Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Chapter 156 Chapter 155, Stop While You're at It
A standard squadron of the devils had more than 180 people, and the full strength of the guerrillas was 151. However, the guerrillas were not fully staffed at this time, with about 60 fewer combatants than the devils.

It is said that with such a power comparison, it is an unwise choice to force an ambush! However, both Zhao Danian and Li Yuexuan have decided to fight this ambush! It is not that they are arrogant, but that everyone has formulated a battle plan, and there is a directional blasting device on the roadside, which makes everyone feel that they can fight this battle.

Of course, once the battle plan is formulated, it still depends on how the Japanese cooperate!

On the highest ridge of Woniu Mountain, 3rd Platoon Leader Lu Xiaoran crouched behind a clump of jujube trees, with a telescope set at the root of the tree, observing the direction from the southeast where the Japanese were coming from. In his mouth, there were a dozen jujubes that had dried on the tree, and he had eaten them until only the pits were left, but he still couldn't bear to spit them out.

Next to Lu Xiaoran, Tian Chuan was holding a Type 300 rifle, looking at the ambush position behind a ridge at the foot of the mountain, and then looking at the mountain road in the ravine to the south, with a smile on his face. With a straight-line distance of less than meters, he was confident that he could kill all the devils he could see with one shot.

More than ten meters behind him, in a place covered by some thatched grass, Luo Wei gently shook the cold water barrel of Min Er Si, and heard the sound of water shaking. He continued to observe the situation below the mountain with satisfaction. As the heavy firepower support point of the whole team, Luo Wei chose to go into battle in person in this battle where Min Er Si made his debut.

At this time, just behind the ridge of the main ambush position, Li Yuexuan called all five grenade launcher groups of the team to his side: "Listen carefully, this time the Japanese have 5 trucks coming, and the trucks are full of Japanese soldiers. Our mission is very important! Wait, listen to my orders. I will be in charge of the first three trucks; Bai Dashan will be in charge of trucks No. 11 and 3, and Huang Haihun will be in charge of trucks No. 4 and 5..."

"Whether this ambush will be an easy one or a fierce battle depends on whether our grenade launchers can blow up all these trucks in the initial bombing!" Li Yuexuan encouraged everyone.

"Comrades, this time the Japs really cooperated with our battle! This opportunity is very rare! Just think about it, the Japs soldiers are pulled in the truck bed, driving over here slowly. They can't shoot accurately in the car, so they can only get off and shoot! And when they are in the car, it is our best time to annihilate them! So, don't be afraid, just hit them hard!" Zheng Changfeng said.

With mutual encouragement from everyone and inspiration from the officers and soldiers, the Japanese drove through the section of road south of Zhoujia Village and entered the valley of Woniu Mountain.

Gaga gaga... ce ce ce... the convoy entered the valley, and the Japanese's light and heavy machine guns on the vehicles kept firing at the surroundings. Well, the Japanese were just trying to alert the enemy, and the sentry on the artillery tower was right.

The current situation is that the grass has been beaten and the snakes have been startled! However, these "snakes" are lying in their respective ambush positions, waiting for the battle to come without moving. Especially the squad leaders and veterans of each squad, while lurking themselves, they also take care of the new recruits around them. Once they find that the new recruits have their fingers on the trigger, they will stop them immediately! That's right, they are afraid of being exposed in advance!

They don't dare to expose themselves in advance. What they want is a sudden blow and the first-mover advantage. This is called striking first to gain the advantage!

They didn't dare to expose themselves in advance, but Wang Zixian and his men on the mountain road east of Yin Jiulang Village had to prepare for exposure in advance. At this time, they put their rifles in front of them, with a bag of fried noodles on one shoulder and a decent package on the other. Well, it was the military uniforms that they had taken off the devils before, and they packed several kilograms of packages and carried them for show.

Rumble... The Japanese convoy was getting closer and closer. When a soldier from the transport squad saw the Japanese trucks, he decisively fired a shot at the convoy, and then the whole squad ran forward like flying.

"Hurry up, run to the turning ahead, and our mission will be accomplished. There is a reinforcement squad over there helping to set up an ambush!" Wang Zixian shouted as he ran, asking everyone to follow closely.

Faced with the sudden appearance of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese truck driver paused for a moment, then stepped on the accelerator and rumbled forward.

