Chapter 557(1/2)
"Captain, you can't go forward any more."
Jiro Owada finally couldn't help it and quickly caught up with the captain Sato Takeru.
However, Sato Takeru did not stop and still walked forward with his saber high, while asking impatiently: "Kun Owada, is there any problem?"
Owada Jiro said: "Captain, these holes must be connected to the tunnel."
"So what?" Sato Ken said disdainfully, "These holes are already under our control. If the Eighth Route Army comes out of these holes, they will be seeking death."
Jiro Owada was speechless for a while.
Because what Sato said is completely fine.
In theory, this is how things are.
But Jiro Owada always feels that things are not that simple.
"Go back." Sato Ken snorted coldly, "Take your team well."
"Hayi." Owada Jiro paused his head and returned to his infantry unit in shame.
After walking forward about five hundred meters, only five hundred meters away from the ancestral hall outside Yunqi Town, the uneasiness in Owada Jiro's heart became even stronger.
At this time, an accident finally happened.
When a soldier from the next squad unbuttoned his pants and peed at the hole, he suddenly poked out from the dark hole, and pierced the soldier's lower abdomen.
After being hit hard, the soldier screamed and covered his lower body and fell to the entrance of the cave.
"Baga, there is the Eighth Route Army in the cave!" Several Japanese soldiers seen nearby roared at the same time.
This time, it was like a drop of water falling into the oil pan. Hundreds of grenades were thrown out from hundreds of holes within two kilometers in front of Yunqi Town at the same time.
Hundreds of smoke-filled grenades rolled to the feet of Japanese soldiers.
"Grenade! Lying down! Lying down quickly!" The roar sounded instantly, but grassroots non-commissioned officers like Jiro Kowada who had combat experience reminded other recruits.
Some non-commissioned officers even picked up landmines from the ground.
But after picking up the grenade, the soldiers were stupid.
Because they are all in all directions, they don’t know where to throw them?
No matter which direction you throw it, it will be thrown on your own people's heads and will blow up your own people.
In a daze, the grenade held in the air exploded, and the metal fragments shot into the air instantly shot one by one, including Japanese veterans.
While the Japanese army was bombed to death, the Eighth Route Army kept poking out from the entrance of the cave.
These Eighth Route Army only poked half of their heads out of the hole. When they saw the Japanese soldiers, they decisively raised their guns to shoot. After shooting one shot, they would never be greedy for merit, and they would retract back into the hole without hesitation.
"Baga, there is an Eighth Route Army in the cave next to you, Yagi Jun!"
"Juno Chonggang, there is an Eighth Route Army in the cave behind you, be careful!"
"Hiron, there is an Eighth Route Army in the cave on your left. Oh, damn it, he retracted again."
"Ah, help, I was shot, I was shot in the stomach. Medical soldier, where is the medical soldier?"
"Bagayalu, don't panic. Point the gun at the entrance of the ground hole. As long as the Eighth Route Army dares to emerge, they will be killed. All aim at the damn tunnel entrance!"
In an instant, the entire infantry brigade was completely in chaos.
Sato Ken's idea is very right. As long as the Eighth Route Army dares to show its head, it will inevitably be unable to escape the Japanese army's dense firepower.
But the problem is that there are too many authentic tunnel entrances. There are at least five or six hundred in the area within a radius of two kilometers. There are more authentic tunnel entrances outside these two kilometers, endless.
The Japanese army had no idea which tunnel the Eighth Route Army would emerge from.
Maybe they were aiming at this, but the Eighth Route Army came out from another one next to it.
The result Sato Ken wanted most was that the entire infantry brigade could be divided into 56 combat groups, each group was responsible for an authentic tunnel, so that it could ensure the shooting of the Eighth Route Army that emerged from each hole.
But this is a delusion, how can it be done in a hurry?
So the truth is that Sato's brigade suddenly fell into chaos.
Jiro Owada was not confused, but calmly raised his rifle and aimed at a hole.
The Japanese were very lucky. An Eighth Route Army really poked its head out of the hole. Jiro Owada decisively pulled the trigger and shot it into the head of the Eighth Route Army.
The Eighth Route Army fell to the entrance of the cave.
However, before Owada Jiro was satisfied,
A grenade was thrown out of the hole.
"Baga!" Kowada Jiro quickly pounced on the side and fell to the ground.
Immediately, there was a bang, and then hot mud and sand fell down, and many fell into Kowadaji's neck, making him grin.
Turning his body sideways to shake off the mud and sand from his neck, Owada Jiro stood up again with a rifle.
Soon, Jiro Owada discovered another hole, but just as he was about to raise his gun to aim, a round of bullets suddenly shot out from the hole, and he actually used a submachine gun that could be fired continuously.
