After the fighting broke out quickly, the battle around the slope on the south side of Pingshan became more and more intense.
It didn't last more than five minutes, and the battle came to an end.
Lei Dasheng, who led the team to fight, met with Xu Lienzhong. The two ordered the soldiers to quickly clean up the battlefield while discussing the next battle plan.
"Deputy Commander Xu, our battle is going so fast right now that the Japs probably failed to pass on the news in time. After the battle breaks out, the surrounding Japanese troops will definitely send reinforcements here. We might as well turn around and continue to ambush the Japs' reinforcements. "
Lei Dasheng suggested.
Xu Lianzhong, who had just cooperated with the soldiers of the Independent Regiment to fight a beautiful siege and annihilation battle, was in high spirits for a while and said with a smile: "It suits me exactly, Commander Lei, I don't think it's better than this. Let's spread out the troops and leave some of them behind." The troops continued to pretend to clean the battlefield in the slope area.
Build defenses in advance on the back side of the slope.
In addition, the two troops were extended from the left and right wings, as if they were opening their arms, waiting for the devils to fall into the trap. .
The Japanese only need to plunge headlong into our wide-open pockets, quickly circle back with both wings, tie up the pockets, and surround and eat the Japanese. "
Lei Dasheng's heart moved when he heard this, "As expected of Deputy Commander Xu, I think this method will work."
"But we have to spread the scouts out in advance. If there are too many Japanese reinforcements, we will have to adjust our tactics and think of other ways."
"That's the truth." Xu Lianzhong nodded.
The two of them arranged scouts to spread out around to guard the area.
Not long after, a reconnaissance squad leader of the independent regiment hurriedly returned and reported to Lei Dasheng: "Report to the battalion commander, a Japanese squadron is coming quickly from the east. No heavy weapons have been found in the team yet. Now we are leaving. It's less than a kilometer away from our place, and we expect to arrive in five minutes."
A message came from the scouts of the new regiment: "Report to the deputy commander that a Japanese army is coming from the west."
"How far away?"
"Almost three miles."
"What is the enemy's firepower configuration? How many people are there?"
"I met a squadron of Japanese soldiers and puppet troops No. 100. I saw two heavy machine guns in the marching team."
Xu Lianzhong nodded and said to Lei Dasheng: "Captain Lei, it seems that only two reinforcements from the Japanese army have arrived, not too many. Our battle plan can continue, but we just need to send out a reinforcement force. Delay the Japanese troops heading west."
Lei Dasheng said: "Don't worry, Deputy Commander Xu. The task of calling for reinforcements will be left to our independent regiment. One platoon of soldiers is enough. How about fighting for one hour? Is it enough?"
Xu Lienzhong said: "It won't take so long. It's just a squadron of Japs without heavy weapons. We can eat this Japs in thirty minutes at most."
"After quickly eating the Japanese army heading east, we can outflank the Japanese squadron heading west again. Maybe both squadrons can be eaten."
Lei Dasheng said happily: "Our regiment leader often said that Captain Ding has always had an amazing appetite. Now it seems that it is the same. Deputy Captain Xu, you have a big appetite!"
Xu Lianzhong laughed and said: "If we start a fight with each other, Lao Kong, that would be even more audacious!"
Ha ha ha ha--
The two quickly reached an agreement, and Lei Dasheng sent a platoon of soldiers with enough weapons to intercept the Japanese troops coming from the west.
Then the two men quickly deployed the remaining troops, arranged some troops on the slopes, and pretended to continue cleaning the battlefield. They deployed the main force on both sides of the mountain forest, aiming at the Japanese troops coming from the east, and lurking in secret, waiting for the Japanese troops to take the initiative to attack.
This was all deployed fairly quickly.
On the other side, the Japanese troops coming from the east were walking on the road, and suddenly they could not hear the sound of gunshots in the distance.
Japanese squadron leader Tamura frowned.
"Strange, why did the gunfire stop?"
The adjutant on the side came over and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, could it be that the Wilderness Squadron has already eliminated the Eighth Route Army we encountered? In that case, our trip was in vain."
Tamura shook his head and said, "This seems unlikely. We received a request for help from Mr. Yuan Ye, so we rushed here."
"If the Wilderness Squadron can easily defeat the enemy, why would it need to ask for help from us?"
The adjutant hesitated for a moment and said uncertainly: "Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, is it possible that you think..."
"It's hard to say yet, but I'm afraid the worst will happen. Pass it on, speed up the march, and the reconnaissance team will investigate the situation in advance."
"Hi!"
When they were less than 500 meters away from the slope area, the Japanese scouts returned and reported the situation:
"Reporting to the commander, an Eighth Route Army was found five hundred meters away in the direction of the slope. It seems to be cleaning the battlefield. A large number of remains of imperial soldiers were found around the position."
