mtl008 Chapter 307: The Japanese Year-End Sweep 6
Chapter 307: The Japanese Year-End Sweep 6
Li Hongzhi and his Imperial Army were not aware of the Japanese conspiracy, and Yang Zhenhua naturally was not aware of it either.
On the main road, as their artillery took action, the puppet troops charged and the battle between the two sides officially began.
The Second Battalion did not do anything fancy. Except for the hidden soldiers of the two companies, four or five hundred people were clearly blocking the small earthen slopes on both sides of the road, telling the puppet troops that this road was blocked.
Under the threat of the Japanese supervision team, the puppet soldiers did not dare to retreat and rushed forward.
Shi Xiaoliu shook his head when he saw this situation. The quality of the puppet army was far worse than that of the Japanese.
There was no formation at all, and they were no better than the bandits in the mountains.
"Company Commander, how did these puppet soldiers become soldiers in the first place? They are so incompetent!"
Not only Shi Xiaoliu shook his head at the quality of the puppet soldiers, but even his platoon leader was speechless.
To be honest, if there weren't the Japanese behind him, his company could have wiped out all these puppet troops without much loss.
"Haha, that's perfect. Let's kill as many as possible. No matter who they are, anyone who dares to go against us will die!"
Shi Xiaoliu sneered. He didn't care whether they were puppet soldiers or devils, he would just kill them all.
The platoon leader nodded and said, "That's right. Anyway, we have enough ammunition. If the puppet troops dare to come, we will kill them. There's nothing to be afraid of."
The entire independent regiment has sufficient ammunition, and the thing they fear least is the Japanese taking lives!
Shi Xiaoliu laughed and said, "The Japanese probably want to use up our bullets. Let's keep an eye on it, brothers. Use the M60 as little as possible. Isn't the Japanese Type 92 quite good?"
The platoon leader was delighted to hear this. He agreed with a smile and went down to make the arrangements.
The fighting on the battlefield was fierce, and the puppet army's charge was of little use.
The Second Battalion now has not only many machine guns, but also many sharpshooters. Yang Zhenhua is no fool. During the time he was away, he not only caused trouble for the Japanese, but also did not neglect training.
He knew all about the training methods at the base. Apart from the lack of scopes, the soldiers under his command were all good at shooting.
The puppet soldiers were naturally unlucky and were killed on the spot after being called out by the sharpshooter.
Combined with the attacks of heavy machine guns, Type 99 light rifles, and grenade launchers, hundreds of puppet soldiers were killed or wounded before they even reached their firing positions.
Of course, the puppet soldiers’ accuracy and firepower could not compare with those of the soldiers of the Second Battalion, so death became their best destination.
"Bagayaya Road,"
Chida Sadao, who had been watching the battle, cursed angrily. He didn't expect that these Imperial Army could be so weak.
But the current situation is that with the combat effectiveness of these puppet troops, it seems impossible to lure out all the enemies.
After thinking for a while, Chida ordered: "Iyama-kun, Numagawa-kun, lead your troops and attack from both sides!"
He had no choice but to send out a large group of his own troops. Unless all the enemies were lured out, the brigade commander's arrangements would be of no use at all.
Hearing the order from the regiment commander, the two captains who were unable to see the enemy clearly agreed and immediately led their troops to attack.
Their regiment was right behind the puppet army, so they were able to organize themselves quickly.
Following the order from the two captains, the Japanese soldiers began to enter the slopes on both sides.
The goal was clear, which was to let the Imperial Army hold the front line while they would make a detour from the flank. As long as they could encircle the enemy in front, they could slowly defeat this group of enemies.
The changes on the Japanese side were quickly discovered by the scouts of the company and reported to Shi Xiaoliu.
Shi Xiaoliu smiled and looked at his platoon leader and said:
"The Japanese commander finally couldn't help it. Let's pass the news to the battalion commander!"
The other two companies of their second battalion are hiding on the edges of large and small slopes. If the Japanese dare to come, they will definitely have a surprise for them.
