Chapter 569: Xiangtangpu Ambush (2)

After receiving a telegram from the North China Dispatch Army Headquarters, Yamaguchi, who was already sitting still, immediately came to his senses, and suddenly felt that it was a very beautiful thing to be alive, and he immediately called a meeting of officers above the captain level of the unit.

It seems that the siege and non-stop shelling in the past few days have worn out the last bit of sharpness and blood of these Japanese officers who are full of bushido spirit.

The cruel reality environment, the pressure and fear of being surrounded, made the scheming Yamaguchi lose a lot of basic judgment, and he didn't think deeper, since the troops of the independent division had already surrounded him, why didn't he attack yet? Afraid that he would not be able to eat the 60,000 horses in his hands, even Yamaguchi did not believe this statement, so Yamaguchi was also confused.

In any case, there was finally a glimmer of hope, and the Japanese officers who participated in the meeting had some vitality on their faces, since reinforcements came, they should always take active action to cooperate and break through? Don't even think about it, just look at the physical and mental state of the soldiers now, that ice wall can't climb over, and you don't need to be shot by the Chinese army, and you're tired and half dead.

After discussing for a long time, a unified understanding was finally formed, and Yamaguchi, in the name of the Supreme Commander, issued a strange order, all officers and soldiers, try to stay in place, not to move around at will, this may be the most absurd order among all the Japanese invasion troops in China, the Japanese soldiers who received the order, cursed weakly, such weather, do not allow activities, do not freeze into popsicles? What is the difference between waiting for death.

In fact, they did not understand Yamaguchi's good intentions, and tried to save their body as much as possible, and when the rescue troops came, they had the strength to rush out of the encirclement, and they were already hungry, and no matter how strenuous they were, they would not have the strength to run at that time.

At about 10 o'clock in the morning of January 10, the vanguard of the Japanese army crossed the frozen Qingzhang River, about a squadron of cavalry, rushed into Xiangtangpu, the whole village was already empty, not even a single shadow was seen, even so, the Japanese cavalry was still not at ease, after searching inside and out, through the village, continued to search in the direction of Licheng, and then, the Japanese infantry in the car arrived.

Stopping a few cars, about a squadron of Japanese troops came down, and the rest of the Japanese cars continued to drive forward, and the Japanese troops entered Xiangtangpu, immediately seized the commanding heights, mounted light and heavy machine guns on the few tiled houses in the village, and the muzzles of the black holes were pointed at the road, and the road leading to Licheng in Shexian County was tightly blocked.

Japanese soldiers in a group of five or six people, more than 180 people, scattered to the village, the line of sight between each other is cut off by the messy grass house, forming a lot of dead ends, a squadron leader looks like a Japanese officer, to the walkie-talkie a burst of bird talkies, the west gate of Shexian is open again, at a glance can not see the head and tail of the Japanese troops, the mighty drive out of Shexian, the tank roared ahead to open the road, followed by two wings of cavalry, behind the infantry of the brigade, and finally a few mules and horses dragged artillery.

Under the noon sun, the steel helmets on the heads of the Japanese soldiers reflected the sun's rays, looking from a distance, like a shaking point of light, but also looked violent, murderous, from a distance to pay close attention to the Japanese movement of the reconnaissance troops, the captain whispered to the walkie-talkie: "Division, I am a mountain eagle, mad dogs have all come out of the nest," and the Japanese army's marching order, the number of tanks, cavalry, artillery, a detailed report.

Tang Qiuli, who rushed to Xiangtangpu overnight, was in a hidden temporary headquarters in the back mountain, and after receiving information, he said to Qiuquan beside him: "Let's start" Qiuquan grabbed the phone and issued a series of orders.

Hirano Hiroshi, who was behind the Japanese brigade, looked back at Shexian, where the gate had been closed, and whispered an order to the driver: "Open the road" Although various measures have been taken, be careful and careful along the way, so far, there has been no situation, Hirano Hiroshi is still not at ease, now there is no problem, it does not mean that the road behind is too peaceful, the closer to the Taihang Mountains, the more complicated the situation.

For this reason, he left a hand, a reinforced wing of troops, and enough cars, left in Shexian County, once he found an unexpected situation, was surrounded by Tang Qiuli's superior forces, if he sent troops to seize Shexian again, cut off his own retreat, wouldn't the second army become another mountain pass, unable to save people, put himself in, this strengthened wing of troops, is his back hand, on the one hand, to defend the key point of Shexian, on the other hand, once the troops are in danger of being encircled, there is also the strength to pull a hand.

In the mountains behind Xiangtangpu, suddenly a team of men and horses rushed out, in the wilderness in front of the village, in the white snow, very conspicuous, immediately discovered by the Japanese lookout post, the Japanese troops in the village, immediately like a big enemy, light and heavy machine guns turned the muzzle, soldiers into the bunker, just waiting for the squadron leader to give an order, the dense firepower directly hit over.

