Chapter 22: Receiving the Enemy Li Jiapu (3)
A "snap" of a gunshot interrupted Yamamoto's longing for his wife and hometown, and because of the officer's training, the gunfire rang out, and Yamamoto had changed from a posture of looking far away to lying on the ground with a fit on his stomach. Cao Changmao, who was in charge of the guard, ran to Yamamoto Yong's waist, and said in a nervous voice: "Shaozuo, it's not good, someone attacked us, and Guichuan was killed." As soon as Cao Chang's words fell, Yamamoto Yong, who was lying on the ground, heard continuous gunshots, and a soldier who had been shot fell in front of Yamamoto Yong.
Yamamoto was taken aback, and then said angrily: "Yaga, haven't you already searched here?" Why are there still attackers? How are you all on guard? How do you get the attacker right under your nose to find out? "There are only 35 soldiers in Yamamoto's squad who can still fight, and each of these 35 people is very precious to Yamamoto Yong, and suddenly two were killed in battle, and Yamamoto really can't afford such a speed of death.
This Cao Chang stammered and said, "Your Excellency Shaozuo, no...... No, they were originally here, but they were all well hidden, and the searching soldiers did not find them. Cao Chang, who was glared at by Yamamoto Yong, didn't dare to tell the truth, except for the two spears who had previously ascended here to do a rough search, and the Japanese soldiers who came up later were busy resting, and there would be people there to search the places that the spearheads had already searched.
The gunshots rang out again and again, and the Japanese soldiers on the mound were looking for their own cover, but Isamu Yamamoto was still lying behind the corpse just now. "Let them fight first, let's rest for a while." It was not Tang Cheng who fired the first shot, and the old Northeast, who had relatively good marksmanship, killed a Japanese soldier with the first shot, and the excited Old Northeast planned to continue firing, but was stopped by Tang Cheng.
"Our task is to block this group of Japanese troops here, to win time for Song Tieshan and them, now those Japanese soldiers are not afraid to come down on the mound, as long as the people left by Song Tieshan are not too stupid, we can accompany the Japanese army here to slowly consume, now is the time to be patient, don't rush to see the real chapter with them." Old Northeast's marksmanship is only relatively good relative to Tang Cheng and Liu Shishi, if it is a sunspot and their son here, Tang Cheng will never stop the fire, but if it is Old Northeast, forget it, Tang Cheng doesn't have so many bullets for him to play with.
After the initial panic, most of the Japanese soldiers who were attacked were able to settle down, thanks to the strict training of the Japanese army and the military quality of these Japanese soldiers. In the final analysis, it was only the five guerrillas left behind by Song Tieshan who attacked them, although their marksmanship was very good among the guerrillas, but compared with the shooting level of the Japanese army, it was much worse. The killing of three Japanese soldiers cost the guerrillas the death of two people, and the remaining three people could only shoot at the Japanese army without a single shot, and they no longer dared to rashly show their heads.
Isamu Yamamoto, who was attacking steadily, began to think about a contingency plan, and the other party's attack seemed to be a bit of a joke, and the sparse gunfire made Yamamoto think that this was just a means for the people to delay him. But it is obviously not possible to order the squad to rush forward, the mound is a plain, if the attacker ambushes on the plain and fires, rushing down in this way can only give the opponent's machine gun fire a chance to give full play. Isamu Yamamoto roughly estimated that according to the speed of his soldiers and the length of the gentle slope, if the opponent used machine gun fire to intercept when the squad was rushing down, his squad would have to pay at least one-third more casualties, but such casualties were unbearable for Yamamoto Yong.
Yong Yamamoto's side has not yet made a final decision, and the Japanese troops on the mound can only return fire on the spot for the time being, and the Japanese soldiers cannot come down, and the old Tohoku, who has already set up a machine gun, is anxious to wait. Seeing that the old god of Tangcheng was napping with his eyes closed, the old northeast couldn't stop rushing to his head with this anger in his heart, he had known that he was not busy withdrawing when he attacked the Japanese army in the stream, and if he fired 100 more bullets, maybe there would not be so many Japanese soldiers on the mound.
