This ambush battle is really as Xiao Siming concluded, 5 minutes to solve the battle!

The little devil came with an infantry squadron plus two squads of a machine gun squadron and an infantry artillery squadron, reinforced with two additional armored vehicles.

If the independent battalion did not have the 37mm rapid-fire guns captured from the Taiyuan airfield, the two armored vehicles alone would not be easy to deal with, and they would have to be blown up with explosive packs or cluster grenades, or with ******, so that the fighters would be exposed to the armored vehicles' on-board machine guns, and casualties would be inevitable.

Well, now, because there are rapid-fire guns and high-level dual-purpose guns, if you ambush at close range, one hit is accurate, and with just a few clangs, the armored vehicles that the Japanese army relies on will instantly become a fireball.

In front of Gaoping dual-purpose guns and rapid-fire guns, the Japanese army's light tanks, medium tanks, and armored vehicles were all targets!

Those devil infantry sitting in cars, rubber-tyred carts, and devil artillery on artillery trucks are no better, under such fierce firepower, no one can escape, and no one can get lucky with only one bullet and die, basically all of them are beaten into a hornet's nest!

The independent battalion is different from other Eighth Route Army units, basically it has never blown the trumpet, all of them talk to the little devils with a dense rain of bullets, a bit like a cobra in the jungle, every attack comes so suddenly, and it is a one-hit kill!

This kind of fighting method that relies on the consumption of bullets, in the eyes of the leaders of other units who were born in the old Red Army, must be to scold Xiao Siming for being a loser, don't bullets cost money?

There is no way, there are many recruits in the independent battalion, although they have completed the whole training in Yuxian, but compared with the little devils, the training level is far worse, and the combat quality of individual soldiers is definitely far worse. If you charge after three bullets, you will send the troops to the guns of the Japanese army, and the losses will be too big to say. Therefore, the battle designed by Xiao Siming at this stage must be a battle based on surprise attacks and ambushes, and it must also be able to fully develop the firepower and bury the devil with a rain of bullets!

The cadres and soldiers of the independent battalion who were influenced by Xiao Siming all recognized this style of play. There is no other reason: small casualties!

It wasn't until there was not a single living devil on the road that the Eighth Route Army stopped shooting. The soldiers rushed down the hillside and onto the highway in a tidal wave, and then they were afraid that the little devil would not die thoroughly, so they mended the guns and knives for the corpse of the little devil, and finally cleaned up the battlefield!

The ambush point is too close to the county seat, and the sound of gunfire has already vaguely reached the county seat, and it is useless to take any camouflage and deception measures at this time, and the little devil will not be fooled again.

After hurriedly cleaning up the battlefield, Xiao Siming did not delay at all, and led the main force of the battalion to rush directly to the county seat.

The little devil's armored car was wrecked by rapid-fire guns, and three three-wheeled motorcycles, four cars, and more than 20 rubber-tyred carts were also smashed by the dense rain of bullets, and they could not be used at all. The troops could only advance on foot and on foot.

Fortunately, the pack horses were not killed, and 36 were captured, which could tow two Type 92 infantry guns, carry the captured guns and ammunition, and lighten the burden of the soldiers.

During the rapid march of the troops, Xiao Siming adjusted the deployment and ordered the reconnaissance platoon and the guard platoon to insert the north and south sides of Shouyang City, and counterattack and suppress the Japanese puppet army and traitors who escaped from the county town with the squad as a unit; Ordered the second company with three heavy machine guns of the heavy machine gun team, with the help of night cover, to go around to the Binyang Gate at the east gate of Shouyang City, and set up an ambush position outside the Binyang Gate to ambush the Japanese puppet army who escaped from Shouyang City.

Xiao Siming judged that once Shouyang City was attacked, the Japanese puppet army and traitors would definitely escape through the Binyang Gate, the east gate leading to Pingding and Yangquan!

Xiao Siming himself, led the first company, the third company, the artillery team, and most of the heavy machine gun team, directly knocked on the west pass of Shouyang County, and attacked Shouyang!

Shouyang is the fiefdom of the Qi family in the Spring and Autumn Period, and the county was placed in the Taikang period of the Western Jin Dynasty, and it was named because the county seat was located in the Yang of Shoushui. The current county seat was rebuilt on the ruins of the old county seat in the Yuan Dynasty, and is located in the southwest corner of the old county seat, in the center of the county.

The ancient city of Shouyang, Thursday, one zhang nine feet high, one zhang and one foot deep, the east gate is called Binyang Gate, the south gate is called Hengyang Gate, and the west gate is called Huiyang Gate.

The circumference of the county seat is four miles, which exceeds the ancient regulation of "nine miles in the capital, seven miles in the princes' city, and three miles in the county seat", which shows that Shouyang was a big county at that time!

The reason why the three city gates have the character "Yang" is because the original meaning of the word "Yang" is "sunrise, brightness", which symbolizes the sun.

Because Shouyang is located at the western foot of Taihang Mountain, the mountains and rivers in the territory are vertical and horizontal, the mountains are stacked, the hills are undulating, the average altitude is more than 1200 meters, compared with the surrounding areas, the terrain is high, the temperature is low, known as "cold Shouyang", called "the spring evening without flowers and early frost in autumn". In ancient times, Shouyang people were eager to bask in the warm sunshine, so they called the east gate facing the sunrise in the east Binyang Gate, which means to welcome the sunrise; The south gate is called Hengyang Gate, which is to look forward to bathing in the warm sunshine all the time; Calling the west gate facing the sunset direction back to Yangmen is to look back at the sunset with nostalgic eyes, hoping that the sun will come out early!

