I am God of War in Snow Leopard

Chapter 143 1 words
All the key officers of the Tiger and Regiment present took the order in unison, and then started to act separately.

After watching everyone leave, Xu Qingfeng turned to Liu Bohui, who was sitting busy in front of the radio station and ordered: "Platoon Commander Liu, you must continue to monitor the enemy radio signals all the time. If you find anything new, report it to me in time."

"Yes!" Liu Bohui replied and continued to operate the radio.

Xu Qingfeng told Chen Qifeng, the company commander of the guard who stayed behind, "Ah Feng, go get me something to eat, I'm starving."

"Okay, group seat, wait a moment." Chen Qifeng chuckled, turned around and ran out.

……

The defensive position outside the South Pass, the edge of the minefield.

Dozens of scouts led by Lei Xiong fought and retreated all the way and finally withdrew back.

Just as he was about to retreat into his field defensive position through the minefield, he was stopped by more than ten soldiers left by Zhang Tianyou.

"What's going on? Why don't you let us retreat?"

Because the Japanese army was approaching, Lei Xiong asked anxiously and angrily.

One of the squad leaders at the head quickly explained: "Commander Lei, don't worry, the brothers have planted a lot of mines in this area.

This place has become a minefield. If you retreat like this, you will step on a minefield.

We are ordered to respond here and guide you to a safe withdrawal. "

"Oh." Lei Xiong suddenly nodded, and the squad leader immediately said with a serious expression: "Commander Lei and the brothers of the reconnaissance company, come with us, don't run around!"

As he spoke, he took the lead to lead the way.

Lei Xiong and other officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance company followed behind them obediently, retreated into the minefield nervously and orderly, and retreated slowly towards their own field defense position.

At about the same time, Wang Changgui on the other side also withdrew to the minefield on the west pass with dozens of reconnaissance officers and soldiers.

Because they blew up several bridges along the way, it was difficult for the Japanese cavalry and mechanized troops to pursue them.

Therefore, they are much more calm than Lei Xiong.

When he saw his own soldiers blocking their entry, Wang Changgui asked in confusion: "Brothers, what are you doing? Why are you stopping us?"

A deputy platoon leader led by him hurriedly explained: "Sir, don't get me wrong, we have laid a lot of mines near here.

Following the order of Deputy Commander Zhang, we are here to help you pass through the minefield.

Please follow us and you can pass through the minefield safely. "

"Brothers, don't panic, follow in the footsteps of these brothers and follow them." Wang Changgui immediately turned around and told the soldiers behind him.

With the support of a small group of troops arranged by Zhang Tianyou, all officers and soldiers of the reconnaissance company finally passed the minefield smoothly.

After entering our own field defensive position for a short rest, because we had to report to Xu Qingfeng, we withdrew to Moling Pass.

In the regiment headquarters, Xu Qingfeng was eating two canned beef that Chen Qifeng bought for him.

I have to say, the canned beef popped out of the system tastes really good.

There was no difference from the Japanese cans they had captured on the battlefield.

After eating two cans, Xu Qingfeng drank half a jug of hot water, and felt much better in his stomach.

At this moment, there was a burst of chaotic and hurried footsteps.

Xu Qingfeng, Chen Qifeng and others followed the sound and looked up.

I saw Lei Xiong and Wang Changgui walking in from the outside. When they saw Xu Qingfeng, they immediately stood up and saluted: "Tuan Zuo, we are back."

"Well, how's the situation?" Xu Qingfeng immediately got up and asked, "Is the reconnaissance company a big loss?"

Lei Xiong said: "On the way to retreat, more than ten brothers on my side unfortunately died in battle. Fortunately, the losses were not too great."

Wang Changgui said: "There are no casualties on our side. All 83 brothers have returned."

When Xu Qingfeng heard this, he couldn't help but look at Wang Changgui, even though he came from the Secret Service.

But this time his performance was even better than Lei Xiong, a veteran on the battlefield.

It can be seen from this that in the matter of leading troops to fight, one's birth does not determine everything, it mainly depends on one's talent.

However, Xu Qingfeng did not show any joy or anger, after all, both of them had detected useful information.

The enemy situation on both sides is different, and it is understandable that the casualties and losses are different.

So he stepped forward and patted the two of them on the shoulders respectively, and said with a smile: "You have worked hard. Hurry up and have something to eat and have a good rest."

