Chapter 706: The Gadfly in the Fly (1)
In the last Battle of Changsha, the Japanese army was resisted by the national army, and finally attacked the suburbs of Changsha, and even crossed the Laodao River.
However, the goal was in front of him, but the Japanese army was consumed by each other, and when they arrived at the place, they also became the end of the crossbow.
At that time, the supreme commander of the Japanese army was Okamura Ninji, who claimed to be a Chinese expert, and he had no choice but to order the withdrawal of his troops when he saw that the Chinese army was about to encircle and annihilate him.
Therefore, this time, the supreme commander of the Japanese army, Anami, who was responsible for attacking Changsha again, naturally learned the lesson of Okamura Ninji, and he gathered the strength of four divisions and four brigades and regiments to directly break through the defense line with heavy troops.
However, General Laohuzai, the commander of China's Ninth Theater of Operations, did not expect the Japanese army to use this method of play, but put his troops in three defensive directions, and undoubtedly became passive under the Japanese army's stone mill offensive.
Although after determining the real direction of the Japanese army's main attack, he urgently ordered all units in the Ninth Theater to move closer to the central line, but he was already in a hurry by the Japanese army.
It's just that everything has advantages and disadvantages, and the Japanese army, like a stone mill, has really run over the Xinqiang River and is already attacking the defense line of the Miluo River.
However, the main force of the Japanese army had already moved south, but it left a supply line of nearly 200 kilometers, and the Japanese army did not capture the Dayunshan base area of the 20th Army of the Sichuan Army, leaving a hidden danger for itself.
The commander of the Sichuan army divided a large part of his troops into companies, battalions, and regiments to sabotage the Japanese supply lines: destroying roads, attacking convoys, attacking small groups of Japanese troops, attacking Japanese material cantonments, and rescuing captured Chinese civilians.
This method of warfare certainly did not destroy as many Japanese troops on the main battlefield, but it made the Japanese army very awkward and annoyed the Japanese army.
Imagine, the Japanese superior gave an order to the subordinates, but after waiting for half a year, the lower troops did not respond, and after an investigation, the signal soldiers sent were killed by the Sichuan army.
Imagine, a car water tank ran out of water, and the car soldiers went to the river to carry water for half a day and did not come back, and there was a car blocking behind, and then someone was sent to find it, and the person who fetched water was pushed into the river by the Sichuan army and drowned.
Imagine, the horse-drawn cart in front is running well, and the one behind is punctured by the triangular nails buried in the road as soon as the rubber wheel is turned!
Do you say this style of play is annoying? Awkward or not?
The Japanese army hated the Sichuan army's fighting style so much but was helpless, so the Japanese army called the Sichuan army those nasty cowflies.
For the cowfly, the old cow shook its tail and whipped it, and the cowfly flew away, and when the tail did not shake, the cowfly flew back, although it was annoying, but it didn't hurt much.
However, the problem is that there are gadflies in this cowfly, the kind of gadfly that does not spill when it bites without seeing blood, and it really hurts when it bites!
And Huo Xiaoshan's direct battalion is such a "gadfly" who will never spill his mouth without biting blood!
This attack on the temporary cantonment of Japanese supplies is a case in point.
If the Sichuan army wants to attack this cantonment point, it will mobilize a large force and adopt the method of strong attack.
The main force of the Japanese army has already crossed the river and moved south, and there are more Japanese troops left to protect the lines of communication.
There were only more than 200 people in a squadron at that cantonment point, but this time Huo Xiaoshan was going to blow it up and refused to let the Chinese soldiers take risks, so he adopted the method of outwitting.
The continuous harassment at night caused the Japanese army to be nervous at night and relaxed during the day.
Finally, they were pulled by two wagons, posing as Japanese soldiers, to the supply depot.
deliberately frightened the war horse and turned to rush to the guard position on the west side of the Japanese army, and used the cover of trees to directly destroy the Japanese guard team in hand-to-hand combat.
