Explosions continued to sound.
After the darkness broke, Tubalu kept making cold shots.
There seemed to be only a few of the kamikaze warriors still standing, and they were finally approaching the bottom of the mountain.
The despicable Tubalu was so good at playing with landmines that he caused heavy casualties to the self-proclaimed invincible imperial army's death squads.
The escaping Tuba Road heading towards the mountain kept appearing in the moonlight.
The straight-line distance was already four hundred meters away, so it was more difficult to aim upward.
The lieutenant at the back gritted his teeth with hatred and could only watch the Eighth Route go higher and higher.
Tubalu, who was escaping up the mountain, left behind his troops on the gentle slope near the foot of the mountain. It was not a good idea to follow them.
The fleeing Tubalu casually threw two grenades down the mountain, and the pursuing warriors would be blown over.
Even if there are death squads, it won't work.
The lieutenant immediately ordered the machine gun team to deploy and fire suppressively at Tubal Road who had fled halfway up the mountain. At least, to prevent the escapees from running fast.
Let the other men disperse and look for other roads up the mountain nearby. Going up the mountain to the west is a gentle slope. Even if they can't find a road, the Imperial Army warriors can still find a few roads among the rocks!
Chug tug tug...
The machine gun crew opened fire.
The lieutenant was not disappointed. Tubal fled up the mountain ridge not far away. Under the leadership of a certain suicide squad member, he actually found a way.
Following that, his subordinates came to report: "The large army has completely occupied the Eighth Route Army's position on the mountain ridge, and the leading soldiers have come down from the mountain ridge. The captain has an order: Be sure to bite the tail of the Eighth Route Army's escape and wait for reinforcements!"
The lieutenant's mood immediately became bad. I'll be the reinforcement myself, okay?
What reinforcements are you waiting for?
Fortunately, the order given by the captain did not conflict with his current arrangements.
It would be great if the captain could get the warriors on the mountain ridge to come down quickly. In this case, the troops could be divided into two groups, one part following and the other detouring.
...
"Old bandit, are you really good at pinching?" Dirty Face was so impressed that he fell to the ground.
"Hey, there aren't many Japs reinforcements to begin with. The Japs officer leading the team would never dare to follow him for fear of being bombed. With the Japs' life-saving virtues, he will of course use the best tactic: flanking. ..."
"Then you let everyone wait for them here?"
"Hehe, later we will let the little devil understand what a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood are!"
"Let me tell you, how many times did you have to be chased by the Japanese to get the temper of the little devil so clearly?"
"Boy...are you looking for a fight?"
"What about the brothers who are blocking us at the foot of the mountain?"
"Hurry up and blow the whistle to get them to come closer to us. When the Japanese catch up later, they won't be able to retreat."
One short and two long sharp whistles sounded in the darkness.
The soldiers who were hiding among the rocks on the gentle slope near the foot of the mountain quickly disappeared into the darkness.
...
The purpose of the Japanese death squads, which suffered most of the casualties, was basically achieved.
Tubalu, who was blocking the attack on the gentle slope, did not fight back. Was he killed or was he scared away by the heroic courage of the imperial army?
The sergeant who replaced him as the squad leader quickly sent someone to report to the lieutenant behind him that the Tubal Road blocking troops had been cleared, and it was time to launch a pursuit to Tubal Road on the mountain ridge.
However, the Japanese who ran back after being slapped twice by the lieutenant's deputy said with a mournful face: "The lieutenant has sent warriors to go up the mountain from another road in the south. It seems that they should be able to climb the mountain ridge before Tubal Road carries the wounded to escape..."
The sergeant was dumbfounded. The lieutenant seemed to have forgotten the existence of the death squads.
Abandoned?
The reinforcing lieutenant did not choose to pursue behind Tubal Road. Instead, he chose to attack up the mountain from the flank. Obviously, he did not want his men to suffer too many casualties.
After being stunned for a while, the sergeant finally made up his mind: "Warriors, we have all seen that Tubal Road is also full of wounded soldiers. For the honor of the empire, I decided to continue pursuing the mountain along this mountain road..."
