The war of resistance against mountains is heavy

Chapter 2284: Use trees as a sign!

"In the end, we have to let our people take action. These bears!" Xiao Boji cursed angrily at the top of the low mountain.

"How many of them will have to die?" Shang Zhen said helplessly.

In fact, when he came here, Shang Zhen felt very conflicted. He couldn't say that his people were definitely stronger than those of the 226th Regiment, but in fact he knew that his people were definitely better at fighting the Japanese than them.

This sounds contradictory, but it stems from Shang Zhen's self-confidence.

However, there is a trick to how to both eliminate the Japanese and train and preserve your own soldiers.

"Let's clear out the devils in the woods first, and leave the rest alone.

Let's go down first, one company and one platoon, bring more grenades and box guns.

Let's push forward from this end to the other end, and then you can ask me where to direct your heavy machine guns. "Shang Zhen said to everyone.

"Why should we listen to your orders? Why do you climb to the top of the tree?" asked Lao Mou, the platoon leader of Xiao Boji, with his tone revealing his dissatisfaction with Shang Zhen.

Yes, how to give the command? Although Shang Zhen has positioned their combat target at the woods below, the tree canopy is so dense, how can people transmit the signal?

The forest was very dense, and because of that the trees were not very thick, people could not climb up there. Even if monkeys could climb, which monkey could climb to the top of a tree?

"I can't climb up. I'm under the roots of the tree." Shang Zhen suddenly smiled mysteriously, and then he waved his hand. Hu Sheng, Niu Jingrui, Sancai, Hu Chengzi and others who followed Shang Zhen pulled out an axe from their backs!

Xiao Boji's men were stunned at first, but then they understood. For example, the veteran platoon leader Lao Gu, when he saw that Xiao Boji didn't show any surprise, he understood that Xiao Boji knew everything about the axes.

As for what Shang Zhen and his men were doing with axes? At least the veteran guessed it. Sure enough, Shang Zhen said, "We are in the front. As long as there are trees and no one is visible, we will throw grenades in front. The people behind will chop down a tree as a signal for positioning.

Whether it was a heavy machine gun or a light machine gun, they used the fallen tree as a reference point and fired at the area about 30 to 40 meters in front of the tree.

The shooting time is half a minute to one minute. You should fire when necessary, but you must also save ammunition. Then we will use grenades to clear the way below, and you can use heavy machine guns and light machine guns to fire on the top of the mountain.

This way we will minimize casualties.

Once we occupy the woods, there won't be many Japanese left. We can force them into the rocks, and then we won't have to worry about them. At most, we can use heavy and light machine guns to provide cover, and the rest will be up to them."

"I think this trick can work, but you should use grenades sparingly," Lao Mou added.

"Qian Feng, Hu Sheng, Da Lao Niu, Lao Mou and Lao Gu, all of you go down and meet up with our people at the foot of the mountain first. Don't move yet. We will use grenade launchers to clear the front for you. After you enter the woods, wait for me. I will also go down.

Remember, don't move around. If you find anything suspicious, use the box gun to clear it out first. You can only fire in short bursts, not continuous fire. I'll go down later. Okay, let's move!" Shang Zhen said.

At this point, it is natural for everyone to act on their own.

The Xiaoboji Company originally had only one grenade launcher, but in this battle they seized four more, which meant they had more than twenty grenades.

"How pitiful! There are only five people in two companies who can use the grenade launcher." Shang Zhen couldn't help but sigh after helping the other three soldiers adjust the shooting angle of the grenade launcher.

Shang Zhen had never been in the Central Army so he didn't know what the elite troops of the National Army were like, but in a ragtag army like theirs, there were really only a few people who knew how to use grenade launchers and how to use them well.

According to Shang Zhen, the Chinese military arsenal can produce grenade launchers, although the quality and accuracy are inferior to those of the Japanese army, but even such grenade launchers will never be distributed to the miscellaneous troops. There are few grenade launchers that can be captured, so naturally there are even fewer soldiers who can use grenade launchers!

After a while, with the first "bang" sound, Shang Zhen fired the first grenade. Of course, the explosion point of the grenade entered the woods, about fifty or sixty meters away from the foot of the mountain.

Shang Zhen then ordered the soldiers to adjust the range a little closer, and then under his command, "boom" and "boom" sounds rang out one after another.

Where the grenade exploded, dust and smoke escaped from under the green canopy of the trees, and then the sound of box guns firing came from below.

Shang Zhen gave instructions and went down the mountain. Before he left, he reminded Xiao Boji, "Don't forget that someone should keep a close eye on the mountain opposite. What if some Japanese soldiers really climb up?"

When Shang Zhen entered the woods with a box gun, the soldiers from their two companies had already dispersed, while those behind him were holding box guns and axes.

"We have one group in our company, and you have another group in your company. Remember not to get too close to avoid getting injured by your own heavy machine guns after chopping down the trees.

Each group of personnel must also maintain a certain distance from each other and never gather in groups. Be careful of the Japanese throwing grenades!" Shang Zhen ordered again.

Shang Zhen didn't want his men to suffer too many casualties, so he had no choice but to fight like this.

If they had fired a general attack through the woods like this, there would certainly be some Japanese soldiers who had escaped, but they would not be able to cause any major damage.

Thinking determines the battle.

The subsequent development of the battle situation was exactly as Shang Zhen had expected. Every time they occupied a small area of ​​the woods, a tree as thick as a bowl would be cut down by the soldiers behind them.

Xiao Boji and his men could clearly see from their high vantage point on the mountain that as a tree fell in the woods, a small patch of the originally lush green was missing. Then the light and heavy machine gun bullets from above fired in a fan-shaped pattern with the fallen tree as the center.

In an instant, countless bullets fell from the sky, passed through the treetops, and hit the trees and soil with "puff" and "puff" sounds!

The situation was like the crops being hit by hail, and the leaves and branches fell like rain. During the repeated forward shooting process, Shang Zhen and his men heard the screams of the Japanese soldiers after being shot.

As they moved forward, a soldier shouted in surprise: "We saw dead devils. Three of them were killed." The Xiaoboji Company, which was moving in another direction, also reported victory: "Four of us died here, and one was shot in half!"

Shang Zhen had already checked before coming down. The two heavy machine guns they seized were both of 14.3 caliber, not 7.92 caliber.

Shang Zhen didn't know much about this. He just knew that the Maxim guns imported from foreign countries were all large-caliber, while those imitated domestically were all small-caliber.

The thicker the bullet, the more powerful it is. If it hits the middle of the human body, it can completely break the human spine!

"Keep moving forward, and be careful of the Japanese devils throwing grenades!" Shang Zhen shouted.

The soldiers continued to advance with their guns.

Just as Shang Zhen instructed, when they saw hidden enemies in the woods ahead and were unsure whether there were Japanese troops hiding there, they first threw grenades out and then fired a few short bursts of shots.

However, some Japanese soldiers still threw grenades over. Fortunately, Tang Li, who was at the front, reacted quickly and lay down in the opposite direction. At the moment he lay down, the bullets from the box gun behind him whizzed past his head.

In just one hour, Shang Zhen and Xiao Boji occupied the forest with two platoons of soldiers.

They could not go forward any further. They had already passed through the entire valley. Ahead were piles of rocks. A hundred meters beyond the rocks were steep mountains that were several hundred meters high and impossible to climb.

The remaining Japanese troops have been compressed by them in this pile of rocks!

"Notify the people in the regiment to send troops over to count the number of Japanese soldiers killed!" Shang Zhen shouted.