Chapter 282

Regarding the Tiedan Reconnaissance Platoon's report, Zhang Yunfei felt as if a bucket of ice water had been poured on him on a cold day, and he was immediately chilled.

He quickly opened the map, marked his current location, and then moved northeastward to find the mountain ridge where the Japanese encirclement network was located.

"Yantou Ridge" Zhang Yunfei pointed at a mountain ridge on the map, "Now we don't know exactly which part of the surrounded troops are. Now we must first figure out the Japanese troop deployment and wait for an opportunity to coordinate the brothers' troops to break through."

Zhang Yunfei closed the map in lament. It would be difficult to handle a large group of Japanese soldiers. Not to mention that his own battalion was now disabled, even if it was fully organized, it would be impossible to shake the opponent.

Whether the besieged troops can break out now depends on themselves. They can only create chaos at critical moments and open a breakthrough channel for them.

Zhang Yunfei led his troops and began to advance toward the enemy's outer positions, trying to touch the enemy's back.

They ran cautiously for several miles and were very close to the enemy's outer position. They hid in a valley and observed the enemy's position.

Zhang Yunfei observed for a long time and finally discovered some clues. The Japanese troops did not seem to be as strong as expected.

I feel that the mathematics of my reconnaissance platoon is all taught by...well, the cultural teacher. These guys are a little confused after estimating the number of hands.

Once the number of people increased and they spread out in an attack formation, it felt like the mountains were all over the place. These guys really couldn't tell how many people there were.

Zhang Yunfei estimated that there were only about four or five hundred people. Even the squadron of Japanese reinforcements behind them only had five or six hundred people. Although the number was quite large, the pressure was much less than that of a large group.

Zhang Yunfei secretly breathed a sigh of relief and secretly decided to give Tiedan and his reconnaissance platoon a good math lesson. The difference in the estimated number was too big, which scared him half to death.

As soon as Zhang Yunfei relaxed, the sound of gunfire and intensive gunfire from Yantou Ridge rang out loudly. Zhang Yunfei secretly thought something bad, it must be the besieged troops starting a breakout operation.

Zhang Yunfei led his troops to rush into the enemy's flank and rear positions, while the Japanese troops were attacking in the direction of Yantou Ridge.

The Japanese planes in the sky were also circling and scanning continuously. The pilots of these Japanese soldiers were also quite rampant. They were obviously just reconnaissance planes, but relying on the Eighth Route Army's inability to threaten them, they began to act unscrupulously and regarded themselves as fighter jets.

The division's logistics personnel who were breaking out of the encirclement on Yantou Ridge were restricted by the terrain and could only break through along the narrow mountain road.

The dense rain of bullets from the Japanese fell on the crowd that broke out, and people were constantly being blown up. The horses carrying equipment, also hit by the enemy's firepower, ran in panic and ran everywhere.

The Japanese's heavy machine guns and bullets swept towards the breakout personnel like a violent storm, blocking their breakout route.

Among the breakout personnel in Yantou Ridge, in addition to security personnel, there were more civilian personnel wearing glasses, theater troupes, newspaper staff and female soldiers.

They were hit by Japanese ammunition, sprayed with red blood, and fell slumped in a pool of blood on the mountain path.

Zhang Yunfei's eyes turned red at the scene in front of him, but he forced himself to remain calm. On the battlefield, there is no distinction between whether you are a man or a woman, whether you are illiterate or a scholar, whether you are noble or humble.

Life is as fragile, and now he must ensure that his attacks can disrupt the enemy's formation and create a breakthrough channel for the breakout troops.

When they approached to a certain distance, Zhang Yunfei immediately raised the shell gun in his hand, drove his battalion's troops, opened the way with grenades and light machine guns, and launched a full-scale attack on the back of the Japanese who were outflanking towards Yantou Ridge.

When the battle reached this point, Zhang Yunfei no longer considered the consumption of ammunition on hand and attacked the Japanese with full firepower.

For Zhang Yunfei at the moment, it is more important than anything in the market to open a breakout channel for the troops who are breaking out in his direction as soon as possible.

Zhang Yunfei led the entire battalion to launch a sudden attack from behind the Japs, charging with all his might, killing the Japs in an instant and catching them off guard.

After breaking through several enemy blockades, the Japanese reacted immediately and began to adjust their forces to block and surround their sudden intrusion.

The Japs concentrated several light and heavy machine guns, sealing the entire mountain pass airtight. They tried several times to attack, but were suppressed by the Japs' firepower.

