"Observation report No. 35 shows that there are a large number of Japs in our area. Preliminary estimates are that there are no less than a few hundred people." The observation post lurking 3 kilometers south of Pawabi first discovered the movements of the 33rd Division and began to report the intelligence to the headquarters.
Gao Jianwu smiled slightly after receiving the latest compiled intelligence.
The 33rd Division wants to escape now, how can it be so easy? How could Gao Jianwu, who had already predicted the outcome of this battle, forget such an ending?
He had already prepared a big dish for the 33rd Division.
Zhang Dabiao's fourth attack group, which had never appeared on the battlefield, had already used the traditional housekeeping skills of the 8th Route, carried out large-scale tactical interludes, and appeared directly 5 kilometers behind the 33rd Division to prepare.
The five main infantry battalions formed a large pocket, tightly blocking the 33rd Division's retreat!
Although the 75mm howitzer artillery battalion failed to follow, it is only the main battalion of the expeditionary force group that is equipped with the most advanced infantry. The battalion has three firepower companies, a 12-gun 80mm mortar battery, and a 12-gun 37mm anti-aircraft gun battery. A tank combat artillery battery and a 12 heavy machine gun battery, this firepower is enough to frighten the little Japanese who abandon their heavy weapons and flee.
What's more, at the company level, the expeditionary force group equipped the squad with 60mm mortars and light machine guns. Each company also has a fire platoon consisting of three 80mm mortars and three bazooka rocket launchers.
Equivalent to a main battalion with nearly 70 artillery pieces of various types and more than 40 light and heavy machine guns!
With such powerful firepower, before Gao Jianwu crossed Jin Dynasty, the Eighth Route Army and even the first-class main brigade like the 386th Brigade were not so wealthy!
Now that General Gao Jian has five main battalions of the Fourth Attack Group on the retreat path of the 33rd Division, he naturally wants to wipe out the right army of the 33rd Division in one fell swoop!
When the first group of defeated Japanese soldiers appeared in Zhang Dabiao's first battalion ambush, vaguely looking at the number of people who only looked like a squadron, the commander of the first battalion Zheng Shaoze didn't care at all and just let them go and stood behind him. Both sides of the approximately 3-kilometer road are now full of ambush teams from the Fourth Attack Group!
At the end of the road, there is a fire position composed of a combat defense artillery company and a heavy machine gun company. Sandbags are now used to completely block the road layer by layer. Under the intertwined firepower of combat defense artillery and heavy machine guns, it is impossible for people to pass, let alone , it’s even difficult for the Little Devil Type 97 tank to get past it!
In order to maximize the use of the 33rd Division, Gao Jianwu this time issued an order to the frontline commanders above the battalion and company level to capture as many young Japanese as possible alive as far as possible from Zuo Guan and above. After all, this is a reorganized Class A division with 9 regiments. Although the generals only have Two, but there are more than a dozen Zuoguan. If a wave can be captured alive, after adding the multi-party joint combat bonus this time, the number of explosive equipment will be quite terrifying!
An expeditionary force cluster with a 150% bonus of 4th level can reach 4th level by itself. If allied bonuses are added, it will reach 5th level!
This is not the end yet. The first regiment of Yaogong, which had just been trained into an army, has now been pulled out by Gao Jianwu. Now following Ding Wei's first attack group, they are vigorously chasing the retreating right army of the 33rd Division. This time Gao Jianwu not only asked them to come up and see the blood, but also tested whether they could add bonuses. If so, this battle would be a blast!
The superimposed bonus can reach 11 times!
With a 33rd division, Gao Jianwu was able to achieve the explosive results of 11 divisions!
What a terrifying harvest!
If the Japs' general Zuoguan could still be captured alive, it would be equivalent to annihilating the Japs' entire front army in terms of officers' explosive equipment!
Therefore, Gao Jianwu is looking forward to this battle very much.
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Dechen Dengpei was originally a little worried about Gao Jianwu's sudden deployment of his first regiment to attack the Japs.
After all, he knew very well that those under his command had only been trained for a short time and had no combat experience at all. In the face of such a war, they might be wiped out and turned into cannon fodder.
He has seen a lot of this kind of thing. This is what Dai Ying did. It was the same when the Japs came. Even the Allied Forces Command that was later established was similar. For the weak, it seemed that their fate was to become pawns in the hands of others.
Deqin Dengpei came with the first regiment and wanted to win at the critical moment, but he never expected that Gao Jianwu did not expect them to contribute, but used them as tools and mascots.
