As soon as the Japanese retreated, the monk quickly gave the order to retreat, and the soldiers quickly moved to the second-line defenses.
The Japanese who had just advanced were ambushed, and the front tanks that had been divided by the explosion and the accompanying Japanese infantry were basically wiped out.
The Japanese rear artillery fire will no longer have any concerns.
Once this wave of Japanese troops retreated and the news was passed to the rear of the Japanese troops, the Japanese artillery shells would soon hit them with their overwhelming numerical advantage.
Monk, Duan Peng, and Sun Chuanzhong are all veterans with rich combat experience, so they naturally understand this truth.
"Third Platoon Commander, leave a few helmets on the fortifications when you withdraw." When giving the order to withdraw, the monk made an additional explanation.
"Hey!" the third platoon leader responded. Naturally, he knew what his company commander meant. He was trying to make a few disguises to fool the little devil.
soon.
After the repulsed Japanese team quickly returned to the safe area, they immediately passed the news to the squadron headquarters in the rear.
"Your Excellency, the squadron leader, all the vanguard tanks and coordination teams have been killed. The Eighth Route Army has built defenses based on the terrain, and the firepower is extremely fierce!"
Kazuo Nakano was slightly shocked, then furious. A small group of Imperial warriors plus a tank were just wiped out?
"Baga, notify the grenade teams to immediately launch shelling in the area where the Eighth Route Army is located!"
"Hi!" the Japanese communications soldier responded quickly.
This actually cannot be blamed on Kazuo Nakano's lack of commanding ability.
After all, the group of Eight Route Army soldiers he was facing now were well-equipped and had abundant ammunition, far exceeding the three-gun Tubal Road Route Army soldiers he usually encountered.
The opponent occupied the favorable terrain in the village and built fortifications in advance.
For Nakano Kazuo, in addition to bombarding with artillery, rashly sending troops forward would definitely step into the trap set by the Eighth Route Army again.
In the exchange of firepower between the two sides, no one can become the God overlooking the entire battlefield.
Therefore, there is basically no huge information gap between the two sides. What they rely on is the prediction of the battle situation by the commanders of both sides.
Monk and Sun Chuanzhong expected that the Japanese would immediately use artillery as soon as they retreated, so they quickly ordered the troops to retreat to the second-line fortifications.
After receiving the order from the forward troops, Kazuo Nakano immediately ordered an artillery bombardment. He wanted to use speed to hit the Eighth Route Army.
Boom——
Plow-type artillery shelled the front-line fortifications and housing area where the soldiers were originally located for a long time.
Kazuo Nakano sent forward observation posts to detect the situation after the bombardment.
During the bombardment, the Japanese's forward observation post noticed through the telescope that only half of the steel helmet was hidden behind the fortification.
The Japanese thought that the Eighth Route Army had not retreated in time and was being bombarded by artillery fire, with a cruel smile on their faces.
But then these little devils realized that something was not right. They never saw the figure of the Eighth Route Army. In addition, after the helmets were blown over directly, there was no other movement on the entire construction site except the roar of artillery fire.
"Sir, the situation is not quite right. The enemy fortifications have not seen half of the Eighth Route Army. The enemy seems to have evacuated early!"
"Nani?"
Kazuo Nakano was stunned and quickly issued a ceasefire order. The little devils who were short of resources also saved as much artillery shells as they could.
A round of shelling did not achieve much results, and Kazuo Nakano was not in a hurry. He now felt the huge advantage his own side had over the enemy's Eighth Route Army.
First, judging from previous battles, the Eighth Route Army did not have many troops, and the empire had an absolute advantage in strength.
Second, although the Eighth Route Army was partially waiting for work and had a terrain advantage, on the whole, this group of Eighth Route Army was attacked from both sides and besieged in Xiaoli Village.
Third, although the equipment of this Eighth Route Army is excellent, the total number of artillery and machine guns is not as good as the equipment of the two imperial squadrons assembled.
"Xinxi, the forwards remain vigilant and continue to move forward to compress the living space of this group of Tubal!" Kazuo Nakano gave the order.
Under the command of the leader of the Japanese squad, the dozen or so little Japs in the van opened up the skirmisher line and cautiously groped forward relying on the houses on both sides.
