When the Japs who had suffered heavy military losses came into Wang Ping's sight, more than 300 people formed a group to report.
An infantry team at the front explored the road, followed by about two teams of infantry, followed by heavy machine guns, mortars carried by Japanese soldiers, and two infantry cannons pulled by horses. Behind the infantry cannons were several vehicles.
The rubber-tired carts contained ammunition, and behind them were the remaining Japanese infantry. There were seventy or eighty of them, carrying rifles or light machine guns, and they marched towards Luojiawan in a mighty manner.
"Have you seen the Japanese heavy machine gunners and artillerymen walking in the middle?" Wang Ping reminded in a low voice, pointing at the Japanese who kept walking past him more than a hundred meters away.
Seeing several heavy machine gunners nodding one after another, and the black barrels of the guns moving with the Japanese under their control, Wang Ping's face quickly turned serious.
"Shoot!" Wang Ping ordered as soon as they reached the best shooting range of the machine gun.
"Click, click, click!" The heavy machine gun fired first, followed by the two crooked guns.
Amidst the dull and harsh gunfire, bullets flew quickly towards the Japanese.
Compared with infantry, technical arms such as heavy machine gunners and artillery are definitely much slower in responding to battle.
The same is true for the reaction of the Japanese on the battlefield!
As soon as the gunfire rang out, the infantrymen in front and behind the team fell to the ground. The Japanese who reacted faster had already started to fight back with their rifles in less than three seconds!
The Japanese heavy machine gunners and artillerymen's first reaction was to be stunned, and then they lay down at the urging of the officers around them.
At this time, the dense bullets were like harvesting wheat, sweeping down the remaining Japanese soldiers to the ground in pieces!
Although the Japanese captain holds a high position, his reaction speed is not slow at all.
As soon as he lay on the ground, he subconsciously ordered: "Counterattack, heavy machine guns, mortars, counterattack immediately, destroy these cunning Tubal Road!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the deputy captain next to him reminded: "Captain, Tubal Road is using heavy machine guns and light machine guns to sneak attack on our artillery and heavy machine gun teams. The three teams must have suffered heavy losses and it will be difficult to fight back!"
The captain subconsciously planned to order the infantry to counterattack, but as soon as the words came to his lips, he swallowed them back, and then a hesitant expression appeared on his face.
"This must be a conspiracy by Tubal Road to force us to divide our troops, and then lure the enemy deep into the army to attack the troops we sent out!" the captain yelled without hesitation!
As soon as he finished speaking, the deputy captain reminded: "But those who attacked us were light and heavy machine guns with strong firepower and long range. If we don't send troops to eliminate them, Tubal Road will definitely use the same method to attack us unscrupulously, and our subsequent losses will be
Is it too big?”
"Bagya Road!" The captain couldn't help but yelled again.
"Tubal Road is forcing us to divide our troops. We know there is a trap ahead but we still step on it! Baga!"
After scolding, he immediately ordered: "The third team will counterattack immediately, but don't chase too far, just force them to retreat!"
"The third squadron of the second squadron, immediately support the artillery and heavy machine gun squads and cover them for counterattack!"
Nearly fifty Japanese infantrymen, carrying rifles and holding crooked handles, just rushed out of the pipe when the gunfire stopped.
Based on the captain's understanding of Tubal Road, his first subconscious thought was that the Eighth Route Army had taken the initiative to run away when something was wrong!
Then he subconsciously prepared to order the attacking troops to stop the pursuit to avoid falling into Tubal Road's plan to lure the enemy deeper.
As for the possible sneak attacks on Tubal Road, he had already thought of a solution just now!
As long as the heavy machine guns and mortars are dispersed among the infantry, even if they are attacked, the Eighth Route Army's one heavy machine gun and two crooked guns just exposed cannot suppress all their heavy firepower at once.
At that time, your own heavy machine guns and mortars will be able to respond quickly.
Through long-range strikes, directly destroy the Tubalu who dare to sneak attack on you.
After a series of orders were issued, the attacking troops relaxed and prepared to return to the official road. The newly quiet battlefield was broken by more than a dozen gunshots.
Five or six of his subordinates who were caught off guard fell down. The captain also became angry and cursed loudly: "Baga, why are there still Tubal Road? The troops will fight back immediately and destroy them!"
The Japanese could only turn around and continue charging towards the place where the gunshots were fired. The heavy machine gunners and artillerymen who were still alive quickly set up their heavy machine guns and mortars in preparation for a counterattack.
The Japs react quickly, and Zhong Yusheng reacts even faster!
After firing the second round, a dozen people retreated behind under the cover of the bushes, and they retreated in groups of two. In the blink of an eye, a dozen people disappeared into the bushes.
The heavy machine guns and mortars that were just prepared are like punching cotton. It doesn't matter if you fight back, or if you don't fight back!
"Bageya Road, fire immediately. Tubal Road is treating us like monkeys, and they must pay the price!" the angry captain immediately ordered.
The remaining three mortars of the artillery team fired quickly, and then three explosions were heard in the forest.
They fired five rounds of shells and only stopped after they determined that continuing to fire would be a waste of shells.
"Order the troops to continue on their way. As long as we reach Luojiawan, these Tubal soldiers will have no way to escape!" Although he was holding back his anger, the captain did not lose his mind and ordered immediately.
More than 300 Japanese soldiers immediately mixed up the troops according to the commander's order, and then continued on their way.
It was only then that the casualty information was sent to the captain.
Because the artillery and heavy machine gunners responded too quickly to the battlefield, the fifty or sixty bullets fired by the three machine guns almost achieved the purpose of chewing flesh.
Nearly twenty artillerymen and heavy machine guns were killed.
Because the artillery and heavy machine gun teams were originally small in strength, in order to make these heavy weapons effective on the battlefield, the captain had to recruit more than a dozen people from the infantry to supplement them.
But after all, they are not a professional and technical force. Even if they can make these heavy weapons effective on the battlefield, their power will be reduced a lot.
What's more important is that, with the losses along the way and the dozen or so men just taken away, the two squadrons of nearly 350 infantrymen are now less than 200 men, just over one squadron.
Every move of the Japs did not escape Wang Ping's eyes. As soon as the Japs' formation changed, Wang Ping frowned, and then sighed: "The Japs commander is very smart. He has ten tough opponents. It seems that he wants to eat him."
They are more difficult than they thought!"
After saying that, regardless of the shocked expression on Zhong Yusheng's face, he ordered directly.
"Squad leader Zhong, I will leave you the guard squad, and I will leave you a crooked handle and twenty grenades. I ask you to prevent the Japanese from reaching Luojiawan before dark. I will go to Luojiawan first.
The terrain there is good and suitable for an ambush. As soon as the second platoon arrives, I will prepare a big gift for the Japanese in Luojiawan!"
