After Lei Dasheng and Du Aiguo's operational arrangements were completed, according to Kong Jie's explanation, the battle between the 4th and 5th battalions on the Xicun Road took the lead in kicking off.

When the battle began, the Japanese army took the road to Zhangjiazhuang, and it was still more than three kilometers away from Zhangjiazhuang.

The reason is that the Japanese army is actually closer from Yangquan County to Xicun than Yangquan to Zhangjiazhuang, and the fourth battalion commander Lei Dasheng led half a battalion of troops to meet them in advance, and the combat time of the two sides was greatly advanced.

The battle was about forty minutes ahead of the road in Zhangjiazhuang.

The team of half a battalion led by Lei Dasheng was ambushed on a certain section of the mountain road from Yangquan to Xicun.

According to Lei Dasheng's battle plan, he led more than 200 soldiers to make a detour from both sides of the mountains and forests, and after completely besieging the vanguard scouts arranged by the Japanese army on both sides, he divided the team into two parts, one part was used to deal with the Japanese reconnaissance troops, and eliminated the reconnaissance troops of the devils.

The other part continued to detour in the direction of the Japanese puppet army that followed the Japanese scouts and launched a surprise attack.

Suddenly there was a burst of gunfire.

The dozens of fighters who were responsible for killing the devil scouts hid in advance with the help of the mountains and forests, and it was not until the Japanese scouts stepped into the ambush circle that they suddenly opened fire.

The firepower of the devil's scouts at hand was average, and the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were ambushed occupied an absolute superiority in strength, and a dozen devils were eliminated on the spot in one round of fire.

The scouts in the vanguard were attacked by surprise, and the Japanese puppet army on the mountain road immediately became vigilant.

But the soldiers of the four battalions, which were divided into two roads, under the leadership of the battalion commander Lei Dasheng, almost shot at the same time as the team that stayed behind to deal with the devil scouts.

At the same time that the devil's scouts were killed, Lei Dasheng led the soldiers to condescendingly launch a fire sneak attack on the Japanese puppet army on the mountain road.

The main thing is to attack with rifle fire, and then a certain number of grenadiers to bombard.

The target point of the attack was partly placed on the 500 Japanese soldiers in the front row, and partly on the 2000 puppet troops in the back row.

Suddenly, the Japanese puppet army that suffered a surprise attack, the gap in the reaction of the two sides was quite obvious.

The 500 Japanese troops who were walking in front suddenly encountered a surprise attack, and although they were not panicked, they immediately launched an orderly counterattack.

The 2,000 puppet troops in the rear, after being hit by artillery fire, were busy looking for cover one by one, and the counterattack offensive was slower than the Japanese troops in the front row.

The Japanese began to counterattack, shelling mainly with grenadiers.

This was the best way for them to counterattack the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were shooting condescendingly in the mountains and forests on both sides of the mountain road on the lower mountain road, using trees as cover.

The counterattack also worked immediately, and there were some casualties on the side of the Independent Regiment.

As for the fourth battalion commander Lei Dasheng, he is very clear about his mission.

This was not the time for him to engage in a decisive battle with the Japanese army.

After successfully sneaking up on the Japanese army, killing more than 20 scouts of the devils, and sneaking up on the Japanese puppet army for a while, Lei Dasheng immediately ordered a retreat.

In addition, at the time of the attack, Lei Dasheng specially explained that the soldiers were scattered and ambushed, so in the face of the devil's grenadier shelling counterattack, the casualties of the soldiers were controlled within expectations.

After a brief three-minute encounter between the two sides.

The Japanese army folded the reconnaissance team, and seven or eight more grenadiers were cleared by the fire of the Eighth Route Army grenadier canisters in the mountains and forests.

This is a grenadier group configuration created by the independent regiment by drawing on the experience of the Japanese army's grenadier operations.

One observer, one captured Japanese ranging telescope.

The gunner is responsible for the specific operation and firing of the gun.

There is one loader, who is responsible for reloading the gunner with shells in a timely manner.

This kind of team cooperation can play a good role in battle.

When the grenadier team was waiting to be determined at a certain location in the mountains and forests, the observer quickly locked on to the specific location of the devil's grenadier through the rangefinder telescope, determined the direction of the target point, and measured the approximate distance through the rangefinder telescope.

After the gunner got the coordinates of the target point, he immediately cooperated with the loader to clear the grenadier fire point of the devil at a fixed point.

And while the gunner and loader cooperate to knock out the devil's grenadier, the observer will continue to observe the next target point.

This kind of coordination is very efficient, and it is much faster than the gunner who can operate the gun and observe the target at the same time.

