Chapter 248: Recovering Pingyuan Town (3)
"Eight grids, how did you get in?" The Japanese squad leader saw a puppet platoon commander running in and was furious. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
"Report Taijun, it's not good, the firepower of the Eighth Road is too fierce, my brothers and I can't stand it, let's retreat quickly." Platoon Commander Zhang shouted in panic.
Hearing this, the Japanese squad leader was angry, pulled out half of the command knife in an uproar, and shouted at Platoon Commander Zhang: "Coward, coward, go, resist me, go quickly, otherwise, yours will die and pull to death." ”
Platoon Commander Zhang saw the fierce light in the eyes of the Japanese squad leader, and immediately shrank his head and retreated in a panic.
When he got outside, he whispered to his brothers who were guarding the night: "Brothers, I can see clearly, there are only the captain of the pig-headed squad and three communication soldiers inside, let's go in and kill them." ”
Subsequently, he asked the brothers of the two squads to stay outside, controlled the passage from the command post where the Japanese squad leader was to the other two fortifications, and he himself took the brothers of one squad and quickly rushed into the command post of the Japanese squad leader.
The Japanese squad leader, who was holding the phone to ask the squadron leader for help, heard a voice at the door, turned his head, and saw that the puppet platoon commander had come in again, and he was immediately furious.
"Why did yours come back again, go back quickly." As he spoke, the Japanese squad leader stretched out his hand to his waist, ready to pull out the Wang Ba box.
At this time, I only heard the platoon leader shouting: "**** little devil, Lao Tzu will send you back to your hometown today." At the same time as the words sounded, I saw that the platoon commander Zhang was holding up a shell gun in his hand.
A hint of ominous thought flashed in the mind of the Japanese squad leader, and as soon as his hand grabbed the handle of Wang Ba's box, he heard two gunshots, and his eyes went black, and he fell headlong.
At the same time as Platoon Commander Zhang opened fire, the puppet soldiers who followed him in raised their guns and fired at the devils in the house, and the three communication soldiers were shot and killed indiscriminately before they could react.
After seeing the Japanese squad leader killed, Platoon Commander Zhang raised his sleeve to wipe the sweat on his forehead, said let's go, and at the same time found a barrel of gasoline and poured it in the house, and when he retreated to the door, he quickly lit it, and a ball of fire went straight into the night sky.
Hao Mengxuan saw that there was a sudden fire in front of him, and when he looked at the sketch, he determined that it was the location of the devil's command post, and immediately understood that Platoon Commander Zhang was starting to move.
Hao Mengxuan was overjoyed, and ordered the first platoon to speed up and assault at the place where the fire sounded, striving to meet with Platoon Commander Zhang as soon as possible, and at the same time ordered the second platoon to cut off the road leading to the hill in the town.
The remnants of the puppet army who were desperately resisting on the top of the hill suddenly found that the devil's command post was blazing, and they knew that the command post had been captured by the Eighth Road, and they were immediately panicked, where was there still fighting spirit, and they ran to the town one after another.
The puppet army retreated, and the remaining ten or so devil soldiers were the opponents of the fifth company, and in less than twenty minutes, Chu Siyang's fifth company completely wiped out the enemy on the mountain.
Chu Siyang took Platoon Commander Zhang to Hao Mengxuan, looked at Hao Mengxuan and said loudly: "Battalion commander, this is Zhang Xinlong's platoon commander, he led the troops to kill the devil squad leader." ”
When Zhang Xinlong heard that the person in front of him was Hao Mengxuan, the commander of the second battalion of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, he immediately raised his hand excitedly, saluted him, and said loudly: "Hello Chief Hao, Zhang Xinlong reports to you." ”
"Okay, okay, welcome to the Eighth Route Army with your brother, and we will be a family from now on. Siyang, take Platoon Commander Zhang and his brother down to rest. Hao Mengxuan was very happy.
Ten minutes earlier than the scheduled time, he took the commanding heights of Pingyuan Town, which made him more confident in eliminating the devils in Pingyuan Town.
Liu Tianshu received a report that he knew that the fifth company of the second battalion had successfully taken Dongshan, and after praising Hao Mengxuan on the phone, he asked the second battalion to immediately seize the time to completely eliminate the enemy in Pingyuan Town, and at the same time try to take a political offensive against the puppet army, as long as they lay down their arms and surrender, the Eighth Route Army will give preferential treatment to the prisoners.
After taking the Dongshan stronghold, there is no suspense about the second revenue recovering Pingyuan Town, but the underground organization of Pingyuan Town, this time Liu Tianshu did not ask them to cooperate with the action, and they were not even allowed to reveal their identities.
In this way, the underground party members in Pingyuan Town, hearing the constant sound of gunfire outside the town, in addition to being excited in their hearts, could only stay at home honestly.
When the 2nd Battalion was fighting to regain Pingyuan Town, Saito, who was guarding Chengou, received an urgent telegram from Yamada in Pingyuan Town. After learning of the sudden attack on Pingyuan Town by the Eighth Route Army, Saito ordered the troops to assemble quickly, and reported the situation to the wing commander on the other.
When Watanabe learned that Liu Tianshu had suddenly attacked Pingyuan Town, his eyes lit up, and he immediately ordered Saito to rush reinforcements, and at the same time ordered Yamada to defend Pingyuan and must hold out until the arrival of Saito's brigade.
There are still seven hours before dawn, as long as Saito can entangle the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and when the Imperial Air Force arrives, he can have a good fight with the Independent Regiment around Pingyuan Town.
