"The Japanese are prepared!" Xiao Yunshan was shocked and shouted.
But he soon realized: "No, they are not equipped with machine guns, just artillery equipped with self-defense rifles!"
Then he ordered: "Machine gun cover, riflemen rush up and greet them with grenades. Time is limited, the Japanese artillery squadron must be killed immediately!"
Wang Ping, who hurried over, glanced appreciatively at Xiao Yunshan, but didn't say a word.
Whether it was Xiong Changhe or Xiao Yunshan, their performances satisfied him more and more.
After several battles, the two of them no longer had the initial panic and bewilderment when facing the Japanese, but were able to handle it with ease. At least when facing Japanese puppet troops in squadron and squad sizes, the two of them were able to stand on their own.
Seeing dozens of soldiers under his command, orderly attacking the Japanese artillery squadron. Wang Ping immediately withdrew his gaze and began to scan the entire battlefield, looking for potential threats that might threaten the safety of the new regiment.
"Captain, the Japanese reinforcements are coming!" Suddenly, Tang Guangxin's nervous and anxious voice sounded from behind.
Looking back, on the road a few hundred meters away, Japanese troops and puppet troops were in a mess. Amidst the screams and curses of the Japanese officers, even though they were very tired, they still rushed towards here with mechanical steps.
"The Japanese want the puppet troops to take bullets for them and reinforce their artillery squadron and heavy machine gun squadron!" Wang Ping made his judgment with a sneer.
Tang Guangxin frowned and reminded: "Captain, do you want me to bring someone up to fight for a while? The little devils are all tired, and their attack power is definitely not strong. The direct team can defend it for five minutes!"
"It can be done, but five minutes later, the direct team was beaten to death!" Wang Ping replied angrily.
"Although the Japs are tired soldiers, the guns in their hands are not simple. Dozens of rifles and several machine guns are staring at you. Even if you are made of iron, you will be beaten into a sieve, not to mention that you are all
warm bodies!"
"What should we do? They will rush over in a few minutes. Should we retreat now?" Tang Guangxin suddenly had no choice but to fight. He stared at Wang Ping and asked with a look of helplessness.
At this time, the terrain where he was hiding caught Wang Ping's attention.
From the hiding bush to the road, it is only a small gentle slope. But looking around, it is the only highland within a few hundred meters of the surrounding area, even though this highland is only a dozen meters above sea level.
Seeing the heavy machine guns and bullets scattered by the Japanese on the highway, Wang Ping's mind suddenly changed and he immediately came up with a very bold idea.
"Tang Guangxin, bring your direct squad, carry three heavy machine guns and enough bullets, and occupy the high ground where we were hiding just now. As soon as the Japanese soldiers rush to two hundred meters away from here, shoot them with heavy machine guns and stop them!"
"There are so many heavy machine guns and bullets that you can't take with you anyway. If you don't use them, you won't use them."
Although it was unclear what Wang Ping's purpose was, he could still imagine the power of three heavy machine guns firing at the road.
Wherever the machine gun bullets hit, whether they were Japanese soldiers or puppet soldiers on the highway, they would all be killed. Their corpses were scattered everywhere, leaving no place to hide.
Without a word of nonsense, he pointed at the three heavy machine guns in front of him and greeted his subordinates not far away: "What are you still doing? Immediately carry the three heavy machine guns to the bush where we were hiding just now and aim them at the Japanese reinforcements.
Ready to fight!"
After Tang Guangxin left, Wang Ping thought again about the bold idea that had just popped up in his mind.
After confirming that there was no problem, he looked directly at the fighting Second Company.
Nine light machine guns firing together is equivalent to one light machine gun suppressing one Japanese rifleman.
The Japs who had several riflemen killed in an instant immediately turned into shrinking turtles, hiding behind the bunker without showing their heads.
At this time, the rifles of the second company were activated. With a rifle in one hand and a grenade in the other, they quickly rushed towards the Japanese artillery squadron along the overgrown bushes beside the road.
"The Eighth Route Army is coming, shoot, shoot immediately!" the artillery squadron leader shouted.
Several riflemen were forced to emerge from behind the bunker, trying to shoot.
However, before the gun fired, bullets flying around them had already blasted their heads.
The tragic scene directly made the remaining Japanese gunners feel scared, and their backs were as cold as cold, as if the god of death was already pulling them on their backs, pulling them towards hell. They were both frightened and afraid. No matter how the squadron leader cursed, he could not help but feel scared.
Dare to show your head.
At this moment, more than a dozen grenades with white smoke fell from the sky and hit them.
"Hand grenade... concealed... boom boom boom..." The grenade exploded as more than a dozen Japs held their heads and fell to the ground.
As more and more grenades hit the Japanese, some exploded after landing, and some exploded in the air. Xiao Yunshan was the first to jump up from the ground and kill the Japanese artillery squadron!
"Comrades, fight with me! Rush into the Japanese artillery squadron and kill them!"
The twenty-odd Japs who had self-defense rifles were all dead and injured, and the remaining five or six people collapsed immediately when faced with the Eighth Route Army that rushed over like murderous gods.
Some people would say that the Japanese have been influenced by the spirit of Bushido and would rather die on the battlefield than retreat.
But those are front-line infantry, and artillery does not have such courage.
The artillery force is basically composed of intellectuals. They only started to learn artillery after simple recruit training. They have never gone to the battlefield like the infantry and killed people face to face. Whether it is combat effectiveness or courage, they are far inferior to the artillery.
More importantly, they are all intellectuals and are not so easily brainwashed by the so-called Bushido spirit.
In their eyes, any sacrifice or serving the emperor is bullshit. Only living by yourself is the right way.
Therefore, facing death that is so close at hand, their first thought is to run for their lives and get out of here.
After the artillerymen equipped with self-defense rifles in front collapsed, the dozens of people left in the artillery squadron had the same chain reaction. Regardless of the officer's command, they retreated away from the new regiment at all costs.
What's more, they simply ripped off the mortar parts and shells mounted on the backs of the mules and horses, and fled for their lives on the mules and horses.
"Machine gun fire, don't save bullets for me, kill them!" Xiao Yunshan was so shocked that the Japanese escaped from the battlefield, and he almost couldn't believe his eyes.
But he quickly reacted and shouted loudly to the machine gunners, not letting them go just because they were afraid.
Although they had never been on the frontline battlefield and killed the Eighth Route Army face to face, the cannons in their hands had killed people.
Xiao Yunshan can be sure that at least half of the comrades who died on the battlefield died under the shelling of these people.
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