After all, the Japanese army is the real master of Laiyuan County, and after such a long time, even if the real strength of the independent battalion is not clarified, the approximate location of the independent battalion can still be figured out. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Ono Osa, no, now that Ono has been promoted to major general, as soon as the reinforcements and equipment given to him by the headquarters arrive, the Laiyuan Garrison Brigade will be announced to the outside world, and he will also become the first brigade commander of the brigade.

Although he did not have the strength to encircle and suppress the Eighth Route Army in the mountains, Ono did not want these cunning Eighth Route Army to come out of the mountains to harass him again before the establishment of the brigade and eat one of his infantry squadrons for no reason. At the same time, I don't want to see these Eighth Route Army flee from Laiyuan and lose the opportunity to take revenge.

Therefore, when ordering each stronghold to build artillery towers with cement, Ono specially transferred troops from the county town to form a mixed reinforced squadron, including an infantry squadron, a mortar squadron, a heavy machine gun squadron, an infantry artillery squadron, nearly 300 elite imperial troops, and then added a battalion of the puppet army, a total of more than 600 people, stationed in Xiaguan Village, the only way for the independent battalion to enter and exit the mountains.

In Major General Ono's opinion, as long as the stronghold of Shimonoseki Village was held, the Eighth Route Army could not go out of the mountains to harass us, and at the same time, the Imperial Army could also trap the Eighth Route Army in the mountains. As soon as the brigade and regiment have formed combat effectiveness, they can dispatch heavy troops and go into the mountains to encircle and suppress them.

It is precisely because of the importance of the Shimonoseki stronghold that Ono has drawn so many people from a limited army to come here.

In charge of all the Japanese puppet troops in the Shimonoseki stronghold was a brigade leader, Hamasaki Shaosa.

As a veteran Japanese officer deeply influenced by the spirit of bushido, Hamasaki Shaosa has been on the front line of the battlefield since the beginning of the war of aggression against China. The Chinese who died in his hands, even if there were not dozens, ten people would definitely be indispensable.

With these exploits, when Ono was promoted to major general, he was also promoted from captain to major lieutenant.

As an executioner stained with the blood of the Chinese, he never treated the Chinese as human beings. In his eyes, the Chinese are the tools to create wealth for Japan. Therefore, in order to repair the Xiaguan stronghold as soon as possible, in addition to asking Ono for more than 100 prisoners of the Jin Sui Army who had just been sent down from the front line, he also captured more than 100 young men in the surrounding villages.

These people were only given food every day to starve to death, but they were made to work as coolies for at least ten hours a day, more than 200 people, working in shifts day and night to build strongholds and artillery towers.

From the time the devil started to build the turret, in just two days, two prisoners and a young man were directly split in half by Hamasaki Shaosa with a command knife because their physical strength could not support it, and then buried them in the big pit that had just been dug around the stronghold.

As for the more than 600 days of puppet troops, because the stronghold has not yet been built, they are now all stationed on a high ground less than 500 meters away from the stronghold, and while monitoring the stronghold from a high position, they also send at least one Japanese squad and a company of puppet troops every day to supervise the work at the stronghold in turn, so as not to let the prisoners and young people be lazy.

So, before Wang Ping and his troops got out of the mountain, they were stopped by Zhong Yusheng, who was scouting in front.

After listening to Zhong Yusheng's reconnaissance of the enemy, Wang Ping's brows first frowned, and then he said with a murderous face: "We must eat this Japanese puppet army, otherwise it will be very difficult for us to get out of the mountains, let alone fight Laiyuan everywhere!" ”

"But the enemy has more than 600 people, heavy machine guns, mortars, and infantry guns. And we only have more than two hundred people, and we are not opponents at all! Zhang Qing, the commander of the first company, frowned and analyzed the strength comparison between the enemy and us.

"Command!" Wang Ping didn't explain, and directly began to give orders!

