The grenade exploded in the air, sending shrapnel flying everywhere.
The Japs below the cliff had no way to hide, and most of them were shot dead instantly.
And half of the Japanese who were lucky enough to escape were injured.
Some of them were hit by shrapnel, and some were trampled by their colleagues. Overall, this wave of attacks during the Dragon Boat Festival really caused a lot of losses to the little Japanese.
At the same time, the soldiers of the first battalion quickly set up a machine gun position at the entrance above the cliff to prevent the little Japs from climbing up from the bottom of the cliff.
Under the cover of artillery, more machine gunners not only shot and killed the Japanese on the cliff on the east side of Luoxia Valley, but also rushed to the edge of the cliff and set up dozens of machine gun positions.
The Japs on the other side of the cliff also built positions under artillery fire, but their firepower was obviously insufficient. There were only a few machine gun positions, which were completely suppressed by firepower from the supervision team.
Even if the Japanese on the cliff on the west side were lying on the ground, they could not escape the machine gun fire from the opposite side. They were shot one after another and fell to the northwest.
The little devil couldn't hold on any longer, and the leading officer immediately ordered a retreat.
The little Japs fled in panic. Although more than a hundred people were shot and killed during the retreat, more Japs survived by luck.
The Japanese were beaten to tears. Originally, they were just sleeping for a while. Who would have thought that everyone would be asleep after just one sleep?
The colleagues on the east side of the cliff were the worst off. They had no power to resist when the enemy appeared, and at least a hundred people jumped off the cliff to survive.
But can you really survive by jumping off a cliff?
That's a joke. Jumping from a cliff more than 20 meters high, everyone would fall into pieces.
Of course, they weren't any better off.
During the retreat, the enemy's bullets were like locusts, and the screams of their colleagues who were killed still echo in their minds to this day.
Fortunately, the opponent is still on the other side of the cliff, otherwise they dare to believe that the opponent will rush over and kill them all.
On the one hand, the Japanese officer ordered his men to set up defenses on the back slope of the cliff to prevent the supervision team from rushing over directly. On the other hand, he quickly sent electricity to the commander of the Doihara division.
Although the Japanese officer felt that he might have to commit seppuku this time, the responsibility could not be all his. After all, the Japanese commander on the east cliff had a much greater responsibility than him.
A moment later, Doihara heard that the Japs in Luoxia Valley were under attack. For a moment, he said nothing.
He was sending people and planes to find the other party, but in the end, the other party attacked Luoxia Valley.
Didn't he ask the people from Luoxia Valley to send out scouts to investigate before? Didn't he say that there was no trace of the Supervisory Corps near Luoxia Valley? Then why did the Supervisory Corps suddenly appear and launch a surprise attack on the imperial army in Luoxia Valley?
, and a single fight resulted in the casualties of more than a thousand imperial troops?
Tufeiyuanqi was speechless for a while, but then he had a new idea.
Doihara, this old devil, is very cunning, he is good at finding the opponent's weaknesses in adversity.
Although the Luoxia Valley suffered heavy losses in the attack, the missing supervision team finally showed up.
He immediately sent power to Luhang and asked their reconnaissance plane to go to Luoxia Valley to monitor every move of the Supervisory Corps, and also asked Luhang to quickly dispatch bombers to bomb the Supervisory Corps.
This was Doihara's plan long ago. Since the Supervisory Corps was very difficult to deal with, let the Air Force handle this case.
In addition, Doihara ordered the 18th Cavalry Regiment not to search in the direction of the river, and immediately rushed to the direction of Luoxia Valley to join the Japanese troops there, clamp down on the supervision team, and keep biting the opponent.
Doihara showed a ruthless look on his face. Even if he lost all the cavalry regiment and the remaining Japanese in this battle, he would drag the Dragon Boat Festival Supervisory Corps with him to hell.
"hold head high?"
After Doihara issued the two orders, he suddenly paused because he felt that Momotaro should be moved.
Before, he asked Momotaro to be on standby because he was afraid that Duanwu would get the news and run away desperately. But it was different now. Duanwu had already appeared, and he was in Luoxia Valley. Moreover, it was already dawn, and Duanwu wanted to escape from him again.
The line of sight is no longer possible.
If Momotaro takes action at this time, it will disrupt the Dragon Boat Festival plan.
Because you can imagine that Dragon Boat Festival suddenly attacked Luoxia Valley at this time and must have thought of a retreat.
But at this moment, he suddenly received news of the attack on Wanjialing, so was he in a hurry? This would definitely interrupt all the plans before the Dragon Boat Festival.
Moreover, as long as a person is impatient, anxious, and anxious, he will easily lose his mind and leave loopholes for him. At that time, he, Doihara, will be able to wipe out the entire supervisory team with one blow and take the heads of Dragon Boat Festival.
Dragon Boat Festival heads were very expensive in the Japanese Empire. After being promoted to the fourth rank, there was probably no one with a higher military rank than him in the Japanese Empire.
Although this is just a beautiful fantasy, it is undeniable that even if those senior officials don't want to admit it, they are always the best.
Thinking of the scene where he stood in front of His Majesty the Emperor and was awarded the title, he could not calm down his restless heart.
This is the joy and restlessness before success.
"Immediately order Momotaro's troops to launch an attack on Wanjialing and capture Wanjialing in one fell swoop."
Dofeihara gave the order, and some Japanese soldiers quickly sent orders to generate electricity in the direction of Wanjialing.
Momotaro finally received the order to attack and looked happy.
He arrived at the foot of Wanjialing last night, but Dofeiyuan did not let him attack, which made him a little anxious.
This is such a great military achievement. Although he did not participate in the frontal encirclement and suppression of the Supervision Corps, the roots of the Supervision Corps were in Wanjialing at this time.
However, this cunning devil did not take action immediately, but sent scouts to investigate Wanjialing.
Doihara didn't even let him do detective work before, and Momotaro was very helpless.
Fortunately, the attack order was finally issued, so he could go ahead and do it.
A dozen Japanese soldiers formed a reconnaissance team and quietly headed towards Wanjialing.
At this time, due to insufficient troops in Wanjialing, some sentries at the foot of the mountain were withdrawn. Including the positions at the foot of the mountain that had been blown up by the Japs before, there was no one to guard them.
The little Japanese scouts easily approached the foothills position at Wanjialing.
As we walked further up, the fog filled the air, and even the little Japanese scouts couldn't see clearly.
It is early spring now, and Wanjialing is a mountainous area. Due to the large temperature difference in the early morning, it is normal for fog to form.
So at this time, even if the little devil reconnaissance team was less than five meters away from each other, they could not see each other clearly.
The officers of the Japanese reconnaissance team sneered slightly, because such fog was the best cover for their investigation.
He found two Japanese who could speak Chinese and whispered a few words, and then he took the two of them, using the cover of the fog, to sneak up the mountain!