The two-hour journey from the county seat to the Independent Company position was forced by the Japanese and puppet troops, which took four hours.
"Sir, the Independent Battalion base is ahead. According to intelligence, a reinforced company is stationed in the blocking position ahead!"
Major Watanabe's tense nerves relaxed, and he breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "We are finally here. We were stared at and beaten by the Eighth Route Army along the way. Now it is finally our turn to fight back!"
"Order, the 1st Infantry Squadron, the 1st Battalion of the Imperial Association Army, the mortar squadron, the heavy machine gun squadron, and the 1st Armored Vehicle Squadron are to launch an attack immediately, seize the opponent's position within an hour, and enter the independent battalion base!"
"Vice-captain, you are in charge of this attack!"
"Hi!" the vice-captain standing nearby replied with excitement.
In his opinion, the attack in front of him is to give himself a free war effort.
In the independent company position, as soon as the Japanese and puppet troops moved within the field of vision, the instructor Liu Wenxuan frowned, and then exclaimed.
"The Japanese want to capture our position in one go and won't give us a chance to breathe!"
"Mortars, heavy machine guns, and armored vehicles. In addition to mountain cannons, all available heavy weapons were used. There were no exploratory attacks. The puppet troops came over for five to six hundred days!"
"Delusion!" Company Commander Zhao Wen replied with a cold snort.
"The little devil dispatched this time is a wheeled armored vehicle, not a tracked one. It is not omnipotent!"
"We have been thinking about how to deal with these armored vehicles since they entered Lingqiu, and we actually came up with one or two ways."
"The Japs dispatched a total of three armored vehicles. After a while, I will make these three armored vehicles come and go without any return, giving Watanabe a disincentive!"
"Woooooooo..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the scream of artillery shells streaking across the sky sounded overhead.
"Shell attack, take cover!" Zhao Wen shouted loudly, then he put his head in his hands and crouched behind the bunker.
“Boom, boom, boom… da da da…”
The explosion lasted for five minutes and as soon as it stopped, the sound of heavy machine gun fire started.
Although the position at his feet was shrouded in dust and gunpowder smoke from the shells, Zhao Wen could tell by the sound of the sound the number of light and heavy machine guns that were firing.
He raised his eyebrows and ordered: "Everyone is hiding. Don't show your head casually. The Japanese have dispatched at least nine heavy machine guns to suppress us. If you show your head now, you will die!"
"The enemy has begun to attack!"
The sound of a warning sentry sounded from the security position.
Then the roar of the engine reached Zhao Wen's ears.
When the smoke in front of them cleared, the more than 600 Japanese puppet troops covered by three armored vehicles had already rushed to the position 200 meters in front of the formation!
"Mortars and grenade launchers are on standby, aiming at the Japanese heavy machine gun position. After receiving the order, fire three rounds rapidly from the cannon. After the attack is over, retreat!"
"All light and heavy machine guns are on standby. Follow my orders and fire again. Concentrate fire on the attacking troops behind the armored vehicles, especially the little Japs."
"The riflemen are free to fire, but follow my orders before firing again!"
After saying that, Zhao Wen raised his binoculars with a serious face and stared at the motionless Japanese and puppet troops who were getting closer and closer to the formation.
One hundred meters, Zhao Wen did not give the order to shoot!
Eighty meters away, Zhao Wen has not yet given the order to counterattack.
When the first three armored vehicles were about to rush fifty meters in front of the formation, Zhao Wen remained indifferent.
At this time, everyone could clearly see the short-barreled artillery on the roof of the armored vehicle and the heavy machine gun barrel protruding from the shooting hole.
Facing the enemy so close, everyone's palms holding the rifles began to sweat.
Especially the new recruits were extremely nervous.
Although they had all participated in actual combat, this was their first time facing a steel behemoth like an armored vehicle at close range.
The sunlight reflected from the steel plates, the dark turrets and gun barrels, and the huge roar gradually eroded the recruits' already low confidence and morale.
"Rumble..."
Suddenly, a loud noise sounded in front of the formation, but it was not an armored vehicle firing.
An armored vehicle at the front crashed into a deep ditch that suddenly appeared on the ground. No matter how hard the armored vehicle increased its power, it could not get out.
The remaining two armored vehicles also rammed in before they could react.
"Company commander, is this the trap you prepared for the Japanese armored vehicles during this period?" Instructor Liu Wenxuan suddenly reacted and shouted excitedly.
"This is just the beginning, the fun is yet to come!" Zhao Wen replied.
Then, without waiting for Liu Wenxuan to speak, he ordered: "The artillery fires, and the troops begin to counterattack!"
Two mortar shells and seven grenades hit the Japanese heavy machine gun position 300 meters away.
"Company commander, we were hit, a heavy machine gun was destroyed!" Liu Wenxuan shouted excitedly.
Zhao Wen replied confidently: "I can definitely hit it!"
"The artillerymen sent to us by the battalion headquarters last time were all artillerymen of the Imperial Association Army trained by the Japanese themselves. They are well-trained, and their shooting skills are comparable to the Japanese. With them here, they can hit Japanese heavy targets three hundred meters away.
The machine gun must be fine!”
Liu Wenxuan made a rare joke: "The Japanese were so polite. Not only did they send us equipment and ammunition, but the gunners were also trained and sent to us."
"Boom boom boom..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the second round of explosions went off.
Two heavy machine guns instantly misfired, and the heavy machine gun was blown over. Seven or eight machine gunners fell to the ground in a mess, dead or injured.
The remaining six Japanese machine gun groups finally panicked, raised their heavy machine guns and began to move.
The fire net that was still airtight just above my head was suddenly gone.
Zhao Wen seized the opportunity and ordered: "Light and heavy machine guns, rifles, concentrate your firepower and hit me hard. Kill the Japanese and puppet troops behind the armored vehicles, especially the little devils!"
"Boom boom boom..."
The armored vehicle fired, and although it couldn't move, the enemy soldiers and weapons inside the armored vehicle were all intact.
Three artillery shells hit the position, and four soldiers were blown out of the position.
The smile on Liu Wenxuan's face disappeared. Instead, he reminded with a worried look: "Company Commander, these three armored vehicles must be killed!"
"They are now the fixed firepower points of the Japanese and puppet troops. They can easily hit us, but we cannot hit them!"
"Company commander, the Japanese and puppet troops are hiding behind the armored vehicles!" a platoon leader shouted.
"Company commander, the Japanese artillery has counterattacked, our artillery fire has stopped, and the gunners are moving the artillery!"
After a series of problems appeared, Liu Wenxuan's face became even more ugly. If the current situation continued to develop, the fixed firepower of three armored vehicles alone could cause heavy casualties to the independent company, let alone repulse an attack by the Japanese and puppet troops.
To everyone's surprise, company commander Zhao Wen remained as confident as ever. He was not affected at all and continued to issue orders decisively.
"Don't stop the machine gun fire, keep shooting!"
"After the artillery moved, they continued to stare at the Japanese's new heavy machine gun position and fire three rounds at a rapid rate. We can't let them overwhelm us!"
"Someone is going to clean up the Japanese armored vehicles, please hold on for another half minute!"
"Boom boom boom..."
An explosion soon sounded in front of the formation. It was not an explosion of artillery shells, but many people had stunned and shocked expressions on their faces.
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