So when the war just started, they were allowed to hide behind and watch the powerful artillery of the Sky Expeditionary Force ravaging the little Japs. The officers and soldiers of the First Regiment of the National People's Army were so excited that they shouted to go to the front line. , even Deqin Dengpei can’t stop him!
When the time came for the general attack, Ding Wei ordered Deqin Dengpei's First Regiment to follow the 5th Battalion and 3rd Company of the First Attack Group to clean up the battlefield and pick up leaks. All the officers and soldiers of the First Regiment rushed onto the battlefield excitedly, facing the few remaining soldiers on the battlefield. When a young Japanese soldier is injured, these people's troops are really not merciless at all. When facing a struggling young Japanese soldier, a group of people will often come up and shoot them to death directly.
In their concept, there seems to be no such thing as a prisoner. They just took the prisoners without even asking. Zhang Peiqi, the commander of the 3rd company who served as their "bodyguard" all the way, felt something was wrong. It seemed that these people were more like He is a desperado.
But for the little devils, Zhang Peiqi has nothing to sympathize with, all of them deserve to die.
The little devils that the first regiment encountered along the way of the charge were all swept away by the main force. The remaining ones who could evade in the darkness were at the squad level at most. Although they also caused some trouble to the first regiment, in the darkness Dozens of people were killed and wounded in a sneak attack.
Under the same conditions of individual weapons, the five newly formed soldiers of the People's Army cannot defeat a Japs. But with Zhang Peiqi and the others, once the Japs expose their target, they will go up and fire a burst of machine guns and bazookas. , the battle is resolved directly!
This allowed the soldiers of the People's Army to see the huge gap between themselves and their opponents on the battlefield, as well as the expeditionary force!
Seeing this scene, all the officers and soldiers of Yangong began to be in awe of the expeditionary force.
Originally, they thought that the kid was on his last legs, so they were beaten to pieces by the expeditionary force, as if they were at the mercy of others, creating an illusory illusion that I could do whatever they wanted. When it was their turn, they realized that the kid was still them. The invincible little devil, the expeditionary force who looks approachable at ordinary times, is the truly invincible god of war on the battlefield!
Gao Jianwu didn't expect to bring the recruits of the People's Army to the battlefield. He originally just wanted to earn a little bonus, but he didn't expect there would be additional benefits, which left a deep impression on them for the expeditionary force.
This greatly promoted the harmonious cooperation between the expeditionary force and the People's Army. It played an unexpected role in the long years that followed.
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Compared with the unstoppable momentum of the expeditionary force, Sakurai Shozo and Iteng Nobunaga, who commanded the retreat of the troops, had already avoided the main road and got into the jungle. In addition to a squadron escorting them, a communications team carrying a radio followed them.
Even though they haven't discovered that the back road has been cut off yet, Sakurai Shozo and Iteng Nobunaga are not ordinary people. In their opinion, it is already very unsafe to go back along the original road. They can only go through Jungle headed towards the left army, joined up with the left army who had not yet been attacked, and then fought back.
Now the straight-line distance from Kawagan is only about 15 kilometers. Sakurai Shozo and Iteng Nobunaga are confident that they can escape the pursuit and safely join the left route army.
The commander of the Second Division of the Independence Army, Deqin Pisong, who was following them was familiar with the terrain and was an out-and-out local snake. At this moment, he was skillfully drilling into the small roads in front and heading westward!
They did not expect that 2 kilometers to the west of them, the reconnaissance unit of Song Tiecheng's commando team had opened a large net with a width of 3 kilometers and was lurking in the dense forest.
After following Gao Jianwu's expedition to the north and south, although the number of Song Tiecheng's commandos never exceeded 200, their combat effectiveness has now increased several times. Song Tiecheng, who had always been unwilling to join the army, under the guidance of Gao Jianwu, gradually Selecting the best to replace the commando team members has been based on Gao Jianwu's idea of building a special force, transforming the commando team into the first special force in the Eighth Route Army and even in the country.
Including 1 reconnaissance team, 3 assault teams and 1 tactical strike team, especially the tactical strike team, Song Tiecheng actually
Through hard work and hard work, two team members with pilot experience and five tank crew members were recruited, as well as some demolition experts and even small boat pilots.
It can be said that although the sparrow is small, it has all five internal organs.
Each detachment is equipped with a walkie-talkie, and the standard weapons of each commando are all AK47 and Browning pistols. In addition, according to personal preference, you can also choose a weapon to ensure that each detachment has at least 4 bazookas, two sniper rifles, and 4 machine guns.
