Facing the sudden attack, the Japanese were in a panic, but not long after, after losing nearly 60 people, they quickly regained their composure from the original chaos. They formed groups of three and covered each other. They used the rocks and trees on the side of the mountain road as cover and began to counterattack He Fan and the others who were lying in ambush on the high ground.
"The Japanese are indeed veterans who have been trained for many years. They restored order in less than ten minutes. It seems that we should train more!”，He Fan hid behind a rock and bent over to observe.
The Japanese Machine Gunners also set up their machine guns agilely.
"Da da da", they fired at the Sichuan soldiers hiding behind the rocks.
He Fan crouched down, unable to raise his head due to the suppression of the machine gun bullets.
"Damn, the Japanese Machine Gunners are quite accurate. Pu Wuhao, kill the enemy Machine Gunners! Li Fan, can you be more accurate with your mortars? Look, they all missed. Aren't you an artillery soldier of the Northeast Army? Act like an artillery!"
Li Fan looked embarrassed." Please calm down, Guild Leader. I'm just trying to get a feel for it. Ever since I fled here in 2003, I haven't touched a cannon much. Now that I'm familiar with it, I'll soon find the original feeling!”
Pu Wuhao hid behind a rock and shouted,""Regiment commander, I can't even lift my head up because of their grenade launchers. Tell the Machine Gunners to suppress their grenade launchers!”
He Fan was also suppressed by the Japanese until he could not raise his head.
"F * ck, why are the Japanese riflers so accurate? If my soldiers were so good at shooting, I would give everyone a sniper rifle!”
"Regiment commander, stop bragging. Didn't the airdrop just now contain smoke grenades? First, fire a few smoke grenades to confuse the enemy!”，Li Fan suggested as he stuffed the Smoke Cannon into the mortar.
" Boom!" The smoke bomb landed among the Japanese.
"Hahahaha, I finally hit it!”，the artillery said happily.
Ito was dumbfounded as he watched the smoke spread through the army.
"Baka, when did the Chinese army have poison gas bombs?”
All of a sudden, although the Japanese were panicking, they still braced themselves and lay on the ground. They wet the towels they carried with them, covered their mouths and noses, and shot at He Fan and the others from time to time.
Some of the Japanese soldiers had only been in the army for less than half a year. When they saw the smoke approaching, they were not as calm as the veterans and began to retreat.
"Messenger, immediately inform the captain that our army has been attacked by the poisonous gas of the Chinese army and requests to retreat to the village to rest!”，" You, suppress the enemies in the east. You, use the grenade launcher to suppress the enemies in the west. The rest, take turns to cover and retreat into the village."”
" Da da da ", the two machine guns of the Japanese kept firing and hitting the soil, causing pieces of soil to splatter on the soldiers.
Immediately after, the anti-aircraft machine guns and the five general machine guns also let out a fierce roar. Bullets rained down on the enemy's hiding spots, sweeping through arm-sized trees. Some unlucky people were in the smoke, and their bodies were directly penetrated by bullets. They did not even have time to say their last words before they fell. When the smoke dispersed, the Japanese had already retreated nearly 500 meters.
"F * ck, the Japanese are trying to escape. Li Fan, push your artillery forward and suppress the fleeing enemies with your machine guns. The rest of you, charge with me!”
Some soldiers jumped out of cover and chased after the fleeing enemies. The soldier in front suddenly shouted,"Not good, there are mines!"
Before he could finish his sentence, the three soldiers in front were blasted to the ground. Their bodies were covered in fragments, and the soldier who stepped on the mine had his lower body blown off. His eyes were wide open as he died in pain.
He Fan immediately stopped everyone." Everyone, don't charge for the time being. Those damn devils actually planted the mines in such a short time. Everyone, clean up the battlefield and prepare to retreat to Qionglong Mountain. I reckon that the devils won't give up. The guard battalion will continue to stay here at the pass. This is the only way up the mountain. Moreover, the terrain is more dangerous, so it's easy to defend and difficult to attack. We will build fortifications here as the first line of defense for Qionglong Mountain. The other soldiers will set up camp on Qionglong Mountain. Build an anti-Japanese base!"
"Guild Leader, why are we building a base here? It doesn't feel safe.”，Zhou Wei said.
He Fan smiled." No, no, no. We'll waste our time with the Japanese in the mountains. Moreover, Taihu Lake is to the west. There are mountains and water here. It's a good place to establish a base!”
"Then we'll listen to Leader. What should we do now? Were they really going to build fortifications at this mountain pass?”，Zhou Wei asked.
