The surveillance personnel were equipped with radio stations and wireless telegraph phones, and the movements of the 19th Regiment simply could not escape Xu Dalong's surveillance. After the Japanese army left Zhencheng, the guerrilla surveillance posts followed them. When they saw the Japanese army turning around and attacking Maiba Town, they hurriedly sent a telegram to Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong had already prepared in advance how to deal with the massive Japanese attack. The entire guerrilla detachment was on high alert. Even when the team members slept, their guns were placed under their pillows. After receiving the emergency assembly order, the special operations team members and the entire guerrilla group immediately began to assemble and prepare to go into battle.
Xu Dalong, Li Qiulin, Gao Xiling and others held a brief meeting and decided to start taking action according to the pre-made combat plan.
Then the troops drove out of Maiba Town one after another. After Xu Dalong sent a telegram to Monk Wei, Xu Dalong sent someone with a squad of special forces to escort Mr. Chen and retreat to the village where the guerrilla detachment previously lived.
Xu Dalong stayed to direct the battle. Li Qiulin led the special forces members of Wang Jin's class and the second brigade of the guerrilla detachment as the vanguard to fight against the Japanese 19th Regiment.
Li Qiulin has already surveyed the terrain in this area. They quickly set up an ambush on the embankment of a small river north of Maiba Town.
Before the battle started, Li Qiulin sat on an ammunition box and closed his eyes to relax. Beside him, the correspondent put the walkie-talkie to his ear, ready to receive the scout's report at any time.
The scouts followed the Japanese marching brigade and reported at regular intervals to inform them of the location of the Japanese troops. As the Japanese army continued to approach, Li Qiulin ordered to prepare for battle.
The members of the second guerrilla brigade who followed Li Qiulin to set up an ambush saw lights appearing on the road in the distance. Through the lights, you can see the large groups of Japanese soldiers marching on both sides of the road. Even though it was dark, one could still feel the large number of Japanese troops.
But they weren't nervous at all. After the last battle, the guerrillas had a high degree of trust in Xu Dalong, Li Qiulin and the special forces led by them. They believed that they would never suffer a loss by fighting with the special forces. In fact, the morale of the army is like this. The more it can win the battle, the higher the morale of the soldiers will be, and the more they can display their extraordinary combat effectiveness.
This is exactly the case. The guerrillas were inferior to the Japanese army in terms of weapons, equipment, training, and numbers, but they had the confidence to attack the Japanese marching brigade with such a disadvantage.
Xu Dalong and others escorted Mr. Chen into Malaysia, carrying some weapons and equipment unique to the Mawushan Military Division, including directional landmines. However, due to the long march, they carried only a small number of them, only four, and they were never willing to use them.
This time, in order to deal with the Japanese marching brigade, Li Qiulin took out two of them and placed them on both sides of the road.
The remote control invented by Xu Dalong has been continuously improved by the arsenal technicians, and now the effective distance that can be controlled can reach 70 meters. At this distance, the safety of the operator is guaranteed to a certain extent even in the daytime. There is no problem at night.
Two special operations team members held remote controls in their hands, waiting for Li Qiulin's orders at any time. ….
Seeing the Japanese army marching into the ambush circle, Li Qiulin said calmly: "Let's get started." The two special forces members pressed the remote control.
The violent "Boom Boom" explosion sounded almost simultaneously, and thousands of steel balls swept toward the Japanese marching brigade like a strong wind. A large number of Japanese soldiers were beaten until their bones and muscles were broken, and they screamed in agony. A moving vehicle was damaged and lay on the side of the road.
The sound of the explosion was the order to fire. The special forces and guerrillas immediately launched an attack on the Japanese marching brigade with full firepower, immediately causing a large number of casualties to the Japanese soldiers.
The Japanese Fifth Division is notoriously tough in the Japanese battle order. They are well-trained and have rich combat experience. Even if they encounter a sudden attack, it will only cause a moment of panic, and they will immediately launch a spontaneous counterattack. Then they assemble under the command of the officers and launch an organized attack on the opponent.
Li Qiulin knew very well that if the guerrillas he brought were bitten by the Japanese army, they would never be their opponents. therefore,
When the battle began, it took only one minute for him to give the order to retreat.
