PFC Chapter 177: The Imperial Army was teased by the Tu 8th Route Army
Chapter 177: The Imperial Army was teased by the Tu 8th Route Army
The light machine gun fire was completely pointless. I wonder how their machine gunners usually train.
Don’t they even know what short bursts of fire and long bursts of fire are?
The heavy weapons of the Imperial Army fought fiercely, but that was not the end.
They actually launched a group charge against the Eighth Route Army's positions.
I wonder what Captain Watanabe is thinking now.
At this moment, Li Yunlong was lying in the trench of the main position. He was indeed frightened by the attack of the Imperial Army.
Are all the Imperial Army troops that came from Hebei to carry out the sweep so fierce?
I haven't even started to fight back yet, and you guys dared to launch a group charge in regiments?
What's your reason? Just charging in like a swarm? Is this any different from committing suicide?
The First Regiment of the Imperial Army charged forward quite quickly, and soon entered the minefield set by the Fifth Battalion.
When they were still about a hundred meters away from the Eighth Route Army trenches.
Scattered here and there, there were a dozen or so black powder trip mines made in the border areas.
Just like that, there was a loud "boom boom boom" explosion in the Imperial Army's ranks.
This type of black powder mine is an explosive that is not very harmful but extremely insulting.
The explosion made a very loud noise and there was flames everywhere, but it didn't kill people, it just blackened their clothes and faces.
The luck of two other soldiers from the Imperial Army was not so good. They were injured in the knees by flying iron blocks.
Then the two of them retreated tumbling and crawling along with the large group of people.
At first, Wu Fatian was also frightened and thought he had been ambushed by the Eighth Route Army.
Unexpectedly, after the Imperial Army retreated, he looked up the hillside again and did not see a single corpse.
Captain Watanabe was stunned. Are these people the Imperial Army that the Imperial Army has trained with so much effort?
What kind of combat effectiveness could a group of Imperial Army troops that were scared off by “big firecrackers” have?
At this time, Wu Fatian was really embarrassed.
He drew his pistol and personally shot the two unfortunate fellows with injured knees.
This time he personally carried a light machine gun and led the supervision team to supervise the battle.
He forced a group of soldiers to launch a second attack on Kurumu Ridge.
Having seen the "strength" of the Eighth Route Army, a regiment of the Imperial Army became bolder.
After another artillery preparation, the Imperial Army began to charge again.
This time they moved forward smoothly, and there were no more mine explosions when they passed the position a hundred meters away.
It seemed that the Eighth Route Army had no more mines. The Imperial Army shouted to encourage each other and charged faster.
When they were about forty meters away from the Eighth Route Army's position.
Suddenly, about a hundred people dressed as farmers emerged from the trenches.
They kept throwing grenades into the Imperial Army's troops at the foot of the mountain.
With the continuous sound of grenades exploding, more than a hundred bodies of the Imperial Army were left in front of the position.
The remaining people were once again driven down by the Eighth Route Army.
This time, Wu Fatian did not shoot again and kill those who were retreating.
He also realized that the weapons of this group of Eighth Route Army were not powerful enough.
The Eighth Route Army just now threw down more than 300 grenades, but only killed more than 100 people.
The reason why the Imperial Army retreated again was mainly because they were frightened.
Just think about it, more than 300 grenades flying down, who wouldn’t be scared?
What they didn't expect was that the power of these grenades was really lackluster.
Wu Fatian didn't bother to reprimand the First Regiment and hurried to find Captain Watanabe to explain.
He was afraid that if he didn't explain enough, he would really collapse.
Watanabe has seen the entire process of this battle through the telescope.
This group of Eighth Route Army soldiers was definitely not the main force, perhaps they were some kind of militia.
Among those farmers, there were a few people wearing Eighth Route Army caps.
These people should be the leaders among the peasant armed forces.
Watanabe also saw through the telescope that some of them, after throwing two grenades, actually threw stones.
Whoosh, what does this mean? It means they have used up all their weak grenades.
As for why they didn't open fire, it's very simple. They didn't have any firearms to show off.
Otherwise, as soon as they open fire, their secrets will be exposed.
Watanabe expressed his approval for the peasant-like wisdom of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side.
He was also pleased with his superb military qualities and judgment.
At this moment, in the trench of the Eighth Route Army opposite, the captain of Qu Squad was talking to Battalion Commander Wu.
"Captain Zhong, the Imperial Army is charging, this should be the third time, is this enough?
One regiment of the Imperial Army isn't enough for you to worry about, so why are you planning to take down an entire brigade?"
Captain Zhong said with a smile: "You should learn from me. This move is called killing people and destroying their hearts.
Let's wait until we have served this delicious dish to this group of Imperial Army and the Japanese devils.
Discipline them today, and they will never dare to attack our positions again."
Immediately afterwards, Battalion Commander Zhong gave orders to the communicator.
"Have all the companies ready for battle. Tell them to bring out all the light and heavy machine guns. We are going to defeat them once and for all this time."
Then we saw more than ten heavy machine guns being sent to the machine gun positions in the trenches of the Eighth Route Army.
There were more than thirty grenade launchers sparsely placed on the battlefield.
Next to each grenade thrower, there is a newly opened box containing special grenades.
The mortars of the Fifth Battalion were placed on the reverse slope for standby use.
They are really a backup. Captain Zhong is a man of great skill and courage. He really doesn't take these Imperial Army troops in front of him seriously.
At this moment, Wu Fatian knew that he was being teased by the Eighth Route Army.
He had already found Captain Watanabe and was about to explain to him the reason for his defeat.
Unexpectedly, Watanabe was not angry at all this time. Instead, he was very proud and praised Wu Fatian.
Watanabe stood on a rock, patted Wu Fatian on the shoulder and said proudly.
"Wu Sang, you're not good at fighting, but you're not completely useless.
At least you have perfectly figured out the strength of the Eighth Route Army's position opposite.
Now it is up to the great Kwantung Army to complete this attack.
Let you and your Imperial Army soldiers have a good look at the glorious military prowess of our Imperial Army."
Wu Fatian nodded and agreed quickly, and quickly ordered his first regiment to make room for Watanabe to attack.
But what Wu Fatian was thinking in his heart was: What does this Watanabe mean?
Normally, it is our Imperial Army that goes ahead first, but why is it that he is the one running ahead today?
This was clearly an attempt to steal the credit, and Wu Fatian suddenly felt that he was in the right place.
He immediately arranged the second and third regiments of the Imperial Army in order.
He wanted to follow Captain Watanabe and gain some credit to atone for his previous mistakes.
As for the first regiment, which was at a disadvantage in the attack, he arranged it to stand at the back.
As the Imperial Army prepared another artillery attack, Captain Watanabe took the lead in leading the Japanese soldiers and rushed towards Kurumu Ridge.
The Imperial Army's artillery bombardment was pretty good this time, although most of the shells hit the back of the Eighth Route Army's positions.
But at least they didn't drop the shells into the Japanese army, which made Wu Fatian secretly relieved.
When the one hundred or so Japanese soldiers rushed to about 150 meters away from the Eighth Route Army trench, something unexpected finally happened.