kingnovel Chapter 398: 1 small victory
Chapter 398: 1 small victory
Boom boom boom!
The Japanese's 70mm mortars were quite powerful. The first wave of attack silenced Yang Xiquan's two machine guns and directly killed the main and deputy gunners.
Seeing this, Yang Xiquan decisively issued an order to retreat.
The Japanese mortars have already started firing, if they don't run away, all the machine guns will be destroyed by the Japanese.
Although their two militia companies were eventually allocated grenade launchers, their accuracy was not as good as that of the Japanese, so he has not chosen to use them until now.
The retreat whistle sounded, and more than 500 militiamen on the hillside took turns covering the retreat.
Of course the Japanese were not happy about this and they chased us up the mountain aggressively.
"Grenade!"
Huang Xiaoer, who was guarding the rear, saw the Japanese getting closer and closer, so he pulled out the grenade from his waist...
Soon, the militia soldiers in the rear followed suit.
Boom boom boom!
A series of explosions killed or wounded more than a dozen Japanese soldiers who were pursuing them.
"Bagayalu, kill the chicken for me!"
The remaining Japanese soldiers from the Jingkou Battalion followed their squadron leader and kept chasing the militia. Soon they were about to enter the pocket set up in the rear.
There were not many people in the rear, only about 300 people, equipped with four heavy machine guns and six light machine guns.
The main thing was not firepower. Under Yang Xiquan's arrangement, a minefield was laid out in the rear, waiting for the devils to come and pursue.
Yang Xiquan was not that stupid. How could he set up a position in the face of two squadrons of devils?
In fact, if he hadn't been too late, he could have made arrangements in the village in advance, and there are even tunnels in the village.
"Platoon leader, the Japs are coming."
At the ambush position composed of two militia companies, Da Niu's eyes lit up when he heard the soldier's report, and he made a few gestures to let everyone get ready.
"Hurry up and kill these Chinese. There are beautiful girls working ahead!"
The Japanese soldiers were extremely excited, as if they could see what they wanted to see by crossing the mountain.
He was so obsessed with sex that he didn't consider the potential dangers at all.
"Sir Captain, we can't chase them anymore. We have already separated from the rear team."
"Bagayalo, a few security guards scared you like this, are you really a warrior of the Imperial Army?"
Iguchi Takaji, who was chasing hard, didn't care about all that. His angry roar made Lieutenant Zhiyuan dare not speak, and he could only continue to chase behind.
The other side even dropped their heavy machine guns. Would Iguchi Takaji still be afraid of these people?
Boom boom boom!
More than one hundred Japanese soldiers rushed directly into the trap set by Yang Xiquan, causing a violent explosion in an instant. The Jingkou Squadron was in trouble.
Within a radius of two or three miles, the smoke enveloped all the Japanese.
"Haha, blow these little Japs to death, brothers, shoot them, use your grenade launchers to fire in their direction!"
Da Niu shouted excitedly without stopping his movements, throwing grenades into the area where the Japanese were.
"Bakayaloo, enemy attack!"
"Bakayalu, my eyes!"
“Baga,…”
After the violent explosion, there was a sound of ghosts howling and wolves howling, and the Wellhead Squadron was destroyed!
Da da da!
Boom boom boom!
The militia soldiers led by Da Niu responded quickly. As soon as the explosion ended, the sounds of grenade launchers, light and heavy machine guns, and Type 38 rifles rang out.
Yang Xiquan and Huang Xiaoer were naturally not idle either. After finding a good shooting point, they set up their guns and fired at the Japanese.
The Japanese were in complete chaos, running around like headless flies.
As soon as Yang Xiquan saw the opportunity, he quickly ordered the soldiers to blow the charge horn. The militiamen jumped out of their firing positions one by one and launched a counterattack against the Japanese.
"Revenge our dead brothers and kill the devils!"
"Come on!"
There were shouts of killing everywhere. The dozens of remaining Japanese soldiers in the Jingkou Squadron were completely confused at this time. They didn't know how many people were on the other side, and the squadron leader didn't move.
The Japanese soldiers completely collapsed and ran back as fast as they could. Behind them was the Tanaka Regiment, so they still had hope...
Yang Xiquan directly gave the order to continue the pursuit. They were outnumbered by the Japanese anyway, so it would be right to kill them while they were weak.
On a road leading into the mountains, Saburo Tanaka and his troops were chasing, when they suddenly heard an explosion two kilometers away. They panicked instantly, thinking it was another minefield.
Moreover, the power of the minefield this time is obviously stronger than before.
"Bakayalu, stop chasing!"
Tanaka Saburo, feeling uncertain, looked ahead with a gloomy expression, hesitating to move forward.
He was not sure. With such a powerful force, it was obvious that the Jingkou Squadron had suffered heavy losses. It was hard to say whether he could rescue them if he chased after them. He could easily get himself killed.
Just as he was hesitating, the fleeing Japanese soldiers arrived. They were in a miserable state and did not look like the warriors they were supposed to be.
Da da da!
The sound of machine gunfire came closer and closer, and Tanaka Saburo said directly: "Hurry up, get out of here immediately."
Tanaka's choice was wise. Otherwise, with Yang Xiquan's mindset, he would have tried his best to keep all the Japanese devils on the mountain. Now they have the advantage.
The main reason was that Tanaka's squadron had already suffered heavy losses in the earlier battle, and later when Iguchi was chasing him, many of his men were taken away. This resulted in him only having fifty or sixty people now, so how could he dare to continue?
Yang Xiquan led his men to pursue the enemy out of the mountain pass, and only ordered them to withdraw after they had driven the devils out.
The militiamen achieved brilliant results in this battle. They cleared out more than 150 Japanese corpses. The militiamen didn't care about the remaining wounded ones, they just piled them together and burned them.
"Company Commander, the Japanese are in trouble this time. We killed so many of them when two squadrons came in."
Da Niu said excitedly while holding the Type 99 rifle. He said that he had picked up the rifle on the battlefield and he refused to put it down.
Yang Xiquan was in no mood to argue with Erniu. He just hooked his finger and asked Da Niu to give him the machine gun without saying anything.
With Daniel's temper, he wanted to take a machine gun? This was no joke, so Yang Xiquan confiscated it directly for safety reasons.
Da Niu understood and reluctantly handed the machine gun to Yang Xiquan, then ran aside and muttered.
"The soldiers of the reconnaissance squad continue to go out to investigate the movements of the Japanese, while the others continue to lay the minefields."
Yang Xiquan said, looking at Huang Xiaoer beside him, and said: "After all, there are a lot of devils outside. If a whole group goes into the mountains, we will not be able to deal with them."
"Let's discuss the next plan later. Should we let the people continue to move deeper into the mountains?"
He knew very well that since this side had been exposed, they would definitely have to face a large Japanese force next, and if they were not careful they would all be in trouble.
"Well, Captain Yang, you have the final say. Now all the soldiers in Huangjia Village listen to you."
Huang Xiaoer knew his own limitations and didn't argue. He just followed Yang Xishen after he finished speaking.
On the way back to the base, Yang Xiquan thought for a moment and continued, "Let's evacuate the civilians first. We'll have to go back into the mountains to fight the Japanese. We'll move to another place after each battle."
"As long as we circle the Japanese on the mountain, sooner or later they will be unable to bear it and retreat on their own."
"Once the main force is free, we will have to deal with these little devils sooner or later."
Although it was a small victory, Yang Xiquan remained calm. He knew very well that the main force of the Japanese outside still had to rely on the soldiers of the main regiments in Xianyaling.