"There are enemies ahead, everyone, hurry up and take cover!" the squad leader walking beside the squadron leader shouted loudly.
The Japanese and puppet troops walking in two formations in the middle of the road quickly dispersed. With rifles in their hands, they bent over and looked at the direction of the gunshots with a vigilant look on their faces.
"Sir, are there any enemies blocking the road ahead?"
The squadron leader quickly raised his telescope. Two platoons, three and four, plus the fire platoon, a total of more than fifty soldiers lined up in a row, and exchanged fire with the forward troops from a high position.
More than half of the more than 30 Japanese and Imperial Army troops had been killed or wounded, and a dozen or so soldiers were left lying on the ground to fight back.
Because the blocking firepower was too strong, they were no match for them, so they could only fight back while retreating. People were constantly being killed and died on the way back.
The leader of the Japanese squadron immediately frowned.
"Who can tell me why there is an enemy blocking position here!"
"Is it possible that the Eighth Route Army is also eyeing our supply troops?" the squad leader reminded!
"The Eighth Route Army was short of guns and ammunition, and the baggage trains brought too much ammunition, which must have been a huge attraction to the Eighth Route Army. They sent some troops to stop us, and the main force ambushed them on the road where the baggage trains must pass. This is what they have always done
The usual way to play!”
"It's very possible!" The squadron leader's face became more solemn.
He took a deep breath and replied: "The baggage team must not have any accidents. With the ammunition they bring, we can continue the sweep!"
"We must immediately break through the Eighth Route Army interception, join the baggage train, and escort the ammunition and artillery safely back to Lingqiu County."
"Three platoons of the Imperial Army, and the first and second squads of the Imperial Army, attack immediately!"
"I want to capture the Eighth Route Army's blocking position in one attack!"
For more than two hundred days, the puppet troops, with the puppet troops in front and the Japanese behind, formed a skirmish line and launched a mighty attack.
The Independent Company blocked the position, manually adjusted the three mountain cannons to shoot at Zhu Yuan, and then taught everyone how to fire the cannons. After that, Li Hao climbed up the mountain ridge to observe every move of the Japanese and puppet troops.
He is the commander of an independent company and must control the entire battle situation, determine when the troops will fire, when to fire, and launch counterattacks...
"Company commander, the Japanese and puppet troops have begun to attack. There are more than two hundred people, almost all their main forces!" Zhao Wen, the third platoon leader, put his shoulder on the butt of the machine gun, held the handle of the gun, and whispered while aiming.
"Japanese are very cunning!" Li Hao replied seriously.
"Let the puppet troops rush forward to block bullets for them, and at the same time consume our ammunition and troops. When we are almost beaten, they will take the opportunity to kill them and reap the benefits!"
Zhao Wen is an old Red Army veteran and understood it as soon as he heard it.
Immediately replied: "But they are going to miscalculate this time!"
"When we were not the Red Army, nor were we the other Eighth Route Army, each of us only had a few bullets!"
"When they came, each soldier brought a hundred rounds of ammunition with him, and he also carried four more boxes for the machine guns!"
"The Japanese want to use a company of puppet troops to use up all the ammunition in our hands. That is a delusion!"
"Company Commander, I have an idea!"
"The puppet troops are easier to fight than the Japs. Let's use half of our firepower and troops to slowly wear them down. After the Japs come up, we will expose all our firepower to give the Japs a surprise!"
Li Hao replied with a look of appreciation: "Okay!"
After a moment of hesitation, he made a decision: "Platoon Commander Zhao, from now on, you will be in charge of directing the frontal battle!"
"Can I...can I?" Zhao Wen answered nervously and worriedly.
"Okay, just fight as you just thought...the four platoons, the fire platoon, all follow your command, don't worry!"
"I will coordinate the artillery unit to provide you with artillery support. Don't forget, we also have three mortars and three mountain cannons, which are very powerful. The Japanese don't bring any artillery. As long as they fire, all dangers can be solved!"
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"Then I'll give it a try!" Zhao Wen found some confidence and answered bravely.
"Shoot..." Zhao Wen ordered abruptly.
The machine gun on his shoulder immediately roared angrily, and bullets flew out of the muzzle as if they were costless.
The combat quality of the puppet army is obviously much worse than that of the Japanese.
Five light machine guns fired at the same time, and more than ten people were killed by the puppet troops rushing in front.
The remaining puppet troops subconsciously lay on the ground, not wanting to move forward.
The Japs obviously expected this scene.
Immediately scold the puppet soldiers to stand up and continue to charge forward. If they move slightly slowly, they will stab them with bayonets.
In the blink of an eye, the four puppet soldiers did not die in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, but died in the hands of their masters.
The living puppet soldiers were very aggrieved, and some even wanted to defect before the battle.
But the two small groups of Japanese soldiers were watching eagerly behind them, and they had almost no chance of winning if they defected before the battle.
In the end, I could only suppress my grievances in my heart, hold in my anger and continue to move forward.
"Keep shooting. Since these puppet soldiers are willing to sacrifice their lives for the little devils, let's be polite and kill them!" Zhao Wen put a new magazine on the machine gun and shouted while continuing to draw fire.
True to his word, this time the machine gun shot was both accurate and tricky.
Just now, I shot at the legs of the puppet soldiers, wounding but not killing them, and the hit rate was very low.
Now shoot directly at their stomachs and above. The target is large and the shooting accuracy is high.
A flurry of bullets swept out, and at least four puppet soldiers were shot in the chest. They all fell to the ground, and even the movements of falling to the ground were the same.
Li Haoshou was very satisfied.
Compared with Hong Linfeng's impatience, the Zhao Wen in front of him is obviously more stable and has the potential to stand alone.
Li Hao's idea is very simple: the independent company will become stronger and stronger in the future. He cannot be the only commander, but must cultivate several more.
The Zhao Wen in front of me is a target I have chosen. I will use this battle to train him well.
There are fewer and fewer puppet troops still alive on the battlefield, but the enemy's goal has been achieved.
Trampling on the corpses of their colleagues, the puppet soldiers at the front had already reached a position fifty meters in front of the formation.
The Japs following behind slowly began to speed up, the machine gunner rushed faster and faster, and the grenade hand quickly squatted on the ground, set up the grenade and prepared to shoot!
"Boom boom boom..."
An explosion sounded on the ridge, and a group of six grenades fell from the sky and hit the position.
Two light machine guns and the machine gunner were blown over and misfired on the spot.
There will be casualties in war, and no one can avoid it, but for Zhao Wen, who was commanding a battle for the first time, sadness was unavoidable.
He raised his eyebrows and ordered: "Fight back immediately with the grenade!"
"The Japs are about to attack. When they get past the puppet troops and attack us, fire all the remaining machine guns to give the Japs a surprise!"
"Especially the two heavy machine guns. Keep an eye on the Japanese grenades and shoot them to kill them!"
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