Chapter 289 Yamamoto's Last Hope (two chapters in one)
Wei Dayong was not afraid of death, but he did not want to be beaten to death by the Japanese because of his impulsiveness, so he quickly slowed down his assault speed and waited for Huang Yu and another member of the special team to be in place before moving forward...
"Captain, all the Japs on the top of the mountain have been killed..." Wei Dayong turned around and said after killing the last Japs.
"Continue to assault forward and launch an attack directly towards the Japanese and puppet troops on the back of Yangling... The guard camp has begun to take action, we cannot be outmatched by them!" Huang Yu quickly put a new magazine on the submachine gun while pulling the bolt.
Order!
"Captain, there are Japanese soldiers behind Yangling heading towards the top of the mountain..." a member of the special operations team shouted from a distance.
Huang Yu glanced around and began to issue orders: "Move over all the light and heavy machine guns we captured and the light and heavy machine guns we equipped... Wait until the Japanese and puppet troops get close before opening fire... As soon as they retreat, we will launch a counterattack, using the utmost force."
Defeat them quickly!"
The Japanese squadron leader was very anxious. As soon as the firefight on the top of the mountain stopped, he realized that something might have happened there.
Seeing several Eighth Route Army troops operating on the top of the mountain, I was even more sure of my previous judgment. While speeding up the assault, I ordered: "No... the Eighth Route Army has already taken the Yangling Highlands ahead of us. We must take advantage of their unsteady footing to recapture the high ground."
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"Speed up the assault speed, rush to the high ground at all costs... kill everyone..."
More than a hundred Japanese and puppet troops roared and charged forward as if they had been given blood.
Wai Bao Zi, who was accompanying the attacking team, was held in the arms of the Japanese, charging forward while holding fire.
The grenadier has stopped and is half-crouching behind the attacking troops, preparing to launch grenades towards Yangling Heights...
"Boom boom boom..."
Three grenades suddenly hit the high ground and exploded. Several soldiers in the reconnaissance company were instantly blown over, scaring other soldiers to lie down quickly...
"Dong dong dong..."
The heavy machine guns just captured by the special forces joined the battle in time. Together with the light machine guns equipped by the special forces and the reconnaissance company, there were a total of eleven light and heavy machine guns. They fired wildly at the Japanese and puppet troops who were close at hand...
The Japanese squadron leader was blinded. When he heard the sound of gunshots, he fell to the ground. When he looked up and looked around, the hillside under his feet was covered with corpses. There were wounded people who were not dead yet. They let out bursts of screams, which sounded very special.
Infiltrate people.
"Captain... the Eighth Route Army's blocking fire is too fierce, we can't rush forward?" A second lieutenant reported with a sad face, his eyes full of heartache.
In the fire attack just now, no less than ten of his men were shot.
It doesn't look like much, but they are all real Japanese.
Although the squadron leader led more than a hundred people to seize the Yangling Highlands, there were less than thirty Japs among these people, and the others were all puppet troops...
As a result, the Eighth Route Army killed more than a dozen Japs in one round of fire raids. If the attack continued at this rate of attrition, at most two rounds of fire raids would kill all the Japs in the team.
Without the Japanese to supervise the war, only God knows how long the remaining 70 or 80 puppet troops can hold on.
"Use a grenade to explode..." the squadron leader ordered reluctantly!
"The value of the grenade launchers is to help us destroy the enemy's firepower points. If even such a small task cannot be accomplished, what do I want them to do..."
Several grenade launchers who took the order quickly took aim and decided to shoot the heavy machine guns first, and then the surrounding light machine guns...
"Pa bang..."
Two gunshots suddenly rang out on the flank of the high ground. As soon as the two grenadier soldiers holding grenades took the grenades, a bloody hole was made in their chests by bullets...
He fell to the ground in an instant, and the grenade and grenade in his hand fell to the ground...
The grenade is already fuzed, open the safety, and the warhead will explode when it hits the ground...
"Rumble..."
A grenade exploded the moment it hit the ground. Although the third grenadier was not targeted by the sniper, he was blown over by his own grenade that had not been fired...
This scene was unexpected by Wang Xikui.
After moving to the new sniper position, I immediately stared at the Japanese grenadier who was preparing to launch grenades...
After pulling the trigger, immediately pull the bolt, eject the bullet case, advance a new bullet, prepare to fire the second shot, and kill the third grenade soldier without giving him a chance to launch a grenade...
Unexpectedly, the Japanese who was shot actually detonated the grenade in his hand...
The fire splashed, and five or six grenade launchers around them were blown away and knocked over at the same time, instantly losing their combat effectiveness.
“Dong dong dong… da da da…”
Huang Yu witnessed with his own eyes the scene of the Japanese grenadier being killed, his eyes lit up and he shouted: "Continue shooting, increase the firepower output..."
