Chapter 12: The Battle Begins
The village of Liuzhuang was still quiet, there was not a trace of movement, and there was no figure in sight. This makes Kato Shaozo feel a little incredible, even if the Eighth Route Army in the village is asleep, there should always be someone to sentry! Could it be that there is no Eighth Route Army in the village at all? It's just that some villagers who escaped by luck came back secretly? But what's going on with that truck at the entrance of the village? It was absolutely impossible for that truck to be left in Liuzhuang by Jiro Yamada, and it must have been driven by the murderers who attacked the stronghold in Huaizhen, because they were following the wheel prints all the way here.
Kato Shaozo was really puzzled by this, and after a while, a devil officer hurriedly ran over, lowered his head and said respectfully: "Report to Your Excellency Shaozuo, the imperial army has surrounded Liu Zhuang and is ready to attack, and can attack at any time." ”
"Hmm~!" Kato Shaozo nodded slightly, temporarily put aside the doubts in his heart, gritted his teeth and said: "Immediately order all squads to launch an attack, and level Liuzhuang Village for me, and the people in the village, regardless of the army or civilian, will be killed!" ”
"Hello!" The devil officer hurriedly answered, turned around and ran to deliver the order.
Kato Shaoza's order quickly reached the Japanese squads on the front line, and then more than 100 little devils quietly approached Liuzhuang Village from different directions, although no trace of the enemy was found yet, but the little devils did not dare to be careless, and they all cautiously advanced slowly in battle formation.
"Click~!" With a crisp sound, Liu Hong pulled the bolt, set up a Czech light machine gun and aimed at the little devil in the distance, Liu Hong looked indifferent at this time, and only the approaching enemy was in his eyes.
"Dada...... Da Da ...... Da Da ...... "Three beautiful point shots, three little devils were shot one after another and fell to the ground, killing instantly. Then Liu Hong quickly slipped down from the roof with a gun.
The little devils who were resisted lay on the ground one after another, and a devil lieutenant waved the command knife in his hand and roared loudly: "Shoot!" Shoot quickly! ”
"Da Da Da Da~!" The devil's machine gun let out a roar, sweeping a string of fiery bullets towards the village, and the other little devils also raised the 38 big cover in their hands and fired at the village.
"Puff~!" The blazing rain of bullets continued to hit the roof of the house, and the dust suddenly flew up. Liu Hong, who had just slipped down, glanced up and said with a sneer: "These little devils react quite quickly!" ”
Then Liu Hong did not continue to stay, carrying a gun and quickly transferred, the little devil fought for a while, and saw that there was no movement in the village, so he got up again and cautiously continued to approach the village.
Just when the gang of little devils approached the entrance of the village fifty meters, a black hole suddenly protruded from a wall at the edge of the village, and then a roar of machine guns rang out, and a string of hot bullets swept towards the little devils like splashing water.
These devil soldiers are also well-trained, and their reactions are very fast, and as soon as the gunshots rang out, the little devils lay on the ground one after another, but there were still four little devils who couldn't dodge, and were instantly beaten into a sieve and killed on the spot.
"Bagaya Road~!" Kato Shaosa scolded angrily, and suddenly ordered loudly: "Fire me and blow up these bastards!" ”
"Hello!" A little devil next to him hurriedly answered, turned around and raised the small flag in his hand and waved it a few times in the direction of the artillery position.
"Knock knock~!" A dull cannon sound sounded, and the devil's two mortars and 9 grenadiers opened fire at the same time, firing one shell and grenade after another at Liu Zhuang. The so-called grenadier is actually a light mortar, firing the 91 grenade commonly used by the Japanese army. This kind of grenade can be fired with a grenadier canister, or it can be thrown by hand, and at the same time, it can be fired with a gun mounted grenade, so it is called a "three-purpose" grenade.
"Boom~! Rumble~! Shells and grenades continued to fall in the village, and a violent explosion sounded, and some dilapidated houses in the village were suddenly blown to pieces.
Liu Hong hid behind a broken car in the corner, and while quickly changing clothes, he couldn't help but complain: "The firepower of these little devils is quite strong, so grandpa will accompany you to have a good time today." Saying that, Liu Hong had changed into a devil's military uniform, and then picked up a 38 cover with a bayonet on it and slipped out cautiously.
At the same time, in the other direction of Liuzhuang, because they were not blocked, the little devils had already touched the village, but for these murderous little devils, the nightmare had just begun.
The two little devils had just entered the village, and they accidentally stepped on the thunder arranged by Liu Hong, only to hear "Boom~!" Rumble~! With two loud bangs, the two little devils were immediately blown to the ground and killed on the spot. Even the few little devils who followed them were injured to varying degrees, and the little devils who were more seriously injured fell to the ground and couldn't help but let out a heart-rending scream.
"Baga Ya Road!" As soon as a devil officer in the back got up from the ground, he scolded: "Continue the attack for me, and kill all the dirt roads in the village!" Kill and give~! ”
At the roar of the devil officer, the murderous little devils rushed in with bayonets and screams, but they were greeted by the ubiquitous thunder and traps. In all directions of the village, there were constantly loud explosions, and so far the little devil had not even seen a figure, but he had already paid the price of more than 30 casualties.
However, after paying a heavy price in casualties, the little devils finally succeeded in attacking Liuzhuang Village, but to their surprise, they still did not see a shadow of the Eighth Route Army.
"Yo Xi~!" Seeing that his soldiers finally rushed into the village, Kato Shaoza nodded with satisfaction.
However, after a while, a little devil ran over with a bitter face, lowered his head and said: "Report to Your Excellency Shaozuo, the imperial army has successfully occupied Liuzhuang after a hard battle, but still no shadow of Tubalu has been found. ”
"Nani?" Kato Shaoza couldn't help but widen his eyes and shouted loudly: "How is this possible, there was obviously a shooting from Tsuchibachi just now, and there was the explosion of those grenades!" They must have gone into hiding, and they were going to search me from house to house, even if they were digging three feet into the ground, and they were going to find all these bastards for me. ”
"Hello~!" The little devil hurriedly answered, turned around and ran towards the village.
Kato Shaozo raised his head and glanced at the village, his pupils shrank suddenly, and he suddenly raised his right hand and waved it forward, and ordered loudly: "Except for the artillery and heavy machine gun squads, the rest of the people will follow me into the village to search for the whereabouts of Tubalu, hurry up~!" As he spoke, he strode towards the village.
"Hello!" More than 20 little devils around Kato Shaozo hurriedly responded, and then followed Kato Shaozo into Liuzhuang Village, at this time these little devils didn't realize at all that they were stepping into the grave step by step.