Chapter Five: Blow Them Up Dead

  Yoshida Ichirō was no fool, and when he had chased the enemy a short distance from the village, looking up at the dark sky, he worried that he might be ambushed, and immediately ordered his men to stop pursuing.

  Zhu Hou and the others were really scared, running especially fast, but after a while they found that there was no one chasing them. These twenty or so people stopped, Zhu Hou checked and found that two people had been sacrificed. Looking at the quiet surroundings behind them, it turned out that the devils didn't dare to pursue, and their courage immediately grew.

  These soldiers just saw them kill several devils, but they didn't dare to chase, and their courage grew. Zhu Hou said: "Return and attack them again."

  Six people died, four or five were injured. This made Yoshida Ichiro furious. However, on such a dark night, he didn't dare to counterattack and cursed loudly. Before he fell down, another gunshot was heard from outside the village. A soldier rushed in: "Report, the Chinese army is attacking again, the sentry has been killed."

  This time, Yoshida Ichirō was furious because the devils didn't rest and rushed out quickly. As soon as they rushed out of the village, they were shot by a row of bullets and two or three more people died. When Yoshida Ichirō led his men to rush out, Zhu Hou gave an order and turned around to run.

  The more this was the case, the less Yoshida Ichiro dared to pursue, and had no choice but to stop pursuing. When Zhu Hou stopped, he found that this time there were no casualties at all. Not only did Zhu Hou's confidence surge, but his soldiers were also overjoyed. It turned out that they had been blocking the devils, and most of the casualties were from heavy weapons. Now with this way of fighting, the devils' grenade launchers and heavy machine guns were not even used, it was too safe. Zhu Hou began to admire Zhao Qin, the company commander, good method, like this the devils would not dare to attack again.

  He led his own squad to turn around and kill back. This time, Yoshida Ichiro was furious. He ordered the soldiers to hold their ground around the village and block the attacking Chinese army. It was just a village, with no walls, no fortifications, and he had less than two hundred men.

  When Zhu Hou made his fifth attack, Yoshida Ichirō finally couldn't bear it anymore. Looking at the sky that had already turned somewhat white, he gathered all the people and charged towards Zhu Hou and his men.

  Zhu Hou and the others had already gained experience, so when the devils came out, they turned around and ran. However, this time after running for several hundred meters, the devils behind them did not stop but instead chased after them all the way.

  This time, Zhu Hou was really scared. He thought the devils wouldn't pursue them, but they were a bit late in running and were tightly bitten by the devils from behind. The distance between the two sides wasn't far. The devil's accurate shooting made Zhu Hou's men keep falling down. This time it wasn't an intentional retreat, Zhu Hou's half squad of people became truly fleeing for their lives.

  Originally, Yoshida Ichiro was still cautious and worried about being ambushed, but these Chinese soldiers didn't look like they were luring the enemy, they looked like they were escaping with their lives.

  The lieutenant Kameda, who was leading the pursuit in front, was also furious and ordered his soldiers to chase after them with all their might, determined to eliminate these Chinese who wouldn't let them sleep. Zhu Hou and the others were running for their lives in front, while the devils behind them were chasing after them with all their might.

  Diqin's ambush site was not far away, and he was worried that the devils wouldn't pursue them. However, after half a night, the devils really didn't give chase, which also left Diqin disappointed. The devils had airplanes, and once daytime came, things would be difficult to handle.

  Cheng Shizhong ran over: "Company Commander, the devils are coming after us."

  Diqin suddenly stood up: "Prepare for battle."

  Cheng Shizhong said with difficulty: "The devils and Zhu Paichang's men are too close."

  At this time, the east had already turned white and could see a very far distance. Zhai Qin stood on the mound, unable to see the situation in the distance. What he thought was that it would be great if Laozi had binoculars. But he was just a company commander and didn't have binoculars yet. However, soon after, along the road, Zhu Hou and others fled desperately with loud gunfire behind them.

  Zhang Huai-yuan hastily ordered: "Pass on the order, let Wang Biao yield the second row and use machine guns to intercept the devils."

  Wang Biao was also anxious, he looked at Zhu Hou and others who were running towards him, but the machine gun was firing wildly, even hitting their own people. He just shouted loudly: "Zhu Hou, you idiot, run quickly!"

  Dai Qin finally got anxious, no longer afraid of death. He rushed down the mountain slope, and below was Wang Biao's blocking position. Dai Qin rolled and crawled into the position, kicking Wang Biao's butt with one foot: "Damn it, fire your gun?"

