An hour later, seven companies of soldiers surrounded Liuzhen. There were only one squad and one battalion of puppet troops left in Liuzhen.
The puppet army of this battalion had just been established and was composed of broken troops from the Shanxi-Sui Army and the Central Army;
There are more than 200 people. It is said to be a battalion, but it is actually two companies.
The Japanese were not entirely at ease with them. Their equipment was almost all brand-name goods. There were only three light machine guns in one battalion, and the average ammunition was less than 30 rounds per person. They would apply for supplies after they were finished.
The enemy's intention was obvious, to choke their necks with supplies, both for use and defense.
There is also a plainclothes team of dozens of people in Liu Town, which are composed of some local gangsters;
If you can't fight, you will cause more harm to the people than the devils!
There is a deep conflict between them and the puppet army. Of course, this is also the purpose of the Japanese, which is to use plainclothes teams to contain the puppet army and keep them fighting.
Okada Squadron made adjustments in the middle in order to better control these two traitorous armed forces for their use.
Liu Town is just a town without city walls. It has become a prosperous town just because of the large number of business travelers and people gathered there.
The highway passes through the town and is the soul of the town. The commercial streets in Liu Town are built along both sides of the highway.
The Japs set up a roadblock at the entrance of Liu Town, stationed with a detachment of Japs and a platoon of puppet soldiers. Their task was to collect taxes from passing merchants.
The Japanese squadron's barracks are located in the original town hall, less than 500 meters away from the checkpoint. If an emergency occurs at the checkpoint, the Japanese army can arrive in a few minutes.
The Japanese used sandbags to build two half-moon-shaped fortifications at the checkpoint. There were two machine guns on duty for a long time, one of which belonged to the puppet army.
The Tiger Squadron was the first to attack in the Seventh Company. The 13 Japs in one unit were quickly eliminated and the puppet platoon was defeated.
After hearing the gunfire, the small team of Japanese soldiers located in the town hall did not send troops to support the sentry post;
The experienced squad leader, Second Lieutenant Fukuhara, quickly made the decision to hold on to the barracks and wait for reinforcements.
He now only has 3 detachments with less than 40 combatants. The main force of the squadron is not here. The puppet troops simply cannot believe it. He has a hunch that something has happened to the squadron leader.
He first notified the puppet battalion commander Ma Dayuan by phone and ordered him to lead the puppet army to support the checkpoint. Then he directly called Anping City for help.
"Moses Moses, I am Second Lieutenant Fuyuan of the Okada Squadron in Liuzhen. Three hours ago, the squadron's tax convoy was attacked by unknown armed forces:
Fierce gunfire can be heard several kilometers away, and there are a large number of continuous-firing weapons!
Mr. Okada led two teams to support, and there was a more intense exchange of fire with unknown armed forces. Both sides used the standard weapons of the imperial army, including no less than ten light machine guns.
A few minutes ago, another group of unknown armed forces attacked our checkpoint in Liu Town. Now there are no less than one battalion of armed men besieging the squadron headquarters, asking for tactical guidance! "
After receiving Fuyuan's call for help, the Anping County garrison took it seriously and immediately sent a squadron on trucks to reinforce Liuzhen.
After Ma Dayuan led the puppet army camp to arrive, he was ambushed by the Seventh Company. He killed and injured more than a dozen people before being defeated. The Seventh Company did not send troops to pursue and annihilate.
After Chu Xiong left two infantry squads to assist the Tiger Squad in catching the Japanese, he led the remaining ten infantry squads and rushed back to Chenjialing.
The artillery squad of the Seventh Company is still waiting in Chenjialing. He will set up a second ambush in Chenjialing. He believes that the Japanese will definitely send reinforcements to reinforce Liuzhen. Only by eliminating the reinforcements coming from the direction of Anping can the Seventh Company occupy Liuzhen for a period of time.
