"Platoon leader, the fight just now was so exciting. A dozen little devils were suddenly attacked by our two crooked handles, and seven or eight grenades were thrown at them. We killed them before they had time to counterattack. They were all killed cleanly!" Xiong
Chang He was the second to rush out of the battlefield and shouted excitedly as soon as he met Li Hao.
Chen Bing and the third squad leader Huang Yunxian were the last to rush out with others.
"Platoon leader, we didn't fight well. We sacrificed two soldiers and injured one~but we killed more than a dozen Japanese!" Chen Bing answered with his head lowered.
"It's good if you win!" Li Hao comforted.
Then he began to issue orders: "Take the capture and continue to retreat~ The little Japanese commander must be so angry that he wants to kill people now. Let's not touch this brow, stay away and count the results, and then see what the Japanese army will do next and continue to attack them."
The Japanese army, which was advancing deeper into the forest step by step, suddenly stopped.
The captain looked at the captain of the third squadron with a shocked expression of disbelief on his face.
After a long time, he asked: "What does the Eighth Route Army want to do? Are they pulling out teeth from the tiger's mouth? Where did they get such strong fighting power!"
"And you are all stupid pigs!"
"A full infantry squad of the Imperial Army was killed by the Eighth Route Army in less than two minutes. Who can tell me whether their combat effectiveness is too strong or the Imperial Army's combat effectiveness is too weak!"
The vice-captain looked hesitant and replied: "Captain, I have something to say from my humble position!"
"The Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness indeed far exceeded our estimates, but there is another very important factor why they defeated us one after another and caused us heavy losses!"
"Speak, don't hesitate, what a hesitation!" the captain ordered, glaring at the deputy.
"Hi!"
The vice-captain frowned and answered.
"They are so cunning and have a vicious eye. They can always find our weaknesses and then launch a fatal blow to our weaknesses."
"The first time we killed a fully-equipped infantry squad was when they attacked our two-wing troops from the flanks. At that time, we only had one infantry squad on both wings without any reinforcements or firepower. After being attacked, I only had one squad to reinforce them. As a result, the Eighth Route Army was defeated.
A loophole was exploited."
"The same goes for the battle just now."
"Although we have strengthened our troops on both wings, the defense behind us is very empty, almost non-existent."
"The Eighth Route Army must have discovered this, and then concentrated its troops and superior firepower to attack one of our infantry squads from behind!"
"The warriors were caught off guard and were attacked at close range by a large amount of automatic fire. The grenadiers and machine gunners were killed immediately. The remaining riflemen were no match even if they wanted to fight back!"
"I just went to the battlefield to see for myself. In the surprise attack just now, the Eighth Route Army used at least six crooked weapons!"
"Hiss... so many!" the captain took a breath and exclaimed.
Then he stared at the chief of staff and asked: "How can they have so many light machine guns? Can any of you tell me?"
The deputy captain continued to answer: "While we were still in Hongquan Village, we were attacked by the Eighth Route Army at night. In that night alone, we lost five crooked weapons!"
"Yesterday afternoon, one of our infantry squads was attacked by the Eighth Route Army and lost three crooked weapons!"
"These machine guns must have fallen into the hands of the Eighth Route Army we are looking for!"
"Just now, another infantry squad of ours was killed, and the machine gun was also lost. If I judged correctly, this Eighth Route Army already has ten crooked machine guns in its hands."
"Once these machine guns are used together, their firepower is equivalent to that of one of our infantry squadrons!"
The captain's face instantly darkened, and he frowned and fell into deep thought.
The deputy captain had no intention of stopping yet and continued: "Since the troops entered the mountain, two infantry squads have been completely wiped out by the Eighth Route Army. There are more than 80 casualties among the imperial army. The total casualties are more than one infantry squadron.
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"Our troops entering the mountain only have three infantry squadrons, and now one-third of the casualties are. Although our opponent, the Eighth Route Army, has also lost a lot of troops, their firepower has increased several times, and they have also seized a large amount of ammunition from us. Their strength is
If it doesn’t decrease, it will increase!”
"I'm worried that if we continue to attack like this, the troops will suffer a lot of casualties!"
"How to fight next, please make up your mind as soon as possible, Captain!"
The captain replied solemnly: "We can't continue like this!"
"From now on, the infantry squads will no longer be scattered, and all troops will gather together to search and move forward!"
"The distance between the teams has been shortened to two hundred meters, and we continue to search in this direction!"
The deputy captain frowned and reminded: "But captain, this leaves our frontal search width less than one kilometer. It will definitely be very difficult to find the Eighth Route Army in such a large forest!"
"No!" the captain replied, shaking his head.
"We have overlooked one problem since we entered the mountain. In addition to the dozens of people who have been hiding around us, the Eighth Route Army we are looking for also has wounded people, and there are a lot of wounded people.
"With so many seriously wounded people hiding in the woods, the target must be very big. There is no need for us to conduct a wide-net search in the woods!"
"I said yesterday that as long as we find their seriously wounded, the Eighth Route Army, which has been attacking us for the past two days, will take the initiative to kill us. Therefore, we now have only one search target: the Eighth Route Army's seriously wounded hiding in the woods, and find them
We don’t need to conduct a dragnet search!”
"Captain is wise!" the vice-captain complimented with a look of realization on his face.
"As long as the troops gather together in small teams, the entire search force will no longer have weaknesses, and the Eighth Route Army will have no chance to surprise us!"
"If they have the guts to come and confront us head-on, that's exactly what we want to see the most. Surround them and kill them first, and then go find the wounded!"
There are still 15 people in the entire fourth platoon who can continue to fight, including platoon leader Li Hao and deputy platoon leader Hong Linfeng.
The weapons and ammunition that everyone brought back were all piled together. Although the troops sacrificed three more soldiers and injured two more soldiers, when they saw the weapons and ammunition piled in front of everyone, a smile appeared on their lips involuntarily.
"Platoon leader, we have already made statistics: three crooked handles, 19 38 covers, and one grenade were seized. The most important ones were ammunition. A total of 31 armed belts were brought back, including sixty-round bullet boxes.
31, all of which have not been opened, and there are 62 thirty-round bullet boxes, 48 of which have not been opened, and even those that have been opened have only used one row of bullets."
"There are also 56 grenades and 48 grenades!"
"Okay..." Li Hao replied with excitement. With these ammunition, he would be more confident to fight against the little devil.
"Replenish the ammunition used by the soldiers and hide the remaining weapons and ammunition on the spot. We will come back to retrieve them when the battle is over!"
"Yes, Platoon Commander!"
As soon as Zhou Xuan left, Hong Linfeng ran over panting.
"Platoon leader, the Japanese are on the move again!"
"The troops no longer pull out nets, but focus their forces in squads to search forward. The distance between squads has also been shortened to two hundred meters!"
"I looked around them for a whole circle and couldn't find any holes in their defense. It will definitely be very difficult for them to make a sneak attack!"
"Then don't make a sneak attack and have a head-on confrontation with the Japanese!" Li Hao blurted out.
"I estimate that the Japanese want to see us have a head-to-head confrontation with them. If this is the case, then we will do what they want!"
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