Chapter Seventy-Nine: Countered

Now that the Japanese army has been flanked from three sides, no matter how bad the battle situation is, how bad can it be, Tang Cheng, who has figured it out, is no longer flustered, and begins to use all the means and conditions that the 1st Company can use to think about countermeasures. It was possible to use the numerical advantage to break through the Japanese position directly from the front, but this idea was immediately overturned by Tang Cheng, and the distance of 100 meters was enough for dozens of Japanese troops on the opposite side to shoot half of the soldiers of the 1st company, and the Japanese army's ability to fight was also what Tang Cheng was worried about.

It didn't seem to work to take a detour on both sides, because Japanese troops had already appeared on their flanks, and with all the conditions, it seemed that there was only one way to go in front of Tang Cheng, and that was to retreat into Beishan. According to Li Liu's order, the 1st Company dug tunnels in the Beishan bandits' nest, and if they could retreat to the tunnels, maybe Tangcheng could use those tunnels to deal with this group of Japanese soldiers.

"Onboard, onboard." Suddenly shouting sounded on both sides of the position, and dozens of Japanese soldiers with rifles were charging from both sides of the position, and the slogan that the Japanese troops had to shout when they charged. "One squad from the 2nd platoon went to the left flank for support, and the rest went to the right flank." The Japanese troops on both flanks launched a charge, and Tang Cheng knew that the 1st platoon and Uncle An's men could not stop them, but before the Japanese troops in front did not attack, both flanks must be held, otherwise they will all die here.

The battle situation once again appeared in a strange situation, the confrontation between the two sides was silent, while the two flanks of the 1st Company's position were fighting hotly, and the huge pressure made Tang Cheng and Kenichi Okamoto go crazy at the same time. "Ikebana, take a few people to test it." With the arrival of the 2nd platoon, the gunfire and shouting of the 1st Company's position on both flanks gradually became intense, and the onboard shouts of the Japanese army had weakened.

Hanamichi appeared with 5 soldiers from the same squad as himself, and with the help of the corpses of his fallen comrades as cover, he pounced on Tang Cheng little by little, but absolutely quickly. Tang Cheng didn't fire immediately, the Japanese soldiers who appeared in the telescope were obviously veterans, and it could be seen from the movements they coordinated with each other when they moved, Tang Cheng didn't know how many such elite veterans there were in this Japanese army, but he knew that the 1st Company was really in trouble this time.

Before Tang Cheng gave the order to fire, Hanamichi and their speed was very fast, just a few breaths, and Hanamichi took those Japanese soldiers to attack a distance of less than 100 meters from Tang Cheng. "What are they doing here?" A Japanese soldier who appeared in the telescope suddenly took out a red flag from behind him and stuck it on the ground, and then the Japanese soldiers immediately moved backwards and lay on the ground. Tang Cheng with a telescope didn't know where he was, but then the screaming sound in mid-air made Tang Cheng suddenly realize, but unfortunately Tang Cheng's sudden realization was a little late.

"Boom" and "Boom" The two mortar shells that landed one after the other hit almost the same position, that is, the place where the Japanese soldiers planted the small red flag that appeared in the Tangcheng telescope just now. "Boom" and "Boom" two clouds of smoke rose again at the same place, looking at the smoke after the explosion and the reaction of the Japanese army, Tang Cheng in the trench was dumbfounded, "They are using the mortar bombardment to make cover for their own people." Looking at the figures that rushed into the smoke, Tang Cheng had to sigh at the Japanese army's methods, using the crater after the shell explosion as a cover was too common in the battle, but in the battle, in order to create a bunker for his own people, it was the first time Tang Cheng had seen it.

The smoke from the explosion gradually disappeared, and only a Japanese steel helmet appeared in Tang Cheng's telescope, and Tang Cheng knew that the Japanese soldiers were hiding in the crater after the explosion. The crater after the mortar shell exploded was not enough to hide 6 people, but if the 4 mortar shells hit the same location, the crater left was enough for 6 people to hide inside, although not enough to cover the whole body of the person hiding inside, but it was much better than lying on the ground.

"Pop" A soldier on Tang Cheng's side fell heavily on his back in the trench, and a steel helmet and a rifle were retracted from the crater that Tang Cheng was observing. The time for the other party to appear was so short that Tang Cheng didn't have time to react at all, and he was killed by this Japanese shooter who suddenly appeared and killed one of his soldiers. As soon as the soldiers of the 1st Company lying in the trench crouched down, Tang Cheng noticed that floating soil appeared from time to time in the crater in his sight, and the Japanese soldiers in the crater were digging.

A rifle and a Japanese steel helmet appeared in the crater again, Tang Cheng subconsciously squatted down his body, only to hear a "pop" of gunshots, and a piece of gravel on the edge of the trench was hit by a bullet and jumped up, and the point of impact was exactly where he had just leaned out of his body. Squatting down and moving quickly in the trench, Tang Cheng slowly straightened up and poked out the telescope against the trench, the Japanese soldiers in the crater were still digging, but the rifle that shot at him just now had disappeared.

