Chapter 24: Closing the Iron Wall (3)

Han Xing, Zhang Daqian, Chai Long, and Li Shanting hurriedly stood on a high place and looked westward, only to see the Kuomintang troops surrounded them in a yellow way, and they looked like two regiments, that is, about 2,000 people. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE怂 ļ½‰ļ½Žļ½†ļ½

Li Shanting scolded: "Qi Zixiu's troops have finally revealed their true colors, and they have blatantly joined forces with the Japanese to attack us. What a time for them to come! What is this called, this is called robbery while the fire is burning. ā€

Chai Long said: "Originally, we were at a disadvantage when we fought with the Japanese, but this time, it is even more dangerous!" We need to break through as soon as possible, and if they really surround Ranvo together, it will be even more difficult for us to break through. ā€

Han Xing said: "We can't delay any longer, while the enemy is not yet encircled, we must break through immediately, let's discuss, there is no hope in the east and west, should we break through to the north or to the south?" ā€

Zhang Daqian also said: "Yes, we have to break through immediately." In the direction of the breakthrough, if we go north, the area around Linqing is full of enemy-occupied areas, as well as Kuomintang areas, and we can't go. Only to the southwest, Guanxian area to break through, first, the Japanese army in Guanxian is relatively weak, and second, it is relatively close to our central base area. Do you have any comments? ā€

Chai Long and Li Shanting also said: "There is no opinion on breaking through to the south. "I agree."

Zhang Daqian immediately ordered: "Okay, let's start preparing now." After 10 minutes, the immediate action was carried out, with one company of tank vehicles in the vanguard, and another company covering in the rear. ā€

Chai Long and Li Shanting then nodded and said, "Okay! ā€

At this time, Han Xing spoke: "Slow down first. ā€

As soon as Han Xing mentioned his objections, Zhang Daqian glared at Han Xing in surprise, and even Chai Long and Li Shanting were a little dissatisfied, which means, this Liaotang detachment, is it Zhang Daqian who is in charge, or you Han Xing is in charge.

Han Xing said: "If we break through to the south, and the Japanese and Qi Zixiu chase our butts and beat us, what will we do? Besides, there are still tens of thousands of civilians and logistics agencies following us, and I am afraid that we will be beaten by the enemy. What I mean is to defeat the Japanese army in the east first, and then teach Qi Zixiu in the west a lesson, and then beat them to the south before breaking through to the south. Could you please consider my opinion? ā€

When Chai Long heard this, he felt that Han Xing's words seemed to have some truth, but he was a little skeptical about the ability of the Liaotang detachment. When Li Shanting heard this, he also felt that Han Xing's words were relatively safe, but what about the troops, with just this little bit of men, can they repel the Japanese and Qi Zixiu?

Zhang Daqian's words were even more direct: "We have five companies, at best there are only more than 500 people, and the Japanese now have 2 squadrons and more than 300 people, and Qi Zixiu has 2,000 people, don't we have the strength to fight back!" ā€

Han Xing said decisively: "If there are no these two tank companies, it will definitely not work." But now, with these 2 tank companies, the confidence is also strong, so let's fight a dozen? If you ask the enemy to chase after the ass and beat, it will be too passive. ā€

When Han Xing said this, Chai Long also felt confident and supported: "Give it a try, how do you know if it works if you don't try?" Especially tank battles, I haven't seen it yet. Li Shanting also said: "If you really break through from the south and let the enemy chase and fight, it is really uncomfortable, then first beat the Japanese and Qi Zixiu, and we can break through." ā€

Since the political commissar and chief of staff said so, Zhang Daqian was not easy to raise objections, but felt that Han Xing's tactics were a bit creative, so he had to support it: "Then let's try to fight a battle, if the Japanese can't defeat it, Qi Zixiu won't fight either, it will definitely not work." I look at this battle, let Han Xing command it! After all, I don't understand tank battles......"

Zhang Daqian is telling the truth, she doesn't even understand machinery, let alone tank tactics. Asking her to command tank battles is really a bit difficult for a strong man, and Zhang Daqian also retreated in the face of the difficulty and handed over this important burden to Han Xing.

Han Xing was domineering again at this time, decisively took over the burden, and said to everyone: "Okay, this battle is under my command, and after this battle, Comrade Zhang Daqian is still in charge of the troops." ā€

Ten minutes later, the first platoon of the First Tank Company was the first to move out from the east gate, and Li Dazhong led the first platoon, which shot at heavy machine guns and assault rifles in a "sudden ......" and "da-......" manner.

That is, Li Dazhong's chariot took the lead and rushed to the rear, with a tank car every 50 meters on the left and a tank car every 50 meters on the right. The five tanks in the first row pulled out of the distance of 200 meters. This is the tip of the wedge attack formation.

