Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 132 Sudden realization
The captain of the Japanese army, under the protection of more than a dozen guards, found a dead spot where the Eighth Route Army could shoot and hid inside.

However, a pair of eyes full of shock and disbelief never left the battlefield.

"Baga, I didn't expect that the cunning Eighth Route Army would do the opposite and attack us directly. It's just too cunning!" The captain cursed loudly while observing the battlefield.

"Captain, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army is too strong. The artillery and heavy machine guns following the No. [-] Squadron are gone, and the infantry has also been crushed by the Eighth Route Army and suffered heavy losses!" The squadron leader next to him reported anxiously.

The No. [-] Squadron was his subordinate. He watched them continue to reduce their numbers under the powerful fire attack of the Eighth Route Army. As the squadron leader, he had no choice but to feel anxious.I can only pin my hopes on the captain beside me, hoping that the captain can deploy troops for reinforcements and relieve the pressure on his subordinates.

The captain didn't answer, and the expression on his face was unmoved, and continued to observe the battlefield.

Soon, a sneer flashed across the corner of the captain's mouth.

"Don't worry, it won't take long before our two squadrons will launch a counterattack!"

"Order your subordinates to hold on and continue to attract the firepower of the Eighth Route Army! Inform the second and fourth squadrons to start counterattacking immediately, and launch a counterattack directly at the Eighth Route Army's position. After occupying the Eighth Route Army's position, launch an attack on their main force from the flanks, flanking back and forth, Destroy them!"

The Independence Regiment did not think that these people wearing the uniforms of the Imperial Association Army were devils. The captain of the Japanese army also overestimated the combat effectiveness of these recruits, and also underestimated the Eighth Route Army.

The three infantry companies deployed before and after the ambush battlefield still fought according to the previous method of fighting against the puppet army.

No matter the rifleman or the machine gunner, without exception, all point their guns at the officers in the army who are equipped with pistols!

And because of the limited number of veterans, in the newly expanded brigades of the Japanese army, there were more than 30 veterans in one infantry squadron, and each infantry squadron had an average of about ten individuals, almost all of whom were officers, and only a small number of veterans were still soldiers.

An infantry company aimed at the officers and veterans of their two squads, which meant that more than 100 rifles and three crooked handles were aimed at a dozen devils.

As soon as the signal to attack appeared, three companies of the Eighth Route Army opened fire.

In an instant, seven or eight people fell from each infantry squad, all of whom were officers with pistols around their waists without exception.

Being attacked suddenly, the new recruits on the battlefield for the first time were already very flustered.Seeing that all the officers around them died at once, they became even more flustered.

From panic to panic, their actions were not affected.

Long-term military training has allowed them to practice a lot of subconscious movements.For example, as soon as you hear a gunshot, you lie on the ground.

Therefore, although they were flustered, some recruits even had panic.However, in just two or three seconds, they lay on the ground in unison. Compared with the Imperial Association Army that the Independence Regiment had encountered, they could be described as well-trained.

Of course, compared with real devil veterans, they still have a big gap.

If the devil veterans who are marching are attacked, they will definitely be able to judge the specific direction of the attacker at the first time, and then face the direction of the attacker to find a hiding place and lie on the ground.In this way, they can fight back with their rifles in hand, without having to adjust their direction.

And these devil recruits, although they are very fast in concealment, they lie everywhere.

Although he escaped the next bullet fired by the Eighth Route Army, he couldn't counterattack smoothly.

It wasn't until a few veterans in the squad who were still alive began to give orders, pointing to the direction of the Eighth Route Army's ambush troops and ordering them to counterattack, that the panicked recruits didn't react.

The recruits in the right direction picked up their rifles and shot at the mountain ridge not far away to fight back.The ghost recruits who were in the wrong direction quickly adjusted their direction and prepared to fight back.

But even so, it took less than ten seconds for the devil to go back and forth.

For the Eighth Route Army not far away, because the ratio of recruits to captured soldiers is too large, and everyone thinks that they are attacking the Imperial Association Army, with the idea of ​​capturing them, they did not attack them to death.

However, as more and more devils began to fight back, the Eighth Route Army, which was lying behind the cover with only its head exposed, began to suffer casualties. The veterans and cadres of the three infantry companies finally realized that something was wrong.

Because, especially after seeing many soldiers around him being headshot directly by enemies on the road, a company commander finally reacted.

"No, they are not the Imperial Association Army. The Imperial Association Army does not have such good marksmanship. They are devils, devils wearing the uniform of the Imperial Association Army, otherwise it would be impossible to equip them all with [-] big caps! We were fooled!"

The platoon leaders around all showed shocked expressions, and then ordered loudly: "Counterattack, counterattack immediately, they are not the Imperial Association Army, they are devils, beat me to death!"

It was just a crooked way to suppress the devils just now, immediately lower the muzzle of the gun, shoot the bullets at the devils, and shoot wherever there are many devils.

But the devils were not vegetarians either. Even though it was their first time on the battlefield, they were well-trained.

In the first round of shooting by the Eighth Route Army, the crooked hands who fell on the official road because the machine gunner was killed, were erected again by the devils at some point, and then counterattacked against the bullets fired by the Eighth Route Army, shooting at each other.

Although the devil riflemen are also recruits, their marksmanship has been trained with hundreds of bullets.

As for the Eighth Route Army on the mountain ridge, the veterans were okay, the recruits only trained with dozens of bullets, and the captive soldiers were slightly better, firing more than 100 bullets together in training and fighting.

Among other things, as far as marksmanship is concerned, neither Eighth Route Army is a match for a devil recruit.

The two sides fired at each other for less than a minute, and each infantry company lost more than a dozen people.More importantly, in the face of casualties and close-range death, many recruits began to panic, sweating profusely, and their hands holding the rifle began to tremble involuntarily.

On the other hand, the devils, each infantry company faced two infantry squads. Except for a dozen people who were killed and injured in the initial raid, they only lost seven or eight people in this one-minute confrontation. Play stronger posture.

Soon, the platoon leaders of the three companies felt the tremendous pressure brought by the devils to the troops.

Frowning tightly, he ordered loudly: "Comrades, hold on, the regiment commander will definitely send us reinforcements! The cadres and veterans bring the recruits around me, kill the devil machine gunners first, and then kill their riflemen. Gun, increase the firepower output!"

In the former enemy headquarters of the Independence Regiment, within half a minute of the battle started, Wang Ping noticed something was wrong.

Sure enough, less than half a minute later, the headquarters received reports from three company commanders that they were not attacking the Imperial Association Army, but all elite devils.
(End of this chapter)