Chapter 32 Engaging the Enemy
"The Japanese army is coming" When the first Japanese steel helmet appeared in Zhao Zhi's telescope, the walkie-talkie came with the news that Tang Lei and the Jewish soldiers were also in place. According to the order, Tang Lei and a company of Jewish soldiers under his command have fallen far behind this group of cunning Japanese soldiers, completely cutting off their retreat, and the scouts who acted with him have also figured out the firepower configuration of this group of Japanese troops, to Zhao Zhi's surprise, this group threw bait in a vain attempt to wipe out the Japanese guerrillas in one fell swoop, not only brought 4 60mm light mortars, but also carried a Type 92 infantry gun.
Zhao Zhi can be regarded as a headache now, in order to ensure the speed of movement, it did not carry heavy machine guns and strong firepower such as Bazooka when it came out, originally only thought that the Japanese army had mortars as fire support at most, but now it seems that he still underestimated this group of Japanese soldiers from Ding'an County. The total weight of the Type 92 infantry gun does not exceed 220 kilograms, and if its bulletproof shield is removed, this infantry gun with a height of only 0.62 meters can be used as mobile firepower like a machine gun, and its range of 2,700 meters and 100 meters near 100 meters makes Zhao Zhi quite jealous.
The Japanese army came looking for the sound of gunfire, since they already knew that the Japanese puppet army squad as a decoy was really ambushed in Dawangzhuang, then their mortars and infantry guns would not enter Zhuangzi, and the long-range firepower in Zhao Zhi's hands was only sniper rifles and grenadiers, and it was good to say that the machine guns against the Japanese army were good, and at the range of infantry guns, Zhao Zhi's sniper rifles and grenadiers could not hit people at all. "The third brother, take out 15 brothers to change into the military uniforms of the Japanese army, hurry up" Looking at the guerrillas fiddling with the 38 rifles in the courtyard, Zhao Zhi suddenly had an idea in his head.
Don't say the reason, the third child took the mercenary who had just changed into the Japanese military uniform to grab the 38 rifle that the guerrillas had not yet covered the heat and went out of the yard, "pop" "pop" "pop" out of the yard The third child shot at the dirt road that did not exist in the Zhuangzi, and from time to time threw a grenade and blew it up in the empty street corner, and the uninformed people seemed to think that a group of Japanese soldiers were exchanging fire with the guerrillas. Of course, the third child is not only shooting guns and throwing grenades, but also the mercenary who is proficient in Japanese will shout a few words in Japanese, and the guerrillas in the courtyard who bluff really think that the third child and his gang are purebred Japanese soldiers.
Dawangzhuang, which had already stopped from the wind and rain, was filled with gunfire again, but the Japanese reinforcements who were closely watched by Zhao Zhi stopped their advance strangely, looking at the Japanese soldiers outside the firing range, the Jewish soldiers who were ambushed in Dawangzhuang were secretly sweating, thinking that this group of Japanese soldiers was really cunning, could it be that they had seen through the layout in Dawangzhuang? If Zhao Zhi had done his homework in advance and sent scouts into the county town to inquire about the news, maybe he would not have been so nervous at this time.
The county seat of Ding'an is not an important transportation hub or an important location, and the Japanese army only stationed a small squad of Japanese troops and a company of the Imperial Association in Ding'an, if it were not for the fact that the expansion of the base area of the Eighth Route Army has threatened the control of the Japanese occupation area, the Japanese army in Shanxi would never send another squadron of Japanese troops to Ding'an County. The Japanese commander who threw the bait and set a trap in an attempt to exterminate the guerrillas in one fell swoop was called Yamada Kinao, and those who knew him well knew that this man was a ruthless and thoughtful guy, but he had a fatal flaw, this person was extremely afraid of death, and had asked to be transferred back to his homeland more than once.
Yamada Jinxiong offended Shangguan because he was afraid of death, and was sent to Ding'an County to garrison, which was originally a place of poor mountains and rivers, and it was a place where Japanese officers had no military merits to fish, and it was most suitable for people like Yamada Jinxiong who were afraid of death to retire. However, with the expansion of the base area of the Eighth Route Army, the guerrillas operating everywhere slowly expanded their scope of activities to the surrounding areas of Ding'an County, coupled with the bounty order issued by Thunder, in recent times, the Japanese soldiers under Yamada Jinxiong and the Imperial Allied Army have frequently disappeared, and as a last resort, Yamada Jinxiong had to get this bait operation, and if he wants to regain morale, he must fight a victory.
Out of prudence, when sending Sakai's squad out of the city to collect food, Yamada Kaneo, as the commander, did not tell Sakai the actual situation, and he did not do this to exclude dissidents, but to prevent the leakage of secrets. Not to mention that the guerrilla intelligence officers did not know the trap set by Yamada Jinxiong, even the other officers in the county town did not know, when Yamada Jinxiong left the county seat with more than 200 days of puppet troops, he ordered the county town to close the city gate, and no one was allowed to enter or leave, so the underground party intelligence officers who had worked so hard to obtain information did not have the opportunity to send information.
