"This motherfucker is definitely not a puppet army!"
It is very simple to let the Japanese imitate the puppet troops and pretend to be panicked when faced with a sneak attack.
But if you want the Japanese soldiers to disguise themselves as Japanese soldiers and calmly counterattack when faced with a sneak attack, that is absolutely impossible.
"Mumu, you keep an eye on it first. I have to report the news to the regiment leader quickly. It's probably another trick of the Japs. The intelligence coming from the enemy's Ministry of Industry may not be reliable now!" Cao Zheng said.
"Okay!" Mumu responded.
……
The Ishii regiment suddenly suffered a sneak attack. The Japanese squad leader in the front row was cursing. Many imperial soldiers in his squad were injured.
The adjutant asked doubtfully: "Your Excellency, Captain, what does Tubalu want to do? Just fire two cannons and then it's over?"
A wise man will always make mistakes, which Ishii Haraichi did not expect.
It is too difficult for everyone to let the imperial warriors disguise themselves as soldiers of the Imperial Alliance Army who are greedy for life and afraid of death.
Ishii Yuanichi, who had been deep in thought for a while, finally came to his senses and said with a slight change of expression: "No, Tubal Road may be testing our team."
The adjutant also suddenly came to his senses, "Indeed, if the people in the front row of us are imperial warriors disguised as imperial warriors, they should not behave like they are when facing a sneak attack."
"Your Excellency, Captain, if you say that, wouldn't the Eighth Route Army have seen through our plan?"
Ishiihara shook his head and said helplessly: "It's hard to say yet. There are too many variables on the battlefield. We still don't know what the situation is like in Nishimura."
"In addition, it is just a tentative bombardment. The Eighth Route Army may not be able to determine the reality of our journey."
"Taking a step back, even if the Eighth Route Army sees through our lies and the secret service team cooperates in the beheading operation, this victory will only belong to us."
"In this way, pass on the order and speed up the march. We can't give the Eighth Route Army too much time to think and investigate."
"Hi!"
……
On the other side, the Japanese army walked all the way to Xicun.
This road was inspected by Ye Min, the deputy captain of the commando team, who personally led the team.
As we walked along the West Village road, we could see clearly at a glance the apparent ranks of the Japanese and puppet troops. There were about 500 Japanese, plus about 2,000 puppet troops.
At this time, the marching team had Japanese troops in the front, puppet troops following behind, and four or five trucks following behind. The last truck also towed an infantry gun behind it.
Commando sniper Wang Xikui observed through his scope for a while, put down his gun, and said: "Deputy team, the little devils' formation is really quite big. It seems that all the trucks behind are pulling artillery?"
Ye Min frowned: "The regiment leader has always told us not to underestimate the cunning of the Japanese. We can think of all the little Japanese. This is a bit unusual. Since this Japanese uses a car to pull artillery, why does he specialize in it?"
What does it mean to drag an infantry gun behind you?"
"Is it because I can't load it anymore, so I'm dragging it on? It would be too troublesome to pull the cannon manually," Wang Xikui said.
"This is impossible!" Ye Min said: "How many artillery pieces can the Japanese regiment have? These four or five trucks are not enough for him to load?
I looked at it a bit like it was deliberately showing it to us."
Wang Xikui said: "According to the intelligence from the enemy's Ministry of Industry, the puppet troops following behind should be Japanese troops in disguise."
"Your acting skills are really good, but you act so much like a puppet soldier!"
Ye Min said: "It's really hard to judge whether this is true or not. Logically speaking, if the team behind is really a puppet army, the little devils will usually let the puppet army explore the road ahead. How can we arrange the puppet army?
Are you going to the back? Looking over, you can see that the steps are quite consistent. It really looks like a Japanese army."
"The firepower configuration is also quite sufficient. Although most of them are made in Hanyang commonly used by the puppet army, the team does carry a lot of heavy machine guns, which are the heavy machine guns used by the Japanese."
"Is this little devil trying to bully us into blinding us?"
"Isn't this clearly trying to tell us that it is not a puppet army but a Japanese army in disguise?"
"It's too deliberate." Wang Xikui said.
Ye Mindao: "It's hard to be sure at the moment, but if it's true that the enemy's intelligence from the Ministry of Industry is true, and the Japanese army is actually attacking Xicun, the 2000 Japanese troops should be the Japanese soldiers in disguise. As for the firearms they need, it's very possible.
Just put it on the truck."
Wang Xikui thought for a while and suggested: "Vice Captain, I have an idea, why not give it a try."
"Oh, what can I do?"