The monk and Sun Chuanzhong led the soldiers to retreat to the second-line fortifications and joined Sun Daping who was defending the second-line fortifications.
In previous battles, Sun Daping led most of the soldiers of the cavalry company, as well as some soldiers of the guard company led by the monk, to block the forward advance of the Japanese and puppet troops from the entrance of the village at the second-line fortifications.
"Old Sun, how is the situation?" Sun Chuanzhong asked after the two sides met.
Sun Daping shook his head and said helplessly: "The Japanese have made up their mind to encircle the village from the front and back. In addition, there are Japanese troops deployed on the left and right wings of the village."
"It's okay for us to rely on the village as a defensive fortification to block the attack. Once we leave the village, we won't have any advantage in the open terrain."
"We just keep guarding these two lines of fortifications. Once the Japanese from the front village and the back village encircle us and we lose our combat space, the situation will not be good."
The monk smiled calmly.
"The attack just now is just the appetizer, and the next step will be the hard course."
"Company Commander Sun is right. We continue to guard these two lines of fortifications, just sitting and waiting to die. Now it is better to take advantage of the Japanese and puppet troops not encircling them, take the initiative to attack outwards, and use the village environment to fight street battles."
At this point, since the command now rests with him, the monk did not refuse and immediately ordered:
"We have nearly 120 soldiers. Then we will break into pieces and all sneak into the house. Using the surrounding terrain, we will fight with the Japanese in street fights, curtain fights, ambushes, and sneak attacks."
"But single-player operations inevitably lack care. In this way, we will form a small group of three people, and a large group of three groups. When gradually spreading, ensure that the operation area generally forms a triangle to ensure that no sneak attacks by the Japanese army are carried out in all directions."
"Duan Peng!"
"have!"
"Our soldiers have more firepower here. Each group is assigned a soldier, who uses the Garand rifle as the group's main strike firepower."
"Yes!" Duan Peng responded.
"In addition, the Slaughter Kings we brought here this time will be divided into groups one at a time. We will distribute them first."
"Okay!" Duan Peng said excitedly: "I have been waiting for this moment for a long time. Today I will teach the little devil a good lesson."
Look at the curved steel plates that are quickly distributed to each group, either connected to wires or with leads pulled out.
Sun Chuanzhong, Sun Daping, and the soldiers of the 28th Regiment never understood what this thing was.
The monk's explanation was only one sentence: "This is a new type of landmine newly developed by our independent regiment. It was developed by the repair shop under the guidance of our regiment leader."
"As for its power, you will see it soon."
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the other side.
as time flows.
At the 28th Regiment base area, the cavalry company, plus Monk and Sun Chuanzhong, quickly rushed to Xiaoli Village with the help of military motorcycles and bicycles for reinforcements, but Captain Lu always felt a little uneasy in his heart.
Captain Lu, who has a keen military sense, believes after analysis that things in Xiaoli Village are definitely not that simple.
The Japanese dared to go deep into the guerrilla area of the 28th Regiment and arrested the people. Maybe there was some trap in it.
The cavalry company, including Monk and Duan Peng, rushed over to reinforce them, and they might fall into the enemy's trick.
Thinking of this, Captain Lu did not dare to delay.
One is the cavalry company, which is the treasure of the 28th Regiment.
Another monk and Duan Peng, as Lao Kong's right-hand men, came to Jizhong specifically to reinforce this time and help with anti-tank operations. If this fell into the hands of the Japanese, they would be defeated.
What did Captain Lu explain to Kong Jie?
To be on the safe side, Captain Lu, who no longer hesitated, quickly summoned the main force of the First and Second Battalions and quickly rushed to the direction of Xiaoli Village for reinforcements.
Let’s talk about concentrating the 28th Regiment. When Ding Wei was still the commander, the 28th Regiment expanded very quickly. At its peak, the number of troops increased to more than 3,500.
But such rapid expansion also brought great disadvantages.
There were too few guns in the regiment but too many men, and two or three soldiers could not carry a single gun.
In addition, there are many new soldiers and few veterans, and the combat effectiveness has not been formed at all.
Later, Ding Wei was transferred to the new regiment as the leader. The 28th regiment was raided by the Japanese army more than ten times.