The telescope in Tang Cheng's hand moved slowly, and his gaze changed position with the movement of the telescope, until his gaze fell on a certain position. There is another crater not far from hiding the Japanese crater, this crater that has just been discovered by Tang Cheng is less than 70 meters away from Tang Cheng's position, as long as the Japanese occupy this crater, they don't need to send sharpshooters, any Japanese soldier can shoot the bullet in the chamber into the trench of the 1st Company.

70 meters was within the range of the rifle, but Tang Cheng was not sure that he could block the possibility of the Japanese army continuing to move forward with a rifle, and he could only watch the Japanese advance with a lack of long-range firepower. "Boom", "boom", "boom" A series of explosions suddenly sounded on the two flank positions where the guns were loud, Tang Cheng subconsciously turned his head to look at his left flank, the Japanese troops attacking the left flank position were already in a mess, and Jiujin, who was ordered by Tang Cheng to leave, was leading people to kill from behind the Japanese army, and the explosion just now was made by them throwing grenades.

Under the front and rear flanking of the nine-pound bombing squad and the 1st platoon defending the left flank twice the number of Japanese troops, the 30 or so Japanese soldiers who appeared on the left flank of the position were already crushed. The 1st platoon, which had been suppressed by the Japanese army, burst out with vitality, and as the last Japanese soldier on the left flank position fell under the nine-jin broadsword, shouts and cheers sounded on the left flank position at the same time, and the soldiers of the 1st platoon of the garrison regiment who survived followed the 1st platoon commander and Jiujin back to the main position, and their faces could no longer see the hesitation and fear they had when they first encountered the Japanese army.

17 people, the 1st platoon of 50 people under Tang Cheng is now only 17 people left, and in order to hold the left flank of the position, a full 33 people died in the battle with the Japanese army. Tang Cheng is not a person who is good at controlling his own feelings, and the water vapor in his eyes has proved this very well, but now is not the time to be weak, so Tang Cheng had to pull over the nine catties who returned to the main position to change the topic for himself, "Do you see the crater in front?" I guess it's 70 meters away, and you're the only one of us who can throw a grenade 60 meters away, and I want you to find a way to throw the grenade into that crater. ”

Tang Cheng pointed out the bomb crater he said to Jiujin, according to the direction and speed of the Japanese army's current digging, in a few minutes, the Japanese soldiers hiding in the bomb crater would be able to jump into the bomb crater that he had locked. Jiujin is just honest by nature, he is not stupid, let him throw a grenade from the trench into the crater 80 meters away, it is simply impossible, because there is no place to run in the trench dug rampantly, if it is just to drop the bomb on the spot, it is still the arm strength of the nine catties can only throw the grenade at a distance of 40 meters.

"I guess I can do it" Jiujin took a good look at the crater that Tang Cheng pointed out to him for a while, and then gave Tang Cheng a positive answer, during this period, the speed of Hanamichi and their digging was a little faster. After the gunfire on the left flank stopped, Kenichi Okamoto ordered the soldiers attacking the right flank of the 1st Company to also retreat, and the battle situation returned to the confrontation stage again, less than half an hour after the exchange of fire between the 1st Company and the Japanese army.

"Carry the wounded to the back, pick out those who can't fight and escort the wounded to the tunnels, and the little devils may launch the next wave of attacks soon." In between concentrating weapons and ammunition, Tang Cheng called the three platoon commanders under him together. When he fought with Liu Goat and the Japanese army, Tang Cheng encountered face-to-face battles and attacks, but this time it made him very depressed, and the Japanese army on the opposite side was more difficult than any Japanese army that Tang Cheng had ever encountered.

"Company commander, the little devil is back on his head." The observation post set up by Tang Cheng lowered his body and shouted at Tang Cheng in the trench in a low voice. Tang Cheng, who heard the sound, grabbed the binoculars and looked ahead, and the Japanese soldiers began to move, this time there were only a few Japanese soldiers who appeared in the binoculars, and the movements were exactly the same as the guys hiding in the bomb crater in front. Tang Cheng frowned slightly, he guessed that the purpose of these guys should also be to hide in the crater, and then use their superb marksmanship to shoot at close range with the 1st company.

"The machine guns are firing, and they can't be allowed to get any closer." The roar of the Czech light machine gun sounded in the silent position, but before the first magazine of the light machine gun was fired, the Japanese mortar shells smashed over, and the machine gunners under Tang Cheng and the Czech light machine gun were all blown to pieces by the shells. "Damn, damn it." Tang Cheng, who was knocked over by Qi Lang, spat out the dirt in his mouth, and the disappearance of the machine gun made the already bad 1st Company even worse.

Under Tang Cheng's gaze, the Japanese soldiers who touched it jumped into the crater, and God knows what the Japanese soldiers had dug into the crater, and they actually loaded all the Japanese soldiers who touched it. There were more Japanese soldiers entering the crater, and the number of people digging was relatively increased, Tang Cheng's hand holding the telescope was shaking, because the Japanese soldiers in the crater were digging faster than just now, and Tang Cheng even saw a Japanese soldier holding a sapper shovel in his hand.