…… In the battle in the direction of Xicun, the specific situation was transmitted to the headquarters of the Independent Regiment, Kong Jie was very determined, sure enough, the main attack point of the little devil was still placed in Zhangjiazhuang, and it took so much effort just to confuse his judgment.

It's really hard for Ishii Haraichi that old devil.

After the news reached the Zhangjiazhuang Temporary Headquarters, the commanders of the first battalion, the second battalion, and the third battalion were also very determined, and immediately launched the battle plan for the whole road in Zhangjiazhuang.

Now it has been determined that the main force of the devil is all the way to Zhangjiazhuang, so you can let go of your hands and feet and do a good job.

According to Kong Jie's troop deployment this time, Zhangjiazhuang is the first battalion, the second battalion, and the third battalion, and these three veteran battalions are responsible together.

After the independent regiment was expanded again, the regiment was still composed of five battalions, with a strength of more than 700 men in one battalion alone, and five infantry companies under its jurisdiction, plus a heavy machine gun company.

It is no wonder that Wang Leihu, the commander of the first battalion, has been walking with his head on his back recently.

The three veteran battalions were added together, and the strength was about 2,000 people.

As for the 4th and 5th battalions in charge of the West Village, the strength was about 800 people.

After the expansion again, the independent regiment had about 3,500 troops, and the rest of the men and horses remained in Niukou Village, such as the cavalry company, the guard company, and non-combatants such as the repair shop, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Materials and Transportation, and the cooking class.

In addition, in the direction of Zhangjiazhuang, Wang Chengzhu brought an artillery company to support, and Wang Chengzhu's artillery company, because it was responsible for the main attack of the Japanese army, borrowed two 75mm mountain guns from the howitzer artillery battery.

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West Village.

The fourth battalion commander, Lei Dasheng, led the team to continue to retreat.

The devils and the puppet army are chasing after them in the rear.

The puppet army was afraid of death, the puppet army commander had been shot dead by Wang Xikui before, and the remaining adjutants in order to ensure the safety of the main force, pulled out three soldiers from the team as the vanguard, opened the distance of 20 meters from the team, and marched forward in advance to prevent more people from blindly stepping into the minefield of the Eighth Route Army.

"50 meters, life and death, wealth in the sky, after walking 50 meters, change to the next group to continue to explore the way."

As cannon fodder for pathfinding, no one wants to do this, but the Japanese are staring at the back, and the puppet army does not dare to resist, so the deputy commander of the puppet army thought of such a method, a group of three, 50 meters to change once, As for who is unlucky, stepping into a minefield and being blown up, then it is no wonder that he is.

In this way, when the puppet soldiers at the head of the platoon stepped on the second minefield, the two puppet soldiers in the lead were killed on the spot, and one soldier was slightly injured, squatting on the ground, looking at his bloody companion not far away, and his crotch was wet with fright.

The captain of the devil brigade ordered the demining again, but his brows were furrowed, he sensed that something was not quite right, why were mines planted one after another on the road, but the counterattack of the Eighth Route Army was nowhere to be seen?

Is the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Xicun?

Unable to think of a reason, after the mines were cleared again, the captain of the devil brigade ordered the pursuit to continue.

The Eighth Route Army, which was fleeing not far away, seemed to be deliberately luring them deeper, deliberately slowing down their pace and hanging their appetites.

Then, in the middle of the second and third minefields, the captain of the devil brigade ushered in the attack of the long-lost Eighth Route Army.

It was only as soon as this offensive began that the Japanese soldiers experienced what it meant to be called deep despair and fear.

Due to the fact that the reconnaissance unit of the devils was defeated by the Eighth Route Army in the previous sneak attack battle, and the Japanese army was busy pursuing all the way, the Japanese army did not have time to continue to arrange scouts along the way.

Therefore, the ambush in front of them was actually a surprise for the Japanese army.

It was so violent.

First on both sides of the mountain road, the devils were on guard against the puppet army in the front row stepping on the mines, and in the mountains and forests on both sides, among the bushes, a large number of Eighth Route Army troops suddenly burst out, and the grenades in their hands had even torn off the fuses, and they were thrown towards the Japanese troops behind the mountain road.

The attack of the soldiers of the independent regiment was aimed at the devils, and as for the puppet army that passed by first, they didn't bother to pay attention to it at all.

Just as Lei Dashan arranged, 50 bombing teams on both sides, a total of 100 people, each with 5 grenades, were thrown out within 15 seconds.

With the help of the condescending terrain, a soldier who can only throw a grenade for more than 30 meters in normal times can throw a grenade to a horizontal distance of about 50 meters at the moment.

So in just 15 seconds, on both sides of the mountain road, a full 500 grenades flew out of the air.