After saying that, Xu Qingfeng said to Chen Qifeng: "Captain Chen, give the canned beef to Company Commander Lei, Deputy Company Commander Wang and all the brothers in the reconnaissance company, and get some so that they can have a good meal too!"

"Yes!" Chen Qifeng, Lei Xiong, and Wang Changgui responded in unison, and immediately took the order and left together.

……

Chasing Lei Xiong and others was a cavalry unit of the Japanese 6th Division, with a strength of about a hundred cavalry.

They belong to the 6th Cavalry Regiment directly under the 6th Division. They were a pursuit unit specially sent by Shiro Inaba after Lei Xiong and others attacked the leading outpost of the 6th Division.

It stands to reason that they are riding horses and have four legs, so they can catch up with Lei Xiong and the others no matter what.

However, due to the march at night and the unfamiliarity of the terrain.

Therefore, it was only given to Lei Xiong's troops, causing more than ten casualties, but failed to wipe out all of them.

Lei Xiong's troops relied on the rear of more than ten soldiers and their familiarity with the terrain to retreat to Moling Pass first.

Therefore, it was about the same time Lei Xiong and the others had just retreated into the pass and met Xu Qingfeng at the regiment headquarters.

These more than a hundred Japanese cavalrymen caught up with them and plunged unprepared into the minefield outside the South Pass.

In an instant, landmines were triggered and detonated.

More than a hundred devil cavalry were caught off guard, and the people who were bombed immediately turned their backs, and there was chaos.

"Baga, there's an ambush! Get out!"

In the chaos, a Japanese cavalry squadron leader was frightened and angry. He hurriedly reined in his horse and turned around, trying to escape.

However, surrounded by countless serial explosions, even well-trained military horses were shocked to varying degrees.

In addition, the devil cavalry on horseback panicked and manipulated their horses to turn around in a panic, which inevitably triggered other mines.

In an instant, more explosions sounded one after another.

Countless explosion fragments raged and shot at the devil cavalry in the flames.

The remaining devil cavalrymen were blown up with flesh and blood, screaming again and again, and people kept falling off their horses.

In the end, out of more than a hundred cavalry, less than 30 escaped.

The other men and horses were all killed in the minefield.

The Japanese cavalry squadron leader who led the team also luckily escaped and looked back at the minefield filled with flames with lingering fear.

Immediately, he mobilized his war horses, and with more than 20 remnants of cavalry, fled in a panic in the direction when they came.

Inside and outside Moling Pass, the officers and soldiers of all the battalions and companies of the Huben Regiment were all alarmed by the sudden explosion.

In particular, the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Battalion who were in charge of guarding the positions outside the South Pass immediately entered a fighting stance.

In the regiment headquarters in Guan Nei, Xu Qingfeng was also shocked. Following the sound, he got up and went to the entrance of the regiment headquarters to look south.

When he saw the flames outside the South Gate, Niu immediately ordered a messenger: "Call the Eighth Battalion immediately to inquire about the situation and see if the main force of the enemy has arrived."

"Yes!" The communications soldier responded and went to make a call immediately.

Not long after, he hung up the phone, stood behind Xu Qingfeng, stood at attention and saluted, "Report to the group, the Eighth Battalion said that a group of devil cavalry rushed into our minefield, most of them were killed, and the rest escaped." .

They are ready for battle and ready to fight anytime! "

"Well, tell Zhang Zhijian to be more vigilant. If necessary, you can release some flares to detect the enemy's situation."

Xu Qingfeng ordered.

"Yes!" The communications soldier responded, turned around and went to make another call.

……

At the same time, the main force of the 6th Division led by Inaba Shiro, Watanabe Ichiro and others has advanced to a place less than five kilometers away from Moling Pass.

Therefore, it didn't take long for the more than 20 chasing cavalry who retreated to encounter them.

The leader of the cavalry squadron was brought straight to Inaba Shiro and Watanabe Ichiro.

"Sir, when the pursuit force of the 6th Cavalry Regiment was pursuing the small group of enemy troops near Moling Pass, they accidentally entered a minefield and suffered heavy losses.

This is the leader of the cavalry squadron, Lieutenant Kubo Shige. "A Japanese major pointed to the cavalry squadron leader beside him and reported the situation to Shiro Inaba.

