Chapter 86: Combat Capability Assessment

The fully reorganized Nagano squadron plus the 300 Imperial Allied Army with the team, the total strength has exceeded 500 people, and it is also equipped with 60 mortars, 92 heavy machine guns and other long-range firepower, but Nagano Kio is extremely depressed, chasing this small force of the people for a whole day, except for the few people killed in the first encounter, the Nagano squadron has not gained anything so far. This small group of people who kept fleeing seemed to be different from the people who were surrounded and suppressed by Nagano Kio before, but Nagano Kio couldn't tell what the difference between them was.

Nagano Kio looked back at the two hundred and twenty-seven people in his squadron, and there was a hint of pride in his eyes, how could the people in front of him run again, as long as his soldiers were still there, he would definitely be able to wipe out the small army of this group of people. "Hurry up, kill them all" Nagano Kio's blood began to boil, waving the command knife and howling, the Japanese puppet soldiers behind him began to accelerate the speed of the pursuit like a tide, where did Nagano Kio think that when he returned to the command knife, he had been stared at by two guys covered in mud with grass rings on their steel helmets!

"Let's start" Qi Peng looked at his watch, it was almost time to start the attack, so he turned on the walkie-talkie and gave orders directly to the other troops participating in the ambush. Qi Peng is the commander of the only mercenary team in the Spark Project, a team of 21 people, all of whom are veteran mercenaries who have fought with the Japanese army many times, they wear Japanese military uniforms, carry radios and walkie-talkies through the Japanese front, and find the Tinder troops in Hebei after Zhao Zhi took Zhangwu County for the third time.

The smooth implementation of the Spark plan largely benefited from Qi Peng's on-the-spot command, unlike the principle of firepower supremacy that other mercenaries believed, Qi Peng preferred the sports warfare and guerrilla warfare that Zhao Zhi had personally taught, especially guerrilla warfare was brought to the extreme by Qi Peng. This time the ambush of the Nagano squadron was the work of Qi Peng, for which he gathered several fire troops of about 800 people, and also used heavy firepower such as mortars and heavy machine guns, defeated the Nagano squadron, and there were no more than 50 Japanese puppet army troops within a radius of 100 miles, which was crucial for the implementation of the Xinghuo plan.

Qi Peng went into battle in person this time, and the gunners in the mercenaries and tinder troops had already marked every position of the ambush point, but it was still difficult for the gunners to make the first hit. The decoy force had been roaming the area with Nagano's squadron for almost a full day, passing through ambush points several times during that time, and Qi Peng believed that the Japanese puppet army would no longer be wary of this open field.

The sound of the whistling shells breaking through the air made Nagano Qixiong, who was holding a kettle and preparing to drink water, raised his head in amazement, Qi Peng could be described as a big deal this time, more than a dozen mortars and grenadiers of the fire force were swept away by him, and more than 20 mortars fired the first round of shells at the ambush point where Nagano Qixiong was. After a series of violent explosions, the ambush site was full of burning flames and smoke, as well as corpses everywhere and the wounded of the Japanese puppet army who couldn't stop moaning, and Nagano Kio's face was also cut by the flying shrapnel, and the bloody half of his face made Nagano Kio look more like a demon from hell.

"Continue to shell, don't melee with them, at least half of the shells should be fired" Qi Peng stopped several tinder troops who wanted to rush up and fight with the Japanese puppet army, this was only three rounds of rapid fire, and the Nagano squadron had not yet achieved the purpose of breaking the muscles and bones, Qi Peng wasted so much energy because he wanted to completely annihilate the Nagano squadron here instead of simply defeating them, before destroying the fighting spirit and fighting spirit of the Japanese puppet army, any form of melee will only increase the senseless sacrifice, and there is no such article in the mercenary training course.

The artillery fire that continued to fire began to extend, and the combined bombardment of grenadiers and mortars killed the unprepared Japanese corpses all over the field, and the Japanese tried to counterattack in the continuous explosions. But Qi Peng not only had mortars and grenadiers in his hands, he also gathered more light and heavy machine guns, and when the panicked Japanese puppet army rushed to the periphery under the leadership and command of the officer, Qi Peng's firepower network that had been ambushed suddenly burst out. The roaring sound of shooting, the sharp whistling of shells piercing the sky, the violent explosions and the wanton flying shrapnel, the smoke and dust stirred up by the air were overwhelming.

Nagano Kio stared dumbfounded at the explosions and firefights in the distance, a large number of unformed Imperial Allied troops were quietly retreating, and most of the opponent's artillery attacks were concentrated on the Japanese side. Under the persuasion and support of several soldiers, Sai Nagano Kio looked at the position on the verge of collapse, and suddenly remembered that he was here two hours ago, and he swore that he would be able to solve the group of people in front of him in less than two hours, but now it seems that the situation is just the opposite.

The addition of machine gun fire made the position of the Nagano squadron begin to shrink and adjust, except for the troops that could not be withdrawn, all the retreating troops were concentrated by Nagano Kio and reorganized and then put into battle, too insistence will only outweigh the gains, Nagano Kio's own military quality at this time is fully revealed. The reorganized Nagano squadron regained its combat strength, launching an assault charge with the strong fire of heavy machine guns and mortars, in a vain attempt to tear through the encirclement laid by the fire troops.

