Madman Yang, who had been watching the Japanese movements, was a little confused.
The sound of a grenade exploding earlier was really strange.
The people who were being chased by the Japs turned around and attacked the Japs.
A large number of Japanese soldiers entered the green gauze tent east of the highway. At this time, my group and the Japanese soldiers in front were outside the enemy's eastern defense line.
The Japs who entered Qingsha Zhang from the highway continued to push the outer defense line eastward. If they fought with the Japs protruding from the south at this time, the Japs had reinforcements. At this time, the ninth battalion behind them was being attacked by the Japs. It would definitely not be a good thing if they continued.
However, there are people in the south who are attacking the Japanese. At this time, there is a great opportunity to attack the Japanese from both sides.
In the past, there were very few opportunities to fight the Japanese in the national army.
Although his mission was to go out to reconnoiter the layout of the Japanese defense line, he had completed his mission by breaking into the Japanese defense line earlier.
But at this time, I encountered a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fight the Japanese, and I had to show some color to the little Japanese.
Bang bang bang. Da da da.
"Brothers, come on, if anyone dies, I will die for his father and mother." The pseudo-captain no longer hesitated.
There was no room for hesitation. His position was close to the highway, and the Japanese from the north were already approaching. He had to fight if he didn't want to.
The landmines on the Eighth Route Army had really scared him before, and he did not dare to run to the east where there were a large number of Eighth Route Army troops.
The observers from the main camp were lying on the edge of the open field, looking around nervously with wide eyes.
"Hey, tell me. The guard camp boasted that it could drive the Japanese out of Qingsha Zhang. Is it true?"
"I heard the explosion. It shouldn't be more than a mile away. It's really possible."
"But why aren't the Japanese in the green gauze tent in front of us making any movement?"
"Don't think too much, let's just keep an eye on this section of the trenches. Be careful of the Japanese on the road and kill them with a carbine."
"I don't understand one thing. The kid occupies the turret and is defended by two trenches. Why would he run away?"
"There's a saying that makes a man's heart swallow an elephant when it's too big, do you understand?"
"What do you mean?"
"The little devils were afraid that we would run away after one shot, so they deliberately headed north, trying to drag us into the green gauze tent, and then they would surround us from the outside."
"Haha, they really think that now they have lost the artillery tower and been bombed again. Is this the legendary loss of the wife and the loss of the army?"
The light and heavy machine gunners took turns taking turns to attack, but they were also unable to stop the Japanese's massive attack without any regard for casualties!
Soldiers with weapons from the pistol team, submachine gun platoon, and reinforced machine gun platoon were laying out mines while taking turns to cover and run eastward.
The soldiers retreated eastward from Qingshazhang, one after another.
Hu Yi and his party, who had moved east to the north to reinforce the Japanese's southward offensive line, were stopping in a ditch.
He was not worried about whether Li Xiang on the west side of the highway could withstand the Japanese attack from reinforcements.
Through the Lunan detachment, he basically found out the approximate strength of the Japanese and puppet troops. What surprised him was that the puppet troops actually faced the battle anyway!
To realize the previous plan of driving the Japanese along the highway into open areas, Li Xiang in the west played a very important role.
After listening to the reconnaissance report reported by the soldiers sent back by Madman Yang, Hu Yi finally decided to use the ultimate weapon of the Nine Battalions: mortars.
The team was now more than a mile away from the road. Without a special ranging method, there was no way to determine the shooting parameters.
The Ninth Battalion was full of talented people, and it was impossible to measure the distance without seeing the road. It was very difficult for the mortars to hit the Japanese cars on the road.
But it is not difficult to lay a large mine in advance for reference.
Wan Shanxi stood on the ladder set up by four soldiers, holding a telescope.
It doesn’t matter who shoots the mortar. What matters is the shooting parameters. It’s okay to hit a target that’s a little closer than measuring the distance with your thumb. If the opponent is a little further away, you can’t hit it at all.
After observing carefully for a while, Wan finally shouted: "Detonate!"