Kowada Jiro had a great fate and did not beat him.
But another Japanese soldier who was half kneeling behind Jiro Owada was shot straight away, and immediately covered his neck and fell into a pool of blood. The bullet had already penetrated his neck, and it was obviously inactive.
Jiro Owada quickly lay down, climbed to the tunnel entrance with his elbow, and then faced the bayonet from the side to the hole. He just waited for the Eighth Route Army to poke his head out of the hole, and then stabbed the Eighth Route Army in the head.
At this moment, a loud roar suddenly rang behind him: "Kowada, be careful behind you."
Jiro Owada instinctively lay down, and heard a crisp sound of a trumpet hook in his ears. At the same time, he felt a heat on his left cheek, and then his entire left cheek completely lost consciousness.
After falling to the ground, he touched his cheeks and saw blood all over his hands.
It turned out that I was shot just now, but it was only hit on his cheek.
Now Kowada Jiro was also afraid and lay on his back and didn't even dare to get up again.
Because he was worried that after he got up, he would become the target of the Eighth Route Army. There were cave entrances everywhere, and God Amaterasu didn't know which cave entrance the Eighth Route Army would emerge from.
When Kowada Jiro lay down, he found that he was really safe.
Because the area south of Yunqi Town is not flat and has high and low undulations, and this area is full of crops such as corn, sweet potatoes, wheat, etc., the vision is blocked when you lie down.
But this cover is in two directions, and the Eighth Route Army can no longer see Jiro Owada now.
Jiro Owada no longer got up. As a veteran, sometimes he had to pretend to be dead.
...
Jiro Owada was in the situation so he couldn't see the whole picture clearly, but Yukiji Yanagawa, who was standing on the commanding heights in the distance, had two chiefs of staff who could see it very clearly.
Through the vision of the military telescope, the three old Japanese could clearly see that the area on the front of Yunqi Town was actually covered with a large number of authentic entrances. No, not only this area, but also the areas on both sides were also covered with such entrances, at least thousands, or even thousands!
Moreover, there are Eighth Route Army hidden at almost every cave entrance.
Therefore, not only the Eighth Route Army hiding in the middle area were attacking Sato brigade, but the Eighth Route Army hiding in both areas would also come out of the tunnel entrance from time to time to fire cold guns.
Moreover, these Eighth Route Army soldiers are very cunning and never repeatedly fire at an authentic tunnel.
The Sato brigade has completely fallen into the chaotic battle circle of the Eighth Route Army, and it is a mess.
"Baiga, what kind of tactic is this?" Yanagawa Yukiji felt that his mind was not enough.
I have lived to be in my fifties and fought for most of my life, and I have never seen such a tactic.
Shunhiro Asano and Kyuichi Akutagawa actually had an eye-opening epiphany. This is a derivative of tunnel warfare? Can tunnel warfare still be used as a fighting method?
Isn’t the biggest function of authenticity just to hide itself?
How could you dig so many holes like this and expose the tunnel to enemy firepower?
But this is the way to do it, but the Sato brigade was so rude that it suffered endless attacks from all directions? The Eighth Route Army is so cunning!
Just in the few minutes when the three old Japanese were stunned,
Sato brigade is losing staff at an astonishing rate.
Because Sato's brigade really can't organize an effective counterattack.
Speaking of which, Sato's brigade has four infantry squadrons and a heavy machine gun squadron. There are eight types of Type 92 heavy machine guns alone, but they are useless in this battle.
Not only heavy machine guns are useless, but also light machine guns are useless.
A machine gunner, however, set up his machine gun and opened fire violently at an authentic entrance.
However, two magazines were fired at the tunnel entrance, but in the end they were blown up by a grenade thrown from the tunnel entrance. The person was killed and the machine gun was also destroyed.
After ten minutes, Akutagawa Koichi finally realized.
"General!" Akutagawa Hikaru paused and said, "Hurry up and let Sato Team retreat."
Hearing this, Toshiki Asano also reacted and echoed: "Yes, it's meaningless to continue Sato's brigade. It's better to withdraw quickly. If you're a little late, you'll have to die for the country."
Yukiji Yanagawa quickly turned around and said to the flag-speaking soldiers: "Chang the flag-speaking, Sato brigade will withdraw immediately!"
"Hayi!" The flag-speaking soldier paused and immediately ran to the small earthbowl and faced the front to sing the flag-speaking.
After receiving the flag words from the flag soldiers, Sato's brigade, who was struggling to support, quickly turned around and retreated.
However, during the retreat of Sato's brigade, the Eighth Route Army continued to emerge from the ubiquitous tunnel entrance, either shooting with rifles or blasting with grenades, causing great damage to Sato's brigade.
To be continued...