Donggong Village, a village occupied by the Japanese army two days ago.
A circular position surrounding the village has been built.
There are two lines of defense, inside and outside, with machine gun positions and artillery positions scattered all over them.
There are also many positions covered with templates, covered with a layer of sandbags... to increase the anti-artillery capabilities of the blocking positions as much as possible.
Nearly twenty rapid-fire guns and anti-tank guns were secretly hidden in the position in small groups, preparing to launch a fatal attack on the Eighth Route Army tank troops.
On the blockade lines on both sides of the village, more than 10,000 light troops were working under the supervision of the puppet troops. Some were digging ditches and others were building earthen walls. There was a busy scene everywhere.
The two brigades were dispersed along the blockade in squadron units to prevent sneak attacks by the Eighth Route Army.
On a high ground about two kilometers away from Donggong Village, Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, Huang Yu... all held up binoculars to observe every move of the Japanese army.
"Xiao Huang..." Li Yunlong said expectantly.
"The Japanese troops here seem to be no different from the last time we fought..."
"I suggest that we launch an assault tonight, kill one main force, severely damage two main force, and win another big victory."
Speaking of this, he seemed to have seen something, and said with a bright-eyed expression: "I have found the Little Japanese Chariot Squadron."
"They were smarter this time."
"The twelve chariots did not come together."
"The teams are dispersed in several places in the station."
"Tonight's offense certainly wasn't as easy to beat them as last time."
"But it doesn't matter."
"We are equipped with many mountain and field artillery. At worst, we can divide the artillery into four. One mountain and field artillery battalion can attack a Japanese tank squad and still be able to capture it."
"Although we fired more than 2,500 mountain field artillery shells in the last raid, we also captured more than a thousand shells from the Japanese. Each time we went out and came in, it was equivalent to only spending a thousand shells."
"Using a thousand shells to kill six or seven thousand little Japs, no matter how you analyze it, we will make a profit."
"Kong Er, what do you think?"
Kong Jie did not answer the call and kept observing the Japanese military station in Donggong Village with his binoculars, hoping to find some clues.
In the end, he found it. He raised his eyebrows and said, "The Japanese army not only dispersed the tank squadrons, but also increased the number of artillery pieces."
"Look at the northwest corner, northeast corner, southeast corner, southwest corner of their station..."
"Although it is well disguised, it can still be seen that it is a newly prepared artillery position by the Japanese army."
"In terms of scale, at least one regiment of mountain field artillery can be deployed in these four places."
"If the Japanese troops in the garrison are really equipped with thirty or forty mountain field guns, then the next raid will not be as easy to fight as last time."
Li Yunlong frowned and replied: "I did see the artillery position, but I didn't see the artillery..."
"Xiao Huang, have you seen the Japanese artillery?"
"There is only one Japanese regiment in front of us."
"No matter how rich the Japanese army's North China Front is, it is impossible to equip an infantry regiment with thirty or forty mountain field guns. This is too exaggerated..."
Kong Jie insisted on his opinion and continued: "If the Japanese army on the opposite side is really equipped with thirty or forty mountain field guns, do you think they will be stupid enough to expose themselves to us?"
Huang Yu suddenly interrupted: "If I were Okamura Neji."
"The frontline troops will definitely be asked to camouflage these mountain field guns."
"After we launched the attack, they suddenly opened fire and caught us by surprise."
Li Yunlong especially wanted to fight this battle and immediately asked: "That's what you say."
"Because we suspect that the kid in Donggong Village is equipped with thirty or forty mountain cannons, we will not fight this next battle..."
"no……"
"Absolutely not..."
"In order to fight this battle successfully, I brought the entire Independence Brigade here."
"It's impossible to let so many soldiers travel in vain, right?"
"There is no definite evidence to prove that even though the Japanese army is equipped with a large number of mountain artillery, I still insist on fighting this battle."
"We cannot jump to conclusions and terminate actions based on mere speculation."
Seeing that Kong Jie and Li Yunlong were about to argue, Huang Yu quickly interrupted: "Commander...Deputy Commander..."
"We certainly cannot fight a war based on guesses and hunches."
"As for whether the Japanese and puppet troops are currently equipped with a large number of mountain and field artillery, let's just try it tonight."
"If not, the troops will launch an attack immediately."
"If there is, the troops will evacuate the battlefield immediately."
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At eight o'clock in the evening, there were blazing bonfires everywhere around the Japanese military station, illuminating the surrounding area to prevent the Eighth Route Army from sneak attacks at night.
The garrison was full of Japanese soldiers patrolling back and forth, and they were very vigilant.
In the circular position, about one-third of the soldiers held their positions without rest.
The remaining two-thirds of the Japanese troops were sleeping in trenches holding their rifles. If the station was attacked, they would only need three or four seconds to enter the position and be ready for battle.
Huang Yuran stood on the high ground where he was during the day. Under the firelight, he could clearly see the Japanese military station.
There were several correspondents and radio operators around him, ready to issue military orders at any time.
Tonight's battle was the same as the last raid. Li Yunlong and Kong Jie refused to obey anyone and both wanted to lead their troops to the battlefield themselves.
Huang Yu was naturally retained by them as the temporary commander of the former enemy headquarters.
"It's time to start..." Huang Yu suddenly ordered, but he did not put down the telescope in his hand.
Staring at the Japanese garrison, he continued to order: "Artillery positions No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 will immediately withdraw from the preset targets and fire..."
"Boooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo...
More than thirty artillery shells flew towards the Japanese military station with a screaming sound, and steadily hit around a dozen tanks.
Although they were very dispersed, there were too many shells hitting them at the same time.
The blind cat killed the mouse. Huang Yu saw with his own eyes that an armored vehicle was overturned by a shell, and a tank was blown up and smoke billowed out.
…………
The Japanese wing captain was so frightened that he jumped out of bed and went straight to the tent where the wing captain's headquarters was located. When he entered the door, he heard the hurried report from the wing chief of staff.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army is attacking us..."
"At least thirty mountain field guns have been assembled to attack our tank squadron."
"It seems like they are going back to their old tricks."
"First let the artillery destroy our tank squadron, then use artillery to blow up our artillery position, and finally send tanks and infantry to assault the station."
"Without tanks to provide artillery fire support to the defense forces, the Eighth Route Army could be overwhelming under the cover of tanks and directly attack our base and defeat us."
"You came just in time..." the co-captain said with excitement on his face as he rubbed his hands together.
"We have everything ready, but we are just afraid that they won't come."
"Order……"
"The First Artillery Battalion immediately counterattacked and forced out all the enemy's remaining artillery pieces."
"The tank squadron dispersed and moved immediately."
"Other units immediately prepared for battle."
The chief of staff immediately objected: "Sir, think again."
"The enemy dispatched more than thirty mountain cannons to attack the tank squadron, but we only dispatched twelve mountain cannons to counterattack. There is a huge disparity in strength between the two sides, and we are definitely no match."
