Chapter Ninety-One: Containing the Enemy
The devils defending the south gate fought happily with Zhang Gouyu's three squads, and when Kameda arrived at the south gate with a small team of Japanese troops, he found that the Chinese who attacked the south gate, although the surface was fierce, only a dozen rifles fired at the defenders on the south gate, not even a light machine gun.
Kameda couldn't help but pout contemptuously, and ordered the machine gunners of the squad to set up the machine guns and return fire fiercely outside the town, while letting the squad launch a cannon fire back towards the Chinese positions outside.
As for rushing out of the town to eliminate these despicable attackers, Kameda had this idea, but unfortunately Captain Yoshino made it clear that he could only use artillery fire to launch a counterattack, and he must not rush out of the town, so as not to fall into the tricks of the Shina people.
Zhang Gouyu saw that the firepower of the devils on the town gate suddenly increased, and at the same time, there was a sound of cannonballs whistling in the sky, and immediately knew that the devil's reinforcements were coming, and hurriedly said to the team members around him: "The devil's reinforcements have arrived, go, retreat." ”
According to the prior arrangement, as long as his team attracts the devil's reinforcements to the south gate, even if the task is completed, as for fighting with the devil, the disparity in strength is simply impossible.
The devil's grenadiers and machine guns are mounted on the walls of the town and can be condescendingly fired at the third squad. If you don't retreat again, wait until the devil's grenadier corrects the parameters, and your team will suffer heavy casualties.
Zhang Gouyu's judgment has to be said to be very correct, he and his team just left the position, and the devil's shells came over, and in the blink of an eye, countless fires exploded from the position just now.
Zhang Gouyu heard the explosion behind him, and couldn't help but scream in rejoicing. With his team, he turned to the west outside the town gate.
When he moved with the three squads, the town suddenly rang out with heavy gunfire.
Zhang Gouyu knows. Liu Tianshu's rescue action was finally discovered by the devil.
Kameda, having just ordered the troops to stop firing after seeing the attackers fleeing outside, suddenly rang out in the direction of the command post.
"Oh no, I fell for the Chinese people's plan to divert the tiger from the mountain." Kameda screamed, hurriedly ran down the wall, rushed into the checkpoint, picked up the phone and called Yoshino.
"Report Captain. The people who attacked the south gate had fled, and the three squads asked for instructions on their next move. Kameda said anxiously.
"Kameda-kun, the people of Shina are besieging the south gate in order to confuse us. Their real purpose was those who had been captured by the Imperial Army. You leave one to strengthen the defense of the South Gate in case the China's comeback, and the rest of the troops immediately join the pursuit of the China's who attacked the command post. Yoshino snapped over the phone.
"Hello." Kameda put down the phone. Leave behind twelve devils and a crooked machine gun at the south gate. Then with the rest of the devils, he hurriedly ran towards the place where the gunshots rang out.
After Yoshino put down the phone, he stared at the street map of Kiyoam Town, which had just been drawn by the surveyors on the table, and wondered in his mind what route these escaped Shina people would choose to escape from the town.
As soon as Liu Tianshu and Shi Qiang and the others met Tang Jiyuan, they heard dense footsteps behind them, and at the same time, the shouts of devils came.
Immediately after, not only in the back, but also on the left and right sides. The voice of the devil was also heard in the distance.
Liu Tianshu's face couldn't help but change, he didn't expect the devil's reaction to be so fast. In less than ten minutes, their location was determined and the encirclement began.
"Ji Yuan, the devil is catching up, in this way, you take them first, Shi Qiang, Meng Xuan, Xie Fei, and Lin Hua stay behind to cover, you rush out of the town as soon as possible, don't wait for us." Liu Tianshu glanced at the people around him and immediately made a decision.
Tang Jiyuan also saw at this time that if no one was left to drag the enemy, the devil would soon catch up, and at that time I was afraid that no one would be able to escape, so he was no longer polite at the moment, and said that you should pay attention to safety, and then shouted: "Comrades of the fourth squad, take them, let's go." ”
With the help of the fourth team, Wang Feilong and the others immediately moved quickly in the direction of the north gate, and after Liu Tianshu saw them leave, he immediately said to Shi Qiang: "Qiangzi, let's go." ”
With that, he quickly replaced the pistol with a magazine, led the four of them back and ran into an alley, climbed onto the roof of one side and hid it, and a team of devils chased after him while shooting.
Liu Tianshu saw these devils rushing closer and closer, and his eyes just stared coldly. When the devil rushed to less than thirty meters away from the alley, he suddenly shouted and hit, and the shell gun that had already been dialed to the burst position suddenly spit out bullets happily, and the dense bullets were condescendingly sprinkled towards the more than ten devil soldiers, and the six or seven devils who ran in front were hit by the rain of bullets flying over their heads, and fell to the ground screaming, and the rest of the devils found Liu Tianshu and them hiding in the house, and immediately pressed their bodies against the wall and fired back at the roof.
Seeing that the rest of the devils came back to their senses, Liu Tianshu no longer fell in love with the war at all, but said to go quickly, and led the four of them to quickly run in the opposite direction from the roof.
The remaining six or seven devils ran out of bullets from the guns in one go, but found that the people on the roof had long since disappeared, and for a while, they carefully searched around.
