Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 165 Disobeying the Military Order
The streets that can be used to attack are so wide. The Eighth Route Army is equipped with machine guns and mortars.If you launch an attack rashly, no matter how many people you have in your hand, you will not be able to rush through.The squadron leader lying on the ground is very clear.

Therefore, as soon as the cannon brought by Yang Xiong was fired, the squadron leader gave up the idea of ​​a strong attack.

Wait for the artillery brigade to blow up the eight roads in front of it with cannons, and then attack. Not only will the casualties be small, but the speed of the assault will be very fast!
Yang Xiong didn't know that the devil had such an idea. Just now, he was notified by the battalion commander Zhang Yunshan that the Japanese and puppet army had stored a large amount of supplies and ammunition in the warehouse west of the city. There were hundreds of thousands of shells of all kinds.In order to stop the devils, the battalion commander specially sent him a hundred shells.

Now that the ammunition is sufficient, Yang Xiong no longer has the idea of ​​fighting for his life with the devils.

"Tell the artillery, after three quick shots, change to another artillery position, where there are more devils, they will explode, don't stop, we have enough shells to consume today!"

After finally waiting for the artillery brigade to fire, six mountain artillery shells smashed into the yard where the artillerymen stayed just now with a howling sound. The artillerymen in Yang Xiong's hands had already moved to the nearby yard to continue firing shells at the devil's counterattack troops.

The squadron leader of the Japanese army soon noticed the clue, and frowned loudly, cursing: "Bageya Road, the Eighth Route Army is too cunning, their artillery positions are shifted every minute, we are mountain artillery, there is no way to lock them !"

After finishing, he ordered: "Contact the Artillery Brigade immediately, don't worry about the mortars of the Eighth Route Army, concentrate artillery fire on their infantry. Without infantry, three mortars will definitely not be able to stop us!"

"Boom..." A series of violent explosions soon sounded around Yang Xiong.

Many soldiers lying on the courtyard wall were blown to the ground without even screaming.

"The little devil is taking revenge on us and killing us with shells. We must fight back, otherwise we will definitely not be able to withstand the bombing of the devil!" Yang Xiong said with a frown.

"The grenades continue to hit the devils, and the mortars try to hit the devils' artillery positions to attract the devils' artillery fire!"

"Others are ready to fight, the devil will definitely take the opportunity to launch an attack and surprise us!"

"Kill it!" Before the order was issued, dozens of devils rushed over with bayonet-mounted rifles.

This time the devils learned how to be smart, they didn't rush with the crooked guns, just like Yang Xiong, they put the crooked guns on the courtyard wall to shoot at the machine gun in Yang Xiong's hand, attracting firepower and covering the infantry's attack!
"The deputy shooter shoots quickly to suppress the devil's offensive firepower!" Yang Xiong's eyes turned red and he shouted loudly when he saw several machine gunners being killed in the army at once.

"Riflemen don't lie down, look up and fight back, block the devil's attack with a volley of guns!"

"Use grenades if you can't stop the guns. Didn't the battalion commander send a lot of grenades? Use grenades to blow them up!"

"Boom boom boom..." As soon as he finished speaking, several explosions rang in his ears, and a crooked handle not far away directly misfired.

Both the machine gun and the machine gunner were blown over and hit the yard floor.There is no doubt that the grenadier equipped by the devil fired at this time.

Yang Xiong also went all out, rushed up and raised his machine gun and climbed up the courtyard wall.

Taking advantage of the sudden interruption of the bullets whizzing past his head, he set up his crooked handle and swept a swarm of bullets into the middle of the devil's attacking troops.

The narrow streets forced the devils' attacking troops to huddle together.

Five or six bullets flew over in one shuttle, directly killing three devil soldiers.

But at this moment, Yang Xiong was targeted by a devil machine gunner tens of meters away, followed by a shuttle of bullets flying over.

Fortunately, Yang Xiong reacted quickly. After a few bullets were fired, he hid behind the courtyard wall with his hands crooked, avoiding the fatal wound from dozens of meters away.

However, the two riflemen next to them were not so lucky. They were shot in the head and fell to the ground. They couldn't die anymore!
"The devil is too strong, tell all the machine gunners that they must move their positions for up to two short shots!" Yang Xiong ordered while shifting his position while carrying the crooked handle.

After changing three machine gun positions in a row, dozens of devils all fell on the way to attack.

Although Yang Xiong's more than 70 soldiers were scattered in several surrounding courtyards, seeing that nearly half of the dozen or so soldiers in his own courtyard had been lost, Yang Xiong knew without thinking that the soldiers in other courtyards were not much better.

Fortunately, the supply company had already entered the city at this time, and together with the captured puppet army, they were scrambling to transport the supplies just seized.

Otherwise, with the remaining troops of the company, the whole army will be wiped out if they block the devil's attack one more time.

"The mortars continue to attack the devil's infantry, and blast them in places where there are many devils. The infantry is still the greatest threat to us! The others continue to disperse and guard against the shelling of the devil's mountain artillery!" Yang Xiong ordered with a gloomy face.

The leader of the devil squadron was also in great pain at this time. A squadron plus a patrol team encountered on the road, a total of more than 200 imperial troops.Dozens of people were killed and injured by the Eighth Route Army's artillery before the attack began.

In the attack just now, the entire army of a small team was wiped out, and they all fell on the way to attack.

Although the losses on the side of the Eighth Route Army were not small, the number of soldiers under him was reduced by half in a blink of an eye, which was still very painful for the squadron leader.

Under such circumstances, the squadron leader hesitated whether to continue to carry out the orders of the brigade headquarters and continue to counterattack the Eighth Route Army that had entered the west of the city.

"I can't continue to charge. The firepower of the Eighth Route Army is too strong. No squad can't rush through. But if another squad is lost, the remaining troops will have no way to form an attack force. Counterattack the Eighth Route Army that has entered the west of the city!" The squadron leader frowned. analyzed.

"Then what should we do!" The deputy captain next to him asked solemnly.

"Stay on the spot, block the Eighth Route Army's offensive, prevent them from expanding the occupied area, and then wait for the reinforcements to surround the Eighth Route Army entering the city, and eat them bit by bit." The squadron leader immediately stated his decision.

They could see the entire army being wiped out in just a few minutes. If they continued to attack, they might follow in their footsteps.

Therefore, when they heard that the squadron leader decided to stop the attack, several officers immediately agreed.

"I agree!"

"Then execute the order, build fortifications on the spot, and organize defense!" The squadron leader ordered directly without hesitation.

After thinking about it, he stared at a messenger and continued to order: "Go to the brigade headquarters and report to the brigade commander. Our troops are insufficient to counterattack. We have stopped the defense on the spot and prevented the Eighth Route Army from continuing to expand the occupied area! In addition, the Eighth Route Army has already Occupying the material warehouse in the west of the city, I learned from an escaped Imperial Army that the Eighth Route Army attacking the county was none other than our old rival, the Independence Regiment!"

(End of this chapter)