Inaba Shiro frowned when he heard this, and looked up and down the cavalry lieutenant named Kubo Cheng.

He asked sharply, "What's going on??"

"Reporting to your Excellency, division commander, our department was ordered to pursue the small Chinese army that was harassing the imperial army, and as soon as we arrived outside Moling Pass, we strayed into the minefield of the Chinese army.

More than [-] warriors in our department were unfortunately broken. " Kubaocheng dismounted in fear and lowered his head and replied.

"Bagaya Road!" Inaba Shiro reprimanded angrily: "You are a big stupid pig. You lost the first battle and affected the morale of the entire army. Do you still have the nerve to come back?"

Kubo was so ashamed that Watanabe Ichiro hurriedly smoothed things over and said: "General, please calm down. The enemy's situation is unclear at night. The cavalry troops entered the minefield by mistake, which is not a crime of war.

Please give Lieutenant Kubo a chance to atone for his sins. I believe that after this battle, he will be able to realize his shame and become brave again, and make new contributions to His Majesty the Emperor and the Empire. "

As if he had caught a life-saving straw, Kubaocheng quickly said: "Yes, Your Excellency, division commander, please give the humble job one more chance!"

Inaba Shiro also knew that killing generals before battle was a taboo for military strategists and was detrimental to one's own morale.

So he walked down the steps and snorted coldly: "For the sake of the chief of staff, I will go around you once to see the effect.

If you still can't fight well in the future, you can apologize yourself! "

"Hai!" Kubocheng nodded heavily, and then retreated as if he had been granted amnesty.

After watching Lieutenant Kubo Nari leave, Ichiro Watanabe said with emotion: "General, judging from the situation encountered by the cavalry pursuit troops.

The defenders of Moling Pass have already set up minefields outside the pass.

This shows that Xu Qingfeng and his Huben regiment have already taken precautions.

The raid plan we decided before may be difficult to carry out. I suggest that the troops stop advancing and let the regiments rest for one night before attacking tomorrow!

After all, at night, our firepower and air superiority cannot be exerted.

However, the enemy has minefields and fortifications to rely on, and is waiting for work at ease. Once the forced attack fails, it will definitely affect the morale of our division's soldiers. "

Inaba Shiro nodded slightly and said: "The chief of staff is right, so I will do as you say."

"Also, should we also inform the 18th Division about the enemy situation at Moling Pass, so as to prevent them from suffering unnecessary losses.

After all, our two divisions are going to jointly attack Moling Pass this time and encircle and suppress the Huben regiment. "

Watanabe Ichiro asked for instructions again.

"Yo Xi, I agree." Inaba Shiro nodded happily.

……

Unlike the 6th Division, which was unimpeded all the way, because Wang Changgui and others blew up several important bridges along the way, the progress of the 18th Division was very slow.

Because they have to wait for the engineering troops to repair the bridge before they can pass.

The engineering troops directly under the division were still in the direction of Jiangcheng at that time, and were the farthest away from Moling Pass in the entire division.

Just when the head of the division, Ushishima Sadao, was in a panic and was about to order the regiments to organize their own troops and repair the damaged bridges to ensure the passage of large troops.

The notification message from the 6th Division has arrived.

A communications soldier carrying a portable radio trotted all the way to him and Chief of Staff Megumi Koto.

Standing at attention and saluting, he said, "Reporting to the head of the division and the chief of staff, you have just received a report on the battle situation of the 6th division.

The Chinese defenders at Moling Pass have taken precautions.

And there are a large number of landmines laid outside the customs. The 6th Division reminds us to be more careful. "

Nakajima Sadao frowned when he heard the words, and Koto Megumi looked at each other, and immediately asked, "Where is the 6th Division now? Has it arrived at Moling Pass?"

The communication soldier quickly replied: "Not yet, they stopped at a place about five kilometers away from Moling Pass, planning to rest for one night, and then attack tomorrow!"

Colonel Kofuji Megumi, who had never spoken, said to Nakajima Sadao: "General, in this case, we can rest for a night and wait for the engineering troops to arrive and repair the bridge.

We will advance to Moling Pass again, which is only a few hours late.

But it can let the officers and soldiers of each regiment get a rest. You must know that our division has landed in Hangzhou Bay since.

They have advanced for hundreds of miles with continuous attacks, and now they are urgently moving towards Moling Pass. The officers and soldiers are exhausted.