Compared with the infantry company of the main battalion, which is mainly equipped with Garand rifles, Song Tiecheng's commando team is much more powerful.
In real combat in the jungle, if the artillery fire of the main battalion cannot be effective, Song Tiecheng would even have the confidence to use his commandos to fight a main battalion!
At this moment, Song Tiecheng and three assault teams were squatting in the dense forest 2 kilometers east of Kawagan. After spreading tarpaulins one by one, they fell asleep in the grass one by one, waiting for the signal from the reconnaissance team.
They had been lurking here before the battle started. If they couldn't wait for the little Japs who fled west, Song Tiecheng would wait for an opportunity to carry out a beheading operation on the headquarters of the Little Japs' Left Army in the early hours of the morning!
Therefore, Sakurai Shozo never dreamed that Gao Jianwu had already prepared a dragnet for all his actions. There was no thought of leaving him a chance to survive.
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It looked like nearly five to six thousand little devils had entered the encirclement. Zhang Dabiao decisively issued the order to attack. In an encirclement that stretches for nearly 3 kilometers. The 4th attack group suddenly opened fire and strafed the little devils. For a moment, the sounds of machine guns, rifles and rocket launchers exploded one after another, knocking down the escaping little devils in groups one by one like mowing grass.
The little devil who exploded the nest saw that he was not going the right way, so he started running around and ran into the dense forest. Even in the dense forest, there was firepower from machine guns and rifles everywhere, but they still felt that it was much safer in the dense forest than being passively beaten on the road.
The already defeated 33rd Division was defeated. At this moment, thousands of people fled into the dense forests on both sides. Zhang Dabiao did not expect that the little Japanese did not choose to fight to the end this time. Instead, they fled into the dense forest and found their own way out. This really allowed them to escape a lot.
After all, Zhang Dabiao's troops are not too numerous to form a tight blocking network. Faced with too many little devils, they have fled into the dense forest. As long as they are not eliminated on the spot, they will disappear soon.
The right army of the 33rd Division was completely defeated in this way. Although the entire army was not eaten, there were still three to four thousand Japs fleeing through the dense forest, but all heavy weapons and other equipment were discarded. What awaits these little devils will be a comprehensive hunt!
Especially the First Regiment of the Yigong People's Army, which has just entered the battlefield, has not had any big fighting opportunities at all. At this moment, they heard that the little Japanese escaped from the encirclement and entered the dense forest. They asked Deqin Dengpei to fight and chase them one by one.
Deqin Dengpei had no choice but to kick the ball to Gao Jianwu. After Gao Jianwu thought about it for a moment, he thought it was a good thing.
With these local snakes who were familiar with the local terrain, he divided Zhang Peiqi's company, which was originally responsible for bodyguard duties with the first regiment, into squads. Each squad followed a company of the first regiment, and the troops were divided into 12 groups to pursue!
Under the leadership of an elite company of soldiers from the Expeditionary Force, when encountering the enemy's defeat, even if they form a small group, they can fight, and even if they fail, they can escape!
For rookies like the People's Army, Gao Jianwu was not willing to let them become cannon fodder just after training. He was still waiting for these people to cause trouble for those who led the British.
So before these rookies grew up, Gao Jianwu let his own people take care of them. These few days when thousands of people were defeated and scattered should be regarded as the grindstone for the first regiment.
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When the news that the right route army encountered a powerful enemy reached the left route army of the 33rd Division, Hashimoto Kumagoro realized something was wrong and ordered the entire army to pack up and prepare to retreat. The commander of the third division of Sakurai Province sent a telegram asking him to wait.
Thinking that the retreat had become a foregone conclusion, Hashimoto Kumagoro did not wait for Shozo Sakurai to issue an order and directly asked his first group to retreat south to clear the way. Only then did he realize that there was already a main battalion of the expeditionary force blocking them on their way back. The main road of retreat.
The largest at that time
The team was caught off guard, and the 3rd Battalion of the Expeditionary Force's First Attack Group opened fire with full firepower, and most of them were wiped out in one go!
Who would have thought that in less than 2 hours, the enemy would detour behind him!
These little devils, who have not been educated by Gao Jianwu on a wide range of tactics, have more or less fixed ideas in their thinking. In addition, it is late at night, and they have just been as tired as dogs. They have rested for less than two hours and have done nothing. Notice to go back!
