The blood of the Anti-Japanese War stained the mountains and rivers

Yang Ling hurriedly withdrew hundreds of soldiers from the third battalion at the front to prevent accidental damage from artillery fire.

The two sides had a lively artillery battle, but no one could do anything about it. After all, Yang Ling and the others were only facing the Japanese infantry. They were not equipped with heavy howitzers and cannons, only some small-caliber artillery. The two sides fought evenly.

After the artillery fire stopped, Lu Xing, the disgraced battalion commander, sent only one company to occupy the mountain to avoid another artillery attack on the mountain, while the other troops set up a position not far away as a reserve team.

The Japanese army launched another attack, but the third battalion of Yangling stubbornly blocked it in front, and the other battalion on the flank supported it with firepower from the commanding heights of the mountain. The two sides fought ping-pong-pong for half an hour. Seeing that the attack was blocked, the Japanese army had to retreat again. .

The blocking position in Huilongji has been well consolidated. Although the Japanese army attacked several times, they all failed. The newly trained brothers saw that the Japanese army was nothing more than that, and their fighting spirit became high.

Yang Ling did not slack off, and ordered the troops to seize the time to build trench fortifications and arrange defensive positions step by step. Even if the Japanese army was lucky enough to break into the first line of trenches, they would not be able to break through the depth in a short time.

The battlefield is the best training ground. When fighting the Japanese army in Shanghai, many troops from all over the country had no experience in fighting the Japanese army. They still followed the style of fighting during the civil war.

Concentrated defense, concentrated retreat, and fragile single-line trenches, these faced the well-equipped Japanese army at a great loss. Often, the Japanese army would be covered by cannon fodder, and most of a reorganization division would be reimbursed.

And those fragile single-line trenches are even more unbearable. Once the Japanese army breaks through at a certain point, the entire position will collapse. The backward tactics are also one of the important factors for the failure of that tragic battle.

After these fierce battles and the lessons of blood, the progress of the Chinese army is also obvious. Both defense and offense have begun to change and improve. This is a good sign for the Chinese army.

The real war not only improved the combat tactics of the troops, but also matured the recruits who were integrated into the troops in winter.

The recruits who were scared to pee their pants by the Japanese artillery fire a few hours ago, now nestled in the trenches and faced the occasional cold guns, without blinking their eyelids, ate the captured Japanese canned food by themselves. They are adapting rapidly to war.

"Would you like to calm down?" The veteran deputy company commander Shunzi leaned against the trench and smiled at a recruit.

This recruit performed very well in the melee hand-to-hand combat just now. He cooperated with the other two brothers to kill a fierce Japanese soldier on the battlefield for the first time. Now he calmed down and suddenly felt a little scared.

Seeing the water bottle handed over by Deputy Company Commander Shunzi, the recruit brother felt his mouth was dry, so he took it without hesitation and raised his neck to take a few sips.

"Cough cough... cough, why is it wine?" The recruit blushed from being choked, but he didn't expect that there was wine in the kettle.

Shunzi laughed and said, "I didn't say it was water, hehe, what, it tastes good, right? The elders have to know how to drink, otherwise they won't be able to beat devils."

The recruit smiled wryly at Shunzi's nonsense and shook his head, but after drinking the hot liquor, he immediately felt his pores relax and his body became much smoother, and the discomfort he felt when he killed someone for the first time gradually disappeared.

"These little devils just yell a lot. If we really want to fight for our lives, we are not afraid of them. I think we were in Shanghai..." Shunzi began to brag about his experience while drinking.

Most of these recruits are killing people for the first time, and many of them are not used to it. Seeing the story of the veteran Shunzi, they all listened quietly. People ask questions from time to time. .

After Yang Ling gave the defense mission to the deputy battalion commander, Lao Yanqiang, he quickly returned to the regiment headquarters set up in Huilongji.

Perhaps because of the victory, the regiment leader Zhang Handuo looked very happy. When he saw Yang Ling coming in, he hurriedly greeted him with a smile.

"The awards from the brigade department have come down, and the brigade department hopes that we will continue to work hard and show our prestige!" Zhang Handuo danced excitedly.

Only one day after they arrived on the battlefield, they wiped out nearly [-] Japanese troops with their fierce offensive, which was a huge boost to the morale of the troops.

"How about our brother army?"

Yang Ling was also in a good mood. After sitting down and taking a sip of water, he asked about his allies. After all, they alone could not support a single regiment in a war, and the long-term solution was to fight with allies.

"I heard that the 58th Division has already attacked Yongcheng and Feng County. As long as our 51st Division is like a nail in Dangshan, I guess the devils in front of us will not last long."

Text Chapter 366 Battle of Lanfeng

The weather in May was unbearably sweltering, and the scorching blast blasts repeatedly swept across the battlefield. The brothers nestled in the dirty trenches felt uncomfortable and aggrieved as if they were trapped in a steamer.

When the brothers set off from Hubei, their helmets were still shining, and they were a mighty and well-groomed army. However, after several days of fighting in Dangshan, the brothers were blood-stained and dirty, and they were no longer human.

