The troops had marched less than a kilometer along the road when gunfire rang out.
Captain Sato's expression changed and he shouted: "It's the forward company that was attacked~"
"The third company of the Imperial Association Army, the first baggage team, attack immediately to reinforce the forward company!"
"Let's fight over there too and cover the attack!"
Captain Sato's reaction speed was very fast, and his subordinates' reaction was even faster. After all, before the march started, he had already issued an order for the troops to be on heightened alert along the way.
More than a hundred Japanese and puppet troops rushed toward the battlefield two hundred meters away with guns in hand.
"Da da da……"
A more intense burst of heavy machine gun fire suddenly sounded directly in front of everyone, and the dozen or so Imperial Army and Imperial Alliance troops who were at the front of the reinforcements fell in response.
Captain Sato's face turned pale and he cried out.
"It's a heavy machine gun. The enemy has set up a heavy machine gun in front of us. They want to prevent us from reinforcing the forward company and buy them time to completely wipe out the forward company!"
"Fire the grenade immediately and kill the enemy's heavy machine gun firepower point!"
"Others stepped up their guard, and the rear troops immediately rushed over to join us. The enemy even deployed heavy machine guns. This sneak attack is definitely not an ordinary sneak attack!"
"After the grenade kills the firepower point, the reinforcements continue to advance forward to reinforce the forward company!"
Captain Sato is indeed an experienced battlefield veteran, and he can arrange the troops well in the blink of an eye.
Several Japanese grenade hands picked up their grenades and rushed forward.
A total of six grenade launchers were quickly set up on the ground, lined up in a row, and they were ready to fire after simply taking aim.
"Launch..." Captain Cao shouted loudly.
Six grenades flew out of the barrel at a speed visible to the naked eye, drew an arc in the sky, and then hit two heavy machine gun positions and exploded together.
"Boom boom boom..."
After the six grenade launchers hit three rounds of grenades in succession, the reinforcements lying on the ground immediately stood up.
The second lieutenant team leader raised his command knife and ordered: "Continue to charge forward, the enemy's firepower point has been destroyed by us!"
"Kill me..."
For more than a hundred days, the puppet troops roared and rushed forward along the highway as if on stimulants.
"Da da da……"
After rushing less than fifty meters, gunshots rang out again.
Captain Sato had just regained some of his ruddy complexion and turned pale again. He shouted out loud: "Baga, why does the enemy still have a heavy machine gun!"
"On the grenade, kill the enemy's heavy machine gun fire points, cover the troops and kill them, reinforce the forward company..."
Every move of a dozen Japanese grenadiers did not escape the Eighth Route Army on the high ground on both sides of the road. As soon as the six grenade launchers were set up, the two heavy machine guns ceased firing.
The machine gunners worked in groups of four, carrying the heavy machine gun and moving to the next shooting position.
"Boom boom boom..."
The grenades quickly fell down and exploded, but they all hit the empty firepower point.
"Continue the attack, reinforce the forward company..." As soon as the heavy machine guns ceased firing, the Japanese squad leader in the reinforcements waved his command knife and ordered.
It is less than 200 meters away from the forward company, and you can see them when you turn on the road.
However, due to the interception of two heavy machine guns from the fire platoon, the reinforcements stopped and stopped, and it took them seven or eight minutes to arrive at the battlefield.
"Captain...the battle...the battle is over!"
Seeing the battlefield with less than twenty corpses left in front of him, the sergeant at the front was stunned for several seconds before he recovered from the shock and stuttered his report.
"The enemy is just ahead!"
Another sergeant pointed at the disappearing figure at the end of the road and shouted.
More than a dozen soldiers, each carrying several rifles and others carrying light machine guns, retreated frantically.
By the time the second lieutenant and team leader reacted, they had all turned the curve on the road and completely disappeared from their eyes.
The squad leader felt like he was being tricked, his face quickly turned red, and then he cursed loudly.
"They must have ambushed our forward company. Please ask the squadron leader for instructions immediately. I will pursue them and kill them!"
"No pursuit!"
Before the sergeant could move, the squadron leader's voice sounded behind him!
The squad leader quickly lowered his head and reported: "Hello, sir... We are late. The forward company has been killed by the enemy. The enemy retreated along the road. The rear troops just turned the corner in front. They brought the Seventy-eighth Imperial Army with them.
Ten prisoners will definitely not be able to run fast!"
"Let's pursue them now. We will definitely catch up with them and kill them!"
Captain Sato refused without hesitation: "Are you a stupid pig? Have you forgotten what the captain told you before we set off?"
"Have you forgotten how the baggage ammunition carried by the Watanabe Brigade was destroyed by the Eighth Route Army, and then the attack had to be suspended?"
The team leader suddenly reacted and answered with a look of realization on his face.
"Tune the tiger away from the mountain!"
"Sir, are you worried that this is a plan by the Eighth Route Army to divert the tiger away from the mountain?"
Captain Sato hesitated and replied: "It's not that I'm worried, it's that I'm sure!"
"Use a small group of troops to move the main force of our escort troops away. They will assemble the main force to attack our baggage train without escort troops. They will definitely be able to easily take away the baggage ammunition we transported!"
"If the forward company is gone, it will be gone. As long as the ammunition and artillery we escort are safely delivered to Lingqiu County, our mission will be completed!"
"The troops continue to advance. The third company of the Imperial Association Army has been changed to the forward force, and the distance between us and the forward company has been shortened to one hundred meters!"
"We already suffered a loss because the reinforcement distance was too far. We must not make the same mistake a second time!"
Li Haozheng, the commander of the independent company, led the guard platoon, first platoon, third platoon, and fire platoon, escorting the more than 80 puppet troops who had just been captured, and rushed forward desperately.
After running less than 300 meters, the guard platoon leader Xiao Yuan from behind caught up with him.
"Company Commander, the Japanese are not chasing us!"
"A new company of puppet troops came up as the vanguard, shortened the distance between the vanguard and the baggage train, and escorted twenty baggage trucks and six mountain cannons to move forward!"
Li Hao frowned and analyzed: "The little devils are learning from every experience. It is no longer useful to them to lure the tiger away from the mountain!"
"What should we do?" Xiao Yuan asked anxiously.
"When the enemy changes, I will change!" Li Hao made a decision with a frown on his face.
"You lead the guard platoon to stay, destroy the road, and lay out a few booby traps to slow down their march!"
"There are still nearly 400 people in the Japanese and puppet escort troops. We can't swallow them in one bite. We have to continue boiling frogs in warm water and consume more of their troops!"
"You buy a little more time here, and I'll go to the front to find the deputy company commander!"
"Since the strategy of diverting the tiger away from the mountain doesn't work, then we will find a way to force them to divide their forces!"
Xiao Yuan immediately replied: "Don't worry, company commander, the guard platoon guarantees to complete the mission!"
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