I really came here to fight against Japan

Chapter 410: Smoke Rising from a Pile of Wet Firewood

Ten minutes later, the artillery of the New 1st Regiment fired smoke bombs one hundred meters away from the Japanese position.

Yamazaki Jihei realized that something was wrong. He thought that the Eighth Route Army was going to use smoke bombs as cover and was preparing to launch an attack.

As he expected, the Eighth Route Army fired a red flare, followed by the sound of killing.

"Bagayalu, Eighth Route Army general attack team, all soldiers, aim at the marked position, open fire, kill the chickens!"

Following an order from Japanese Captain Yamazaki, the Japanese position seemed to come alive again, spewing out countless fire snakes.

The mountain wind was so strong that it quickly blew away the smoke from the smoke bomb.

Yamazaki Jihei lay on the edge of the trench and looked outside carefully.

"Nani?" Why is there nothing happening in front of his position?

There were no Eighth Route Army soldiers charging ahead, nor were there corpses lying on the ground. It was as if nothing had happened.

"Bakayaro!" Yamazaki said angrily, slashing at the air with his command knife.

He was certain that the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side was too cunning and they just wanted to consume his ammunition.

Another point is to expose his machine gun fire point.

Not seeing the mortar shells of the Eighth Route Army, they began to dismantle his heavy machine gun positions at targeted locations.

The staff officer of the brigade below came to report that three more Type 92 heavy machine guns had been lost.

Only after being slapped by him several times did I dare to turn around and leave.

An endless feeling of shame came over him; he was actually fooled by the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side.

He, Yamazaki Jihei, an outstanding soldier of the empire (at least that's what he thought), was fooled by a bunch of guerrillas.

"Boom, boom, boom", three more smoke bombs were fired, and another red flare was launched into the sky.

Yamazaki Jihei was furious. He originally didn't want to pay attention to such a boring trick.

However, on the Eighth Route Army's position, there were already sounds of killing, and bullets from light and heavy machine guns were sweeping over.

"Order the first and second squads at the front line to counterattack and kill the chickens?"

In desperation, Captain Yamazaki, who didn't know the truth, could only order the soldiers at the front to fight first and see.

After the smoke cleared, Captain Yamazaki found that it was still the familiar scene and the familiar smell.

There was still nothing from the Japanese position to the top of Lijiaopo.

This time it was because Ding Wei gave the order that the machine guns should be shown but the people should not.

The muzzles of seven or eight light and heavy machine guns should be kept horizontal, so blind firing is sufficient.

As soon as the fire started, everyone knew that Ding Wei's order was absolutely correct.

The bullets fired by the Japanese were also blindly fired through the smoke and were very accurate.

It actually hit their heavy machine gun and almost injured the heavy machine gunner of the New 1st Regiment.

The soldiers of the Yamazaki Battalion have learned a lot now.

Without waiting for the captain's order, he quickly changed his machine gun position.

But the top of the slope is so small that we can only take shelter temporarily.

At least the effect was pretty good. This time the targeted clearance of the Eighth Route Army's artillery shells did not have a very good effect.

But everyone found that Captain Yamazaki's command seemed to be gone.

The soldiers under them, on the contrary, behaved much more calmly.

In Japanese society and the military, class systems are strictly enforced.

Although everyone felt touched in their hearts, they did not dare to look back at Yamazaki Shihei.

Captain Yamazaki, who was only thinking about his life, did not realize that he was almost out of control of the situation.

Now the only thing that can give the Yamazaki Battalion the confidence to persevere is every ten minutes.

It was the Taiyuan First Army Command, which comforted and questioned them (mainly to find out whether they were all dead).

The third wave of smoke bomb attacks came again, and the reaction of the Eighth Route Army’s positions was exactly the same as before.

Yamazaki gave the order... Forget it, let the troops stay in place and strengthen their vigilance.

By the time the Eighth Route Army really breaks out of the smoke, it will still be in time to launch a counterattack.

Without waiting for the smoke to clear, the Eighth Route Army seemed to have lost patience and fired a few more mortars, and then there was no movement again.

When the smoke from the smoke bomb had not yet completely dissipated, the Japanese army suddenly discovered something unusual.

Just two hundred meters in front of their position, there were many extra bundles of firewood.

There was also a legging tied to the firewood, which extended back another fifty meters.

Then I saw that some Eighth Route Army soldiers had already lit their leggings with matches.

The flames immediately burst into flames. It seemed that the Eighth Route Army had poured gasoline or kerosene on their leggings.

Fifty meters was not a long distance, and a fire snake rushed towards the firewood pile.

Bundles of wet firewood doused with gasoline were quickly and successfully ignited by the soldiers of the New 1st Regiment.

The flames, accompanied by thick smoke, and driven by strong winds, rushed straight towards the position of the Yamazaki Battalion.

Yamazaki Jihei was so angry that he jumped up and down and cursed. The Eighth Route Army he met this time had very bad consciences.

Not only was the smoke too thick to completely block the Yamazaki Battalion's vision, but it was also choking!

Who gave the Eighth Route Army the idea of ​​destroying the lives of the Imperial Army?

Not only did they use wet firewood, but they also added chili powder to the firewood. How sour and refreshing it was.

Hearing the Japanese devils' repeated coughing, Song Wenwan and Ding Wei's eyes lit up.

The Japanese soldiers who came this time did not carry gas masks with them.

This means that the Japanese did not carry special bullets, so the New 1st Regiment could attack without restraint.

Now Captain Yamazaki is leading his men to squat in the trench and urinate on their towels.

Water is precious, and the devils cannot pour water on towels and cover their noses with it.

Because the Japanese didn't know how long they had to hold out before they could break out of the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army.

By the time the Japanese had covered their mouths and noses with their butt cloths, the New 1st Regiment had already dug a simple trench behind the fire. One hundred meters behind the Eighth Route Army's trench, machine gun and mortar positions had been successfully built.

This situation put Yamazaki in a difficult position. The campfire was two hundred meters away from him, and the Eighth Route Army's trench was three hundred meters away from him.

The grenade launcher couldn't reach it, and we didn't dare to use the mortar.

If you want to use heavy machine guns to break up the fire, the Eighth Route Army will use a mortar group to cover your machine gun position.

Yamazaki ordered the Japanese grenade throwers to rush out of the trench thirty meters away.

They tried to get close and fire grenade launchers to disperse the choking fires.

The Eighth Route Army has another mortar group coming, directly covering your grenade launchers.

Yamazaki dispatched two more mortars to bomb the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions.

The thick smoke blocked the view and the effect of the shelling could not be seen, but we were still covered by shelling.

The Yamazaki Battalion was beaten so badly that they dared not make a sound. They were the ones who used artillery shells to bully the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army in the past.

Today, the Eighth Route Army used artillery shells to regain face for the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army.

Song Wenwan found Ding Wei and asked, "Old Ding, how was the battle just now? Were there many casualties among the soldiers?"

Ding Wei said: “One artillery position was destroyed and four soldiers were seriously injured.

Fortunately, we are close to the headquarters hospital today, so we have already sent him to the hospital behind."

The headquarters hospital behind knew that the Japanese had been surrounded.

The hospital director firmly disagreed with retreating and insisted on staying here to treat the injured comrades at the front.

It just so happened that the seriously injured soldiers were being carried into the hospital.

The hospital director immediately organized a team of surgeons to perform surgery on the wounded comrades personally.

Because the wounded received early treatment, their lives were saved.