Han Lin was not wrong at all, at this time, Commander Anan Weiji suddenly and arbitrarily changed the battle plan, ordering the third, sixth, and forty divisions to launch an attack on Tanzhou.

Seeing that the Japanese army was still advancing southward and showed no signs of retreating, Xue Boling and the generals breathed a sigh of relief, and Han Lin quietly came to the temporary camp of Black Elk Peak at this time.

On December 31, the day before New Year's Day, the Japanese Third Division crossed the Liuyang River and approached the city of Tanzhou, and it was at this time that fighter planes appeared.

"According to the report, the Second Assault Brigade led by the Chief of Staff Fang launched an attack on the baggage troops of the Japanese Sixth Division two hours ago, annihilating a squadron of Japanese troops, capturing more than 200 mule and horse-drawn carts, food, artillery shells, bullets, grenades, and a small number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars, and its own casualties were less than 100, and the guerrilla headquarters won the first battle."

"According to the information sent by the Hankou intelligence station, according to the reconnaissance and knowledge of the intelligence personnel in Baling, this afternoon, the Japanese army used the navy's transport ships to transport supplies to the Japanese army through the Xiangjiang River, and the personnel dispatched by the inspection department of the Tanzhou Garrison Command also discovered that the Japanese army's baggage troops were waiting in Guiyi, and based on the analysis of the above situation, the baggage troops will return to the combat units tomorrow morning." Li Peiyue said.

"Great, Guiyi receives the goods, then it is inevitable to pass through our defense area, immediately set up an ambush near the goose-shaped mountain, and defeat the Japanese army's baggage troops." Han Lin sat under the tree smoking a cigarette, chatting with Smith, and hurriedly stood up when he heard this.

The first assault team quickly came to the road on the east side of the goose-shaped mountain, which was roughly on the west side of the main road in the area of Chuanshanping, and on both sides were dirt slopes overgrown with wild grass and trees, and the terrain was very conducive to ambush.

Under the command of Han Lin, the commandos used sapper shovels to destroy the roads, all of which were dirt roads, which were relatively easy to operate, and also planted a few mines as a way to delay the Japanese army, and then on both sides of the road, they dug tunnels and covered them with dead branches and grass, made a cover, set up an artillery position on a high slope, adjusted the angle and prepared to shoot.

New Year's Day of the 31st year of the Republic of China, 10:45 a.m.

Dozens of transport trucks appeared in the telescope from afar, most of them carrying supplies, and several cars in front and behind the convoy were full of Japanese soldiers, with crooked machine guns on the roofs, and then a large group of mule and horse vehicles gradually came into view.

In this case, it must have been the mule-horse cart that had set off early and was later overtaken by the convoy transporting the trucks, otherwise the mule-horse cart would not have been so close to the convoy at any rate.

"It's really the most meaningful New Year, and we are actually celebrating the New Year on the battlefield. Judging by the numbers, this is a truck squadron of the Japanese divisional and regimental baggage wing, and there is also a mule and horse cart squadron behind it, and it seems that today is a tough battle. ”

"According to the Japanese army's baggage and heavy troops, the number of a squadron is 684 people, but fortunately, the personnel of the transport convoy are relatively small, counting more than 1,000 people, and we have two battalions of the special service regiment, and the strength is absolutely superior." Han Lin said.

"The equipment of these two special battalions is very average, in order to avoid our own casualties, I recommend that the firepower be increased as much as possible, do not think about the consumption of ammunition, human life is the most precious, and ammunition can be replenished." Smith, who has always advocated the supremacy of firepower, said.

The special service regiment is a total of three battalions, this is the guard unit of the Ninth Theater Command, and the combat effectiveness is naturally not too weak, but the weapons and equipment are too weak in Smith's eyes, and there are not a few light machine guns in a company, even fewer heavy machine guns, and not a single mortar.

The full strength of the special task force is 1,590 people, and the third battalion was taken to Zhouluo by Fang Zhaoan, so that the new strength on Han Lin's side is 1,000 and 60 people, and there are 1,000 people who can fight on the front line.

