The fierce artillery fire and a grenade stunned the Japanese troops in front of them on the spot.
The frontal enemy of the Seventh Company was a relatively well-organized squad of the Japanese army, with a total of 51 people. The squad leader was Second Lieutenant Fukuyama Teiichi.
At this time, Fushan had not received the notice that the Eighth Route Army would launch a full-scale counterattack. In addition, he had always despised the Eighth Route Army. When he saw the Eighth Route Army shrinking its defense line, he took it for granted that it was a retreat with insufficient troops, so he led troops to suppress it without hesitation.
Go up.
As a result, the Eighth Route Army immediately gave Captain Fushan several surprises:
The first surprise was that not long after he went up, he was blocked by the Eighth Route Army, and the number of troops seemed to be greater than before. This showed that his previous judgment of "retreating" was wrong.
At this time, Fushan felt strange. If the Eighth Route Army was not short of troops, why did it take the initiative to abandon its position?
Another surprise was that he had never thought that the Eighth Route Army would have such strong firepower, especially since the Eighth Route Army to the west had always been considered the weaker side. As soon as it came up, the artillery shells were like raindrops, one after another, hitting him just now.
The occupied position was exploded...
Fukuyama's squad suffered heavy losses during this round of shelling: one of the two grenade launchers was blown up on the spot, the other shooter was killed and was replaced by his deputy, and more than a dozen soldiers were injured or killed.
A standard Japanese squad should be equipped with three grenades.
However, after the outbreak of the war, the Japanese army expanded its army too quickly and its equipment production failed to keep up. Therefore, each squad was actually equipped with only two grenade launchers or even less, especially those targeting the Eighth Route Army in the rear.
This made Fukuyama feel guilty, because judging from past battles, once the grenades were destroyed by the enemy, it would be difficult for the Japanese army to withstand the enemy's massive human attack.
Therefore, as soon as the sound of the artillery fire passed Fushan, he immediately ordered his men to stand up and resist.
"Cheer up!" Fukuyama shouted to his men: "The enemy is coming!"
However, what came up was not the "enemy", but grenades flying from behind the earthen wall. Type 97 grenades commonly used by the Japanese army... The Eighth Route Army had been taking advantage of the artillery bombardment to quietly approach and lurk in the area.
Within grenade throwing range.
The Japanese troops who had just "braced themselves up" suffered casualties again amid the sound of explosions.
At this point, Fukuyama Teiichi knew that this position could not be defended, and it was estimated that only half of his team still had fighting strength.
How could Wu Lei, who was on the opposite side, miss this opportunity? He waved the box cannon in his hand and shouted: "Comrades, avenge the sacrificed comrades, go ahead!"
"Charge!" The soldiers jumped out of the bunker one by one, shouted and charged towards the Japanese position with their bayonets pointed out.
The Japanese army hurriedly stood up to resist, but they could not stop the Eighth Route Army troops who came up like a tide. Soon they fell to the bayonet one after another, screaming in agony.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Fukuyama Teiichi ordered a row of grenades to be thrown forward, regardless of the fact that there were his own subordinates and wounded in front.
This is a common retreat method used by the Japanese army. They don't care whether the grenades they throw will kill or injure their comrades.
In their words, it is: "In this case, if we do not do this, the imperial army will suffer more heavy casualties, so these sacrifices are necessary. If conditions permit, the soldiers in the front should take the initiative to set off their own grenades to cover
Other troops retreat!"
Life was a meaningless number in the eyes of the Japanese army.
As long as it is beneficial to the war, they can do their best to eliminate humanity, even to their own people.
This gave Fukuyama a moment to escape back to the original position with a dozen surviving subordinates.
However, Fukuyama Teiichi soon discovered that this situation did not stop.
Before they could take a breath, the next wave of the Eighth Route Army's offensive came one after another. The enemies came up like a continuous stream, charging with bayonets after the same row of grenades...
Simple, crude, but very effective.
Fukuda Teiichi felt that he was not facing an enemy charge, but round after round of grenade attacks.
This tactic caught Fukuda off guard, and he could only retreat again and again. It was not until he encountered Asano's team who came for reinforcements that he could barely stabilize his position.
Asano's first words when he saw Fukuda Teiichi were: "The enemy has begun a full-scale attack. Major ordered us to hold on where we are and not to retreat any further!"
Only then did Fukuda Teiichi realize: "Asshole, I thought they were retreating, but it turned out they fell into a well-planned trap!"
This is indeed the case. The Seventh Company's tactics are actually very simple. They don't fight with the Japanese in street fights to improve their quality. They just play rough with the Japanese. They use a wave of grenades to clear the way and then rush forward with bayonets in hand to fight.
And after taking a position, they did not consider consolidating it at all. Instead, they directly followed the Japanese and launched another charge, trying to stick to the enemy and not distance themselves from them.
Because once the distance is increased and a buffer zone is formed in the middle, the Japs' marksmanship, grenade launchers, and coordination abilities can be used again.
On the other hand, if they are always fighting together in hand-to-hand combat, they will be chasing and killing all the way, exchanging lives for lives.
The least thing the Eighth Route Army worried about was exchanging lives with the Japanese.
In fact, there is still a gap between the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese in hand-to-hand combat, which is mainly reflected in physical fitness and stabbing skills, but these can be made up for by the superiority of troops.
Wang Xuexin's bayonet was also bleeding.
It was a wounded Japanese soldier lying in the corner. He was holding the wound on his abdomen and breathing hard, spitting blood from his mouth and looking helplessly at Wang Xuexin.
Wang Xuexin originally had no intention of stabbing him again.
This was partly because the Japanese soldier had lost his ability to resist and was about to die. Wang Xuexin thought it was unnecessary.
On the other hand, Wang Xuexin has an inexplicable fear of hand-to-hand combat... This is much more difficult than pulling the trigger to kill an enemy from a distance. Although the result is the same, at least there is no need to face the enemy's painful eyes and distorted face.
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However, Wang Xuexin accidentally glanced and found that the Japanese soldier's free right hand was trying to take out the grenade underneath him...
Wang Xuexin was a little unbelievable.
The pitiful eyes of the Japanese soldier seemed to be showing weakness, asking for help, or even begging would not be an exaggeration, but what they were doing was trying to kill Wang Xuexin.
Wang Xuexin didn't hesitate anymore. He shouted and stabbed the Japanese soldier in the chest with his bayonet... The blade was stuck between the ribs and the feeling of stagnation and friction of the blade bone was transmitted to Wang Xuexin's heart along the gun body.
A chill sprang up in his heart.
The Japanese soldier didn't even make a sound, he arched his body toward the bayonet, his legs twitched a few times, and he lay limp on the ground like a deflated rubber ball.
Wang Xuexin was a little panicked. He tried to draw out the bayonet twice but failed. In the end, he had to step on the Japanese corpse to succeed.
This gave Wang Xuexin a feeling of contempt for life.
Later he learned that this was the correct way to draw out the bayonet.