Chapter 181: The Decisive Battle Begins

Bang-bang-bang

In the bushes, the original calm was shattered by the sudden sound of gunfire.

"Enemy attack! There is an ambush of the Orientals, hidden! Each team immediately hidden! Du Xiaoshan, the young reconnaissance company commander, immediately shouted and gave an order the moment he heard the gunshots.

Dada-da-da

The sound of machine guns rang out suddenly, and dense bullets continued to fly out of the bushes, and one after another reconnaissance companies of the soldiers of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army were shot and fell to the ground.

However, the soldiers of the reconnaissance company were not slow to react, and after hearing Du Xiaoshan's shouting orders, they all lay down on the spot or hid behind tree trunks and other covers.

"Damn, company commander, listening to this gunshot, I'm afraid the Orientals have at least one squadron! With so many troops, the dogs and Japanese Orientals are still ambushing and sneak attacking, it's so shameless for him and his mother! Ding Changshui, the platoon commander of the reconnaissance company, scolded.

Du Xiaoshan did not panic, but judged the hiding position of the Japanese army according to the sound of gunfire, and then shouted and ordered: "At two o'clock, the grenadier group dropped the bomb and greeted these dogs and Japanese Orientals with grenades!" The rest, fire cover! ”

Click――

Du Xiaoshan pulled the bolt of the gun, loaded the bullet, and then took advantage of a gap between the Japanese shooting, suddenly turned around and came out of the trunk, raised the gun and shot at the position where the Japanese army was.

Bang -

Gunshots rang out, and the soldiers of the rest of the reconnaissance company followed closely behind Du Xiaoshan and opened fire on the Japanese soldiers.

Click――

Almost without looking at whether the shot just hit the target, Du Xiaoshan quickly pulled the bolt of the gun, raised the gun to shoot, and then continued to repeat this action, trying his best to shoot as many bullets as fast as possible, in order to suppress the Japanese army.

The reconnaissance company's effect of violently increasing the output of firepower and returning fire was very obvious, and the Japanese troops who were lying in ambush were suddenly pressed down.

Sensing that the Japanese firepower had been greatly weakened, the grenadiers, who had been preparing for a long time, rolled on the spot, rolled forward for a long distance, and then removed the grenade inserted in their waists, unscrewed the bottom cover, and pulled the string sharply. Towards the two o'clock direction, the bushes where the Japanese were located threw hard.

Boom-boom-boom

Explosions sounded one after another, and clouds of fireworks rose from the bushes, and even many dry shrubs and weeds were ignited by the explosion, and the flames began to spread gradually.

The screams of Japanese soldiers and the shouting of officers could be heard in the bushes. It was noisy and chaotic.

"Sharpshooter on the tree, looking for an opportunity to snipe the Oriental officer! The rest of the people, follow Lao Tzu and rush over, don't give the Oriental people time to react! Du Xiaoshan immediately decided to take advantage of the chaos of the Japanese army to lead all the soldiers of the reconnaissance company to rush towards the Japanese army.

The three veteran sharpshooters in the reconnaissance company heard Du Xiaoshan's order. Immediately and agilely, he jumped up the tree, condescendingly looking for valuable targets to snipe.

The concept of snipers has been popularized throughout the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army under the training of officers at all levels, but the snipers who have really undergone systematic and rigorous training are now only available in the special combat team, and the following units have used sharpshooters with accurate marksmanship as snipers.

Not to mention, although not as powerful as a real sniper, it is indeed very useful, so all units of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army attach great importance to sharpshooters with accurate marksmanship.

Sensing the approach of the reconnaissance company of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance, the Japanese officers no longer cared about extinguishing the flames in the bushes, but shouted loudly to organize soldiers to block the reconnaissance company of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance.

The Japanese officer who jumped to his feet and shouted was immediately locked by the three sharpshooters in the tree, and they all aimed at him and pulled the trigger suddenly.

Bang -

Three shots rang out almost in unison. Accurately hit the officer who was actively commanding the Japanese soldiers, and the Japanese officer's shouting came to an abrupt end, and he fell to the ground and died.

After approaching the position of the Japanese army, Du Xiaoshan immediately shouted again: "Grenade!" ”

At this time, not only the grenadiers of the grenadier group, but all the soldiers of the reconnaissance company took off the long-handled grenades from their waists, pulled the string, and threw them at the Japanese soldiers.

Boom-boom-boom

Dozens of grenades slammed into the area, and the Japanese army was blown up in an instant.

The grenade is indeed a sharp weapon in hand-to-hand combat, and in many cases, the reconnaissance units of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army can turn defeat into victory and defeat the Japanese troops who are superior in individual quality and have the advantage of troops. Much depends on the power of the grenade.

Having lost its command organization and suddenly being bombed by so many grenades, the Japanese army could not withstand it and began to retreat continuously.

"Want to run? How can there be such a cheap thing. Brothers, catch up and kill these Oriental mongrels! Du Xiaoshan yelled, then dropped his Mauser rifle, pulled out the shell gun at his waist, and pursued the retreating Japanese army first.

Du Xiaoshan's reconnaissance company fought fiercely with a small Japanese force was not an exception. It was only one of the countless fierce battles fought by the front-line reconnaissance and alert units of the Chinese and Japanese armies.

When the Yimeng Autonomous Allied Army pressed on the 18th Division of the Japanese Army for less than 30 miles, and continued to advance today, the reconnaissance and alert troops scattered on the front line fought more and more fierce battles with small units of the Japanese army.

Obviously, the patience of the Japanese has reached the limit, and the decisive battle will inevitably unfold.

Yimeng Autonomous Coalition Army, Temporary Command of the Front.