"Boss, Colonel Smith is right, the firepower of our commando team is far more powerful than the firepower of these baggage soldiers, and the actual combat experience of our brothers is not enough, it is best to accumulate experience first, and don't fight at close range as soon as you come up, this is the strength of the Japanese army." Mo Haidong, the captain of the commando team, said.

"Pass my order, mortars shell the cars and people in front, middle and back of the convoy, causing confusion in the transport convoy, followed by heavy machine gun fire, and finally grenades and close fire, do not save ammunition, be sure to use maximum firepower, first kill half of the enemy."

"The first and second squadrons, the second battalion of the special service regiment, were responsible for the siege of the automobile team, and the third and fourth squadrons, plus the first battalion of the special service regiment, were responsible for the mule-horse convoy behind. Be careful, don't run out of shells all at once, the enemy will definitely fight back in the future. Han Lin said.

The mortar squadron of the brigade was borrowed, but the fire support of the four infantry squadrons of their own configuration remained, and there were twelve sixty-mm mortars, although the number was a little less, but the role was not small.

With a bang, the first car reached the position of the mine, and the tires pressed the mine, but the power was not great, the tire of the left front wheel was blown up, and the car rushed to the side of the road, and more than 20 Japanese soldiers on it hurriedly jumped out of the car to check, scolding.

The follow-up cars came up and were blown up again, and the Japanese did not dare to move any more, and the cars and mule carts all stopped, slowly crowding more and more.

The sappers came up with mine detectors, ready to detect mines, and at this moment, suddenly a gunshot rang out, and one of the sappers was killed, and the shooting also represented the signal for attack.

Twelve mortars fired shells at a rate of 30 rounds per minute, and several trucks exploded and caught fire after being shelled, filling the scene with black smoke, killing and wounding hundreds of Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese troops in the mule-horse convoy were strafed by heavy machine guns on both sides, as well as grenades flying in the sky, and a large number of people and horses were killed and blown up.

The assault team used semi-automatic rifles and automatic rifles, with the blessing of Browning large-caliber machine guns, and the firepower was much stronger than that of the Japanese army.

The Japanese counterattack was also very fast, and in such a situation, the officer who led the team quickly organized his forces, using the weapons he carried, relying on cars and carriages as cover, and began to attack the tunnel under machine gun fire, and the grenadiers flew into the tunnel accurately, and the ambush troops also suffered casualties.

These Japanese soldiers were not recruits in the later stage of the Anti-Japanese War, they had participated in many major wars, received strict training, had rich experience in actual combat, had high shooting accuracy, and were very proficient in the use of grenadiers.

"We have an absolute advantage, why are the spy battalions in such a hurry? Gunners, immediately open fire on the temporary positions where the enemy is gathered, knock out their machine guns! Han Lin lay on his stomach in the grass, watching the battle with a telescope, and said to the artillery captain beside him.

He saw that the officers and soldiers of the special service battalion actually broke away from the tunnel and slowly approached the Japanese army, and in the process, people kept falling, and it seemed that they still did not understand their meaning.

It took more than two hours to end the ambush battle, which was occupied by the right people at the right time, in the right place, and at the cost of more than 200 casualties among the two battalions of the special service regiment and more than 20 casualties among the assault teams, more than 1,000 Japanese troops were wiped out, and 26 transport trucks, more than 300 mules and horses, and a large number of weapons, ammunition, and food were captured.

The secret service group was a little impatient and couldn't hold its breath, perhaps to show that the attack was not coordinated with the commando's firepower, otherwise the casualties would be much smaller.

"Hurry up and clean up the battlefield, and still have a tone to replenish the guns, destroy and burn all the materials that cannot be taken away, load the bodies of the brothers in the car and take them away, we will withdraw to the temporary camp of Black Elk Peak as soon as possible, and defeat the baggage troops, which can play a key role in the war ahead." Han Lin said.

(End of chapter)