Chapter 43: Unexpected Mistake
The sun rises slowly and the temperature gradually becomes hotter.
Liu Zhengfeng suppressed the arrogance of the Japanese army with one shot, and couldn't help but cheer up. He followed the same pattern and blew up two more grenades on the bodies of Japanese soldiers, causing great chaos in the Japanese army. They racked their brains to figure out how the other side did it.
Hu Tiande and Wu Erdan opened their mouths wide, smiling with joy, and their previous anxiety instantly disappeared with the wind.
"call out……"
Just when the morale of the three people was boosted, suddenly a sharp and strong whistling sound broke through the sky, passed over the opposite mountain, and an object formed a parabola and was approaching quickly, and the pupils of everyone's eyes expanded rapidly.
These are shells fired from the Japanese Army's 150mm howitzers. Their range can reach 11 kilometers, making them an absolute killer at the time.
"Lie down."
Liu Zhengfeng's pupils contracted, his hair stood on end, and he quickly calculated the landing point of the shell in his mind. In a flash, he lay down on the spot, covered his ears with his hands, and opened his mouth wide, so as to minimize the damage to his hearing caused by the explosion.
"boom……"
The explosion was earth-shaking. A ball of red light shot up into the sky, creating a big hole about ten meters behind Liu Zhengfeng. The shock wave spread quickly. Everyone felt suffocated. The mud kicked up by the shells fell on everyone like raindrops.
Liu Zhengfeng looked nervous and swallowed hard. He raised his head to the right and found that Hu Tiande and Wu Erdan were pale and also looked up at him. They were fine, and Liu Zhengfeng finally let go of his worries.
But a serious problem arose: how did the Japanese 150-meter howitzer find us? Their howitzer position was on the other side of the mountain, so where was their observation post?
The Japanese soldiers at the foot of the hill cheered. They must have thought that the enemies on the top of the mountain had been killed, so they began to rush up again .
Hu Tiande and Wu Erdan immediately opened fire back.
However, Liu Zhengfeng focused his attention on finding the Japanese observation post. He knew in his heart that the threat posed by the Japanese observation post to him was greater than that of the Japanese troops below the hillside. As long as the Japanese observation post corrected its coordinates, the next artillery shell would accurately find him and he would have no way to escape.
He was breathing heavily, his eyes looking through the scope, starting his search from the opposite mountain peak and slowly extending it to the wilderness below the hillside. Suddenly, his heart tightened and he locked onto the target.
I saw four Japanese soldiers gathered together in the wilderness more than 500 meters away. One of them was a Japanese signalman holding a microphone and saying something rapidly. What he was holding was the Japanese Type 92 field combat wired telephone.
Liu Zhengfeng sneered, a murderous look flashed in his eyes, and his right index finger was on the trigger. Although the distance was a bit far and the air humidity was a bit high, the wind speed was almost zero and the visibility was good, so he was still confident.
He gently pulled the trigger, and the bullet broke through the barrel of the gun, whizzing away with his hopes. The target of the bullet was not the Japanese signalman, but a signalman holding a field telephone on his abdomen. The bullet penetrated into the field telephone, emitting a puff of white smoke, and the impact force of the bullet knocked the signalman holding the telephone to the ground.
Liu Zhengfeng had an idea and shouted to Hu Tiande and Wu Erdan, "Hurry up." After that, he quickly crawled backwards a few steps, stood up, crouched down and ran towards the other side of the hillside.
Seeing that Liu Zhengfeng looked serious and nervous, Hu Tiande and Wu Erdan did not dare to delay and withdrew one after the other, following closely behind Liu Zhengfeng.
The Japanese soldiers on the hillside saw that no one was fighting back, so they immediately seized the opportunity and rushed up, shouting. However, the enemy had already gone far away. A sharp-eyed soldier suddenly shouted excitedly: "The enemy is there, at the foot of the mountain, chase them quickly."
"call out……"
Before he finished speaking, a rapid and sharp whistling sound cut through the sky, and a huge cannonball hit everyone's pupils, and the cannonball landed exactly where they were.
"Damn it, these idiots, what are they doing?"
The Japanese soldiers were so frightened that their souls left their bodies, their faces turned pale, and they ran away screaming. However, the mountain was crowded with people, and many of them bumped into each other in their panic.
"boom……"
The shell exploded, a red light flashed, and countless Japanese soldiers were killed or wounded.
"No……"
"Go away..."
At the foot of the hill, the four Japanese signalmen were shouting frantically and rushing up desperately. Just now, one of the signalmen had reported the revised data of the enemy's position to the artillery position, and then his walkie-talkie was broken by the enemy.
Now the enemy has fled, but their own people have somehow come to the bombardment position. This mistake made the Japanese signalmen terrified and filled with remorse. This mistake is totally unforgivable, and they will surely be severely punished, with a high probability of losing their lives.
When Liu Zhengfeng and others heard the explosion, they turned around and stared blankly for a while, then they all laughed at the same time, expressing their joy from the bottom of their hearts.
Wu Erdan blinked his eyes, looking puzzled: "Brother Liu, what happened to the Japs? They even blew up their own people?"
Liu Zhengfeng shrugged his shoulders, spread out his hands, and had a half-smile on his face.
"How should I know? This shows that the Japanese are not easy to mess with. When they get angry, they will even blow up their own people."
Hu Tiande's eyes flashed as he looked at Liu Zhengfeng's cynical look, thinking deeply. He knew that Liu Zhengfeng must have been involved in the Japanese army's accidental bombing this time, but he didn't know what means he had used. This man was too terrible. Fortunately, he was a friend, not an enemy.
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The Japanese soldiers on the top of the mountain finally came to their senses and wanted to chase Liu Zhengfeng and others, but the mountain was empty and silent, and the others had already lost their trace.
Japanese Major Commander Miyamoto Nai was furious, but helpless, so he had to go back and report in disappointment.
An hour later, Miyamoto Nana led her troops back to Miura Yukikazu's temporary command post and dejectedly reported the situation of the operation to Miura Yukikazu.
At the beginning, Miura Zhihe had a bad look and was murderous, but when he heard the end, his face suddenly calmed down, and no one knew what he was thinking.
Miura Nobukazu patted Takamoto Na's shoulder and said calmly, "Miyamoto-kun, thank you for your hard work."
Miyamoto Na was flattered and ashamed: "I have failed to live up to your expectations. Please punish me, Colonel."
Miura Nobukazu looked up at the distant mountains and said calmly, "Yamaguchi once said that there is a very outstanding soldier in the Chinese army. I think the person you met is him. It is not shameful at all that you were defeated by him. You don't need to blame yourself."
Miura Yukie made excuses for himself, which made Miyamoto Nana so grateful that she burst into tears and said, "Thank you, Colonel. I am just..."
"This man is a master of the gun, has a quick mind, and is good at attacking the enemy according to the situation. He is really a formidable opponent."
Miura Zhihe looked at the distant mountains, then suddenly turned around and said to the officers, "I order you to attack the defense line of Xiaotangshan ahead with all your strength and give up chasing this man. If anyone encounters this man in the future, they can only defend themselves and never chase him."
