A dozen Japanese soldiers chased hundreds of people all the way.
When the Yang attack reached this level, only seven or eight of his men were killed. Logically speaking, this should be regarded as something very impressive.
If it weren't for the failure of the lieutenant's previous command, it would definitely become one of the most classic battle examples in the entire army!
The sergeant team leader who led the team seemed to have finally shown the imperial army's best combat effectiveness in the world.
At the same time, they attacked the mountains. The reinforcement squadron attacked in a roundabout way to the east, but was repulsed by the Eighth Route Army who had ambushed them in advance.
The sergeant was not stupid and did not lead his men to continue the pursuit. He knew very well that the Eighth Route Army should have transferred its main force to the west, and he happened to take advantage of the Eighth Route Army's small number of frontal blocking troops.
He could see clearly that the Eighth Route Army seemed to have the ability to predict the future and ambush on the flanks in advance. Those Tubalu who were ambushing had already retreated to the mountain ridge. If he continued to follow, those Eighth Route Army who had withdrawn would probably deal a cruel blow to him!
From another perspective, the Eighth Route Army is actually taking a risk, because the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army is not much different from what has been seen before. The key is that the level of the people commanding the battle is really not low.
One of his subordinates was about to climb up the bushes next to the mountain road. The sergeant felt a little uneasy when suddenly a bird chirped to stop him: "Don't move, stop advancing..."
As a veteran on the battlefield, the sergeant felt more and more that if he continued to follow him, he would probably be in trouble.
The Imperial Army’s Death Squadron is not a death squad!
The sergeant's judgment of the battlefield trend was extremely accurate.
It didn't take long, and a dark shadow followed behind...
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"Why don't the Japs stop chasing you?" Geng Goudan held a shell gun in his hand, his voice trembling with nervousness.
"They should have seen us coming for reinforcements."
"But haven't the reinforcements already left?"
"The Japanese are not stupid..." Li Xiang turned to the soldiers next to him and ordered: "Fire a flare..."
Li Xiang's purpose in asking for the grenade was not to use it to attack the Japs who were following him, but to prevent the Japs at the foot of the mountain from following him.
After all, the following Japs were no more than a hundred meters away in a straight line. Throwing grenades directly from a high position might blow up those Japs.
It's a pity that the Japs were extremely cunning and scattered and hid in the bushes. They didn't get together at all. If the observers hadn't been watching, the Japs wouldn't have opened fire. They didn't even know where the Japs were hiding!
"Uncle Li, since the little devil likes to come up from the bushes on both sides of the mountain road, why not... let's set up a few traps in the bushes..."
Li Xiang shook his head: "Do you think the trap is that easy?"
Tom...
A flash of fire flashed from the muzzle of the prepared grenade, and an illumination bomb rose into the air.
Everyone immediately shrank their heads and cautiously looked down the hillside.
In the shadow of the moonless valley below, a large group of black figures hurriedly hid on the spot.
"The slope is about fifty, the straight-line distance is four hundred...the number of troops is more than a hundred..." The observer next to Li Xiang stared wide-eyed: "Hey, the little devil is really insidious..."
The distance is too far and the light is not good. Shooting at this time is a complete waste of bullets!
A soldier next to him immediately suggested: "I think no matter how well the little Japs hide themselves, we might as well throw stones to kill them..."
Li Xiang was stunned for a moment. This was a good idea: "Look for rocks immediately..."
Goudan next to him muttered: "It would be great if I could use a grenade to blow down that house-sized rock."
When Li Xiang chose a position on the hillside to block the Japs, he didn't consider this at all. Although the area at the top of the small plateau was not large, there were many rocks as big as a person's head.
There are rocks as big as houses, but who has the strength to move a huge rock eroded by the weathering of the mountain?
I heard Goudan say this, but... what if we use explosives?
Thinking of this, I immediately looked around and looked at the bottom of the hillside again. The Japs who were planning to sneak up were no longer hiding after their whereabouts were discovered. They called each other to pull away, left the mountain road and climbed up on hands and feet in the bushes...
The Japanese were frightened by the mines. This time they moved closer to the mountain ridge, and their formations dispersed. Even if they fired grenades on top, it would be difficult to have any effect.
But if you knock down a few huge rocks, you can always kill a few Japanese.
The most important thing is that the rolling boulders will bring heavy psychological pressure to the Japanese.
The battalion commander has already led his people westward away from the mountain ridge. If he can hold off the Japanese for a while longer, the wounded soldiers will have a greater chance of survival.
As for whether we can truly get rid of the Japanese pursuit, no one is sure. It still depends on whether the Japanese are willing to continue to send large groups of troops to pursue.
