Chapter 507: Catching a Turtle in an Urn
The charging convoy didn't care about the positions along the way, but only strafed all the figures it saw in the process of racing all the way. They, not off-road armored vehicles, can only run wildly along the road, they can be taken by surprise, and they are easy to fall into encirclement.
But the speed of the attack just made up for the shortcomings, so that no Japanese soldier dared to stand up and fight back within four or five hundred meters on both sides of the road, and what he saw was frightened stupid by the terrifying tearing scene, even if his heart was as strong as iron, he would collapse, and once his fighting spirit was lost, it would be difficult to have the determination to resist. Therefore, even if the convoy rushed over, the Japanese soldiers who were still alive ran for their lives, away from the range of the road. Coupled with the raging artillery fire, there are not many living people on the position, where can they stand up to such strafing?
The truck rushed all the way to the gate in the smoke of gunpowder, in front of the city gate built with an earthen wall, the convoy was three or four hundred meters away, and when it just saw the dusty city gate, the twin anti-aircraft guns rang out, and then, with a bang, the flat-firing anti-aircraft guns smashed the city gate, and the truck rushed into the city where there was almost no one when the debris was not exhausted.
"Division commander, the Japanese army is not defending the city but the brigade."
The battle in the city ended in just ten minutes, and a report was made when the army cleared the positions along the way.
When Yu Lei heard that there was no one in the city, he couldn't help but wonder, even if it was a bait, he should make some resistance, not even give up defense.
Before his thoughts fell, he followed the artillery fire over the reconnaissance team in Dingyuan to report that the Japanese brigade entered a pre-constructed position in the hilly area about three kilometers outside the city, and the position was deployed to Dingyuan.
"Layers of Blocking ......"
Yu Lei understood that the Japanese army was putting on a posture of blocking layers of attacks, but it was actually preparing to retreat, and the tool for retreat must be trucks.
Sure enough, it has been bypassed. The reconnaissance team sent by Zhao Baoshan, who was hiding behind the Japanese army's defense, reported that a large number of Japanese trucks were parked in the hills, apparently, the means of transportation they left.
"Ha Lu Ha! Good stuff! ”
Yu Lei Dale. He now lacks trucks, it is difficult for the infantry to maneuver quickly, and he has trucks. The oil captured in Yangzhou will be put to use, and the mobility of the troops will also increase.
"Order, exterminate the Japanese army around the city, the front is advancing steadily, send a telegram to Brigade Commander Zhao, and order him to send sappers to blow up several bridges along the way, so that they can be easily repaired, not all blown up, and block the escape route of the Japanese army. Let's catch a turtle in an urn! ”
Soon, Brigade Commander Zhao sent sappers there, and all the bridges along the road were planted with explosives, waiting for the Japanese army to withdraw.
Sakai Tokutaro heard the constant gunfire of Dingyuan, but the enemy did not pursue, and he couldn't help but feel worried in his heart, wondering if the enemy would chase after him immediately, or camp. I was just about to send a team to attract him, and then let the enemy know that there was still a position here. And the army, suddenly, there was another scream in the sky.
Shelling? They just landed a round of shells a kilometer away, isn't that the ultimate range?
Tokutaro Sakai secretly calculated in his heart. However, the howling sound was obviously not a bombardment position, and at most it landed a few hundred meters away.
Sure enough, there was a loud bang. The shells landed three or four hundred meters away. The earth shook violently, and then the earth and rocks rushed to the sky, and the air waves rolled in, annihilating the position on the mountain beam.
The violent explosion made the heads of the Japanese soldiers on the position buzz, and in the chest of the boredom, many Japanese soldiers were depressed. Dizzy, I had symptoms after the earthquake and lost my mobility.
Tokutaro Sakai was overturned by a huge earthquake on the position, and although he was not injured, he was also ringing in his ears and dizzy.
"This ...... What caliber is it? ”
He muttered.
Before he could get up, the loud bangs rang out one after another, and the dense explosions made the Japanese troops at the front of the position miserable, although they did not fall on the position, it was enough to make them feel uncomfortable.
"Artillery bombardment is far away!"
Tokutaro Sakai gave a loud order, wanting to attract the enemy, and when the goal was achieved, he could evacuate. The shelling was too severe.
With his order, there were several loud bangs, and the 75 mountain guns less than 500 meters behind him roared, and one after another the shells flew towards Zhu Yuan, whose line of sight was set.
"Holy! The little devil bombardment is far away! ”
The scouts in front were shocked, and immediately the coordinates of the artillery positions were reported.
Yu Lei had already left Dingyuan at this time and was advancing steadily, and when he heard that the Japanese army had run away, he was also surprised, but he didn't expect that the Japanese army would actually put on artillery when acting.
"Kill the artillery positions, bombard the front, let's go!"
Hearing the sound of cannonballs flying overhead, Yu Lei was anxious. These dozen shells will inevitably blow up the houses in Dingyuan, and death is inevitable.
Tokutaro Sakai stood up during the shelling, and while giving the order to prepare the position, the enemy immediately retreated after a short blockade, and walked towards the trucks behind.
He had just left the forward position when a whistling sound rushed in, and before the second round of fire from the 75-gun position, the shells fell.
Rumble!
