freenovelworld Chapter 574: Too Few People
Chapter 574: Too Few People
The team quickly split up.
However, after the division of forces, Du Feng and Wang Shuncheng each have only 9 brothers.
Because in addition to Yuan Shuai's 6 brothers, their team originally had 25 brothers, but Yuan Shuai transferred 7 brothers from Yu Daqing, leaving only 18 brothers. The two teams were divided into two classes, and there were only 9 brothers left in each class.
Arriving at the third line of defense in front, the brothers murmured with worry on their faces.
"There are more than a hundred Japanese soldiers in front of us. We only have nine brothers. Can we stop them?"
"Nonsense, don't we still have this?"
Wang Shuncheng patted the 90 mortar beside him.
Yuan Shuai knew that they were few in number, so he did not take the mortar away.
This is the Japanese Type 90 mortar, with a range of 3800 meters.
The team also brought ten boxes of shells and thirty rounds of artillery shells.
Although there are not many, it should be enough to intercept the Japanese on the left and right wings.
Moreover, on the left wing, the Japanese on Du Feng's side were also within the range of their 90 mortars.
Although Wang Shuncheng could not use the 75 field gun, he could use the mortar.
Although this is the Japanese's 90 mortar, its usage is no different from their previous 82 mortar.
He quickly found an open space and set up the mortar.
This is to prevent the big trees and branches from blocking the way and making it difficult to fire.
On the other side, Du Feng's brothers started to complain.
"The boss is too partial. He gave them Type 90 mortars. We haven't had mortars for such a long time!"
"If they only focus on that side and don't give us artillery support, how can we stop the Japs!"
"Don't we still have a 75mm field gun? Wouldn't it be better to let the boss use the 75mm field gun to bombard?"...
"Shut up, everyone!"
Du Feng gritted his teeth and shouted softly.
"The boss has his own battle plan. Platoon Leader Wang will definitely give us artillery support. The boss has mentioned this before. As for the 75mm field gun, none of us knows how to use it! We only have so many shells, and they can't withstand any use! The three of you stay here, and the rest of you follow me to the front to lay mines. Plant a few more before the Japanese come!"
Du Feng quickly led his men forward to a place more than 100 meters away to lay mines.
At the same time, Yuan Shuai and his men quickly detoured behind the Japanese.
However, Yu Daqing and others were slow.
When Yuan Shuai reached a hillside behind the Japanese battalion headquarters, he looked back and did not see Yu Daqing's troops.
"Damn, these guys are too slow! I guess I need to strengthen my speed training in the future!"
"Boss, the devils are just ahead!"
"Two 92mm infantry guns!"
"A machine gun squadron, 12 pheasant necks!"
"A battalion headquarters of 30 people, a transport team of about 100 people, a machine gun squadron of more than 170 people, and an artillery squad of more than 50 people. All together, it is estimated that there are nearly people!"
Yuan Shuai picked up the telescope and looked through it, then handed it to Hu Dacai, while looking back in the direction they came from.
This place is more than 500 meters away from the Japanese, and the terrain is slightly higher than the Japanese side.
But the Japanese transport team, machine gun squadron and artillery squad were more than 30 meters apart from each other.
The Japanese battalion headquarters is right here with the artillery squad, ready to command the artillery to provide artillery support to the front at any time.
Suddenly, there were gunshots from the front.
The Japanese troops that were flanking on the left and right wings had already exchanged fire with Wang Shuncheng and Du Feng's troops.
Wang Shuncheng's 90mm mortar has also opened fire.
But the first use of the Japanese 90 mortar was obviously not smooth.
Two consecutive shells missed the target.
Wang Shuncheng was so angry that he quickly adjusted the shooting parameters.
However, the third shell finally landed in the enemy's ranks and exploded.
A few artillery shells were fired in succession, forcing the Japanese to dodge quickly while using the communication radio to call for artillery support.
Wang Shuncheng quickly adjusted the direction and provided artillery support to Du Feng.
On Du Feng's side, they relied on the mines they had buried before and the small machine guns to stop the Japanese.
Now with artillery support, the pressure here has been reduced a lot.
When the Japanese artillery received the news, the artillery captain quickly ordered the infantry artillery to install shells and adjust the shooting parameters.
"It's too late, everyone, use the grenade launchers! Blow up his artillery position!"
Yuan Shuai shouted in a low voice, and everyone quickly took out the grenade launchers, installed grenades, and fired at the Japanese artillery positions.
"Boom bang bang..."
Six consecutive grenades whizzed towards the Japanese artillery position.
Hearing the whistling sound of the grenades, all the Japanese soldiers turned around suddenly.
"Bagayalu, hide!"
Seeing the flying grenade, the Japanese were so scared that they quickly lay down.
"Boom boom boom boom..."
Six consecutive grenades exploded at the Japanese artillery position.
Many Japanese artillerymen were blown down.
The Japanese artillery captain was also blown to death.
Even at the Japanese battalion headquarters behind the position, many Japanese were killed or injured in the explosion.
The captain lay on the ground, shook off the warm sand on his head, turned his head to look behind him, and cursed angrily with gritted teeth.
"Damn it! There's an ambush from behind! Artillery, blow up that mountain!"
Unfortunately, there were many artillery soldiers’ bodies and wounded soldiers lying on the artillery positions.
Although several artillerymen quickly adjusted the infantry guns.
But the second round of shells was already whistling in.
Not only that, Yu Daqing behind had also arrived with his men.
"Damn it, why did you come so late? Use your grenade launchers and machine guns to aim at the enemy's machine gun squadron and fire, quickly!"
Yuan Shuai continued to use the grenade launcher to fire at the Japanese artillery.
The Japanese machine gun squadron here, quickly turn all the heavy machine guns around.
Unfortunately, the heavy machine gun is relatively bulky, while Yu Daqing's crutch is very light.
The Chaohe Japanese machine gun squadron opened fire crazily and provided fire coverage.
At the same time, several grenade launchers were aiming at the Japanese machine gun squadron and firing.
For a moment, the Japanese soldiers in the machine gun position fell one after another.
"Bakayalu, notify the transportation department, rush over!"
The Japanese captain was so angry that he almost went crazy.
The Japanese transport team had more than a hundred people, but they all carried guns.
Upon hearing the order, he quickly came towards Yuan Shuai with a gun.
Fortunately, at this time, the Japanese artillery here had basically been destroyed.
Even those who were still breathing were seriously injured and could not continue firing.
More than half of the people in the Japanese battalion headquarters were killed or wounded.
The Japanese captain could only hide in the woods with his men.
Yuan Shuai immediately aimed the grenade launcher at the Japanese machine gun squadron and bombed it crazily.
For a moment, the Japanese machine gun squadron was covered by the flames of grenade explosions.
There were only a few Japs left in the entire machine gun squadron.
"Bakayalu, these are not white people, they are yellow people, they are the national army, they are the national army!"
"Kill them, kill them!"
"Report, our army has suffered heavy casualties. The enemy has many grenade launchers and even 90 mortars. If we don't retreat, I'm afraid we will be wiped out!"
One of the subordinates reminded anxiously, with cold sweat dripping down his forehead.