Chapter 65
Li Tie looked back and saw the devils were about to catch up, then looked ahead and couldn't run anymore. If he jumped down into the basin, what if the devils happened to bring cavalry or cars? His two iron legs wouldn't be able to withstand it either. No way, had to change direction.
Then, he led everyone to the side of the mountain, and in order to avoid leaving footprints for the devils, they specially chose to walk on those places where the snow had already melted.
The snow in early winter melted quickly, and by noon, the sunny side of the mountain slope was almost devoid of any snow, while the backside of the mountain also melted almost completely. In many places, there was no longer any accumulated snow.
In front of us was a relatively high mountain peak, at least the highest in this area.
Hurriedly climbing to the top of the mountain, without time to appreciate the beautiful scenery of the surrounding mountains, Li Tie sat down on the ground with a thud, and through the withered grass on the mountaintop, he saw the ghostly pseudo-army below.
The devils and puppet troops formed a long dragon, appearing and disappearing in the mountains. The first few dozen devils had already reached the mountain pass, thinking that Li Tie would continue to escape, so they continued to chase up the mountain, wanting to catch up with Li Tie for a decisive battle.
"Wait a minute, give those devils a moment." Li Tie panted heavily and said.
Everyone quickly found their own position. Zhang Honglei's submachine gun sight was already firmly locked onto the leading devil lieutenant. Behind the devil lieutenant, there were tightly following fifty or sixty devils, and other devils were still one hundred meters away from this group of devils, slowly moving in this direction, even some puppet soldiers' guns were not shouldered on their bodies, but became walking sticks, leaning on the ground, while touching their waists, under the devils' drive, they had to move forward.
These several dozen devils, some still holding guns, others carrying them on their shoulders, kept running towards the mountain top with their heads down. Only a small number of devils remained vigilant, while most were also exhausted.
The leading devils have already set foot on the mountain top, only a few meters away from the warriors, and the farthest ones are no more than tens of meters away.
"Fire!" With the order, Li Tie took the lead and opened fire. The first few devils in front were immediately hit and fell to the ground like broken bags on the mountain top. Zhang Honglei had already locked onto the devil lieutenant, and as soon as Li Tie gave the order to fire, he shot and blew the devil lieutenant's head off. The other soldiers also opened fire, with over 20 submachine guns firing at the same time, and more than 50 devils were wiped out without even firing a single shot.
The puppet troops of the devils on another hill under the mountain, as soon as they heard the fierce gunfire at the top of the mountain, some immediately lay down on the ground, and others immediately picked up their guns to prepare for shooting.
In the chaos, the fake soldier who used his gun as a crutch suddenly realized that when he raised the barrel of his gun, the trigger was gone. He was shocked and took a closer look, only to find that he had been holding the gun upside down! Taking advantage of the enemy's inattention, he quickly turned it back around. However, the barrel was already filled with dirt, and he estimated that firing would cause it to explode. He didn't care about this, seeing that he was now holding it correctly, and hastily found a place to crawl down, pointing the muzzle at the mountain top, as for whether or not to fire, it seemed he hadn't made up his mind yet.
Li Tie saw that these devils were so easily annihilated, he was overjoyed and called on everyone to pick up the devils' machine guns and grenade launchers and open fire at the mountain below.
Perched high up, the devils' silhouettes are clearly visible. Collected the devils' ammunition and loaded the machine gun with bullets. Firing at the devils' puppet army below, after all, the bullets were delivered by the devils themselves, so might as well use them.
Similarly, the grenade launchers were also merciless, with hand grenades galore, each devil having one, collecting over a hundred, and starting a crazy bombardment down the mountain.
Because they were throwing downwards, the grenades flew quite far, and they thought that the devils and fake soldiers outside the range of their grenade launchers were also unlucky, from time to time having hand grenades thrown on top of their own heads.
The Eighth Route Army wants to fight to the end here, and the devils and puppet troops are overjoyed - they don't have to run away anymore.
Machine guns were set up, grenade launchers were set up, and preparations were made for a fierce battle with the Eighth Route Army.
Soon, the devils concentrated several machine guns and three or four mortars on the mountain top and started firing.
It is easy to shoot from the top of a mountain down, but difficult to shoot from the bottom up.
The bullets of the devils were not low, hitting the mountain slope, but high, "whooshing" over the soldiers' heads and falling far away, disappearing without a trace.
However, the enemy's grenade launcher was quite powerful, and from time to time there were hand grenades thrown onto the mountain top.
The lone warriors' grenade launchers were all subpar, usable but not precise. They could be used to bombard the devils and pseudo-military forces at the foot of the mountain, but they couldn't accurately hit a specific point. The warriors using the grenade launchers had originally wanted to blow up the devils' own grenade launchers, but the hand grenades exploded far away from the devils' grenade launchers, posing no threat to them at all.
Soon, the devil's hand grenade caused harm to the independent regiment. Although no one was killed, at least five or six people were injured by shrapnel from the grenade! To know that from last night until now, only two people were injured, but in just a short while, five or six more people have been added.
