Ten minutes later, the Japs' vanguard had arrived, led by three tricycles. Their mission was to search. Since there were four tanks behind them, and the terrain of Pheasant Ridge was very open, it was not suitable for an ambush at all, so the Japs The search is casual and fast.
The Second Company was huddled in the trench, and the newly dug soil was covered with weeds to camouflage it. It was more than a hundred meters away from the road. The Japanese tricycle did not notice anything unusual when it passed by. It only scanned a few shuttles without even stopping.
This terrain can easily paralyze the minds of the Japanese. It is too open. At a glance, there are either bare soil slopes or bare stone mountains. No one would choose to set up an ambush in this place.
If Chuxiong didn't have high-explosive bombs and thunder cannons with a range of 800 meters, he wouldn't have chosen this place. This is called taking the enemy by surprise and attacking him unprepared!
Four Japanese Type 95 tanks rumbled forward. The black muzzles were like the fangs of a wolf. No wonder they were crazy. This was a light tank in the true sense, not a thin-skinned and stuffed chariot.
The Type 95 light tank, produced by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in 1934, is the one with the best quality and performance among the Japanese light tanks;
The main mission of the Type 95 light tank is to support infantry and advance rapidly with the vehicle, so that it can quickly capture enemy strongholds.
The Type 95 light tank has a dead weight of 6.7 tons, a total combat weight of 7.4 tons, a crew of 3, a length of 4.3 meters, a width of 2.07 meters, and a height of 2.28 meters. It can be regarded as "small and exquisite";
The main weapon is a Type 94 37mm tank gun. This 37mm gun has a relatively long barrel, with a total gun length of 1.36 meters and a weight of only 64 kilograms. It has a certain armor-piercing power;
It can penetrate 45 mm thick steel armor at a shooting distance of 300 meters, and the ammunition base is 120 rounds;
The auxiliary weapons are two Czech-made Type 97 7.7mm heavy machine guns, which can fire continuously and carry 3,000 rounds of ammunition;
It can be said that these four tanks are a mobile field artillery squadron with certain defensive capabilities. For the Eighth Route Army, which lacks anti-tank equipment, they are simply invincible. That's why the Japanese are so crazy!
Chu Xiong's decision to blow up the tanks first was so right. He didn't bring a rocket launcher this time. If he couldn't blow them up in the first wave, the ambush would have been a mixed bag...
The person responsible for the blasting was Li Guoping's team. This was also his first time fighting tanks. The rumbling sound made the special operations team members who faced them for the first time feel less confident.
"Team leader, can you blow it up?"
A team member asked Li Guoping in sign language. Li Guoping was not sure, but he was the team leader and had to convey confidence to the team members. He gave the two of them a no problem gesture, and then concentrated on holding the detonation switch and preparing to blasting……
As soon as the front of the leading tank reached the bomb position, Li Guoping decisively pressed the detonator;
The tank moved forward for more than one meter, and then heard a dull explosion...
boom!
The tank weighing more than six tons was directly overturned by the huge shock wave!
Then there was a series of explosions, and the Japanese tanks and the first two trucks were covered in smoke and dust;
"Enemy attack!"
Other vehicles also stopped, and the Japanese infantry jumped out of the vehicles one after another. Their first reaction was to protect the vehicles carrying supplies. Some troops crossed over the blown tanks and went to Pheasant Ridge to seize the commanding heights.
The reaction of the Japanese infantry was indeed fast. They immediately discovered the commanding heights of Pheasant Ridge;
A squadron of Japs led by the squadron leader went straight to Pheasant Ridge. The others quickly dispersed to guard within 50 meters on both sides of the road, and had no time to pay attention to the few ambushers who took advantage of the chaos to escape.
Preserving supplies is the top priority!
The Japanese suffered heavy losses in this wave of explosions. Two of the four tanks were destroyed, one was injured, two personnel carriers were overturned, and dozens of people were killed and injured;
Major Shi Guang was furious. He was very lucky that the chariot he was riding in was only damaged by the bombing and he escaped!
