...After the explosion and aftermath of Rolling Thunder were completely over, the little Japs who were blown to pieces finally got a chance to breathe. Looking at the troops with casualties, the furious Japs squadron leader ordered that the rear six-gun The Type 89 grenade bombarded the mountain forest on the right.
During the bombardment, vegetation was broken and earth and rocks were scattered everywhere.
There was no sign of anyone alive. After two minutes of bombardment, the Japanese squadron leader looked at the still quiet forest on the right and gave the order to stop the attack.
Then we sent scouts to the forest on the right to see that the shadow of the ambush Eighth Route Army had long since disappeared.
Two or three hundred meters away, the puppet platoon leader led his team and crawled on the ground pretending to be dead for a long time. It was not until the gunfire gradually stopped that he led his team back quietly.
Standing on the slope and looking down, when he saw clearly the tragic situation of the Japanese squadron, the puppet platoon leader was so frightened that his legs weakened and he almost knelt down.
Good guy, how long has it taken?
There was an explosion, and the puppet platoon leader knew that it was the Eighth Route Army who had taken action.
But just a moment later, when the puppet platoon leader led the puppet army back, he looked down and saw that more than half of the Japanese squadron of nearly two hundred people had fallen to the ground at this moment.
The Japs No. 40 and 50 in the middle section were the most tragic. Each and every one of them had their limbs mutilated by the bombing, and even the whole body could not be seen.
Some of the Japs No. 40 and 50 in the previous section are still alive at this moment, their faces and bodies were beaten into partial hornet's nests.
The bullets embedded in the flesh made the puppet soldiers feel pain.
The Japanese squadron leader's unit in the latter section was also in a state of disarray at the moment.
Looking back at his puppet platoon, the twenty or so puppet soldiers didn't even have a scratch on their skin.
When the angry Japanese squadron leader looked towards the puppet platoon leader, the puppet platoon leader's heart suddenly thumped and he trotted over quickly.
"Platoon Leader Wang, is this the road you have carefully explored? Tubal Road ambushed here. Are you blind?"
"Taijun, I——"
"idiot!"
Bang bang - the furious Japanese squadron leader fired his bow from left to right, and slapped the puppet platoon leader on the left and right faces.
The puppet platoon leader was stunned and dared not speak in anger.
Just as the Japanese squadron leader was about to continue his attack, a scout came to report: "Sir, the Hinamatsu Squadron is here."
The Japanese squadron leader gave the puppet platoon leader another hard look before giving up.
Soon after, the two Japanese squadrons met.
The Hinamatsu Squadron searched from the direction where the previous battle broke out. To the disappointment of the Japanese squadron leader, the search team did not find any enemy shadow in the woods.
The two Japanese squadron leaders chatted for a while.
Hinamatsu expressed shock and anger at the brutal ambush suffered by the Japanese squadron.
Suddenly there were gunshots and cannon fire again, coming from a not-so-distant direction.
The faces of the two Japanese squadron leaders changed, and Chusong immediately led his troops to support them.
Just after Hinamatsu left, more intense fighting sounds came from another direction.
Only then did the Japanese squadron leader realize that the troops who were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army were by no means an exception.
This is naturally the case. The current ambush by the platoon leader and others seemed to be the prelude to the ambush in the entire mountainous area outside the West Village.
As the Japanese troops advanced in search, scenes of tragic ambushes continued to unfold.
The ambush methods used by all Eighth Route Army ambush troops are exactly the same as those used by a platoon leader and others.
They did not seek to eliminate the Japanese and puppet troops who were ambushed, but only caused as much trauma to the Japanese and puppet troops as possible.
Traps are everywhere in the mountains and forests. If you step on them, the soles of your feet will be directly punched with bullets and mines. They are almost everywhere. Although they will not kill the Japanese soldiers immediately, they can torture the little Japanese soldiers to death. die.
The key point is that as an infantryman, you rely on your feet, and now you are marching in mountainous areas. Once a soldier's foot is severely injured, he will immediately lose the ability to move, and he will have to drag two or three soldiers to support him, or use a The stretcher was carried forward.
It would be fine if this was only a small amount, but as the Japanese and puppet troops' mopping up forces progressed, the casualties were increasing.
Let’s just talk about a Japanese squad of fifty-four people.
If twenty people were killed directly, no problem. The remaining thirty-four collected the weapons and equipment of the fallen Japanese soldiers and continued to move forward and continue fighting.
Ignore the dead soldiers for now and collect the corpses later.
But if twenty people were injured, and they were incapacitated.
The wounded can immediately drag down the entire infantry combat team into an infantry health team. Carrying stretchers and supporting the wounded becomes the main job.
