Chapter 923 The Simplest Ambush (1)
The Japanese army came over, and there were two columns.
They were so unscrupulous and so swaggering that they didn't even pay attention to the small high ground on both sides.
Of course, this Japanese army has proud capital, just because they are the famous Fifth Division.
However, due to the lack of military intelligence in China, sometimes I can't figure out the number of Japanese troops, so I simply call them by their chief officer. For example, the current commander of the Japanese Fifth Division is called Seishiro Itagaki, so this division is called Itagaki Division by the Chinese army.
The gods and Buddhas have halos behind the heads of melons, while the Itagaki Division also has halo behind the heads of melons.
From the perspective of their Great Japanese Empire, the Itagaki Division was one of the seven earliest divisions formed by the Japanese army and one of the seventeen divisions that were always prepared by the Japanese army before the outbreak of this Sino-Japanese War.
From the perspective of war, their aura is even better!
The earliest, this division existed during the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895. It once defeated the Qing Dynasty's Huai Army in North Korea, captured Pyongyang, and drove the Qing Dynasty's army across the Yalu River.
In the Russo-Japanese War ten years later, the battles of Liaoyang, Shahe and Fengtian were successively fought, and finally stationed in Manchuria, so it was the case when the September 18th Incident occupied the three eastern provinces.
When someone comes here, he thinks that it is the Japanese Kanto Army.
Yes, it is the Japanese East Kanto Army!
The Japanese Kwantung Army is the elite of the Japanese Army and is known as the so-called "Flower of the Army". The name of this "Flower of the Army" was first created by the 21st Brigade of this division.
After occupying the Northeast, with the start of the full-scale Anti-Japanese War after the July 7 Incident, the Sakagaki Division began to kill all directions.
The Battle of Nankou has it, and the Battle of Xinkou has it. This time, when the Japanese army decided to conquer Xuzhou without progress on the southern front, it became the pioneer of the Japanese army on the northern front.
Up to now, there are few signs of defeat in the Itagaki Division. If it is said that it suffers only once, it is that it let the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army fight a lot at Pingxingguan.
However, the 115th Division was only its baggage force. Even if it tripped a man, Bulegai'er's eyes were beaten with black eyes, it was just a matter of losing the Itagaki Division, which was not a problem at all.
And now the Japanese troops heading to reinforce Ly City are all in a hurry.
The Chinese army has limited intelligence on the Japanese army, but the Japanese army has never lacked intelligence on the Chinese army. Who said that there are many Chinese traitors nowadays?
The Fifth Division, Itagaki Division, and the so-called steel army of the Japanese army, are against the 40th Army of the Chinese army, which is the so-called miscellaneous army. However, they did not expect that this miscellaneous army would be more difficult than the Central Army to fight to the death. If they fight to the death, they will not retreat. If the whole company and the whole battalion were killed, they would really be in the position of the person being dead!
But it rained again the day before yesterday, and the road was slippery. Their thin-skinned tanks slipped when they reached the mud. They couldn't climb up the hill, and the cannon could not be accurately shot.
The Chinese army kept firing at them in the waist-deep trenches, while the Japanese army staggered up the slopes.
What big advantage can the Japanese army gain in this situation? The originally imagined rapid decisive battle turned into a war of attrition. How can the Itagaki Division endure? Then continue to increase its troops.
There is a vicious dog in the family called it a watchdog. The watchdog that has never been beaten is really fierce. And the same is true for this Japanese army at this time. They have so many brilliant achievements, how could they take this ordinary marche seriously?
What's more, they have obtained accurate information, and the forty army has already contracted across the board to ensure that the city is not lost. How could they take the "little fish and shrimp" of the Chinese army that may be disbanded seriously?
But they didn't know that there was a Chinese saying, which was quite long, called "The wind and waves have come, how could the boat capsize in the small river?"
Because at this moment, behind the high ground ridges on both sides, all the Chinese soldiers had already hidden themselves.
When they approached Shang Zhen and his team came to the village, there were more than 60 new recruits and veterans, and on the other side was Shang Zhen and more than 20 people.
But no matter how many people there were, no one held a gun, and all they were holding was grenades and grenades.
There were not many grenades left, but there were still some grenades seized, but two were spread out in one person's hand.
The requirement that Shang Zhen put on the soldiers this time was very simple, that is, there was no need to shoot, you just need to throw out the grenades and grenades in your hands!
Even if you can't throw that grenade away, it's fine as long as it can be rolled down the hillside!
The premise of all this is that the grenade must be pulled, and the grenade must be smashed into the small hat!
Even the setting of such combat requirements is really hard for Shang to shake.
In Shang Zhen's eyes, Hao Xiaozi's combat quality was just average, and according to his own group of people, he was not as good as the new recruits. As for the new recruits, he could not have high requirements. As long as he could throw the grenade and grenade and explode, he would be a good anti-Japanese warrior!
The high ground on both sides was quiet, and no one stuck his head out, so naturally the Japanese army could not see anything.
Shang Zhen also left two observation points on each of the high grounds on both sides, including himself, and the observation points were still disguised, and they just had their eyes exposed.
More than 200 Japanese troops really came. Even if the Japanese army lined up in two columns, Shang Zhen and the others had only about 80 people. Even if they lined up in one row, it would be impossible for the Japanese army commander to be the leader.
Shang Zhen had no intention of "eating" this Japanese army at all. If he really had that idea, it would be a waste of human heart and a snake swallowed an elephant.
From a combat perspective, Shang Zhen only wants a victory.
From the perspective of war loss ratio or trading, Shang Zhen just wants to make a stable profit without losing money.
At this time, Shang Zhen's sharp eyes were staring under a dead grass on the ridge of the high ground. More than 200 Japanese troops had passed in front of them, and the middle overlapped with the ambush circles they set up on both sides. The Japanese troops behind had not yet entered the ambush circle.
But at this moment, Shang Zhen shrank his head back and looked left and right. The soldiers on his left and right sides were all looking at him.
It is too close to the Japanese army and the soldiers cannot show their heads. So why use Shang Zhen as a signal flag?
Shang Zhen saw excitement, nervousness, and even panic in the eyes of the soldiers, but it didn't matter. As long as after this battle, Shang Zhen dared to guarantee that these soldiers, whether veterans or new soldiers, may not necessarily possess the qualities of soldiers, they will definitely have the spirit of anti-Japanese warriors!
Shang Zhen slowly raised the grenade in his hand with the pins removed, and then he suddenly smashed the small hat of the grenade on the butt of the rifle beside him!
Chapter completed!