Chapter 172: I Can't Count on It (Second Update!) )

A recruit company plus a main platoon of more than 160 people, in the end only more than 80 people left the position alive, and the rest all died and then stayed in the position. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Your Excellency, Captain, the Eighth Route Army...... The Eighth Route Army on the position ran away again! The squadron leader of the second squadron ran over and reported with a look of grievance.

Seeing that the captain was about to be angry again, the squadron leader hurriedly said: "However, the Eighth Route Army was killed by us, and if we looked closely, there were more than seventy corpses of the Eighth Route Army on the position. It must be that the troops behind the Eighth Route Army knew that they couldn't win, and then they collapsed directly on the battlefield! ”

Hearing this, the captain's mood was really much better, and he didn't get angry anymore, so he directly ordered: "Then what are you still doing in a daze?" Order the troops to continue the pursuit, and destroy so many of them in one battle, it won't take too long for the Eighth Route Army we are chasing and killing to be completely killed by us! ”

Hundreds of Japanese troops, led by Feng Tao and Yan Song, walked and stopped, and left the stronghold on the street for nearly eight kilometers in less than two hours.

Zeng Quan, who was lurking near the stronghold on Shangjie, didn't say a word, and directly ordered the troops to secretly surround the stronghold and wait for the opportunity to attack.

At this time, nearly 1,300 Japanese troops who returned to the west of Laiyuan City finally crashed into the blocking position of the first battalion under the harassment of Ma Qingyun's headquarters of the third battalion and the first company.

"The reconnaissance team is really right, there is at least one battalion of the Eighth Route Army stationed here!" Looking at the defensive line with a frontal width of more than 200 meters two hundred meters away, the Japanese army captain Qiushui Shaozuo said with a solemn face.

Then the order began: "All artillery fire, after five minutes of artillery coverage, heavy machine gun cover, the 1st Infantry Squadron launched an attack, striving for an attack to break through the defense line of the Eighth Route Army and reinforce the west of the city!" "Two artillery squads of six mortars lined up, and as soon as Qiushui's order came out, six shells rushed out of the barrels and flew to the position of the first battalion a few hundred meters away with a scream.

"Boom ......Boom" Soon, a violent explosion exploded in the position of the first battalion.

Under the reflection of the firelight, Qiushui clearly saw that several Eighth Route Army troops were blown out of the trenches.

"Heavy machine guns in position, the 1st squadron is ready to attack!" Qiushui Shaozuo, whose eyes were shining, ordered loudly.

Similarly, at the headquarters of the first battalion, which was less than 50 meters away from the area covered by artillery fire, Wang Ping and Zhang Qing both held binoculars and stared closely at the battlefield.

As soon as the devil's shelling began, Zhang Qing issued a series of combat orders.

"There are many devil cannons, and the gunners are well-trained, and hard work is definitely not the way!"

"The mortar platoon will immediately counterattack and fight guerrilla with the devil artillery, and the devil must not be allowed to continue to bomb our infantry with shells!"

"The infantry artillery platoon is ready for battle and specializes in fighting devil attack troops."

"There are many offensive troops, scattered ranges, easy to aim, a large area is a large explode, and there is no need to constantly adjust the shooting angle!"

As soon as the three mortars fired, they gave the devil a five-shot rapid fire.

A full fifteen shells, no matter how poor the quality of the gunners were, in the end, three shells smashed into the Japanese artillery position, directly overturning a mortar, killing and wounding seven or eight gunners.

The devils reacted quickly and did not shift their positions, and adjusted the muzzles of the guns on the spot according to the trajectory of the shells to counterattack.

In less than half a minute, five shells smashed into the position of the 1st battalion artillery platoon with a screeching sound.

The explosion of the first round of shells has not completely stopped, and the second, and even the third, rounds of shells have rushed out of the chambers.

The generous devil gunner fired a full ten rounds of rapid fire before stopping.

Just when they thought that the artillery positions of the Eighth Route Army had been razed to the ground, and the mortars had been blown into scrap metal. When they were about to readjust the angle of the artillery attack and continue to shell the blocking position of the Eighth Route Army, another series of screams that made them change color reached their ears.

"Baga, what's going on, how come the Eighth Route Army still has mortars!" As soon as they heard it, they knew that the shell was coming towards them, and the leader of an artillery squad changed his face and shouted loudly.

"Boom, boom, boom......" replied to him with three violent explosions.

The buzz of the explosion echoed in their ears, and the screams came close to their ears.

"It's another rapid shooting, immediately find the artillery position of the Eighth Route Army, counterattack, knock them out, quickly!" The other squad leader ordered in a hurry.

In less than twenty seconds, fifteen shells exploded around them.

This time, two mortars were directly blown up, and many gunners were killed and wounded.

Of course, the Japanese army's reaction speed was also faster than just now, and in less than ten seconds after the shelling stopped, three shells rushed out of the barrel and smashed into the artillery platoon.

At this time, dozens of gunners had just disassembled the mortar, and then carried them on their shoulders and were ready to move on to the next positional gun.

But the shells came so fast that as soon as the screaming reached their ears, an explosion sounded behind them.

The three gunners fell to the ground screaming and screaming, whimpering for their lives.

"Retreat quickly, leave them alone, get out of here immediately!" The heartache of the platoon commander shouted.

A dozen people ran forward another seven or eight meters, and three explosions followed up to their ears.

This time, only one gunner fell to the ground, and his entire back was directly blown to a bloody blur, and he knew at a glance that he was hopeless.

"Continue to retreat, hurry to the next artillery position to counterattack and take revenge!" The platoon leader's eyes had turned red and continued to shout.

In the end, two mortars were saved.

The platoon commander didn't say a word, and directly ordered his subordinates to set up artillery to counterattack with anger.

When the shells on both sides came and went, constantly consuming the opponent's strength, Qiushui Shaozuo's face directly became more solemn.

With a frown, he ordered: "The artillery can't be counted on for the time being, the heavy machine guns are covering, and the infantry is charging." Tell the attacking troops that there is no mortar cover, but the grenadiers in their hands are not vegetarian, and they must press the Eighth Route Army to attack! ”

As soon as a total of three heavy machine guns were fired, more than a hundred devils rushed to the battlefield.

"Commander, the devils are attacking!" Zhang Qing said to Wang Ping with a pair of inquiring eyes.

"Fight as you want! I'm just here to watch, don't ask me! Wang Ping said angrily, a pair of eyes never left the telescope, staring at the battlefield.

Zhang Qing, who was a lot more confident, did not hesitate, and directly ordered: "Small artillery squad, give me an eye on the devil's heavy machine gun!" ”

"Heavy machine guns, specializing in grenadiers exposed by devils, others fighting infantry. Infantry artillery platoons and other orders, ready to fire artillery to support the infantry! ”

A total of nine grenadiers were fired together, and with the superiority in numbers, nine grenades falling from the sky blew up a heavy machine gun in one fell swoop.

"Baga, how come the Eighth Route Army is equipped with so many grenadiers!" Qiushui Shaozuo was very dissatisfied and scolded.

But no one answered his question, and Qiushui, who was bored, directly ordered: "What are our grenadiers for, counterattack immediately, do you have to wait for the Eighth Route Army to blow up all our heavy machine guns!" Also, all the grenadiers of the second squadron must be transferred, and the firepower of the Eighth Route Army must be suppressed before attacking! ”