"Company Commander, the Japs have begun to attack again." Before the Japs' shelling stopped, a warning sentry sounded from the position. After receiving the news, the company commander Zhou Cheng quickly raised the telescope in his hand and poked his head out of the trench.
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The Japanese attack this time is still a small group. If you guessed correctly, this small group should be the one that just retreated. This Japanese attack is still the same as the previous attack, without any changes. In the mortar, heavy machine gun
Under the cover of the enemy, the infantry lined up three rows of skirmishers and slowly advanced towards the position.
"Comrades, take aim for me and shoot when you are right. As long as the Japanese advance to 100 meters in front of the position, fire for me." Zhou Cheng shouted to the more than 50 soldiers left on the position.
commanded.
"Comrades, shoot me..." Just when the Japanese troops were about a hundred meters away from the position, Captain Zhou Cheng shouted loudly. Suddenly, a burst of gunfire hit the advancing Japanese troops. Dozens of people in the first row were
Half of the Japanese army fell immediately. Next, the soldiers opened fire freely.
The deputy captain who was holding the line behind the troops had lost nearly ten soldiers again in the volley just now, but he had no intention of retreating. This should be because after the failure of the first attack just now, the deputy captain personally assured Jiro Ono that
, he wants to use his remaining troops to completely annihilate the Chinese army in front of him. If he cannot complete the task, he will directly commit suicide on the battlefield and apologize to His Majesty the Emperor.
"Kill..." For the sake of his future military career, the deputy captain at this time no longer cared about the life and death of the soldiers. He kept waving the command knife in his hand at the back of the team, urging the soldiers to move forward.
Facing the suicidal charge, the remaining Japanese soldiers seemed to be desperate for their lives. Regardless of the casualties of their comrades, they bent down and rushed forward desperately, charging while aiming and shooting.
Faced with such a fierce charge by the Japanese army, the Eighth Route Army's position, which was already thin and short of ammunition, suddenly felt huge pressure. The Japanese even rushed into a distance of 20 meters from the position, but they were suppressed by the soldiers with grenades.
However, the casualties among the soldiers were also very huge. In just a few minutes, the number of soldiers able to move on the position was reduced by half again.
Faced with huge casualties, fierce Japanese charges, and increasingly weak gunfire on the position, Zhou Cheng, as the company commander, suddenly felt tremendous pressure and kept looking to the rear of the position, hoping that the instructor's third platoon would come over quickly.
.Finally, the hard work paid off, and the instructor suddenly appeared at the entrance of the village.
"Comrades, hold on, the instructor's reinforcements are coming." Seeing the instructor and the three fully armed platoons behind him, Zhou Cheng's confidence surged again, and he shouted excitedly to the remaining soldiers on the position.
"Company commander, how is the situation? Turning over and entering the trench, the instructor quickly asked after seeing the tragic scene in the trench.
"Let's not talk about this for now. Order the third platoon to enter the position immediately and repel the little Japs attack first." The company commander ignored the anxious instructor and ordered loudly to the third platoon leader behind the instructor.
With the reinforcements of the third platoon, the vitality on the position immediately more than doubled. Under the fierce attack of the soldiers, the position was finally saved. The Japanese deputy captain also fulfilled his promise and ordered the remaining two
After a dozen soldiers retreated under the leadership of a sergeant, they knelt in front of the position and committed suicide by disembowelment.
"Alas, the little devil finally retreated." The blocking battle lasted less than ten minutes, but in the eyes of Bearing, it seemed like a day, or even longer. He saw that the little devil dropped two-thirds of the corpses and retreated in embarrassment.
Company commander Zhou Cheng breathed a sigh of relief and sat down on the ground.
"Instructor, you have also seen the casualties of the soldiers. Such heavy casualties were caused by the two mortars of the little Japanese. Therefore, I want to knock out the two mortars of the little Japanese." I saw the front of the position.
