Chapter 8: The Siege

Looking at the convoy galloping out of Hekou Town, Zhao Zhi made a vague gesture, and the surrounding mercenaries lowered their bodies in unison. It seems that Hekou Town has received a distress signal from the encircled Japanese army, Hekou Town sent four trucks, looking at the situation of the truck tires being loaded, these trucks are loaded with a lot of things, if they are crowded with soldiers, at most a small team, so Zhao Zhi guesses that Hekou Town should send more than this rescue team.

Sure enough, the truck didn't drive far, and about 200 Japanese troops rushed out of Hekou Town, but these Japanese soldiers ran away, and Zhao Zhi estimated that there were only four trucks in Hekou Town. Zhao Zhi observed Hekou Town and came to the conclusion that the Japanese troops in Hekou Town were at most a brigade, and the first squad blocked about 300 people, and now there are about 300 people rushing to the rescue, and there are at most 400 Japanese troops left in Hekou Town at this time, and those Imperial Cooperative troops who served as guards on the periphery of Hekou Town were directly ignored by Zhao Zhi.

"Change clothes, let's go in" For the scavenger operation, Zhao Zhi and their backpacks all carry the uniforms of the Japanese army and the Imperial Army, some targets that are not worth consuming ammunition, Zhao Zhi generally mixes in disguise and uses cold weapons to solve the opponent. At present, there are still several hundred Japanese troops in Hekou Town, and the casualties from the outlining are unpredictable, and Zhao Zhi intends to attack them from the inside. Defeat the enemy's headquarters first and then fish in troubled waters, this is Zhao Zhi's plan of action, and the 5 snipers and 3 mortars left on the periphery of Hekou Town are Zhao Zhi's weight to win.

"Speed up, the Ono squadron is being attacked by the Shina army, we have to save them from danger" Makihara kept urging the driver to speed up, and after receiving the signal from the Ono squadron for help, Oniyama ordered the Makihara squadron to send troops to the rescue. But there were only four trucks in the town of Kawaguta, so Makihara could only take a small team to go by car first, while the other soldiers ran forward, so Makihara simply brought all his heavy weapons onto the trucks, as long as Ono's squadron could hold out until he arrived, it should not be a problem to crush the Shina army that attacked them.

Makihara could think that the current situation of the Ono squadron would definitely not be easy, but he would never have imagined that the Ono squadron, which numbered more than 300, was on the verge of collapse. Ono Jiro, who was shot and injured at the first time, was a fatal blow to Ono's squadron, Ogasawara's kung fu was definitely stronger than his kung fu in commanding troops, and after Ono Jiro fell into a coma again because of his injuries, Ogasawara took over the command of Ono Jiro, and no one in Ono's squadron with only two lieutenants seemed to care about this.

Ogasawara originally sent a dozen daredevils to rush to the roadbed to grab the mortars, and after the soldiers were all knocked down on the road by mercenary snipers, the crazy Ogasawara personally led a squad of soldiers to rush to the roadbed, using the corpses of his own people to build a bunker and set up a heavy machine gun, and after Ogasawara paid for the casualties of more than a dozen soldiers, he got his wish to grab the mortar. It's a pity that Ogasawara was a little too happy too early, just when he ordered to prepare for the shelling, the mercenaries who moved to the two wings opened fire, and the cannonballs that fell in mid-air accurately smashed into the crowd, and the mortar that Ogasawara had just arrived was once again left alone on the road.

"These Japanese soldiers are stupid enough, no wonder Hanks they always call them Japanese fools" The commander of the first squad put down his binoculars and smiled at the corner of his mouth, "Tell our people, don't blow up the mortars on the road, that's a decoy, I guess the Japanese troops hiding under the roadbed won't just give up, I want to watch the Japanese soldiers line up for the two mortars one by one to send them to death" Looking at the change in the battle situation, he suddenly regretted that he didn't bring a few more snipers when he set off.

Snipers are an outlier in the mercenary unit of Thunder, they have a separate circle and training, after being stationed in the mobile team, they only obey the orders of the commander, after receiving the order to act, when to fire, when to retreat, how to position, are all arranged by the snipers themselves, even the commander of the squad has no right to influence the snipers' thoughts and action steps. The three snipers of the first squad blocked the advance of the 300 Japanese troops, which showed the mercenaries of the first squad the power of snipers.

The destruction of the two heavy machine guns and the loss of all mortars and shells greatly reduced the intensity of Ono's squadron's firepower, and the only remaining heavy machine gun was also stopped, and the three snipers of the first squad had completely controlled the battlefield. The 5-round magazine allows snipers to keep the bolt on their guns, and the increased rate of fire allows snipers to better block Japanese movements, especially those who want to go up the roadbed to retrieve mortars.

