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Chapter 26 Chapter 026, Grenade launcher can also launch grenades
"Captain, we can't hold on any longer! Request tactical guidance!" On the mountain, a Japanese soldier broke away from the group of seven and ran along the path to Kawashima to report.

"What? Only 20 minutes have passed and you can't hold on?" Kawashima was not tall, so he simply climbed onto a big rock and looked towards the top of the mountain.

"We only have seven soldiers left..." The Japanese special agent sergeant, or warrant officer, reported to Kawashima on the side.

"Baka..." Kawashima also saw his soldiers being suppressed and couldn't help cursing. Then, a feeling of powerlessness came over him.

"Honma, go back up, fire a few quick shots, and then... retreat..." Kawashima knew that if he didn't run, he would be in danger, so he gave the order decisively. Then, he said to the Japanese soldiers around him: "Take off your grenades, pull the safety, and throw them directly off the cliff!"

"Ha..." The Japanese took off the Type 97 grenades from their bodies, pulled the safety pins, quietly came to the edge of the cliff, and threw them down with all their strength.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...one after another black grenades fell from the sky, triggered the fuses after colliding in the river valley, and exploded with a bang after an interval of 4 seconds.

And then, nothing happened. The Japanese soldiers on the cliff began to retreat down the mountain along the road.

Why didn't the Japanese throw grenades during the previous battle? The Japanese threw grenades downwards, so they were taking advantage of the situation, right?

The explanation is: if the Japanese want to kill people with grenades, they must at least throw the grenades in front of the enemy, right? But the guerrillas are in the river valley at the foot of the mountain, about a hundred meters away from the cliff where the Japanese are. The Type 97 hand grenade used by the Japanese is a handleless grenade, and the throwing distance is much closer than the wooden handle grenade.

However, there is no doubt that these grenades exploding at the foot of the mountain can provide cover for a wave of enemies.

"Retreat...quickly!" On the cliff, Kawashima ran and shouted, leading the Japanese soldiers around him to the south. At this time, the Japanese soldiers on the top of the mountain had just received the order brought back by Ichiro Homma and knew that they could retreat. So, they pulled the bolts and loaded the bullets, ready to stand up and fire a few shots.

But what the Japanese didn't know was that while they were preparing to retreat, Li Yuexuan was also ready to take action!

Because when the Japanese soldier named Ichiro Honma came down the mountain to ask for tactical guidance, Li Yuexuan was also trying to find a way to deal with the Japanese soldiers who were hiding and not showing up.

"The Japanese are hiding behind the front line on the top of the mountain. We can't be hit by direct fire, so we can only use indirect fire! However, there are only three special grenades..." As he spoke, Li Yuexuan saw the ruler on the grenade launcher.

The Japanese grenade launcher has two sets of scales. One set is for special grenades. This special grenade has a smooth shell and a copper seal in the middle to ensure airtightness and increase the range. The other set of scales is for the Type 10 or Type 91 grenades carried by the Japanese soldiers.

When the Japanese designed the grenade launcher, they had the idea of ​​universal ammunition. Therefore, the bottom of the Type 97 and Type grenades can be connected to the tail tube of the propellant. The Type is not the same, it is specially used for soldiers to throw out. And the handleless grenades seized last night have such a propellant tube.

"Dabao, you hurry to our captain's place and bring over those handleless grenades!" Li Yuexuan shouted to Bai Dabao.

"Just that box of iron lumps?" Bai Dabao confirmed again.

"Yes, that's it. Bring it here, even the box!" Li Yuexuan repeated. "Right away!" Bai Dabao put the Mosin-Nagant on his back and ran away. While running, he stuffed several orange shells into his pockets. Picking up the shells was the captain's request.

Li Yuexuan and his men were not far from their main position. So Bai Dabao ran over, reported to the captain, and returned with the grenade in his arms. It took only a minute. At this time, Li Yuexuan was not idle either. He jumped off the big rock, found a relatively soft muddy ground, and built a temporary launch position.

Just when Bai Dabao returned, he had already adjusted the scale of the grenade launcher to the bottom, leaving enough space for the launch tube to ensure that the ammunition could be fired far enough.

"Military doctor, these are the grenades you want!" Bai Dabao came to Li Yuexuan holding the grenades, opened the box, revealing the neatly arranged grenades inside.

"Ha, we've been waiting for them! Look, we can also use such grenades in our grenade launchers!" Li Yuexuan stretched out his hand, took out a grenade with a propellant tube from the box, and stuffed it directly into the barrel of the grenade launcher.

"Little devil, I never thought your ancestor had this..." Li Yuexuan muttered, and suddenly found a few more people around him. Looking up, Xing Weiguo came over with a few comrades.

"Deputy Captain, how did you get here?" Li Yuexuan steadied his hands and asked casually.

"We are guerrillas, so of course we need to be flexible and mobile! Can this also be used as a cannonball?" Xing Weiguo looked at Li Yuexuan's operation curiously and asked.

"Well, but this can only be done with the small launch pad underneath! Do you have any instructions?" Li Yuexuan knew that Xing Weiguo would not come here casually, there was something going on.

"In our main position, the captain and his three companions, plus Tianchuan, the four of us are enough to suppress the Japanese. So, how about we have a coordinated infantry and artillery operation?" Xing Weiguo used a negotiating tone, but spoke quickly because this was a battlefield.

"Then let's fight! I will throw 6 grenades over, you guys count them! Also... let Dabao come with you, Dashan and I will cover you here!" Li Yuexuan said.

"Okay! That's it, comrades, follow me, let's kill them! Dabao, follow up!" While Xing Weiguo was speaking, he rolled up his sleeves and put the bayonet on the Type 38 rifle.

Following him were Hu Lanzhou and several other guerrillas. There were not many of them, and with Bai Dabao there were only five of them. The guerrillas had not lost any men in the battle so far, but Luo Wei and Yun Chao had followed the 5rd Company in the charge; Zhang Lu was hit by shrapnel, but his life was not in danger for the time being; and there were three wounded men on the captain's side, so Tian Chuan stayed there to take care of them.

What does it mean? With Li Yuexuan's grenade launcher and Bai Dashan's rifle as cover, Xing Weiguo dared to lead five guerrillas to rush forward for hand-to-hand combat.

Time is so short! Xing Weiguo discussed with Li Yuexuan here, and combined with the time wasted before, they just happened to wait for the Japanese to arrive, and Honma Ichiro brought the order to the top of the mountain.

and so……

(End of this chapter)