Chapter 594: He Sanliang's chaotic battle
The artillery platoon commander accurately hit the next three shells into the courtyard with an extremely high rate of fire. Four-shots* were not many, but they blew up this small compound. The radio antenna mast that stood up brightly had completely disappeared at this moment, along with the antenna on it.
Although it is not yet possible to know at the first time what kind of results he achieved with these four shells. But judging from the fact that this puppet army fell into a certain panic and basically fought separately and could not form a unified resistance effect, his record should still be good.
After four shells hit the yard where the radio antenna was located, the platoon commander quickly turned the muzzle of the gun, and as soon as the muzzle flame was exposed on the roof of the room, his shell fell there. For He Sanliang's order, this old man carried out it quite thoroughly.
However, after five more shells, his mortar could only stop firing. There is no way, the village is already in chaos right now, and all the targets that can be knocked out have been knocked out. The rest of the target, his current mortar fires at night, and he can't accurately lock on to the target, so he can only shut up temporarily. Otherwise, he will not be able to tell who he will hit with one shot.
But although it is no longer possible to fire the artillery at the moment, the platoon commander, who is not willing to quit the battlefield directly, is still holding the telescope handed to him by He Sanliang, constantly observing the movements in the village, preparing to continue to try to find fighters. The fight in front of him is so lively, let him just watch here, can he stand it?
Li Ziyuan became a level-headed madman when he arrived on the battlefield, and his style of leading troops also affected his troops. His troops, as soon as the guns rang out, turned into madmen. Without an order, you don't know what a backward call is. As long as there is a bullet in the gun, it will not stop firing. As long as there are still shells, this old man can't stop at all.
And at this moment, He Sanliang has already judged that his strange soldiers should have played a role after the first round of artillery fire in the village, and the resistance of the puppet army in the village was chaotic. In the courtyard where the radio antenna stands bright and can be seen even at night, it should be the regimental headquarters of the puppet army. Those four shots* have already played a certain role.
Of course, He Sanliang did not have any troops in his hands at this time, except for his own guards and two communicators. Even if he wanted to invest in life again, it was basically impossible. But He Sanliang is He Sanliang, and his head turns quite fast. Although there are no more mobile forces at hand, there is not necessarily no other way.
Unable to put in reinforcements, He Sanliang concentrated the only three trumpeters at hand and blew the trumpet. As one of his orders was given, the loud sound of the charge resounded all around. Even the sound of gunfire and explosions could not drown out the sound of the Charge.
The loud sound of the charge trumpet further aggravated the chaos on the battlefield. Plus the sound of gunfire almost everywhere in the village, as well as the sound of explosions. The puppet army in the village didn't know how many Eighth Route Army troops had touched it and were launching sneak attacks and night battles against them.
What they know is that the loud trumpet of the charge is the order for the opponent's general attack. Coupled with the previous mortars and heavy machine guns, it was also clear that these puppet troops were coming from the main force of the Eighth Road, which was called the Old Eighth Road, which further exacerbated the chaos in the puppet army.
As for He Sanliang's idea, it is very simple, that is, the lack of troops and psychological tactics are supplemented. Haven't I been able to draw troops out of my forces and devote them to the battlefield in the village? Then I'll use my usual general attack signal charge horn to tell you that my side has launched a general attack.
At present, the hearts of the puppet army have fallen into chaos because of the loss of command, and the extremely penetrating charging horn has undoubtedly brought great psychological pressure to these puppet troops. When the fake is true, the truth is also false, and in the case of insufficient troops, the false and real methods can sometimes achieve twice the result with half the effort.
This puppet army is indeed well-trained, and the speed of reaction is not slow. But the problem is that no matter how well trained you are, a sudden attack at the time when you are sleeping soundly will fall into chaos for at least a short time. Coupled with the fact that as soon as the battle began, the chain of command fell into disarray, which undoubtedly made matters worse.
Although it lost the upper hand at the beginning, this puppet army is different from those miscellaneous puppet armies, and its combat effectiveness is still quite fierce. Not only are they still fighting on their own, but some even dare to raise their bayonets and launch a counterattack. Some of the puppet soldiers also went up to the roof, trying to use the roof to fight against the attacking Eight Routes.
But the two companies that had already rushed into the village and strictly carried out He Sanliang's orders. In small villages, * is the main thing. The puppet army who dared to press on the roof was greeted with *. For the stubborn puppet army hiding in the house, machine gun fire was used to block the door, and then the method of bombing with * was used.
Take advantage of the fact that you have already infiltrated into the village to spread out, and take the lead firmly in the ground to take a bold melee approach. The puppet army in the village couldn't tell where the offensive of the Eighth Route started, and it was not clear where the main attack position of the Eighth Route was. However, it is also a natural thing.
Because before the attack, He Sanliang did not designate the main attack and assist. In other words, He Sanliang's intention is that as long as he can touch in and mobilize the puppet army on both wings, it will be fine. Of course, if you adhere to the habit of not going short, you should also try to get some benefits as much as possible.