Listening to the intensive sound of gunfire from the direction of Yantou Ridge, Zhang Yunfei called Tiedan and Li Dayandai over and said: "Now you two platoons, no matter what damn method you use, you must take away the Japanese machine guns.

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In this situation, the team cannot move, let alone rescue. Over time, they themselves may be surrounded by the Japanese.

Seeing Zhang Yunfei issuing orders with wide eyes, Li Dayandian said nothing, stretched out his hand to grab Tiedan's telescope, and pulled Tiedan to lower his head quickly.

This thing was his treasure, but he couldn't bear to break it, so he had to take it away.

Li Dayandai led his grenade group and quickly climbed to a rugged and steep hilltop. The hilltop there was extremely steep and could not be used as a position. The Japanese did not deploy their troops there.

Seeing the actions of Li Dayandai's grenade group, Zhang Yunfei knew what he meant and quickly organized machine gun fire to suppress and attract the enemy's firepower and attention to gain favorable conditions for their actions.

Li Dayandai and others climbed up the cliff with rock-climbing skills. On the narrow cliff, using their knees as a support point, they directly smashed the grenades on them at the Japanese machine gun positions as quickly as possible.

Following several explosions, the machine guns used by the Japanese to block the mountain pass instantly misfired. Taking advantage of the enemy's weakened firepower, Zhang Yunfei led his troops to approach the mountain pass blocked by the Japanese.

The soldiers took turns with grenades and smashed into the Japanese machine gun positions. They avoided the Japanese machine gunners who exploded with grenades. When they were about to fire more machine guns, they were attacked by another round of grenades.

Using hand grenades to clear the way, Zhang Yunfei's men, armed with superior bayonet rifles, broke into the Japanese blocking position at the mountain pass.

Facing the charging Zhang Yunfei's troops, although the Japanese in front of them had lost all their light and heavy machine gunners, there were still forty or fifty Japanese infantry deployed here, facing the charging Zhang Yunfei's troops.

However, he raised his rifle and faced him without fear. As soon as the two sides met, they strangled each other fiercely.

Another advantage of fighting in the mountains is that the complex terrain makes the cooperation between the Japanese more scattered. Under the cover of the sharpshooters of Tiedan's reconnaissance platoon, they break into the Japanese formation.

The entire mountain road, as well as the hillsides on both sides, were filled with bloody battlefields. Bayonets were red, and death became the only option for melee combat.

At this time, they had the advantage in numbers, but the Eighth Route Army never followed the rules of hand-to-hand combat and used guns whenever they could. In this complex terrain, they took a lot of advantage.

However, the Japs' front here was broken through, and Japs reinforcements immediately came to reinforce the area, while Zhang Yunfei's side fought hard with the existing troops at hand.

Soon Zhang Yunfei felt the pressure increasing. He felt that the Japanese around him were beating more and more, and it seemed that he could not kill them all.

Zhang Yunfei, with less than 200 troops, fought head-on with the surrounding Japs. The Japs seemed to be outflanking him, and the last gap in the encirclement was never able to be encircled.

Although the Japs' combat power is strong, their troops are insufficient after all. It is already difficult to surround and block the division's organs and non-combatants. However, Zhang Yunfei and his troops invaded in such a chaotic manner. They want to block all the exits, which shows their strength.

insufficient.

In fact, the Japanese here were a service unit and a squadron belonging to the brigade headquarters. They unexpectedly encountered the breakout force of the division headquarters.

There was no psychological preparation between the two sides, but the divisional force was isolated and helpless, and the Japanese could call for support.

The Japanese squadron that Zhang Yunfei followed was the reinforcement called by the Japanese. They had not really deployed yet, so the Japanese encirclement formation already had loopholes.

Many of them were temporarily held by the logistics units. Zhang Yunfei suddenly stepped in and kicked the enemy into chaos, which gave the breakout troops the best chance to break out.

However, the breakout troops did not make full use of the opportunities they created. Most of the division personnel in Yantouling were non-combatants, and they carried a large amount of supplies and documents, as well as various machines and equipment, and field hospitals.

medical equipment, etc.

On such a narrow mountain road, movement is quite slow. If they had moved really quickly, they wouldn't have been blocked by the Japanese.

Moreover, during the Japanese attack, various departments moved very slowly to gather personnel. The mountains were full of scattered personnel who had been disrupted, and pack horses running around unattended.

