"Captain, the Eighth Route Army that attacked us must have escaped. Our fire counterattack has no effect!" A second lieutenant team leader ran over and reported.
"Guerrilla warfare, this must be the kind of guerrilla warfare that the Eighth Route Army is good at. Retreat after fighting! Bagya Road, they are too cunning, we still have to speed up the march, otherwise some warriors will die in their sneak attacks!" Captain Akino immediately
He made a judgment, then frowned and ordered.
"Don't tell me the Imperial Japanese Army has no way to counterattack when faced with the guerrilla warfare on Tubal Road!" the squad leader shouted with a look of reluctance.
This Japanese squad leader has been fighting on the front line against the Central Army and the Jinsui Army. He has never been so aggrieved. He lost several imperial troops, but the enemy lost none and even escaped. This is simply a shame!
The squad leader's question made Akino very dissatisfied, and he replied with a frown: "The Imperial Army of Japan is invincible, of course there are ways to fight back."
"As soon as the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare appeared on the battlefield, the imperial military came up with a solution! Concentrate superior firepower to counterattack, then send out troops to encircle these sneak attackers, and finally annihilate them all!"
"On the battlefield, the Imperial Army has used this method to counterattack the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare. As long as the terrain is suitable, the counterattack effect is still very good!"
The squad leader immediately said: "Captain, that humble officer will immediately lead two combat detachments to outflank these Eighth Route Army troops and avenge the warriors who died in the battle!"
"Pah!" Qiuye slapped the squad leader without hesitation, and then cursed under his incredible gaze.
"Baga, are you a stupid pig? If we can fight back and eliminate these sneak attackers, don't I want to avenge the warriors who died in the battle? You have forgotten the order given to us by the general, use the shortest time to kill as many people as possible
The warriors of the Imperial Army are brought back to Laiyuan City. Don’t you know that the longer we stay here, the more dangerous it may be! Also, don’t just think about revenge. The Eighth Route Army is so stupid waiting for you to take revenge. Can you guarantee it?
When you fight back, don’t the Eighth Route Army have any other traps waiting for you? Bagh Ya Road!”
"Pass my order, and the troops will continue on their way to the county seat, as fast as possible. Machine gunners and grenade launchers should be ready for battle at any time. If they are attacked by the Eighth Route Army again, without my order, they will directly launch a fire counterattack to repel them!"
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After detaching two combat squads to take turns to sneak attack on the Japanese troops returning to the city, Zhang Qing personally led others to sneak attack on the Japanese troops who had just left the city.
More than eighty Japanese soldiers, carrying heavy machine guns and mortars, hurried forward in a rapid march.
When choosing a sneak attack position, Zhang Qing ignored all places within 500 meters of the city gate.
It was too close to the city gate. The Japs stood on the city wall, from a high position, and could use telescopes to have a panoramic view of the area. In the past, I did not say whether I could successfully attack the Japs. First, I had to face the test of the Japs' heavy machine guns on the city wall.
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In the end, Zhang Qing chose a cornfield nearly 700 meters away from the city gate for the sneak attack.
Because the yellow corn stalks were still growing on the ground, Zhang Qing and a dozen soldiers hid in them easily!
"The machine gunners keep an eye on the Japanese heavy machine gunners, and the others aim at the Japanese riflemen. Shoot two bullets per person, and then retreat after shooting!" Zhang Qing ordered decisively.
The more than eighty Japanese who came out of the city never imagined that the Eighth Route Army would attack them right under their noses.
When the gunfire rang out, no one in the Japanese army was alert. Everyone was staring ahead and rushing forward, thinking of quickly catching up with the troops returning to the city.
Therefore, the bullets fired from the machine gun swept across in a burst, and four Japanese machine gunners were shot on the spot. The Type 92 they carried on their shoulders fell to the road together with the others.
In addition, the reaction speed of the machine gunner was slower than that of the rifleman. When others fell down to fight back, three more Japs were knocked down.
Because the distance between the thirteen 38 bullets was too far, the first round hit three Japs. The second round of thirteen bullets all flew behind the Japs' scalps. Although there was no result,
But the flying bullets still frightened the Japanese and slowed down their counterattack.
"Baga, machine gunner, launch a fire counterattack immediately, the enemy is hiding in the cornfield!" The Japanese lieutenant leading the team drew his command knife and pointed at the cornfield and shouted an order.
Zhang Qing also issued a retreat order at the same time: "Retreat, ignore the Japanese, retreat deep into the cornfield, their bullets cannot hit us!"
Although the Japanese soldiers immediately assembled a Type 92 and two crooked handles to fight back, the dense bullets broke large pieces of corn stalks at once. However, there were too many corn stalks behind the soldiers, and there were almost no corn stalks left.
Bullets can pass through these obstacles and enter the bodies of soldiers.
The three machine guns fired for half a minute, and then the lieutenant with a gloomy face ordered the machine guns to stop. He also knew that the bullets would have no effect on the Eighth Route Army hiding in the cornfield.
He ordered the grenadier soldiers to shoot a few grenades into the cornfield to vent their anger. Then he ordered the troops to abandon the corpses and continue on their way!
At this time, Captain Akino had been attacked by the Eighth Route Army for the second time. Although the Japanese machine gunners responded quickly, Akino did not expect that the Eighth Route Army that attacked him this time would only focus on his machine gunners.
After losing four machine gunners and two riflemen in an instant, three of the four crooked handles immediately became useless.
By the time the deputy shooter hurriedly took over the machine gun and started to counterattack, the sneak attack troops had already escaped completely.
Ono finally reunited with the supporting troops on the official road more than one kilometer away from Laiyuan City. The supporting troops of a strengthened team had only one squad left. The two infantry squads in his hand also lost nearly half of the squads.
"Baga, Akino-kun, we can't let Tubal Road continue to be arrogant, otherwise we will lose a lot of warriors on the next road! We must fight back and eliminate them. At the very least, we must hold them back and prevent them from letting go.
Continue to sneak attack on us!" As soon as he understood the situation, the lieutenant who responded to the unit suggested with a look of aggrievedness on his face.
"But what is your order from the general? If the counterattack force is also ambushed and suffers heavy losses, we will have no way to explain it to the general!"
The lieutenant immediately suggested: "We can provide fire cover and order the Imperial Association Army to counterattack. Even if their combat effectiveness is not very good, there is still no problem in holding back the Tubal Road sneak attack troops!"
Qiuye's frown immediately relaxed, and he answered with satisfaction: "Yoshi, that's it, I almost forgot about the Imperial Alliance Army!"
The two Japanese troops merged, and Zhang Qing's separate sneak attack troops also merged.
"Comrades, in addition to continuing to kill the Japs, we also have another task: to find a way to get the Japs to keep the supplies they carry!" Zhang Qing said in a shocking order!
"Impossible!" This was the first reaction of several squad leaders.
There were so many Japanese and puppet troops around the baggage truck. Unless they were all stupid or were wiped out, they would never be able to keep the supplies for themselves.
The above two possibilities are impossible to achieve with Zhang Qing's current strength.
"Nothing is impossible!" Zhang Qing replied with certainty.
"Next, I plan to launch a larger-scale sneak attack for the Japs. Three machine guns will follow the same old rules and shoot at places where there are many Japs. This time the riflemen will not shoot people, but mules and horses to pull the Japanese and puppet troops away.
Kill all the mules and horses in the cart!"
"Without the mules and horses, the Japs can be pushed by carts. Company Commander, I think this is a waste of bullets. We might as well kill a few more Japs!" Second Platoon Commander Zhou Zhengyang put forward his own idea.
