Chapter 138: Night Raid (I)

When Liu Hua learned that the army along the Tongpu Railway had been completely trapped by the misalignment of the two regiments, he completely relaxed and started his own war.

In the same way, as commander, Liu Hua also led the strength of nearly 6,000 troops of the three regiments and various directly subordinate units, day and night, and quickly inserted themselves in the direction of Shexian.

Through Liu Hua's long-term study of the terrain along the road from Shexian to Zhangjiazhuang, Liu Hua finally decided to choose the battlefield between Wuxiang and Yushe, trying to use the powerful terrain on this road to wait for the opportunity to fight an ambush battle against the devils and completely wipe out a wing of the army attacking from the direction of Shexian.

Of course, in order to fight an ambush battle, it is necessary to know the terrain, after the main forces are interspersed with the assembly area. All the troops were hidden in the mountains, and at this moment, Liu Hua, who was sitting in the temporary headquarters, received information from the chief of staff of the left, "The devil has been dispatched"

And according to the reconnaissance, the devil troops and related weapons from Shexian were all sent together "According to the reconnaissance, the devils from Shexian County are the 117th Wing of the Yue Army, and the wing leader is Okamoto Osa, because the marching route of this wing is mostly mountainous, so it is only equipped with 6 mountain guns of one squadron, but it carries a large number of mortars. Among them, there is a cavalry squadron under the 117th Wing, a heavy machine gun brigade with a total of 36 heavy machine guns, and a total of more than 3,600 people."

After looking at the devil's troop allocation, as the commander-in-chief of this campaign, Commander Liu Hua began to calculate again: "3,600 well-equipped elite troops, he only has 6,000 people, and there is obviously a big gap with the army in terms of heavy weapons. Thinking of this, Liu Hua made up his mind.

"Communicator, inform Liu Xiaogang, the captain of the special brigade, and Wang Hu, the commander of the cavalry battalion, to come to the headquarters." Soon, the two of them came to the headquarters out of breath, and after the two calmed down, Liu Hua began to speak: "Battalion Commander Wang, Captain Liu, there is a difficult task handed over to you now, I don't know if you have the confidence to complete it" Liu Hua's usual motivation method.

"Report to the commander, no matter what the task, we will resolutely complete it." The two replied tacitly.

"Okay, that's right, the devil who attacked from Shexian this time is the 117th Wing, which is subordinate to a cavalry squadron, a mountain artillery squadron, and also carries a large number of mortars, and the entire wing has a strength of more than 3,600 people. So I decided to use the mobile surname of your cavalry battalion, the flexible surname and long-range sniper ability of the special brigade to constantly harass the devil's marching brigade along the way, kill and injure the devil's living force as much as possible, and reduce the burden of the main force to destroy the enemy......"

After listening to Liu Hua's order, the two couldn't help but look happy, they could go and kill the devil, "Yes, commander, resolutely complete the task." After listening to Liu Hua's precautions, the two troops drove out of the hidden mountain and rushed to the way the devil came.

Due to the rapid and mobile marching speed of the cavalry battalion, the cavalry battalion only took one day to rush to the periphery of Wuxiang in front of the enemy, according to the cavalry outpost reconnaissance, the devil wing is stationed less than 50 miles away from Wuxiang, and is preparing to set up camp, seeing such a good fighter coming in front of him, how could Wang Hu let it go. This? Immediately ordered the outpost to continue the investigation, and at the same time urged the special forces behind to hurry away immediately and rush directly to the devil's camp.

After several hours of rapid marching, the men and horses of the two battalions finally arrived at the outskirts of the devil's camp in the early hours of the morning. Because the devil was facing the Eighth Route Army this time, the captain of the devil's wing, Okamoto Osa, was very cautious in his march, not only sent a large number of scouts, but also sent the entire cavalry squadron to the periphery of the main force to patrol back and forth.

When he learned that he was going to camp in the wilderness, his vigilance came again, in addition to setting up camp in accordance with military regulations and arranging sentries, Okamoto also specially dispatched a squadron of troops to conduct continuous mobile patrols around the periphery of the camp for the sake of inappropriate safety, as his own rapid reaction force. Looking at the barracks, which was already like an iron bucket, Okamoto Osa finally put his mind at ease and began to rest quietly.

However, this made the sentinels and patrols outside suffer, and after a tense day of marching, everyone was unusually tired, and they were ready to rest when they had just camped. However, the order that followed made the entire squadron complain, but in the hierarchical army, he could only swallow his anger, silently picked up the rifle in his hand, and hurriedly ate some dry food, just like walking outside the barracks...... Wang Hu and Liu Xiaogang carefully observed the devil's barracks, and the devil's entire barracks stretched for hundreds of meters. In the middle of the barracks were hundreds of tents, two in a row, lined up along the road. For safety, countless bonfires were lit on both sides of the tent, and many of them were surrounded by a few devils. However, it seems that these devils are asleep, and patrols are constantly passing by the perimeter of the camp... On the surface, this devil camp can be described as heavily guarded...

