The captain of the Japanese mortar squad was a veteran. The Eighth Route Army suddenly opened fire on him. Although he was shocked, he did not expect that the Eighth Route Army would dare to directly engage in a battle with the Imperial Army's artillery. However, he was well-trained and responded quickly.
Order the gunners around the remaining three mortars in the team to move.
In his mind, since the Eighth Route Army had already aimed at him, and the mortar fire rate was very fast, if he just stayed in place to counterattack, the reaction speed of his gunners would not be faster than the flight speed of the artillery shells.
By then, if a small group of four mortars and a single counterattack shell were not fired, the whole army might be destroyed.
A dozen gunners did not understand the squad leader's order, but their execution was not bad at all. They immediately disassembled the mortar, then put it on their shoulders and prepared to retreat.
The reaction speed of the artillery platoon did not disappoint the Japanese squad leader. As soon as a dozen Japanese gunners carried the mortar parts on their shoulders, three shells with a screaming sound came towards them!
"Boom, boom, boom!" Three explosions sounded. Compared with the three shells in the first round, all three shells in this round hit the Japanese.
In the violent explosion, seven or eight Japanese soldiers were blown away, along with the mortar parts carried on their shoulders.
"Baga, we can't stay here any longer. Everyone, move quickly and get out of here!" the squad leader with a heartbroken look on his face ordered loudly.
In the end, he only brought out eight people from a mortar team, and the mortar parts he brought out were only enough to assemble one mortar.
The team leader, who had suppressed his anger, went into battle in person without saying a word, armed with mortars, intending to use his only mortar to fight back and vent his anger with cannonballs.
Not far away, Major Hamasaki also saw the tragic scene of the mortar team's loss of troops. He shuddered in his heart. He was secretly shocked by the strength of the Eighth Route Army. At the same time, he immediately reacted: "Baga, the Eighth Route Army doesn't even have mortars."
If you use it, they will definitely launch a general attack on us tonight!"
"Everyone is here, be prepared for defense. As long as the Eighth Route Army dares to come, we will destroy them!"
"Infantry artillery team, immediately counterattack and destroy the Eighth Route Army artillery positions. We must not just watch the warriors being killed by artillery shells in vain!"
As soon as the order was given, an exclamation sounded from around Hamasaki.
"Captain, the Eighth Route Army has begun to attack. They are following the puppet army. They must be trying to use the puppet army to attack our base!"
"Nani?" Hamasaki held up the binoculars and looked in the direction of the adjutant's finger.
The Xiaguan stronghold already looks like a stronghold, although the puppet company commander left a platoon. But at this time, those left by the company commander must be the ones who are least liked by the company commander and least want to be traitors and work for the Japanese.
people.
In addition, they were not equipped with machine guns, but the guard platoon carried two crooked guns, used machine guns to clear the way, and charged towards them menacingly.
Dozens of puppet soldiers, organized by the platoon leader, did not even have the thought of resisting. They simply threw away their guns and raised their hands to surrender, neatly and without any hesitation.
After easily capturing the Xiaguan stronghold, the guard platoon immediately evacuated the prisoners and young men in the retreating stronghold with the assistance of the surrendering puppet troops.
Wang Ping led a company all the way around the stronghold, followed closely behind the puppet troops forty to fifty meters away, and went straight to the Japanese garrison.
The artillery platoon that stayed behind fired fifteen artillery shells in less than half a minute, immediately dismantled the mortar, then picked up the artillery accessories and moved nearby.
More than 20 people were carrying artillery pieces and artillery shells. As soon as they were less than thirty meters away, a screaming artillery shell hit the artillery platoon position and exploded.
Even though everyone was far away from the bombardment point, they could still clearly feel a wave of hot air rushing toward them on their backs wearing thick military uniforms!
At this time, many people had expressions of fear on their faces. From a distance of tens of meters, as long as everyone retreated half a minute later, someone would definitely die under the Japanese artillery counterattack.