They should be allowed to rest for a night before attacking again. "

Nakajima Sadao said: "Well, that makes sense. Since the 6th Division hasn't started attacking yet, we don't have to worry.

Order all regiments to stop advancing and go to rest.

In addition, send a telegram to the engineering unit, the logistics unit, and the field hospital, urging them to come as soon as possible. "

"Hai!" Colonel Xiaofuji Megumi and the communications soldier took the order in unison.

……

In this way, because the Japanese army stopped advancing, the Huben regiment ushered in a rare respite.

The officers and soldiers of each battalion and company got extremely valuable rest time after a good meal.

At around eight o'clock the next morning, Inaba Shiro and Watanabe Ichiro set up their headquarters in a forest five kilometers away.

Commanding two infantry regiments, a cavalry regiment, an artillery regiment, and a tank and chariot brigade of the 6th Division, the main force, totaling more than [-] people, advanced outside Moling Pass.

Knowing that the Huben Regiment had set up a minefield outside the pass, the attacking troops of the 6th Division stopped when they advanced about one kilometer away from the minefield.

Begin to dig trenches and build offensive positions on the spot.

The 6th Division originally had four main infantry regiments. Among them, the 13th Infantry Regiment was severely damaged by Xu Qingfeng's Huben Battalion in the Battle of Wujiang. It is now undergoing reinforcements in the rear and is responsible for the security of some of the occupied areas in the rear.

The 23rd Regiment was wiped out outside Moling Pass by Xu Qingfeng's Huben Regiment just yesterday.

Therefore, the main infantry force that the 6th Division can use in this battle is actually only two regiments of about 6000 people.

However, this is only for infantry, including bonuses for cavalry, artillery, tanks and other combat units directly under the division.

The 6th Division still has tens of thousands of troops that can be used to attack, and all of them are elite troops that have been baptized in actual combat.

As for why they stopped and dug fortifications on the spot one kilometer away from the minefield.

That's because if you go further, you will be within the effective range of the defenders' machine gun fire.

It is impossible for the devils to set up their offensive positions under the threat of enemy machine guns and artillery fire at any time.

The arrival of the Japanese army, of course, could not be hidden from the observation post of the Seventh Battalion condescending on the wall.

Liu Yong, commander of the seventh battalion, reported to the regiment headquarters immediately, and Xu Qingfeng left Chief of Staff Liang Shan to sit at the regiment headquarters.

Together with deputy commander Zhang Tianyou and others, he quickly led a small number of guards out of the headquarters and came to the city head of South Pass to observe the enemy's situation.

Standing on the top of the city, surrounded by Liu Yong, Zhang Tianyou and others, Xu Qingfeng raised his telescope.

Liu Yong, who was standing next to him, introduced: "The Japanese are digging fortifications now, and they should be building offensive positions."

Xu Qingfeng watched for a while, then put down the telescope and asked: "How is the situation over at Xiguankou? Have you found any enemies?"

Zhang Tianyou shook his head and said: "I haven't received a report from Battalion Commander Sun yet, probably not yet."

Xu Qingfeng felt relieved, and continued to raise the binoculars and said: "The devil is cunning enough, the offensive position is set outside the range of our machine gun fire."

Zhang Tianyou said with a smile: "However, if you want to fight, our artillery can still reach it. It's just that if we use the artillery battalion at this time, there is a risk of exposing the firepower in advance."

Xu Qingfeng said: "Then we can't allow the Japanese to set up camp and build offensive positions so safely."

After thinking for a while, Xu Qingfeng turned to Chen Qifeng and said, "Afeng, go and inform Wang Tiezhu and ask him to bring me a mortar.

I'll fire the cannon myself to give the little devil some color! "

"Yes!" Chen Qifeng responded and happily accepted the order and ran towards the pass.

Regarding Xu Qingfeng's artillery skills, the old subordinates of the Huben Regiment were not unconvinced.

On the other hand, Zhang Tianyou, the newly joined deputy commander, was a little surprised and said: "Commander, do you know how to have sex?"

Liu Yong on the side proudly replied for Xu Qingfeng: "Our regiment is not only good at shooting artillery, he is simply a master of artillery. When he gets any artillery, he can shoot wherever he wants!"

"Really?" Zhang Tianyou was greatly surprised.