Every counter-mopping operation is arduous and extraordinary, and sacrifices are inevitably inevitable.
Today, the 28th Regiment, which originally numbered more than 3,500 people, only has nearly 2,000 people left.
Of course, war is the most cruel scouring machine. The two thousand soldiers who were left behind became veterans who survived the artillery fire. The soldiers grew up at a very slow pace.
In addition, in the past six months, the 28th Regiment has cooperated with the Independent Regiment in various aspects, and there has been a great improvement in both the economy and military equipment.
Therefore, although the current strength of the 28th Regiment is much smaller than at its peak, the overall combat effectiveness has been improved a lot.
The soldiers marched quickly towards Xiaoli Village for reinforcements.
Soon after, they met Li Shengmin who was covering the transfer of the people, as well as some soldiers from the cavalry company.
As soon as the two sides met, several soldiers of the cavalry company saw their commander and gave him a military salute. At that time, their eyes were red:
"Captain, let's go and rescue the company commander and the second battalion commander! In order to cover the relocation of the people, they stayed in the village to contain the Japs. They are now probably surrounded by the Japs in Xiaoli Village!"
When Commander Lu heard this, his heart skipped a beat, and he immediately asked, "How many Japs are there?"
The soldier replied: "I don't know the details, but according to the analysis of the second battalion commander and others, the Japanese must have an ambush near Xiaoli Village."
"Okay, I understand. You continue to cover the people's movement to the base area. We will reinforce Xiaoli Village right now."
"yes!"
The team resumed their journey, and the speed of the original hasty march was accelerated by Captain Lu's urging.
Monk and Duan Peng only have more than 40 people, and the cavalry company only has more than 70 people. Now all the horses have been sent back.
If a team of more than a hundred people really fell into the Japanese trap and were besieged in Lijiacun, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Captain Lu was not even sure whether Monk, Duan Peng and the others could hold on until he could lead reinforcements.
"These stupid little devils are actually making a fuss about the common people...Second Battalion Commander, Monk, Duan Peng, you have to hold on, I'll be there soon!"
Captain Lu prayed in his heart.
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In Xiaoli Village.
The two lines of fortifications set up by Monk and Duan Peng to deal with the front village and the back village are not close to each other, five or six hundred meters apart.
Within this distance of 500 to 600 meters, there are many roads and houses arranged randomly. This is a street fighting area set up by the monk for the little devils.
On the two lines of defenses, Monk also sent several groups to harass the Japanese army in order to slow down the advance of the Japanese army and buy time for the soldiers to arrange their arrangements in the street fighting area.
In a certain area of the village, there are paths connecting the houses.
Sun Qingshan, the commander of the third platoon, led two soldiers from the 28th Regiment behind him to form a separate street fighting team and set mines on a trail where the Japanese were likely to pass by.
To be precise, they set up the King of Killers - directional anti-infantry mines developed by the independent regiment's armory.
This path is sandwiched between two houses on the left and right. There is an open space to the outside. The path entering between the houses is two or three meters wide.
I saw Platoon Leader Sun picking up the weird curved steel plate with both hands, and then holding the left and right sides of the steel plate with both hands. Then, as if he was aiming when shooting, he also aimed at the small bulge in the center of the top of the steel plate. There was a gap, and he aimed towards the direction outside the road with his right eye.
A squad leader from the 28th Regiment couldn't help but asked: "Platoon Leader Sun, what are you doing?"
"Oh, you can see the gap on it. This is the sight of this King of Killing."
"What's it for?"
"Can you read?"
The monitor nodded, "I do know some simple words."
Sun Qingshan pointed to the four big characters written on the front of the King of Slaughter and asked: "What do these four characters read?"
The squad leader read word for word: "This is facing... the enemy?"
Sun Qingshan smiled and nodded. While firmly inserting the tripod under the Slaughter King into the soil, he aimed the words "This is facing the enemy" towards the road extending outside the house.
He also explained: "So these four words tell us that the direction in which this face is facing is the area where the enemy is killed.
What does it mean? The curved arc of this steel plate is facing this large area. It is no exaggeration to say that as long as they appear within a hundred meters, they can kill as many as they can. "
The squad leader laughed, and there was clearly doubt in his smile.
