Chapter 396: Counterattack (2)
Although this group of puppet troops with small numbers but quite fierce combat effectiveness, not only restrained Li Ziyuan's entire company, but also further aggravated the chaos on the battlefield. A company in charge of operations in this direction not only did not take too much advantage, but even almost did not suffer a big loss.
If it weren't for the fact that the deputy battalion commander in charge of the command was experienced, he would have adjusted his tactics after discovering something wrong in time. changed the original tactic of fighting the puppet army first and then the Japanese army, and changed it to bite the Japanese army to the death. Taking advantage of the mentality of the puppet army not daring to abandon the Japanese army, and containing this puppet army, it is really difficult to say what the result will be here.
The tenacity of the Japanese army's resistance, although it did not surprise Li Ziyuan. But the delay in solving the battle made Li Ziyuan a little anxious. If it continues like this, not only will it not be able to delay in time. If you cause too many casualties, you have no way to explain to your brothers.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Ziyuan decided to adjust his tactics and give up his original hard-fought tactics. First with the strength of a company. First of all, there were about 50 Japanese artillery and infantry, and it was also the smaller part of the Japanese army that was divided into two parts.
For the instructor of the battalion who commanded this battlefield, Li Ziyuan gave a word. If the Japanese break through, they will be beaten to death with * and rifle machine gun fire. If they don't break through, they'll just watch him to death. If this part of the Japanese army runs away before he completes the settlement of another piece of Japanese army, then he is the only one who asks.
In addition, all the forces and firepower were concentrated, and the other part of the Japanese army, which was about 80 people, which was also mixed with the first round of scattered artillery, adopted the tactic of leaving a way out of the front and concentrating the forces on both flanks, and completely solved the situation when the Japanese army broke through.
Li Ziyuan's intention is obvious, that is, to deal with the largest part of the Japanese army first, and then turn around to deal with the other two Japanese troops. Pull the Japanese formation apart, let them spread their forces because of the usual gecko tail breaking tactics, and give themselves every chance to break through.
The Japanese army, who was in a hurry to break through, did not notice Li Ziyuan's tactical adjustments. After Li Ziyuan consciously loosened the opening in the west, the Japanese army ignored the fire interception on both flanks, and took advantage of the open gap to retreat to the west desperately. After this Japanese army got into his trap, Li Ziyuan scattered the two companies in his hand along both flanks of the Japanese retreat route.
The Japanese army, eager to get out of danger, constantly adopted the tactic of gecko tail cutting. When retreating, he kept leaving a small force to block the pursuers, and he tried to get rid of Li Ziyuan's entanglement and constant siege while fighting. But Li Ziyuan gave full play to the kraft candy tactic of stalking and never letting go without biting down on a piece of meat.
With the strength of two companies, the method of parallel pursuit was adopted, and the Japanese troops of more than 80 people were constantly torn off from both flanks. The Japanese army, which was eager to break through, in order to face the Eighth Route Army, which was constantly rushing over with a squad platoon formation on both flanks, constantly dispersed its forces to block the Eighth Route Army that was constantly biting over.
As a result, the entire breakout route was like sheep, and there were battles between several or a dozen people everywhere. The Japanese army's breakthrough move weakened its forces layer by layer. Before I could run five kilometers, I made myself feel like a scattered flower.
And behind them, the more than 50 Japanese troops who were trapped saw the friendly troops on this side break through. Also under the command of a squad leader, desperately trying to break through to the west. It only strengthened the encirclement force of all heavy machine guns, and when the Japanese army broke through many times, it completely eliminated the Japanese army's attempt to break through with machine gun fire and * rain.
Li Ziyuan's counterattack this time captured almost all the spare ammunition carried by the Japanese puppet army, so that the amount of ammunition in the hands of the participating troops is now relatively sufficient. When there is plenty of ammunition, the besieging troops will naturally not be stingy with the use of ammunition. Especially when Li Ziyuan was leaving, he repeatedly made special explanations.
These more than 50 Japanese troops desperately launched many breakthrough battles were not only basically in vain, but also lost nearly half of their troops. The already insufficient forces have been further weakened. After losing more than 20 men, the remaining Japanese troops had completely given up their plans to break through the encirclement, desperately repairing their positions and preparing to wait for the friendly forces on the left flank to repel the consequences of the Eighth Route in front of them.
This group of Japanese troops was honest, which relieved the instructors of the battalion who were in charge of besieging this group of Japanese troops. He commanded a company and confronted the Japanese army with more than 30 Japanese troops on the opposite side. But listening to the dense gunfire behind him, this instructor was really unwilling to stay here so honestly.
Looking at the heavy machine guns beside him, the instructor, who was obviously stimulated, gritted his teeth, pulled out his shell gun, and said to the company commander and instructor beside him: "Grandma, we now have three heavy machine guns and five light machine guns as support firepower, and we have never been so rich in war." ”
"Just meeting more than 30 devils here, Lao Tzu can't stand this anger. Tell the troops to give me bayonets, and the machine gunners will fire at me to suppress these devils. After a while, after rushing to a distance of thirty meters from the devil, each person will smash one * for me first, and then rush up to fight the bayonet with the devil. Let's just two against one, and the bite also bites this devil to death. ”
Hearing the words of his instructor, the company commander and the instructor, who had long been unable to hold back, did not say a word, and directly conveyed the order. Wait until all the fighters have their bayonets on and put a * in front of each of them after unscrewing the safety cover. The instructor called out to the two trumpeters and told them to blow the trumpet together.
