The chief of staff was also startled by the bad news brought by the communications staff. He pointed to the Dashi River: "Brigade commander, march normally. The reinforcements should have just crossed the Dashi River."
"I immediately contacted the aviation force and asked them to dispatch aircraft to reinforce the battlefield and find out what happened there."
"Send some more reconnaissance cavalry over, bring a radio, and report any situation to the brigade headquarters immediately. With a two-pronged approach, we should soon be able to figure out the true situation of the attack on the reinforcements."
The brigade commander nodded and added: "Let the mobile squadron be ready to go."
"If the reinforcements really encounter an accident and there is still the possibility of rescue, the mobile squadron will set off immediately."
"If the reinforcements are hopeless, the aviation force will launch an indiscriminate attack directly on the enemy on the battlefield, causing the opponent to pay a bloody price."
As soon as the chief of staff left, the brigade commander turned his attention to the communications staff officer: "Contact the Zhoukou stronghold immediately to find out their current situation. Confirm whether the main force of the Eighth Route Army crossed the blockade and entered the area occupied by the imperial army in the past few hours. "
"Contact other troops stationed on the blockade and confirm whether the main force of the Eighth Route Army entered the occupied area from their defense area in the past few hours."
"The Eighth Route Army is too cunning. We cannot rule out the possibility that they will confuse us and cover up their true purpose by making false claims in the east and attacking in the west."
Five minutes later, the chief of staff returned to the killing table. He looked at the commander with a hesitant look and reminded him: "Brigade commander, the Zhoukou stronghold has been severely damaged. Our troops reinforcing Zhoukoudian were ambushed on the road. Such a big thing happened in the jurisdiction. Do you want to report it to the headquarters immediately?"
The brigade leader did not answer directly, but frowned and asked, "Tell me, how should the brigade report this matter?"
"Tell your Excellency, Commander, that an Eighth Route Army of unknown strength and unknown strength suddenly appeared in Fangshan. We have been killed by this Eighth Route Army over a thousand people. But so far, we have not found out the true situation of this Eighth Route Army? "
"If you feel that the Commander will approve this report, you can contact the command now."
The chief of staff was left speechless by the question, and then he apologized to the brigade commander: "Sir, please calm down. It's just a lowly position and a lack of consideration..."
"Before we understand the true situation of our opponent, it is useless for us to report the situation, and we will be reprimanded by the commander."
The brigade leader is a cautious and perfectionist person.
He felt that if he wanted to report, he should find out everything, rather than report a piece of worthless news.
Little did he know that this was exactly what Huang Yu wanted.
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On the battlefield of Dashi River, the ambush battle has ended.
Nearly three hundred puppet prisoners were being escorted by soldiers to retreat to Baogudi. Each puppet soldier was carrying four rifles without bullets, or a light and heavy machine gun that was also without bullets.
More than two hundred soldiers were scattered on the road, searching for the corpses of the little Japanese on the ground one by one.
Armed belts, bullet boxes, kettles, bullets, grenades...all usable supplies and ammunition were confiscated.
By the end, each soldier was carrying at least four armed belts filled with bullet boxes.
If the artillery company hadn't brought enough mules and horses, the troops wouldn't be able to take away the ammunition and artillery seized here.
Huang Yu was in a very good mood as he watched one mortar after another being tied to the backs of mules and horses by soldiers, and the mountain cannons being moved towards Bao Valley by mules and horses.
This battle not only achieved the goal of severely damaging the Japanese, but also enhanced his own strength, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
In order to facilitate the march, the troops only brought dozens of mortars that could travel in mountainous areas, and were not equipped with a single siege artillery.
If the troops want to defeat Neji of Tōkamura, they can't just rely on ambushes and mobile warfare, they must fight some tough battles.
Without attack artillery and relying only on mortars, even if they successfully capture a few strongholds, the troops will pay a huge price in the battle and the gains will not be worth the losses.
In this attack, the troops only had four companies, and every soldier sacrificed was one less soldier.
If the troops suffered too many losses in the offensive battle, they would not have enough troops to deal with Okamura Neji's large-scale raids on the Peiping guerrilla detachment.
In Huang Yu's plan: he must defeat Okamura Neji's first encirclement and suppression operation against him, and also severely damage the opponent, so that he can convince him that the Peiping guerrilla detachment really exists, and that troops must be sent back from Baoding to solve the problem. .
Otherwise, the point of coming to Peking would be gone.
Now that four mountain cannons and two infantry cannons have been captured at once, the pressure on the troops in the next attack will definitely be much less.
"Captain, this battle was so exciting. I haven't been able to kill Japs as happily as I did today for a long time... I just rushed onto the road and used the red tassel gun to kill seven Japs in a row. If there weren't too few Japs, they would all be seriously injured. The machine guns and artillery shells have been killed, I can still kill seven or eight more..." Wei Dayong kept chattering when he found Huang Yu.
Huang Yu witnessed the entire battle, and Wei Dayong's performance on the battlefield was also seen. Although he was very good at killing Japanese, he did not approve of this style of fighting in his heart.
During the assault, if the guards hadn't helped him kill two wounded Japanese soldiers who wanted to make a sneak attack, Wei Dayong would never have had the chance to stand here intact like he is now.
Before he could finish speaking, he frowned and interrupted: "Tell me first, what is your identity?"