The mountain road is rugged.
If the Japanese only sent a small force to pursue them, the Ninth Battalion would not be afraid at all.
Reinforcements from the east have arrived, and it is unlikely that the Japanese will continue to send large forces to pursue the Ninth Battalion, which is only about one company strong and has been used as bait!
Several soldiers crawled for a while near their positions on the hillside.
The squad leader looked excited: "Report to the company commander, most of the rocks have taken root on the hillside. Even if they are exploded with grenades, it is unlikely to be moved."
"Most of them?" Li Xiang looked unhappy under the moonlight: "Can any of them be moved?"
"There seems to be a loose rock. Even without grenades, three or five of us can push the rock down!"
Li Xiang's eyes lit up: "Then what are you waiting for? Just get one quickly and see the effect..."
The five soldiers put down their guns and crawled excitedly to the loose boulders next to the mountain road.
The five people constantly adjusted the angle and posture of their exertion, and pushed with their shoulders or hands while tightening their bodies.
The irregular stone that stood between them slowly swayed.
"Listen to my command...one, two, three...push hard..."
The five of them gathered their strength together and then exerted their strength again.
The boulder shook more and more.
There was a crunching sound of gravel being crushed on the ground, and the boulder finally left its original position and slowly turned outward.
I held the grenade tightly with my left hand and stopped moving. I grabbed the firing rope with my right hand and shouted to Xu Xiao beside me: "Load!"
There was a sudden loud noise on the hillside under the moonlight.
Tumbling rocks collided with the hillside, followed by a second sound.
The noise became louder and louder, and the rumbling sounds began to sound continuously.
The boulder rolling has no specific goal, it just rolls randomly within a general range, and even when it hits a small ridge or stone on the hillside, some small rocks will be knocked out.
The boulder quickly rushed down the hillside with scattered rubble, getting faster and faster.
The entire valley seemed to begin to reverberate.
Most of the Japanese were still hiding in the darkness. When they heard the earth-shaking sound above the hillside, they all raised their heads to observe.
The observer in the Japanese team was startled and immediately screamed at the top of his lungs: "There is a huge boulder... take shelter!"
A black shadow came down from the hillside with a roar, and the hillside seemed to be shaking.
The Japs directly under the rock were a little confused. It was their first time encountering this situation and it was probably too late to run sideways.
The smart ones immediately find a hole to hide.
He was so frightened that he didn't care whether he could run or not, so he just ran sideways.
It's a pity that there is a road on the steep hillside. If you lose your footing when running sideways, you will fall directly down the hillside...
The boulders that were moving faster and faster were followed by smoke and dust that swept across everything like thunder.
The distance was getting closer and closer, and a fallen devil looked at the growing black shadow as he rolled around, shouting strangely about his eighteenth generation ancestor...
The rapidly rolling stones did not give the Japanese a chance. After leaving a pool of flesh and blood on the ground, they continued to roll with stones of different sizes behind them...
The big rocks were thrown all the way, but not many Japanese were actually hit. The rocks on the mountain were not very hard originally. When they were smashed all the way down to the Japanese hiding place, the gravel they brought along formed a stone flow nearly ten meters wide.
He was hit by a stone as big as a person's head, and his vital injuries were directly injured. His arms and legs were immediately broken into pieces and bloody.
A stone the size of a fist hit the Japs helmet, flattening it and causing the head under the helmet to bleed.
More gravel fell like rain.
The Japanese lieutenant behind him and the second lieutenant who followed him looked panicked. Tubalu actually used stones as weapons?
The rumbling sound finally disappeared.
The huge boulder that rushed to the valley finally came to a stop, carrying smoke, dust and flesh along the way.
bloody...
The kamikaze who was hiding above was angry. He leaned out from his hiding place and raised his gun towards the place where the cheers were coming from above the hillside. The gun body trembled slightly and a bullet whizzed upwards.
There was a popping sound.
The voice of a soldier who stuck his head out to watch the excitement suddenly stopped.
A small hole appeared in the middle of the eyebrow, and a gurgling red glow appeared.
The Japanese who retracted his head immediately moved his body to the side, and a black thing fell from the sky.
boom...
The grenade suddenly exploded.
Forty-eight petals are completely different from eight-way grenades.
After the explosion, the grenade shrapnel flew around, and one piece got directly into the enemy's head from the enemy's ear.
The little devil didn't even have time to hum, and his body rolled down the slope...
Then, near the No. 8 position on the hillside, a loud bang of a grenade exploded again in the valley.
Another stone was lifted away from the position where it had been rooted for countless years by the explosion shock wave, and slowly rolled downwards...
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