As soon as Li Yan and his troops withdrew from the sight of the Japanese soldiers, the Eighth Route Army troops from the southwest of Xishan came to Li Yan. After a while, an Eighth Route Army soldier walked out of the team and hit Li Yan.
He stood at attention and said: "We are the 1st Regiment of the Southwest Eighth Route Army Base Area in Xishan. Which section are you from?"
Li Yan faced the Eighth Route Army soldier and replied: "The West Shandong Base Area Strengthening Regiment, I am Li Yan, the regiment leader, and the person next to me is the deputy regiment leader, Liu Guangyao, who has now left the West Shandong Base Area and came to Xishan County to garrison
, I am here at the command of Brigadier Jiang to assist your troops..." Halfway through his words, Li Yan suddenly felt something was wrong. He glanced at the Eighth Route Army soldier in front of him and asked: "Little brother
, you shouldn’t be the leader of this group, right?”
"The chief is right. I am the commander of the fifth battalion of the first regiment. Our chief... died before you came with your troops." The Eighth Route Army soldier lowered his head as he spoke. Li Yan saw this and
He didn't say any more, but turned his head to look at other troops, and then looked at them again.
Turning back to the Eighth Route Army soldier, he asked: "Then who is commanding your troops now?" After hearing Li Yan's words, the Eighth Route Army soldier quickly pointed to his right: "He is the commander of our second regiment, but he is now
I am leading my team to fight the enemy and cannot come to see you right away."
Li Yan looked in the direction of the Eighth Route Army soldier and saw an Eighth Route Army unit that was fighting the Japanese. However, the number of troops had declined significantly and it was about to be unable to withstand it. When Li Yan saw this, he did not hesitate anymore and instead
The entire reinforcement team pulled aside to regroup, and then rushed straight in the direction of the Eighth Route Army soldier's finger with the reinforcement team behind them.
Li Yan waited until the entire reinforcement team was about to approach the second regiment and waved his right hand to signal the team behind him to stop advancing. The reinforcement team behind followed Li Yan's order and hid on the spot, while Li Yan lay on the ground.
Li Yan raised his sniper rifle and looked forward. Seeing that the Japanese soldiers in front did not notice him, Li Yan led his troops down the hillside quietly to the trenches near the second regiment that were not guarded by soldiers. He raised his gun and pointed it at the Japanese soldiers in front.
The troops just fired a burst of fire.
Because the trench had been cleaned by the Japanese before, the Japanese did not pay attention to it anymore, but Li Yan's sudden appearance frightened them. When the Japanese reacted and prepared to fight back, Li Yan
The reinforcement group had quietly advanced to the flank of the Japanese troops. While the Japanese were still looking at the trenches in front of them in a daze, gunfire rang out again on Li Yan's side.
The commander of the second regiment who was holding the position hurriedly raised his head when he heard the sound of gunfire in front of him. Seeing the troops of the Eighth Route Army in front of him, the commander of the second regiment took advantage of this opportunity and rushed forward with the troops behind him.
When the regiment was about to approach this group of Japanese soldiers, two tanks suddenly drove up from the northern hillside. Their muzzles were facing the direction of the second regiment. Before the second regiment could make any reaction, the tank guns rang out.
, two artillery shells mixed with the sound of wind quickly flew towards the second regiment. In a split second, dozens of Eighth Route Army soldiers fell to the ground. Seeing that the situation was not good, the commander of the second regiment prepared to speed up and move closer to Li Yan's troops, but
By this time, the gang of Japanese soldiers had also regained their composure and raised their guns to shoot at the troops of the Second Regiment who were charging toward Li Yan's troops. Within a few seconds, several more Eighth Route Army soldiers died on the ground.
Li Yan felt that such a reckless charge by the leader of the Second Regiment was not an option, so before the enemy's firepower could reach him, he quickly emerged from the trench and shouted: "Brothers of the Second Regiment, I am
Li Yan, leader of the Western Shandong Base Area Reinforcement Regiment! Don’t do a head-on assault, Japs.
There are tanks over there, but fighting hard now won't have any effect! The situation is urgent now, please go back immediately and don't make meaningless sacrifices!" After Li Yan shouted these words, he quickly returned to the trench, almost at the same time
, a tank shell exploded where Li Yan was just now.
The commander of the second regiment first stopped and observed the entire fighting area. Seeing that his troops were indeed at a disadvantage, he followed Li Yan's instructions and pulled the remaining troops back to the position before the charge for defense. Li Yan saw this
He frowned into a knot, and then shook his head weakly. The charge of the second regiment did not give the Japanese any chance.
How much damage it caused, but a lot of troops were lost in vain. Thinking of this, Li Yan suddenly wanted to go up and slap the second regiment commander severely. However, the current situation did not give Li Yan any room to move, so Li Yan could only
You can suppress this feeling in your stomach first, and wait until the battle is over to settle the score with the second regiment commander.
At this time, the Japanese troops saw that the Second Regiment had retreated to the original position, so they transferred most of their troops to the direction of Li Yan's reinforced regiment. The rest used tanks to charge towards the Second Regiment and defended the Regiment on the back hillside.
Seeing that the Second Regiment was already at a disadvantage, they gathered themselves together and quickly moved towards the Second Regiment's position, but this did not help at all.
It worked. Seeing that there were reinforcements behind the Second Regiment, the Japanese tank crew turned their guns and fired at the first regiment that came to support them. Although Li Yan was anxious when he saw this scene, he could not allocate any more troops to support the Second Regiment at this time.
On one side, one could only watch with heartache as a group of dozens of Eighth Route Army soldiers were blown into the air by artillery shells and fell heavily to the ground.
When Goudan saw this scene, he lowered his head and buried it in the soil. After two minutes, he suddenly lifted it up, picked up an explosive bag next to him and rushed forward. Li Yan wanted to reach out to pull him, but this time
Goudan had already rushed out a long way away when he saw this scene
Li Yan could only set up the heavy machine gun next to him to provide fire cover to ensure Goudan's safety. When the Japs saw Goudan running in his direction, they all raised their rifles and rushed forward, but these Japs soldiers had not taken two steps.
, and was shot to death by Li Yan.
Seeing this, the other Japs stopped charging. Instead, they stood there with their guns raised and prepared to shoot at Goudan. At this time, Goudan had already arrived next to the tank. He quickly ducked behind the tank and avoided these few bullets.
The bullet rolled to the side again, ignited the explosive package in his hand, and then threw it hard under the tank. Before the explosive package exploded, he quickly escaped to the trench.
But before he could enter the trench, the gunfire from the Japanese side rang out. Although Goudan tried his best to avoid it, he was eventually shot through his calf by a bullet. At the same time, the fuse of the explosive package thrown under the tank
It was also burned out. After a violent explosion, the turret of the Japanese tank was lifted off, and the remaining tank body gradually smoked. In less than two seconds, another explosion sounded, and this time
The Japanese tank was completely scrapped.
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