"Baga, order the Second Company of the Imperial Association Army, our second infantry squad, to continue the attack!" the squadron leader ordered with a frown.
After thinking that the blocking Eighth Route Army had both mortars and heavy machine guns, he added: "Tell Lieutenant Yoshida that I will give you all the six grenades, six machine guns and three machine guns of the Imperial Alliance Army that we are equipped with."
He must break through the enemy's blocking position!"
Soon, more than a hundred Japanese and puppet troops entered Yang Xiong's field of vision!
"The little devil is trying to break through us with one attack!" Yang Xiong sighed with a frown.
Zhang Hao, who was still immersed in the joy of repelling the attack of the Japanese and puppet troops, shouted directly: "Captain Yang, we have mortars and heavy machine guns. No matter how many Japs come, we are not afraid."
"No!" Yang Xiong shook his head and replied.
"We can't fight anymore here. Didn't you see that the Japanese have brought nine machine guns and six grenade launchers? In terms of firepower, except for mortars, we don't have any advantage! If we continue to defend here and fight against the Japanese, our troops will suffer too many casualties.
Big, not worth it!”
"Then shall we retreat now?" Zhang Hao asked unwillingly.
"The advantage we just gained will be lost as soon as we retreat. Give the Japanese and puppet troops a hard blow before we leave!" Yang Xiong ordered decisively.
"As for the landmines, prepare five mines for them on the position. The artillerymen will fire immediately, staring at the Japanese behind and explode. The light and heavy machine guns will fire a row of bullets as quickly as possible before retreating. Do not fire more bullets.
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"After the infantry provided cover and the Japanese and puppet troops entered the shooting range, the riflemen fired three bullets each at the fastest speed, then retreated and used landmines to deal with them!"
"Yes, Battalion Commander Yang!" Zhang Hao replied with a teachable expression.
After two mortars fired ten shells at the Japanese in succession, three light and heavy machine guns suddenly opened fire. In just a few seconds, they fired fifty or sixty rounds of bullets at the unprepared puppet troops in front.
"Machine gun cover, grenades to kill the machine guns on the position! Fire!" The Japanese team leader supervising the battle behind was helpless against the mortar shells falling from the sky, but as soon as he saw three light and heavy machine guns firing, a pair of angry eyes shot towards
Two rays of light were shot out, and then he ordered with a fanatical look.
Seven or eight light machine guns were quickly set up and opened fire on the position.
The grenade tube was also erected by the Japanese, and grenades were fired at the position where the heavy machine gun was just exposed.
"Quickly, retreat, carry the heavy machine gun and move back. Japanese grenades are not a vegetarian!" The heavy machine gun platoon leader, who was a veteran, glared at a dozen heavy machine gun shooters who were in a hurry and cursed loudly.
Just as a dozen people carrying two heavy machine guns left, there were several violent explosions behind them.
Seeing that the place where the gunfire had been fired was quickly enveloped by explosions and smoke, the Japanese team leader supervising the battle behind could not help but let out a sigh of relief, and then gave an arrogant order.
"Continue the attack. The Eighth Route Army's machine guns have been knocked out by us. Rush up and break through the Eighth Route Army's defense line!"
With more than a dozen people killed or wounded, the Imperial Army could only hold their rifles in hand and continue to charge forward with a look of fear on their faces.
Soon, they rushed from 150 meters to 100 meters. When they saw that there were no machine guns on the position, they became more and more courageous. In the end, they straightened their backs and fired all the way forward.
"Shoot, old rule, retreat after the fight!" Yang Xiong ordered decisively.
"Bah, bang, bang!" A round of gunfire rang out from the position that had been quiet just now, and another seven or eight Imperial Army soldiers fell to the ground.
The Japs squad leader reacted quickly, brandishing his command knife and shouting: "Machine gun fire, cover the Imperial Army's attack, kill them!"
The bullets fired by the Japanese machine gunners were both tricky and dense. Even though most of the soldiers were hiding behind bunkers, they still began to suffer casualties.
Fortunately, each person only had two bullets left.
In less than ten seconds, the soldiers carried the wounded and began to retreat.
The position where three rounds of volleys of gunfire were fired suddenly fell silent. The Jaap team leader was not a fool and immediately gave the order.
"Bageya Road, cunning Tubalu, they must have escaped. Rush up, catch up with them, eliminate them, kill them all!"
The Imperial Alliance Army, which had lost nearly twenty more people, seemed to be on fire, each one rushing forward faster than the last.
Soon, an empty position appeared in front of them.
"Brothers, Tubal Road has been beaten away by us. Charge and catch up. Kill a Tubal Road and get five yuan from the ocean!" The company commander leading the Imperial Alliance Army saw the Eighth Route Army retreating a hundred meters away, and there were people carrying them.
He grabbed the wounded man and shouted immediately.
"Boom!" Before he could finish his words, an explosion sounded from the Eighth Route Army position not far away.
A puff of black smoke rose into the sky, and around the black smoke were three or four screaming subordinates.
"Boom!" Immediately afterwards, there were two more explosions, and a total of seven subordinates were killed and knocked over.
The company commander's face, which had been arrogant just now, suddenly turned pale, and he shouted out loud: "It's a mine. There are mines on the position. Get out of the position quickly and report to Taijun!"
The Japanese army finally captured the first line of defense prepared by Yang Xiong, but this line of defense delayed them for at least half an hour.
More importantly, nearly thirty Japanese soldiers and more than sixty Imperial Army soldiers were killed and injured.
On the way back, I saw that the Japanese and puppet troops had not caught up because of a few landmines, so I immediately ran to Yang Xiong's side.
"Captain Yang, the battle just now was so exciting. The Japanese and puppet troops suffered at least forty casualties! It was a pleasure to fight with you. The only regret is that I didn't capture a single gun or bullet."
Yang Xiong is very satisfied with Zhang Hao's current reaction.
Successfully blocking the Japanese and puppet reinforcements was one thing, and gaining Zhang Hao's confidence was another goal of Yang Xiong.
In this way, if there are any military operations in the arsenal in the future, as long as you ask, they will definitely come to help.
"Don't be anxious, there is plenty of time to deal with these Japanese and puppet troops today. As for weapons and ammunition, after this battle is over, make sure that all the companies are equipped with rifles and have enough ammunition!"
In Guangtouling Coal Mine, more than 2,000 absentees have been moved to the open space of the mine.
Initially, he was worried that one platoon would not be able to manage so many absentees, but in the end Wang Ping discovered dozens of captured Eighth Route Army soldiers among the absentees.
After giving each of them a rifle, Wang Ping no longer had to worry about absenteeism and causing trouble, and he went directly into the mine to count his harvest.
"Explosives, director, we found at least five thousand kilograms of explosives in the warehouse! They are all yellow explosives!" As soon as they arrived at the entrance of the mine, First Company Commander Hong Tao rushed over and reported with excitement.
"There is still money. The owner of the Guizi Mine has at least 3,000 yuan saved in his room. There are also a lot of small yellow croakers. I have them all sealed up and ready to pack them back!"
Wang Ping immediately made a decision: "Our people will bring the money, and let the miners help carry the explosives back. Two people will carry fifty kilograms, and one soldier will be responsible for ten miners. We will start transporting them to the base area now."