Chapter 690: Belly Back Hunting
Most of these recruits came from the villagers of the mountain villa in the area of Dongwuling, and often dealt with wild beasts in the mountains, and had a kind of stubborn savage and impulsive blood, and some of them were hunters before they became soldiers.
The first time I participated in the battle, I just heard the fierce gunshots, and when I saw the little devils who were attacking frantically rushing up with guns, I would indeed be frightened and pee my pants.
The recruit soldiers of the battalions of the 54th Regiment, although they were frightened as turtles with shrunken heads when they heard the fierce gunfire at the beginning, when the battle was very fierce, they saw the soldiers around them bravely killing the enemy and falling in a pool of blood, a kind of spontaneous blood restlessness, not only pointed the gun at the attacking devil, but also began to shoot the enemy most fearlessly in his life.
Zhu Zhensheng, commander of the 15th Battalion, found that the Japanese Yamazaki squadron was reinforcing Kato's squadron, and quickly adjusted the offensive formation.
Zhu Zhensheng took advantage of the favorable opportunity of the second company's fire cover to lead the first and third companies to quickly withdraw from the battle, retreated along the highway to the tomb protection slope at the fastest speed, and when they withdrew to a semi-hilly area five kilometers away from Xujiabao, he ordered the first and third companies to set up an ambush on the spot.
The second company blocked the attack launched by Yamazaki's squadron with the heaviest firepower, and a company that wanted to block the fire attack of a Japanese squadron soon felt very difficult, and the position was almost broken by the enemy several times.
If the position is not withdrawn in time, the second company is very likely to be divided and surrounded by the attacking Yamazaki squadron, and once this dangerous situation is formed, it will be impossible for the second company to break out of the enemy's encirclement, and the final outcome will be very tragic.
The commander of the second company led the troops to block the Yamazaki squadron for nearly 15 minutes, and according to the deployment of the battalion commander Zhu Zhensheng before the evacuation, the first and third companies should have reached the next ambush position, and the second company could be regarded as having completed the task of blocking and covering at this time.
At this moment, the cunning Squadron Leader Yamazaki ordered a squad to continue to carry out a strong attack on the position of the second company, covering the other two squads of Japanese troops to outflank the position held by the second company, and soon initially formed a situation of encirclement on three sides.
Once the enemy blocked the retreat from behind, the second company became the prey of Yamazaki's squadron.
The commander of the second company decisively ordered the third platoon to cover, and the first and second platoons quickly retreated and covered the third platoon to withdraw from the position.
After a fierce battle of life and death, the second company of the 15th battalion finally jumped out of the encirclement that the Japanese Yamazaki squadron was about to form, and quickly retreated while blocking the Japanese troops who were following and pursuing.
In order to bring the Yamazaki squadron into the ambush positions newly formed by the 1st and 3rd Companies of the 15th Battalion, the commander of the 2nd Company ordered the three platoons to cross the cover and retreat quickly, but they must not fall in love with the enemy, nor can they throw off the enemy, and the enemy must be led into the second ambush circle.
Squadron Commander Yamazaki commanded the troops to break through the position of the second company of the 5th battalion, and he was about to form an encirclement of the second company, but he didn't expect the second company to slip out of the encirclement that was about to be formed like a loach.
"The warriors of the Imperial Japanese Army, the Shina troops have become defeated and fled westward, clenching and destroying them all, killing them to ——。"
The devil of the Yamazaki squadron of the Japanese army, hearing the commander's order to pursue quickly, held the second company tightly along the road with his gun, and pursued it all the way.
Zhu Zhensheng, who led the 1st and 3rd Companies of the 15th Battalion to the second ambush position ahead of schedule, found that a group of black shadows were rushing towards the front of the position from the east, and with the sound of fierce gunfire, he whispered an order to the 1st and 3rd Companies:
"Order the 1st and 3rd Companies to do a good job of receiving the 2nd Company to withdraw to the position, shoot with the heaviest fire the Yamazaki squadron that has caught up and entered the front line of our ambush position, and not to retreat without an order." Central Plains Book Bar
When the second company rushed through the position and led the Japanese into the ambush circle, it suddenly lay down on the ditch on both sides of the road, and closely cooperated with the first and third companies to concentrate fire on the Yamazaki squadron that had entered the ambush circle, and launched the most fierce secondary fire strike.
