Chapter 274: Bloodthirsty Breakout
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The devil's artillery position suddenly fired several shells, and the shells fell on the heavy machine gun position in an arc, Lei Jian and the soldiers were bombarded by the devil's artillery fire, and the three soldiers around the heavy machine gun were separated from each other and fell in a pool of blood.
Lei Jian ordered the other three heavy machine guns to move their positions immediately, disperse to find favorable terrain, and increase their firepower to attack the enemy puppet troops who surrounded the 6th and 9th companies in the woods.
He led several fighters and rode to the artillery position of the devils.
The leader of the artillery squad found more than a dozen war horses rushing towards the artillery position, and he shouted in fright: "Open the cannon, quickly open the cannon and destroy this cavalry team pretending to be the imperial army." โ
The muzzle of the cannon was aimed at the thunder sword cavalry team that was coming, and the war horse rushed very fast, constantly changing positions, which made it difficult for the devil to operate the gunner, and before the shells could be filled a few times, the cavalry team had already left the target.
Seeing that the cavalry was about to rush to the artillery position, the leader of the devil squad grabbed a rifle and shouted: "The mortar has lost its power, shoot back quickly, and kill these dozen Tubalu." โ
The devil artillery squad put aside the mortars and lay down with their guns to block the fire, the marksmanship of these artillery is really not very good, especially when hitting fast-moving targets, it is even more inaccurate.
More than a dozen war horses galloped over, Lei Jian held a knife in his right hand, rushed into the enemy's artillery position, the saber flew up and down, as long as he was aiming at the devil, he would definitely not be able to run.
The thunder sword is agile, the whole person flickered on the horseback, like a magic shadow, the devil just saw a shadow on a war horse to kill, frightened immediately dodged around, looked back again, the figure on the horseback, the speed was blurred before it could be seen, just when the devil was stunned, the saber had been cut on the neck, and he was killed instantly.
The cavalry rushed into the Japanese artillery position, like cutting melons, and in less than ten minutes, they killed more than a dozen devils.
Lei Jian leaped off the horse's back and landed directly in front of a mortar, shouting loudly while adjusting the gun position: "Dismount and operate the cannon, aim at the place where the devils are gathered and fire." โ
Several shells fell in the group of devils who surrounded the sixth and ninth companies of the Eighth Route Army, and the enemy puppet army that was blown up was hiding in Tibet.
The devil commander roared: "Baga, the heavy machine gun and mortar positions of the imperial army have been occupied by Tu Ba Lu, order a squadron to take back the machine gun and mortar positions." โ
In addition, Takeshita Injiro led more than a dozen commanders, riding on war horses to admire the Japanese Imperial Army, and was using the most fierce gun fire to attack the Tsuchihachi Road, which had been surrounded in the woods, when he was suddenly attacked by a cavalry team pretending to be the Imperial Army, and in a panic, he led a few horsemen to rush down the high ground.
Rushing out of dozens of meters, he turned around to find several horses pretending to be imperial cavalry catching up with the earth, he was afraid that he would be pursued and flee, so he slyly turned his horse's head and rushed into the woods.
Wang Xiaoliang led the soldiers in hot pursuit, and seeing the devil commander riding into the woods, he suddenly lifted the saber and slapped the horse's buttocks, the war horse was in pain, jumped up and suddenly rushed out, almost throwing Wang Xiaoliang off the saddle.
Several war horses, led by Wang Xiaoliang, kept a close eye on the devil commander who rushed into the woods, and as soon as they rushed into the woods, they were blocked by fierce fire.
Wang Xiaoliang suddenly grabbed the reins of the horse and shouted, 'Hoo, โโใ hoo, the hind legs of the war horse fell, and the moment he stood firm on the horse's body, he shouted violently: "The devils in the woods are fierce, retreat immediately." โ
At this time, the battle situation in the woods changed, and the two companies led by Niu Dali fought desperately, trying to break out of the encirclement of the devils, but they forcibly broke through many times, but they were all blocked by the powerful firepower of the enemy and the puppet army, and the troops suffered heavy casualties.
Just when Niu Dali organized an assault platoon again, concentrated all light and heavy weapons, and covered the breakthrough of the sixth and ninth companies, he was blocked by more fierce fire from the enemy and puppet army.
The sixth company commander and the ninth company commander looked at Niu vigorously and shook his head and shouted: "It's over, it seems that our life is going to be explained here today, grandma's, it's a death anyway, it's better to concentrate all the forces and break through collectively, it is earned to kill one alive, even if all of them die in battle, you can destroy a few more little devils." โ
Niu Dali was just about to nod, desperately concentrating all his forces to fight to the death with the enemy puppet army, and suddenly found that the guns and bullets outside the woods all fell in the group of devils, and the little devils who fought panicked for a while, fled in all directions, and the powerful encirclement formed began to loosen.
