In the middle of the night, about 30 kilometers southwest of Datong, the Japanese scouts encountered the scouts of the New Regiment.
A firefight ensued.
Both sides were the best of the best. At the beginning, the two sides fought back and forth, causing casualties on each other.
But as the new regiment had more and more scouts, the Japs quickly became at a disadvantage, and it was still a big disadvantage.
After leaving a small number of Japanese scouts behind, the rest of the Japanese scouts hurried to the nearby gun towers.
Shuichi Kawamura is the reconnaissance captain of the 3rd Brigade. This time he came out to conduct reconnaissance and brought nearly 60 scouts with him.
Originally we wanted to set up an ambush on the Eighth Route Army, but the Eighth Route Army was very vigilant. Not only did the ambush fail, but we suffered heavy losses.
However, within five minutes of the exchange of fire with the Eighth Route Army's scouts, more than half of his reconnaissance team suffered casualties.
The firepower of the weapons in Balu's hands is really too strong.
At least half of it was submachine gun fire!
And half of it is semi-automatic rifle fire!
In addition, close combat at night is the specialty of the Eighth Route Army. If it were not for fast running, the Japanese reconnaissance team would have been wiped out.
A large number of Eighth Route Army scouts appeared here, indicating that the large Eighth Route Army troops were behind.
This situation needs to be reported immediately!
Thinking of this, Shuichi Kawamura felt chills. If this really happened, Datong and the 3rd Brigade would probably be in bad luck!
The Eighth Route Army that appeared here at this time was definitely the most powerful new regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
Although Shuichi Kawamura survived two battles with the New Regiment, he knew very well how terrifying the New Regiment's combat effectiveness was.
The 3rd Brigade was even defeated by a battalion of the 8th Route New Regiment, and even the 10th Division was defeated by the 8th Route New Regiment. Then it is not a problem for the main force of the 8th Route New Regiment to go north and swallow up the remnants of the 3rd Brigade. Down.
Shuichi Kawamura hurriedly ran into a blockhouse beside the highway. This blockhouse was newly built and specially used to guard the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army in North Shanxi.
There are not many blockhouses and blockhouses on the road from northwest Shanxi to Datong. The last time the New Regiment attacked the 36th Division, and when it went north to rescue the 358th Regiment and occupied Datong, a small number of blockhouses and blockhouses along the way had been removed. .
Kawamura Shuichi pushed away the telephone soldier guarding the phone, then grabbed the phone receiver and turned the handle hard.
"Moxi Moxi...Moxi Moxi..." Shuichi Kawamura called continuously, but a blind tone came from the phone receiver.
"Your Excellency, Lieutenant, the phone cannot be reached." The telephone soldier said with a grimace. "The phone line has probably been cut off."
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There are two Japanese telephone lines, one is on the surface and is supported by telephone poles, and the other is buried in the ground.
That's why the Japanese scouts didn't bring radios.
However, the Sharp Sword Squadron took action and not only cut off the phone lines on the enemy's face, but also found and cut the phone lines buried in the ground.
If they were ordinary scouts or guerrillas, they might be able to hide it from the Japanese.
"idiot!"
Shuichi Kawamura cursed angrily, picked up the phone and threw it heavily to the ground.
At this moment, intensive gunfire sounded outside the turret.
Shuichi Kawamura's expression suddenly changed. Was the scout left behind so quickly killed?
A shell landed near the gun tower, causing the faces of the Japanese who stayed behind in the gun tower to change greatly.
There is only one artillery tower nearby, and only a small group of Japanese soldiers are stationed in the artillery building. If the Eighth Route Army attacks, there will only be a dead end.
"You stay and block the eight roads. I will return to Datong immediately and report to the brigade commander!"
Kawamura Shuichi looked at the Japanese squad leader stationed in the gun tower.
The Japanese squad leader's face instantly turned pale, but he still lowered his head suddenly without hesitation. The dim light and lowered head concealed his expression and complexion.
Shuichi Kawamura turned around and led the scout towards the door.
As soon as I walked out of the turret, I heard the squad leader inside the turret taking the lead in shouting: "Warriors, see you at Kudanzaka!"
The rest of the Japs also shouted in unison: "See you at Kudanzaka!"
Without stopping for a step, Kawamura Shu led the Japanese scouts and rushed towards the 94 truck on the road at a sprint speed of 100 meters.
On the battlefield, Japanese soldiers chanted for the longevity of military fortune when the wind was favorable, and shouted Kudan Sakami when the wind was against them. This was just a routine operation.
"Da da da……"
The only Taisho 11-year-old light machine gun in the turret screamed wildly.
"boom!"
A violent explosion suddenly sounded. Shu Kawamura, who had just jumped into the co-pilot of the 1994 truck, turned around and saw a huge fireball and gunpowder smoke suddenly rising from the turret, and the Taisho 11-style gunfire also stopped abruptly.
"It must be the loudspeaker weapon from the Eighth Route Army that opened fire. Drive quickly!"
Kawamura Shuichi suddenly thought of something and urged loudly.
During the battle at Baozi Mountain, Shuichi Kawamura saw with his own eyes that the tanks of the 3rd Brigade's tank squadron were knocked out one by one by the large trumpet weapons of the Eighth Route New Regiment, while the tank crews of the 3rd Brigade were helpless.
The Japanese driver quickly started the truck and drove towards Datong.
There were three trucks full of Japanese scouts when they arrived. When they returned, there were only about 20 Japanese scouts left.
