Chapter 41: Forced Retreat
With a loud shout, a large piece of turf in front of the Japanese pursuit route on the left was suddenly lifted, and between the blades of grass, more than a dozen black holes were facing the Japanese army. "Dada" More than a dozen powerful tongues of fire rushed straight at the Japanese army, "Nani? The Japanese officer who commanded the pursuit of the Japanese army on the left was stunned, and just by taking a look, more than 100 Japanese soldiers under him fell in large numbers, and it looked like at least 30 people were shot.
"Grenade, throw grenade and retreat." The mercenary captain who commanded the battle emptied two magazines of 30 rounds in a row, urging his mercenaries to throw grenades and retreat. There are too many Japanese troops, although the mercenaries occupy the advantage of the terrain, but the snipers who serve as long-range firepower have already retreated first, and those who use submachine guns will only be dumplings made by the Japanese army if they stay here, and from the beginning, the mercenaries have no intention of fighting to the death with the Japanese army.
"Boom", "boom", "boom" A series of explosions rolled up blades of grass and gravel on the ground and scattered, and the smoke and dust from the grenade was the best cover for the mercenaries to retreat. The Japanese machine gunners who seized the opportunity began to shoot, and the two mercenaries who walked at the end snorted, still being hit by bullets fired by the Japanese light machine guns.
"Go" The mercenaries who ran in front of them turned around and carried their comrades who had been shot on their shoulders, turned their heads and left, and the other mercenaries also slowed down and guarded the surroundings. The wounded mercenary who was carried on his shoulder shot at the pursuers behind him, although the accuracy was not very good, but it also made the pursuing Japanese soldiers have some scruples and dare not chase too close.
"Go, don't stop." Running out for more than 200 meters, Lao Gao, who was hidden here, showed his figure, and at least 6 magazines full of bullets had been placed in front of Lao Gao, and the other three snipers were hidden behind Lao Gao in turn. The Japanese troops who pursued over were not chaotic and looked out of order, but lined up with the skirmishers that the Japanese army was good at, and the Japanese squads pursuing on the right did not come to converge at the first time, but continued to follow their right route.
"Pap" "Pap" "Pap" "Pap" "Pap" Lao Gao, who was lying in the bushes, pulled the trigger continuously and emptied the first magazine, and five figures fell among the Japanese soldiers who were chasing on the opposite side, and the Japanese light machine gunner who had wounded the mercenaries just now was also among them. "Hidden, hidden" Lao Gao's sudden attack stopped the pursuit of the Japanese troops on the left, they didn't hear the gunfire at all, and 5 of them were shot and fell on their side, and it was terrible to engage such an opponent.
"Pap" "Pap" "Pap" "Pap" "Pap" "Pap" The pause of the Japanese army did not have any effect on Lao Gao, and another magazine with a capacity of five rounds was emptied, but this time Lao Gao's shooting speed was slightly slower. Lao Gao's accurate shooting gave the Japanese troops on the left quite a headache, and such good marksmanship was probably only matched by those who had received special training in the Japanese army, and the marksmanship of these ordinary soldiers in the Fifth Division was obviously incomparable.
After emptying three five-round magazines in succession, Lao Gao began to retreat with his sniper rifle, and another sniper hidden more than ten meters behind him took over the shooting, and the four snipers in the squad concealed in a straight line. The pursuing Japanese army wants to break through the sniper's defense line must pay huge casualties, and this is precisely the pursuit of the Japanese army can not accept, "boom" "bomb" for a while can not find a good way for the Japanese grenade bombardment may hide the position of the opponent's sharpshooter, although this method will consume a lot of grenades, but it is the best way to find the sniper.
"Retreat, retreat" Lao Gao, who had already withdrawn to the next gathering point, saw one of his snipers drowned in the rising smoke, and he shot at the Japanese soldiers again and again, until the bloodied sniper limped into his sight, and Lao Gao shouted and ordered all the snipers to retreat. The sniper's retreat allowed the Japanese troops on the left to continue to catch up, and under the cover of machine guns and grenadiers, the distance between the mercenary team and the Japanese was gradually shortening.
"Hmm" snorted, but this time it was Lao Gao who stayed at the end to resist the Japanese army, and a Japanese-style Tomosaka rifle bullet hit his left leg. "Let's go, let's go" Lao Gao, who dragged his injured leg, struggled to push away the two snipers who were about to support him, turned around and fired several more shots at the Japanese soldiers in a kneeling position. Seeing that the Japanese army was getting closer and closer to him, Lao Gao, who was shot and fell to the ground again, showed a sneer, took out a grenade from his waist and held it in his hand, and the silencer attached to the firearm was a thunderous thing, and it definitely fell into the hands of the Japanese army.
