The power of the sudden explosion of twenty-five rolling thunders was simply earth-shaking. The little Japanese was deeply shocked when he witnessed the tragedy in the center of the explosion.
Under the violent shock wave, the Japanese in the explosion area were almost invisible.
At a glance at the eight transport trucks that carried the artillery, except for the first two trucks, whose drivers reacted quickly and stepped on the accelerator in advance, leaving the area affected by the explosion, three of the remaining six trucks were Fortunately, each truck was five or six meters apart. The last few trucks were only slightly affected because they were far away from the explosion area. They were stuck on the mountain road and were in a dilemma.
The Japs Major Furukawa, who quickly came to his senses, roared and ordered: "Counterattack, protect the heavy artillery!"
Before he finished speaking, another twenty-five thunderbolts rolled down from an unknown corner on the hillside. Furukawa's scalp went numb when he saw this scene again.
"Hidden, hidden -"
Not caring about any counterattack, Furukawa ordered at the top of his lungs.
In the mountain forest, after another twenty-five rolling thunders fell, the platoon leader stopped looking at the results and directly gave the order to retreat.
The twenty-five soldiers of the Rolling Thunder Team quickly moved towards the second ambush location. .
Boom——
Shortly after the platoon leader led the soldiers of the Rolling Thunder Team to evacuate, on the mountain road, looking at the team that was blown to pieces by the Eighth Route Army's fifty Rolling Thunder attack, the angry Furukawa commanded the artillery, using more than a dozen guns The grenades were used to cover the forest area on the right side of the mountain road with artillery fire.
From Gujing's perspective, Rolling Thunder rolled down from that area.
In addition to the grenade fire coverage, Gujing also directed the Japanese to use light machine guns to fire wildly at a local area on the right side of the mountain forest, seemingly not wanting to let go of even an ant.
"Hit, beat these idiots to death. No one will be left alive!"
Gu Jing vented his anger.
On the other side, the explosion of rolling thunder also reached Mitsui Bunio's ears.
Mitsui Squadron was still locked in a fierce battle at this moment.
Comrades from the district team and the militia team used the enhanced firepower configuration and the application of the surrounding terrain to conduct fire strikes from a high position, causing considerable casualties to the Mitsui Squadron.
But Mitsui Yuubou didn't pay attention to these. He was more concerned about the main force in the rear, Major Furui. It seemed that there was the sound of artillery. Could it be that he was ambushed?
But isn't the ambush of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment just around the corner?
Mitsui Benio quickly realized the problem.
As the battle continued, Mitsui Bubuo discovered that the main firepower of the Eighth Route Army troops ambushed in the mountains and forests was directed at his Mitsui squadron.
The Eighth Route Army did not specifically attack the few trucks that were not blown up and the puppet troops in front.
What does this mean? This shows that these Eighth Route Army did not care about those trucks, but wasn't the Eighth Route Army just here to destroy the artillery transported in the trucks?
"No, we were fooled. The Eighth Route Army troops ambushing us this time are not just in front of us!"
"The Eighth Route Army saw through our plan to lure the enemy."
"Quick, notify Major Gujing immediately!"
Mitsui Benio's expression changed drastically and he quickly ordered.
Unfortunately, it was too late. After Furui directed the artillery to cover the area where the rolling thunder team was originally located, he was worried that the previous rolling thunder method would appear again, and rushed to support the Mitsui Squadron.
Furui quickly directed the remaining teams to clear away the bombed trucks, transfer the artillery assembly parts that rolled down from the trucks to the remaining trucks, and continue to move forward.
As everyone knows, the previous location of the Rolling Thunder team is only about 300 meters away from the second ambush point where the monk and his party are located, which is the area where the long-range explosives are buried.
When Gujing received Mitsui's eloquent communication message, he learned that the Eighth Route Army might have an ambush midway.
The first half of the Japanese artillery unit has entered the ambush circle set by the monk and his party.
"beat!"
The monk, who had been impatient for a long time, directly gave the order to fire.