The earth trembled violently, and suddenly Tokutaro Sakai was flipped to the ground, and the dozen or so generals accompanying him also became rolling gourds.
But it was this cannon that saved their lives, they had just rolled down, and the artillery position in the distance roared with a loud bang, and in the huge earthquake like a landslide, the air wave rolled and swept everything, and went straight to the front line.
The fallen Japanese soldier held his head and curled up his body, enduring the shaking of the earth in fear, but thus avoided the fate of being directly hit by the shock wave.
After the loud bang, a dizzy Tokutaro Sakai struggled to get up, didn't bother to wipe the blood on his face, and stumbled towards the position of the truck.
At this time, he realized that in the face of the artillery bombardment of the advance army, he could not stay in the position, it was too terrifying.
The Japanese troops, who were able to get up, could not care about the order to hold on at this moment, and in the violent explosion of the left position, they left their positions one after another, leaving behind heavy machine guns and light machine guns, and rushed to the trucks with the illusion of fleeing in a hurry.
Yu Lei gave the order to charge when the Japanese army withdrew from the position and the fire flashed in the city behind him.
At this time, the advance army was less than five hundred meters from the position, and although it was not within the distance of the charge, they had already spread their legs and rushed towards the hills in front.
The violent explosion obviously destroyed the Japanese artillery position, and in such a huge earthquake, the Japanese army could not recover its combat effectiveness in a short time, which was much more powerful than the artillery bombardment.
In the process of running, the soldiers heard the roar of the truck, everyone ran faster, in the faint roar of the truck, at the moment when the smoke of the position had not yet dissipated, unhindered climbed the mountain beam, and then, saw the guns and a few bullets on the position.
At the same time, Zhao Baoshan had already seen the Japanese convoy, raising smoke and dust along the highway and driving towards him.
"Detonate!"
He calmly ordered.
Tokutaro Sakai hadn't fully recovered his senses in the bumpy truck, and the violent concussion almost made him vomit, and he was shaking, when suddenly, there was a loud bang ahead, and then he saw the smoke and debris flying in the sky.
"Nani?"
Tokutaro Sakai blinked his eyes vigorously, not knowing why there was an explosion there, and before he could react, the Japanese soldiers driving were shocked.
"Your Excellency General, there is the bridge of Xiaodonggou......"
"Bridge?"
Tokutaro Sakai was stunned for a moment, and then he understood that the enemy had made a detour behind them.
"Hurry up and drop! Check it out! ”
He was in a hurry, if he was trapped, he lacked heavy machine guns and mortars, and it would be very difficult to hold on, although there were still quite a few people.
The truck roared and rushed to the bridge in only a minute or two. Sure enough, the bridge that spanned more than 20 meters of the river was blown away, and it was impossible to repair it at all, unless it was built now. But where did he get the time?
At this moment, fierce gunfire rang out behind him.
"The pursuers have arrived!"
Sakai Tokutaro's eyes were blank, and he ordered: "Order to get out of the car, wade across the river, and build a position on the opposite bank!" ”
He judged that the infiltration would not be a large force, and the reconnaissance planes in the sky would also find abnormalities, and it was impossible for the large army to quietly detour behind them.
But he made a mistake in judgment, and the army crossed the river, with its back facing Zhao Baoshan's position.
Zhao Baoshan watched the Japanese soldiers pouting and digging personal bunkers in the grass in the distance, preparing to defend the riverbank, and he was happy.
He shouted playfully: "Don't shoot without an order, keep your head down, don't be hit by the bullets from the opposite side."
Once again, all the warriors lowered their bodies to the ground, as close to the ground as possible, to avoid being hit by stray bullets from the opposite side, and it would not be worth it.
Where did Tokutaro Sakai know that he was really a turtle in an urn, and after wading across the river, he ordered the construction of a defensive line while preparing to evacuate.
But at this moment, the sound of puff sounded intensively, and he only felt the head of the wood, and then, his consciousness left his body.
"There's an ambush in the back!!"
The Japanese troops were stunned by the sudden blow, and they fell in pieces, and hurriedly turned over and fought back. However, their counterattack is a joke, they haven't even seen a human figure yet, so how can they fight back?
In the sound of banging gunfire, one by one the heads burst, which frightened the Japanese soldiers who were wading across the river, lying on the river bank and shooting into the distance, but unexpectedly no one was seen.
The Japanese troops who did not cross the river were in a panic and did not dare to cross the river again, but there were still pursuers behind, and after a short panic, the Japanese troops on the opposite bank gave up their defenses and ran west along the river bank, where it was the way to enter the mountains, and they believed that if they established positions in the mountains, even if they were surrounded, they would be able to hold out until the reinforcements from Bengbu arrived.
But Yu Lei has already laid out a net, how can he let them escape? More than ten kilometers, he also has to prevent reinforcements from the Japanese army, he doesn't want to come to an encirclement point to send reinforcements, what he needs is a quick attack.
The moment the panicked Japanese army gave up the truck, Yu Lei's truck arrived.
At the moment when they saw that the front aisle was blocked by trucks and could not be passed, all the soldiers jumped out of the car and rushed to the front, followed by the fleeing figures.
"Kill!!"
The soldiers burst out with a terrifying roar, and rushed towards the fleeing Japanese army with the first sound of gunfire...... (To be continued......)