"Should I hit you? Hit me on the head?!"
Hearing Mao Fugui's inquiry, Zhang Ping'an glanced at him and said angrily: "Counting you and me, we only have 42 people in total. There is at least one squadron of little Japs in Guojia'ao, and the number is ours." Five times. I don’t know if their weapons and equipment are good or not. What should they use to fight? A passion? The entire army will be wiped out?"
"hey-hey!!!"
Being scolded by Zhang Pingan, Mao Fugui was not unhappy, but smiled and didn't take it to heart at all.
However, this is what Zhang Pingan said. After reprimanding Mao Fugui, he was still going to check it out in person: "Let's go, no matter whether we are beaten or not, we have to go and have a look!"
As he said that, Zhang Ping'an looked at the three carts he was carrying and said, "Hide all three carts, as well as the five Maxim heavy machine guns, and all the ammunition, and leave no personnel behind." , follow me together!"
There are a lot of little Japs in a squadron, but Zhang Ping'an is not intimidated. Even though he only has forty people, his firepower is not weak, and the combat effectiveness he unleashes is not small, especially the two grenades, which are definitely a killer. One, this is Zhang Ping'an's confidence in his combat effectiveness.
"yes!!!"
After hearing Zhang Pingan's order, the soldiers and cadres immediately became excited. Since the battle at Baijiawa, the soldiers and cadres have been very convinced of their captain. Now that we hear that there may be a war, everyone is more excited than anyone else. As for whether we can win? you still need to ask?
With quick hands and feet, everyone unloaded the necessary weapons and equipment in three strokes, five by two, and divided by two. Three people were left to bolt the cart to the side, while the others followed Zhang Ping'an towards Guojia'ao.
Five minutes later, a group of people arrived at the location. Zhang Pingan only took Mao Fugui and the monitors of the three classes up, while the others were waiting below.
"Captain, squadron commander!!!"
The two soldiers who stayed behind saw Zhang Ping'an and Mao Fugui approaching with three squad leaders, and they hurriedly trotted over.
"How's the situation? Have you gained anything?"
Zhang Ping'an lay on the ridge, grabbed the telescope and observed the situation in Guojia'ao, and asked.
When the two soldiers heard the captain's inquiry, they quickly recounted some of the situations they had observed for seven or eight minutes.
"Captain, during our observation, we found that these little devils are very confident. They did not set up observation posts around them, but there were some warning posts at the entrance of the village. It seems that they should be resting temporarily in Guojia'ao, and they should not be used for long. He will leave after a long time." A small soldier spoke first.
"And I have also calculated the specific number of little devils here. They are 213. They are equipped with 2 heavy machine guns, 9 light machine guns, 9 grenade launchers, and 2 small steel cannons. In addition to escorting a group of In addition to the prisoners of friendly forces and ours, we also escorted a batch of supplies." The small soldier who was the first to report was responsible for determining the number of the Japs and their weapons and equipment.
At the end of his report, another soldier of medium height and strong body said: "Captain, the number of friendly and our prisoners escorted by the little devils in Guojiaao is about 350. At the same time, I didn’t find any people from Guojia’ao in Guojia’ao. It should be that the villagers from Guojia’ao have been relocated in advance with the help of the local government.”
After listening to the reports of the two soldiers, Zhang Ping'an, who was holding a telescope, also looked at the overall situation of Guojia'ao and felt confident.
In general!
The combat effectiveness of this squadron of Japs in Guojia'ao is not weak, and it seems that they are not the Japs' baggage troops, but a real field squadron.
but!
During the observation, Zhang Pingan also discovered an interesting thing, that is, many of these Japanese soldiers were bandaged, and they should have minor injuries. Secondly, in the carts they were pulling, in addition to supplies, there were some tightly covered things. Zhang Pingan also had a guess. This little Japanese army was probably a temporary army composed of wounded people. On the one hand, they were injured. In order to affect the combat effectiveness, on the other hand, it was to escort a group of prisoners back. At the same time, the tightly covered things on the cart were probably the ashes of the cremated corpses of the little Japanese who died in the battle.
