Li Yunlong set his sights on Chen Dugu.
"Your county brigade is responsible for ambushing the Japanese transport team." Li Yunlong said to Chen Dugu:
"I've already chosen the ambush location for you. It's in Gongjia Valley. The several-mile-long road here winds past the bottom of the ditch, and there are mountains tens of meters high on both sides."
"Great for ambushes."
"The task I give you is not only to kill all the Japanese, but also to ensure that most of the supplies are captured."
According to intelligence, the Japanese transport team is basically composed of trucks, and it is inevitable that the trucks will be destroyed during the battle.
Therefore, it is considered very good if most of the supplies can be captured at the end of the battle.
Chen Dugu's tone was full of confidence: "Commander, please be optimistic. Although we are a county brigade, our combat effectiveness is no worse than that of the main group. If there are any problems, I will take the lead."
Chen Daku was not bragging.
Now the main force of the new regiment has more than 2,500 people, and the county brigade also has more than 1,800 people.
The combined strength exceeds 4,300 men. The properly reinforced regiment has surpassed the Japanese elite unit in terms of firepower.
The county brigade is equipped with Japanese weapons and equipment that have been eliminated by the main force, and every soldier is assigned a gun.
There are more than 70 38-type large-cap rifles, Type 92 heavy machine guns and crooked handle light machine guns in total, with sufficient ammunition.
It is also equipped with a mortar battery, a machine gun battery, a mountain artillery battery, a large-caliber heavy machine gun battery... the only thing missing is a cavalry company. Cheng Shifa, the commander of the main regiment, drooled after seeing it.
Almost all county brigades are militiamen and they have combat effectiveness, but not much.
However, the county brigade was well equipped and wore new military uniforms. After more than half a month of training and participating in the Guanjianao battle, it already looked like a regular army.
It may be a bit difficult to deal with the Japanese elite, but there is no pressure to fight against the Japanese transport troops.
After the brigade commander allocated more than 800 militia numbers to the New Regiment, Li Yunlong allocated a group of company platoon leaders and elite veterans from the main force of the New Regiment to the county brigade.
Li Yunlong nodded with satisfaction, and then he said to Zhang Dabiao, Zheng Yu, Xu Yonghai and others: "The first battalion, the heavy machine gun battalion is ambushing the 225th Regiment where the cavalry battalion last ambush. It is about 10 kilometers away from the county seat.
, wait until the Japanese reinforcements enter the ambush circle, open fire directly, and kill at least half of the Japanese, then the cavalry battalion will rush forward to collect the corn."
"The second battalion serves as the reserve team of the first battalion and the heavy machine gun battalion, and the third battalion serves as the reserve team of the county brigade."
"The mountain artillery battalion, machine artillery battalion, engineer company, guard company and sword squadron do not need to participate in the battle and serve as the general reserve team."
Li Yunlong really wanted to kill rabbits and capture the county seat, but his reason overcame his impulse.
If the main force of the Japanese defenders in Heshun County can be killed in the wild, then it will not be difficult to capture Heshun County with the combat power of a new regiment, and the battle can even be over in half a day.
However, after the capture of Heshun County, tens of thousands of Japanese troops came over, which was very uncomfortable for the new regiment.
"yes!"
Mountain artillery battalion commander Wang Chengzhu, machine gun battalion commander He Jie, engineer company commander Huang Zhiqiang, guard company commander Liu Dali, and sword squadron leader Lu Yingjun.
The five people shouted in unison.
Chen Dagu, Zhang Dabiao, Sun Desheng, and heavy machine gun battalion commander Wang Dashan, who received combat missions, laughed so much that they couldn't close their mouths.
"Let me add a few words." Zhao Gang said, "This time our operation must be concealed. We will operate in the middle of the night tonight. Each ambush unit must arrive at the designated location before dawn. After the battle, the entire group will immediately go to Gongjiagou to transport supplies.
Exit the battlefield as quickly as possible."
