After a night of nothing, the Japanese finally ushered in a new dawn. Of course, this might be the last dawn for many of them!
After breathing the fresh morning air, the Japanese soldiers set out to break camp!
This morning they could only rely on breathing fresh air. The remaining food was no longer enough for them to have breakfast. They only had one rice ball a day, which was enough to survive for three days. If they had three meals a day, they would not be able to survive in Anping City.
There are still more than 60 kilometers from Chenjialing to Anping City, and we don’t know what will happen along the way. Not to mention the little soldier Dandan, Major General Hengshan also set out hungry. As a commander, the more at this time, the more he must lead by example.
As the vanguard, Asada's brigade set out first, and the main Japanese army followed half an hour later. This was considered a regular marching sequence.
As the vanguard force, the Asada Brigade built roads across mountains and rivers and built bridges. If they did not encounter enemies, they would advance all the way, and the main force behind them would follow with peace of mind.
Soon the Asada Battalion entered Wangjiawa, the ambush position of the Second and Third Battalions. There are many ways to fight an ambush. The appropriate way to fight must be chosen based on the terrain, enemy situation, and our own situation.
The Japanese's Hengshan detachment has more than 6,000 people. No matter how large the pocket formation is, it cannot hold so many people. Therefore, the ambush positions of the second and third battalions are carried out in the form of segmented ambush;
The second battalion was in front, and the third battalion was a few kilometers behind, lying in ambush on the mountains on both sides of Wangjiawa, two to three hundred meters away from the road.
From the air, the terrain of Wangjiawa looks like a very large pocket, with mountains on both sides and a road in the middle. The width is about 500 meters and the length is about five kilometers. It is a grand canyon. This kind of terrain is very common in the Eighth Routes of Taihang.
The Third Battalion was ambushing at the exit, which was narrow, with a frontal width of only more than 300 meters.
After the Asada Brigade entered Wangjiawa, it was not attacked by the Second Battalion. The search distance of the squadron they were responsible for was a hundred meters on both sides of the road, because this distance was the best distance for an ambush. Beyond this distance, rifles and grenades would be useless. There is no way to hit the road.
"Ta-ta-ta!"
"Ta-ta-ta!"
The Nagai Squadron of the Asada Battalion was responsible for the search. They carried machine guns and continuously used firepower to conduct reconnaissance on both sides. As long as they found any trouble, they would be there.
This kind of firepower reconnaissance will not be very useful. It is impossible to search carefully along the way of dozens of kilometers. In those ten days, we will not reach Anping City, so we can only focus on searching a few tens of meters on both sides of the road.
At the second battalion ambush position, the first company commander asked Zhang Yu in a low voice:
"Battal Commander, do you want to fight?"
"Don't worry, let these Japs go. The Third Battalion will take care of them. We'll hit the big ones at the back;
Remember, three flares!
Let the artillery battery target me accurately, and blow up wherever there are many Japs. Don't worry about the shells, and don't charge, let the Japs come to us! "
Upon hearing this, the first company commander immediately said cheerfully:
"Battal Commander, don't worry, comrades are good at knocking out sap!"
After saying that, he went to inform the artillery company. This was not just three melons and two dates, but thousands of Japanese.
The Asada Brigade successfully passed the ambush area of the Second Battalion. Twenty minutes later, the main force of the Hengshan Detachment began to enter the Wangjiawa ambush position. The Asada Battalion, serving as the vanguard, was almost reaching the ambush area of the Third Battalion...
It was a smooth journey from Chenjialing to Wangjiawa, and the annoying mine array did not appear again. It seemed that after leaving Liuzhen, the Eighth Route Army would no longer be entangled. This made the old Japanese in Hengshan feel very good, and he was already in the mood to talk to the commander. Colonel Ito joked:
"Ito-kun, everyone says that Chu Xiong has a big appetite. It seems that he has no way to deal with our 6,000-strong army. He will only use dirty methods like laying landmines to harass the imperial army!"
