NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 225



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NIS Agent Tears the Japanese Empire Episode 225

A tall man leaves home and never returns (10)

Bullets flew from the forest.

Japanese soldiers marching along a narrow road were completely defenseless against bullets flying from the forest.

“Ugh!”

“Get down! Get down first… … .”

“Kishida! Conscript! Conscript… … .”

Amidst a storm of bullets pouring down from the forest, Japanese soldiers fired their guns indiscriminately in an attempt to counterattack, but it was a pointless action as they had no idea exactly where the enemy was.

“Where are you? Where are you shooting from!”

“I think it’s that ridge over there!”

“Which one? Which one… … .”

-bang!

“Commander! Commander!”

“The company commander was shot… … . Bang!”

Officers who tried to somehow manage the situation there were often shot by snipers from the independence army who recognized the shiny insignia of their ranks.

The Japanese army, defenselessly exposed to enemy firepower for nearly 10 minutes, suffered a great loss in ranks and many soldiers were killed or wounded.

However, this did not lead to the entire Japanese army collapsing or their formation becoming unstable.

It was almost like only one part of the countless soldiers had been cut off.

Should we say, for example, that some of the water has disappeared from one part of the river?

Just as the backwaters of the Yangtze River push out the frontwaters, the Japanese army also began to launch an organized counterattack as the soldiers following them gradually gathered in.

“Machine gun here! Other soldiers down the riverbank! Move quickly!”

“If you don’t want to get shot, bend down! Lower your head! Run! Run! Run!”

Officers and NCOs gathered the soldiers together, shouting loudly.

Then, like a ghost, the gunshots stopped.

“Okay, are you done?”

“You idiot! What do you mean by end? Just keep your head down!”

Soldiers, officers, and non-commissioned officers all looked around the mountain with frightened eyes.

But on the snow-covered mountainside, where there were many bare trees without a single leaf and where everything was covered with snow, nothing could be found.

“What, what… … . There’s no one here.”

“I can’t see the enemy… … ?”

“Did they all run away?”

Everyone searched the mountain diligently, but there was no sign of the enemy.

“The enemy is definitely nearby! Everyone, do not let your guard down and stand by as is… … .”

-Pishuuuuuuuuuuuuu… … .

“uh?”

-bang!

At that moment, shells began to fall on the heads of the soldiers huddled together on the riverbank.

-Bang! BANG! BANG!

“Enemy shells falling! Enemy shells falling!”

“Get down!”

As the soldiers scattered in all directions, terrified by the hail of shells raining down on their heads, bullets flew in again, flashing from the snow-covered mountains.

-Tuda dadada!

“Keeeeeek!”

“Ugh!”

“What the X-arm! Where the hell is it! Where!”

“Over there! There’s a flash of flame on the mountainside! It must be over there!”

“Shoot first! We’ll fight back!”

* * *

-Pick. Pick.

-Pishuk.

Bullets began to fly towards the independence fighters on the mountainside.

“All troops, fall back and mount your horses again. All troops, move quickly.”

“Yes, I will pass it on.”

As the enemy’s counterattack was about to begin, Major Lee Beom-seok immediately withdrew his troops.

The lead company slowly withdrew, while the cavalry battalion’s large-caliber mortars and light guns continued to fire shells without pause.

“Cease fire, that’s enough. If you fire any more, you’ll just be wasting shells.”

“Yes! Cease fire! Cease fire!”

Lee Beom-seok lay down in the snow and inspected the damage to the Japanese army through binoculars disguised as winter camouflage.

‘Dozens of infantrymen are dead, and the number of wounded is likely to be in the hundreds… … The road is also in considerable damage, so it will be difficult for people to pass for a while.’

The broken road was an unexpected blow, but the rest was all according to plan.

‘It would take an hour at most to clear the roadside obstacles and get the troops moving again.’

Then there was ample time to join up with the armored vehicles and attack the Japanese forces waiting at the estuary.

“good.”

He put down his binoculars and jumped straight onto his horse.

“From now on, our battalion will join the armored vehicle unit.”

“Merge? Then what should I do with the signal?”

“First, get up there. Then, while our armored vehicles are stirring up the enemy formation, we should get as close to the enemy as possible… … .”

Lee Beom-seok pulled out the Gyeongseong No. 1 that was hanging from the horse’s saddle.

It is shorter than an average carbine, but it has decent stability that fits comfortably in one hand, and it is also a rare automatic firearm in this era, with terrible reliability that the bullet will be fired once you pull the trigger in any situation, but there is no guarantee what happens after that!

The Gyeongseong No. 1 was a gun made for cavalry, and as such, all of the Korean Independence Army’s cavalry corps, except for a few machine gunners and snipers, were armed with machine guns.

Of the machine guns they had, only a few were heavy machine guns, and most were light machine guns that were easy to carry.

