Colonel Kurokawa was not a fool. When he calmed down a little, he realized that everything that happened in the past few days was not quite right. Ever since he left the county with his mixed force, Tubal Road attacks have come one after another. According to the previous investigation results of the detective team, there are only a few Tubal Road groups in this area. However, the mixed force under his command has been attacked three times in a row. Counting the Tubal Road that attacked the county seat, is it possible that all the Tubal Road in this area have united?
If they all secretly united, what happened to the two Tubal guerrillas that he commanded the troops to destroy yesterday? Kurokawa couldn't think of an answer for a while. According to the situation reported by the detective team, he could only dispatch some of his troops back to the county town to defend the county. He himself stayed here and continued to encircle and suppress the remaining Tuba Road. There were more than 300 troops transferred back to defense by Colonel Kurokawa, half of which were Japanese troops, and the rest were puppet troops.
After wandering around in Tangcheng, they soon appeared in Huaishu Township. This time, they brought enough explosives. This time, Tang Cheng placed the ambush location 3 miles east of Huaishu Township. Tangcheng did not choose to ambush the Japanese and puppet troops in the open this time. Instead, they chose a slope with large areas of weeds, which could provide them with the necessary cover. After a brief rest, while Tangcheng sent people forward to conduct reconnaissance, he divided the remaining people into two groups. One group dug trenches on the slopes, and the other group followed him to plant explosives on the highway.
Three hours later, the two team members sent by Tangcheng to conduct forward reconnaissance came back. The Japanese and puppet troops coming from the direction of Xiaolizhuang were less than 5 miles away. "There are about 300 Japanese and puppet troops, half Japanese and half puppets. They have light and heavy machine guns, but no mortars." The two scouts only made a rough observation, so when they reported the situation, they were very general. . Tang Cheng did not speak immediately after hearing this, but fell into deep thought. This time the Japanese army exceeded 150 people.
A few minutes later, Tangcheng and the others cleared the traces on the road and all retreated to the trenches on the hillside, waiting for the Japanese and puppet troops to appear. Captain Zhang and the others lying in the trench, although they had experienced many battles, could still see a trace of nervousness in their expressions. Tang Cheng, who was also lying in the trench, could not see the slightest nervousness. Because he was worried that smoking would expose himself, Tang Cheng, who was bored waiting, could only close his eyes and take a rest.
More than half an hour later, Tang Cheng, who had been nudged by Captain Zhang, opened his eyes and saw the top soldiers of the Japanese and puppet troops appearing on the road under the slope. The group of Japanese and puppet troops who were ordered to rush back to the county town were obviously much more vigilant. They sent more than a dozen vanguard soldiers to march along the road while paying attention to the situation on both sides of the road. The appearance of the top soldiers of the Japanese and puppet troops made the guerrillas even more nervous. Fortunately, with the pressure of Tang Cheng and Captain Zhang, there was no shooting this time.
The vanguard soldiers moving along the road did not notice Tang Cheng and the others on the slope. Not long after the vanguard soldiers passed by, a large group of Japanese and puppet troops appeared on the road. Without Tang Cheng's signal, others who had better prepare for battle could only put their fingers on the trigger guard. Tang Cheng was not idle at this moment. He was looking for the highest-ranking Japanese officer among the Japanese and puppet troops, and then determined the location of the light and heavy machine guns. These Japanese and puppet troops who were ordered to return to the city still followed their usual practice of placing some puppet troops at the front, while the Japanese troops walked in the middle of the team.
Tang Cheng, who secretly activated the triple eyepiece skill, quickly found the location of the Japanese officers, but there were no military rank marks on their collars. Tang Cheng was able to identify them entirely because these guys all wore watches on their wrists. Tang Cheng didn't have much contact with the Japanese army, but he also knew that even if the lower-level soldiers of the Japanese army had the chance to get watches, they would mostly send them home instead of keeping them for themselves.
What's more, these guys who have taken off their military ranks still wear pistols around their waists. Ordinary Japanese soldiers do not get this kind of treatment. After secretly calculating the distance between these Japanese officers and the Japanese light and heavy machine guns, Tang Cheng silently raised the Garand rifle in his hand. "Pop! Pah! Pah! Pah!" Tang Cheng in the trench saw that the light and heavy machine guns of the Japanese army had entered the damage range of the explosives, and immediately pulled the triggers of the rifles in his hands.
The sudden gunshots instantly made the Japanese and puppet troops on the road feel like frightened rabbits. But before they could disperse from the road, they heard two huge explosions. The entire middle section of the team was instantly shrouded in smoke and dust raised by the explosion. The Japanese light and heavy machine guns were thrown high along with some fragments of military uniforms by the airwaves of the explosion. "Hit!" Captain Zhang, who had been waiting for a long time, shouted. Only then did the other people in the trench come to their senses and raised their guns to shoot at the Japanese and puppet troops on the road.