The company commanders of the two artillery companies, Wang Chengzhu and the howitzer, were very respectful of this grenadier group combat mode.

The two also conducted additional training for observers and gunners.

Artillery study classes were even set up in the regiment to train artillery personnel for independent regiments.

If a soldier who goes to study shows considerable talent in artillery comprehension, Kong Jie will approve the soldier to change from infantry to artillery.

Speaking of which, why specialize in this grenadier combat tactics?

The original words of the head of the regiment, Kong Jie, were:

"The brilliance of any combat unit lies in the protection of their own infantry with effective artillery fire."

"When we were fighting the Japanese army, why did we always suffer more casualties than the little devils? Why is it that even if the devil's infantry charges, a large part of the casualties can be effectively avoided? ”

"Because when the little devils launch a charge in the infantry, there is always follow-up artillery fire to cover at any time, and the grenadiers placed in the back can be at any time within an effective firing range of six or seven hundred meters, and the light and heavy machine gun fire points we use to block the devil infantry, as well as mortars, grenadiers and other fire points."

"At this point, I think everyone has fought with the Japanese army many times on the battlefield, and they have also found that as long as this devil's grenadier is knocked out by us first, the devil's infantry will not be so rampant, and they can only be forced to hide behind the bunker and dare not charge."

What does this mean? It shows that the little devils are also afraid of death, and the reason why their infantry is powerful is only by relying on follow-up artillery support. ”

"In addition, when it comes to the fight between us and the devils since the Anti-Japanese War, it is the devil's grenadier that suffers the most, and the casualties caused by the devil's grenadier to our troops, according to the statistics of the headquarters, almost account for more than 32% of the casualties of our troops."

"This means that for every ten soldiers we sacrifice, three or four of them are killed by the devil's grenadiers."

"Don't look at this light artillery, it is light in weight, small in caliber, the process is simpler than that of complex rifles, the production cost is not even a quarter of that of a rifle, and it is concealed enough, fast and efficient, and the power is not weak."

"If there is an old artillery operation of the devil, it is basically a dozen and one accurate, as long as our side is within the effective range of their grenadiers, as soon as the light and heavy machine guns show up, or in a moment, the devil's shells will be smashed over."

"Therefore, after learning these lessons, our independent regiment must focus on dealing with the grenadier firepower of the devils in the future combat against the Japanese army."

"Whenever the battle begins, we must take the lead in knocking out the devil's grenadiers, and we must make this fighting style even a tradition of our independent regiment."

"In addition, the devil's use of grenadier tactics is powerful, this is also where we have to learn, with the way of others to govern their bodies, and now we have transformed the production of 50 small cannons, which are farther and more powerful than the devil's grenadiers."

"Let's also give the little devil a taste of the fear of being dominated by rear artillery fire."

……

Back in front of him, in just three minutes of confrontation, the Japanese puppet army suffered nearly 100 casualties.

Eight of the devil's grenadiers were also knocked out.

On both sides of the mountain, the Eighth Route Army, which suddenly launched a surprise attack, showed combat effectiveness that made the captain of the devil brigade a little frightened.

Fortunately, the offensive of the Eighth Route Army did not last long, and after fighting for a while, it seemed to be defeated and retreated under the superior fire and artillery bombardment of the imperial troops.

As for the enemy ambushed in the mountains and forests on both sides, this devil captain had secretly observed when the previous battle broke out, the number was not large, and the firepower configuration was strong, like the main force of the Eighth Route Army, but he couldn't be sure.

Speaking of this devil captain, he can be assigned by Ishii Haraichi to be in charge of the West Village, so he is naturally a trusted general of Ishii Hara.

The captain of the devil brigade knew very well that according to the plan of the wing captain, the battle in front of him suddenly broke out, and the Eighth Route Army may have been fooled and regarded his own way as the main force.

Then, the main combat force of the Eighth Route Army is also likely to be deployed on the West Village Road.

But as soon as the battle broke out, the follow-up 2,000 puppet troops behaved too badly.

Not to mention the Eighth Route Army, even the captain of the devil brigade had a headache when he looked at the puppet army troops who were thrown into chaos by a simple sneak attack.

It's too hard for them to have the Imperial Army troops pretend to be Imperial troops.

Analyzing this, the captain of the devil suddenly thought.

If the Imperial Allied Army troops behind him are exposed, doesn't it mean that the Eighth Route Army on both sides has understood that the actual attack on Xicun is the strategy of His Excellency the Wing Commander?

Then most of the main forces arranged by the Eighth Route Army on Xicun Road will immediately retreat and move quickly in the direction of Zhangjiazhuang.

