Chapter Ninety-Nine: Encirclement and Reinforcement
For the time being, the three detachments and the local guerrillas did not cut the telephone line from the Sipu stronghold to Sucheng, so that the enemy could maintain contact. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć After shelling and encircling the stronghold, creating a momentum to deter the defenders of the stronghold, and giving the enemy in the stronghold sufficient time to call for help and contact, Yang Tianfeng asked people to cut off the telephone line, and personally led three brigades and special operations teams to quietly bypass the stronghold at night, continue to advance eastward, and ambush on both sides of the road more than ten miles away.
Encirclement for reinforcements? Yes, so to speak.
Suzhou is connected to the coast, backed by the Central Plains, and is the north gate of Anhui Province. The Japanese army attached great importance to this area, and was garrisoned by the Kaneko Wing, and the headquarters was located in Sujo.
There are more than 400 devils and more than 600 puppet troops in the city, as well as tanks, armored vehicles and dozens of cars. At the time, this was indeed a lot of force. But Yang Tianfeng was not too afraid, but he was not willing to attack the fortification, his plan was to mobilize the enemy and strive to ambush and annihilate one of them in the wild.
As long as the ambush is successful, even if it cannot take advantage of the situation to capture Sucheng, this big stone enemy will lose the ability to continue to attack out of the city. The three detachments can confidently and boldly sweep through the surrounding towns and villages, and then create a situation of resistance in which the countryside surrounds the city.
The eastward advance was a military operation that Yang Tianfeng had carefully planned and prepared, with the help of the military commander and his own intelligence forces, as well as the liaison with the anti-Japanese armed forces in Suzhou, the terrain and topography around Sucheng, and the enemy's garrison situation were basically clear.
There are more than 3,000 people in the Jinzi Wing, which seems to be a strong force, but it is stationed in Suxian, Lingbi, Sixian, Sihong (stationed in Qingyang), Wuhe, Huaiyuan, Guzhen, Xiaoxian, Suixi and other vast areas.
In this way, the Japanese army stationed in various places appeared to be very small. If Suxian is not an important place, if Sucheng is not the headquarters of the Golden Wing, I am afraid that there will only be a squadron or so of devils stationed there.
The Japanese army dared to disperse its forces in the occupied areas and to deal with the armed forces behind enemy lines with insufficient troops, and it also had its own reliance and tactics, that is, its ability to maneuver.
Relying on railways, highways, tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles, the Japanese army could quickly rush from one stronghold to another, either to reinforce or to encircle, making it difficult for the anti-Japanese forces to fight in one place for a long time.
Railways and highways are the blood vessels of the Japanese army, and future battles will also revolve around cutting off and destroying. Yang Tianfeng clearly realized this, and it was precisely in advance that he was making preparations for the eastward arrival of the Jinpu Railway.
Yang Tianfeng sat in the small tent, checking the map, and the guards around him were guarding their posts, and under the leadership of Xiao Si, they were closely guarding the safety of the chief.
There were several anti-Japanese armed forces in Suzhou, led by Wang Xiangpu, Zhou Longfeng, Li Shizhuang, Zhao Huichuan, Lu Ziyong, etc., or dozens or hundreds. The more common feature is that the equipment is poor, and they cannot confront the Japanese army, or even the puppet army, since the fall of Suzhou in the middle of 38 years, they have rarely fought and rarely achieved results.
Soon after Yang Tianfeng led the three columns to occupy Yongcheng, Zhou Longfeng, Li Shizhuang, and Wang Xiangpu sent people to contact them, hoping to provide support nearby. Yang Tianfeng sent people to inspect and inquire about these three civilian spontaneous anti-Japanese forces, gave them some weapons and ammunition as far as he could, and sent officers for training and guidance with their consent.
Although the intention of merging has not yet been proposed, Yang Tianfeng does think so. It's just that he is based on the long-term and advocates attracting and integrating with strength, rather than eating ugly appearances, no matter who is in 3721.
The sky was a little cloudy, and Zhou Longfeng and Li Shizhuang stared at the ambush area about two hundred meters on both sides of the highway from a distance, but they could hardly see anything abnormal. And an hour earlier, they had clearly seen that the troops had received orders and entered the positions.
Thorns, bushes, puddles of snow, everywhere hidden warriors dressed in white cloth or reared clothes. In the Huaibei Plain, the terrain is flat and open, but there are many trees and shrubs, and it is difficult to find hidden people two or three hundred meters away.
"Let the devil die half before he gets out of the car." This is the plan set by Yang Tianfeng, and it is also the order he ordered.
Sixty grenade launchers, each equipped with 10 rounds of ammunition, are equipped with technical troops who have been trained for a long time, and are distributed in an ambush area more than 200 meters long, with an average of one every two or three meters. As for the three tanks that are currently on the road, they have several steel fists dedicated to dealing with them.
Yang Tianfeng was well prepared for this eastward advance, with steel fists, grenade launchers, and a 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun that had been captured for a long time but had not been revealed, as well as a lot of low-end mines and square nails.
Steel fists and grenade launchers have their own strengths and weaknesses, steel fists have strong armor-piercing and blasting power, but the range is short; The grenade launcher has a grenade charge of 80 grams, which is more powerful than a grenade, but it is inferior to a steel fist and mortar shell, but the maximum range is more than 400 meters, and the effective range has also reached 300 meters.
