The tit-for-tat confrontation between Hu Yi and Su Qing ended with both sides secretly giving in.
Hu Yi's words made Su Qing's subjective hatred for Hu Yi add a bit of objective recognition. I can hate him, despise him, and remember the insults this despicable deserter has inflicted on me, but I should not ignore the fact that he had shed blood. Although he was a deserter, what he had done was far better than most Chinese people who could only talk big. History written in blood must be acknowledged. So Su Qing fell silent and calmed down. He was in no mood to care about the absurd issue of command power.
Hu Yi knew that he felt guilty towards Su Qing, the only person he felt guilty towards in his life. Although he did not regret it, he owed Su Qing a deep debt, which might take a lifetime to repay. So Hu Yi fell silent and calmed down, but he did not take this opportunity to lead Su Qing and the Ninth Class to escape immediately as expected to completely get rid of the danger. Instead, he led them to the rear of Bald Mountain and observed the battlefield from a low hill. With Captain Wang's full fighting spirit, Hu Yi wanted Su Qing and the Ninth Class to see clearly whether the Japs were fools or demons. Only by letting them see with their own eyes what the opponent was, would they have more chances to survive under the opponent's gun in the future.
Although he had never fought the Japanese before, Captain Wang had a lot of combat experience. This bald mountain had too little vegetation and poor concealment, but this was the highest point nearby, so he could see clearly any reaction of the enemy.
Captain Wang's idea is to remain unchanged in the face of ever-changing circumstances. I have more people and more guns, and we have the advantage of high ground. Even if I am not properly concealed and you discover me, you will be the one who loses in the positional battle. Don't even think about making roundabout moves or various sneaky tricks, because I am watching everything. If you run, I will take advantage of the situation to hit you. One charge will turn your escape into a rout, and I will collect your toll.
The Japanese appeared, a standard squad configuration, three infantry squads, three Type 99 rifles, a grenade launcher squad, three grenade launchers, a chief officer and an adjutant, nearly 60 people. One squad of Japanese led 20 to 30 plainclothes teams to clear the way, and the rest of the Japanese followed more than 100 meters behind.
"Captain, should we fight now?" A new recruit nearby looked nervously at the approaching Japanese soldiers and asked Captain Wang in a low voice.
Captain Wang also kept his eyes on the target, estimating that the enemy ahead was about 300 meters away. At this distance, the two light machine guns on the two wings would be no problem, but the rifles in his hands would hardly be effective, and the enemy behind was even further away. "Why panic? Wait a little longer."
As soon as Captain Wang finished speaking, he discovered that the Japanese soldiers and plainclothes team in front of him suddenly crouched down and began to run around hurriedly, like a group of mice that had discovered a cat. In two or three breaths, they disappeared from sight, hiding in stones and jumping into shallow pits to find their own hidden positions. The Japanese soldiers behind them then lay down and crawled on the ground.
The position was high and the light was good and unobstructed. There were more than a hundred people on the hill. The new recruits were nervous and made mistakes. They were exposed at 300 meters. This was within Captain Wang's expectations. It was only a matter of time before they were exposed. At most, it would be a positional battle. However, the current distance really gave Captain Wang a headache. At more than 300 meters, the accuracy was out of the question. He wanted to let the machine guns on both sides fire first, but the enemy had retreated. He could still fire, but the bullets were not blown by the wind. He couldn't just fire in vain, right? A little embarrassed, Captain Wang hesitated.
There was no shooting from the people on the top of the mountain, and the Japanese didn't fire either. They just lay there motionless. For a moment, the scene was a little weird.
"Brother, what's going on? There's no movement." Ma Liang was confused by the scene and asked Hu Yi beside him.
"Although the Japanese have discovered Captain Wang and his men, they are in an unfavorable terrain and do not know the number of their opponents or whether there are ambushes in other locations around them, so they are confirming the situation and circumstances. As for what Captain Wang is thinking, I don't know." Hu Yi answered Ma Liang's question without blinking his eyes.
After the situation was deadlocked for a few minutes, a squad of Japanese soldiers who had advanced forward seemed to have received a signal from the rear, and began to stick their heads out, put their guns on, and shoot sporadically at the top of the mountain.
Boom, boom, boom…
After more than a dozen gunshots, two soldiers' heads were shot through, and the new recruits nearby trembled. Captain Wang punched the ground with his fist. What are you waiting for? Just start fighting: "Fire!"
Instantly, there was a burst of gunfire, and machine guns on both wings also joined in. A barrage of bullets pressed down on the Japanese and plainclothes team in front.
These guys in the plainclothes team would definitely be useless in a fight, but they also have their strengths, which is that they hide well, and each of them would like to dig three feet into the ground like an earthworm, so the fierce firepower suppression that flew down from the top of the mountain cannot hurt them at all.
Since the shooting started on the top of the mountain, the Japanese in this squad retreated calmly, occasionally sticking their heads out with their helmets on to fire back a shot. At the same time, the Type 99 light rifles carried by the squad had already found positions, and against the rain of bullets from the mountain, they intermittently counterattacked upwards.
"Stop shooting!" Captain Wang gave this order helplessly. After several rounds of bullets, it seemed that there was no effect at all. Instead, three soldiers were knocked down by the sporadic counterattacks from below. It was not okay to fight like this. The guns were not as good as the Japanese, the quality of the soldiers was not as good as the Japanese, and the Japanese had fewer targets. At a distance of 300 meters, it was a pure waste of bullets to shoot like this.
