Chapter 176: The Sneaking Imperial Army Soldiers

The Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army has begun shelling!

Yu Hua and Chu Yunfei quickly rushed toward Mashan Village.

Along the Mashan Village frontline, the troops left behind by the 122nd Division discovered a group of Imperial Army soldiers flanking from the north of Niangziguan.

The number of these Imperial Army soldiers was small, only one battalion.

The troops left behind in Mashan Village consisted of one battalion.

Yu Hua led his Reinforced Battalion to provide reinforcements, joined by a battalion under Chu Yunfei.

Occupying the advantage of the terrain, Yu Hua was still confident that he could block these Imperial Army soldiers.

He ordered Nakamura Ichiro to have his troops stop advancing and hide in place.

Fortunately, Yu Hua did not trust Feng Qinzai and the others, so he had left troops behind to stand guard.

On the hillsides on both sides of the highway.

All of the troops' Firepower Points were exposed.

The four Type 92 Infantry Guns of the battalion level had all been replaced with easily portable Mortars.

The Mountain Artillery Regiment of the Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army posed a great threat to the Chuan'an Corps.

From this, one could see that the Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army lacked sufficient troops in the rear.

Aside from corpses, the entire position was empty!

The Company Commander dispatched a Communications Soldier to report the situation to Nakamura.

The close-quarters firepower of the MP40 Submachine Gun was many times stronger than that of the Imperial Army.

At the entrance of the village.

After receiving news from the frontline troops, a smug smile appeared on the corner of Nakamura Ichiro's mouth.

In order to lure this battalion in, Yu Hua still adopted the old method.

At the same time, some Sichuan Army troops were still lurking in the village; they saw the searching Imperial Army soldiers.

The rear of the Sichuan Army was indeed, just as he had expected, lacking in troops!

Such places where no one takes responsibility, to be honest, even in the new era, there is no way to deal with them.

Nakamura Ichiro did not doubt the retreat of the Sichuan Army at all.

The Sichuan Army's artillery was in the front; after stepping on the pedal, the Imperial Army soldiers pursuing from behind were blown up by the Landmine.

"Battalion Commander."

They immediately opened fire on the Imperial Army soldiers; the little Imperial Army soldiers followed the sound, while the Sichuan Army soldiers fought and retreated.

The main body of the Sichuan Army soldiers was no longer on the frontline positions.

They quickly routed the Imperial Army artillery's guard troops; as for the little Imperial Army's artillery.

Troops from the Jin-Sui Army and the Sichuan Army were lying in ambush, and the highway had already been planted with Explosive and Landmine by the Sichuan Army.

He ordered the infantry to begin the charge.

When they were still eight hundred meters away from Mashan Village, there was the sound of intense shelling.

After reaching this conclusion, Nakamura Ichiro had great confidence in finding the mountain artillery group of the Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army.

The Front-stepping Rear-exploding Mine triggered a chain of Landmine, and the entire group of pursuing little Imperial Army soldiers was instantly blown into the sky by the Landmine and Explosive.

In order to pursue, the Imperial Army did not carefully search the entire village at all.

Mashan Village!

The troops of Yu Hua and Chu Yunfei had already arrived.

Light and Heavy Machine Gun opened fire simultaneously.

Two companies of the Sichuan Army were mostly armed with MP40 Submachine Gun, while the soldiers of the Sniper Platoon were all equipped with Mauser 98K.

A company of the Sichuan Army retreated directly under the artillery fire of the Imperial Army.

"Charge!"

These were the Sichuan Army soldiers hiding in the village; they were hiding in cellars.

Nakamura Ichiro hurriedly ordered the rear artillery troops to provide fire support.

The new era has also seen many situations of passing the buck.

The highway was a sea of fire!

Two companies of Imperial Army soldiers were wiped out just like that by the Landmine and Explosive.

It turned out that tonight, the Sichuan Army troops, along with the Republic of China Army on the front of Niangziguan, launched an attack on the Chuan'an Corps together.

If his battalion held out until dawn, waiting for the Imperial Army's follow-up troops to arrive, they could open a gap in the Sichuan Army's defensive line.

Over a thousand Imperial Army soldiers began to pursue the Sichuan Army troops.

After all, in the original timeline, after the positions of these three men were broken through by the Imperial Army, they ran away very quickly too.

What on earth were their sentries doing?

He issued the order to assault.

They were all wiped out by the Sichuan Army; because the Sichuan Army troops suddenly burst out, the Imperial Army's artillery had not yet recovered.

The Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army actually possessed an artillery group.

He did not think for a moment that this was a fake retreat by the Sichuan Army.

Nakamura saw that the village was a sea of fire, and the Sichuan Army's Firepower Point was no longer firing.

The first Minefield was a Front-stepping Rear-exploding Mine.

