Bright Sword: Starting from the Improved Grenade

"How's it going? Is it okay?"

As soon as the gunfire stopped, Blind Cheng arrived at the front line.

"Don't worry, Captain. We haven't even used the weapons we bought the day before yesterday. We can blow them up with just grenades."

The battalion commander was full of confidence. Although the Japanese on the opposite side looked like a battalion, they moved in a hurry and did not bring any cannons.

Is it just a pipe dream for them to break his position with grenade launchers?

"be careful."

Blind Cheng nodded, left the front position, and prepared to go to other directions to see if there was any place suitable for breaking out.

"Captain, the group of Eighth Route Army soldiers across from you are resisting fiercely. Judging from their numbers, they should be the main force."

Adjutant Kato, who had just commanded the troops to attack the enemy on the hill, spoke respectfully to the battalion commander, Lieutenant Colonel Yamazaki Yetsubo, in front of him.

"Yoshi, it seems the intelligence is correct. There must be an important figure from the Eighth Route Army among this group of people, otherwise they wouldn't have sent out a main force regiment to rescue them!"

Yamazaki Yeping put down the telescope and smiled with satisfaction.

Kato was a little worried: "Since he is an important figure in the Eighth Route Army, will the other side continue to send people to support him?"

"We are quite far away from the county town now. If our retreat is cut off by the enemy, it will be very dangerous to be surrounded!"

"Hey, Kato-kun, you worry too much."

Yamazaki Yeping was full of confidence and said viciously: "The Eighth Route Army is nothing to worry about. As long as they dare to come, I will kill them. If one regiment comes, I will fight one regiment. If two regiments come, I will kill both regiments."

After hearing what Yamazaki Yeping said, Kato was not full of confidence, but instead persuaded him with more concern.

"But Captain, our infantry artillery hasn't caught up yet. If we are surrounded, we won't be able to stop the enemy's desperate charge without heavy weapons."

"Well, you have a point."

This time, Yamazaki Yeping retorted, and he looked at the operations staff beside him: "How long will it take for our infantry artillery to arrive?"

"Returning to the captain, it will probably take another four hours."

The operations officer answered without hesitation.

"Not for too long."

Yamazaki Yeping waved his hand and said, "Tell them that I want to see the cannon within an hour. Those who violate the rules will be punished by military law."

"Hi."

The operations staff nodded in agreement, turned around and left the command center to convey the order.

"Continue to attack, don't give the enemy time to catch their breath."

After the operations staff left, Yamazaki Yeping gave instructions to Kato.

"Hi."

A moment later, gunfire rang out again in Shilipu. At the same time, Zhang Dabiao, riding a tricycle, also led his men to the battlefield.

Listening to the faint sound of gunfire coming from the front, Zhang Dabiao thought about it.

"Everyone get off the car and walk to the battlefield."

"Yes."

Twenty minutes later, on the hillside beside the battlefield, looking at the two sides fighting fiercely below, the platoon leader Wang Gangshan of the spearhead platoon could not help but say.

"Go ahead, Battalion Commander. You can give the Japanese a stab in the ass."

"Wait a minute, doesn't that seem weird to you?"

Zhang Dabiao looked at the Japanese troops below with confusion in his eyes.

"What's so strange? The fighting was intense. The Japs charged two or three times."

The deputy platoon leader disagreed.

Wang Gangshan, on the other hand, stroked his chin and said, "You know what, Captain Cheng is really rich. He throws grenades like they are free."

"Why are there so many people on the battlefield? Aren't they afraid of the Japanese artillery?"

"cannon!"

Zhang Dabiao thought of something and immediately stared at the Japanese troops below. He suddenly said, "The Japanese didn't fire. It seems that they didn't bring any Japanese artillery."

"Hey, that's right!"

Others also reacted. The Japanese usually fought with artillery bombardment and infantry charging. Now they only saw infantry charging, but where were the artillery?

"Either it hasn't arrived yet, or it has some other purpose."

Zhang Dabiao thought for a while and said: "Everyone, work in squads and search around the Japanese troops to see where the enemy's artillery positions are."

"it is good."

The heavy weapons of the Japanese battalion are generally two 70mm 92 infantry guns with a range of 2788 meters.

So as long as we take the Japanese troops as the base point and search within a range of 2,000 meters, we will definitely find it. However, Zhang Dabiao and his men searched two or three times but still couldn't find it.

"Captain, do you think it is possible that the Japanese infantry artillery is still on the way?"

Everyone gathered again, Wang Gangshan said.

"What if the devils didn't bring it with them at all?"

The deputy platoon leader retorted.

"Do not."

There was a gleam of wisdom in Zhang Dabiao's eyes.

"Look at the battle below. It's clear that the 772nd Regiment and the Japanese are in a stalemate. If the Japanese want to break through, they will definitely seek support."

"Captain, do you mean that we should set up an ambush in the back and cut off the Japs' retreat?"

Wang Gangshan asked tentatively.

"That's it."

Zhang Dabiao stood up quickly: "The engineering squad should immediately look for a suitable ambush point, and the signalman should tell Captain Cheng that support will be here soon. Tell them to hold on."

"Yes."x2

...........

"Fuck, little devils!!"

The engineering squad lay in the grass, looking at the slowly advancing Japanese artillery team in front of them, a little surprised.

"What should I do, squad leader? Do you want to fight?"

one soldier asked.

"Hit, hit the hell out of here, we are engineers."

The engineer squad leader shouted in a low voice: "Alright, be careful, follow me and follow the front. Engineers should do what engineers do."

After saying this, the group of 12 people carefully lay on the ground and retreated backwards. After they were a certain distance away, the engineers jumped up and ran madly towards the front of the Japanese.

After a while, we were on a relatively flat road.

"Okay, here we are. According to the speed of the Japanese, we have 30 minutes to set up. Do you have confidence?"

The engineer squad leader asked.

"Yes" x11

"action."

Soon the engineers took out their shovels and started digging a pit. They planned to bury a 20-meter-long mine belt here.

Twenty minutes later, a wire was connected to the detonator.

"All right."

The engineer squad leader patted the dust off his hands and said, "Xiao Wang, go and inform Captain Wang right away. Tell him that we encountered a Japanese artillery squad on the road and they are setting up an ambush. Please support us."

"Yes."

On the other side, the Japanese artillery squad.

"The captain called us again and asked us to get to the battlefield within an hour."

A communications soldier behind the radio came up to the Japanese artillery squad leader and said.

"idiot."

Team leader Inoue Chuuichi was furious.

Damn Yamazaki Yeping, doesn't he know how difficult the mountain road is? They run fast, can I still install an engine for the cannon?

But a higher-ranking official can crush a lower-ranking official, and Yamazaki Yeping is three or four ranks higher than him. Inoue Chusan was furious and slapped the signalman in the face.

"Hurry up and notify the troops to speed up."

"Hi."

The signalman touched his cheek aggrievedly and ran to inform the squad leader of the order.

Soon, the artillery team of more than one hundred people began to advance at full speed.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

Suddenly, a series of violent explosions rang out.