Bright Sword: Infinite Logistics

Chapter 51: Beating Taijun with a black gun

It took more than an hour for the puppet troops to blast through the minefield with the help of two mortars.

"Zhong Jun, thank you for your selfless dedication and opening up a safe road for the imperial army!" Imagawa Hongyi smiled and patted Zhong Yunhe on the shoulder.

Then he waved his hand, and the Japs quickly passed through the first layer of minefields along the "safe passage" cleared by the puppet troops.

"Bah." Zhong Yunhe spat at Imagawa Koichi's back, and then asked his adjutant: "How many people have we lost?"

The adjutant looked back at the wounded soldiers and corpses on the ground: "26 were killed and more than 80 were injured."

The corners of Zhong Yunhe's mouth twitched hard.A total of 250 people were brought out this time, but now there are more than 100 casualties, more than [-]%...

With this casualty rate, Zhong Yunhe asked himself, if there had been a normal battle, the troops would have been defeated long ago.It really deserves to be an imperial army. It occasionally makes a guest appearance to supervise the battle team, and the effect is really great.

"Captain, let's go now..."

"You don't want to follow, do you?" Zhong Yunhe glanced at his adjutant: "Order the troops to rest where they are and treat the wounded."

"Damn it, I usually have to be angry with the Japanese, and when there is a war, I have to fend for the Japanese. After the fray, they are busy grabbing credit." Zhong Yunhe spat again: "I want to Look, we won’t be able to kill you for a while.”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was another explosion, and the princes who had not walked a few dozen meters fell down again.Then there was a sudden burst of gunfire from the hilltop not far away, and countless bullets poured in at extremely fast speeds.

"Lie down and find cover!" Zhong Yunhe shouted, quickly hid behind a big tree and lay down to hide his body.

The puppet soldiers were not stupid either. They hid as soon as the gunfire rang out, without any need for Zhong Yunhe's reminder.On the contrary, the Japanese suffered a big loss. With a distance of 100 meters and intensive firepower, although the Japanese fell down first due to the mine explosion, a dozen unlucky ones were still taken away in one wave.

"Baga, this firepower ratio is about a hundred rifles and ten machine guns?!" Imagawa Hongichi felt that his brain was a little empty.Is this firepower really eight-way?
However, he reacted quickly: "Throw smoke bombs, smoke bombs!"

In fact, there was no need for Imagawa Koichi to shout orders.After being suppressed by the fire and unable to raise their heads, a dozen veterans had already thrown smoke grenades, and two grenade groups also fired smoke grenades.When Imagawa Hiroshi finished the order, the smoke had gradually grown.

"Look for a suitable bunker, and the grenade team is ready to counterattack!"

The Japs dispersed quickly under the cover of smoke bombs.Then Imagawa Koichi heard several loud noises.

"Report, the Eighth Route Army has set up booby traps behind some bunkers!"

"Report, one of the first team's machine guns was damaged by a mine."

"Report..."

boom!
A mortar shell hit behind the smoke, and the flying shrapnel killed a Japanese soldier who was lying down to report the situation.

"Baga! How many artillery shells does this gang of Eighth Route Army have!" Imagawa Hongichi couldn't hold himself any longer.

Counting from the time when the puppet troops started demining, for more than an hour, this group of Eighth Route Army mortars never stopped, and they would give him a surprise every now and then.

According to the rough statistics of a grenade group nearby, this group of Eighth Route Army fired at least hundreds of shells, and they had no intention of stopping.This is a serious mortar shell, not a grenade made from a grenade.

Which part of the Eighth Route is this?This firepower is almost catching up with his reinforced squadron.

"100 meters, very close... Where is Mr. Zhong? Let his people rush up!" Imagawa Hongichi looked back.

"Zhong Jun, quickly lead your troops to capture that hilltop!"

When he called Zhong Yunhe, the smoke gradually dispersed, and the gunfire from both sides rang out again.His shouts could not be carried too far amidst the sound of gunfire. Zhong Yunhe looked as if he had not heard him and was directing the puppet troops to counterattack on the spot.Imagawa Hiroshi hammered the ground hard.He pulled over his correspondent: "Go and inform Zhong Yunhe to let his troops capture the mountain in front!"

The correspondent acted quickly and ran towards the puppet troops in the rear.Imagawa Hongichi returned his attention to the Eighth Route Army.

"Captain, what should we do? This Japs probably wants us to go to the mine." The adjutant asked Zhong Yunhe.

Zhong Yunhe looked at Imagawa Koichi: "What should I do? Kill the Japanese while the enemy is not paying attention! Isn't it normal to get shot when you are more than 100 meters away from the enemy and run out of the bunker to deliver a message?"

"Yes!" The adjutant drew his pistol.

"Pay attention to the shooting angle. Don't let the Japanese see it later."

"Understood." The adjutant understood what Zhong Yunhe meant.The purpose was to shoot the correspondent from behind before he could pass on the order.

In other words, he only had a few seconds - the time it took for the Japanese correspondent to enter the puppet army position and find Zhong Yunhe.

The adjutant loaded his pistol, opened the safety, and then quickly jumped forward.The life and death of the entire group of brothers will depend on whether he can complete the mission.

Snapped!boom!
The sounds of grenades and pistols rang out simultaneously.

"Good fight!" Zhong Yunhe and Imagawa Hongichi shouted at the same time.

Ahead, the Japanese fired a grenade, which silenced a machine gun on the Eighth Route Army, reducing the pressure in one direction.At the rear, the Japanese correspondent fell to the ground, blood flowing from the bullet hole in the back of his head, staining the ground red.

"What a fucking grenade!" Li Yunlong inserted the magazine into the shell gun, pressed the last five bullets into the magazine, and then released the empty magazine.But he didn't fire - the Japanese's grenade was hidden behind the bunker and he couldn't hit it.

"Let Zhuzhu give me priority in shooting the grenade!" Li Yunlong shouted towards the correspondent.

However, before the correspondent could take a few steps, the Japanese's grenade group was blown up by a mortar shell.

"Well done! As expected of a veteran!" Li Yunlong grinned.

Wang Chengzhu has been shooting for so long, so he naturally knows how to identify targets.The enemy's firepower points and commanders are the key and priority targets.

This is why commanders like veterans.Sometimes the enemy has just made a move and the order has not yet been conveyed. Those veterans will take care of the matter for you first, which directly saves the time of communication and greatly enhances the efficiency of combat.

However, Li Yunlong was happy, but Koichi Imagawa, who was opposite him, had an ugly expression.

"Why hasn't Zhong Yunhe come yet?"

He looked back at the puppet army. Zhong Yunhe was still leading his men to fight back in the bunker, but the correspondent he sent did not know where he had gone.

"You, continue to inform Zhong Yunhe!" Imagawa Hongyi ordered through gritted teeth.

The firepower ratio of this eight-pronged group is really weird, with a very high ratio of machine guns.If it was an ordinary Eighth Route Army, he might let the grenade explode first, and then order his men to charge forward and go straight through the minefield.But with the number of machine guns in this group of Eighth Route Army, the charge is to let the men go to death, which is a stupid pig-style command.

As for retreating... retreating is a choice to simply take a beating.He still doesn't have an answer to the question of how many mortars the Eighth Route Army has.Moreover, his purpose was to rescue Wudong's imperial army, and he could not afford to waste time.

Imagawa Hongichi figured out the logic of his command.The current plan will only bring suffering to the puppet army. I will take the responsibility for the infamy!

(End of this chapter)