Chapter 144: Hurry up and catch up
Wu Liangxing wanted to use white-knuckle combat to deal with the soldiers in the first and second platoons, but he didn't know that Chen Yang, who was born in the Whampoa Military Academy, had already anticipated this and made a countermeasure.
The soldiers of the two infantry platoons were getting closer and closer to the puppet army's position, and at this time, the commander of the first company who led the charge found that the soldiers of the second company covering on his left and right were obviously reduced a lot, but he didn't think much about it, but continued to lead the charge.
"It's less than a hundred meters, brothers, get ready for me, and rush out with me in a while."
Wu Liangxing held a light machine gun, he shouted loudly, and the puppet soldiers installed bayonets on the rifles.
They were ready to charge, and the puppet army regained some morale thanks to money.
At the same time, the four devil soldiers who returned to the town were never able to get through the phone, so they gave up the phone and ran quickly in the direction of the county seat.
But not long after they left Chengguan Town, they were slaughtered by the cavalry battalion, and the heads of four devil soldiers were cut off.
No one knows about the battle here in Chengguan Town for the time being, but the fierce gunfire has already sounded, and Takano Shuichi in the county town knows that the fierce battle here is a matter of time or time.
The first and second platoons were less than seventy meters away from the position, and this distance was enough to throw grenades.
The fighters of both platoons threw grenades and continued to charge forward.
The puppet army troops hid in the trenches, and when the grenade exploded, Wu Liangxing shouted loudly: "Brothers, rush with me." ”
As Wu Liangxing's roar sounded, the puppet soldiers quickly jumped out of the trenches, and they began to charge towards the soldiers of the independent regiment with rifles in hand.
More than 300 puppet soldiers all rushed out of the trenches, and they quickly ran towards the soldiers.
Although Wu Liangxing was holding a light machine gun, he was hiding behind, but he was moving towards the front.
Because he still has devil soldiers behind him, the Japanese army has set up light machine guns, and once the puppet army retreats, they will shoot mercilessly.
The commander of the first company saw that the puppet army was charging, and he held the big knife in his right hand and quickly rushed forward.
But at this time, the sound of military trumpets sounded behind them.
The loud military horn was deafening, and the sound of the military horn represented the commander's order.
Officers above the platoon level of the independent regiment were trained to distinguish the orders represented by the sound of the military horn.
Hearing that it was a retreating military trumpet, the company commander glanced at the puppet army with an unwilling face, but he still carried out the order.
The two infantry platoons quickly alternated cover and retreated, and the soldiers were reluctant on their faces, but they wanted to compete with the puppet army.
"Brothers, the Eighth Route Army has been defeated by us, don't let them run, hurry up and catch up with me."
Seeing that the Eighth Route Army actually took the initiative to retreat, Wu Liangxing got carried away, and he shouted loudly while speeding up his pace.
The puppet army quickly ran forward, their faces excited on their faces.
At this time, in their eyes, the soldiers of the independent regiment seemed to be the ocean, and they couldn't wait to hold the ocean in their hands immediately.
"Rush, kill an Eighth Route Army with ten pieces of ocean, all of them will rush up for me."
"The Eighth Route Army has been defeated, we will catch up with them and annihilate them, and we will return to the town in a while to enjoy it."
"Hurry up, don't let them run, hurry up and catch up."
The puppet army officers urged, and their faces showed excitement, as if they had already achieved victory.
"Shoot!" Sun Weiguo, who was in the machine-gun position, put down the binoculars, and he quickly gave the order.
The bannermen quickly began to convey Sun Weiguo's orders, and the twenty-two guns of the artillery battalion began firing again.
At the same time, the eight heavy machine guns on the machine gun position began to fire accurately, and one bullet after another quickly fired towards the puppet position.
In addition to the artillery battalion and the machine-gun positions that began to fire, the first platoon of the machine gun company in front, the artillery squad, and the grenadier canisters and light machine guns of the first and second platoons fired at the same time.
Mountain artillery, mortars, infantry guns, grenadiers, heavy machine guns, light machine guns, rifles were fired at the same time, shells and bullets were fired at the puppet army.
There were no dead ends in this shooting, and one shell after another began to explode, and shrapnel flew everywhere.
One bullet after another was accurately fired into the body of the puppet army, and after a short first round of blows, more than 300 puppet soldiers fell and more than 200 people fell.
The remaining dozens of people turned pale, and they were so frightened that they lay on the ground, crying for help from their fathers and mothers.
But now there was no one to help them, and the puppet army began to retreat into the trenches.
As for the light machine guns of the Japanese army, which supervised the battle, they had already been destroyed by the infantry artillery, and seven of the nine devil soldiers had now been killed, including the Japanese squad leader.
When the two devil soldiers saw that the situation was not good, they quickly evacuated towards the town, but as soon as they retreated, gunshots rang out behind them.
The fourth and fifth platoons of the second company had already made a detour to the rear, and they had already set up light machine guns and grenadiers.
As soon as the two devil soldiers withdrew, they were easily shot and killed by the soldiers of the second company, which was Liu Xi's plan.
The soldiers of the second company began to shoot at the puppet army, and the puppet army who wanted to retreat realized that they were completely surrounded.
A small number of puppet troops began to raise their hands, while the rest of the puppet army units tried to find a way to get out of here.
After a round of firepower, Sun Weiguo gave the order to charge.
All the infantry of the first and second companies of the infantry battalion rushed forward, and even Sun Weiguo, who couldn't stay idle, rushed over with a rifle.
The remaining puppet army, which had only a few dozen people, faced the attack of hundreds of fighters, and they completely gave up resistance and obediently raised their hands.
Originally, Sun Weiguo expected the battle to take three or four hours, but now the battle has been resolved in less than two hours.
The order was to guard the puppet army, and Sun Weiguo led the troops into Chengguan Town.
In the Japanese garrison headquarters in Pingding County, Takano Shuichi had already received information about the attack on Chengguan Town.
Knowing the news, Takano Shuichi immediately began to assemble his troops, and he couldn't help but have an excited expression on his face.
The artillery brigade, infantry brigade, tank unit, armored vehicle unit, and cavalry unit were quickly assembled, and nearly 2,000 Japanese troops were ready to go, and Takano Shuichi sent a telegram to the headquarters of the 79th Wing, and he reported the attack on Chengguan Town.
After sending the telegram, Shuichi Takano did not wait for the wing headquarters to call back, and he set off with the Japanese troops.
He didn't leave any Japanese troops in the county, he knew that Sun Weiguo was a difficult opponent, so he had to gather all the troops to fight Sun Weiguo, and at the same time he asked Zhu Shiqiang, the commander of the puppet army, to send a thousand puppet troops to fight with him.