"We have killed the Japanese grenade launchers...defeat them with the strongest firepower..."
The Japanese squadron leader kept lying on the ground unable to stand up.
The blocking fire on the top of the mountain was so fierce that the bullets fired were so impenetrable that they had no chance to even raise their heads, let alone fight back!
Now he just hopes that the grenadier will join the battle quickly, kill a few firepower points, and reduce the combat pressure on the attacking troops...
The result was the opposite...
The grenade actually hit behind him and exploded, but did not hit the Eighth Route Army on the high ground...
"Captain... the grenadier soldiers were attacked and suffered heavy losses. There is no way to destroy the Eighth Route Army's firepower points!" A commander Cao climbed up to the squadron leader and reported.
"Captain... the Eighth Route Army's blocking firepower is too fierce... without grenade cover, we will definitely not be able to charge forward!" The little Japanese who served as the company commander of the puppet army reported with a sad face.
The squadron leader quickly glanced around and found that under the Eighth Route Army's blocking fire, there were no more than eighty soldiers around, making the originally small imperial army even sparser.
Take another look at the top of the mountain...the blocking fire is getting stronger and stronger, with no sign of weakening.
The grenade camp behind him had been bombed into a mess. Except for two or three people lying on the ground screaming, the others were motionless, with blood everywhere on their bodies...
The cruel reality proved that the troops had lost the opportunity to seize the high ground.
If you continue to fight, you will not only gain nothing, but you will also lose your wife and soldiers.
I can only bite the bullet and order: "Retreat..."
"Heavy machine gun cover... Defeat the Japanese and puppet troops in front of us... Charge..." Huang Yu issued an attack order at the same time!
"Comrades... rush..."
Wei Dayong took the lead and rushed towards the hillside, holding a submachine gun that kept spitting out tongues of flame in his arms. His whole body was like a mobile firepower point, charging wherever the Japs were most...
"Follow us... work in groups of three and coordinate with each other to advance forward. Don't leave your teammates behind and go deep alone..." Huang Yu rushed towards the Japs at the same time, giving orders while charging forward...
Twenty minutes later, the last Japanese on the Yangling battlefield was killed.
Except for more than a hundred puppet troops who surrendered voluntarily, all other Japanese and puppet troops were wiped out...
Huang Yu had an uncontrollable smile on his face.
After this battle, the independent regiment has completed 60-70% of its mission tonight. As long as the chief of staff successfully captures the Zhangjiachong stronghold, it will be complete.
Immediately ordered: "The guard battalion will stay to clean the battlefield... The others will follow me to the Zhangjiachong stronghold to reinforce the Chief of Staff!"
Before he could move, a correspondent from the regiment headquarters ran towards him: "Report to Staff Officer Huang. The Chief of Staff asked me to tell you..."
"They have successfully captured the Zhangjiachong stronghold..."
The smile on Huang Yu's face became even thicker: "Then we don't have to go to the Zhang family to rush to the stronghold!"
"The reinforcement order just now is cancelled. Everyone is left to clean the battlefield and return to the regiment headquarters..."
At the Japanese garrison headquarters in Ping'an County, Yamamoto sat in the position that should have belonged to the captain of the garrison, with a heavy look on his face. No one knew what he was thinking.
The garrison captain, who carried the rank of major on his shoulders, stood aside with his head lowered and did not dare to say a word of comfort.
He had already heard the news about the special agent team's fiasco from other people. Talking to Yamamoto now, even if it was to comfort him, was like adding salt to the wound.
The opponent has the rank of colonel. Once he enters the main force, he will be at least the captain of the infantry regiment... If you are lucky enough, you can serve as the chief of staff of the brigade. There is no problem...
He was just a major. If he was angered, it would be easier for Colonel Yamamoto to punish him than to crush an ant to death.
Facing the raging Colonel Yamamoto, the best way to deal with it is to remain silent...
"Captain..." A member of the special agent team hurried over to break the oppressive atmosphere here.
"We can't contact the other two teams... The radio station in the city has been calling, but they have no response!"
The expression on Colonel Yamamoto's face became increasingly serious...
He vaguely felt that something had happened to the other two teams.
The Eighth Route Army could set up a dragnet for him on Zhaojiayu, and it could also set up nets at the other two regiment headquarters, waiting for the Yamamoto special agent team to hit their guns.
It's just that he couldn't understand that his decision to raid Zhaojiayu was made on the spur of the moment. How did the Eighth Route Army know...
To put it bluntly, even if the Eighth Route Army knew of its hasty decision, it would not have much time to prepare a trap...
Yamamoto had been in the city for two or three hours and still couldn't figure out this problem.
He had no choice but to sigh and order: "Continue to contact...even if there is only one ten thousandth chance, we cannot give up on the other two teams!"