Knowing their shame and then being brave, all the Japs had long forgotten how strong the firepower of Tubal Road was.
Even if everyone in the battle is killed while chasing the remnants of the Eighth Route Army, Tubal Route, who are also defeated and fleeing, must pay the price!
Therefore, the wounded soldiers of the death squads were gathered together, and the remaining dozen or so Japanese soldiers concentrated the ammunition of the whole team, and pursued quickly along the gentle slope to the mountain without hesitation.
...
The gentle slope is on a ridge about two hundred meters away from the foot of the mountain.
As the moon rises higher and higher, the moonlight behind it is moving downwards.
Maybe, half an hour later, the moonlight will shine on this ridge.
More than a dozen figures helped each other climb up the ridge, lying on the ground with big eyes, breathing heavily, and looked behind them.
However, nothing could be seen.
"Hurry up and bandage the wounded..." a voice shouted in a low voice.
"Let's get out of the way. What if the kid chases us up the mountain road?"
"You don't need to worry, Li Xiang has arranged for the death of the queen..."
Suddenly there were more than a dozen people, and the road was a little crowded. Dirty Face held the machine gun and moved some distance to the side, shaking the machine gun tripod: "Hey, get the wounded away quickly..."
"Fuck you, I can still beat you!" a soldier with a bandage on his head cursed.
"Shut up, the Japs are coming..." The observer, who kept looking down the mountain with wide eyes, suddenly growled.
Immediately afterwards, Old Bandit Qi's voice sounded again: "I heard you all clearly. We must wait for the fire to light up and then everyone will open fire together..."
...
As the moonlight illuminates an increasing area of the valley, the distance of close sight lines in the valley slowly increases.
The Japanese didn't light a torch or turn on the flashlight.
The stones on the mountain path that few people walk on are constantly being trampled loose and rolling down.
The Japs went up the mountain very quickly.
Far faster than the speed of the Ninth Battalion and his team carrying a stretcher halfway up the mountain.
If it were before today, the Japanese who had not been beaten for eight hundred years would not be afraid of the darkness.
In the afternoon, they were stubbornly blocked by Tubal Road on the mountain ridge using landmines. When they went to the valley to reinforce, they found that an elite squadron was crippled by Tubal Road, which left a shadow in the hearts of the Japanese.
As a result, a sudden fire appeared on the edge of the mountain road, causing the frightened Japanese to immediately lie down on the ground.
"Enemy attack..." Birds chirped.
However, that ball of fire... doesn't seem to be a landmine!
The Japs lying on the ground were a little confused. Except for a loud "chi", there was no explosion sound as expected.
Looking at the ignited bushes, many people had only one thought in their minds: the landmine on Tubal Road failed!
However, no one thought carefully...how could Tuba Road lay landmines on this road!
It seems that in the consciousness of the Japanese who have witnessed their compatriots being bombed, it would be abnormal if there were no landmines buried on Tubal Road on the way forward!
Use the grenade to pull the hair cord as a ignition, and spread the gunpowder around the ignition point.
Of course it won't explode after being pulled on fire, but it successfully ignited the dead grass covering it...
Then the dry bushes gathered into a pile were smoothly ignited.
The fire began to spread amidst the crackling sound, and the light became brighter and brighter, even completely suppressing the dim moonlight in the sky.
On the east cliff.
The Japanese troops who had occupied the ridge began to approach the edge of the cliff to the west.
More than a dozen ropes were thrown off the cliff.
Many Japanese soldiers slid down the cliff.
The heavy machine gun that had been disassembled and wrapped in a marching blanket was also hung on the rope pulled by the Japanese, and slowly lowered down the cliff.
A fire was suddenly lit on the gentle slope to the west across the valley.
The Japanese lieutenant commander who was looking westward held up his telescope and was a little puzzled. Why did you light such a big fire when you were chasing the Eighth Route Army?
Immediately afterwards, the Japanese Lieutenant's doubts were solved.
Da da da...
Chug tug tug...
The mountain ridge suddenly flashed with tongues of fire, and dense bullets rushed towards the attacking eight people...
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