After all, they were not combatants, and their tactical discipline was much poorer. This slow movement caused far more trouble to the breakout operation than Zhang Yunfei imagined.

It is not that easy for a large number of personnel, even those who have not received much formal military training, including female soldiers, to break through the enemy's fire blockade in a short period of time.

Moreover, their covering troops were placed outside to fight the Japanese, and the troops maintaining order were seriously insufficient, further exacerbating the chaos of the breakout.

It is true that they are the Eighth Route Army, but they are just logistics personnel who have never been on the battlefield. They did not cry for their parents when facing the enemy's artillery fire, and their legs are too weak to walk, so they are worthy of their military uniforms.

If you want to ask them for more, that would be too much, so the breakout progressed smoothly.

The gap opened by Zhang Yunfei at the southern foot of Yantou Ridge was immediately met with a crazy counterattack by the Japanese. Moreover, the Japanese from the squadron they were following also joined the battle group, which made the situation under Zhang Yunfei's command even more difficult.

They defeated the Japanese's first charge and began to form a defensive line, relying on the mountains to stop the Japanese.

But the problem is that the Japanese can get a steady stream of reinforcements, but Zhang Yunfei can't get any supplements and reinforcements. The most important thing is that the Japanese not only carry sufficient quantities, but also have logistical ammunition, which can also ensure the supply of ammunition to the front at any time.

Although Zhang Yunfei had plenty of ammunition this time, he was still fighting more and more. Although he was now using ferocious firepower to temporarily repulse the enemy's counterattack regardless of consumption, this behavior was simply drinking poison to quench his thirst and would not last long.

Zhang Yunfei used his own troops to tightly entangle the Japanese encirclement in the south, buying time for the agency personnel on the mountain to break out. However, as the number of Japanese soldiers rushing over increased, Zhang Yunfei felt increasingly powerless.

The Japs also felt that the troops led by Zhang Yunfei were a greater threat. After all, characters like shit stirrups are generally hated by people, so the Japs commander immediately mobilized a large number of troops to encircle and outflank Zhang Yunfei's troops.

The enemy's firepower was not strong this time. They only had four machine guns, and one of them had been blown up by Li's pipe. The enemy's machine gun firepower was not strong.

But the threat of the grenade is also not small, especially the suppression of their light machine guns. It is too obvious. If you are not careful, you will be named by the Japanese grenade.

On the one hand, Zhang Yunfei constantly observed the breakout situation of the division headquarters personnel, while on the other hand he fought fiercely with the Japanese in front of him. In fact, when the battle reached this point, for both sides, it depended on who continued to invest more troops, and compared to those who did not have any preparations

Zhang Yunfei of the team said.

The amount of troops the Japs could invest was far greater than his. The Japs continued to charge and attack, and the two sides fought repeatedly over several passes and at the foot of the mountain.

The Japanese commander also realized the danger that Zhang Yunfei's troops posed to his entire combat plan, and launched almost continuous counterattacks against their positions, giving Zhang Yunfei no chance to breathe at all.

As long as they repelled the Japanese attack a little, the Japanese over there would immediately organize a new round of attacks.

After several repeated fights, Zhang Yunfei felt that he was no longer capable. After he raised his telescope and looked at the bottom of the mountain, the division personnel who had not yet completely rushed out could only shake their heads and smile bitterly.

This time they may really fall here. The enemy has not weakened at all, but they have no strength left, and their base is gone.

What's even more unfortunate is that the covering troops in the rear then reported that there were Japanese troops surrounding him from behind. Zhang Yunfei, who received the news, knew clearly that his detachment's retreat route had probably been cut off by the Japanese.

It has also been cut off.

Now they can only rush forward, and the breakout troops are surrounded. What the hell is going on? They are here to rescue, but in the end they are surrounded by others together with the rescued targets.

Zhang Yunfei's mouth felt a little bitter just looking at the Japanese soldiers surrounding him in a steady stream. This so-called rescue operation was already very difficult.

It is not much different from a desperate charge. The number of his troops is too small. Zhang Yunfei is very depressed. If he had a full battalion in hand, the situation might be much better.

Unfortunately, such an assumption has never been made on the battlefield. Zhang Yunfei picked up a 38 cap dropped by a Japs, and with one stab, he knocked over the Japs who were entangled with Li Ergou, and ordered: "Everyone, follow me and charge forward. Let's fight with Li Ergou."

Everyone from the division headquarters gathers."
Chapter completed!