The most high-end talent operator of the ninth battalion quickly pressed down the electric detonator and followed the rotation.
boom.
A ball of fire flashed in the distance.
After the earth-shattering explosion, Wan Baoxi shouted loudly: "Turn the machine up three times and release it!"
Tom. Amidst the harsh friction between mortar shells and gun barrels, a mortar ejected from the chamber.
Two or three seconds later, a ball of fire came from the green gauze tent in the distance again.
Seeing clearly that the mortar's impact point was very close to the highway, Wan Shengxiao said in a voice that was almost trembling with excitement: "The helicopter will go up half a circle and fire five rounds!"
Bum-bum-bum-bum.
Ten mortar shells, with a unique roar, hit the Japanese convoy on the road.
The Japs are good at attacking because they have machine guns and artillery.
If mobility is to be improved, these things must be transported by automobile.
This group of devils who carried out the 18th Autumn Operation Mission to burst the canal banks and release bacteria were even more well-equipped.
The puppet troops have been trained by the Japanese for several years, and their combat effectiveness is not bad.
The loud noise of a string of mortar shells came from the road on the right, frightening the puppet troops who were "breaking out" to the south.
I didn't expect that the equipment of the Eighth Route Army was so good, until now it showed its full strength!
It's a pity that Balu and them are not a family at all, so they can't run eastward. I'm glad that I didn't have the rashness to fight to the death with Balu before.
The puppet soldiers lying on the ground had no idea of the situation. They only knew to stay away from where the gunfire was louder.
The puppet troops in the front charged forward with their backs bent, while the puppet troops behind blocked the Japanese troops who were crushing them all the way from the north.
The team in the middle just wanted to stay away from the Japanese coming from behind, and followed the front team to run faster.
This immediately caused the speed of the front and rear teams to be inconsistent, and the original sagittal attack breakout formation was instantly affected.
The natural fear of death immediately caused a group of puppet soldiers who were blocked in their path to explode.
Many puppet soldiers lost their direction and could only judge by the sound of gunfire. Anyway, they ran wherever there was no gunfire. The puppet squad platoon leader couldn't stop them at all.
How many Japs there are in the Qingshazhang dense forest is unknown.
The firepower of the puppet troops attacking southward is not weak, and there is at least one small team of Japanese troops facing them.
There were more than fifty Japanese in one team, and they seemed to have an advantage in the defensive position. However, this time the crowd of puppet troops jumped over the wall in a hurry, not caring about the occasional glare of tracer bullets from the Japanese rifles and machine guns in front of them.
If the puppet army disperses into two or three lines of attack, it can at least catch the little devil by surprise.
It's a pity that the puppet troops don't understand what it means to attack in the east or to feign an attack.
Several hundred puppet troops who had been trained by the Japs charged with great ferocity.
The puppet troops are not stupid. They still understand the meaning of breaking out. Concentrate your strength to attack one place and gain a local advantage!
During previous raids, the surrounded Eighth Route Army often did this!
Even if the well-equipped imperial army and puppet army outnumber the Eighth Route Army by three or four times, it will be difficult to prevent the Eighth Route Army from concentrating their forces to break through!
From the perspective of the puppet soldiers, a large number of Japanese soldiers are chasing behind them, and the current situation does not look optimistic.
If you charge, you still have a chance to escape. At this time, you have to jump from the cliff ahead!
It's a good habit to learn from your opponents. In the past, it didn't seem difficult to break out after being surrounded.
It's better than staying here and being beaten to death by the imperial army chasing after you.
At least, the imperial army in front only had one light machine gun and dozens of rifles.
Although there are hundreds of puppet troops, there are not many who can actually shoot.
The people who were in the dark did not dare to shoot indiscriminately.
Facing the charge of a large number of puppet troops who had herded sheep and disrupted their formation, the Japanese who were actually blocking the front of the puppet troops were said to be a small group, but in fact there were not many of them face to face.
(End of chapter)
