Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

In the quiet forest.

If you put your ear to the ground, you can even hear the footsteps of the Japanese approaching from afar.

Li Yunlong, with a solemn expression, had been looking forward to this moment. He waved to the soldiers lurking behind him to wait patiently until the sentry soldier on the front observation post waved in the direction of Li Yunlong.

Li Yunlong immediately gave a low order: "Go!"

A team of nearly 400 people, led by Li Yunlong, crouched down and took advantage of the cover of the mountains and forests to quickly move towards the frontline fortifications.

On the other side of the mountain road.

Battalion commander Zheng Meng also led another flanking attack team of nearly 400 people to advance towards the frontier fortifications.

Finally, before the main force of the Japanese battalion arrived at the ambush circle, the flanking teams on both wings quietly and silently lurked in the frontier fortifications.

——That is, the area where the Japanese had just conducted fire reconnaissance and thought they were safe.

Lieutenant Colonel Nanyuan was walking in the center of the team. This old Japanese soldier was extremely cautious and valued his life. He didn't even wear the collar badge that represented his military rank and identity. He was afraid that there might be sharpshooters from the Eighth Route Army hiding in secret who would specifically target officers and shoot him to death. Guards followed him around to protect him at all times.

Although during the firepower reconnaissance just now, no ambushes were detected in the woods on both sides of the mountain road.

But out of the military's vigilance.

Faced with such steep mountains and an area suitable for ambush, the old Japanese soldier Nan Yuan specially ordered his troops to speed up and pass this mountain road as soon as possible.

The Namwon Battalion is a strong field infantry battalion.

This time, following the orders of the First Army Commander Yoshio Shinozuka, the troops came fully equipped with more than 1100 soldiers, and also brought an artillery squad equipped with two Type infantry guns.

In addition, there was a baggage train consisting of two cars, several motorcycles, and some mule and horse carts carrying transportation equipment, ammunition and supplies.

During the march, even small units like a battalion often liked to divide the entire team into three parts: vanguard, center and rear guard.

The vanguard troops are mainly light infantry.

The central army is where the command center is located.

The rear guard troops protected the artillery squad and the baggage troops who followed up.

The mountain road was so narrow that more than 1000 Japanese soldiers were lined up in two parallel rows, forming a long queue of nearly 200 meters.

Of course, in addition to the main field force Namwon Battalion, there were also more than 500 security forces specially dispatched by Shouyang Japanese city defense commander Nanbu Masahira, and more than 200 puppet troops to cooperate in the battle.

There were nearly 2000 Japanese and puppet troops in total.

Lieutenant Colonel Nanyuan would not take the lives of those Imperial Army soldiers seriously, so he specially arranged more than 200 puppet soldiers to the vanguard troops, responsible for clearing the way and serving as cannon fodder.

At the very least, it can be used to avoid landmines.

Isn’t it to avoid the Eighth Route Army’s sneak attack in the minefield?

The Japanese soldiers were walking at the front of the mountain path with their heads hung down and in fear.

The Japanese soldiers were hanging not far behind.

Soon, the puppet troops took the lead in stepping into the ambush circle set up by Li Yunlong and his party.

Li Yunlong continued to keep a calm expression and did not take any action.

Then, the Japanese vanguard of more than 200 people stepped into the ambush circle.

Li Yunlong still waited patiently.

Until time goes by.

The main force of the Japanese army, about five or six hundred Japanese soldiers, all entered the ambush circle.

Li Yunlong was lying on a hillside somewhere in the frontier fortifications, holding a 20-shot Mauser pistol in his right hand. His eyes were as sharp as a wolf, staring intently at the advancing Japanese army, just as the main force of the Japanese central army had all entered the fire coverage range.

"beat!"

A loud shout was followed by the discharge of the revolver in his hand.

A Japanese soldier about sixty or seventy meters away was shot down by Li Yunlong.

The sudden burst of gunfire completely broke the silence of the forest.

The war is about to start.

"Bomb crew!"

As soon as Li Yunlong gave the order, Shen Quan also arranged for the first round of grenade throwing attack.

The flanking squads on both wings consisted of 10 grenade-throwing teams, each with 20 soldiers. Each soldier carried a bamboo basket with 10 grenades in it.

Is this how much?

"Two thousand grenades!" Li Yunlong said at the pre-war military meeting.

"2000 grenades, thrown down from both sides of the mountain road. Taking advantage of the height of the mountain, the grenades can be thrown farther than usual. They can be used as mortars. It's enough to give those Japanese who were raised by their stepmother a hard time."

Li Yunlong likes weapons such as grenades very much.

Simple, light and easy to manufacture.

The Eighth Route Army lacked siege artillery and artillery shells, and could only use small throwing bombs such as grenades to enhance the troops' firepower and offensive capabilities.

But even with such grenades, it is impossible for the troops to have a wide supply.

If it weren’t for Kong Jie’s specially built seven-person wooden-handled grenade production line.

How could the independent group have such confidence?

2000 grenades can be thrown at will?

All of a sudden.

From the perspective of the Japanese soldiers on the narrow mountain road, suddenly a large number of black dots appeared in the sky above their heads, and then quickly fell down. It was not until the two sides got closer that they clearly realized that they were grenades swaying and dancing in a strange way.

Nanyuan Wanglei!

——Looking at the black spot that was rapidly approaching from the sky, Lieutenant Colonel Nanyuan was stunned for a moment, and then his face was filled with horror.

"Hide, hide!"

When he came to his senses, he roared at the top of his lungs.

The sudden ambush caught the Japanese army off guard.

The Japanese soldiers had no time to counterattack immediately and could only lie down hastily under the orders of commanders at all levels in an attempt to avoid the enemy's grenade attack.

Boom——

Amid the continuous explosions, the rapidly rising smoke almost completely enveloped the narrow and windless mountain road.

The explosion of 2000 grenades cannot be underestimated.

Nan Yuan, an old Japanese soldier, was also crawling on the ground with his mouth almost biting into the mud. He looked embarrassed and was shocked by the sudden display of powerful firepower by the Eighth Route Army.

He was secretly glad that he had been vigilant and stretched the entire team long enough.

Although the enemy's number of grenades was astonishing, it was not enough to completely cover the Japanese and puppet troops who were stretched out in a long line of two or three hundred meters.

"As soon as the damn Eighth Route Army's grenade attack stops, launch a counterattack immediately!"

Lieutenant Colonel Nanhara roared while chewing dirt in his mouth.

However, the reality was more bleak than he had imagined.

Long before the ambush began, Kong Jie, who was in charge of the command center, said without question: "The goal of this ambush is to completely annihilate the Japanese army, and at the same time, we must exchange the smallest sacrifice for the greatest victory.

If we can defeat the enemy with guns and cannons, we must not let our soldiers sacrifice their precious lives."

"Like before, we will use human wave tactics and make the most helpless and painful sacrifices to win the battle with great difficulty.

Comrades, that is the most helpless way to fight when our troops are short of guns and artillery!"

"But this ambush is different. We are fighting a war of abundance. We will use our equipment to pile up and kill the Japanese!"

"Let's fully demonstrate the power of our independent regiment!"