"Boom, boom, boom." The grenade exploded.
Just when Xiaowuzi and the others were waiting for all the grenades to explode and were about to get up, a bigger explosion sounded. "Boom!" The sound of the explosion made Xiaowuzi and his friends' eardrums hurt, and they couldn't hear anything for a moment.
It turned out that a grenade was thrown right on the shell box, and all the shells in the box exploded.
If Xiaowuzi and the others had stood up a second earlier, they would have died on the spot.
Xiaowuzi endured the ringing in his ears and rushed out. There were no living people on the side of the cannon, but there were a few people still standing near the cannon.
Artillery has a code of conduct, and artillery shells and cannons cannot be placed too close to each other.
It was this distance that allowed the cannon manipulator to escape disaster.
The team concentrated their fire and fired, and the little five boys fired their bows from left to right, bang bang bang, and the little devils who had been shocked to the point of concussion fell to the ground.
After all the team members came over, Xiao Wuzi ordered them to replenish their guns one by one, so as not to leave any harm behind.
This is a high slope. In addition to being able to clearly see the besieged villages, you can also see the Japanese encirclement. Most importantly, you can also see the Japanese temporary command post.
The cannon was not damaged. Xiao Wuzi called Er Niu and asked him to see if it could be used.
Erniu had learned how to operate artillery in Shandong, and this kind of infantry cannon could still be adjusted and fired.
Erniu checked it carefully and found that there was no problem, so he told Xiao Wuzi that two people were needed to supply ammunition. Xiao Wuzi hurriedly ordered other team members to find the shells.
Wang Laoer and Zhang Dexin dug out another box of shells from the soil near the flattened shell box.
This is a great opportunity, but it is fleeting. Xiaowuzi asked Zhang Delu and Wang Laoer to be on guard in front. He and Xiaomeng and Zhang Dexin fully cooperated with Erniu to see if they could use these two cannons to take down the Japanese command post.
Erniu quickly recalled what he had learned, and quickly cranked the cannon to a suitable angle. He directed Xiao Wuzi to open the cannon door and Xiao Meng to load the bomb.
Then he asked everyone to turn their backs, open their mouths, and cover their ears, while he pulled the gun rope with all his strength.
"Boom...!" The shell flew far away.
The sound of cannon fire is not that loud in the distance. This time we were so close that everyone felt shocked. Thanks to Er Niu's reminder, otherwise their ears would have been damaged.
The first shot was not accurate. The impact point of the shell was a bit far away, but it was in the right direction.
Erniu shook the handle again and adjusted the muzzle. Reloaded again, "Boom...!" This time it hit closer.
The Japs at the headquarters already felt something was wrong. Someone has already run out.
Xiaowuzi told Erniu, don't be impatient and calm down.
Erniu was already sweating profusely, and his lower lip was bleeding from biting it.
This time I carefully adjusted the muzzle, loaded the gun, and pulled the gun rope again.
"boom…!"
This time it did not disappoint. The Japanese temporary command post was blown to pieces, and the house was instantly razed to the ground as soon as it was hit by the artillery fire.
The Japanese soldiers suddenly lost their command, causing the Japanese soldiers who were fighting fiercely to fall into chaos.
Xiaowuzi was not dazzled by this small victory, but asked Erniu to keep up his efforts and knock out the few concentrated Japanese soldiers.
At this time, some Japanese soldiers had already reacted, and the closer team had already rushed towards the artillery position.
Xiaowuzi and others all lay down on the bunker and set up the Japanese cover, leaving only Erniu and Xiaomeng to shoot.
The Sanba Gai has a long range and high accuracy. This is why the little devils generally have good marksmanship.
Xiao Wuzi's marksmanship was put to full use on this open battlefield.
Every time the trigger is pulled, a Japanese life will be taken away.
Wang Laoer simply stopped shooting, and used all his strength to load the bullets for Xiao Wuzi. After Xiao Wuzi fired five shots, the two of them changed places, and Wang Laoer handed over a gun loaded with bullets.
Erniu also lived up to Xiao Wuzi's expectations of him. He shot three times in succession, each time accurately hitting the place where the Japs were most concentrated.
But there were too many Japs, and there was enough of a squadron just to come back to seize artillery positions.
Xiaowuzi heard the whizzing sound and knew it was a grenade, and he had been blown up by it.
So he shouted: "Er Niu, blow up the cannon and we retreat."
Boom, boom, several grenades exploded around them. They had bunkers dug by the artillery, so no one was injured.
Xiaowuzi still killed the Japanese one by one. This time he focused on taking care of the Japanese grenadiers and knocked out all the previous groups of grenadiers.
At this moment, there was a "whoosh" sound, and a grenade hit the bunker. Wang Laoer was loading Xiaowuzi, "Boom"! The grenade exploded behind him, sending him flying, and his whole body fell on Xiao Wuzi.
Xiao Wuzi helped him up, but he was already dead, and his entire back was badly damaged by shrapnel. With blood foaming from his mouth, he spat out the last words: "Don't tell my brother."
Xiao Wuzi had no time to grieve, so he just laid him down, picked up the gun again, and used bullets to vent his anger.