Xu Qingfeng felt a little ashamed when he heard it, Liu Yong, why is it so easy to misunderstand what he said?
It's just that he couldn't say it clearly, he just pretended to be indifferent, and continued to observe the enemy's situation with his binoculars.

About three minutes later, Chen Qifeng and three artillerymen carried a 60mm mortar and returned with two boxes of shells.

"Regiment seat, the artillery belt is here." Chen Qifeng saluted Xu Qingfeng and reported.

Xu Qingfeng nodded and immediately ordered the three artillerymen: "Set up the artillery immediately. You will be my deputy and I will be the main gunner."

"Yes!" The three artillerymen agreed in unison, and quickly began to set up artillery on the spot.

The minefield is about one kilometer away from the city head of South Pass, which means that the Japanese offensive position is about two kilometers away from where Xu Qingfeng and the others are.

This distance is completely within the absolute effective range of the 60mm mortar.

It's just that the firepower of a cannon is relatively weak. If you were an ordinary person, it would be difficult to pose too much threat to the devils.

However, the same weapon, used by different people, will naturally have different powers.

It didn't take long for the three gunners to set up the [-]mm mortar.

Xu Qingfeng put down the binoculars, went over to control and adjust the shooting of Zhu Yuan himself.

Then, a shell was called for, and a tentative shot was fired.

Phew, the shell roared into the sky, leaving a striking arc in the air, and then slammed down hard on the forward position that the Japanese army was building.

However, because it was a test firing, this round of shells failed to kill the devils.

Instead, those devils who were pouting their buttocks and desperately digging trenches were taken aback.

They hurriedly fell down to avoid it.

Xu Qingfeng immediately got up and held up the binoculars after the shells were shot out, relying on the height advantage at the top of the city, to observe the impact point of the shells condescendingly.

When he saw the impact point of the cannonball, he put down the telescope again, squatted down and readjusted the shooting angle.

Soon after the adjustment, Xu Qingfeng shouted to the main gunner on the right: "Give me another shell!"

"Yes!" The main gunner immediately took a shell that had already been taken out of the box from the companion next to him, and handed it to Xu Qingfeng with both hands.

Taking the cannonball, Xu Qingfeng quickly loaded it into the barrel, then lowered his head and ducked sideways.

There was only a muffled bang, and the shells flew out of the barrel in response, and soared into the air again with an ear-piercing scream.

Immediately afterwards, he roared and fired towards the Japanese army's position again. With the calibration shooting just now, Xu Qingfeng's shells hit the thief accurately this time.

It fell directly into a trench that the Japanese had just dug less than one meter, and suddenly exploded.

boom!At least four or five devils who were digging fortifications had no time to escape, and were all blown to the ground on the spot.

This scene was seen by Zhang Tianyou, Liu Yong and others who had been holding telescopes.

Liu Yong couldn't help but said proudly: "Did you see it? Our group's level of fucking is quite impressive!"

Zhang Tianyou couldn't help but admired: "The artillery skills of the regiment cannot be compared to the artillery instructors of our Central Military Academy!"

Xu Qingfeng smiled, and after making some adjustments, he continued to pour shells towards the Japanese army's position.

……

Five kilometers away, in the temporary headquarters of the 6th Division.

Inaba Shiro and Watanabe Ichiro are summoning their two brigade heads and several main force captains to discuss the next offensive.

Suddenly hearing an explosion from outside, Inaba Shiro and other senior Japanese military officers present were all shocked.

Inaba Shiro couldn't help but asked: "What happened?"

Ichiro Watanabe immediately went to call to inquire, and turned his head to Inaba Shiro after a while and said: "Division Commander, it seems that the defenders of Moling Pass are shelling towards the forward position of our army."

"Nani?" Inaba Shiro asked: "How is the enemy's firepower?"

Ichiro Watanabe said: "According to reports from the front, the artillery fire of the defenders is not strong, it seems that there is only one mortar, but it is very accurate.

More than a dozen soldiers of the imperial army have unfortunately died in battle. "

"Baga!" Inaba Shiro said angrily, "This is deliberately done by the defenders, the purpose is to damage the morale of the imperial army and harass our forward troops to build fortifications."

"Order the artillery unit to open fire immediately and kill this nasty Chinese artillery!"

"Division Commander, the artillery position is still under construction, and it may be difficult to form fire suppression for the time being." Watanabe Ichiro said.

