Chapter 384: The Fall of Yokono's Squadron (Part I)
Seeing that the troops had arrived, Liu Tianshu immediately called a meeting of cadres above the two battalion and company levels. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Comrades, this morning, after the heroic fighting of the soldiers of the second battalion, the devil's Majiaji stronghold has been eliminated, and at the same time the war materials stored by Sen Mu in the Majiaji stronghold have been seized, but this is not enough, the devils have not been beaten and feared, the devils' sweep of my base has not been crushed, the Yokono squadron from the north of the Futian stronghold is coming to Jinlang Bay, and I have decided to ambush the Yokono squadron in Jinlang Bay. The specific arrangement was as follows: one company of the first battalion was ambushed on the east side of Jinlang Bay, the other company was responsible for blocking the opening between the north and south sides, the second battalion was ambushed on the west side of Jinlang Bay, and the machine gun company was arranged on the hill to the west, and at the same time launched an attack on the enemy who entered the ambush circle with the sound of my guns. The machine-gun fire of each company must be arranged, and after the battle begins, tell the soldiers not to save bullets. In this war, the Yokono squadron was annihilated in one fell swoop. Liu Tianshu pointed to the map and said.
Some time ago, Liu Tianshu had Zhou Aiguo of the reconnaissance company take his soldiers to conduct a detailed reconnaissance of all the places around Sanguba and Sujiatang 60 kilometers, so to speak, where there is a small river and a hill 30 kilometers around the base area, Liu Tianshu knows it well, and he has personally visited many of these places.
For example, the terrain of Jinlang Bay, Liu Tianshu has personally inspected it.
The topography of Jinlang Bay is a crescent-like arc, and an avenue passes through the small mountains in the south, passing through the Pingba in the middle of about 500 meters, and then passing through the mountains in the north, leading directly to Sujiatang.
To the east of Pingba, there is a small lake with countless reeds, and to the west is a relatively tall mountain.
According to Liu Tianshu's arrangement, the first battalion and one company were ambushed in the reed field, and the second battalion was ambushed at the foot of the mountain in the west, and the foot of the mountain to the avenue was only about 200 meters, but there was a paddy field in the middle.
As long as the Yokono Brigade walks onto the avenue of Jinlang Bay, it will be completely exposed to the unobstructed wilderness.
Of course, according to Liu Tianshu's speculation, it is very likely that the devils will adopt the method of passing through in batches, first letting the Imperial Association army pass through Jinlang Bay, and then make a good response in the north, and then the main force of the army will pass through Jinlang Bay.
The south is mostly a water network area, and unlike the north, Liu Tianshu is constantly exploring the battle under this terrain.
Considering that the devil might let the Imperial Association Army explore the way, in the end, under Liu Tianshu's reminder, two platoons of the first battalion and two companies were placed behind the hill to the north, and one platoon was placed on the side of the hill to the south.
This company only waited for the devil to enter Jinlang Bay, and immediately stuck his neck.
At the same time, according to Liu Tianshu's instructions, Hu Yexuan and Zheng Guangdong, respectively, hid in the mass grave post not far from Jinlangwan Avenue, and as for the villagers in the village near the mountain pass in the north, they quickly withdrew to the mountain in the north under the mobilization of the New Fourth Army.
After all, bullets don't have long eyes, and once the battle starts, it cannot be ruled out that the devils will occupy the village and defend it.
Liu Tianshu also initially considered putting a force in the village, but later gave up.
As soon as the troops entered their respective positions, the soldiers who were reconnoitring in front came with the news that the devils were striding towards Jinlang Bay.
Yokono received a telegram from the captain and learned that the New Fourth Army had attacked Ma Jiaji, although he was shocked, but he didn't take it seriously, after all, Ma Jiaji was at least forty miles away from him, and according to the practice of the New Fourth Army, after a battle, he often had to take a break, and there was rarely a time for continuous combat.
Because every time it fights with the imperial army, the casualties of the New Fourth Army are not small, even if the 16th Regiment takes out the Majiaji stronghold, like this kind of battle, the 16th Regiment will definitely be greatly damaged.
Therefore, in Yokono's view, the possibility of the New Fourth Army ambushing himself is very rare.
The 16th Regiment of the New Fourth Army was no more than 1,500 people, so how could it be possible to attack the Majiaji stronghold and ambush itself.
According to the information from Captain Moriki, around the Fujiki squadron, the figure of the New Fourth Army appeared, and now the Fujiki squadron has stopped in Miaoba Village.
Since the captain ordered himself to quickly go north to join him, he naturally commanded the troops and pressed north with murderous spirit.
Seeing Jinlang Bay, Yokono stood on the south side of the mountain pass, and saw the terrain in front of him surrounded by mountains on three sides and facing water, so he rode on his horse very cautiously, held a telescope and carefully observed it, and found that there was nothing unusual in front of him. He thought about it and ordered the Japanese squadron that followed him to suspend its advance, and asked the Imperial Cooperative Army, which was cooperating with the operation, to send a company to the north along the avenue.
Liu Tianshu stood at the top of the hill and saw that Yokono had really sent a company of Imperial Cooperative troops to tentatively walk towards Jinlang Bay, and suddenly remembered that he had made a mistake.
He asked Tong Guijie to send people to mobilize the villagers to evacuate, now the village is empty, if the Imperial Association army in front of the road to explore the road into the village, will definitely find that there are no people in the village, in that case, Yokono will definitely be alert.