Another soldier from the 28th Regiment shook his head and said, "How is this possible? Squad leader, have you ever heard of such a mine?"
The squad leader shook his head: "If it really has such power, it would be worse than a large-caliber artillery shell. How can it be called a landmine?"
"So it's not called a mine, it's called the King of Slaughter!"
Sun Qingshan clapped his hands and stood up, "Okay, it's done!"
Monitor: "..."
It was the first time for the squad leader to see such a weird landmine. Not to mention its weird shape, it didn't look like an ordinary landmine buried in the ground. Instead, it was inserted into the ground.
The key was placed so arrogantly in the middle of the path. Once the little devil came over, wouldn't he see it at a glance?
"This... Platoon Leader Sun, this mine is so clearly placed here. Didn't the Japanese see it at a glance?"
Sun Qingshan asked: "If you were a kid, would you think this thing is a landmine?"
The monitor was stunned for a moment, then shook his head.
It's true that when ordinary people see it, they think it's just a steel plate!
But what the squad leader said made sense. Sun Qingshan thought about it and casually pulled some straw aside to cover the King of Slaughter.
As for the cables connected to the Slaughter King for detonation, they were carefully buried in the soil on the side, and then extended all the way to the woodshed of the house.
Through the window of the woodshed, Sun Qingshan and others could see the situation outside the road.
"This is the detonator, the one that used to control the explosive packs buried underground to blow up the Japanese tanks?"
Looking at the detonator prepared by Sun Qingshan, the squad leader asked with a look of surprise and uncertainty.
Sun Qingshan smiled and nodded.
This advanced detonation method made the two squad leaders stunned, and they suddenly felt a little expectant in their hearts. Could it be that the power of this killing king is really as terrifying as Platoon Leader Sun said?
Other scattered small areas.
The monks divided nearly 40 groups, and the leader of each group was temporarily served by a soldier from the independent regiment.
Among them, 30 groups were assigned to the King of Killing. The team leader led the soldiers to carefully deploy the King of Killing.
The soldiers of the 28th Regiment were all confused when they faced this new type of landmine, the King of Killing, for the first time.
Even the cavalry company commander Sun Daping and the second battalion commander Sun Chuanzhong were no exception.
As for what this thing is, the soldiers of the independent group said it with a mysterious face.
Let’s wait and see!
At the two lines of fortifications facing the front and back villages, gunshots still rang out from time to time.
The Japanese were afraid of the various firepower measures previously displayed by the Eighth Route Army and did not dare to advance quickly.
It wasn't until the two sides had been fighting for a while that Kazuo Nakano, who was secretly observing from behind, suddenly discovered that the firepower of the Eighth Route Army had been weakened a lot, and the number of Eighth Route Army troops in the field of vision seemed to be much smaller.
"what on earth is it?"
The Japanese adjutant suddenly thought and speculated: "Sir, could it be that the tunnels we destroyed were dug by the Eighth Route Army again, and they escaped through the passage in the village?"
When Kazuo Nakano heard this, he thought it was okay. How could a duck fly when it reaches its mouth?
He quickly ordered artillery bombardment to cover the infantry's rapid advance, making sure to eliminate the Eighth Route Army in the village in the shortest possible time.
In this way, the Japanese and puppet troops on both fronts broke through the two fortifications and entered the street fighting area prepared by the monks.
But Xiaoli Village is not too big, but it is not too small either.
In this street fighting area, there are more than a hundred mud houses with earth, stone or wood and stone structures scattered around.
It is not easy to hide hundreds of people in such a large area.
Divided evenly, a household consisting of three or four mud houses only needs to hide one or two soldiers.
This is playing hide-and-seek, even a little devil can't find it easily.
The entire area suddenly became quiet, and even the quiet Kazuo Nakano felt a little uneasy in his heart.
A second ago there was gunfire and all kinds of chaotic sounds!
The next second, as the Eighth Route Army suddenly ceased fire, and the Japanese army also ceased fire, the entire Xiaoli Village became surprisingly quiet.
"What kind of tricks are these damn Eighth Route Army playing? Each team spreads out and advances, search carefully, keep the teams in contact, and beware of the Eighth Route Army sneak attack."
"Hi!"
The little devils attacked from the front and back at the same time, slowly searching forward.