Soon the first squad leader of the special brigade who went out to investigate came to the side of the two, "Report to the captain, there is about a squadron patrol outside the devil, and, after our investigation, we found that the devil has arranged a lot of open and dark sentinels and is very heavily guarded, if you don't kill these sentinels, it will be difficult to touch the devil's camp." ”

After listening to the squad leader's reconnaissance, the brows of the two people immediately furrowed, and Liu Xiaogang, the captain of the special brigade, broke the silence: "Captain Wang, can you detect where the devil's ammunition is placed, especially the devil's shells" After listening to Liu Xiaogang's words, Wang Hu also came to his senses.

"It should be possible, but, captain, we can't get close to the devil's camp at all, plus the secret sentry and patrol team arranged by the devil, we are at least 200 meters away from the devil's ammunition truck, how can we get close to these ammunition trucks!" The squad leader looked puzzled.

"You don't care about this, go and find out the location of the devil's artillery position and ammunition truck for me," Liu Xiaogang did not say the reason.

"Yes," the squad leader replied softly, turning around and blending into the darkness of the night, and soon, the location of the enemy's ammunition truck was clear. For the safety of ammunition, the devil put almost all the ammunition trucks in the middle of the camp. If you don't alarm the sentinels of the devils, the middle one needs to attack at a distance of more than 300 meters. Hearing this information, Liu Xiaogang was not disappointed, and looked at Wang Hu, the commander of the cavalry battalion next to him.

"Battalion Commander Wang, how many mortars does your cavalry battalion have?" Liu Xiaogang asked bluntly.

Hearing Captain Liu's words, Wang Hu suddenly reacted and said with a smile: "Captain Liu, there are four mortars in the cavalry battalion, how about it, shall we go...." Seeing Xiao Gang nodded, Wang Hu directly ordered the communicator behind him to let the artillery platoon move the mortars. At the same time, four mortars of the special brigade were also moved, and in this way, a small artillery group of 8 mortars was created.

After all the gun emplacements were ready, except for the second squadron of the special brigade to protect the artillery, the rest of the men were evacuated, and the cavalry battalion roamed around the periphery, covering the artillery retreat at any time in case of emergency.

"Start," with a dull thud, 8 mortar shells were pushed out of their muzzles by a strong recoil. Seeing the cannon discharged, the fighters did not stop long, and then fired two shells in a row at the fastest speed, and the whole launch took less than half a minute. After all the shells were fired, the fighters quickly dismantled the mortars and prepared for transfer.

You know, in the dark of night, the flame from the muzzle of the mortar can easily expose the artillery position. In order to be able to transfer smoothly, Liu Xiaogang stipulated that the artillery could only fire three shells and must be transferred. And just like that, when the second round of shells was fired, the squadron leader who was on patrol by the devil discovered the artillery positions of the fighters according to the bright light. Although at this time, the entire camp was full of explosions, the squadron leader knew his duty, if he did not catch these Eighth Route Army attacking the camp, then what was waiting for him was military law. Thinking of this, the squadron leader immediately led his exhausted squadron to the artillery position.

However, because the devil patrol squadron was really too tired, everyone was awakened when they heard the sound of cannons, and quickly assembled. However, on the way to the encirclement, those devils faced the difficult mountain road, coupled with the tired body, the speed of the entire encirclement invisibly slowed down a lot, which provided enough time for the transferred artillery.

Just after the devil patrol squadron was panting and surrounded the artillery position, the whole position had nothing but the smell of gunsmoke. The squadron leader of "Yaga" scolded loudly, and at the same time picked up the binoculars and looked around, hoping to find the shadow of the person who attacked. Finally, the squadron leader was 200 meters away from him, and with the help of the continuous explosion of fire in the barracks, he vaguely saw the figure of the fleeing man.

"Yo Xi, order, immediately catch up with the soldiers of China, I will kill them all." The squadron leader roared loudly, and the soldiers who had received the order once again chased forward with difficulty on their legs. The squadron leader followed the back of the group, watching as the people in front of him ran faster and faster, while his own soldiers ran slower and slower. Immediately became furious, "Baga, if you don't catch up with the people in front of you, you will be dead" said, and slashed over a crumbling soldier next to him with a knife, and suddenly, under the stimulation of the bloody behavior, the pursuit speed of the entire squadron slowly increased, and he was afraid that the squadron leader behind him would cut the knife in his hand to his head.

Under the tight pursuit of the army, the distance between the two sides is getting closer and closer, and the special fighters of the second squadron, which serves as the protective artillery, have begun to slow down their marching speed, looking for a suitable position, and blocking the pursuing devils ....

As the gunfire rang out, under the precise blows of the long-range snipers of a squadron, the first few devils immediately fell in a pool of blood. Maybe I heard the gunshots, and the tired devil was like drinking stimulants, and he no longer had the tiredness he had just now. Immediately lie down on the spot, use various terrain to find cover, and shoot at the opposite middle [***] team......

(To be continued)