"Boom, boom, boom..."

A dense explosion sounded in the valley, and the attacking Japanese devils were in trouble. Most of the Japanese devils died under the shelling of mortars.

With fierce artillery fire support, the pressure on the shooting soldiers was much lower. Many soldiers began to slowly enter the state, calmly aiming at the Japanese and firing. Several Maxine machine guns also roared happily and strafed the Japanese and splattered densely.

"Baga!"

Seeing that many of his soldiers were killed, the Japanese brigade captain screamed in anger, but it was useless to call him. Due to the terrain of the valley, the Japanese army could not have invested a lot of troops at one time, and only about two or three hundred people were at most.

"Captain, the artillery fire in the Independent Brigade is too fierce." A Japanese captain ran over from the front in a dusty state and shouted anxiously.

"Your Captain, we also have mortars, we must suppress the enemy with fire." A Japanese grandson next to him also shouted.

However, the Japanese captain was quite experienced and knew that the Independent Brigade's mortars might have 81mm mortars, while the Japanese army carried only a few 60mm mortars.

The Japanese captain shook his head, "Everyone, haven't you heard that the mortars of the Independent Brigade are obviously of two models? They may have 81mm mortars."

The 81mm mortar and the 60mm mortar are obviously different when firing, and the 81mm mortar is much more powerful.

Seeing his captain say this, the Japanese around him were drooping their heads and were very discouraged.

The Japanese captain looked at the battle situation ahead and his face was gloomy. The more than 100 soldiers who were attacking him were killed by the fierce shelling of the Independent Brigade and the large number of soldiers shooting.

"Retreat, retreat!"

It is impossible to rush harder, and the Japanese lack heavy weapons and equipment support, so they are much weaker in firepower. In addition, there are only two or more Japanese attackers and more than three hundred. The soldiers defending the valley entrance of the Independent Brigade Regiment have at least nearly a thousand soldiers defending at the valley entrance. There are even several trenches on both sides of the hillside, and the trenches are full of soldiers, and the number of soldiers is several times that of Japanese attackers.

The two sides had only fought for more than ten minutes. After more than 100 casualties, the Japanese began to retreat under the order of the Japanese captain and retreated back along the valley.

"Captain, the Japanese retreated."

Deputy Commander Liu couldn't help but shout happily as he saw the Japanese lost hundreds of corpses and fought and retreated.

The other soldiers cheered when they saw the Japanese retreating in a mess. Many soldiers who were on the battlefield for the first time waved their fists, and were very excited and excited.

"Take a quick treatment of the wounded!"

Qian Hu did not order the soldiers to pursue him. Although the Japanese retreated, there were nearly a thousand people who were still chasing him rashly and would definitely suffer losses.

After more than ten minutes of the battle, the soldiers sacrificed more than a dozen people and more than twenty people were injured. This was with the fire support of more than a dozen mortars, and the number of soldiers was several times that of the Japanese.

The Japanese retreated.

However, the Japanese did not retreat much. Obviously, the Japanese were not willing to fail like this. After withdrawing from the firepower range of the soldiers, the Japanese stopped.

The Japanese captain looked very ugly and thought in his heart angrily, "This damn independent brigade has too much firepower."

A chief of staff next to him saw his captain's face look ugly and couldn't help but say, "Captain, we still have nearly a thousand warriors, we must take revenge."

Upon hearing this, the Japanese captain nodded and immediately summoned a group of Japanese officers to discuss countermeasures. After a long discussion, the Japanese decided to avoid the valley entrance, cross the mountains directly, go around, and then go straight to Milin County to avenge the Japanese who had just been beaten to death.

When you cross a mountain, you not only have no roads, but you even need to open your own way, but it is much better than attacking the valley entrance.

The tops on both sides of the valley are not very high. The relative height from the top to the bottom of the valley may be only four or five hundred meters. However, the forests on the mountain are dense and full of thorns. If you want to cross the mountain, you need to use a machete to open the way and split the thorns.

Valley mouth.

Qian Hu was paying attention to the movements of the Japanese army in the valley. After twenty or thirty minutes, there was no movement. Qian Hu couldn't help but wonder what the Japanese were playing.

"Deputy Commander Liu, send a few more experienced soldiers to investigate."

The three veteran soldiers walked carefully into the valley, crossed the combat area just now, and advanced about a kilometer inside. The soldiers finally saw the Japanese.

The Japanese were climbing up the mountain. The Japanese were cutting off the road with bayonets and cutting off the thorns and branches that blocked the road, and slowly walked up the mountain.

"He's ××! The Japanese want to cross the mountains and escape, so let's go back and report quickly."

After receiving the report, Qian Hu was slightly surprised. The Japanese actually wanted to cross the mountains and bypass him. Qian Hu pondered for a moment, then waved his hand and said, "Call Company Commander Zhang."

Company Commander Zhang was the captain who had just commanded the mortar to bombard the Japanese. When he saw his regiment commander calling him, he immediately ran over.

"Captain, what are you asking for me?"

