Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Chapter 17 Chapter 017, Captain, your words are golden.

"Are these our martyrs?" On the mountain, Li Yuexuan, lying in a prone shooting shelter with a telescope in hand, watched the entire scene. The shock in his heart made his hands tremble.

"Xiao Li, are you scared? Don't be afraid, just keep your hands steady!" Zhao Danian's words appeared in Li Yuexuan's ears.

"Captain, the word 'afraid' has not even appeared in my dictionary!" Regardless of whether Zhao Danian understood or not, Li Yuexuan continued, "I am now looking forward to the devils coming over quickly so that I can destroy them! Our comrades cannot sacrifice in vain, there must be a few devils going down to accompany them!"

After saying that, Li Yuexuan stopped talking and waited quietly for Zhao Danian's battle order.

Everyone knew that the guerrillas' mission this time was to cooperate with the 3rd Company. However, when to fire and where to fire were very particular. Therefore, everyone was waiting quietly. They even used dry grass to camouflage the simple positions they had just built, just to catch the enemy by surprise.

"Haha, you did a really good job!" Zhao Danian didn't say much, and then picked up his Zeiss telescope and looked towards the battlefield in the south.

"Damn it... Just three Eighth Route Army soldiers cost us the lives of nine imperial soldiers, and there are three wounded! Baka!" Captain Kato Nobuo's roar rang out in the valley.

As the person in charge of this pursuit mission and also the squadron leader, Kato Nobuo was really disappointed with today's battle. Yes, he was disappointed. And at the same time as he was disappointed, he also felt a little bit of fear? Well, he would not admit that he was afraid, but this mentality really existed.

In today's battle, at the beginning, his brigade attacked the village where the Eighth Route Army was located. But they were discovered by the Eighth Route Army, and then the attack turned into a strong attack. In the end, the village was captured and more than 50 Eighth Route Army soldiers were killed. And his own brigade also lost more than people in the battle. This number was enough to surprise him, because the casualties were more than theirs!
Then, his squadron was ordered to chase the fleeing Eighth Route Army and to catch up and annihilate all the enemies. However, his team had 180 people at the beginning, but now only had 132 people who could fight, and suffered 48 casualties. Oh no, including the current casualties, his squadron only had 120 people who could fight.

Even so, there was no one to take care of the wounded. If a small team was sent to take care of all the wounded, his combat soldiers would only be a little over 100.

And what was their record? 18 Eighth Route Army soldiers were killed by them! This was the casualty ratio.

How could he not be surprised, heartbroken and terrified by such a loss ratio? If this continued, would the Empire still have a hope of occupying China?
Without time to think about the future of the empire, Kato Nobuo immediately led the remaining team to continue the pursuit. The wounded were not abandoned, and he actually separated a small team of Japanese soldiers and used carts to pull the wounded to follow the team. However, this pursuit was not smooth, because they had to stop after only moving forward more than 100 meters.

"Baga... The Eighth Route Army has set up a blocking position again! I hope there will be more people on the position this time!" Standing on a rock by the river valley, Kato Nobuo held a telescope and saw the soldiers of the 3rd Company who were holding guns and preparing for battle.

Through the telescope, he saw more than 30 firing points. Adding those he had not discovered, Kato concluded that the Eighth Route Army in front was about a squad.

Seeing this, he waved his hand with satisfaction and said, "Kishida, take your team and make a test attack! If the Eighth Route Army does not flee immediately, be prepared for a strong attack! Watanabe, take your team and penetrate the mountains in the east and attack from the side! Be careful not to enter the mountains, do not leave the river too far, and do not chase after small-scale enemies."

"Ha Yi..." The two Japanese officers went to carry out the order, and Kato continued to stand here and observe the battle situation.

"Captain, the Japanese are more than 400 meters away from us in a straight line, and it's difficult to fight them!" On the mountain, Li Yuexuan put down the telescope and said to Zhao Danian.