With a bang, the bazooka of the mercenary team started in time, and several Japanese soldiers who were at the forefront were blown into fireballs. "Boom" was another Bazooka rocket that fell into the Japanese formation, and Lao Gao, who was already determined to die, was dragged back by his snipers. "I said Lao Gao, don't you old guy want to play with the Japanese army and die? We still have 12 brothers who can play with their lives, and it is not your turn to go into battle for the time being, so you can rest first and watch Lao Tzu play with the little devil. ”
The Japanese troops on the left are the focus of their attacks, more than 200 Japanese soldiers have already suffered more than half of the casualties, and the mercenary team also has a bazooka and nine rockets, plus four sniper rifles, it is not difficult for the mercenary team to defeat the Japanese troops on the left. "Pap" "Pap" "Pap" snatched the sniper rifle in the old master, and the mercenary captain shot three bullets in a row to beat one of the opponent's grenadiers into a blood gourd, without the presence of Japanese grenadiers, the snipers of the mercenary squad will naturally be able to maintain the accuracy of their shooting.
The sniper's all-out fire immediately interrupted the momentum of the Japanese pursuit on the left, and after the grenadiers and machine gunners were shot one after another, the advantage of the Japanese troops on the left was gone, and the light machine guns and grenadiers were thrown there, and all the Japanese soldiers who dared to approach them became the first target of the snipers, and after a few rounds of firing, the corpses of the Japanese soldiers were lying around the grenadiers and light machine guns.
"Snipers go to the right to block the Japanese troops coming by, and leave it to us here." The mercenary captain took out several magazines full of bullets from the bullet pouch on Lao Gao's chest, and motioned for the other three snipers to deal with the Japanese soldiers who were outflanking from the right first. The mercenary team is now occupying a weedy slope close to the mountain beam, and the mercenaries can see clearly the outflanking situation that the two Japanese troops have formed, but they are not panicked at the moment.
Two of the three snipers who dealt with the Japanese on the right were assigned to deal with the grenadiers and machine guns of the Japanese troops, and the remaining one was responsible for killing the officers who commanded the Japanese troops on the right. As soon as the two sides came into contact, it was immediately clear that the first magazine of the three mercenaries had not yet been completed, and the grenadiers, machine gunners and their commanders of the Japanese troops on the right all went to meet the so-called eight gods of the Japanese. The Japanese on the right were deprived of grenadiers and machine-gun fire, and the remaining Japanese soldiers were unable to effectively attack the snipers, and most of the bullets they fired did not know where they went.
"It's fun now, let's see which of us has good patience." The rest of the Japanese were well hidden, and the snipers who could not find a valid target stopped designing, and there was silence up and down the weedy slope as if there had never been a fierce battle. "You guys retreat 300 back, and then give the little devils a picture to see if they will be fooled." Seeing that the Japanese army was not moving, the mercenary captain had an idea as soon as his eyes rolled and he had an idea, if you don't move, I will lead you to move.
The two mercenaries supported the wounded companion to retreat first, and withdrew for 300 meters according to the captain's order, before putting down the wounded companion and shouting a few times in the direction of the Japanese army. The four retreating mercenaries used different voices to create the momentum of more than a dozen people, and the Japanese soldiers who were half a mile away really couldn't tell how many people were shouting just now. "Nani? They withdrew. A Japanese soldier who had the courage to stand up looked left and right, and when he saw that he had nothing to do, he urged his companion to get up and continue the pursuit.
The Japanese soldiers, who thought that they had been tricked by their opponents, were so angry that they got up and chased in the direction where the sound sounded, and the machine guns and grenadiers that had been taken care of by the snipers also had new owners. "Damn, what idiots, you deserve to be fooled." The snipers who had already prepared waited for the Japanese army to enter the range of 150 meters before finally firing, and the veteran shooters of the Japanese army could hit targets 100 meters away, but if the shooting distance was 150 meters, the Japanese 38 rifle might not be able to shoot accurately.
The grenadiers and machine gunners in the "lying down" storm trooper formation were once again shot and fell to the ground without warning, so that the Japanese finally realized that they had been fooled, and the enemy had not left at all, and it must have been a decoy deliberately sent by the enemy to make them think that the enemy had retreated. The Japanese army found that the Japanese army was lying down, but it was only 150 meters away, and the Japanese army's earthy yellow military uniform was too conspicuous.
The Japanese soldiers, who were pressed and beaten by four snipers, wanted to withdraw, but as long as they dared to stand up, they were overturned by bullets, so they had to lie on the ground with their limbs spread out and slowly retreat a little bit. By the time the Japanese army successfully retreated to 500 meters away, there were only more than 50 Japanese troops left on the left, and more than half of the Japanese troops on the right had already suffered more than half of the casualties.
"Captain, the Japanese army has withdrawn, what should we do? We're running out of ammo. "Killing more than 200 Japanese soldiers in succession consumed a lot of ammunition on their bodies, and the four snipers did not have much ammunition left, and if the Japanese attacked again, they might not be able to repel the Japanese army.