The five or six soldiers responsible for detonating the explosive packages pressed the detonator button almost simultaneously, and then... boom, the long-distance detonating explosive package attack method of the past on the gentle southern slope of Lijiapo reappeared again.
What was slightly different from that time was that the amount of explosives buried on the mountain road this time was much smaller.
On the southern slope of Lijiapo, the detonation of the explosive pack directly sent a squadron of Japanese soldiers to meet the emperor.
The current explosion only blew up a small team of Japanese soldiers who advanced first into pieces.
The explosive packets buried shallowly under the road and with naturally treated surfaces covered the area, leaving the Japanese unaware.
When the soldiers suddenly detonated the explosive package with a detonator, the explosive package filled with a large amount of explosives suddenly exploded. Most of the Japs team on the mountain road were directly swallowed by the fire.
A Japanese squad of nearly 60 people was reduced to the last dozen Japanese soldiers in a blink of an eye. They were thrown away by the shock wave. Amid the buzzing in their heads, their faces were filled with confusion and horror. Watching everything around you.
Immediately afterwards, various methods prepared by the guard company poured down on the remaining Japanese on the mountain road.
The violent explosion made Mitsui Benio, who was three miles away, feel a thump in his heart.
Only a few minutes passed before the communications soldier reported to Mitsui eloquently with a sad face: "Sir, Major Furui's communications have been completely interrupted!"
As if a thunderbolt exploded in his heart, Mitsui Benio staggered back a few steps.
The squadron led by Major Furui and the artillery transported in eight trucks carried the hope of breaking through the defenses set up by the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment at the node from the outside and rescuing the brigade commander and others.
The result was shattered here.
The fierce gunfire and artillery sounds coming from not far away all indicate that an increasingly fierce battle is taking place there.
But it was too late. Mitsui Benio knew that even if he could escape the ambush in front of him and rush over to the Eighth Route Army, it would be of no use.
Desperate, Mitsui Benio sent three communications troops and ordered the main force to cover their evacuation from the mountainous area.
Before leaving, Mitsui eloquently explained: "We must tell the headquarters that the independent regiment is far more powerful than we imagined. Now that the artillery has been destroyed, the brigade commander and the others are trapped in the West Village and Zhangjiazhuang areas. If we do not send more reinforcements, we will be independent." The fourth brigade is in danger!"
"Hi!"
By around 5:30 pm that day, the battle in the mountain road area had completely come to an end.
As the sun set, the monk led the guards, local comrades, and militia soldiers to clean up the battlefield, seizing no matter what, even the wreckage of the bombed-out car, as long as they could be taken away, they were all taken away.
In the words of Captain Wei: If you send it back to the repair shop, it will always come in handy!
"Company Commander, the Japanese have transported quite a lot of artillery this time, including 75mm mountain artillery, rapid-fire artillery, and infantry artillery. It is roughly estimated that there are more than 20 artillery pieces in total. All the assembled parts of the artillery are dismantled. The ones we put on the truck last were damaged a lot by our bombing, and we don’t know if we can make out a few of them that can be used.”
When he heard that so many artillery pieces had been captured, the monk's eyes stopped laughing.
"Don't worry about him. Bring them all back to the regiment. Don't spare a single screw. This guy Dong San should treat me to a drink this time."
"yes!"
At dusk, the last of the setting sun gradually faded. In the West Village and Zhangjiazhuang areas, the Japanese brigade commander Yamaguchi Shu and the Japanese joint commander Ishii Haraichi were standing outside the headquarters camp, looking blankly in the direction of the mountain road, looking forward to their artillery. The arrival of troops.
In order to break through the concrete fortifications built by the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army at each node.
The strange thing is that according to the news from the big stronghold, the artillery troops set off at around three o'clock in the afternoon. Why haven't they arrived yet?
While waiting in confusion, Yamaguchi Shubei and Ishii Haraichi's hearts gradually sank to the bottom.
Soon, news came from the Japanese stronghold.