How much more fighting power can there be?
…
That's it, until nine o'clock in the morning.
Three hours have passed in the blink of an eye. Shinozuka Yoshio's original order was to advance to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang within three hours.
The result was good. Three full hours had passed, and the nine Japanese brigades and several regiments of puppet troops had not even finished half of the mountainous area.
On the other hand, as more and more wounded appear.
In the temporary joint command post behind the Japanese army, nine Japanese army captains discussed and decided to build a temporary wounded soldier storage center in the rear area.
The wounded during the frontline sweep can be evacuated to storage facilities for centralized care, and this can prevent them from dragging down the operations of the rest of the troops.
"Sir, the number of wounded soldiers has now increased to more than 1,700, and the number of subsequent wounded soldiers is still increasing rapidly. Our stockpile of gauze and medicine is no longer enough."
The medical staff conveyed the news to the headquarters, and the Japanese captains suddenly had a headache.
One said: "Three hours have passed now, and we are far from completing the commander's order.
If we continue like this, things will only get worse. We can't fight like this anymore. The mountains and forests are the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. They are more familiar with the terrain than we are, and they have laid a lot of traps in advance. If we take the initiative to meet them, we will definitely suffer. "
Another said: "We can't go any further on the mountain road. The Eighth Route Army has already prepared an ambush on the mountain road. I suggest that we spread our troops completely, form a large mopping net, and move forward to avoid being attacked and killed by the Eighth Route Army. The search area can be expanded and the eight-way living space can be further compressed.”
Another said: "I think this method will work. Let the Imperial Alliance Army take the lead. As the vanguard security force, our mopping up force will follow closely. Once the enemy is discovered, we can knock out the target with grenade fire at any time."
"As for the large number of bullet mines laid by the Eighth Route Army, although these mines are not very powerful, they are most likely to cause our soldiers to lose the ability to walk. In this way, some simple steel plates are fixed under the military boots, and each mopping up team sends people to step on a Come through the safe passage, and the team behind will follow the footsteps, and they should be able to avoid the bullet mines from the eighth route to a certain extent."
"In addition, artillery teams from all departments will follow up at the same time. Once a concentrated Eighth Route Army is discovered, artillery support will be provided at any time."
Another Japanese captain said: "According to the information reported by the frontline combat troops, there seem to be some snipers in the Eighth Route Army who specialize in attacking our army officers. For this reason, our officers have a high probability of being killed in action."
"We must issue an order to deal with this situation, let the officers command from the rear, and conduct hidden command, try not to show their heads."
"In addition, each ministry must select veterans with accurate marksmanship and equip them with sniper rifles to serve as snipers against the enemy."
…
In the temporary joint headquarters, the Japanese captains gave suggestions one by one, and orders were passed from the headquarters one after another.
Just as the Japanese officers were racking their brains, thinking of how to quickly break through the mountainous area and enter West Village and Zhangjiazhuang.
From all directions in the mountainous area, bursts of violent gunfire suddenly came.
The Japanese captains are not unfamiliar with the sound of these artillery guns. There are the sounds of infantry artillery and mountain artillery.
The Japanese officers were inexplicably shocked. Soon after, scouts from all sides returned to report:
"Reporting to the commander, the Eighth Route Army used artillery support. The intensity of the artillery fire coverage was amazing, and the strike accuracy was extremely high. Our frontline combat troops suffered heavy casualties."
A Japanese captain expressed doubts, "In mountain operations, it is the biggest problem to lock the target and calibrate the shooting elements. The Eighth Route Army is in the same situation as us now. The view is blocked by the mountains. How did they attack our unit?" A precise strike?"
The scout said: "Sir, according to the reconnaissance of the frontline troops, the Eighth Route Army used signal guns to communicate with the rear artillery."
"Nani?"
The Japanese captains were astonished. They all looked over the mountains and forests with telescopes. After a while, they discovered that red smoke occasionally appeared in the air.
Immediately afterwards, the violent bombardment will extend along the location exposed by the smoke.
The Japanese officers who saw this scene were all shocked. Not only did this independent regiment possess a large number of artillery, but it also realized coordinated operations between artillery and front-line infantry.
It's simply incredible.
Is this still an Eighth Route Army unit?
In the mountains and forests, the confrontation between the two sides continued, getting more and more intense, and gradually became white-hot.
Wounded Japanese soldiers who had lost their combat effectiveness and ability to move were constantly being carried to a centralized collection center for wounded soldiers.
The various traps in the mountains still make the little devils who are on the march complain of being unable to guard against them.