This man was still lost in the lake. Who would have thought that while walking, the enemy would suddenly be attacked by guns and artillery, and a round of fire would cover them!
In the darkness, the surviving little devils either lay down on the spot subconsciously, or instinctively burrowed into the dense forest on the roadside, preparing to escape!
In a few minutes, a squadron near the captain of the First Battalion of the Little Devils was left to support, but the support time was also very limited. It only gave them a chance to send Yusha's farewell telegram back to the left army, and they were rushed up. The main camp was directly submerged!
The newly equipped mortar battalion and heavy machine gun company were powerful and destructive. They were as effective as mowing grass against the dense infantry team of the Japs that ran headlong into them.
In addition, the little Japanese were not very defensive, and the entire team completely broke into the encirclement of the 3rd Battalion and could use their firepower to the extreme. All these factors were combined to create a small start for the 3rd Battalion of the First Attack Group of the Expeditionary Force. Miracle.
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When Kumagoro Hashimoto received the news from the First Battalion, he felt numb. He couldn't wait for Shozo Sakurai, and immediately sent the main force to attack southward wildly, because he knew that if he didn't fight hard now, he would wait for the expeditionary force to attack the right flank. If the army packs up and mobilizes the main force, then there will be no chance at all.
Judging from the destruction of the first brigade, the enemy is very fierce, and we must try our best to find a way out!
In the dense forest, Shozo Sakurai and Nobunaga Item received a telegram from Kumagoro Hashimoto, and they were all a little confused.
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Even if the enemy still has a mountain artillery brigade to attack, under night conditions, the Little Devil's artillery observation post cannot accurately judge the distance, and has to push the mountain artillery close to the target like the 92nd Infantry Artillery. This leaves the 3rd Battalion Various mortars had the opportunity to counterattack. Both sides came and went, and each suffered casualties in the artillery battle.
However, the 3rd Battalion, which had determined its battle position in advance, had the grid map issued by Gao Jianwu, especially along the highway, so they set the ambush target location as point 0. Gao Jianwu provided detailed artillery bombardment parameters of about fifteen kilometers, and the ambush was The battalion and company mortar teams in the dense forest can quickly revise the target position through the observation post's landing point report. In this way, the artillery of the Little Devils needs to rely on experience to predict counterattacks, which is more than a step behind in accuracy!
Therefore, let the 3rd Battalion, with its absolute strength disadvantage, stand on the blocking position with dead stones to withstand the Japs' attack.
Even if rows of casualties began to appear now, they would grit their teeth and endure it.
On another battlefield, the main force of the expeditionary force group has now begun to sweep across the entire right army of the collapsed Thirty-third Division. The tank regiment will disperse the gathered little devils, allowing the infantry following behind to harvest as much as they can.
It's just that the battlefield is vast now, and the battle cannot be ended for a while.
After receiving the battle report from the 3rd Battalion of the First Attack Group, Gao Jianwu immediately ordered the logistics team to come up, withdraw the tank regiment for supplies, and then ordered the tank regiment to set off immediately for reinforcements.
The Little Japanese Left Army counterattacked in advance, which was a bit unexpected, but it was not a big problem. For the main battalion with relatively complete firepower, the Little Japanese left army could not launch an attack formation in the dense forest. Thousands of people gathered in the big camp. On the road, there are only a few hundred people who can line up in front and launch an attack.
This gave the 3rd Battalion a chance to persevere.
Although hundreds of Japs had sneaked into the dense forest and seemed to circle back to surround them, they were hit hard by more than a dozen machine guns from the 3rd Battalion that were stationed in the dense forest.
This time, the 3rd Battalion's operation was originally a circuitous encirclement and blockade. Considering the powerful enemy they faced, before setting off, Ding Wei specially strengthened the machine gun configuration for them, which was enough to add a light machine gun company, mainly for the defense of dense forests. , and now it has indeed achieved results.
The little devil's attempt to break through the dense forest went bankrupt.
Night combat is an absolute disadvantage for the attacking side, and the terrain here is particularly suitable for the defending side. If they abandon everything and escape from the dense forest, it will indeed be a huge difficulty for the pursuing side.
It's just that Hashimoto Kumagoro hasn't been pushed to the limit yet. Now he will definitely not abandon everything and run away.
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Song Tiecheng did not expect that their commando team would really catch a big fish this time. In the dense forest, the expeditionary force attack group, the most elite commando team, was like a fish in water. When they quietly approached Sakurai Province and Sanyi's group, Suddenly opened fire, and the powerful firepower formed by dozens of assault rifles killed most of Sakurai Shozo's escort squadron almost instantly. If Song Tiecheng hadn't wanted to capture the enemy leader alive, and directly fired hundreds of thousands of bazooka rockets, They were even able to kill them all without a single blow.