"Eight Grid Yalu, how many sharpshooters are there in these branches?" Ono Jiro, who had come to his senses, took back command and drove the self-righteous Ogasawara to the flanks to protect the wounded soldiers. The sparse gunfire never seemed to stop, and Ono couldn't tell from the sound of gunfire how many of the man's sharpshooters were firing at his squadron, but after each shot, one of his soldiers would always be shot and screamed or whined for death.

"Sir, Kawaguchi Town has sent reinforcements, Makihara's squadron is rushing over, Makihara's squadron leader personally took a team in a truck to take the vanguard, it is estimated that he will arrive here in an hour to meet us and "The radio soldier crawled over and told Ono Jiro the newly received information. The arrival of reinforcements was indeed good news, but unfortunately Ono's squadron had to hold out for another hour before they could join the reinforcements, and only one squad of troops arrived first, and Ono Jiro did not think that a squad of soldiers brought by Makihara would be able to compete with the sharpshooters of the Shina army.

The radio soldier scurried back again, and Ono Jiro ordered him to contact Kawaguchi Town immediately and report the large number of sharpshooters and mortars in this group. This should have been Ogasawara's business, but Ogasawara, who took over the command in order, did not report the situation of the opposite Shina Army to Kawaguchi Town at the first time, but was busy organizing people to grab the mortars on the roadbed. His mistake was enough to make the Makihara squadron who came in a hurry suffer a big loss, and Ono Jiro now has to make up for this mistake, and whether the Ono squadron can get out of danger smoothly depends entirely on the Makihara squadron.

"Bang" and "Bang" two gunshots, and the radio soldier who had been ignored by the snipers fell in a pool of blood, and the radio station of Ono's squadron was also shot. The first squad has received the information that the reinforcements from Kawaguchi Town have been dispatched, and the purpose of forcing the Japanese army to divide the troops has been achieved, and the snipers of the first squad no longer need to keep that nasty radio antenna dangling, so the radio soldiers who are scurrying around like rabbits have naturally become the target of the snipers.

The death of the radio soldiers and the destruction of the radio stations were directly ignored by the rest of Ono's squadron, who thought that it was no different from other Imperial soldiers who had fallen in battle, except for Ono Jiro. The troops had been held back by the Chinese army for more than an hour, and during this hour, machine gunners, artillerymen, officers, and even ambulances became the targets and targets of the Chinese sharpshooters, and only the radio soldiers were alive. But just after receiving the news that reinforcements were about to arrive, the radio soldiers were killed, and a thought suddenly flashed in Onojiro's head, he and his squadron had become a decoy to attract the Imperial army to their deaths.

"Mortar fire, blast the Japanese army out of me" It was learned that a Japanese squadron was coming to the rescue, and the other two mercenary squads that came later were still half an hour away before they arrived here, and the mercenary commander who commanded the first squad ordered the mortars to open fire, and he wanted to kill as many Japanese squadrons hiding under the roadbed as possible before his own reinforcements and Japanese reinforcements arrived.

The mortars of the first squad of "Boom" and "Boom" kept spraying shells, and the commander had already given the order not to leave behind, and the mercenary gunners who operated the two mortars were now taking advantage of the opportunity. The mortar shells falling from mid-air were a bit chaotic, but if you look closely at the craters, it is not difficult to find that the shells fired by the mercenaries were simply to force Ono's squadron out of the cover of the roadbed, because at the same time as the shells exploded, the snipers had stopped firing accurately, and only in this way could the Japanese soldiers of Ono's squadron take the initiative to get out of the roadbed.

The "Sniper fires, snipers fire freely" mortar firing for three minutes, leaving the first squad with only the last four shells left, and the commander had to order the snipers who were loading the magazines to open fire and shoot the Japanese soldiers who fled the roadbed. "Hide, come back and hide" Seeing his own people fall in a pool of blood one by one, Ono Jiro ignored his injured body and shouted loudly at the top of his voice, trying to summon the soldiers who were panicked to dodge the shells to lie down and hide.

But the morale of the army has been chaotic, the invincible Ono squadron has been chaotic, completely chaotic, even if Ono Jiro shouted hoarsely, he only gathered less than half of the soldiers, and the rest of the soldiers either died under the sharpshooters of the Shina army, or hid behind the corpses of their comrades with their heads in their arms, maybe they became the target of the Shina sharpshooters in the next second. "Ono's squadron is finished" The corners of his mouth began to appear blood lines on the corner of Ono's face was like ashes, his squadron was on the verge of collapse, if Makihara's squadron could not arrive here within half an hour, Ono's squadron would face the situation of being completely annihilated by the Shina army.

Ono Jiro wanted to take the rest of his soldiers to attack the Shina army that attacked them, and he wanted to die like a real samurai, but he was no longer physically strong enough for him to lead the charge. Among the lieutenants under his command, Ogasawara is the only one who survives, and that guy has been truly abandoned and despised by Ono Jiro, and the guy who can only make the soldiers die in vain, and it is obviously impossible to rely on him.