The Japs only have one brigade of defenders in one county. The limit is to be able to send one squadron of reinforcements!
As long as this squadron is destroyed, the defenders of Anping County will have to huddle in the city.
Anping City is much more important than Liu Town!
After Chu Xiong led the main force of the Seventh Company back to Chenjialing, he began to set up an ambush position;
In the previous battles, he had not let the artillery squad participate in the battle, just to hide it until the critical moment.
In Chenjialing during World War II, the artillery squad was the protagonist. This time he brought two boxes of artillery shells, that is, 24 rounds of artillery shells, which was just enough for four mortars to fire a 6-round rapid fire.
The rest of the work was left to the ten infantry squads. Whether it was mental calculations or not, Chu Xiong was confident of giving the Japanese a big surprise!
"Company commander, we have already fought an ambush in Chenjialing. Will the Japanese still fall for it?"
Third platoon leader Lin Xiaofeng couldn't help but ask about Chu Xiong, who was also an old man in the Fourth Front Army;
There were many ambush battles, but he still felt that it was not reliable to set up an ambush at the same place twice in one day.
"Xiaofeng, don't worry, the Japanese are going crazy, my confidence comes from the fact that they don't know how powerful our Eighth Route Army is!
Fixed mindsets can sometimes kill people!
Just wait, the Japanese will come! "
Chu Xiong looked so enigmatic that he made Lin Xiaofeng stunned for a while.
In the end, Lin Xiaofeng chose to trust his company commander. In the past two months, under the leadership of the company commander, he had accumulated a lot of wealth and also gained a lot of prestige;
Nowadays, Chu Xiong is able to stick to his word in the military, and few people will doubt his decision.
Another twenty minutes passed, and several car horns were heard in the distance from time to time. Lin Xiaofeng couldn't help but shake his head.
I really wanted the company commander to say it accurately. These Japs were so crazy that they were afraid that others wouldn't know they were coming, so they even used the loudspeaker to remind themselves!
"Baga, who told you to honk the horn?"
Captain Gaohira Junfu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, wanted to slap the driver twice - he was so unwary.
"This is a war, not an outing!"
The driver disagreed with Gao Ping's words, but he said:
"The lesson learned by your Excellency, the squadron leader, is that you will never dare to do so again after taking a humble position!"
When Gao Ping heard this, his face looked better. These pilots belonged to the group headquarters. He couldn't go too far as a squadron leader, so there was no need to slap him.
"Didi!"
There was another horn sound, and Captain Gao Ping could only control his car.
The convoy consisted of six vehicles, and this time the brigade headquarters also invested heavily in marching on all motorized vehicles.
Half a team of Japanese soldiers stood on a car, and there were two motorcycles clearing the way in front of them.
On the motorcycle were several soldiers from the search team, and each vehicle had a crooked light machine gun.
The Japanese on the motorcycle searched all the way, stopping every ten minutes to scan a few shuttles. They looked serious, but in fact they were more of an errand.
Now the Japanese are winning steadily in Hedong, and are about to take over the whole territory!
Hundreds of thousands of Jinsui Army and Central Army were defeated. Half of Itagaki Seishiro's division swept across Hedong, defeated more than 30 national divisions, and occupied Taiyuan;
The devils are sweeping away fallen leaves in the autumn wind. This is when they are at their craziest!
A squadron dares to chase a group of Chinese people, and the Chinese people have no time to escape. Who dares to ambush a squadron of the ghost army?
Captain Gao Ping's caution could not change the arrogance of the entire squadron, so he could only pretend he didn't see it.
Of course, he didn't really believe that he would be ambushed, but he led a field squadron.
The Gaoping Squadron entered Chenjialing at once. The machine guns on the two motorcycles fired several times in the direction of the Eighth Route Army ambush. One soldier was hit in the arm by a stray bullet, and the blood stained his cotton-padded clothes red.
The soldier just snorted and still lay there motionless, like a sculpture!
