This time, the Japanese troops at checkpoint No. 8 really cannot be blamed.
It's not that they don't work hard, it's that the Chinese are too cruel.
The Japanese troops, who had been waiting for their formation to arrive, were not waiting for the "Tietou" machine guns.
"Boom, boom, boom!" Several fireballs exploded directly on the Japanese position, making the Japanese infantry cry.
What's going on? The Chinese actually have howitzers? Damn it, that's it. You said this is the remnant Chinese army in Sihang Warehouse. Who are you kidding?
It was considered normal in the past to fight an infantry squad against a Chinese infantry company, but now, we must not touch eggs with stones!
After only five rounds of artillery shells, the Japanese squad gave up. In the light of the flares, the Japanese troops fled frantically into the fields at a speed that even Lei Xiong, who claimed to be a scud, could only hold back.
"Damn it, the Japanese are very capable in field combat! They can run so fast." Leng Feng couldn't help but lick his lips.
"Don't sigh, everyone, get in the car and keep running away!" Lei Xiong took the monocular telescope he got from Li Jijin and carefully examined the Japanese position a hundred meters away, and said. "There are still three kilometers more.
, we are almost reaching the front line."
"Sir, look behind you." Erya suddenly pointed into the distance and exclaimed.
In the dark night in the distance, bright lights line up in a row, like stars in the sky.
"Pursuing troops?" Lei Xiong sneered. "It looks like there are many more! It seems that this old enemy has a deep grudge against us!"
"How about we stop leaving and give them a few hard blows here?" Leng Feng came over and suggested.
It's not that Leng Feng was blinded by hatred, or that he was arrogant after winning consecutive battles, but that there were currently two more powerful weapons in the queue. If he fired them accurately, they would be enough to cause difficulties for the convoy that was chasing after them crazily.
The pain endured.
There are at least 30 soldiers in a truck, and most of the infantry squad can be wiped out with just one shot. How cool!
Yes, what had just defeated the Japanese troops on the front checkpoint position were the two mountain cannons that the soldiers were mounting on the back of the truck.
That was the unexpected joy when we conquered the last Japanese checkpoint and cleaned up the battlefield.
Su Huikai, who was responsible for cleaning the battlefield, was confused when she saw two well-preserved Type 41 mountain cannons with several boxes of shells.
Why didn't the Japanese army use these two powerful weapons and give them to us? The legendary love between each other?
Of course, the Japanese army was not that stupid. The real reason lies in Toyota Show.
The acting captain, who was already a little crazy, blamed all the faults on the artillery. Since they were on duty at checkpoints anyway, he simply incorporated the originally valuable and useless technical arms into the infantry sequence.
However, the artillery squad leader who came to checkpoint No. 7 for duty followed the fine tradition of the Japanese Army and never strayed far from his own equipment. He simply transported the two infantry guns to the rear of the checkpoint position.
Toyota Show didn't stop it either. Although the form of the security checkpoint is greater than practicality, if two cannons can be set up here, wouldn't it also prove from the side that they value this task?
In fact, he almost succeeded. If there were Japanese artillery at the checkpoint at night, Tang Dao and others would be in bad luck.
Despite the short distance, the Type 41 mountain cannon can shoot flatly. With just one shot, Tietou and his machine gun will be turned into fragments all over the sky.
It's a pity that the artillerymen were on duty during the day, and thinking about the trouble with the artillery due to poor road conditions at night, the artillerymen who had been on duty for two consecutive days slacked off, even abandoning their fine traditions.
As a result, the two infantry cannons became the trophies of Tang Dao and others.
The Type 41 mountain gun with two gun wheels is not like an infantry gun, which has to be broken into several large pieces and transported by pack horses. When marching short distances, it can be hung on the back of draft horses and various vehicles, and can even be pushed by infantry.
Only when marching long distances would they be broken into pieces and transported by packhorses or trucks.
As for the backbone of the machine gun company, although the most they were equipped with were mortars, they had also tried firing this 75-caliber mountain gun in the division artillery regiment. They could not be said to be proficient, but they had no problem using it.
Tang Dao and Lei Xiong are together. Regardless of whether they can be used or not, let's drag them up first.
