Chapter 20: The Final Battle
At a glance, Zhuo Fei, who was holding a telescope, couldn't help but feel numb in his scalp, he had seen a few Japanese soldiers at the entrance of the village before, but now his sight was empty. Zhuo Fei was not afraid to fight against the enemy, even if the enemy had machine guns and artillery fire, but now he was alone, and there was no way to fight against an enemy who was several times his own and hidden whereabouts. The repeated encounters after rushing out of the village had made Zhuo Fei no longer dare to despise the combat qualities of the Japanese soldiers, and Zhuo Fei also knew that without the help of automatic gun sighting, he would not be the opponent of the Japanese soldiers at all.
Looking around carefully with the binoculars, Zhuo Fei still did not find any trace of those Japanese soldiers, and after a little contemplation, Zhuo Fei, who put down the binoculars, calmed down. A good hunter must be able to control his emotions and have enough patience so that the hunter can seize the best time to make a move and then get the most out of it. If you can't bear it as a hunter, even if you encounter the laziest prey, you will find nothing in the end.
Conversely, when the prey is in a state of life and death, in order to survive, the prey will also enter a temporary calm and dormancy, in order to seize the best opportunity to escape. Zhuo Fei wanted to be a hunter who could have the last laugh, rather than a stupid prey harvested by hunters, so he chose to wait and hibernate, waiting for those Japanese soldiers to take the initiative to show their flaws. Taking off the kettle from the waist of a corpse next to him and pouring it twice, Zhuo Fei, who had calmed down, began to rummage through the rucksacks of these corpses.
Food and ammunition are necessary for Zhuo Fei, although he knows that the power of light machine guns is far superior to rifles, but Zhuo Fei is not optimistic about the Taisho 11 light machine guns that are now issued by the Japanese army. The Taisho 11 light machine gun uses the same caliber of Arisaka rifle cartridges as the 38 rifle, and when a box of ammunition is opened, the rifleman can use it directly, and the machine gunner can also use it directly. During combat, the rifleman's ammunition can be collected for use with the machine gun, and if the machine gun is broken or to save ammo, the remaining ammunition can be pooled and distributed among the rifleman.
Based on this idea, the Taisho 11 light machine gun is indeed a not too bad weapon, but unfortunately, the Taisho 11 light machine gun, which the Japanese army pinned great hopes on, has many shortcomings and problems that cannot be concealed. The Taisho 11 light machine gun has a complex reloading procedure in combat use, and has a large dependence on the secondary shooter, and the Taisho 11 light machine gun uses the principle of bucket feeding in the ammunition feeding mode, and the open ammunition supply bucket is located on the left side of the machine gun body, with a capacity of 30 rounds, which can accommodate 6 horizontally placed 5-round magazines.
The ammunition supply of the Taisho 11 light machine gun is modeled after the French "Hatch Cash" to lubricate the bullet with lubricating oil, and the bullet case loaded into the barrel needs to be lubricated before it can be withdrawn by the kinetic energy provided by the recoil of the bolt. Therefore, the Taisho 11 machine gun is also equipped with an oil can, and the bullet needs to be lubricated through the oil brush to lubricate the cartridge case, otherwise it is easy to return the shell and not smooth. The design of this light machine gun is theoretically so that it can continue to fire as long as it is constantly reloading the magazine, but due to the cumbersome ammunition loading of this gun, the actual rate of fire cannot reach the theoretical rate of fire, and it is difficult to reach 150 rounds per minute.
Although the Taisho 11 light machine gun realized the Japanese Army's idea of combat ammunition support, actual combat proved that the simpler the structure of the firearm, the higher the reliability, and vice versa, the worse the reliability. The structure and action of the Taisho 11 light machine gun are too complicated, and the high complexity of this mechanism action also has the hidden concern of high failure rate. Moreover, the Taisho 11 light machine gun is a fixed barrel, once the barrel is overheated in actual combat, the barrel cannot be replaced, which will reduce the shooting accuracy of the light gun.
Zhuo Fei was disdainful of such a light machine gun, but after eating half a can, Zhuo Fei still loaded the bloodstained Taisho 11 light machine gun with bullets in case of emergency. Zhuo Fei only ate half of the canned food found in the backpack of the Japanese army, not because Zhuo Fei was reluctant, but because he didn't know when the disappeared Japanese soldiers would suddenly come out, and if they ate too much, it might affect his ability to move for a while.
Time passed little by little, seeing that the sun hanging high in the sky had faintly moved westward, and Zhuo Fei, who was biting a grass branch in his mouth, was still lying behind the bunker made of Japanese corpses. The light machine guns and grenadiers of this Japanese squad are all on their side, and the only thing that those Japanese soldiers can rely on is their respective 38 rifles, as long as Zhuo Fei himself does not stupidly show his head and go out to be a target for the other party, I am afraid that those Japanese soldiers have no way to take Zhuo Fei.