The second and third platoons were cross-sorted, and why they were cross-sorted, this was also a flexible use to prevent the enemy's infantry from getting into the center of our tank company. The first tank in the second row pulled a distance of 50 meters along the leftmost tank of the first row, and then every 50 meters there were tanks, forming a column. The third platoon followed the tanks on the far right of the first row, one tank every 50 meters backwards, and then formed a column.

In this way, the first row was formed as a horizontal formation, and the second and third rows were a square formation of columns, and the company commander Wu Xiaoming and a reserve chariot were in the center of this square formation, commanding the whole company. Of course, there were also some infantry of the whole company, also in this square formation, relying on tanks, attacking some scattered enemies.

Li Dazhong's top platoon suddenly rushed into the enemy's original attacking formation and slaughtered on a large scale.

The little devil was still organizing an attack on Lanvo just now, and suddenly encountered these earth tank monsters made of steel and wood. But soon, a large number of casualties were inflicted, and if the fight continued, it would definitely suffer a big loss, so the devil had to temporarily retreat.

The commander of this attack was the captain of the Japanese army in Liaocheng, Kogi Yokosansa, who mainly had Xiaodao squadron and another Japanese squadron under his command.

The strong Japanese troops were full of confidence and thought that it would not be a problem to capture this dilapidated earthen enclosure. In addition to the two integrated squadrons, they also brought a heavy machine-gun squadron and an artillery platoon of the brigade.

The machine gun squadron, with 174 people, mainly had 3 machine gun platoons, each platoon had 4 heavy machine guns, that is, the whole company had 12 three-year heavy machine guns.

They also had a 55-man gun platoon, and two 15-man gun squads were each armed with a 70mm Type 92 infantry gun.

Originally, during the attack on Ranvo, the artillery fired a few shots, and soon, the mortar shells in the village flew over, dumbing a Type 92 infantry gun. The mortars of the 8th Route were very cleverly hidden, and it was not known where these shells flew from.

The remaining infantry cannon fired a few more shots, and the mortar shells of the eighth road chased after them, and in order to protect the remaining precious infantry gun, Kogi Yokosan ordered this cannon not to fire shells for the time being.

In the process of covering the infantry attack, the machine gun squadron also exerted great power. But soon, the mortar shells of the Eighth Route were suppressed again. Mortars suppress heavy machine guns, that's really brine and tofu, one thing drops one thing. The three-year-old heavy machine guns were dumbed several times, so that the firepower of the heavy machine gun squadron was not very good.

Xiao Mu Hengsan was a little frustrated, and said to the captain of Xiao Dao's squadron: "Xiao Daojun, tell me, we have been fighting with the Eighth Road for several years, and the Eighth Road has thoroughly understood our tactics. Our firepower has been greatly limited......"

Squadron Leader Xiaodao said: "Yes, don't look at it as dirty roads, but they still learn quite quickly." Originally, our imperial army was a big advantage, but now it seems that the advantage is not obvious. ā€

The Japanese army took the squad as the basic formation and adopted a wave-like attack method, with each squad attacking one level after another. When it was close to fifty or sixty meters from Tuweizi, there was a sudden fire on the earthen fence, and machine guns, rifles, and grenades were all exerted together, and the Japanese troops fell down in pieces.

The few Japanese soldiers who finally rushed to Tuweizi, because Tuweizi was two meters high, it was not easy to climb, and it was not a long way to stay at the bottom without climbing, and they hesitated and were shot one by one by the bullets of the eight roads, and finally had no choice but to withdraw. In this way, the Japanese army had suffered fifty or sixty casualties.

Angry, Xiao Mu Hengsan shouted: "Tuweizi is hateful, Tuweizi is hateful, if there is no Tuweizi, if there is no Tuweizi, if you fight in the field, the Eighth Road will definitely not work!" ā€

Xiaodao also said: "Yes, Balu is counting on good terrain, condescending, and taking a lot of advantage. Oki Daisa, if it really doesn't work, are we attacking with poison? ā€

After thinking about it, Kogi Yokozo finally made up his mind: "Yo Xi, Yo Xi, if it really doesn't work, we will use poison attack and poison all these stubborn eight roads." ā€

Just when the Japanese army was about to organize the third attack and decided to open the way with poison gas bombs, before it began, the steel monster of the Eighth Route suddenly rushed out of the east gate, and immediately tore a hole in the Japanese troops at the front. Especially the heavy machine gun in the tank, it is really unstoppable, a big killer, as long as a bullet hits the body, there is basically no way to live.

There were also those crisp assault rifles, which rang out vigorously, firing bullets from all sides of each earthen tank, shooting at the Japanese troops near the tank. The nearby Japanese troops were also fighting back at them, but the bullets hit the wood, and they couldn't get into it at all, and they couldn't hurt the occupants of the car.

Seeing these extremely powerful earthen tanks, Xiao Mu Hengzo was stunned for a moment, and asked Xiao Dao: "What kind of monster is this, isn't it just some tractors for ploughing the land, why are some broken wood tied to it, it seems to have become a tank car!" Who came up with such a brilliant idea? ā€