Chapter 138: Hefei Fengyun (1)
Chapter 138: Hefei Fengyun (1)
The General Peak, less than 20 miles east of the Jiepaiji, is the highest peak in this area, and the range is not large, as if standing out from the crowd. Zhang Baling was originally not a high mountain dense forest, and General Feng was also a high mountain. This is the time of early summer, and if you are along the Yellow River, it can only be regarded as mid-spring.
When you arrive at General Peak, the Zhangbaling Mountain Range is already at the end, and then to the west is the complete plain area. The commander of the 68th Wing of the Japanese Army, Takamori Takasa, did not march very quickly in this distance, but he was not worried about an ambush. Around Hefei, the Chinese army no longer has any decent troops.
As soon as Hefei was occupied, all the Chinese soldiers retreated westward, into the Dabie Mountain area, and then in the direction of Wuhan. There are only a few small groups of CCP guerrillas in these areas, and such an army is the imperial army that can attack the baggage brigade and a small part of the search, and for a wing of the imperial army, they can only hide far away.
Although the Japanese army had fought with the Chinese army countless times, they still believed that a brigade was a combat unit that China could not regret. The wing is already about to become a campaign-level combat unit, and only a unit like the Xue Ru Snow Fox Brigade can compete with the Imperial Japanese Army with a small number of troops.
Therefore, the Central China Dispatch Army dispatched three wings at a time to attack the Snow Fox, which had only one brigade from three sides. In fact, Japan still does not understand the key to this, that is, the Snow Fox is not something that a wing can deal with, and in essence, the Japanese army is still arrogant.
One after another, the wing was wiped out, defeated and defeated, and the Japanese army should know that the Snow Fox Brigade was by no means something that a wing could fight against, but they still stayed at using the wing to defeat Xue Ru.
Seeing that this time there are three wings, but they are divided into three directions, isn't each direction still a wing? The rigidity and arrogance of his mind made Shunroku Hata unaware of how ridiculous his tactics were. Three wings attacking from three directions are actually no different from one wing.
If you want to form the overall strength of the three wings, it must be when they are surrounded and far away. But will Xue Ru wait from Dingyuan to be surrounded by them? Therefore, the real strength is still a wing, and the difference lies in which association of the Japanese army and Xue Ru will meet first.
According to the Japanese army's estimates, Xue Ru would retreat in the direction of Fuyang, so Numata Shigetoku ordered the 116th Wing to make a detour to Fengxian to intercept Snow Fox. But he didn't expect Xue Ru to target Hefei, and turned his head to attack the 68th Wing.
Hefei has been lost, attacking the 68th Wing, Xue Ru is equivalent to drilling into the encirclement of the Japanese army, no officer will do this, once the battle is blocked, there is no place to transfer, lack of maneuver space, the snow fox will be trapped, thus surrounded and eliminated by the Japanese army.
Therefore, Kamitaka Mori Takashi did not think that he would be attacked by the snow fox in advance, and the entire wing was not dragged down by baggage, nor was there artillery to hold back, and the speed of the march was still very fast. At such a long distance, it will take two days to reach Dingyuan, and the distance in the other two directions is the same, and the three wings will surround the snow fox in the middle, without artillery or baggage, just to move quickly.
So as not to be slipped away by the cunning snow fox again, on the road from Chuxian to Dingyuan, the Japanese army lined up in two columns, neatly moving forward, with cavalry as the spearhead, and search teams on both sides, it can be said that the army of Eagle Mori Xiao is decent, there is no problem at all, and it is indeed very difficult to sneak attack and ambush such a force.
Even if he will not be ambushed, Takamori Takashi is still very cautious, not because he is afraid, but because he is serious and acts completely according to military discipline.
This is a shallow mountainous area, the road is not rugged, but there are many curves, there are no tall slopes on both sides, and there is no canyon section, it is indeed not easy to be ambushed, the Japanese wing captain, the captain of the brigade are very relieved to move forward, the weather is neither hot nor cold at this time, it is a good time.
The cavalry passed, and the search teams on both sides passed safely. This was the only place where there could be an ambush, Takashi Takashi raised his binoculars and looked to the sides, and there was no movement in the low woods.
There was a self-deprecating smile on his face, he was too careful, the snow fox was still in Dingyuan at this time, how could they ambush him. Besides, it seemed impossible, and no information was received in this direction.
He himself despises his timidity a little, is it because of his age? Shaking their heads and waving their hands, the car continued to move forward, and the Japanese footsteps did not stop. After this mountainous area, it has already entered the boundary of Dingyuan, and it is all a plain area, an endless plain, and there will be no ambush.
Obviously receiving the information, the snow fox is still in Dingyuan, even if they know the news, it is impossible to react so quickly, besides, they can't attack in this direction, they know that it is impossible, but Takashi Mori can always think of the word ambush.
