The Japs in the woods were only fifty meters away from Shi Kaishan and the others, and they were getting closer and closer to Shi Kaishan.
At this time, the Northeastern Army's simple trenches had also been dug on the hillside.
Tang Zizheng saw Shikaishan and the others who had retreated to the edge of the woods, as well as the Japanese soldiers who were getting closer and closer to Shikaishan, and he gave the order decisively.
"Give me the firepower of the light and heavy machine guns to suppress the Japanese, and give Shi Kaishan and the others a chance to retreat." Tang Zizheng ordered loudly, asking the machine gunners halfway up the mountain to shoot.
Otherwise, once the Japs get closer to Shi Kaishan, the Japs will throw grenades at Shi Kaishan and the others, and they will definitely be killed by the Japs.
"Understood"
Two heavy machine gunners and six light machine gunners halfway up the mountain fired decisively towards the woods.
For a time, the Japs in the woods were directly suppressed by firepower. They stopped attacking and hid behind the trees.
The Japanese captain hid behind a big rock. Bullets from the machine gun kept passing through the woods, hitting trees and rocks from time to time.
"Why did this group of national troops turn back?" Captain Jiazi wondered. He had previously thought that the national troops in the woods were just to show their rear to others.
Unexpectedly, the retreating national army came back again
Shi Kaishan, who was "withdrawing" from the woods, saw this and immediately issued a retreat order. More than a dozen soldiers withdrew from the woods one after another. Quickly ran towards the position on the hillside.
While running, the machine gunners halfway up the mountain were still shooting at the Japanese in the woods.
Twenty seconds later, Shi Kaishan and a dozen soldiers successfully reached the trench at the foot of the hillside.
"Medical soldier, come here quickly, Lao Shi, are you okay?" A young man in the trench quickly called the medical soldier. He turned around and said to Shi Kaishan, who was sitting on the ground.
"It's nothing serious, I just got shot through the shoulder." Shi Kaishan replied, with cold sweat on his forehead. When he was shot, half of his arm was numb, and the wound was still swollen. Blood.
Fortunately, the bullet passed through, otherwise, he might have completely lost his ability to fight.
Soon, a medical soldier came over with a small box. He opened the box, took out the sulfa powder and poured it on Shi Kaishan's wound. Then he used a bandage to bandage Shi Kaishan's wound.
There is no way, there is no condition now, they can only do simple processing.
In the woods, the Japanese soldiers stopped their pursuit. They did not act rashly and chose to rush out of the woods directly. At a distance of two hundred meters, they might be beaten into pieces by the Northeast Army's machine guns.
"Captain, that group of national troops has occupied a low slope about two hundred meters outside the woods. It seems that they are going to fight us desperately." A Japanese second lieutenant ran to the Japanese captain and said.
"I see, I thought this group of national troops were planning to give up some of their people, but I didn't expect that they were letting these people delay time." Captain Japanese said.
This part of the national army entering the woods, obviously to delay their time so that the people behind could dig out positions.
"However, these few of them dare to face us directly, which is commendable for their courage," the Japanese captain continued.
He has more than 300 soldiers in his hands, while the opponent only has more than 100 and less than 200 soldiers.
You must know that the soldiers of the empire have always been much stronger than the Chinese soldiers. The empire's soldiers of about 300 people can fight against a regiment of the national army of more than 1,000 or even 2,000 people.
"Captain, they now have a geographical advantage. If we attack them directly, we may suffer a lot.
Moreover, this group of national troops seems to be stronger than other national troops. , I'm afraid they are soldiers from the Northeast Army or the Central Army," said the Japanese second lieutenant.
This group of national troops had been on the run before and had not faced them head-on.
It wasn’t until the fight in the woods that he discovered that this group of national soldiers were much stronger than the ordinary national soldiers, and their weapons and equipment were also better than those of the ordinary national soldiers.
Otherwise, even relying on the terrain in the woods, they will not be able to stop them for long
"It can't be the Central Army. The Central Army is the direct line unit of the commander of the national army. It is impossible for them to Let the direct troops below come out to die,
So, there is a high probability that it will be the Northeast Army. I heard that the Northeast Army is in the national army and has very strong equipment, but it is not welcomed by the armies of all parties. "Captain Guizi said.
In fact, the Northeast Army is still very strong. When the superiors launched the incident, they just wanted to test Marshal Zhang's attitude, but who knows.
But Marshal Zhang chose to let the Northeastern Army not resist, and then asked hundreds of thousands of Northeastern Army to retreat, but there was not much resistance. Seeing this situation, their Kwantung Army sang all the way and decisively occupied Three provinces.
"Give the order and let the artillerymen carrying grenades go to the open space in the woods to build a position. The mortar will continue to stay in the original position to adjust the muzzle.
Ten minutes later, Prepare three rounds of artillery attacks. When the enemy's position is bombarded, the infantry will attack decisively, kill them as quickly as possible, and annihilate this group of Northeastern troops." Captain Jiazi ordered.
The range of the grenade is only three to four hundred meters. If you continue to fire artillery shells from the original position, I am afraid it will explode on your own people, so you can only let the artillerymen carrying the grenade enter the woods and pull them in. distance.
"Hi" the Japanese second lieutenant nodded.
While the Japanese soldiers were motionless, the soldiers of the Northeastern Army on the hillside were staring at the situation in the woods.
"What's going on with the Japs? Why haven't they attacked yet?" A soldier at the foot of the hillside wondered. They had already set up their formations, but the Japs didn't attack yet.
Halfway up the mountain, Tang Zi was frowning. He knew that the Japanese were not in a hurry to attack because they wanted the artillery to go into the woods to re-establish their positions. As long as the positions were well constructed, it would probably be the time for the Japanese to attack.
"Let the order go down and prepare everyone to be bombarded," Tang Zizheng said to He Qingshan.
"Yes" He Qingshan nodded immediately, turned around and sent someone to convey the order.
After doing this, He Qingshan came to Tang Zizheng again.
At this time, Tang Zi was staring at the woods not far away with a telescope, and the Japanese soldiers were ready for battle.
There are also some Japanese soldiers filling sacks with sand and soil, intending to pile them high to build a heavy machine gun position when fighting breaks out.
On the other side, Li Jin and Xu Qingfeng were also chasing in the direction of Tang Zizheng and the others. Along the way, there were freshly trampled mountain roads, so they were easy to follow.
Not long after, Li Jin saw a figure lying on the ground not far ahead, and he quickly ran over.
This is the body of a Northeastern Army soldier.
"This should be the sentinel of the Northeast Army on guard. The time of death should be three or four hours ago." Li Jin said, if the Northeast Army was overtaken by the Japanese, there might be more than one. Dead body.
"It seems that we are getting closer to the Northeastern Army, and depending on the situation, there should be quite a few of them." Xu Qingfeng said.
On the way here, the number of corpses of Northeastern Army soldiers we saw was constantly decreasing. It was obvious that when they were initially chased by the Japanese, they fled as quickly as possible. Please remember to collect it, the latest and fastest website is free to read without anti-theft