"Sir, after crossing the mountain pass in front of you, you will reach the secret camp of the Eighth Route Army..." a young Japanese sergeant who had been here before reminded him with a lingering fear on his face.
Lieutenant Colonel Ida was both excited and nervous.
Behind the mountain pass is the secret camp, which means that if you cross the mountain pass, the secret camp will be exposed in front of you, and you can eliminate the last anti-Japanese armed force in Lingqiu.
But how to take the mountain pass, he was in trouble.
The mountain pass in front of us caused the imperial army to collapse twice, and at least two hundred imperial troops died here.
But this mood did not last long!
The Eighth Route Army had no cement, so even the machine gun bunkers were purely civil fortifications.
The most important reason why the two attacks of the imperial army failed was that they did not carry artillery, apart from underestimating the enemy.
I had already considered this before going into the mountains, so I specially brought six mortars with me.
After raising the telescope and looking over and over at the place where Yamaguchi might have built a bunker, the confidence that the six mortars had given Lieutenant Commander Ida slowly disappeared.
The mountain pass was full of thatch and bushes, but I couldn't find any trace of the fortifications built by the Eighth Route Army. As for the machine gun bunker, I couldn't find any trace at all.
If you don't hit the target, it's useless even if you have a cannon in your hand.
Lieutenant Commander Ida frowned again involuntarily.
"Sir, I suggest you send a detachment up to test the Eighth Route Army's firepower at the mountain pass!" the adjutant standing nearby suggested.
"Heavy machine gun squadron and artillery squadron are ready for battle. Once their machine gun firepower points are exposed, fire immediately to kill them and cover the attacking troops to retreat!"
"After the artillery destroys the machine gun bunker at the mountain pass, we will attack again and try to capture the mountain pass in one assault!"
Lieutenant Commander Ida hesitated and shook his head before replying: "There are too few offensive troops for one detachment!"
"If you cannot threaten the Eighth Route Army guarding the mountain pass, not only will you not be able to force out the machine gun bunker built by the Eighth Route Army at the mountain pass, you will also be killed!"
"Send up an infantry squad!"
"Even if the entire army is destroyed, we can still withstand the casualties without breaking our muscles and bones, and we can put a certain amount of defensive pressure on the Eighth Route Army, forcing them to use the firepower of the machine guns and bunkers!"
The adjutant immediately replied: "I'll make arrangements now for my humble position!"
Inside the bunker, the garrison platoon leader Zhang Yun kept frowning.
There were too many Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain, more than 300 infantrymen, artillerymen, and heavy machine gunners, and they were all Japanese.
I only have two infantry squads and one firepower squad, so it is impossible to say there is no pressure.
Especially when we saw six mortars being set up in a row by the Japanese, and six heavy machine guns set up in a row on the ridge behind the artillery position, the atmosphere in the bunker immediately became depressing.
Not only Zhang Yun, but also a dozen of his subordinates felt tremendous pressure from those mortars.
"Huhu..."
After taking a deep breath and forcing himself to calm down, Zhang Yun braced himself and comforted him.
"Don't worry, everyone, our bunker has been reinforced with cement, and the Japanese mortars can't do anything to us."
This sentence is not only to comfort his subordinates, but also to comfort himself.
As soon as he finished speaking, the machine gunner lying on the other shooting hole shouted.
"Platoon leader, the Japanese are here, they are an infantry squad!"
Zhang Yun's face changed, and he ordered seriously: "The machine gunners are in position and get ready for battle!"
Then he squatted behind a shooting port and looked out: "This is a tentative attack by the little devil!"
"I remember that every time I fought with the company commander, the company commander would bring the little Japanese test troops closer and then shoot and eat them!"
"We have six machine guns, a bunker for cover, and two infantry squads throwing grenades outside. We are not afraid even if the Japanese attack us!"
"Everyone, stay still. We put the little Japs into the fight. The machine gunners will follow my orders and fire again. Try to kill them, or at least inflict heavy damage on them!"
"Two infantry squads prepare grenades to prevent accidents!"
"Shoot... click, click, click..."
The order to fire was blurted out, and the sound of machine gun fire rang in my ears very intensively.
Two machine gun bunkers with six firing holes spurted out six tongues of fire through the thatch blocking the way.
The bullets flew toward the Japanese thirty or forty meters away, intertwining with each other to form an airtight net of bullets.
Although the Japanese were very vigilant, more than ten people were killed and wounded in an instant.
"The probing troops retreated immediately, and the heavy machine guns fired to cover them. The artillery fired to kill the machine gun bunker exposed at the mountain pass~"
"Da da da……"
Six heavy machine guns opened fire rapidly, and one heavy machine gun stared at a shooting hole.
The shooting hole is too small and the shooting distance is far. Unless a rifle is equipped with a scope, it is impossible to shoot a bullet into the shooting hole.
Although the firepower of heavy machine guns is very fierce, in front of the shooting hole, they can only shoot the bullets into the shooting hole through the density of firepower, like a blind cat killing a mouse.
Therefore, their counterattack did not affect the machine gun firepower in the bunker, and the flying bullets continued to fire at the Japanese probing troops.
Lieutenant Colonel Ida was very heartbroken.
In the blink of an eye, more than half of the attacking troops had been killed or injured.
However, the machine gun firepower of the Eighth Route Army hidden in the bunker still showed no intention of stopping, and the bullets fired continued to wreak havoc on the battlefield, reaping the lives of the imperial army.
"Why haven't the artillery fired yet? Fire immediately to cover the retreat of the attacking troops and destroy the machine gun bunkers!" Lieutenant Colonel Ida shouted anxiously.
"It's almost ready!" the artillery squadron leader replied loudly.
Then he shouted to the gunners next to the six mortars: "No need to test fire, each gun fires three rounds rapidly, fire immediately!"
"Tong Tong Tong... boom boom boom..."
Amidst the dull sound of mortar firing, six shells rushed out of the barrel, flew for less than two seconds, and exploded steadily around the two machine gun bunkers.
A fireball mixed with black smoke rose into the sky, and then the explosion sound came.
Three mortars were responsible for a bunker. It took less than twenty seconds for three rounds of eighteen shells to hit the surrounding bunker.
Although there was no test firing, three of the eighteen shells still hit the top of the bunker and exploded.
"Immediately correct the firing of Zhu Yuan. Each gun will fire five shells. Keep firing!" As soon as the bombardment stopped, the Japanese squadron leader yelled.
Inside the bunker, Zhang Yun was very nervous.
Company Commander Li Hao said that a bunker reinforced with cement would definitely be able to withstand continuous mortar bombardment, but after all, there was no experiment.
Therefore, the shelling in front of us is more like a test of the strength of the bunker.
After passing the test, everyone can use the bunker to continue fighting the Japanese and turn this place into a grave for the little Japanese.
If you fail the test, everyone will definitely be buried in the bunker and die, turning this place into your own tomb!
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