The special forces and guerrillas who participated in the ambush quickly began to evacuate according to the planned retreat route.
Li Qiulin and several special forces members walked behind the team to cover the safe evacuation of the marching brigade.
After the Japanese commander was attacked, he quickly began to organize troops to fight back. They had rich combat experience. From the intensity of the gunfire, they guessed that the number of guerrillas did not exceed 200, and their equipment lagged behind the Japanese army. They immediately began to organize troops and launch an attack on the guerrillas.
But the guerrillas moved faster. Before he could organize the troops, they had already begun to evacuate.
Of course, the Japanese captain who was closest to here refused to give up, and immediately took command, and his troops caught up.
Li Qiulin was responsible for breaking up the rear. After retreating a certain distance, he and several special forces members lay on the ground and set up two machine guns. When they saw the Japanese chasing after them, they fired fiercely at them. The Japs suffered a sudden attack, causing considerable casualties, so they also lay on the ground and fought back.
The Japanese commander reorganized his team and prepared to launch an attack.
However, Li Qiulin and the others moved too fast. The two light machine guns fired two magazines each and immediately began to retreat. By the time the Japs organized their team to attack, they had already run some distance away.
The Japanese were in hot pursuit, and Li Qiulin and the special forces fought for a while from time to time, and then withdrew again. Their retreat direction was not consistent with the retreat direction of the main guerrilla force. Their purpose was to attract the Japanese and puppet troops and cover the retreat of the main force.
It was darkness before dawn, and the Japanese army could not see clearly and was not familiar with the terrain in this area. After a short time, Li Qiulin and others got rid of the pursuit of the Japanese and puppet troops, and then went to join the main force that had evacuated. The Japanese who were chasing Li Qiulin and others lost their target. Facing the darkness around them, they did not know where to pursue. They had no choice but to report to their superiors. ….
After receiving the report, the Japanese captain reported to Captain Watanabe, who had already caught up. Watanabe also knew very well that it was impossible to catch up with the guerrillas who were familiar with the terrain in the dark, so he ordered the pursuit to be stopped and the troops to withdraw to the road.
The Japanese captain who was attacked counted the casualties of his brigade, and the results were very discouraging. They lost four vehicles, more than 70 officers and soldiers were injured or killed, and an infantry squad was just gone.
Faced with such losses, the Japanese officers and soldiers at the grassroots level were very angry and clamored to seek revenge from the guerrillas.
Watanabe and the Japanese captain felt their scalps numb. In order not to affect the morale of the troops, Watanabe and the captain carried out a tight blockade on the news that the target of the Japanese army was Xu Dalong. To be honest, they themselves were unwilling to fight Xu Dalong. Xu Dalong is so elusive that it is easy to suffer big losses when dealing with him.
As expected, Watanabe blocked the news and played a trick to attack Xu Dalong. As a result, he was ambushed far away from Maiba Town. It was already clear that all his actions were controlled by Xu Dalong. Within the calculation.
Watanabe was really scratching his head, not knowing how to fight this battle next. He could now conclude that even if he went to Maiba Town, he would definitely fail. It is impossible for Xu Dalong to still be waiting for him to fight here in Maiba Town.
Faced with this situation, Watanabe had no choice but to come and discuss with Takakura and Tanaka, who were acting together, to see if the original battle plan could be followed.
At this time, in order to avoid exposing the target, the lights of all vehicles on the highway were turned off. A staff officer, using a flashlight, directed several soldiers to place mazzas next to a truck. Watanabe, Takakura, and Tanaka, including the Air Force liaison staff, sat together to discuss countermeasures. In order to ensure their safety, the Japanese staff commanded a dozen Japanese soldiers to form a human wall around them to prevent the guerrillas from firing.
Even so, Watanabe felt that it was not safe enough and ordered the staff to extinguish the flashlights, and several people talked in the dark. Although it was dark and it was difficult to see each other's facial expressions, Gao Cang heard from Watanabe's voice.
, you can hear that he is very frustrated.