Grenade launchers are sufficient to hit unprotected targets such as cars, and can be ambushed at an effective range, greatly reducing the possibility of being detected by the enemy.
"Wang Xiangpu has completely thrown himself into the three verticals." Zhou Longfeng smiled bitterly and said, "A month ago, I took his one hundred and eighty people to train and reorganize in Yongcheng. See you again this time, people have changed their guns, and they are shaking! ā
Li Shizhuang rolled his eyes, not as jealous as Zhou Longfeng, and said: "There is a difference between relatives and relatives, Wang Xiangpu is already a person of the three verticals, and the treatment is naturally not the same as you and me." Chief Yang doesn't owe us anything, and it's a matter of righteousness to be able to give some support. ā
Zhou Longfeng sighed and said, "Wang Xiangpu has enough vision, I am ashamed of myself!" Now, Chief Yang is also the security commander of the Suzhou Prefecture, you and I will go to the same place again, isn't it a bit of that? ā
"What's this, you think too much." Li Shizhuang didn't care, and said: "In the past, no one cared about us, but now that Chief Yang has a legitimate name, let's obey." This is all a normal thing, why do you think so badly? ā
Zhou Longfeng thought about it and felt that Li Shizhuang was reasonable. Although it can't be compared to Wang Xiangpu's initiative, Yang Tianfeng couldn't control Suzhou at that time, at most it was a friendly army. Now that they have a name, they obey orders and obey commands.
In the distance, there was an inaudible sound of a motor, louder and louder. After receiving a report from the stronghold in Xipu Township, there were thousands of people besieging it, and the artillery fire was fierce, so the gold wing in Sucheng was mobilized. Three tanks, more than 30 cars, carrying more than 700 soldiers, drove out of Sucheng, marched along the highway, and quickly reinforced the stronghold of Xipu Township.
The enemy was in a hurry, so he neglected to reconnoitre, and the tanks rumbled in, occasionally firing machine guns at both sides of the road to conduct a powerful search. But the sky was slightly bright, the first-line ambush troops were well concealed, and the devils in the hurry did not notice anything abnormal. Another reason is that in the early days of the war, it became a habit for the devils to despise the Chinese army, and they were arrogant and negligent, did not pay attention to reconnaissance and vigilance, and did not like to do fortifications......
The tank slowed down at a bend in the road, and the observer's gaze was temporarily blinded by the turn. Tong, Tong, Tong...... A continuous muffled sound rang out in the grove beside the road, accompanied by the bright flames fired from the steel fist, and the tank burst into even more dazzling fires, followed by a deafening explosion.
The Japanese tank that hit the head was destroyed, the tracks collapsed with a clatter, and even the fuel tank caught fire. As soon as the roof of the tank was opened, the Japanese tankers came out, and half of their bodies were still inside the tank, when they were hit by the bullets that came from the tank, and hung upside down like rotting wood.
The other two tanks also lay on their stomachs under the sound of the explosion, and the fire burned the iron plate to the point of "quack". "Boom!" An earth-shattering explosion, a tank was torn apart by the explosion of internal ammunition.
Eight shots and five hits, with absolute firepower, in more than ten seconds to beat the Japanese rampaging steel monster to pieces, this is the first time that the steel fist on the battlefield to play an amazing power.
The ambush kicked off with the sound of explosions, and the grenade launcher jerked off his camouflage and fired a grenade at the car on the road.
On dozens of cars with "plaster flags," Japanese soldiers or puppet soldiers were standing or sitting, and they were still pointing fingers and talking at each other, not knowing what to say. On the territory of the Chinese nation, if there is no one beside them and they are arrogant, they can only be described by the word "invincible."
But now, the shrapnel from the explosion is like the open claws of death, bringing these beasts one by one to meet their "Aunt Amaterasu".
One car after another exploded and caught fire, and many enemies were killed or wounded before they could jump out of the car, causing heavy losses.
A mile away, the second-line ambush troops shouted and jumped up and charged, and in less than half a minute, they approached the road, joined forces with the grenade technical troops, and continued their onslaught towards the enemy.
Machine guns and rifles roared, firing a dense barrage of bullets at enemies on the road. And the devil also woke up from the initial ignorance, the commander howled with his saber and screamed desperately, and the remaining soldiers either lay under the car or climbed into the ditch on the side of the road, desperately resisting.
The goal of "half of the dead before getting out of the car" was basically achieved, and the sudden and intensive grenade attack and the concentration of the enemy in the carriage caused more than half of the casualties of more than 300 devils and more than 400 puppet soldiers.
Being able to give full play to the advantages of weapons, even if it is extravagant and wasteful, and try not to use human lives in exchange for victory, Yang Tianfeng's thinking is always very different from that of the people at that time.
Three rounds were fired sharply, and nearly two hundred grenades hit the enemy's head in a dozen seconds. Even two hundred grenades are enough for the enemy.
The three brigades all fought from the ambush site, blocking the front and intercepting the rear, flanking the left and right, and the remaining enemy hedgehogs gathered on the hundreds of meters of road, like a dead snake hit by a random stick. There is no support, it is difficult to assemble a counterattack, and it is difficult to give full play to the advantages of heavy firepower, and the destruction is already in sight. (To be continued.) )