The leading truck was running, and the heavy machine gun on the roof began to rattle, but it was shaking so much that it couldn't hold the gun down.

"Run... run, as long as we can lead the Japanese into the directional blasting area, it will be much easier for us!" On the ridge, Zhao Danian and Xing Weiguo were worried as they watched the Japanese chasing their "decoy team". This scene was very similar to the quails in the mountains. When they encountered danger, the female quail would pretend to be injured to lure away the enemy and protect the cubs.

However, this time, it was the "cub" who lured the enemy, leaving the "mother" to kill the enemy!

"What's going on? Why did it speed up?" Ishihara Kazuo was on the third truck at the time. When he saw the truck speeding up, he asked.

"Report to the captain, we just spotted a squad of the Eighth Route Army fleeing ahead!" Ishihara finally understood what was going on after hearing the loud shouts of the Japanese soldiers on the car.

"Baga..." Ishihara cursed angrily, then turned around and saw Yin Jiulang Village in front of him, and was shocked.

"Stop the car, everyone in the rear of the convoy stop, let the trucks in the front act as the vanguard to chase the enemy. Everyone pay attention to the surrounding environment and guard against ambushes!" Captain Ishihara was smart enough to know that something was a little strange.

However, Ishihara woke up a little too late! That's right, Wang Zixian did not make a wasted trip. At least he made the Japanese speed up for several minutes before they noticed Yin Jiulang Village. It was precisely during these few minutes that the Japanese convoy had approached within 500 meters to the west of Yin Jiulang Village!

"This is a relief! Don't worry about me, just bomb the convoy that stopped behind!" On the mountain, Li Yuexuan said, took out a phone, and looked up to the east. When he saw the comrades of the transport team passing the turn to the east, he decisively shook the handle of the phone, allowing the current to pass through the wires and reach every explosion point.

Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom... The 20 bombing points arranged today finally came in handy at this time. Countless iron sands were brought to the Japanese convoy by the shock wave of the explosion at a distance of about 50 meters from the mountain road! Whether it was the Japanese trucks that were still chasing in front or the trucks that had just stopped, they were all covered by this layer of iron sand. Swish... The iron sands were like a gust of wind, causing countless Japanese soldiers to feel heartbroken! This was really heartbreaking, because many Japanese soldiers were sitting on the side of the truck and were hit right in the chest.

"Shoot..." The directional mines exploded, and Zhao Danian also shouted loudly, raised his Type 38 rifle, and fired the first shot again.

At this time, the comrades did not care about the situation of the devils, but raised their guns and fired at the nearest devils. As for whether the devils were dead or alive, they would shoot first!
"Boom boom boom... Boom boom boom..." On the top of the mountain, the soldiers with heavy machine guns pushed aside the thatched grass that served as cover. Luo Wei pressed the firing button, and the 24-caliber machine gun began to spray fire. With the sound of gunfire, bullets were fired from the top of the mountain and hit the convoy directly. As for how many Japanese soldiers were killed? No one cared, they just needed to suppress them!
At the same time, veteran soldiers with good marksmanship, such as Tian Chuan, Bai Dabao, Xu Hongying, Cai Xiaotian, and Tian E, immediately pointed their guns at the heavy machine gun on the roof of the vehicle, without caring whether the machine gunner had been killed by the directional blasting just now, and just fired at it.

In addition to these veterans shooting, the new recruits who received the signal from the veterans also opened fire. Three Czech-style guns also strafed the convoy of nine vehicles behind the Japanese from different angles.

As they were firing, Li Yuexuan let go of the phone, grabbed the grenade launcher, held it at 45 degrees with his left hand, and pulled the trigger with his right hand. Before he fired the first grenade, the four grenade launchers following him had already fired their first grenades and were aiming for the second one.

In addition to them, there were also several veterans hiding behind the village wall. Through the observation hole on the wall, they saw a truck parked on the side of the road. More than half of the Japanese soldiers on the truck were dead or wounded, but there were still some Japanese soldiers crawling under the truck. They pulled the string of the grenade in their hands without hesitation and threw it out.

Well, these guys were herders in Beiyue District, so throwing grenades was a sure thing! So, after a few bangs, the devils on a truck were killed.

