Liang Jian: Lao Li, I'm really not a military expert

"Major, due to the sudden attack by the Chinese, our light machine gunners and artillerymen were killed by the Chinese in the first place. We lost more than half of our troops. Now there are only 20 warriors who can really fight, and they can only fight back with rifles. I request to temporarily transfer!" suggested the Japanese sergeant.

But his suggestion was not adopted by Major Komura, who instead swung his command knife and chopped at his head, killing the Japanese sergeant directly, and shouted madly: "Baga Yalu! You damn coward, you are not worthy of being a warrior of the empire. Anyone who dares to escape will die!"

"I have just asked the squadron captain for tactical guidance. We must hold out here for half an hour and wait for the squadron captain's reinforcements to arrive!"

Under the command of Major Komura, the remaining Japanese squad piled up the bodies of their comrades as trenches and started a shootout with the third platoon leader. In order to reduce the casualties of the troops, the third platoon leader had to suppress the Japanese firepower with machine guns and desperately strafed their hiding places. The two sides fell into a stalemate.

Lin Zhenhua led two squads of soldiers to a place 800 meters away from the battlefield. If they went any further, they would be within the range of the Japanese Type rifles. The risk factor was relatively high. He picked up the telescope hanging around his neck, took a look at the situation on the battlefield, and then ordered: "Li Sanwa, set up the two mortars we brought here immediately. You have been learning from Zhuzi for a long time before. Today I want to see how well you have learned."

Li Sanwa's grinning boss hurriedly called for help, unloaded the mortar from the horse's back, found a flat place to assemble the mortar, and shouted, "Captain Lin, the mortar team is ready. Please indicate the specific direction and target!"

Lin Zhenhua was very satisfied with Li Sanwa's speed. He found the position and set up the mortar in just three minutes. This speed was definitely excellent. He observed the Japanese's firepower point through the telescope, calculated in his mind, and shouted loudly: "Distance 820 meters, distance 860 meters, position one at a 60-degree angle, 45 mils to the left, position two at a 80-degree angle, mils to the right, three shots at high speed, recalibrate the target according to the impact point!"

"The number one position has been adjusted!"

"The second position has been adjusted!"

"Three rapid shots, shooting begins!"

With two soft thuds, two shells were fired out from the mortar barrel and flew towards where the Japanese were. They hit the ground and exploded ten seconds later, with shrapnel flying everywhere and spreading around.

The Japanese were mainly focused on the exchange of fire with the third platoon. In addition, the third platoon had not used artillery to attack the Japanese before, which misled the Japanese. They believed that the Eighth Route Army in front of them lacked artillery and had a very weak awareness of anti-artillery. As a result, the first attack of the mortar achieved good results, killing and injuring five or six Japanese.

"Bagayalu! Immediately launch an anti-artillery operation. Find a way to get our artillery back and launch an artillery attack on the Chinese positions!"

"Major, all our artillerymen have been killed. Even if we take back the mortars under the fierce firepower of the Chinese, no one will use them. Please calm down. Such an order will only make our situation more difficult!"

Jiro Hirahara risked being slapped in the face and spoke out his inner thoughts. If he and Omura Sa were not from the same hometown, he would not have dared to make any suggestions.

Major Komura put away his crazy look. He was still willing to give some face to his fellow villager. He listened to his advice and gave new orders: "Order each group to move closer to the sides of the road, avoid the Chinese artillery fire, and keep those who are useful. The squadron leader will arrive in another half an hour. If we persist, we will win!"

Under the order of Major Komura, the Japanese readjusted their combat deployment and began to move quietly to both sides of the road.

Lin Zhenhua looked at the effect of the bombardment through the telescope, nodded with satisfaction, and ordered loudly: "Li Sanwa, increase the intensity of the bombardment to prevent the Japanese from retreating to the sides of the road. We can't give these bastards a chance to escape. Use up all the shells we brought. I won't survive this time. I want to see who is tougher, the Japanese or the shells!"

"Captain Lin, the Japanese used artillery to bomb us so hard that we had nowhere to hide. This time, I will let them have a good taste of what it's like to be bombed, and avenge our dead comrades and fellow villagers!"

"Genwa, what are you dawdling for? Hurry up and bring the shells to me. Today I will let the Japanese see the style of our New First Regiment's artillery. I will make the Japanese calves tremble with fear when they mention our New First Regiment's artillery in the future!"

As the two mortars began to fire at full force, 20 shells poured into the enemy's position in just one minute, blowing the enemy to pieces. Lin Zhenhua saw an opportunity through the telescope and shouted loudly: "Everyone, get on the horses, let's give the enemy an immediate surprise attack and kill the remaining enemy soldiers. This battle will decide the outcome!"

"Li Sanwa, you better aim your gun! The lives of more than a dozen of us are in your hands, you bastard, don't hit one of your own!"

Lin Zhenhua led ten soldiers, with four light machine guns in the lead and seven submachine guns following closely behind, and rushed towards the last hiding place of the Japanese.

At a distance of 500 meters from the Japanese, four light machine guns began firing crazily, forcing the Japanese to unable to raise their heads. The war horses under their feet also quickened their pace and rushed to the front of the Japanese in just three minutes. The submachine guns also opened fire when they were 50 meters away from the Japanese. At this time, Li Sanwa also stopped the shelling. The Japanese, who were a little confused by the explosion, looked up and found that the cavalry led by Lin Zhenhua were shot into sieves just as they were about to raise their heads to fight back.

"Hit these bastards hard! Beat them to death! I don't want any prisoners today. I want to end this battle as quickly as possible!"

"Comrades, follow me!"

Under the leadership of Lin Zhenhua, the battle was resolved in just five minutes. All the Japanese soldiers, including Major Ogawa, were killed. However, only one of their soldiers was bitten by the Japanese's Type 38 rifle bullet. Apart from that, no other soldiers were injured. It was a beautiful annihilation battle!

"Third Platoon Leader, immediately arrange for someone to clean up the battlefield, and also arrange for someone to send the wounded away! Don't treat the enemy's radio as junk and throw it away. Maybe it can be used after repairing it!"

Under the command of Lin Zhenhua, the soldiers simply cleaned up the battlefield and returned to the previous blocking position of the third platoon leader Lu Xiaohai. Everyone could take a break before the Japanese arrived.

"Third Platoon Leader, you did a good job this time. We are outnumbered now, so we can't compete with the Japs in terms of personnel consumption, but we can definitely compete with them in terms of bullet consumption. We will soon be able to produce our own bullets, so we can afford this amount of ammunition consumption!"