Therefore, when they got close, their firepower was far superior to that of the Japanese infantry.

“Pour all your firepower into it, stir up the inside, and then immediately retreat.”

Lee Beom-seok checked his gun one last time and looked back at his men.

Although their numbers had decreased slightly compared to before, they all still seemed to have plenty of energy and could probably fight one or two more battles.

“Okay… …. Everyone, just look behind me and follow me!”

Lee Beom-seok once again stands at the head of the line.

Hundreds of cavalry followed fiercely behind him.

The lead battalion staff officer took a signal flare from his saddlebag and fired it into the sky, and soon there was a sound of something exploding in the sky and red smoke rose.

* * *

-Rain, rain.

“Oh, there’s a signal over there.”

“Where? Where?”

The armored vehicle unit, which had been leisurely chewing popcorn, discovered a signal rising far to the west and immediately started the armored vehicles.

-Vroom vroom.

“Just start it and wait 10 minutes!”

“Aren’t you going right away?”

“Yes, Inma! If you move right now, the engine won’t last long and will collapse right away!”

The armored car drivers did a final check of the vehicle to check for any possible malfunctions, while the gunner and loader on board the armored car also checked the cannon and machine gun.

As the unit members who had completed the final inspection boarded the armored vehicle, white smoke rose like a cloud along the vehicle and its exhaust pipe.

“Whew… … Let’s go for a go.”

As the first car slid down the slope, another armored vehicle followed behind it.

The truck was already heavy, but it became even heavier with the addition of metal plates and various weapons, and since the engine was still the same, it couldn’t pick up speed properly.

The catalog given to Soviet mechanics said that the maximum speed was about 20 km/h, so even if you pedaled with all your might, it was only slightly faster than the speed at which a person could run.

This also meant that if the enemy had proper anti-tank means, such as anti-tank grenades, anti-tank guns, or cannons, they would be nothing more than a moving target.

Yes, if the enemy has anti-tank means.

“Hayashi, I told you to stop digging there and start digging from here, okay? Why do you keep digging in strange places?”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry!”

“Ugh… … . I can’t just kill this thing… … . Ugh.”

The lead battalion of the 14th Division, which had arrived first in the wide area at the mouth of the river that winds along the village, was leveling the ground and securing an area for setting up camp in advance for the others who followed.

Although this was a fairly large land, it was a bit cramped for tens of thousands of people, so they had to divide it into sections in advance so that everyone could live comfortably.

However, there were enemies in the village ahead, so we could not let our guard down.

So, he divided the unit into two, one side guarding the border and the other side leveling the ground.

It wasn’t a very pleasant task, but the soldiers who followed behind joined in one by one, and the work was almost finished.

-Ding ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding.

“The enemy! The enemy is coming!”

“Emergency! Emergency! This is beyond my control!!!”

Suddenly the alarm bell rang, and soon the gunshots of the soldiers on guard rang out.

-Bang! Bang bang! Bang!

“Go quickly! Quickly!”

“Get your gun first! Just get your gun and ammo!”

“Leave the rest alone! Get the gun first!”

Even the soldiers who were busy working quickly grabbed their guns and joined the battle.

What appeared before them was…

-Ppudadadada.

It was a truck making a loud noise.

“truck?”

“It doesn’t seem like just any truck.”

“what?”

“Look over there. The front window is covered with sheet metal, except for the eye holes.”

“Uh… … . Is that so?”

“And the flag planted above is the flag mainly used by Joseon people.”

The truck continued to move forward, obediently, despite the soldiers’ fierce fire.

“But… … . Isn’t it a little slow?”

“That thing is big and easy to hit.”

The city soldiers, who were used to seeing trucks zooming through the streets, laughed at the sight of the trucks moving slower than they were used to and fired their guns, while the country soldiers, who also remembered seeing the trucks from time to time, shot them without much thought.

But the truck didn’t budge.

Rather, it seemed as if the speed was increasing as we got closer to the barracks.

“Uh uh… … ?”

“Why doesn’t it stop?!”

“I, I don’t know!”

“Hey! Someone stop that!!”

Trucks that would stop whenever they saw people on the street did not stop at all in the battlefield.

“Wheel… … Aim for the wheel!”

“A wheel?”

“Yeah! Shoot the tire! Quickly!”

The soldiers belatedly aimed for the tire, but it did not hit them.

-pop!

“You guessed it!”

I managed to get one right.

A truck with a flat tire spun around in place.

“uh?”

Then the long barrels of the guns and the muzzles of the small machine guns hidden behind turned towards the soldiers.

Among the soldiers standing on the bare ground without any cover, some quick-witted ones quickly fell face down on the ground, but others could not do so.

-Tuda dadada!

-pop!

Soon the cannons and muzzles began to fire and the soldiers began to fall one after another.

The soldiers had gathered together to form a fire net to block the truck, and dozens of them fell in an instant.

