After the news that the large stronghold stationed in Tanimura was attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army was transmitted to the nearby counties in three directions, the Japanese military headquarters stationed there quickly issued orders and sent reinforcements to rush to the direction of the stronghold.
Everything was just as Tanimura had imagined. The teams coming from the three counties to support them were very fast. Even if they were on two legs, they could reach the place in an hour at most under the circumstances of a rapid march.
In the enemy-occupied county town to the south, in order to support the Tani Village stronghold as soon as possible, the Japanese military headquarters even arranged a truck team, a total of ten troop transport trucks, to carry Japanese and puppet troops to quickly support the Yangquan stronghold.
Somewhere in the middle of the southbound highway, this is where Third Battalion Commander Wang Huaibao is responsible for blocking Japanese and puppet reinforcements.
Regiment leader Kong Jie and political commissar Zhao Gang are still staying at the temporary command post more than a mile behind the area where the third battalion is responsible for blocking.
It's not yet completely dark, so Kong Jie and Zhao Gang can't see clearly what's going on in the area where the third battalion is responsible for blocking the attack.
Kong Jie, on the other hand, kept his word. He said that the command of this incident would be given to Wang Huaibao, the commander of the third battalion, and he would never interfere.
So until now, in addition to knowing that the third battalion commander Wang Huaibao had built the concrete bunker built to block the Japanese and puppet reinforcements, he had built it outside the relatively open section of the road.
Kong Jie was not sure what kind of ambush arrangements the Third Battalion had made.
Before it gets dark, monks need to send scouts back and forth to investigate and pass on information about the ambush operations of the third battalion.
Fortunately, the two sides are not far apart, only a few hundred meters apart, and it only takes a few minutes to run back and forth.
About ten past five.
The sounds of battle broke the dead silence of the night before dawn.
It's just that the sound of the gunfire seemed to be very far away, and when it came over, it was no longer very clear.
Zhao Gang, who was standing next to Kong Jie, could not see the fighting situation of the three battalions on the front line, but he could judge from the sound of gunfire... "Strange, Lao Kong, the combat area is not in the direction of the concrete bunker. It needs to be further ahead. It should be in the direction of the concrete bunker." It’s about two kilometers in front of the bunker.”
"It seems that the third battalion commander has other plans for an ambush."
Kong Jie smiled and said: "This is not what we have to worry about. I am a little surprised. The Japanese reinforcements came really quickly. Judging from this time, the Japanese should have sent out trucks."
"Monk, hurry up and send a few scouts over to see what's going on."
"yes!"
After a while, the scouts sent by Monk returned and reported to Kong Jiehui: "Reporting to the regiment leader and political commissar, the Third Battalion sent half a platoon to ambush the truck convoy of Japanese and puppet troops passing by a few kilometers away. "
Kong Jie asked: "You mean, in addition to the bunker fortifications at the rear, the Third Battalion also sent teams in advance to stop the Japanese and puppet troops along the way?"
"Yes, Commander, I heard from Instructor Li of the Ninth Company that the Third Battalion Commander ordered to lay mines two kilometers away from the bunker defenses and also arranged an ambush. It seems that there were three ambushes in total. The first blockade took half a For the second blockade, a platoon of troops was deployed, and for the third blockade, a company of troops was deployed to block the Japanese and puppet troops at every level.”
Kong Jie nodded thoughtfully and said with a smile: "Old Zhao, it seems that I, the commander of the third battalion, have a thorough understanding of the mission I mentioned to annihilate the Japanese and puppet reinforcements!"
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The Japanese reinforcement truck team had stepped on a landmine a few minutes ago. The density of the mines laid was so high that the Japanese had to stop the truck and get out to clear the mines.
At this time, on the slopes on both sides, half a platoon of Eighth Route Army soldiers from the third battalion launched an attack on the Japanese and puppet troops.
It's just that there are not many troops in this attack, the firepower is also weak, and even the bullets seem a bit sparse.
After fighting for a while, the Eighth Route Army directly chose to retreat. Even the Japanese artillery fire failed to catch up with the Eighth Route Army's retreat.
The Japanese squadron leader in charge of the support frowned and ordered the engineers to clear mines. While looking at the Eighth Route Army ambush troops escaping from the hillsides on both sides, he cursed: "These hateful Tubal Route Army must be ambushing us here deliberately to delay our progress so that we can take cover." Their main force is attacking the Tani Village stronghold, and we must speed up the attack without any further delay."
"The demining speed of the engineers is too slow, so they directly use grenade blasting to clear the mines."
"Hi!"
