Chapter 64: Meeting on a Narrow Road

"Your Excellency, there is a small village ahead, and there are some horse hoof prints on the road leading to the village entrance." He saw Naofumi and his party walking not far from the village entrance.

The Japanese who were exploring the road ahead came back and reported to him.

Although the heavy snow stopped in the early morning, the snow still has not melted, and it is easy to see horse hoof prints on the snow-covered roads.

Tachimi Naofumi glanced at the village in front of him. Although he found no trace of the enemy, he, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, could still see that there was a smell of danger in it.

"Is there any other way around?" Naofumi immediately touched the command knife in his hand and asked softly.

"There is no other road, and it is surrounded by steep mountains." A staff officer next to him took out a map and searched it, but found nothing else.

In such cold weather now, it is obviously unrealistic to take a detour through the mountains.

"Your Excellency, judging from the footprints of the horses' hooves, it can be inferred that the enemy army only has more than a hundred riders." The Japanese who were exploring the road were experienced. Seeing Naofumi Tashimi's hesitation, he explained the situation in detail and asked him to make a decision. .

"There are only more than a hundred riders." Naofumi immediately pondered for a moment. We still don't know if the enemy is pursuing us. In any case, we should make a decision as soon as possible.

"In that case, let's rush over." Thinking that he still had nearly 400 men and horses in his hands, he immediately saw Naofumi and no longer hesitated, and decided to launch a strong attack in the hope of a quick victory and leaving the mouth of Caohe River as soon as possible.

He believed that if it was one-on-one, the Chinese were no match for his soldiers, not to mention that his own numbers still had a huge advantage.

Behind the simple fortifications made of wooden planks and bricks, Wei Jichen saw that the Japanese stopped for a while, and then each one made an attack posture, hunched over, holding a rifle, and marching forward cautiously.

"The Japanese discovered us." Ma Yucuo sighed and looked at Wei Jichen beside him.

"It doesn't matter, what if they discover us? Our army occupies a favorable location and the enemy must attack by force." Wei Jichen waved his hand and said nonchalantly.

"This group of Japanese soldiers seems to be a little different from the ones we met last night. They are more elite." Ma Yucuo said when he saw the Japanese soldiers advancing slowly and undisturbed in front of them.

"It seems that we have caught a big fish this time. Let's see if it is strong enough." Wei Jichen said with a hint.

Bang bang bang!

The Japanese in the front line were the first to fire, and began to test various firepower points.

"Don't be anxious, don't shoot yet." Wei Jichen gave the order calmly. Although the Japanese fired fiercely, they fired randomly and aimlessly. At first glance, they were testing.

If it was a team of new soldiers, some soldiers would definitely be scared and shoot, thereby exposing their position and allowing the Japanese rear ranks to shoot calmly.

Fortunately, Wei Jichen's cavalrymen had gone through mountains of corpses and seas of blood, and their hearts were as hard as a rock. They did not receive orders and just regarded the gunshots as firecrackers. Even if someone was lucky enough to be hit by a stray bullet in the back, they would cover the wound and forcefully He gritted his teeth and remained silent.

"Shoot!" Wei Jichen roared when he saw that all the Japanese soldiers who came to test him were within shooting range. He raised his rifle first and hit the soldier at the front.

Bang bang bang.

The sound of gunshots rose from countless locations in the village, and bullets flew from all directions towards the Japanese who were exploring the way.

"Retreat, retreat!" the Japanese second lieutenant who was directing the battle shouted quickly.

After leaving a dozen corpses behind, the more than fifty probing Japanese quickly retreated toward the rear without any confusion.

"Your Excellency, the enemy has determined that there are more than a hundred people, occupying the high ground at the entrance of the village to form a defensive line." The second lieutenant immediately reported the situation to Naofumi Tachimi.

Tachimi Naofumi also saw the battle through the telescope just now.

He walked back and forth for a few steps, thinking: "The number of enemies is small. Only by pressing forward with thunder can we defeat the enemy. If we attack in waves, it will only become a fuel tactic and waste our own strength." Soldier life."

Seeing Naofumi immediately, he immediately divided the five hundred people into two groups. One group was commanded by Xiao Zhengshu. It ignored the attacks on both sides and rushed forward to clear the way. The other group was led by him personally and attacked several highlands. Suppress the firepower of the Chinese army and provide cover for Xiaozheng Shuren.

Not long after Naofumi's order was issued, five hundred Japanese people came forward. Unlike the last time, when there were only about fifty people, they were so densely packed that they looked quite imposing.

Wei Jichen quickly lurked to the machine gun position. He had not ordered the machine gun to be fired just now. He was waiting for this moment.

"Wei Ying, the Japanese are coming back fiercely. They want to rush over at once. This guy should be able to use them this time." Mengzi asked with a simple and honest face.

Wei Jichen rubbed his hands, nodded and said, "This time, let me have fun and do it myself."

Wei Jichen had used the Maxin machine gun in the training base, so he was not unfamiliar with it at all. On the contrary, people like Mengzi and Xiaosi were familiar with it. Wei Jichen was not necessarily as skilled in operating it.

