After the three teams of the reconnaissance team quickly dispersed in three directions, the first wave of Japanese led by Inoue quickly entered the camp. They saw that the few houses in front of them had been blown up by shells, but they did not see any
Inoue did not dare to be careless about the enemy's corpse, and immediately ordered the Japanese to search in groups of three.
When the Japs led by Inoue almost finished searching the camp, the second wave of Japs led by Chief Cao also entered the camp. For a time, the entire camp was filled with Japs except for Japs. The Japs occupied the camp, but failed.
Not long after, Ying Ji arrived at the north side of the camp, and Chief Cao immediately stepped forward to report.
"Report to the lieutenant that all the houses in the camp were blown down, but no enemy corpses were seen. The camp is empty."
"How can the empty camp be sentry so far away?" Yingji asked Captain Cao.
Captain Cao didn't know how to answer. He just stood there and waited for orders.
"Pass my order, Warrant Officer Inoue will lead his troops to pursue south. Remember, we can only pursue for two to three kilometers at most. If we cannot catch up with the enemy, we will withdraw."
"Hi." Chief Cao agreed and was about to run away.
"Wait a minute, if you take your group of soldiers and pursue them westward, you can only pursue them for two to three kilometers."
"Hi." Chief Cao immediately conveyed the order.
After receiving the order, Inoue immediately led his soldiers and continued to pursue them in a horizontal line.
Minghe, with three or four brothers around him, used a large fallen tree lying across the forest as a cover, set up machine guns and rifles, and waited for the Japanese to come.
Ten minutes later, after searching the camp and finding no one, the Japanese came after them.
"Brothers, listen to my order, load the bullets, find the target, prepare, and fight!"
Ming He gave the order, and the brothers fired together. In the blink of an eye, the three Japanese soldiers fell to the ground.
However, the Japs did not immediately hide on the spot. Instead, they took advantage of the firepower of a group of three people. The Japs in front were knocked down, and the two Japs behind immediately opened fire in this direction.
"Hidden." Whooping Crane shouted, and the brothers all retracted their bodies. The Japs' marksmanship was really impressive, and the bullets flew past the brothers' heads with a "swish, swish, swish".
"Brothers, don't move. Although the Japs mainly use 38 rifles, the rate of fire is slow, but the accuracy is high. What the Japs pursue is precise shooting. At this moment, some Japs must be reloading, while others are taking aim.
The ones we have here will show up again when I give my order." The Whooping Crane shouted.
"Yes." The brother held the gun in his arms and calmly waited for the order to stand up and shoot.
Inoue found that the enemies were all hiding behind the big trees across the forest, so he directed the soldiers to advance steadily with a machine-aimed attitude, relying on their numerical advantage to press towards the big trees.
"Brothers, get ready, get ready, fight." The crane shouted, and the brothers stood up together.
The rifles and machine guns opened fire at the same time, and two or three more Japanese fell to the ground.
"Concealment." The time difference is what makes you suddenly stand up and shoot. The Japanese machine gun moves forward slowly. After advancing more than 20 meters, you can't see the enemy getting up. It is natural for you to relax slightly physiologically. This kind of shooting must be controlled well.
The shooting rhythm, even if you are holding a machine gun in your hand, you cannot shoot for a long time.
Sure enough, as soon as Minghe and his brothers lowered their bodies, bullets from the enemy's back row flew towards them.
Yingji saw the enemy soldiers fighting Inoue through the telescope, and immediately shouted to the sergeant beside him: "Distance 330, bearing 125, five-shot salvo."
"Get down." Whooping Crane shouted loudly and pressed his entire body to the ground.
"Boom boom boom" five cannonballs landed behind the big tree and exploded less than five meters away from Whooping Crane and the others.
"Jump into the bomb crater." When Whooping Crane shouted, he crouched down and fired "click-click-click" from the machine gun, covering his brothers as they jumped into the bomb crater.
Minghe did not dare to continue to struggle with the Japanese. There were so many accurate rifles pressing towards this side non-stop, and there were mortars behind them that were firing accurately. This was not something they could afford, so they had to retreat quickly.