……

Sun Desheng, the commander of the cavalry company, went from the initial excitement to the solemnity and then to the silence at the moment after receiving the combat mission given to him by Kong Jie.

Lao Sun has a headache now.

He originally thought that the task given to him by the regiment commander this time for the cavalry company was to assist the main ambush force to attack and disturb the Japanese puppet army from the flank or back.

As a result, the regiment commander actually chose the location of this ambush directly on this plain terrain, and put the key point of whether he could destroy the more than 3,000 Japanese puppet troops this time on his cavalry company.

When he set off, Kong Jie, who arranged the task for the cavalry company, said calmly:

"At the previous military meeting, I proposed that the operation of annihilating the two Japanese brigades and the puppet regiments should be placed in the plain area in the middle section.

Several battalion commanders all expressed their doubts, believing that fighting the devils in this place would very likely cause the Japanese army to develop an artillery superiority and use the dozen or so artillery pieces they carried to engage in a positional battle with our side, and that the situation would be unfavorable to us. ”

"But as I said, only in this place can we have the hope of completely annihilating the reinforcements of the Japanese puppet army."

"What you are worried about is the devil's artillery squadron, don't worry, after the battle begins, you don't have to worry about the artillery squadron, I will hand it over to Sun Desheng, their cavalry company can handle it, and kill this devil's artillery for you as soon as possible."

Speaking of this, Kong Jie paused, "But if you don't defeat it at the first time, even if you build fortifications in advance, the first and second battalions will definitely fall into the next positional battle.

When the time comes, not to mention the elimination of this Japanese puppet army, after the two sides fall into a fierce battle, the Japanese army will rely on its absolute superiority in artillery and troops, and the first and second battalions will even be at risk of being severely damaged. ”

"In the final analysis, Lao Sun, the outcome of this battle depends on your cavalry company, or your semi-mechanized heavy troops."

There were some things that Kong Jie didn't say.

Didn't you, Sun Desheng, shout about war all day long?

For now, I'll give you a fight, and I'll give you the most important battle to fight.

"I won't say how to command the specifics, Lao Sun, you and Chen Dalian will discuss it yourself, I think you two are more familiar with the tactical command of the cavalry than me."

"I have only one request, after the battle begins, your cavalry units will destroy the artillery positions of the devils for me before the first and second battalions are attacked by Japanese artillery."

"Yes!"

Sun Desheng, who has always been not afraid of heaven and earth, responded this time with a hard head.

After returning to the company, Sun Desheng found Chen Dalian, the instructor of the cavalry company, with an anxious face.

After explaining the matter before and after, Sun Desheng said helplessly: "Lao Chen, that's the case, this time the burden on our cavalry company is heavy." ”

Chen Dalian said with a smile: "Old Sun, you are shouting every day that you want to lead your comrades to fight, and now that the regiment commander has assigned the task, why are you afraid in the end?" ”

Sun Desheng touched his half-bare head and said angrily: "Afraid? I, Sun Desheng, am not afraid of death! I'm just afraid that if our cavalry company can't get rid of the devil's artillery position as soon as possible, the casualties of the comrades of the 1st and 2nd battalions will be inevitable. ”

"If I can't complete the task this time, I won't have the face to continue working in the cavalry company in the future."

Chen Dalian said: "Old Sun, it's useless to say anything now, you can only fight, after the integration of our cavalry company and the motorized troops in the regiment, the training has been for a long time now, this is our first battle, we must play well." ”

"Let's plan carefully and see how this battle should be fought."

Sun Desheng nodded, I can't think about it so much when it comes to the end, to hell with any bad situation, it's a big deal that my old grandson was the first to die on the battlefield.

So, after Shen Quan and Wang Leihu marched with two battalions of soldiers.

The cavalry is faster and the first to go.

Sun Desheng and Chen Dalian hurried to the plain area in the middle section, although they were quite familiar with this area for a long time, and now they still reconnoitred the surrounding terrain and features.

After the investigation was completed, Chen Dalian and Sun Desheng discussed countermeasures.

Chen Dalian said: "Old Sun, the Japanese puppet army rushed to Ping'an County from Yangquan this time, passing through the plain area in the middle section, probably advancing in a southwest direction. ”

"Assaulting an infantry position with strong firepower, well-equipped, and ready to fight from the front is purely seeking death."

"The old rule, our cavalry company still has to raid from both flanks and from the back."

