Chapter 416 Tempting the Force (21)

At noon, the officers and soldiers of the Chinese and Indian troops had lunch and entered caves or tunnels to cool off. [The officers and soldiers who observed the movements of the Japanese army on the position were divided into several groups and took turns to monitor the Japanese army's actions on the position.

At around 1 pm, the sun shone brightly, and there was no cloud in the blue sky. The hot sun burned the earth, and even the soil on the ground was smoke.

Compared with the Japanese army, whose faces remained unchanged, the guards holding parasols on the positions were obviously inferior.

Stationed about 500 meters away from the mountain ridge on the right side of Shentou Village and was named Ningyuan Village. More than ten officers and soldiers under the 3rd Regiment of the 1st Division of the Guards gathered listlessly to chat.

"Squad Leader, I heard that after our troops entered Shentou Village, the Japanese army just launched an attack on Shentouling and had not attacked other villages yet, right?" A soldier asked the squad leader with a green grass in his mouth, with a depressed look on his face.

The squad leader said helplessly: "Yes, as long as you capture Shentou Village, the Japanese army can achieve the combat goal..D. Fight other villages. Even if you capture them, you have to walk around the mountain road for a few days before you can rescue the 19th Regiment. Moreover, when they walk out of the mountain road, they may face harassment and blockade from our army. Therefore, the Japanese army should not seek far away and attack other villages."

"Ah, such a good gun, it's a pity that you can't use it to kill a few more Japanese devils." A soldier fiddled with the m1903 rifle in his hand and said in disappointment.

"Xiao Si, you are so bad at marksmanship, don't waste bullets," another soldier joked.

Xiao Si's face darkened, and he was about to refute when an extremely loud voice suddenly rang out.

"Precaution prepared for combat"

"The Japanese army is coming to our position, and the Japanese army is coming to our position."

A reconnaissance soldier from the 3rd Regiment ran into the position, shouting that the Japanese army was about to attack, while continuing to advance and running to report to the rear of the position.

Immediately afterwards, there were gunfires from Ningyuanzhuang far and near, and there were a little gunfire sounds mixed in.

Everyone was greatly energetic and jumped up in a hurry to enter their respective defensive positions.

The squad leader held a gun and stared nervously ahead. A few minutes later, hundreds of Japanese troops entered his sight.

"The Japanese army launched a full-line attack this time. Everyone cheered up and fired their guns," the squad leader shouted.

"Bang bang bang"

When the Japanese army entered more than 100 meters, the officers and soldiers of the 1st Company of the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Regiment stationed on this position rushed over and entered the position to shoot at the Japanese army.

Since the officers and soldiers of the guards were equipped with m1903 rifles and grenades, their firepower advantages were relatively obvious, so this wave of attack was easily repelled by the 1st Company.

Soon, the Japanese army encountered strong resistance in attacks everywhere and was defeated. After some communication, the Japanese command found that the guard troops stationed in several small villages such as Ningyuan Village were relatively weak, so he redeployed and mobilized one squadron after another to attack Ningyuan Village and other villages in turn.

At around 3 o'clock in the afternoon, it suddenly started to rain heavily. The Japanese commander was ecstatic and ordered the Japanese officers and soldiers to launch a more crazier attack in the rain.

At around 4 pm, the rain was getting heavier and heavier.

The Japanese army continued to launch attacks, and the battle situation was extremely fierce. The companies of the 1st Battalion of the 3rd Regiment stationed in Ningyuan Village successively entered the battle and repelled the Japanese army's attacks again and again.

However, the guns and ammunition of each company of the 1st Battalion were almost exhausted. The troops who came to support from the mountains on the right side of Shentou Village were unable to arrive due to heavy rain.

At around 5 pm, the Japanese army relied on the sea of ​​people to pay the price of more than 3,000 casualties to capture Ningyuan Village. Another nearby village was also captured by the Japanese army at the same time.

Most of the guards stationed in these two villages died in hand-to-hand combat, and only a small part retreated to the mountains.

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