After Zhao Gang finished speaking, Li Yunlong glanced at everyone and asked, "Does anyone else have any questions?"
Seeing that everyone was silent, Li Yunlong said: "Since there is no such thing, let's break up the meeting!"
"Yes!" Everyone responded in unison.
After the company commanders directly under each battalion returned, they began to mobilize the soldiers before the war.
In the second half of the night, Li Yunlong led the various units of the new regiment and headed towards the Pingliao Highway under the cover of darkness.
The new group's hiding place is only about 20 kilometers away from the Pingliao Highway on a mountain road.
After about 4 hours of marching, the new regiment finally arrived at their designated positions before dawn.
In Gongjiagou, the first thing Chen Dugu did after arriving with his county brigade was to reconnoiter the terrain here.
After some reconnaissance, Chen Dugu discovered that the terrain here is simply unique. Just as the leader said, the several-mile-long road spiraled up from the bottom of the ditch, and the terrain was very dangerous.
However, Chen Dugu was still prepared to play some tricks on the Japanese.
Immediately, he ordered the guards to call the company commanders of the county brigade for a meeting.
The county brigade does not have a battalion commander, but a company commander. In addition to the four infantry companies, there are also mortar companies, machine gun companies, mountain artillery companies, and heavy machine gun companies.
There are a total of 8 companies, each infantry company has more than 300 people, and the other companies have more than 100 people.
These eight company commanders are all cadres with rich experience in leading troops.
Not long after, all eight company commanders ran over and surrounded Chen Dugu.
"Look, this is the Gongjiagou section of the road."
With the help of the dim light in the early morning, Chen Dagu pointed to the canyon facing mountains on both sides in the distance, as well as the road at the bottom of the canyon.
Then he followed Li Yunlong's example and used a branch to draw a winding trace on the ground to represent the road.
Without any unnecessary nonsense, Chen Dugu pointed to the traces on the ground and began to describe the combat deployment:
"All the soldiers set up an ambush on both sides of the road and opened fire immediately after all the Japanese entered the ambush position."
"The artillery company will find a place to set up artillery positions by itself. Remember that the mission of your artillery company is not to fight the enemy's trucks, but to fight the enemy. You can flexibly control the scale."
"The company set up an ambush at the exit, sent one or two Japanese trucks over to report the news, and then blew up several Japanese trucks behind them to block the way for the Japanese trucks to leave the ditch."
"The Fourth Company set up an ambush at the entrance. After the ambush started, they blew up several Japanese trucks behind them to block the Japanese's retreat."
"The machine gun battery, heavy machine gun battery, and mortar battery are free to fire, but the mountain artillery battery does not need to participate in the battle."
Speaking of this, Chen Dugu curled his lips and said, "Let's give the devils a way of cutting off the head and tail and blooming in the middle."
There is no need for any reserves in this battle. As long as the First Company and the Fourth Company tighten the gap, the Japanese transport team will be the turtle in the jar.
However, Li Yunlong used the third battalion of the main force as the reserve team of the county brigade, which can be considered as a backup for the county brigade.
"yes!"
All the company commanders responded in unison.
"The Japanese won't arrive until the afternoon, so each company has enough time to build their positions and rest."
"Once the battle starts, if there is a problem with any company, then the regiment commander will not be able to spare me, and I will not be able to spare him first!"
Chen Dugu added a few more sentences, and all the company commanders looked solemn and responded quickly.
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At about 2:30 in the afternoon, the Japanese transport team arrived as scheduled.
In order to transport supplies to the mopping up troops, the little devils put in a lot of effort and used all 94 trucks.
In one delivery alone, more than 70 trucks were equipped with the materials. There were even three motorcycles with sidecars and an armored vehicle at the beginning. Dozens of trucks lined up in a long queue were driving on the road. Fortunately, they just arrived yesterday.
It rained in autumn, otherwise the road would have been filled with dust.