"The focus of this operation, since it is whether our cavalry company can take the lead in destroying the devil's artillery position, then the troops of the first battalion commander and the second battalion commander can also fully cooperate with the actions of our cavalry company.

I suggested that the barrage of the 1st and 2nd Battalions be placed in the section of the plain at the front. ”

"That is, soon after the Japanese army enters this plain terrain from the mouth of this valley, it will engage in a fire exchange with the 1st and 2nd battalions."

"In this way, we can go back to the mouth of the valley from both wings, and we can directly reach the back of the Japanese puppet army, at this time the Japanese puppet army is not too far from the position of the valley mouth, about seven or eight hundred meters, with the speed of our light cavalry in a short burst, we can rush over in a moment."

Sun Desheng nodded and motioned for Chen Dalian to continue, Sun Desheng knew that he was inferior to instructor Chen Dalian in terms of tactical command.

What he is better at is to get all the soldiers of the cavalry company to execute the battle plan perfectly.

Chen Dalian continued: "According to the combination of our cavalry company and motorized troops, that is, the prototype of the semi-mechanized heavy troops mentioned by the regiment commander, as in the usual training, this time it is still divided into four teams, the stormtroop team, the pincer team, the fire team, and the reserve team. ”

Sun Desheng interjected and said: "Lao Chen, once this battle starts, we must use the shortest time to knock out the devil's artillery position, and if we don't have time to make any preparations, the reserves will be canceled directly!" ”

Chen Dalian nodded and said, "Yes, then directly cancel the reserve team and divide it into three teams." ”

"Lao Sun, I think so, according to our battle plan this time, the first and second battalions will engage in a positional battle with the Japanese army in the first half of this plain terrain. The Japanese puppet army troops will be trapped in the middle of the first half of this plain terrain. ”

"The devils are also worried about being too close to the mountains on both sides and being ambushed, so they will most likely place the fortifications in the middle of this gentle terrain, so that they can fight positional warfare, and use their firepower advantage to either repel the enemy or hold out until reinforcements arrive."

"What we have to do is to take advantage of the fact that after the Japanese puppet army exchanged fire with the first and second battalions, all the attention of the Japanese puppet army was attracted in the positive direction."

"The stormtrooper, composed of the lightly armed cavalry of our cavalry company, can burst out extremely fast in a short distance, and is used to break through the fortifications that the Japanese put at the end and guard the rear artillery."

"After the stormtroopers launched an attack, the pincer team followed up from both sides at the same time, covering the stormtroopers' attack with machine-gun fire and 50 small guns."

"At this time, the attention of the Japanese army will be divided into two parts, respectively in the direction of the first and second battalions, and in the direction of our stormtroopers." Gu Zhuo

"This plain is roughly rectangular, the distance between the two sides is much smaller, our firepower units will lie in ambush in advance in the valleys on both sides of the plain, and then divide into two parts, from the left and right flanks of the Japanese puppet army troops, with horse and machine tactics, to attack the Japanese artillery positions."

At this time, if the commander of the first battalion and the commander of the second battalion cooperate with the actions of our cavalry company, open a straggler line on the wide plain terrain, launch a general attack, and destroy this Japanese puppet army in one fell swoop, it may not be impossible."

Compared with Chen Dalian, Sun Desheng is not good at formulating tactics, but he can still distinguish between the good and bad of the tactics themselves.

After Chen Dalian's thoughts were finished, Sun Desheng immediately agreed: "I don't have to say, Lao Chen, this tactic is good, it can mobilize all our troops, I also want to see the combat effectiveness of the cavalry and mechanized troops that we have trained for so long." ”

"There's no time to delay, let's go and discuss the specific tactical coordination plan with the commander of the first and second battalions."

"Good!"

……

……

Surrounded by peaks and valleys on almost all sides, the obstructed wind, through the gaps between the mountains, blew into this gentle area, and there was not much left left, spreading over the plain terrain, blowing the green grass to and fro.

Considering the critical situation in Ping'an County, the Japanese puppet army supported from Yangquan was a quick horse all the way.

At about 9 o'clock in the morning, we finally arrived at the plain between Ping'an County and the middle of Yangquan, which is a rare mountainous area.

The two devil captains, Hideo Murai and Nobuyoshi Mishima, led the troops all the way forward.

As mentioned above, before completely entering this plain area between the mountains, the two devil captains also swore that the Eighth Route Army would never dare to ambush in this plain area.

However, out of caution, after entering the mouth of the valley, the two old devils still swept the entire plain terrain under the protection of the guards.

