Chapter 382: Anti-Sweep in Progress (Medium)
Regarding tonight's night attack, Zhou Aiguo naturally attached great importance to this was the first battle of the reconnaissance company, and he personally rushed to Xinzhuang east of Sujiatang with the second platoon. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The enemy on the East Road, commanded by Sen Mu himself, camped in Xinzhuang tonight.
Two hours before Zhou Aiguo took the second platoon of reconnaissance to attack, Liu Tianshu personally led the second battalion and quietly took advantage of the night to run towards Majiaji.
When Zhou Aiguo rushed to the outside of Xinzhuang with the second platoon of soldiers, it was already past ten o'clock in the evening, and at this time, the devils and puppet soldiers who rushed to Xinzhuang had not yet slept, and the whole village was full of fires. At the same time, there is also a fire in the village.
As soon as the devil came out of the Majiaji base, the soldiers of the reconnaissance company were monitoring from a distance, and when they saw the company commander coming, the two soldiers in charge of monitoring hurriedly reported the situation.
Knowing that two hundred devils were stationed in the village, and the guards outside the village were the Imperial Association Army that cooperated with the action, Zhou Aiguo couldn't help but smile.
The little devil is such a virtue, once camped, he likes to arrange the Imperial Association Army on the periphery, and at the same time arrange the devil to set up a guard inside.
It's just that there is a flat river outside Xinzhuang, and the nearest mountains are two kilometers away, and Senmu does not send troops to defend the mountains on all sides, but only lets the Imperial Association army guard along the three hundred meters outside the village.
Seeing that many Imperial Allied troops were roasting around the fire in front, and at the same time, there were weak patrols of the Imperial Allied Army patrol, Zhou Aiguo ordered the machine gun company to specially strengthen the preparation for the shelling of his two grenadiers, and at the same time quietly approached with the second platoon.
The route they approached was through the fields, but the retreat route was a small ditch leading to the village, but by this time the ditch had long since dried up.
Although they are only attacking, once the battle starts, the devils in the village will definitely hear the news and come out to reinforce, and according to the intelligence, the devils on this road have brought two 92 infantry guns, if they still return from the same way, they may become a live target for the devils.
The devil has a flare in his hand, and once he finds someone sneaking up, he can directly turn night into day.
Seeing that it was approaching a range of 100 meters, Zhou Aiguo glanced at the small ditch not far away, and saw that the soldiers were all prepared, and immediately raised their guns to fire directly at an imperial army walking around, and as the gunshots rang out, the imperial army immediately fell to the ground.
At the same time, the soldiers of the second platoon of the reconnaissance company raised their guns and opened fire on the Imperial Allied troops by the fire on the opposite side, and the grenadiers fired the shells at the fires on both sides.
A roaring explosion sounded, and several shells were falling on the side of the fire, and as the smoke rose, several Imperial Allied troops were directly blown away.
The Imperial Allied Army guarding the south of the village was panicked by the sudden blow, especially the New Fourth Army, which launched the attack, even more frightened the Imperial Allied Army.
Sen Mu, who was about to lie down in the village, heard a fierce gunfire suddenly sounding in the south of the village, and stood up in shock, and then a ghost soldier ran to report, saying that the Imperial Cooperative Army in the south of the village was attacked, and the other party's offensive was very fierce, and the Imperial Cooperative Army in the south of the village could no longer withstand it.
"Eight grids, order Fujiki, immediately send troops to reinforce, and be sure to kill the Chinese who dare to sneak attack." The good night's dream that was originally prepared was disturbed like this, and Moriki was a little angry.
When Fujiki learned that the south of the village was attacked, he immediately sent the first squad to reinforce it quickly, and at the same time asked the artillery of the brigade to prepare to provide artillery support.
Zhou Aiguo commanded the second platoon to quickly rush to the position of the Imperial Allied Army, and when he saw that those Imperial Allied troops had run away, he immediately ordered the soldiers to collect their weapons, and then turned to the small ditch.
As soon as they reached the edge of the ditch, they heard footsteps in the village, and at the same time several flares rose from the sky, illuminating the south of the village as if it were day.
Zhou Aiguo immediately knew that the devils were coming to reinforce him, so he hurriedly shouted and left, jumped into the small ditch with the soldiers, lowered his body and retreated sharply to the south.
Sure enough, Fujiki, who was chased out with the troops, saw that the New Fourth Army had fled from the small ditch, and immediately chased after him with the troops.
It's a pity that he didn't catch up to the edge of the ditch, and was immediately attacked by Zhou Aiguo and others for a while, and the three devil soldiers were knocked to the ground, and the rest of the devils no longer dared to stand up and chase after them.
Taking advantage of the fact that the devil was blocked, Zhou Aiguo and the others ran back quickly.
Fujiki saw that the New Fourth Army was fleeing, and hurriedly asked for artillery fire to suppress it, but unfortunately the small ditch bent forward, and the effect was not great at all.
In the blink of an eye, seeing that the New Fourth Army had run too far to attack, Fujiki had to hate and withdraw his troops.
Two hours later, the position of the Imperial Association Army in the north of the village was attacked again, but fortunately, because of the attack on the south of the village, the Imperial Association Army immediately increased its vigilance, and the loss was not large.
However, the New Fourth Army harassed all night, which made the nerves of the Imperial Alliance Army tighten, and at dawn, they were all listless.
Even the imperial soldiers, because of the night of tossing, failed to sleep well and seemed to be in low spirits.
Just when Sen Mu was blowing his beard and ordering the Japanese army and the Imperial Allied Army to assemble and prepare to continue advancing towards Sujiatang, he suddenly received an urgent telegram from Ma Jiaji.
