Just when they realized something was wrong, a row of heads suddenly appeared on the mountain ridge, and everyone had weapons in their hands. Some were holding crooked handles, some were holding pistols, and some were holding rifles.
A total of four crooked guns, ten pistols, and five 38-gun guns were fired at the same time. The dense bullets instantly covered the Japanese and puppet soldiers who were still standing, and more than a dozen people were killed on the spot.
The remaining Japanese and puppet troops also reacted very quickly, lying on the ground subconsciously. Some of them even picked up their weapons and prepared to fight back.
At this time, the sharpshooter in the rifle shot.
For them, a shooting distance of tens of meters is like shooting a live target, and they can hit it accurately every time.
After two consecutive rounds of gunfire, the few Japanese and puppet soldiers who were still alive were either directly shot in the head or hit in the back of the heart, and then died.
At this time, the three mortars behind him had almost fired, and each gun still had three shells that had not been fired.
The main force of the Japs five to six hundred meters away has become organized after a brief period of chaos. Although he has no intention of killing them yet, Wang Ping is sure that as soon as the remaining shells are fired, the unscrupulous Japs will come here.
Come and kill.
"Charge out, force the puppet troops to surrender, and then retreat!" Wang Ping immediately ordered without saying a word.
"No one is allowed to move, whoever moves will be killed!" The nearly one hundred puppet troops, who were both lucky and frightened, faced the rushing Eighth Route Army. Their first subconscious reaction was to hide the enemy and wait until they saw the Eighth Route Army.
When there were less than twenty people, four crooked pistols and ten pistols were already towering over them, forming a semi-encirclement facing them.
No matter when, there are always a few people with lucky ideas.
Seeing that there were not many Eighth Route Army soldiers, he would definitely not be willing to be a prisoner, and then subconsciously wanted to escape back.
But as soon as they moved, they were immediately hit by several bullets. These bullets were not polite and hit them directly. Four or five veterans were killed on the spot.
"No one is allowed to move. You can do whatever I tell you. If anyone disobeys orders, I will not be polite to him with the gun in my hand!" Chen Junyu shouted loudly.
Under the threat of death, these puppet soldiers finally became obedient. They raised their rifles above their heads one by one, waiting for Chen Junyu's order.
"Remove the bolts!" In less than a minute, the bolts of the puppet army's rifles were gathered together, then placed in two cloth bags and carried by two riflemen of the independent battalion.
Without the bolt, the rifle loses its function. Chen Junyu breathed a sigh of relief and continued to order: "From now on, you are prisoners of the Eighth Route Army. As usual, line up in two lines and follow us. If you don't want to be behind
If the Japanese are captured again as traitors, please hurry up!"
Most of the puppet soldiers were forced to become traitors. Now that they finally had the opportunity to call the puppet soldiers traitors, of course they would not let it go. They immediately carried rifles on their backs, lined up in two teams, and moved behind the ridge under the command of Chen Junyu.
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At this time, the artillery platoon that had finished firing the shells had also put away its equipment. Seeing that Chen Junyu had brought all the puppet troops back, Wang Ping was very satisfied, and without saying a word, he directly ordered the troops to continue to retreat!
Wang Ping walked for almost five minutes before a squadron of Japanese soldiers cautiously rushed up the mountain ridge.
Looking at the position below where there were no corpses of the Eighth Route Army except for bullet casings, the anger of the Japanese squadron leader could be imagined, and he wished he could lead his men to catch up with the retreating Eighth Route Army immediately.
But as soon as the order came to his lips, he held it back.
Because the bloody and tragic scene at the Guanliang stronghold suddenly appeared in his mind. The Eighth Route Army had the ability to easily kill a squadron of the Imperial Japanese Army. If he went deep alone and pursued rashly, would he be targeted by the Eighth Route Army and become a
What about the next infantry squadron that was wiped out?
The squadron leader finally chose to be patient, ordering the troops to be on the spot and sending someone back to report to the squadron leader.
By the time Ono climbed up the ridge, it was already ten minutes later.
Colonel Ono's anger boiled over when he thought that the Eighth Route Army, which he hated so much, had escaped under his nose again and caused a lot of casualties to the imperial army before leaving.
The Chief of Staff, who had just finished tallying the results of the battle, really didn't want to come over and touch Ono's brow at this time, but he thought that the Eighth Route Army might escape further and further, and many things still needed to be decided by Xiao Ye. In the end, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and come over to report.
"Captain, the battle losses just now have been calculated. The entire forward force has been wiped out. Fortunately, we only have one combat detachment of thirteen imperial warriors, otherwise our losses would be even greater!"
"However, judging from the battlefield situation, almost all the puppet troops in the forward company were captured by the Eighth Route Army. It can be seen that when facing the Eighth Route Army, the combat effectiveness of these puppet troops was not as strong as we imagined. It can even be said that they have no combat effectiveness! So I
Man, in the following pursuit battle, we must use puppet troops with caution!"
"In addition to the forward troops, the Eighth Route Army's shelling also caused us a lot of casualties!"
"In less than a minute of shelling, we killed a total of 43 warriors, 28 were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness, and dozens of others were lightly injured, but it did not affect their combat effectiveness! In addition to the warriors needed to lift the seriously wounded, another entire infantry
The squadron has lost its combat effectiveness!"
"Baga, is it that the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness is too strong or that our combat effectiveness has declined? From the time the troops were dispatched to now, two infantry squadrons were lost without even seeing the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Can any of you tell us the reason?" Ono Dazuo was angry and directly
Turn into a roaring lion and curse loudly at the surrounding subordinates!
When everyone lowered their heads and said nothing, the chief of staff stood up and explained.
"Captain, a very fatal reason is that we don't know much about the Eighth Route Army. At least we don't even know their strength. It would be strange if we don't suffer a loss in this situation!"
"Nani?" Ono wanted to get angry and scold the chief of staff severely. But as soon as the words came to his lips, Ono swallowed them back because what the chief of staff just said was true.
If he knew the strength of the Eighth Route Army, he would probably have avoided two consecutive losses.
Just when Ono was hesitant and thinking about the next step, the chief of staff spoke again.
"Captain, there is still a crisis waiting for us now!"
"After losing almost two squadrons, the remaining imperial warriors in our hands are less than three infantry squadrons. Including the artillery squadron and machine gun squadron, the total strength is less than 800 people. As for the puppet army, there is still a little more than one battalion.
, but the combat effectiveness is almost negligible.”
"If the Eighth Route Army is really as powerful as we think, then we are in danger! As for the reason why the Eighth Route Army killed our two squadrons first, it is probably to pave the way for the next decisive battle!"
Ono's brows instantly wrinkled, and his hesitant face suddenly became even more hesitant!