This grenade is not the kind made in the border area produced by Zhang Wanhe's arsenal, which is made in half in half, but the Feitian powder explosives produced by the Independent Regiment Repair Institute through the refining of Feitian powder, as a wooden-handled grenade filled with gunpowder.

This kind of grenade exploded and shattered after being popped, and the power was not small, and the devils who were close to the surrounding area could not even see the wound on their bodies, so they were directly shocked to death.

In the explosion of the grenades flying in the sky, even the Japanese troops fell into a hellish situation.

The Devil Captain roared and kept the team hidden.

In the midst of 100,000 fires, he still tried to command the troops and launch a fire counterattack.

It's just that the soldiers of the 4th and 5th Battalions, who have been waiting for a long time, how can the attack methods that have been gathering momentum for a long time be so single?

"500 grenades are just an appetizer!"

Du Aiguo, who was commanding in the rear, said confidently to Lei Dasheng on the side.

After the grenade throwing team had finished covering the fire, within 100 to 150 meters of the rear, the light and heavy machine guns were firing at the same time, and the explosive pack projector and explosive bag launcher that Du Aiguo had arranged long ago appeared for the first time.

These two weapons may seem identical, but they are not.

The purpose was the same, that is, to throw the 10-kilogram explosive bag to a distance of 100 meters and throw it into the Japanese army team at the foot of the mountain road.

But this explosive pack projectile is more similar to the ancient trebuchet.

Using simple mechanics, place the explosive pack on the launch pad, rip off the fuse, and throw it, it's as simple as that.

As for the explosives pack launcher.

The main body is a very simple launcher, which can be a cannon barrel, or a cylinder made of steel, or even an empty gasoline drum, in which the propellant is filled, and the explosive package bundled into a disc shape is placed in it, and then the propellant is ignited, and ten kilograms of explosive can be ejected to a distance of 150-200 meters.

There is an exaggeration in this kind of launcher, that is, there is no caliber limit, and the caliber of your barrel or firing barrel is as large as the caliber of this alternative artillery.

As you can imagine, the explosives fired by this alternative artillery can even weigh up to ten kilograms.

How terrifying is the power?

The explosives produced in the independent regiment and the wooden-handled grenades produced were all powdered explosives.

The production of a grenade with a wooden handle requires only more than 200 grams of gunpowder.

The ten kilograms of explosives in front of me are 10,000 grams of gunpowder.

To put it simply, it is equivalent to 50 grenades tied together, and then thrown more than 100 meters away into the area where the Japanese army is located.

This is simply an upgraded version of the cluster grenade.

I remember that Li Yunlong once came to the independent regiment, and when he saw this explosive pack launcher with his own eyes, and after listening to Kong Jie's introduction, his eyes turned red on the spot, and he was stunned to hold the launcher and not let go, and asked Kong Jie for a door.

Of course, the price was that Lao Li came out with five boxes of grenades.

However, in Li Yunlong's view, this deal is definitely a sure win.

Lao Li is worried that the wooden-handled grenades produced by his new second regiment are useless, and the cluster grenades, more than a dozen together, weigh five or six catties.

In terms of manpower, even a martial artist like a monk can't be lost far.

You didn't even have time to shoot before you were killed by the devil's machine gun.

If you can use this explosive bag launcher to throw this explosive package, which is equivalent to a cluster of 50 grenades, to a distance of more than 100 meters, the power is absolutely amazing.

Once such an explosive package is launched, the powerful explosive impact will be generated, and the sky will simply collapse wherever it passes.

The shock wave can even reach a radius of more than 12 meters.

Many of the enemies who were blown down in the vicinity often could not find any wounds, but they would be killed in the bleeding of the seven holes, and they would be shocked to death.

When seven or eight 10-kilogram explosive packets suddenly slashed into the air from the mountains and forests through three explosive pack throwers and four explosive pack launchers, and then smashed down, the eyes of the Japanese soldiers who witnessed all this showed inexplicable horror.

Then, the captain of the Japanese army witnessed with his own eyes that more than 30 imperial warriors more than 50 meters away met the emperor collectively in two explosions.

The five or six devils in the center of the explosion even had no bones, and the Japanese soldiers within a radius of more than ten meters around were directly thrown out, and they never got up after they fell.

The hellish scene makes the life in the middle of it shudder.

This is a new weapon that the little devils have never encountered before, and even the determined devil soldiers are terrified one by one.

On the mountains and forests, looking at the amazing results achieved by the debut explosives bag throwing, the fourth battalion commander Lei Dasheng and the fifth battalion commander Du Aiguo couldn't help but applaud loudly.

