The staff officers holding the microphone in their hands shouted at the same time.
"Pa bang bang..."
The three guards raised the flare guns and pulled the triggers together. The three flares flew into the sky with a scream and exploded, flashing three very dazzling white lights that could be seen clearly from several kilometers away.
"Da da da... boom boom boom..."
The quiet mountain ridges on both sides of the road were quickly enveloped by the sound of gunfire. Bullets, grenades, and mortar shells were all thrown at the road as if they were free.
"Baga... enemy attack..."
The Japanese troops marching on the highway were in chaos, but orderly amidst the chaos. The squad leader and squadron leader were the first to react. The moment they jumped out of the car, they had already drawn their command swords, held them high in their hands, and shouted loudly.
"Everyone is concentrating on me. The enemy is on the ridge. Concentrate your firepower to counterattack!"
"The machine gunner opened fire immediately, suppressing the enemy with firepower..."
The well-trained training of the Japanese army was clearly demonstrated on the battlefield. As long as they were still breathing, they all lay down on the ground and did not wander around in panic.
While firing back at the Red Army on the ridge, he moved closer to his squad leader and squadron leader.
The Japanese who were still in chaos just now had unknowingly gathered into small groups, with their respective officers as the center, and relied on cars and carts on the road, and even the corpses of their comrades to fight back.
The 115th Division headquarters, division commander, political commissar, and chief of staff all held telescopes and stared motionlessly at the battlefield, their expressions becoming more and more solemn as they looked.
"Commander, the kid is more powerful than we thought!" the chief of staff reminded with a solemn look.
"After being attacked, he reacted to the chaos in less than half a minute, and he was able to organize a large-scale counterattack, not just a random fight. I don't know about others, but many troops of our 115th Division cannot do this!"
"No matter how difficult it is to fight, we will fight!" the division commander replied with a frown on his face and a very ugly face.
"Everyone has an arrow on the string and has to shoot it. We have already shot the arrow. Even if the little devil in the encirclement is a hard bone, we have to break it into pieces and then swallow it!"
"Order each regiment to strengthen their firepower and fight this battle well. I will replenish the ammunition they use up by then. Take out all your assets. Don't save ammunition for me!"
"The artillery unit fired all the artillery shells and fired at the enemy gathering place to disperse them. Don't let them concentrate!"
"This is the first battle since our Eighth Route Army went out. Everyone is watching. We must fight well and win. This battle will build up the prestige of our Eighth Route Army!"
The political commissar was very aware of the pressure on the division commander's shoulders and reminded him with a frown.
"One more thing. The commandos of each regiment will launch an attack in advance and cut the Japanese in the ravine into several sections at all costs. They must not be allowed to join together."
"It just seemed to me that when the little devils gather together, their combat effectiveness increases exponentially. A dozen of them can form a powerful attack formation, relying on machine guns and grenade launchers to directly crush our platoon to death!"
"There are also the Japs' planes, which will definitely come over. We must fight quickly. At the very least, we must fight with the Japs to make their planes useless. Otherwise, the casualties of the troops will definitely increase greatly!"
The division commander solemnly affirmed: "Immediately follow the instructions of the political commissar and give the order!"
At this moment, the Laoye Temple Heights defended by Li Hao attracted the division commander's attention.
A Japanese infantry squad carried a light machine gun and a grenade launcher and rushed there desperately.
The height of Laoye Temple is not high, and it is within the ambush circle. It did not attract the attention of the division commander at first.
But now he pays attention to it. The Japanese army's combat effectiveness is too strong, far beyond his expectation, and it is simply not something that the Eighth Route Army can deal with.
Once they occupy the Laoyemiao high ground and defend it, it will definitely be very difficult for the Eighth Route Army to kill them, and the casualties will be huge.
This is what the division commander least wants to see, he frowned and ordered.
"Immediately order the 686th Regiment to deploy a main company to seize the Laoye Temple Highlands, capture it at all costs, hold it, and then use firepower to suppress the little Japs in the ravine and kill them!"
"Yes, sir~"
Zhang Yu, who was guarding the high ground next to the Laoye Temple, also noticed this group of little devils.
Thinking of Li Hao insisting on guarding the high ground with a guard squad, I felt lucky for a while at first, and secretly sighed that Li Hao was flexible and thoughtful.
But this joy soon turned into worry.
The Eighth Route Army's three-blade ax to ambush the enemy had been tried many times when I was still in the Red Army, and almost never failed.
First, three rounds of volleys of gunfire were used to kill the enemy officers and important machine gunners, then several rounds of grenades were thrown at the enemy to stun it, and finally, taking advantage of the chaos, they went over to fight the enemy with bayonets and captured prisoners. It was a clean ambush and it didn't take long.
can end.
But in front of the Japanese army, the three-blade ax was completely useless.
Faced with the volley of guns and grenades fired by the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army was also in chaos, but it only took less than half a minute to react and organized a very effective counterattack.
Rifles, light machine guns, heavy machine guns, and bullets were fired at the mountain ridge for free.
And the accuracy was very good. Less than ten minutes after the ambush started, almost ten people in the Eighth Company had already been shot.
There are also Japanese grenade launchers. A grenade launcher can be operated with one hand by squatting on the ground.
Grenades, which were more powerful than hand grenades, kept hitting the mountain ridges and exploding.
There was already a machine gun group that was hit by a grenade because it was not transferred in time. The machine gunner died and the machine gun was blown into scrap metal.
The strength of the Japanese army made him lose the arrogance and confidence he had before the war, and his entire face was replaced by solemnity.
"Company commander, the kid's marksmanship is so good and his firepower is so fierce. Especially the grenade, it's like it has eyes. He can hit accurately every time. Many squads were crushed to death and couldn't move at all!" The instructor was very anxious!
shouted.
"Concentrate all the machine gun firepower and shoot the grenade I'm keeping an eye on on the little Japs..." Zhang Yu ordered through gritted teeth.
"We can hit them from a high position. The grenade is the biggest threat to us. Even if we lose two more machine guns, we will kill them!"
"Others threw grenades and used smoke to block the enemy's view so they couldn't aim at us, and then fired volleys at them to suppress them with firepower~"
"The third platoon leader is taking two squads to immediately reinforce the Laoye Temple Highlands. Haozi is on top, but there are dozens of Japanese attacking them, with machine guns and grenade launchers. They are too powerful. Haozi is definitely no match for them!"
"We must occupy the high ground of Laoye Temple before the enemy and defend it to the death!"
On the high ground of Laoye Temple, Li Hao was lying behind a rock, with the muzzle of his rifle sticking out from the gap in the bushes, pointing at the little Japs who were desperately rushing here at the foot of the mountain.
Li Jie and Hong Linfeng were holding submachine guns.
Chen Bing placed the machine gun on a rock, with his shoulder on the butt of the gun and his body covered with thatch. From a distance, it looked like a living haystack. The Japanese army had no idea that there was a light machine gun hiding inside that could cause fatal damage to them.
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