Chapter 0186: Fire Attack

Xin Yuan led two platoons of guerrilla fighters to take a small road and run to the Haitang ditch between Lijiabao and Kangjiapu. When he arrived at Haitang Ditch, Xin Yuan immediately ordered his troops to lie in ambush on the slopes on both sides of the ditch, waiting for the arrival of the team that attacked Lijiabao by the devils.

Sure enough, as Xin Yuan expected. Kuroki Daisa led the military police and security team to aid Bayin Town, and on the other hand, he sent Sato Shaosa to lead more than 200 people to attack Lijiabao.

Maybe it was a snake bite for ten years and was afraid of the well rope. Sato was ambushed in Haitang Ditch in his sneak attack on Lijiabao last time, so he was extra careful when he passed through Haitang Ditch again. He divided the squadron of more than 200 people into ten combat squads, each with its own specific tasks and a clear division of labor. For example, the first combat squad, engaged in fire reconnaissance missions, only used small steel cannons and machine guns to carry out precise strikes on places where there might be ambushes; The second squad, on the other hand, may be a throwing squad, following behind the first combat squad, and as soon as it spotted a partisan detected by fire, it threw grenades in a vain attempt to injure and kill the guerrillas. Others, such as the offensive squad, the breakout squad, the response squad, the broken rear squad, etc., each have different combat missions. It seems that Sato's attack on Lijiabao this time is determined to win.

"The devil is coming." One of the fighters blurted out.

Xin Yuan raised his binoculars and carefully observed the formation and attack method of the enemy's attack this time. Seeing the enemy's formation, Xin Yuan couldn't help but be secretly surprised. Xin Yuan thought: "The devil is prepared this time, if you want to fight hard with the devil, there is a big difference between the enemy and us in terms of equipment and numbers, I am afraid it will be difficult to repel the devil, and the casualties must be very large." What to do? Xin Yuan thought seriously.

The devil is getting closer. Shells from the devil's fire reconnaissance constantly exploded on the hillside. Seemingly. This Sato is ruthless. It is necessary to carry out full coverage of artillery fire from the ditch in the direction of Kangjiapu to the ditch in the direction of Lijiapu, so that the guerrillas will suffer.

Xin Yuan pondered the current situation: although the terrain was favorable to our army, the artillery fire of the devils was too fierce, so if the two armies fought against each other, the guerrillas would definitely suffer heavy casualties. The enemy's artillery fire will definitely cover the entire hillside, and because of the haste of arrival, the guerrillas have not yet had time to build fortifications, and once the devil's artillery fire is launched, the consequences will be unimaginable.

Xin Yuan decisively ordered: "Withdraw from the position and quickly withdraw from Haitang Ditch." ”

Under the leadership of Xin Yuan, the guerrillas used the grass and trees on the hillside as cover and withdrew from Haitang Gully to the mouth of the ditch in the direction of Lijiapu.

Xin Yuan ordered the soldiers to build fortifications at the mouth of the ditch to block the only way for Sato to Lijiabao.

Xin Yuan looked around the terrain of the ditch and suddenly saw a yard not far from the ditch. In the yard are piles of corn stalks, which have been here for at least two years. It has long been dry. Xin Yuan measured the direction of the wind, and it happened to be a southwest wind. So Xin Yuan ordered all the team members to go to the yard to transport straw and pile it at the mouth of the ditch. After a while, the mountain-like stacks of corn stalks were moved to the mouth of the ditch, and the ditch could not be rested, and it was still scattered on the slope of the hill connected to the mouth of the ditch.

The explosion of the devil's little steel cannon is getting closer and closer.

Xin Yuan began to do pre-war general mobilization.

"Comrades, this time Sato attacked Lijiabao in a sneak attack, adopting a strategy of step-by-step, steady and steady attack, bulldozing and advancing flat, in a vain attempt to take our base Lijiabao in one fell swoop. Due to the suddenness and swiftness of the enemy's arrival, it may be that our left-behind troops and villagers have not yet entered the tunnel in time, so we must block the enemy here, so that the devils will not be able to set foot in Lijiabao for a single step. Do you have any determination? Xin Yuan said, standing on a large rock.

"Resolutely defend the base! Never let the devil enter the village for half a step! Fight with the devil! The partisans replied in unison.

"Okay, now I order: the squad leader of the platoon, you lead your squad to detour back to the junction of Kangjiapu and Haitanggou from the trail behind the mountain on the left, dig out the back road of the devil from behind, stab it hard, and when the devil begins to organize his strength to deal with you with all his strength, retreat immediately; If the devil goes forward again, you will stab them in the back again, so that the devil will always feel that his back is being attacked. ”

The leader of the first platoon took the order and galloped away with the soldiers.

"The second squad leader of the first platoon obeyed the order: you lead your squad to lie in ambush behind a hill not far from the ditch on the right side, and specialize in attacking the enemy's steel gunners and machine gunners." Xin Yuan ordered.

The second squad leader of the first platoon led the order and left.

"Platoon leader, you lead the rest of your platoon of guerrillas, prepare the grenades, listen to my orders, and when I order everyone to drop the bombs, throw grenades into the ditch for me and blow up those shit." Xin Yuan ordered.

The platoon leader said yes and took people to prepare to go.