The house where the three rows of Changsong Qingshan and the others were located was in the edge area. A Japanese squad leader led seven or eight Japanese soldiers and slowly approached.
Soon, the trail in front of the three platoon leaders appeared in the sight of several Japanese soldiers.
The King of Slaughter was inserted carelessly in the middle of the road, covered with some straw.
However, the little devils were always vigilant with their rifles, and no one seemed to pay attention to the curved steel plate covered by straw.
That piece of steel plate was just like a fragment that fell from an armored vehicle or tank, it was inconspicuous.
Close.
Getting closer.
The Japs team leader was also very cautious. He landed at the very back and let the eight Japs in front spread out and push forward, creating a rough fan-shaped area.
They were now preparing to search several mud houses in front of them.
According to Kazuo Nakano's order, a carpet search was carried out to ensure that there were no eight-year-olds hiding in every house.
Just like that, when the first two Japs were less than three meters away from the Killing King covered by straw, one of the Japs suddenly let out a light sigh.
When the other Japs heard the noise, they all looked towards the metallic King of Slaughter, which was covered by straw but with some steel plates exposed through the gaps.
But it was obvious that the Japanese were not particularly vigilant and seemed to be curious about what this thing was.
At this moment, almost all the Japs were facing the protruding front of the King of Slaughter, "This side faces the enemy."
Sun Qingshan lowered his voice and said, "Look carefully!"
Before he finished speaking, he pressed the detonator at the same time.
The current in the cable extends rapidly at the speed of light.
next moment……
Boom——
The explosion was not violent, not even comparable to the sound of the 60 mortar shells exploding.
The squad leader and the young soldier, who were squeezing their heads with curiosity on their faces and looking through the wooden window at the area where the Japanese were outside the house, were stunned on the spot.
The expressions that immediately appeared on their faces were shock, surprise, even fear, and finally showed joy and excitement.
Soldiers are not murderous executioners.
But if the target of the killing is the invader who invaded his own motherland.
For the soldiers, killing the enemy to defend the motherland and killing the Japanese invaders brought no more guilt than killing a chicken or a duck.
Outside the earthen house.
The squad leader and the little soldier finally understood the meaning of "facing the enemy here".
The moment the explosion sounded, the entire curved steel plate shattered into fragments, flying towards the area facing the convex surface at a terrifying speed.
Not only that, the inside of the steel plate seemed to be filled with a large number of anti-personnel fragments, such as nails and steel balls.
The production process of these things is simple. The rails ripped from the Japanese rails can be mass-produced by smelting them at high temperatures.
In order to enhance the power of the new directional anti-personnel mine, the Killing King, the armory house filled a large amount of anti-personnel debris, mainly steel balls, inside the steel plate during production.
At this moment, there was a sudden explosion, like a row of shotguns, hitting the oncoming Japanese.
A large number of steel balls, iron nails, and broken pieces were scattered out like splashing ink.
The situation was shocking enough.
These little devils are really unlucky. Originally, the killing surface of this killing king is a fan-shaped surface that spreads outward.
These little devils chose to search forward in a fan-shaped manner, and out of curiosity, they turned their faces towards the King of Slaughter.
With an explosion, steel balls, iron nails and the like were shot out at high speed, catching the devils off guard. A large number of sharp objects were even directly embedded in the faces of the devils looking towards the King of Slaughter, on their eyeballs, cheeks, On the cheekbones, the inlays are densely packed and penetrate three-thirds of the bone.
The eight Japanese soldiers who were searching forward fell down in great pain.
He did not die immediately, but gradually perished in endless pain.
Their bodies were twisting like maggots, and the pain on their faces caused their hands, which were also covered with fragments, to scratch and scratch at their faces.
I wish I could tear the flesh off my face completely.
But because of the severe pain, he just trembled in mourning and despair.
The Jaap team leader in the rear was a little further away, twenty or thirty meters away, but he was still shot by steel balls. Five or six steel balls were embedded in his body. Blood stains flowed down his body and soaked his clothes.
At this moment, for these little devils, what is more terrifying than death is the fear brought by this unknown weapon.
Even to their death, they couldn't figure out what kind of damn weapon the steel plate-like thing hidden in the straw was.
It was like a frightening nightmare.
It will be extinguished until death!
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