And under the tarpaulin of the carriage were nearly 20 grenadier canisters except for camouflage ammunition, which was convenient for ranging during the day, and there was no need for test firing, and it was directly covered by artillery fire.
The advantage was that there were zero casualties, and the Japanese army had already been killed by the explosion of munitions.
Deng Wenxian, the commander of the Sichuan Army, really admired Huo Xiaoshan's series of calculations, but he couldn't understand why the horse could listen to Huo Xiaoshan, who was pretending to be the car boss, so much.
When he asked about the mystery, the personnel of the battalion directly under him all laughed, and only said who our leader was, but no one explained the specific reason, and Deng Wenxian had no choice but to give up.
Moreover, Deng Wenxian found that Huo Xiaoshan, the battalion commander, had a characteristic, that is, he took the lead in the battle.
Although he, the commander of the Sichuan Army, also led the soldiers to fight guerrillas, he did not participate in some battles, and generally commanded from behind.
But Huo Xiaoshan was not like this, Huo Xiaoshan split his direct battalion into three companies and cooperated with his own three battalions, and Huo Xiaoshan himself led one of them.
Huo Xiaoshan must go there in person to kill the enemy, and the company commander of the Sichuan Army who followed Huo Xiaoshan will naturally report to him when he comes back to see how the battalion commander Huo is killing the enemy.
This immediately aroused Deng Wenxian's curiosity, and he decided to see Huo Xiaoshan's ability in person, although he did not approve of Huo Xiaoshan's personal propensity as an officer.
When he found the mixed company of his Sichuan army and directly subordinate battalion commanded by Huo Xiaoshan, he saw that the soldiers were resting in a mountain col, and when he asked Huo Xiaoshan what was the matter, the Sichuan soldiers told him that Commander Huo and his subordinate Li Company Commander took a few people to observe the terrain on the mountain in front.
So Deng Wenxian took his guards to climb the low hill in front of him.
But he watched Huo Xiaoshan and his subordinate Company Commander Li and a few soldiers lying under the tree and looking at the road below.
Huo Xiaoshan heard movement behind him, and when he turned around, he saw that it was Deng Wenxian coming up, first he just nodded his head, and the company commander under Deng Wenxian naturally saw it, but he only called out to the regiment commander and did not get up.
The battlefield is the battlefield, and on the battlefield where there is a possibility of being exposed to the enemy's sight, there are no soldiers or junior officers to salute the superior officers, and this is already a clear rule established by all units.
At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, some recruits saw the commander's habitual salute, and then the commander was shot and killed by the Japanese gunmen hiding in the shadows opposite.
In the same way, all officers will hang their binoculars on their chests or hold them themselves unless they observe the enemy's situation, and the rest are kept in the hands of guards or signal soldiers, which is naturally also for fear of revealing the commander's goal.
"Why is Head Deng so idle to come to the front line today?" Huo Xiaoshan joked, the two of them are now very familiar.
"Not here for you?" Deng Wenxian laughed and fell behind Huo Xiaoshan.
"Coming for me?" Huo Xiaoshan was puzzled and turned around and asked.
"My subordinates all say that Camp Commander Huo is very good at fighting devils, but more than one or two have said so, so I want to come and see it. How about it, Battalion Commander Huo give it a chance! Deng Wenxian said with a smile.
Huo Xiaoshan was about to be modest, he didn't think that a regiment commander had nothing to do and ran to the front line just to see what his amazing ability was, but the Li company commander of the Sichuan army spoke before him: "Yes, Battalion Commander Huo, our regiment commander is telling the truth, and we people have gone back to praise your good ability to fight devils." ”
Huo Xiaoshan looked at Company Commander Li and then at Deng Wenxian, seeing that the expressions of the two of them were sincere, they were definitely not fake, but they smiled.
Then he said to Company Commander Li like he looked at him: "The Japanese army here has frequent transportation, and it is obviously the main road for the Japanese army's logistics supply, but the terrain for ambushes here is not ideal." ”
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