In the headquarters, the senior officers of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army gathered, several operational staff officers were calculating and deducing something around the map, and from time to time there were signal soldiers and heralds walking in and out, looking like a busy scene before the war.

"Report! Commander, not long ago, a reconnaissance company on the front line of the Second Division of our army was ambushed by a Japanese squadron, and the commander of the reconnaissance company, Du Xiaoshan, commanded properly, and has now led the reconnaissance company to successfully defeat the ambushed Japanese squadron! A communications soldier walked into the headquarters and reported to Wang Mo.

"Good, well played! This Du Xiaoshan did a good job, a mere reconnaissance company, in the case of an ambush by a Japanese squadron, was able to defeat the Japanese army in turn. Commander, this is the best fight among the front-line reconnaissance and alert units in recent times. Zhang Wei, commander of the Second Division of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army, said that he was quite a bit of a boast.

Wang Mo smiled slightly: "It's a good fight, this Du Xiaoshan is from Dujiazhai." You don't have to take credit for your officers, how to promote and reuse him, that's your business, I have no opinion. ”

Zhang Wei smiled and said: "I don't want to ask for credit for Du Xiaoshan, the matter of military merit is handled by the people of the military merit department, I just think it is rare to be able to fight such a beautiful young officer, especially the children of Yimeng who have not gone to military school." ”

Speaking of this, Wang Mo said with a straight face: "This is also true. There are not many young officers from Yimeng's children, and even fewer can be so good, I am afraid that Du Fei may not be able to perform as well as this Du Xiaoshan. After this war, if Du Xiaoshan is still alive. He was sent to the Hubei Military Academy for further study. If you cultivate well, you may not be worse than you. ”

"Commander, the Orientals frequently send additional troops to engage in fierce battles with our army's front-line reconnaissance and alert troops, and it seems that this is going to be a full-scale decisive battle with our army." Li Jian said with a solemn expression.

Wang Mo nodded and said, "Our army is currently less than twenty miles away from the main force of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army. It would be strange that the Japanese army did not react again. However, I still say the same thing, we have fewer troops, and it is not appropriate to take the initiative to attack the Japanese army, and we must force the Japanese army to attack our defense line! ”

"What if the Japanese army dies and does not move, or shrinks into a ball and holds on?" Zhang Wei asked.

"Then it's better to do it, pull the artillery regiment up, and bomb him, damn!" Wang Mo's eyes flashed, and then he ordered the herald, "Herald." Let the artillery regiment advance the artillery position another five miles! ”

This tactic of advancing step by step is not so much the conservative tactics of the entire Yimeng Autonomous Coalition Army, but rather a tactic dedicated to the advance of the artillery regiment.

In the case of an absolute disadvantage in troops, if he wants to defeat the Japanese army, Wang Mo must give full play to the firepower advantage of the Yimeng Autonomous Alliance Army! The air support of the Blue Eagle Flying Group is limited due to the problem of fuel, so the play of the artillery regiment is very important.

As long as the artillery regiment can advance within the effective range of the Japanese artillery bombardment, if the Japanese 18th Division shrinks into a group and holds firmly, it will be conducive to maximizing the power of the artillery regiment.

From this point of view, Wang Mo preferred to see Kamio Mitsutomi faint, and ordered the 18th Division of the Japanese Army to shrink into a group and hold on.

With the issuance of Wang Mo's order. The artillery regiment of the Yimeng Autonomous Coalition Army once again advanced five miles to the position of the 18th Division of the Japanese Army, and the rest of the divisions were also steadily advancing, continuing to oppress and coerce the Japanese army.

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The 18th Division of the Japanese Army, the temporary command of the front.

Maybe it's because of the lessons learned from the last Blue Eagle Flying Group air raid. This time, Masaki Terauchi set up his headquarters in a dense forest, and the planes in the sky could not detect it at all.

"Yaga! It's all a bunch of waste, a squadron ambushed a reconnaissance company of the Chinese people, and it was even defeated by the reconnaissance company of the Chinese people, how could the empire have a waste soldier like you! Masaki Terauchi scolded angrily, and kicked Jun Cao, who had survived the previous ambush battle, to the ground.

Kamio Mitsutomi comforted: "Your Excellency the General is angry. The reason for the frequent defeats in the battles that broke out between our front-line reconnaissance and alert troops and the Chinese army was not that these imperial warriors did not fight bravely, but that they suffered losses from a weapon that the Chinese called 'grenades'. ”

"Is this new weapon called 'grenade' really so powerful in China?" Terauchi asked, not seeming to believe that a new weapon could restrain the Imperial Japanese Army in this way.

"It's a small bomb that can be dropped by hand, and it's very lethal in close combat." Kamio Mitsutomi replied, "The most important thing is that the warriors of the empire have never come into contact with this new weapon, and in the case of a sudden encounter, it is inevitable to panic, and then the people of China seize the opportunity to storm it, which will lead to repeated defeats." ”

"In that case, then immediately inform all departments of the army, and let all Imperial soldiers be careful of this new weapon. As long as the Imperial soldiers were on guard, how could the Shina people be the opponents of our Imperial Japanese Army? "Terauchi Masayi is still very confident in the quality of his army's individual soldiers.

Kamio Mitsutomi nodded in agreement: "Your Excellency the general is right, whether it is the quality of individual soldiers or the strength of troops, the people of China are far inferior to our army. As long as we are cautious, the people of China will definitely not escape the end of the fiasco! ”

While the two were talking, a communications soldier walked in and reported loudly: "Report, the Horichi detachment has called, they have successfully landed in Anziwan and are rapidly marching towards Jiaoxian!" ”

Hearing this, Kamio Mitsutomi and Terauchi Masayi were suddenly overjoyed, and they all exclaimed excitedly: "Okay! That's great! (To be continued.) )