Regardless of this, Zhang Bing commanded the artillery to retreat several dozen meters forward, and immediately greeted: "Set up the artillery here, aim at the Japanese heavy machine gun position, fire three rounds rapidly, and try to destroy the Japanese heavy machine gun firepower point with one shot, and give
The battalion commander clears the obstacles to attack!"
Major Hamasaki's face was very solemn. Even though he was very cautious, he still did not expect that the Eighth Route Army would use the puppet troops to attack him.
"Captain, we must prevent the puppet troops from continuing to retreat to the station, otherwise the Eighth Route Army will definitely take the opportunity to kill them!" the adjutant reminded with a calm face.
Major Hamasaki frowned, and a murderous intent emanated from him, and then ordered with a fierce look: "The second infantry team assists the heavy machine guns in the direction of Xiaguan, and must block the Eighth Route Army's attack."
"As for the puppet troops, tell them immediately to turn around and launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army, otherwise they will die!"
Although the First Company was hanging behind the puppet troops and attacking the Japanese military base, in order to force the puppet troops to speed up and reach the Japanese positions as quickly as possible, they were afraid of something happening. The weapons they held in their hands were not idle, and they kept firing at the puppet troops' backs.
One fatal bullet after another.
Along the way, more than ten puppet soldiers died in the hands of the first company.
The remaining puppet soldiers who were still alive, in order not to be targeted by the Eighth Route Army behind them, all chased me towards the Japanese camp, fearing that they would be one step behind others.
At this time, the Japanese army used the command flag to order them to turn around and fight back. Not to mention that no one saw the puppet soldiers who were just trying to escape, and even if someone saw them, they would simply ignore them.
What a joke, the Eighth Route Army chasing them behind them was equipped with six crooked weapons and a manpower of thirty-eight pieces. If they counterattacked the Eighth Route Army with just a few troops around them, they might not even be able to pick up their guns before being beaten into a hornet's nest.
"Baga, the puppet army actually refused to carry out the order and did not launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army!" the adjutant frowned and cursed.
Hamasaki directly ordered with a ruthless look: "Then use bullets to tell them that if they don't obey the imperial army's orders, they will also die!"
"Order the heavy machine guns to fire warning shots to force them to fight back against the Eighth Route Army. If they rush forward, shoot directly and kill them. Never let the Eighth Route Army get close to our station!"
"Da da da..." The sound of intensive machine gun fire rang out on the battlefield, and the ground directly in front of the puppet army was filled with dust by a string of bullets.
The puppet soldiers who were charging forward subconsciously stopped, and then looked at the station more than a hundred meters away with a look of fear, unable to advance or retreat.
At this time, the Japanese army told them to turn around and fight back, otherwise they would be shot to death. The order quickly spread among the puppet troops.
"Damn it, the little devils can't be relied on at critical moments, so we should work hard for them every day. Fight back! It sounds nice, but in fact it means death!" the puppet company commander cursed loudly.
The confidant platoon leader immediately asked: "Then what should we do? Hamasaki is famous among the Japanese army for his ruthlessness. If he says he can shoot, he will definitely shoot. It doesn't matter whether the brothers' lives are in his eyes or not."
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"You ask me, I ask who will go. The Eighth Route Army behind us is not a vegetarian. If we fight back now, we will die faster!" the company commander said angrily.
At this moment, the screams of three artillery shells streaking across the sky suddenly sounded above their heads, and then they saw the Japanese heavy machine gun position more than a hundred meters away being shrouded in artillery fire.
As soon as the explosion sounded, the sound of heavy machine gun fire stopped. The puppet company commander, who was frowning, his eyes lit up and he immediately ordered.
"Haha! The Japanese firepower point has been blown up. Brothers, continue to retreat to the station. Only by retreating to the station can we survive!" When retreating and counterattacking means death, retreating to the station is their only chance to survive. Therefore, the pseudo
The military company commander gave the order without thinking.