Tamura was shocked when he heard this, and looked at each other with the adjutant beside him. Both of them had horror in their eyes.
The worst case scenario has still occurred, and the Wilderness Squadron may have been completely wiped out.
"How many people are there on Tubal Road? What is the firepower configuration?"
The Japanese scout said: "We visited about two hundred people and saw no heavy weapons, only some light machine guns."
Tamura thought: "There were only more than two hundred people who destroyed the Wilderness Squadron in such a short period of time. We didn't even have time to support them. This seems a little unusual."
"Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, do you mean that this may be a trap of the Eighth Route Army?" the adjutant asked.
Tamura shook his head and said, "I can't tell..."
Just as he was talking, another Japanese scout returned and reported: "Sir, the Eighth Route Army is nearing the end of cleaning up the battlefield. Their soldiers have begun to carry guns and machine guns have also begun to withdraw. It seems that they are preparing to evacuate."
Tamura hesitated for a moment, he still understood the principle that opportunities should not be missed and they will never come back.
It seemed impossible that more than two hundred Eighth Route Army troops quickly wiped out the Yuanye Squadron, but the Eighth Route Army they faced this time was well-equipped and had plenty of ammunition, so it was really hard to say.
If we don't seize the time to attack now, we will miss a good opportunity when this Eighth Route Army has finished cleaning up the battlefield and evacuates.
In addition, Tamura Squadron had previously received communication that Sato Squadron was approaching the slope area from the west. The two forces may be able to merge and attack the Eighth Route Army from the front and rear.
As long as the battle against his Tamura Squadron begins, Sato Squadron will definitely come to reinforce.
By then, even if Tubalu has any conspiracy, it will not be able to stop the absolute force.
Thinking of this, Tamura no longer hesitated and ordered: "The scouts spread out for reconnaissance, and beware of ambush by the Eighth Route Army at any time. The first, second, and third combat teams immediately moved forward. After the bombardment, machine gun cover launched an attack to kill this group." No one will be left on Tubal Road."
"Hi!"
In this way, after Tamura gave the order, Tamura's squadron quickly advanced towards the soil slope from the east.
As for the Japanese scouts who spread out, they naturally failed to discover the Eighth Route Army soldiers lurking in secret.
Some scattered Japanese scouts were secretly shot by the soldiers and killed directly.
Tamura Squadron was closer to the slope, and coupled with the rapid attack initiated on its own initiative, it approached the slope area ahead of Sato Squadron.
Then came the old attack method, bombarding the slope area with rear-mounted grenades. Under the cover of firepower from more than a dozen Japanese light machine guns, the Japanese infantry took the opportunity to launch an attack.
When the Japanese army launched an artillery bombardment, Tamura observed the situation on the slope not far away through the telescope:
The Eighth Route Army, which was cleaning the battlefield, was suddenly bombarded. It seemed that it was caught off guard. The soldiers quickly stopped seizing them one by one, took their guns from their backs, and fled in embarrassment to the back of the slope.
This is consistent with the appearance of being suddenly attacked, and everything seems reasonable.
The grenade bombardment, coupled with the fire cover of the Japanese light machine guns, prevented the Eighth Route Army from even responding with fire immediately. Subsequent fire counterattacks were also relatively sparse, and the three Japanese infantry squads advanced smoothly. Valley walk
Tamura, who was commanding from behind, breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that he had been too careful.
The attacking Japanese troops continued to advance and were less than 300 meters, 200 meters, and 100 meters away from the slope fortifications.
When there were less than eighty meters left, in order to prevent accidental damage, the Japanese artillerymen in the rear stopped shelling.
Sixty meters.
On the top of the earthen slope fortifications, the Eighth Route Army's fire counterattack was still pouring. Only a few dozen Eighth Route Army soldiers were left exposed. The rest may have been killed by the artillery fire in the eyes of the Japanese.
Fifty meters.
As they continued to approach, the Japanese opened the skirmisher line and rushed forward quickly.
At this moment, seeing the breakthrough of the fortifications in just the blink of an eye, even Tamura felt that he was already winning.
"beat!"
A loud shout came from the earthworks a few hundred meters away. The sudden sound made Tamura's heart suddenly thump when he heard the sound.
Then Tamura saw through the telescope that a large number of Eighth Route Army troops suddenly appeared on the slope fortifications where only forty or fifty people had originally appeared.
At a glance, he estimated that there were one or two hundred people.
The key is the number of standing light machine guns, which is astonishing. A rough estimate is that there are nearly thirty.
"No, I was fooled!"
Tamura, who could no longer stabilize his mentality, was shocked.
Although Tamura didn't know how these Tubal roads avoided the bombardment under the previous fierce bombardment.
But what he was certain of was that the previous artillery bombardment and light machine gun attack did not cause much damage to the Eighth Route Army behind the slope.
These cunning Tubalu deliberately put the empire's offensive troops at close range and then suddenly started fighting.
