The intertwining lines of fire and flashes of explosions made the rich night look particularly ferocious, and the screams and cries of the puppet soldiers rolling on the ground were mixed with the dense gunfire, which seemed particularly penetrating.
"Bang! Bang!"
Grenades continued to fall in the paddy field, and in the flickering flashes of light, pillars of mud were blown up.
The puppet soldiers who hurriedly jumped into the paddy field were rolling and crawling in embarrassment. They were blown away by the strong air waves of the explosion from time to time, and their bodies were covered with blood and muddy water.
"Da da da--"
The ferocious and cunning Czech-style light machine gun sprayed scarlet tongues of flame, sweeping vertically and sweeping away all living creatures within the shooting range.
The quiet night suddenly became noisy. The puppet soldiers were dodging and tumbling in panic amid the whizzing bullets. Many people were lying on the ground with their legs trembling in fear, almost burrowing into the soil.
Yang Ling and the others were from the regular army. Whether it was their fighting will or their tactical coordination, how could these ragtag puppet troops be able to withstand them.
In the smoky smoke, the puppet troops wanted to fight back with their guns at first, but faced with the crossfire net of several machine guns from Yang Ling and others, as soon as their machine guns fired, they would be immediately crushed to pieces.
Several companies of puppet troops suffered heavy casualties in just the first round of attacks by Yang Ling and others. Those who were still alive were so frightened that they lay on the ground and did not dare to show their faces.
The puppet battalion commander Zhang Lezi originally thought it was Zhang Liechen and others who set up an ambush, and was so angry that he wanted to fight back.
But when he forced two companies of puppet troops to try to countercharge and were beaten to pieces, he realized something was wrong. How could Zhang Liechen and his group of remnant soldiers be so defeated?
"Batalion, battalion commander, it must be the main force of other guerrillas coming over. Run quickly. If you don't run, you will be dumped -"
The puppet company commander's hat was placed crookedly on his head. Hearing the screams of the wounded puppet soldiers lying on the road wailing and writhing, his face turned pale with fright.
"Damn it, you loser! Why are you running away? We have nearly a thousand brothers here! They are worthless things!"
Zhang Laizi kicked the panicked puppet company commander to the ground and cursed fiercely.
"Steady! Steady! I'm holding them back here. You, run back to find Taijun and ask them to support you! Let's just say we have captured the main force of the guerrillas!"
Zhang Laizi also knew that the reinforcements sent by the guerrilla column to Qinghe Town might be ambushing them, but he was unwilling to withdraw in such a dejected manner and hurriedly grabbed a puppet soldier.
"Yes Yes……"
The puppet soldier who received Zhang Lezi's order hurriedly turned around, got into the darkness behind him, and headed straight for Qinghe Town, which was twenty miles away.
Yang Ling and the others caught the puppet army by surprise, but the puppet army was also very tenacious. Under Zhang Laizi's shouts, they actually experienced the initial panic and gradually stabilized their position.
Yang Ling frowned as he looked at the sporadic puppet troops that started to fight back. He originally thought that these puppet troops were not very powerful and could defeat them with a sudden fire attack.
But now it seems that he underestimated the strength of this group of puppet troops, and they turned out to be a little stronger than imagined.
Seeing that the puppet army was so strong, Yang Ling was relieved. No wonder Zhang Liechen and others could not hold the strong fortifications and trenches they relied on in Qinghe Town. It seemed that he still underestimated the enemy.
"beard--"
After Yang Ling knocked down a puppet soldier who was fighting back with one shot, he quickly fell back into the pit and shouted not far away.
After Wang Huzi heard Yang Ling's shout, he quickly ran over: "Commander, what are your orders?"
Yang Ling pointed at the puppet troops that had not been dispersed and said: "These puppet troops are quite capable of fighting. You can bring two platoons of brothers to attack them from the flanks and disperse them!"
"yes!"
Wang Huzi became murderous and shouted, and the two platoon brothers joined him in attacking the puppet army from the flank.
"Boom! Boom!"
