"We were in a hurry, and the Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield were even more hasty." Zhang Xuan replied blurtly.
"Their artillery, tank troops, and heavy machine gun troops... are being chased by our artillery and unable to provide fire support to the infantry."
"Among the Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield, it is obvious that there are more puppet troops than little devils."
"If we launch a sudden attack, we will definitely catch them by surprise..."
"The offensive troops stared at the puppet troops on the battlefield and beat them fiercely. They will definitely be defeated. We can take the opportunity to divide and surround the enemy here."
"As soon as the three and four battalions arrive, we can defeat them one by one and eliminate them bit by bit..."
"Excuting an order……"
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The Japanese chief of staff did not know that he had become a piece of meat in the mouth of the guerrilla brigade.
At this moment, all attention is focused on the frontal battlefield, hoping that the tank troops can make a breakthrough, cover the infantry and seize the Eighth Route Army blocking position in one fell swoop, leave here, and return to Fangshan.
Not only him, but most of the Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield focused on the frontal battlefield.
Because this is their only hope to return to Fangshan.
But right here, several small troops were slowly approaching them under the cover of night.
He touched the target until he was fifty meters away from the Japanese and puppet troops.
The terrain here is really too complicated...
The surrounding bushes were deep, the rocks were rugged, and there were a large number of hidden ravines and mounds. In addition, the Japanese and puppet troops were focused on the frontal battlefield, which created a good opportunity for the Second Battalion and the Guard Company to attack them at close range.
"Da da da... boom boom boom..."
Light machine guns, grenade launchers... all joined the battle. The Japanese and puppet army security positions targeted by the guerrilla brigade were instantly covered by bullets and grenade fragments, causing heavy casualties.
"Come on..." The guerrilla brigade soldiers hiding in the dark immediately jumped out from their hiding spots, holding rifles and light machine guns and charged forward.
"Enemy attack..."
The little Japanese officer hidden in the team was the first to react. He drew his command knife and called on his subordinates to fight back on the spot.
But the troops around him were in chaos.
The sudden fire attack killed more than a dozen people. The puppet troops who were in panic rushed over a dozen soldiers. After waving their command swords and shouting for a long time, they only managed to gather a dozen subordinates and a light machine gun.
"Fire... stop the enemy's sneak attack troops..." Facing the Eighth Route Army that was getting closer and closer, the Japanese team leader had to fight hard even though he only had a dozen of his subordinates.
Because if he didn't resist, the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops would quickly break through the guard positions, then drive straight in to kill the main force.
Even if you know that your resistance is like a mantis trying to fight a chariot, and you probably won't be able to hold on for even one minute, you still don't hesitate to attack. One minute is the only time you can buy the main force one minute to move.
The squad leader soon heard a burst of gunshots in his ears, and he knew that this was when his subordinates started to fight back.
"Swish swish...ah..."
Before they could take a breath, a hail of bullets flew towards them, and the screams of their men rang in their ears at the same time.
Although his subordinates' counterattack killed nearly ten Eighth Route Army troops, their counterattack firepower was much denser. At least three light machine guns fired at them.
In the blink of an eye, more than half of the few dozen subordinates were killed or injured and fell to the ground, losing their combat effectiveness.
For the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops, the casualties of nearly ten people obviously did not affect the offensive momentum of the troops.
The team leader was stunned and the Eighth Route Army rushed forward for more than ten meters. When he looked up, he saw a black grenade falling from the sky and hitting him.
"Baga...Grenade attack...Everyone take cover...Boom, boom, boom..." The team leader immediately threw his head on the ground and shouted a reminder. Before he finished speaking, a violent explosion sounded in his ears.
Then I felt my whole body flying up from the ground, and lost consciousness for an instant.
"Comrades, charge with me..." The guard company commander held a newly captured light machine gun and charged forward while holding fire. Taking advantage of the explosions on the sunset warning position before it ended, he rushed in directly.
Gunsmoke!
Seeing the little Japs still moving, he pulled the trigger, killed the Japanese and puppet troops' security positions, and quickly looked towards the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops.
"Rush to the southeast... The Japanese and puppet troops there are the most chaotic, and they must be mostly puppet troops... The guard company continues to kill me..."
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Also launching the attack at the same time were the other three main companies of the guerrilla brigade.
Just like the guard company, after breaking through the security positions, they will rush wherever the Japanese and puppet troops are more confused.
This unexpected situation quickly reached the ears of the chief of staff, and then everyone panicked.
He is not a battlefield novice.
The guerrilla brigade first blocked itself here through blockade warfare, and then sent out artillery to chase the artillery and tank units under its command and bomb them, leaving the infantry without artillery fire cover and tank cover.
Now they dispatched infantry to launch a surprise attack on themselves, making it clear that they wanted to completely annihilate themselves here and fight a decisive battle with themselves.
The only thing that made him happy was that the Eighth Route Army that was attacking him didn't have many troops.
Otherwise, without the cover of artillery fire and chariot troops, no matter how powerful the soldiers under his command are, they will suffer heavy casualties, and may even be wiped out by the guerrilla brigade here.
Thinking of this, the chief of staff quickly calmed down from the initial panic.
With an excited expression on his face, he ordered: "The guerrilla brigade wants to fight us here, then I will grant their wish."
"Just take the opportunity to kill them."
"Even without the fire cover provided by the tank troops and artillery troops, our elite infantry can still be invincible on the battlefield."
"Pass the order..."
"The troops immediately surrounded and attacked our Eighth Route Army and killed them..."
"The pursuit battle has been going on for so long, and we have not yet eliminated the Eighth Route Army from its unorganized form. In a moment, we will wipe out all their assault troops here!"
It is good for the Japanese chief of staff to have confidence, but he overlooked one thing.
"Although there are still more than 2,000 people under my command who can continue to fight, half of them are Imperial Alliance troops with low field combat capabilities."
More importantly, in order to break through the Eighth Route Army's blocking position as soon as possible and leave here.
In addition to the chariot brigade that was launching the attack, he also transferred two infantry squadrons from the few troops at hand to reinforce the chariot brigade.
There seemed to be a lot of troops around him. Excluding the artillery, the total number of infantry that could really compete head-on with the guerrilla brigade was less than three squadrons. The remaining more than a thousand were all from the Imperial Alliance Army.
The target of the guerrilla brigade's attack was precisely these Imperial Army troops who were not good at fighting in the field.
Therefore, if the chief of staff wants to take the opportunity to eat up the attacking troops of the guerrilla brigade and save the defeat, it is destined to be a sweet dream.
Major Miyata knew very well the situation of his soldiers and wanted to persuade the chief of staff, but he swallowed the words as soon as they reached his lips.
Because apart from the chief of staff's encirclement method, he could not think of any other way to break the situation.