Just as the hand grenade exploded here, the grenade from the grenade launcher from the north finally landed! With a few loud explosions, three trucks were hit by a grenade on each of their cargo boxes, and one truck was hit by a grenade on its front. In the hail of bullets, the explosion of these four grenades was particularly eye-catching! All I could see flying in the sky were the broken limbs of the devils, which was really a beautiful sight!
Is that the end? No! The heavy machine guns continued to suppress the fire, the light machine guns continued to fire short shots, and the rifles also fired at their respective targets. No one stopped!

Then, the grenade launchers' grenades flew into the air again, this time five grenade launcher groups fired together, and the Japanese in the convoy were hit by five grenades again.

What is tactical coordination? This is tactical coordination! The guerrillas are not numerous, but their firepower is good! In the case of a surprise attack, they can at least have a 10-second advantage in firepower output! As long as they can defeat the main force of the devil in these 10 seconds, then they can continue to fight or evacuate!
Of course, the Japanese would not be willing to be used as a live target! When the directional blast went off, some Japanese drivers wanted to start their cars to evade, but it took time for the cars to stop and start again. By the time the trucks could start, four of them had already been hit.

As the car started to move slowly, 5 grenades fell, and the truck in the front was hit on the truck bed, and the Japanese soldiers inside were blown to the ground. The remaining 4 trucks actually started to move, cleverly avoiding the 4 grenades. Seeing this, Li Yuexuan didn't care about anything else, and fired another grenade at the fastest speed, blowing up a truck.

At this point, 11 of the 6 trucks were destroyed, and 5 were left. However, with the one truck destroyed by the grenade near the village, the enemy had lost 7 trucks, and only 4 were still able to move. There was no other way, the directional mines and bullets had not damaged the tires of the trucks, so the trucks were still able to move.

The truck was moving, but this was not what the devils wanted! Because of this, the devils could only passively take the beating, and they could not make an effective counterattack! Therefore, some devils jumped out of the truck bed, hid under the blown-up truck, behind the wheels, and behind the front of the truck, and started to fight back.

At this point, the ambush turned into a shootout! However, the Japanese had lost most of their forces, including the Japanese on the front truck. There were only about 50 Japanese soldiers left in the entire convoy who could still fight. Well, this was pretty good!

Bang... Bang... There were Type 38 rifles on both sides, and the same gunshots echoed in the valley, but the casualties were not as much as before!

At the foot of the mountain, the Japanese hid behind trucks, providing cover and making them difficult to aim at; on the mountain, the Eighth Route Army had foxholes dug in advance and sandbags used as cover, so the casualty rate was not high.

However, the enemy's stronghold is just over 2 kilometers away! Such a battle cannot be a stalemate! Once it is a stalemate, the enemy reinforcements will come, and the guerrillas will be in trouble! You know, within a few dozen miles around, the enemy has a county town and a stronghold, but the guerrillas have no reinforcements!

So, either fight quickly and decisively, or retreat quickly!

"Peregrine, we have suffered five casualties, you can do what you want!" Zhao Danian shouted for "do what you want", which meant letting Li Yuexuan do what he wanted.

"Understood!" Li Yuexuan ignored the trucks that were already reversing and pointed at the scrapped trucks and shouted, "All the grenade launchers, fire the grenades at the sides and rear of the trucks! Grenades..."

Reaching out and taking out a grenade, Li Yuexuan aimed at the rear of a truck and fired a grenade directly. After a few seconds, the grenade exploded on the south side of the truck, and the several Japanese soldiers who were still shooting immediately stopped moving. At this time, grenades also fell from the back of several other trucks, killing some Japanese soldiers again.

The Japanese soldiers would not hide here and wait for death. Some of them simply avoided the position of the convoy and ran to the field in the south. Seeing the Japanese soldiers without cover, the soldiers on the top of the mountain opened fire and killed seven or eight more Japanese soldiers.

The following battle fell into a stalemate. That's right, there were a dozen veteran Japanese soldiers hiding under the front of the truck, so that they couldn't be hit by grenades and bullets, and they would occasionally shoot with their guns. In this situation, it was necessary to fight in close combat! However, the soldiers of the vanguard squad ran back and told everyone a bad news: "The Japanese stronghold has reinforced its troops!"

There are still more than a hundred devils in the devil's stronghold. If they all come out at once, it will be difficult to fight! Therefore, Zhao Danian decisively ordered - withdraw while you are ahead!

(End of this chapter)