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Chapter 405 Chapter 404, The Unreasonable and the Sheep Herding
At the front, Officer Xiao Gu was pinned down in a trench by the comrades of the first battalion, and was not allowed to approach the front. Although Comrade Xiao Gu repeatedly emphasized that his semi-automatic gun was not a pushover, it was still useless!

"Comrade Xiao Gu, you are a civilian staff after all, right? Let us take care of the fighting!" an old soldier platoon leader consoled him with a smile.

"Old comrade, I shoot very accurately with my gun, no worse than you! I was fighting at noon, why can't you do it here? Forget it, I won't argue with you about this. Who is responsible for the new weapon? Don't forget, we still have to give them actual combat data!" Xiao Gu said.

"Don't worry, there is a special combat team in charge. You just need to watch over here!" The veteran platoon leader patted Xiao Gu on the back and said, "You are an educated person and you are still young. You should save your life when it is not necessary! It is good to save your life. If you keep a life and live until the war is won, you can also have more children!"

While the two were talking, Lieutenant Kobayashi in front of the battle line had already brought his men into attacking distance.

At 300 meters, Kobayashi waved his hand, and immediately a Japanese machine gunner with a Type light machine gun lay down in a position that he had already found, and opened fire to suppress the main position of Lion's Head Mountain.

At the same time, the Type 200 heavy machine gun in the Japanese army was also firing bullets meters behind the attacking team, providing covering fire for the attacking team.

At this time, the Japanese heavy machine gunners and machine gunners no longer had the arrogance and confidence they had at the beginning of the war. They were now like frightened birds, looking up after firing a few shots, fearing that a grenade would fall and blow them up.

That's right, this is how the Japanese soldiers of the 4th Independent Mixed Brigade felt! This feeling came from the lessons they learned from their repeated encounters with the Eighth Route Army.

Fortunately, this time, the Eighth Route Army on the mountain did not seem to be as strong as the Eighth Route Army in Ping'an County to the south. At least in the battle this morning, not many machine gunners died under the grenades of the grenade launcher. And it was obvious that the Eighth Route Army guarding the mountain was not very strong in combat, at least their shooting skills were not good, and it was rare to cause them damage from 200 meters away.

As if to verify the thoughts of these Japanese machine gunners, there were not many bullets fired from Lion's Head Mountain at this time. There were only sporadic gunshots and occasional bullets flying through the air.

"Don't be in a hurry to shoot, just show your intention. Let the enemy get closer before you shoot!" On the mountain, the platoon leaders of the first battalion shouted loudly beside the soldiers, fearing that they would waste too many bullets.

In such an anxious or slow battle, Xiao Hai, the soldier guarding the bundle of fireworks, was holding the fuse's firing tube tightly.

"When the Japanese in front reach that clump of brambles, they will pull the casing hard and then stay away!" Xiao Hai recalled the instructions of his squad leader and platoon leader in his mind.

"Hey, I'm a deputy squad leader now after all, but the platoon leader is so worried about me and always treats me like a child!" Xiao Hai thought of this and a smile appeared on his lips, as if he had forgotten that he was only 15 years old.

Time seemed to pass very slowly, but also very quickly, because amid the sporadic gunfire, the Japanese soldiers in the front finally reached the bush of brambles that was used as a target. Deputy squad leader Xiao Hai looked up and found that the Japanese soldiers seemed to cooperate with their experiment this time. Nearly half of them gathered in the area 200 to 300 meters ahead, with a span of 100 meters to the left and right.

What are you waiting for? Xiao Hai quickly pulled the ignition tube with all his strength, and with a hiss, the fuse of the fireworks shell was lit. Seeing the smoke rising, Comrade Hai Runsheng turned to the right twice in succession, then rolled on the ground, and in the blink of an eye he was about 20 meters away. "Is this enough?" Xiao Hai lay in the shallow trench, looking at the guy who was buried in the soil with only about 5 centimeters exposed.

Boom, boom, boom... one by one, the fireworks flew out with smoke, which made Hai Runsheng want to see the effect of the bombing. However, he was at the front line at this time. Before the battle, the platoon leader had issued a strict order that no one could show up until the main position was fully opened!

So, he could only lie there, listening to the explosions coming from the east mountain with his two comrades...

"Haha, very good, very good, the Japs are very cooperative. The effect of this firework is also good. Look at that Jap, he was directly blown into a bloody mist. It's awesome!" In the trench on the mountain, the veteran platoon leader and Officer Xiao Gu both lay on the trench, watching the effect of the explosion through the observation port.

"With this power... I can judge that the Japanese in the explosion area will basically not survive!" Xiao Gu made this conclusion as he watched large balls of fire explode among the Japanese.

In fact, his judgment was not wrong! A firework shell with an explosion radius of 10 meters and carrying more than 1000 steel balls would have a much stronger effect than the most powerful military grenade available! Moreover, steel balls are not useless after flying 10 meters. They can still hit people even after flying 100 meters!

So...those Japanese soldiers in the explosion area who were able to leave their bodies intact would be considered lucky!
"What?" At the foot of the mountain, Lieutenant Kobayashi wiped his face and saw blood all over his hands. He also felt a burning pain on his face.

"Baka, we can't fight this anymore. The Eighth Route Army actually has such a powerful close-combat artillery! Moreover, this is different from the previous direct fire, this is an indirect fire! Listen to my orders, turn around..."

Well, Lieutenant Kobayashi got scared and thought it would be better to get down the mountain quickly, follow his captain's footsteps, and return to the city!
It's true that the Japanese expatriates and soldiers had great execution capabilities! As soon as Lieutenant Kobayashi gave the order, they all ran away, not caring whether their comrades were safe or not.

"Is it time to start herding the sheep?" Captain Kong, who was watching the battle from the mountain, uttered these words softly while watching the hastily retreating Japanese troops. Then, he saw traces of artillery shells in the sky, which landed just at the northeast and southeast corners of the Japanese positions.

Boom boom... The sound of the explosion had not yet reached my ears, but the flames of the explosion were clearly visible! So, Commander Kong waved his hand and said to his artillery platoon leader: "The sheep-circling tactics, begin!"

"Yes, Commander!" The artillery platoon leader answered loudly, then personally operated a mortar and led two other mortars to launch artillery fire at the Japanese's north and south positions.

Cooperating with them are the grenade throwers at the front line. The new grenade throwers can fire at a maximum range of 900 meters. When accuracy is not a requirement, they are still very effective in herding sheep!

(End of this chapter)