Bullet mines are blocked by military boots with iron plates, and some can be detected with mine detectors, because the casualties caused by bullet mines have been greatly reduced.
But there are also booby traps that may exist everywhere, almost transparent thin wires that are difficult to detect with the naked eye and will explode when tripped.
There is also a wooden box that presses mine, a simple wooden box device with basically no metal. Even a Japanese mine detector is difficult to detect. If you step on it a little, the wooden box will close under pressure, causing an explosion.
In addition, the use of detonators to remotely detonate explosive packets made the devils even more disgraceful.
They may appear under tree roots, on tree trunks, in shrubs, in grass, and in shallow soil.
It is also a remote detonation, and a soldier can operate it from a safe distance. As long as the enemy gathers over and suddenly detonates, the enemy will be killed and injured immediately.
The key is still not knowing where the enemy is hiding.
This battle made the Japanese soldiers very depressed. The extensive military training they had experienced in the military academy was of no use at all.
Everyone is equal before explosives and landmines.
When the handover came, the soldiers of the independent regiment used the double-barreled shotguns in their hands to cause the little Japanese to suffer a lot in close combat.
In addition, the shotgun players all fought in tactical teams. In addition to the shotgunners, there were also gunners to cover the evacuation.
The Japanese wanted to set up a machine gun, so they directly greeted him with grenades, fast and hard.
The members of the commando team are not idle. As the most elite small combat unit of the independent regiment, in the environment of mountain combat, each member of the team is a master who is as good as ten.
Under the leadership of deputy captain Ye Min, the team members who had performed many difficult special operations missions easily used the cover of the mountains and forests to infiltrate and sneak back to the rear of the Japanese mopping up troops.
He even changed his appearance midway, changed into a Japanese military uniform, and disguised himself in the middle of the Japanese army. By the way, he captured some puppet soldiers and inquired about the situation of the Japanese and puppet soldiers.
After successfully infiltrating into the rear of the Japs and hiding behind a mountain stream, Ye Min summoned his team members and said:
"Comrades, everyone is aware of the current situation. Originally, according to the order of the regiment headquarters, our mission this time was to penetrate into the enemy's rear and take the opportunity to shoot down the enemy's artillery."
"But the current battle situation is better than we expected. With the cover of mountains and forests, the Japanese artillery will not have much effect."
"On the contrary, our artillery battery, with the help of signal gun communication methods, beat the little devil to the point where he cried for his father and mother."
"In this case, even if we take the risk of knocking out the Japanese artillery squad, it won't have much effect on the entire battle."
Mu Mu said: "Vice-captain, please stop talking so much. Brothers believe in you, just tell me how to fight!"
Cao Zheng continued: "Yes, deputy captain, you just give the order directly."
The team members spoke one after another.
Ye Min smiled and said bluntly: "Then let me put it bluntly. In my opinion, destroying the Japanese artillery squad has little value. I want to lead my comrades to do something big and directly give the Japanese rear headquarters to the enemy." He knocked it off.”
"Deputy team, you mean the joint command consisting of nine Japanese brigades that the puppet army said?" Mu Mu's face showed excitement.
Ye Mindao: "Yes, the regiment leader often said that a special operations force without ideas cannot be considered an excellent special forces force.
The battlefield situation is changing rapidly. The regiment leader can give us the big policy.
But when it comes to actual combat, we have to adapt to the changing situation.
We haven't taken action yet, we haven't been exposed, and we just happened to find out about the Japs' nine brigades and set up a temporary joint command.
This goal is much more valuable than destroying the Japanese artillery squad. "
Upon hearing this, the team members expressed their opinions one after another, and Mu Mu was the first to speak, "Deputy team, it goes without saying that once this beheading operation is successful, all the Japanese attacking forces will no longer have unified command. Even if there are still officers commanding the part, the overall It must be a mess."
“What could be more valuable than such a goal?”
Cao Zheng was concerned about another thing, "According to the puppet army, the Japanese's temporary joint command headquarters is in the rear area, and there are quite a few troops on guard around it. Our beheading operation this time may be a bit difficult."
"If it's not difficult, would it still be called special operations?" Mu Le said.
Cao Zheng also laughed.
Ye Min took in the team members' eager expressions and finally made a final decision: "Okay, comrades, it's settled. The task of knocking out the Japanese artillery units has been temporarily canceled and will be replaced by the beheading of the Japanese Provisional Joint Command in the rear area. action."
"Remember, before the battle begins, you must maintain absolute concealment."
"Set off!"
Ye Min led the team, and the entire team was divided into four groups with a tacit understanding. They moved covertly under alternate cover...
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