After driving forward for several kilometers, Shu Kawamura could not help but breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that the scouts from the Eighth Route Army did not catch up.
At this time, Kawamura Shuichi realized that his back was already wet with sweat...
Fortunately, the scouts on the Eighth Route Army were not equipped with cars. Otherwise, the Eighth Route Army would catch up in a car and destroy a car with one shot of that loudspeaker weapon.
That kind of weapon can easily destroy even tanks, and cars are as brittle as paper in front of it.
If this car was hit by a bullet, the consequences would be disastrous.
Shuichi Kawamura sat in the passenger seat and closed his eyes to relax.
After an unknown amount of time, Shuichi Kawamura's eyes suddenly opened. He felt that there was a huge danger quietly approaching him, and a slight tremor quickly passed through his body. He was too familiar with this feeling. In his many years of military career, , this feeling occurs every time you encounter danger.
"parking!"
Kawamura Shuichi's eyes were gloomy and he said to the Japanese scout pilot on the side.
The driver of the Japanese Scout didn't know why and subconsciously raised his foot to apply the brakes.
But it's too late.
With a "boom", the first 94 truck was blown to pieces. The fragments of the car and the broken limbs of Japanese soldiers fell from the sky.
Shuichi Kawamura was sitting in the co-pilot of the first 94 truck. There were more than a dozen Japanese scouts on the truck. They were all killed on the spot by the explosion of a powerful mine.
Then, a burst of gunfire rang out in the darkness.
The sound of gunfire in the darkness was very sparse, and no continuous fire could be heard. There was only the messy sound of single-shot gunfire. In the continuous muffled sound, the Japanese scouts were killed one by one, either shot in the chest or in the head.
The battle lasted less than a minute before the gunfire stopped suddenly.
After a while, the breeze blew by and made the leaves on the roadside rustle. A dozen figures jumped out of the darkness like ghosts, maintaining tactical movements and quickly approaching the road.
Under the light of the burning fire of the 94 truck, the faces of these figures became clearer and clearer.
It was Li Changshun of the Sharp Sword Squadron and other combat teams. The leader was Li Changshun who was holding an M1D semi-automatic sniper rifle.
The rest of the team members are also fully armed, either with submachine guns hanging on their chests, light machine guns or sniper rifles, or bazookas or 60mm mortars.
Li Changshun looked stern and quick, and made a few gestures. Several team members holding sniper rifles immediately went on alert, and the team members holding submachine guns provided additional shots to the Japanese.
No matter life or death, just one shot in the head.
"withdraw!"
In less than a minute, all the Japanese scouts were confirmed to have been killed, and Li Changshun ordered the retreat without hesitation.
Their combat team had to rush to the vicinity of Datong City, join the main force of the Sword Squadron, and attack Datong Station together in the early morning.
As for cleaning the battlefield, leave it to the large forces.
Li Changshun did not order the remaining two 94 trucks to be blown up. Although Xinyi Tuan was now rich, no matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat, right?
Blow up these two trucks. If the regiment leader finds out, I'm afraid he will be pointed at the nose and called a prodigal.
The ambush site was 15 kilometers away from Datong, with several mountains in between, so the Japanese in Datong could not hear the explosion.
An hour and a half later.
Li Changshun led the team to successfully join the main force of the Sword Squadron in a dense forest.
About two hours later, a buzzing sound came from the high-power walkie-talkie microphone of the correspondent next to Duan Peng, and Duan Peng and the correspondent woke up almost at the same time.
There was a buzzing sound, which meant that someone was using a high-power walkie-talkie to call the Sword Squadron.
"Hey, this is the Sword Squadron!"
The correspondent picked up the phone and called softly.
After a while, the correspondent hung up the call and reported in a low voice to Duan Peng: "Captain, this is the regiment headquarters."
Duan Peng's expression was slightly happy. It seemed that the main force was already within 15 kilometers away.
Duan Peng asked: "What instructions does the regiment headquarters have?"
"The leader ordered us," the correspondent said, "according to the original plan, launch a sneak attack on Datong Station and capture Datong Station within half an hour!"
At that moment, Duan Peng ordered the captain and team members to be woken up.
Later, Duan Peng sent two team members to cut the telephone lines between the train station and Datong City.
In order to prevent the Japanese from getting angry, they ordered the combat supplies in the station to be blown up.
The Japanese squadron leader stationed at Datong Station did not dare to blow up combat supplies without orders, even if he died in battle.
Then, he called the vice-captain and five team members to the front, and without any hesitation, he directly issued the combat order:
"The first and second combat teams are responsible for attacking from the north, and the third and fourth combat teams are responsible for attacking the station from the south."
"The fifth combat team is responsible for blocking the Japanese reinforcements in the direction of Datong."
Datong Station is not in Datong City, but about 4 kilometers east of the Datong City Wall.
The Japanese mobile unit of the 3rd Brigade is in Datong, which can be reached by car in just over 10 minutes.
This is why the Japanese dare to place a squadron at the train station to defend combat supplies.
"The mortar team is responsible for shelling the Japanese barracks!"
"Hit the shells carefully and don't hit the train or blow up all the supplies."
"The biggest threat to us is the enemy's machine gun firepower. The first encounter is to use the bazooka to kill the four bunkers and gun towers at the train station."
"The sniper is keeping an eye on me. Wherever the machine gun sounds, kill the Japanese machine gunner immediately!"
"Yes!" all the team captains shouted in unison.
Duan Peng said in a harsh tone: "This time, our Sharp Sword Squadron will teach the Japanese a lesson on what fucking special operations are!"