This discovery made Zhang Ping'an's eyes flicker with thought. If there was a fully equipped and strong field infantry squadron, he would still be somewhat afraid. In fact, he only has this few troops in hand. If the county brigade is all here, there will be no such fear.
But being afraid, Zhang Ping'an was not afraid of this. Instead, he wanted to take action more and more. The reason was very simple, that is, this group of little devils seemed to have many people, but they were almost all injured, so their combat effectiveness must have been reduced.
As long as Zhang Pingan can ensure that in the next battle, the Japs' light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and mortars cannot exert their due firepower. Their numbers are small, but they are not incapable of fighting. How can the little devils with heavy firepower resist their super firepower composed of 5 heavy machine guns, 3 light machine guns, and two grenade launchers that can be pointed at where to hit?
In his heart, Zhang Pingan is already inclined to fight this battle.
"Captain? Are you going to fight?"
Just when Zhang Ping'an fell into silence, Mao Fugui came up again and asked expectantly.
"beat!"
"I didn't say anything, damn it!!"
Hearing Mao Fugui's inquiry, Zhang Ping'an's expression became firm. He didn't talk nonsense and expressed his attitude in one word and a curse word.
"Really? Captain, please give the order, how are we going to fight?!!!"
Mao Fugui originally thought that his expectations would be disappointed this time. After all, his strength was there, but he didn't expect that the captain would choose to fight. He was stunned at first, and then hurriedly said excitedly.
The same is true for the other three squad leaders. Out of trust in the captain, since the captain thinks they can fight, they don't doubt it and think they can fight.
"Come here!!!"
Zhang Pingan waved to Mao Fugui and the three squad leaders and said: "The terrain of Guojia'ao is very interesting. The entire village is not halfway up the mountain, but is located at the bottom of the ravine. There are only two roads in and out of the village. Maybe there is a river at the bottom of the ditch, which alluvialized a large river beach. They reclaimed wasteland on the river beach. In addition, the slope where they live is very gentle. The villagers of Guojia'ao reclaimed it into terraced fields, so there is no need to worry. The impact of flash floods and landslides, this terrain is conducive to the reproduction and development of villages."
"But in the eyes of our soldiers, this is a natural ambush position, especially since the Japs were too confident. Although they only stayed temporarily, they did not occupy the surrounding commanding heights, which gave us an opportunity."
Speaking of this, Zhang Pingan pointed to another entrance more than 800 meters ahead and said: "Squad leader, you lead a squad, a heavy machine gun, and each person carries ten grenades. Guard that place for me." , You must not let a little devil escape from you."
Upon hearing this, the squad leader nodded vigorously and assured seriously: "Yes, captain!!" There is a heavy machine gun, a light machine gun, and four or five rifles. With the advantage of the terrain, there is absolutely no problem in holding on.
"Um!"
Zhang Ping'an nodded when he heard this, then pointed to the middle of the two intersections and said: "Fugui! That is one of the commanding heights of the ambush battle. You take the second squad and a combat team of the third squad to establish a position there. I'll give you three heavy machine guns."
"The only thing I ask of you is to use your firepower advantage and beat me hard. Don't be polite to any little devil who is alive. You are not allowed to stop without our order."
The second squad leader and Mao Fugui who were waiting aside were shocked when they heard Zhang Ping'an's order, and they both responded: "Yes, captain!"
The firepower composed of 3 heavy machine guns, 1 light machine gun, and five or six rifles can definitely cause ideal lethality in the place with the widest field of vision.
Zhang Ping'an didn't say anything when he heard this, but turned to look at the third platoon leader and said: "Third squad leader, take the remaining members of the third squad, equip them with a heavy machine gun, and pin them to this exit. While killing the enemy in the ambush battle, you can't let the little devils break out from you."
