Outside Spring Valley City, the ambush position of the Old Regiment
The Old First Regiment is the absolute main force of a unit of the New Fourth Army. Many of its backbones have experienced the brutal test of three years of guerrilla warfare. The total strength is close to 1,800 people. It is the strongest of the six regiments directly under the military headquarters and has the best equipment.
Because of the butterfly effect after Chu Xiong traveled through time, the Old Regiment had an artillery battery equipped with 6 flying thunder cannons;
The barrels were made from captured gasoline barrels. The boss of the Eighth Route Army provided the drawings to the New Fourth Army, so each regiment had several flying thunder cannons.
Since there is no specialized arsenal, the cannon and explosive packets are relatively crude. The range is about 100 meters. They use black powder. Each explosive packet weighs 20 kilograms, and the power is quite good.
Six gasoline barrels were buried in advance, and the muzzles were pointed at the road dozens of meters away. In order to prevent them from being discovered by the Japanese search team, they also used vegetation to camouflage the gasoline barrels. Whether they can defeat the Japanese depends on these few It's a thunder cannon.
In order to stop the Japanese, they also buried three explosive bags on the road. The detonation method was a fuse. The length of the fuse was about ten meters;
An experienced veteran was responsible for detonating the bomb. He was lurking in the bushes beside the road. He was so well camouflaged that it would be difficult to find him unless the enemy stepped on him during the search.
In addition to 6 thunder cannons, the artillery battery also had a captured civilian 20-type 82mm mortar. There were only 5 shells left. I had been reluctant to shoot them, so I pulled them out this time.
Commander Fu once again told Commander Xiong:
"Old Xiong, I estimate that the number of Japs will not be small. Whether we can fire well depends on how many flying thunder cannons we have. Although we are a main force group, we do not have enough ammunition and cannot afford to use it against the Japs;
Each cannon fires three explosive charges. We have to be quick. Charge after all the charges are fired, and rush down before the Japanese can react. As long as they are mixed together, our strength advantage will be fully demonstrated. We must defeat them as quickly as possible. Devil! "
Commander Fu was explaining the precautions here when news came from the front that the Japanese were coming and two Iron Kings were clearing the way.
"Damn it, the Japs are coming pretty fast. This time the Japs have the Iron Bastard. Tell the blasters to wait until the Iron Bastard gets close before detonating!"
A few hundred meters away, several Japanese motorcycles were already beeping over;
They were a search team, and they used machine guns to fire on both sides from time to time. This was a fire reconnaissance bear commonly used by the devils.
A few hundred meters behind them, two bean tanks were staggering at the front, followed by seven or eight trucks, filled with Japanese soldiers, and behind the trucks was a squadron of infantry.
This force is considered semi-motorized. Since a lot of heavy equipment and baggage can be placed in the carriage, their marching speed can reach eight kilometers per hour, and they can arrive at the Baihu Town stronghold for support from the county seat in less than an hour.
Major Konoe Shichiro was sitting in the second bean tank. At this time, he was already anxious. The stronghold of Baihu Town was attacked, and the violent gunfire could be heard faintly in the county town;
After hearing the sound of gunfire, they called Baihu Town to inquire about the situation. The phone there was always blocked. Konoe Shichiro concluded that something might have happened in Baihu Town.
"Quick, quick!"
Konoe Shichiro kept urging the bean chariot driver, but unfortunately this thing couldn't run very fast even if it ran at full speed.
This time he brought two full squadrons of Japs with him, and two infantry cannons on board. He was worried that the New Fourth Army from Yunling Town was trying to break out of the blockade.
"Quick, quick, quick!"
Unknowingly, the first Bean Chariot wandered into the ambush area of the Lao Regiment. Captain Xiong looked at the Bean Chariot nervously;
If there is an emergency and cannot be blasted, he can only use the thunder cannon to blow up the iron tortoise, but it may not be able to explode. The firing of the thunder cannon depends entirely on luck, and it will land wherever it lands.
Just when Commander Xiong was about to give the order to fire, a huge explosion sounded, and the Bean Chariot was blown to the ground. The effect of the three explosive packs was still very powerful.
The driver of the second Touzantou suffocated the brakes with one kick. Major Konoe was almost thrown out, but he was no longer in the mood to scold the driver:
"Bagaya Road, enemy attack!"
"Quickly, kill the chicken and give it to me!"
"Dong dong dong..."
Six explosive packets were thrown into the Japanese convoy, causing the Japanese to cry and howl, and many of them were shocked to death.
When Konoe Major saw that the attackers had heavy artillery, he immediately ran out of the bean tank because experience told him that the bean tank would become the focus of the attackers' attack.
"Ta-ta-ta..."
The 7.7mm heavy machine gun on the bean tank began to fire wildly, regardless of whether it saw the enemy or not.
The Japanese in the car jumped out of the car one after another, preparing to fight, and the squadron that was running to follow also began to disperse...
"Boom boom boom..."
Another round of explosives smashed into the group of Japs, knocking down a large area. A large number of Japs were swallowed up by the explosion. It was useless to hide behind the truck. It was too powerful.
"Bagaya Road, heavy artillery, the work of the main force of the New Fourth Army!"
"Quickly, kill the chicken and give it to me!"
The Japs' officers and Chief Cao began to gather the Japs who had been scattered by the explosion, preparing to launch a counterattack, fearless of death.
"Boom boom boom..."
Soon, the third round of explosives arrived as promised. Although the hit rate was not high, it was not powerful enough. Once the shot was fired, there was no living Japanese within a radius of 20 meters.
The Japanese were completely stunned by the bombing, and the last bean tank was also blown up.
They had never encountered such fierce artillery fire. The death of the Japanese who were killed was so miserable that they felt sick to their stomachs when they saw it.
Before the Japs could react, Commander Xiong issued the post-charge order. Nearly 2,000 New Fourth Army troops rushed towards the Japs in overwhelming numbers, and soon became entangled with the Japs;
This is the way the New Fourth Army likes to fight. Chaos and close combat can make up for the gap between the New Fourth Army and the Japanese to the greatest extent.
A New Fourth Army soldier saw three Japanese soldiers standing together and tried to bayonet with the New Fourth Army;
The soldier fired a grenade and threw it into the enemy
"boom!"
The three Japs were blown to the ground. Before the little soldier could be happy, he was stabbed in the chest by a Japs who made a sneak attack and died heroically.
A few minutes later, the Japanese, who were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of strength, were defeated. They ran towards the county seat, leaving corpses on the ground.
The soldiers of the old regiment were full of momentum, chasing the Japanese and fighting fiercely. Many Japanese who ran slowly were killed and injured by the New Fourth Army.
The battle quickly lost its suspense, and more and more Japanese soldiers chose to retreat towards the county seat;
The escape speed was much faster than when they came. Both sides chased and fled towards the county seat. This was exactly what the New Fourth Army wanted to see.
In less than an hour, the remaining Japanese troops fled into the county. Only more than 160 people were left, and a full squadron was wiped out.
In addition to leaving one company behind to clean the battlefield, the main force of the old regiment pursued them all the way to the county town and surrounded the Japs in the county town. The goal of besieging the county town was achieved. It depends on how the Japs in Wucheng react.
"Moxi Moxi, I am Konoe Shichiro, the captain of the Spring Valley garrison. Spring Valley City is besieged by thousands of New Fourth Army troops. I am asking for tactical guidance."