Xiaosi walked aside with an envious look on his face and begged: "Wei Ying, you have to leave some bullets for me."

"Don't worry, if the Japanese are not dead yet, I will hand over the machine gun to you." Wei Jichen skillfully cocked the gun and said without looking back.

Xiaosi had no choice but to stand aside and draw circles and curse Wei Jichen.

"Gentlemen, as long as we break through this defensive line, we can go back safely." Naofumi immediately pointed to the position in front and said solemnly.

It is said that one can survive only when one is in a desperate situation. Now the Japanese soldiers can run away, but they are stopped by Wei Jichen and others. You can imagine their anger and expectations.

They are angry because Wei Jichen and others stopped them, and they are looking forward to escaping.

Therefore, this time they all took out their lives. As long as, as long as we break through here, we will be victorious.

Li Jian Shangwen pointed his command knife forward and roared: "Kill, long live the Great Japanese Empire."

"Long live the Great Japanese Empire!"

Hundreds of Japanese soldiers shouted slogans and launched a desperate counterattack.

China and Japan have long been enemies of life and death, and there is no need for too many words between each other.

Wei Jichen looked at the Japanese who were getting closer and closer, and couldn't help sighing in his heart: It is said that the Japanese are killing tools that are not afraid of death. Seeing it today, it really has this taste.

If some Chinese troops were in the situation of the Japanese at this time, they would definitely have different opinions. Some would flee, some would surrender, but no one would rush forward like the Japanese.

However, when Wei Jichen saw the undisguised desire for battle in the eyes of his soldiers, he could not help but put aside his jealousy. At least, my soldiers are not cowards.

"Kill!" The Japanese screamed and rushed forward recklessly.

But finally stepped into the trap of the god of death.

"Haha, it's time!" Wei Jichen laughed wildly, raised the muzzle of the machine gun, aimed at the dense crowd below, and pulled the trigger.

Da da da...

The machine gun spewed out a long tongue of fire, and the bullets poured into the Japanese team at an efficiency of hundreds of rounds per minute.

The Japanese fell down row after row, and before they died, they all danced the dance of death.

Wei Jichen was happy and sad. He got one merit point for each bullet, one merit point for killing a Japanese soldier, and a few more merit points if he was lucky enough to hit a Japanese officer.

But, in general, it was still not enough to cover the cost.

The firing rate was too fast. Almost every Japanese soldier who fell was hit by four or five bullets.

It was simply a devil's weapon. I heard that when the British army used Maxim machine guns in Africa, a platoon of soldiers killed thousands of people. I thought it was a myth, but now it seems that it is not impossible.

During World War II, it was also the large-scale use of machine guns. During positional warfare, there would be tens of thousands of casualties in one day.

More than 200 Japanese charged forward with a fearless spirit, and fell on the road of the charge.

Xiao Zhengshu was stunned, Naofumi Tachimi was stunned, and the soldiers on both sides of the Sino-Japanese war were stunned. They all looked at the machine guns that were spitting flames with fear on their faces.

They had seen many machine guns, but they had never seen such a big one with a long range, high accuracy and high speed.

"Sir, the warriors of the empire fell down before they even had time to raise their guns. What should we do?" The Japanese lieutenant asked Naofumi Tachibana with a sad face like a mother.

"Continue the attack, organize soldiers with accurate shooting skills, follow the charging soldiers, and find the right time to destroy the Chinese machine gun strongholds." Naofumi Tachibana is now in a dilemma and has become a tiger on his back.

If he gave up the attack, more than 200 people had already died, and there might be pursuers behind who heard the gunshots and were approaching.

If he continued the attack, the casualties were already very large, and he had no way to deal with the machine gun strongholds.

It seems that only the lives of the soldiers can fill the gap. As long as the enemy's machine gun strongholds are destroyed, all these efforts are worth it.

After receiving the order, the Japanese lieutenant once again organized a team of 200 people to charge.

However, this time, he brought the sniper team that Naofumi Tachibana had not yet fully formed last time.

This sniper team was proposed by Xiao Zhengshu under the pressure of Wei Jichen's sniper tactics. However, before these snipers went to the battlefield, the war eased due to the weather.

Now, they finally have a place to use their skills.

These Japanese snipers wore ordinary soldiers' clothes and mixed in the array. They used the soldiers charging in front as cover and continued to advance towards Wei Jichen's machine gun position.

It's really exciting!

The powerful recoil of the machine gun shook Wei Jichen's arms a little bit, but when he saw the Japanese falling in rows in front of him.

Infinite power emerged in his body again.

Xiao Si looked at Wei Jichen with some resentment. Seeing that he was in high spirits, he had no choice but to pick up the sniper rifle in his hand and began to look for targets one by one.

Perhaps it was the induction between the same kind. Xiao Si soon found that a Japanese was hiding behind others timidly.

Crawling forward cautiously, the Japanese didn't advance far. When he was just within the rifle's range, he suddenly stopped and slowly raised the rifle in his hand.

Oh no, that's a sharpshooter.

Xiao Si could feel the Japanese's murderous intent locked on Wei Jichen who raised his rifle and swept straight at him.