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"The Japs' reaction is damn quick!" After the explosion, someone muttered in dissatisfaction, obviously in a good mood.

Well, the grenade launcher bombing by the Japanese just now was very frightening, but the effect was basically zero, and no casualties were caused to the machine gunners of the first company. The reason? One reason was that the machine gunners knew to move to another position after firing a few shots, and they also maintained side fire and did not show their heads.

Of course, this was not the main reason. The main reason was that the Japanese grenade launcher grenades had a large deviation in their landing point, and they exploded neatly more than 50 meters in front of the position, which was basically just a fireworks show. It was dark, and the Japanese grenade launcher soldiers stared with wide eyes, and could only determine the direction and distance by the muzzle flame. It would be strange if they could explode accurately!
In fact, it was not only that the grenade launcher was inaccurate, but also that after more than half a minute of fighting, no one felt that they had killed any enemies, and no one among them had been injured or killed. Well, how to judge whether the enemy was killed or not? Isn't that simple? If you see the muzzle flash, fire a shot at the flashing place. If there is still muzzle flash over there, then basically no enemy was killed.

Of course, it is not ruled out that after the Japanese were killed, another Japanese came to shoot. But it was dark, and a comrade was just killed here. Probably no Japanese would be willing to fight in front of a dead person? So, it is probably possible to judge some of the situation.

Of course, there is another possibility, that is, the Japanese here fired a shot, and then they couldn't change their position, and there was a high probability that they would be killed. But in the dark, people instinctively don't want to change positions too much. After all, people in the dark instinctively feel fear and tension, and will subconsciously stay in a certain area. Especially now that the battle is still going on.

What are you talking about? There is a bonfire ahead, which can illuminate the Japanese? The Japanese are not stupid. They know there is a bonfire and it has exposed their position. How can they not hide in a dark place? Staying in a place that is illuminated is courting death, isn't it? Besides, the Japanese grenade launchers aimed at these bonfires at the first time and took physical fire-fighting measures directly.

After saying so much nonsense, only a moment passed, but the grenade throwers of the first company were ready to fire.

"Comrades, the company commander asked us to destroy the Japanese's firepower point. I thought that bombing the Japanese in front is not safe, so it's better to bomb the Japanese heavy machine gun position! I have an idea..." In the dark night, several grenade throwers not far away came up with an idea: "What we can determine now is the approximate location of the Japanese heavy machine gun position, but we can't determine the specific distance, right?"

"Yes, tell me quickly. If we think it's okay, we'll do it as you say!" Everyone present was a normal person. They didn't have Li Yuexuan's superb control ability, so they all spoke up.

"According to past experience, the enemy's heavy machine gun positions are usually located 450 to 500 meters away from our front-line positions! Now we have determined the location of the enemy's heavy machine gun positions, which can be seen through the muzzle flames! As for the distance, it is difficult for us to measure, but it does not prevent us from bombing them one by one from near to far!"

"Comrades, I propose that we each select a heavy machine gun position, and then uniformly set the first firing distance to 450 meters, then the second to 470 meters, the third to 490 meters... and so on. At most, we can fire 10 grenades to eliminate the enemy's heavy machine gun position!"

"Okay, Comrade Li Liang's suggestion may be a little stupid, but it will be the most effective! Let's do it this way, but we must be quick, so as not to let the devils discover our intentions and run away!"

"Agreed. Hurry up and start. Comrades, get your grenades ready... I'll choose the heavy machine gun on the southernmost side... Ready... Fire..."

In the darkness, with bullets flying everywhere, no one paid special attention to the grenadiers who were gathered together to discuss how to fight. But as round after round of grenade launchers were fired, everyone noticed something strange. Especially the company commander, who did not shoot, but was controlling the battlefield, and easily discovered the tricks of the grenadiers.

Seeing that there were already 5 grenades lined up to explode from near to far, the company commander not only did not stop them, but actually lit a cigarette and leaned over the observation hole to watch the grenades explode into the distance again. The grenade launchers fired very quickly, basically completing a grenade launch in three seconds, so in less than half a minute, a full 8 rounds of grenade launchers were fired.

Although the Japanese heavy machine guns stopped firing during the fourth round and dared not shoot again, the comrades consciously fired again and completed 8 rounds of bombing before the task was over.

Why 8 rounds? Because the main shooter of the grenade launcher carries 8 grenades, and the rest are carried by the assistant shooters! The assistant shooters hung their semi-automatic guns on their shoulders, opened the ammunition bags hanging on their chests, and quickly passed the grenades to their partners.

After the main shooters got new ammunition, the assistant shooters left quietly, walked to the trenches where their classes were, found ammunition bags full of grenades in the ammunition boxes, picked them up and went back to the bombing position.

At this point, the battle had been going on for 5 minutes. The Japanese heavy machine guns had stopped firing, but the Japanese grenade throwers were still bombing, but they were never able to do it, and did not pose a major threat to the company's position.

Of course, there were some unlucky ones. At this time, more than a dozen soldiers in the company were injured for various reasons! Fortunately, after being treated by military doctors, these wounded were not in danger of life.

"We can't do this. Why doesn't the regiment commander allow us to use flares? Although those things are expensive, they will always have a good effect if we fire one, right?" At this time, the company commander was full of doubts.

"The Japs are just conducting a test attack. Can't you see that we are still on the line of exchange and there are no advancing Japs? That's it for now! It has just gotten dark today. If the Japs want to launch an attack and take down our positions, it is highly unlikely that they will do so now! Therefore, all positions without combat operations should remain alert! Pay attention to your ears and listen to the movements in the minefield ahead!" This is what Kong Jie said to Political Commissar Zhang and the others.

In fact, Lao Kong's guess was correct. The Japanese would not launch a general attack at this moment! According to the Japanese's understanding, it was just getting dark and the Eighth Route Army was in good spirits. If they launched a general attack at this time, they would just run into the Eighth Route Army's guns, right? Well, they had to wait and keep harassing the Eighth Route Army. At least wait until the Eighth Route Army was exhausted before launching a general attack.

It was under the guidance of this idea that the Japanese troops who attacked the company's position received the order to retreat after leaving behind more than 20 bodies. Of course, the puppet army also withdrew, and the puppet army left behind even more bodies, more than 50. Moreover, when the puppet army was returning, they saw the remains of the heavy machine gun at the heavy machine gun position, and knew that this side was doomed.

After the second probing attack, the Japanese launched another attack half an hour later, this time in the direction of the main position where Lao Kong was blocking the river valley. Of course, the Japanese attack also ended in failure. This kind of battle started at dusk and lasted until after 11 o'clock.

The devils did not stop attacking, but waited until the Eighth Route Army was exhausted before launching a general attack! What the devils did not know was that the main force arrived at the New Second Regiment at around 11 o'clock at night. (End of this chapter)