The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1419: Front and Back Attack (Second Update)

The other soldiers participating in the counterattack on the battlefield were not as lucky as him.

They were fighting with the remnants of the Kwantung Army on the first line of defense and were completely unprepared.

Faced with the sudden fire attack from forty meters away, he could only watch as the rain of bullets drilled bloody holes in his body one after another, without even a chance to lie down.

In the blink of an eye, a dozen soldiers were killed.

"Relying on the temporary defense line of the Japanese devils to fight against the Kwantung Army..."

"Set up all the light and heavy machine guns... Use the light and heavy machine guns captured from the Kwantung Army..."

"Fire with grenade launchers. Try to knock out a few of the Japanese firepower points. Suppress the enemy's firepower and prepare for a frontal assault..."

“Dong dong dong… da da da…”

After Yang Song issued the order to counterattack, at first there were only a dozen light and heavy machine guns set up behind the bunkers and firing, which were no match for the Kwantung Army on the second line of defense.

It was not until the soldiers used local materials and collected the still usable light and heavy machine guns on the first line of defense for emergency use, and gradually deployed nearly 30 light and heavy machine guns to engage in fire against the Kwantung Army, that the two sides ended in a draw.

Bullets were flying back and forth between the enemy and us as if they were free.

"Boom boom boom..."

Several grenades fell from the sky and hit the second line of the Kwantung Army. Two machine guns were silenced in the explosion and lost their combat effectiveness.

"Boom boom boom..."

The Kwantung Army's grenade throwers were unwilling to fall behind and simultaneously fired a round of grenades at the Eighth Route Army.

Their shooting accuracy was obviously much better than that of the Eighth Route Army. They destroyed three light and heavy machine gun firing points on the spot, killing and injuring nearly ten Eighth Route Army soldiers.

The fighting between the two sides became more and more intense, and the entire battlefield was filled with the sound of gunfire.

More than one hundred Eighth Route Army soldiers who had already reached the Japanese army's feet began to move.

Holding an engineering shovel, under the cover of the sound of gunfire, they quickly dug up the mud blocking the entrance and exit of the tunnel.

They chose some tunnel entrances and exits that were not severely damaged and had a soil layer of only about one meter thick.

Several soldiers took turns digging. The soil was just blown up by grenades and was very soft, so the soldiers dug very quickly.

In ten minutes, five tunnel entrances and exits were cleared.

This place is about twenty-five meters away from the second line of defense of the Kwantung Army, and it is behind them.

All the Kwantung Army troops on the position hid behind the bunkers and exchanged fire with the counterattack troops commanded by Yang Song, intending to hold their positions until dawn. Every Kwantung Army soldier fought very hard and no one paid attention to what was behind them.

"Boom boom boom..."

After a new round of explosions sounded at the Kwantung Army's defense line, the last three tunnel entrances and exits were finally dug out.

The hundreds of soldiers hiding in the tunnel quickly rushed out, bent over, and evenly dispersed twenty to thirty meters behind the defense line with the tunnel entrance as the center.

"Clap clap..."

Two red flares suddenly rose into the sky.

The Kwantung Army defending the position thought that Yang Song was going to launch a general attack, and without hesitation, they put the last few light and heavy machine guns in their hands into battle, intending to use powerful firepower to block the offensive of the Eighth Route Army and not give them any chance to get close to them.

Little did they know that the real danger they faced did not come from the Eighth Route Army in front of them, but from behind them. More than a hundred grenades emitting white smoke flew into the sky at the same time, drawing a beautiful parabola and falling from the sky, hitting the Japanese army accurately.

Only then did they realize the danger, but it was too late.

"Boom boom boom..."

Violent explosions soon rang out around the Kwantung Army, continuing for a full ten seconds before gradually stopping.

More than half of the twenty or thirty light and heavy machine guns that had been firing wildly just now were silenced in an instant, leaving only a few light machine guns still firing.

"The hidden troops have taken action... The bugler blows the charge, all troops go out, follow me and kill..."

When Yang Song saw the two flares suddenly rising into the air behind the Kwantung Army, he knew that the lurking troops had succeeded. Then when he saw the Kwantung Army's second line of defense being bombed, the nervous expression on his face was instantly replaced by excitement, and he shouted loudly.

He was also worried that something might happen to the hidden troops.

Not only would he be unable to assist in attacking the Kwantung Army on the second line of defense from both sides, but he might also be trapped on the battlefield and unable to retreat safely.

Now he is not worried.

He leaped up from behind the cover, raised his iconic double guns again, and led the charge towards the Kwantung Army's second line of defense.

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The former enemy headquarters of the Kwantung Army.

The sound of explosions on the battlefield suddenly became more frequent, from sparse artillery explosions to dense grenade explosions. The brigade commander realized that the Eighth Route Army's real counterattack had begun.

Grenades are extremely lethal, but can only be used in close combat.

Now the entire battlefield halfway up the mountain is shrouded in the sound of grenade explosions, which means that the enemy and our side are very close and may fight each other in the blink of an eye.

But because there was a second line of defense between him and the first line of defense halfway up the mountain, he could only see the fireballs rising from the first line of defense through the telescope. He could not see the specific battle situation there, and thus could not provide them with fire support.

As for covering the entire battlefield with artillery fire and killing both enemies and friends, the brigade commander had thought about it, but he rejected it at the very beginning.

In order to capture Wulan Mountain, the casualties of his attacking forces have exceeded 3,000, and this is the direct combat loss number. If the wounded in the team are included, the number is almost 4,000.

In this situation, the brigade commander no longer has that many troops at his disposal.

Every soldier on the battlefield is extremely precious, not to mention the troops of the two reinforced squadrons.

Unless it was absolutely necessary, he would never be as impulsive as he was in the afternoon, using two squadrons as bait and annihilating the entire Eighth Route Army.

Therefore, in the next battle, the brigade commander will not use the tactic of destroying both sides unless it is absolutely necessary.

So when facing the battle on the first line of defense, the brigade commander did not take any action and remained at the front command post waiting for news.

"General... the front-line troops report... the Eighth Route Army has captured our first line of defense and is exchanging fire with the troops stationed on the second line of defense." A messenger from the front line suddenly rushed into the headquarters to report.

The brigade commander thought about his mouth and was stunned for a while before he reacted from the shock. Then he stared at the messenger and asked, "Damn it... How did the war develop so quickly..."

"How did the Eighth Route Army capture our first line of defense in such a short time? Can your captain rely on the second line of defense to resist the Eighth Route Army's counterattack and hold the position halfway up the mountain?"

"Yes..."

The messenger answered confidently: "The Eighth Route Army that attacked us had only more than 200 people. They suddenly appeared 30 meters away from the defense line and launched an attack at close range with grenades. This is how they successfully raided the first line of defense."

"Now they are blocked at the first line of defense. With the strength of the garrison at the second line of defense, they will definitely be able to hold their position."