Chapter 50: Miscalculation
Kessler, who had a heavy machine gun and a bullet plate, suddenly noticed that something was wrong, and the Japanese troops who were lured by him with light machine guns were obviously smarter, and did not line up any attack formation, but advanced in groups of three or five alternately under the cover of grenadier and rifle fire. He worked hard to dig a pit and design a curved fortification, but it did not achieve the kind of effect he wanted, and the lethality of the heavy machine gun salvo did not seem to be great, or rather, these Japanese soldiers seemed to have seen through his trap.
"Light machine guns cover, heavy machine guns retreat back to the city" If there is no certainty of victory, then it is necessary to be able to leave as soon as possible, which is something that Zhao Zhi repeatedly emphasized in the mercenary officers who led the team. Therefore, as soon as Kessler realized that the momentum was not right, he immediately transferred the light machine gun that lured the enemy back to cover it, and he himself ran away with the ammunition men carrying the crane guns. In order to facilitate the handling and movement of heavy weapons, Kessler led a few of his machine gunners to turn the county seat of Zhangwu upside down, gathered all the blacksmiths in the city together, and made a batch of combination tools like lifting bars, as long as three people can carry a heavy machine gun and ammunition to fly.
Although Kessler left behind the light machine guns, there were not many machine guns, and more than 20 light machine guns were fired in a row, and the formation was quite scary and shocking. Before the Japanese could get closer, Kessler and his ammunitionmen used a combination of tools to lift the heavy machine guns and retreated 100 meters, and then they covered the light machine gun group and began to retreat. The truck that received the machine gun group was behind the mountain bag, and there were more than 20 snipers and two teams of elite scouts lying on the mountain bag, and Kessler could get on the car at any time as long as he retreated to the mountain bag.
The roar of the machine guns never stopped, and the Japanese soldiers who followed were so overwhelmed by the rain of bullets that they couldn't lift their heads, and even their grenadiers gradually lost their power, and only the mortars that fell behind were still firing shells excitedly. "Boom" a shell landed on the circular position, Tugen fell back to the trench from the trench with his Czech, and when his finger pulled the trigger, he didn't have time to aim at all, and a few points of "da-da" had already been fired. "Ammunition, ammunition" When the magazine was changed, Tugen wiped the blood on his forehead with the back of his hand, and his eyes stared viciously at the Japanese soldiers who were crawling over on the opposite side.
The Japanese mortars are getting more and more accurate, and the machine gunners in the ring fortifications have suffered a lot of casualties, but the order to retreat has not yet sounded in the walkie-talkie, so they still need to hold on here. Zhao Zhi's conditions for the mercenaries are very good, and fighting with Zhao Zhi has never suffered a loss, but there is only one thing in the mercenary army that no one can violate, that is, they must obey the commander's orders, even if there is a sea of swords and fires in front of them, there can be no pause, otherwise they will be removed from the mercenaries.
These Japanese soldiers are too difficult to deal with, Tugen has already emptied 4 magazines to kill only a dozen Japanese soldiers, if they continue to fight like this, they don't want to defeat these Japanese soldiers without tens of thousands of bullets. "Retreat, retreat" The foot talkers shouted to retreat one by one close to the ears of the machine gunners, only in this way can they ensure that the red-eyed machine gunners can hear, "go, go" The more than 20 light machine guns in the ring fortifications covered each other and began to retreat, but they had a problem, those who died were forgotten, what could they do with the mercenaries who were injured and couldn't walk on their own?
"Let's go, just leave us two machine guns and ammunition" There was a smile on the face of the grasshopper, who was blinded by a shell, a veteran ruffian of the national army, who was recruited by Yan Wudao on the streets of Chongqing. The grasshopper family whose ancestral home is Jiangsu died tragically in the city of Nanjing, he is the only bloodline of their Xu family, if it weren't for this guy who wrote a bloody book and knelt in front of Yan Wudao's jeep and didn't leave, Zhao Zhi wouldn't look down on him at all. It was in order to take revenge that his real name was Xu Yuanfu, and he chose to be a machine gunner, just because the machine gun shot the Japanese soldiers.
"Let's go, just listen to the grasshoppers, leave the machine gun and bullets, and when the battle is over, don't forget to light a few cigarettes for us" A few injured mercenaries who were also covered in blood and couldn't afford to be seriously injured were also relaxed, and the battle was fought to this point, and whoever stayed behind would face a dead end. "Leave the machine guns to them, save more ammunition" The mercenary who led the team gave an order with a dark face, but his eyes did not dare to look at these companions, and his cheeks were also bitten tightly, and there was still mist in his eyes.
Seeing the departure of his companions, the Tugen probe, who was also injured and incapacitated, glanced in the direction of the Japanese army and found that the Japanese soldier who climbed the fastest was still more than 50 meters away from them. It's just that the number of Japanese troops is a bit large, looking at a large area of Wuyang, there are hundreds of people, "Don't worry, put them in and fight again, take out your grenades and get ready, when I say throw them, let's throw one out together" The panting grasshopper pulled Tugen, who was holding the machine gun and was about to get up, and squatted in the trench, and beckoned the wounded mercenaries to gather together.
Tugen was still a little uneasy, for fear that the Japanese army would rush up with a charge, so he quietly poked his head out of the trench to observe the lurking movement. The gunfire in the ring position stopped, and the Japanese also noticed it, but their binoculars showed a position with smoke and mercenaries retreating with light machine guns, and they did not know that there would be people and machine guns in the trenches. The sudden change in the battle situation made the grasshoppers who stayed in the trenches with a certain heart of death They were somewhat surprised, they didn't know why the Japanese army gave up the attack on the trenches, but went to pursue the retreating machine gunners.
"Dig a hole, hurry, if you want to live, dig a hole quickly" The blood-stained grasshopper stared at the remaining eye, pulled out the bayonet on his waist and desperately dug the side wall of the trench. Although the slopes of the mountain are mostly wasteland, the ground is covered with a soft layer of sand from one meter below, and the grasshoppers have carved a large hole in the side wall of the trench with just a few movements. "Dig a hole, hide in it, and when the Japanese soldiers pass, let's beat it from behind" The grasshopper's words made everyone pause, except for the two wounded who really couldn't move, and the other mercenaries who were waiting for death as long as they still had the strength to dig holes in the side wall of the trench with bayonets.