Three squadrons of the garrison brigade, one battalion of the Imperial Association Army, plus artillery and heavy machine gun squadrons, the puppet troops marched towards the coal mine for more than 1,200 days!
Major Zhuye, captain of the garrison brigade, is full of confidence in this reinforcement!
Marching in a hurry for two and a half hours to reach the coal mine, and then with the cooperation of the coal mine guards, annihilated all the troops attacking the coal mine. This was a great achievement!
To Major Zhuye's dismay, the troops were attacked by three mortars as soon as they entered the mountain!
Nine artillery shells were dropped in three consecutive rounds. Although only four shells hit the target, more than a dozen of his subordinates were still killed and injured!
"Baga, it must be a blocking force sent by the enemy!" Major Zhuye judged with a stern face.
He pulled out his command knife, pointed at the approximate location of the three mortars and shouted: "The enemy is hiding one kilometer away, the artillery will counterattack immediately!"
"The infantry is on alert and continues to advance to reinforce the coal mines. These enemies must be here to hold us back and buy them time to attack the coal mines!"
The reinforcements immediately separated out more than twenty gunners, squatted in an open space next to the mountain road and began to set up the artillery!
In less than a minute, the three test shells flew out of the barrel!
"Da da da……"
The confident Major Zhuye did not wait for the good news that the reconnaissance company's artillery position was bombed, but he did wait for a string of heavy machine gun bullets!
Less than a hundred meters in front of the forward troops, at a corner, three heavy machine gun flames suddenly appeared in the forest, and the bullets flew towards the forward troops as if they were free!
Caught off guard and attacked, the mixed forward troops immediately fell to the ground with corpses, including those from the Japanese and the Imperial Alliance Army!
"Enemy is attacking. There are enemy blocking troops in front. They have heavy machine guns. Retreat immediately and get out of the range of the heavy machine guns!" the Japanese second lieutenant who commanded the forward troops shouted loudly!
Major Zhuye also rushed over. Facing the forwards who were retreating in embarrassment, and seeing the body lying on the ground a hundred meters away, his anger suddenly emerged!
Immediately ordered: "Baga, what are you doing here? Organize your troops to attack immediately!"
"The enemy wants to rely on three heavy machine guns to prevent us from reinforcing the forward troops. That is a delusion!"
"Artillery, heavy machine gun cover, the first squadron and the Imperial Army's first company are cooperating in the attack. I want to kill them all in one assault and get a good start, so that the Chinese army attacking the coal mine will lose their wives and troops!"
Five minutes later, the Japanese and puppet troops launched their offensive posture!
Due to the limited terrain, the troops participating in the attack were directly reduced by two-thirds, becoming a Japanese squad and a platoon of the Imperial Army!
But the offensive firepower is not lacking at all!
"Boom boom boom..."
Three mortars fired continuously, and after only one minute of firing, the forest where three tongues of flames had just appeared was shrouded in smoke.
"Da da da……"
In the violent explosion, three heavy machine guns also joined the battle. Bullets flew into the forest, hitting the corners with bullets flying everywhere. Branches and trunks were constantly hit by bullets and broken into two pieces!
"Start the attack!" Major Zhuye ordered with a stern face.
But what disappointed him was that the expected fierce battle did not break out!
The attacking troops fought until they were fifty or sixty meters away from the corner, and there was still not a single gunshot in the woods where explosions were happening.
The attacking troops were getting faster and faster. When they were still thirty meters away from the forest, the shelling stopped, and then the heavy machine guns also stopped firing!
The well-trained Japs didn't rush straight into the forest. Each man had a grenade, pulled out the safety, hit his helmet hard, and threw it hard into the forest!
"Boom boom boom..."
Intense explosions soon sounded at the edge of the forest, and the attacking troops rushed into the forest and occupied the machine gun position that the reconnaissance company had abandoned!
"Baga, the Chinese army that blocked us has escaped!" the Japanese second lieutenant who led the attack yelled!
Stepping on the shattered position and looking at the steaming bullet casings under his feet, the second lieutenant felt as if he had been punched in cotton. He had no place to vent his pent-up anger, so he could only vent his inner feelings through curses.
dissatisfaction.
"boom……"
A gunshot cut off his voice.
The bullet flying towards him hit him right between the eyebrows, drilling a bloody hole in his forehead. Blood spattered everywhere. He fell silent instantly and fell heavily to the ground!
"Enemy attack... click, click, click..."
The Japanese soldier Cao Chang next to him looked shocked. Just as he had time to shout out these two words, intensive gunshots came from deep in the forest!
Soldiers kept getting hit by bullets and fell to the ground with a groan!
Captain Cao, who took over the command of the troops, reacted quickly and quickly fell to the ground. A bullet flew back just against his scalp, and then penetrated into the belly of an Imperial Army soldier behind him!
Smelling the smell of burnt hair and feeling the pain from his scalp, Chang Cao was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat on the spot!
As long as the movement of lying down just now was slower for even half a second, the bullet would drill a bloody hole in his body, and he would be the one who fell to the ground and turned into a corpse!
He took a breath and shouted: "The enemies are hiding in the woods, fight back immediately and kill them!"
"shooting!"
Chief Cao held the rifle in his hand and pulled the trigger at a suspicious target!
Remembering the sound of the gunshot, a scream followed from the depths of the forest. Captain Cao knew he had been hit!
A sneer flashed across his face quickly, then he pulled the bolt and pushed the second bullet into the chamber!
The moment he was about to pull the trigger again, a string of pistol bullets flew towards him, and one of the bullets hit the center of his eyebrow!
Just like the second lieutenant who fell next to him, his eyes widened on the spot and he died!
In terms of military strength, the reconnaissance company hidden deep in the woods is not as good as the Japanese and puppet offensive troops, or even the Japanese army!
But the reconnaissance company has geographical advantages and equipment advantages, and the individual combat ability of each soldier in the reconnaissance company is no worse than that of the little devils. After all, they are all elites carefully selected by Li Hao from the entire regiment!
In the forest, since the fighting was all close combat, the Sanba Gai, which had the advantage of range and shooting accuracy, became a liability.
The box gun, which has a fast rate of fire, a large amount of ammunition, and is equipped with a large number of independent companies, has become the best weapon!
In addition, the Independent Company hid in the woods in advance, everyone chose at least two hiding places, and then suddenly launched an attack, catching the Japanese and puppet troops by surprise!
Less than half a minute into the exchange of fire, the remaining Japanese soldiers in the forest sadly discovered that the firepower around them was gradually weakening, not even one-third of what it was at the beginning!
When they turned around and looked around, they were stunned by the horrific scene!
The attacking force of nearly a hundred people was dead and wounded, and less than half of them were still able to fight!
The Imperial Army is better, hiding behind tree trunks and fighting back whenever there is a chance!
The Emperor's Alliance Army couldn't help it. They all lay on the ground with their heads in their hands and were killed. The bullets flying above their heads made them tremble with fear, and they had no courage to fight back!
What's more important is that the firepower of the opponents deep in the woods is so fierce that almost everyone has a pistol suitable for close combat!
The imperial army finally seized the opportunity to shoot a bullet, but the opponent directly fired a series of bullets, and the reaction speed was very fast, making it impossible to hide!
