Chapter 259: The Fall of the Mito's Brigade (2)
Just when Mi Fu was bent on catching those who attacked the imperial army, the position of the imperial army guarding the east side of the village suddenly sounded fierce gunfire, and at the same time, the unique charge horn of the Eighth Route Army was heard. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Report to the captain, the Imperial Association army stationed on the eastern hill was attacked by a large army of the Eighth Route Army, and Regiment Commander Zhang asked for reinforcements." A Japanese staff officer ran in in a panic.
"Tell Zhang Deyi that he must resist me, otherwise, I will be dead." As soon as Mi Fu heard that Zhang Deyi, the head of the Imperial Army, asked for reinforcements, he was angry.
Guarding the hill to the east, there are two companies of the Imperial Army, and more than 200 people have a strong position, can't they block those dirt roads? His own troops are gathering and are ready to evacuate Darong Village, and at this time to reinforce the eastern hills, so won't it disrupt his plan?
When the staff officer heard this, he immediately ran over to call Zhang Deyi, and when Zhang Deyi heard that Mi Toma Shaozuo just ordered his people to resist and not send reinforcements at all, he immediately scolded angrily: "Damn, since you are unkind, don't blame me for Zhang Deyi's injustice, and order the battalion commander Xie to immediately abandon the eastern hilltop position and move closer to the third battalion." ”
Two companies of his second battalion were stationed on the hill east of the village, and the third battalion was on the hill to the south and west.
As for the first battalion, it had been driven out of the village with Captain Yamazaki to the southeast.
Zhang Deyi's Imperial Army, since following Mi Fu into the mountains to sweep, all the hard work is borne by his troops, and when camping, the Japanese army sleeps comfortably in the village, and his troops have to stand guard for the little devils.
Now that the eight roads are calling, the little devil only wants to let his people be cannon fodder, how can there be such a good thing in this world.
The remaining brothers of Zhang Deyi's 2nd Battalion withdrew to the south, and immediately let the Rongshan Independent Regiment, which was attacking the village from the east, rush through the defensive positions of the Imperial Allied Army and fight directly outside the village.
Mi Toma didn't expect the attack of the Eighth Route Army to be so swift, and in less than half an hour, he broke through the defense line of the Imperial Alliance Army and hit the edge of the village.
The 3rd Squadron of the 2nd Squadron received an order to immediately establish a defensive line to the east of the village to cover the retreat of the main forces. All of a sudden, the devils in the village began to turn into chaos.
A squad of devils in the west of the village was gathering in a large courtyard, and suddenly, several imperial soldiers appeared on the wall, and the leader of the devil squad who was directing the troops glanced at it and couldn't help but wonder.
What are these soldiers doing when they don't go to the assembly and climb the wall?
Before the doubts in his heart disappeared, he saw a rifle stretched out, a cold sweat broke out on his back, and he shouted that it was eight ways, and his body pounced forward, and a bullet flew from his ear, and the sound of the wind made his ears ache faintly.
Before he got up from the ground, he saw several grenades suddenly fly out of the courtyard wall, and landed in the neatly standing devil team, these devils were so frightened that they screamed and threw themselves to the ground, but unfortunately these grenades were all delayed, and as soon as they reached the heads of these devils, they exploded, and suddenly a choking smell of gunpowder smoke permeated the courtyard dam.
Hearing the painful screams of the soldiers in the entire courtyard, the devil squad leader's eyes turned black, and he finally stabilized his mind, and when he looked up, he saw that the originally neat team was now scattered, and the soldiers who got up from the ground were only about 20 people, and the rest were either lying on the ground screaming, or motionless, and swallowed their breath directly.
His own squad was suddenly attacked by the other party, and more than half of the casualties were killed and injured in a blink of an eye, and the face of the devil squad leader was covered with a black line to the back of his head.
After Yan Chengan threw a grenade, he immediately turned around and withdrew.
Their main purpose in infiltrating the village is to create chaos among the devils.
Didn't Mi Toma want to withdraw from Daei Village with his troops? Lao Tzu should be the Monkey King, get into the belly of the little devil, and see how you can retreat smoothly.
Mi Toma heard a sudden series of explosions in the west of the village, and puffs of gunpowder rose up, covering the western sky in the blink of an eye.
"Report to the captain, a small squadron of the third squadron was attacked by the Eighth Route Army, with twenty-three casualties." A staff officer ran over to report.
"Eight grids, damn it!" Mi Toma didn't expect it to be like this, and after turning around in place twice, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind.
The Eighth Route kept attacking itself, and there was also an unknown number of Eighth Route Army to the east of the village, could it be that the Eighth Route wanted to eat itself in Darong Village?
Mi Toma thought about it and felt that it didn't seem like it, because around Darong Village, there was no trace of the Eighth Route Army.
So what is the Eighth Route Army doing this for? Is it just to entangle yourself and buy time for the Eighth Route Army to rush over?
Thinking of this, Mi Toma's heart tightened, knowing that if he delayed any longer, I was afraid that the Mi Toma brigade would really have to stay here forever.
