"Baga, why are there so many Eighth Route Army troops on the top of the mountain? Where did they come from? More than 600 elite imperial troops were beaten down to only 200 people. It has only been more than half an hour. How did they come out?
Did you do it?" The stunned squad leader couldn't help but exclaimed.
The battalion commander of the Royal Association Army next to him was also panicked and reminded directly: "The troops stationed on the top of the mountain have rushed towards us, and the Eighth Route Army is following them. They must want to follow the Imperial Army and directly rush into our position! Captain, we must do it right away.
Prepare!"
"Immediately mobilize a company from the front and deploy three machine guns to prepare to meet the retreating Imperial Army troops on the top of the mountain and block the Eighth Route Army behind them," the squad leader ordered decisively.
The closer the Japanese troops retreating from the top of the mountain got to him, the clearer they became about the harsh situation on the battlefield.
There are less than 200 troops, and there is no trace of the imperial army at all from them.
Like a bereaved dog, it ran towards here in a very embarrassed state.
The Eighth Route Army following behind was like a hunter pursuing its prey, unstoppable.
And as gunshots continued to ring out on the battlefield, people among the last imperial troops were constantly shot and fell on the retreat road.
The squad leader could hardly believe his eyes, but he still decisively ordered: "Be ready to respond immediately! As soon as the Imperial Army in front enters the position, we will fire to block the Eighth Route Army's pursuit behind!"
After finally rushing to the third line of defense, the nearly two hundred Japanese troops now had less than an infantry squad.
Facing their comrades-in-arms and the remaining Japanese soldiers who were still alive, everyone had a look of surprise on their faces.
But they didn't know that Zhang Yunshan, who was chasing them from behind, also had a smile on his face at this moment, and it was a smile of victory.
The reason why these Japs were able to escape here alive under the fire of more than a dozen machine guns was not because of their good luck, but because of Zhang Yunshan's deliberate actions.
If it weren't for the dozens of Japanese soldiers leading the way, it would have been impossible for him to reach fifty or sixty meters near the third line of defense without being attacked.
Seeing that the Japanese troops were about to flee into the defensive line after breaking out, Zhang Yunshan immediately gave the order.
"Comrades, these Japs are useless! Increase your firepower, increase your speed, rush forward, kill them, and advance to the third line of defense."
"Click, click, click!" A dozen machine guns no longer held back and started shooting together.
The tongues of fire formed by countless bullets are like a reaper of death, harvesting the enemy as much as possible without sacrificing their lives.
Many little devils still had happy smiles on their faces as if they had survived the disaster, but the bullets that flew over them immediately beat them into pieces.
Not only that, because the pursuit speed increased, the distance of more than thirty meters was shortened to twenty meters in just a few seconds.
"Baga, the Eighth Route Army is so cunning. They must be trying to take the opportunity to break into our position!" The sudden fierce firepower suddenly woke up the squad leader.
Seeing the fewer and fewer imperial troops in front of him, he shouted anxiously: "Quickly withdraw, speed up, the Eighth Route Army is about to rush over!"
"The machine gun fires immediately to block the Eighth Route Army behind!"
"Da da da... bang bang bang!" The Japanese and puppet troops on the position also panicked and immediately fired back.
Because the shooting distance was too close, the Second Battalion, which was caught off guard, lost more than a dozen men in one fell swoop.
"Two machine guns suppress the enemy and one machine gun kills them. The rifleman throws grenades to blow them up!" Zhang Yunshan, who was attacking with the team, ordered decisively.
For Major General Ono, the key to holding the third line of defense is to hold the high ground. As long as the high ground is in his hands, the third line of defense will be worry-free.
That's why Ono mobilized a total of 600 imperial troops from the tense troops.
As for the less important mountainside defense line, Ono only symbolically deployed an infantry squad and a battalion of the Imperial Army, with only six machine guns in total.
The three columns remained on the front, facing the fourth line of defense of the independent regiment.
The remaining three units were transferred here to block the pursuit of the second battalion.
However, the Second Battalion was equipped with more than a dozen machine guns. In terms of firepower and troop strength, it was several times that of the Japanese and puppet troops blocking our front.
What's more important is that the Second Battalion has already rushed more than 40 meters in front of them, and they are still condescending.
As soon as the machine gunner turned his gun and started to counterattack, the three machine guns in the hands of the Japanese and puppet troops misfired. Six or seven machine gunners fell down next to the machine guns and were beaten into pieces.
"The machine gun cannot listen. The deputy shooter rushed up immediately and continued shooting!" The squad leader knew the importance of machine gun firepower on the battlefield and shouted loudly.
However, no matter how many people he rushed over, he could not break through the fire interception of a total of six machine guns.
Soon, a full circle of corpses fell around the three machine guns.
"Baga, it's a grenade, captain, be careful!" Just as the captain was getting more and more anxious, an exclamation suddenly sounded from behind him.
Then the squad leader was thrown to the ground.
"Boom, boom, boom..." Immediately afterwards, a violent explosion sounded in my ears.
Even though he was lying on the ground with a person lying behind him to protect him, the team leader could still feel the hot air waves constantly sweeping towards him.
By the time the squad leader reacted and pushed away the subordinate lying behind him, he had turned into a corpse, covered in blood and flesh.
"Baga, fight back immediately and block the Eighth Route Army! Throw grenades, fight back with grenades, and blow up all these Eighth Route Army troops!" The subordinate who saved his life died like this. The squad leader immediately became angry, like an angry lion,
Growling orders.
The Eighth Route Army, which had not been within the grenade's killing range just now, rushed forward nearly ten meters and entered in one fell swoop.
Dozens of grenades were thrown at them, and a dozen people at the front were blown over without even having a chance to react.
"Stop rushing forward, use firepower to kill the Japanese here, and kill them all from a high position!" Zhang Yunshan reacted immediately.
With the advantage of the condescending terrain, as long as the troops stopped rushing forward, the grenades thrown by the Japanese and puppet troops could not threaten them.
In addition, both the military strength and the firepower are several times that of the Japanese and puppet troops in front of me, so I can completely overwhelm them and take as many lives as possible.
"Da da da!" The dense bullets continued to kill the Japanese on the defensive line, and grenades with white smoke continued to fall from the sky, hitting the Japanese and exploding like rain.
The originally small strength of the Japanese and puppet troops was drastically reduced by the unilateral massacre by the Second Battalion.
Soon, the team leader discovered that there were not many people around him.
Moreover, even the surviving subordinates were frightened at this time and lay motionless on the ground.
"Deploy another company from the front and be sure to block the Eighth Route Army's offensive. The general already knows the situation here. Reinforcements will arrive soon. Hold on!" the anxious squad leader shouted.
Second Battalion Commander Zhang Yunshan was not in a hurry. Anyway, it was dark at night. In a short period of time, the Japanese equipment was running in the mountains and could not fire, and the planes could not come over. All the advantages were on his side.
The more Japanese troops come, the more they will be destroyed, with no harm at all!