"Yaga!" Inaba Shiro scolded angrily, "Could it be that our artillery can't deploy one or two artillery pieces to counterattack in a targeted manner?"

Ichiro Watanabe paused quickly and said, "I'll make arrangements now!"

After finishing speaking, the old devil called the Artillery Regiment.

After receiving the order, the Japanese artillerymen had no choice but to build positions and mobilize manpower to prepare for the hot air balloon.

There was no way, they didn't have the specific coordinates of Xu Qingfeng and the mortar.

It is necessary to let the observers take off in a hot air balloon, relying on the condescending advantage, and lock the opponent's position before they can carry out artillery countermeasures.

Whether it is preparing a hot air balloon or deploying one or two artillery pieces to counterattack, these all take time.

Of course, Xu Qingfeng understood this, so he had no worries on the top of the city, constantly pouring artillery shells on the Japanese forward positions, killing Japanese engineers and infantry digging trenches one after another.

In less than 10 minutes, Xu Qingfeng killed at least 20 devils.

On average, at least two to three devils died under his precise shelling every minute.

Back in the devil headquarters, Chief of Staff Ichiro Watanabe finished calling the artillery unit.

Turning around to continue the discussion just now, he said to Inaba Shiro and the senior officers of the 6th Division present: "Division Commander, everyone, the Front Army Command has sent us air support.

It is expected to arrive in more than half an hour.

Therefore, I suggest that our first attack can be placed an hour later.

At that time, the air strikes of the aviation unit should have ended, and all our offensive preparations should have been fully prepared. "

Inaba Shiro said with a livid face: "The most difficult problem right now is the minefield that the Chinese defenders have set up outside the pass.

Without clearing them, our offensive troops will not be able to launch a successful attack.

Therefore, the top priority is to find a way to clear those damn landmines! "

"Is there any good way for you to do this?"

Saying that, Inaba Shiro looked eagerly at everyone present.

"Division commander, I suggest using artillery units and tank units to continuously suppress firepower against the defenders of Moling Pass.

This is used to cover the engineering troops and enter the minefield for demining. "The one who spoke was Major General Ushido Mitsuru, head of the 36th Brigade.

His proposal immediately aroused the unanimous approval of several other captains.

Seeing that he couldn't think of any other good way, Inaba Shiro nodded solemnly and said: "Yo Xi, just follow Ushijima-kun's suggestion."

At this time, Xu Qingfeng's bombardment continued.

Inaba Shiro listened to the sound of the cannon that sounded at that time, thinking of every shelling, he would have casualties of his subordinates.

Unable to be upset, he turned his head to Ichiro Watanabe angrily and said, "Ask the artillery unit again, why hasn't that damn Chinese artillery been destroyed yet?"

"Hai!" Ichiro Watanabe paused hurriedly, turned around and went to call again.

……

On the city wall at the South Pass, Xu Qingfeng has fired more than twenty shells one after another, killing no less than a small team of devils.

Suddenly, Zhang Tianyou, who had been holding up his binoculars to watch the excitement, noticed that a huge white ball rose up behind the Japanese army's position opposite.

On the Songhu battlefield, he had seen this kind of thing before.

Every time I see this thing take off, it won't be long before the devil's army artillery fire and even naval artillery firepower will follow.

Caused extremely heavy damage to one's own troops.

Therefore, he was horrified and hurriedly turned to Xu Qingfeng and said: "Tuanzuo, it's not good, the Japanese are probably going to retaliate with artillery!"

Xu Qingfeng stood up after hearing this, raised his telescope and looked in the direction he pointed.

Sure enough, I saw that a giant white hot air balloon was slowly rising into the sky!

Xu Qingfeng's heart moved, and he wanted to use a mortar to destroy it.

However, after a visual inspection, it was discovered that the Japanese hot air balloon seemed to be three kilometers away.

This is already beyond the maximum effective range of the 60mm mortar in my hand.

(Note: The effective range of the mortar at this time is about 2700 meters.)
So he had no choice but to give up and immediately ordered the three gunners: "You should immediately collect your artillery and return to the team. By the way, I will tell your battalion commander to pay attention to concealed artillery and air defense.

