Chapter 72: A Formal Ambush Battle

  "Commander, there's a situation behind us." Everyone was climbing the mountain when Tiger suddenly spotted many people appearing at their ambush location.

  "Ah, we're too late, those damned little devils." "Battalion Commander, no, these don't seem to be ordinary people, but rather the bodies of devils. Haven't you seen that they are all wearing loincloths? Only devils wear them like this."

  "Ah, is that so? What other troops are here, don't you know?" "Battalion Commander, could it be his mother's troop?" "No way, his mother's last troop also retreated some time ago. I heard they were rescued by a guerrilla troop from who-knows-where. It's said that every single one of them is a godly marksman, and with just over 100 people, they killed more than 700 devils."

  "Captain, this is too exaggerated. Even the ace shooter in our team wouldn't get a headshot every time." "What they said makes sense, who would dare to touch their own face? It's natural that these... things are said, maybe it's not that exaggerated after all. Besides, no one has actually seen it, those little devils burned down the village nearby last time just for revenge. Forget it, let's take a look at how these devils died instead."

  There were nineteen beheaded, and eight died from being shot in the chest. This was not the guerrilla team that had been rumored about earlier. The regimental commander was an old guerrilla fighter, and Liu He's disguises were easily seen through by him. This team would not exceed twenty people, and even the location where Liu He and Da Zhuang were ambushing was found out. It was just that this regimental commander was a bit puzzled about the location of Liu He and Da Zhuang's ambush - how could there be two pits here?

  "Hey, messenger, how long have we been here?" "Report to the captain, we've been here for more than three hours." "Not good, if these little devils don't see their dead companions return, they'll come looking soon. Let's go set up an ambush and give them a surprise attack."

  The squad leader made a swift decision, knowing that the little devil's follow-up troops would arrive soon. Even Liu He knew that the devils would have follow-up troops, and if he hadn't lost his memory, Liu He would lead his original team members to ambush the devils again. With ten or so people, each with two guns, they could basically wipe out 70 or 80 devils. Liu He estimated that the devils wouldn't come in a large force either.

  "Alright, everyone, let's take a break and see how the regular army fights." With Liu He's order, the crowd dispersed in an instant. Everyone threw down their luggage, each holding a gun, some climbed up trees, others lay behind rocks, and some dug holes to hide in. All of this was still according to Liu He's tactical arrangements. For a moment, even with binoculars, you couldn't find any sign of the team members' existence.

  Looking at the Eighth Route Army, they have also taken advantage of the terrain to hide, but their hiding is much simpler, just occasionally deceiving the little devils. If the little devils look carefully, they may discover some clues, but how many things do the little devils understand about rural areas? Maybe it's like this in rural China.

  Their concealment was not what Liu He had asked for. What Liu He had asked for was to lie in ambush on the path where the rabbit would walk, and let the rabbit pass through one's own palm without being detected, which was considered qualified.

  It's true, the little devils have arrived. This time, a small team of devils has come, with one devil carrying a bandage flag at the front and several devils riding horses in the middle. These are relatively mobile devils. On mountain roads, the devils' vehicles can't get through, so they usually come out on foot or on horseback.

  In front of him, the cavalry was not a mechanized army, but just a few leaders. This was Liu He's first time to observe the battle between the two sides on the spot, and also his first time to see the full appearance of the enemy's troops. This time, it made him recognize some tactics of the enemy again, which provided beneficial reference for Liu He's future tactics.

  "Fire!" The camp commander gave the order, and the first shot rang out. This was also a symbol, a handgun, how much power can it have? "Rat-a-tat-tat" Suddenly a burst of gunfire erupted, you can see how chaotic the gunfire was, some fired quickly, responding first, while others responded later, unlike Liu He's men, who were all in unison, only becoming disorganized at the very end.

  It's true that there were many gunshots, but the number of Japanese devils falling down was not many. This cannot be blamed on these soldiers. Firstly, they had very few bullets to shoot with, unlike Liu He who supplied his team members with plenty of ammunition. However, Liu He only had a few men, while the Eighth Route Army had many more people. The degree of difficulty for both sides was different.

  Besides, the guns used by Liu He's men were all personally checked and guaranteed to be accurate, even if they looked a bit rough. As for the Eighth Route Army, Liu He had seen them before and knew that at this time they were struggling, with few guns and little ammunition, so it was already good fortune to have a gun to use, let alone being picky about its quality - as long as it could fire, it was a good gun.

  This is a bit off topic, but in just one minute, the devils had already found their own hiding spots and started counterattacking. "Ah, let the little devil kill another one." At this time, someone was heard lamenting, but no one could be seen.

  "Throw hand grenades." Boom, boom, boom, a burst of gunfire, the little devils also started to counterattack with grenade launchers. Finally, it's come to the most critical moment, that is, close combat with bayonets.

  "Charge, kill." What a chaotic battle, the final result was not bad, more than 300 people annihilated this batch of little devils, but they also lost over 100 men, which is also considered a miserable victory. Looking at the regiment commander, he seemed to be injured too. From now on, there's nothing good to see. "Assemble, go home."

  The mood of the crowd along the way was very heavy, and the original idea of winning a battle had already disappeared. If it weren't for Liu He's training method, they would also be like those people, suffering heavy casualties. This is also the sentence that Liu He says the most: "Sweat more in peacetime, bleed less in wartime." Anyway, this sentence has become Liu He's now, although he doesn't even know who said it, he just plagiarized it so blatantly, who would still come to find him?

  "You say that's a victory, but so many people have died." Suddenly a voice came out, and naturally everyone had the same idea in their minds. "This is a victory, do you think anyone can be like us, well-fed and well-trained? You're still complaining, look at those people, they're not even as good as you were before. Although you were poor, at least you had a warm little home waiting for you, but they're fighting against the devils everywhere." Liu He didn't have any loud words to say at this time, he only had admiration for them in his heart.