The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1424: The Opportunity the Artillery is Waiting for (First Update)

"Boom boom boom..."

Several grenades suddenly hit the group of Japanese soldiers and exploded. The flying fragments instantly killed more than a dozen Kwantung Army soldiers.

The sudden attack frightened the surrounding Kwantung Army that were not affected by the bombing.

But under the cover of night, none of them saw where the grenades came from.

"Boom boom boom..."

It was not until a new round of three grenades exploded near them that one of the Japanese soldiers noticed several Eighth Route Army soldiers gathered not far away.

He was quickly pulling out the grenade fuses, preparing to throw a third round of grenades at them.

"Da da da……"

Several Eighth Route Army soldiers were holding a light machine gun and suddenly opened fire. The whizzing bullets took away the lives of two or three more Kwantung Army soldiers.

"Baga...enemy attack...there are Eighth Route Army soldiers 30 meters ahead, machine guns provide cover, kill them...boom boom boom..."

The Japanese soldier who discovered the target shouted loudly, but before the warning sounded, a new round of three explosions reached his ears again, and one of the grenades hit him less than three meters away.

Fire flew and a powerful gust of wind quickly knocked him over. Two pieces of grenade fragments penetrated his body at the same time, one of which hit his chest and took his life on the spot.

But no matter what, the Japanese warning was passed on.

More and more Japanese soldiers discovered these Eighth Route Army soldiers. Two light machine guns turned around and fired at them at the same time. More than a dozen Kwantung Army soldiers surrounded them. Some of them had already taken out grenades, ready to fight back and kill these Eighth Route Army soldiers with grenades.

As a result, before they could take any action, the few Eighth Route Army soldiers who had just thrown grenades at them disappeared.

The continuous sound of machine gun fire also stopped at this moment.

"Boom boom boom..."

Several explosions sounded at the location where the Eighth Route Army had just disappeared. Countless pieces of soil flew into the sky in the explosions, but not a single Eighth Route Army soldier was seen being blown away.

Several quick-reacting Kwantung Army soldiers took the opportunity to attack.

A dark tunnel entrance suddenly appeared in front of them.

"Sir... the Eighth Route Army fled into the tunnels, and we almost wiped them out..."

As soon as the squad leader with the highest military rank around came over, he heard his subordinates' unwilling reports.

The team leader was also very angry.

The Eighth Route Army that had just appeared consisted of only four or five people in total, but they threw three rounds of nine grenades at them and fired a whole magazine of bullets at them from a machine gun.

Nearly twenty of his men were killed as rewards.

But they escaped under the cover of tunnel fortifications.

If there were no casualties, it would mean that the Eighth Route Army easily killed more than twenty of its own subordinates without paying any casualties.

The huge disparity in casualties made him extremely scared of the sudden accident just now. He was afraid that a few more Eighth Route Army soldiers would emerge from the tunnel around him, attack him at close range with grenades and bullets, and then run away, leaving him no time to move.

And this was just the appetizer Yang Song prepared for them.

In a blink of an eye, twenty or thirty tunnel entrances and exits appeared on the defense line that the Kwantung Army had just occupied.

Three or four Eighth Route Army soldiers rushed out from every tunnel entrance and exit, holding a grenade in each hand, biting off the fuse with their mouths, and throwing it towards areas where there were more Kwantung Army troops around.

After the Eighth Route Army soldiers holding grenades came out, a large number of light machine gunners emerged from the tunnels. They held their machine guns in their arms and used them as submachine guns, aiming at the surrounding Kwantung Army and firing at them.

The magazine with up to 30 rounds of bullets gave these machine gunners enough ammunition to fire...

The offensive battle, which was just one-sided with the Kwantung Army having all the advantage, immediately turned into a huge melee in which both sides were involved.

All the Kwantung Army on the battlefield were caught off guard.

Before they could recover from their shock, the hail of grenades and bullets had already claimed the lives of at least two hundred Kwantung Army soldiers.

Seeing the Kwantung Army slowly reacting in the chaos and beginning to organize and encircle the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack troops, Yang Song was not the kind of person who would linger in a fight, and immediately ordered: "Retreat..."

"Protect the machine guns, retreat to the tunnels, and abandon the surface positions..."

This scene on the battlefield did not escape the eyes of the artillery company commander on the top of the mountain.

He was watching the Kwantung Army's every move on the battlefield, looking for the best time to fire.

Behind him, on an open space behind the reverse slope position, nearly twenty mortars were holding up their black muzzles. Two gunners were squatting next to each mortar, with half a box of shells next to them, ready to fire at any time.

The company commander's initial idea was to wait until the Kwantung Army's attacking forces occupied the surface positions halfway up the mountain before opening fire.

At that time, the Kwantung Army's vigilance was the worst and its personnel were the most concentrated.

As long as the artillery fire is fast enough, it will definitely inflict heavy damage on the enemy.

As a result, before they could fire, a large number of Eighth Route Army troops suddenly emerged from the tunnels of the position and attacked the Kwantung Army's offensive forces at close range.

The order to fire was about to come to his lips but he swallowed it back.

He was not as ruthless as the commander of the Kwantung Army Brigade, who would blow up his own people as well.

He was also very confident in the troops on the battlefield. Since they dared to use tunnels and launch attacks right under the noses of the Kwantung Army, they must have a good chance of winning. Even if they could not win, they would definitely have no problem retreating safely.

The artillery company has many opportunities to fire, so there is no need to compete with the infantry for credit.

So the artillery company commander could only hold up the telescope to observe the latest situation on the battlefield and wait for the next opportunity to fire.

"Prepare……"

The artillery company commander suddenly ordered.

Because he saw that the sneak attack troops on the battlefield were quickly retreating into the tunnels and breaking away from the battle with the Kwantung Army that had already reacted.

In order to kill the Eighth Route Army that had just emerged from the tunnel, almost all the remaining Japanese soldiers on the battlefield gathered in small teams and surrounded the tunnel entrances and exits they had discovered, intending to blow up these tunnel entrances and block the only passage for the Eighth Route Army to enter the ground position from the tunnel.

On the battlefield, the more concentrated the enemies are, the greater the damage the mortars will cause to them. This is an eternal truth.

The company commander decided to seize the opportunity when the Kwantung Army gathered together and launch a sudden attack. He would use artillery fire to further kill the Kwantung Army on the battlefield and increase their losses. It would be best to severely damage them and repel them, forcing them to retreat from the halfway point of the mountain and let the Kwantung Army at the foot of the mountain attack again.

This way, it will be worthwhile for me to stay here for so long.

Moreover, if the Kwantung Army at the foot of the mountain attacks the halfway point defense line once more, both Yang Song who is defending the position and the artillery under his command will have another chance to fight the Japanese.

Even if the enemy is very vigilant and can only kill one or two squadrons of Japanese soldiers, it is better than not killing a single Japanese soldier.

He immediately ordered: "All gun positions, fire, five rounds in rapid succession, fire now..."