Thinking of this, the captain of the devil brigade immediately ordered: "Pursue quickly, and bite this gang of dirt roads for me!" ”

This devil captain is also a ruthless character, he is very confident, even if he is not the main force of the wing, even if he is 500 soldiers, he is also not the elite of the Ishii wing.

But the opponent is just a mere dirt and eight roads, even if his own 500 team, he can still drag the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

I still remember that the Yamazaki Brigade, which was only more than 500 troops, dared to go deep alone, trying to use the middle flowering tactics to unite the main force of the empire and annihilate the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang region in one fell swoop, what courage and pride it was.

This devil captain admires Captain Yamazaki's brave deeds.

For now, he is ready to follow his example.

Of course, before launching the attack, the Japanese captain still got in touch with the main force of Zhangjiazhuang Road through the radio and reported his plans to the wing commander Ishii Haraichi.

At this time, the Ishii Wing on the other side had not yet been attacked by the Eighth Route Army.

Ishihara thought about it and felt that the captain's analysis was good, so he agreed to the order of the captain of the devil brigade to march.

Just instructed: "Always be vigilant that the back road is cut off by the Eighth Route Army, and in addition, once you encounter the main force of the Eighth Route Army, you can hold on to the danger, and wait for the main force of Zhangjiazhuang to defeat the blocking force of the Eighth Route Army, and then join your department." ”

In this way, the captain of the devil brigade, who received a reply from Ishii Haraichi, did not hesitate anymore, and led his team, plus the Imperial Association Legion, in the direction of Nishimura, and continued to fight fiercely.

……

"Hooked! Battalion commander, this little devil is really not afraid of death, and he got in by himself. ”

In the mountains and forests, the leader of the third platoon said excitedly.

Lei Dasheng said with a smile: "Most of the little devils on this dog day think that our main force is here!" Seeing that this is to bite us, so that the Japanese army along the road in Zhangjiazhuang can take the opportunity to attack. ”

"Then let's do as they want, pull out our main force, and let these devils take a good look."

"I finally put my mind at ease, the regiment commander's judgment is really accurate, the devils on this road are just feints, there are only 500 devils, and the ones behind are definitely two devils, and the combat effectiveness can be seen at a glance."

"The news has been passed back, right?"

The third platoon commander said: "Rest assured, the battalion commander has transmitted the news back to the temporary headquarters of Xicun, and the regiment commander will get the news soon." ”

"Okay, continue to retreat, don't run too fast, let the devil can't catch up, let's go down from the mountains and forests in a while, retreat from the mountain road, and deliberately walk through the minefield to confuse the little devil."

"Everyone remembers the markings of the mines that were laid, right? The right section deliberately leaves a trail more than a meter away as a safe passage through which everyone passes. ”

"Yes!"

……

In this way, in the field of vision of the Japanese puppet army on the mountain road, the Eighth Route Army in the mountains and forests on both sides continued to retreat, and in the pursuit of the bombardment, ran to the mountain road again, and fled all the way.

The captain of the devil didn't think much about it, and continued to pursue along the mountain road.

In this way, the devils and puppet troops were naturally unaware of the escape of the Eighth Route Army passing through the minefield, and the Eighth Route Army was exploring the road in front, so the Japanese army did not think much about it and stepped into the minefield very smoothly.

What the devil didn't notice was that when the Eighth Route Army fled to the front, it suddenly lined up in a line and left from the safe passage of the minefield.

Boom –

The devil troops who were in the pursuit of the first time did not have time to stop, and dozens of devils rushed directly into the minefield, stepping on mines, and in a series of large explosions, the devils were killed and more than 30 were injured.

The captain of the devil brigade was completely stunned, it was okay to run all the way through this dirt road, why did he step on a mine when he got to his team?

In desperation, the leader of the devil squad ordered the sappers to quickly clear the mines.

Lei Dasheng and Du Aiguo ordered that the number of mines planted in the first minefield was relatively small, so after the devil sappers cleared the mines, they quickly cleared the minefields, and it took less than five minutes before and after.

After the successful demining, the little devil learned to be shrewd, and the captain of the devil brigade ordered the Imperial Allied Army and the Imperial team to switch positions, and let the Imperial Allied Army explore the way in front first.

Commonly known as cannon fodder!

Anyway, in the raid of Fang Cai, these Imperial Cooperative troops have been exposed, and it is useless to keep them, it is better to use them to explore the way.

Under the coercion of the devils, the puppet soldiers did not dare to say anything, so they could only walk in front of the team in trembling......

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