The Japanese squadron leader raised his binoculars to take a closer look, this team of about 200 people, no formation or organization, stumbling and running, seeing that the military uniform on his body was an imperial soldier, but it was dirty, full of dirt and torn holes, and it looked like a group of routed soldiers.

Seeing that these people who were suspected of being imperial soldiers were getting closer and closer, the Japanese squadron leader waved his hand, and the Japanese soldiers who had passed a squad, and the rest of the Japanese soldiers, opened the safety of the guns, and once the situation was not right, they immediately turned these guys into corpses.

After a while, his subordinates brought over a person, his face was blackened by gunsmoke, several buttons had fallen off his tattered military uniform, and his left arm was still hanging with a bandage, which was so dirty that he couldn't see the original color, but the rank could be seen from the collar badge, he was still a young man, and the Japanese squadron leader looked at his wolf bèi look, and asked contemptuously: "What part of yours?" Unexpectedly, as soon as he opened his mouth, he was scolded by the head and head, and the Japanese squadron leader who scolded him was dizzy and his eyes were full of stars.

Shao Zuo scolded tired, sat on a broken chair, panting, and looked like that was still angry, but the Japanese squadron leader also understood, this is a unit of the chief of staff of Yamaguchi, who was ordered to protect the bridge along the way from Wuxiang to Yushe, but unexpectedly, a few days ago, it was suddenly besieged by a large number of Chinese troops, and most of the troops were broken.

This Shaozo also took out a document casually, fell on the face of the Japanese squadron leader, picked it up and looked at it, although it was a little blurred by sweat and snow, it can be roughly seen, "Kiichi Murakami, the captain of the third brigade of the Hashimoto Wing", the photo is no different from the Shaozo in front of him, the Japanese squadron leader hurriedly stood up and saluted, and said that he was performing the task again, this is the rule of the Japanese army, seeing that the rank is higher than his own, even if he is not his direct boss, he must be respectful.

Shao Zuo took back his documents, and ordered the squadron leader to prepare food immediately, he and his subordinates had not eaten for two days, and the Japanese squadron leader did not dare to slack off, and ordered the soldiers to welcome the others into the village, and prepared a lot of food, not to mention, the Japanese army's military rations were really good, and the canned beef was very delicious.

It's just that Shao Zuo and his subordinates eat in a way that makes the Japanese squadron leader and soldiers feel unbearable, like a group of hungry wolves, eager to swallow canned food in their stomachs, and one thing, he didn't notice that Shao Zuo's subordinates were mixed with his own soldiers, pointing fingers and talking while eating, and his soldiers were obviously attracted and gathered around to listen.

Suddenly, this Shao Zuo stopped chewing his mouth and motioned for the squadron leader to come over, obviously there was something confidential to tell him, the Japanese squadron leader leaned his head over, and suddenly, there was a cool breeze in the back of his head, and his eyes were dark, before he fell unconscious, he vaguely saw several subordinates being put down, his hand subconsciously touched the pistol on his waist, his back was in severe pain, life left his body in an instant, and when he fell to the ground, it was already a corpse.

The same situation was staged in all corners of Xiangtangpu, Wei Guozhu, the leader of the second detachment of the special operations detachment of the independent division, quickly took off the tattered Japanese military uniform on his body and replaced it with the military uniform of the squadron leader.

Wei Guozhu whispered to the walkie-talkie a few times, and a large number of troops rushed out of the mountains behind Xiangtangpu, and soon ambushed in various places in the village, half of the troops, also crossed the road, and ambushed on the opposite side, Xiangtangpu restored its original appearance, it seemed that what happened just now was just an illusion, this was an excellent special operations operation, which made Tang Qiuli, who had been observing the entire operation, amazed.

Less than thirty minutes after the troops were in ambush, they heard the deafening roar of tank motors, and soon, the first Japanese tank appeared in view, and when they reached the edge of the village, the tank suddenly stopped, and several cavalrymen ran out from behind, one of them, holding two small red and white flags in his hand, and kept waving the flags.

Soon, on the highest commanding heights in Xiangtangpu Village, there was also a Japanese soldier, holding two small red and white flags, waving and doing various movements, a guy who was obviously the commander of the Japanese army, leaned out of the turret of the tank and carefully observed the movements of the Japanese flag soldiers in the village with a telescope.

After nearly a hundred tanks passed, it was the cavalry unit of the Japanese army, about two kilometers behind, it was the main force of the Japanese infantry, lined up in four columns, and the big leather shoes kicked the snow and flew high.

Tang Qiuli put down the binoculars, his expression was very relaxed, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he finally waited for the Japanese.

(To be continued)