The battle in the cave reached the mouth of the gourd and could not advance any further. A fan-shaped shooting area aimed at one point, no matter how many people there were, it was useless. I tried throwing grenades, but I couldn't get far if I didn't show my head. It was useless to throw them outside. I was shot into a sieve on the spot. The top of the more than ten-meter-long passage was not high enough. I couldn't throw them far, unless I could rush out of the last more than ten-meter-long passage. Not to mention the many gun muzzles, it was impossible to rush in with just the two machine guns firing alternately.
After various attempts, several soldiers were sacrificed. Gao Yidao, who was being bandaged by Kuai Tui'er, sat in the cave passage and gave the order to suspend the attack.
At this moment, Gao Yidao was gritting his teeth. Including those swept away by the flood, the number of casualties was almost fifty. It was so aggrieved! This warehouse was the root of Jinbala. If it was taken out, Jinbala would fall. Unfortunately, he was so close yet he could do nothing. He forced himself over and over again in his mind not to think about the number of casualties, not to think about how rich the warehouse was, and just treat it as an ordinary battle. If he lost his mind, the Second Company would be ruined. Maybe... Retreat was the wisest choice. He had to endure it even if he was unwilling.
A soldier rushed in and said, "Captain, it looks like the 9th platoon is going to be pinned on the opposite high ground!"
"What?"
"I saw them rushing to build fortifications from the mountain!" the soldier added.
At the beginning, a soldier came in to report that the 9th platoon had found a large number of enemies on the opposite side. At that time, Gao Yidao was red-eyed and was trying to attack. He didn't have time to think about it at the time. He simply thought that with the character of the surname Hu and the small number of people in the 9th platoon, he would definitely flee or break out after notifying the 2nd Company of the situation on the opposite side. Anyway, there was a flood in between, and without the 9th platoon, the cave entrance would be suppressed, and the 2nd Company would not be delayed in destroying the nest of Jinba La.
Now that I've calmed down, the 9th platoon hasn't left yet and is rushing to build fortifications on the small hill? Did I implicate him? Or is he just out of his mind
Gao Yidao pushed Kuaitui'er away, hastily tied a knot on the gauze on the wound, stood up and strode out. His tall body ignored the pain and he walked the same way he usually did.
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The accuracy and range advantages of the Type 38 rifle were fully demonstrated. The sporadic shooting at super long distances had a delaying effect. The bandits' various equipment had no chance of fighting back at such a long distance. The team had to stop in advance, in a mess, and began to deploy in advance one mile away. There were faint gunshots from the direction of the cave. It seemed that the Eighth Route Army had not yet entered. Jin Bala finally put his mind at ease. He ordered the main force that had been exhausted in the rain to take a short rest on the spot, and sent two more groups to copy the two sides and detour to the cave in advance. At this time, he did not know that the mountain torrent had blocked the valley behind the high ground.
On the high ground, the second and third squads had already dug two deep pits and started digging in opposite directions in the pits. When they were connected, they became trenches. The machine gun bunker that Wu Shitou, Li Xiang and Xiao Hongying were in charge of was also taking shape. A mud pit was slowly taking on edges and corners, revealing a specific outline. There was more than half a foot of mud and water in the pit. Three mud men were squatting in the mud and water, working desperately.
He pulled the bolt and a shell jumped out of the barrel with residual smoke and fell into the mud and water and disappeared. He adjusted his breathing, narrowed his eye under the wet brim of his hat again, and tried to aim again.
Suddenly, a shout came from the back of the slope: "Hu, come out and see me! Hu, did you hear me..."
It was obvious that Gao Yidao, the jerk, had come out! He aimed steadily and pulled the trigger calmly. The gun shook, but it seemed that he still missed. He turned his head to check the progress of the project, climbed out of the mud with his rifle, and ran to the back of the high ground with his waist bent.
Gao Yidao, who was standing on the other side of the flood with several bandages wrapped around his body, saw Hu Yi appear, walk down the slope, and also reach the flood. He then continued to shout at the top of his voice: "Is it you! Well, have you come to your senses?"
Looking at the turbulent and muddy water under his feet, Hu Yi squatted down, washed his muddy hands with the flood water, and shouted: "If you have to fart, do it quickly, I'm busy!"
"What a waste of time! We can't fight this battle anymore. Take your ninth platoon and leave."
"Gao Yidao, do you think I am taking care of your Second Company? I am counting on you to take down this cave! If you miss this opportunity, you will never get it again. Do I need to explain it to you again? You are not stupid!" Hu Yi originally only had his eyes on the cave, but seeing so many people from Jinbala, Hu Yi changed his mind. In just over a month, Jinbala had used the chaos brought by the blockade to grow to this size. Isn't this a spirit? If we only count the number of people, there are more than the independent regiment.
If he gave up this opportunity, the warehouse of Jinba La would definitely be moved. With money and food, he would become a big trouble in the future. Although there are many people now, most of them should have just joined him. He has not had the opportunity to fully integrate them, and his equipment has not been improved in time. The bandits are still bandits. It is easy to fight them now, but in the future... it will be even more difficult!
Jinbala is not a Japanese. They have guns but no cannons. They just have a lot of people. Considering all the current circumstances and taking into account that the Second Company has not stopped the attack and the difficulty of suppressing the bandits in the future, Hu Yi decided to stay on the high ground.
