As soon as the remaining Japanese soldiers retreated, fierce gunfire sounded on the battlefield, and clouds of black smoke quickly rose from the blocking position halfway up the mountain.
In less than a minute, the smoke from the explosion filled the entire blocking position.
Chu Yunfei's face also changed at this moment, his expression of admiration was replaced by worry again, and he couldn't help but mutter to himself: "The little devil likes to bully us for not having heavy weapons..."
"Half the squadron's mortars were used to attack most of our company. It's too bullying!"
"I've often encountered this type of attack before. Once when we were blocking, the Japs actually called planes to bomb one of our company's positions."
"The bombing is over, not even a single living soldier has been found, they all died."
"The Japanese artillery fire is so fierce, I guess the casualties of the Second Company are also heavy... But Brother Kong doesn't need to be too sad. They killed more than 40 Japanese and puppet troops in the exchange of fire just now. In terms of casualty ratio, we did not suffer a loss!"
As Chu Yunfei talked, he actually comforted Kong Jie, obviously very confident in his judgment.
But Kong Jie did not accept his sympathy, his expression was calm, and he kept observing the battlefield with a telescope, as if he had not heard his comfort.
Chu Yunfei felt angry for a while. If it weren't for the fact that this was the territory of the Independent Regiment, where the other party was the master and he was the guest, he would have wanted to open his mouth and curse.
The shelling lasted for five minutes before stopping.
Mortars have low power and will not damage blocking positions.
However, the six mortars fired a total of more than 200 shells. Relying on their numerical advantage, they still bombed the blocking position into a mess...
When the smoke cleared, there was no intact trench in the more than 100-meter-long blocking position. There were bomb craters everywhere.
Chu Yunfei became more convinced of his judgment and immediately stared at Kong Jie in a provocative manner to see how he would explain the matter.
Kong Jie was the same as before, still without any reaction and continued to stare at the battlefield.
Chu Yunfei punched the cotton, feeling aggrieved and helpless...
"A new round of Japanese attacks has begun..." the observation post reminded.
More than fifty Japanese soldiers rushed out of the team, carrying guns and light machine guns, and trotted toward the Eighth Route Army position halfway up the mountain.
In the eyes of the Japanese, the puppet troops are their cannon fodder wherever they are.
It is most appropriate to send them to the battlefield when the enemy's situation is unknown.
Now that the Japanese have figured out the strength of the Eighth Route Army and have been bombarding them with artillery for a long time, the next attack will probably be to take advantage, and it will definitely not be the puppet army's turn.
Chu Yunfei looked at the battlefield at the same time, taking a look at the reason why Kong Jie ignored him just now.
The Japanese troops were 100 meters away from the position...there was no movement in the blocking position...
Sixty meters away...the blocking position has not moved yet...
When Chu Yunfei was looking more and more confused, a series of sudden gunshots suddenly sounded on the battlefield...
Three crooked guns sprayed bullets at the Japanese from different angles... and forty or fifty rifles were also fired...
In just one salvo, a third of the fifty-odd Japanese troops fell...
The surviving Japanese soldiers did not retreat. They immediately set up their machine guns to fight back, and at the same time fired three grenades at the machine gun fire point...
"Boom boom boom..."
Three plumes of black smoke quickly rose around a fire point, and it took two or three seconds for the explosion to reach Chu Yunfei's ears.
What surprised Chu Yunfei was that the firepower point that was supposed to be destroyed in the explosion did not stop shooting, but continued to fire bullets at the Japanese, reaping their lives...
During this process, seven or eight more Japanese were hit by bullets and lay motionless on the ground.
"Boom boom boom..."
Three plumes of black smoke rose among the Japanese at the same time, and several grenadier soldiers squatting behind a stone immediately fell down...
The grenadier soldiers who were still alive rushed around to avoid the second round of grenades that might be fired by the Eighth Route Army...
The two light machine guns on the blocking position had already been targeting them.
As soon as a few grenadier soldiers emerged from behind the rocks, a hail of bullets flew towards them...
"Boom, boom, boom..." The Japanese mortar squadron joined the battle in time...
Each cannonball seems to have eyes, hitting the point of fire accurately!
But the light machine gun after being bombed was still unaffected and continued to shoot...
The Japanese offensive troops could no longer hold out, so they turned around and retreated...
But they were too close to the blocking position, and they needed to retreat far enough to completely withdraw from the blocking fire range. As a result, five or six more bodies were left behind on the way back...
In less than five minutes from the beginning of the attack, only twelve or three people of a fully-equipped infantry squad had left the battlefield...
Chu Yunfei was shocked and his face immediately turned red...
Just now they were mocking the enemy, saying that the enemy's artillery fire was too fierce and the blocking troops would suffer heavy casualties and would be unable to stop the enemy's next attack.
I didn't expect the slap in the face to come so quickly...
As soon as he finished speaking, the blocking troops emerged from every corner of the position, with almost no casualties.
What's more important is that their machine gun firepower was not afraid of Japanese grenades and mortars, and they killed most of the Japanese in the squad...
Just when Chu Yunfei looked embarrassed and didn't know what to do, Kong Jie finally said: "Brother Yunfei, the mission of the blocking force has been completed... we can withdraw!"
"Didn't we fight well? Why not pursue the victory and use our position to repel one or two more attacks from the Japs!" Chu Yunfei was confused by Kong Jie's fighting style and asked with a puzzled look on his face.
