"Quick, everyone speed up. Each person carries a box of ammunition. When the ammunition is finished, he will carry the food and prepare to retreat!" Liu Wenshan shouted at the top of his voice from the independent company station in Hongquan Village.
Although the food and mountains of the independent company are hidden in the secret camp in the mountains, it is impossible to transport the food once a day.
Not only is it a waste of time, but it also wastes a lot of manpower and material resources.
Therefore, the Hongquan Village garrison has been storing food and combat supplies for half a month.
Now that the Japanese are coming, they will definitely take them away. Even if they cannot be taken away and burned, they cannot fall into the hands of the Japanese.
"The baggage platoon will go first, with the recruit platoon following closely behind, and the cavalry platoon at the rear. Let's go now!" Liu Wenqiang ordered with a long breath after all the food and ammunition in the inventory were emptied.
"These food and ammunition supplies were obtained by the soldiers with their blood and lives, and the Japanese must not let them take them back!"
"The Japanese are about to kill us. Let's speed up and enter the mountain!"
More than a hundred people, carrying horses and camels on their shoulders, drove out of the station in a mighty manner and rushed towards the mountain pass.
Three kilometers away, Yang Ping was leading his men to lay booby traps on the road.
A platoon of troops, due to the Japanese artillery fire, was only able to withdraw a little more than a squad of fifteen people.
He only had one light machine gun and grenade launcher in his hand, and lost all the others.
"Platoon leader, there are three booby traps in total, all set!" the squad leader reported while breathing heavily.
This place was less than five kilometers away from Huangtupo. Because they wanted to sneak attack the Japanese, they had to cover at least twice as many miles as the Japanese, and they were marching in a hurry.
Coupled with the tension caused by the battlefield, everyone alive in the second row was panting.
"Conceal yourself. After the booby trap explodes, follow my order before firing. If you hit it, retreat!" Yang Ping ordered with a frown.
"These little devils are too cunning, piecemeal measures along the way will basically have no effect on them!"
"We have few people and weak firepower. We can't threaten them with long-distance sneak attacks!"
"I hope these three booby traps will work!"
As soon as a dozen people hid, more than 300 Japanese soldiers marching in a hurry came into Yang Ping's sight.
He held all the rifles in his hands and looked around with a vigilant look on his face, ready to lie down at any moment.
The grenades were buried in the ground, covered with loose soil and marked with footprints. No matter how vigilant the enemy was, they would not be aware of the danger.
One by one, they walked past the booby traps.
After seven or eight Japs passed by in a row, one Japs finally stepped on a booby trap.
But he didn't realize anything was wrong and kept walking forward.
He had just walked five or six meters when a grenade exploded behind him.
A puff of black smoke rose into the sky, and three Japanese soldiers screamed and fell to the ground around the explosion point.
One of the Japs made no sound on the spot and lay motionless on the ground. The remaining two Japs were injured and fell to the ground, covering their wounds and screaming in pain.
The nearby Japanese soldiers subconsciously lay down on the ground. After confirming safety, they got up and gathered towards the impact point to treat the wounded.
As the number of Japanese soldiers increased, two other booby traps nearby were detonated.
This round, at least seven Japs were blown over, some died on the spot, and some fell to the ground screaming and became wounded.
"Shoot!" Yang Ping ordered decisively when there was chaos on the highway.
A light machine gun that I personally controlled quickly opened fire, and the bullets were specifically aimed at places where there were many Japs.
Amidst the heavy gunfire, the four Japanese soldiers fell down.
The riflemen nearby also opened fire, killing and wounding three Japanese soldiers.
"Da da da... bang bang~" The Japanese reacted quickly and subconsciously lay on the ground to fight back.
Bullets flew over like a rain of bullets. The two soldiers squatted on the ground and were beaten to death after their evasive movements were a little slow.
"Retreat~" Wang Ping ordered with a look of reluctance.
The bullets in the crooked bullet magazine have not yet been exhausted, but the enemy's reaction speed is too fast and the counterattack firepower is fierce. Even if they stay here for one second longer, the casualties of their subordinates may increase exponentially.
"Stop shooting, the Eighth Route Army has already escaped. Bring the wounded and we will continue to move forward!" Commander Ida ordered with a stern face as he rushed over.
The heavy casualties of the troops made him very heartbroken, but he did not forget his mission.
He forced himself to suppress his anger in his heart, and after slowly calming down, he gritted his teeth and continued to order.
"Ahead is Hongquan Village!"
"As long as the roundabout troops are successfully inserted into place, the Eighth Route Army will become a turtle in the urn, and we can kill them any way we want!"
"I will definitely chop off their heads with my own hands and avenge the warriors who died in the battle!"
"Destroy the Eighth Route Army in Hongquan Village, and I allow everyone to loot Hongquan Village as a reward for everyone's hard work!"
Commander Ida's promise made every Japanese soldier smile.
The low morale was swept away, and everyone was looking forward to the next battle. They wished they could rush to Hongquan Village now and kill the Eighth Route Army there.
Outside the independent company station in Hongquan Village, more than a hundred people lined up in a long queue to head towards the mountain pass. Because everyone was carrying at least fifty kilograms of stuff on their backs, the speed was not very fast.
"Boom boom..."
A sudden explosion a few kilometers away made Liu Wenshan realize that the Japanese were approaching.
Immediately shouted: "Comrades, speed up~"
"The Japs are coming soon, we must enter the mountain before they come!"
"Everyone, please work harder, we will be safe once we enter the mountain!"
The threat of death made the march significantly faster, and Liu Wenshan subconsciously let out a sigh of relief.
The Japanese are still two or three kilometers away. According to the current marching speed, everyone will definitely be able to cross the mountain pass and enter the mountainous area before the Japanese attack!
"Da da da... bang bang bang..."
At this moment, a series of gunshots suddenly came from the direction of the mountain pass.
Liu Wenshan's nerves immediately became tense after he relaxed, and a very bad premonition appeared in his mind.
He took out the cannon from the box, loaded the bullet, spread his legs and ran towards the mountain pass cannon.
A dozen soldiers from the baggage platoon, carrying ammunition boxes and grain bags on their shoulders, fell on the mountain road. Each of them had several bloody holes in his body.
The soldiers who were still alive were lying in the structures next to the mountain road. Those who had guns held their rifles in their hands and fired bullets at the mountain pass from time to time.
But the enemy's firepower was too fierce. He fired a bullet himself, and Yamaguchi immediately counterattacked with a string of bullets.
Several soldiers were beaten into pieces in the exchange of fire.
After all, these soldiers were not the main force. The cruelty on the battlefield made everyone alive have a look of fear on their faces. They lay motionless on the ground, letting the bullets fired from Yamaguchi fly overhead!
As soon as Liu Wenshan rushed over, Zhang Hao, the baggage platoon leader, rushed towards him with a serious look on his face.
"Instructor, our way back is blocked!"
"I don't know where the Japs came from. At least two teams were armed with heavy machine guns. The transport platoon was caught off guard and more than half of them were killed or injured!"
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