"Come on!"
Taking advantage of the little devil being blown to death, the soldiers roared loudly and charged, with great momentum, but the movements of their feet were surprisingly small.
On the contrary, the covering machine gun fire was quite intense.
"Puff puff…"
The dense bullets hit the sandbag bunker of the Japs' position, stirring up a cloud of sand.
The gray-faced little Japanese lieutenant ignored the sand in his mouth and took a dizzy breath of anxious air.
It took a while to regain consciousness, and he threw himself down behind the bunker and shouted at the top of his lungs, "Baga! Grenade! Heavy machine gun! Counterattack! Counterattack!"
With the lieutenant's command, the little Japanese, who suffered heavy casualties in the shelling, finally launched a counterattack.
"Left, left!"
"Ah...Darth should be taken!"
"Reload! Reload! Ha Ya Ku!"
"Locust on board!"
Amidst the terrifying sound of tearing cloth, the little devil's counterattack was pitifully weak. The originally cautious soldiers immediately lay down to avoid the attack, with very few casualties.
For the soldiers, the intensive sound of tearing cloth brought a great sense of security.
On the contrary, all the little Japs were left with was fear. The weird sound of machine gunfire brought a downpour of bullets.
All the time, people around him were hit by bullets, screaming and falling to the ground.
Coupled with the large-caliber mortar shells that fell from time to time, there were many missing arms and legs, as well as abdominal and intestinal bleeding.
Amidst this tragic wailing, the morale of the guard troops of this Class C division was visibly declining.
A sergeant braved the hail of bullets and rushed to the lieutenant. Half of his ears were missing, and half of his face was stained black and red. He endured the pain and screamed desperately.
"Lieutenant, we have more than half of our casualties and our flank is about to be breached. We need support!"
The lieutenant yelled incompetently and furiously, "Baga Yalu! We must hold our position, for the sake of the Empire of Japan, and for His Majesty the Locust!"
"Hey! For His Majesty Tian Locust!", without any support, the sergeant had no choice but to return the same way, otherwise the remaining Japanese soldiers under his command might collapse over time.
"How can it be repaired!!!", the lieutenant had realized that his men alone could no longer defend the Yong'an stronghold.
Compared to being punished, if you throw away the materials and equipment in the stronghold behind you, your family will be humiliated.
Without hesitation, the lieutenant immediately retreated to his stronghold and sent a telegram for help.
"This is Lieutenant Yasuda of Yong'an Stronghold. Our unit is being attacked by the main force of the enemy's Eighth Route Army!"
"The enemy possesses large-caliber mortars and a large number of light and heavy machine guns. The firepower is fierce. Our troops have suffered heavy casualties. Please give us tactical guidance! Please!"
The content of the telegram was quickly sent to the headquarters of the third brigade of the 21st Regiment of the 4th Mixed Brigade in Wuyin County.
The telegraph operator who saw the contents of the telegram was shocked and rushed it to the command room.
Major Akai, who was about to enjoy lunch, put down his chopsticks. Seeing the serious look on the telegraph operator's face, he realized that something unexpected had happened.
"read!"
"Yes, Your Excellency Captain, this is a tactical guidance telegram sent from the Yong'an stronghold!"
After listening to the contents of the telegram, Major Akai stood up suddenly. He did not doubt whether it was true or not. Yasuda knew that he would never ask for help unless it was really a critical moment.
"Notify immediately, the First Squadron, the Second Squadron, the Machine Gun Squadron, and the Artillery Squadron will assemble immediately and rush to the Yong'an stronghold for support. The Third Squadron and the Fourth Squadron will be responsible for staying behind, Ha Ya Ku!"
The telegraph soldiers left quickly after receiving the order. Major Akai put on his weapons, picked up the command knife, and walked quickly towards the military camp.
The gathering speed of the little devils was not slow, and the gathering was completed in just ten minutes.
Major Akai rode on his horse and waved his hand, "Let's go! Rush to the Yong'an stronghold quickly!"
The little devil rushed out of Wuyin County in a mighty manner, and the unsuspecting people fled away one after another.
This scene was seen by the soldiers of the Second Company who had been hiding in a mountain forest outside the county town.
After taking note of the number of people dispatched by the Japs, the soldier immediately got up and left, going back to report the news.
First, he found Zhang Dabiao who was ambushing by the roadside and informed him of the situation, "Okay, the battalion commander's tactics worked! Go and inform the battalion commander!"
After sending away the soldiers who delivered the message, Zhang Dabiao pulled the bolt of the M3 in his hand, "Brothers, cheer up, the little devils will arrive at any time, we must not let them pass!"
Behind a dirt slope on the roadside outside Liuwang Temple, Li Yunlong perked up after receiving the news that the Japs were out of the city, "Haha, the time has come, let's go!"
Then, he turned to look at Huang Tianning, who was wearing a tattered military uniform, with an unhappy look on his face.
"Platoon Leader Huang, you are very courageous. If you dare to challenge me, be careful I turn around and kick you!"
Li Yunlong was cursing. Originally, he planned to personally lead a team pretending to be a puppet army and launch a surprise attack. Unfortunately, Huang Tianning and Hu Zi stopped him and refused to agree. In the end, he could only take charge of the surprise attack in the backyard.
"Hehe, don't worry, battalion commander, when we complete the mission, you can kick us as much as you want!"
Huang Tianning saluted with a smile, and then led the team away from the slope and onto the road.
The soldiers disguised themselves as puppet troops and held Huang Tianning and others in the middle. Behind them were two donkey carts covered with yellow cloth. The group began to walk swaggering along the road to the Liuwangmiao Prisoner of War Camp.
Li Yunlong looked at the shivering puppet platoon leader caught in the leaving team, "Let's go!"
Li Yunlong led the last platoon of soldiers from Yunqingshan to the backyard of the prisoner of war camp.
The little Japanese reinforcements have arrived at the Tongji Canal Bridge after a rapid march.
"Ocasine...?"
Major Akai, who was riding on the horse, felt a little strange. The bridge was not blown up or blocked by the enemy, which made him suspicious.
However, Yongan stronghold still needs to be saved, "Hayaku, cross the bridge quickly!"
Watching all the teams passing the bridge with great vigilance, Major Akai once again sent an additional team of scouts to conduct reconnaissance in front of the teams.
He was afraid that his team would be ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, so he couldn't help but slow down his marching speed.
Hidden in the dense bushes far away from the Tongji Canal Bridge, Captain Zhang and his team members stared closely at the team of little Japanese soldiers who were gradually retreating until the last silhouette disappeared from sight.
"Quick, bring the explosive bags!" Under the leadership of Captain Zhang, a dozen team members quickly ran towards the bridge holding the explosive bags.
As quickly as possible, place five or six explosive packets under the bridge base and pull out long fuses.
After lighting the fire, more than a dozen people quickly evacuated. Ten seconds later, the militiamen ran a hundred or ten meters away and lay down behind a slope.
"Boom boom boom boom boom!"
In the violent explosion, smoke and dust rose into the sky, the bridge shattered and collapsed, and the militiamen hundreds of meters away were also shocked.
There was a loud bang, and the frightened horse almost knocked off Major Akai.
The little devils were not slow to react, and they dispersed to both sides of the road to defend themselves under the commander's call.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
"Machine gun squadron! Artillery squad! Quickly deploy!"
"Hayaku!"
The frightened little devils began to patrol around aimlessly.
