“Fire!”
Zhou Ming directly pulled the fuse of the explosive cannon.
The soldiers who had been prepared all along pulled their triggers, bullets and grenades flying towards the Japanese and puppet troops.
“Bang bang bang.....”
“Boom boom boom.....Rumble.....”
The Japanese and puppet troops who were in pursuit were caught completely off guard.
Casualties piled up.
Especially after the explosion of the explosive packs, the Japanese and puppet troops in pursuit suffered even more casualties.
The number of pursuers was directly halved.
This ambush took out over 20 people and left another 10 incapacitated.
Adding those killed by Su Yang and Shui Sheng, the enemy suffered at least 40 casualties.
You have to know, the force that Kumedasaburo brought out to sweep the area was just a small detachment of Japanese soldiers and two platoons of puppet troops, with a total strength of about 70 to 80 men.
This was definitely a bad start for them.
Just as the pursuing Japanese and puppet troops were ambushed.
Kumedasaburo, who had learned about the Eighth Route's attempt to break through, was quickly catching up in pursuit, hearing such fierce fighting, a sense of foreboding filled his heart.
No good!
They've been ambushed?!
Zhang Yingchang was even more anxious, after all, he only had a few close aides with him, the other two platoons had been sent out in pursuit.
If something happened to them, wouldn't his two platoons be finished?
Kumedasaburo, in order to eliminate the Eighth Route in his jurisdiction, only left four or five Japanese soldiers and one of his platoons in Xiaowangcun.
At this time, Kumedasaburo also only had a small detachment of troops with him.
This was to ensure his own safety.
If they were ambushed, the Japanese soldiers wouldn't care about him.
Thinking of this.
Zhang Yingchang quickly said, “Kumedasaburo-kun, we've been ambushed, it’s better to live to fight another day, let’s withdraw back to the base!”
“Baka!” Kumedasaburo yelled in anger, “No retreat, you all follow me up to see what's going on?”
“Anyone who dares to retreat will be treated as a deserter!” He even pulled out his pistol, ready to shoot anyone who dared to flee.
Zhang Yingchang and the others knew the Japanese were capable of doing such things.
“Hai!”
A moment later.
Kumedasaburo and the others met the retreating puppet troops, after executing one of them, they finally managed to stop the fleeing puppet troops.
“Baka yarou!”
“What happened?”
“Where are the others?”
“Taijun, I... we were ambushed, the enemy’s firepower was too strong, the others are all dead～”
“Please Taijun, spare my life!”
Hearing this, Kumedasaburo was shocked.
He roughly calculated that in such a short time, they had lost almost 40 men?
Five of them were imperial soldiers.
This was unbelievable to him.
If it was just the puppet troops, he wouldn’t have thought much of it, after all, in Kumedasaburo’s eyes, he never looked down on the puppet troops.
But his own troops, their combat strength was not weak, how could they all die so quickly?
As the puppet troops recounted the events.
Kumedasaburo finally understood what had happened.
The Eighth Route actually dared to ambush him at his own ‘doorstep’, and they even had two sharpshooters.
They even specifically targeted the Japanese soldiers.
The casualties of the Imperial troops were rapidly increasing.
This made him feel uneasy.
However, from the words of the puppet troops, he analyzed that the ambush force was at most a platoon, and they didn't have a machine gun.
So Kumedasaburo quickly calmed down, and then said to Zhang Yingchang beside him, “This is just a group of Tu Ba Lu, there's no need to panic!”
“The fight just now must have consumed most of their ammunition, they don’t have much left now.”
“Now! Immediately gather your men and counterattack with me.”
Zhang Yingchang looked at the gun pointed at him by Kumedasaburo, if he dared to say no, he would probably get shot.
Faced with this situation, he had no choice but to gather the remaining soldiers and follow the Japanese soldiers to attack.
...
At this time, at the ambush site.
Zhou Ming led the soldiers to quickly clean up the battlefield and replenish the depleted ammunition.
While Su Yang led Shui Sheng and a few others to pursue the retreating puppet troops, but they didn't chase too far before stopping.
Su Yang quickly deployed a few booby traps to prevent the enemy from making a counterattack.
This ambush was a complete success.
After shooting the pursuing Japanese, the heavily damaged puppet troops either fled or were captured.
It could be said to be a complete victory!
Everyone was excited.
However, Su Yang knew that the real battle was just beginning.
After all, the Japanese soldiers who came out this time still had almost a whole detachment.
A moment later.
The sound of grenades exploding came from ahead.
Su Yang knew that the enemy had begun their counterattack.
“Comrades, we withdraw～”
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