Hearing that a large number of New Fourth Army had appeared around the Majiaji stronghold, Sen Mu couldn't help but gasp, he personally commanded more than 600 puppet troops to pounce on Sujiatang, but he didn't expect the main force of the New Fourth Army to suddenly appear in Majiaji.
For a while, he really didn't know whether he should lead his troops back to help Ma Jiaji, or advance to Sujiatang according to the established plan. The main purpose of this sweep, according to the instructions of the wing commander, was to eliminate Liu Tianshu's 16th Regiment.
Thinking of this, Sen Mu had no choice but to report the situation to the wing commander, and at the same time ordered the Japanese troops stationed in the county town to draw out a small team, plus a battalion of the Imperial Cooperative Army that cooperated with the operation, and rushed to the aid of Majiaji.
Anyway, it will take two hours at most to rush from the county seat to Majiaji, and it will take more than six hours to return reinforcements from Xinzhuang, because the roads in this area are rugged and impassable by cars.
After receiving Sen Mu's telegram, the wing captain thought about it and ordered him to continue to attack Sujiatang according to the established plan. As for the issue of Majiaji, the county seat first sent troops to reinforce it, and at the same time, the wing sent another brigade of troops to Linshan County.
Hearing that the wing commander had decided to send more troops, Moriki was relieved.
It's just that he didn't know that after Liu Tianshu rushed to Majiaji with his troops overnight, he immediately asked the second battalion and four companies to surround the devil's stronghold.
Majiaji originally had a squad of Japanese troops stationed there, and at the same time there was a company of the Imperial Army. This time, after Sen Mu personally commanded the troops to sweep Sujiatang, the materials needed by the troops were temporarily stored in the Majiaji stronghold.
Because of this situation, the enemy's forces in Majiaji were not withdrawn.
Seeing the New Fourth Army appear outside the stronghold, Qiu Nan, the leader of the Japanese squad stationed in Majiaji, stood in the turret to the east of the stronghold, although he reported to the captain in accordance with the regulations, he did not think that the New Fourth Army could capture the stronghold.
You must know that the Majiaji stronghold has built two tall and strong turrets, and the New Fourth Army has no artillery, so it is even more difficult to capture the turrets.
This is also the fundamental reason why the Japanese army dared to build artillery towers in the occupied areas during the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression.
On the contrary, whether it is in the Nanyang battlefield or in the northeast in order to guard against the fortresses of the Soviet army, all the hidden forts are built, and there is no such tall and mighty turret with a good sight.
It's just that Qiu Nan didn't expect that it was Liu Tianshu who came to attack, and where would this person play cards according to the convention.
After rushing to the Majiaji stronghold, he immediately ordered the soldiers of the second battalion to quietly approach the turret, stop at a distance of 50 meters from the turret, and at the same time began to dig out individual bunkers.
After completing the earthwork, the soldiers of the 4th Company continued to approach the turret.
Because the main force went to besiege Sujiatang, Qiu Nan, who was guarding the Ma Jiaji stronghold, didn't expect the New Fourth Army to attack his idea at all, so the soldiers guarding the turret last night were a little lazy, and he didn't notice it.
Of course, Qiu Nan is not to blame, under the guidance of Liu Tianshu, after two months of training, the second battalion has made significant progress in trench excavation and camouflage on the battlefield, such as how to deal with the devil's searchlight, how to use the terrain to skillfully build fortifications, etc., all have a basic mastery.
The soldiers of the 4th Company took advantage of the gap in the searchlight, and when they reached a distance of 50 meters, they immediately took advantage of the terrain to dig a bunker while hiding.
Not only was the small dirt bag on the south side of the Majiaji stronghold not bulldozed by the devils, but even the sparse shrubs on it were not cut down, which created excellent conditions for the second battalion to skillfully approach.
When he saw the fortifications of the New Fourth Army appear under his nose in the morning, Qiu Nan couldn't help but be dumbfounded, but he was still not worried, the New Fourth Army wanted to capture his artillery tower with that little gun, which was definitely enough.
Besides, the reinforcements from the city will arrive in two hours at most, and then they are afraid that they will not be able to defeat these New Fourth Army?
Seeing that the sky was bright, Liu Tianshu ordered Xie Pingcai to immediately attack the turret, and at the same time use the grenadier to bombard the building between the two turrets.
The devils guarding the turret saw that the New Fourth Army was attacking, and immediately shot desperately through the firing hole.
They were condescending, and the attacking New Fourth Army was pressed to the point where they couldn't raise their heads.
However, at this time, the bombardiers of the three reconnaissance companies unhurriedly took out the ****** on their bodies, and then threw them violently towards the turret, and with a crisp sound, the ****** shattered on the turret, and a blue depression of flames immediately flowed down the outer wall of the turret, and soon approached the shooting hole.
When the ****** kept flying, in the blink of an eye, the outer wall of the turret facing the fourth company was full of flames, and a lot of gasoline flowed into the turret, and the devils and puppet soldiers inside were all in a hurry, and they could no longer shoot out calmly.
As for the devils on the top of the turret, under the blows of Liu Tianshu and Hu Yeshuan, after the fall of five people, no one dared to show their heads. Seeing that the devil's turret was surrounded by fire, Xie Ping shouted excitedly, and a platoon of the fourth company quickly rushed out of the trench and rushed towards the stronghold. The fighters in the rear constantly fired to provide cover for fire.
At a distance of fifty meters, that is, a few seconds, a platoon of four companies rushed to the gate of the stronghold after paying the price of two sacrifices. (To be continued.) )