Wang Huzi and the others used grenades to clear the way, and strings of grenades were thrown out first, exploding over the heads of the puppet soldiers lying on the ground.
The grenade that exploded in the air was extremely lethal, and the puppet soldiers lying on the ground suffered a great deal. They were suddenly wailing under the flying explosions.
"Come on!"
Wang Huzi took the lead with a shell gun in his hand, and before the smoke cleared, he launched a menacing charge.
"Bang bang bang——"
He fired all twenty bullets in the rifle in one go, blood spurted out, and all the puppet soldiers in front of him fell down immediately.
"Puff-"
The brothers following Wang Huzi also rushed and fought. Under the dense bullets, the entire company of puppet troops on the flanks was suddenly rushed to pieces.
A puppet soldier had just put his rifle on his shoulder and was about to shoot at the brothers who were rushing over. Before he could pull the trigger, a stray bullet blew out his head.
The spurted blood and brain matter sprayed all over the face of a puppet soldier behind him. Smelling the disgusting smell of blood, the puppet soldier immediately leaned over and vomited.
"Run, run! We are surrounded!"
Facing Wang Huzi and others who rushed towards them from the flank with murderous intent, the remaining puppet soldiers saw their companions being shot and fell to the ground one after another. Their fragile nerves finally collapsed, and they all got up and ran back.
One of the puppet soldiers was so frightened that he ran away. The other puppet soldier who was about to shoot saw that he had lost cover. He cursed in a low voice, turned around and ran away with his gun.
A collapse on the battlefield will have a chain reaction, especially when it is completely suppressed.
In this rich night, bullets were flying everywhere, and gunpowder smoke was filling the air. In such a dark night, the puppet soldiers already felt guilty. When they saw someone coming from the flank, they had no intention of continuing to stay where they were.
Waiting to die.
"Why run? Hold on! The imperial army will arrive soon——"
The puppet battalion commander Zhang Lezi saw his team in chaos and screamed in anger.
But there were gunshots and explosions everywhere. In such a dark night, his shouting had no effect at all. The puppet soldiers were running away one after another.
"Come on! Avenge your fallen brothers!"
Yang Ling had been observing the situation of the puppet troops, and when he saw that Wang Huzi's side attack was effective, he roared excitedly.
The brothers who were lying down and shooting took out their bayonets and clicked them on the muzzles of their guns. They jumped up and rushed down the gentle slope with the cold-gleaming bayonets in their hands.
When the officers and soldiers of the guerrillas saw Yang Ling and others rushing out, they hesitated for a moment and then rushed forward with roars.
The charging shouts of hundreds of people rang loudly in the dark night, which was filled with dark shadows. The puppet soldiers who were unsure of the situation did not know how many enemies they encountered, but they were definitely quite a few.
The charge of Yang Ling and others became the last straw that broke the puppet army. They no longer had the intention to resist and fled one after another.
"Batalion Commander, run quickly!"
The puppet battalion commander Zhang Lezi originally wanted to shout for resistance, but when he saw countless officers and soldiers with bayonets rushing towards him in the light of the fire, he was frightened to death.
"Retreat, retreat quickly——"
Zhang Laizi did not dare to resist now. Under the protection of several puppet troops, and regardless of the dead and injured men, he ran away in the direction of Qinghe Town.
"Poof! Poof!"
The puppet soldiers were running in a mess, bullets were flying everywhere, and some puppet soldiers were constantly pierced by the bullets chasing after them and fell into a pool of blood.
It is said that the army was defeated like a mountain. Seeing the companions beside them being shot and falling to the ground one after another, the life-threatening bullets scared the living puppet soldiers out of their wits. No one could care about them and ran away like crazy.
How could Yang Ling and the others let go of this opportunity to beat up the drowned dog? Instead, they chased and beat them fiercely.
It only took more than ten minutes from the beginning of the battle to the defeat of the puppet troops. Nearly a thousand puppet troops fled in all directions.
The officers and soldiers of the guerrillas, who had killed many of their comrades by the puppet troops during the day, were all in high spirits at this moment. They launched a pursuit with red eyes, beating the collapsed puppet troops till they cried.