"Well, our position is relatively remote, but we have the advantage of height. Let's wait and see. When the Japanese attack, we will help... No, some Japanese have separated from their main force. Are they delivering food?"

As they were talking, they saw the Japanese had already begun to attack, and naturally saw Watanabe Sanzo who was taking 13 Japanese soldiers to make a detour. "One squad, plus a small squad, this number is obviously more than ours!" Zhao Danian put down the telescope again, and then laughed: "That's good, this detour will be handed over to us! Weiguo, let's see how good our shooting is later!"

"Don't worry, Lao Zhao. Within 200 meters, we can shoot wherever we point! However, after changing to a new gun, you still need to get used to two guns," said Xing Weiguo.

"That's right. The ballistics of the new guns are different, and you need to adapt to them! Yanlong, Yanbao, you guys should change to the Type 38 rifles and try them out!" Zhao Danian continued to give orders.

"No problem!" Huyan Long and Huyan Bao put down their Type 99 rifles, picked up their Type 38 rifles, and skillfully pulled the bolts, loaded the bullets, and aimed. These two were from the main force, and their marksmanship was OK. Of course, Hu Lanzhou's marksmanship was also good, and he was also a firepower point for killing the enemy. As for the others? Tian Chuan was a good shooter. Zhao Danian didn't have much hope for the others. It was said before that it was so exciting, but when the real fight came, it was these veterans who were reliable.

Ce ce ce... Ce ce ce... The unique sound of Type 3 light rifles came from the foot of the mountain. Three Type 3 light rifles fired at the position of the rd Company, completing the suppression of the Japanese before the attack.

The devils attacked, and the guerrillas had no combat orders for a while, so Li Yuexuan simply gave up the prone shooting position and left Shui Lianzhu there. He himself turned over to the three-person bunker and picked up the grenade launcher placed there.

Hiding his head behind a stone, Li Yuexuan stretched his eyes and looked through the gap in the stone to the south at the position of the 3rd Company. This was the firing hole he left for the side-firing point, which now became his observation hole.

"Machine gun fire point, 4 devils, straight-line distance 341 meters, height difference 48 meters, actual projection distance, scale adjustment..." Without having to measure the distance himself, this standard number appeared in front of him. Then, Li Yuexuan naturally picked up the grenade launcher, kept it at a horizontal angle of 45 degrees, and then adjusted the number on the scale.

After the adjustment, he found that Zhao Danian had not ordered to open fire. He could only look at Zhao Danian's position awkwardly, and then shouted: "Captain, do you want to give some assistance to the 3rd Company to knock out the enemy's machine gun?"

"If you can fight, just try it! Everyone else, pay attention, the Japanese enemies who have made a detour have entered our firing range, be ready to fight at any time! Li Yuexuan, you can do whatever you want!" Zhao Danian's voice rang out.

At this moment, on the position of the 3rd Company, Captain Huang had a gloomy face: "Damn it, the Japs only know this trick, right? Machine gun, they are bullying us because we only have one machine gun, right? Damn it, at this time, if we can have a shell to blow up the Japs' machine gun!"

"Captain, what are you thinking about? If a shell really falls from the sky, it will hit us!" Xiao Mao, a soldier who was suppressed by the Japanese and could not raise his head, retorted.

Chirp… At this moment, there was a whistling sound in the air. It should be the grenade fired by the Japanese grenade launcher. But why didn't this sound come towards me?
Just when Captain Huang and his men were wondering, a machine gun fire point of the Japanese suddenly exploded with a bang...

"Company commander, your words are as good as gold, and whatever you say comes true!" Mao Xiaobei expressed everyone's thoughts.

"Huh? I just said it casually, but there really was a shell that blew up the Japanese machine gun fire point! Otherwise, how about two more and blow up the rest?" Captain Huang was already excited and said casually.

Then... chirp... chirp... boom... boom...

(End of this chapter)