The mountain ridge is not wide, and it is even more uneven. There are rugged rocks, bushes, and plenty of sunlight. However, due to the lack of water on the mountain, big trees cannot survive in most places. Only shrubs can barely survive, but they are not as strong as the vegetation in the mountainside valleys. powerful.
There are woods in many places in the valley, and shrubs grow lushly in the woods. This is the reason why Jiulian Company cannot continue to advance in the valley.
Hu Yi's arrangement for the battle was not like a complete plan, just like the soldiers who usually messed around without training, but they were all trying to listen to what Hu Yi said.
The enemy formation that was pressing up could not spread out, which made a group of soldiers who had never seen the world feel less nervous.
The few soldiers led by squad leader Wang Liujin are naturally the elite of the Eighth Route Army. Their task at this time is to cover Tang Dagou in front. To put it bluntly, Tang Dagou and Monkey are lying in ambush in the middle of the road, preparing to fight the Japanese. A dog's black gun.
In everyone's opinion, this was not a good idea at all, because how could he bring a dog with him when the Japanese were attacking?
No one in the Ninth Company objected to such an order. Although it was for defense, the focus was on cover. Could it be that they were going to fight a positional battle with the Japanese? After receiving such a task, Squad Leader Wang would have been shocked if he hadn't watched Hu Yi explain. I thought I heard it wrong.
"Tang Dagou won't shoot unless he notices the dog brought by the Japanese. His place is very hidden. What we have to do is, after he shoots down the Japanese grenade, cover him and withdraw. Before the three waves of machine gun fire are over, we will not fire." Get ready to shoot, do you understand?"
The order was confirmed again. The Japanese were still far away. They all raised their rifles and looked nervously in the direction from which the Japanese came.
Xin said that the company commander was still courageous. Although there were many Japs, he was not afraid at all. This posture seemed to be for close combat.
After a short while, the observation post whispered: "The distance is three hundred!"
The soldiers looked towards Hu Yi's position, but Hu Yi was leaning against Luo Fugui and still didn't move; helplessly, they continued to wait.
After another period of time, the observing voice was tense: "The distance is two hundred!"
According to the situation on the Eighth Route, this distance has already reached the time for a firefight. The soldiers' breathing became thicker and their heartbeats were pounding. The rifles that had been cocked long ago were aimed at the Japanese figures one by one. Their fingers touched the trigger, and they even subconsciously pressed it. Thinking that the machine gun didn't fire, if he fired now, he would be exposed in advance.
It doesn't matter whether he is exposed or not. The Japs know that the Eighth Route Army is ambushing here.
But Hu Yi had no intention of getting up. Everyone had no choice but to continue waiting and quietly lowered their heads.
The observation post gasped anxiously: "Company commander, it's a hundred meters away, we are almost at the location where Tang Dagou and the others are hiding." The voice was lower than before.
"What's the rush? There's still fifty meters to go. Just wait." Hu Yi finally stood up and answered.
The soldiers could hardly stand it any longer, and their fingers moved back and forth on the trigger.
Behind the stone, Hu Yi raised the Czech machine gun and swung it twice. He watched the crouching Japanese soldiers advance to a position less than ten meters away from Tang Dagou before he pulled the gun and loaded a bullet.
Holding his breath, he aimed his sights at the Japs on the far left and finally pressed the trigger.
At a distance of almost sixty meters, the Czech whistled arrogantly. The bullet rushed out of the gun chamber. The gunpowder gas pushed the recoil spring. Another bullet entered the gun chamber. The hammer was pushed back again by the spring. One round after another. As the gun moved back and forth, bullets screamed and flew towards the Japanese.
I heard that the machine gun was firing, but unfortunately the bullets reached the Japs first. Even if the reaction from behind was not slow, they immediately changed from squatting to lying in the bushes. The Japs in the front row were all knocked down!
As for the person lying down behind, it is not clear whether he was shot and fell down or was hiding.
Tang Dagou cursed in his heart, Hu Yi was so useless, the Japanese almost came face to face with him before he opened fire.
I cursed in my heart but didn't get up. There were still three waves of machine gun bullets behind me that were going to be unleashed on the attacking Japanese. The Japanese were about ten meters in front. It would be a great place to throw grenades. Unfortunately, Hu Yi's order was that the machine gun did not stop. No firing is allowed before.
Even if I was happy throwing grenades, the Japs were not fools. If the two sides were so close, the Japs' grenades would definitely be thrown over.