Qi Peng's low shouts came from the walkie-talkie, and the impatient snipers who had been waiting for a long time pulled the trigger in unison, and the bullets that burst out of the chamber spun at high speed, flying towards the Japanese machine gunners who were firing heavy machine guns. The sudden stop of the Japanese machine-gun fire allowed the machine guns of the tinder unit to seize the opportunity to fire violently, and once again pushed back the strong assault of the Japanese puppet army. Kio Nagano had already begun to prepare for retreat, but an even bigger piece of bad news caused Nagano to fall to the ground in shock.

At the same time that the Nagano squadron was ambushed, Mengdian, where the Nagano squadron was stationed, dozens of miles away, was also attacked by a group of Shina people, and so far, the 100 Japanese puppet troops left by Nagano Kio to stay in Mengdian have been driven out of Mengdian by the Shina troops, and all the materials and baggage hoarded by the Nagano squadron in Mengdian have been returned to the enemy. "Retreat, retreat immediately" The back road has been cut off, and Nagano Kio has to give an order to retreat immediately, staying here and fighting with the Shina people will only wipe out the whole army, not to mention that so far, he has not even seen his opponent in person.

"The Japanese are beginning to retreat, free to attack, free to attack" Seeing that the Nagano squadron had been defeated, and the left rear of the Japanese soldiers began to show signs of retreat, Qi Peng was overjoyed and copied the walkie-talkie and loudly issued the order to attack freely. When the Tinder entered Hebei to form the Tinder Army, they recruited people who had a deep blood feud with the Japanese puppet army, although their tactical literacy was not as good as that of the soldiers of the regular army, but this did not prevent them from having the same heart to kill the enemy.

As soon as the order for Qi Peng's side to attack freely came out, the members of the Tinder troops who were ambushed everywhere received the order, and they rushed towards the Nagano squadron with their respective weapons. Blood was splashing incessantly, and the Chinese and Japanese officers and men who were fighting were biting and gasping like wild beasts, on one side were those who swore to take revenge, and on the other hand, they were those who swore to resist to the death and wanted to stay alive, and the tragic and abnormal hand-to-hand combat was mixed with the shooting of submachine guns, rifles, and pistols, and even the self-explosion of grenades and grenades, and the stumps, broken arms, and internal organs were everywhere.

Qi Peng was greatly annoyed by the tragedy of the battle, but the soldiers of the two armies, who had fallen into madness, still scuffled together, fists, teeth, bayonets, stones, steel helmets and other weapons that could be used were all used. Qi Peng rushed into the battlefield with his mercenaries, shooting the remnants of the Japanese puppet army one by one, so that more Tinder soldiers could free up their hands to join the ranks of the remnants of the Nagano squadron.

The defeat of the Nagano squadron was decided, and those Imperial Cooperative Army, which was very unbearable in the eyes of Nagano Kio, retreated on their own as soon as possible, saying that the retreat was already lifting and looking down on them, and the retreat of the Imperial Cooperative Army was completely dispersed, and more than 100 Imperial Cooperative troops scattered and fled like a flock of sheep that had blown up their nests. Under the double blow of the fire force cluster artillery attack and the strong firepower of the machine gun group, these Imperial Cooperative Army who were forced by Nagano Qixiong to bring to suppress bandits were completely afraid, and after Nagano Qixiong issued the retreat order, the Imperial Cooperative Army finally bombed the camp, and the invincible Japanese army could not withstand it, and they could not run as fast as they could.

"Bageya Road, these damn Imperial Cooperative Army are really unreliable" Looking at the soldiers of the Imperial Association Army who had fled, Nagano Kio, who knew that it was impossible to escape the dead end, cursed secretly and was torn to pieces by the mortar shell that exploded when it fell to the ground. "Fire, greet them with guns, don't fight in close combat" As more and more submachine guns are used intensively, the number of Japanese puppet troops still alive is decreasing sharply, and more Imperial Allied troops have chosen to surrender on their knees.

"Send a telegram to Mr. immediately, the acceptance of the Spark plan has been completed, the acceptance team has a good assessment level, please indicate whether to carry out the second phase of the Spark plan" The protagonist of this ambush battle is the Tinder troops, and the mercenary team brought by Qi Peng is only the evaluation team responsible for the acceptance of the Spark plan. The first step of the Spark plan is to use the dispersion of the Tinder to form a Tinder Army, and the second step Qi Peng said is called Beacon Fire, which is the beginning of the Tinder Troops really coming to the fore and confronting the Japanese puppet army in Hebei.

"Okay, inform Qi Peng, start the beacon plan immediately, I want to let the Japanese puppet army in the entire Hebei take care of themselves, and I don't have the ability and time to send troops to support the Shanxi battlefield" After receiving Qi Peng's telegram, Zhao Zhi, who was rushing to Shimen Township in the starry night, was overjoyed, without the threat from the Japanese puppet army in Shijiazhuang, the Japanese puppet army around Shimen Township was not enough for Zhao Zhi to fight.