Chapter 27: Booby Trap
The Japanese troops were divided into two groups, one team advanced from the mountainside, and the other team climbed to the top of the mountain and followed and pursued.
In order to avoid being attacked from both sides, Liu Zhengfeng had to evacuate quickly, but after running for a while he felt something was wrong. If he retreated like a duck according to the current situation, he would soon have nowhere to retreat. He must find a way to reverse the current unfavorable situation.
Liu Zhengfeng's eyes flashed and his mind raced. He was thinking while running. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. He had already made up his mind and suddenly stopped.
Wu Erdan also stopped when he saw this and said breathlessly, "Brother Liu, what's wrong?"
Liu Zhengfeng smiled mysteriously: "Prepare some gifts for the Japanese devils."
He looked around. The trees here were not very dense, and there were overgrown grass and bushes everywhere. He picked up a thin vine nearby and tied one end to the root of a thick bush.
Wu Erdan asked curiously, "Brother Liu, what are you doing?"
Without even looking up, Liu Zhengfeng untied a pumpkin grenade from his waist and said, "To make a booby trap, go find a fist-sized stone. Hurry up."
Wu Erdan left as he was told.
Liu Zhengfeng quickly fixed the grenade next to a tree with the safety end facing upwards, then passed the vine through the pull ring of the safety pin, making it just the right tightness, and tied a knot. In this way, if the pursuing Japanese troops accidentally touched the vine, they would inevitably pull out the safety pin.
Since the Japanese Type 97 grenade uses a double safety trigger to detonate, after pulling out the safety pin, it must also hit the safety cap to detonate, which is very troublesome.
Wu Erdan handed the stone he picked up to Liu Zhengfeng. Liu Zhengfeng followed suit and picked a vine, fixed one end and cleverly suspended the stone more than one meter above the grenade with the other end. In this way, once someone touched the vine, the stone would fall and hit the safety cap of the grenade, completing the last step of the grenade explosion.
After a short delay, the Japanese troops chasing from the top of the mountain had already come much closer, and their chattering and cursing could be faintly heard.
Liu Zhengfeng confirmed his masterpiece again. Although it was crude, it was absolutely effective. In the dead of night, the Japanese army would definitely not be able to find it. So he carefully left the trap he had set and ran away after he was safe.
After running more than a hundred meters, he decided to set another trap and bury another booby trap.
The two men acted quickly. Just as they finished setting the second booby trap, a deafening explosion suddenly occurred in the distance. It was the explosion of the first booby trap they had set. Liu Zhengfeng and Wu Erdan smiled at each other.
The two men looked up and saw flames and smoke in the distance. The screams of wounded Japanese soldiers echoed through the mountains.
The killing radius of the Japanese Type 97 grenade is more than six meters, and its power cannot be underestimated.
Liu Zhengfeng and Wu Erdan were in a good mood and didn't care about the outcome of the battle. They retreated more than a hundred meters and stopped.
The reason they dared to stop was that after what had just happened, the Japanese soldiers on the top of the mountain would certainly act very cautiously and would no longer dare to pursue them freely, so they had plenty of time to escape.
"Erdan, you keep an eye on the enemies behind us. I'll take care of the enemies on the mountainside."
Liu Zhengfeng lay on the grass, stuck his head out and looked down the hillside. He saw a group of Japanese soldiers hurrying on their way and completely ignoring him.
Liu Zhengfeng knew in his heart that the Japanese 6th Division must have reached the most critical moment and was eagerly awaiting rescue from these Japanese troops, so they would never stop to fight with him unless they had no other choice.
The Japanese troops on the mountainside are now almost advancing at the same pace as us, and we must not let them get ahead of us.
Liu Zhengfeng's eyes were filled with murderous intent. He pulled the trigger without hesitation and killed the Japanese soldier walking in front.
The Japanese soldiers on the mountainside reacted very quickly this time. They lay down immediately and fought back. Rifles and light machine guns were fired at Liu Zhengfeng all at once. At the same time, the Japanese grenade launchers also fired at him. Fortunately, the grenade launchers did not have enough range and exploded more than ten meters in front of Liu Zhengfeng.
At this time, Liu Zhengfeng no longer cared about the danger. He continued to shoot in the hail of bullets, quickly used up the bullets in the magazine, and knocked down four Japanese soldiers.
At this time, the Japanese troops on the top of the mountain also began to shoot at Liu Zhengfeng and Wu Erdan. Fortunately, Liu Zhengfeng had prepared for this problem long ago and chose a relatively low-lying area, which was a natural shelter that could effectively block the shooting of the Japanese troops on the top of the mountain.
The enemy's firepower was so fierce that Wu Erdan shrank his neck and fired a shot from time to time.
Liu Zhengfeng changed the bullets and concentrated on shooting at the Japanese troops at the bottom of the hill. He would not allow this group of Japanese troops to get ahead of him and had to hold them down firmly.
"Brother Liu, we're here. They've reached the place where we buried the booby traps. They seem to be very careful."
Suddenly Wu Erdan shouted in panic.
Liu Zhengfeng shot a Japanese soldier dead with a "bang" and said, "Don't worry, just be prepared for the sound."
"Oops."
Wu Erdan exclaimed again: "Brother Liu, they have found the booby trap and are preparing to dismantle it."
Liu Zhengfeng's heart trembled and he no longer cared about the Japanese troops on the hillside. If the enemies on the top of the mountain were no longer restrained by the booby traps, he would be in danger.
He rolled to the side of Wu Erdan and in the dim light, he vaguely saw two Japanese soldiers half-crouching and kneeling on one knee, each holding the vines that they had used to set up booby traps in one hand. One Japanese soldier pulled out a Mitsubishi bayonet from his waist and tried to cut the vines in the middle. As long as the soldier cut it lightly, the booby trap he had carefully set up would be completely ineffective.
How could Liu Zhengfeng let this happen? He pulled the trigger in a flash, and the bullet whizzed out, spinning at high speed and hitting the soldier holding the Mitsubishi bayonet. The strong inertia caused the soldier to fall backwards, but his left hand did not let go, still holding the vine connected to the booby trap.
The safety pin of the grenade next to it was pulled out instantly, and a stone fell from the sky and hit the safety cap of the grenade. The booby trap was triggered by some strange coincidence. Another Japanese soldier was stunned, but he reacted very quickly, rushed over and picked up the grenade.
After the safety cap of the Type 97 pumpkin grenade was triggered , it would explode within five seconds. As long as he reacted quickly enough, he could have thrown the grenade out before it exploded. Unfortunately, at the moment he threw the grenade out, a sudden bullet hit his forehead, and he immediately fell backwards and died. He never had a chance to throw the grenade out again.
"Lie down..."
The pupils of several Japanese soldiers nearby contracted and they shouted at the top of their lungs.
"boom……"
There was a thunderous explosion and the air was filled with smoke.
Liu Zhengfeng smiled, gestured to Wu Erdan, jumped up suddenly, and rushed towards the explosion.
