The remaining seven tanks and armored vehicles of the tank squadron quickly turned around, spitting black smoke and roaring towards the front line positions.
"Dong dong dong..."
Vehicle-mounted heavy machine guns joined the battle at the same time, and bullets flew towards the front line like a free rain, suppressing more than a hundred Eighth Route Army troops there.
"Boom boom boom..."
The three tank guns suddenly roared, and three clouds of white smoke immediately spewed out from the black muzzle. A violent explosion soon sounded in the front line. Two heavy machine guns were blown over on the spot, and the machine gunners were also blown away.
How miserable it is.
This scene instantly gave the Japanese captain the hope that his men would regain their frontline positions.
His eyes were getting redder and redder, and he pulled out his command knife fiercely, and ordered with excitement: "Kill him..."
"Follow the chariot, recapture the first-line position, and kill all the Eighth Route Army troops above... Hurry up!"
"Rumble..."
Two consecutive explosions suddenly rang in the captain's ears, abruptly interrupting what he had not finished speaking.
The two unstoppable tanks were suddenly engulfed by the fire caused by the explosion and stopped in place.
How arrogant he was just now, how tragic he is now.
The captain was very heartbroken, but he did not let the troops stop.
There are five tanks left in the tank squadron, and the front line position is right in front of everyone. It can be taken down with a single assault. Generally speaking, the chance of the troops taking it down is still very high.
If we stop attacking and continue to fight tunnel battles with the Eighth Route Army, no matter how many troops we have around us, they won't be enough to kill the Eighth Route Army.
If you stay here overdue and wait to die, it is better to fight to the death and lead the troops to charge forward, maybe you can reach a brighter future.
Holding the command knife, he swung it forward and roared loudly: "Continue to charge forward, don't stop..."
"Rumble..."
The violent explosion reached the captain's ears again, and another armored vehicle was engulfed in flames.
As soon as the tanks and armored vehicles lay down, the Japanese soldiers hiding behind them were in dire straits and had to charge forward in the face of bullets.
Although there were only about a hundred Eighth Route Army troops in the front-line position, they were equipped with nearly twenty light and heavy machine guns.
Even if a few heavy machine guns were destroyed by tanks, the remaining light machine guns would be enough for them to drink.
Within the field of vision, the subordinates who turned around and retreated were swept to the ground one by one. In the blink of an eye, another infantry squad was wiped out of the already small number of troops.
The Japanese army attacked the position, and Major General Hashimoto was going crazy.
When Li Yunlong built the ground position, most of the excavated soil was piled on the Japanese side, forming an earth wall more than half a meter high against the trench.
The terrain at the entrance of the town was originally a little higher than outside the town. Major General Hashimoto was standing outside the town, and there was an earth wall in the middle. No matter how he looked, he could only see the heads of the attacking troops, but not the specific battle situation.
Seeing that the numbers of the attacking troops were decreasing, but the Eighth Route Army attacking them could not be seen, Major General Hashimoto could not wait to go to the battlefield to take command in person.
"Brigade commander...the attacking troops seem to be retreating..." the brigade chief of staff said suddenly.
As soon as he finished speaking, the retreat signal was transmitted to the offensive position, and the sound of interception gunfire from the front-line blocking position reached the ears of Major General Hashimoto at the same time.
"Bagya Road..."
Major General Hashimoto became furious when he heard this: "The artillery fire coverage just now failed to completely destroy the tunnel entrance and exit on the position!"
"The Eighth Route Army must be using those entrances and exits to attack the attacking troops."
"The first-line blocking position we just occupied was also taken back by the Eighth Route Army!"
"The offensive troops must retreat immediately, otherwise they will face the Eighth Route Army's front and rear attacks and eventually be wiped out on the battlefield."
"Artillery preparations..."
"As soon as the offensive troops withdrew from the front-line positions, they fired artillery to attack the Eighth Route Army troops operating on the ground... At the same time, they destroyed the remaining tunnel entrances and exits on the positions to cover the withdrawal of the offensive troops."
Major General Hashimoto reacted quickly and issued the wisest military order immediately.
But the reaction speed of the battalion leader of the offensive force was too slow.
They should have issued a retreat order as soon as they encountered the Eighth Route Army's surprise attack.
Instead of waiting for the attacking troops to enter the tunnel and lose more than one squadron in a row before retreating.
More than half of the attacking troops have suffered casualties, and even the tanks and armored vehicles they had high hopes for have been lost.
Even if there are not more than a hundred Eighth Route Army troops blocking the road ahead, they can all be kept in the blocking position just by cold-blooded attacks from the Eighth Route Army troops hiding at the entrances and exits of the tunnels...
"Da da da……"
A machine gun suddenly fired fifty meters to the left of the Japanese captain, and bullets rained down on him in a fan shape.
After the previous battles, the dozen or so guards guarding the captain were gone.
Although a guard sensed the danger and alerted the captain immediately.
But standing on the other side of the captain, he couldn't block the rapidly incoming bullets with his body immediately, so he could only use his mouth to remind him.
As a result, just as the captain was about to lie down, two bullets penetrated his body.
"Boom boom boom..."
A rain of grenades struck the Japanese attacking troops again.
After the three soldiers threw the grenades, they did not get into the tunnel as quickly as before to avoid the Japs.
He quickly picked up the 38-meter cover and poked his head out of the tunnel entrance, looking for any little Japs who could still move around.
Fifty meters away, at another tunnel entrance, a machine gun team climbed directly onto the ground and formed an assault formation to kill three little Japs not far away.
"Da da da……"
The light machine gun was held in the arms of the machine gunner and used as a submachine gun, charging forward while holding fire.
The three Japs were pinned to the ground, without even a chance to raise their heads to fight back.
"idiot……"
A Japanese soldier, Captain Cao, was cornered and suddenly rolled to his side to avoid the incoming machine gun bullets. He picked up his 38-inch cover and opened fire on the machine gun team.
"Bang bang bang..."
Several gunshots rang out nearby at the same time.
The bullet fired by the Japanese leader Cao hit the machine gunner in the stomach, and he fell to the ground face to face. The sound of machine gun fire suddenly stopped.
But the Eighth Route Army operating around was far more than just this one machine gun group.
There were fewer and fewer Japs on the battlefield, and they no longer threatened the safety of the Eighth Route Army. There was no need for the soldiers to shoot and change places like before.
Many soldiers stayed at the entrance and exit of the tunnel and went to find the Japs by themselves.
Although the Japanese leader Cao escaped the hail of bullets fired by the machine gun team, he did not escape the attacks of several nearby riflemen.
When the Japanese army attacked the position, the brigade chief of staff frowned more and more, and suddenly reminded Major General Hashimoto: "General..."
"Something seems to be wrong..."
"The sound of firefights on the position is getting weaker. It stands to reason that they are breaking out, and the firepower should be getting stronger and stronger."
Major General Hashimoto analyzed with a stern face: "I can see it too!"
"Get the artillery ready..."
"In case the attacking troops fail to withdraw, they will fire immediately and must severely damage the Eighth Route Army on the ground."