He tried hard to get the word out of his mind, but he always thought of it, so he was very careful. He was cautious, even a little suspicious, but not necessarily the other officers were the same. The captains and squadron leaders were very leisurely, riding on horses and following the footsteps, only the sound of horses' hooves and footsteps echoed in the mountains.
The weather is not bad, the sun is not very strong, at this time on a hill in the distance, there are not many trees, Xue Ru is watching with a telescope, and at this time the devil has entered the encirclement of the snow fox, how can Ying Sen Xiao Dazuo not think that Xue Ru is ready to evacuate at any time on the day he enters Dingyuan, and also sends a reconnaissance team to pay attention to the direction of the devil and monitor their every move.
Another, what the devil didn't expect was that the Chinese army was indeed backward, but not necessarily all the troops were behind, the snow fox's reconnaissance team had a radio station, and as soon as the devil moved, Wei Ming and they knew it, and Xue Ru knew it later. Immediately began to evacuate the people, and the Snow Fox Brigade also left Dingyuan as soon as possible and drove directly here.
Sneak attacks, ambushes, and beating sticks are Xue Ru's consistent tactics. According to different terrains, different ambush methods are also unexpected by devils, and they are also the magic weapon for the Snow Fox Brigade to win.
The more precipitous the terrain, the easier it is to ambush, but the Japanese army is also alert to that terrain, because both sides are soldiers, and the generals and leading officers of the Japanese army are not straw bales.
Xue Ru's idea is to make the impossible possible, and only by being unexpected can he receive unexpected results. It is far away from Chuxian, and it is a lot out of the mountains, and this distance is not suitable for ambushes.
Any army that wants to fight an ambush war will choose high mountains on both sides, the middle valley is conducive to a condescending attack, and a place where it is not easy to attack from the side and flanks can ensure victory. But just like that, the snow foxes don't need it, they don't need to shoot. The characteristics of the snow fox are close combat, not long-distance shooting, compared to marksmanship, although the snow fox is not weak, but not much stronger than the Japanese army.
Other mortar grenadiers and light and heavy machine guns are not as good as devils, and long-range shooting is not cheap. Only by giving full play to the snow fox's melee advantage can it win, so how to get close to the devil without being discovered, and not to have a shootout with the devil in the short and medium distance, is the problem that Xue Ru considers.
As long as the Snow Fox Brigade succeeds in approaching the devil, then this battle will be a victory, and this area is the most suitable for such a battle at the moment, but in Takamori's opinion, this place is indeed not suitable for ambush warfare.
Xue Ru said to Liu Yuanshan beside him: "Attack in sections, carry the devil into three sections, and chase and kill along both ends of the road." ”
Liu Yuanshan said: "Didn't the devil run away? Xue Ru said: "We only have a few hundred people, and they are two thousand, do you think he will run?" The arrogance of the Japanese is the reason for their failure, and if you can run, then we have achieved our goal. ”
Liu Yuanshan nodded, he would never understand how Xue Ru understood the Japanese, could this be psychology? He doesn't understand. Orders were given to the armies on both sides, lurking towards the road, preparing for an attack.
Because the Japanese army had search teams on both sides, the soldiers in ambush could not enter the attack position in advance, and if they wanted to have an ambush position, they had to be two or three hundred meters away, and it was difficult to hit at this distance, and the hit rate was very low. If it is within three hundred meters, the Japanese search team will find out in advance, of course, what is the search team arranged? Isn't that what you do?
Snow Fox's success lies in the fact that he does not need a position, as soon as the Japanese search party passes, the soldiers hiding in the distance on both sides immediately use the wild grass and trees to start approaching the devils on the road. The distance that a human eye can see is limited, and unless you know, it is not easy to spot the snow fox team members who are dressed in wild grass camouflage and are approaching the devil, not to mention that the signal sent back by the search team is safe.
The devils marching on the road, of course, were guns on their shoulders, marching forward in unison, and the two columns were delayed for several miles. One of the advantages of this marching type is that it is not easy to be surrounded at once. But his disadvantage is that his troops are scattered, and once attacked, his troops are too thin and can be easily cut off.
Xue Ru's tactics were also designed for this, no matter what, when the snow fox used the terrain to get close to the devil's side a hundred meters, Xue Ru knew that the 68th Wing of the Japanese Army was already doomed. There are more than 2,400 people in the three brigades, and there are less than 1,000 snow foxes, but as long as the snow fox is close to him, the devil has no chance of victory.
Sure enough, an arc appeared at the corner of Liu Yuanshan's mouth, who had been observing with a telescope on the high mountain, as if he had seen victory. Drawing a gun into the sky, bang, bang, bang, three crisp gunshots pierced the tranquility of the mountains and forests, and some of the birds in the forest were startled.
