Chapter 345: The Eighth Route Army's Blocking Battle
The Japanese devils from the Mizuno Brigade only walked a few hundred meters forward and found that there were several soldiers wearing gray cloth uniforms standing guard and guarding with rifles in front of them.
Seeing this scene, the Japanese were delighted and thought to themselves that they had finally discovered the Eighth Route Army. However, these Japanese were unable to figure out the reality and dared not shoot rashly. So the Japanese quietly retreated back.
The Japanese who successfully retreated immediately reported to their captain Yuji Mizuno with a happy expression. They heard that they had discovered the Eighth Route Army ahead and had been wandering in the Taihang Mountains for a few days. They were very happy and shouted in excitement: "Yoxi, Yoxi."
Not long after, a dozens of infantry squad of Japanese soldiers began a tentative attack. Before the Japanese soldiers could approach, the Eighth Route Army soldiers discovered the abnormality ahead.
A young soldier standing guard first discovered dozens of Japanese devils two or three hundred meters away. He was using trees and big stones to quietly move forward and look further away. There were still many Japanese devils, who were afraid there was a brigade, so he immediately shouted: "Squad leader, look, there are so many Japanese devils."
Following the direction pointed by the young soldier, the squad leader of the Eighth Route Army who was leading the team to guard saw at least dozens of Japanese devils in front of him and was touching him. The experienced squad leader immediately fired his gun, and a "bang" sounded, breaking the silence of the afternoon.
After firing the shot, the squad leader ordered the soldiers to enter the combat post and shouted anxiously: "Ergui. Go and notify the battalion commander and others, hurry up!"
In fact, the gunshot just now was enough for the Eighth Route Army behind to hear it. The soldier ran over to report, and at most he could only explain the enemy situation.
I just discovered these little Japanese soldiers. I immediately trotted all the way back. The Japanese in front knew that they had been discovered by the Eighth Route Army soldiers, but the Japanese squad leader who led the team to attack was not in a hurry to attack, but looked at the Eighth Route Army soldiers in front from afar and laughed arrogantly.
After waiting for a long time, the Japanese team leader felt that he had laughed enough. He began to raise his command knife and order the Japanese to attack.
For a moment, gunfire sounded loudly, but fortunately, the Eighth Route Army soldiers standing guard had already fallen down and slowly retreated back. Within two minutes, these Eighth Route Army soldiers standing guard entered the defensive position that had been built behind.
Not long after the Japanese shot, many Eighth Route Army soldiers ran over here, entered the defensive positions, and shot against the attacking sixty or seventy Japanese.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers who entered the defensive position this time had at least one company. The number of people was almost twice that of the Japanese. There were more Eighth Route Army soldiers running here. Although the Eighth Route Army soldiers did not have the excellent weapons, they were numerous.
Several Czech light machine guns on the Eighth Route Army's defensive positions immediately started shooting happily, and several Japanese soldiers who emerged were immediately knocked down.
But immediately, the Japanese retaliated and two grenade launchers began to fire grenades on the Eighth Route Army's positions. Several Eighth Route Army soldiers died immediately. The Japanese's several crooked machine guns were also set up to cover the Japanese to charge forward.
For a moment, the Japanese infantry squad was comparable to the defending Eighth Route Army, but in less than ten minutes, with the arrival of the Eighth Route Army soldiers who were reinforced, the Japanese began to unable to hold on.
Seeing this, the Japanese squad leader immediately ordered the Japanese to fight and retreat. After more than a dozen people were killed or injured, the Japanese finally retreated. However, in the Eighth Route Army, there were no fewer comrades who were killed or injured than the Japanese.
The Japanese had just retreated. Battalion Commander Han, the Eighth Route Army Guard Battalion who was in charge of the arsenal security, happened to arrive here with a comrade from the infantry company.
The Eighth Route Army comrades who had just participated in the battle saw the Japanese retreating, and their battalion commander also rushed over with many comrades, and many Eighth Route Army comrades cheered.
But Battalion Commander Han, who arrived here, had a serious expression. You must know that the Huangyadong Arsenal was a few kilometers behind him. Today, there were still many leaders inspecting the arsenal. Battalion Commander Han thought to himself, what are you doing with this group of damn Japanese soldiers now?
Before long, Battalion Commander Han took his telescope and observed it carefully. There were really a lot of Japanese soldiers in front of him, and there were nearly a thousand people. This was really a field infantry brigade of Japanese soldiers.
After watching it for less than two minutes, Battalion Commander Han was sure that there was indeed an infantry brigade of Japanese soldiers in front of him. These damn Japanese soldiers, Battalion Commander Han cursed in his heart again.
I only have one battalion of soldiers, and the current situation is that I have many enemies and I am few, so it is difficult for me to be the opponent of the Japanese. Fortunately, twenty minutes ago, after the report of the Tao, I had already sent a correspondent to the arsenal to ride a horse to inform the leaders.