Just listen to him say: "Everyone, judging from the attack just now, the situation is already obvious. Xu Dalong has noticed our actions and has made preparations. It is dark now, and we cannot judge the enemy's situation. Our The operation is under enemy surveillance. If we rush to Maiba Town now, we will encounter countless enemy sneak attacks on the way. What do you think we should do next?"
It can be heard from Watanabe's tone that he is clearly retreating. It seems that he is unwilling to go to Maiba Town now.
Takakura and Tanaka had long been aware of Watanabe's passive avoidance of the war. They had discussed countermeasures in advance on what they should do if the war did not go smoothly and Watanabe pushed the envelope.
Hearing what Watanabe said, Gao Cang quickly cheered him up. He said: "Watanabe-kun, the situation you mentioned does exist. Not only has the enemy figured out the direction in which we are heading, but there may be new ambush on the road. It is indeed not suitable to continue marching along the road.…
But if we stay here, there is no guarantee that the enemy will not continue to come for sneak attacks. We are now in the open, and the enemy is in the dark. We can only be beaten passively and cannot deal with those hateful attackers. Therefore, we must change this passive situation. "
Watanabe said angrily: "The situation is obvious. Xu Dalong's people are watching us. We don't know where they are hiding. It's not easy to get rid of their surveillance."
Takakura said: "Watanabe-kun, there is no way to get rid of the enemy's surveillance. I can conclude that there are not many people following our marching group, maybe a small group, maybe only one person. We march along the road, of course We can't escape their surveillance. If we divide the three infantry brigades into three groups now to outflank Maiba Town, the people sent by the other party to monitor us will at most be able to follow one of our groups, and we won't be so passive. "
When Watanabe heard this, his eyes seemed to light up for a moment, and then dimmed again. He had no confidence at all in fighting Xu Dalong. He only felt safe when the entire regiment was together. If the troops were dispersed, using Xu Dalong's method, if the main force of the guerrillas was concentrated to attack all the troops in his own army, the consequences would be disastrous.
He was about to object when he heard Tanaka say: "Yes, Watanabe-kun, I think Takakura-kun is right. Let me deal with the enemy surveillance posts. Give me an infantry squad. I will arrange for my people to take your people, divide them into multiple groups, and set up ambushes along the marching route of the troops. If the guerrillas dare to continue to spy on them, I will be able to capture and eliminate them. As long as I kill the enemy's surveillance posts , Xu Dalong also lost his eyes and ears and became deaf and blind, so our actions will be much more proactive."
Watanabe still agrees with Tanaka's suggestion. Just asking him to spread out his troops, he still had no idea.
Gao Cang knew that Watanabe had given up. He would definitely find a way to shirk the blame and refuse to go to Maiba Town again. Gao Cang certainly couldn't let him do this.
Takakura then said: "Watanabe-kun, His Excellency Commander Yamashita and His Excellency Commander Kawamoto Division have high hopes for the 19th Regiment's operations. You cannot let them down."
Gao Cang is pulling the flag and pulling the skin of a tiger, using Yamashita Fengfumi and Kawamoto to silence Watanabe. Having said this, he quietly tugged on the sleeve of the Air Force liaison staff sitting next to him, reminding him to also put pressure on Watanabe.
The Air Force Major was not interested in the Army's actions at all, but he had received money from Takakura and Tanaka, so he had to do his part no matter what.
He said: "Watanabe-kun, the Air Force has made a detailed plan to cooperate with your wing's actions. This operation has interfered with the Air Force's original combat mission. If it is abandoned like this, the Air Force will probably It’s hard to explain. Besides, if we don’t cooperate well this time, it will be even more difficult for our air force to help your army fight in the future.”
Watanabe finally understood that the two guys, Gao Cang and Tanaka, had been dealing with Xu Dalong during this period and had not made any progress. Now they were trying to use him as a backstop. If he dispatched an infantry regiment and still couldn't deal with Xu Dalong, the failure of the two of them would not look so ugly.
he does not
He wanted these two guys to be gunmen, but to attack Xu Dalong, after all, it was Yamashita Tomofumi and Kawamoto's orders, and there was also pressure from the air force, so he had to bite the bullet and continue to Maiba Town.
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