"Hayi..."
As soon as his subordinates left Shanjiao, a second lieutenant from the garrison rushed in: "Report sir... there is something unusual in the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army..."
"Investigators and intelligence personnel discovered that several battalion and company-level Eighth Route Army troops were approaching Zhaojiayu!"
"Our insiders lurking in Zhaojiayu also reported..."
"Although the special agent team did not invade Zhaojiayu, they successfully damaged Zhaojiayu with poison gas bombs... The wife of Li Yunlong, the leader of the new second regiment, was also poisoned to death..."
The defense captain raised his eyebrows, feeling like he could see the next move of the New Second Regiment, and immediately reminded Yamamoto.
"Your Majesty, Colonel, I believe that the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army wants to gather heavy troops to retaliate against the special forces... and it is very likely that they will directly send troops to attack Ping'an County!"
"Li Yunlong has an impulsive personality and is a person who is determined to retaliate..."
"My newlywed wife was killed, and I will definitely not be able to bear it... Even if she disobeys military orders, she will find ways to retaliate against us..."
"For Li Yunlong, disobeying military orders has long been a common occurrence..."
"We must immediately step up our guard, reinforce the city's defenses, and be prepared to defend Ping'an County to the death!"
"We also need to report this matter to the military headquarters and ask the military headquarters to dispatch surrounding garrison troops to reinforce us!"
Colonel Yamamoto did not answer immediately, but he already agreed with the defense captain's analysis.
During this time, he also studied Li Yunlong, Kong Jie, and Ding Wei very carefully.
If this incident happened to Kong Jie, he would definitely report it to his superiors first and take revenge on the Yamamoto special agent team without violating discipline.
Li Yunlong is different. As long as he understands the principles, he will achieve his goals even if he violates discipline.
He stared at the map in front of him and thought about it for a while before answering: "How many troops are there in Ping'an County..."
"If the New Second Regiment really gathers heavy troops to attack, how long can we hold on!"
The garrison captain immediately replied: "The county has two infantry squadrons, half a mortar squadron, half a heavy machine gun squadron, an infantry artillery squad, a baggage train, and a gendarmerie, a total of more than 760 imperial troops...
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"There are also two reinforced battalions of the Imperial Association Army and a special agent squadron, totaling more than 750 people..."
"The two strongholds outside the city are very close to us. More than 300 imperial troops and imperial association troops are stationed respectively..."
"Now give them the order to retreat, and they can return to the county seat with a forced march of four hours!"
Colonel Yamamoto stared at the map and analyzed: "Including the more than 100 people I brought into the county, the total is more than 2,300 people..."
"Leave some reserves behind. There are 500 people in each direction of Ping'an County...it will definitely be no problem to block a regiment of the Eighth Route Army!"
The more Yamamoto thought about it, the more excited he became. As he spoke, a bold idea came to his mind. He looked at the guard captain and continued to ask.
"Where's the ammunition?"
"If there is enough ammunition in the city, we can completely defeat the Eighth Route Army..."
"Let the New Second Regiment see the opportunity to capture Ping'an County and drag them outside the city..."
"Join the troops stationed in surrounding counties, encircle the New Second Regiment, attack from both inside and outside, and completely annihilate the New Second Regiment!"
The garrison captain was moved after hearing this, his eyes lit up and he said: "The ammunition stored in the city is quite sufficient!"
"There are also a lot of weapons prepared to expand the Imperial Alliance Army..."
"The military department suddenly issued an order to stop the expansion of the Imperial Army. These weapons have not been confiscated for the time being and are all stored in the arsenal."
"There are a total of six mortars, six heavy machine guns, thirty light machine guns, a thousand rifles, and three basic amounts of ammunition..."
"The arsenal previously stocked 300,000 65-caliber bullets, 150,000 79-caliber bullets, 100,000 heavy machine gun bullets, 8,000 grenades and grenades, and 1,200 various artillery shells... which should be enough for us.
Fight for several days!”
Colonel Yamamoto actually laughed when he heard this. Looking at his subordinates, he replied firmly: "With so many weapons and ammunition, and more than 2,000 available soldiers, as long as the New Second Regiment dares to come, I have the confidence to turn this place into a
The grave of the New Second Regiment!”
"Immediately give an order to the stronghold outside the city: let them abandon all their baggage, carry only weapons and ammunition, and march back to Ping'an County..."
"Send out all the scouts in the city, closely monitor every move of the New Second Regiment, and find out the strength and equipment of the New Second Regiment. The more detailed the better!"
"As for the military headquarters, we will contact you after the new second regiment begins to attack the city!"
"The Eighth Route Army's intelligence collection capabilities are too strong. If we prepare in advance, it will be easy to scare them away!"
