The squad leader's face became more and more solemn, and he shouted out loud: "Bagya Road, the enemy's firepower is too strong, and they obviously want to kill us!"
Then, regardless of the so-called military honor, he immediately ordered: "Retreat, cover with machine guns, and immediately withdraw from the enemy's fire range if you can still move."
The Japanese Army Major Captain reacted very quickly. As soon as the forward team was attacked, he issued a serious order.
"The artillery squadron will fire immediately, and the artillery fire will cover the Eighth Route Army's blocking position!"
"The heavy machine gun squadron will immediately set up the heavy machine gun and start shooting now to provide fire cover for the forward team!"
"Noda Squadron will immediately reinforce the forward team!"
The commander of the artillery squadron became anxious at that time and shouted: "What are you still doing? Set up the artillery immediately, right on the highway, hurry up!"
"Attention all artillery, start adjusting to shoot Zhu Yuan!"
"The target is 450 meters, heading due south. Each gun fires five rounds rapidly. Fire immediately!"
In less than two minutes, twelve mortars that had been dismantled into parts were armed and ready to fire.
"Fire...wuwuwu..."
"Boom boom boom..."
The explosion soon sounded halfway up the mountain.
There was no test firing, but there was a salvo of twelve mortars, but the shooting accuracy was not affected, and at least half of the shells hit the mountainside.
Several light machine guns fired by the independent battalion chasing the retreating forward troops quickly misfired.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army is so cunning. It suddenly opened fire from a distance of fifty meters, and we couldn't guard against it!" the squad leader reported with his head lowered, looking like a child who had made a mistake!
"I've seen it all, I don't blame you!" the major commanded, suppressing the rising anger in his stomach.
"Upon the second squadron, the artillery squadron continues to fire. After firing ten more rounds of artillery shells, the heavy machine guns cover and the infantry rushes forward without giving the opponent a chance to breathe!"
"Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe said that the Eighth Route Army is best at guerrilla warfare and night fighting. Now they have given up their own strengths and used the positional warfare that the Imperial Army is good at to stop us. This is simply a way to die. God gives us the chance to annihilate them all!
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"Hi~"
On the mountainside position, Li Hao's face was not as good-looking as he imagined.
I had thought of everything, but I didn't expect that the Japanese troops at the foot of the mountain would react so quickly.
As soon as the forward team started to retreat, artillery shells hit them.
"Battal Commander, the shelling just now came too fast. The soldiers were exposed on the battlefield and had no way to hide, so the casualties were a bit heavy!" Jiang Tianhong followed the trench and went all the way to Li Hao to report despite the constant explosions outside.
road.
"Eleven soldiers of the entire company were sacrificed, and two were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness!"
"The Japs' reaction speed is faster than we thought!" Li Hao replied with a stern face.
Then he changed the subject and said encouragingly: "But don't be too discouraged!"
"Apart from the fact that the little devils have more troops and better equipment than us, everything else is the same. They still carry a head on their shoulders and a bullet will kill them!"
"Your company's casualties are a bit heavy, but the Japanese's casualties are even greater!"
"Their forward team of more than 50 people will only be able to defeat more than 20 people, losing more than half. In terms of casualty ratio, we won the battle just now!"
"Order the troops to prepare, the next battle will be a truly tough battle!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the explosions that kept ringing in his ears stopped, and a cry of surprise reached both of their ears at the same time.
"The Japs have begun to attack...everyone enter the position~"
Li Hao rushed out of the shell-proof hole and lay down in the trench. He raised his binoculars and slowly poked his head out.
"A squadron of Japanese attack troops, and a squadron of twelve heavy machine guns to provide fire cover!" Li Hao introduced with a serious look.
Jiang Tianhong's heart suddenly rose to his throat, his face was solemn, and he had no confidence in repelling the Japanese.
The disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves is huge. If nothing else, just twelve heavy machine guns can crush everyone without lifting their heads. Not to mention there are more than a hundred sharpshooters in front of the position, nearly ten light machine guns, and nine-point finger.
Where is the grenade?
Li Hao obviously saw through Jiang Tianhong's thoughts and did not comfort him. He directly ordered: "Leave the Japanese heavy machine gun squadron to me and ensure that they do not pose a threat to the position. Do you want to command a company to rely on the position to repel the attack of an infantry squadron of the Japanese army?
question!"
Jiang Tianhong subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
Without the twelve heavy machine guns, the biggest threat to the Japanese army in the blocking battle was gone.
But he still didn't have much confidence, so he answered bravely: "Don't worry, battalion commander, as long as there is one person alive in the company, we will never let the Japanese come up!"
Li Hao hesitated and reminded: "I know this battle is difficult and stressful, but we must overcome it!"
"The Japs are outnumbered and have fierce firepower. Try not to shoot at them, but get close to them. Use the height advantage of your position to deal with them with grenades and hand grenades!"
"As long as the Japanese attack is repulsed in the first round, it will be much easier for us to fight next!"
"Yes, battalion commander..."
"Da da da……"
The Japanese heavy machine guns opened fire. Twelve heavy machine guns fired at the same time. Bullets flew over like rain, creating an airtight fire net directly above everyone's heads.
"Everyone is hiding, don't show your head..." Jiang Tianhong bent down and ran around in the trench, constantly reminding him.
"Gunners get ready!
"The rifleman prepares grenades. Following my orders, he will smash the grenades outside the position and smash out all the grenades we have brought."
Li Hao solemnly began to give orders: "The two mortar platoons immediately adjusted their shooting positions, aimed at the Japanese heavy machine gun positions, and fired five rounds rapidly from each gun. Listen to my order and fire again!"
"The mountain artillery platoon aims at the Japanese artillery position, follow my order and fire again!"
More than a hundred Japanese soldiers, rifles in hand, lined up as skirmishers, rushed towards the mountainside like hungry wolves.
The machine gunner holds the machine gun in his arms and hides among the riflemen, ready to fall to the ground at any time to provide fire cover for the riflemen in front.
The grenade launcher walked at the end, staring at the mountainside with a vigilant face, ready to stop at any time to kill any machine gun fire points that suddenly appeared on the mountainside.
But the result was not as the little devil wanted.
The punch he punched with all his strength was like hitting cotton, without causing any ripples.
After rushing to a position about 70 to 80 meters away from the mountainside, there was still no movement in the Independent Battalion's position, as if everyone had been killed by the shelling just now.
Smiles slowly appeared on the faces of the Japanese squadron leaders, as if victory was already waving to them.
Except for one person, that is their major captain.
If the Eighth Route Army was really that easy to fight, could the Watanabe Brigade lose troops and generals in just a few days and be trapped in Lingqiu County?
The answer is undoubtedly no.
So not only did he not have a smile on his face, but he looked serious and stared at the battlefield motionless.
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