Chapter 100: Serial Ambushes (2)
The Japanese puppet army, which was eager to rescue the attacked convoy and rushed to the site of the convoy's attack with a rapid march, did not conduct any reconnaissance on both sides of the road. Although at the time of the departure, a deputy captain of the puppet Hubei County Garrison Brigade who led the team proposed that after the reinforcements left Pingchuan Town, they should advance in a battle formation.
This deputy captain is also an old fritter, and last time Li Ziyuan had a good time under the big tree, and took advantage of the opportunity of the main force of the military region to attack the Baijin Railway on all fronts, and took Pingchuan Town in one fell swoop, this guy was in Pingchuan Town at that time. But Li Ziyuan led his subordinates to stay in Pingchuan Town for so long, but he was stunned that he didn't find the first henchman by Wang Tieshi's side.
Compared with the Japanese squadron leader, this guy who can't even read military maps is far from being able to say that his tactical command level and military literacy are far behind. But in terms of cunning and cunning, the ten Japanese squadron leaders can't catch up with him. He thought that the Tubalu that came to sneak attack would not necessarily retreat after the sneak attack, and it was better to be cautious in the reinforcement operation.
But the leader of the Japanese squadron who was familiar with the character of Kawashiro and was obviously a little arrogant refused without hesitation. Previously, Luo Hekanshiro did not mobilize Pingchuan, as well as the Japanese puppet army of Luoma and Qiaokou to participate in this sweep, and insisted that Wang Tieshi, a branch man, command Pingchuan and the defenders of Luoma and Qiaokou, which already made him very uncomfortable.
This time, the deputy captain of the Zhina man was so timid that he wanted to set up a battle formation to reinforce him, which undoubtedly deepened his dissatisfaction. In his opinion, those dirt roads in the mountains may have a certain ability to move. However, on the plain terrain of Huxi, it was still the world of the Imperial Japanese Army.
The main goal of all current operations should be to provide quick rescue. As for Tubalu, he just bullied the transport team, and when he arrived with the team, it was estimated that he would have fled a long time ago. Therefore, the squadron leader of this Japanese army gave a death order to rush to the place where the convoy was attacked in the shortest possible time.
Especially after receiving the report that the gunfire over there had ended, although I don't know why Luo Hekanshiro Shaozo was so violent about the attack on the convoy. But this obviously was a little stunned in his heart, for fear that in the future, Luo He Shaozuo would settle accounts with his own squadron leader, and when he came out, he gave the order to take a rapid march.
Moreover, not only did they give the order to march quickly, but they also delayed the reinforcements because they were worried that the garrison would move too slowly. He took the sandwich biscuit march sequence and divided his troops into two factions, one squad at the front, and the other squad and a heavy machine gun team pressed the formation behind, sandwiching a squadron of the puppet Hubei County garrison in the middle.
As for the suggestion of the deputy captain of the garrison, he just threw it behind his head and ignored it. And Wang Tieshi, who is even more cunning and cunning, saw that his confidant's suggestion was rejected. Knowing that he could not command the Japanese at all, he only sent his own deputies to cooperate with him under the pretext of ensuring the safety of the three strongholds of Pingchuan, Luoma, and Qiaokou.
It turned out that the Japanese squadron leader was still too young and too confident in the combat effectiveness of his subordinates. The most important thing is that this guy is too reasonable. Who said that when the Eighth Route Army fights, it will only take a handful and leave? Who stipulated that the Eighth Route Army must play its cards according to reason?
Although Li Ziyuan's second ambush circle was set up hastily, he was really prepared. Worried that he would be copied again, Kanshiro Rakuhe, picked up a stone and hit himself in the foot this time. And this arrogant, full-minded squadron leader who wanted to make a contribution to the empire also paid the heaviest price in his life.
Just after the Japanese puppet army that came out to reinforce from Pingchuan Town all entered Li Ziyuan's ambush circle. Personally operating a crooked machine gun, Li Ziyuan, who was ambushed in a cornfield and carefully camouflaged with weeds, pulled the trigger fiercely and fired a long point shot. In one fell swoop, all the thirty bullets in the bucket of the crooked machine gun were fired.
Li Ziyuan, who didn't want to waste all the bullets in the machine gun on the puppet army, aimed at a Japanese squad at the front of the team. The Japanese army, who was in a hurry to reinforce the convoy, was caught off guard at this moment and was directly knocked down by his thirty bullets.
As soon as the machine gun on Li Ziyuan's side rang off, it was like a signal. The fighters on the main position took out their grenades one after another, and according to Li Ziyuan's pre-war requirements, the grenades paused for two seconds after pulling the strings before throwing them. In such open terrain, the power of a grenade exploding in the air is significantly greater than that of a landing explosion.
More than 100 grenades exploded on the heads of the Japanese puppet army almost simultaneously, and the scattered shrapnel knocked down the Japanese puppet army in pieces. And after the two grenades per person were ejected, the rifles in everyone's hands were fired again. With the lessons learned from the last time, although the platoon guns this time are still not neat, it is fortunate that most of the people have released empty guns like the previous time, and more birds have been hit than people have been hit.
After a long shot was fired, Li Ziyuan threw the crooked machine gun in his hand to a new soldier he designated as the deputy shooter next to him and helped him press the bullet into the bucket. He grabbed a few Japanese-made grenades in front of him, pulled out the fuse and smashed it on the ground, paused for three seconds and threw it out.
