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Chapter 324, Six Hours of Persistence

With a bang, 360 steel balls scattered like heavenly maidens, causing indiscriminate casualties.

Captain Yoshida, who started from the other direction, also encountered the same situation.

The unfavorable start seems to have cast a shadow over the operation.

Liupan Town.

"what's going on?"

Liu Xiongfei also grabbed a soldier who was watching, pointed to the wounded who was carried down and asked.

"Let the landmines of the Eight Routes explode." The soldier recounted the rumors he heard vividly, full of gloating
The Japanese have never had a bad attitude towards them, the Imperial Association Army, and they are always serving them with big ears.

It is natural for them to be overjoyed to see that the Japanese are unlucky.

Since Liu Xiongfei was a prisoner of the Eighth Route Army for a while, after he came back, he obviously felt that Colonel Yamashita, who had taken a fancy to him before, had slightly alienated and guarded against him.

And it turned out that those Japanese officers who were able to get along with him on the face of it had undisguised contempt for him.

Obviously look down on him.

Think about it, the Japanese would rather be themselves than be captured. He who has been captured is probably a spineless rebellious boy in the eyes of the Japanese.

The Japanese think that he is a rebel, so he really should be!
Today the Japanese are going to attack on a large scale, and he gave the news to Eight Roads.

There are dozens of wounded people who have been carried down here alone, and the other two armies probably won't be able to get better, adding up to at least two or three hundred casualties.

Liu Xiongfei is not only watching the fun, but even has a sense of accomplishment.

Look, this is all the loss he caused to the Japanese by passing the information in advance.

Let you despise me, look down on me, the little Japanese of RM, I make you unlucky.

"Master, you are here, I have been looking for you for a long time."

The chief of staff, Luo Shouhua, brought more accurate news: "The little devil is in bad luck this time.

Balu did not know where to get the immoral landmines. The explosions of the landmines covered a wide area, and the small steel balls went to that terrible place.

I passed the field hospital just now, and I heard from the Japanese doctor that more than half of the wounded were beaten to the crotch, and even if they were saved, they could enter the palace to serve the emperor.

You say you are immoral but not immoral! "

"It's not immoral, it's not immoral at all. I think it's okay, it's better than dying!" Liu Xiongfei pretended.

The little Japan of the ringgit has often harmed women from good families.Blow up that thing, and lose the tools to commit crimes, and see how he can do more harm.

Sooner or later, I will go to your small island country and harm your wives and daughters.

Anyway, he just watched the fun and didn't think it was a big deal, and the more miserable the Japanese were, the happier he was.

"The teacher is right. It is better to die than to live. It is a blessing to come back alive." Luo Shouhua, as a qualified dog leg, immediately changed his position and praised loudly.

However, soon the two of them stopped laughing.

Toshihide Yamashita sent someone to call them over and explained the situation, "Luo Sang, the campaign to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route cannot do without you, and the empire cannot do without you.

Please also lead your troops to set off immediately to assist the chief of staff at the well to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army. "

Starting from Liupan Town, it was Ichiro Ichiro, the chief of staff of the Yamashita Company, who led Japanese troops to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route.

The little Japanese of the Malaysian ringgit, speaks nicely, but also wants to make Lao Tzu thunder.

Liu Xiongfei saw through Yamashita Junxiu's vicious thoughts at a glance.

Why didn't they let the Imperial Association Army assist them before!
Is it because they feel that they are unreliable, wasting food in vain and sending weapons and ammunition to Eight Routes.

Now let them go again, with one and only one purpose, to land mines, block guns, and serve as cannon fodder for the Japanese.

For some reason, Liu Xiongfei suddenly came up with an idea: If he meets Balu again, can he reveal his identity and say that he is one of his own, so that he will not be beaten?
Maybe!

But let’s not say whether it will work or not.

It is very likely that he was blown up by the landmines of Balu before he saw Balu.

The kind that can enter the palace to serve the emperor.

Thinking of this, he was even more unwilling to die.

"Wearing the clothes of the imperial army, eating the food of the imperial army, and serving the imperial army is naturally what it should be."

Liu Xiongfei observed the expression of Junxiu Yamashita, but he couldn't see anything.

He paused, and then came a turning point: "However, as the commander of the first division, I have to sit in the rear to coordinate and command, and make greater contributions to the imperial army's encirclement and suppression.

Regarding the matter of leading troops to the front line, I asked a regiment commander to lead the most elite fighters, so as not to delay the battle plan of the imperial army. "

The reasons for evasion are very reasonable.

There was a slight sarcasm in Yamashita Junxiu's eyes, and he immediately covered it up.

"That's fine, Liu Sang mobilizes manpower as soon as possible, and the chief of staff at the well is anxiously waiting for your manpower, please hurry up."