Battalion Commander Han thought to himself that as long as the leaders knew the enemy situation, they would definitely ask nearby troops to reinforce. The task of his battalion would become to stand firm and wait for assistance. As long as they stay here for two hours, they would be victorious.
Now, on the Eighth Route Army, the soldiers of this guard battalion have entered the defensive position. The Eighth Route Army's defensive position has completely cut off the road entering the arsenal. If the Japanese want to advance, they must break through the Eighth Route Army's defensive position.
The Eighth Route Army soldiers on the defensive positions were all preparing for combat. Fortunately, the soldiers in this guard battalion were mostly veterans. Faced with the large number of Japanese devils, the Eighth Route Army soldiers were not afraid of it.
As for the Japanese, the Japanese squad that had just attacked tentatively has retreated. The Japanese squad leader was bowing down and reporting to the Japanese squad leader. In the battle just now, the Japanese squad leader had already seen it clearly with a telescope.
Now that he heard the report of the Japanese squad leader again, the Japanese squad leader put down his telescope and said happily: "Architecture Squad, shell the Eighth Route Army positions in front of him."
This time, the Japanese captain adopted the Japanese old routine, first tentatively attacked, then shelled and cleared the fire points, and then charged on a large scale.
The Japanese's routine has been tried and tested on the Chinese battlefield and can always receive miraculous effects. This is mainly because the Chinese team lacks heavy weapons. After the only few machine guns were knocked out by the Japanese artillery fire, it is generally difficult to resist the large number of Japanese charges behind them.
Not long after, the Japanese artillery squad, a total of 6 mortars, began to shell the Eighth Route Army's positions. One round of artillery shells exploded violently on the Eighth Route Army's positions, and many Eighth Route Army soldiers died under the Japanese artillery fire.
Fortunately, the Japanese bombardment was not long, but even so, dozens of Eighth Route Army soldiers were buried in this land. Battalion Commander Han felt very distressed when he looked at the sacrificed soldiers.
But there are so many leaders behind, and they cannot lose their positions. Even if they fight to the last one, they must stick here and not shake it.
As soon as the Japanese bombardment stopped, about two squadrons and nearly 500 Japanese soldiers came up. It seemed that the Japanese captain spent a lot of money this time and wanted to defeat the Eighth Route Army soldiers on the opposite side in one fell swoop.
Many Eighth Route Army soldiers saw a large number of Japanese soldiers and began to touch them. The soldiers were ready to fight, holding guns and aiming at Japanese soldiers in the distance.
This time, the soldiers' weapons were basically rifles. Some of the only machine guns were under the special care of the Japanese mortars in the artillery attack just now, and were basically completely damaged.
Battalion Commander Han looked at so many Japanese devils and the Japanese devils were getting closer and closer. Battalion Commander Han stood up and shouted: "Comrades, behind us is the Huangyadong Arsenal. Today, the Deputy Commander-in-Chief and General Zhang of the 36th Army were inspecting our arsenal. Our defense must not be missed."
"Fight with the Japanese!" Many Eighth Route Army soldiers began to roar.
"Comrades, our task is to stick to this time for two hours. Within two hours, our reinforcements will arrive." Battalion Commander Han shouted, cheering the soldiers.
When the war broke out, the special forces captain Liu Xing and 20 special forces members had arrived here, and hid not far from the defense position of the guard battalion.
Now, neither the Japanese nor the Eighth Route Army have found these special forces members who are close to each other.
Liu Xing saw at least two Japanese infantry squads coming to the Eighth Route Army's position. The Japanese in the two squadrons were no less than the Eighth Route Army's number, and the Japanese were well-equipped. Through the observation just now, the machine guns of the Eighth Route Army seemed to have been blown up.
With these rifles, it is really unknown whether they can withstand these well-equipped Japanese devils. Liu Xing was also worried about these Eighth Route Army soldiers.
Seeing that the Japanese were getting closer and closer, the two sides would exchange fire in less than a few minutes. So Liu Xing said to all the special forces members: "Prepare for battle, the snipers seize the highest point on both sides, and the rest of the personnel used two or three people as a combat team to hit the Japanese hard."
After receiving the order, within ten seconds, the special forces team members disappeared completely. Only two special forces team members holding the ak-47 assault rifle stayed by Liu Xing's side. Liu Xing and these two team members will be a combat team.
Seeing that everyone disappeared between the woods and the big stones, Liu Xing also took the two special forces members in a scattered formation, each with more than ten meters apart, and touched the Japanese.
On the Eighth Route Army's defensive position, Battalion Commander Han's face was solemn. With so many Japanese devils, it seems that Japanese devils are really bad. A platoon leader of the Eighth Route Army next to him couldn't help but say anxiously: "Battleman Commander, Japanese devils are getting closer and closer, let's open fire."
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