"Fall back!" Seeing things going badly, they retreated. They took with them the enemy's machine guns and grenade launchers, as well as the unfinished bullets and hand grenades, helped up the wounded, and quietly disappeared.
More and more devils and puppet troops arrived at the mountain ridge, the devils concentrated more machine guns and grenade launchers, so the explosion density on the top of the mountain was even greater, a layer of smoke enveloped the mountain like clouds.
Looking at the mountain top, it has been covered with hand grenades for n times. I estimate that the Eighth Route Army on the top, even if not dead, has already been bombed and is dizzy. It should be, must be, maybe, possibly lost its combat effectiveness. The thick smoke after the grenade explosion made it impossible to see anything on the mountain top. Another devil lieutenant, drew out his command sword, was about to give the order to attack.
At this time, a fake military officer, who looked at least like a colonel-level guy, leaned into his ear and patted the horse's fart saying:
"General, the Eighth Route Army is extremely cunning. According to my understanding, they leave their positions when we start shelling and hide behind them outside our range. When our shelling stops and we prepare to attack, they re-enter their positions. Now that we know this situation, why not use their tactics against them? Next time they enter their positions, let's launch an even denser barrage and wipe them out completely?"
"Yeah, I was thinking the same thing, your grandpa is really good."
The devil lieutenant was as smooth as flowing water, and upon thinking about it, he indeed took his suggestion. Although to maintain the dignity of the Imperial Army, he had to say that he had already thought of this himself, but still praised the puppet army officer.
"Cease fire! Everyone listen to my command, shout together: Charge!"
The devils and puppet troops only needed to shout without attacking, so they all shouted with great effort.
For a time, the mountains were filled with the wailing of devils and puppet troops. The sound was so frightening that it scared ghosts and gods, and even the wild animals in the distance who had not been startled by the explosion sounds were frightened and fled in disarray.
Li Tie led everyone to retreat from the mountain, almost everyone was holding a bundle of bullets or hand grenades wrapped in enemy uniforms, which were not used up just now. The enemy's 38 guns had been thrown away long ago, and this thing was not valuable at all for the Fox Team members. All the wounded had not yet had time to carefully dress their wounds, but only used torn cloth to bind them slightly, temporarily stopping the bleeding.
Everyone prepared to first get rid of the devils, then deal with the wounded, and finally find an opportunity to return to the base.
Just arrived at the mountain saddle, a small platform, after passing the platform, it entered another slope. Li Tie was about to jump off the small platform, and at this time, a hand grenade thrown from a launcher exploded not far behind Li Tie!
Li Tieguang jumped up, his feet hadn't even touched the ground when the explosive airflow directly blew Li Tie off the platform and he fell into a snow pit - the only remaining patch of snow on this mountain saddle. Fresh blood flowed out from the wound, immediately soaking through his cotton-padded jacket.
"Company Commander!" "Company Commander!"
Watching Lian Chang fall down in front of his own eyes, he was completely helpless, and everyone else was anxiously shouting.
The explosions on the mountain top seem to have become more intense, it seems that the enemy's troops have increased again.
Two team members dropped the bullets in their hands and rushed over to take a look. Li Tie was lying motionless in the snow nest, having already fainted, with injuries to his shoulder and buttocks, and blood still flowing out of the wounds, staining the snow below red.
One team member carried Li Tie on his back, while another helped support him, and they immediately withdrew from the dangerous area.
Two soldiers over there have already cut off two branches with bayonets, one soldier took out a net about 2 meters long and 50 centimeters wide from his backpack, tied the net to the branches, and a simple stretcher was made.
The soldier put Li Tie on his back and then placed him on a stretcher, two soldiers lifted it up and left. In the chaos, no one noticed that Li Tie seemed to be holding something, thinking he was holding some bullets or snow from earlier, and didn't have time to remove them.
At this moment, the shelling on the mountain stopped. Then came the earth-shaking howls from behind.
The warriors were shocked and worried that the devils would come up, and they couldn't hold back. Immediately, they felt their waists no longer aching, their backs no longer sore, and their legs no longer cramping. They lifted Li Tie and disappeared into the mountains at an even faster pace than usual.
The devils shouted for about three or four minutes, and estimated that the Eighth Route Army had re-entered the position. The devil lieutenant commanded the grenade throwers to throw hand grenades at the top of the mountain again. The top of the mountain was once again shrouded in smoke.
The fierce bombardment lasted for about twenty minutes, and the devil lieutenant raised his command knife again, "Kill them all!"
The devils mixed with the puppet army rushed up the mountain top.
The top of the mountain has been plowed by hand grenades several times, and not even a single blade of grass is left, only broken stones and mud. There are no bodies of the Eighth Route Army on the battlefield, nor any bloodstains (even if there were some, they would have been blown away by the hand grenades). However, damaged weapons are everywhere, with broken guns and knives scattered all over, and almost not a single intact rifle can be found!