"Shaoza, it's the people of Sakai's team who are fighting with Tsuchihachi, do we need to send troops over to support?" The fierce firefighting scene in Dawangzhuang was seen by Yamada Jinxiong and them, it was only a few minutes, Yamada had seen several imperial soldiers in earthy yellow military uniforms from the telescope were shot and fell, what kind of combat effectiveness is the guerrillas of the Zhina people, Yamada Jinxiong is clear in his heart, more than a dozen imperial soldiers were suppressed by the other party, is it not the guerrillas of the Zhina people in Zhuangzi? Or is it the regular troops of the Eighth Route Army in Zhuangzi?
Yamada Jinxiong, who seems to have found the correct solution to the problem, came to the spirit of exterminating a group of Tu Eighth Route guerrillas and annihilating the regular troops of the Eighth Route Army, which are completely two concepts. The Type 92 infantry gun, which was originally brought for his own safety, was now useful, Yamada Jinxiong looked left and right with a telescope, and finally ordered the attack formation of the Imperial Allied Army in front of the Japanese army, and at the same time as the Japanese puppet army mixed formation rushed towards Dawangzhuang, Yamada signaled his artillery to start preparing for fire support.
The telescope used by Zhao Zhi was the most advanced equipment given by the German High Command, and it was clearer and farther than Yamada's telescope. made a one-man show in the hope that this group of Japanese soldiers would not bring out the Type 92 infantry guns in their hands, why did they still put the guns out at the end? Zhao Zhi's telescope turned, and when he saw the mixed Japanese puppet army began to press towards Dawangzhuang's side, Zhao Zhi, who had been cold-faced, smiled.
"Contact Tang Lei immediately and tell him to fight according to the original plan" At this time, Zhao Zhi seemed full of confidence, this group of Japanese soldiers was too big, Yamada Jinxiong in order to win the battle, vainly tried to use the tactics of a large force assault, and actually sent most of his soldiers to see the attack on Dawangzhuang, and there were only more than 30 Japanese soldiers left around him to guard, and these Japanese soldiers also had to shoulder the responsibility of protecting the artillery position. Yamada's artillery position is no less than 500 meters away from Zhao Zhi, Zhao Zhi can't beat him, but Tang Lei, who can sneak up from behind the Japanese army, can, this is the reason why Zhao Zhi is full of confidence.
Under the command of several Japanese officers, the Japanese puppet army rushed over directly through the fields outside Dawangzhuang, and under the command of several Japanese officers, they rushed towards the position of the third child, and the Japanese machine gunners in the formation also quickly found a firing position, and lay down in the field with their assistant shooters to set up machine guns to load bullets. "Grandma's, if you have the ability, move forward" The snipers lying on the roof immediately pointed their guns at the Japanese machine gun positions, and the scope had already put the machine gunner's head in it, and they just waited for Zhao Zhi's order to pull the trigger.
"Come and support us, there is the main force of the people in Zhuangzi, they have been blocked here outside, you hurry up and come over to help" The third child, who had rubbed his bloody face from somewhere, shouted to the Japanese puppet soldiers who had just rushed over. As soon as they heard that the Zhina army in Zhuangzi had been blocked inside by these bloodstained guys, the Japanese soldiers who had originally been in some formation ran over in unison with their eyes shining and howling in their mouths. Although Dawangzhuang is a Zhuangzi, its actual area is not very large, and the place left behind them for the Japanese army is even narrower.
"Grenade, grenade" Zhao Zhi who was hiding in the yard had already prepared, and after giving the signal to the third child, a large piece of newly captured Japanese-style grenades flew out of the courtyard. "It's broken" When he found out through the telescope that his men were blocked at Zhuangkou, Yamada Jino, who was standing on the artillery position, shouted that it was not good, but it was too late for him to react. The grenades that flew out of the courtyard had already exploded, and a large cloud of smoke mixed with flesh and gun parts rose into the air, and the Japanese puppet troops crowded in Zhuangkou were completely enveloped by the explosion, and Yamada's telescope could not see anything except the smoke from the explosion and the scattered gunsmoke.
As soon as the rumbling explosion ended, the Jewish soldiers who had already been in ambush pulled the trigger, and the dark red bullet rain flew through the smoke that had not yet dispersed towards the panicked Japanese puppet army. Before the explosion, the third and others who dodged back to the yard did not have time to change into the Japanese military uniforms on their bodies, so they picked up the submachine guns and fired them all over, and the rainstorm of bullets flew non-stop to the Japanese puppet army in Zhuangkou, like a sharp sickle harvesting wheat, knocking the Japanese puppet army within the range to the ground.
"Da Da" was attacked, and the Japanese machine guns scattered in the fields began to cover with fire, but unfortunately long before Zhao Zhi gave the order, the heads of these machine gunners had been aimed at with sniper scopes. As soon as the Japanese machine guns on this side fired, only a few sporadic and slightly dull gunshots were heard, and the shooters in control of the machine guns were all crushed by bullets, and the steaming brains mixed with blood plasma splattered far away. There was a Japanese sub-shooter who did not believe in evil, and the main shooter who pushed away the dead was about to take over the shooting, and the almost non-stop gunfire rang out again, and the sub-shooter who was eager to cover the fire was also crushed by the bullet, and no one dared to rashly take over the shooting now.