Under the sudden burst of firepower at close range, coupled with the large amount of light machine gun firepower held by the Eighth Route Army soldiers above the slope, the bullets formed a dense net and covered the Japanese soldiers who launched the attack.
Under the fierce firepower, although the Japanese offensive troops opened the skirmish line in advance, casualties spread rapidly.
Tamura panicked and gave the order to retreat. He was waiting for the opportunity. As long as his vanguard troops retreated another thirty meters, he would immediately bombard the eight routes suppressing the fortifications and cover the retreat of the three infantry squads.
But then everyone in Tamura was stunned. The Eighth Route Army on the slope suddenly launched a counterattack and quickly repulsed the attack of Tamura's squadron. At the same time, the mountains on both sides of the slope suddenly heard shouts of killing, and there were a large number of people. The Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared and fired wildly at the imperial soldiers who were flanked from three sides.
At this moment, Tamura finally realized that the trap set by the Eighth Route Army was far bigger than he imagined.
"Covering artillery fire!"
Japanese squadron leader Tamura pulled out his command knife and issued an order, trying to save the situation with rear-mounted grenade fire.
Boom——
The explosion sounded, but it was not in the area where the Eighth Route Army was located, but in the artillery position of his Tamura Squadron.
When the Japanese were shelling the earthen fortifications earlier, Lei Dasheng, who was hiding on the flank, had already arranged the 50 small artillery to lock the exposed grenade position of the Japanese, waiting for this moment of attack!
Before the Japanese's grenade could open its fangs, it was knocked out by ten fifty-zero cannons from the fourth battalion with a concentrated fire.
The sudden scene completely woke up Tamura.
He has realized that this Eighth Route Army is powerful and absolutely invincible.
The soldier's keen sense of smell told Tamura that if he did not retreat, his entire squadron would be annihilated here.
"Machine gunner cover, make strategic transfer immediately!"
Tamura issued an order, and now he placed his hope on Sato's squadron not far away. He wanted to temporarily retreat, stick to the danger, hold back this eight-pronged force, and then wait for the two-sided attack from Sato's squadron.
But not long after, the sound of gunfire coming from the west directly shattered Tamura's extravagant hopes.
Tamura finally understood that Sato's squadron was probably being restrained by the Eighth Route Army's troops.
There is only one way before Tamura Squadron - retreat!
Under the cover of firepower before the Japanese light machine gun firepower was knocked out by the Eighth Route Army's artillery, Tamura led the troops to retreat quickly.
Trying to escape.
Until the sound of gunshots from the back suddenly rang out.
Tamura, who was completely desperate, knew that the time had come for him to serve the emperor and choose Yusui.
It turned out that during the gap between the two sides, the Eighth Route Army soldiers took the opportunity to detour from both wings, tied the mouth of the big bag, and deployed machine gun fortifications from the back and side to block the retreat of the Japanese army.
"Long live--"
"Long live--"
This little devil's will to fight was indeed good. Even though he was a second-rate unit of the B Division, when facing a desperate situation, under Tamura's order, the howling Japanese soldiers launched a long live charge, or a death charge.
Blocked by machine gun fortifications on the back and side, the roles of the Japanese army and the Eighth Route Army were reversed.
The Japanese soldiers rushed frantically towards the fortifications defended by the Eighth Route Army soldiers. After losing their artillery, these little Japanese soldiers tried to close the distance to within 40 meters, and then threw grenades to counterattack.
Unfortunately, what they faced was not the ordinary Eighth Route Army.
Those who detoured to the back and tied their pockets were the soldiers of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
The soldiers of the Independent Regiment have not slackened in their training after fighting for more than half a year. The regiment leader Kong Jie specifically requested that the soldiers practice accurate shooting within two hundred meters.
According to Kong Jie's standards, it is not required to be too far, but it is required to shoot absolutely quickly within two hundred meters, one bullet for each enemy.
Coupled with the light and heavy machine guns arranged in advance.
The lives of the Japanese who launched the charge were harvested like leeks.
But looking at the Japanese who fell one after another, but followed one after another, will the soldiers feel pity and soft-hearted?
Not at all!
The soldiers will only feel a spontaneous and hearty feeling.
Invaders like the Japanese invaders are no different from animals, so how can we talk about mercy?
The machine gunner immediately became the most sought-after profession at the moment.
"Squad leader, you have already killed thirteen Japs, let me kill them for a while!"
A soldier from the Independent Regiment spoke up and used a bolt-action rifle to fight the Japanese. Although they shot one at a time, it was not very enjoyable and the speed was too slow.
The old squad leader turned his head, showed his crooked teeth, grinned and said: "Why are you so anxious? At least let me kill twenty more people for fun. Prepare the barrel of the gun for me quickly. I will hurry up and replace it later. I don't dare to It delayed the time of killing the Japanese."
"yes!"
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