  Wang Biao was kicked and said with a bitter face: "That's our own people."

  Diqin was furious and shouted: "Fire at the sky!"

  Dai Qin won't use a machine gun. He's from peaceful times and isn't a soldier, so how would he know how to use it? If he did, he'd have taken it for himself long ago.

  Wang Biao suddenly understood. He was kicked by Lian Chang, and immediately he kicked Deng Lun's butt with one foot, snatched the machine gun, and fired a burst of bullets into the sky. Suddenly, the sound of machine guns rang out in front, and the Japanese army, out of tactical training instinct, fell to the ground with a swoosh.

  Zhu Hou and his men knew that the ambush ahead was their own people, but upon hearing the sound of gunfire, they hesitated for a moment before running forward. Originally, there were several hundred meters between the two sides. The devils had fallen into the trap, and Zhu Hou's group immediately opened up distance and rushed towards Wang Biao's position in front.

  This road pursuit, Zhu Hou's men sacrificed more than a dozen people, leaving only thirteen people, who rolled and crawled into Wang Biao's own camp. Wang Biao looked at the little devil standing up carefully in the distance, raised his thumb and said: "The company commander is brilliant, brother admires him."

  Duan Qin felt somewhat pleased with himself, it seemed he wasn't completely useless after all. At the very least, he knew this kind of psychological tactic, and it looked like he had done something right.

  Indeed, at half-time, the devils didn't pursue, they must have thought of being afraid of being ambushed. At this time, hearing the sound of guns, out of instinct, they would definitely stop pursuing. But Zhu Hou and his men were just the opposite, because they knew that the ambush in front was their own people and would not shoot at them, so they wouldn't be afraid.

  However, Diqin did not expect the devils to react so quickly, and they all lay down. This is even better, by the time they get up, everything will be too late.

  This false alarm caused a misunderstanding. Yoshida Ichiro was originally frightened by the sound of machine guns, thinking that they had really been ambushed, but after half a day, there was no movement at all. It seemed that it was not an ambush, but rather to meet these Shina troops.

  After being shocked and turned into anger, he immediately assembled his troops to prepare for the attack. In this one night, more than a dozen people were injured, making Yoshida Ichiro furious. Looking at the gunshot hill, it's not high, nor is there any danger. Anger made him want to wipe out these Chinese soldiers. He ordered his squadron to advance and bombarded the place with a grenade launcher.

  Yoshida Ichiro didn't know that this was the place designed by Di Qin, and Li Le's men were already waiting on both sides of the road back. Zhang Meng's hand grenade squad was also quietly approaching the devils.

  Dai Qin was very nervous, as the sky had already begun to brighten up. The hand grenade attack was after all at close range, and without the cover of night it would be very dangerous. He could only say to Wang Biao: "Lead your squad in an attack on the devils. Attract their attention."

  Just as Yoshida Ichiro was about to launch an attack, he suddenly heard the sound of gunfire on the mound in front of him, and it turned out that several machine guns were firing. This proved that a large force was approaching. He finally became fearful, the fighting strength of the Imperial Japanese Army was strong, but it also depended on how many people there were. There were only one hundred and eighty men in total, and more than ten had been killed in battle, leaving only over one hundred and sixty men. If they encountered a large number of enemy troops, it would be enough to overwhelm them.

  He hastily ordered to block the frontal attack of the Zhina army, and the troops retreated. Zhai Qin's estimate was successful, because it was not really dawn at this time. On the highway outside the wilderness, there were no forests but wild grasses, which covered Zhang Meng and others who were approaching forward.

  Zhang Meng and these people are all very powerful men, of course, they are soldiers who have received a big reward. The company commander said that if the performance on the battlefield is good, there will be an even bigger reward.

  Each of them had stored up their strength, with ten hand grenades on each person. When the Japanese army found out that the Chinese troops were coming from the side, Zhang Meng estimated that the distance was about right. He was also afraid, throwing hand grenades required standing up, and facing the enemy's gun muzzle was very dangerous. With a single order, all of these people stood up.

  Dozens of people suddenly stood up in the grass, scaring Yoshida Ichiro. In normal circumstances, this kind of close-range ambush would first be a hail of bullets, so the Japanese army's first reaction was to lie down and counterattack.

