starry night.
breeze.
After the Japs finished their work on the river embankment, they quietly sent out elite scouts disguised as ordinary people.
After figuring out the strength and movements of the audacious autonomous army, a large number of troops set off after dark.
This time the action was swift and secretive. Before approaching Juanzi Village, the Japs disguised as ordinary people were still used as the vanguard, and they successively took down the outer sentries of the Autonomous Army.
At the same time, they also captured people alive and learned from a sentry who was not determined enough that there was only one battalion of the "autonomous army" in the village.
The Japanese had a radio and quickly confirmed to the headquarters the origin of this group of autonomous troops: the first regiment of the 1st brigade of the East Asian Alliance Autonomous Army who defected from the Eighth Route Army.
The Japanese immediately resorted to their trump card: encirclement.
Then, a convoy of Japanese cars from the north followed with clanging noises, their headlights emitting bright beams of light.
The convoy stopped about 300 meters north of the village. The engineers who jumped from the back of the car quickly filled the drainage ditch on the side of the road, and then directed the car to drive directly into the fields.
The generator on the car trunk buzzed, and two dazzling bright light beams swayed towards the north of Juanzi Village.
There are brighter searchlights, and the light of car headlights is eclipsed.
The car headlights go out.
The scattered team of Japanese soldiers showed no intention of hiding under the illumination of searchlights.
It is clear that they want to bully those who dare to defect.
The equipment of the Autonomous Army is slightly better than that of the Eighth Route Army, but in the eyes of Dashi Xiong Erlang, they are still just chickens and dogs.
On this land, the imperial army has the final say.
He even made up his mind that if the autonomous army surrendered, they would be used to train the new recruits who had just arrived from the island to practice bayonets.
Under the illumination of the searchlight, we can clearly see that the village ahead is built on a gentle slope.
Outside the village, there is a low wall that is very old and dilapidated due to the sun and rain. There is a dark doorway in the middle of the wall, and two wooden doors are closed tightly.
It's a bit like the layout of a cottage.
A searchlight circle stopped at the doorway.
But no one was seen on the wall.
Haha, do you think you can use a few fires outside the village as a target for the imperial army?
Two 70mm cannons from the 92nd Battalion were quickly removed from the vehicle and assembled.
Xiong Erlang couldn't help but swallow his saliva. He had no intention of waiting until dawn. According to his previous combat experience, the autonomous army adapted from the village bandits would panic after a few shots.
From time to time, guards came to report to the deputy about the siege of the village.
Finally, Xiong Erlang heard the news that the encirclement was completed.
Watching his men playing with the 70mm caliber 92 infantry cannon, there was not even a baffle installed.
He waved his hand directly.
I don't even bother to draw the command sword.
He felt that the time to end the battle should be half an hour later.
嘡嘡…
The short barrel of a fist-sized gun flashed with muzzle fire.
The muzzle sound of the 92nd Infantry Cannon seems to be not much different from that of a mortar.
The distance is so close, and there is no specific target anyway. There is no need to test fire at all. Just shoot at the wall and get it done.
The initial velocity of the shells was two hundred meters per second, so that the two shells flew for one and a half seconds with a piercing scream, and accurately hit the rammed earth fence.
Two groups of fire flashed fiercely, tearing apart the night.
The huge sound of artillery broke the silence of the plain, and the searchlight light was obscured by the sudden rise of soil fog and gunpowder smoke.
The Japanese artillery observers subconsciously thought that a big gap should have been blown out of the wall...
I couldn't help but complain about the gunner's shooting skills. Based on my feeling, the left and right deviation between the impact point of the cannonball and the door opening was about three meters.
He failed to get off to a good start and blasted the village gate open with one shot.
...
The few soldiers lying down behind the wall were startled, and their ears were ringing.
Just now, my head seemed to have been hit by a wall!
Fortunately, I heard what Wang Xiaosan said. On the battlefield, the Japanese like to fire a few rounds before attacking to undermine the confidence of the defending side.
Therefore, the observers did not hide near the doorway.
Moreover, the enemy's shelling will also select targets sequentially, and lying near the entrance to the village from the north is the most risky.
The diffuse smoke was carried away by the breeze, and the dust and fog dispersed. 33
The observer looking out through the shooting hole immediately reported the situation: "The wall is intact..."
The soldier lying next to him in the hole in the inner wall couldn't help but put his head out of the shooting hole to see the impact point, and muttered: "Half of the outer wall was blown down, and you have the nerve to say it's intact..."
"Shut up!" the monitor next to him warned the guy who dared to poke his head in.
The first company commander who luckily escaped from patrolling the sentry guarded the north gate with his soldiers.
All the perimeter security soldiers who went out on guard duty tonight must have been poisoned by the Japanese.
Now is not the time to be sad.
The Japanese infantry did not come over. The company commander, who was full of hatred, suppressed the grief and anger in his heart and held the rifle tightly in his hand.
The scene was so quiet that I could only hear my own heartbeat.
Boom...two cannon shots.
The scream of artillery shells was heard again in the dark night.
Then, two more loud noises came from the wall.
The rammed earth wall with a thickness of more than two meters in the middle successfully withstood the shelling again.
It's a pity that the two wooden doors in the north of the village failed to hold on and were directly blown to pieces by artillery shells.
Four shells exploded into loneliness.
The Japanese who were lying on the ground to watch the excitement were a little confused.
The 92nd Infantry Artillery, as a magical weapon for attacking cities and demolishing strongholds, did not even build an inch of attack?
It was quiet for a while.
The Japanese messengers stood under the lights and waved flags, giving orders to the east and west to attack.
Some of the Japanese who were squatting on the ground stood up, raised their rifles, and lined up towards the village.
Follow the establishment of heavy machine gun positions.
The light machine guns move forward with the infantry, ready to establish positions at any time for fire suppression.
The mortar crew began adjusting firing parameters.
The muzzles of the six mortars were raised high, ready for firing at any time.
Watching the Japanese under the searchlights from the north massing to attack.
The observer shouted: "The enemy is coming up, with two heavy machine guns and two light machine guns. They should be launching a serious attack..."
Soldiers from a platoon, under the command of their respective squad leaders, went up to the wall one after another, then pulled and pushed the bolts of their guns to check the guns and ammunition.
Followed by more than thirty rifles, the muzzles were pointed at the figure of the Japanese under the light of the searchlight.
The distance is too far, so naturally you can't shoot now.
After entering two hundred meters, the Japanese began to bow their heads and bend over.
The formation of troops had been completed long ago. Camp Commander Wu looked at the Japanese troops to the north who seemed to be divided into three directions, with their troops evenly distributed and approaching.
The observer's telescope lens panned left and right, reporting the enemy's strength, distance and firepower from time to time.
As for whether there were Japanese attacks from other directions in the village, it was not within his scope to consider.
Suddenly, a strange feeling arose in my heart, as if the devil's brain was filled with water!
The first place the Japs choose to enter the village is usually the entrance to the north wall that has been blown up.
This gives the defensive side an opportunity if they can concentrate machine gun fire for suppressive shooting.
Facing a dense formation attack like the Japs, the first wave can knock down half of the Japs!
Guarding the village position, there is a lot of knowledge among them.
In the observer's telescope lens, the Japanese slowly pressed forward, and when they reached 100 meters, they were still advancing forward.
It seemed that the soldiers in the village were not taken seriously at all.
No one was crawling on the ground at all.
The suppressed heavy machine guns, light machine guns, and various artillery seemed to show no sign of firing.
Somewhat like the darkness before dawn.
It's like the calm before the storm.
Some people died, but not completely...
