In the evening, Leng Guangqian took two snipers, Zhao Tiancai and Zhou Jinlong, to report to Xu Ming the general situation of the Japanese army in Tan Yuanpu.

"Master, there are a lot of devils in and out of there, as well as big cars and cars, and the devils who escort the big cars at eleven o'clock in the morning every day..."

Everything is the same as Xu Ming's speculation, the strength of the Japanese army here is at least one brigade, but it will not exceed 1 wing, and Zhao Tiancai also reported an important situation, there is a puppet army there!

In the war of aggression against China, due to the lack of troops, the Japanese army used part of the puppet army in the Battle of Songhu and the Battle of Xuzhou.

The puppet army is not like the Japanese army, its combat effectiveness is extremely scum, not to mention going to the front line to attack the fortifications, and even the guards of the communication lines are rarely used, and they are generally only used to maintain law and order in the rear. It seems that there is a problem with the strength of the devils who attacked Anqing this time, and the troops in various sections are constantly being drawn to the front line, so that the Japanese army uses puppet guards in such an important place, which is a link that must be used.

"Battalion Commander Leng, find a way to catch a few tongues, the devil can't catch them, catch the puppet army."

"Master, I've already sent someone to arrange for the capture of prisoners." Leng Guangqian replied.

The next day, the troops rested during the day and hurried at night, and in the early hours of the morning, Xu Ming's raiding troops arrived in the mountains northwest of Tan Yuanpu for concealment and standby.

Leng Guangqian reported the situation of the captive, and the captive failed! The reason is laughable, because the sniper battalion is too "ferocious", and the devils don't even dare to go out to pee at night, and as for the puppet army, they are even less daring than turtles.

Dozens of snipers waited all night, stunned to find a chance to capture prisoners!

If you know the deployment of the Japanese army, you will have seven or eight points of certainty about this raid, and if the situation inside is like that of Anqing Airport, and the details are as detailed as what materials are made of the fortifications of each stronghold and what the strength of the defense is, it is a 100% certainty.

However, it is impossible to always have a perfect opportunity to fight a war, and in many cases, unexpected courage and swiftness are more important than thoughtfulness.

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Tan Yuanpu, here in the early prosperous times, was an ancient town, whether it was merchants going south and north, or passers-by in and out of Jianghuai, they all chose to rest and settle here.

Even if the people are in a scuffle, there are several hostels here that cater to travelers from all over the world. But at the end of June 1938, the original Chinese residents here have completely disappeared, and the simple and elegant Yunjia Inn, with more than 30 rooms, is now a field hospital set up by the Japanese army during the war; A beautiful manor house to the north became a temporary warehouse for the Japanese army, which was full of military supplies; The worst environment, the low-lying northwest side, is now a squadron of the puppet army stationed.

"Grandma, a bear! It's raining again! "A puppet army is complaining, this army is the puppet Manchukuo's Li Chunshan department, running from the icy northeast to the warm and humid Central China, who has never seen such a rainy season, I heard that it can rain here for two or three months! Each of these guys hung their heads and stayed listlessly in the room.

"Come on, three dogs, don't be good, just sell well, this is better than the front." It was a bearded puppet army who spoke, and then said in a gloating tone: "This time the imperial army is miserable, you see how many missing arms and legs are transported down every day in front, this time the imperial army has encountered hard stubble." ”

"Fortunately, we weren't allowed to get on, otherwise we would be the ones who lacked arms and legs!" The puppet army who was complaining just now said with palpitations, as if recalling the tragic scene of the wounded Japanese soldiers sent down from the front line.

"Cha! Let's go! Don't think of yourself as a shallot! I'm telling you, if you encounter that 107th Division, don't resist, (surrender) maybe there is still a way to live...

Before the bearded man could finish speaking, suddenly there was a cannon sound outside, and then the cannonballs exploded in the courtyard, these puppet soldiers had never seen such a scene, all of them were like human faces, and some even crawled under the bed.

At noon, at 12 o'clock sharp, the attack of the squadron began.

Xu Ming had planned to attack in the early hours of the morning, but the downpour changed his plans, and in such rainy weather, the effect of the surprise attack was no less than that of the early morning. In less than one hour, all the outlying strongholds of the Japanese army were overcome.

The Japanese army has 4 brigades in the troop establishment here, but all of them are disabled troops on the front line, and the total strength is less than 2,000 people, not counting the more than 100 puppet troops.

Not enough troops is not the worst, the worst thing is: they don't have bullets!

The front line is stale, the logistics supply in the rear can't keep up, all the troops in the rear send bullets and military supplies to the troops in Jixian Pass, and the Japanese army in Tan Yuanpu only has 5 bullets left!

The devils ran like a bombed hornet, but after the initial panic, the Japanese army began to carry out organized defense in every section, and some Japanese troops were still under the leadership of officers, counterattacking the attacking squadron.

Fierce white-knuckle battles were fought in many places, and some devils ran out of bullets, picked up wooden sticks, and put up dying resistance.

