Chapter 480
The battle in the village went smoother than Liu Shuihe's estimate.
As soon as he rushed to the battlefield with a box cannon, all the living puppet troops were captured.
The instructor hurried over: "Captain, except for the company commander of the puppet army and a few confidants who wanted to resist, we killed all 103 puppet troops. We sacrificed three soldiers and seriously injured two of them. They were all caused by those deadly hard-working elements before they died!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the gunshots in the village stopped. The heavy machine gun platoon leader ran over with a smile: "Captain, we won!"
"A total of thirty-three Japanese soldiers were shot to death by us. Each Japanese was shot at least two bullets. There was a lieutenant among the Japanese who were killed. Two crooked handles and two grenade launchers were seized!"
Liu Shuihe immediately ordered: "The crooked handle and grenade launcher directly add five or six platoons. If you pick up the rifle, you can replace all the cold weapons equipped by the troops first. Instructor, please arrange it, and the speed will be faster."
"Our goal is to wipe out all the escort troops of the Japanese and puppet troops and intercept the ammunition supplies they escorted. Now less than half of the escort troops are killed. It is still far from completing the mission, so we must hurry up!"
The squad leader suddenly ran over and reported while gasping: "Captain, the Japanese on the road are about to run away."
"As soon as the battle started, they began to assemble troops and then escorted more than a dozen large cars to march towards the battlefield, without any intention of reinforcement here!"
A hint of surprise flashed across Liu Shuihe's face.
There was a lieutenant officer among the ambushed Japanese, indicating that the commander of the escort army was killed by himself.
I originally thought that when I ambushed them, the Japanese and puppet troops who stayed on the road would send troops to reinforce them, and I could also kill more Japanese and puppet troops.
Unexpectedly, the Japanese and puppet troops who were left behind on the road were so cunning. They slipped away when the situation was not good and did not give themselves a chance to attack them at all.
He sighed and answered helplessly.
"It seems that there are still many capable people among the Japanese and puppet troops. They know that retreating now is more beneficial to them than reinforcement battlefields. But they don't have many people anymore, and no matter how fast they run, they don't want to escape from our palms."
"The Sixth Platoon and the New Platoon stayed to clean the battlefield, and the others followed me to chase the Japanese and puppet troops and tried to kill them before dark!"
They drove along with a large cart full of ammunition and supplies. No matter how fast they were, they could not compare to the guerrillas with only weapons and ammunition.
The deputy captain and the less than 300 Japanese and puppet troops ran for less than half an hour, the platoon leader of the puppet army chased us: "Taijun, the Eighth Route Army behind us is chasing us, with at least two companies of troops, and also heavy machine guns and mortars?"
"Here comes so soon!"
The deputy captain was shocked and wanted to scold the dead captain. He was so useless. More than 30 imperial troops and more than 100 imperial troops were killed after only a few minutes.
If they could hold on the battlefield for more than ten minutes, the guerrillas would not be able to catch up with them for another hour.
But now that things have come, the enemy has already chased behind him. No matter how much complained in his heart, it cannot change the dangerous situation of the transport team at this moment.
Fighting hard with the pursuers is definitely not the opponent. The best outcome of this battle is to die with the guerrillas.
The deputy captain of the second lieutenant decided to cut off his arm and use a company of the Imperial Army to block the Eighth Route Army, and to transfer it to gain time for himself.
Captain Murata just fell into their trap and was caught off guard, and then was killed in such a short time.
If the troops behind the palace have a favorable terrain that can be used to defend, the troops will prepare in advance and defend their positions to the death, which will definitely block the Eighth Route Army for a lot of time.
He did what he said, and the second lieutenant immediately turned his attention to a sergeant under his command: "Take five people and a light machine gun to urge the Sixth Company of the Imperial Army to block the Eighth Route Army's pursuit troops here, and stop as long as you can!"
This is a mission to die, and the next thing means that you will fight to the end of the battle here until you lose your life.
Although Cao Chang was deeply poisoned by the Bushido spirit, he didn't want to die as long as he had a chance to survive.
So President Cao didn't want to take on this task.
After hesitating for less than three seconds, the deputy captain's eyes became sharper and sharper, showing his sharpness, staring at him as if he could kill. As long as he said something he didn't want to accept the mission, he would draw out his command knife and execute him on the spot.
Chief Cao was clever and quickly took the order: "Don't worry, sir, I will urge the troops to fight to the last person!"
"Yo Xi..." The second lieutenant's eyes, which had just been sharp, immediately softened and continued to order.
"As long as you can lead the troops to block the Eighth Route Army for half an hour, I agree to evacuate the battlefield, you can either return to the county town or chase us, you can choose between two roads. As for how to block for half an hour, I don't care!"
Cao Chang's desperate heart rekindled a hint of hope: "The chief is wise, let's make arrangements now!"
Liu Shuihe led his troops to closely tie the Japanese and puppet troops. Relying on the weight of the guerrilla squadron was smaller than that of the Japanese and puppet troops, the distance between the two troops finally began to shorten at a speed visible to the naked eye.
As expected, their troops would be able to catch up with the Japanese and puppet troops in front of them in more than ten minutes.
The Japanese army obviously didn't want to see him reach his goal so quickly. As soon as he saw hope of ending the battle, the fastest-running reconnaissance squad leader suddenly turned around and ran towards him.