"Don't worry, captain, our third squad will ensure we complete the mission!"
The third squad leader was also unambiguous. After his order was given, he directly gave his assurance.
After assigning the combat missions to the three infantry squads, Zhang Pingan looked at the remaining correspondent and two deputy squad leaders of the squad and said: "You three will follow me!"
"Yes, captain!" The two deputy captains and the correspondent nodded solemnly when they heard this.
After arranging their respective combat tasks, Zhang Pingan's voice sounded again: "This battle will be marked by the explosion of my grenade. Once my grenade fires, the battle will officially begin."
"Okay, now everyone starts taking action. I'll give you a quarter of an hour to prepare. After a quarter of an hour, I will launch the attack on time!" While speaking, Zhang Pingan glanced at the watch on his wrist.
Things like watches are not in short supply in the entire county brigade, because there are many little Japs who own them, not to mention ordinary soldiers, but it is still okay for each squad leader to have a watch.
"Wow!!!"
After Zhang Ping'an finished speaking, the three squad leaders and Mao Fugui began to get busy, but they didn't make much noise.
"You three, bring all the grenades and melon grenades and follow me!" Zhang Ping'an waved to the correspondent and the two deputy team leaders and said.
After hearing the order, the three of them immediately got busy, and Zhang Pingan was not empty-handed. He grabbed two grenade launchers in his hands and began to look for a suitable place to set up an artillery position.
Compared with the nearly three-mile range of the 60mm mortar and the nearly six-mile range of the 82mm mortar, the maximum range of the grenade is only 700 meters.
And Guojia'ao is also a village. There is a distance of five to six hundred meters from one end of the village to the other. If the location is not chosen well, some parts will be out of reach of the grenade.
While Zhang Pingan was busy with the soldiers, what he didn't know was that in a hidden place somewhere, several guerrilla soldiers wearing civilian clothes were looking at Zhang Pingan and the others.
"Do you know anyone? Which group are they from?!" One of the guerrilla fighters asked: "There are less than fifty of them, how dare they attack the little devil?"
No one can answer these questions because no one else knows.
"Although I don't know which part they are from, by doing this now, they have solved a problem for us. We don't have to worry about the little devil leaving. We can't intercept it."
"Although this unit has a small number of people, it can still buy some time until the main force of our regiment arrives and wipe out these unscrupulous beasts."
Upon hearing these words, several comrades in the guerrillas all looked at the little devils laughing and joking below with eyes full of resentment, unaware of the approaching danger.
"Something's wrong!"
Among the prisoners being held in Guojia'ao, an officer wearing a Jinsui military uniform with the rank of major said to a man next to him who was wearing an Eighth Route Army uniform but without any rank mark.
"What's wrong?"
After hearing the major's words, the Eighth Route Army soldier whispered calmly.
The major of the Jinsui Army lowered his voice and said while looking left and right: "When I looked up inadvertently just now, I found a mirror reflection in the southwest corner. If I guessed correctly, it should be the mirror reflection of the telescope."
"Um ?!!!"
As soon as the Major of the Jinsui Army said these words, the Eighth Route Army soldier was a little stunned and a little excited in his heart. He knew the information contained in this sentence very well.
"You mean, this little devil has been discovered? And it's our army?" However, this man, who was obviously a cadre of the Eighth Route Army, suppressed the excitement in his heart and continued to speak calmly, but he couldn't help but ask Look to the southwest corner, trying to find the flashing lens.
"Um!"
The major of the Jinsui Army responded to the words and said: "Guojia'ao, the troops operating here at this time should be your Eighth Route Army troops, but bandits are not excluded."
"But one thing I can be sure of is that something will happen soon. Let's be smart at that time. If your troops really come over, we need to cooperate with them in fighting, for example." Speaking of this, the Major of the Jinsui Army looked at At a glance, these fellows’ houses in Guojia’ao Village.
