"Yaxi, the Eighth Route Army is going to fight us here!" After cursing, Kojiro Iwada picked up the telescope and looked at Majiashan, and saw the warriors of the Third Regiment of the District who were waiting for the battle.

"Yamamoto, look, the Eighth Route team is a few kilometers away from the north to the south. Look at the distribution density, the number of people should be 6,000 people up. It seems that the information last night was not inaccurate. It seems that this time, we have to let go of our hands and feet!" Iwata put down his telescope and said to another captain next to him.

"Yaxi, the Eighth Route Army has a lot of people, but there are no long-range or artillery. And this is our strength! I have been able to order the artillery positions to be opened. We brought 8 mountain cannons, and the Eighth Route Army, who is suppressed enough, cannot raise its head!" said Captain Yamamoto.

"However, we can't be careless. In my opinion, we will build a position here. Then let the two infantry squadrons move forward to establish an attack position, and then attack based on the attack position!" Iwata said.

"Yaxi, and the wilderness on the other side of the river, we must also arrange personnel to conduct defense and surveillance to prevent the Eighth Route Army from approaching us!" Yamamoto said.

"Yaxi, just do it like this! Your brigade will conduct a test attack first, and our brigade will cover you!" Iwata said.

"Yaxi, before we attack, we should wash the position with artillery fire. I think it should be fine to send the heavy machine gun squadron up there, right?" Yamamoto said.

"Of course it's okay! The heavy machine gun squadron of course has to cover the attack! However, I think I should send a squadron to detour from the south, and maybe it will have a good effect!" Iwata said.

"And the north side, should we send a small team to Xiangdo Mountain to occupy the commanding heights?" Yamamoto said.

"Yes, this is OK! I think even if the Eighth Route Army has defensive troops on the mountain, the number of people and combat effectiveness will not be too high. One team is enough!" Iwata agreed.

The two Japanese captains discussed for more than three minutes and simply formulated a combat plan to attack Majiashan.

Then, the brigade's engineers began to build command positions on the spot, and three squadrons and a small team were sent out to detour. The two artillery squadrons of the Japanese also opened positions in the field, and eight mountain artillery pieces were soon ready for battle.

Just as the Japanese were preparing, the Eighth Route Army was not idle either. Especially when they saw the heavy mortars of the security regiment have been pulled, they quickly went down the mountain to help carry the mortars to the back slope of the mountain.

The mortar was in place, and after the distance was measured, the coordinates were calculated, and the guns were fired. As for the two trucks pulling rocket launchers, they also stopped behind the mountain and waited for launch.

"Captain Yu, our regiment commander asked you if you want to launch an artillery attack? Our heavy mortars have already targeted the Japanese artillery positions!" Xiao Li, an observer of the artillery battalion, asked Commander Yu.

"I'll make arrangements so quickly? OK, very good! But tell your regiment commander, just say what I said. Our district third regiment decided to use these Japanese devils to sharpen the team and let them not bombard the gun for the time being!" said Captain Yu.

"I understand, I will tell our team leader!" The observer began to contact Gundam by phone and also reported the situation to Hu Yizhou.

"Hungry the team? This is a good time. I know that there is no suspense in this battle, it is also great to use it for practical training of recruits, but the casualties will be huge." Hu Yizhou had no objection, so he could do whatever he said.

"Captain, we have gained a lot this time!" Gao Da came to Hu Yizhou.

"It's not small. There are 4,000 railway tracks alone, and these are ours!" Hu Yizhou said.

"Haha, that's good relationship! That's right, commander, why did the Japanese on this mountain put their command positions so far? I just measured it, it's three thousand meters long, what are they going to do?" Gundam reached steadily.

"It should be frightened by our shells, and it is based on the range of the mortar." Hu Yizhou analyzed.

"Captain, do you want to find some work for the militia? For example, lead the team to attack the Japanese's logistics supplies?" asked Gundam.

"No, this is not enough for the Eighth Route Army. Let's not get involved. The communications soldiers will send a telegram to the militia corps and ask them to live and standby near Ci County!" Hu Yizhou said.

"Yes!" The communications soldier quickly sent a telegram to the militia corps.

On the main position of Majiashan, Sang Yongliang, who was defending the front line alone, came to a trench: "Old squad leader, the Japanese heavy machine gun position, can you reach this gun?"

"It's not even possible to hit. The Japanese at this distance are smaller than the gaze, so it's not easy to hit! If you have time to care about this, you should think about how to prevent the recruits from running around during shelling!" The old squad leader looked at Sang Yongliang and said.

"I know, I let no veteran look at the three new recruits, and I can be knocked out at the critical moment." Sang Yongliang said.

"It's better to be knocked out than to run into the artillery fire and be killed by the bomb. Go quickly and go quickly and the Japanese cannonballs should come!" After the old squad leader finished speaking, he waved Sang Yongliang to leave and return to his command position.

"Jiujiu...boom boom boom..." When Sang Yongliang returned to his command position, the Japanese shelling began.

The eight mountain cannons in the back opened fire together, and the heavy machine gun position in the front began to suppress and shoot aimlessly at the trenches on Sang Yongliang's side. In the position of neither forward nor backward, the Japanese's four 92 infantry cannons were also blowing constantly at the suspected bunkers on the mountain, without fear of wasting shells.

And amid the sound of the Japanese artillery fire, in the anti-cannon holes, the veterans of the Eighth Route Army looked nervously at the new recruits in the same trench, for fear that they would run around. The new recruits were afraid of artillery and the veterans were afraid of machine guns, but now they had both artillery and machine guns.

"Take death for the gift..." The shelling lasted only three minutes. At this time, a small team of the Japanese appeared two hundred meters east of Sang Yongliang and his position.

This team is the Japanese firepower reconnaissance team, which corresponds to the artillery position behind it. Its function is to test where the defenders' machine gun firepower point is.

"Fight..." Sang Yongliang certainly would not be abusive to these Japanese devils, so as soon as the cannon stopped, Sang Yongliang appeared in the trenches. When the Japanese were about to attack, his orders were also issued.

So, the Eighth Route Army soldiers who had just appeared from the anti-aircraft holes grabbed their rifles, set up light machine guns that were resisting, and hit the Japanese with a rain of bullets.

Of course, the veterans here are even more tired. Because they not only have to face the attack of the Japanese, but also pay attention to the movements of the new recruits around them.
Chapter completed!