"The Japanese set up the infantry artillery!" Kong Jie shook his head and explained.
"No matter how strong the firepower points on the blocking position are, they can't withstand a random bombardment by infantry artillery... If we continue to defend, even if the Second Company can repel the Japs' next attack, they will suffer heavy casualties, which is not cost-effective!"
"It's better to just accept it when it's good..."
"As long as a person is alive, there will be plenty of opportunities to deal with little devils slowly..."
The two infantry guns walking in the middle of the team have been pushed to the foot of the mountain by the Japanese. There are ghost gunners fixing the guns, gunners adjusting the shooting angle of the guns... and gunners carrying the shells... they will fire in five minutes at most...
Take another look at the blocking position on the mountainside...
There were soldiers holding weapons, and soldiers carrying the wounded... retreating quickly along the trenches...
They all bent over and tried to hide their bodies in the trenches as much as possible. The little Japanese who were moving at the foot of the mountain did not notice that their opponents were retreating.
Judging from the number of people, the loss of the second company should not exceed two squads.
Taking another look at the front of the position, there were seventy or eighty Japanese and puppet troops lying scattered and scattered...
The casualty ratio of almost one to five made Chu Yunfei secretly frightened, and he finally understood the true meaning of the words "just leave it when it's good"...
Seventy or eighty Japanese and puppet troops can be killed with one blocking position. If several more such blocking positions are used later, all the puppet troops will be killed in three to four hundred days, and the price paid by the independent regiment is less than one company.
When the decisive battle began, the total strength of the Japanese and puppet troops had been reduced sharply to 800 or 900 people, but the independent regiment still had more than 1,000 people. If they launched a sudden attack on favorable terrain, the independent regiment had at least a 70% chance of winning.
After analyzing this, Chu Yunfei slowly understood where Kong Jie's confidence lies.
But he still underestimated the strength of Kong Jie and the independent group.
Just as Chu Yunfei analyzed in his mind, a few blocking positions can indeed kill three to four hundred Japanese and puppet troops.
But he ignored the huge impact that guerrilla warfare had on the entire war...
Working piecemeal along the way, the sneak attack force was able to kill at least a hundred Japs, all of them machine gunners and gunners.
After the decisive battle began, the main force suddenly launched an attack...
The Japanese and puppet troops, which had lost a large number of gunners and machine gunners, would certainly not be able to immediately organize artillery counterattacks and heavy machine gun counterattacks...
The Japanese army was able to fight head-on on the Chinese battlefield, and artillery and heavy machine guns played a huge role.
Once there is no artillery support and heavy machine gun support, they will become a tiger without fangs, and their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced.
The mortars and heavy machine guns equipped by the independent regiment can replace them, dominate the entire battlefield, and suppress the Japanese!
The infantry took the opportunity to launch a general attack and fought with them...
Even if the Japanese regain order from the chaos and the remaining gunners set up their artillery, they will have no chance to fire on the battlefield that has become a mess.
With the current combat effectiveness of the Independent Regiment, even a two-on-one bayonet fight is no match for the Japanese, but the Independent Regiment has a sharp weapon to break the Japanese bayonet array.
Before the war, Kong Jie concentrated all the submachine guns and pistols equipped by the entire regiment into the first and fourth battalions...
More than 30 submachine guns, more than 60 Mauser pistols, more than 100 tortoise boxes...
After strangulating with the Japs and then shooting at close range, it would be enough to kill three to four hundred Japs.
The artillery unit and the light and heavy machine gun units will kill another one or two hundred people, leaving three to four hundred days left, no matter how powerful the puppet army is, they will not be able to make any big waves.
In Kong Jie's eyes, the independent group has at least a 90% chance of winning this battle.
The less than 10% chance of winning lies with the Japanese Air Force.
If the independent regiment can win the battle quickly, the Japanese aviation will not affect the outcome of the battle.
If the troops fail to make a quick victory and the Japanese air force arrives on the battlefield in time, the cost of killing the Japanese will definitely increase a lot...
Chu Yunfei didn't know Kong Jie's other trump card yet, but the battle he just saw was enough for him to digest for a while.
In a ravine about two miles away from Chenjiayu, more than seventy members of Yamamoto's special agent team are all lurking here, ready to go.
Yamamoto Kazuki looked intently at the dark mountain road ahead, his expression both nervous and expectant.
Several bird calls suddenly sounded in the dark night. Yamamoto Kazuki immediately responded with two identical bird calls, and then saw two figures running towards them.
"Captain, the situation of the Eighth Route Army's garrison in Chenjiayu is exactly the same as our previous investigation..." The leading lieutenant began to report as soon as he saw Kazuki Yamamoto.
"The new barracks, guard battalion, fourth battalion, artillery... are all at their respective stations and have not gone out!"
"The defensive strength of the cliff on the back mountain of Chenjiayu is still a platoon...but they built a temporary defense line 150 meters behind the cliff, and they are not equipped with heavy weapons..."
"As long as we successfully climb the cliff, we will soon be able to break through to the other side!"
"Yo Xi..." Yamamoto Kazuki's worries disappeared instantly. He glanced at Chen Jiayu not far away and began to give orders.
"We started taking action in five minutes, raided the independent regiment headquarters as planned, and then went straight to the Eighth Route Army headquarters..."