"The first row and the two wings of the machine guns stay, the second and third rows retreat, and don't stick your head out." Captain Wang reacted quickly, and although he realized it later, he took action immediately. I won't play long-range shooting with you little devils. If you have the guts, just lie down. I want to see how long you can lie down! I will hold you down here. If you dare to get up and run back, I will let the machine gun greet you!
The fire test of the advance squad produced results. The Japanese basically grasped the situation of the enemy on the top of the mountain. There were about a company of troops and two light machine guns on the two wings. Seeing that this was not an ambush but an encounter battle, the Japanese were relieved and finally began to deploy the action.
To Captain Wang's surprise, the Japanese not only had no intention of retreating, but also wanted to attack. The squad in the middle did not change, still stuck there and sporadically fired at the top of the mountain. The chief officer led a squad and two grenade launchers and began to move to the left wing of Bald Mountain, while the adjutant led a squad and a grenade launcher to move to the right wing.
From the top of the mountain, we could see clearly that the Japanese soldiers behind us were moving left and right down the mountain in two groups, which almost shocked Captain Wang. Are you Japanese soldiers so stupid, or am I blind? Are you going to attack
Ma Liang's surprised voice sounded again: "Brother, I really don't understand. The enemy's troops are only half of Captain Wang's. Why are they still attacking the mountain? And they are attacking from three sides. How is this possible? Isn't this just suicide?"
Hu Yi shook his head: "Yes, the Japs want to attack the mountain. They think they have the ability to do so, and they do have the ability. But they will not attack from three sides. They have fewer people, so they must attack from one direction."
"Then why did the Japanese soldiers at the back split into two wings?" Ma Liang still didn't understand.
"The purpose of splitting the two wings is to divert the sights of the machine guns on the two wings of the mountain, and then suppress the machine guns on the two wings of the mountain, causing casualties while finding weak attack positions." Hu Yi himself had experienced the pain of the Japanese's way of fighting, so he understood it at a glance.
Ma Liang lowered his head and thought for a while: "Oh, I think I understand now. If they all go one way, the two machine guns on the mountain will cross and aim at the two sides, and the firepower will be strong. Now they are separated to the left, middle and right, so they can only aim one machine gun at one side, one against one, and the other side cannot be hit, so the firepower will naturally be weak, is that what you mean?"
Hu Yi finally turned his head and looked at Ma Liang. This kid understood things very quickly, and that was what made him so likable.
Machine guns started to fire from both sides. The Japanese soldiers on both wings set up machine gun positions about 300 meters apart on each flank. The Type 99 rifles and the Czech rifles on the opposite side began to suppress each other with fire. Under the cover of machine guns, the infantry and grenadiers began to crawl forward alternately, using potholes, rocks, and the gaps between machine guns to advance until they stopped about 200 meters from the top of the mountain and set up a temporary position on the spot.
These **** really dare to attack with such a shameless face, good thing they came, the closer the better. Captain Wang turned around and ordered again: "The second platoon goes to the left, the third platoon goes to the right. I want to see how these bastards climb up!"
However, the Japanese riflemen in front did not continue to move forward. They began to build a simple temporary position at a distance of 200 meters. This was the experience of the Japanese. They knew their advantages, especially the range and accuracy. Many battles proved that the shooting effect at a distance of 200 meters was the best, which could give full play to the accuracy advantage and cause the greatest damage to the Chinese army, while the Chinese army's counterattack had limited effect.
As the two wings began to shoot at each other, Captain Wang's nightmare began. He held the worn-out Hanyang rifle steady, desperately pulled the bolt, aimed at the steel helmet 200 meters away, pulled the trigger, and then found that the bullet always had difficulty flying to where it was supposed to fly. No matter what, he continued to shoot, and finally one bullet hit the target, but was bounced off the steel helmet in another direction. Captain Wang finally felt discouraged. When he put down his gun, he found that many of the soldiers around him were still lying in their positions, but they could no longer move.
We can't fight like this anymore. This is just a waste of lives. Captain Wang finally understood why the Japanese dared to be so brazen. This was totally different from the battles he had participated in in the past. This was a one-sided advantage in weapons and training. Captain Wang didn't know how to deal with it. He panicked.
While Captain Wang was still in a daze, a small black dot began to appear in the sky above the top of the mountain. The black dot stopped at a high altitude and then fell down.
boom-
A cloud of dust suddenly rose up near the machine gun position, deviating more than ten meters, not injuring the machine gunner, but taking the lives of the other two soldiers. Then the second grenade came, and the third grenade flew over. The Japanese grenade launcher began to work, and the grenadiers hid behind the shelters near the infantry, their goal was to destroy the machine gun.
A dozen explosions in succession silenced the machine guns on both wings, and some new recruits who were on the battlefield for the first time began to cry or roll on the ground wailing while holding their wounds. Without the suppression of the machine guns, the three Type 99 light machine guns kept howling wildly from three directions, like three devils that had broken free from their restraints, and after meeting at the top of the mountain like a barrage of rain, they crossed and began to desperately reap lives.
In the smoke, Captain Wang, who was covered in dust, had long forgotten his original intention. He finally realized that he was just a toad at the bottom of a well and had made a stupid mistake. He decided to give the order to retreat, but when he turned around, he found that it seemed that he didn't need the order, because some of the new recruits had already started to run down the back slope of the bald mountain, three or five in the front, then a dozen in the middle, and finally they were connected...