Before the explosion, four of the Japanese officers were killed by Tang Cheng in one breath, including two captains of the Japanese squad. Without a commander, the Japanese and puppet troops suddenly became like headless flies. Although the Japanese army commanders and commanders began to take over the command, the puppet troops here completely let go of the sheep. The dust from the explosion quickly dissipated, and Tang Cheng in the trench had no time to care about anything else. He just stared at the remaining Japanese troops and shot them accurately.
Tang Cheng had three snipers under his command, who also focused on the machine gunners and grenadiers of the Japanese and puppet troops. Therefore, from the moment the battle started, the light and heavy machine guns of the Japanese and puppet troops did not sound. The sudden attack caught these Japanese and puppet troops by surprise, but they were always outnumbered. After experiencing the initial panic, under the command of a Japanese second lieutenant, the remaining Japanese and puppet troops who fled down the road began to fight back. The Japanese second lieutenant who slipped through the net was well hidden, and Tang Cheng failed to shoot him several times.
The puppet army, which had already collapsed, began to retreat, but was forced back by a burst of machine gun fire. Only then did the remaining Japanese troops realize that the situation was unfavorable. The opponent had a purposeful ambush. Although the intensity of the opponent's firepower was not great, less than half of the imperial soldiers on his side were capable of fighting. Those puppet troops were simply unreliable. The only surviving Japanese second lieutenant, after seeing the situation clearly, made up his mind to break out. If they continued to stay here, the only thing waiting for them would be death.
The Japanese troops are running away! Only when the Japanese troops under the highway took action did Tang Cheng see through their purpose, and he immediately used a walkie-talkie to contact Huang Cheng, who was deployed in the rear. After a few breaths, artillery shells fell from mid-air, forcibly suppressing the Japanese troops who were preparing to break out. The appearance of mortars shocked the Japanese second lieutenant. After all, the Tubal guerrillas they usually came into contact with had never mastered such a deadly weapon as mortars. Could it be that it wasn't the Tubal guerrillas who ambushed them? A terrible idea popped up in the mind of the Japanese second lieutenant.
Think about the precise shooting before the explosion and the current mortar bombardment. These are not the regular methods of the Tubal guerrillas. The mortar fired by Huang Chengda
, not only prevented the Japanese army from breaking through, but also once again deceived the puppet troops who were just about to counterattack. The machine gun firepower deployed by Tangcheng on both wings began to extend to the middle at this time. With the rapid sound of gunfire and the blood mist that burst out from time to time, fewer and fewer puppet troops raised their guns to fight back.
The fighting continued, and it did not stop because of the weakness of the puppet army. However, as time went by, the casualties of the Japanese army continued to increase. The Japanese second lieutenant who had previously directed the remaining Japanese counterattack was finally seized by Tang Cheng and shot in the chest, becoming one of the seriously wounded. The Japanese army, which had completely lost its officers and relied on only a few corps commanders, was unable to organize an effective counterattack. However, there were no casualties on Tangcheng's side. Many of Captain Zhang's guerrillas had been injured in succession, three of them seriously.
"Old Zhang, we can't continue like this!" Seeing the casualties of the Japanese and puppet troops increasing one after another, Captain Zhang now only wants to kill the remaining Japanese and puppet troops, but ignores his own casualties and losses. When Tangcheng was replacing the bomb bridge, they noticed the casualties on the guerrilla side, especially the three seriously injured people who were in very bad condition. Therefore, Tang Cheng could only suggest to Captain Zhang that it was best to let go and force the remaining Japanese and puppet troops to take the initiative to break out.
Captain Zhang only noticed the casualties of his team members at this time. He was immediately dumbfounded after being anxious before. The remaining Japanese troops under the highway soon discovered that the opponent's firepower had weakened, and it was likely that the opponent's ammunition was insufficient. Now was the best opportunity to break through. The two leading corps commanders immediately used their rifles to force the surrounding puppet troops to launch a counterattack. However, they took the remaining Japanese troops who could still fight and took the opportunity to break through from behind.
Facing the Japanese army's active breakout, Tangcheng and the others were naturally able to kill as many as they could. When the Japanese troops withdrew more than 2 miles back, they suddenly discovered that there were less than thirty Japanese troops still able to fight. There were quite a few puppet troops who broke out with them, but these puppet troops were all empty-handed. Not only did they throw away their weapons, some even threw away their bullet bags.
The puppet troops without weapons and ammunition were no different from ordinary people in daily life, but the remaining Japanese soldiers knew in their hearts that they must not conflict with these puppet troops at this time. There were nearly 300 Japanese and puppet troops when they arrived, but now only a little over a hundred remain, and most of them are puppet troops. What the last remaining Japanese army commander can do now is to take the remaining people and withdraw to Huaishu Township or return to Xiaoli Village to join the larger army.