"The leader of the second platoon, lead your squad, and set fire to me, not only to burn the firewood at the mouth of the ditch into a raging fire, but also to introduce the fire into the ditch, and I want to burn Sato." Xin Yuan ordered.

The leader of the second platoon replied: "Don't worry, Deputy Captain Xin, I must take out the momentum of Zhuge Liang to burn Bowang and let Sato die in the fire." ”

The leader of the second platoon also led the people down to prepare, and in addition to lighting the torches and waiting for the order, he also sprinkled sulfur and other flammable materials on the straw stacks.

"Second platoon commander, you lead the remaining guerrillas, ambush in the fortifications at the mouth of the ditch, and give me a hard blow to the enemy!" Xin Yuan ordered.

The second platoon commander received the order and led the soldiers into the fortifications.

The enemy artillery fire was getting closer, and one shell also exploded on the corn stalks stack at the mouth of the ditch.

Xin Yuan boarded a small hill, saw that the devils were divided into ten echelons, opened the way with the fire of small steel cannons, and killed the ditch in the direction of Lijiabao.

Sato had already found that Mizoguchi had been filled with corn stalks, so with a wave of his command knife, the muzzle of the small steel cannon was aimed at the firewood and grass at Mizoguchi.

Seeing this, Xin Yuan hurriedly issued an order: "The leader of the second platoon and the first squad, quickly let the soldiers throw torches on the straw, and then hide in the fortifications on both sides of the ditch." ”

"Yes!" The leader of the second platoon agreed and took the lead in throwing the torch onto the straw stack. "Teng", a big fire started.

As soon as the first squad of the second platoon withdrew, the shells of the devil's small steel cannon exploded on the straw stack. The shell exploded on the straw, which accelerated the burning of the straw, and the fire took advantage of the wind, and the smoke billowed and poured into the begonia ditch.

The second platoon of the second squad ambushed behind the hill at the head of the ditch on the right, aimed at the steel gunners of the devils, shot one at a time, and sent them to meet the king of Hades.

At the same time, a platoon of squads had already detoured behind the devils, a charge, a burst of fire, killing the devils. The devil was attacked by the enemy in his back, and quickly turned around to deal with the first class. Xin Yuan saw it really on the top of the mountain, and immediately issued an order to the platoon leader: "Throw grenades!" ”

The platoon commander received an order to lead the soldiers and threw the grenade into the devil team, and the grenade exploded in the devil team, causing the devil to cry wolf.

Sato in the ditch has suffered a sin. The smoke and fire made him breathless, the grenades flying over his head exploded bloody flesh and blood, the steel gunners fell one by one, the little steel cannon was also dumb, and there were guerrillas behind him to copy his back road, Sato was miserable. Sato was horrified and thought to himself: if he continued like this, he would either be killed by a hidden gun, or by a grenade, or burned alive by fire. Sato found out that the woods and weeds on both sides of the hillside were already on fire, and if he didn't escape, a brigade of gendarmes under his command would be burned alive in this begonia ditch.

Sato no longer hesitated, he drew his sword, waved it in the air, and issued an order: "The tenth combat detachment will stay behind, and the rest of the attacks will retreat, and the whole team will withdraw outside the ditch." ”

Sato shouted with all his might.

The platoon and squad leader who were harassing the devils behind the enemy's back, and when they saw the devils counterattacking them, they hurriedly ordered the whole squad to retreat, go out of the ditch first, and set up an ambush.

Sato took the remnants of the defeated army and withdrew from the ditch, regardless of the blockade of the platoon, and retreated in the direction of Cangmen City.

Xin Yuan was in the binoculars and saw Sato running in the direction of Cangmen City, he looked at the burning mountain fire and ordered: "Comrades, the devil has run away, we must extinguish the mountain fire and protect the vegetation here." ”

The guerrilla fighters received the order and threw themselves into the sea of fire and fought. Through the efforts of the fighters, the fire was extinguished.

Xin Yuan ordered the battlefield to be cleaned up.

In this battle, the guerrillas killed more than 60 devils and captured 10 small steel cannons, 5 light and heavy machine guns, and more than 40 rifles. The guerrilla fighters lost four men and wounded five, and won the battle of Haitang Ditch.

Xin Yuan returned to Lijiabao with the soldiers, and Jiang Yulian took the remaining guerrillas out of the village to greet them.

"Deputy Captain Xin, when I heard the gunfire of Haitang Ditch, I knew that you had brought the soldiers back. In order to prevent accidents, I have notified the villagers to enter the tunnel, and I took two platoons of soldiers to fortify at the entrance of the village, and when I got the news that you were going to burn Haitang Ditch, I knew that there was no need to pull up the third and fourth platoons of the road. Comrade Xin Yuan, you are smarter than Zhuge Liang, in modern warfare, no one has ever used the tactics of fire attack, this is your first creation! Jiang Yulian praised Xin Yuan.

Xin Yuan's face flushed: "Where, where, I was also forced by the devil's artillery to have no choice, so I remembered the stupid method of fire attack." ”

At this time, a fighter came to report: "Commissar, the captain has returned." ”

Sure enough, on the avenue at the entrance of the village, several carriages came, and Qiu Huachun returned with the loot captured from Bayin Town. (To be continued......)

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