The Eighth Route Army cadres instantly understood what was going on. That was when the real battle started. They had to wait for the right moment and escape to these houses, so that their troops could attack without worrying about accidental injuries.
"Okay, then let's find our own people to pass on this news." The Eighth Route Army cadre said directly to the major of the Jinsui Army without any nonsense, but soon he hesitated and said, "What about those troops directly affiliated with the government?"
Upon hearing the inquiry from the Eighth Route Army cadres, the Major of the Jinsui Army had no nonsense and said immediately: "Don't tell them in a hurry. Their number is not large. After the battle starts, we can just retreat with them. As for them, I am Don’t believe it.”
"OK!"
After pondering for a while, the Eighth Route Army cadres agreed. At this critical moment, they did not dare to gamble on human nature, because there were really some guys who wanted to betray. Not only would they involve themselves, but they would also affect the plans of the troops in action.
On the other side, a young Japanese major who was in charge of leading the team this time was sitting and chatting with three captains and young Japanese.
"Well, to be honest, everyone, I really don't want to go back, but I'm just unlucky and have to retreat due to an abdominal injury. I'm really unwilling to do so!" The young fellow said with a look of unwillingness. .
"IM about the same!"
Hearing the Major's words, a captain also said with some reluctance: "Originally, everything went smoothly in our team this time, but I was injured. I have already thought that after this battle, many of my colleagues have been promoted. , I’m still standing still.”
The captain's little devil's careless words suddenly touched the "fragile" hearts of the other little devils, and one after another they began to complain and vent their inner dissatisfaction.
"Yeah, I originally thought that after this battle, even if I couldn't become a major, I could at least become a deputy captain and prepare for the next promotion. Now it seems that I'm afraid that's not the case. If I quit so early, I will miss out on so much when I recover from my injury!"
"I'm about the same, but in my opinion, Ono-kun is the one who suffers the most. Originally, he had been the captain of the Major Corps for a period of time and already had the opportunity to be promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and become the Chief of Staff of the Wing. I'm afraid he will have to do it again this time. I have been wasting my time in the position of captain."
"..."
As a field force, no one is willing to lie down and watch others perform military exploits. Everyone has the idea of meritorious service and promotion, and few join the army just to kill people.
Just as these "frustrated" little Japanese officers were sitting in a row complaining about their unwillingness, the soldiers of the three squads also arrived at the designated positions and began to get busy.
Fifteen minutes was neither long nor short, and it passed quickly. On his artillery position, Zhang Pingan held a grenade in each hand.
"Fill it!"
As soon as the time came, Zhang Ping'an stopped talking and ordered directly to the deputy team leader who was holding two grenades.
"Uh-huh!"
The two deputy captains hurriedly loaded a grenade with a fuse into it, and then placed their hands on the initiator.
"emission!"
Zhang Ping'an's voice just happened to follow.
Upon hearing this, the two deputy team captains subconsciously pulled the trigger. As two small sounds rang out, the grenade barrel vibrated slightly, and the two grenades flew out, drawing a beautiful arc in the sky. The line fell accurately into the dense crowd of little devils.
"Boom! Boom!!!"
When the two fires rose, the sound of explosions also came.
The sound of artillery is an order!
The soldiers and cadres who had been prepared for a long time pulled the trigger as soon as they saw the explosion.
Suddenly, five heavy machine guns, three light machine guns, and more than a dozen rifles formed sporadic but dense firepower, greeting the little Japs in Guojia'an.
"Hit me hard!!!" Mao Fugui! ! !
"Burst fire, burst fire, don't hold on to the trigger and don't let go!" The third squad leader operated a heavy machine gun and cursed at the light machine gunners in his squad.
"Fuck these little sons of bitches!!" Squad leader!
"Fill! Hurry up, don't delay, speed up, it's too slow, it's too slow, it affects my performance!!!" Zhang Pingan! !