The news obtained by the Japanese stronghold was brought back by the three Japanese communication soldiers who escaped under Mitsui's eloquent cover.
"The artillery reinforcements encountered an ambush by the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in the middle of the mountain road. Both squadrons were wiped out. Squadron leader Mitsui Yuuben, Major Furukawa Hisamasa... Yu was shattered!"
"Now that Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang are in dire straits, we can only wait for follow-up reinforcements."
"Baga, these bastards!"
At the temporary headquarters of the independent mixed fourth brigade, Japanese brigade commander Yamaguchi Shubei roared in disappointment.
As for reinforcements...
Chief of Staff Hideo Nakajima on the side looked at the battle map and said with a wry smile: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, there is news from the front that two imperial troops came to support from the direction of the siege of the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment, and the New Second Regiment. They were all ambushed by Eighth Route Army troops.”
"The ambushed Eighth Route Army troops were well-equipped and had powerful firepower. The two reinforcements suffered heavy casualties in the fierce battle."
"Many of the Eighth Route Army troops in the ambush were wearing military boots. They should be regular combat troops of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army."
"It's this independent group again."
Yamaguchi was shocked and angry, "Why is this small independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army so difficult to deal with? How strong are they? How many troops do they have? How much firepower are they hiding secretly?"
"Now I understand. This independent regiment first blocked the nodes between Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, trapping our team and the Shijing Regiment in place. Then it joined forces with the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army to ambush our reinforcements midway. force."
"This is a typical tactic of encirclement and reinforcements."
"But this independent group is really rampant, surrounding points to call for reinforcements. This point needs to be easily controlled. This independent group treats our fourth brigade as a soft persimmon."
Nakajima smiled bitterly and said: "Fortunately, the reinforcements from various areas that were sweeping around us have also arrived one after another, and the reinforcements that were ambushed along the way were rescued."
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the current situation is gradually becoming complicated with Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang as the center points.
The Eighth Route Army invested more and more troops in these two areas.
Currently, the Independent Regiment, New First Regiment, New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, plus several other Eighth Route Army troops, are heading here for reinforcements.
And our imperial troops are also responding with reinforcements.
If this continues, a large-scale battle may break out around the combat area where our fourth brigade is located. "
Yamaguchi nodded, with shock in his eyes: "Everything is caused by this independent group. Kong Jie, the leader of the independent group, what on earth does this guy want to do?"
Nakajima said: "The surprise attack on Qu County, the direct attack on the hinterland of the North China Security Army, and the night attack on Mingbao Airport. Your Excellency, brigade commander, from these battles we can see that Kong Jie is bold in his military use and is a master of tactical command."
"He seems to have a tendency to advance in military command. Whenever he finds an opportunity, he always likes to expand the scale of the battle in a more intense direction."
"What he cares about is not making the situation worse."
"It's about whether his independent regiment can win the final victory in this gradually evolving battle."
"That's a pretty confident gambler!"
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, I'm afraid it will be bad if things continue like this. Once the final situation reaches a stalemate in the West Village and Zhangjiazhuang areas, I'm afraid it will ruin the final plan of our imperial troops to sweep away the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area."
"But, maybe we can use this to destroy the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment in one fell swoop!" Yamaguchi's eyes were red and he spoke slowly.
There is a strong determination that "the sweep can fail, and I must destroy the independent group."
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Xicun, Zhangjiazhuang.
The independent regiments, local troops and militia comrades jointly defended various nodes, and the defense became more and more stable.
Over time, the strength of the concrete fortifications built at the outer sections continued to increase.
The Japanese who were besieged by the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade did not believe in evil and tried to launch attacks at several nodes, but the attacks were easily repelled.
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Niukou Village.
Kong Jie learned the news that the Fifth Regiment and the 772nd Regiment were also heading towards Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang for reinforcements.
At the same time, the Japanese troops who were originally mopping up around the Fifth Regiment and the 772nd Regiment also moved closer to West Village and Zhangjiazhuang.
