Chapter 398: Another Ambush (Part I)
"Commissar, Pingcai, come, look. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info" Liu Tianshu called Guo Sizhong and Xie Pingcai over.
"Political commissar, this is Wangjiadian, this is Sanguba, this is Xiaochenzhuang, this is Jiminghe, the devils who occupy Wangjiadian, in order to ensure safety, put the fourth squadron in Xiaochenzhuang, and put a squad of the second squadron plus a company of the imperial army in Jiminghe. Judging from the way the devils swept today, tomorrow the devils will definitely continue to push eastward. The devil of such a small Chen Zhuang can only reach Xie Jiashan through Tangjiagou. The main force of the first brigade of Wangjiazhuang rushed along the avenue towards our current position. The first brigade has not been attacked by us, it must be extremely arrogant, so, battalion commander Xie, you lead the fifth and sixth companies to concentrate all the machine guns tonight, rush to Tangjiagou to set up an ambush, tomorrow as long as the fourth squadron of the first brigade of the Japanese army steps into Tangjiagou, simply eat it neatly, I asked Staff Officer Qin to assist, he commanded the seventh company in Mahuangpo to ambush Okada Saburo's troops, and he has experience in this kind of ambush warfare. Commissar, we will continue to retreat tomorrow after a little resistance. Liu Tianshu pointed to the map and said his thoughts.
The 3rd Brigade of the 138th Wing Commander of the Japanese Army in the north has pressed all the way over, and if he still stays in the east of Wangjiadian, once the Japanese army runs to the east, it is very likely that he will form an encirclement of himself. At present, he can only keep retreating, so as to widen the front of the devil, so that he can find loopholes.
"Regiment commander, I took away the fifth and sixth companies and most of the machine gun company, and you only have four companies in your hand, is there a little less troops?" Xie Pingcai said with some concern.
"It's okay, we are not fighting hard with the devils, you can rest assured, as long as you fight well, the devils will not dare to pursue boldly, in addition, the third battalion will attack the imperial association military camp west of Banqiaoji tomorrow morning. As soon as the battle between the two sides started, it was enough for Panasonic to drink a pot of old devils. Liu Tianshu said confidently.
"Okay, the second battalion is guaranteed to complete the task." Hearing Liu Tianshu say so confidently, Xie Ping thought for a moment and said loudly.
At ten o'clock in the evening, Xie Pingcai took the fifth and sixth companies and most of the machine gun company, together with Qin staff officers, and hurried to the direction of Tangjiagou. At the same time, Zhou Aiguo's reconnaissance company, which had rested for several hours, was also divided into two reconnaissance groups and quickly went deep behind enemy lines with radio stations to carry out reconnaissance.
That night, Liu Tianshu finally slept beautifully, and when he got up the next morning, he received a report that the devils from Wangjiadian were gathering and should come over soon.
"Hehe, Kameda Ichiro really can't hold his breath, he is in a hurry to die so early." When Liu Tianshu heard the report, he couldn't help but smile.
Saburo Okada took a punch from himself, and now he hasn't eased up, and Kameda Ichiro's first team hasn't fought against him, so he is naturally full of arrogance.
However, the more arrogant the devil commander is, the more flaws will be exposed.
"Order the fourth company and the second platoon to immediately set up a blocking frame on the hill to the west, the first platoon is ready to respond to the hill five hundred meters behind the second platoon, and the mortars of the machine gun company are ready for artillery bombardment behind the second platoon, and after hitting a base number, immediately retreat behind the first platoon." Liu Tianshu immediately called Zuo Guanglong, the commander of the fourth company.
"Guarantee the completion of the task, and you must not let the devil take a step forward." When Zuo Guanglong heard this, he immediately said loudly.
"Left Company Commander, you are wrong, it's not that you don't let the devil take a step forward, it's that after each soldier in the second platoon has fired five bullets, he immediately retreats backwards and retreats to the back of the first platoon to get ready. In this battle, we alternately covered the enemy as much as possible to delay the enemy and buy time for the fifth and sixth companies to destroy the enemy. ”
If Kameda's main force and its fourth squadron were only six miles apart, if he hadn't dragged him down, once Xie Pingcai's fifth and sixth companies started, Kameda would definitely command the main force of the brigade to rush to help, so Liu Tianshu didn't need much time for the fourth company to buy for them, only twenty minutes.
"Yes, Commander, I promise to strictly follow your orders." Zuo Guanglong couldn't help but be more confident when he heard that his second platoon only needed to shoot five bullets and retreat to the back of the first platoon.
This tactic of shooting a few shots and running away is what he likes the most.
Subsequently, Guo Sizhong, with the organs directly under the regiment headquarters and logistics personnel, as well as local cadres, began to retreat eastward under the protection of the county brigade.
When Kameda Ichiro learned that Liu Tianshu's regimental headquarters was in a village not far east of Wangjiadian, naturally as soon as the morning dawned, he concentrated the strength of two brigades, plus a battalion of the Imperial Allied Army, and quickly pursued them to the east.
As for the north, two squadrons of the 3rd Brigade have begun to outflank.
In Kameda's view, the New Fourth Army could either retreat backwards or be captured.
This is because, according to the information obtained, except for the two infantry companies of the New Fourth Army in front of the New Fourth Army, the rest are logistics units and agency personnel who do not have much combat effectiveness.
