Chapter 467: Ambush on the Plains (1)
The bullets fired by the Japanese armored vehicles flew in all directions from the small grass on the cemetery, which was not dense. The cemetery itself is not large, and it conceals the strength of a complete formed company. Coupled with Li Ziyuan's department, the small 2,000 troops can only be organized into two battalions, and the company's strength is more than 200 people, and they are about to catch up with the compendium company.
With so many people hidden in such a small cemetery, the density can be imagined. Although the Japanese army's firepower test this time was a blind shot, it would also cause certain casualties. At least the sound of a bullet passing over the top of the head is not something that the average recruit can stand. Recruits are afraid of artillery, veterans are afraid of machine guns.
When the Japanese army was about to enter the ambush circle, making such a move made Li Ziyuan a little nervous. There are too many recruits in each company, and if a recruit can't hold his breath and jumps up to fight back or turns around trying to escape from the hidden area, it will startle the snake. I am not afraid of these thousand Japanese troops at the moment, but in this way, my actions will be completely defeated.
In terms of the speed of the Japanese army's response, once they discover their ambush in advance, it is not as simple as startling the snake. In that way, as the follow-up reinforcements of the Japanese army arrived one after another, he would not mention the danger of failure. Even to a certain extent, the consequences are quite unpredictable.
Fortunately, the troops in ambush over there never returned fire under the test of Japanese firepower, let alone made any movement. When the Japanese convoy continued to move forward with confidence and boldness, Li Ziyuan finally breathed a sigh of relief. As long as there is no target exposed, there is basically no problem for the fish to enter the net.
Now all we have to wait for is the explosion of the anti-tank mine, which served as a combat signal. Li Ziyuan wiped the cold sweat from his palms, held the binoculars and observed the speed of the Japanese convoy, while constantly calculating the best moment to evacuate after the start of the calculation.
I knew very well in my heart that I didn't have that much appetite to eat these thousands of Japanese soldiers' plums. thought that it was necessary to inflict maximum damage on this Japanese army, so that they would not be able to pursue themselves. He can't be stuck here, which will bring greater danger to the troops, and he must accurately grasp the rhythm of the battle.
Here, Li Ziyuan was thinking about the timing of the battle, and the convoys of the Japanese army over there had already begun to cross the bridge one after another. Obviously, after the cemetery, which was the most feasible in the vicinity and the only one in the eyes of the Japanese that could be used as a hiding place for the attackers, was safe, these Japanese soldiers acted very boldly, believing that the rest of the way should be safe.
Although the width of the bridge was limited, the speed of the Japanese convoy slowed down when crossing this small bridge, and the spacing between the front half of the convoy was widened, but the second half was one after the other, almost from end to end. After the first armored car rushed across the bridge, the convoy behind began to cross the bridge one after another.
However, the overall convoy of Japanese troops was not moving fast, because it was obvious that the small bridge could not withstand the pressure of a large number of trucks crossing the bridge in a short time. The slow passing speed of the convoy made Li Ziyuan's grim face gradually begin to ease. When the armored car that hit the road at the head pressed the anti-tank*, Li Ziyuan knew that he had a good start.
After a loud bang, Li Ziyuan, who was still in contact with anti-tank * for the first time, was startled by the scene in front of him. This powerful American-made anti-tank mine directly turned this Japanese armored vehicle upside down. The entire chassis was torn in half by tremendous force.
The British, another ally of the Americans, were significantly superior to the Japanese in armor on that side of the planet. The German tanks were not comparable to the Japanese tanks that had always been thin-skinned in terms of performance and firepower, including mobility and protection.
Anti-tank* is a low-cost, mass-produced thing, and most importantly, a huge charge that can disable a tank for at least a short time. The British, along with their opponents, the Germans, were used in large numbers on the battlefields of North Africa. These anti-tank mines can basically destroy or seriously injure German and British tanks when they explode.
The British used it easily, and the Americans were not embarrassed to use it. With the production capacity of the Americans, it was possible to create an anti-tank * that covered the whole of Japan in a year. It is no problem to give some Chinese who are seriously lacking in anti-tank weapons, and can only use soldiers full of bundles on most battlefields, but deal with Japanese tank armored vehicles.
After all, this thing is not a large piece of equipment, and it is no more laborious to produce than to make one*. At the same time, one aircraft is enough to deal with the needs of a medium-sized campaign. The Americans gave it to the Chongqing side, and the Chongqing side changed hands to the Japanese on the battlefield.
In the end, the Japanese changed hands to Li Ziyuan again, and after such a big circle, in the end, this powerful anti-tank* played the role he should have played, and the original intention of the Americans when they gave Chongqing at the beginning. There is no problem with this * against tanks, and against such thin-skinned armored vehicles as the Japanese, it is somewhat overkill.
Li Ziyuan doesn't need to make a fuss now, this thing can be made by anyone with a little industrial base. It's just that the arsenal of Tubalu is too simple, and if it can be manufactured, the quality of the fuze may not be passable. This thing is meant to blow up tanks, and the pressure fuse requires a certain weight.
If an infantry can step on it, then there is no need to produce. Not only is it a waste of production capacity*, but it also wastes a lot of time. Moreover, the Eighth Route has always been good at mountain warfare, and except for a few base areas, there are not many times when it needs to face Japanese tanks and armored vehicles.