Since the rise of Jin merchants in the late Ming and early Qing dynasties, Shouyang, like Pingyao, Qixian and Taigu, has become the base for countless Jin merchants to go south and north, and connect the three rivers, and it was prosperous for a while. During the period of the Republic of China, the Jin merchant ticket number gradually declined, but because Shouyang has coal and railways, Shanxi's largest Baojin company has a Baojin company Shouyang Coal Mine Branch here, and the economy here is still good.

At this time, Shouyang became the rear and hinterland of the Japanese army in Shanxi, and the Japanese army set up a gendarmerie and guidance class in Shouyang, and supported the traitors to establish the Shouyang puppet regime and puppet garrison.

In the minds of the Japanese generals, I am afraid that they never thought that the Eighth Route Army would dare to dig out their hearts and seize Shouyang County!

Not only the Japanese army, but also the Central Army, the Jin Sui Army, including the Eighth Route Army, I am afraid that no one thought of seizing Shouyang County at this time!

During the Battle of the Hundred Regiments in history, our army once stormed Shouyang and did not conquer it! It was not until Japan surrendered that Yan Xishan sent people to accept the Shouyang puppet regime.

The waning moon is faint and starry. Under the cover of night, the main force of the independent battalion of the Eighth Route Army was rushing towards Shouyang City, and the low command of "keep up, keep up" came from time to time in the ranks!

The four-kilometer journey took about 40 minutes to arrive.

Shouyang City is an earthen city built of rammed earth, after the vicissitudes of time, there are gaps everywhere in the city wall.

At this time, the devil was in a period of strategic offensive, and he was not too concerned about the defense of the rear. In the heart of an occupied area like Shouyang, the Japanese army has not yet taken care of building strong fortifications, and only in key areas bordering the base areas of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army will vigorously build fortifications. Including the Zhengtai Railway, the Japanese army at this time did not have time to engage in those blockade ditches and strongholds that only came later. There is no way, besides, the 109th Division of the Japanese Army has not stopped since it entered Shanxi, and they have no time or energy to strengthen the strong fortification of the rear hinterland like Shouyang.

When he was two miles away from the west gate of Shouyang City, Xiao Siming ordered the troops to stop advancing, and he took the cadres out to observe closely.

It should have heard the sound of gunfire, and the Japanese puppet army in Shouyang City had already taken action at this time, and the figure of the Japanese puppet army guarding the city had already appeared on the city wall of the West Gate. The searchlights were also turned on, and everywhere the snow lights went, the land was snow-white and unobstructed.

After the observation, Xiao Siming immediately deployed: the artillery team concentrated Gaoping dual-purpose artillery to bombard the city gate and city wall to open the gap; Concentrate all grenadiers, light and heavy machine guns, and cover the walls with fire. A company in front, with infantry squad hovering offensive tactics, deployed 400 meters away from the city gate, quickly and accurately cleared the enemy in front of it, and then quickly attacked the city. The 3rd Company then followed up, wedged into the breach in a triangular formation, and then marched forward with a rapid attack like an awl, until it captured the East Gate and joined the 2nd Company, which had set up an ambush outside the East Gate.

After the deployment, Xiao Siming said to the artillery captain Zhao Xiuchuan and instructor Li Hubao: "Set up all eight Gaoping dual-purpose guns, four rapid-fire guns, and two infantry guns, and use the grenadiers of each company in a centralized manner with the same command, and mobilize all the personnel of the artillery team to ensure that all the artillery can participate in the battle!" To form a kind of majestic force of thousands of troops attacking Shouyang, a salvo blows down the city gate and city wall, and the Japanese puppet army guarding the city is scared to pee their pants, forcing them to immediately abandon the city and flee, so that we can annihilate them in the field! ”

Zhao Xiuchuan and Li Hubao both roared: "Guarantee to complete the task!" ”

Then, Xiao Siming turned to Mu Guangyao, the captain of the heavy machine gun, and ordered: "Use the light and heavy machine guns of the Japanese army that have just been captured, and all the light and heavy machine guns in the whole battalion are aimed at the Japanese puppet army on the city wall and fire, and the bullets must fly against the guns of the city wall, so that the Japanese puppet army will not dare to show their heads at all!" ”

Mu Guangyao saluted with a "snap": "Guarantee to complete the task!" ”

Xiao Siming waved his hand: "Prepare separately, and attack in ten minutes!" ”

The Japanese puppet army in Shouyang City was indeed alarmed.

The sound of gunfire just now was too dense, and it was so close to the county seat, the little devils who stayed behind could think of it when they touched their toes that His Excellency the Captain had been ambushed by the Eighth Route Army. It's just that the little devils are very superstitious about their own combat effectiveness, and they are still looking forward to His Excellency the Captain being able to command the troops to repel the ambush of the Eighth Route Army!

This situation was very common for the Japanese army, and it was normal for the Japanese army to fight back on the spot and repel the ambush troops after being ambushed!

The combat effectiveness of the Japanese army is very strong, very strong, very strong. The problem is that the Eighth Route Army didn't give them a chance to shoot, no matter how strong their combat effectiveness is, it's useless, and they don't have time to play!

One of the great things about the Japanese army is that when the commander died in battle, the soldiers still fought to the death and held their positions. The armies of the United States, Britain, Germany, France, and the Soviet Union could not do this!

In the anxious expectation of the puppet army defending the city, the Gaoping dual-purpose guns, rapid-fire guns, and 92-type infantry guns of the artillery team of the Eighth Route Army pushed up, and the muzzles of the guns pointed to the west gate of the ancient city of Shouyang! (To be continued.) )