"Sir, there is an Eighth Route Army blocking position on the mountainside ahead, equipped with four light machine guns. The forward troops were caught off guard and were attacked, causing heavy casualties!" the team leader rushed over and reported with a look of fear on his face.
The captain rushed forward without saying a word.
Soon, four rows of fortifications built halfway up the mountain appeared in his telescope.
"They have also built positions and dug trenches. Captain, does the Eighth Route Army intend to defend it?" the deputy captain asked with a frown.
"They only have that few troops. We have hundreds of people. Their military strength and firepower are not as good as ours. Isn't it a waste of time to defend here and die in vain? I don't understand this?"
"They are so cunning. They have caused casualties to an infantry squadron within just a few days of entering the mountains. Do you think there is any conspiracy behind this?"
The captain looked serious and did not answer, still holding the telescope to observe the surrounding terrain.
Soon a look of realization appeared on his face.
"I see!"
"It's easy to defend but difficult to attack here. It's very beneficial for them to stop us here!"
"The Eighth Route Army does not have many troops to protect the seriously wounded, and they are always active around us and fighting with us. This means that they have very few troops to move the seriously wounded, and they cannot move them too far. If I am not wrong, we are looking for
The seriously injured are hiding behind the mountain pass!"
"They want to make a last-ditch effort by taking advantage of the easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack terrain!"
"Also, even if the seriously wounded we are looking for are not behind and we can kill the combat troops protecting them here, that's fine!"
"Without these combat troops harassing us and sneaking attacks on us, a group of casualties without combat effectiveness cannot pose any threat to us. As long as they are still in this forest, we will definitely be able to find them!"
"Order the Second Squadron to concentrate its troops and firepower to launch an attack and kill the Eighth Route Army guarding the mountainside."
On the mountainside, four rows of more than a dozen people who were still able to move were all lying in waist-deep trenches. Their rifles and crooked handles were placed on the mound in front of the trench, their eyes motionless as they stared at the Japanese at the foot of the mountain.
"Platoon leader, the Japs have begun to attack. An infantry team is coming directly!" Hong Linfeng reminded with his eyes shining, as if dozens of Japs were not coming to attack, but to die.
Li Haoxiu's machine gun bunker on the mountainside gave him a lot of confidence and made him full of confidence in the next battle.
"There are two infantry teams behind us! Look carefully!" Li Hao replied with a serious look.
"An infantry squadron!" Hong Linfeng was frightened, and the confidence on his face disappeared instantly.
His mouth was so wide open in shock that he could almost fit a goose egg into it.
Three infantry squads formed three skirmisher lines, separated by twenty or thirty meters from each other, and charged toward the mountainside with murderous intent.
Seeing this, Hong Linfeng became anxious and quickly reminded: "Platoon commander, do you want to use the machine gun bunker? There are too many Japs. A dozen of us will face more than a hundred of them. There is almost no chance of winning in a head-to-head confrontation."
Li Hao frowned and fell into deep thought.
He was also frightened by the Japanese's generosity. He didn't expect that they thought so highly of him that they came up to an infantry squadron.
But if his trump card is exposed so early, he will definitely not be able to complete his mission of killing a hundred little devils here.
"Platoon leader, the Japanese are about to kill you. Make a decision quickly!" Seeing Li Hao's hesitation, Hong Linfeng became more and more anxious.
"The machine gun bunker will not be used for the time being!" Li Hao made a decisive decision!
"No matter what the cost, we must repel this round of Japanese attacks!"
"Chen Bing, you are a good machine gun shooter. Keep an eye on the Japanese grenade soldiers~"
"Grenade grenades are the biggest threat to us, try not to let them shoot!"
"Yuan Qingfeng, you have practiced forty or fifty rounds of grenades for two consecutive nights. Now it's time to test your training results."
"The Japanese machine gun positions and grenade positions within a hundred meters in front of our formation are all your shooting targets!"
"Except for the ones I used last night, I will give you all the remaining thirty-five rounds of grenades!"
"But we must also pay attention to the little devil's counterattack. A maximum of three grenades can be fired from one shooting position and must be moved!"
"Everyone else is free to shoot. In principle, we should attack the little Japs on the first line of skirmishers first!"
"Da da da……"
Li Hao fired first and fired all the magazines at the bottom of the magazine.
The Japanese second lieutenant and a soldier beside him who were targeted by him fell down in response, with several holes in their bodies from the sudden bullets.
Li Hao quickly pressed the bullet pressure plate on the machine gun magazine with his left hand, pressed a new magazine to the bottom of the magazine, and then aimed at a machine gun team and continued to fire!
The shooting of the crooked gun is very complicated. Li Hao fired all thirty rounds of bullets in a magazine in just ten seconds.
At least five Japs were killed by his precise marksmanship.
It was definitely too late to temporarily load bullets. Li Hao simply threw the machine gun to the recruit next to him and asked him to load bullets. Then he grabbed the rifle beside him and moved four or five meters to the side, and slowly poked his head out of the trench.
The new recruits' marksmanship was not well trained, and the most basic tactical movements were not practiced.
Letting them rashly go to the battlefield and shoot the Japanese face to face is no different from sending them to death.
So Li Hao asked them to hide in the trenches and load bullets for their respective squad leaders and a few veterans, and throw grenades in front of the formation at critical moments. Anyway, they couldn't emerge from the trenches and serve as live targets for the Japanese.
The fourth row now lacks everything except weapons and ammunition. Each veteran has two rifles and a crooked handle beside them, which are used alternately to ensure continuous firepower.
This bloody battle was more like a battle between veterans than four platoons fighting.
"boom……"
A sergeant lying on the ground was put into the sight by Li Hao and he decisively pulled the trigger.
"Da da da~"
As soon as he fired, a string of bullets flew towards him and passed over his head, scaring Li Hao into a cold sweat.
"boom……"
The grenade fired by Yuan Qingfeng exploded and did not hit the target directly, but it still knocked over a Japanese soldier.
"Boom boom..."
Two consecutive grenades were fired by the Japanese and exploded near Li Hao.
Li Hao was lying in the trench and could clearly feel the hot air waves sweeping over him.
"Monitor Zhou is injured~" Hong Linfeng's voice reached Li Hao's ears.
Next to the explosion point just now, Zhou Xuan was lying in the trench covered in blood, motionless.
The recruit next to him seemed to be frightened. He squatted beside him and was stunned. He didn't come back to his senses for a long time.
"Platoon commander, the Japanese grenadier soldiers are too cunning and scattered. I can't suppress them with just one machine gun!" machine gunner Chen Bing shouted and explained.
"The Japanese are coming!" Hong Linfeng continued to shout.
Taking advantage of the crooked handles of the four rows of equipment, they began to load ammunition, and the firepower was greatly reduced. The Japanese lying on the ground seized the opportunity and rushed over again.
"Platoon leader, the machine gun bullets are loaded!" the recruit next to him reminded.
Although Li Hao was also very nervous, he did not panic. Some of the little surprises he prepared for the Japanese before the battle were not in use yet. They would definitely cause a lot of casualties to the Japanese attacking troops. There would be a grenade rain next, so he didn't want to panic.
I believe the Japanese can withstand such heavy casualties.
He took over the machine gun, mounted one on the mound, and started to fire a machine gun team at the Japanese to counterattack.
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