However, his opponent Wang Ping was too cunning, and after several encounters, he ended in failure, so that he couldn't figure out Wang Ping's thoughts and ideas at all.

Once the Eighth Route Army went the opposite way and fought its own follow-up troops. It must be difficult for the decoy troops who are in front to break through the blocking forces of the Eighth Route Army and reinforce the follow-up troops who were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army in time. In this way, the hundreds of imperial troops of the follow-up troops will fight a scorching battle with the Eighth Route Army.

Even if the Imperial Army defeats the Eighth Route Army in the end, the Imperial Army of its own infantry brigade will suffer heavy losses, and even lose everything!

Major General Ono, who was still smiling just now, couldn't help but frown when he thought of this.

Then without waiting for the chief of staff to speak, he asked: "How many troops are still available in the county!" ”

"A cavalry brigade, a guard squadron, an infantry squadron! None of the other units has yet formed combat effectiveness, and ammunition has not been issued! Although he didn't understand, the chief of staff dutifully replied, and then stared at Ono.

The headquarters, which was still complimenting him just now, fell silent, and then everyone stared at Ono with puzzled expressions.

Ono directly ordered: "In order to prevent accidents, we also have to increase our troops to the front line, so as to ensure that we can take the Eighth Route Army at the lowest cost!" ”

The chief of staff conscientiously proposed: "We can order the motor transport squadron to bring an infantry squadron to quickly reinforce the battlefield, the car is fast, and it will arrive in more than half an hour!" ”

"Nope! Can't use a car, the limitations of the car are too great! Ono shook his head and refused.

"As long as the Eighth Route Army destroys the road, our troop transport cars will lie on the road, and in the end, the infantry still needs two legs to reinforce the battlefield, and it will take too long!"

"Cavalry, order the cavalry brigade to prepare for an attack immediately, as long as the ambush battle of the Eighth Route Army against us starts, no matter which of our troops they attack, the cavalry brigade will immediately attack and reinforce the imperial troops on the battlefield!"

"Hey! Your Excellency the General is wise, with the cavalry brigade as the rear hand, no matter how cunning the Eighth Route Army is, it will be difficult to escape! The chief of staff patted a little sycophant and complimented.

When the Japanese troops lured the enemy, harassed by the sniper squad all the way, and finally passed through the independent regiment to preset the ambush position, they had already reduced more than 50 people, and all of them were Japanese, among whom machine gunners, grenadier operators and military officers were the majority.

A reinforced squadron, which was already a small number of veterans, directly lost most of it.

In order to ensure the stability of the troops, the squadron commanders, who had been lucky enough not to be targeted, had to promote some recruits with good training results to serve as temporary military commanders and squad leaders to ensure the smooth command system of the troops.

After the Japanese puppet army passed the preset ambush position, the sniper squad was directly left by Wang Ping to prepare to ambush the Japanese follow-up troops.

The two infantry battalions of more than 1,000 Eighth Route Army, under the command of their respective squad and platoon commanders, quickly climbed up the mountain beams and high ground next to the official road, and entered the improvised positions that had just been repaired.

All five heavy machine guns were placed in the middle of the ambush position to deal with the Japanese troops who were strong and well-equipped.

In addition, there were two companies of troops that were placed around several heavy machine guns by Wang Ping, specifically to deal with the Japanese army.

Of course, the sniper squad left behind by Wang Ping was also hidden in the middle of the ambush position, specializing in dealing with machine gunners and grenadiers among the Japanese troops.

There were three infantry companies left, one in front and two in the rear, to deal with the Imperial Allied Army in front and behind the Japanese army.

Originally, Wang Ping did not plan to use so many troops to fight the Imperial Allied Army, but after thinking that the current Imperial Allied Army was trained by the Japanese army, and many officers were directly served by the Japanese, and both combat effectiveness and combat will were much stronger than before, Wang Ping temporarily changed the battle plan and transferred one more company to deal with them.

A main force company of the Independent Regiment against a company of the Imperial Allied Army, in Wang Ping's view, is definitely a sure victory.

But Wang Ping did not expect that what he had to deal with was not the Imperial Allied Army at all, but the well-equipped Japanese army.

Although half of the machine gunners and grenadiers of the two squadrons of Japanese troops were concentrated in the middle of the ranks in order not to arouse suspicion, the remaining 300 men were still very strong in combat.

On average, a newly formed main company of the Independent Regiment had to deal with two Japanese infantry squads and more than 100 devil soldiers, and the pressure was very great.

When everyone waited in the position for almost half an hour, the figure of the follow-up troops of the Japanese army finally entered Wang Ping's field of vision.

In order to better control the overall situation and only fight, Wang Ping did not stay with the troops, but set up his headquarters on a high ground about 300 meters away from the battlefield.

Standing in the semi-underground bunker on the high ground, Wang Ping, holding a telescope, could clearly see the entire battlefield.

Therefore, as soon as the Japanese army appeared, Wang Ping, who was holding a telescope, saw them.

However, because the distance was too far away, and the telescope was an ordinary equipment for the captured Japanese army, Wang Ping did not see it very clearly.

Otherwise, with Wang Ping's keen observation ability, he would definitely be able to find some clues from the strict and neat formation of the Imperial Army!

"The first battalion commander reports: A company of the Imperial Alliance Army, the vanguard of the Japanese puppet army, has entered the ambush position!" A staff officer behind Wang Ping reported as soon as he put down the phone to contact the front line.

Soon, another staff officer with a telephone in his hand reported: "Regiment commander, the Japanese army has all entered the ambush circle, and the Imperial Alliance Army is entering!" ”

"The sixth company of the second battalion reports that the Imperial Alliance Army in the vanguard of the Japanese puppet army is about to come out of the ambush circle!"

"The fifth company of the second battalion reported: the Japanese puppet army has all entered the ambush circle!"

Wang Ping did not hesitate at all, and ordered very decisively: "Send a signal and start attacking!" ”

"Bang Bang!" In an instant, three gunshots reached Wang Ping's ears, and three signal flares flashing with white light also quickly flew into the sky, and then exploded over the battlefield.

Not far away, the ambush battlefield rang out with a dense burst of gunfire and explosions.

Under the concentrated fire of five heavy machine guns and seven crooked handles, the Japanese light and heavy machine gunners, mortar gunners, and infantry gunners were directly devastated.

The crooked machine gunners and grenadier gunners scattered among the infantry were also hit at the moment when the flare was lifted into the air, and ten people were shot in the head on the spot.

Ordinary riflemen, because the distance is too far, grenades and grenades have no effect, and more than 200 riflemen are like bullets do not need money, desperately shooting on the road, where there are many devils, regardless of whether they hit the target or not.

Because they received orders before the battle began, they were to shoot at the enemy as fast as they could.

In just three seconds from the sound of gunfire, two companies and light and heavy machine guns fired six or seven hundred rounds at more than 300 devils. Plus twelve grenades fired from six grenadiers, eight shells fired from four mortars.

The Japanese army, which was suddenly attacked, lost more than a hundred people before they could begin a counterattack.

What's more, all the heavy equipment they were equipped with was thrown on the road at this time, and no one used it.

The veterans and officers in the army reacted quickly, and while counterattacking, they beckoned the recruits around them not to panic and counterattack in hiding.

However, with almost all of their heavy firepower lost, and only two or three crooked handles fired a few bullets intermittently, their counterattack obviously did not have much effect, and they also attracted a more dense bullet attack from the Eighth Route Army.