The lack of bullets of the Japanese army was quickly taken advantage of by the squadron, and the attacking troops boldly launched an offensive formation less than 200 meters away from the Japanese army, and the mountain artillery also followed the front-line commando to eliminate the devils who were stubbornly defending each stronghold.

Every house and street is fiercely contested.

The first to conquer was the northwest side of Tan Yuanpu, where a Japanese squad was quickly wiped out, and the remaining 100 or so puppet troops quickly surrendered.

The puppet army didn't need to be interrogated, and they enthusiastically told the situation and deployment of the Japanese army one by one, and Xu Ming knew that he had won the jackpot!

In the majestic rain, Xu Ming clenched his fists and raised his head to the sky and roared, there are less than 2,000 devils, or disabled troops, the most important thing is that the Japanese army has no bullets, and even grenades and grenadiers are lacking, this is a gift from the sky! According to the instructions of the puppet army, the squadron used artillery to bombard the Japanese headquarters in a concentrated manner, and now any shell can hit an officer above the rank of lieutenant.

The machine guns of the squadron all opened fire, and the charging Japanese soldiers smashed like eggs hitting stones.

After destroying the command system of the Japanese army, the squadron divided the Japanese army into parts that did not work in each company, and then concentrated firepower to annihilate them separately, and fierce battles were fought in each section, but the squadron won in each section!

The last resistance was at the Yunjia Inn, and the last hundreds of devils charged against the blazing firepower, all of them were killed on the periphery of the inn, and the last more than 200 Japanese wounded collectively pulled out the grenades, which became the last elegy of this raid battle.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, all the gunfire was extinguished, the heavy rain continued to pour, the water flowed from high to low, and in the source pond, wisps of blood flowed out, and the whole ancient town became a flesh mill! However, it was the 6th Division of the Japanese Army that was worn out!

"1,927 Japanese corpses were found, 1,542 rifles, 41 light machine guns, and 21 grenadiers were captured, and Japanese captains Kajiwara Masao, Naoki Takada, and Murai Zhizaburo were killed... Our army lost 77 people! The voice of the communication soldier in the report was very loud, and he could not hide the excitement in his heart in his words.

Hearing such a brilliant statistics of battle results, all the officers and soldiers present cheered.

"Great victory, great victory!" Xie Jinyuan hugged Xu Ming, almost so excited that he couldn't help himself, and the most elite troops of the Japanese army, such an exchange ratio was unthinkable to everyone, and they didn't dare to think of it.

Everything happened alive in front of him, and even under his command, the 6th Division was not the unknown Hatada detachment, known as the first elite division of the Japanese army...

Xu Ming was embarrassed by the rain and mud all over his body, but he couldn't hide the smugness on his face, "I know that all the encirclement and annihilation battles will be rewarded!" "This time, four Japanese captains were captured and killed, and a large number of Japanese military supplies and documents were also captured.

The most important thing is that the complete codebook has been seized!

The Japanese codebook did not have time to be completely destroyed, and when a shell hit, the devil inside was immediately reimbursed, and the book with lead on the surface was not injured by artillery fire.

The codebook is an encryption measure for troop contact, and there is a set of strict and cumbersome replacement measures.

Of course, capturing the codebook does not mean that he can be cracked, but the Japanese army will never dare to be careless, if it is cracked by the squadron, the combat deployment and planning arrangements of all the troops will be exposed to the opponent This time, the devil will be busy this time!

Xu Ming and a few people sat on the ground, looking at the statistical report excitedly, while still eating dry food, he just put down the bean cake and picked up a water cup.

"Report!" A panting communications soldier came running over, his face unclear whether it was rain or sweat.

"Two and a half hours ago, a Japanese army was spotted in the west, the number of which is unknown, and it is rapidly advancing east!"

Xu Ming put down the water cup and stood up suddenly.

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The rain had subsided, the sky had completely darkened, and on the muddy road, a brigade of Japanese troops was struggling to advance.

The 47th Wing of the Japanese Army received the news of Tan Yuanpu's emergency, and the wing commander Hasegawa Masaken was shocked, he knew the situation of the Japanese army in Tan Yuanpu, and the soldiers there didn't even have ammunition!

Hagatani immediately ordered a brigade to advance as fast as possible, and he personally led the main force of the wing to follow, and on the front line of the buried mountain, only one brigade was left for defense.

The captain who set off first didn't even eat dinner, so he set off with more than 500 people, and got the news at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, and in 3 hours, he had advanced 20 kilometers.

After another 10 kilometers to Tan Yuanpu, the Japanese captain was extremely anxious and kept urging his troops.

"Speed up! Speed up! Speed is everything! Speed..."

In the darkness of the night, he saw a group of men and horses approaching slowly.

"What kind of troops are you! Outfit! ", asked a devil officer at the brigade headquarters.

"Manchuria's ** Li Chunshan Division's Wang Qingyuan Squadron, transferred from Tan Yuanpu." A bearded man said weakly.

The captain also recognized Wang Qingyuan, and the more than 100 puppet soldiers behind him all drooped their heads and approached this brigade!