"Okay!" said the platoon leader happily.
"Hmph, Japs, your tactics are useless to us." Shi Xiaoliu thought secretly.
More than ten minutes later, two battalions of Japanese soldiers entered the soldiers' shooting range.
The Japanese soldiers were crouching down and were very careful, but it was no use being careful, as soon there was a burst of dense gunfire.
Da da da!
The bullets from the heavy machine gun were whistling. Although the distance was more than 300 meters, the heroic soldiers of the Second Battalion did not care about the loss of bullets and fired in the direction of the Japanese.
There is no need to aim, just aim at the Japanese and shoot, and you will always kill some of them.
After the Japanese soldiers of Jingshan Battalion were suddenly hit, the infantrymen who were not knocked down lay down one after another and exchanged fire with the soldiers of the Second Battalion on the slope.
The Japanese heavy machine guns in the rear were quickly set up, and bullets rained down on the enemy, causing dust to fly on the ground.
The Japanese grenade launchers then began to prepare, as the opponent had sufficient firepower points and they hardly had to search for them.
Naturally, the soldiers of the second battalion would not give them a chance.
After dodging the first round of Japanese bullets, the soldiers with good marksmanship took the opportunity to aim at the Japanese machine gunners and grenadiers.
Bang bang bang!
A volley of bullets went out, and seven or eight Japanese heavy machine gunners and four or five grenadiers fell down at the same time. Then the heavy machine guns of the Second Battalion opened fire again.
Da da da!
Three M60s and five Type rifles of the Japanese army directly suppressed the Japanese army so that they could not raise their heads.
Seeing this, Lieutenant Colonel Iyama wisely ordered a retreat.
But retreating is not so easy. The range of M60 is 1200 meters. In addition, the soldiers with good marksmanship are also looking for targets. If they don't kill some Japanese soldiers, they will have no chance of leaving.
Sure enough, under the attack of the soldiers, the Japanese left behind another thirty or forty heads and then withdrew.
The company commander did not pursue them and directly ordered the soldiers to retreat.
Judging from the Japs' nature, the shelling will start soon, and they won't be so stupid as to stay and wait.
The battlefield in the rear is very large, there is no need to rush!
Boom boom boom!
Just as several platoon leaders led their troops to evacuate, the Japanese artillery fire began.
A few minutes later, the Japanese scout returned to Captain Jingshan and reported: "Captain, those Chinese have escaped."
"Bakayarō, these Chinese are not warriors!"
Lieutenant Colonel Jingshan scolded angrily,
If Shi Xiaoliu heard this train of thought, he would have to give him a slap on the wrist. He is absolutely insane. Who said that I have to stay where I am just because you bombard me?
Lieutenant Colonel Iyama was angry for a while, then ordered his subordinates to continue the attack. The mission had not been completed yet, so he had to bite the bullet and attack.
But this time he was more careful and only sent a few teams to search in front, while the others followed a few hundred meters behind, for fear of sudden attacks.
On the main road, the casualties of the puppet troops continued to increase.
Li Zhihong mustered up the courage to go back several times and ask for help from Chida Sadao, but he was frightened by Chida's cold eyes from a distance every time. He had no choice but to return to the front line and order his men to continue the attack.
But nearly half of the puppet soldiers had been killed or wounded at this time. They were also human beings. If they were not afraid of death, they would not choose to surrender to the devils.
So, the puppet troops started to make trouble.
Of course, the Japanese supervision team would not be polite to the puppet soldiers. After shooting a few of the loudest ones, the puppet soldiers became a little more obedient.
Li Zhihong had no choice but to step forward in person and assure his subordinates that he would make them retreat if they attacked again. This reassured the puppet troops.
In fact, Li Zhihong did not dare to guarantee that he could make Qiantian give in.
He didn't want to die, but if he said it now, with Chida Sadao's personality, he would definitely be the one to die.
The puppet soldiers never expected that not only did the devils not treat them as human beings, but even their own regimental commander was almost the same...