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Chapter 165 Chapter 164, sneak attack and retreat

Li Yuexuan was hiding in a newly dug soldier pit, with his back against the pit wall. The backpack behind him blocked the cold air and made him feel warm. His eyes were slightly closed, and there were traces of blinking from time to time, which meant that he was not sleeping at all, but was still awake.

In fact, there were many team members like him, and they all closed their eyes and waited for the next attack, while also guarding against the Japanese's counterattack. The strange thing was that they had been on the south slope for several hours tonight, but they were not bombed by the Japanese's grenade launchers. This made people wonder if the Japanese were playing some tricks.

Let's not talk about what tricks the Japanese played for now. Fukawa Akira said that he also wanted to use a grenade launcher to blow up the hill, but the new grenade launcher soldiers couldn't do it!

作为独立混成旅团的中队长，啥啥的都是别人挑剩下的，而且还是被挑三拣四之后剩下的，这里面的苦楚给谁说去？这可不是瞎说，因为此时鬼子已经在本土组建了32、33、34、35、36这5个新的师团，还要着手组建37、38、39、40、41这5个师团。

Think about it, the new recruits of the devils are enlisted, and after rigorous training, they can enter the combat units. Then these new recruits must first meet the needs of the regular divisions in the front line, then the needs of the special divisions, and then meet the needs of the newly established divisions, and they have to form new divisions twice.

Although the Japanese's troop resources are often linked to divisions, when it comes to the independent mixed brigade, it has been picked at least three times.

In fact, it was already very difficult for the Japanese to fill the establishment, what else was there to ask for? Haven't you seen the Central Army? Many of the troops are just in name only, and there are not enough soldiers at all.

For example, the 33rd Army Group, which is also part of the Central Army, is called a group army, but it actually consists of four armies, and it was formed by forcibly combining the 4th Army of the Northeast Army, the 29th Army and the 77th Army of the Northwest Army, and the 55th Army of General Zhang Zizhong's headquarters. Why did they forcibly combine them together? The main forces of these local armies were exhausted, and they only had numbers but were seriously short of troops, and they were still on the front line of the anti-Japanese war.

Let's take a look at the 34th Army Group, which is also part of the Central Army. This is the principal's direct line. How many people are under it? During the Hu Zongnan period, there were 5 reorganized armies, all of which were direct line troops, and even heavy artillery and tank troops. The key is that they were not on the front line of the Anti-Japanese War, but stationed in Shaanxi. Who were they guarding against? Why did the 120th Division return to northern Shaanxi in an emergency?

When General Zhang died in a decisive battle with the Japanese, the principal's direct line was enjoying itself in the rear. Well, it was just to eliminate dissidents, the principal's routine operation...

There was no moonlight tonight, so the surrounding forests were even darker. It was not pitch dark, but not far from it. In the dark night, the Japanese were not completely motionless. A small group of Japanese took advantage of the cover of darkness and quietly approached the southern slope. The Japanese were trained for night combat. We have to admit that the Japanese were really well trained.

The Japanese moved very quickly. The Japanese at the head of the line was not tall, but his night vision was very good, so he could at least figure out the path ahead. So, without making any noise, the Japanese reached the bottom of the southern slope, less than 200 meters from the top of the mountain.

At such a long distance, if it was daytime, people would be able to see it at a glance. But now it was night, and the Japanese were even on the shady side of the mountain, and the whole place was shrouded in darkness, so it was difficult to be discovered.

If there was no cheat, the Japanese might have been able to get close to the guerrillas. This was normal, because the 771st Regiment had encountered a night attack by the Japanese in Qigeng Village, but the comrades of the 771st Regiment were all experienced in battle. After the initial sneak attack, everyone broke through while coordinating with each other and killed a wave of Japanese. The guerrillas were naturally no match for the old comrades of the 771st Regiment, but we had cheats!

So, when the Japanese were groping along the mountain road and slowly approaching the southern slope, Li Yuexuan's eyes suddenly opened. That's right, the red dot on his small map had come over, so he stopped pretending to be deaf and dumb. Raising his hand and patting Xing Weiguo's shoulder, Li Yuexuan whispered: "Captain, there is movement down the mountain, I smell the Japanese!"

"Really?" Xing Weiguo held his breath and listened attentively, but he didn't hear anything. However, he would not underestimate Li Yuexuan's words, because he knew that the gap between people was sometimes greater than the gap between people and dogs. Therefore, by spreading the news from person to person, all the guerrillas knew that something was happening down the mountain.

After waiting patiently, the Japanese soldiers slowly crawled up the mountain. The distance was less than 100 meters. At this time, everyone could vaguely hear the movement, but it was not very clear.

"Captain, let the comrades prepare the grenades. I will throw a grenade towards the mountain first, and then everyone should look at the situation carefully and throw the grenades down the mountain with all your strength!" Li Yuexuan spoke again.

"Okay, let's do it this way..." Xing Weiguo passed the order down again, and the veterans took out their grenades, unscrewed the back covers and prepared. Li Yuexuan himself, however, erected the grenade launcher, adjusted the scale to 75 meters, and then pulled the trigger.

Boom... The grenade flew up and then fell, and there was a bang on the hillside below the mountain, and then a pile of straw was ignited by the flames of the grenade. With the help of the light that just exploded, the comrades also found the Japanese. So, the Japanese, who had approached more than 60 meters in front of the position, heard a whooshing sound from above their heads, and then more than a dozen grenades exploded around them.

At the moment when the grenade exploded, the sound of Czech and Type 38 rifles came from the top of the mountain. Amid the sound of gunfire, many shining bullets suddenly disappeared, as if they hit something. In just over ten seconds, the pile of straw behind the devil had lit up the dry corn leaves, and the fire also illuminated the devil's shadow.

So, the gunfire and grenades continued, and the comrades saw the shadows of the fleeing devils, gradually disappearing in the light of the straw fire...

"Ha... the peregrine falcon is indeed a peregrine falcon! Not only does it fly the fastest in the sky, but its ears are also very useful, hahaha..." The short half-minute battle started with the guerrillas firing at full force, and ended with the Japanese fleeing in panic. As for the results of the battle, it is difficult to judge, but the biggest result was that we did not allow the Japanese to launch a surprise attack!

The Japanese left, and the top of the mountain fell into silence again. Xing Weiguo felt that he could not stay in one place for too long, so he led the team to the east for a distance, and everyone continued to wait.

(End of this chapter)