Long before this battle was put into action, He Sanliang had set the tone of a random fight. But He Sanliang's chaos does not mean that the troops are out of control and fighting separately. Instead, let the enemy be chaotic and not be clear about the focus of attack and the direction of the main attack of his own troops, so that he can take advantage of the chaos. This kind of seemingly chaotic style of play has confused these puppet troops.
They don't know how to resist and resist in that direction. If you want to break through, you don't know that there are fewer eight roads in that direction. The only thing they feel is that they are surrounded by eight roads, and all the areas around them are firing guns. Moreover, this eight-way force is well-equipped and has quite sufficient ammunition.
This puppet army, despite its rather stubborn resistance, not only had problems with its command, but also fell into passivity from the start. In particular, He Sanliang's psychological tactics played a considerable role. The loud trumpet of the charge made the puppet army not know how many Eighth Route Army troops had come to attack them.
At the same time, the tactics adopted by He Sanliang can also be said to be quite accurate. The various units cooperated with each other, alternately covered, and took advantage of the chaos within the puppet army to smash the entire puppet army's defense system in the village. Thirty minutes after the battle began, the puppet army in the village had been completely separated. Some puppet soldiers could not bear the pressure and began to disarm and surrender.
And when He Sanliang's side was busy fighting, his gunshots here were like orders. When the gunfire here is heard over a considerable distance in the calm of the night. It was not only Li Ziyuan, who had already returned to his position, that he had already returned to his position, but also the puppet army on both wings.
Because the puppet army garrisons of the three battalions are not far apart, as soon as the guns on this side are heard, the other two can be heard clearly at the first time. In addition, Li Ziyuan and He Sanliang were very kind not to cut off the phone contact between them. He Sanliang asked the mortar to hit their radio antenna for the first time in order to cut off the vertical connection between the puppet army.
Keeping the telephone line means retaining the horizontal connection between them. After hearing the sound of gunfire coming from the position of the regiment headquarters, the two puppet armies did not dare to delay for a moment. Immediately carry all the weapons and equipment and move at full speed towards the position of the regimental headquarters.
The battalion, reinforced from the northeast, was met with stubborn resistance as soon as it left the village. Although the puppet army of this unit came up, it adopted a group charge under the cover of a large number of light and heavy machine guns, with companies and platoons as the formation. The three companies and some of the subordinate units were divided into three echelons to launch a charge in turn.
But they were blocked by a company under the command of the deputy commander of the second battalion, taking advantage of the favorable terrain. Although the offensive of the puppet army was fierce and could be said to be at all costs, it was unable to make progress for a long time, and many charges launched were defeated. After half an hour of attack, he failed to move forward.
As the sound of gunfire came from the direction of its regimental headquarters, it gradually began to weaken one after another. The commander of the puppet army battalion of the ministry even ignored the narrow terrain. A crippled company was formed into a reinforced company with other units, and all reserves were drawn to deploy. An attempt was made to adopt a simultaneous approach, with veterans and squad officers each handing out 100 counterfeit silver coupons, forming a death squad to take the lead in the charge.
He carried a large knife in one hand and placed a box of coupons in front of him. With two guards operating a light machine gun, it can be said that they have a big stick in one hand and a carrot in the other, and personally supervise the formation in the rear. Whoever threatens to retreat will be killed, as long as he takes the position of the Eighth Road, he will be rewarded.
Under the supervision of this old man, and the stimulation of broadswords and money, his subordinates attacked as if they had been injected with chicken blood, and launched a desperate attack with a rifle with bayonets. One round of attacks was knocked down, and the other immediately rushed again. The blocking troops on the hill were under considerable pressure.
Fortunately, this puppet army is playing with its life, but they lack artillery. And despite the tactics of crowds, they tried to break through the blocking force by relying on superior forces. However, the attack front, which was too narrow in mountain warfare, also limited the deployment of their forces. Therefore, despite the tremendous pressure on the blocking troops, they were able to hold on.
Compared with the fierce fighting in the northeast, the progress of the puppet army in the southwest was relatively smooth. It's just that they don't know that from the beginning of their assembly to the village of Jide, there has always been a pair of eyes staring at them. I didn't know that on the way to their rescue, there was already a big net waiting for them.
Compared with these puppet soldiers who have a kind of concept of saving soldiers such as fighting fires, Li Ziyuan, who has already opened the net, is very patient. He waited until an entire battalion of more than 300 puppet troops, all of whom had penetrated into his thin-skinned mesh-sized encirclement, before giving the order to attack.
Li Ziyuan, who knew that he only had a reinforced battalion at hand, had a lot of hard work when choosing an ambush location. He also concentrated the greatest firepower advantage as much as possible, not only half of the machine gun platoon of the second battalion, but also all the heavy machine guns of the regimental machine gun company were brought by him. A large amount of spare ammunition was also brought, as well as the only 37 infantry gun and the last mortar of the artillery battery.
With Li Ziyuan's order, six heavy machine guns, plus more than 20 light machine guns, more than 200 rifles, and two cannons formed a fire network, which was firmly covered on the head of this puppet army. According to Li Ziyuan's requirements, all light and heavy firepower did not take into account the consumption of ammunition at all.