The combat staff quickly reported: "The coal mine garrison reported that the Eighth Route Army attacking them had at least a thousand people, and they were also equipped with mortars and mountain artillery. The offensive firepower was very powerful. They suffered nearly a hundred casualties just after the attack started!"
The chief of staff then added: "The mine last reported that they had 2,800 absentees. It has been less than half a month now, so there should be not much difference!"
Major General Noda, who felt a chill in his back, became even more nervous and immediately shouted: "The coal mine must not be captured by the Eighth Route Army!"
"Once more than two thousand workers are rescued and equipped with weapons, the imperial army will definitely have to pay a huge price if they want to eliminate them!"
"What are you waiting for? Send troops to reinforce the coal mine immediately!"
"The frontline troops confronting the Jinsui Army are less than 20 kilometers away from the coal mine. They can be killed by car in less than an hour!"
""Deploy two squadrons immediately to reinforce the coal mine!"
The chief of staff did not move, but reminded with a worried look: "General, the Jinsui Army has assembled at least three main regiments on the front line, staring at our defense line! If two squadrons are transferred rashly, I am worried that the Jinsui Army will take the opportunity.
Launch an attack and threaten the security of the defense line!"
Major General Noda made a decision after thinking for a while!
"Don't worry too much!"
"It will take an hour for the troops to march urgently to reinforce the coal mine!"
“It will take him one hour to reinforce the coal mine and repel the Eighth Route Army’s attack, and one hour to return to the defense line, which adds up to three hours!”
"I don't believe that the Jinsui Army has the ability to select an attack target, attack us, and break through our defense lines within three hours!"
The chief of staff was much calmer: "This possibility is indeed very small. I will give the order now!"
On a mountain road two kilometers away from the coal mine, one battalion of the garrison regiment, a guard company, half an artillery company, and half a fire company of the other two battalions were all hidden on the barren slopes on both sides of the mountain road, with rifles in their hands and pointed at the road.
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The heavy machine gun was mounted on the commanding heights, surrounded by thatch and stones, and the muzzle of the gun was pointed at the road in the dark hole!
Veterans and squad leaders were scattered among the team, constantly reminding everyone to take cover, don't be afraid, and stay calm!
"There are car lights on the highway, the little devil is coming!"
First Battalion Commander He Jun lay next to Li Hao, pointed at the two lights that suddenly appeared at the end of the mountain road and shouted!
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Wei, the commander of the reconnaissance company, came over and reported with a heavy breath: "Captain, the Japanese reinforcements are here. Two infantry squadrons, divided into twenty-five vehicles, brought mortars and
Heavy weapon, very fast, can enter the pocket formation in ten minutes at most!"
"The number of Japs is about the same as we expected. The ambush troops can swallow them up in one gulp!" Li Hao's tense nerves relaxed instead!
He easily ordered: "The reconnaissance company enters the position and prepares to fight!"
"Notify each battalion and company that there are more than 400 little Japs who have been killed. We will wait and wait, and we will definitely kill them! Let everyone be ready for battle. We will fight according to the planned plan!"
"Especially for absenteeism in the middle, veterans and platoon leaders have to keep an eye on them, and the target must not be exposed in advance!"
"Squeak..."
The car at the front suddenly braked, and the dozen or so Japanese soldiers standing in the car were caught off guard and almost fell into a pile!
"Baga! What's going on? Why did you stop the car!"
The squad leader who was sitting in the passenger seat almost hit the windshield, and as soon as he sat back down, he cursed at the commander next to him!
"The road is blocked by rocks and cars can't pass!" the commander reported, wiping the cold sweat from his head!
The stone was blocking the corner of the road. If I hadn't reacted quickly, I would have hit it head-on!
The result would be even worse, with the car crashed and people killed!
"Baga, it must be the Eighth Route Army's blocking force, blocking the convoy and buying time for them to attack the coal mine!" the team leader quickly made a judgment!
"The gunfire coming from the mine is getting louder and louder. The battle must have reached a critical moment. We must kill it immediately and save the coal mine!"
"Everyone get out of the car, move the rocks in front of us, and clear the road!"
"This place is still two kilometers away from the battlefield. A car can take us to the battlefield in a few minutes. It will take at least twenty minutes to walk in a hurry. The military situation is like a raging fire. It's too slow!"
"Hi!"
A dozen Japanese soldiers jumped out of the car and rushed towards the rocks!
There are not many stones. If everyone works together, the road can be cleared in two minutes at most!
"Da da da……"
The accident happened just then!
A dozen Japanese soldiers set their rifles aside and just started to move rocks when a series of gunshots reached their ears!
Fifty meters away, two tongues of flames suddenly appeared on the road, and bullets flew over like meteors. Five Japanese soldiers who were moving rocks fell to the ground in an instant and were beaten into sieves!
The other Japs threw themselves on the ground, trying to fight back with their guns!
But the rifles were all concentrated in the back, and were stared at by a crooked handle. Bullets were flying around. It was difficult for the Japs to get back the rifles. Japs kept getting killed on the way to get the guns!
"The enemy is attacking. Reinforce the forward team immediately. There must be an Eighth Route Army blocking force in front!" shouted the Japanese leader Cao in the second car!