Just as he thought that he was about to bite the fleeing Shina troops in front and completely pursue and destroy them, the Yamazaki squadron was suddenly hit by ferocious fire from the front and both flanks, and Yamazaki Squadron Leader immediately realized that he had fallen into the trap of the cunning Shina troops.
The Japanese commander, Squadron Commander Yamazaki, immediately ordered the troops to cover each other and quickly retreat, and ordered the mortar squad to support the troops who had withdrawn from the Shina unit's ambush circle, bombarding the Shina position with maximum artillery fire, and covering the troops' attack.
Zhu Zhensheng found that the Japanese army quickly escaped from the encirclement and organized a counterattack as quickly as possible, so he decisively ordered the troops to withdraw from their positions as quickly as hungry wolves chased by hunters, and to take advantage of the cover of night to move closer to the grave slope with a company as a unit.
Squadron Commander Yamazaki of the Japanese Army ordered artillery fire to bombard the positions of the 15th Battalion, and ordered the infantry squads to attack the positions of the Chinese troops under the cover of artillery fire.
The infantry squad received an order from Squadron Leader Yamazaki to launch an attack, and under the cover of mortar fire, launched the most ferocious attack on the positions of the 15 battalion.
Soon broke through the position of the Chinese troops, but the Chinese troops, who were still blocking with the heaviest fire just now, turned out to be like a gust of wind that had been blown away without a trace.
Squadron Leader Yamazaki led the troops to reinforce the Kato squadron, which was in trouble in Wangjiazhuang, but he did not expect to be ambushed by the Shina troops twice on the way, and the troops advanced towards Wangjiazhuang with the most fierce firepower, causing some casualties to the troops.
The cautious and cunning Yamazaki squadron leader, when he found the captured position of the Shina troops, the position would disappear without leaving a single shot, not even a single figure, but he did not order the troops to blindly pursue in the night.
Instead, he ordered a squad to search and advance in front, and the other squadrons followed up at an interval of twenty meters, and once they engaged the Shina troops again, they should not attack, but secretly and quickly form an encirclement to destroy all the Shina troops.
As Squadron Leader Yamazaki ordered the troops to adopt the tactics of cautious forward advance, the speed of the march was greatly slowed down, which gave Lei Yunfeng the best opportunity to lead the 13th and 14th Battalions of the 54th Regiment to eliminate the surrounded Kato Squadron at Wangjiazhuang.
Lei Yunfeng received the news that Zhu Zhensheng's 15th Battalion had sent to report on the battle situation, and knew that although the reinforced Yamazaki squadron had become very cautious in advancing forward, it would not take an hour to rush to the grave protection slope.
In other words, as soon as the Yamazaki squadron broke through the position of the 15th battalion that had withdrawn to the grave slope, it would use artillery fire as a cover and order the infantry to reinforce Kato's squadron with the most frantic attack.
Once the two squadrons of the Japanese army formed a flanking attack on the 54th Regiment on the periphery of Wangjiazhuang, the 54th Regiment would be surrounded by enemy fire that would be difficult for the enemy to break out.
After analysis, Lei Yunfeng came to the conclusion that he ordered Deputy Regiment Commander Hou Sheng to lead the 13th Battalion to attack the main force of Kato's squadron, and ordered Fang Shichao to lead the 14th Battalion to eliminate the scattered forces of the Japanese army from both flanks.
He led the assault team to break through the fire blockade line of Kato's squadron, assaulted into the village, and borrowed the village, courtyard wall, chicken coop, and cowshed as cover in the village to launch a surprise shooting on the enemy.
Squadron Leader Kato was surrounded by the 54th Regiment and resisted desperately in the village, and at first he intended to destroy this Chinese unit, but later it developed into a Chinese unit that wanted to completely destroy his squadron, and Squadron Leader Kato, who jumped over the wall in a hurry, ordered the troops to desperately break through.