  However, Captain Yoshida Ichiro was wrong. His soldiers reacted quickly and many of them opened fire, but in the chaos, their shots were not accurate, and only a few people were hit. What they welcomed was not bullets, but hand grenades. This time it was more than 40 hand grenades. They really flew over like raindrops.

  Boom, boom, boom, the explosion sounded in unison. The hand grenades were not very powerful and had little effect on solid fortifications, but here was flat ground, and the devils had no fortifications.

  Following Jiao Qin's orders, the hand grenades didn't stop, attacking forward. Zhang Meng and his men threw out the hand grenades and lay down, when the explosion was over, they immediately jumped up and ran forward, just a dozen steps away, another batch of hand grenades flew out.

  The smoke of the first explosion had not yet dispersed, and the second explosion began. The first explosion did little harm to the devils because it was too far away, and Zhang Meng and his men started too early. Only a small amount of hand grenades flew into the Japanese army, and most of them exploded on the periphery.

  But such a concentrated explosion, smoke and dust flying everywhere, seriously affected the devils' line of sight, shooting also needs to have a target. They never thought it would be such tactics. When the second wave of hand grenades flew over, this time was an absolute disaster.

  More than 40 hand grenades exploded in the queue of devils who fell down. Yoshida Ichiro was blown away by the shock wave, and his eyes were filled with golden stars. Before he could react, it was only a few seconds later that another batch of hand grenades flew over, this time causing even greater casualties. Such tactics exceeded Yoshida Ichiro's thinking, and he didn't know how to respond.

  He had only one way to go, that was to escape. The devils no longer had any formation, and the remaining ones fled in a hurry. Zhang Meng and his men were not concerned about anything, they just launched a hand grenade attack forward.

  Hand grenades are to be thrown while lying down, otherwise the horizontally flying shrapnel will hurt oneself. Gradually, hand grenades were not enough for the devils. Yoshida Ichiro, who rushed out of the explosion range, almost vomited blood. He had a company of one hundred and eighty people, but less than half of them escaped in disarray.

  As he hastily retreated, gunfire sounded on both sides, and someone attacked them. The shouting of killing also came from behind. Yoshida Ichirō didn't care about the soldiers falling down beside him, this time he became a desperate escape.

  When did the National Army soldiers have such a triumphant battle, they were afraid and had already run to the ends of the earth, all using their strength to chase from behind.

  Yoshida Ichiro was lucky, only scratched by shrapnel on his arm, he didn't care about the bleeding and just kept running wildly. Zhang Meng and others still had half of their hand grenades left, shouting: "Chase them, catch up, blow these bastards to death."

  Diao Qin and his men had been chasing after Zhangjiagou, watching as the more than thirty devils ran further and further away. Diao Qin could only order a halt to the pursuit, clearing the battlefield along the way.

  When all the personnel gathered, Zhai Qin stared at these soldiers in surprise. Zhang Meng, who no longer dared to look down on this company commander, looked at Zhai Qin and said: "Company Commander, we really won, eliminating more than 100 devils. Only thirty or so of them escaped."

  Diaqin was furious at that time: "Fart, is this a victory? I thought we could annihilate the devils, look how many of us are left. What kind of victory is this?"

  What enraged Zhai Qin was that he had 120 men, but now standing in front of him were only 80. More than 40 people had been lost, and the third company had only 120 people in total.

  Everyone was originally in high spirits, but after being scolded by Qi Qian, they all lowered their heads and stopped talking. Zhang Meng, as the deputy company commander, said with a tone of discontent: "Company Commander, this is already a great victory. On the entire battlefield, if we can achieve two casualties for every one of theirs, it's considered a victory. We've achieved three to one, with more Japanese devils killed. Our brothers have done their best."

  Dai Qin knew that he couldn't dampen their enthusiasm, and his tactics weren't anything brilliant either. Moreover, these soldiers were inaccurate in their shooting and lacked physical strength, they couldn't even outrun the devils. Shaking his head, he said: "Forget it, let's train properly next time, damn it, none of them can run faster than the devils, what a shame. However, you fought well, I'll treat you to dinner when we get back."

  "Thank you, Commander Lian!" The remaining soldiers all cheered up.

  Di Fei was not happy, he had his first experience of the cruelty of war and now felt extremely uncomfortable in his heart. The corpses all over the ground, the severed limbs, made him feel like vomiting, and he had been enduring it.

  Wave his hand and said: "Return to the position, guard against the devils' attack again."

  Everyone was shocked by the three consecutive shots: "Ah, yes, there's a whole battalion behind!"