When the very annoyed old Northeast was glaring at Liu Shishi, he heard Tang Cheng, who was at ease, whisper, "I said that you two can honestly lie on your stomach and don't move, be careful of being discovered by the Japanese army above." Seeing the unswerving face of the old Northeast, Tang Cheng gritted his teeth and smiled, "There are 40 Japanese soldiers above, let's just 8 people, 1 light machine gun and 7 rifles, the other side not only has light machine guns, grenadiers and mortars, how long do you think we can hold on to these Japanese soldiers in such terrain?" ”
Lao Dongbei paused for a moment, and then swallowed back the words he was about to scold. Seeing that the success diverted the attention of the old northeast, Tang Cheng then smiled and said, "Let's not say that our numbers and firepower are much worse than the Japanese army, let's just say that the terrain here, do you think it is suitable for us to carry it head-on with the Japanese army?" The terrain of the soil hill, the north slope is gentle, which is conducive to attack and defense, and the south slope is steep, which is not conducive to retreat. ”
Lao Dongbei couldn't help but look at Tang Cheng with an upward gaze, he was clear about the terrain disadvantages and firepower disparities on his side, but to say that he had to analyze the disadvantages so methodically, he didn't think he had the ability. "So, the best thing to do is to put them on the mound and slowly consume them. The Japanese army is in a hurry to go to Lijiapu, let's not be in a hurry, there is no water on the mound, and if you want to come down, you will have to die. There are only a few of us, and we can hide in a random place, but the Japanese army has a large number of targets and is too big, and if we attack them a few more times, this group of Japanese soldiers may not be able to see the entrance of Lijiapu's village. ”
As he spoke, the last two members of the guerrilla team who were still alive also withdrew, exchanging three lives for the casualties of five Japanese soldiers, which was a good deal in the eyes of the old Northeast. "Company commander, the little devil is down, it looks like he still has to go to Li's shop." Liu Shishi's words interrupted the conversation between Tang Cheng and the two guerrillas, and the Japanese army's khaki uniforms had already appeared in Tang Cheng's sight.
After waiting for the Japanese army to cross the last gentle slope and have walked up to the relatively gentle open land leading to the top of the slope, Tang Cheng led Lao Northeast and them to crawl behind the gentle slope. Seeing this, Tang Cheng quietly instructed everyone to take a few deep breaths to adjust their breathing due to their best not to make a sound. Seeing the Japanese army slowly entering the range of the machine guns, Lao Dongbei couldn't help but whisper in Tang Cheng's ear, "Company commander, let's fight?" ”
Tang Cheng glanced at the Japanese soldier who was slowly approaching him in front of him and whispered, "Everyone prepare first, wait for my signal." As he spoke, he gently picked up the Mauser rifle he had asked for from Lao Dongbei, and quietly stretched out the muzzle, and everyone set up their guns. Tang Cheng gently pulled the bolt and loaded the bullet, and everyone followed suit, but everyone was waiting to shoot, but Tang Cheng was silently calculating the distance between him and the Japanese army. Because considering the covert engagement of the enemy and the covert retreat, Tangcheng did not want to get too close to the Japanese army, so the timing of the fire must be accurate.
Tang Cheng didn't have a telescope, so he could only rely on his own eyes to look into the distance, but soon, two Japanese officers appeared in Tang Cheng's sight, although they couldn't see their collar badges clearly, Tang Cheng could see the command knives carried by the two guys on their waists. The collar badge was an important indicator for Tang Cheng to judge the Japanese officers, and in the case of not being able to see the opponent's collar badge clearly, Tang Cheng could only rely on the command knife and some other conspicuous accessories to determine the identity of the other party's officer. Tang Cheng didn't wonder why there were two officers in a Japanese squad, but he had already taken the Japanese officer on his left as his target according to his own judgment.
After calming his breath a little, Tang Cheng aimed his rifle firmly at the Japanese officer who came down on the left side, and with a "snap" gunshot, the Japanese officer who was aimed at by Tang Cheng fell down, and the rest of the Japanese soldiers were stunned for a while, and did not react for two or three seconds. Lao Dongbei, who had been waiting for the order to fire, seized the opportunity and followed suit, a machine gun and 6 rifles spewing tongues of fire that were not dense but had a deadly breath. Tang Cheng quickly loaded and aimed again, and then tried to find the remaining Japanese officer but couldn't find it, so he had to shoot and kill a devil, Cao Chang.
Although the Japanese were caught off guard by the sudden attack, they soon spotted the attack on their rear, so they immediately turned around and began to return fire. Because the Japanese army was still some distance away from Tangcheng, they found that this lying position on their heads and feet was extremely awkward when they turned around and lay down to shoot, and the two Japanese machine gunners had just adjusted their lying position to shoot downward by a string of bullets from the old northeast into a bloody gourd, and the bullets all passed through the head and entered the chest cavity without exception.
After all, the remaining Japanese soldiers began to return fire with rifles and grenadiers, and they began to be overwhelmed by the Japanese firepower and grenadiers. "Let's go, retreat, let's change another place and continue fighting." Tang Cheng pointed behind him, made another arc, and finally pointed to the open ground about 100 meters behind him, and everyone was in good spirits and understood what he meant.
Everyone immediately crawled away from the gentle slope and followed the gentle slope down the edge into the bushes in the open field. As soon as they had taken cover behind the slope, six or seven Japanese soldiers had already rushed into the dirt slope where they had just laid an ambush in Tangcheng under the cover of machine guns and grenadiers. Looking at the empty enemy position, Cao Cao, the Japanese soldier who led the team, shouted a few words loudly to the mound, and the Japanese firing on the mound quickly stopped.