Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Chapter 45 Ambush Becomes Positional Warfare

Zhao Ziqing led his team to ambush on both sides of the minefield. Ten minutes later, Huang Zhengkui led his team to meet up.

He said cheerfully, "Captain Zhao, the Japs are following us."

Zhao Ziqing's smile did not diminish. He had just fought a great battle. If they fought a few more times, the entire Japanese battalion would be wiped out. How could he not be happy?

"Brothers, fight hard later. We have plenty of bullets and grenades. Don't be afraid!"

This was the first time Zhao Ziqing said such words so generously. He felt so happy and rich!

His words caused a burst of laughter from those nearby. Some soldiers touched the grenades on their waists, thinking slyly about how to blow up the Japanese.

The minefield that Gu Changfeng walked through was set up by himself. He remembered every place clearly and showed no mercy when he turned around to fight the Japanese.

Yamazaki's squadron is still chasing, and the remnants of Kameda's squadron fell behind them, led by a fearful squad leader!

There were more than two hundred people in total, and they rushed into the minefield.

"Boom!"

Two booby traps were triggered in succession, and three or four Japanese soldiers fell to the ground instantly. Two others had their legs blown off and lay on the ground wailing.

"Baga, there's a minefield, stop."

A team leader shouted.

The moment he shouted, Zhao Ziqing and his group also moved.

Hundreds of grenades were thrown into the group of Japanese soldiers, and before they could react, violent explosions rang out.

"Boom boom boom..."

Just as the team leader was about to remind him, he found himself flying up, and a moment later his limbs fell to the ground, he was deader than dead!

The power of hundreds of grenades was enormous. Combined with the booby traps that were triggered, a large amount of shrapnel whizzed down rows of Japanese soldiers.

In just a short while, at least seventy or eighty Japanese soldiers fell in a pool of blood.

Because of fear, Yamazaki had fallen behind and was almost on the same level as Kameda's squadron.

Looking at the movement in front of him, he opened his mouth wide for a moment, not knowing what to say.

They have always ended the battle in a crushing manner, and now they have finally seen what they are capable of.

Looking at the warriors lying on the ground, Captain Yamazaki's heart was bleeding, and his eyes suddenly turned red...

The remaining one hundred or so Japanese soldiers began to fight back by taking cover from the trees.

.........

Inside the prisoner-of-war camp, Zhou Qianli would take out a telescope from time to time to observe the movements of the Japanese.

When he heard Gu Changfeng's gunshot, he lost his patience.

Lu Daya encouraged him from the side, "Why don't we rush out too? The Japanese army seems to have entered the woods!"

Zhou Qianli rubbed his eyebrows. This had not been discussed before, and he didn't know whether he should go out.

After thinking for a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "Bring the brothers and follow me to support Changfeng."

Lu Daya was so happy that he wanted to go out to make arrangements, but Liu Dazhuang turned around and said something.

"The Japs are back on defense."

He had been observing the movements of the Japanese through an eight-fold scope, and he saw them returning to defend the first time.

Zhou Qianli was shocked when he heard this, and took out a telescope to look.

Sure enough, the two squadrons of Japanese soldiers returned to their temporary base one after another, and it would be inappropriate to go out and launch a surprise attack again.

"Da Ya, the Japanese dare not attack us. Take all the national army brothers and artillery to support Chang Feng."

Lu Daya hesitated and said, "Isn't that too many? If we take everyone away, there will only be more than 60 brothers left here!"

Zhou Qianli shook his head: "The intersection is so small, a heavy machine gun is more than enough, not to mention Dazhuang."

"No, it's not safe. Let's keep half of the artillery crew and just bring some grenade launchers."

Lu Daya still felt unsafe.

Zhou Qianli added: "Take the rocket launcher with you as well. It's very useful in jungle warfare. That's the arrangement. Go quickly and don't put Changfeng and the others in danger."

The battle on Gu Changfeng's side was very fierce, and the Japanese counterattack caused heavy losses to the Kuomintang soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers who reacted quickly fought back with grenade launchers and machine guns.

The Japs' firepower was still very strong. Under their counterattacks, they often suppressed Zhao Ziqing and others so that they dared not raise their heads.

Gu Changfeng relied on his range advantage to continuously kill the Japanese's manpower, causing the squadron leader Yamazaki to feel distressed.

There was nothing we could do about the ambush turning into a positional battle.

Gu Changfeng's side has limited numbers, and it is already good enough that they can eliminate so many in the first wave. The rest will have to be left to time.

As long as he is given enough time, the Japanese will flee.

On Inoue Taro's side, seeing the two squadrons returning to defend, he immediately gave orders.

"Sakata-kun, lead your squadron and immediately eliminate the Chinese in the forest. I want them all to stay."

His vicious expression frightened the two squadron leaders who had just returned to defend, but Sakata still bowed respectfully and led the team into the woods.

Gu Changfeng suddenly felt a little regretful. He didn't arrange anyone to load the bullets, which resulted in much lower efficiency.

In the future, I still have to train two to keep by my side, otherwise it will be a waste of time.

Thinking this in his mind, he quickly loaded the bullets, and when he saw another Japanese soldier taking over the machine gunner, he shot him in the head with one shot.

How could the Japanese get what they want when he's around and still so arrogant?

Xiaowu had sharp eyes. After knocking down two Japanese soldiers with a few bursts of shots, he suddenly saw a large group of Japanese soldiers running towards him in the distance and immediately shouted.

"Inform Captain Zhao that the Japanese reinforcements have arrived. Let him have the final word on whether to retreat or fight them to the bitter end."

After a while, Zhao Ziqing received the news. He looked up and saw the Japanese soldiers about seven or eight hundred meters away, and gritted his teeth.

"Notify the brothers to retreat, and throw all the grenades at the Japanese later."

Following his instructions, the national army took action soon and threw grenades towards the Japanese as if they were free.

"Rumble..."

After throwing the bullets, the Kuomintang troops began to retreat. I don’t know whether the accuracy was good or not, but the noise was really huge.

The Japanese were also stopped for a while by these hundreds of grenades. In the thick smoke, they could not see the situation clearly.

A moment later, when the smoke and dust cleared, Zhao Ziqing and others had already run away.

Gu Changfeng did not run away, but continued to snipe the Japanese. He did find the Japanese coming to support him, but distance was always the Japanese's weakness.

There was almost nothing that could threaten him. At a long distance, if the Japanese artillery shells wanted to hit him, they would have to see if the trees agreed.

"The Chinese are trying to run. Chase them, chase them."

Yamazaki was shocked and hurriedly urged the soldiers on. The squadron behind him gave him great courage.

The Japanese soldiers began to pursue, and Zhao Ziqing led the national army to run back and forth.

After Gu Changfeng was shot, he stood up and chased back the way he came. He was not panicked at all in the woods, and he did not forget to load the bullet while walking.

The Sakata Squadron was running with a lot of anger. They finally got to their position, but were recalled by the regiment commander. This was just a joke. No one was happy about it.

So, under the order of their squadron leader, a group of Japanese soldiers chased in the direction of Zhao Ziqing.

While Gu Changfeng was running, he did not forget to look back, and he was immediately happy when he saw it.

He turned around naturally and fired a few shots, sending away a few of the more agile Japanese soldiers.

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