"If you can't find it, fight... to bring out the little Japanese ambush..." Li Yunlong muttered to himself while looking at the telegram in his hand.
Then he slapped the telegraph newspaper on the table and said with an aggrieved expression: "Fuck..."
"Why didn't I think of such a simple trick?"
"Chief of Staff, inform the three regiment commanders to come to the brigade headquarters for a meeting immediately. I have a way to deal with Okamura Neji's new tactics. Tell them to hurry up. If they are late, don't be jealous of being eaten and drink the soup yourself."
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Dongmiao Town is a station on the third line of defense of the Japanese army.
Under the arrangement of Okamura Neiji, two reinforced squadrons secretly stationed here in small teams.
On the surface, there are still only two squadrons of Japs here, but the actual strength has more than doubled.
If the independent brigade continues to attack in battalion units, no matter how strong their attack power is, they will hit their heads here and bleed, and they may all be killed here.
Lieutenant Colonel Hirmoto is the supreme commander here. These days, he has been sleeping during the day and working at night.
Before ten o'clock, the captain's figure appeared on the blockade wall.
Holding the telescope, he looked down at the road not far away, hoping that the breakout troops of the Eighth Route Army lurking outside the iron wall would appear earlier.
The food has been served to the table, but if the Eighth Route Army does not come to the table to eat, no one will eat the food no matter how good it is.
"Someone..."
An exclamation suddenly sounded in the captain's ears.
Looking in the direction of his subordinate's fingers, a group of blurry figures slowly came into view.
They carried rifles, heavy machine guns and mortars, and pushed two mountain cannons. They formed a battle formation and charged directly towards Dongmiao Town. Their strength was more than one battalion, but less than two battalions.
Lieutenant Colonel Hirmoto was so happy that he almost jumped up from the ground and immediately ordered: "Launch flares immediately."
"Determine the enemy's true strength..."
"Everyone else is ready to fight..."
"The ambush remains on standby. No one can expose the target in advance without my order."
"Snapped……"
The flares quickly rose into the sky, and the dark battlefield was immediately illuminated. The Eighth Route Army's offensive troops were fully revealed in front of Lieutenant Colonel Hirmoto.
It was similar to what he had just judged. The total strength was more than one battalion but less than two battalions. The equipment was very good, including heavy machine guns, mortars, and mountain artillery.
If there were really only two squadrons of troops stationed in Dongmiao Town, they would certainly not be able to block the Eighth Route Army's attack.
Fortunately, His Excellency the Commander arranged reinforcements for himself in advance.
As soon as he thought of those ambush troops, Lieutenant Colonel Hirmoto became particularly excited and expectant, and he had an idea and ordered: "Tell the two squadrons in the defensive position."
"The Eighth Route Army will definitely concentrate artillery fire on their blocking positions."
"The casualties of fighting the Eighth Route Army must be very high."
"We have an ambush. Our goal tonight is to completely wipe out the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops. There is no need to fight them to the death on the battlefield."
"After repelling the first attack of the Eighth Route Army, the blocking troops can retreat while fighting."
"But the play must be more realistic, so that the Eighth Route Army will feel that they will collapse without fighting, rather than luring the enemy deeper."
"When they reach the ambush, the two reinforced squadrons suddenly launch a counterattack, which will definitely catch the Eighth Route Army off guard. The retreating troops in front will take the opportunity to fight back, and the battlefield advantage will be in our hands. It is difficult not to win."
Several subordinates were so excited that they rushed towards their own troops.
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"Boom, boom, boom...dong, dong, dong..." The fierce exchange of fire soon sounded on the battlefield, and soon the Japanese blocking position was bombarded with artillery fire, making it impossible to see even one's fingers.
A battalion of the Eighth Route Army formed a skirmish line and charged towards the Japanese garrison, which was unstoppable.
In order to perform the trick well, the Japanese army made a good first round of blocking.
Light and heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, and mortars took turns taking turns, quickly killing and rewarding a company of the Eighth Route Army.
In order to reduce losses, other attacking troops retreated decisively.
"Boom boom boom..."
Before the troops could completely withdraw, a new round of artillery fire once again enveloped the battlefield.
All this was within the plan of Lieutenant Colonel Hirmoto of the Japanese Army.
Although many of his subordinates would die under the cover of artillery fire on the battlefield, he still couldn't bear to let his children trap the wolf.
In order to completely annihilate the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops, he could still bear the small loss at hand.
"Sir, the second round of the Eighth Route Army's attack has begun..." As soon as the explosion of artillery shells stopped, the subordinates guarding Lieutenant Colonel Hirmoto reminded him.
"Let the latent troops prepare for counterattack, the Eighth Route Army is coming soon." Lieutenant Colonel Hirmoto suppressed his inner excitement and ordered in as calm a tone as possible.
After saying that, he raised his binoculars and looked at the battlefield.
After the losses just now, the Eighth Route Army's offensive force has been reduced sharply to more than two companies.
But the offensive has not weakened at all.
The troops did not have enough firepower, so the machine gun firepower covering this attack was obviously more intense than before.
When the attacking troops were sixty or seventy meters away from their blocking position, the blocking troops suddenly gave up their position and retreated.
Hundreds of Eighth Route Army troops were like a pack of hungry wolves venting their prey, and immediately pursued them.
The machine gunner who accompanied the attacking team held the crooked handle in his arms and used it as a submachine gun, firing while pursuing.
The little devil running behind the team was constantly hit by bullets and fell on the way to escape.
Lieutenant Colonel Hirmoto's expression was serious, and he didn't say a word when faced with this situation.
The heavy casualties made him very heartbroken, but as long as the ambush troops could successfully launch a counterattack, all the efforts would be worth it.
"Sir... the Eighth Route Army is about to reach the ambush..." the adjutant on the side reminded again.
"I saw it..." Lieutenant Colonel Hirmoto said with his eyes fixed on the battlefield.
"Prepare the flare gun, three red flares... start grabbing..."
"Bang bang bang..."
Three groups of dazzling red lights immediately erupted over the battlefield, and shouts of death rang out from the station.
More than four hundred soldiers rushed out of the darkness, rifles with bayonets drawn, and launched a counterattack toward the Eighth Route Army.
After several battles, the Japanese army gradually understood the fighting style of the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong.
If you want to defeat them, you can either take advantage of the imperial army's firepower and use artillery and aircraft to destroy them.
Either take advantage of the imperial army's bayonet advantage and directly engage them in hand-to-hand combat.
Unable to take full advantage of artillery fire, and unable to compete with them with bayonets, 80% of the final losers were the Imperial Army.
Because heavy weapons are omitted, the light infantry weapons equipped by the Yizhong Eighth Route Army are no worse than those of the Imperial Army.
If the ambush troops want to gain a battlefield advantage in a short period of time and severely damage the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops, the best way is to launch a sudden fire attack, then engage in hand-to-hand combat, and end the battle with the bayonets that the Imperial Army is good at, without allowing the Eighth Route Army to consume them with rifle machine guns.
Opportunities for military strength.
This is indeed what the troops ambushing in the position did.
After a sudden round of firepower, they rushed out of the position, as if they were going to fight the Eighth Route Army with bayonets.