Lei Dasheng said: "It's enjoyable, it's too enjoyable, no wonder the regiment commander said that this kind of cannon can be called a cannon without conscience, and when the cannon goes down, all the devils around him have seen the king of Hades, and it is indeed conscienceless." ”

Du Aiguo said: "It's a pity, we have to save ammunition, this kind of explosive package can't be used indiscriminately, the amount of gunpowder in an explosive package can be worth 50 grenades, just our time for a while, it is equivalent to 500 grenades and they are used up." ”

Lei Dasheng laughed and said: "It makes sense, after we finish this battle, the consumption of ammunition cannot be greater than the amount captured." ”

"Comrades, under the cover of artillery fire, give me a hard blow, and after ten minutes, directly launch a charge!"

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The battle instantly entered the white heat, but unfortunately, it was basically the Japanese troops on the mountain road who were beaten unilaterally.

As for the puppet army in the front row, they were only affected by the pond fish, and they were affected by some of them, and the whole team was in chaos.

A soldier shouted, "Regimental deputy, the Eighth Route Army is going for devils, let's stay honest, or these bombs will come at us!" ”

When the deputy commander of the puppet army heard this, he quickly nodded his head like a chicken pecking rice, and shouted: "Brothers, no one is allowed to fight back without my order, let's stay away from the devil!" ”

"Yaga!"

The captain of the Japanese army not far away vaguely heard the order of the deputy commander of the puppet army, and shouted angrily, but he was helpless.

The deputy commander of the puppet army looked at the Japanese captain with round eyes, and scolded in a low voice: "Little devil of dog day, what do you have to do? Looks like you won't be able to last much longer. ”

Looking at the incomparably fierce troops of the Eighth Route Army on both sides of the mountains and forests, the deputy commander of the puppet army couldn't help but swallow his saliva secretly.

It's not a loss, it's the eighth master!

It's too fierce.

It's better to stay honest, maybe you can survive.

At this point in the battle, the Japanese captain finally accepted his fate, and on the one hand gave the order for a tactical retreat, he ordered the signal corps to transmit a communication to the Ishii Wing in Zhangjiazhuang through the radio.

Now the captain of the Japanese army has been convinced that the main force of the independent regiment is definitely attacking him in front of him, and it seems that there are enemies all over the mountains, coupled with this fierce artillery fire, it would be hell if it were not the main force of the independent regiment.

The content of the communication is:

"Our unit was fiercely attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, the enemy's firepower configuration was quite sophisticated, and the number of artillery showed an overwhelming advantage, and in a short period of time, more than half of our casualties were forced to retreat tactically."

At this point, the communication came to an abrupt halt.

The devil communication soldiers along the way in the West Village, even with the radio, were blown up by the soldiers.

Communication between the two sides was completely cut off.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the situation doesn't seem to be good, and it seems that the West Village can't hold on!" The adjutant's face was full of urgency.

The chief of staff of the Japanese army said: "Your Excellency the brigade commander, now it seems that the Eighth Route Army was really fooled and arranged all the main forces on the West Village Road, which caused the attacking troops in the West Village to be unable to resist." ”

"Xicun was defeated by the Eighth Route Army all the way, but if it retreated, it would not be wiped out."

"Now is the best opportunity for us to break through Zhangjiazhuang and reach Niukou Village."

"Since the main force of this independent regiment is deployed in the direction of Xicun, then Zhangjiazhuang Road, I am afraid that there is not much left of the strength of the Eighth Route Army."

Ishiihara nodded, although he felt that the battle was going quite smoothly, and he didn't think much about it.

Now to support the troops of Xicun Road, it is too late, but it will affect the attack of Zhangjiazhuang Road.

For now, the only way to do this is to quickly break through Zhangjiazhuang, and then attack the Eighth Route Army from the back of Xicun to support the troops of Xicun 1st Road.

"Pick up the pace!" Ishiihara ordered.

"Hey!"

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Zhangjiazhuang.

After determining that the focus of the Japanese attack was indeed on Zhangjiazhuang, and that the 4th and 5th battalions of the West Village had already taken the lead in engaging the enemy and engaged the Japanese army, and making the Japanese army mistakenly believe that the West Village was the main combat force of the Independent Regiment.

The commander of the first battalion, the commander of the second battalion, and the commander of the third battalion also started the operation in accordance with the battle plan formulated by Kong Jie.

"Remember, your mission is to lure the enemy, and be sure to lure the devil to the low cliff area."

Wang Leihu, the commander of the first battalion, asked.

"Yes, please rest assured that the battalion commander will complete the mission!"

After speaking, the commander of the first company turned around and said to the team of more than 500 people standing behind him: "Comrades of the first company, listen, this time we are carrying out a plan to lure the enemy, feigning an encounter with the Japanese army, and after the battle begins, everyone should pay attention to protecting the militia comrades." ”

"We must convince the little devil that we are the main combat force defending Zhangjiazhuang all the way."

"Do you understand everything?"

"Yes—"

The soldiers of the first company and more than 300 militia comrades responded in unison......

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