When the two trumpeters sounded the loud trumpet of the charge, the Japanese soldiers in front of them knew that this was a signal that the Eighth Route was going to attack, and immediately stopped what they were doing and prepared for battle. didn't expect that Balu didn't rush out as expected, but hit him with a rain of bullets.
It was only after the heavy machine gun had finished firing a platoon and the light machine gun had emptied a magazine that the battalion instructor took advantage of the gap between the machine guns to reload the bullets, waved the shell gun in his hand and took the lead in jumping out and shouting. With his shout, the soldiers around him also rushed out with rifles.
Under the cover of light and heavy machine gun fire, which had already reloaded the bullets, they rushed directly to a position thirty meters away from the Japanese position. And this instructor took the lead, and while the shell gun in his hand kept ringing, he threw the * that he was holding in his left hand.
At this time, the leader's example was the best combat mobilization, and under his leadership, the soldiers around him also rushed to a distance of thirty meters with rifles without showing weakness. Facing the more than 30 Japanese soldiers who saw themselves rushing over, they also stood up and put on a standard tactical combination of white-knuckle combat back to back.
The warriors who rushed over threw the * in their hands one after another according to the order. waited until the * explosion fell, and then he smashed with the remaining Japanese soldiers with his rifle. At the foot of the East Mountain, after a short period of calm, there was another sword and sword shadow.
Although the remaining 30 or so Japanese soldiers showed extraordinary bravery, they did not fear the rushing Eight Roads and raised their rifles to fight. But this Japanese army did not expect that the first to usher in was not the bayonets of the Eighth Road, but a burst of head and face* ...
When the explosion of dozens of * was over, the remaining dozen Japanese soldiers had not yet reacted, but the Eighth Route on the opposite side had already rushed over. At this time, even if the Japanese army is brave and not afraid of death. But in the face of five or six people beating oneself, even if these Japanese soldiers are crabs, they can't bear it. The final battle was over in less than ten minutes.
Li Ziyuan, who was biting the Japanese army over there, was very happy, and he didn't know that the battle here had been completely resolved. The gunfire here, he thought it was the Japanese army breaking through here, so he didn't pay too much attention to it. Because this is very common for Li Ziyuan, it is strange that more than 80 Japanese troops on this side broke through, and more than 50 Japanese troops over there are not in a hurry.
The more than 50 Japanese troops who were afraid that they would be abandoned must have been in a hurry to break through. Now that the remaining troops have the advantage in firepower, the stronger they can break through, the more beneficial it will be for them to completely solve them in a while. Therefore, Li Ziyuan still put his main energy on the side of the battle that was fighting fiercely and had already shown the dawn.
The more than 80 Japanese troops who were eager to break through were beaten and scattered all the way under the bite of the two companies in Li Ziyuan's hands. After more than ten miles of mountain roads, only one-fifth of this Japanese army remained. If it weren't for Li Ziyuan's constant worry, this Japanese army would have seized a certain hill and brought more trouble to his encirclement and annihilation.
The pursuing troops on both flanks distracted a certain amount of attention and strength. I'm afraid that the resolution of the battle will be faster and more efficient. However, although this style of play is a little less efficient, it is much easier to solve the battle. After all, there is no way to compare the combat effectiveness of a few Japanese troops with more than a dozen or dozens of Japanese troops.
The battle on the mountain road to the west, which lasted more than ten miles, did not last very long. This approach to solving them one by one, although the progress of the battle is a little slower. But the casualties were greatly reduced, and the course of the battle was much easier. However, with the remnants of the Japanese puppet army behind him, Li Ziyuan didn't dare to go too far in one go.
After cutting off eighty percent of the Japanese army's strength and eliminating more than half of it, Li Ziyuan decided to stop there. With the strength of a reinforced platoon, he bit down fiercely from the rear on the last dozen or so Japanese troops who had fled, and entangled them so that they could not continue to break through to the west.
At the same time, with the strength of a platoon, it forcibly interspersed with overtaking pursuit from the left flank, and blocked the retreat of the last dozen Japanese troops before they could break through. After completing the encirclement of the last dozen or so Japanese troops, Li Ziyuan handed over the entire battlefield to a company commander to command.
After leaving behind two machine guns and two platoons of troops, he told him to completely deal with this Japanese army in the fastest way. But don't fight hard, it's best to solve it with firepower. Even if you use * to defeat half of the Japanese army's strength first, you can fight a white-knuckle battle before rushing forward.
In fact, to solve these more than ten Japanese troops trapped in a ravine, the strength of one platoon is already enough. But after all, this place has been detached from the original battlefield, and whether the surrounding Japanese troops are coming to this side for reinforcements, it is not clear to me at the moment, and I can't help but leave the necessary alert troops.
Therefore, Li Ziyuan adopted the tactic of killing chickens with knives, leaving two platoons of troops to deal with the last dozen or so Japanese troops. Of course, on a small battlefield, two platoons of troops cannot be placed. Therefore, Li Ziyuan told the company commander that he must not attack in a dense formation.