The sound of gunfire was particularly sudden. The Japanese army formed a battle formation and charged forward. The dozens of Japanese soldiers at the front were like a row of living targets. They were about to rush to the artillery position. A row of machine gun flames suddenly appeared fifty meters in front.
Bullets quickly formed a web of fire in front of them.
Dozens of Japanese soldiers had no way to hide and were beaten into pieces in an instant. They fell to the ground without making a sound.
The powerful penetrating power of the heavy machine gun bullets allowed them to easily penetrate the bodies of the first row of imps and continue flying towards the second row of imps.
After the first row of Japanese soldiers fell to the ground, the unprepared second row of Japanese soldiers continued to attack forward without reacting to the attack.
The light machine gun bullets then penetrated their bodies, and in the blink of an eye, the little Japanese in the second row were also killed.
It was only then that the little devils behind them threw themselves on the ground and raised their rifles to fight back.
In the process, dozens more Japs were killed and injured, temporarily losing their combat effectiveness.
"Boom boom boom..."
This was just an appetizer prepared by Zhang Xuan for Major Sakuragi. His real crisis had just begun. The moment he lay down, more than a dozen grenades roared in and hit him around him.
Although the accuracy is very poor, the Japs are spread over a very wide area. As long as they don't hit too far, a blind cat can kill one or two targets even if it kills a mouse.
"Comrades, kill me..."
The 1,463 companies launched attacks at the same time, like two sharp arrows from the string, quickly outflanking the Japanese and then launched the attack.
At this time, the little devil's attention was entirely on the guard company, and no one noticed him behind him.
Under the cover of darkness, the outflanking troops reached fifty meters behind the Japanese before revealing their target.
The little Japs were all lying on the ground facing the guard company. If they wanted to block the Eighth Route Army that suddenly appeared behind them, they had to turn around before they could fire.
There was a hail of bullets flying overhead, and if you weren't careful, your head would be blown off.
It can be seen that the difficulty of turning around in this situation is average, and it takes longer.
After finally completing the U-turn, he raised the 38 cover and when he was about to pull the trigger to start the robbery, the Eighth Route Army rushed forward another ten or twenty meters.
Dozens of grenades flew towards them in a parabola, forcing them to give up the opportunity to grab and continue to lie down with their heads in their hands to avoid attacks from the sky.
"Boom boom boom..."
Explosions went off one after another, one after another, with no intention of stopping...
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At the Japanese military station one kilometer away, Zhang Xuanzheng and several squadron leaders were looking for the Japanese ammunition depot and artillery station.
After just five minutes of running, an exclamation sounded in the yard not far away: "Chief of Staff, we found it."
"The backup ammunition that the little devil carried is here. It's full of shells and bullets. I can't even count them. I have been fighting for four or five years and have never seen so much ammunition. A room is filled with ammunition boxes. There’s no place to stay.”
"This is indeed a Japanese ammunition depot..." Zhang Xuan has seen not ten but seven or eight Japanese ammunition depots, and he can make a judgment at a glance.
"There are no less than 100,000 rounds of bullets, no less than 600 rounds of various artillery shells, and thousands of grenades and special grenades. It can not only make up for our losses in the battle, but also leave more than half of the remaining reserves. stand up."
"Don't forget the ammunition on the Japs. What we are fighting tonight are the Japs field troops, not the local garrison."
"The field troops are much richer than the garrison troops. Each soldier is equipped with one hundred and twenty rounds of ammunition and three grenades as standard, which is just a lot more."
"We wiped out all the little Japs on the battlefield without even firing a single shot, so the ammunition on them was wasted. The total amount of ammunition on them was at least 40,000 rounds."
"Have you not found the Japanese artillery station yet? There are two infantry units and six mortars running there. Don't get bombed..."
Shen Bo, the captain of the third squadron, suddenly ran over: "Chief of Staff, we have found the Japanese artillery station."
"Many Japanese gunners were killed by us in their tents, without even touching their mortars before they died."
"Three of the six mortars were blown up, and there are still three left..."
"The two infantry guns are intact. I also found the headquarters of the Japanese heavy machine gun squadron. Two of the six heavy machine guns were bombed, leaving four left."
Zhang Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and said: "More than half of the artillery and heavy machine guns are left, and the result is better than I expected."
"But these weapons and ammunition don't really belong to us yet."
"There are only more than two hours left before dawn. If we don't transport them into the mountains quickly and hide them, the Japanese will drop an aerial bomb here and they will be wiped out."
"Let the troops go to the town immediately to collect carts and mules and horses, and transport the loot to the mountains as quickly as possible."
"Hide all the corpses of the Japs on the battlefield and clean up the collapsed tents in the Japs camp so that the Japs planes that come over for reconnaissance can't detect anything."
"The entire security company was dispatched, with platoons as units, to keep an eye on all the roads and alleys leading from the county to us. If we find the spies and scouts sent by the little devils, we will destroy them if we can. If we can't, we will also hold them back. First, Time will report to me."
"The news that we captured the Guanjiapu stronghold and completely annihilated the Japanese army and a large group could be kept secret for as long as possible."