"Platoon Commander Zhong, you take a few veterans and temporarily act as scouts, try to find out as much as possible the deployment and firepower configuration of the Japanese puppet army in Xiaguan Village, and if possible, find a way to catch a puppet army back!"

"Xiao Wang, you go back to the station immediately, notify the instructor and the deputy battalion commander, and order the deputy battalion commander to bring the two or three companies over immediately. There are so many Japanese puppet troops, only the independent battalion can eat it cleanly and escape! As soon as Zhong Yusheng left, Wang Ping ordered the guards beside him.

"The others are resting in place, Company Commander Zhang, take your guard squad and follow me to see the devils on the spot!"

Hamasaki Shaosa is very arrogant, and he is also very ruthless in the war. But to be able to be promoted step by step at the forefront of the battlefield, there is no doubt about the ability.

The puppet army of more than 600 days is invincible outside the village in the eyes of everyone. Unless the Eighth Route Army is stupid, it will never come to touch the brow.

But Hamasaki Shaosa didn't think so. Although he was confident in the combat effectiveness of his troops, he was still cautious when arranging his station.

The three heavy machine guns of the heavy machine gun squad were all placed by him at three commanding heights around the station. The mortar squad of four mortars was also placed by him in the open space in the middle of the station. As soon as the Eighth Route Army attacked the station, the four mortars could immediately respond and provide artillery support to the defending troops.

And that's not all, the cautious Hamasaki Shaosa actually put the patrol force and the guard post a kilometer around the station.

This means that if you want to attack them, you will be discovered when you are a kilometer away from the station. And the Japanese puppet army also had enough time to prepare for defense, and then wait for themselves to hit their wounds.

Because the patrol range of the devils is very large, the stronghold that the devils are building is also within their alert range.

If Wang Ping wants to bypass the devil's garrison and attack the stronghold directly, he can't do it, and even if he kills the stronghold, the heavy machine guns and mortars that the devils have placed on the high ground will not be polite, and he will definitely desperately shoot shells at the independent battalion, causing the independent battalion to suffer heavy losses.

After several battle plans popped up in his mind in a row, he couldn't observe anything else on his own, so Wang Ping took Zhang Qing back into the mountains. Throughout the road, Wang Ping kept a calm face and did not speak.

Zhang Qing knew that Wang Ping was thinking about the problem, and he didn't dare to disturb Wang Ping at all. Then carefully followed Wang Ping and returned to the temporary station, the atmosphere was very weird, as if Zhang Qing had been criticized!

A few hours later, Zhong Yusheng returned. Because the devil is too cautious, and Zhong Yusheng is not a specialized scout recruit, he has not collected much information. Although he brought back a puppet prisoner, because he was just an ordinary soldier, he also didn't ask anything.

This is, Wang Ping immediately thought of the scouts and special forces in the army in the later generations, if they were out of the horse, they would be able to detect no matter how many rifles the devil was equipped with.

This also made Wang Ping secretly determined in his heart that as long as the independent battalion gained a firm foothold in Laiyuan, he must train a qualified scout, and if there were conditions, it would be best to train a group of special forces.

Of course, Wang Ping doesn't want such powerful special forces in later generations, as long as his combat effectiveness can reach eighty percent of that of special forces in later generations, no, six achievements are satisfied!

Just when Wang Ping frowned and thought about a possible way to break the enemy, Zeng Quan came.

"Battalion commander, finally encountered a big battle, more than 600 days of puppet army, if our independent battalion can eat it, it will definitely shock the entire military region and make everyone look at our independent battalion differently!" Zeng Quan said with a look of longing on his face as soon as he came.

Wang Ping replied with a wry smile: "Lao Zeng, this is a puppet army of more than 600 days, and there are more than 300 devils alone. ”

Then he ordered Zhong Yusheng next to him: "Platoon Commander Zhong, you first introduce the situation to Lao Zeng!" ”

Soon, the smile on Zeng Quan's face disappeared, and then he replied with a calm face: "It's really hard to fight, the devil is too cautious, and he won't give us a chance at all!" ”