Er Niu blew up the firing pins of the two cannons with grenades, and Xiao Meng rushed over to join the blocking enemy. Two more good gunners arrived, and the battlefield immediately changed.
The Japanese also heard the sound of exploding artillery. It was meaningless whether to seize the artillery position or not. Therefore, after losing some people, the Japanese withdrew.
At the critical moment, the people in the village finally rushed out. Xiao Wuzi thought when he asked Er Niu to fire the cannon. If Lao Haishan was not dead, he and Xiao Wuzi would definitely break out of the encirclement at the appropriate time due to their tacit understanding.
The first thing to run out were five horses connected together and wrapped in water-soaked quilts. The cars behind them should have been filled with a lot of flammable materials such as sulfur and gunpowder. Thick smoke billowed and flames shot into the sky.
For the people behind, grenades cleared the way, then a crooked handle, and then all the large mirror box cannons that fired continuously.
Amid the rumble of grenades, the rattling of machine guns and the honking of shell guns mingled.
The retreating Japanese soldiers were caught off guard by the sudden counterattack and immediately organized a counterattack. People on both sides continued to fall. The sound of gunfire, shouts and explosions made people's blood boil.
Of course, Xiaowuzi would not miss this opportunity. He led his team from top to bottom and first threw out all the grenades in his hand.
They were on a high hill, and the grenades were thrown at just the right time, and they all exploded among the Japs. As for the Japanese, except for grenades, they couldn't throw grenades at all.
Then the Xiaowuzi team rushed down, the shell guns in their hands constantly harvesting lives. The Japanese were attacked from both sides and collapsed. More than half of a squadron of Japanese soldiers were killed, and the rest fled to both sides.
The team in the village finally came closer. Xiaowuzi saw Lao Haishan carried by the big man at a glance, and his heart skipped a beat. He was mumbling words, and he, who had never believed in ghosts and gods, was praying for the blessings of the gods and Buddhas in the sky. Lao Haishan could not let anything happen again.
In that case, this team has lost its backbone and is not far from collapse.
In addition, Xiao Wuzi himself didn't realize that since he met Lao Haishan, he regarded him as his father in his heart. He didn't want to lose another father.
The team all went up to the high hill. Zhang Guorui counted the number of people. Not counting the five Xiaowuzi, there were twenty-seven people who rushed out and were injured. Half of them were lost in this breakout. But the good news is that the key members have not been lost much, which will bring great convenience to the expansion of the team in the future.
Xiao Wuzi helped the big man put down Lao Haishan, and found that he was still alive, but his back was hit by several shrapnel and was a bloody mess.
Unable to stop here, Zhang Guorui quickly organized everyone to move deeper into the mountain, while Xiaowuzi kept all the grenades in their hands, as well as a crooked machine gun and some ammunition.
There were only five people left in his team. He planned to use the favorable terrain to block the enemy and buy everyone time to escape.
Zhang Guorui left Wang Jiaxiao and another man from Shandong behind to assist Xiao Wuzi and the others in blocking the attack. The big man once again carried Lao Haishan, who was still in a coma, and everyone retreated to the mountain.
Wang Jiaxiao was an old acquaintance of Xiaowuzi, and the other person was also familiar with Erniu Xiaomeng. Xiaowuzi was not polite and directly issued an order. Seven people occupied favorable terrain and reinforced the original bunker of the Japanese artillery. Xiao Meng set up a crooked machine gun on the left, and Zhang Delu fed him ammunition. Xiao Wuzi led the other team members to the right, forming a crossfire on both sides.
This high post is the most suitable for defense. The distance from which the grenade is thrown, plus the time for it to roll down, is exactly five seconds. The Japs at the foot of the mountain had no cannons and could only stare, waiting to be bombed.
As time passed by, this feeling of heartstrings tightening was the most torturous. Everyone felt like time had stopped, and every second was so long.
Er Niu has such a reckless character that he wants to rush down the mountain immediately and kill the enemy.
The Japanese soldiers at the foot of the mountain did not attack. It may be because the headquarters was destroyed, or it may be because they feel that if they attack without artillery, and if they attack from above, the losses will be huge and the gain will not be worth the loss.
In short, the bloody battle that Xiaowuzi had prepared for did not happen. The Xiaojiao withdrew and retreated in an orderly manner.
Everyone in the team breathed a long sigh of relief. Xiaowuzi and the others had not eaten or slept for a whole day and a whole night. They had fought another big battle and were already exhausted. After relaxing, everyone lay down. He fell to the ground and didn't want to move at all.
Xiao Wuzi and the others fell asleep on this smoke-filled battlefield. Wang Jiaxiao and Yuan Fu from Shandong saw that they were very tired, so they did not wake them up. Instead, they climbed up the high hill with guns to guard them.
It was already three or four o'clock in the afternoon when Xiao Wuzi woke up. They all woke up from hunger. While they were sleeping, Wang Jiaxiao and Yuan Fu did a lot of things. First, they collected the weapons and equipment of the Japs on the Japs artillery position, and even collected two first-aid kits for the Japs. For them, this was nothing. It's baby.
Then, he opened a can of the little Japanese's lunch meat and put it together with the dry food they had on him. He used the Japanese's steel helmet to cook some porridge and waited for the little five and others to wake up.
