More than two hundred Japs and dozens of puppet soldiers, carrying rifles and light machine guns on their backs, and driving mules and horses loaded with heavy machine guns and mortars, stormed out of the stronghold in a mighty manner.
The recruit platoon followed closely behind.
As soon as the Japanese troops at the rear disappeared from the end of the road, the new platoon took action.
Use shovels, pickaxes...all available tools to destroy the road.
Zhang Cheng commanded the main force of the company to ambush the enemy on the only way they could pass, and hid in the blockade ditch.
In order not to give the Eighth Route Army an opportunity to take advantage of it, the under-strength Japanese and puppet troops, despite their unwillingness, had to abandon the blockade ditch that was too far away from the stronghold.
The Japanese army could use blockade ditches and blockade walls to attack the Eighth Route Army, and they could also use them to attack the Japs.
Zhang Cheng had an idea and chose a detour.
The troops are ambushing around the corner. Each soldier is equipped with a short ladder. When he steps on the short ladder, his upper body can emerge from the blockade ditch.
Of course, before engaging the enemy, everyone except the company commander Zhang Cheng huddled in the blockade trench.
The Japs were marching on the road on one side of the corner, and the troops were ambushing in the blockade ditch on the other side of the corner. Even if there were Japs scouting and advancing in the blockade ditch, the Eighth Route Army hiding in the blockade ditch could not be seen.
Seeing the Japanese forward search team getting closer and closer, he decisively ordered: "Fire..."
A row of three light machine guns quickly sounded the sound of "ta da da..." machine gun fire.
Not to be outdone, more than thirty riflemen pulled the triggers at the same time.
The gunshots that rang out instantly from the blockade ditch were like firecrackers, dense and rapid.
Dozens of bullets flew out of the blockade ditch and were fired at the five Japs on the road. On average, each Japs had to withstand nearly ten bullets.
The five young men in the forward search team were very cautious. They realized the danger as soon as the gunshots were fired and threw themselves on the ground to avoid the bullets.
But the bullet was flying so fast that it was completely unprepared.
The five Japs did throw themselves on the ground in just three seconds, but each of them had at least one bullet hole in their body. Blood seeped out from the muzzle of the gun, quickly dyeing the uniforms red. The three Japs were dead on the spot.
There was movement, and the two Japs were lying on the ground squirming and screaming in pain, losing their fighting ability.
"Retreat..." Zhang Cheng ordered, putting away his rifle before he could fire a second shot.
Put your head back into the ditch, jump off the short ladder, and start retreating with it on your back.
The other soldiers followed suit, and in less than half a minute, the platoon disappeared into this blockade ditch.
The main force of the Japanese was only two hundred meters away from the search team, and it took less than half a minute from hearing the gunfire to rushing over.
After coming up, he didn't care about anything and started shooting at the blocked ditch where the gunfire had just been fired.
"Bang bang bang...ta da da..." Amidst the intensive gunfire, the road in front of the blockade ditch and the blockade wall behind were immediately beaten into dust.
Dozens of Japanese soldiers spread out in an attack formation, holding guns and bending their waists, and launched an attack under the cover of machine rifles behind them.
There were more than ten Japanese soldiers who jumped into the blockade ditch and attacked forward along the blockade ditch.
The result was undoubtedly that there was no one in the blockade ditch, and the Eighth Route Army that attacked the search team disappeared without a trace, not even leaving a single bullet casing.
The Japanese squadron leader was very angry, but faced with the Eighth Route Army's retreat, he had no choice but to order as if to remedy the situation.
"The troops continue to advance and send an additional combat unit into the blockade ditch to conduct reconnaissance and advance together with the search team on the road."
"If there are still Eighth Route Army soldiers ahead who use the blockade ditch to attack the forward search team, the combat team in the blockade ditch will immediately rush over and hold them back."
"The main force will outflank them on both sides and annihilate them all. We can't let them escape anymore."
In the blockade ditch a few hundred meters away, dozens of soldiers retreated behind Zhang Cheng.
A platoon commander followed Zhang Cheng closely and asked as he ran: "Company commander, how are we going to fight next?"
Zhang Cheng replied without thinking: "As before, continue to use the blockade ditch to attack the enemy."
"We suffered a lot from this blockade ditch. Many soldiers died in this blockade ditch. Today I will retaliate in kind and use this blockade ditch to attack them in turn."
As soon as he finished speaking, a squad leader from behind hurriedly caught up with him: "Company commander, the Japanese have started marching again."
"This time, a dozen Japanese soldiers were sent to search and advance along the blockade ditch."
Zhang Cheng frowned at first, but soon relaxed, and answered with bright eyes: "The Japanese army is smart and wants these dozen people to launch an attack on us from the bottom of the ditch to hold us back and buy time for their main force.
Outflank us."
"The idea is good, but they underestimate the blockade trench they have built by themselves."
"If I remember correctly, there is a curve five hundred meters further. Let's go there and fight again."
"Da da da... bang bang bang..."
Three light machine guns and more than thirty rifles were fired at the same time.
The five Japanese soldiers in the search team were the same as before. None of them was spared. They were all shot and fell to the ground.
The little devils walking in the blockade ditch were as if they were vibrating, and they immediately formed a fighting formation and charged forward.
The sound of gunfire was just fifty meters away. As long as everyone was fast enough, they could kill them in ten seconds and engage in a melee with the Eighth Route Army there to hold them back.
Captain Cao ran in the middle of the team with a rifle hung with a plaster flag, and shouted as he rushed: "Follow the machine gunner and provide fire cover at any time."
"The rifleman kills them, prepares grenades, and throws them at the Eighth Route Army when they see them."
"When fighting in a blockade ditch, the lethality of grenades is much greater than that of a rifle."
"Boom...boom..."
Before he finished speaking, three consecutive explosions rang in the squad leader's ears. The smoke, the hot air waves, and the blasted soil blew towards him along the blockade ditch, instantly pushing him to the ground.
Then a scream rang out from the ringing ears.
After shaking his head to shake off the dirt that hit his head, a tragic scene appeared in front of him.
At least six imperial soldiers staggered to the ground, and three of them were motionless. The three of them were dragging their legs covered in blood, or their broken legs were blown into two sections, revealing bones and bones. They were squirming on the ground, and every time they moved,
, a heartbreaking scream will come out of his mouth.
"It's a landmine. The Eighth Route Army planted mines in the blockade ditch." Chief Cao shouted.
The Japanese would never have imagined that these landmines were planted when they built the blockade ditch.
Later, when they were short of troops and had to abandon most of the blockade trenches, they also abandoned the mines buried in the blockade trenches, hoping that these mines could blow up some Eighth Route Army troops who wanted to destroy the blockade trenches.
But contrary to expectations, their landmines are conventional iron-cased mines made in arsenals, which can be easily found with mine detectors and mine detectors.
A company of engineer squads worked day and night, and it took a month to clear all these mines, more than 500 in total.
This operation was an excellent opportunity for the troops to consume a large number of Japanese and puppet troops. Mine warfare was a method that the Eighth Route Army was very good at. It must not be missed. Before departure, Zhang Cheng equipped each rifleman with a mine belt.
I keep it with me just in case of emergencies, but I didn't expect it to be really useful.
Three landmines knocked out the combat effectiveness of six little Japs, and three of them were killed on the spot.