The so-called demining with grenade blasting actually means bombarding the minefield with grenade shells, or detonating the buried mines, or relying on shock waves to destroy the internal structure of the mines, thereby rendering the mines ineffective.
The effect is naturally very good. The minefield that originally took more than ten minutes to clear was cleared in a blink of an eye with a blast of grenade shells.
"Keep going!"
The Japanese and puppet troops quickly got on the truck and continued to move forward. However, before they reached half a mile, they stepped on a mine again, and then they were once again ambushed by the Eighth Route Army on both sides of the slope.
The Japanese squadron leader was a little annoyed. This was Tubal Road's usual method of providing reinforcements. Landmines were constantly being laid along the way, which was simply annoying.
As for the reinforcements on both sides, there seemed to be more troops than before.
It's just that as soon as the Japanese army's grenade shells were fired, the opponent directly chose to retreat, which made the little devil a little depressed, and all his strength was spent on the cotton.
Then the Japanese reinforcements continued the previous steps, using grenades to clear mines and then moved forward again.
This time, after traveling for almost a kilometer, on both sides of a slope along the road, more Eighth Route Army troops suddenly ambush here and launched a fire attack.
However, what puzzled the Japanese squadron leader was that this time the truck team did not encounter a minefield, and the firepower of the Eighth Route Army ambushed on both sides was still sparse, just some rifle fire, and he did not even hear the sound of artillery fire.
Of course, he didn't have much doubt about this. The Eighth Route Army's equipment was backward and ammunition was scarce. This was the consensus of almost all Japanese military officers.
Therefore, in any head-to-head confrontation, the Japanese army rarely takes the Eighth Route Army seriously.
The Japanese squadron leader who was anxious to rush to the Tani Village stronghold to support did not think too much. Since there was no minefield laid and it would not affect the movement of the convoy, and the firepower of the Eighth Route Army on both sides was sparse, he should ignore the sneak attack of the Eighth Route Army for the time being and rush to the stronghold to support. .
Thinking of this, Tani Cun issued an order, "The convoy is moving in at full speed to support Tani Cun's stronghold. Don't pay attention to the Tuba Road sneak attacks on both sides!"
"Hi!"
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"Old Zhao, you saw it, it's exactly the same as what I analyzed."
"Speaking of which, even though the third battalion commander is usually silent, when it comes to using his brain, he is no worse than the second battalion commander Shen Quan."
"Only now do I understand the purpose of building the bunker fortifications on the open road. This is a tactic to coordinate with the layer-by-layer plan to block the enemy in the previous few kilometers."
"The three ambushes in front were designed to paralyze the little Japs. At the same time, right under the noses of the Japs, the main force was detoured through the slopes on both sides to the rear of the Japanese and puppet reinforcements."
"If I were the commander of the third battalion, the first two ambushes would be carried out in conjunction with the minefields. The Japanese reinforcements would only pursue the speed of support, and the biggest headache would be the mines."
"The first two minefields made the little devil feel vigilant and at the same time made him grit his teeth with anger, but he was helpless."
"By the time of the third ambush, the Japs found that there were only ambushes on both sides, but no minefields. The Japs were only thinking about supporting the stronghold. In addition, the truck body had good defense and was fast. They could use their speed to directly attack Throw the Eighth Route Army ambushes on both sides behind us."
"But if the Japanese really think so, then they have completely fallen into the trap of the third battalion commander."
"I don't know if you noticed before, but the third battalion commander built the bunker fortifications on a relatively wide section of the road, and it happened to be facing a turn on the southbound highway. This turn directly obscured the straight line of sight."
"This means that the Japanese truck convoy will not be able to see the bunker fortifications at all before passing this turn, plus the darkness of the night."
"The Japs just drove in at full speed and broke out of the last ambush set up by the third battalion commander. Before the car slowed down, after turning the curve of the road, they plunged directly into the fire coverage area of the bunker fortifications."
"At this time, the Japanese want to turn around, but it's too late. I guess the third battalion commander will plant a large number of mines again in the turning area."
"In addition, the team that ambushed the Japanese and puppet reinforcements will quickly gather their troops, and at the same time re-lay mines on the Japs' evacuation route, and then combine with the bunker fortifications to attack the Japanese army from both front and rear, and eliminate the Japanese army in this hidden turning section. "
Zhao Gang suddenly said: "It turns out that the third battalion commander had this plan. No wonder he built the bunker fortifications here. The Japanese convoy just turned a corner, and without any reaction at all, it was directly hit by the firepower of the bunker fortifications.
The terrain application of this turning section is really exquisite. "...
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