Chapter 072 Kong Jie has tasted the sweetness (seeking a monthly ticket)
Although the Japanese forward squadron is called a squadron, its total strength is actually only more than 120 people, including more than 20 machine gunners from the heavy machine gun squadron.
The squadron leader was none other than Captain Okada, who had fought against Kong Jie and had made meritorious deeds.
He led the remaining soldiers under his command and rushed forward, praying while running that the Eighth Route Army would not set up an ambush halfway...
"Dong dong dong..."
Two heavy machine guns suddenly fired on the high ground on the side of the mountain road.
Bullets rained across the mountain road in a fan shape, and the forward squadron fell to a dozen Japanese in an instant...
Five crooked guns, two mortars, more than fifty rifles...joined the battle together, and the flying bullets killed more than twenty Japanese...
One of the two shells happened to hit the mountain road, right next to Okada.
Before he could lie down, the powerful air wave knocked him over, and two pieces of fragments pierced his body at the same time... He fell to the ground without moving.
The remaining Japanese birds flew away and immediately rushed towards the bushes and pits on both sides of the mountain road, trying to hide.
The light and heavy machine guns mounted halfway up the mountain poured down fire at them, bullets followed them, and artillery shells hit them one after another...
Soldiers were shot and fell to the ground almost every second...
"Tick-tock...tick-tock..." The loud charge horn soon sounded amidst the sound of gunfire. More than a hundred soldiers jumped up from the bunker, holding guns, like tigers descending the mountain, howling and rushing towards the mountain road.
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There were less than sixty Japanese soldiers left on the mountain road. Everyone was frightened by the Eighth Route Army troops rushing out from the mountainside. Their faces were full of panic and they didn't know what to do next.
Some Japs who were not afraid of death got up from their hiding spots with fierce faces and fought back, but the light and heavy machine guns on the mountainside did not give them this chance...
Bullets flew over in a hail of bullets, screams rang out one after another, and several Japanese were killed as soon as they showed up...
The tragic scenes so close at hand frightened other Japanese soldiers into not wanting to show their faces and fight back...
In this moment of confusion, a row of more than forty grenades and grenades fell from the sky and hit their hiding spot.
"Rumble..."
The dense explosions sounded like thunder on the mountain road, and most of the Japanese were killed and injured before they had time to react.
A dozen Japanese soldiers were lucky enough to survive, but their good luck ended here.
More than a hundred soldiers had already rushed to their side, raising their guns and shooting without even taking aim.
He was beaten into a sieve in an instant...
"Give each little Japs a hit, clean the battlefield immediately, take away all the weapons and ammunition that can be taken away, and retreat in three minutes... Go faster, the main force of the Japs will be here soon!" The two company commanders said to the Japs.
Rifle side command.
On the mountain road two kilometers away, Major Kuroki was leading the main force of the regiment forward rapidly.
As soon as the sound of the firefight of the attack on the forward squadron reached his ears, a bad premonition flashed through his mind, and he quickly urged the troops to speed up their march and immediately reinforce the forward squadron.
The gunfire lasted less than three minutes and then stopped abruptly. The bad premonition in Major Kuroki's mind became even stronger.
But it was difficult for him to make a judgment before he arrived at the battlefield, so he could only continue to rush towards the direction where the gunfire came from.
More than a hundred corpses lay scattered on the ground...
More than a dozen shell craters are scattered on both sides of the mountain road, and most of the shell craters have Japanese corpses lying next to them...
Not a single weapon or ammunition was left; they were all snatched away by the ambush troops...
"Sir, all 126 members of the forward squadron from Captain Okada on down were killed in the battle, and all weapons and ammunition were robbed... The Eighth Route Army that ambushed the forward squadron consisted of approximately one battalion, equipped with at least two heavy machine guns and two mortars..."
"After the battle, retreat to the northeast of the battlefield! It will take no more than ten minutes... You should be able to see them when you go around the mountain pass ahead!"
In the past, at this time, the officers below would rush to stand up and ask for a fight, hoping to lead troops to pursue and kill the Eighth Route Army that had just ambushed the forward squadron.
The scene at this moment was completely opposite. None of his subordinates stood up to ask for a fight. They all showed solemn expressions.
Major Kuroki was also sullen and silent, and another captain had to step forward to rescue him: "Kuroki-kun, the Eighth Route Army can completely wipe out one of our squadrons in three minutes with only one battalion, and only uses two mortars.
Two heavy machine guns show that their combat effectiveness is stronger than we imagined!"
"If they use all the captured heavy machine guns and mortars, we may not be able to take them down with all our troops!"
Major Kuroki did not dare to continue chasing.
The commander and the chief of staff were both killed in the battle, and Major Kuroki was appointed as the acting commander and temporarily took over the Sakata Regiment.
If an accident occurs in the army and suffers heavy losses in the next battle, not only will he be unable to go further and remove the word "agent", but he will also be held responsible for the defeat and lose his position as captain.
What he needs most now is the word "stability".
Even if there is no chance to remove the word "agent" from his head, he still has to keep his position as captain.
Immediately ordered: "The troops camped on the spot. I will immediately report the situation here to the headquarters and request ammunition and artillery support. I will take action after further instructions from my superiors!"
Kong Jie was in a very good mood. The surprise battle just now went smoothly beyond imagination.
In less than three minutes, a dissatisfied squadron was completely killed.
If this battle had been put before the independent regiment had an encounter with the Sakata Regiment, even if he had pulled out the most powerful battalion, he would not have been able to kill more than 120 Japanese in three minutes.
As a regiment leader, Kong Jie must learn to summarize the combat experience of each battle and improve his commanding capabilities.
In the ambush battle that just ended, the most vivid thing in my memory was the firepower.
Seven light and heavy machine guns fired at the same time, and two mortars continued to fire shells...
The powerful firepower instantly killed half of the Japs and suppressed the remaining Japs on the ground, creating an excellent opportunity for the infantry to attack...
This was the first time Kong Jie tasted the huge benefits that powerful firepower brought to the troops.
At the same time, a thought flashed through my mind: If the firepower of the independent regiment was doubled, a reinforced company might be able to eat up an infantry squadron.
He decided to try it after the counter-sweep was over.
A large amount of equipment and ammunition was seized during the raid on Cangyun Ridge. As a direct participant in the raid, there was no credit but hard work. The brigade headquarters would definitely give priority to selecting part of the loot to equip the troops.
There are four infantry cannons and four mountain cannons. It is definitely not too much to keep two infantry cannons for yourself.
It is not too much to leave four of the eight mortars behind.
Four of the eleven heavy machine guns are left, ten light machine guns are left, two to three hundred rifles, seven or eight grenade launchers, and some supporting ammunition are left. The independent regiment's firepower level can be increased by at least 50%.