He Fan replied,"Of course, the devils will probably attack Suzhou City. They won't be entangled with us for too long!" After all, there was no benefit for the devils to occupy this mountain!”
"Pu Wuhao, where's your sniper? Why are there only the three of you?" He Fan asked.
Pu Wuhao looked ashamed." Although the Japanese don't have a scope on their guns, their marksmen are not inferior to us. A few of our snipers were killed by the enemy. They injured one first and took the opportunity when we went to rescue them to take the lives of the other snipers!”
He Fan sighed." You guys should also use this tactic. You can also injure a Japanese and kill them when the other Japanese come to rescue you!”
Pu Wuhao smiled." We definitely have to learn this move. Then, should we retreat now?"”
He Fan patted Pu Wuhao's shoulder and said,"The 300 people from the guard battalion will stay with you and guard this mountain pass. Also, you should learn from the brothers from the Northeast Army.”
"Understood!" Pu Wuhao saluted and picked up his shovel to start digging trenches like Li Fan and the others. He Fan chased after the retreating soldiers of Qionglong Mountain.
Soon, He Fan caught up with the main group." Regiment Commander, Qionglong Mountain Village is up ahead. There are about 500 households living there, but our soldiers seem to have a conflict with them!”，Lu Tao ran over and said.
He Fan pushed through the crowd and walked towards the place where the dispute was taking place." Stop, Liming. What's going on?”
Li Ming saluted." Reporting to the regiment commander. These unruly people claim to be Qionglong Mountain guerrillas. They say they are an anti-Japanese team. They say that we have to enter the village and station our troops. We must hand over our weapons to them to manage!”
"Motherf * cker, who's the captain? Come out and talk to me about life!”，He Fan placed his hands on his hips and said confidently.
At this moment, a muscular man wearing a pair of glasses walked out."I'm Fang Wentian, captain of Qionglong Mountain's guerrilla unit. I belong to the Taihu Anti-Japanese guerrilla unit.”
Looking at the imposing Fang Wentian, and then looking at his own imposing manner, He Fan realized that he was much thinner than the other party. He laughed and patted Fang Wentian's shoulder." Aiya, a gentleman uses his words and not his hands. Why don't we sit down and have a drink? We were withdrawn from the battlefield in Shanghai and were ordered to fight guerrilla warfare in this area to contain the Japanese army. Since it is now the national resistance against Japan, we are all brothers in the same trench! I'm not a stingy person. Come, give the 60 38s and a crooked machine gun that we seized at the mountain pass to our allies. We're neighbors now, so we should help each other!”
Fang Wentian still did not believe it. After all, there were 600 guerillas in total. Other than 120 Hanyang guns, 330 old barrels, and a cannon made from hollowed elm trees, the other weapons in their hands were red tasseled guns and broadswords. Now, these national troops actually gave him 60 380 large guns and a crooked machine gun. Fang Wentian was immediately confused. "Lu Tao, bring the weapons up and distribute them to the allies!”
When the guerrillas got their weapons, they realized that it was real. Fang Wentian's tense face relaxed and he laughed."May I know your name, elder brother?"
"My name is He Fan, the captain of the 1st Regiment of the Sichuan Independent Division!”
"So it's Big Brother He. In the future, you will be stationed in the east of the village, and our guerrillas will be stationed in the west of the village. If there is a situation, we can take care of each other! Xiao Cui, bring them to the west of the village. These two thousand villagers can open up the wasteland in the west of the village and build thatched cottages there for the time being!”，Fang Wentian instructed.
He Fan nodded in satisfaction." Alright, Brother Fang. If you have any difficulties in the future, just tell us. In the future, if you encounter tough battles that you can't fight, you can also ask us for help!”
Fang Wentian, who had been smiling just a moment ago, suddenly turned serious."We appreciate your good intentions. Although our equipment is poor, there is no tough battle that we can't fight.”
Only 130 of the Japanese soldiers managed to escape. The other 70 were left at the mountain pass and burned by Pu Wu Hao.
After returning to the village, Yiteng looked at the captain with shame.""Captain, the firepower of this Chinese army is not inferior to ours at all. In fact, their firepower is even stronger than ours. Moreover, the enemy has occupied the high ground. We can't deploy all our forces here. Therefore, my suggestion is that our army give up attacking the enemy and turn to Suzhou. After all, the city is much more important than the mountains.”
"Yuxi, I think so too. Order the army to advance to Suzhou. There's no need to tangle with these scattered soldiers!”，The captain ordered.
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