Even so, there are fewer and fewer Japs protecting Sakurai Shozo.
In close combat in dense forests, the little Japs, who mainly rely on crooked machine guns and 38-guns, have no ability to fight against assault rifles.
So after more than ten minutes, Song Tiecheng's commando team defeated all the little Japs. Seeing that there were also Yangma on the other side, Song Tiecheng subconsciously felt as if he had caught the big guy. After interrogation, they discovered that it was a big fish. Song Tiecheng and the others carefully identified the wounded Japanese soldiers one by one and captured Sakurai Shozo and Iteng Nobunaga alive.
The two little devils pretending to be ordinary soldiers wanted to commit suicide, but Song Tiecheng quickly pulled out a pistol and broke their hands.
Although Gao Jianwu said that he would capture them alive, he did not say that they would be kept intact.
Anyway, as long as I can breathe and not die for a while, that's fine.
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On the blocking position of the 3rd Battalion of the 1st Attack Group of the Expeditionary Force, after persisting in the bloody battle for three hours,
Even though the soldiers are fighting bravely and skillfully, they are now a little exhausted. At this point in the battle, the casualties of the entire 3rd Battalion have exceeded half, and some companies have even exhausted their positions.
At this juncture, Kumagoro Hashimoto also risked his life and began to launch a crazy attack regardless of casualties. The squadron-level onboard charges came one after another and would not stop at all. In order to open a way out, the little Japanese also moved forward desperately.
"Battal Commander, the positions of the 3rd Company are almost gone. If I take the guard platoon over, what will you do here?" Yu Dabao, the platoon leader of the 3rd Battalion's guard platoon, was somewhat resistant to the order of the battalion commander Xie Daocheng, because as soon as he led the people away, Xie Daocheng The only thing left around us was the cooking team at the battalion headquarters.
"Execute the order. Our mission is to hold off the left army of the 33rd Infantry Division for 6 hours. Now it is far from enough. The 3rd company position cannot become a gap for the Imperial Army to break through. Starting from me, everyone must defend it. We have to fight on our position, even if we all die here, we still have to wait until the main force arrives!" Xie Daocheng shouted loudly.
"Yes!" Yu Dabao was scolded by Xie Daocheng and left with tears in his eyes.
He was not afraid of death. As a veteran of the new regiment, Yu Dabao was used to life and death. When he blocked the 41st Division, he seemed familiar with the same situation today.
But in order to buy time for the main force, they also made huge sacrifices to hold back the little devil.
Yu Dabao is worried about the safety of battalion commander Xie Daocheng.
At this difficult moment, suddenly, there was a roar in the distance. Yu Dabao pricked up his ears and listened for a while, and a huge surprise suddenly appeared on his face.
"Battal Commander, our tanks are coming. This is the sound of our Sherman tanks!" Yu Dabao was ecstatic. He is a person who has a special obsession with tanks. If it weren't for Xie Daocheng, Yu Dabao would have cried. He shouted and went to the tank regiment.
Even so, during training breaks, Yu Dabao would hang out with the tank regiment whenever he had time, and beg others to let him go inside the tank to look around. He knew everything about the Sherman tank.
"Thank God, reinforcements have finally arrived. Dabao, immediately lead the guard platoon to block the gap in the 3rd company's position!" Xie Daocheng was not as surprised as Yu Dabao. After all, he had been notified of every move of the tank regiment.
Sun Desheng's tank regiment arrived first, strengthening the shaky blocking position of the 3rd Battalion. They calmly persisted in the bloody blockade for 6 hours, buying time for the main forces of the three major attack groups of the expeditionary force to surround them, and captured the 33rd Division in one fell swoop. Most of the left army was wiped out near Kawagan!
In this battle, the main force of the 33rd Division was wiped out cleanly. The five or six thousand Japs who fled into the dense forest were chased by the first regiment of Yaogong. In the end, less than three thousand Japs escaped through the dense forest. After the results of this battle were reported, , once again caused turmoil in the Allied Southeast Asia Theater Command and the country. The whole country was shocked. The Second Theater Expeditionary Force Group, which had been holding back for more than a month, took action again. It was another piece of good news like a bomb. This time, the little Japs and the Japs were annihilated. There are more than 40,000 puppet troops!