Looking down at the watch taken from the corpse of the Japanese officer, Zhuo Fei couldn't help frowning, it was already four o'clock in the afternoon, according to the time when it was dark yesterday, in more than an hour, the sky would be completely dark, could it be that those Japanese soldiers were preparing to wait for it to get dark before appearing? The bodies of the two Japanese officers were not far behind Zhuo Fei, although he didn't know what the Japanese army's rules were, but Zhuo Fei knew that those Japanese soldiers would not let the corpses of their commanders go wild and ignore them.
Looking around with the telescope again, Zhuo Fei, who still hadn't found anything, looked at the lifeless village and secretly worried, could it be that he really had to wait here until it was dark. With a "boom" explosion, Zhuo Fei's eyes subconsciously looked at the place where the smoke was rising, only to see a cloud of smoke rising from the field not far from the entrance of the village, Zhuo Fei looked over with a telescope, but saw that there was no trace of anyone in the smoke after the explosion.
Just when Zhuo Fei was not clear, something suddenly was thrown from his left side, which landed on his right waist, and then rolled down and lay in the grass beside him without moving. Zhuo Fei looked back - the grenade was still a grenade that had been pulled off the pull ring and was emitting green smoke. Zhuo Fei's eyes were quick, and he quickly picked up the smoking grenade from the ground and threw it over his head. Because of his nervousness, Zhuo Fei used too much force, and the grenade was thrown a little higher by him, and it exploded before it even hit the ground.
There was a "boom" explosion, and there were a few screams during the chaos, Zhuo Fei held the rifle and dodged to his right side and climbed a few meters, and quickly pulled a grenade on his waist, and then threw it vigorously, Zhuo Fei lay on the ground, and waited quietly for less than two seconds, and the grenade exploded. Zhuo Fei got up at this moment and rushed out, but this time he did not carry a rifle, but carried the southern pistol found from the corpse of the Japanese officer.
The smoke of the grenade explosion had not completely dissipated, and Zhuo Fei, who was carrying a short gun, had already rushed into the smoke of gunpowder, only to see a Japanese soldier lying in the center of the explosion that was still sparkling. Regardless of whether the other party was still angry or not, Zhuo Fei still gave the other party a shot with a short gun, but did not find a grenade on the opponent's waist, and Zhuo Fei, who was a little disappointed, reflexively went back and took out his rifle.
The Japanese soldier who was killed by the grenade looked like he was camouflaged with a grass branch and then quietly touched it, and the explosion at the entrance of the village should have been just a small trick of his companions, in order to divert Zhuo Fei's attention and create an opportunity for the Japanese soldier's sneak attack. One of the four Japanese soldiers had already been killed with a grenade, but there were still three Japanese soldiers alive, and Zhuo Fei did not want to encounter a sneak attack by the Japanese soldiers in a while, so he planned to deal with the remaining three Japanese soldiers in a different way.
Loading the more than 300 rounds of ammunition found into the backpack, Zhuo Fei carried a rifle in one hand and a backpack in the other, and walked towards the forest at the foot of the mountain in the distance without looking back. That forest is the way Zhuo Fei came from when they came to this village, Zhuo Fei once heard Ma Changhe say to Captain Zhao, as long as you enter the forest, cross the mountain, and then turn south, less than 30 miles out of the county seat. Instead of staying here and fighting to the death with the remaining three Japanese soldiers, it is better to expose himself directly and lead the three Japanese soldiers to pursue him, Zhuo Fei, who has an automatic gun aimed at him, will not be afraid of the pursuit of the Japanese soldiers.
Zhuo Fei's speed is not too fast, but it is not slow, it is impossible to determine whether the remaining three Japanese soldiers have also wrapped their uniforms with grass branches like the Japanese soldiers who were killed just now, the only thing Zhuo Fei can be sure of is that as long as the distance between himself and them is more than 200 meters, then he will be safe. Finally, he turned around and glanced at the black smoke of the village, Zhuo Fei was really ready to leave this time, for the guerrillas and those villagers, Zhuo Fei did not feel that he had abandoned them, he didn't even know the names of most of them.
Zhuo Fei's initiative to expose his body obviously worked, the three Japanese soldiers who had already dispersed also gathered together after Zhuo Fei appeared, Zhuo Fei's guess was right, these Japanese soldiers couldn't sit back and watch their commander's corpse throw into the wilderness, especially Zhuo Fei, who killed his commander. There are still hundreds of meters away from the forest at the foot of the mountain, Zhuo Fei has already seen the figures of 2 Japanese soldiers from the telescope, although he doesn't know where another Japanese soldier is, but Zhuo Fei knows that his method has worked.
The moment he successfully stepped into the forest, Zhuo Fei couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, no matter whether he could kill the remaining three Japanese soldiers, as long as he could enter the forest smoothly, the possibility of being shot by the other party was very small. "Boom" An explosion sounded outside the forest, Zhuo Fei couldn't help but slant the corners of his mouth, the grenade he had planted under the light machine gun was still detonated after all, but he didn't know how many unlucky people would be.
Found a comfortable position for himself to hide, Zhuo Fei loaded the rifle and waited for the enemy to appear, the explosion just now can kill at least one Japanese soldier, and he needs to face two Japanese soldiers at most, there are trees, mountains and rocks as cover, plus the help of automatic gun aiming, Zhuo Fei has absolute confidence to face the enemy who is about to appear.