Bright Sword: From Northwest Shanxi to Shangganling

Chapter 53 The Eighth Route Army sneak attacks me, a Japanese soldier who is less than 1 meters tall (seeking votes)
When they heard the squadron leader mention the Sky Locust, all the Japanese soldiers became excited as if they had been injected with chicken blood, with fanaticism on their faces.

However, the heavy machine gunner on the high ground had already seen Jiro Morita drawing his knife and shouting, and later he even dared to stand up and lead the charge.

In response, the heavy machine gunner expressed his respect and fired a long burst of shots.

"Da da da da."

Jiro Morita, who was rushing in the front and had not run a few steps, fell to the ground on the spot, and half of his head was gone.

Second Lieutenant Torii, the leader of the squadron behind, saw that the squadron leader had died heroically, and immediately drew his command knife and shouted, "I'm in charge now! Everyone! Taoci, come on!!"

Chen Chengxing saw the Japanese began to attack, and without further ado, he ordered, "Blow the charge horn!"

"Beep, beep, beep, beep"

"Kill!"

"Kill!~"

Hearing the charge, the soldiers jumped up and rushed towards the Japanese.

The soldiers who rushed down from the heights on both sides formed a pincer attack on the Japanese.

Before that, the moment the third battalion heard the gunshots, they started running towards the Qiangfenggou for their lives.

The New Second Regiment and the Japanese collided in less than half a minute. Dozens of people fell to the ground at the moment of the collision, and most of them were soldiers from the New Second Regiment.

However, with the arrival of subsequent fighters, a 7 to 1 or even 8 to 1 situation immediately formed on the battlefield.

Although the Japanese soldiers immediately formed groups of three with their backs to each other, they were still at a disadvantage when facing the soldiers of the New Second Regiment who surrounded the city.

Faced with more than a dozen people rushing forward, no matter how good the Japanese were at fighting, they could only stab one person at most.

Moreover, after being stabbed, the soldiers, whether they were new recruits or veterans, would immediately grab the Japanese rifles tightly to create opportunities for other soldiers to assassinate them.

Seeing that the two sides had been fighting hand-to-hand for less than 10 minutes and the army had lost more than half of its soldiers, Torii immediately decided to turn to break out to the flank.

There was no chance on the flanks before, but as the two sides fought in a melee, the flanks had become a weak point.

"The machine gun squad will immediately provide fire cover, and the first and second squads will move to the flanks!" Torii ordered.

"But now there is a melee between the two sides. Once we open fire, it will cause accidental injuries." The heavy machine gun team leader who barely caught up said with a grim expression.

"Baga! What I meant was immediate cover fire!" Torii roared.

Now he just wanted to lead the team to break out. Not to mention the soldiers who were accidentally injured, in his heart, he had even regarded the third team as a pawn.

If he could break through, he would never join the third team, but would move in immediately. He could now see the Eighth Route Army troops following from behind.

If you hesitate at this moment, the whole army will be destroyed immediately.

"Hai!"

According to wartime regulations, Torii was the temporary commander of this team.

"Kill the chicken!" The heavy machine gun squad leader gave the order to shoot.

"Da Da Da", "Da Da Da", "Da Da Da"

The New Second Regiment, who were in the middle of a chaotic battle, did not expect the Japanese to be so ruthless that they did not even take their own people seriously. The battle between the two sides suddenly came to a standstill, and the Japanese took this opportunity to immediately retreat.

After Chen Chengxing hacked the devil in front of him to death with a knife, he immediately ordered: "Fight back with the grenade launcher! Destroy the devil's heavy machine gun position for me!"

Now, in order to cover the evacuation of the first and second squads, the Japanese heavy machine guns must ensure the continuity of firepower, which means they cannot move their positions.

Therefore, after receiving Chen Chengxing's order, the grenade launcher squad directly launched a covering fire, immediately silencing the Japanese heavy machine guns.

Although the accuracy of the grenade launchers of the New Second Regiment cannot compare with that of the Japanese elite, their covering fire will always hit the target. If they miss with one shot, how can they miss with ten shots?
However, within these two minutes, Torii had led seventy or eighty people from the first and second squads to break through the flank defense and headed straight for the position of the new second regiment.

In Torii's opinion, as long as they could cross the Eighth Route Army's position, the troops would be able to escape. By then, it would be no problem for him to become a deputy captain or even a captain by virtue of this achievement.

As for the abandoned Third Squad and the Heavy Machine Gun Squad, they were the ones who were encircled by Lieutenant Morita. What does it have to do with me, Second Lieutenant Torii?
However, just as Torii happily led his troops into the position of the New Second Regiment, the scene before him made him curse.

"Baga presses the road!"

I saw that the trench they climbed into was 2 meters deep, but there was a slope on the side facing the road so that they could shoot, but the back was 2 meters straight up and down.

Given their height, they would not be able to climb up quickly without assistance, especially since they were fully armed and carrying more than 15 kilograms of gear.

The Eighth Route Army was so cunning! They actually used trenches to trick a 1-meter-tall Japanese soldier into a surprise attack!

This 2-meter-deep trench was the rule set by Chen Chengxing when he was fighting guerrilla warfare in Guangshan.

Normally, the depth of the trench is 1 meters, which is very convenient for shooting.

However, Chen Chengxing knew clearly that the Japanese and the Guo army were different. The Japanese were an industrial country, and the strength of their heavy firepower was many times stronger than that of the Guo army.

When facing the enemy's heavy artillery or air bombing, only stronger fortifications can better save the soldiers' lives.

In the absence of sufficient wood and concrete reinforcement, deepening the trenches was the only option.

Deepening the trenches not only strengthens the cover function, but also facilitates the stealth movement of troops, thereby increasing the flexibility and suddenness of tactics.

Just as the Japanese were trying to climb, the soldiers from the New 2nd Regiment who were following closely behind them had already arrived.

When Xu Wu heard the noise in the trench, he did not choose to jump in and fight, but turned around and ordered: "Grenaline the grenades!"

The Japanese in the trench heard the noise above and thought that the Eighth Route Army was going to jump down, so they were on high alert, ready to take advantage of the narrow terrain of the trench and launch a counterattack.

Then I saw a large number of grenades falling from the sky.

"idiot!"

Torii looked at the falling grenade with bloodshot eyes.

If they had known this earlier, they might as well have fought hand-to-hand with the Eighth Route Army, which would at least have caused some casualties to them.

But staying in the trenches, they were completely powerless to resist the falling grenades.

"Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!" "Boom!".
When the grenade fell into the narrow trench, the shock wave was actually enhanced to a certain extent.

The Japanese in the trenches were immediately blown to pieces. Before they could recover from the explosion, Xu Wu and his soldiers had already descended from the sky.

The Japanese soldiers, who had just been bombed, were unable to organize an effective counterattack and were all stabbed to death in the trenches in just a few moments.

(End of this chapter)