"The longer you live, the better you can complete your mission..." This was what the Japanese commander repeatedly told several squadron leaders before he divided his troops.
These squadron leaders did exactly that.
Little did he know that it was precisely because of this order that Huang Yu had a good opportunity to use ordinary people and local troops to pretend to be the main force to hunt them down.
Otherwise, Huang Yu and Kong Jie could not muster a sufficient number of troops to hunt them down even though they had demobilized all the troops left behind in the base area, forcing them to move around the base area constantly and leaving no time for killing people and setting fires.
Otherwise, a large number of people in the base area would be massacred every day, and the losses would be huge.
The Japanese troops were divided into seven squadrons and operated on a single route, killing people and setting fires everywhere in their respective areas of activity.
Huang Yu dispatched five reinforced platoons from the fifth and only regiments of the main force to hunt down five of the Japs. The remaining four battalions were divided into two groups. The two main battalions formed one team and cooperated with a certain number of mortars.
Artillery and heavy machine guns surrounded the last two groups of Japs and defeated them one by one.
Yangpo Village.
One of the Japanese troops' attack force happened to enter the village.
After a while, gunshots like exploding beans rang out in the village, people screamed, and the houses in the village were set ablaze one after another by the Japs. The thatched roofs burned quickly, and soon turned into blazing fireballs.
As before, the Japanese squadron leader did not enter the village to participate in the massacre. Instead, he stood at the commanding heights at the entrance of the village and quietly observed the surrounding situation.
He must remain vigilant at all times to prevent his troops from being blocked here by the Eighth Route Army during raids.
"Sir..." A security guard hurried towards him, shouting from a distance.
"The Eighth Route Army is coming towards us from the due east on the highway. It has at least two companies and is equipped with mortars and heavy machine guns. It is still at most two kilometers away from us."
The squadron leader's calm facial expression was immediately replaced by seriousness, and he frowned and replied: "The Eighth Route Army's reaction speed is getting faster and faster."
"Inform the troops in the village to assemble immediately and evacuate Yangpo Village in five minutes, otherwise we will be blocked here by the Eighth Route Army."
Before the troops entered the village, the squadron leader gave them death orders.
During the raid, no matter what they were doing, they must retreat immediately when they heard the order to assemble, without delaying even a second.
As soon as the squadron leader's assembly order was issued, a steady stream of little devils rushed out of the village, many of them carrying livestock, chickens and ducks they had just snatched from ordinary people's homes.
They are on a fatal mission.
Since there is no way to survive, there is no use in grabbing gold and silver treasures. It is better to grab more food and eat something before death, so as not to starve to death.
The squadron leader's stipulated assembly time was five minutes, but it took only four minutes for more than 200 little Japanese to evacuate and assemble at the entrance of the village.
Facing the Eighth Route Army that was getting closer and closer, the squadron leader didn't waste any words and led the troops towards the west direction of the village, intending to let the Eighth Route Army catch the enemy in vain.
Unfortunately, less than five minutes after the team had walked, they saw a scout rushing towards the squadron leader: "Sir, the Eighth Route Army is coming towards us in front. There are at least two companies, equipped with heavy machine guns and mortars. They have already
They formed a fighting formation, as if they knew we were going to retreat from their side and could not go any further."
The squadron leader's heart skipped a beat, and he had a bad premonition in his mind. He frowned and analyzed: "Baga, we must have been targeted by the main force of the Eighth Route Army."
"There are interceptions in front and pursuers behind. We can't go further in the east and west directions, otherwise we will fall into a trap."
"Let's go south. There is a small road there to leave here. The Eighth Route Army will definitely not think of it."
"Anyway, the troops do not carry heavy equipment and do not choose the road..."
More than two hundred little devils quickly turned around and advanced quickly along the path.
"Dong dong dong..."
Ten minutes later, a series of dull heavy machine gun fire sounds suddenly sounded at the front of the team. The squadron leader threw himself on the ground like a reflex. When he looked up, he saw five or six soldiers in the front lying in a pool of blood. Suddenly, on a mound directly in front of the team,
A heavy machine gun and two light machine guns appeared. They aimed at them and started shooting wildly.
Although the equipment of the Yizhong Eighth Route Army is very good, it is impossible to equip an ordinary army with heavy machine guns.
There is a heavy machine gun and two light machine guns blocking the way in front. Under normal circumstances, the opponent has at least one company of troops.
The bad premonition in the squadron leader's head became more and more intense.
The Eighth Route Army that had just flanked us would definitely continue to pursue us by following the traces left by the troops.
They have a total of four reinforced companies.
If he could not quickly break through the Eighth Route Army's blocking position and was blocked here, allowing the Eighth Route Army to pursue him, his more than two hundred subordinates would have to face the pursuit and interception of four reinforced companies of the Eighth Route Army at the same time.
Even if they were lucky enough to break out of the encirclement in the end, the team of more than 200 people would be depleted.
This is the outcome the squadron leader least wants to face.
Immediately ordered to the adjutant beside him: "Immediately set up all the heavy machine guns and mortars we are equipped with, fire all the artillery shells, destroy the light and heavy machine gun fire points of the Eighth Route Army, then use the heavy machine guns to cover, and the second team launches an attack, striving to capture the Eighth Route Army's obstruction in one storm."
position."
"Hurry up, don't let the Eighth Route Army block us here."
In order to escape for his life, the Japanese squadron leader spent a lot of money.
After a while, a violent explosion sounded on the mound, with fire flying and thick smoke billowing.
Under the watch of the little devil, a light machine gun was blown up on the spot, and several Eighth Route Army soldiers were blown over in the explosion. Their lives and deaths were uncertain.
In just one minute, three mortars fired all the artillery shells carried by the army, and three heavy machine guns immediately joined the battle, pouring flames on the blocking position as if bullets were free, and more than fifty little Japs jumped from the ground at the same time.
He got up, held the rifle in his hand, and roared towards the blocking position at a very fast speed.
The attack started very smoothly. Facing the Japanese attacking troops, there was no movement on the smoke-filled mounds, and not a single gunshot was heard.
When everyone thought that all the Eighth Route Army's blocking troops had been killed by artillery fire, an accident happened.
“Dong dong dong… da da da…”
A series of denser machine gun fire suddenly sounded in the bushes on both sides of the mound. It sounded like at least eight light and heavy machine guns were firing together.
Bullets flew towards the Japanese attacking troops in a crossfire, killing and wounding nearly twenty little Japs in an instant.
There are only more than fifty attacking troops in total, which is equivalent to losing 40% of the troops at once, and this is just the beginning.
The sudden appearance of blocking fire in front instantly attracted the attention of the Japanese heavy machine gunners. They quickly adjusted the shooting angle of the heavy machine guns and used the only three heavy machine guns in the team to suppress the blocking fire of the Eighth Route Army.
The grenades equipped by the offensive troops also began to participate in the battle, attacking the light and heavy machine gun fire points on the blocking position from a distance.