Nakamura Ichiro originally felt that his actions were very careful, not knowing that their movements had long been discovered by the Sichuan Army.

After the ambush with Landmine and Explosive succeeded, the Sichuan Army and Jin-Sui Army on both sides of the highway began to open fire on the Imperial Army.

He was glad that his arrangements had not been in vain.

The Japanese artillery's security forces and Light and Heavy Machine Gun Firepower Points were all wiped out under the greeting of the Sniper Platoon.

This was simply delivering military merit to himself.

Nakamura's brows furrowed slightly.

Nakamura Ichiro's Battalion carried 12 Mortars, as they were an assault force.

Outside Mashan Village, the Japanese officer leading the team was named Nakamura Ichiro.

Then, a Company of the Sichuan Army inside the village also feigned firing at the Nakamura Battalion.

Just by listening to the sound of the shelling, he could tell this was an artillery group of no fewer than 20 guns.

The Company inside the village immediately withdrew from their positions once the Japanese shelling stopped.

Light and Heavy Machine Guns fired simultaneously, and the Crossfire sent the remaining Japanese soldiers scurrying in panic.

The first round of shelling was the Japanese testing their range.

In this era of war, Yu Hua was even more uneasy.

Nakamura Ichiro, who had entered the village, heard the sound of gunfire.

It must be destroyed!

After finishing the telegram, Nakamura Ichiro pondered for a moment.

This was the Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army, having almost exhausted all its strength to attack the Chuan'an Corps.

This small group of Japanese had actually slipped in without anyone noticing.

Nakamura Ichiro took the telegram and looked at it.

His Battalion had assaulted all the way here without encountering any vanguard of the Sichuan Army at all.

Two Companies of Japanese broke into the village and found that the Sichuan Army had already fled the front-line positions.

Then they slammed into the ground, falling face-first into the mud.

Without the sweeping firepower of Light and Heavy Machine Guns, the two Companies of the Sichuan Army held the upper hand in firepower.

With Japanese forces appearing to flank from the direction of Niangziguan, Yu Hua was truly speechless at Sun Lianzhong, Feng Qinzai, and the others.

Yu Hua was afraid that the friendly forces would drop the ball, so he specifically arranged troops on the friendly forces' defensive lines.

Even Nakamura Ichiro, that old Japanese soldier, was blown away by the shockwave raised by the Landmine.

The Sichuan Army only had one Company; facing his own Battalion, they must be terrified by the edge of the Imperial Army now.

He also ordered his troops to annihilate this fleeing Sichuan Army as quickly as possible.

On this road, the Sichuan Army's artillery was in front, and the Japanese were chasing from behind.

He would take the opportunity to capture a few Sichuan Army prisoners; he wanted intelligence on the Sichuan Army.

When the Japanese 2nd round of shelling arrived.

Nakamura Ichiro drew his Command Sword.

After all, the Reinforced Battalion under his command had Weaponry that was not inferior to the Japanese at all.

Because he had a precedent in the 1st War Zone of leading a Battalion to pursue a Brigade of the Republic of China Army.

"Urgent telegram from Kawakishi Bunzaburo."

Lure the Japanese to the predetermined location.

He ordered the artillery units to concentrate their fire and take out the Sichuan Army's Firepower Point.

The 12 Mortars were quickly set up and aimed at the Sichuan Army's positions to bombard them.

Nakamura Ichiro assembled his troops and began to assault Mashan Village.

However, behind the Japanese artillery positions, two Companies of Sichuan Army soldiers suddenly appeared.

Tonight, the Sichuan Army units kept attacking the Chuan'an Corps, which meant that the troops in the rear must have insufficient strength.

This was something Nakamura Ichiro had not expected.

At this moment, a Communications Soldier of the Nakamura Battalion walked quickly to Nakamura Ichiro.

The sentry soldiers of the Sichuan Army pretended to have discovered the Nakamura Battalion and opened fire on the Japanese.

Kawakishi Bunzaburo ordered the Nakamura Ichiro Battalion to find the artillery positions of the Sichuan Army 22nd Group Army.

The crazed Japanese soldiers did not notice at all that the Sichuan Army was fighting while retreating, leading them onto the road.

This old Japanese soldier was rushing his troops toward Mashan Village; as long as he took Mashan Village.

As long as a Japanese soldier dared to touch the Light and Heavy Machine Guns, a bullet would immediately pierce his head.

Nakamura Ichiro discovered that the Sichuan Army defending Mashan Village was firing wildly.

His own position was overrun, and most of the Mortars were seized by the Sichuan Army before they could be destroyed.

After capturing the Japanese artillery positions, the Sichuan Army immediately turned the muzzles and bombarded the remnants of the Nakamura Ichiro Battalion.

(End of this chapter)