Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

Sudden ambush fire.

The Japanese didn't even see clearly where the Eighth Route Army was hiding.

Colonel Kurofuji's heart suddenly skipped a beat.

Seeing the rapid increase in casualties among the Japanese troops who were under the ambush of the Eighth Route Army on both sides, he couldn't help but wonder where these damn Eighth Route Army were hiding.

Due to the fierce artillery bombardment by the Imperial Army just now, most of the earthen houses and walls in the village collapsed completely.

If these Eighth Route Army soldiers were hiding in the houses in the village, they should have been completely buried in the collapsed earthen houses.

But why is their firepower so fierce?

The troops did not look as if they had been bombarded.

The ambush fire suddenly sounded, and the Eighth Route Army only then emerged from the collapsed earth wall area. Because the distance between them and the Japanese army was too close, the Japanese's superior artillery fire had no time to play.

Even the large-caliber artillery pieces of the rear artillery unit did not dare to fire at will.

In the close-range confrontation between the two sides, these artillery fires are indiscriminate and are likely to cause accidental injuries.

"Baga, fire!"

Colonel Kurofuji commanded the counterattack. The Japanese soldiers from the 113th Regiment were worthy of being the elite of the Japanese army. Even though they were ambushed, they remained calm and quickly formed a counterattack formation.

Although the large-caliber artillery could not bring out their advantages, the small-caliber Type 89 grenade launchers carried by the Japanese, as well as the light machine guns and heavy machine guns, could quickly cover the Eighth Route Army's sudden attacks from both sides.

Not far away, several light machine guns of the Eighth Route Army lurking in the house were firing crazily with a cross-fire network.

In less than a few minutes, more than 30 Japanese soldiers fell under the gun.

The Japanese army launched an artillery attack, using Type 89 grenade launchers to fire in groups.

The firepower directly covered the area.

Boom——

The shells hit the walls of the earthen houses, and under the explosion, these earth and stone structures began to collapse.

The Japs continued to fire, fearing that they could not kill the Eighth Route Army soldiers in the house.

Until one shell after another hit the ground, completely destroying every inch of the earth wall.

The earthen house, which was originally more than two meters high, was almost razed to the ground before they stopped.

After the shelling ended, the Japanese squadron leader led dozens of Japanese soldiers and advanced quickly.

The order was given by the old Japanese soldier Hei Teng. He wanted to find out how these Eighth Route Army soldiers were hiding.

The result was surprising to the Japs.

After a thorough search, they did not even find any bodies of the Eighth Route Army soldiers in the ruins.

Even the machine guns that had been firing wildly in the earthen house just now were nowhere to be seen.

"idiot?"

"What the hell, where on earth are these damned Eighth Route Army soldiers hiding?"

The Japanese soldiers searched for a long time, digging almost three feet into the ground.

Finally, a sharp-eyed Japanese soldier discovered an almost filled-up entrance to an underground passage under the collapsed earth wall.

"Sogasnai!"

The Japanese squadron leader immediately understood what was going on. He hurried to the Central Army Headquarters and reported to Colonel Kurofuji: "Report to the commander, we found the secret passages where the Eighth Route Army was hiding under the collapsed ruins. They seemed to have hidden in the village through these secret passages. When we were bombarding just now, they used these secret passages to escape."

"Nani? Underground?"

Hei Teng was a little dumbfounded, then he suddenly realized.

No wonder we didn’t notice any Eighth Route Army troops in the village during the bombardment just now.

These damn cunning Eighth Route Army soldiers were probably hiding in the underground tunnels dug in the village. After the shelling ended and the Japanese army entered the village, they came out of the tunnel exit and ambushed the Japanese army halfway.

Think so.

Hei Teng couldn't help swallowing his saliva, and couldn't help feeling a little panic in his heart.

Could this be a trap carefully planned by the Eighth Route Army?

But what exactly do these damn Eighth Route Army soldiers want to do?

Set the trap in this village.

It’s not a very big village. Do you really want to completely destroy my 113th Regiment here?

It's no wonder that Hei Teng thought in this direction. After all, not long ago, the Japanese Nanyuan Battalion was completely wiped out in the base of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment.

But the thought was fleeting.

The old Japanese soldier Hei Teng was still quite arrogant. Even if he fell into the trap set by the Eighth Route Army, he was confident that he could lead the empire's warriors to fight their way out.

"Immediately notify the artillery team to follow up quickly, use artillery to clear the way, blow up all the buildings in the village, and bury all the tunnels that the Eighth Route Army has extended.

Even if these Eighth Route Army soldiers are underground rats, I will completely trap them in the tunnel!"

The Japanese counterattack fire temporarily forced the Eighth Route Army soldiers lurking on both wings back into the tunnels.

The old devil Hei Teng gave the order.

And just as he gave the order.

Fierce gunfire sounded from the direction of the village entrance.

There was also the sound of horse hooves coming quickly from far away, mixed with the roar of car engines, spreading rapidly in this relatively open terrain.

Colonel Kurofuji was shocked, but he didn't have time to think of the worst possible outcome.

The Japanese signalman came hurriedly and reported in a panic:

"Report to the commander, something terrible has happened. The cavalry and motor vehicles of the Eighth Route Army suddenly rushed out from the valley not far away and launched a surprise attack on our artillery and logistics troops!"

"Baga, the central army must come back to support us immediately!"

Hei Teng did not dare to delay and immediately gave the order. The large-caliber artillery belonging to the artillery team was the foundation of the 113th Regiment.

It seems that these damn Eighth Route Army soldiers wanted to take advantage of the fact that the rear artillery team was out of touch with the main force of the central army and launch a sneak attack on his artillery.

This entire village was a trap deliberately set by the Eighth Route Army.

"Hi!"

Hei Teng's order was given.

The Japanese soldiers in the center of the army quickly changed direction and headed back to the village entrance where they came from, attempting to rush out of the village and reinforce the rear guard troops that failed to follow up in time.

result……

Boom——

As soon as the Japanese soldiers in the central army camp arrived at the village entrance, they were attacked by heavy artillery fire.

As far as the Japanese could see, they saw a large number of Eighth Route Army troops appearing more than 100 meters away from the village entrance.

A sandbag defense fortification that did not exist at all when the Japanese entered the village suddenly blocked the entrance to the village.

It became the Eighth Route Army's field defense fortification.

Cannons were lined up in a row.

These included many strange-style artillery pieces that the Japanese had never seen before.

For example, there is a cannon with a caliber as thick as a person's waist, using an iron barrel as the barrel and produced using the mortar principle.

In addition, there are a number of small-caliber mortars produced by the independent regiment's small arsenal.

There is also no shortage of various light and heavy machine guns.

The fierce firepower directly covered the direction of the village entrance. Dozens of Japanese soldiers who rushed out of the village hurriedly had no time to dodge and fell down in the blink of an eye under the firepower.

The Japanese offensive was blocked and they were completely stopped in the village.

The news of the battle was immediately transmitted to the Japanese temporary command post in the central army.

"Sir, our reinforcements have been blocked by the Eighth Route Army at the entrance of the village!"