The Japanese leader, under the protection of more than a dozen guards, found a blind spot for the Eighth Route Army's shooting and hid inside.
However, a pair of eyes full of shock and disbelief never left the battlefield.
"Baga, I didn't expect that the cunning Eighth Route Army would actually do the opposite and attack us directly. It's so cunning!" the captain cursed loudly while observing the battlefield.
"Captain, the Eighth Route Army's firepower is too strong. The artillery and heavy machine guns following the Third Squadron are all gone, and the infantry are also pressed hard by the Eighth Route Army and suffered heavy losses!" the squadron leader next to him reported anxiously.
The Third Squadron was his subordinate. He watched helplessly as they were being reduced in number under the powerful firepower of the Eighth Route Army. As the squadron leader, he had no choice. The anxiety in his heart was understandable. He could only pin his hopes on the captain next to him.
I hope the captain can mobilize reinforcements to reduce the pressure on his subordinates.
The captain didn't answer, and the expression on his face was unmoved, and he continued to observe the battlefield.
Soon, a sneer flashed across the captain's lips.
"Don't worry, it won't take long before our two squadrons will launch a counterattack!"
"Order your men to hold on and continue to attract the firepower of the Eighth Route Army! Notify the second and fourth squadrons to immediately start a counterattack and launch a counterattack directly towards the Eighth Route Army position. After occupying the Eighth Route Army position, launch an attack on their main force from the flanks, attacking from both front and rear.
Destroy them!"
The Independent Regiment did not expect that these people wearing the uniforms of the Imperial Association Army were Japanese soldiers. The Japanese Army Captain also overestimated the combat effectiveness of these new soldiers under his command, and also underestimated the Eighth Route Army.
The three infantry companies placed before and after the ambush battlefield still fought according to the previous methods of fighting against the puppet troops.
Regardless of riflemen or machine gunners, without exception, they all aimed their guns at the officers in the army who were equipped with pistols!
Due to the limited number of veterans, in the newly expanded brigade of the Japanese army, there are more than 30 veterans in an infantry squadron, and on average there are about ten veterans in each infantry squad. Almost all of them are officers, and only a small number of veterans are still soldiers.
An infantry company targeting the officers and veterans of their two squads meant that more than a hundred rifles and three crooked guns were staring at a dozen Japanese soldiers.
As soon as the signal to attack appeared, three companies of the Eighth Route Army opened fire.
In an instant, seven or eight people from each infantry squad fell, all of whom were officers with pistols hanging from their waists.
Being suddenly attacked, the recruits were already very panicked when they first entered the battlefield. Then they saw that all the officers around them died at once, and they became even more panicked.
From panic to panic, their actions were not affected.
Long-term military training has allowed them to practice many subconscious actions. For example, they now lie down on the ground when they hear gunshots.
Therefore, although they were in a panic, and some of the recruits were even panicking, they still all fell to the ground in just two or three seconds. Compared with the Imperial Association Army that the Independent Regiment had encountered, they were completely useless.
Well-trained can be described in four words.
Of course, compared with real Japs veterans, there is still a big gap between them.
If the marching Japanese veterans are attacked, they will definitely be able to determine the specific direction of the attacker immediately, and then look in the direction of the attacker to find a hiding spot and lie down on the ground. In this way, they can fight back with their rifles, without having to
Adjusting direction.
As for these Japanese recruits, although they can hide very quickly, they can be found everywhere.
Although he dodged the next bullet fired by the Eighth Route Army, he was unable to counterattack smoothly.
It wasn't until the few veterans who were still alive in the team began to give orders, pointing in the direction of the Eighth Route Army's ambush troops and ordering them to counterattack, that the panicked recruits realized what they were doing.
The recruits who were in the right direction picked up their rifles and fired at the ridge not far away to fight back. The Japanese recruits who were in the wrong direction quickly adjusted their direction and prepared to fight back.
But even so, it only took the Japs less than ten seconds.
As for the Eighth Route Army not far away, because the ratio of new soldiers to captured soldiers was too large, and everyone thought they were attacking the Imperial Army, with the idea of capturing them, they did not attack them to death.
However, as more and more Japs began to fight back, the Eighth Route Army lying behind the bunker with only their heads exposed began to suffer casualties. The veterans and cadres of the three infantry companies finally realized that something was wrong.
Because, especially after seeing many soldiers around him being directly shot in the head by enemies on the road, a company commander finally reacted.
"No, they are not the Imperial Association Army. The Imperial Association Army does not have such good marksmanship. They are devils, wearing the uniforms of the Imperial Association Army. Otherwise, it would be impossible for them all to be equipped with Sanba Gai! We were fooled!"
The surrounding squad and platoon leaders all showed shocked expressions, and then loudly ordered: "Counterattack, counterattack immediately, they are not the Imperial Alliance Army, they are Japanese soldiers, beat them all to death!"
Just now it was just a crooked way to suppress the Japanese. He immediately lowered the muzzle of the gun and fired bullets at the Japanese, shooting wherever there were many Japanese.
But the Japanese were not vegetarians. Even though it was their first time on the battlefield, they were well-trained after all. After the initial chaos, they gradually adapted to the battlefield and became more and more proficient as they fought.
In the first round of shooting by the Eighth Route Army, the machine gunner was killed in the first round of the Eighth Route Army's shooting and fell down on the official road. I don't know when the Japanese picked him up again, and then counterattacked against the bullets fired by the Eighth Route Army, shooting at each other.
Although the Japanese riflemen are also new recruits, their marksmanship has been trained with hundreds of bullets.
As for the Eighth Route Army on the mountain ridge, the veterans were fine, and the new recruits were only trained with a few dozen bullets. The captive soldiers were slightly better, with more than a hundred bullets fired during training and combat.
Apart from anything else, as far as marksmanship is concerned, neither Eighth Route Army soldier is a match for a Japanese recruit.
The two sides exchanged fire for less than a minute, and each infantry company lost more than a dozen people. More importantly, faced with casualties and death at close range, many recruits began to panic, sweating profusely, and holding rifles in their hands.
He also started to tremble involuntarily.
On the other hand, for the Japanese, each infantry company faced two infantry squads. Except for a dozen people who were killed and wounded in the initial raid, they only lost seven or eight people in this minute of fighting.
Take a stronger stance.
Soon, the company platoon commanders of the three companies felt the tremendous pressure brought by the Japanese to the troops.
He frowned and ordered loudly: "Comrades, hold on, the regiment commander will definitely send reinforcements to us! Cadres and veterans, lead the recruits around me, kill the Japanese machine gunners first, then kill their riflemen, and continue firing.