“Uh huh… … ?!”

“Eww!!! Kkeeeeek!!!”

Other soldiers hurriedly fell to the ground, but a heavy truck was approaching them.

“Uh huh… … . Uh huh?!”

While one stopped truck was firing its cannon and machine gun indiscriminately, the other three trucks continued on their way toward the Japanese troops.

I didn’t notice it when I was leisurely shooting, but when the truck actually got closer… … . The truck was much bigger and more magnificent than it had been when I was watching from a distance… … . Maybe it was because of the loud noise, but it seemed incredibly fast.

There, at the Hwalongjeomjeong Pavilion, even the painting that was not visible from afar came into view.

“cat……?”

The eyes of a crudely drawn, somewhat stupid-looking cat and a Japanese soldier crawling on the floor met.

“Eww!”

“Everyone get out of here!”

Some of the soldiers who saw the truck approaching were so frightened that they rolled over and got out of the way, and some even got up and ran away.

As they ran away one by one, the other soldiers also hurriedly retreated, and a truck passed by them.

and.

-Tutadadada.

Machine guns opened fire in front of the fleeing soldiers.

* * *

“What did I tell you! I told you that the Japanese would turn away if they saw a picture of a tiger!”

“Tiger… …? Wasn’t that a cat?”

“A cat? It’s a tiger!”

“Who in the world paints a tiger brown? How stupid!”

-Tudadada!

“Hey! Right! Cannon on the right!”

“Turn right? Got it!”

“Hey kid! You have to turn left!”

The armored car crew successfully broke into the Japanese military camp and fought frantically.

“Shot! Next shot! Quick!”

“Which one?”

“High explosives or shotguns! Quickly!”

“Ugh… … .”

With enemies all around, the armored personnel carrier crews were free to maneuver among the Japanese troops.

-Ting. Ting ting.

-Pick.

Occasionally, gunshots could be heard hitting the metal plates, but the crew members just laughed.

“Do you think that’ll cause any damage? Shoot more!”

“Next magazine! Give me another magazine… … . Hehe!”

“Sanghoon!”

But they weren’t safe either.

Although the armored vehicle was covered in steel plates all over, there were some areas where it had holes for machine guns and cannons.

The Japanese army concentrated its efforts there.

“Turn it on… … .”

“Sanghoon! Come to your senses!”

“Kim Jeong-bae, leave the dead guy alone and grab the machine gun quickly!”

“… … .”

Although the armored vehicle was sturdy, the people inside it could easily be disabled with just one misfire.

There.

“Uh uh… … ?”

“What? Why?”

“There’s something weird with the engine… … ?”

This armored vehicle was originally a truck that was converted into an armored vehicle.

And it was also something that had survived two great wars: World War I and the Civil War.

No matter how cleanly you fix that thing, it was treated roughly on the battlefield… … .

-Push shush… … .

There were bound to be one or two places where the taste was good.

“ah…….”

“What? Why?!”

“Oh, the engine is gone?”

“……what?”

It was truly a total mess.

As one truck stopped, the other two trucks followed suit.

“What? What’s going on?!”

“The engine is blown!”

“What? What is spreading!?”

“The engine! The engine is gone!”

“Hey, what the… … . Just wait a minute! I’ll pull over and everyone move here… … .”

[Shoot!]

-bang!

Japanese cannons opened fire.

And then there was a huge explosion in the truck that had been hit by a shell.

“?!”

The platoon leader turned his head and looked around through the observation window, and saw a cannon that had just finished cooling down.

It seemed like he was buried in the crowd and couldn’t be seen.

“shit!”

As the trucks stopped one by one, the Japanese soldiers who had come to their senses began to gather around them.

“Hey, what do we do now?”

“… … .”

Two trucks fought fiercely, covering each other’s firing lines, but they also threw grenades and aimed their cannons at us.

“… … What a fucking stroke of luck.”

“What, what do we do now?”

“What should we do? Those who are meant to live should live! Go first! We will protect you!”

“… … I think it’s already too late.”

Japanese soldiers were already gathering around like a swarm of ants.

“after…….”

“Hey, aren’t we all going to die like this?”

“… … .”

The commander of the armored vehicle unit looked around through the observation window, but all he could see were Japanese soldiers.

“… … .”

Then, suddenly, one of the Japanese soldiers was seen waving his hand at the armored vehicle.

He was the soldier who had been standing where the cannon that had just destroyed another armored vehicle had been.

“?!”

Surprisingly, all the soldiers who had been operating the cannons just a moment ago were lying on the ground.

“what……?”

The soldier who had been waving at him smiled brightly and pointed somewhere with his hand.

As if telling me to take a look there.

The commander looked towards the short hill to which his fingertips were pointing.

Then, a familiar Taegeukgi appeared there.

And I saw a group of cavalry carrying it.