The enemy will definitely retaliate next, and may even send out planes to bomb us! "

"Yes!" The three gunners agreed in unison, and immediately dismantled the mortar that was still smoking from the muzzle, turned around and left with the shells and base on their shoulders.

Xu Qingfeng then ordered to Zhang Tianyou, Liu Yong and others: "We will return to the regiment headquarters immediately, and all the brothers from the Seventh Battalion on the top of the city will also withdraw.

Hide in trenches and bunkers to avoid enemy fire and air strikes! "

"Yes!" Everyone agreed in unison, and immediately acted according to the order.

As soon as Xu Qingfeng brought Chen Qifeng and Zhang Tianyou down to the pass, the Chief of Staff Liang Shan rushed towards them.

Standing at attention to Xu Qingfeng and saluting: "Regimental seat, the Ninth Battalion reports that the enemy has also been found at the West Pass.

It should be the main force of the Devil's 18th Division. Now the enemy is building a position and will attack next! "

Xu Qingfeng nodded and said: "As expected, tell Sun Kui to pay attention to artillery and air defense, this thing poses the greatest threat to us!
Right now we have a minefield as a barrier, and if the devils' ground troops want to attack directly, they have to pass through the minefield first. "

"Yes!" Liang Shan responded and ran back to the regiment headquarters to make a phone call.

It was probably about 10 minutes after Xu Qingfeng and the others returned to the regiment headquarters.

The devil's retaliatory artillery fire arrived as promised.

Several of the shells accurately landed on the wall where Xu Qingfeng, Zhang Tianyou, and Liu Yong had just arrived.

However, not only Xu Qingfeng had already withdrawn, but even the officers and soldiers of the Seventh Battalion and each company stationed around had also withdrawn early.

Therefore, although the Japanese artillery fire was fierce, it basically failed.

It did not pose a substantial threat to the Huben Regiment, but made the officers and soldiers of the Eighth Battalion guarding outside the pass feel as if they were facing an enemy.

All of them were extremely vigilant and hid in bunkers such as cat ear holes in advance.

About ten minutes later, there was a faint roar of an aircraft engine in the sky.

Afterwards, aerial bombs, heavy aerial bombs roared down from a high altitude with piercing sounds, and viciously fell on the various positions of the Huben Group inside and outside Moling Pass.

Boom boom boom boom...a deafening violent explosion resounded throughout Moling Pass.

Balls of dazzling red light also rose into the sky from the impact points of the cannonballs.

Amidst the violent explosion, Xu Qingfeng, Zhang Tianyou, Liang Shan, Chen Qifeng and others hiding in the bunker of the regiment headquarters all felt the ground tremble uncontrollably under their feet.

Zhang Tianyou couldn't help looking at Xu Qingfeng with lingering fear but full of admiration, and said: "Tuan Zuo, you are really good at predicting things!

I kind of understand why you can lead a crowd of less than a thousand people to fight against the enemy's heavy encirclement and win many battles. "

Xu Qingfeng smiled and said: "Brother Tianyou, thank you. The Japanese tactics cannot be more than this. With a little precaution, you can avoid many casualties."

"Having said that, many commanders of our army can't do it just by taking a little precaution!"

Zhang Tianyou couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "The tactical command is flexible and changeable. You, the leader, are the most powerful person I have ever seen, bar none."

"Well, even so, the devil's air superiority can still pose a huge threat to us."

Xu Qingfeng said: "I'm afraid there will still be many casualties in this bombing!"

"This is also something that can't be helped, we don't have air supremacy, and we don't have anti-aircraft firepower.

Most of the fortifications we have built are a bit stretched to withstand the enemy's ground artillery fire.

Not to mention such a powerful air strike bombing, so even if there are casualties, that is the price we must bear. "

Zhang Tianyou said in a somewhat helpless voice.

"Yes." Xu Qingfeng nodded and said: "Call the battalions and tell them that after the enemy's air raid is over, they are likely to launch an attack immediately, so be careful!
Especially in minefields, we must not allow the Japanese to clear mines easily. "

"Yes!" Liang Shan on the side responded, and immediately went to make a call.

……

Since the units of the 18th Division arrived relatively late, when the Japanese air raid arrived.

Nakajima Sadao and Kofuji Megumi were commanding and deploying the various units under their command to make pre-war preparations, and had no intention of watching the performance of their own aviation forces.

It's the 6th Division, because the attack plan has been determined.