"Commander of the second battalion of the garrison?" Wei Dayong was in high spirits and had not yet realized the mistake he had made, so he answered subconsciously.
"You also know that you are the battalion commander... you rushed to the battlefield when you heard the charge. Do you want the soldiers to see how brave you are as the battalion commander or something?" Huang Yu said angrily.
"You think you are invulnerable, and the bullets fired by the little devil will go around you."
"If something happens to you, who will command the whole battalion of troops?"
"Even if someone takes over your command of the troops and the battalion commander dies on the offensive, it will severely damage the morale of the troops and affect the combat effectiveness of the troops."
"Even if this process only takes a few seconds, many soldiers will die on the battlefield filled with bullets."
"If you are an ordinary soldier, you can charge however you want after hearing the charge as long as it does not affect other soldiers."
"But you are not an ordinary soldier. Your words and deeds are related to the safety of hundreds of soldiers in the Second Battalion. If an accident happens to you and dozens of soldiers are sacrificed on the battlefield, do you think you can feel at ease?"
"Let me remind you again, the battalion commander is a cadre who commands the troops, not one who charges into battle. He must always remember his mission on the battlefield. You cannot forget your identity and responsibilities when you get excited."
Wei Dayong was blinded by Huang Yu's scolding, and he never expected that he would get this result by killing seven or eight Japanese in a row.
I was very unconvinced at first. After listening to Huang Yu's explanation, cold sweat began to break out on my forehead unconsciously.
The eyes and ears of martial arts practitioners are sharper than ordinary people. When he charged to kill the Japanese, he saw the scene where the guards helped him deal with potential dangers.
If the guard had missed it and killed one less wounded soldier, he would have been injured no matter how lucky he was with the Japanese marksmanship.
If you are just a little bit unlucky, you may lose your life.
The more I thought about it, the more scared I became, and I quickly apologized to Huang Yu: "Captain, I was wrong. I will definitely not be as impulsive as I was today in the future."
Huang Yu's face suddenly became much better. He looked at Wei Dayong and asked directly: "After the attack started, the fourth company rushed the fastest, leaving the other companies far behind. It was the first to fight the Japanese. How many casualties were there?" "
"Twenty-six soldiers were sacrificed and eight were seriously injured..." Speaking of casualties, the expression of regret on Wei Dayong's face was immediately replaced by solemnity.
Huang Yu sighed: "Compared with the result of wiping out an infantry brigade, your casualties should be considered minimal. But our troops are limited, and if the fourth company loses a platoon all at once, our subsequent combat pressure will definitely be much greater. "
After saying that, he called Zhang Xuan, Chen Jia, and Huang Yong over, spread out the map, pointed at it and introduced: "Comrades, after this ambush is over, our first mission of this attack has been completed. "
"But if you want to anger Neji Okamura and make him believe in the existence of the Peiping guerrilla detachment, this ambush battle alone is not enough."
"We are determined to start the second phase of the mission now."
“The troops were divided into separate operations.
"The secret service companies, the first company, and the seventh company, each have a platoon of puppet troops, and I will personally command them. I will bring three mortar companies, four mountain cannons, and special forces. They will set off after dark, bypass Fangshan, and go to We will conduct activities in Fengtai, which is closer to Peiping, and strive to fight some big battles there to further deter the little Japs in Peiping City."
"The fourth company and a mortar company will stay, and two more infantry guns will be strengthened. They will continue to operate in the Fangshan area, consume the Japanese troops, and display the banner of the Second Regiment of the Peking Guerrilla Detachment. If the troops are not enough, the guerrillas can help."
"Without affecting the combat effectiveness of the troops, some captured soldiers can also be appropriately supplemented."
"I suggest taking down the Zhoukou stronghold first, tearing a hole in the Japanese blockade surrounding the mountain, and opening up the passage for troops to enter and exit the mountain. In this way, you can advance and attack, retreat and defend, and be in an invincible position."
Half an hour later, the entire garrison retreated from the battlefield and disappeared into the endless valley.
Two Little Japanese planes appeared over the battlefield at the same time, and corpses stretching for hundreds of meters on the road could be seen from a distance.
"Buzz buzz..."
The Japanese pilot began to lower his flying altitude and stayed close to the ground to determine the identity of the corpse on the road.
After circling twice, he suddenly expanded the search area to look for the ambusher.
A group of little Japanese cavalry also appeared at the end of the road at this time. As soon as they crossed the Dashi River, they smelled a strong smell of blood.
Densely packed Japanese corpses entered their field of vision at the same time.
The Japanese scouts were so frightened that they rushed to the edge of the battlefield after two or three seconds. They hurriedly jumped off their horses and rushed into the pile of corpses separately to confirm the identities of the corpses and search for survivors.
Five minutes later, more than a dozen scouts returned without success and returned to the leading lieutenant with their heads lowered.
"Sir, except for the Imperial Alliance Army, the Fourth Battalion and the Mountain Artillery Squadron that were reinforcing the Zhoukou stronghold were completely destroyed. We did not find a single survivor on the battlefield."
"Baga... who did it? More than a thousand imperial troops were killed in such a short period of time. All their weapons and ammunition were lost. When did an enemy like this appear in Peking that could fight..."
After cursing, he ordered the telegraph operator on the side: "Send a telegram to the brigade commander immediately. The reinforcements were ambushed by the enemy west of the Dashi River and the entire army was destroyed..."