The raindrops quietly hit Gao Yidao's dark face. He was silent for a while. He understood Hu Yi's words. He finally sighed, "The cave cannot be taken down for the time being. It is a gourd-shaped space inside. It is useless to fill it up with my second company. We cannot get in."
Hu Yi shook his hands and stood up, looking at Gao Yidao on the other side, and fell silent. Although he didn't know the specific situation in the cave, Gao Yidao was not a coward. If he said that he couldn't get in, then no one could get in.
Unfortunately, the Second Company and the Ninth Platoon were blocked by the flood again. In this situation, if the Second Company could come over and leave a small part to block the cave entrance, and the main force and the Ninth Platoon could face Jinba together in a decisive battle, it would also be able to cut off the source of the problem. However, this idea could not be realized.
After a while, Hu Yi asked again: "At worst, we can just give up and be single! Is it possible to destroy this cave? Blow it up, burn it?"
The change in the situation led to a change in the purpose of the battle. There was no time to consider the supplies in the cave. Destroying this place would still achieve the goal of attacking Jinbala.
"I think so too. But the cave is too wide. There's no hope with just grenades. As for burning... look around here, why should we burn it?" Gao Yidao, standing in the rain, had a bitter look on his face.
The two commanders on both sides stopped talking. Only the flood in the middle was rushing and the rain was still falling.
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He climbed up the high ground again, looked at the chaotic enemies in the distance, and looked around. Instead of returning to the original shooting position, he jumped into the machine gun bunker that Wu Shitou and Li Xiang were digging, sat directly in the half-foot deep mud, leaned against the side mud wall, and ordered in a deep voice: "Stop working and prepare to retreat."
With a plop, Liu Jianqiang fell into a puddle not far away where trenches were being dug. Shi Cheng from the first squad subconsciously stopped shooting and turned his head to stare at Hu Yi in a daze. Ma Liang staggered out of the pit and ran towards Hu Yi, asking in surprise, "Brother, are you saying we should retreat?"
"You can also understand it as a breakout. Even with his Golden Scara, he can't surround our Ninth Row. Besides, his target is not our Ninth Row. He is eager for us to leave. Breaking out is not difficult." Hu Yi replied.
Liu Jianqiang finally climbed out and asked loudly, "What about the Second Company?"
"The Second Company will also retreat. We can't take down the cave, and they can't get through. This battle is meaningless."
Luo Fugui was the first to react. He was busy putting the magazine into his arms while shouting, "Don't just stand there. Hurry up and pack your things!"
The soldiers confirmed that all this was true, and immediately began to work, packing up their tools and organizing their guns. Xiao Hongying sat in the pit, washing her steel helmet that had been turned into a mud-digging tool with muddy water, and then put it back on her head.
Li Xiang half-knelt, leaning on the shovel with one hand, frowned, and suddenly raised his head and said to Hu Yi beside him: "Platoon leader, I have an idea... but I don't know... I just..."
Hu Yi turned around and looked at Li Xiang, who was covered in mud: "Just tell me what's useful."
"I, I mean... if we give the chemical bombs to the Second Company, maybe they can take down the cave?"
Hu Yi's eyebrows suddenly jumped and he was stunned.
With a splash, mud and water splashed everywhere. The big, clumsy Luo Fugui slid into the big mud pit. He raised his big hand and shook it, saying to Li Xiang, "You ugly freak, you are dreaming. Don't you see how wide the water is behind you? How are you going to get through with your grenade launcher?"
Hu Yi looked at the grenade launcher behind Li Xiang and regained his calm expression. No one could throw the grenade launcher that far. The Second Company couldn't get it, so everything was just wishful thinking.
Li Xiang suddenly continued, "There's no need for a grenade launcher. All they need to do is to throw the grenade over to the other side. What they need to do is to bring the grenade into the cave and fire it."
"What? Explain it clearly!" Hu Yi looked at Li Xiang again. He knew that mortar shells could be thrown, but the special grenades for grenade launchers were completely different from mortar shells. There were grenades that could be launched with grenade launchers, but grenade launcher grenades certainly could not be used as grenades, otherwise these special grenade launcher grenades from the ninth row would not have been left gathering dust in the supply department.
"I have dismantled grenades before. The rear half of the projectile is a copper side wall, which is divided into an upper and lower cover plate and a powder shell composed of an iron base. The propellant bag is in the middle of the upper and lower cover plates. There are eight small holes around the base, and the primer is in the center. Because copper is soft, after the primer is fired, the expansion pressure of the propellant will cause the copper side wall to expand and stick to the chamber wall, increasing the firing pressure and embedding into the rifling at the same time, and fly out of the barrel with the projectile, and finally explode into fragments. Of course, the warhead of a chemical bomb will not..."
Hu Yi raised his hand: "Stop, stop! I'm having a headache after hearing so much. Tell me the key points!"
Li Xiang immediately realized: "Oh, uh - I don't have any tools, so I can't disassemble it into a grenade, so I can only use it directly, just fire the primer. But... the copper wall in the lower half may expand and rupture, hurting people!"
This time he understood everything, and Hu Yi stood up and said, "Li Xiang, get up and follow me. Fool, come here too!" He jumped out of the mud pit and suddenly ordered, "Keep working! We'll decide whether to leave or retreat later."
Whether this battle will continue depends on whether Wu Shitou can throw the chemical bomb across the river to the Second Company and whether Gao Yidao still wants to continue fighting.
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