Of course, the more than 100 people of the so-called county brigade who followed the regimental headquarters of the 16th Regiment were directly ignored in Kameda's eyes.
Sure enough, at ten o'clock, the Imperial Allied Army that had opened the road in front was blocked by a small unit of the New Fourth Army on a hill, but after losing more than a dozen Imperial Allied troops, the small unit of the New Fourth Army saw that the situation was not good, abandoned its position and retreated.
It's just that at this time, three shells that suddenly flew out from behind the hill were falling into the dense ranks of the Imperial Cooperative Army, which not only caused casualties among the twelve Imperial Cooperative Army soldiers, but also seriously damaged the morale of the Imperial Cooperative Army.
After receiving the report, Kameda scolded the coward, and hurriedly ordered a small group of Japanese troops to cross the Imperial Allied Army and launch a pursuit in front.
This small group of Japanese troops successfully occupied the hill abandoned by the New Fourth Army, but the joy of victory had not yet dissipated, and several shells flew in the sky one after another, which were falling on the Japanese army team crowded on the hill, and the rising gunpowder smoke enveloped the Japanese soldiers in a blink of an eye, and when the gunpowder smoke dissipated, seven more imperial soldiers were killed.
The captain of the Japanese squad became furious, looked at the front with his eyes, gritted his teeth and scolded in his heart for being a coward, a coward, who only dared to attack secretly, and did not dare to fight the imperial army in a bright and open manner.
It's a pity that every time the mortars of the New Fourth Army hit a few shells, they immediately stopped bombardment, so that Kameda's retaliatory firepower was completely impossible.
This delay caused the Japanese to slow down again, and after ten minutes, they arrived in front of another small hill 500 meters away.
This small hill was quiet, and there seemed to be no one to defend it, and the Japanese squad leader asked the soldiers to shoot while rushing towards this hill, as for bombarding with artillery fire, because there was nothing unusual, they simply ignored it.
After all, the empire's supplies are very scarce, and they can't just bombard it without even discovering the target.
Unexpectedly, when they were about to rush halfway up the mountain, dozens of New Fourth Army troops suddenly appeared on the hill in front of them, and the guns in their hands opened fire on the imperial army that was charging vigorously, and the bullets flew down from the hill like locusts, knocking over seven or eight imperial soldiers who were a little slower to react, and the rest of the soldiers immediately lay on the ground and hurriedly shot at the top of the mountain, and at the same time, the machine guns that followed behind also quickly set up and began to implement fire cover.
Unfortunately, before the machine guns fired, the whistling of shells was heard overhead, and the mortars of the New Fourth Army began to fire again.
Several shells fell, but this time only two unlucky soldiers were hit, and the rest were just covered in dust.
At this time, the artillery that had been prepared in advance immediately launched a return fire, but unfortunately because it was returned according to the estimated general position, it is not known how effective it was.
It was discovered that the mortars of the New Fourth Army were no longer firing, and the attacking devils plucked up the courage to rush upwards again. Who knew that this time there were no more bullets, and it was very easy to occupy the position of the New Fourth Army.
When Kameda learned that his subordinates had broken through the two lines of defense of the New Fourth Army, he couldn't help but feel a little strange, you must know that the two lines of defense of the New Fourth Army were only defended by small troops, and looking like that, there was no sign of stubborn defense at all.
I really don't know what my opponent is doing.
Just when he was thinking about whether this was the New Fourth Army's lure of the enemy to go deeper, he suddenly received an urgent telegram from the Fourth Squadron, saying that he had been ambushed by a large force of the New Fourth Army in Tangjiagou, and that the New Fourth Army's firepower was very fierce, and he asked the captain to send reinforcements.
Unfortunately, Kameda then lost contact with the 4th Squadron.
Kameda only heard the continuous gunfire in the direction of Tangjiagou like firecrackers from a distance, and it seemed that the entire ravine was filled with gunsmoke, and he was worried about the safety of the fourth squadron, so he had to draw out a squadron and rush to help Tangjiagou.
Kameda's 4th Squadron left Kochenzhuang on time in strict accordance with the instructions of the brigade. An Imperial Army platoon opened the way in front, an Imperial Association Army platoon walked behind to be responsible for logistics, and an Imperial Association Army platoon was left behind in Xiaochenzhuang to guard.
Walking into Tangjiagou, I saw that although there were slopes on both sides, it was not steep, and the main thing was that the whole ravine had a wide line of sight, and there were no dense trees, so it didn't look like someone was ambushing.
The platoon of the Imperial Association Army that walked in front cautiously crossed the ravine with a gun.
When the Japanese squadron leader saw the safe passage of the Imperial Allied Army, he immediately ordered the three squads to walk along the road in the ditch with neat steps to the east.
Before the Japanese squadron leader came to his senses, he saw that on the originally calm hillside, suddenly countless barren grasses were overturned, and a machine gun was revealed.
The Japanese squadron leader's mind was blank for a moment, and before he could give the order to hide, he saw that these machine guns began to spit metal heat, and countless bullets weaved a web of death in the ravine.
Because Staff Officer Qin and Xie Ping had carefully observed the terrain in advance, and then carefully determined the firing range for each machine gun, according to Staff Officer Qin, it was to ensure that there were no dead ends in the entire ravine.
As long as the devil steps into the ravine, he has already stepped into the gate of hell, and no one can change the fate of his destruction. (To be continued.) )