"Quick, speed up. We must rush to the Shangjie stronghold and stop the Eighth Route Army!" Major Qiu Shui kept urging his squadron leaders to speed up, especially after there was no gunfire from the Shangjie direction.
"Captain, there are only more than three miles left from here to the street. We can kill them in ten minutes. Don't worry!" the deputy captain said to comfort him.
At this moment, a second lieutenant suddenly rushed over from the front.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army is building blocking positions in front of us to stop us. The total strength is less than 300 people!"
"The Eighth Route Army must have rushed to send troops to fight after they knew we were coming, without even preparing their positions!" the deputy captain analyzed.
"This is the best. It means that the Eighth Route Army is still on the streets and has strongholds, so it has to send troops to stop us!" Major Qiu Shui finally relaxed his tense expression and said very happily.
But within a few seconds, his face returned to its previous seriousness. Then he stared at the vice-captain and ordered.
"Three Eighth Route Army, which is equivalent to more than half of their battalion! Vice-captain, concentrate the two infantry squadrons and all the heavy firepower in our hands, strive for an attack to break through their defense line, and rush into the streets. I will destroy this Eighth Route Army in
Take to the streets and make a stronghold!”
"Hi!"
After a battle with the same battalion, Major Qiu Shui still had two mortars and a heavy machine gun in his hands.
In order to strengthen the offensive firepower, he moved half of the troops to the front to provide fire support to the attacking troops.
As soon as the attack started, an overwhelming barrage of bullets covered the blocking position that Zhou Zhengyang was repairing. The flying bullets formed an airtight net directly above their heads. Any exposed head would be turned into a hornet's nest in an instant.
Immediately afterwards, more than a dozen artillery shells and grenades fell from the sky, some smashed into the newly repaired position, and some hit outside the position. After a violent explosion, at least ten soldiers were killed and injured.
When the two companies were suppressed by the Japanese and the position was passively beaten, two fully-equipped infantry squadrons and more than 300 Japanese soldiers stood in a skirmish line with their rifles equipped with bayonets, and charged towards the position as if they were showing off their power.
He also shouted slogans that no one understood.
"Chief of Staff, the Japs are coming!" On a high ground not far away, Zeng Quan hid directly behind a big rock and stared at the battlefield. There were several communications soldiers beside him, passing on Zeng Quan's orders at any time.
"Wait a minute, the Japanese are still too far away from the position!" Zeng Quan replied, shaking his head.
But the first order was still given: "Inform Commander Zhang of the artillery company that all mortars and infantry artillery should be aimed at the Japanese machine gun positions. I want him to kill all the Japanese machine gun firepower within half a minute!"
After another minute, more than 300 Japanese soldiers had already reached a position of 70 to 80 meters away from Sanlian.
Zeng Quan's eyes quickly shot out two rays of light, and then he gave the order with an expectant look on his face without any reminder from his subordinates.
"The artillery will fire immediately. After taking out the machine gun fire points, they will directly cover the main Japanese troops with artillery fire! The troops will be ready for battle. As soon as the Japanese offensive firepower stops, they will immediately launch a counterattack. At the very least, they will severely damage the more than 300 Japanese soldiers in front of them!"
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ............" shrieks, the shells hit the machine gun position and exploded.
Of the dozen light and heavy machine guns lined up in a row, three were blown to pieces on the spot, and several more were blown over and misfired.
"Baga, it's an infantry artillery attack. The Eighth Route Army has infantry artillery. Move immediately!" The Japanese machine gunner who was instantly bombarded reacted immediately, then shouldered the machine gun and wanted to leave here in panic.
They are fast, and the cannonballs hit them faster.
The tragic scenes forced the remaining Japanese soldiers to speed up their steps, hoping to escape from this hell as soon as possible.
"Baga, retreat quickly, disperse and move, leave here, this place has been targeted by the Eighth Route Army artillery..." Several Japanese sergeants shouted loudly.
It was not until the third round of artillery shells that the heavy machine gun positions lined up in a row could not see a single living Japanese.
However, corpses of Japanese soldiers who had been killed by bombings, broken arms, and machine guns that had been blown to pieces... were everywhere.
"All artillery is aimed at the fifth bombardment area. There are many Japanese soldiers gathered there. There may be big fish, or three rapid fire shots!" Zhang Bing, who was searching for the bombardment target on the battlefield, shouted as soon as he put down his telescope.
Soon, excited answers from several squad platoon leaders were heard from the battlefield.
"Report! The No. 1 gun is ready!"
"The No. 2 gun is ready...the mortar has been adjusted and can be fired at any time!"
Zhang Bing immediately ordered: "Fire three times quickly, fire!"
The sudden and violent bombardment not only blinded the Japs on the machine gun position, but also Major Qiu Shui.
"How is it possible? Doesn't it mean that there is no main force of the Eighth Route Army here? Then how come they have so many cannons. There are four infantry cannons. An infantry brigade of the Imperial Army of Japan is only equipped with two. When did the Eighth Route Army have better equipment than the Imperial Army?
It's better!" Major Qiu Shui asked, staring at the subordinates around him.
Silence! This was the expression that Major Qiu Shui saw the most from his subordinates' faces today.
Just when he was about to get angry and scold them bloody, a cry of surprise suddenly sounded in his ears.
"It's a shelling, everyone takes cover and protects the captain!"
Immediately afterwards, Major Qiushui was thrown to the ground by the guard next to him. He was caught off guard and was thrown to the ground and eaten by a dog.
"Booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo Long forth
Voice.
"Bageya Road, we are being targeted by the Eighth Route Army artillery! Protect the captain and get out of here!" the guard squad leader ordered very anxiously.
Then more than a dozen Japanese soldiers rushed over, and they retreated in groups of two, holding Qiushui's arms!
Just after running more than ten meters, the second round of explosions sounded behind them.
Of the dozen or so guards surrounding Qiu Shui, the two in charge of the rear were blown over, revealing several bloody holes in their backs.
No need to guess, they knew that they were affected by shell fragments.
If it weren't for the two guards protecting Qiu Shui's back, a few still-steaming shell fragments might have penetrated Qiu Shui's back by now.
Facing death so close at hand, Qiu Shui immediately felt a chill, and the pace of retreat at his feet unknowingly accelerated a lot.