In order to prevent the supplies from getting wet from the rain, the Japanese also pulled up a tarp on the top of the truck. Judging from the pressure of the wheels, every Japanese truck was almost fully loaded.
"The devil is coming, stay hidden!"
Chen Dugu was with the soldiers of the Fourth Company, lying in ambush above the ravine on the right side of the road. His body was covered with withered grass. After hearing the roar of the truck motor, he raised his binoculars and looked in the direction of the road. The Japanese three-wheeled and
The armored vehicle soon appeared in the field of view of the telescope.
The soldiers of the county brigade lowered their heads one after another and hid themselves completely on the mountain.
But the movements of his hands were not idle, and there was a loud sound of pulling the bolt.
A small number of soldiers who saw this level of formation for the first time were trembling slightly, and their palms were sweating because they held the rifles too tightly.
But most of the soldiers showed no fear on their faces, staring at the Japanese convoy below with murderous intent.
However, there was no case where the gun went off due to nervousness.
The three Japanese three-wheeled sidecars and armored vehicles conducted fire reconnaissance while cautiously driving into the ravine. The crooked light machine gun on the Japanese three-wheeled sidecar began continuous fire reconnaissance.
Three crooked-handled light machine guns screamed wildly, and the machine gun bullets hit the mountains on both sides, causing a cloud of muddy mist visible to the naked eye.
Facing such dangerous terrain, the Japanese were still very cautious, but manpower reconnaissance was very time-consuming and there were not that many manpower. Fire reconnaissance was the easiest way.
Seeing that no abnormality was found in the front, the convoy of Japanese trucks from behind drove into the ravine with great swagger.
When the entire Japanese transport team entered the ambush section, Chen Dugu held up a Type 97 sniper rifle, aimed at the driver of a Japanese truck and pulled the trigger.
Bah!
In the cab of the Japanese truck, the high-speed rotating bullet penetrated the Japanese driver's head, and blood streaked on the windshield.
The gunshot sounded as a trumpet.
A group of bazooka soldiers beside Chen Dugu pulled the trigger, and the rockets flew towards the last Japs truck. The terrifying power blew up the Japs truck and the dozen or twenty Japs inside it to pieces.
"Fire!"
On the position of the first company, the commander of the first company who heard the sound of gunfire gave an order decisively. All the dead grass on the mountains on both sides was lifted, and rows of firearms were exposed.
A rocket flew towards the first Japanese truck. With a loud bang, the front truck instantly turned into a ball of fire and lay on the road. The vehicles behind were blocked and had no way to go.
into a ball.
"idiot!"
"Who ambushed the Imperial Army here?"
The Japanese soldiers jumped out of the car, swearing, picked up their weapons and fought back on both sides of the ravine.
More than 1,000 soldiers from the County Brigade, under the command of each squad leader, fired a dense row of bullets at the Japanese who jumped out of the car.
Bang bang bang…
Da da da…
The gunshots rang out like exploding beans, and most of the Japanese who had just jumped out of the car were beaten into pieces before they had time to find cover.
Although his marksmanship is a bit inferior, he has strong firepower and sufficient ammunition.
The leading three-wheeler and the armored vehicle turned back when they heard the sound of gunfire. The machine guns roared and opened fire on the position of the county brigade's first company.
The rapid-fire cannons and heavy machine guns on the Japanese armored vehicles were also firing fiercely, causing sand and rocks to fly across the entire position and raising large amounts of mud and mist.
However, the Japanese armored vehicle was only proud for a moment. A rocket hit the Japanese armored vehicle head-on. With a loud bang, the Japanese armored vehicle instantly turned into a ball of fire. The Japanese inside were killed on the spot before they could even scream.
A three-wheeler behind was blown into the air.
The Japs on the other two three-wheelers were frightened to death when they saw this. The three-wheelers almost drifted on the road and turned around. They pushed the accelerator to the bottom and hurried to Heshun County to shake people off.
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(It’s September, brothers, please beg for a guaranteed monthly ticket.)
This chapter has been completed!