The corpses of little Japanese were all over the ground, and after seeing the remains of soldiers lying everywhere in the trenches, company commander Zhou Cheng said.
"Company Commander, you are the commander of the unit, so let me go. Give me two squads and I will knock him out." The instructor quickly refused.
"Okay, now is a critical moment, so I won't argue with you. In this way, you take the company headquarters' security squad and go there in groups of three platoons. Remember, no matter whether you can complete the mission or not, you must remember to come back alive." Company Commander
A cherished confession.
"Don't worry, company commander, the kid can't kill me yet. Do I still have to live to watch the kid being driven out of China by us?" the instructor said with a smile, hoping to dispel Zhou Cheng's worries.
"Okay, instructor, I'm waiting for your good news. Militia company commander, Captain Li. You collect all the extra bullets from your militia company and hand them over to the troops on the position. There is also an important task for you to do.
Leave two platoons of troops to transport the seriously wounded here. You can take a platoon with combat experience and all the mines we have, and go back to the rear of the little devils. On their retreat, pick up dangerous places on the terrain.
, lay mines for me, I will wipe out these little devils." Zhou Cheng ordered to the militia company commander who ran over.
"Yes, Captain Zhou."
Just when Captain Zhou Cheng was planning how to encircle Ono Squadron, Ono Jiro was also in a dilemma. So far, his squadron has lost nearly two squads of hundreds of troops, and even the deputy captain has been killed. Although
, according to the reports of the soldiers who retreated, the Chinese army on the opposite side also suffered heavy losses and had almost no combat effectiveness.
But no matter what, now my squadron has been dragged here by the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side for at least half an hour. Not only has I gained nothing, but I have also lost so many troops. If I go back like this, not only will I lose everything I have worked so hard to build.
The military industry is gone, and it is possible that his position as squadron leader will also be abolished.
However, if you don't retreat, how can you continue to attack? Don't think too much, reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side must be on the way at this time. If you continue to attack and reinforcements from the Eighth Route Army arrive, will you be able to retreat unscathed? This is a very important question.
If you lose your life, what's the use of those military achievements?
Faced with the two problems in front of him, Ono Jiro fell into deep thought. In this way, after thinking for five minutes, Ono Jiro made a decision. Between losing his official position and losing his head, he chose to lose his official position. After all, with his own
Regarding military commanding ability, even if the battalion commander removes his position as squadron leader, as long as he performs well in the future and makes more meritorious deeds, he may be mentioned sooner or later.
Thinking of this, Ono Jiro stood up.
"Commander, notify the heavy machine gun squad immediately and the artillery team to retreat." Ono Jiro, who had already made the decision, immediately gave the order to the messenger behind him.
"Hi... Your Excellency, squadron leader." After the orderer finished speaking, he ran towards the heavy machine gun position a few hundred meters away. However, at this time, almost ten minutes had passed since Zhou Cheng assigned the task. In these ten minutes,
Here, the soldiers of the two squads, under the leadership of their instructors, used the cover of the grass to sneak back to a place less than 30 meters away from the Japanese artillery position. At the same time, they were also less than 20 meters away from the Japanese heavy machine gun position. They lay down.
The soldiers in the grass could clearly hear the chatter of the Japanese troops on the position.
However, at this moment, the instructor lying in the grass was in a dilemma like Ono Jiro, because at this time, the team he led was between the two Japanese positions. It was difficult to decide which one to attack the Japanese first.
In one position, the instructor can't pay attention to it for a while.
Obviously, there are more Japs on the heavy machine gun position. If you attack the artillery first, but then attack the heavy machine gun position in turn, your team will face dozens of well-prepared heavy machine gunners, and attack the heavy machine gun position.
Undoubtedly, a huge problem faced was whether the Japanese artillerymen would take advantage of their own squad to launch an attack and escape with two mortars.
