...This is the third time that Japanese squadron leader Captain Kotani has transported supplies from Xiaolingou Mountain Road.
Since this transportation route is concealed enough and the mountain road itself is very fast and convenient, in Captain Kotani’s opinion, this is an excellent transportation route.
The most important thing is that you can use the absolute concealment of this transportation route to avoid the harassment of the annoying Eighth Route Army.
Captain Otani heard that compared to the transportation route he chose, several other transportation routes to Ping'an County were always harassed and attacked by the Eighth Route Army every time they transported materials.
As for the Xiaolingou Mountain Road transportation route he chose, the first two times went extremely smoothly without any problems.
Therefore, in this transportation, Captain Kotani was as confident as the previous two times and believed that nothing would go wrong along the way.
The vanguard, who was about 200 meters ahead of the team, had already sent a signal using semaphores. Everything on the road ahead was normal and it was safe to pass.
After receiving the news, Captain Kotani nodded and directed the team to move forward.
At this time, as we moved forward, the original fields on the left side of the mountain road gradually disappeared, and a weir pond with no apparent depth appeared, which was used by nearby villagers to store water.
The water in the weir pond is very clear. When he passed by here two times before, Captain Xiaogu was still thinking about whether he could take time to bring fishing gear and go fishing.
As he directed the team to move forward, Captain Kotani's attention was almost completely drawn to the rippling water of the weir pond on the left side of the mountain road. In his hometown, before he joined the war, there was a similar road.
Weir pond.
"What a pity, this is not my hometown after all!" Captain Xiaotani murmured.
The gunfire suddenly rang out from the hillside on the right, when Captain Kotani and his transport team arrived at the middle of the weir pond on the left.
There is an ambush...
This idea had just grown in Captain Otani's mind, when a solitary gunshot suddenly rang out, followed closely by firepower pouring down like raindrops.
The ambush opponent looked like he was an expert at commanding. He divided the machine gun firepower into four or five points, and intertwined them from different angles on the hillside to form a firepower network with almost no blind spots.
The bunkers of the machine gun fortifications were constructed so cleverly that Captain Otani was unable to determine the specific location of the opponent's machine gun fortifications immediately.
After the first round of fire, the transport team was caught off guard and fell down dozens of people on the right side.
Captain Otani quickly recovered from the trance of missing his hometown, quickly pulled out his command sword, and roared to command the troops to quickly build counterattack fortifications.
The Japanese soldiers were all well-trained, but the reaction of the accompanying puppet troops was half a beat slower. When encountering a surprise attack, the Japanese soldiers did not panic and quickly used the transport vehicles as bunkers to fight with the enemies on the slopes.
Counter-shooting.
Then, rounds of black, long-handled iron lumps began to hit the hillside.
Captain Kotani immediately recognized the thing. He almost screamed and ordered: "Grenade! Hidden, hidden -"
Fierce attacks followed one after another with the explosion of grenades.
Five machine gun fire points are still roaring wildly.
Captain Otani realized that the situation was not good. On the transportation route that he thought was absolutely hidden, such a powerful enemy was ambushed in advance.
Judging from the opponent's firepower configuration, Captain Otani can confirm that this must be the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
The Eighth Route Army unit that ambushed him had an extremely fierce firepower.
The attacks were even more violent, one after another, without giving him any chance to breathe.
Captain Kotani, who graduated from the Japanese Army Military Academy, immediately issued combat orders.
As an outstanding talent from the Imperial Military Academy, Captain Kotani has been on the battlefield many times and has rich on-the-spot command experience.
Although the battle only lasted less than five minutes until now.
But he still keenly discovered the weakness of this enemy army.
The opponent's firepower was only fierce at first, but it shocked him. After all, they were just a transport squadron, and they did not carry heavy weapons this time.
But it didn't take long for the opponent's firepower to gradually weaken, especially those machine gun fortifications. The original continuous bursts of fire actually started bursting at the back.
Even the grenades that were constantly thrown gradually disappeared.
Obviously, the opponent's ammunition is not sufficient.
This is very consistent with the Eighth Route Army's lack of ammunition.
At this point, although the casualties of the transport squadron have exceeded one-third, Captain Kotani is not panicked. In his opinion, as long as he completes the construction of the machine gun and grenade positions, once his superior firepower opens his fangs, this ambush will be destroyed.
The opponent will inevitably die.
The Japanese's three machine gun groups, six Taisho 11-year-old light machine guns, and three grenade groups with six grenade launchers immediately launched a counterattack.
But before the machine gun fire could last long, an enemy seemed to have locked onto the machine gunner on the hillside, and the machine gunners who were manipulating the machine gun fire were shot down by the opponent.
The gunners in the grenade position are no exception.
"Cover——"
Seeing this scene, Captain Kotani roared an order, and several rifle groups immediately launched a counterattack against the enemies on the hillside.
A roar came from the hillside: "Throw down all the grenades!"
Captain Xiaotani didn't understand Chinese, but he could guess that it must be an order given by the other party's commander.
Dozens of grenades suddenly swayed down the hillside at different angles.
Captain Kotani didn't have time to yell for cover.
The voice on the hillside roared again: "All charge, blow the charge horn!"
Dududududu——
The high-pitched sound of the horn spread from the hillside and echoed over the Xiaolingou Mountain area.
Amidst the violent explosions of dozens of grenades flying down, gunpowder smoke almost completely enveloped the middle section of the weir pond on Xiaolingoushan Road.
Under the leadership of Kong Jie, the soldiers of the independent regiment on the hillside rushed down the mountain like tigers. Under the cover of firepower from machine gun fortifications and shooting teams, they quickly rushed down the hillside and had a hand-to-hand encounter with the Japanese and puppet troops in the transport team.
Captain Xiaotani was stunned. He had never expected that the enemy would be so crazy and use such a desperate attack. All his plans came to nothing.
Before his machine gun and grenade fortifications could be deployed, the enemy was so eager to launch an assault.
A brutal hand-to-hand battle is about to break out.
The superior firepower of the Japanese transport squadron was temporarily useless.
On the hillside, Kong Jie, who was leading the charge, was about to rush to the bottom of the hillside. When he looked up, he caught a glimpse of the Japanese soldier holding the command knife high.
"Gun!"
Taking the rifle from a soldier beside him, Kong Jie quickly stopped, knelt down and fired the gun, loaded it, held the gun, aimed, and shot, all in one go.
Bang——
The bullets spinning at high speed flew out.
Captain Kotani, who was holding his command knife high and commanding dozens of meters away, was shot in the head and fell to the ground on the spot.
Life passed quickly, and Captain Xiaotani, who was full of unwillingness, finally locked his wide eyes in the direction of the weir pond not far away... Farewell, my hometown!