The slopes of the hillsides on both sides form an oblique angle of about 40 degrees with the road, and this section of the road is about 2 kilometers long.

It took a full 18 minutes for the last artillery battery to exit Machigou, and the special operations group continued to move forward.

After the special operations group passed by, the dead grass in an inconspicuous corner on the hillside moved. Then a large piece of dead grass was lifted, and two Japanese scouts holding rifles crawled out from it.

The two Japanese scouts looked north and could still vaguely see the rear of the Eighth Route Army's leading troops.

The Japanese scout picked up his command flag and signaled toward the woods behind him.

A moment later, figures as dense as locusts sprang out of the woods, hunched over and carrying weapons, they headed towards the ambush position.

It was the same on the other side. A similar number of Japanese soldiers sprang out from behind a slope and headed towards the ambush position.

The devil ran very fast.

About five minutes later, all the Japanese ambush troops entered the ambush position. More than 3,600 Japanese soldiers lay motionless on the slope, quietly waiting for the arrival of the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

Many of the Japanese soldiers wore straw rings on their heads, which made them look very professional. Unless you looked closely, you wouldn't be able to tell that there was an ambush here.

At the same time, on the artillery position of the Eighth Route Army.

The barrels of more than 50 mountain field guns slowly rose, pointing at the Japanese ambush position.

In front, on the reverse slope of a dirt slope 1 kilometer away from the Japanese ambush position, more than 40 mortars and infantry guns were also ready.

The terrain here is not like flat land like Shipan, but rolling hills. Therefore, when an artillery position was set up one kilometer away from the Japanese ambush, the Japanese were not even aware of it.

Another five minutes passed, and Chief Chen raised his wrist to look at the time.

Said: "It's almost time, the attack begins!"

On the Japanese ambush position, the commander of the regiment, Colonel Nagai Suzuki, held up the binoculars for a long time, but could not see any shadow of the Eighth Route Army.

Just as he moved his neck slightly and raised the telescope again to look to the southwest, he suddenly found a red flare rising in the telescope.

"Nani?"

"what's the situation?"

"Is this... a flare?"

Just when Suzuki Nagai was surprised, something suddenly flashed across the field of view of the telescope.

It went by with a whoosh.

But soon Suzuki Nagai knew what it was.

Those were artillery shells fired by the Eighth Route Army.

Countless artillery shells traced beautiful arcs in the sky, and with a terrifying whistling sound, they rained down on the Japanese ambush position.

"Hidden!" Suzuki Nagai yelled, and he quickly put his head in his hands and lay on the ground.

A moment later, groups of artillery shells hit the Japanese ambush position.

Boom boom boom, boom boom, boom boom boom...

The Japanese ambush position was instantly shrouded in continuous smoke and artillery fire.

With the deafening roar, not only gravel, soil and shrapnel were thrown up, but also the body of the Japanese.

Since the Japanese wanted to stage an eight-pronged ambush, they did not build trenches or other defensive fortifications, and the Japanese formations were relatively dense.

This allows the cannonball to maximize its power.

Through the field of vision of the telescope, Chief Chen watched the scene where Japanese soldiers were constantly being thrown up by the shells and then landed heavily on the ground.

A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Let the artillery continue to fire at me, don't stop!"

"100 cannons!" Li Yunlong said with a smile, "That's enough for the damn little devil to drink a big pot of!"

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "This scene is really spectacular!" Ding Wei also said, "The little devil still wants to ambush us, who may ambush whom!"

Chief Chen said: "Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, prepare your attack troops and be ready to go up to harvest corn at any time!"

"Yes!" Ding Wei and Li Yunlong shouted in unison.

At the same time, to the north of Machi Valley, Wei Dayong and Yang Liqing stood on a slope looking towards the direction of Machi Valley.

Through the field of vision of the telescope, all that could be seen was the soil slopes on both sides of the road, which were now shrouded in continuous artillery fire and gunpowder smoke.

Yang Liqing said with a smile: "Old Wei, look at the fighting over there. It's really lively. Let me tell you, there must be something fishy about the Japanese abandoning their helmets and armor."

"You really guessed it right." Wei Dayong smiled, "But do you think I didn't guess it?"

"Can't you?" Yang Liqing asked with a smile, "You guessed it too?"

Wei Dayong smiled and asked, "Do you think I guessed it?"

Yang Liqing smiled and said, "I won't guess whether you guessed it or not."

Wei Dayong asked: "The Japanese will definitely flee towards us later, how do you think we should fight this battle?"

"You're testing me again." Yang Liqing said, "Such a simple question will definitely not stump me. I'll ask you a more difficult question next time."

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At the same time, the Japanese army ambushed the position.

Although the commander of the team, Colonel Nagai Suzuki, did not know which step caused the problem.

When the Eighth Route Army realized that the Japanese army was ambushing here.

I was also surprised that the Eighth Route Army had so many artillery pieces.

The intensity of the bombardment and the coverage of the artillery fire were more ferocious than the Japanese artillery regiment.

However, Suzuki Nagai always felt that the Eighth Route Army must not have many artillery shells.

Suzuki Nagai concluded that the Eighth Route Artillery could not fire many shells, and their infantry would have to rush forward.

I bet you don't have any shells in the barrel.
Chapter completed!