novelaction Chapter 404: Fighting with New Soldiers
Chapter 404: Fighting with New Soldiers
For a moment, Xiao Liangcai was in a dilemma.
If this retreat was intercepted and surrounded by the Japanese, it would inevitably have immeasurable consequences for their entire guerrilla warfare.
He gritted his teeth helplessly and looked at Yuan Shuai and asked.
"Brother Yuan Shuai, please tell us what you have in mind. As long as we can protect these ordinary people, we will listen to you!"
"Yes, we can die, but these ordinary people must be saved!"
All the guerrillas looked at Yuan Shuai.
All the Black Wolf soldiers were filled with astonishment.
Many of the ordinary people here are powerless, but these people would rather die than protect them.
This shows how loyal and righteous these people are.
Just like their Black Wolf Army, they took the common people with them and finally formed their own anti-Japanese base.
Yuan Shuai squatted down and spoke while drawing a map on the ground.
"Although the Japs have set up an ambush, they won't do anything to us as long as we don't attack! But if we do that, the Japs' forces will be dispersed! I estimate that they still have 2,000 men, with 500 men on each of the left and right wings, which means there are only 1,000 men left in the front. We just need to wait until night, concentrate our forces and quickly go around to their front and rear, focusing on attacking their regiment headquarters. The Japs on both wings..."
After listening to this, everyone gritted their teeth and nodded.
Although the plan is risky, it is better than retreating and being attacked passively.
Following General Yuan's order, Xiao Liangcai arranged people to lead the new recruits.
Yuan Shuai also arranged for people to call the new recruits over.
But the younger ones and a few older ones all stayed in the camp, practicing their shooting skills from time to time.
The Japanese troops in front of them were ambushing here. They waited until dark but the guerrillas still didn't come. All the Japanese troops were so angry that they cursed.
When they heard gunshots in the distance, they cursed even louder.
"Damn it! These guys didn't even come over here. Instead, they are still practicing marksmanship in their camp!"
"Baga, it looks like I've wasted a day!"
"Baga, the damn guerrillas are too cunning!"...
It was already dark, and some Japanese soldiers wanted to have a hot meal and make a fire, but no one dared to do anything without orders from above.
The deputy commander's stomach couldn't help but make a sound of protest.
He could only hold his stomach and speak to the regiment commander Murakami Tono.
"Your Excellency, the guerrillas are still in a distant camp practicing their marksmanship. In my opinion, they haven't come yet and I'm afraid they won't come. Why don't we... ahem, what should we do now!"
He originally wanted to ask if he could make a fire and cook, but he was afraid of saying the wrong thing, so he quickly changed his words.
Murakami Tono gritted his teeth, frowned, looked at the smoke rising in the moonlight in the distance, listened to the gunshots in the distance, and said.
"Baga, those damn guerrillas are so cunning!"
"However, precisely because the guerrillas are cunning, we must be more cunning than them!"
"The guerrillas are good at guerrilla warfare, mountain warfare, and night attacks. If we light a fire, it is very likely to expose our target! Notice that we cannot light a fire. They will definitely come here tonight! Maybe this time, they may come out in full force! Then, we can annihilate them all!"
"Hey! Your Excellency the Colonel is wise!"
The deputy company captain felt very uncomfortable because he couldn't have a hot meal, but he could only nod and give orders.
And the other side.
The guerrillas, Yuan Shuai and others were already flanking them from both sides.
At this time, the total number of veterans and new recruits here was more than 400.
General Yuan led a hundred of his own new recruits and his Black Wolf Army and detoured to the back of the Japanese front camp.
Although following the hillside, Yuan Shuai's team had two mortars and two Maxim heavy machine guns.
After arriving at the location, Yuan Shuai stood on the top of the mountain and looked at the mountain in the distance ahead.
The night was dark, but the moon was bright.
In the moonlight, he could vaguely see the hill where the Japanese were.
But at this time, the Japanese troops had set up ambushes almost all on the top of the mountain and in front of the hillside.
There is absolutely no one here in the back mountain.
Of course, he did not bring anyone to carry out the decapitation mission, because there were too many Japanese devils. If he was surrounded by the Black Wolf Army, he would definitely lead his troops.
But there were only seventeen real Black Wolf soldiers around him, and the rest were recruits.
Moreover, many of them are elderly people and women.
"Boss, it's so dark and so far away, we can't see anyone, how can we fight?"
Old man Qian looked ahead with a puzzled look on his face.
"Don't worry, I know what's going on. Just watch. No one of you is allowed to shoot without my order!"
"Xiaogang, inform your new recruits to hide in groups of three!"
Tie Xiaogang is now the company commander of these new recruits.
Although he was very reluctant to lead these new recruits, since he had already led them, he had no choice but to bite the bullet and arrange for the team to hide.
However, Yuan Shuai had already calculated the shooting parameters himself and let Fatty and Monkey operate the mortar.
Then, Monkey and Fatty's mortars fired two shells.
The two shells, trailing flames, drew two graceful arcs in the darkness and flew towards the top of the Japanese mountain.
Listen to the sound of artillery shells whistling from behind.
All the devils turned around suddenly.
Seeing the artillery shells whistling towards him, the Japanese regiment commander gritted his teeth and cursed angrily.
"Baka, they're running behind us!"
"Boom!"
Two shells exploded on the hillside. Although they did not hit the Japanese, they still scared them.
"Bagayalu, they are behind us!"
"They have mortars, quickly scatter and hide!"
"hidden!"
Before the Japanese regiment commander gave the order, the Japanese soldiers on the top of the mountain quickly found a place to hide to avoid being killed by artillery shells.
"Bagayalu, the artillerymen turn around and prepare to fire in the direction they are firing!"
The Japanese regiment commander roared loudly in anger.
Many of their soldiers were lying in ambush in the front mountain, but all the artillery was placed on the top of the mountain so that they could cover a wider area.
And they also have 6 infantry guns, 6 mortars, and a lot of artillery shells!
At this time, on the flank in front of them, Hu Dacai was there with two of his men and a radio.
The fire from the explosion and the fire that ignited some dry grass and branches on the hillside after the explosion provided him with a certain vision.
He quickly asked the signalman to inform Yuan Shuai to adjust the shooting parameters.
"Three degrees to the left... Pepper shells, three rapid shots!"
Yuan Shuai received the news and immediately issued an order.
Fatty and Monkey quickly opened fire one after another.
They flew towards the Japanese artillery positions one after another.
The Japanese artillery had just turned the gun around when they saw the flying shells.
"Bagayalu, hide, hide!"
"Boom boom boom..."
Before the Japs had time to hide, continuous artillery shells fell on their positions.
This time Yuan Shuai used pepper bombs.
Although the six shells did not kill or injure many Japanese soldiers, after the pepper shells exploded, the entire Japanese artillery position was filled with a strong smell of pepper.
Almost all the Japanese artillerymen were choked to the point of having runny noses and tears running down their cheeks. Not to mention firing, it was even difficult for them to open their eyes.