The devils on the highway were shocked, this was a gun fired into the sky, and it was the sound of a pistol, the devils on the highway stopped and watched left and right, and Takashi Mori embodied his military quality: "Lie down and face the battle." ”
It's a pity that it's useless, his shout can't be heard far, in the grass on the left and right sides, which is not high at all, countless muzzles of guns are stretched out almost with the sound of gunshots, and the smoke of flames and gunpowder accompanies the fallen body of the devil, and the rest quickly lie down and raise their guns to shoot back.
Attacking on both sides at the same time, and there are very few devils who are alive in the distance where they are hit, this is the disadvantage of stretching the battle line, and it cannot effectively organize troops to counterattack at the first time, nor can it be effective firepower. Snow Fox's combat rule, that is, the first shot is fired, and the second shot will not be fired, and when the gun sounds, the soldier will raise his bayonet and kill the devil.
This blow, with the snow fox's accurate shooting, the Japanese casualties were not a small number, so there were not many guns to counterattack, and the distance of 100 meters was only more than ten seconds, and the soldiers on both sides entered the ranks of the Japanese army. Takamori was not slow to react, and just left the car. Seeing the situation, he was overjoyed, it turned out that there were not many attacking troops, three points were three or four hundred people, this was an opportunity to destroy them, the two sides killed together in such a short time, of course, the number of people was superior, and the troops at both ends immediately gathered in the middle with bayonets, to surround and destroy this army.
This is exactly what Xue Ru needs, if she doesn't invest her troops at once, she wants to make this kind of mistake for the devil, if Eagle Mori Xiao finds that there are thousands of troops, he may order a retreat, or concentrate his forces, then Xue Ru's melee plan will fail.
It's just that the devils find that there are few people and they are mixed together, so they want to destroy them. The slender devil forces began to gather at three points, and the formation of the snow fox also began to change, forming a group of four or four.
The other half of the troops commanded by Dai Zong were also killed from another truncated point, and the devils were attracted by the people who attacked first, and they did not surround them, why did the troops be invested in two parts? No matter which commander of the Japanese army had time to think about this problem.
In fact, Xue Ru's design is to capture the characteristics of the Japanese army, the devil habitually fights bayonets, which is also written in the military drill code, and soldiers and officers are also trained and studied in this way, in the European theater of World War II, hand-to-hand combat rarely occurs.
There were also very few U.S. and Japanese forces in the Pacific theater, because Japan had no chance at all. How could the powerful automatic weapons of the United States give the Japanese a chance to rush to the front and fight bayonets. Just from the length of the Japanese army's 38 rifle and the length of the bayonet, it is clear that the Japanese army was designed according to this tactic, even the weapons are like this.
According to this characteristic, Xue Ru's tactics were born, don't you like to fight bayonets? I'll give you the opportunity to fight in melee combat among the devils, and take advantage of this chaos, this tactic learned from magic novels, to exert his great power.
It's not too much to say that Xue Ru's tactics evolved from games and magic novels, anyone who has read this kind of novel knows that the warrior is a defensive meat shield, and the magician is a long-range attack, if this combination is against a simple warrior, it is torture and killing.
The devils don't have such training, they are pure bayonet fighting, and they can't kill the snow fox soldiers with bayonets at once, but they can't stop the long-range shooting of the pistols protected in the middle, so once the melee begins, the Japanese have almost no ability to fight back.
Some of them were killed before they could even get close to the snow fox, and this kind of protection was a battle in which the three bayonet men bought time for the pistol, giving him time to shoot and turn around and change bullets, without worrying about being stabbed with a bayonet.
This kind of battle time is very short, if it is not like this, the two sides can not prevent hand-to-hand combat, the frontal enemy may be killed by a bayonet in the back, some too late will be with the enemy to fight together, kicking, but this kind of battle is not a martial arts master, not a single can kill the other party, the battle takes a long time, the number of people will gradually prevail, and the tenacious will win.
But it doesn't take so long for the snow fox, and if a Mauser pistol bullet hits any part of the body, the devil will lose his combat effectiveness and die under the bayonet. So the melee between the two sides began, and it was the Japanese army that fell, and the sound of pistols was endless, and the snow fox launched a merciless massacre of the 68th Wing of the Japanese army.
Some officers were not slow to react, and found that they were not opponents if they continued to fight like this, so they ordered the soldiers to retreat and distance themselves from the snow fox, but the speed of the person's retreat, how fast could there be bullets, besides, the snow fox's people would also move.
Hiding behind the car, Takashi Takashi Takami, who was protected by a dozen soldiers, had fear in his eyes, this kind of battle was too terrifying. He knew who this unit was from his clothes, how fast he was, how fast he reacted, how fierce his tactics were, and he shouted in extreme fear: "Order, retreat, retreat to Chuxian" The Japanese army that could not resist finally began to retreat.