Although the Japanese attacking troops would attack several times a day, Yang Ling's position was impenetrable, allowing the Japanese to bombard them indiscriminately, or charging in groups, this position was like a nail, firmly blocking the way of the Japanese army.

Although the 74th Army is not as good as the German elite, it is a direct line of the Central Army after all, and it can be regarded as the main force on the battlefield. Now they have enough soldiers and food, and the Japanese troops who have been fighting for several months really have nothing to do with them.

"boom!"

Dull gunshots rang out on the battlefield, and the head of a Japanese soldier who was looking at Yang Ling's position with a binoculars exploded like a broken watermelon, and blood-red paste splashed everywhere.

"Crack! Crack!"

"Da da da— da da da—"

This dull gunshot triggered a new round of gunfire on the ground, and various weapons fired one after another. The swishing bullets whizzed and passed over the trench, hitting some unlucky ghost or smashing sandbags.

Wang Zikun, a student soldier who joined the army during the Battle of Nanjing, heard the dense gunshots like bursting beans, rubbed his sore calves with a smile, and sat down with his back against the trench.

The shot just now was exactly the target he found after lying dormant for half an hour. Fortunately, he didn't miss it in the end, which made Wang Zikun very happy.

He took out a delicate knife from his pocket, and carved another heavy stroke on the orthographic letter on the birch gun stock. This was the No. 5 devil he killed after he entered the sniper platoon in the camp.

Yang Ling's 301st Regiment and the Japanese army engaged in a tug-of-war in the trenches. On this battlefield with a radius of tens of miles, the various units of the 74th Army and the Japanese army were anxiously together, and cold guns and cold guns became the norm in the exchange of fire.

During the winter training, Yang Ling selected brothers with good marksmanship to form a sniper platoon, with the purpose of cultivating the foundation of special teams.

But I didn't expect that the sniper platoon would shine on this battlefield, killing many Japanese soldiers, making those arrogant Japanese soldiers have to be in constant fear, fearing that their brothers in the sniper platoon would lose their heads.

Although Wang Zikun was a new recruit when he was in Nanjing, he was able to endure hardships and was crazy about training. Since he was promoted to squad leader, he has become even more energetic. He joined the sniper platoon dominated by veterans and became a A sharpshooter that everyone admires.

The intensive gunfire caused by his gunshots had stopped. He put away his delicate knife, and ran to the heavy machine gun bunker more than ten meters away, and put his dirty hands into the wooden barrel filled with water.

Wow - the cool water made Wang Zikun refreshed, and the stains on his face were washed away, revealing his fair skin, as if he had returned to his student appearance.

"College students, save some water, this machine gun needs to be eaten." Seeing Wang Zikun washing his face with the cooling water of the machine gun, the veteran reminded him while smoking.

Wang Zikun chuckled: "I'll bring you two more buckets later."

"How many shots have you fired today?" the machine gunner asked from the side.

Wang Zikun replied: "I missed two, and knocked one."

The heavy machine gunner said: "That's not bad. We didn't catch any of them today. This little devil is getting better and better. He hides in the trenches and doesn't show his face. I'm afraid he's going to be a bastard."

Hearing the complaints of the machine gunners, there was a burst of laughter in the trenches. The direction of Huilongji they were guarding was no longer the main direction of the Japanese army's attack. In the past two days, the east side had been fighting fiercely, but their side had nothing to do. It got itchy.

The blocking battlefield in Dangshan made it difficult for the Japanese army to advance. They encountered their strong opponents. The 74th Army and General Song Xilian's 7th Army were both tough troops. They fought side by side, which made the Japanese army suffer a lot.

The brothers nested in the trenches and fought the blocking battle with the Japanese army into a tug-of-war. In the temporary regiment headquarters in Huilongji, the disgraced deputy commander Yang Ling and the emaciated regiment leader Zhang Handuo also received a new battlefield briefing.

These battlefield briefings are the messages received by the 74th Army Headquarters from various units, and then the staff officers transcribe and send them to regiment-level commanders to facilitate commanders at all levels to understand the battlefield situation.

"This little devil has too much appetite. He recruited hundreds of thousands of elites to eat up the main force in our Xuzhou area. He is not afraid of breaking their teeth." Zhang Handuo, the regiment leader, watched the new battlefield briefing and complained involuntarily. .

The Japanese army mobilized countless elite divisions, and the troops were divided into seven groups to attack the Xuzhou area in a centripetal manner, in an attempt to eat up the 60 Chinese troops, the main force of the fifth Xuzhou theater.

The Japanese army has always been extremely arrogant. They have always liked to strike more with less on the Chinese battlefield, but they succeeded in succession. This is the reason why they became more arrogant and unscrupulous.

Yang Ling was not worried: "As long as our 74th Army is firmly nailed to Dangshan, the Japanese army will not be able to complete the encirclement, and our main force in Xuzhou will be safe and secure."

The commander of the Fifth War Zone is General Li Zongren. He commanded the Battle of Taierzhuang in the first battle and wiped out more than 1 Japanese troops. This greatly increased the prestige of the Chinese army and hit the arrogance of the Japanese army. With such a general in charge, Yang Ling also has confidence in his heart .