Thinking about the purpose of the Eighth Route Army, a trace of ruthlessness flashed in Mi Toma's eyes, and he immediately ordered the second squadron to stay in the village to block the Eighth Route Army, and the third squadron, the fourth squadron, and the artillery squad immediately forcibly left the village from the southeast and moved closer to the first squadron led by Yamazaki.
As for the Imperial Army, this time Mi Toma couldn't take care of it anymore and ordered them to stay where they were and hold their positions.
In addition to the third squadron, which was fighting fiercely with the Eighth Route Army on the east side of the village, the first and second squadrons immediately maintained on the flank of the main force to prevent a sneak attack on the main force that was forcibly retreating to the southeast of the village.
Yan Cheng'an saw countless devils fortifying the village in situ, preventing anyone from approaching the center of the village, and immediately led the group to the southwest.
Yan Chengan knew that it was no longer realistic to fish in the village in the waters, so he immediately withdrew from the village with the group and joined another group that was coming from the north.
Since the main force of the devil had been withdrawn, it was not much use for him to stay in the village any longer, he thought about it, and immediately led the group to bypass the position of the Imperial Association Army on the outskirts of the village, and quickly chased after the main force of the Mi Toma brigade that had withdrawn from the village.
Han Fangping received a report that the devils in Darong Village had been attacked by the Fuyashan Independent Regiment, and its main force had fled the village, and only one squadron of devils and more than 200 Imperial Allied troops were still resisting stubbornly around the village.
When Liu Tianshu took the machine gun company and the artillery company and forced the army to rush to Wildcat Gully, Shi Qiang and the reconnaissance brigade had already rushed to Wildcat Gully on horseback to meet with Xuzhongnan, who had rushed here despite fatigue.
Seeing that Xu Zhongnan's Sixth Company had established a blocking position on the north side of Wildcat Valley, Shi Qiang stood on the top of the hill and observed carefully, and said to Xu Zhongnan: "Company Commander Xu, once the devil is blocked in Wildcat Valley, he will definitely launch a fierce attack on us at all costs, and at the same time he will send planes to bomb, your position must have a few more lines of defense, and at the same time pay attention to anti-artillery, I will lead people to ambush over there and try to kill the devil's artillery." ”
"Okay, as long as you can defeat the devil's artillery, I guarantee that the devil will never want to pass through here." Hearing Shi Qiang's words, Xu Zhongnan said very happily.
Seeing Shi Qiang disappearing into the mountains and forests in the distance with his people, Xu Zhongnan immediately called the three platoon commanders and began to arrange tasks.
Yamazaki with a squadron of Japanese troops and a battalion of Imperial Allied troops rushed to Wildcat Gully very smoothly. Seeing the hill in front of Mizoguchi, Yamazaki was still very cautious, and he immediately called the Japanese squadron leader and asked him to send a squad of Japanese soldiers to reconnoiter the hill in front.
The thirteen devils immediately got ready, and then touched the mountain at the mouth of the ditch.
Xu Zhongnan saw that only thirteen devils were rushing towards the mountain, and the rest of the devils were preparing to attack behind.
According to the plan of Mitoma Shaoza, the troops led by Yamazaki rushed to the Wildcat Gully and immediately occupied the commanding heights of the Wildcat Gully to ensure the smooth passage of the main force.
Therefore, Yamazaki saw that the Japanese troops who had reconnoitred had reached the bottom of the hill, and immediately ordered the Imperial Allied Army to follow.
Seeing a large number of Imperial Alliance troops rushing behind the devil reconnaissance team, Xu Zhongnan frowned and shouted in a low voice: "Tell everyone to calm down, and wait for the devils to get close before fighting." ”
The thirteen devil soldiers rushed to the foot of the mountain, and immediately covered each other and walked towards the top of the mountain, followed by a battalion of the Imperial Army.
Seeing that the thirteen devils were only fifty meters away from his forward position, Xu Zhongnan shouted fiercely, and the row guarding the front immediately opened fire, bullets flew out like raindrops, and the thirteen devil soldiers, except for the four clever ones, immediately flew behind the stones when they saw that the situation was wrong, and the remaining nine devil soldiers were directly knocked over.
The Imperial Cooperative Army who followed behind saw that there were eight roads on the mountain, and they were immediately shocked, and immediately stopped, and some began to retreat.
Through the telescope, Yamazaki saw that there was indeed an eight-way ambush on the hill in front of him, and immediately ordered the Japanese army to prepare for an attack, forcing the Imperial Allied Army to attack the mountain.
With the fierce Japanese troops supervising the battle behind, those Imperial Allied troops had to bite the bullet and attack the hill with their guns raised.
Each battalion of Zhang Deyi's Imperial Alliance Army was equipped with four mortars, and at this time, with the battalion commander's order, the mortars were immediately erected and bombarded the hill.
All of a sudden, the hill was full of shells, and the rising smoke covered the hill, and the positions of the platoon were immediately blown up by the shells as if they had been plowed by steel.
After the first platoon repelled the two charges of the Imperial Allied Army, but also suffered more than half of the casualties, seeing the company commander sending a retreat signal behind him, the first platoon commander had to take the remaining eleven soldiers with hatred, along the communication trench, to retreat to the main position behind.
At this moment, the roar of the plane was heard in the sky, and the devil plane that came to help the battle finally arrived at Wildcat Gully. (To be continued.) )