He was puzzled for a few seconds, and suddenly shouted happily with tears in his eyes: "We are saved, there are fierce gunfire outside, bullets and shells are all beckoned to the devils, it must be Battalion Commander Lei who led the troops to rescue us." โ
Niu Dali ordered the commander of the sixth and ninth companies: "Order the troops to immediately take the opportunity to break through the encirclement, do not fall in love with the battle, do not spare the bullets, and break out of the encirclement of the enemy puppet army with the greatest firepower." โ
Under the fire of the independent battalion of the Eighth Route Army inside and outside the woods, coupled with the timely arrival of the Scud Company led by Li Gang to join the battle, they finally tore through the encirclement of the enemy puppet army, and the 6th and 9th companies led by Niu Dali, who were surrounded, successfully broke out.
Takeshita Injiro Nakasa, who had fled into the woods, ordered his troops to pursue the Dohachi Road, which had broken out of the encirclement, with maximum firepower, and to destroy them all.
Lei Jian saw that Niu Dali had broken through and ordered the correspondent Xiao Zhou to ride a horse to convey his order: Order Niu Dali, who had broken through, to immediately lead the Sixth Company and the Ninth Company to quickly evacuate to the Shahe area, forcibly cross the river, and return to the assembly area.
Order the Scud Company that Li had just formed, occupy the high ground, cooperate with the heavy machine gun to block the enemy's pursuit, and not retreat without an order.
Order the artillery position to open fire on the enemy puppet army pursuing the Eighth Route Army, shoot all the shells, and be sure to stop the pursuit of the enemy with the most intense artillery fire.
Takeshita Injiro's troops, hit by artillery fire and heavy machine gun fire, slowed down the pursuit for a while, and watched as the Dohachi Road, which was surrounded in the woods, successfully broke through.
This cunning and prudent commander immediately ordered the troops to retreat 50 meters, reorganize their strong forces, and encircle the artillery positions and heavy machine gun positions seized by the Eighth Route Army, as well as the Eighth Route Army on the high ground, with the most superior forces, and kill this Tu Eighth Route Army that suddenly appeared.
Lei Jian found that the enemy puppet army was retreating, and was intensively adjusting the troop lineup.
He immediately realized that the cunning Takeshita Injiro was going to launch a larger offensive and try to encircle the independent battalion companies that were holding on to the three positions, and this insidious guy had too much appetite.
He did not dare to fight with a large number of devils in the enemy-occupied area, and once he was surrounded again, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Lei Jian decisively ordered: "Each mortar, aim at the place where the devils are gathered, quickly fire five shells, immediately blow up the mortar, and move closer to the high ground occupied by Li Gang." โ
'Boom, boom, boom ......', dozens of shells in a row, falling on the devil group, the little devils who were blown up fled in all directions, under the supervision of Takeshita Intaro, they immediately quickly assembled, divided into three troops, and the troops were strangely deployed to kill the three positions of the Lei Jian Independent Battalion.
Before the enemy could surround the artillery position, Lei Jian ordered the mortar to be blown up and led the cavalry back to the high ground where Li Gang was blocking the enemy.
He ordered Wang Xiaoliang, who had returned to the position: "You take a dozen soldiers to approach the heavy machine gun position in concealment, and when the main force of the enemy puppet army is lured over on the high ground, you will immediately blow up the heavy machine gun and bring the soldiers here." โ
Takeshita Injiro saw that his mortar and heavy machine gun positions were blown up by the Dirt Eight Road, and he scolded angrily: "Yaga, the only one who can do this kind of thing is the devil who killed the Imperial Army in the Dirt Eight Road, the thunder sword of the half-big branch boy who is called the 'Thunder General', why hasn't he died yet?" I'm going to catch him and kill him. โ
He ordered two squadrons to attack head-on, and ordered the other squadron to divide the left and right flanks to take the high ground occupied by the Tuba Road with maximum firepower.
Lei Jian saw that Takeshita Injiro was ruthless, not only shook his head with his mouth sneered: "Takeshita old devil, the master will not have a hard time with you, and he will accept it when he sees it, hahaha." โ
He ordered Li Gang: "You lead the commando team that has just been formed, and immediately retreat to the east bank of the Shahe River, I think it won't be too long, and the devil's large troops from all walks of life will soon gather here to encircle and destroy our independent battalion." โ
Li Gang shook his head and said: "Battalion Commander Lei, the enemy puppet army is trying to encircle the high ground we occupy with strong strength and firepower, if the assault team withdraws, there will be only twenty or thirty war horses and soldiers left, and they will not be able to stop the enemy's attack at all, and they will be surrounded if they don't make it, and I am afraid that they will ...... by then." โ
"What you said makes sense, I won't fight the enemy's death with the lives of the soldiers, the cavalry team covers, you withdraw quickly, and if you delay, no one in the entire highland warriors can withdraw." Thunder Sword commanded loudly as he shot at the attacking enemy.