In his opinion, the strength of the Saito Brigade is enough to fight with the independent regiment.
However, in order to ensure that his side had an absolute advantage, Watanabe drew two more squadrons, plus a cavalry squadron, and also hurried to Pingyuan Town.
Just as the 2nd Battalion was laying down the Higashiyama position, Saito's vanguard exchanged fire with the 7th Company of the 3rd Battalion guarding the front line of Wangzhuang.
After Yang Donghu and Ma Chaoyuan arrived at Wangzhuang with the third battalion, they immediately followed Liu Tianshu's instructions and built three blocking lines in Wangzhuang along the road from Chengou to Pingyuan Town.
After the soldiers had established their positions early, they heard the sound of artillery in the direction of Pingyuan Town. Knowing that the 2nd Battalion had launched an attack, the soldiers of the 3rd Battalion were very excited.
After more than 40 minutes, a convoy drove from the direction of Chen Gouji, and the bright lights pierced the night.
Liu Sutang knew that the devil's reinforcements were coming, and immediately asked the heralds to give orders to each platoon, asking everyone to ambush and fire together when they heard the signal.
Liu Sutang's seven companies and three platoons were ambushed on both sides of the highway in a pocket about 200 meters long, and the 200-meter-long highway was just a bend in the south.
His third platoon was guarding that bend, and as soon as the battle began, he immediately cut off the devils behind him, ensuring that the first and second rows attacked the devils who entered the pocket.
In order to enhance the firepower of the Seventh Company, Xu Yongdong's two heavy machine gun platoons were also ambushed on both sides.
Liu Sutang personally guarded the hill to the south, watching seven or eight devil cars coming, but there was a fire behind him.
The vanguard troops who dared to run in front were all in cars, and the devil soldiers in the back could only run forward because of the lack of cars.
As for the puppet army that cooperated with the operation, they naturally rushed to Pingyuan Town on two legs.
Liu Sutang stared at the approaching convoy of devils, and saw the devils on several motorcycles in front of him, from time to time holding crooked handles and firing at the night on both sides, and immediately understood that the Saito brigade had been frightened by the independent regiment, and he was deeply afraid that he would be ambushed by the independent regiment again.
It's just that Pingyuan Town is the bridgehead for the devil to block the outward development of the Fuya Mountain base, and the devil doesn't want to give up easily no matter what.
The devil's convoy drove around the corner, the lights shining brightly on both sides, and the motorcycles that opened the road in front of them fired at all suspicious targets on both sides.
The seven companies guarding the two sides of the first row and the second platoon at this time kept their bodies firmly on the ground and let the bullets fly overhead.
As soon as the eight cars drove around the corner, Liu Sutang waved the shell gun in his hand and hit the devil in front of him, shouting at the same time.
The three platoons guarding the bend immediately threw the prepared grenades and grenades into the road without their lives, and at the same time, the crooked handles in the platoon also continued to fire at the bend.
Suddenly, the devil's car, which had just driven around the corner, was hit by a grenade, and a ball of fire broke out. The devils in the car didn't have time to jump out of the car, and five or six were directly blown up.
At the bend, the six heavy machine guns of the second platoon and the machine gun company in ambush on both sides of the road opened fire violently, and the devil cars in the ambush exploded one after another, but these devils were well-trained after all, and when they saw that the situation was not right, they immediately jumped out of the car to find cover, and then counterattacked on both sides.
Helpless in this first wave of ambushes, Yang Donghu used the six heavy machine guns of the machine gun company, plus the three mortars in the battalion and the grenadiers of the seventh company, and in a blink of an eye, the road was turned into a sea of fire, and countless devils fell on the road screaming.
In particular, the six heavy machine guns of the machine gun company are more like life harvesters, and the tongues of fire that they spit out are constantly stirring in the group of devils, completely shattering the delusion of the devils to assemble.
Upon learning of the ambush of his troops, the 7th Company, combined with the powerful firepower of the machine-gun company, destroyed Saito's vanguard, and when he learned that his troops were ambushed, he immediately ordered the 2nd Squadron to storm the bend, while the 3rd and 4th Squadrons were ordered to make a detour from both sides.
Liu Sutang saw that the devil's shells kept flying, and the offensive launched against the third platoon that was blocking the attack was becoming more and more fierce, he took out his pocket watch and looked at the time, and found that half an hour had passed, so he immediately ordered the machine gun company to withdraw first, and then the third platoon retreated to the north, and together with the first platoon and the second platoon, left the road and ran to the east.
Saito's 3rd and 4th squadrons rushed to the roundabout position despite the darkness, only to find that the blocking 8th route had retreated.
Saito learned that the blocked Eighth Route had fled, and immediately rushed through the bend with his troops, and found that the road in front of him was full of unextinguished fires, and the cars of the First Squadron had been completely destroyed, and in just half an hour, the First Squadron had lost two-thirds, and the entire road was full of painful groans of Imperial soldiers.
Looking at the night in the distance, listening to the gunshots that rang out in the direction of Pingyuan Town, Saito's eyes flashed with annoyance, and he ordered a company of puppet soldiers to stay behind to take care of the disabled first squadron, and the remaining three squadrons, plus the machine gun squadron, continued to rush in the direction of Pingyuan Town.
However, this time Saito became smarter, he no longer arranged his troops in a long snake formation, but three squadrons in a zigzag shape, sent search and alert troops on both sides, and then murderously suppressed the past towards Pingyuan.
Yang Donghu found that Saito had changed his previous way of advancing, and the entire army had shrunk into a group, and immediately reported this new situation to Liu Tianshu. (To be continued.) )