"Ta-ta-ta..."
As expected, the squadron that seized Pheasant Ridge was blocked by the Eighth Route Army, and the two sides fought fiercely!
"Notify the mortar team to use special bombs to eliminate the Eighth Route Army on Pheasant Ridge, kill the chickens and give them to you!"
Old devil Shi Guang was really angry, and he used special bullets as soon as he came up!
Chu Xiong and his comrades in the Second Company were blocking the Japanese when they suddenly heard the sound of "dong dong dong" shelling. The sound was very dull, unlike the usual sound of mortars.
The Second Company hid in the trenches to defend against artillery as usual, but they did not hear the explosion, and puffs of light yellow smoke came out of the position...
Chu Xiong's face suddenly turned pale and he shouted loudly:
"It's a poison gas bomb! Turn your back to the poison gas, hold the taste with a towel soaked in water, and keep your eyes half closed!"
After Chu Xiong finished shouting, he took off the water bottle from his body, quickly poured the water on the white towel he brought with him, and held his mouth and nose;
A minute or two later, the position was almost filled with poisonous gas. The slow-moving soldier was poisoned and fell in the trench, vomiting yellow-green phlegm. There were coughs one after another on the position...
Chuxiong judged that this was a tear-gas bomb. It had a light yellow solid appearance and was highly irritating. It could cause tears, coughing, headaches, and in severe cases, death from convulsions, chest pain, and difficulty breathing.
Fortunately, this kind of poisonous gas bombs disappeared quickly as they came. Chu Xiong and others turned their backs to the wind and held their mouths and noses with wet towels. They avoided the most deadly period of the first two minutes, and basically did not have any subsequent ones. Life is in danger!
The second company also suffered a big loss this time. Dozens of people were poisoned and more than 30 people died.
"The devils are coming, fight, and avenge our comrades!"
Chu Xiong was the first to notice the Japs who were touching him. He tied a wet towel to his mouth and nose, and pointed a machine gun at the Japs;
Chu Xiong's machine gun woke up the second company who was still in a daze. Many people followed suit and tied towels to their mouths and noses, and fired at the Japanese with their guns.
The Japs wearing gas masks did not expect that there was an Eighth Route Army in the position, so they were caught off guard. Dozens of Japs were not mopped down, while the others lay on the ground and exchanged bullets with the Second Company.
"Dong dong dong!"
The Japanese fired another round of poison gas bombs, but this time the effect was not that good. This type of poison gas bombs are most afraid of water. Wet towels can effectively prevent it, but it also caused more than a dozen casualties in the second company;
At this time, you can only hold on hard. Once you retreat, the consequences will be disastrous!
Chu Xiong used the machine gun in his hand to fire wildly at the Japanese who were rushing over, knocking down at least a dozen Japanese. They had to hold on until the artillery platoon took action...
After another ten long minutes, Chu Xiong finally heard a huge explosion!
"Boom boom boom!"
The artillery platoon of the second pillar finally arrived, and eight explosive charges slammed into the Japanese convoy and the crowd. The huge explosion knocked down a large number of Japanese soldiers in an instant!
Thousands of fragments flew across the sky, leaving almost no blind spots!
Before the Japs could react, it was the second round...
Boom boom boom...
boom! ! !
An explosive package happened to fall into a carriage containing ammunition, causing the ammunition to explode and causing an earthquake-like effect. Almost no Japanese two hundred meters around could stand.
Light yellow smoke also filled the air...
The shell that exploded happened to be a poisonous gas bomb, and the Japanese reaped the consequences.
Boom boom boom
Another round, this time another baggage truck was blown up. The grain in the truck burned, and a large number of Japanese were killed and injured. The Japanese were completely in chaos.
Chu Xiong led the second company and evacuated the position with his wounded and wounded comrades on his back.
The Japs couldn't care about them at all, and the chaos turned into a pot of porridge!
"Bagaya road!"
The fateful Major Shi Guang, faced with the messy battlefield, wanted to die.
