I am an artillery soldier

Chapter 59 Here Comes the Devil
Leading the soldiers to repair the position, Liu Gen also asked the soldiers to find branches. Before receiving the order, the three [-]-type infantry guns would be covered with branches to avoid being discovered by the devils.

No wonder Liu Gen was so cautious, the three 92-type infantry guns were the treasure of the Xinyi Regiment, so there couldn't be any problems.If the devils knew that the Xinyi regiment had three [-] infantry artillery before the battle started, and destroyed them, then the artillery company would have no meaning of existence.Whether it is the devil's artillery or the devil's aviation unit, they can easily destroy the [-]-type infantry artillery of the new regiment.

After hiding the infantry artillery, Liu Gen let the soldiers of the artillery company rest, probably because of the imminent battle, the soldiers were quite excited and did not feel too sleepy.The moonlight was shining, and soldiers were still digging trenches. In order to avoid the shelling of the devils from causing too many casualties to the soldiers, the trenches naturally needed to be dug well.At the same time, the soldiers also dug small holes behind the trenches, and they could hide in them when the devils shelled.

Liu Gen has seen the small hiding hole dug by the soldiers, it is not very big, it can only accommodate one person, and he needs to curl up.Hiding in such a small hole would make the soldiers quite uncomfortable, but there was no way, with such a small hole, the soldiers might still survive, but if not, they could only face the devil's shells head-on and rely on luck to survive.

The artillery company is still some distance away from the front line, so there is no need to worry that the devil's artillery will cover this area, but, just in case, Liu Gen still asked the soldiers of the artillery company to dig out a lot of hiding places.

It was also because the Xinyi regiment had prepared for the battle in advance. If they hadn't prepared in advance, it would undoubtedly be impossible to dig trenches and open small holes for hiding after the devils attacked.There is no way to choose to fight the devils head-on. The new regiment needs to hold back part of the 108th division's strength to relieve the pressure on friendly troops.

Once the devils successfully advance from this direction, it will inevitably put more pressure on other friendly troops. With the new regiment here, it is natural to ensure that the devils cannot advance successfully.The headquarters had already issued an order to the Xinyi Regiment before, asking the Xinyi Regiment to cooperate with friendly forces to block the advance of the 108th Division and smash their strategic intentions this time.

According to the estimates of the headquarters, the 108th Division will not invest too many troops around Linxian and Xingxian counties, and there will only be two regiments at most.Fighting was taking place throughout Northwest Shanxi, and the devils couldn't mobilize too many troops to join them here.It's just that Fangshan Town is somewhat important to the devils, and they need to rely on the Beichuan River to continuously transport various supplies, which caused the devils to transfer as many as two brigades to Fangshan Town.

In the early morning, Liu Gen got the relevant intelligence information from Ding Wei. The devils who came to Fangshan Town did not have a regiment, only two infantry battalions at most.Investigators hiding around Fangshan Town reported that there were no devil's [-]-type field artillery found in Fangshan Town, only four infantry artillery.But even so, the situation facing Xinyi Tuan is not optimistic.

There are more than 2000 devils in the two infantry brigades, and the devils still have a lot of mortars and grenades. The other two infantry brigades mean that each has a machine gun squadron. form a suppression.

On the morning of March 3, a squadron of devils marched towards Gedonggou Mountain. Nearly 28 devils formed a scattered formation and attacked Gedonggou Mountain.

The new regiment of soldiers who had been preparing for a long time couldn't help gearing up when they received the news that they were preparing to fight. They had long wanted to teach the little devil a lesson.Under the command of Ding Wei, the Xinyi Regiment had already prepared various traps and planted a lot of landmines in Gedonggou Mountain.Now a squadron of little devils came, which made the soldiers of the first battalion stationed at Gedonggou Mountain extremely excited.

In Gedonggou Mountain, Zhang Dabiao and the soldiers were observing the devils' every move. Seeing that the devils were very cautious, Zhang Dabiao knew that it might take some time for the devils to reach the shooting range of the soldiers of the first battalion.

"boom"

A devil accidentally touched a landmine, there was a loud explosion, and the shrapnel scattered around, taking the lives of two devils.

The exploding landmines made the already cautious devils even more cautious.Soon, a small group of devil's engineers came to the front. They held minesweepers and kept detecting.

"Battalion Commander, the Devils have started to clear mines." In the ravine of Gedonggou Mountain, the soldier looked at Zhang Dabiao and said.

Zhang Dabiao picked up the binoculars and looked at the devil's engineers who cleared the mines. He knew that there were mines on the mountain, so the devils would not be so stupid as to use themselves to dig mines.The appearance of the devil's engineer did not surprise Zhang Dabiao, he knew that the devil would do this.Zhang Dabiao was not unprepared, an order was conveyed, and soon the sharpshooters gathered in the first battalion took the initiative to move closer to the devils, and chose to shoot.

"Bang" "Bang" "Bang"

The sound of the 6.5 rifle sounded, and the [-]mm bullets had a strong penetrating power. Two or three devil engineers who were clearing mines suddenly fell down.

The devil's engineers reacted quickly. When the gunshots sounded, they climbed directly to the ground. The soldiers fired from 500 meters away, and there were not many soldiers in the first battalion who could do this.The soldiers were not greedy for credit either. After the shooting, they directly chose to transfer and hide.

"Shoot! Shoot!"

The squadron leader of the devils issued an order, and the well-trained devils started shooting directly. He didn't see clearly where the Eighth Route Army was, but he still issued the order. Only by counterattacking to a certain extent can the Eighth Route Army be less arrogant.

Kudo Shimono is the squadron leader and lieutenant of this squadron. This time their squadron entered Gedonggou Mountain first, and he took the initiative to ask for a fight.From Kudo Shimono's point of view, the combat effectiveness of these Tuba Routes will not be strong, and the squadron he leads will certainly be able to easily defeat these Tuba Routes.Looking at the dead engineer, Kudo Shimono looked ugly. Under his command, the devils of the two teams divided into two directions and moved forward.

Facing Tubalu in his own eyes, Kudo Shimono did not allow himself to fail, and he took the initiative to lead the remaining team forward.Gedonggou Mountain is not high, only about 1000 meters (the height is the author's own idea without finding any relevant information), but it is a natural forest farm with horizontal ravines and many trees.As a result, it was difficult for Kudo Shimono to find the Eighth Route Army, but he was unwilling to retreat, and he did not want to let go of this good opportunity to make contributions.

"boom"

Another landmine was triggered, and a devil soldier died, which slowed down the devil's forward speed again.

"Spread out, cover the minesweeping engineers, and be ready to shoot the enemies that appear at any time!" Kudo Shimono ordered with a cold face.

(End of this chapter)