In the end, after careful consideration, the instructor decided to leave a light machine gun and half a squad of soldiers to attack the Japanese artillery positions. He did not ask for the total annihilation of the Japanese artillery. He only asked that the Japanese mortars be blown up, and the remaining
The soldiers followed them to attack the Japanese heavy machine gun position just around the corner with all their strength.
After quietly assigning tasks, the team of dozens of people finally prepared for the assault. The instructor also took out the shell gun on his waist and loaded the bullet.
"Charge..." There were no unnecessary words. Just after saying these two words, the shell gun in the instructor's hand went off. All twenty bullets in the magazine were fired at the first heavy machine gun of the Japanese army by the instructor. Suddenly
, the seven or eight little Japs guarding the first heavy machine gun were beaten and turned upside down.
At this time, the team's three light machine guns also fired. The three soldiers held the light machine guns flat, jumped up from the grass where they were hiding, and fired wildly at the place where the Japs were concentrated. The remaining riflemen
, did not rush to shoot, but when the instructor issued the order to attack, he threw the grenade that had been delayed for three seconds into the group of Japanese soldiers.
"Charge..." the soldiers shouted slogans, holding the bayonets of their rifles, and rushed towards the heavy machine gun position of the little Japanese who was close at hand. The momentum of the entire charge was not less than three meters in the eyes of the little Japanese.
Ten soldiers can cause it, but a platoon, or even more...
"Baga, reinforcements from the main force of the Eighth Route Army have arrived. Everyone, retreat quickly..." The little Japanese captain, who had escaped the first round of shooting from the soldiers, heard the killing cries of the Eighth Route Army getting closer and closer not far away, and immediately
He ordered loudly. Before the soldiers around him could react, he hurriedly fled towards the direction of squadron leader Ono Jiro under the protection of his own orderlies.
The little Japs who had escaped the first round of shooting by the soldiers were attacked by more than a dozen grenades again before they could react from the shooting. Suddenly, among the continuously exploding grenades, the remaining dozens of
The little devil immediately turned into a frightened bird. After hearing his squad leader's order to retreat, he threw up his legs and fled towards the main force, regardless of his own weapons and equipment, each running faster than the other.
The small team of less than thirty people followed closely behind the defeated Japanese army, chasing and shooting at the same time. Finally, in less than a minute of fighting, after killing more than a dozen little Japs.
, successfully drove the little devils out of their heavy machine gun position.
"Stop the pursuit, clean the battlefield immediately, take weapons and retreat...quickly..." Seeing that there were more than twenty little Japs left quickly escaping towards the direction of his main force, the instructor wisely ordered the troops to stop the pursuit.
In this way, the soldiers who received the order quickly broke away from the defeated Japanese army, carried the captured heavy machine guns, mortars, and ammunition in the opposite direction of the Japanese army, and quickly retreated to their own positions.
Of course, all the battles that happened just now did not escape the Japanese messenger who came to the heavy machine gun position to convey the order. Just as the soldiers launched an attack on the little Japanese, the Japanese messenger happened to run less than 200 meters away from the battlefield.
, he was shocked when he saw that the Chinese army with less than thirty soldiers actually killed an imperial army of nearly fifty heavy machine gun squads. Until he saw the Chinese army with the captured
When they retreated in a swaggering manner with their trophies and wounded soldiers, the orderly soldier realized what he was doing, and immediately turned around and ran towards the squadron leader's position, preparing to report the situation.
At this time, Ono Jiro was anxiously walking back and forth on the position, constantly picking up binoculars and looking in the direction of the position. He hoped that his heavy machine gun team and artillery could withdraw quickly. Because just now, Ono was suddenly reminded of the sound of gunfire.
Jiro suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
However, even though he heard gunshots, he did not believe that the Eighth Route Army, which had little combat effectiveness, could sneak attack a heavy machine gun squad with three heavy machine guns. What's more, a heavy machine gun squad could kill dozens of outstanding imperial troops.
However, he did not wait for the retreating soldiers to return, but saw the orderly soldier running over sweating profusely, looking very anxious.
