Shimokawa Xiu raised his head and looked ahead with a gloomy face.

He observed carefully for a while and said: "The main force of the China Eighth Route Army has been pursued by us, and there should be no time to set up an ambush.

Therefore, there must not be many Eighth Route Army troops on the mountain.

Although their firepower seems to be fierce, it is actually just a few light and heavy machine guns, but they occupy favorable terrain.

But if we are blocked for too long, it will leave too much time for the main force of the Eighth Route Army to climb up the mountain.

At that time, it will not be so easy for us to break through their fire blockade, and we may even be defeated by the Eighth Route Army due to terrain reasons."

"So, we must break through the fire blockade of a small group of Eighth Route Army troops as soon as possible!"

After saying this, Shimokawa Hide changed his tone and ordered: "Give me the order! Fire suppression from the machine gun group and the grenade group!"

"The infantry, in small groups, immediately launched an attack. At all costs, they must break through the fire blockade of the China Eighth Route Army in the shortest possible time and counter-encircle these damn Eighth Route Army from outside the canyon!"

"Hiyi!"

After the order was issued, the Japanese machine gunners immediately set up their machine guns and launched counterfire against the fire points on the mountain. In addition, the Japanese grenadiers also set up their grenades and prepared to fire.

"Ta-ta-ta! Chu-chu-chu!"

"Boom, boom, boom..."

For a moment, intensive gunfire rang out near the west exit of Hulu Gorge, and bullets shuttled back and forth up and down the mountain.

From time to time, grenades and hand grenades exploded in the mountains and canyons, setting off balls of eye-catching and dazzling fire...

It has to be said that Shimokawa Hide, as a battle-hardened commander, still has a very vicious vision.

As far as the current situation is concerned, there are only two options that are most suitable.

Either break out quickly before the defenders' firepower is fully established, or they retreat immediately.

Otherwise, if you fight a positional war and the geographical conditions are completely disadvantageous, you will die slowly.

At present, the independent battalion's firepower has not yet been fully established, so Shimokawa Hide orders an immediate attack, which is undoubtedly the best choice.

Of course, what Shimokawa Xiu saw right now was just what Wang Chengzhu deliberately let him see.

It's not that the independent battalion doesn't have enough firepower, but that it only needs to show this firepower.

At present, the encirclement of the independent battalion has not yet been completed, the independent regiment has not been in place, and the Japanese 9th Brigade has not completely entered the ambush circle.

These all take time.

Wang Chengzhu must let the Japanese commanders see hope of a breakthrough, only in this way will they continue to attack.

On the contrary, if the firepower displayed by the independent battalion is too powerful, or even so powerful that it makes the Japanese commander despair.

Then the Japanese commander would definitely give the order to retreat immediately, and Wang Chengzhu's fishing plan would not succeed.

"Thud, tug, tug, tug, tug, tug!"

“Pah, pah, pah, pah!—”

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom! -"

The battle in the canyon became more and more intense as time went on.

In order to break through the independent battalion's fire blockade as soon as possible, the Japanese army invested more and more troops, and the firepower points exposed by the independent battalion also continued to increase bit by bit.

The rate of increase seems very slow, and it always gives the little devil the illusion that he can successfully break through if he persists for a while.

But illusions are just illusions after all. Every time, the little devil seems to be breaking through the fire blockade and rushing out of the canyon mouth.

But they are always forced back by sudden machine gun fire and a barrage of artillery bombardment.

Amidst a burst of curses and screams, bodies were left on the ground.

The enemy's machine gun fire points and grenade fire points are the key targets of the independent battalion's bombardiers and grenadiers. Almost as soon as the fire point is exposed, a large number of grenades or grenades will inevitably fall down.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom, boom! -"

In a violent explosion, the Japanese machine gunners and grenadiers felt their feet light up, and then all the people and weapons were blown away.

Since the Independent Battalion occupied an absolute geographical advantage, the initiative in the war was always in their hands. As time went by, the Japanese 15th Regiment suffered more and more casualties.

In just 10 minutes, hundreds of bodies were left near the west exit of the canyon.

This is because the independent battalion has always held back its efforts and has not always been able to use its full firepower.

On the other hand, although the independent battalion also suffered dozens of casualties, these casualties were nothing compared to those of the little devils.

Finally, as the casualties continued to increase, Shimokawa Hide, the commander of the 15th Japanese Infantry Regiment, discovered that something was wrong.

"Baga! Damn it! Damn China Tubal Road, we fell into the trap!"

Shimokawa Xiu gritted his teeth and cursed loudly.

At this time, Kazuo Watanabe also led the 33rd Infantry Regiment and the troops directly under the brigade to the west side of Calabash Gorge and joined forces with the suffix troops of the 15th Infantry Regiment.

Shimokawa Hide immediately found the brigade leader Watanabe Kazuo and reported everything that had happened before and his speculations to the other party...

Mountain.

Wang Chengzhu had already led the remaining companies of the Independent Battalion to climb the mountain from outside the canyon and deployed them in a suitable ambush position.

At this moment, a scout suddenly hurried up to Wang Chengzhu, stood up and saluted Wang Chengzhu and reported: "Report to the battalion commander that the Japanese 9th Brigade has completely entered the Hulu Gorge and arrived at the west side of the Hulu Gorge.

In addition, except for a few openings near the east exit of the canyon, we have occupied all other openings in advance and deployed interception firepower."

Wang Chengzhu nodded, indicating that he understood, and then asked: "Where is the Independent Regiment, where are they?"

The scout said: "We have already contacted Commander Ding and told him your battle plan.

However, Commander Ding seems to have known about your battle plan, Battalion Commander. He has already led his troops towards the east exit of Hulu Gorge and is expected to reach the established position in about 10 minutes."

"Ten minutes? That's enough time."

Wang Chengzhu was not surprised that Ding Wei could see through his own battle plan. After all, Ding Wei was a handsome man. Wang Chengzhu muttered to himself, and then ordered with a serious look on his face: "Give me the order, the fish is already in the trap.

It’s time to close the net!”

"Every company is firing on all cylinders, give me a hard beating!"

"This time there is no main attack. Each company is the main attack. We have only one goal, which is to severely damage or even completely annihilate the Japanese 9th Brigade in the shortest possible time."

"Time is limited, don't save bullets, be sure to end the battle in the shortest possible time!"

"yes!"

The ordering soldiers responded with a bang. After saluting Wang Chengzhu, they quickly turned around and conveyed the order.
Chapter completed!