Dozens of grenades exploded on the road, and battalion commander Zhang Yunshan immediately realized that the two platoons had succeeded.
Then without wasting any time, he directly ordered: "The whole battalion, except for the heavy machine guns, will press on me. Move closer to the road first. Once the two platoons have smashed all their grenades, they will rush up to me and kill all the Japanese soldiers on the road."
"Listen up to the two heavy machine gun platoons. They will stop shooting as soon as the troops rush onto the road. The heavy machine gun platoon of the first battalion will reinforce the first battalion, and the heavy machine gun platoon of the second battalion will reinforce the third company!"
"Comrades, rush out with me and attack!"
During the violent explosion, there were not many Japs on the highway. They could do nothing but lie on the ground with their heads in their hands and pray that the grenades falling from the sky would not hit them.
In this case, the two companies easily reached the side of the road.
More than 300 grenades exploded on a road more than 100 meters long, and the power was amazing.
Not only did the explosion kill and injure most of the remaining Japanese soldiers, but the remaining Japanese soldiers who were not affected were also so disoriented that they could not react for a long time.
Zhang Yunshan would not give them a chance to react.
As soon as the last round of grenades was thrown out and before it exploded, Zhang Yunshan shouted to the bugler next to him: "Blow the charge horn, all attack, kill the Japanese!"
"Comrades, charge..." More than two hundred Eighth Route Army troops shouted slogans, holding rifles with bayonets in hand, and charged towards the road unstoppably.
Because there were so many people, everyone was rushing forward. Even if some of the new recruits were frightened, they could only forcefully move their legs and rush forward with the large army.
Although they are all new recruits, they still understand some of the simplest principles very well.
On a battlefield where bullets are flying everywhere, when attacking the enemy, the more people there are, the safer it is, because there are many people around who can block the bullets for you. But once you are alone, you can just throw a bullet at you.
Take your own life.
Therefore, facing their inner fears, they subconsciously rush to crowded places to seek a sense of security.
Most of the Eighth Route Army, which had a large number of people, followed the company and platoon leader, forming an attacking force to attack the road. It was like a sharp blade, piercing the road hard.
The more than thirty Japanese soldiers who were alive had not yet recovered from their disorientation, and waves of Eighth Route Army troops rushed towards them.
According to the usual practice, the Eighth Route Army would rush over with their rifles equipped with bayonets and fight with bayonets. The Japanese who were still in the trap did the same thing. They formed a group of three, holding rifles and getting ready to fight with bayonets.
However, the Eighth Route Army did not rush over.
An Eighth Route Army soldier holding a machine gun suddenly appeared more than ten meters away. He didn't even give them time to react and started shooting as soon as he came up.
"Da da da..." The three Japanese soldiers were hit by intensive machine gun fire, and several bloody holes were instantly punched in their bodies. Before they died, their faces showed genuine despair and reluctance.
In front of the enemy headquarters of the Independent Regiment, when he saw the two companies of the Second Battalion marching onto the road with unstoppable force, the worry on Wang Ping's face was instantly wiped away, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh of relief.
"Zhang Yunshan fought well. He ordered Zhang Yunshan to end the battle quickly, then split into two and launched an attack directly from the road to the Japanese flank."
"Also, the little devil also brought a lot of heavy equipment, including machine guns and mortars. Use all that can be used for me to support the ambush troops on both wings as soon as possible and reduce their pressure!"
Two companies were divided to reinforce the 1st Battalion and the 2nd Battalion and the 3rd Company. Five heavy machine guns and four mortars had joined the battle, which greatly strengthened the firepower of the ambush troops on both wings. Wang Ping was confident that the remaining 300 people on the battlefield would be eliminated.
It's no longer a problem for the Japanese to come, the only thing to worry about is time and casualties.
"Bang bang bang!" At this moment, a burst of gunfire suddenly reached Wang Ping's ears.
As a veteran, Wang Ping immediately judged that the place where the gunshot was fired was less than 100 meters away from him.
Immediately afterwards, Tang Zhijun, the deputy company commander of the security company responsible for the security of the headquarters, rushed in: "Captain, a group of Japs are coming. They must be targeting this place. The first platoon of the security company is blocking the attack. Please move immediately.
It’s not safe here,”
Wang Ping frowned and asked: "How many Japs are there and how are their equipment?"
"Less than a small team, equipped with a crooked handle and a grenade!" Tang Zhijun immediately replied!
Then he did not forget to add: "It should be the Japanese forward troops who discovered our headquarters and then divided their forces to destroy our command system through a sneak attack!"
"Da da da..." As soon as he finished speaking, a burst of machine gun fire reached Wang Ping's ears, followed by an explosion that exploded less than ten meters away from the headquarters.
The only crooked handle equipped by the guard platoon suddenly misfired.
"It's a Japanese grenade, commander, it's too dangerous here, you must move immediately!" Tang Zhijun said anxiously.
An infantry platoon composed of half of the recruits blocked most of the Japanese infantry squad, and the machine gun was also blown up by the Japanese with a grenade.
Wang Ping could imagine that as long as he retreated, the entire platoon of guards left to block the Japanese would be completely destroyed.
So, Wang Ping directly hung the pistol hanging on the wall on the armed belt on his waist, then picked up a 38-meter cap next to him and walked to the command department. As he walked, he ordered: "Aren't there just dozens of Japs?"
With grenade launchers, retreat whatever you want. The headquarters will continue to contact the front line, and the others will follow me and kill them. Back then, I could kill half the team by myself, not to mention that we still have so many people today!"
Now that Wang Ping has made up his mind, he can't pull him back even if he uses ten horses.
Tang Zhijun could only follow behind him angrily, and then arranged for three guards to follow Wang Ping closely to ensure Wang Ping's safety.
At this time, one platoon had already sacrificed seven or eight soldiers. If it weren't for the fact that there were many veterans in the platoon, who kept suppressing the new recruits, the new recruits would have collapsed.
Wang Ping lay down on the ground, raised the rifle, put the sight on the head of the Japanese grenade hand, and then pulled the trigger.
"Bang..." gunshots rang out, and the grenade launcher who was squatting on the ground fell down at the sound.
Tang Zhijun immediately seized the opportunity and shouted: "Comrades, the regiment commander personally reinforced our attack and killed the Japanese grenade launchers. I aimed at them all and hit them hard to kill these Japanese."
As a veteran, he also fired, and the precise bullet directly killed another threat in the guard platoon, the machine gunner.
As soon as the Japanese machine guns stopped, everyone immediately seized the opportunity and pulled the trigger on the Japanese, regardless of whether they were aiming or not.
The two sharpshooters Wang Ping and Tang Zhijun also fired a second bullet, killing the reserve shooter who was about to operate the machine gun and grenade launcher, and then began to search for other Japanese on the battlefield.
After two men killed five or six Japanese each, more than thirty Japanese were all killed, leaving no one alive.
However, the Japanese's marksmanship was also impatient. Even without the heavy machine guns, they still caused a lot of casualties to the guard platoon.
In a row of more than thirty people, only 12 were still standing at the end of the fight.
If Wang Ping and Tang Zhijun hadn't joined the battlefield and killed the machine guns and grenade launchers immediately, not only would the platoon be unable to stop the Japanese attack, they wouldn't even be able to save their own lives.