The first to fight back was the machine gun behind the Japs. The bullets rushed directly towards Hu Yi's rock. After a few seconds, Hu Yi emptied the magazine, pulled the machine gun back a little slower, and fired a bullet. It hit the machine gun mount with a crisp sound.
He threw the machine gun at Luo Fugui, turned around and dodged to the left behind the rocks. Luo Fugui pulled the machine gun and dodged to the right. They ran out for seven or eight meters before reaching the position they had expected earlier. Hu Yi hid between two rocks. Luo Fugui lay directly on the ground behind the stone.
The Japanese lieutenant took out a command knife he carried with him and waved it left and right to order the grenadiers in front to open fire.
Two grenades flew into the air at a distance of 300 meters. The grenadiers were very confident and were on the same page. The firepower point on Route 8 had absolutely no chance of firing again!
The black guy landed exactly where Hu Yi had fired his gun earlier, one on the stone and the other in front of the stone.
It exploded with a bang, causing stone fragments to fly everywhere. Several soldiers nearby were not as nervous as before, holding their heads to avoid the shrapnel and stones that were raging in all directions.
The Japanese grenadier felt a little regretful and got a little closer. He immediately stuffed a grenade into the grenade barrel again, took a careful aim, and pulled the firing belt.
The battle was intense from the beginning. The Japs were suppressing the enemy with two machine guns and firing grenade launchers. However, the infantry did not have anything to do. The Japs lying in the bushes were not in a hurry. This tactic has been practiced countless times, and they used fire suppression first. , the infantry attacks again.
Soon one of the Japs' machine guns fired empty, and the deputy shooter began to load bullets into the magazine.
The Japanese machine gunners were trained well, and they fired all three shots. However, the fire suppression took a long time, and they fought for almost half a minute.
Another Japanese machine gun fired immediately, and the bullets screamed arrogantly in the bushes, tearing apart everything in the way, until they hit a rock, and then jumped and ran around aimlessly.
Hu Yi put down the telescope he had just picked up for observation, and pointed the muzzle of the gun upward. He lifted up the crooked butt of the gun that had been placed in the position, and carefully aimed the muzzle between two rocks. There was some green smoke. Japanese machine gun position.
The terrain Hu Yi chose was very strange, only slightly higher than the Japs' side.
But the one with the best view was the girl led by Company Commander Chen, who was on the post about 20 meters behind Hu Yi.
Such a choice was very risky. If the Japs rushed over desperately, even if Hu Yi retreated, he would become a target for the Japs. He would have to run back up the mountain ridge with his back exposed. With the Japs' marksmanship, it was basically impossible to escape.
Therefore, Hu Yi had no intention of running away at all, at least, no intention of retreating before dark.
Taizu slowly fell, and the sky slowly turned blood red, making the vegetation on the mountain dyed a little golden.
The sound of the Japanese machine guns echoed in the mountains without any pause. The Japanese infantry were suppressed by the machine guns and could not charge. This was not suppression of fire, but it felt like retaliation.
The Japanese grenadier soldiers prepared to spread the artillery fire to both sides to cover.
Suddenly, three tongues of fire suddenly appeared on the Eighth Route Army position, which had fallen into silence after a quick hit.
Luo Fugui changed a magazine, stretched out the machine gun from the gap between the rocks, probably aimed at the Japanese machine gun position, and immediately took fire.
Mancang squatted behind the crooked handle, aimed his gun at the Japanese grenade soldiers, and fired three regular shots. Company Commander Chen felt uncomfortable. He never expected that this thin guy in the uniform of the security army was actually a machine gunner! Is there no one left in this ninth company?
In his understanding, a machine gunner must be physically strong, otherwise, the recoil alone can kill someone. What's more, it was agreed earlier that the machine gun would fire in stages. Now, three The machine guns were all fired. Is this pre-battle arrangement all child's play?
The Japanese grenadier felt that the distance was far away and there was no good hiding place. When the bullet hit the stone on the left side, he realized whether he should hide first. Unfortunately, the trajectory of the machine gun bullet left no trace. Ke Xun, nervous, pulled the belt on his hand, and he didn't know where the grenade went.
Just as he was about to find a place to hide, what frightened him even more was that another ballistic path swept across from his right. The ballistic path was very stable. It was different from the previous wave of bullets. The same three-point shot was fired accurately. One bullet, drilled into the hole. Entering his abdomen, another round penetrated the body of the deputy shooter. The trajectory of the machine gun caught up with the Japanese machine gun position. The Japanese firepower point that was firing on the eighth route was immediately silenced.
The two Japanese grenadiers were not killed immediately. The severe pain made them howl immediately.