In this way, the Japanese troops at Checkpoint 8 became the first victims of their own mountain artillery.
To be honest, the artillerymen who flattened the mountain artillery almost as machine guns had a terrible hit rate. I don’t know if they killed a single Japanese soldier with five rounds, but they couldn’t withstand the power. It was so scary! It scared away dozens of Japanese soldiers.
so that the infantrymen had not fired a single shot.
It's just that even with mountain artillery, the Japanese army's position 200 meters away has such a hit rate. Now the Japanese convoy coming in pursuit is at least 2 kilometers away. It's also at night. Leng Feng still wants to cool them down with a few shots. Then
I really think too much.
Not to mention Tang Dao curling his lips, even the bones of Cheng Tieshou's gangsters also twitched at the corners of their eyes: Boss Leng, why don't you make a fool of yourself?
Leng Feng was not stupid. Seeing that he was so arrogant just now, he was pushing the infantry gun behind the truck. Even if the artillerymen who did not express their stance collectively pretended to be deaf and dumb, they could only give up in frustration.
"There must be a Japanese army position in front of us. Driving along the highway like this, the losses must be considerable." Lei Xiong, who has always been known for his bravery, looked at the bright car lights in the distance, but his face was unusually expressionless.
of worries.
Since the Japanese army was chasing after them, it was probably because there was a blockade in front of them, not just a small checkpoint.
Lei Xiong may seem rough and arrogant, but in fact he is quite thoughtful. He got a clue from the fact that Toyota Show couldn't wait to organize the team and pounced on him fiercely.
That's right, although Yoshizumi Ryosuke, the commander of the 9th Division, asked the combat staff to call Hide Toyoda back and put the remnants of the 36th Infantry Regiment in charge of pursuing the Chinese remnants, he himself focused on the two Chinese sides opposite the 9th Division.
The defense line of the six infantry divisions of the personal corps was up.
However, the 9th Division, which has one of the "double walls of the empire", is a sophisticated fighting machine. If the chief officer does not pay attention, it does not mean that the division staff will ignore Tang Dao and his little grasshoppers.
After learning that a small Chinese force had appeared on the side of his position and was rushing towards the battleground between the two armies in an attempt to break out of the encirclement, the 9th Division Chief of Staff Hirota Nakagawa couldn't help but be furious.
Although Yoshizumi Ryosuke's intention was very clear, leaving the task of chasing the remnants of the Chinese to Toyoda Hide, he still telegraphed the infantry regiment on the front line and deployed an infantry squadron to deploy defense lines along the flanks of the Shanghai-West Highway where the Chinese were marching.
, the return route of the Chinese must be blocked.
They even mobilized two Type 94 armored vehicles from the tank brigade directly under the division and ordered them to cooperate with Toyota Show in order to annihilate the Chinese as soon as possible.
This is not because Nakagawa Guang has much resentment towards Tang Dao and others, but simply because 'people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong'. China's Songhu Theater Command thought that Tang Dao and others were martyred for their country, so in order to boost the morale of the entire army, they issued an explicit order to power on.
The name of "Si Xing Ying" is known to the whole world.
A high-level general like Yoshizumi Ryosuke would not take the "Four Elements Camp" seriously, but that does not mean that Nakagawa Hiroshi, who is trying to climb up, would not.
In the opinion of this Japanese Army Colonel, being able to completely wipe out the Chinese troops with that name will definitely help his future promotion.
To put it bluntly, he was unwilling to give all the credit to the unlucky boys of the 36th Infantry Regiment who were destined to return to China. He had to come and get a share of the pie.
If Tang Dao and his convoy continued to run wildly along the Huxi Highway, they would surely run into a trap being laid by the Japanese army, as Lei Xiong feared, and would be attacked from both sides.
By that time, let alone machine guns and mountain cannons, even if you have tanks, you may not be able to escape.
The faces of the officers around Tang Dao became solemn, and the joy of passing through three levels disappeared.
The collective attention was focused on Tang Dao.
Last time, he led everyone to an incredible escape from Sihang Warehouse. So this time, can he lead everyone to fight their way out of the Japanese siege?
