"Sir, the Eighth Route Army that attacked us wants to escape!"
As soon as the captain's order came out, the sound of heavy machine gun fire on the mountainside stopped, and then a large number of figures were seen emerging from the mountainside, carrying light and heavy machine guns and starting to retreat back. They were densely packed, with more than a hundred people in total.
"Want to run? It's not that easy."
The captain replied with a sneer, feeling more certain in his heart that the other party was a main company.
"Leng Buding launched an attack from behind us and killed more than twenty of our imperial troops. He took advantage and then tried to escape. How can such a good thing happen?"
"Order, all troops attack. Stick to them and eat them."
Zhang Yun arrived at the pocket array ten minutes early.
As soon as he jumped into the trench with his front legs, the reconnaissance squad leader rushed over with his back legs.
"Battal Commander, the Japs are coming. There are nearly 200 people in front and more than 400 people behind. Most of them are Japs and only a few are puppet troops."
"The artillery and heavy machine gun troops also came over together and walked with the follow-up troops."
Zhang Yun's brows immediately twisted into the character "Sichuan".
He sighed and replied: "The Japanese are pressing forward with their entire army. They are trying to catch us all in one fell swoop."
"Da da da……"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of gunshots came from the ravine in front.
"It must be that the Japanese pursuers are at war with our enemy-baiting troops." The instructor frowned and judged.
Then he stared at Zhang Yun and asked anxiously: "Captain, the enemy has more troops than us, and their training is better than ours. They are too strong. No matter whether they attack from the front or from behind, they cannot end the battle quickly."
"At that time, the other half of the Japanese and puppet troops will definitely rush to the battlefield quickly to participate in the battle, and cooperate with the Japanese and puppet troops we are ambushing to attack us from both inside and outside."
"There are too few veterans participating in the war. If we are attacked from both sides, the supplementary troops and local troops will definitely not be able to hold on for long, and the losses will be huge."
"I suggest temporarily suspending the operation and letting the enemy-baiting troops lead the little devils in circles inside the mountains. We will wait for the opportunity and continue to attack them with guerrilla warfare."
Zhang Yun held up the telescope and said nothing.
Within a few minutes of the instructor speaking, the enemy-baiting troops had already bypassed the mountain pass in front and entered his field of vision.
The fourth company is directly under the heavy machine gun squad, an infantry squad, and a district squadron, with a total strength of more than 120 people. It is exactly the posture of a main company, and is best used to lure the enemy.
More than a hundred meters behind, more than two hundred little devils also quickly circled the mountain pass.
The rifle with the bayonet attached was in his hand. During the pursuit, he would stop from time to time, squat on the ground and raise the gun to shoot.
The machine gunner held the machine gun in his arms, as if moving his firepower points one by one, firing at the enemy troops while running.
The powerful combat effectiveness and precise marksmanship of the Japanese army are vividly demonstrated here.
Although both sides are moving, it greatly increases the difficulty of shooting.
But the bullets fired by the Japanese pursuers seemed to have eyes and kept hitting their targets.
After every two or three gunshots, a soldier must have been killed and fell on the retreat road.
In just half a minute, seven or eight soldiers had fallen on a retreat path less than 100 meters away.
More importantly, the Japs' physical strength is obviously better and their running speed is obviously faster.
Just now, the pursuit distance was more than a hundred meters, but in the blink of an eye, it was shortened by more than ten meters.
Zhang Yun's face instantly darkened.
If we continue to fight like this, the enemy troops will have no chance to lead the Japanese into the mountains and circle around.
More than a hundred people, if they persisted for half an hour at most, would be completely killed by the Japanese pursuers, and their death would be meaningless.
Zhang Yun will never allow this to happen.
Even if these more than a hundred people really wanted to die, they would have died on the battlefield, shot in the chest. Instead of dying on the retreat, shot in the back, without even seeing the shadow of the enemy before they died.
He raised his eyebrows and made a decision: "The action cannot be interrupted."
"We can't let the Japanese chase and beat our luring enemy troops, otherwise the luring enemy troops will definitely be finished."
"But the Japs are too strong, and the original battle plan is definitely not applicable."
"Once we are stuck by the devils and the battle becomes tense, we will be wiped out by the devils here."
"The infantry changed the ambush into a blockade, and established a blocking position at the end of the pocket formation. Replenishment troops, local troops, and the main force were all sent in. Let the Japanese see our strength, then watch us and fight, and no longer harm the people."
"The guard platoon will set off immediately to harass the Japanese pursuers along the way, slow down the Japanese pursuers, and reduce the pressure on the enemy troops."
"The artillery set up an artillery position 500 meters behind the blocking position. The muzzles of the guns were all aimed at a range of 50 to 150 meters in front of the blocking position. They would fire when I ordered them."
"In two minutes, fire out as many shells as possible, and then quickly move deep into the mountain."
"After the artillery fires, the infantry retreats."
"Take the Japs deep into the mountains."
Seeing more and more Eighth Route Army soldiers being killed on the mountain road, the captain who was accompanying the pursuit team wished they could go to the battlefield in person. He rushed directly to the front of the pursuit troops and opened fire on them with a machine gun.
"Sir, these Eighth Route Army soldiers we killed must be the main force." The adjutant pointed at an Eighth Route Army corpse on the side of the road and shouted.
"I checked every corpse on the road. The rifles they were equipped with were the standard rifles of the captured imperial army, and the bullet belts were all full. Only the main force could have such sophisticated equipment and ammunition."
The captain looked in agreement, but did not speak.
Instead, he raised his telescope and looked ahead, and the smile on his face grew wider and wider as he looked.
"The pursuit distance between our troops and the Eighth Route Army is less than 100 meters. Order the forwards to speed up and try to catch up with them within ten minutes and annihilate them all."
"The local garrison sent out two squads and outflanked them on the left and right wings."
"The Eighth Route Army is too cunning. Whenever it sees that the situation is not going well, it will divide its troops to break out and preserve its strength."
"I will cut off all their escape routes during the pursuit, leaving them with no way to escape."
"Hi……"
The adjutant answered immediately.
In less than a minute, more than a hundred Japanese soldiers left the team, like two sharp swords, thrusting straight into the side of the enemy troops.
"Da da da... bang bang bang..."
The intensive gunfire that the captain was most looking forward to finally rang out.
Unfortunately, it was not his subordinates who caught up with the Eighth Route Army and exchanged fire.
Five hundred meters ahead there is a mountain ridge across the mountain road. Only by crossing the mountain ridge can we continue forward.
There was no movement on the mountain ridge just now, and suddenly a dense row of heads appeared. In front of each person was a gun, including a rifle and a machine gun. The black barrel was pointed directly at everyone.
So many rifle machine guns suddenly opened fire. Caught off guard, half of the pursuing troops were killed or injured in an instant.
The captain was confused for a moment, but he quickly came to his senses and shouted excitedly.
"God is really helping me. Everyone, I have a hunch that this time we will achieve great success."
"There are at least 300 Eighth Route Army troops ambushed on the mountain ridge. In addition to what happened just now, there are at least 500 Eighth Route Army troops gathered here. It must be the Eighth Route Army that has gathered all the main forces in the vicinity here."
"As long as we kill them, our mission will be accomplished."
"This is a rare opportunity. The troops will counterattack immediately, attack them and kill them."
"The artillerymen set up all the artillery pieces, and first used artillery shells to blow the mountain ridge upside down, and then covered the infantry assault."
"The heavy machine gun squadron will be in position immediately to provide fire cover for the attacking troops."
"Don't stop the two detouring teams. Find a way to bypass the Eighth Route Army's blocking position and block their retreat."