It's just that now he has no way to remedy it, and if the devil really finds that the people in the village are gone, he can only watch the devil leave.
The ambush war turned into an encounter battle, which was not what Liu Tianshu wanted to see.
Fortunately, the Imperial Association Army did not leave the avenue along the way, and went straight to the mountain pass in the north, which made Liu Tianshu's hanging heart breathe a sigh of relief.
This is also because Yokono didn't expect the New Fourth Army to ambush him, so he didn't give a special explanation to the Imperial Association Army who was exploring the way, and He Hongan, the company commander of the Imperial Association Army who led the troops to explore the way, only thought about rushing to the north as soon as possible, and didn't think about sending people to the village to have a look.
Anyway, there is no explanation from above, so why should he make extraneous branches.
Yokono saw that the Imperial Allied Army Company in front of him had successfully reached the top of the hill, and at the same time was ready to meet the mountain pass to the north, and immediately ordered his Japanese squadron to walk north in a two-way formation along the avenue.
Behind him, the battalion commander of the Imperial Allied Army, Peng, who cooperated with the action, rode on his horse, and commanded the troops to follow closely behind.
The Japanese army in front of them walked to the northern mountain pass, and the imperial army behind them also entered Jinlang Bay. At this moment, a crisp gunfire suddenly sounded on the hill to the west, and Battalion Commander Peng only felt a shock to his head, and his eyes were black and he rolled off his horse.
Originally, Liu Tianshu was preparing to snipe Yokono, but who would have thought that Yokono would put the Imperial Association Army behind, so that Liu Tianshu could only watch Yokono swagger over on his horse.
Zheng Guangdong, who was arranged on the side of the avenue, saw Yokono coming, and immediately raised his gun to aim, and when he heard Liu Tianshu's gunshot, he immediately pulled the trigger.
It's a pity that he shot about a second later than Liu Tianshutian's gun, and when the gun rang out, Yokono immediately turned over and rolled off the horse quickly, and before his feet hit the ground, a bullet flew over his head, punching a hole in his hat.
Yokono only felt a numb scalp, and immediately shrank his body, hiding in the group of devils, shouting hoarsely and fighting back.
However, at this time, dense gunfire had already sounded on the west side of the avenue, and countless bullets flew towards the devils and the Imperial Association army running around on the avenue.
Although the soldiers in ambush were two hundred meters away from the avenue, at this time the avenue was full of devils and imperial troops, and the soldiers of the three companies just fired at the avenue as if they were shooting targets.
At this time, the devil and the imperial army were all in the middle of the avenue with paddy fields on both sides, and if they wanted to counterattack to the west, they had to advance along the field path, otherwise they could only jump into the paddy fields and attack westward. Of course, wading through the paddy field to attack in the past is naturally unrealistic, so the devil can only lie on the avenue and keep shooting at the opposite side.
Liu Tianshu saw that the devil and the Imperial Association Army, in the first round of attacks, at least seventy or eighty people fell, and immediately asked Tong Guijie and Xie Pingcai to tell the soldiers not to be anxious, they must aim before shooting. At the same time, let the troops responsible for plugging the mouth on both sides quickly seal the mouth.
He and the two snipers focused on the heavy machine gunners and grenadiers of the devils at this time.
Hu Yezhuan and Zheng Guangdong had calmed down at this time, and unhurriedly raised their guns to kill the devil's grenadier one by one.
The regiment commander said that at a distance of 300 meters, the grenadier of the devil is a serious threat, and the second threat is the heavy machine gun of the devil.
The mass grave where they were lurking was only more than 100 meters away from the avenue, and it was within the range of the devil's grenadier. Therefore, when they saw that the devil and the Imperial Allied Army were preparing to set up heavy machine guns and grenadiers, they immediately fired at the devil's grenadiers and heavy machine gunners as soon as possible.
Yokono saw his grenadiers fall one by one, and immediately realized that there were snipers in the New Fourth Army who ambushed him, so he naturally didn't dare to show his head casually at this time, so he had to call the first squad leader and ask him to gather his troops and prepare to break through to the south.
When the first squad leader looked up, he saw that the Imperial Allied Army in the south was hit by the heavy machine guns on the mountain in the south, and the grenadiers of his own troops could not be erected, and they were completely beaten, so he looked at Yokono and said: "Squadron leader, the Chinese fire is too fierce to break through from the south, so I thought of a way, or we should retreat east to the lake, and then withdraw from the reeds by the lake." ”
At this time, the 1st Battalion and 2nd Company, which were ambushed by the small lake, just lay quietly in the forest and did not shoot at the devils on the avenue. From the avenue to the small lake, there are several winding field paths connected, besides, the reed forest by the lake is lower than the avenue, if they take the liberty of shooting, the devil is condescending, but it will be against themselves.
When Yokono heard the squad leader's words, he turned his head to look to the south, only to see that there was a lot of gunfire, and the Imperial Allied Army suffered heavy casualties under the blow of the New Fourth Army, and slowly retreated along the avenue towards his position. Similarly, the Imperial Allied Army on the hill to the north was surrounded by the New Fourth Army in a blink of an eye, and after more than half of the casualties, Yokono saw countless Imperial Allied Army troops raising their guns with both hands and surrendering to the rushing New Fourth Army. (To be continued.) )