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Chapter 234 Chapter 233, The Real Cruel Begins

Fortunately, everyone's hesitation was quickly dispelled by the sound of Captain Hua's gunfire! That's right, when Captain Hua ran to the line of walnut trees, he raised his pistol and fired at the mountain.

Bang, bang, bang... The sound of the box gun was particularly crisp, which dispelled the doubts of the soldiers on the mountain and also made the Japanese observer who was mixed in with the puppet army put down the gun aimed at Captain Hua.

"Baga, attack, they're dying..." The performance of the puppet soldiers was so poor that the artillery observers couldn't help but yell at the puppet soldiers around them to attack.

"Charge!" The puppet soldiers may not be afraid of their own captain, but they are definitely afraid of the devils around them! So, they mustered up their strength again and launched a second wave of charge.

The puppet army began to charge. Some of them ran straight ahead, some raised their guns and fired a shot before running again, and some tripped while running. It was not known whether it was intentional or accidental.

In short, the puppet troops rushed past the walnut tree line and gathered in a crowded area of ​​about 50 meters on the mountain road. There were more than 100 puppet troops. If they rushed up like this, wouldn't they be courting death? So, Captain Mao did not wait for the Japanese to get close to the 100-meter minefield. He decisively raised his gun and fired a bullet, killing Captain Hua who was running in front.

The sound of gunfire was an order! As soon as the gunfire rang out from his side, the soldiers who had long been unable to hold back any longer thrust their guns out of the firing holes and opened fire at the puppet troops who were still charging.

Bang... Dadada... Cecece... All kinds of firepower rang out, and the puppet soldiers fell to the ground visibly.

Yes, the sunlight was very dazzling, especially when looking directly at it! But the shooting holes on the mountain were all dug at an angle, either facing northwest or southwest, but not facing west. Of course, the southwest would have the sunlight shining directly at them, but the soldiers' heads were blocked by the trenches, so the crosshairs would only have glare.

Of course, these are not the main points. The main point is that the puppet army was too close! The 10th Company of the 30th Battalion also had more than veterans! With them firing at such a close distance, and the puppet army crammed so close, it would be unreasonable if they couldn't hit accurately...

As a result, the puppet soldiers suddenly discovered that the magic water they drank did not seem to be able to avoid bullets, and their captain was not a god. At this time, some puppet soldiers discovered that there were 4 black gun barrels facing them on the Eighth Route Army position not far away, and even spewed out long fire snakes...

Boom boom boom... The firing of the shotgun was so intense! Driven by the black powder gas, the iron sand flew across the distance of a hundred meters and suddenly hit the puppet army.

Ahhhh… the screams of the puppet soldiers could be heard from more than 100 meters away. The most intuitive impression was that after the shotgun blast, the puppet soldiers who were huddled together fell to the ground in unison.

That’s good now, soldiers, take a break, there are basically few targets left!
"Hey, is this the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army? What kind of weapon was that that fired just now?" On the Mianyang Mountain, Sakata Nobutsu watched the assault that lasted for about 10 minutes, put down the telescope, and asked the adjutant beside him.

"This... our intelligence said that the Eighth Route Army had a weapon that was very powerful in close range shooting, but we have never found a physical object to verify it. We only heard about it from some soldiers! Now it seems that this is it! It can destroy dozens of Imperial Army troops with a single salvo. Such a weapon is much more useful than a light machine gun! In some ways, it is even comparable to a mountain artillery!" the adjutant said carefully.

"Yo, that's just a weapon that can only exert its power at close range. This doesn't pose much of a restriction on our tactics! Our training and weapons and equipment are actually aimed at accurate shooting! Unfortunately, our light machine guns are too bad! All right, the artillery observer in front is back, let's prepare the artillery positions!" "Give another order to the Imperial Army Battalion, and let them continue to prepare a squadron, and attack immediately when the shelling stops! Tell them that the team must be dispersed, and don't rush forward all at once to attack, and leave enough firing range for the heavy machine gun positions behind! Baka, these Imperial Army troops need to strengthen their training!" Although he didn't care about the life and death of the puppet army, he was not satisfied with the puppet army's fighting style.

"Moses Moses..." At the front line, where the 1st Battalion of the Imperial Army was surrounded and where the Japanese supervision team was located, the artillery observer who had just followed the puppet army for close observation was on the phone.

They had just followed the puppet army in the attack, and found a place to stay and observe halfway. After seeing the firepower arrangement of the Eighth Route Army, they retreated. At this time, they connected to the artillery position...

"Test firing? Yosi, let's use the junction of this mountain road and the position on the mountain as the impact point? Yosi, shoot..." Yamamoto Daikuma held the telephone, shouted loudly, and signaled his comrades to observe.

At the Japanese artillery position, in front of a mountain cannon, the Japanese artillery commander gave an order, the flag bearer waved the flag, the gunner pulled the fuse, and a mountain cannon shell was fired.

"Tell the comrades to disperse and hide immediately, and be careful of the artillery fire! Disperse the shotguns and move positions!" At this time, Captain Mao was giving loud orders to the soldiers.

At this moment, the whistling sound of artillery shells came from above his head, which made his heart tighten: "Everyone lie down..." Captain Mao shouted loudly, crouched down, and hid in the cat ear hole beside him.

Boom... A huge explosion was heard above his head. Captain Mao felt as if his whole body was shaken. Then countless earth and rocks fell from above his head and landed in the trenches beside him.

"Company Commander..." The soldiers nearby shouted loudly. Several soldiers rushed forward and used their hands to dig away the earth and rocks covering their company commander.

"Cough cough cough... cough cough, I'm dying of suffocation. Fortunately, this is the enemy's mountain artillery. It didn't kill me! If this was a heavy artillery, I would be honored! What are you talking about? I can't hear you. My ears are deafened! I tell you, this was the enemy's test firing. It must have missed the target. It's okay! Don't cry, Xiao Duanni, you won't die! Everyone, the second and third rows will evacuate the positions immediately. The first row will stay. Be careful to avoid the artillery!"

After witnessing the bombardment of the Japanese mountain artillery, the 10th company commander ordered two platoons to evacuate the trenches, leaving one platoon to hold the position. No one told him what to do, but he knew it was the right thing to do. Well, he was once a platoon leader of the first battalion and had encountered such a battle in the Beiyue area.

With the order from the company commander, the two platoons of the 10th Company quickly left the front line along the trench leading to the communication trench at the foot of the mountain in the east. The 1st platoon leader who stayed behind also asked the soldiers to disperse as much as possible in the trench, and the rest depended on who had better luck.

It was at this time that the Japanese artillerymen adjusted the latest parameters and finally started firing in unison.

Chirp, chirp...Boom, boom...As the shells exploded, the truly brutal battle began.

(End of this chapter)