On both sides of a valley where the Japanese and puppet troops were bound to pass, nearly 4,000 round troops were waiting for their prey to take the bait.

The captain was determined to arrive at the destination quickly and ran into it without hesitation.

He also knew that this kind of terrain was most suitable for ambushing, and while rushing to urge his subordinates to pass here quickly.

As soon as I walked to the middle of the valley, a red signal flare flew over their heads with a scream...

"Baga! The enemy attack...boom boom boom boom...boom boom boom..."

The captain realized that he might have been ambushed when he saw the signal flare. He instinctively reminded the troops to be more alert. He just shouted out the words "enemy attack...", and the violent explosion and dull heavy machine gun strafing sounds were already ringing in his ears.

"Boom... Be careful, sir..."

A shell hit more than ten meters away. The moment the explosion sounded, a guard rushed to him, and threw him to the ground like a tiger preyed on the spot. He fell a dog to eat shit.

The deputy captain was frightened and reported with a panic on his face: "Sir, there are at least two main groups of the enemies who ambush us. The valley is full of ambush troops. They are equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars. We must break through and leave here immediately!"

The captain had a very strong psychological quality. He only panicked for two or three seconds and then returned to his senses. While observing the battle situation, he ordered: "Why break through the encirclement? Order the troops to fight back on the spot!"

"The enemy who ambushed us is the Eighth Route Army. Although their firepower attack was very fierce just now, their ammunition was limited and they could not last long. When they wiped out their ammunition, they would become a tiger without fangs. We can counterattack and defeat them!"

"This is our first battle to enter the mining area. Even if we don't fight the National Salvation Army, it will be a great victory if we can kill two regiments of the Eighth Route Army.

"Support light and heavy machine guns, the artillery troops set up artillery positions on the spot, and kill me the most recent machine gun positions immediately!"

Military orders are like mountains.

No matter how the deputy captain insists on his idea of ​​breaking through, as long as the captain makes a decision to fight to the death, he will implement it without reservation and quickly organize nearby machine gun squadrons and artillery squadrons to counterattack on the spot.

"Boom..."

The two shells quickly flew to the Eighth Route Army's heavy machine gun position and exploded. The sound of machine gun fire stopped abruptly. The captain felt that there were fewer bullets flying around him, and he felt more determined to fight to the end and continue to order!

"Just like this, blowing up all the heavy machine gun positions nearby that threatened us!"

"Survey light and heavy machine guns, immediately assemble an infantry squadron to seize the heavy machine gun position that we just destroyed!"

"We cannot be kept under the enemy's pressure in the valley. Only by seizing a few high grounds and shooting against the Eighth Route Army will we have a chance to turn defeat into victory..."

"Boom boom boom..." Under the gaze of the captain, two heavy machine gun positions that were shooting at him were destroyed by artillery fire.

But his good luck came here. He was about to call the artillery to extend the artillery fire and cover the infantry to seize the high ground. A series of close-range explosions suddenly rang in his ears. He turned his head and saw eight groups of fireballs rising from the artillery position he had high hopes!

In the dazzling fire, many gunners were blown over with the mortar.

The gunner who escaped by luck quickly began to dismantle the mortars, transfer the artillery positions, and stay away from this place of right and wrong.

But the mortar fires very fast. Before the surviving mortars were removed, the explosion of "rumbling..." sounded again, and more than a dozen gunners were blown over...

The continuous stream of artillery shells kept hitting the artillery positions just like it rained.

In a blink of an eye, more than half of the artillery squadron were injured and half of the gunners escaped from the artillery fire coverage area, and only three of the nine mortars were brought out...

The captain was stunned. Before he could react from the sudden artillery fire, the familiar sound of straggling stragglers suddenly rang out on the high ground he was interested in.

The captain thought the attacking troops were carrying out cover shooting, so he quickly looked towards the high ground.

As a result, the scene in front of him shocked him again.

The heavy machine gun position that was just bombed should have no enemies, but now at least ten light and heavy machine guns emerge, shooting wildly at the Imperial Army that had rushed forty meters away. Every second, many soldiers were killed and injured!

"Baga! Where is our machine gun squadron? Why not fire to cover the infantry to seize the high ground!" The captain felt heartbroken when he saw it, waved his commander's knife and shouted at the top of his throat.

"Report to the captain of the brigade, the heavy machine gun squadron was suppressed by the Eighth Route Army on the road!" A lieutenant came over to report.

"The Eighth Route Army attacked us from a high point, and the machine gunners had nowhere to hide. More than half of the casualties... They also arranged a large number of light and heavy machine guns to block our heavy machine guns with fire. The remaining machine gunners would be locked and killed as soon as they approached the heavy machine gun. We can't even touch the machine gun now, and there is no way to fight back!"

"Sir, more than half of the troops occupying the high ground have suffered casualties. If they do not retreat, they will be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army!" At the critical moment, the deputy captain stood up and looked at the captain in a hurry to remind him.

"Let them retreat now, without heavy machine guns and artillery fire cover, relying solely on infantry to assault the Eighth Route Army machine gun positions is tantamount to suicide!"

At this time, a panicked messenger ran towards him again: "Report to the captain of the brigade, the Eighth Route Army that ambushed us began to attack. They wanted to divide and surround us. The baggage squadron and infantry artillery squadron behind had lost contact!"

"Dudu...Dududu..." The loud charge suddenly rang on the high ground not far away, further proving the messenger's report.

Two or three hundred Eighth Route Army soldiers rushed towards the valley like wolves and tigers.

The Eighth Route Army in the front row was holding a light machine gun, charging and shooting forward.

During the entire attack, three heavy machine guns provided fire cover on the high ground were firing.

In the valley in front of the attacking troops, fireballs continued to rise. Several officers finally gathered the troops together, but were blown up again before they had time to counterattack...

These are the masterpieces of the Eighth Route Army artillery units.

This scene shocked the captain again, and his mind was full of problems that he couldn't figure out!

He clenched his fists and shouted incrediblely: "Didn't the Eighth Route Army we encountered before launch a charge and fight for bayonets with us?"

"Why is the Eighth Route Army attacking us here like there being no bullets, and the light and heavy machine guns are desperately shooting at us, and even the shells are like they don't have money. Can anyone tell me why this is?"

This question is not only the captain who can’t figure it out, but also the subordinates around him can’t figure it out.

But this did not affect the charge that the Eighth Route Army was launching.

"Comrades...rush..."

"The Japanese are finished, they all rushed forward with me...machine gun shooting, kill the machine gun fire point in front!"

The shocking shouts of the attacking troops have reached the captain's ears.

Hundreds of Eighth Route Army soldiers were as if they were entering a no-man under the opening of artillery fire and machine gun bullets, and they were killed on the road with one assault.
Chapter completed!