After the artillery reinforcements from the large stronghold were knocked out, the Japanese high-level command was furious.
The large sweep net that was originally closing in on the Taihang area began to mobilize troops to reinforce the Niukou Village area.
…
Under this change in the situation, the independent regiments in the West Village and Zhangjiazhuang areas clashed with the Japanese army and temporarily fell into a stalemate.
No one expected that the first person to try to break the stalemate would be a puppet army - the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army.
Speaking of which, the eighth mixed brigade of the puppet army still has a personal grudge against the independent regiment.
What personal vendetta?
The cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town back then was a team under the eighth mixed brigade of the puppet army.
As a result, the Independent Regiment was suddenly destroyed without saying a word.
That battle caught the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the puppet army off guard.
At that time, the large-scale sabotage operation launched by the Eighth Route Army in August last year had not yet begun.
It is very rare for the Eighth Route Army to take the initiative to attack the Japanese and puppet troops in large-scale battles.
In addition, the national army was retreating steadily in frontline operations.
The Japanese army also used the cage policy to continuously compress the Eighth Route Army's living space.
Yan Sanfu, the commander of the 8th Mixed Brigade, has always believed that the Eighth Route Army was basically in the most difficult moment during this period. As long as he did not offend the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army would probably not take the initiative to attack his 8th Mixed Brigade.
In addition, Wanjia Town was still nearly fifty miles away from where the Independent Regiment was stationed at that time!
Therefore, Yan Sanfu also placed his cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town.
As a result, the independent regiment did not follow the rules. Li Yunlong, the deputy commander of the independent regiment at the time, led a battalion to attack for fifty miles and directly defeated the cavalry battalion of the eighth mixed brigade of the puppet army in Wanjia Town.
For this reason, Yan Sanfu was holding back his anger. Well, there is nothing wrong with this. Your independent group took the initiative to provoke my Eighth Mixed Brigade.
There is still a third of fire in this mud!
Adjutant Wang Dacong fanned the flames and said, "Brigade, all units of the imperial army are moving towards Xi Village and Zhangjiazhuang for reinforcements. The location of our raid this time is relatively close to Xi Village. If we can be the first to get there, we can start from the Independent Regiment." Such a sudden flank attack."
"After the battle, the imperial army will definitely give us credit."
"When Wanjia Town was attacked by the independent group last year, you said that the independent group was our enemy. This time we just took revenge."
"It just so happened that there was a platoon leader in our team who lived near West Village for a while. He said that there is a small road from the northwest that can go straight to the left wing of West Village."
"Let's sneak attack from this old road. We don't want to eliminate the independent group, but just stab it once and show it to the Imperial Army of the 4th Brigade in West Village. This can be done with a little effort. Excellent opportunity for benefits.”
Yan Sanfu hesitated a little and said: "Great Smart, what you say sounds good, but the Independent Group is easy to mess with? You haven't seen how fierce the Independent Group has been over the past year or so.
The Japanese did not dare to provoke him easily, and the surrounding North China security forces trembled every time they saw him.
If we take the initiative to join in, will it be self-defeating? "
Adjutant Wang Dacong said: "Sir, you are right, but wealth can be found in danger. We are just pretending to stab him this time. The Independent Regiment is currently busy fighting with the Japs. How can we have time to take care of it?" we?"
"Besides, it is precisely because the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment is so powerful that neither the Imperial Army nor the Security Army dare to provoke it easily, but we, the Eighth Route Army, were the first ones to fight. You said, the Imperial Army attacked us With your performance in mind, can you not respect us?"
Yan Sanfu was moved: "Really?"
Wang Dacong nodded, "Traveler, this opportunity is not to be missed, and it will never come back again!"
Hearing this, Yan Sanfu gritted his teeth and nodded heavily: "Okay, they say this independent group is not easy to mess with, but today we just let it touch the tiger's butt."
"We have to avenge the Wanjia Town Cavalry Battalion, but Yan wants to see what his independent regiment can do to us."
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