It's just that Li Ziyuan threw the grenade out, and the soldier next to him who temporarily acted as a sub-shooter and was obviously very unskilled. The magazines used by the six crooked machine guns have not yet been pressed into the hopper. When Li Ziyuan was about to take over the machine gun, he was stunned to see that the sub-shooter he had chosen was still scrambling to press the bullets.
Li Ziyuan, who had no choice, directly grabbed the fast and slow machine with the holster, and fired a burst of fire at the Japanese soldiers who had already woken up from the attack and counterattacked with a rifle. After running out of bullets in the magazine, Li Ziyuan could only grab the grenade again and throw it out.
The Japanese puppet army, which had woken up from the ambush, also quickly and immediately deployed. But just as they were about to return fire, a dense burst of gunfire rang out from behind. The grenades fired from the grenadiers also fell one after another. Two machine guns that had just been erected were blown to the ground.
At the same time, Guo Xiaoshan, who was beside Li Ziyuan, also nailed the Japanese army's heavy machine gun team with the 44-type cavalry gun. Eight machine gunners, Guo Xiaoshan shot out with a magazine, knocking down a third of the troops. Immediately, after the Type 92 heavy machine gun was knocked out of two crooked handles, two grenades from He Huizhang, who had transferred the firing boundary, exploded into the sky.
Looking at the Type 92 heavy machine gun that was blown into parts, although he knew that it was impossible for him to take this heavy machine gun to fight at the moment, Li Ziyuan still scolded his mother in distress: "Grandma's Lao He, you fucking a whole loser, you old boy can't blow up machine gunners." If this heavy machine gun is returned to the military district, it will be able to exchange at least three boxes of grenades. ”
It's just that Li Ziyuan's scolding, on this battlefield where the sound of guns and cannons is loud, it is impossible to hear He Huizhang on the opposite side. The experienced He Huizhang naturally knows what to bomb. In the most threatening Type 92 heavy machine gun, the grenadier in his hand hit one or another place, and the grenade was specially blown into the middle of the Japanese army.
The first shot knocked out Liu Lianming, who led the Japanese commander, and also commanded his squad to switch to submachine guns, and the fast and slow machines continued to flank the Japanese troops from the side with dense firepower. Liu Lianming, who was born as a veteran, naturally knows who to focus on.
The two-sided attack made the Japanese puppet army miserable, and they couldn't take care of their butts. Although the remaining Japanese troops were still desperately resisting, the momentum of resistance was getting weaker and weaker under the dense fire from both sides. As for the puppet army, if they hadn't paid attention to them at all, it is estimated that they would have raised their guns and surrendered a long time ago.
In this battle, Li Ziyuan concentrated all the firepower he could concentrate in order to solve the Japanese puppet army in front of him in the shortest possible time and in the fastest degree. Despite the largest number of rifles, the technique of shooting was too poor. But together with the crooked handle in his hand, the three crooked machine guns, together with two Czech machine guns, were accurate and very accurate.
The grenadier in He Huizhang's hand, which is now full of ammunition, has become his sharp weapon. Whether it is the Japanese army or the puppet army, as long as the machine gun is raised, there will definitely be a grenade flying over there. The machine gunner and the machine gun were blown into parts together, and the Type 92 heavy machine gun carried by the Japanese puppet army reinforcements this time, plus nine machine guns, did not wield any effect at all.
At the same time, although his soldiers temporarily changed to Jin-made submachine guns, Liu Lianming, who was still using his Hanyang-made army, cooperated with Guo Xiaoshan opposite. The two infantry rifles were accurate and ruthless, and they specialized in hitting the grenadiers of the Japanese army, as well as all those who carried sabers, whether they were non-commissioned officers or officers.
In addition to a few Jinzao submachine guns and a flower mechanism in Liu Lianming's hands, as well as a few fast and slow machines, the sufficient lethality within a distance of fifty meters. and the first hundred or so grenades that were dedicated to giving priority to the Japanese army, and after the fifteen-minute battle, there was not a single Japanese soldier standing on the ground.
These recruits who have not yet completed the recruit training, but now they can only quickly transform into veterans because of the sacrifice of too many old bones. Although the level of shooting is still at the point of pulling the bolt, pressing the bullet, and pulling the trigger for the time being. But their grenade throwing was specially trained by Li Ziyuan for hard work.
Li Ziyuan knew that in mountain warfare, especially when the troops always paid attention to close combat due to lack of ammunition. The role of a grenade is higher than that of a rifle. Even in certain situations, it can be more effective than a light machine gun. Therefore, he once painstakingly trained the troops to use grenades.
After all, the use of this thing, as long as it doesn't come up with too many tricks, is much easier than rifle training. A fighter who becomes a sharpshooter requires a lot of time, in addition to a lot of bullets in order to train. But the grenade, even if the person who reacts slowly, three days is enough to master it.
Of course, it's impossible to play too many tricks, but it's not a big problem to throw the grenade out as required. The most important thing is that this thing can be produced by itself, and the output is not small. Although due to the process and charge, the lethality of the grenades made by the base itself is very small.
There are even some grenades that can only explode in half, and their power is extremely limited. It's not so much about killing and injuring the enemy as it is about scaring the enemy army. But after all, there are some sources that are relatively reliable relative to other weapons. The grenade is a treasure for the extremely poor Tubalu, and this is indeed not a lie.