"As long as the little devils don't send reinforcements here before dark tomorrow, we can divide our troops into two groups, bring infantry artillery and mortars to sweep through all the Japanese and puppet army strongholds within 20 kilometers on both sides of Guanjiapu, and continue to expand our results. Completely defeat the little devils in Meng County."
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After the crisis in Guanjiapu was resolved and the troops were allowed to pursue the pursuit in the mountains, the brigade leader returned to his room and continued to sleep.
No matter how fast the pursuit of the troops is, it will take several hours to get results. The brigade commander has a heavy army, and no matter how unbearable he is, he will not stay up all night to eliminate more than 200 Eighth Route Army troops.
At 8:30 in the morning, he appeared in the war room on time as usual. When he entered the door, he asked the staff on duty: "Did the troops who went into the mountains to chase the Eighth Route Army last night complete their mission?"
The staff officer on duty shook his head: "General, I am just about to report this matter."
"The brigade headquarters did not receive any news about the pursuing troops. To be cautious, I immediately asked the radio operator to contact the third brigade, but did not receive any response from them."
"There must be something wrong with the radio. I have arranged for messengers to ride over to contact them. News will come back in more than two hours."
The brigade commander became anxious after hearing this. He strode to the killing plate and found the station of the third brigade. While looking at it, he asked: "Bageya Road, when did this happen? Why are you reporting to me now?"
"What if something happens to the Third Brigade?"
"Our opponents are far stronger than you think. Don't think that the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong has withdrawn, and the Eighth Route Army remaining in the mountains will no longer be a threat..."
"If I were the commander of the Eighth Route Army, after having the experience of raiding Peiping, I would definitely vigorously develop the guerrillas in the mountains and let them form a fighting force. They can come out to harass us at any time and threaten the security of Peking, so that the commander has to mobilize heavy troops to protect Peiping. .”
"The strength of the North China Front is limited. As the number of troops protecting Peiping increases, the number of troops in other places will decrease to support other battlefields."
"My expectation was good: the retreating Yizhong Eighth Route Army not only left a large amount of weapons, equipment and food for the guerrillas, but also left them some veteran cadres and commanders, taking the opportunity to integrate the guerrillas in the mountains, concentrate their operations, and train them. Improve the combat effectiveness of the troops, otherwise they will never have the guts to take the initiative to attack the Guanjiapu stronghold."
The brigade commander spoke eloquently and sounded very reasonable, but the staff officer on duty still did not believe that an accident would happen to the third brigade.
Not only him, but everyone else in the command also thinks so.
The chief of staff was no exception. Seeing the changing expressions of everyone, he was afraid that everyone would misunderstand that the brigade commander was beaten by the Eighth Route Army, which would affect his prestige in the mixed brigade, so he quickly interrupted, wanting to give the brigade commander a step down.
"General, are you worrying too much?"
"The Third Brigade has more than 500 troops left at the station, equipped with six mortars, six heavy machine guns, and two infantry cannons."
"Even if the Yizhong Eighth Route Army, which had previously pretended to be a Peking guerrilla detachment, came back, it would be impossible to defeat them without even having a chance to send a telegram for help."
The brigade leader shook his head, looked at his subordinates thoughtfully and asked, "You all think so..."
Seeing everyone's expressions of approval, the brigade commander immediately showed an expression of hatred for steel and said: "Bagh Ya Road, we have suffered a big loss at the hands of the Eighth Route Army in Yi Zhong, why don't we get an increase?" lesson."
"How many times have I told you that you must not underestimate your enemies when facing them, especially those who like to take us by surprise. Not only must we not underestimate our enemies, we must not use conventional thinking to fight them."
"Just like the Eighth Route Army pretending to be a guerrilla detachment in Peking, you can imagine that they can use a reinforced battalion to eat up a strengthened brigade of our army, and the troops will not even have a chance to send a telegram for help..."
"Can you imagine that they can conquer the heavily defended county town of our army with a reinforced battalion..."
"Isn't the lesson of so much blood enough to make everyone be more vigilant and put away their arrogance and arrogance?"
"I'm so angry. If you don't change your mind, you will definitely suffer big losses in the future."
"What are you still doing here? In addition to the messengers sent by the staff on duty, the intelligence department, and the reconnaissance force are all moving to find out the true situation of the third brigade as quickly as possible."
"Notify the aviation unit and ask them to immediately send out aircraft to conduct low-altitude reconnaissance of the Third Brigade's location."
"The Fourth Brigade, Fifth Brigade, Cavalry Brigade, and Chariot Brigade stationed in the city are all on standby, ready to go out of the city to reinforce the Third Brigade at any time."
The chief of staff felt that the brigade commander was too nervous.
They only lost radio contact with the Third Brigade, and there was no direct evidence that they encountered an accident. Is it a bit exaggerated for the brigade commander to make such a big fuss based on his own inference?
But at this moment, the brigade commander was furious, and the chief of staff did not dare to raise his opinion immediately. The best choice was to accept the order and nodded immediately: "Please rest assured, brigade commander, I will make arrangements now, and I will find out in the shortest possible time." The current situation of the third brigade.”
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