"Baga...what happened? What happened to the heavy machine gun team? Why didn't they retreat? What happened with the gunfire just now..." Seeing the panting messenger, Ono Jiro realized that something must have happened.
What's the matter? No longer caring about his usual gentleness, he asked the messenger eagerly.
"Hi, your Excellency, squadron leader. The heavy machine gun team and artillery positions were attacked by the Chinese army and suffered heavy losses. The remaining soldiers of the heavy machine gun team are on the way to retreat and will be here soon." The messenger quickly replied.
"Baga, it's impossible..." Ono Jiro's face was full of shock. However, the moment he raised his head, more than twenty soldiers fleeing in embarrassment appeared on a mountain ridge less than fifty meters away from him. It was obvious that
, that is what the messenger said, the remaining dozens of heavy machine gun squad soldiers. They are running towards him quickly.
"Baga... you bastard, you have brought all the faces of the imperial soldiers to shame. I order you to come to me immediately to apologize to His Majesty the Emperor..." Looking at the disheveled appearance of the heavy machine gun team, Zhang said,
Ono Jiro cursed loudly and ordered the captain, who was still gasping for air after escaping, to commit suicide by caesarean section.
"Hi..." the Japanese squad leader lowered his head and replied in a low voice. He originally thought that he could escape by escaping back to the position, but he did not expect that he ended up committing suicide in the end. The squad leader walked to the side of the team with a face full of despair.
He pulled out his command knife and wiped it gently.
"Long live His Majesty the Emperor..." The squad leader shouted up to the sky, inserted the command knife that had been polished spotlessly into his stomach, used his last bit of strength, stirred hard, and fell to the ground in pain.
"Yo Xi..." Seeing the heavy machine gun team Zhang commit suicide in front of him, the unhappiness and sense of failure in his heart felt a little better.
"Order, the troops will retreat immediately and return to the county seat. Hurry..." After saying that, squadron leader Ono Jiro, under the protection of his orderlies, mounted his war horse and ran at the front of the team, while there were more than 150 people in two squads.
The soldiers followed closely behind Ono Jiro and quickly marched towards the county seat.
However, can he still return to the county smoothly? Will Zhou Cheng, who suffered heavy losses, let the tiger return so easily? The answer is no. Just as Ono Jiro was anxiously waiting for the heavy machine gun team, 30 soldiers from the militia company were already carrying landmines.
Taking a shortcut, I sensed in advance the section of road that the Japanese army must pass through, and prepared an extremely dense mine array for the little devils.
What's more important is that this mine array is buried by a river. In other words, if the little devil cannot eliminate this mine array, he will have to wade through this ten-meter-wide river in this cold winter.
Because it was a rapid march, Ono Jiro led his troops to the place where the militia company had laid mines in less than ten minutes.
"Boom..." A huge explosion sounded just five meters away from Ono Jiro's mount. The smoke cleared. The two soldiers in front of him as the vanguard fell crookedly on top of the explosion point, dragged painfully.
He groaned while holding his legs that had been blown off.
"Baga, there are mines, engineers, go and clear the mines immediately...quickly..." Seeing the two injured little Japs, Xiao Ding, who was used to seeing casualties today, didn't pay attention, and loudly ordered a group of engineers who followed him out.
"Hi..." A sergeant, with several soldiers, immediately walked to the front of the team with a mine detector and started detecting mines. Soon, two iron-shell mines were found.
"Yo Xi," Ono Jiro, who was riding on a war horse, nodded with satisfaction when he saw that the engineers quickly eliminated two landmines. However, the good times did not last long when an engineer stepped on the mine detector with a mine detector.
When the weapon was on the ground without any reaction, a violent explosion sounded again. The engineer, together with the mine detector in his hand, was lifted into the sky by the huge impact of the stone mine. And then, there were two more violent explosions.
An explosion sounded, and two more engineers were knocked to the ground.