When Ito heard that the general was interested in talking, he followed his words and said:
"Your Excellency General, the Imperial Army is an army of 6,000 people. The Eighth Route Army does not dare to challenge the majesty of the Imperial Army without 100,000 people! Wangjiawa has a radius of 500 meters, and there is no cover. I really look forward to the Eighth Route Army using eggs to touch the Imperial Army. Army’s stone!”
After hearing this, Major General Hengshan couldn't help laughing and continued:
"The Eighth Route Army's guerrilla warfare is indeed powerful, but with thousands of our troops grouped together, the Eighth Route Army can only go around the Imperial Army!"
Ito was about to flatter him again when he suddenly saw three colorful flares flashing across the sky and exclaimed:
"Hey, who is setting off fireworks? - No! Bagaya Road, it's a flare! There's an ambush!"
As the captain of the field team, Ito was highly skilled in tactics. He was stunned for a while before he came to his senses...
"Dong dong dong!"
"Boom boom boom..."
In order to match Ito's expression, more than 20 cannons from the Second Battalion Artillery Battery opened fire on the Japanese brigade. They really blasted wherever the Japanese were most densely packed, especially the dozen "Wei Yixiao" cannons, which threw explosive packets. Too lethal;
In order to strengthen the ambush effect, the "Wei Yixiao" artillery of the third battalion was also strengthened to the second battalion. One battalion had 8 guns, a total of 16 guns, and one was covered. There were only a few people left in a squadron, and the internal organs were shattered.
Thousands of explosive fragments, just one hit, will kill or injure, the enemy in marching state will completely blow up the nest!
"Boom boom boom..."
"Ta-ta-ta..."
A few hundred meters away, rifles couldn't hit them, but machine guns were just within the effective killing range. Hundreds of light and heavy machine guns from the Second Battalion fired at the Japanese from the mountains on both sides;
Wangjiawa was unprotected and the shooting range was wide. Thousands of Japanese soldiers crowded on the road, and the personnel were densely packed. Under the attack of a large number of machine guns and artillery, the casualties were heavy.
"Quickly! Seize the high ground on both sides!"
After being beaten, the Japanese began to react. The captains, squadron leaders, and squad leaders began to organize their forces to fight back against the mountains on both sides. The officers and soldiers of the second battalion occupied favorable terrain and only needed to shoot at the Japanese from a high position.
"Kill me!"
Groups of Japanese soldiers rushed towards the unnamed high ground occupied by the company. The unnamed high ground was the commanding heights of Wangjiawa and the focus of competition between the two sides.
First company commander Ye Daochen led more than 300 soldiers of the first company to guard the unknown high ground. They had repelled five squadron-level Japanese charges, and the machine gun barrels were red!
"Comrades, the Japanese are getting impatient and are here again. Fuck you!"
After Ye Daochen finished shouting, he fired a Type 92 heavy machine gun and fired a long burst at the densely packed Japs at the foot of the mountain, mowing down five or six Japs in an instant.
The original machine gunner had already died in a sneak attack by the Japanese's grenade. Ye Daochen took over the martyr's machine gun and continued to block the Japanese.
Several grenades sneaked over again, and their whereabouts were discovered by a rocket launcher group of the first company. The main gunner Zhao Dahe aimed at the Japanese and fired one shot;
"boom!"
A rocket accurately hit the Japanese grenade group, and all four Japanese saw Amaterasu.
In mountain operations, the Japanese grenade group has always been the key target of the independent regiment. Not only are specialized snipers watching them, but the rocket launcher group also takes them as targets and eliminates them.
"Comrades, we must defeat the Japanese!"
Ye Daochen was shooting and commanding the battle at the same time. In such a blocking battle, grassroots cadres had to shout more and boost morale.
The Japanese's breakthrough was once again repulsed, leaving dozens of corpses behind and retreating back down the mountain.
"Boom boom boom..."
The few mortars the Japanese had also launched an artillery bombardment on the unknown high ground. More than a dozen soldiers were swallowed up by the artillery fire, but the first company remained firmly nailed to the high ground like a nail, holding the Japanese firmly at the foot of the mountain. .
The battle for the highlands between the two sides has entered a fierce battle...
