"Sir... the Eighth Route Army that attacked us seems to have escaped!" The firepower point just exposed dozens of meters away did not respond for a long time. The sergeant lying next to the squad leader frowned and reminded.
"He must have run away! The machine gunner stopped shooting!" the second lieutenant team leader ordered.
Then command his men to move forward.
Supplies must be delivered to the frontline troops before dark. Even if the escort troops in hand are wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, the supplies and ammunition must be delivered. At this time, there is no reason to refuse or shirk the death order given by the superiors.
The convoy traveled less than a kilometer, and the familiar sound of machine gun fire reached the second lieutenant's ears again.
Because of caution, the Japs only killed four people this time.
However, these four people were the only four machine gunners in the hands of the second lieutenant. The machine gunner was shot and fell to the ground, and the machine gun on the machine gunner's shoulder hit the ground together.
The Japanese soldiers next to them subconsciously wanted to take back the light machine gun and fight back. However, before they could reach the machine gun, the dense bullets fired towards them cut them into pieces.
"Baga... the enemy's firepower is too fierce. We must counterattack immediately to suppress their machine gun fire... Rifleman, shoot immediately!" the second lieutenant lay on the ground, pulled out his command knife, pointed the blade forward, and ordered loudly.
"Da da da……"
As soon as he finished speaking, a string of bullets flew towards him.
The second lieutenant lowered his head and dodged the bullets fired at him. The two subordinates behind him did not dodge and fell down in response.
The action team was equipped with two light machine guns. One light machine gun stared at the two machine guns that the Japs had smashed on the ground to prevent the Japs from getting close. The other light machine gun stared at the place where the Japs were crowded and fired. Intensive gunfire started from the beginning.
It never stopped.
There were only a dozen Japanese riflemen left on the road, half of whom were suppressed by the light machine gun and had no choice but to fight back.
The remaining half of the Japanese soldiers raised their rifles and fought back desperately, but the bullets fired at them were obviously denser.
For the action team of thirty or forty people, during the several days of intensive training, the most common training was shooting.
No other training can achieve results in a short period of time, only marksmanship that can be fed with bullets.
Thousands of rounds of ammunition seized from the Japanese and puppet army strongholds were all used by the captain to train marksmanship in the past few days.
Each person was trained with more than 100 bullets, and the prisoners of the puppet army who were rarely issued live ammunition made the most obvious progress. Within 50 meters, they were already 80% sure of hitting a fixed target.
Thirty or forty people exchanged fire with five or six Japanese riflemen, and they shot at close range. Although the casualties of the action team were heavy, the casualties of the Japanese were also not small, and people were constantly killed and injured.
As for the puppet troops escorting the cart and acting as coolies, they all lay on the ground.
The Eighth Route Army's two consecutive attacks did not cause a single casualty to the Imperial Alliance Army. Anyone who is not a fool would understand that the Eighth Route Army deliberately wanted to let itself escape.
Therefore, they will not be stupid enough to risk their lives. They will all lie motionless on the ground and wait for the battle to end. As for the ongoing battle, it has nothing to do with them, as long as they can save their lives.
Of course, the living Japs are not stupid. They cannot just watch the Imperial Army that they have trained so hard become bystanders on the battlefield and immediately threaten them to fight back.
The puppet soldiers are not fools. If they fight back at this time, aren't they deliberately attracting bullets?
Therefore, even if they counterattack, the muzzle of the rifle they hold will be deliberately raised.
Therefore, what the action team needs to face is that there are not many Japs left on the road.
After losing nearly ten team members in a row, there were finally very few Japs left on the road, and even the Japs second lieutenant was beaten to pieces by a few bullets!
At the Japanese division headquarters in Linfen City, the chief of staff rushed into the war room anxiously with a telegram. When he saw Lieutenant General Ito, he reported.
"General, something happened to the mopping up troops in the hinterland of the New Regiment's base... Captain Sato's brigade just sent a farewell telegram!"
"They were held back by the Eighth Route Army cavalry, and then surrounded by at least one main battalion of the New Regiment!"
"The Eighth Route Army has mountain artillery, infantry artillery, mortars, and a large number of light and heavy machine guns. It is getting dark soon, and the aviation force cannot provide them with air reinforcements. Major Sato reports that they are likely to be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army tonight!
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"And they are ready to fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army. Even if the entire army is destroyed, they will still kill the Eighth Route Army with the same strength!"
"They are all warriors!" Lieutenant General Ito replied after hesitating for a long time.
"If I remember correctly, the Sato brigade achieved great results after entering the Eighth Route Army base area. In just two days, it wiped out more than a thousand soldiers and civilians of the New Regiment, and also destroyed a battalion of the New Regiment. If they were all killed tonight
If they wiped out and killed the same number of Eighth Route Army troops, they would have killed twice the number of Eighth Route Army troops!"
"Yes, Your Excellency, Division Commander!" the Chief of Staff affirmed.
Lieutenant General Ito immediately ordered: "Call Sato back: I believe Amaterasu is on our side, let him fight with peace of mind!"
"Also, tell Major Sato that at the critical moment, I will allow him to break out with the guard troops and return to the Eighth Route Army base!"
"He is a talent of the Imperial Army of Japan. Talents cannot die like this. The Imperial Army of Japan still needs him to continue fighting!"
The chief of staff quickly replied: "I'll go give them orders right away!"
In less than ten minutes, the chief of staff came back, holding several telegrams in his hand, his expression even more solemn than before.
"Division commander, frontline telegram, they did not receive the ammunition supplies we sent them within the specified time~ As expected, there must be something wrong with those ammunition supplies!"
"What?" Lieutenant General Ito, the division commander, stood up from his seat.
Staring at the chief of staff, he asked: "Is it that one or two brigades have not received ammunition supplies, or that all brigades have not received ammunition supplies?"
"There are now three brigades sending telegrams. They have not received ammunition supplies!" the chief of staff replied with a frown.
"According to the marching speed of the transport troops, they should have sent the ammunition supplies to the front line an hour ago!"
"There must be something wrong!" Lieutenant General Ito answered with certainty.
"Each of our transport teams only has more than 20 imperial troops and 30 to 40 imperial association army guards. The number of troops is too small. Moreover, there are many Eighth Route Army armed forces in our control area. It must be them. If it weren't for Linfen City
There are too few troops to defend the city, I will definitely send more troops to escort!"
After sighing, he stared at the chief of staff and asked: "How long can the remaining ammunition on the front line be used?"
"Too little is not enough for tonight, but too much is enough for one night!" the chief of staff replied!
"It's over..." A look of despair appeared on Lieutenant General Ito's face!
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