Each unit was almost ready step by step. Inaba Shiro, Watanabe Ichiro, Ushijima Mitsuru and others walked out of the temporary headquarters together.

I came to a small hill not far away, where I watched the scene of my own fighter planes attacking Moling Pass condescendingly.

When he looked through the telescope, he saw that Moling Pass had almost turned into a sea of ​​flames under the bombardment of dozens of our own planes.

Inaba Shiro finally had a smug smile on the corner of his mouth: "Yoxi, these damn Chinese soldiers are going to become fire rats now!"

Watanabe Ichiro who was on the side quickly echoed with a smile: "General, under such a powerful air raid firepower from the imperial army, I am afraid that even the rats will not be able to survive.

Therefore, we can directly attack Moling Pass as long as we clear the outer minefields.

In addition, with the cooperation of the 18th Division, we will definitely be able to win the Moling Pass and wipe out the Huben Regiment before sunset today! "

"Yes." Inaba Shiro, Ushijima Man and the others nodded in agreement, obviously they also agreed with Watanabe Ichiro's statement.

Half an hour passed quickly, and dozens of planes of the Japanese army ended their air raids and bombed and began to return.

Looking at Moling Pass filled with gunpowder smoke and sea of ​​flames.

Inaba Shiro put down the binoculars, and ordered in a stern voice: "Order the attacking troops to start operations according to the established combat plan!"

"Hai!" Ichiro Watanabe quickly ordered, and he was the first to rush down the mountain and return to the headquarters to convey the order.

……

Inside Moling Pass, Xu Qingfeng heard the Japanese air raids stopped and said to Liang Shan: "Chief of Staff, you stay at the regiment headquarters and keep in touch with me at any time.

Brother Tianyou, follow me to the Eighth Battalion outside the pass.

I guess, after the air strike is over, the devils will attack immediately! "

"Yes!" Zhang Tianyou and Liang Shan responded in unison.

Chen Qifeng led a platoon of guards to escort Xu Qingfeng and Zhang Tianyou out of Moling Pass along the transportation ditch dug in advance.

Directly entered the 8th Battalion field defense position outside the pass, and led by an [-]th Battalion soldier to Zhang Zhijian's [-]th Battalion command post.

"Tour Leader, Deputy Captain, why are you here?"

In the command post, Zhang Zhijian, who was cursing because of the devil's air raid, was surprised when he heard the footsteps and looked back.

Xu Qingfeng waved his hand and said: "The devils will definitely attack next, and I will personally direct you to fight!"

After speaking, Xu Qingfeng walked straight to the observation post of the command post.

Holding up the binoculars, he looked out of the position.

When the smoke from the devil's air raid cleared up slightly, Xu Qingfeng could clearly see the direction of the Japanese army's position in front of the minefield through the binoculars.

A group of tanks and chariots were driven out, roaring towards our own minefield.

There are a total of more than ten tanks, including Type [-] and Type [-], all of which are the most advanced tanks currently in service with the Japanese army.

Behind the tank, there were still a lot of Japanese infantry vaguely following.

Xu Qingfeng adjusted the magnification of his telescope and saw more clearly this time.

It was discovered that in addition to some infantry armed with [-] large caps and crooked light machine guns, there were some ghost engineers carrying minesweepers behind the tanks.

Zhang Tianyou and Zhang Zhijian, who were standing on both sides of Xu Qingfeng, also saw this.

Zhang Tianyou said: "Commander, are the Japanese trying to clear mines? How should we deal with it?"

Xu Qingfeng muttered: "It seems that the Japanese want to use the tank troops to cover the engineers to clear mines. What a wishful thinking!"

"Then how should we respond?" Zhang Zhijian said: "With tanks blocking and covering us, our machine gun firepower may not be able to threaten their engineers.

On the contrary, you may suffer retaliatory bombardment from the other party! "

Xu Qingfeng said in a dignified voice: "At this time, we have to look at the artillery battalion!"

After speaking, he immediately turned around and walked towards the phone, picked up the phone and called the regiment headquarters directly.

"Chief of staff, tell Wang Tiezhu right away, let him assemble the artillery battalion, aim at the Japanese tanks and engineering units in front of the Eighth Battalion's minefield, and hit his mother hard!
Destroy all the enemy's tanks and engineers!I see what they use to clear mines, so act fast! "

(End of this chapter)