However, although he was a little surprised by the power of this anti-tank mine, Li Ziyuan was not the kind of person who made a fuss at every turn, but was slightly surprised by this anti-tank * With this loud noise, Li Ziyuan slashed his hand at the artillery behind him. Zhou Tong, who received Li Ziyuan's signal, quickly fired the first cannonball.
At the same time as the artillery fired, the heavy machine gunner in front also pulled the trigger on the Japanese car. All of a sudden, the battlefield was filled with gunfire. Because when Tsuruta Numan sent a report to the 36th Division before, it was not clear how many weapons were lost in the first battle of Xiyaogou.
When the 36th Division sent its first telegram to this Japanese army, it naturally did not tell them that there was artillery on the 8th Route and an astonishing number of light and heavy machine guns. When Li Ziyuan made a big fuss in the Heavenly Palace around Changzhi City, the 36th Division only cared about urging them to speed up, but forgot to tell them the firepower configuration of the eight routes.
As a result, when Li Ziyuan's ambush battle started on all fronts, this Japanese army was beaten in the face of the dense rain of bullets swept over, and was beaten with their heads covered and turned around as soon as possible. Especially Zhou Tong's direct-aiming mountain artillery, the hit was accurate and ruthless. The first shot destroyed the last Japanese truck, blocking the route of the Japanese convoy's retreat.
After destroying the last Japanese truck and blocking the retreat route of the Japanese convoy. Zhou Tong, on the contrary, is old and serious, and he is a little stingy. With the exception of trucks that hit Japanese machine guns, his mountain guns basically did not fire easily. But as soon as the light and heavy machine guns of the Japanese troops over there fired, the shells on this side would definitely hit.
It's just that in the end, it was the elite of the Japanese army, although Li Ziyuan's movements were very fast, Zhou Tong's first shot also accurately hit a truck at the end of the convoy, and the truck was blown to pieces together with the Japanese soldiers who had not yet woken up from the explosion. But the Japanese army was the Japanese army in the end, and the speed of reaction was quite fast.
After the armored car that opened the road was blown away and the last truck was destroyed, the convoy behind immediately stopped, and the machine guns on the car immediately swept over to cover the infantry jumping out of the vehicle. Although the troops lying in ambush on both sides of the road and in the small villages immediately swept over with dense fire under the command of the explosion, they could not prevent the Japanese from jumping out of the vehicle.
The Japanese army is not stupid, knowing that under the cooperation of the enemy's infantry artillery fire, there is basically no power to fight back in the car, and if they do not jump out of the car, it is equivalent to waiting for death, as long as they can jump, there may still be a glimmer of life. So after discovering that they had been attacked, all the Japanese soldiers jumped out of the trucks and tried to resist under the cover of machine guns set up on the trucks.
It's just that when a considerable number of Japanese soldiers jumped out of the car, they stepped on the * that Wang Jun had carefully calculated and buried on both sides of the road. All of a sudden, the sound of explosions on both sides of the convoy was incessant. At the same time, with Zhou Tong's mountain cannon firing, the * on He Huizhang's side also fell at the same time.
Relative to Zhou Tong's caution, as well as cherishing every shell, carefully choosing targets. He Huizhang is a bit big-hearted, as long as there are many Japanese soldiers, he will always be left behind. This free-fire battle mode is He Huizhang's favorite in battle.
And the dense fire of the troops in the shallow ditches on both sides of the road and in the graveyards also swept the entire Japanese convoy. The Japanese soldiers who forcibly jumped out of the car were either knocked down by the dense machine-gun fire, or stepped on the * on both sides of the body, and were killed and wounded heavily. The Japanese soldiers who tried to get under the car and resisted stubbornly did not expect that mines were also buried under the car.
A few Japanese soldiers who got under the car and pressed a few*, the bottom of the truck became a forbidden place for all the Japanese troops. In the face of Li Ziyuan's intensive firepower, although the Japanese army was quite brave, they were still trying to resist desperately. They are even constantly trying to assemble and try to launch a counter-charge.
But at this moment, the number of machine guns in Li Ziyuan's hands was too much, and when Li Ziyuan was deployed, he also achieved the maximum firepower intensity. As soon as more than ten heavy machine guns were unveiled, coupled with a large number of light machine guns and rifles and sufficient ammunition, the lethality caused in a short time within a distance of more than 100 meters was quite amazing.
In particular, the Soviet-made turntable machine gun has a much more sustained firepower per unit of time than the Czech light machine gun. The bullets in the 47-round cartridge swept through the Japanese convoy like a raging storm. All of a sudden, it actually stole the limelight from the Czech machine gun. The firepower of those Soviet-made Makqin heavy machine guns also caused serious casualties to the Japanese army.
The mountain artillery in Zhou Tong's hand and He Huizhang's mortar also continued to destroy the Japanese trucks one by one with accurate fire. In particular, the three Japanese mountain guns on the trailer were blown away by several shells and people before they could be put down. The Japanese artillerymen who tried to snatch the mountain artillery were killed and wounded by the shells.
Several Japanese grenadiers tried to set up grenadiers to knock out the opposing eight-way machine guns. But Li Ziyuan, who had been prepared for a long time, singled out the sharpshooters who were specially used to deal with them, and mixed the casualties with the beating. Especially Da Li, who was repeatedly explained by Li Ziyuan, the Japanese-made sniper rifle in his hand was almost one shot.