Except for the swaying grass that has grown wildly in the summer and has grown wildly after a few spring rains, it has been able to drown your ankles.

"Roar, move on." Nobuyoshi Mishima gave the order.

And just six or seven hundred meters away, the right flank was a slightly undulating gentle slope.

Approaching the back side of the gentle slope, Shen Quan led the second battalion to arrive in advance, and quickly dug a shallow and wide trench, and the soldiers crawled in the trench one by one, lowered their bodies, and successfully avoided the detection of the Japanese army with the help of the cover of the grass covering their backs.

And on the left flank, the commander of the first battalion also led the main force of the first battalion in ambush.

With the passage of time, the speed of the devil puppet army who was in a hurry to support Ping'an County was not slow, and the puppet army was at the forefront, and soon approached the position set by Shen Quan and Wang Leihu, less than 300 meters away.

The distance of three hundred meters is actually not close, and looking at a standing person from a distance, due to the narrower viewing angle, it is only the size of a palm.

For the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army lurking in the dark, the devils and the puppet army are still unaware.

Until the two sides approached to less than one hundred and fifty meters.

Shen Quan and Wang Leihu knew that they couldn't wait any longer, and if they went any further, it would be easy to be detected by the devil's scouts, and at the moment, the next battalion and the second battalion were not all the men, and each battalion only had about five hundred troops, which was also due to the fact that there were too many people, and it was easier to be exposed when lurking.

If the two sides are too close to each other, the fire resistance left for the soldiers of the 1st and 2nd Battalions will be too close.

If the Japanese puppet army forcibly launched a charge with the help of superior forces, it would be easy to break through the defensive positions of the first and second battalions, and when the two sides handed over short troops, all plans would be in vain.

Even if they were able to repel the Japanese puppet army, most of them would be a crushing victory, killing 1,000 enemies and losing 800 themselves.

"Hit-"

The judgment of the commander of the first battalion and the commander of the second battalion was the same, and the order to open fire sounded almost at the same time.

The soldiers, who had long been ambushed on the left and right flanks and were ready to wait, immediately opened fire, and the bullets formed a dense network of intersecting firepower, and from the flank with a small declination, they fired towards the Japanese puppet army.

The sudden ambush caught the puppet army in the first row off guard, and in this flat plain, who would have thought that there would be such a large number of Eighth Route Army lurking in it?

The soldiers covered with grass suddenly opened fire with machine guns and rifles, and bullets flew past, and the Japanese puppet army did not even notice the figures of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army for the first time.

Dense bullets were fired, and the puppet army in the vanguard fell down one by one.

The firepower of the attack from the flanks also caused some casualties to the Japanese troops marching behind the puppet army.

"Enemy attack, lie down, counterattack!"

Nobuyoshi Mishima and Hideo Murai were the first to lie on the ground in the roar, raising their arms and holding their command knives to give orders.

In this flat terrain, bullets can fly almost from head to tail on the plain terrain, and only by lying on the ground completely can life be saved to the greatest extent.

The devils of the two brigades reacted very quickly, and the well-trained devils quickly opened a certain distance, crawled on the grass in unison, and set up a formation and staggered their positions, so that all the bullets could be fired in the direction of the enemy without accidentally injuring their own people.

The puppet army, which was suddenly attacked, was a little flustered, and immediately fled to the left and right flanks, and when they came to their senses, they also crawled on the ground one after another.

It's just that the battle broke out suddenly, and the puppet army's prostrate position was quite awkward, just caught between the firepower of the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army.

Hideo Murai and Nobuyoshi Mishima glanced at each other, both of them were shocked in their eyes, these dirt roads dared to block in this gentle area, it was really rampant.

As soon as the two sides fought, Nobuyoshi Mishima and Hideo Murai immediately judged that the strength of the Eighth Route Army was not as much as they imagined.

Hideo Murai shouted: "Prepare the grenadiers, drop smoke bombs, cover the infantry counterattack, and the artillery will build artillery positions with the help of the mechanism, and wipe out all this group of Eighth Route Army, leaving no one behind." ”

Hideo Murai's words were cold, and he was both annoyed and contemptuous of the Eighth Route Army who dared to boldly ambush here.

Hideo Murai and Nobuyoshi Mishima originally thought that if the Eighth Route Army was ambushed halfway, according to common sense, it would definitely be in the mountains.

It's actually here right now.

I don't know whether to live or die, and the mantis arm is just blocking the car.

If you dare to foolishly ambush here, you should have the consciousness of being destroyed......

7017k