"Captain, there are Japanese and puppet troops establishing blocking positions on the high ground in front of us, and there is probably a company of puppet troops!"
"Are there any Japanese?" Liu Shuihe asked immediately.
If the Japanese army only left a group of puppet troops behind the palace, he would not only not worry, but be very happy, so that he could continue to defeat each other and consume a small amount of troops in the transportation team.
After there are not many people next to the convoy, everyone can quickly fight and win the convoy in one assault, without giving the Japanese and puppet troops the chance to blow up ammunition and supplies.
If there are Japanese in the troops behind the palace, the battle will be much trouble.
Without the Japanese to supervise the war, the puppet army, whose recruits account for the majority, would be a mess of sand. No matter how good the position and equipment they were given, they would not be able to use it.
After the Japanese supervised the war, the puppet army did not dare to surrender easily, and the two sides would definitely burst out with strong combat power when fighting.
When the troops spent a lot of money and time to take down the Japanese and puppet troops on the high ground, the convoy ran forward for another kilometer or two, and it would take a lot of more time to catch up with them.
The convoy escorted by the Japanese and puppet troops walked forward one kilometer, the closer it was to the battlefield.
It is not ruled out that the Japanese who swept the National Salvation Army sent troops back to pick up the convoy. If the two troops successfully reunite, they would have no chance to take the convoy.
The squad leader of the investigation quickly reported: "There are only five or six Japanese devils, and they hid behind the puppet army to supervise the war..."
"Baob...daob..." Gunshots quickly rang on the high ground where the Japanese and puppet troops were stationed.
The investigation team and a row of people were lying in front of the position and raised their guns to fight back. The bullets fired by both sides came back and forth, constantly consuming the opponent's strength...
Liu Shuihe immediately raised his telescope and said, "The Japanese squatted behind the puppet army.
Holding a bayonet with a rifle, the tip of the knife pointed to the back of the puppet army in front. When he found that there were puppet army who dared not shoot, he stabbed it with a bayonet. Several new recruits had died at their hands.
In order not to be killed by the Japanese army, the alive puppet army could only shoot in front of the panic.
The rifles and machine guns were very lively, and bullets were flying towards the guerrillas in a dense manner.
But there were too many new recruits among the puppet army, and many people were shooting in panic. They had to pull the bolts, fire, continue to pull the bolts, and shoot...
After five bullets were exhausted, a new magazine was installed and continued to shoot in front. It seemed that the rate of fire was particularly fast, but they did not aim at every shot they fired. As for where the bullets flew, only God knew.
Seeing that the reconnaissance squad and the first platoon were very small, and after the second and third platoons joined the battle one after another, the blocking firepower on the high ground showed signs of being suppressed. Liu Shuihe immediately came up with a solution: "All grenade launchers are gathered immediately, aim at six Japanese devils to fire grenades at the same time."
"Maybe the puppet army in front was formed shortly after it was formed and its combat effectiveness was worse than I thought. If there were no one Japanese to supervise the battle behind the scenes, I promise that we could defeat them with one assault. It would be meaningless for the Japanese army to keep them behind us."
The squad leader of the investigation understood the captain's thoughts as soon as he heard this: "First concentrate firepower to kill the Japanese supervising the battle, and defeat the Japanese and our desperate determination and will, then they will become a piece of loose sand again, and they can defeat them with just one assault."
"Captain, your way of capturing the king is so powerful, I will make arrangements now."
"Everyone is shooting, I saw someone avoiding fire, and they all stabbed to death with bayonets..." Cao Changshun, who was staying here, stabbed a puppet army to death, pulled out a bloody bayonet, and threatened to other puppet soldiers nearby.
The other five Japanese did the same thing, forcing the Imperial Army in front of them to fight desperately.
"Boom boom boom..."
Six grenades suddenly fell from the sky and hit them.
Compared with the main force, the guerrilla squadron used grenade launchers with worse levels. Only one of the six grenades hit the Japanese, and two and a half squatted on the ground were blown over on the spot.
The remaining four Japanese rush to the ground, showing a panic expression.
There were eighty or ninety Imperial Army troops in front of them blocking the guerrilla squadrons, and they never expected that the other party would bypass them and directly attack him.
Moreover, he didn't even have a heavy machine gun, so he couldn't fight back against the grenade launcher equipped by his opponent.
Leading the team leader Cao has more combat experience. He then figured out the purpose of Liu Shuihe firing grenades at him after lying down. He shouted nervously: "Bageya Road, if the National Salvation Army wants to capture the thief, first capture the king, kill us, and then attack the remaining Imperial Army."
"What a cunning enemy, everyone should hide it. You must never let the enemy's conspiracy succeed."
"If we are all dead, the Imperial Army without the supervision team will definitely run away!"
"Boom boom boom..."
The second round of grenades followed one after another. After the first round of test firing, the second round of grenades had a slightly better hit rate, and two grenades just hit them.
Although the Japanese were all lying on the ground, if a grenade hits them and explodes, it can still be threatening their lives.
As soon as the explosion sounded, the two Japanese closest to the explosion point disappeared, including Cao Chang, who had just figured out how Liu Shuihe played.
His eyes were wide open, showing a look of dying with his eyes closed.
Chapter completed!