"Company Commander Zhang, come with me." Qian Hu took Company Commander Zhang to the valley. Deputy Commander Liu next to him immediately followed him and brought more than a dozen soldiers to protect him.

Company Commander Zhang was confused, but he was not easy to ask, so he could only follow Qian Hu. Everyone walked thousands of meters into the valley and could barely see the Japanese in the distance. Qian Hu stopped.

Qian Hu pointed to the Japanese on the distant hillside and said, "Company Commander Zhang, have you seen the Japanese in the distance? The Japanese are running towards the mountain. I order you to move your artillery positions forward and bombard the Japanese on the hillside for me."

Bombing off the Japanese on the hillside? Hearing this, Company Commander Zhang's eyes shone and nodded immediately: "No problem, regiment commander, I will immediately command the soldiers to transfer positions and shell the Japanese."

On the hillside.

The Japanese were trying hard to cut a road in this dense forest, but the mountains here were too dense. The Japanese took more than an hour and only advanced a few hundred meters before they could climb to the middle of the mountain.

The Japanese captain panted heavily and leaned against a pine tree to wipe the sweat from his forehead. He was obviously very tired. Many Japanese officers were resting beside him.

"Captain, we will reach the top of the mountain in another hour." A Japanese officer came to report.

It took another hour to reach the top of the mountain. The Japanese captain wanted to die. He didn't know who came up with this bad idea just now, but he actually wanted to cross the mountain. He actually adopted it. If he had known this, it would be much better to go back along the original road of the valley.

He leaned against the pine trees and rested for more than ten minutes. During this period, a Japanese devil was diligently delivering a kettle. The Japanese captain took a few sips of cold water.

In the valley.

Company Commander Zhang is commanding the soldiers to set up mortars. This time, 12 60mm mortars and 6 81mm mortars were brought over, and a lot of ammunition was also brought over.

One is good, two is good, and three is good...

The soldiers who set up the mortars began to report that the mortars were set up not long after, and this was a simple artillery position. On a flat ground at the bottom of the valley, the mortars were neatly arranged, and the soldiers were in place.

In order to cover the artillery, Qian Hu also sent a company of soldiers to protect both sides of the artillery position. The soldiers of this infantry company spent an hour building simple fortifications and even set up several machine guns.

Company Commander Zhang looked at the Japanese on the hillside in the distance. The Japanese were driving the way forward in the dense forest. Although there were trees blocking them, they still looked vaguely. If the artillery bombarded, you only need to know the approximate location of the Japanese.

Due to the obstruction of trees, the Japanese in the dense forest had not found the soldiers yet, and they had no idea that the shells that covered their heads would hit them.

"Prepare for the first round of test shot!"

“Bang, bang, bang…”

Flashes of mortar fire sounded, and more than a dozen shells made sharp whistling sounds in the air, flying towards the Japanese on the hillside. Soon, a dense explosion sounded, and during this period, there were still screams of Japanese.

The Japanese captain who was resting suddenly heard a sharp whistling sound, and his face changed immediately. Soon, a dense explosion sounded on the hillside.

Hearing the rumbling explosion, the Japanese captain had a bad premonition. This time, climbing up this hillside was definitely a huge mistake and might have become a living target for the Chinese army.

"Adjust the shooting elements!"

Company Commander Zhang's shouts were full of energy. In the first round of test shots just now, nearly half of the shells hit the target area. With a slight adjustment, a large-scale shelling can be bombarded.

Soon, the soldiers adjusted, and then there was a ten-fire emergency fire. The mortar's rate of fire was much faster than that of howitzers. Even if it was a ten-fire test, it would not take long.

"Boom, boom, boom..."

Ten bursts of rapid fire began, and a large number of shells hit the Japanese in the sky. A violent explosion sounded immediately, and a large number of Japanese on the hillside were immediately stunned by the explosion.

Due to the lack of fortifications, the Japanese were completely exposed to the bombing of shells. If a shell exploded, the Japanese within a radius of more than ten meters would be affected. Even some trees were exploded, knocked down, and broken. A large number of shrapnel were splashed on some thicker trees.

Seeing this, the Japanese captain was startled and immediately fell down and lay on the ground. Looking at the violent explosions around, you could even see some branches being blown away, and some Japanese's broken limbs and broken arms flying in all directions.

The Japanese Chief of Staff, the Japanese Chief of Staff, ran over anxiously, lay down beside the Japanese Captain, and shouted loudly: "Captain, this is not possible. We are all living targets. We must rush down to eliminate the artillery. I just observed that the mortars of the Independent Brigade fired at us under the valley, less than one kilometer away from our current location. As long as we rush down, we can eliminate this artillery position."

Upon hearing this, the Japanese captain thought to himself, why didn't he expect that the mortars of the Independent Brigade could fire at him, and he must have moved the position forward. Generally speaking, moving the artillery position forward is very dangerous, and it is a taboo for military strategists.

Thinking of this, the Japanese captain finally laughed, with a ferocious laugh in his laughter.

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Second update.

From now on, it will basically be 6,000 words a day, and of course it will occasionally explode during this period, and this update speed will continue until it is released.
Chapter completed!