Yamamoto Kazuki immediately realized that Koike Ichiro was in trouble.
Because he heard gunshots.
Yamamoto Kazuki looked at his watch and saw that there were still twenty minutes left before the agreed attack time, which meant that Koike was discovered on the way to Lujiagou.
At first, Yamamoto Kazuki didn't take it seriously. He thought that Koike would soon defeat the target and move on.
In fact, Yamamoto Kazuki believed that the mission was half successful when the task force arrived here without being discovered by the enemy.
This raid is different from the last one.
Last time, a hundred special agents attacked the enemy headquarters alone. They were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength and had to fight and retreat quickly.
This time, more than 500 imperial elites came here. This strength was enough to attack and occupy Lujiagou.
The reason why Yamamoto Kazuki was so cautious was that on the one hand he was worried that the enemy headquarters would evacuate under the cover of the guard troops, and on the other hand he was worried about the opponent he met last time.
Will he show up again?
From a mission perspective, Yamamoto Kazuki didn't want him to appear, because his appearance would be a variable.
But personally, Yamamoto Kazuki hopes he will appear.
Kazuki Yamamoto hopes to compete face to face with him and dye his bayonet red with his blood. This will be the glory of Kazuki Yamamoto's life!
"Speed up!" Kazuki Yamamoto urged his subordinates.
Apparently the battle is ahead of schedule.
He is not worried that the arsenal will slip away from him, because the transfer of the arsenal takes time.
But the enemy command may evacuate after hearing the news, so Koike's mission cannot be completed.
But this is not important, it is a secondary task.
The main task is to destroy the enemy's arsenal and preferably capture or kill the Eighth Route Army's weapons experts.
At this time, Yamamoto Kazuki did not know that this weapons expert and the opponent he expected were the same person.
Then Kazuki Yamamoto realized something was wrong.
Because the gunfire was still at the same position after a long time, this means that Koike was blocked by the enemy and unable to move.
This is impossible!
There was only a 500-man troop there, and according to intelligence, a surrendered "Peaceful National Founding Army" was undergoing training.
The empire's elite troops could actually be blocked by a surrendering army?
Yamamoto Kazuki stopped. He squatted down and quickly took out the map from his pocket and unfolded it on the ground. He compared it with a compass and easily found the location where the gunfire came from. It was indeed the surrendered army near the arsenal.
location.
"What's going on!" Kazuki Yamamoto was a little angry: "Can't Koike even solve this problem?"
However, after thinking about it, Kazuki Yamamoto still allocated half of his troops to reinforce Koike. After all, the troops led by Koike were the main force in the attack on Lujiagou. Without reinforcements, it would be equivalent to the special agent team fighting alone.
Kazuki Yamamoto still led the remaining troops straight into the arsenal.
Wang Xuexin felt something was wrong as he was licking.
The Japanese seemed to have no hope of attacking, but they still continued to attack, regardless of casualties.
The main difficulty for the Japanese was mines, which almost became an insurmountable gap before them.
If there is any passage, it is the road in the middle.
However, the road is only about five meters wide, and under the crossfire of the soldiers, the passage has been basically blocked.
The only thing the Japs could threaten the Eighth Route Army was their grenades.
However, this area is flat, and the Japanese grenades have nowhere to hide and can only be exposed in the wilderness to fight.
As a result, its shooters were quickly attacked by the three platoons led by Zhang Qingcai... The three platoons were all equipped with 38-gai with original bullets. They acted as snipers in this battle, fully suppressing the enemy.
Enemy machine gunners and grenade shooters.
In addition, the soldiers also had three 50 small cannons.
The soldiers who fired the 50 small artillery still have the charm of Japanese grenades. They only ventured down in the trench to take a look at the target position, and then they hid in the trench and set up the small artillery to fire in the direction of the enemy, one by one.
Accurate, the Japanese grenades and machine guns were silenced one by one.
This does not mean that the Eighth Route Army's 50 artillery shooters are better than the Japanese.
If they were challenged to a duel, Wang Xuexin believed that the Japanese grenade would still have the advantage.
After all, Japanese grenade shooters are fed with artillery shells, and the grenade has rifling, so it will definitely shoot more accurately.
The problem is that when a Japanese grenade is exposed in the wilderness, it has to face attacks from Eighth Route Army rifles, machine guns and 50-gun cannons at the same time. The pressure is much greater both realistically and psychologically.
The Eighth Route Army's 50 small artillery gave full play to its advantage in deflection...the shooters hid in the trenches and fired, and the enemy's direct-fire weapons, rifles and machine guns, posed almost no threat to them.
There was only one thing they had to consider, and that was the Japanese grenade.
The way to avoid the grenades is also very simple, just to fire one shot and change the place, so the Japanese always have nothing to do with the small 50 cannon.
As a result, after several rounds of artillery shell competition, the 50 cannon was unscathed, but it knocked out three Japanese grenades and two machine guns.
The ones with weaker combat effectiveness are the new soldiers led by Xie Baolin.
That's not to say they didn't play well.
In fact, their performance surprised Wang Xuexin.
Relatively mature tactical movements and frequent changes of positions make the enemy unpredictable.
Later, Wang Xuexin learned that this was Xie Baolin's way of running the army.
If the battle is broken down into two aspects: "destroying the enemy" and "preserving oneself", the Eighth Route Army usually places more emphasis on "destroying the enemy", while Xie Baolin tends more to "preserving oneself".
This is actually correct. It is the combat method that superiors have always emphasized. It is also often said that "only by preserving yourself can you better destroy the enemy."
Their problem is that they lack firepower. The rifles they use are all 79-style rifles with sleeves, single barrel, short barrel, 68 Mauser, 75 Mannrich, etc... There are all kinds of models.
There are even a few of the Qing government's first self-made "Quali" rifles.
During the inspection, this rifle claimed to be able to penetrate 8mm steel plates at a distance of 180 meters... The armor of many Japanese tanks is only 6mm. If it really has this power, it can be used as an anti-tank gun.
But in actual combat, it cannot penetrate a piece of cowhide within 100 meters.
The equipment given by the Japanese to the puppet troops was generally in this condition, which fully demonstrated that the Japanese did not trust the puppet troops and were worried that the puppet troops would turn their guns and aim at them.
But even so, the Japanese still couldn't move forward.
If the Japanese advance quickly and get close to the defense line, the soldiers will use rocket launchers and directional mines to greet them.
Wang Xuexin was thinking about something: Since the Japanese couldn't break through, why did they still fight hard? Is it really because of the so-called bushido spirit that they are desperate?
Then Wang Xuexin understood...
There is not only this one team of Japanese soldiers, they probably have another team that is outflanking us from behind or even heading towards the arsenal.