"What's so scary about a second-generation ancestor?"
Zhou Weiguo sneered, thinking that Endo Konichiro was only a second-generation ancestor.
But Duanwu didn't think so, because there was no problem with the opponent's defense. And it can be said that the other party faces his opponent more seriously than any officer he has ever encountered. He started setting up defenses half a month ago. This was not aimed at him, but at all Chinese soldiers.
This is very rare in the Japanese army. Many Japanese officers are crazy on the Chinese battlefield. Except for a few Chinese armies, they completely ignore other Chinese armies. There are even dozens of them. Several hundred people dare to chase a regiment or division of the Chinese army.
So when facing such an opponent, if you are careless, you will surely end up with heavy losses.
Duanwu asked Qiu Ming: "Have your people seen the Japanese artillery in the city?"
Qiu Ming thought for a while and said: "They didn't say this, but if the opponent is a brigade, I think there will be artillery."
Duanwu asked: "Then how many people do you have and how big is your maximum range of activities?"
Qiu Ming thought again and said, "If necessary, these comrades of mine can sacrifice themselves to resist the invaders."
"have to!"
Duanwu quickly asked the other party to stop, because he was looking for an internal agent to save lives, but as a result, the battle had not even started yet, and the other party was ready to sacrifice.
Duan Wu thought it was better to think for himself, turned his head and continued to investigate.
It's just that this little devil's defense is watertight, and it's blocked by a city wall, which makes it very difficult to deal with.
There were heavy artillery at Dragon Boat Festival, but if he wanted to blow down the city wall and rake the position outside the city like a grate, the few artillery shells he brought would not be enough.
Although the Dragon Boat Festival captured a large number of artillery and ammunition from the Japanese Sakata Regiment, at least half of them were lost during the bombing.
Therefore, if you want to carpet-bomb the enemy's position like a grate, there is simply not enough ammunition.
What's more, this is not cost-effective. For Duanwu, these artillery shells are used to destroy the Japanese army. It hurts him to just throw them on the battlefield and kill a few Japanese.
Of course, if there is really no other way, he will do this. After all, it is people who are fighting. He can still grab the weapons and equipment after they are used up, but if the people are gone, then there is nothing.
He lacked soldiers, especially veterans who had fought hard battles.
"Report, we have just intercepted a message from the Japs. The Japanese Akasaka Brigade is sending reinforcements to Lai'an County."
At this moment, it was the communications troops who brought him good news. The little devils in the city have reinforcements.
"Hehe, hahaha!"
Duanwu smiled evilly, making everyone present laugh stupidly, because the enemy had reinforcements, what's so funny about this?
But at this moment, Duan Wu crushed the sketch he had just drawn with his foot, slapped his butt and said, "Let's go and meet the little Japanese reinforcements."
"What do you mean? Hey, that works!"
Zhou Weiguo suddenly realized, and Qiu Ming also saw the clues at this time. He guessed that Dragon Boat Festival was a reinforcement to fight the Japanese, but what about the Japanese in the city?
Because the Japanese reinforcements were attacked, would the Japanese in the city just watch their colleagues being wiped out by the enemy?
The Japanese in the city would come out and attack with reinforcements. Qiu Ming felt that this might not be a good idea.
He caught up with Duanwu and stopped him: "Comrade Duanwu, I know you want to fight the Japanese reinforcements, but what about the Japanese in the city? They want to go out of the city to cooperate with the reinforcements, and we will be attacked from both sides."
"All I want is for him to come out."
Duanwu smiled evilly, because Lai'an County is tightly defended, and a frontal attack would not only be time-consuming and laborious, but would also increase casualties. It would be better to bring out the little Japs and fight them.
Dragon Boat Festival sent out scouts to search for the location of the Jaap reinforcements, while the large forces gathered to prepare for the attack.
About an hour later, news came from the scouts that the Japs had arrived from the southwest for reinforcements. They were a large group with two 150mm howitzers.
Except for the main battlefield, this is very rare on the Japs' forward positions. Two 150mm howitzers can collapse the walls of a small city.
Taking Laian County as an example, the city wall is only seven or eight meters high and a little over two meters thick. Such a wall can collapse with just a few cannons.
Zhou Weiguo said: If we can get this thing, we will be sure to attack Lai'an County head-on.
Duan Wu curled his lips and said, "Aren't you afraid that the little devil will hit you with this thing?"
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Zhou Weiguo was speechless, because he hated the Dragon Boat Festival the most. He liked to pour cold water on people when they were very interested.
However, what Duanwu said was true. The other party had a large force. If the enemy was given a chance to react, then the battle would probably be fought.
The Dragon Boat Festival's combat style has always been to not give the enemy any chance to breathe. If he doesn't take action, he will kill the enemy with thunderous means.
So if you want to deliberately keep those two cannons, that doesn't exist. In the first round of ambushes, the heavy weapons in the hands of the enemy must be completely destroyed, otherwise the enemy will use these weapons to counterattack once the war becomes anxious.
No one will underestimate the power of a 150mm howitzer, which is enough to fill a two-meter-deep trench.
What's more, this ambush was so hasty that Duanwu and others had no time to dig trenches.
The ambush location is Yandang Mountain, five kilometers southwest of Laiancheng. The terrain here is flat, which is not suitable for an ambush. And if the woods on the left and right are not blocking the Japs' sight, I am afraid that the ambush soldiers will be exposed to the Japs' sight. .
But precisely because of this, the Japanese did not realize that someone was going to ambush them, not to mention that they were about to arrive in Lai'an County. It would be crazy for the enemy to ambush them in this position.
It doesn't take long, only about ten minutes, for the Endo brigade in the city to arrive for reinforcements, and together they can completely eliminate the enemies who ambushed them.
What's more, Captain Akasaka is very confident in his men, because they have just retreated from the frontal battlefield, and the Northwest Army that fought them has been safely defeated and is retreating to rest.
Therefore, the little devil's morale was at its peak, and he strode towards Laian County with arrogant steps.
Duanwu, who was hiding in the woods for reconnaissance, looked at the Japs one by one with arrogant footwork, then nodded and said: "The winner will be decided within five minutes, and the battle will be over within ten minutes. The death rate of the Japs is over 80%. Let the brothers fight harder, and we will try to increase the death rate of the little devils to 90%."
"yes!"
The old abacus accepted the order with a smile, and then quietly retreated to deliver the order, and an unsuspicious victory would begin! ...
