Zhou Wen actually also knew that most of these puppet troops were veterans of the Northeast Army, and they were still much stronger than those puppet troops in the later period.
But not long ago, their courage was shattered by the little devils. How could they still have any fighting power for a while? When fighting against the wind, following the Japanese and yelling a few words may be okay, but when you encounter a mercenary group, that's it.
The development of the battle situation was no different from what Zhou Wen expected.
The cavalry regiment, which served as the vanguard, didn't even send out its leading troops. It rushed out of Qinglong Mountain and formed a formation towards the Great Wall.
As a result, there was no need to arrange an ambush formation. They were swept away by a total of 30 machine guns from the machine gun company and the 1st Infantry Company. The cavalry were immediately in chaos.
After the two cavalry companies in front were wiped out 70 or 80 people, Zhou Wen ordered the machine guns to extend their fire and hit the middle section of the cavalry, while he led the infantry to cross over from the woods on both sides and attack from the side.
With such a simple ambush tactic, the puppet cavalry regiment was cut into two parts. The strange thing is that these puppet soldiers can only run and hide, but no one dares to shoot back. Sure enough, they are newcomers who have lost their courage and courage.
Zhou Wen didn't even know what the little devil was thinking, and he actually sent such a spiritless puppet army to make up for his numbers.
However, if these puppet troops could be reorganized and trained by the Japanese for half a year, and then regained a certain military morale after being coerced and lured by the Japanese, Zhou Wen would not dare to underestimate them so much.
You must know that during the entire Anti-Japanese War, the combat effectiveness of these so-called puppet Manchukuo troops was not weaker than the Japanese second-line garrison. In particular, they had a large number of cavalry and were very mobile, causing considerable losses to the anti-Japanese troops.
But now, to the mercenary group, they are just a bunch of weaklings and rookies who can be dealt with at will.
Now this cavalry regiment can only escape the more than 200 cavalrymen who were trailing behind. About 100 people were killed and wounded, and the rest were all taken prisoner.
If Zhou Wen hadn't gotten a piece of information while interrogating the prisoners, he wouldn't have been able to take all the prisoners, let alone kill them all. In the end, maybe we can just tie them all up and let them resign themselves to their fate.
His original intention was not to completely eliminate this group of puppet troops. He just wanted to defeat them. There was no need to waste energy and ammunition on them.
However, Zhou Wen learned from the prisoners that the Japanese supervising the battle at the back turned out to be the engineering regiment, which made Zhou Wen immediately change his mind.
As the saying goes: There is no place to be found if you step on iron shoes, and it takes no effort to get it.
Generally speaking, the Japanese engineering regiments are generally not deployed very close to the front line. It is still very difficult for Zhou Wen to specifically find trouble with them. If you just kill a few people with snipers, you won't be able to relieve Zhou Wen's hatred.
Zhou Wen was still worried that he wouldn't have a chance to deal with this group of little devils who committed heinous crimes in Qiantan Village, but now they just showed up at his door.
But now there are also some difficulties. If these thousands of puppet troops are not completely defeated, when Zhou Wen attacks the engineer regiment, if he cannot kill the Japanese in a short time, he may be attacked by the puppet troops.
There are more than 700 people in a Japanese engineer regiment, and their combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of these puppet troops. They say dogs will jump over walls when they are anxious. If the battle becomes stalemate, it will not be advantageous.
When Zhou Wen saw that these prisoners were more obedient and captured so many war horses, he suddenly had an idea.
He knew the courage of generals, not to mention that these big-headed soldiers had little education and knowledge, and few knew the justice of the country. He had no time to do ideological work for them now, so he could only let these officers lead them again and follow his own instructions. Act with intention.
That's why he temporarily came up with the trick of handing over certificates, which completely cut off these officers' escape route.
At this time, seeing these officers blushing and having thick necks trying to grab the saber, they almost got angry. I was laughing so hard in my heart, but I didn't stop them, I just looked on with a smile.
At this time, the officer who had grabbed the saber saw a few little devils who were still yelling curses, and he hesitated again.
Looking at the Japanese man who was showing off his power in front of me dozens of minutes ago, and now looking at him fiercely, he began to feel frightened again, and for a moment he didn't even dare to take action.
"Twenty seconds left."
"Click... click..." The surrounding soldiers began to pull the bolt and load the bullet.
The deputy leader who was in charge, Cui Xinwu's uncle, was forced into a critical situation. With a ferocious look on his face, he gritted his teeth and stabbed a Japanese with a knife.
After all, he was too afraid. Originally, the knife was aimed at the Japanese soldier's chest, but his hand was a little off. He stabbed the Japanese soldier in the shoulder and penetrated directly.
The Japanese screamed in pain and continued to curse. His eyes were still looking at him fiercely. The deputy commander was too frightened to look at him.
"Okay! Not bad." Zhou Wen applauded, stroking his hands.
With him taking the lead, several officers with knives stepped forward, stabbing or slashing, leaving several Japanese soldiers bloody. However, whether due to cowardice or caution, they did not attack the fatal place. Several Japanese soldiers were rolling on the ground and screaming in pain.
Zhou Wen ignored him, as long as he took action, it would be easy to deal with, and then said to several officers who were still fighting for the saber: "Don't be anxious, take your time now, no one can run away, throw down the saber that has been cut, and let everyone else know." The swords were all used to chop him down, taking turns until he was hacked to death."
Seeing these officers finally hacking all the little devils to death, with their knives still on the ground, and then looking at him with flattering eyes, Zhou Wen smiled again and said: "Not bad, all good, I'm afraid this is your first time. Are you going to kill Japan? Let’s talk about it, do you feel good about it?”
"It's cool... it's cool..."
"Yeah, yeah, it's cool!"
Seeing these officers rushing to respond, Zhou Wen straightened his face and said loudly: "Speak louder for me, do you feel good?"
"Great!" This time dozens of people shouted in unison.
"Haha, it's nice to feel good, but it's not enough to fully atone for your sins!"
Zhou Wen once again had a signature smile on his face.
Seeing the smile of the national army colonel, these puppet Manchukuo officers almost cried.
"Isn't this enough? Do you have to take my brother's life?"
Zhou Wen looked at the tearful expressions of these officers and felt that the heat was almost over, so he said seriously: "I am going to attack the little devils behind now. I need your cooperation. This is also the last chance for you to make a difference."
These officers now have the blood of the Japs on their hands, and in front of hundreds of subordinates, they can't even think of relying on them, and they have no intention of ever joining the Japs again.
In addition, after seeing the blood, they became more courageous, so someone boldly said: "Sir, we have no way out now, but... this... Brigadier Cui treats his brothers well..."
"If you are not allowed to attack your large army, we will bypass the 7th Brigade and directly attack the Japanese behind."