Liu Tianshu and the others had already run behind these devils at this time, and the five of them quickly went down to the ground and ran quickly in the direction of the town office.
As soon as he ran less than a hundred meters, he heard the sound of fast footsteps in front of him, but it was Kameda, who had returned from the south gate, and came to reinforce with about fifty devil soldiers.
Liu Tianshu saw that there were many devils, and immediately made a gesture, and the five of them quickly climbed up the courtyard wall on one side, and then squatted on the courtyard wall, the gun in their hands was tightly aimed at the street outside the courtyard wall.
Kameda had received Yoshino's order at this time, knowing that the Chinese who had entered the town were running towards the north gate after saving people, so he naturally accelerated his speed. Who knew that he commanded the team to lead the run through the small street, and suddenly a burst of gunfire rang out behind him, and the six soldiers running behind were caught off guard, and fell to the ground screaming after being shot in the back.
Hearing the gunshots behind him, Kameda's face changed, and he urgently ordered his troops to stop moving forward, then turned around and ran backwards.
Running to the back of the team, he saw six soldiers dead and two wounded, and immediately his eyes erupted with fire, and he cursed angrily, ordering the soldiers to disperse and look for the sneak attackers hiding in the shadows.
It's a pity that after Liu Tianshu and them succeeded in one blow, they no longer fought at all, but continued to run in the direction of the town office.
The only way to hold back the devils who are pursuing Tang Jiyuan is to stir up the chickens and dogs in the town, and it is best to make Yoshino feel threatened in the command post.
In that case, he would have no time to pay attention to Tang Jiyuan and the others.
Hearing the gunshots, they moved towards the center of the town, and the devils who were pursuing to the north were puzzled, especially in the area around the north gate, which had been very quiet, and the devil commander who commanded the soldiers to pursue couldn't figure out whether the attackers were fleeing to the north gate or going in other directions, and even more, some commanders guessed that the real target of these daring Shina people would be Captain Yoshino's command post.
Just when the devil was confused, gunshots suddenly rang out outside the west gate of Qingyan Town, and then the two sides started a fierce shootout near the west gate.
Yoshino stared at the map in front of him at the command post, his brow furrowed even tighter.
The Chinese attacked the south gate and attracted his mobile troops to the south gate, obviously to save people and reduce the pressure, and now that the purpose of saving people by the Chinese has been achieved, if they stand in the position of the other party, they should naturally consider how to escape from Qingyan Town safely.
According to the practice of striking east and west, when the south gate is attacked, the Chinese should have escaped from the north gate, and besides, the original outpost outside the north gate has been attacked by the Chinese. The defending Imperial soldiers were all shattered.
But when his troops outflanked the north, the Chinese suddenly appeared behind the troops and carried out a despicable sneak attack at the same time.
Listening to this gunshot, the Chinese in the town seemed to violate the rules and moved towards the position of their command post.
When gunshots rang out at the West Gate, he immediately judged that these Chinese were not attacking the north from the south, but from the south to the west, and were preparing to flee from the West Gate.
As for the Chinese who attacked from behind, they should have stayed to contain the small forces of the imperial army.
It's a pity that he only has one squadron of troops in Qingyan Town, and he can't deploy heavy troops on the four town gates, and have a large number of troops to encircle and suppress these attackers.
At this time, Yoshino really regretted putting the strength of a squad on the commanding heights of Higashiyama.
If this team is in the town, the troops in his hands will be much more generous.
After judging that the Chinese wanted to escape from the West Gate, Yoshino immediately ordered his troops to pursue and surround in the direction of the West Gate. At the same time, Long Haisheng's plainclothes detective team was ordered to follow the imperial army to search for the Chinese who were causing trouble in the town.
Liu Tianshu heard the West Gate knocking, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
His own chaotic punches seem to be out of order, and Yoshino has only that amount of troops at most, to see how he responds.
Glancing at the West Gate where the gunfire was fierce, Liu Tianshu looked at the calm North Gate again, and whispered to Shi Qiang, Hao Mengxuan, Xie Fei, and Lin Hua who followed him closely: "Go, Xie Fei leads the way, avoid the devils, let's go to the East Gate." ”
When Xie Fei heard this, he was slightly stunned, and immediately took Liu Tianshu and a few people into the alley, avoiding the devils who kept running on the street, and ran quickly towards the east gate.
Just as they were about to run to the east gate, fierce gunfire suddenly rang out in the direction of the north gate of Qingyan Town, and then the gunfire at the west gate gradually stopped.
"Quick, Captain Tang, they're on fire with the devils, let's speed up." With that, he ran along the street and towards the front.
Xie Fei and Lin Hua had already begun to gasp for breath at this time, and Shi Qiang had to stay to urge.
Liu Tianshu ran to the east gate and saw that the gate of the town was fifty meters in front of him, and more than ten devils were divided into two parts, one of them was staring closely at the outside of the town, and the other six devils aimed their guns at the streets inside the east gate.
Seeing that there was an open street under the town gate, Liu Tianshu immediately climbed to the roof from one side, and then quickly approached the east gate with the help of the undulating roof.
The four Shi Qiang, who followed over, saw that Liu Tianshu had gone to the roof, and they also quickly climbed up. (To be continued.) )