Chapter 18: Infiltrating the Raid
Flares rise from time to time from time to time, illuminating the surrounding scenery. Machine guns placed on high places are from time to time to shoot suspicious targets with short shots. This is also a deterrent, warning the enemies outside the village not to act rashly, and the defenders in the village have not relaxed.
Meng Youtian aimed the muzzle at the target with the firelight. The crooked machine gun was too long, the line of fire was too high, and the position was very forward. Although it was beneficial to shooting at elevation angle, it was extremely unfavorable for shooting at flat shooting, especially shooting at diagonal angles. Shooters often had to poke their upper body high to form a line of aiming. This disadvantage made the Japanese machine gun shooter's survival ability on the battlefield weakened, and also gave Meng Youtian the opportunity to snipe.
Time passed by minute by minute, and the night was filled with a strong sense of murderousness. Gunshots and explosions suddenly rang in the village, like thunder, breaking the unbearable depression.
The Eighth Route Army infiltrated the troops quietly emerged from three tunnel entrances, and after gathering, it launched a lightning attack. The central flowering tactic caught the Japanese who were focusing on the movements outside the village off guard.
The figures were running in the ruins of the village, shouting and shooting in the streets and alleys. On the ground, on the house, behind the trees, there were explosions of fire, gunshots mixed with shouts and scolding, and bullets were storming in the air.
Before the Japanese could organize resistance, the Eighth Route Army's surprise attack troops rushed over bravely. They didn't sound aloud, rushing around, firing long and short spears at one point, and throwing grenades at one stop. The Japanese dodged in panic and attacked blindly.
The signal flares that marked the attack flew into the air, and gunfire and shouts of killing sounds were heard almost at the south and north of the village. The internal and external attacks and feint attacks combined, which made the Japanese restrained everywhere and could not use their troops freely.
The flares flew up again, and the Japanese machine guns rang wildly, shooting at the enemies approaching the village. The suppression firepower of the Eighth Route Army also erupted, covering the troops to attack the village.
"Bang hook". Meng Youtian pulled the machine, and the machine gun that the Japanese were shooting stopped abruptly. As soon as the fire at the muzzle was extinguished, Meng Youtian lost his target and had to turn to another machine gun that spit out flames.
In Shili Village, street fighting was in full swing. The Eighth Route Army, which was in squad, started a house-by-yard battle with the Japanese in various parts of the village, and attacked the Li family compound. On the street leading to the Li family compound, the two most powerful Eighth Route Army met the Japanese guards on a narrow road.
The Japanese soldiers with about thirty people rushed forward violently under the command of a Japanese officer. The Japanese officer twisted his face and roared loudly. The Japanese soldiers also had their faces ferociously and made fierce screams.
The sound of the collision between the bayonets, the screams of death, and the sound of shooting were heard. The selfless fight on the narrow battlefield between the two sides, blood and human limbs were sprinkled everywhere. The sound of gunfire and the heart-wrenching wails of the wounded soldiers violently hit everyone's brain!
The enemy had already rushed into the village. At the critical moment of life and death, the Japanese devils who were hasty fight back frantically. They shouted the slogan "Long live the Emperor!" and rushed forward with rifles without fear. The injured and falling down would also make a grenade on their bodies and commit suicide and explode!
After major casualties, the Eighth Route Army's offensive was temporarily curbed and slowly retreated from the alley! When the Japanese put together their troops and fought back, some Eighth Route Army arrived here and strengthened the attack power. First, a terrifying rain of grenades hit the head and face. The explosion of air waves shook back and forth in the alley, and limbs and blood clots were flying all over the sky! Before the smoke was blown away by the wind, the soldiers holding short guns and bayonets rushed up again, and the two sides collided violently again.
"Boom, boom, boom..." A continuous dull explosion sounded from all over the place. In the dead corners of the Japanese firepower or where the enemy did not notice, the entrances of the cave were blown open. Several Eighth Route Army avoided the blocking Japanese devils and opened up the courtyards and houses that were blocked. After being attacked from the front, side and back, the Japanese devils fought to the death, but they were unable to do so and began to retreat step by step.
Under the attacks inside and outside, the Japanese defenses that were disturbed and attacked began to be messy. The north of the village was finally broken through. The Eighth Route Army and the Hebei You troops rushed into the village and began to unfold. Together with the infiltrating troops, they divided the defending Japanese, fought against the stubborn Japanese, and continuously compressed the Japanese's living space.
Under the stars of war, looking around, the whole village was fighting almost everywhere, but the balance of victory had tilted towards the Central Team, and the battle gradually advanced from north to south.
The target was no longer visible. Meng Youtian's gun was not fired for a long time and wanted to snipe again, so he had to enter the village, but the two Eighth Route Army soldiers around him refused without any room for negotiation.
The infiltrating attack played a decisive role. When the Japanese troops guarding various places found that the Eighth Route Army had difficulty in responding in a timely manner, they fell into a melee. The machine gun firepower designed to block the roads into the village and block the enemy's attack could not be exerted. In a very short time, the Eighth Route Army soldiers had already rushed around the Japanese army, and the Japanese army could only be forced to engage in hand-to-hand combat.
The prepared surprise attack troops not only had many close combat weapons - pistols, but also each soldier brought two more grenades. On nights with bad sight, the grenade explosion had a wide range of damage, which was far more effective than a single shot of rifles. The Japanese in the village tasted the density of grenades they had never seen before. Through the wall, both sides threw each other, and even picked up unexploded grenades and threw them back.
The battle is cruel and fierce. In this way, the casualties between the two sides will generally not be too different from each other. Even if their own troops have an absolute advantage, the soldiers who lose will generally not be smaller than those of the opponent. In other words, to eliminate more than 100 Japanese devils, the Eighth Route Army will have to sacrifice more than 100 people.
"How could this happen?" The Japanese squadron leader had a gloomy face. The sudden change in the situation made him difficult to understand. He didn't understand where he had made mistakes, why he had set up his defensive positions and felt good, and why the Chinese people's tactics made him feel so confused when he graduated from the military academy.
"If you fight with the Imperial Army upright, these Chinese people may not be opponents even if they are four to one." The Japanese squadron leader commented in his heart, feeling more and more confused, but where did the enemy sneak in, and suddenly disrupted his deployment. ()
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