. Boarding the wind and standing on the mountain top, looking at the third defense line trench opposite, Boarding used binoculars to look at the opposite side, coincidentally, Er Gou's team leader was also looking here, as a result, the two men met each other's eyes.

  Itanda saw that this was a high-ranking commander of the Eighth Route Army, and it seemed that the opposite side was the last defense line of the Eighth Route Army. And Er Gou also saw Itanda, knowing that he was a high-ranking commander of the devils, just wanted to let the blocking hand kill him, but Itanda quickly shrank into the guard's encirclement.

  In less than two hours, he had already occupied two defensive lines. It seemed that he wouldn't have to wait until nightfall to withdraw his troops and return to the city. Boarding secretly calculated in his heart.

  After a brief rest, the devils began their attack.

  This time's attack is more fierce than the last few times.

  The time of shelling was longer and the density of shells was also greater.

  After the bombardment, the devils yelled and rushed up.

  They were approaching the trenches, but the Eighth Route Army remained silent.

  We arrived at the edge of the trench, only a few meters away from it. A row of hand grenades were thrown out and exploded among the enemy troops, blowing them into disarray. Then, light and heavy machine guns opened fire simultaneously, and a large number of puppet soldiers fell down in front of the trench.

  The devils have retreated.

  Then came another bombardment, with the target being the Eighth Route Army's trenches.

  After shelling, charge again.

  This time, Itai invested more troops, planning to take down the formation in one fell swoop and end the battle as soon as possible.

  The dense and numerous puppet troops of the devils began their charge towards the mountain top.