Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Chapter 58 058, quit while you’re ahead, it was so close!
The Japanese held their ground and were even able to fight against the first battalion, but they also suffered a lot of casualties! Looking at the mountain road, there were Japanese corpses lying in all directions. There were also some on the hillside, which were left by the Japanese when they retreated. Counting the number, hey, there were probably more than 150.

Of course, these did not include Li Yuexuan's achievements! Li Yuexuan alone, with only one grenade launcher, wiped out the heavy machine gun squadron in less than a minute.

A heavy machine gun squadron has about 135 heads. After Li Yuexuan's bombing, there are still more than 40 Japanese soldiers in this squadron alive. The Japanese soldiers are not stupid. They know that the grenade launcher is coming, so they will not just wait to be bombed, right?

However, at this time, Li Yuexuan did not pay attention to how many Japanese soldiers he killed. Even if he could use the auxiliary panel to grasp the situation of the Japanese soldiers on the battlefield, he did not pay attention. Because he suddenly felt that the breath of danger seemed to be approaching, and there was danger coming. That's right, it was an animal's instinctive feeling, and he felt that danger was coming!
It was when this feeling of impending disaster came that Li Yuexuan's mind suddenly became clear and his rationality returned!

"What kind of danger could it be?" Li Yuexuan glanced at the map on the auxiliary panel and saw a three-dimensional map with him as the center and a radius of 1 km. There were densely packed dots on the map, but this would never be a source of danger for him.

Suddenly, he remembered that the Japanese still had mountain artillery and Type 92 infantry guns behind them! So he quickly retreated from between the two rocks and shouted loudly: "Captain, comrades, let's withdraw while we are ahead, hurry up..." While shouting, he put the grenade launcher in a bag, carried it behind him, and picked up a box of unfired grenades on the ground.

"Okay, retreat! Everyone retreat!" Xing Weiguo seemed to have sensed the danger as well, and quickly withdrew from the battle, shouting to his comrades to leave quickly.

"Ah... Damn it..." Meng suddenly heard Lai Fu scream, and then everyone saw a pool of blood appearing on Lai Fu's left chest.

"Laifu!" Lowe was the first to rush up and quickly supported Laifu.

"It's okay, let's go!" Lai Fu was still able to speak and even run, so everyone felt relieved and ran towards the main position of the first battalion.

Because they were going downhill, they ran very fast without stopping, and only stopped when they reached the camp headquarters.

"Laifu, how are you?" Before he could catch his breath, Li Yuexuan went to check on Laifu. Fortunately, the bullet only grazed his left lower back after Laifu turned around, penetrated his ribs, and came out from his chest. Although the injury looked serious, and in fact it was serious, it was not fatal. Well, this guy is really lucky!

"Brother Laifu, you can only sleep on your right side from now on!" Li Yuexuan took out a bandage to stop the bleeding of Laifu and comforted him casually. He wanted to say something, but then he saw Yun Chao being carried back by his comrades, and then he fell silent.

Before he finished wrapping the bandage, a rumbling explosion sounded from the south. He looked closely and broke out in a cold sweat! Over there, with the two big rocks where Li Yuexuan had just crouched as the center, four rounds of mountain artillery shells exploded at the same time. Then, they extended to both sides... Although the firing angle of the mountain artillery was relatively straight and failed to hit the reverse slope, the shock wave and fragments were still very lethal.

If they had not withdrawn and were still there, this round of bombardment would have reduced the guerrillas by more than half! Well, Li Yuexuan would definitely be the first one to be killed!
However, this was not all the Japanese artillery fire! Because in the explosion of the mountain artillery shells, there were also shells from the Type 92 infantry guns. Although the Type 92 infantry guns were small, they were very powerful, and the rocks and soil that were blown up were also flying all over the sky. The key point was that the Type 92 infantry guns had a large shooting angle, and could even fire at a large angle, and could hit the shells on the reverse slope.

Li Yuexuan quickly retracted his gaze and continued to wrap the bandage around Lai Fu. There was no time to sew him up at this time, so he just had to make do with it.

Seeing his actions, Xing Weiguo and others also sighed silently, the military doctor is too steady! It was too close just now! "Keep the exchange of fire in front, the company commander comes to the meeting! While everyone sighed, Zhang Dabiao shouted. Soon, the three company commanders came to Zhang Dabiao, and everyone sat together to discuss.

"The Japanese have used artillery. Although they are not bombing our blocking positions now, it is not certain what will happen next time! So, this time, the second company will hold the position first, and the first company will go down to rest. When the second company can't take it anymore, the first company will go up. The third company and the supplementary battalion will serve as the general reserve! The regiment commander asked us to hold out until 3 pm. It's just a little past 12 o'clock now. You, the second company, will hold on for an hour first!" Zhang Dabiao said to the three company commanders.

"Captain, no problem. My Second Company will ensure that we complete the mission!" Second Company Commander Li Jiankun accepted the mission immediately without any complaints.

"Very good, go ahead, and remember to conserve your strength! Use now how you dealt with the Japanese bombings before!" Zhang Dabiao waved his hand, and Li Jiankun and the others went to the firefighting position to gather or disperse the team.

Soon, more than 200 soldiers withdrew from the front line, including all the first and third companies, and part of the second company. Because there was no time to dig anti-artillery holes and trenches, the second company's response was to withdraw some of its personnel, leave some troops at the front line, and disperse them to reduce casualties under artillery bombardment.

At this point, it is time to really save lives. This is a war and there is no room for ambiguity.

"Old Zhang, how about letting me send some soldiers to reinforce the battalion?" Niu Youtian came up to Zhang Dabiao and made the proposal after Zhang Dabiao finished the meeting.

"You guys... forget it. The new recruits can't withstand the bombardment. You'd better stay behind! However, you must keep an eye on the mountain road around the corner to make sure the Japanese don't make a detour!" said Zhang Dabiao.

"That's impossible. There are soldiers watching us! Alas, when will we have a powerful artillery unit? We won't have to suffer the frustration of using our lives to fill the enemy's artillery shells!" Niu Youtian sighed.

Niu Youtian's conversation with Zhang Dabiao was not able to avoid the comrades on the guerrilla side, so Li Yuexuan naturally heard the conversation between the two.

"Sacrificing human lives?" Li Yuexuan's heart was in turmoil, and he was thinking in his mind whether there was any way to break this situation.

After much thought, the best way is to have our own artillery unit. Even if it is just an 82 mortar, it can be used to counter a wave of Japanese mountain artillery in mountain warfare.

Of course, there is another way, that is, snipers lurk close to kill the enemy's artillery positions, or even detonate the shells to cause a secondary explosion. But Li Yuexuan thinks he doesn't have that technology yet!
Or, send out an elite infantry squad to attack the enemy's artillery positions? Like the three heroes printed? Forget it. The Mosin-Nagant in hand has no advantage over the enemy's Type 38 rifle. The enemy is not Indian, and their combat effectiveness is not on the same level.

(End of this chapter)