Liu Xiongfei breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that he was no longer trusted by the Japanese.

Now I can still sit in the position of teacher, just because the Japanese are not ready to kill the donkey clearly, which will chill the hearts of other wise people who have taken refuge in the Japanese.

But if he was sent to the frontline battlefield, if he said no, he would really be gone.

He couldn't help but feel grateful, so he didn't think about why the old devil at the foot of the mountain let go so easily.

It's better to send your subordinates to die than to take the risk yourself, and it's not the first time Liu Xiongfei has done it.

Watching Liu Xiongfei leave, Junxiu Yamashita's eyes were full of teasing, with a smug smile on his face.

The command post in combat was set up in the largest local landlord's courtyard.

He walked through the two-entry gate house and came to the backyard to visit the brigade commander Mitsui Ichiro.

"Report, Toshihide Yamashita is here to report."

"Come in."

The third sister Ichiro put down the telegram in his hand, and the loud voice filled the entire backyard.

Shan Shangjunxiu stepped into the house and reported: "General, I have sent those unreliable Imperial Association troops to the front line according to your instructions."

Mitsui Ichiro's loud voice is really not suitable for plotting, he hummed to show that he knew.

Toshihide Yamashita was really curious, but he didn't feel comfortable asking, so he gave a long-winded report on the new landmines used by the Eighth Route, as well as the casualties of various departments.

Eyelids were raised secretly to observe Mitsui Ichiro's expression.

Ichiro Mitsui noticed his little trick, and pulled out a report from the desk, "Look at this if you're curious."

Shan Shangjunxiu took the report and saw a big secret word on it at a glance.

It is no small matter to think about it.

Resisting the excitement in his heart, he quickly read the contents of the report.

Surprise, relief, and joy, three emotions flashed across his face like a revolving lantern.

"This is real?"

Mitsui Ichiro hummed in reply.

Toshihide Yamashita immediately figured out a lot of things, and even had a lot of guesses about the general's inexplicable arrangements.

Jiang is still old and hot, he has to admire the general's methods.

……

The cattle and the Imperial Association Army came up and used their lives to crack the minefields of the fourth company.

It is absolutely impossible to let the enemy go directly.

Fighting is inevitable.

The fourth company occupies a favorable terrain. Although there are only more than 100 people, the firepower is very fierce.

Three heavy machine guns, twelve light machine guns, and more than a dozen submachine guns.

The same number of Japanese troops, about two squads, only had six crooked machine guns.

The firepower density of the four companies is four times that of the same number of enemies.This gives them a great advantage.

For six full hours, from afternoon to evening, a thick layer of corpses had already been laid in front of their position.

The Japanese army behind wanted to launch an attack, so they stepped forward on the corpses of their companions, or used the corpses of their companions as cover.

Each of them rolled out of the pile of corpses, and the battle was extremely fierce.

Another failed attack, the last soldier who stood up and charged was cut in half by a heavy machine gun.

Colonel Kameda gritted his teeth, swung his fist vigorously and hammered on the sandbag in front of him, "Artillery, give me a hard bang!"

He was in impotent rage.

Accompanied by the rumbling sound of cannons, Kameda sat down on the ammunition box in a slumped manner.

They have more than 2000 imperial troops, and the firepower of the Tuba Road is fierce, but after six hours of firefighting, he also knows that the opponent has no more than 200 people at most.

No more people could fit on that hillside.

But just two hundred enemies blocked their attack for six hours.

Chief Kameda could find many reasons for himself, such as terrain constraints, his superiority in military strength could not be deployed at all, so he could only use refueling tactics.

Another example is that Eighth Route is equipped with a large number of automatic firearms, and that small position allows their firepower advantage to be brought into full play.

But if you think about it carefully, they have the advantage of artillery fire that the Eighth Route Army did not have, and the support of aircraft in the sky. The attacking troops have changed from one crop to another, and they can constantly rotate new forces to maintain the most violent attack.

If the advantages and disadvantages balance each other, you can't find a reason to shirk responsibility for your failure.

Kameda had to admit that he was too arrogant before and underestimated the Eighth Route Army.

Nearly casualties of the imperial army were the tuition fees he paid.It's just that the price of this tuition is too heavy.

"Did you get in touch?"

The chief of staff of the wing who came to his side nodded: "Heavy artillery is already being transported in the rear, but the mountain road is rugged, and the speed is really unflattering. It would be good to arrive before tomorrow morning.

But there is good news from the flight team. Four bombers loaded with incendiary bombs have already taken off and will arrive in about half an hour. "

Osaku Kameda was so beaten that he was unwilling to speak anymore. He only walked ten miles all day, and asked for support from the rear repeatedly.

What a failure!
"The team that launched the attack just now has been disabled, and more than half of them were killed. Do you want to change to another team and launch the next attack immediately?"

