In the quiet of the night, the marching contingent of the Japanese army, which was independently mixed into the Fourth Brigade, marched swaggeringly under the noses of the soldiers of the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army. Vertices M. updates the fastest

Infantry, artillery, engineers, and heavy soldiers driving rubber trucks could not see the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles.

Before the soul crossing, Xiao Siming rummaged through the information of the Japanese army, but he could not find the information that the independent mixed brigades and regiments formed by the Japanese army in February 1938 were equipped with armored troops, and it was difficult to see the records of fighting with the tanks and armored vehicles of the independent mixed brigades of the Japanese army in the combat data of the various units of the Eighth Route Army. But in actual combat, Xiao Siming found that it was not like that, even the Japanese army's railway independent brigade still carried light tanks and cars when fighting, how could the independent mixed brigade not be equipped with tanks and armored vehicles?

The automobile squadron of the independent mixed fourth brigade is the automobile squadron of the Japanese transport team that Xiao Siming defeated when he attacked and occupied Chenqiao, and it should be that when the independent mixed fourth brigade was stationed in northern Henan, the automobile squadron was transferred to Xinxiang to undertake the task of transferring materials from Xinxiang Railway Station to Chenqiao.

The car corps does not exist anymore, but the 4th brigade of the independent mixed brigade definitely has tanks and armored vehicles!

Strangely, why were tanks and armored vehicles not found in the ranks of the Japanese army?

Just when Xiao Siming looked puzzled, the three regiments in charge of the truncation task reported that the Japanese marching team had all entered the ambush circle.

It was at this time that Wang Quanyou sent a telegram reporting that a Japanese brigade and armored squadron had stopped advancing in the area of Majiaqiao at the junction of Qingfeng County and Puyang County.

Xiao Siming immediately understood that the Japanese troops who entered the ambush circle were only two infantry brigades and an artillery team, an engineer team, and a baggage team that were independently mixed into the fourth brigade!

Seeing that the Japanese advance guard squadron was about to arrive at the position of the guard battalion in Hucun, Xiao Siming did not hesitate any longer, and immediately ordered to fire signal flares and open fire on all fronts!

Three flares take to the skies!

In an instant, all the camouflage on the ambush position of the Eighth Route Army was lifted, and a long set of tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles ignited instantly, and the bright lights illuminated the long road.

The Type 92 heavy machine gun, the Type 96 light machine gun, and the rifle all opened fire, and the guns rang out like a wind, and the bullets drifted towards the Japanese marching ranks.

The first to be crippled was the Japanese avant-garde squadron.

Because the search vanguard composed of three motorcycles of the Japanese army had already passed Hucun early, and because there were five of their own vanguard soldiers walking 300 meters in front, and seeing the five vanguard soldiers enter Hucun under the moonlight, the Japanese avant-garde squadron did not have the slightest defense, lined up in a three-way column, and walked towards the entrance of Hucun Village.

When the signal flare rose into the sky, some of the devil soldiers of the Japanese avant-garde squadron raised their heads and looked up at the sky, and they didn't seem to react.

The squadron leader and squad leader of the avant-garde squadron are different, they are all absolute lieutenants and do not lack military knowledge. As soon as the signal flares were announced, the squadron leader and squad leader of the Japanese army reacted, and immediately shouted and ordered the troops to disperse, lie down, and counterattack!

It's a pity that no matter how fast the verbal command is, it can't be faster than a bullet!

The guard battalion was originally a guard company, and later Xiao Siming incorporated all the 200 Ningjin children brought by Zhang Ceping from the second team into the guard company, and upgraded the guard company to a guard battalion.

This was the first time that the guard battalion had participated in the battle since it was formed. After the battalion commander Chen Desheng arrived at Hucun, he quickly set up a position, placing the first company and the rapid-fire artillery company reinforced to them at the entrance of the village, and the second and third companies on the west side of the road at the head of the village, with crossfire to ensure that the vanguard of the Japanese army was disabled at the first time.

Before the full-scale start, the guard battalion had already fought two small battles, that is, the annihilation of the search spearhead composed of three motorcycles of the Japanese army and the vanguard squadron composed of five devil infantry. The former was solved with bullets, and the latter was stabbed with bayonets while the enemy did not have a spare!

As soon as the signal flares were announced, Chen Desheng roared, and the shell gun in his hand swept out with a shuttle.

The soldiers of the guard battalion couldn't help it for a long time, and together with the signal flares, the battalion commander's "type" word exited, and the guns in his hands opened fire, and the machine guns and rifles of the first company flew towards the front of the devil avant-garde squadron, and the second and third companies fired towards the flank of the Japanese avant-garde squadron.

To the surprise of the soldiers of the Japanese avant-garde squadron, they died and had to taste the taste of armor-piercing shells!

The rapid-fire artillery battery of the artillery regiment, which was reinforced to the guard battalion, was originally used to deal with tanks and armored vehicles of the Japanese vanguard. Unexpectedly, the Japanese armored squadron and an infantry brigade stopped at Majiaqiao, and the rapid-fire artillery company suddenly had no target to attack. As a result, the company commander gave an order, and all four rapid-fire guns were fired, and the shells dragged their bare wings and pounced on the Japanese avant-garde squadron, and exploded in the middle of the devil's avant-garde squadron, "boom", "boom", "boom", "boom" four times in a row, and suddenly it was flesh and blood!

