About twelve miles away from Wushan Town on the mountain road, Huang Yu and a recruit quietly hid behind a pile of bushes. Behind them was a ravine, and they could quickly move along the ravine by jumping in.
The recruit was very nervous, his hands holding the gun were shaking, and his forehead was covered with cold sweat.
If you shoot in this situation, even if the enemy is standing twenty meters away, you will not be able to hit the target.
"Don't be nervous, think about the corpses of the Japanese and puppet soldiers you transported yesterday!" Huang Yu comforted him in the calmest tone possible.
"They are just like us, carrying a head on two shoulders. They don't have three heads or six arms. As long as they aim and hit, a bullet can kill them!"
"Our mission is to sneak attack the Japanese and puppet troops, not to fight them desperately, shoot them and then move away!"
"See the ravine behind you? Jump in and run along the ravine. Even the enemy's machine guns can't hurt us!"
"Calm down, don't shake your hands, follow the shooting method I just taught you: put your shoulder on the butt of the gun, steady your body, three points and one line, aim at the little devil you want to shoot, pull the trigger decisively, don't hesitate... …”
"When the gun fires, jump into the ravine. We'll leave regardless of whether we hit the target or not!"
After some comfort, the recruit's hands holding the gun finally stopped shaking, but the cold sweat on his forehead did not diminish.
Huang Yu did not continue to comfort him. He had to overcome the psychological barrier of the recruit's first shot. No matter how much he said, it would only solve the superficial problem.
"The Japanese and puppet troops are coming..."
I don’t know how long it took, but the Japanese and puppet soldiers finally appeared at the end of the mountain road.
Compared with yesterday's arrogance, the Japanese and puppet troops who came out today were much more cautious, but they only arranged nine puppet troops in front of the team as the vanguard.
Holding the rifle in their hands, they observed the surrounding situation while marching. They seemed to be very vigilant. Only they knew how effective it would be.
"Have you seen the little Japs walking in the middle of the team? We will aim at them and shoot them soon!" Huang Yu became very excited when he saw the Japs and ordered in a low voice.
"When my gun goes off, shoot regardless of whether you are aiming at the target or not!"
"Japanese soldiers are very capable of fighting alone. If you shoot a second later, it will be more dangerous!"
Huang Yu quickly opened the safety of the rifle, pulled the bolt, inserted a Japanese rifle glove into the front sight, and continued to order.
"I have locked the target. You first turn on the safety, pull the bolt, hold the gun steady...aim at the three points and one line on the Japanese chest, and shoot when they get close!"
"Shoot... bang..." Guns rang out just as the fourteen Japs walked right in front of Huang Yu.
The Japanese rifleman fell to the ground, and the recruit pulled the trigger at the same time. I don't know whether it was luck or a blind cat that killed a mouse. He actually hit a Japanese soldier, and then he was stunned in place and forgot to move.
The Japs reacted quickly. He quickly held the rifle on his shoulder, held the light machine gun in his arms, pulled the bolt, and hugged Huang Yu's hiding place...
Huang Yu, who had already jumped into the ravine, took action decisively. He grabbed the recruit's clothes and dragged him into the ravine. A few bullets flew right against his scalp, and he would have been dead a second later.
"You don't want your life. Why didn't you move immediately after shooting? I almost ended up here!" Huang Yu scolded with lingering fear on his face.
"I...when I was nervous...I forgot..." The recruit was so frightened that his face turned pale and he could not speak clearly.
"This is a fatal thing, don't forget it next time!" Huang Yu took the opportunity to remind.
"Follow me and move away from here first, the Japanese may come and kill you at any time!"
"But you did a good job with that shot just now, it hit the Japanese soldier right in the chest..."
"Killing a Japs with the first shot as a soldier is better than what I did back then. You still have four bullets left, so try to keep up the good work and kill two more Japs!"
The Japs' reaction speed was indeed very fast. As soon as the crooked handle sounded, five Japs jumped up from the ground and surrounded the bushes with guns in hand.
Maeda, the Japanese commander, was very angry.
He was heartbroken that one of his subordinates was dead and the other was injured, and he was also annoyed by the group of Imperial Alliance troops behind him.
Each one of them was more timid than a turtle. When they heard the sound of gunfire, they hugged their heads and fell to the ground, not daring to move.
Several of his subordinates began to fight back under the cover of machine guns. They were still lying motionless, and Maeda saw that his anger was rising.
He kicked the platoon leader of the Imperial Association Army next to him: "Baghe Yalu, are you lying here and pretending to be dead? Rush forward and counterattack. Let the enemy run away and I will question you, the Imperial Association Army!"
"Taijun, calm down!" the puppet platoon leader stood up quickly, fawning in fear.
"I will lead people to kill him now. I will definitely catch the enemy who attacked Taijun just now and avenge Taijun!"
After saying that, he kicked the subordinates aside: "Why are you still lying here!"
"Taijun has been killed and you are still lying down. Don't even think about offending Taijun!"
"Everyone, stand up and attack forward!"
"Taijun is covering us with machine guns. The enemy didn't even have a chance to raise his head, so he stood up and charged forward. No one can be a coward!"
More than twenty puppet soldiers reluctantly stood up from the ground and attacked amidst the curses of the squad and platoon leader...
Unfortunately, except for two still-heating bullet casings behind the bushes, no trace of the attacker could be seen.
No matter how unwilling Maeda was, he could only continue on his way to Zhangzhuang with the wounded.
Twenty minutes later, the gunshots of the sneak attack on the Japanese and puppet troops rang out again.
Zhong Chengjun led a recruit under his command to launch an attack and killed a Japanese machine gunner with two bullets.
After Cao Zhang Maeda launched a fire at the unoccupied sneak attack position, he had to rush to Zhangzhuang again with the wounded with regrets. His vigilance was at least twice as high as when he first left the stronghold.
In addition to a squad of puppet soldiers who continued to serve as the vanguard to explore the road, three veterans were also selected from the few subordinates to join the vanguard. They would shoot twice when they encountered suspicious targets, trying to drive away the attackers with gunshots.
But this kind of fire detection is only useful for new recruits.
It's useless in front of the veterans. How to make a sneak attack or continue to make a sneak attack.
Fifteen minutes later, Zhang Tiezhu and a new recruit took action and killed a Japanese machine gunner again...
After another ten minutes, Wang Minghua and one of his recruits took action and killed a Japanese rifleman...
Fourteen little Japs, five of them were injured or killed before they even entered the pocket formation.
The four recruits who had fired shots in the guard squad were not as nervous as before, especially the recruits who stayed with Huang Yu.
Instead of worrying about the coming Japs, I am actually looking forward to it, hoping that I can kill one or two Japs in the next battle.
Quietly hiding on the hilltop where the ambush position is located, waiting for the Japanese and puppet troops to come.
"Zhong Chengjun, Wang Tiezhu, your two combat teams are responsible for the forward troops of the Japanese and puppet troops." Huang Yu began to make final arrangements for the ambush.
"One veteran is responsible for one Japs, and four recruits are responsible for one Japs. Kill the three Japs as quickly as possible, and concentrate firepower to suppress the remaining puppet troops. Kill anyone who moves. Don't be merciful, let alone let them follow. The Japanese and puppet troops are gathering together behind!"
"The others followed me to ambush the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops: the machine gunners fired at the Japanese grenade group. I was responsible for shooting the Japanese leader Cao, Wang Minghua was responsible for the little Japanese holding the machine gun, and the others aimed at the remaining two Japanese!"
"After shooting all the Japanese, we can deal with the puppet troops. The order must not be messed up."