Facing the questioning, Colonel Kameda was silent for a moment: "There is no need to send people to death, just rest for a quarter of an hour, and you will personally command the next attacking force, and you must cooperate with the plane to bury the enemy on the hillside."

After paying such a heavy price, he naturally refused to make the enemy feel comfortable.

The incendiary bombs loaded by four planes are enough to cover half of the hillside and destroy the enemy with flames, which is his only thought at this time.

On the hillside position.

The Second Battalion Commander wiped the dust off his face with his hat, and spat on the ground for a while.

Goofy little devils, bullying their battalion only has two mortars.Otherwise, he would have to let the devil eat a handful of dirt.

Now the artillerymen are so suppressed that they dare not show their faces, so they have to be bombarded non-stop.

Even in an ambush, you have to dig a bomb defense hole. This is the experience they summed up through painstaking efforts, and they have to write it down in the report later.

"Battalion Commander, we should withdraw."

The fourth company commander approached and gave sufficient reasons for retreating: "After fighting for six hours, the bullets were replenished twice, 25 people were killed and were injured.

The entire company's combat effectiveness has lost one-third.It's time to take a break too. "

Generally speaking, one-third of the troop casualties have seriously affected combat effectiveness.

However, some soldiers of the Eighth Route Army have always far surpassed the endurance of other armies, and they can still persist.

It's just that this kind of persistence is not so necessary for now.

Blocking the enemy for a day, they have successfully completed the task.

There are other troops coming to attack and harass the Japanese army, so they can't take all the benefits one by one.

Behind this section of the road, the fifth company should be almost arranged.

The second battalion commander thought about it and agreed: "Leave me two squads, and I will cover your withdrawal."

The fourth company commander was in a hurry: "Battalion Commander, you still have injuries on your arms. Leave it to me to cover the retreat of the troops. You lead the troops to withdraw first."

I didn't feel it if I didn't mention it, but when I mentioned it, the second battalion commander felt a terrible pain in his shoulder. The blood had completely stained the gauze red, and he couldn't even lift his arm.

He didn't insist any more, "Alright, don't love to fight, kid, just follow up early."

Before the enemy launched an attack, the fourth company began to retreat over the mountain in an orderly manner.

There is no road on the mountain, and every step is difficult. Fortunately, the seriously injured have been transported away before, otherwise it will be impossible to withdraw for a while.

Just after turning over the top of the mountain, the Second Battalion Commander heard gunshots from the bottom of the mountain again. The enemy should have launched an attack again.

He wasn't worried at all, the fourth company commander brought two squads of soldiers, three submachine guns, and two Czech-style guns, which were more than enough to repel the little devils.

"Battalion Commander, the little devil's plane."

The soldier pointed to the distant sky and shouted in surprise.

The Second Battalion Commander took a closer look, and sure enough, he yelled, "Get down and hide."

In response to the bombing of the plane, the soldiers already had experience, and they quickly got down on the ground to hide without the second battalion commander's reminder.

The fourth company commander on the position was using a light machine gun to continuously shoot short bursts at the attacking Japanese army, and the bullets bit the flesh one after another, rushing to kill the enemy dog.

Hearing the reminder from the soldiers next to him, he didn't take it seriously at all, just blow it up, it's not like he hasn't been bombed before.

However, he still turned his machine gun to the sky, and muttered: "I have learned how to jerk off a plane, but I haven't shot down a plane yet, the little devil is going to let my father do something wrong."

Without the suppression of two light machine guns, the firepower on the position was greatly reduced.

The attacking Japanese army did not take advantage of this opportunity to advance, and still maintained the original offensive posture.

Subtle difference, and no one noticed.

Soon, four Japanese enemy planes were already circling over the position.

The fourth company commander was not polite at all, and responded with machine gun bullets.

In a hurry, when the shooter experience is not very rich, it is really a matter of chance to shoot down the plane.

He was clearly unlucky.

The bullets always bit the enemy plane's buttocks. Occasionally, a few bullets landed in the dream, but they didn't reach the vital point, but only left a little scar on the plane.

"Damn it, it flies so fast."

The fourth company commander complained.

The No. squad leader not far away put on a new magazine, took a moment to look at the plane in the sky, and said, "That bird has laid eggs."

The belly of the plane opened and the bomb was dropped.

It's kind of like an immoral bird that shits on people's heads.

The bomb exploded on the ground, and the explosion of the gunpowder splashed the burning liquid everywhere. The place where the bomb fell suddenly ignited a raging fire.

"Mother, it's his mother's incendiary bomb."

The fourth company commander immediately thought of a batch of incendiary shells that had been used in the regiment.

The effect after the explosion is the same as this, don't think about it if you get it on.

(End of this chapter)