More and more Japs jumped out of the cars and rushed forward with guns in hand!
There were twenty-five cars. In order to ensure safety, the entire convoy traveled a full five hundred meters during the march!
Now the Eighth Route Army is blocking the front, and the twenty-five cars are not stopping together, but in sequence, and they are constantly getting closer to each other!
By the time all the cars came to a stop, the convoy had shortened to more than 300 meters!
The Japs from the two squads of six cars in front jumped out of the cars and quickly assembled on the battlefield to reinforce the forward troops!
The Japanese in the nineteen cars behind did not move. They held their weapons in their hands and stared at the surroundings with vigilance!
In their eyes, it would be easy for two infantry squads to attack the Eighth Route Army's blocking position and it would not take long!
Rather than getting off the car and then getting on again, wasting time, it is better to stay in the car to rest, replenish your physical strength, and then you can directly participate in the battle when you arrive at the battlefield!
What the Japanese didn't expect was that their every move would not escape Li Hao's eyes, and they would play right into Li Hao's hands!
Especially when he saw that most of the Japanese were staying in the stopped car without moving, Li Hao was so excited that he almost jumped up and wanted to shout something!
"God help me"
The main force of the ambush force was ambushed on a barren slope 70 to 80 meters away from the road to ensure that the Japanese security forces could not find it!
But on a barren slope less than fifty meters away from the road, dozens of veterans with strong arms formed a bombardment team, quietly lurking here!
Someone was squatting half-crouched in a single soldier bunker, covered with thatch!
Someone is hiding directly in the bushes!
There are also people lying directly on the ground, covered with thick thatch!
Even if the little devil walks right in front of you, he won't be able to notice it!
Obviously the little devils would not do this. They were marching in cars at a very fast speed. If the infantry were to conduct reconnaissance on both sides, they would definitely not be able to keep up with the convoy!
There are mountains on both sides of the road, and the cavalry that can catch up with the car can't go!
Therefore, it is impossible for the Japs to send troops to search both wings. They can only put crooked handles on the roof of the car and conduct fire reconnaissance on both sides while marching, which will not threaten the safety of the bombardment team!
When you see a Japanese car parked in front of you, with the Japanese inside, they are like living targets!
Dozens of bombardiers laughed!
I carefully handled the grenade in front of me, pulled out the safety, held it in my hand, and was ready to fire and throw it out at any time!
"Da da da……"
The heavy machine gun behind him finally fired!
The sound of the gun was an order. He held the grenade and hit it hard on the stone in front of him. Pungent white smoke soon came out from the grenade!
Use all your strength to hit a car on the road!
After taking action, pick up another grenade, throw it at the stone, wait two seconds, and continue throwing it toward the road!
As soon as the heavy machine gun fired, the Japanese knew they had been fooled!
The moment the officer jumped out of the co-pilot, he had already drawn his command knife and shouted at the chaotic car around him!
"Baga, there are enemies around. We are ambushed. Get out of the car and fight back immediately!"
The Japs reacted very quickly and did not need any orders at all!
In the blink of an eye, a third of a dozen people jumped out!
At this time, a grenade fell from the sky and hit the carriage!
"boom……"
The grenade exploded, and dozens of fragments flew, covering the entire carriage in the blink of an eye!
Of the eight or nine Japs who were still in the carriage, three were blown away on the spot. When they hit the ground, the three Japs had turned into corpses!
All the other Japs screamed and fell in the carriage, dead or injured!
There was a kid with minor injuries who endured the pain and tried to climb out of the car!
If you are exposed in the carriage like this, even if you are still alive, you will become a target of light and heavy machine guns, and you will inevitably die!
But the second grenade falling from the sky did not give them this chance!
"boom……"
The grenade exploded in the air, and the fragments instantly covered the battlefield for several meters around the explosion point like a rain of fragments!
Several injured Japanese soldiers were completely silent and fell into the carriage!
In less than half a minute after the heavy machine gun fired, more than half of the more than 400 Japanese soldiers fell. Among them, at least 150 Japanese soldiers were killed by the bombardment squad!
"Baga, the enemy's firepower is too fierce, we are no match at all!" A Japanese squadron leader was lying under the car. He was very anxious to see his subordinates being killed one after another!
"Sir, the heavy machine gun team and artillery team that our superiors reinforced for us are finished!" A lieutenant crawled over and reported!
"The machine gunners also suffered heavy casualties. The Eighth Route Army had sharpshooters who kept an eye on them. The machine gunners were killed as soon as they opened fire. There was no chance to provide fire cover for the troops!"
The squadron leader suddenly realized and shouted: "Bagh Yalu, this is a conspiracy!"
"The Eighth Route Army not only wants to stop us, they also want to eat us here! It's an obvious encirclement point for reinforcements!"
"Retreat, everyone retreats back, we fight out, so that everyone can survive!"
Every move of the Japanese on the highway did not escape Li Hao's eyes. When he saw the Japanese hiding behind the carriage and trying to break out, he immediately shouted!
"Only now do I know how to break out and escape, it's too late!"
"Order, the artillery fires immediately and blows up all the last few cars into scrap metal. We can't take these cars back anyway, so it wouldn't be a pity to blow them up!"