After the barge gun in Chen Desheng's hand finished firing a shuttle, he was just about to change the magazine, when he saw four shells from the rapid-fire artillery company explode in the devil's queue, and he couldn't help but applaud: "It's enjoyable, it's really his grandmother's enjoyment!" Or the cannonballs are powerful! ”

As soon as he finished admiring, Chen Desheng sounded that this is an armor-piercing shell specially designed to deal with the little devil tank, which is extremely precious, and it can't be ruined like this, so he can't care about covering his body, so he stood up at once and shouted in the direction of the position of the rapid-fire artillery company: "Stop!" Stop for Lao Tzu! Don't you know it's an armor-piercing bullet? Loser! A bunch of losers! ”

There is no need for Chen Desheng to shout, after the rapid-fire artillery company fired a salvo, the company commander had already given the order to stop the shelling, not because he was distressed by the shells, but because the Japanese avant-garde squadron on the highway had been beaten down!

The guard battalion, reconnaissance battalion, engineer battalion, baggage battalion, and communications battalion did not have a machine gun company, because their tasks were different from those of the combat battalion of the main regiment and there was no need to set up a machine gun company.

However, the equipment of the guard battalion was absolutely first-class, and each infantry squad had one Type 96 light machine gun and one grenadier canister, and the whole battalion had a total of 27 Type 96 light machine guns and 27 grenadiers. Moreover, considering the difficulty in supplying the Jin-made submachine guns originally equipped by the troops, Xiao Siming took back all the Jin-made submachine guns that were allocated to the squad and platoon commanders of each unit and handed them over to the guard battalion. In addition, the guard battalion often performs the task of escorting the chief, and each company has a platoon with two weapons, a 38 big cover or a Jin-made rifle, and a barge gun or Wang Ba box. As a result, the automatic fire of the guard battalion was significantly strengthened!

At this start, the guard battalion, which originally only had light weapons, had a dense and long firepower, beyond imagination, and the machine guns, Jinzao rifles, and shell guns were all fired continuously, and the bullets were sprayed at the little devils as if they didn't need money.

This was a large march of the Japanese army, and although it was night, when the ambush positions were originally set up, they were relatively far away from the road, and the nearest one had to be 200 meters away. If you get too close, if Japanese tanks, armored vehicles, and cars come up, the lights will be shaky and easy to be exposed.

No matter how well the concealment and camouflage are, there are flaws. Especially at night, when everything is silent, a fart is much louder than during the day. What's more, the eastward advance detachment did not have time to build strong fortifications, nor did it plan to build strong and concealed fortifications, no matter how well it was camouflaged, it could only be a simple camouflage, and it was easy to be discovered.

If it is an ambush in the Taihang Mountains, it is different, the troops can use the cover of the mountains to hide within 30 meters of the side of the road, in addition to shooting, they can also use grenades to kill and injure a large number of Japanese troops. On the Great Plains, without ditches, it would be impossible to set up ambush positions so close.

The infantry is 200 meters away from the road, tanks, armored vehicles, and cars are 500 meters away from the road, and the artillery regiment's field and mountain artillery positions are still behind the tanks, armored vehicles, and automobile positions.

This ambush position with firepower is more conducive to the development of firepower!

With just one round of firepower, the Japanese avant-garde squadron was knocked down.

The little devils are really tenacious, the blow came so suddenly, the firepower of the Eighth Route Army was so fierce, and there were some little devils who reacted quickly, after the signal flicked, the squadron leader, the squad leader, and the detachment leader shouted the password to disperse, lie down, and counterattack, they quickly pounced, and then began to shoot, pull the bolt, push the bullet to load, and began to return fire after a while.

With such fierce firepower, there was even a little devil to fight back, and the marksmanship was so good, the soldier only raised his head a little taller, or raised his head excitedly, and the bullets of the little devil flew over, either dead or wounded, no luck!

The machine gun of the Eighth Route Army, which quickly changed its magazine, shouted even more happily, opened fire fiercely, and swept wildly at the little devils who dared to shoot back.

The grenadier group of the guard battalion came into play at this time!

The little devils on the front and sides of the devil's avant-garde squadron, needless to say, are dead to death. Those who were lucky enough to survive were basically the little devils of the left marching column in the middle and tail of the team, that is, the little devils on the east side of the highway near the direction of the Maji River.

The Japanese army marched in a three-way column, and the Japanese army on the left side was lucky not to die, and after lying down, they could have rolled for a while, and then fled in the direction of the Maji River under the cover of night. But the soldiers of the independent mixed brigade are not the old devils of the special divisions and regiments that call up the reserves, but the young soldiers of the same color, who are very fanatical, not only do not run away, but also shoot back, as if they do not know how to write the word "death"!

The guard battalion has a grenadier in each squad, and it is not used at this time, and when?

The grenadier group was powerful, and after the gunners stretched out their thumbs to take a rough aim, they opened fire, and a grenade shot into the air, hitting the stubborn little devil on the east side of the road, and with a boom, it was a cloud of smoke, and the stump of the little devil was thrown high!

It is impossible for the grenadier to hit so accurately, you have to adjust the angle after the first test shot, and when the second or third shot is fired, it will be accurate!

The stubborn little devils of the devil's avant-garde squadron, under such fierce fire from machine guns, rifles and grenadiers, where can there be anyone alive! (To be continued.) )