Wang Xikui said: "The Japanese are walking in front, so we can't take action at close range to determine whether the puppet troops behind us are genuine or not.
But we have sniper rifles in our hands. Look at the puppet army officer walking in the front row behind the puppet army. He looks like a big fish at first glance. If this puppet army team is really dressed as a devil, that officer is very
It is possible that he is the supreme commander of this Japanese army.
I'll kill the puppet officer with one shot later. As a deputy, you can carefully observe the reactions of the Japanese soldiers in the front row.
If we really want to kill the Japanese officer, the Japanese soldiers in the front row will definitely be nervous, and the Japanese officer will even have to go back to investigate the situation.
But if there are no such reactions, it means that what we killed was just a puppet army officer, and the little devils won’t care too much.”
Ye Min gave a thumbs up when he heard this: "Okay, Xizi, this is a good idea!"
The two of them just do what they say.
Wang Xikui immediately raised the sniper rifle in his hand and locked the sight through the scope on the puppet officer in the front row at the junction between the Japanese army and the puppet army.
It can be seen clearly through the scope that the puppet army officer still has the rank of colonel.
……
Down the hillside.
"Leader, this imperial army is really cunning. They suddenly transferred the troops halfway and asked us brothers to change their uniforms back. This is to trick the Eighth Route Army!"
The puppet army commander said: "Captain Ishii is wary of our Imperial Alliance Army. He is afraid that we will leak the news, so he deliberately played this trick."
"Tuanzuo, but in this case, in the eyes of the Eighth Route Army, our team is the force that actually attacks Xicun. If the Eighth Route Army arranges its main force to ambush us on this road, we are probably in danger.
!"
"What are you afraid of? Didn't you see that the Japanese are standing in front of us? If the Eighth Route Army really starts a fight, they will go for the Japanese first, and it won't be our turn..."
Bang——
Before he finished speaking, a high-speed rotating bullet flew over and hit the puppet leader in the chest.
"Tuanzuo Tuanzu——"
The puppet adjutant shouted, and everyone was stunned.
At the same time as the gunfire sounded, the entire Japanese army immediately became commotion. The Japs in the front row immediately took cover and were ready to engage the enemy at any time. The puppet troops in the rear were a little panicked. They were hurriedly looking for bunkers and exploring where the enemy was.
.
News came from the Japanese Communications Corps, "Your Excellency, Captain, there was a sneak attack from Tubal Road, and the commander of the Imperial Association Army was shot and killed!"
"Baga!"
The Japanese captain cursed, the sound of the gunshot was too sudden, and with the sniper rifle in Wang Xikui's hand and the silencer provided by the repairman, the concealment performance was even stronger.
In anger, the Japanese captain commanded the artillery and used grenade bombardment for a while in the general direction of the gunfire, but without any effect. In desperation, he ordered a ceasefire.
……
In the mountains and forests.
"How's it going, deputy team?"
Wang Xikui asked. After the two men took action, they had already moved to guard against the enemy's artillery fire.
Ye Min said solemnly: "Xizi, something's not right! After you killed the puppet officer, the Japanese officer in the front row didn't have any panic look on his face, he was just a little angry, and he didn't look back to investigate."
"In addition, I also discovered that the moment the puppet officer was shot dead, the puppet troops in the rear behaved differently from the Japanese troops in the front. The puppet troops in the rear were so frightened that they hurriedly looked for bunkers. The puppet troops in the front behaved differently.
The Japanese immediately launched a counterattack formation on the spot, searching for our position everywhere."
Wang Xikui said: "Isn't it really a puppet army?"
"I'm not sure, forget it, let's go back and report the specific situation to the group leader first," Ye Mind said.
"Okay!"
……
……
"Captain, after we tried to use mortars to attack, the specific situation is this. The Japanese troops coming from Zhangjiazhuang don't look like a team dressed as puppet troops."
Cao Zheng reports to Kong Jiehui.
Kong Jie nodded, thought for a moment, and said, "Continue the investigation."
"Yes!"
After Cao Zheng left, the monk on the side said: "Captain, now it seems that this situation is really not simple. It is possible that the little devil is trying to trick us and wants to use the news from the enemy's Ministry of Industry to deceive us!" p>
Kong Jie said: "It's not sure yet. We'll wait until the news from Ye Min comes back."
Soon after, Ye Min returned and reported to Kong Jie the situation of the Japanese and puppet troops along the way in Xicun, and described in detail the reaction of the Japanese army after Wang Xikui killed the puppet officer.
It's time to make an idea.
At present, the Japanese troops in both Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang are gradually approaching.
There is no extra time left for Kong Jie to make further judgments.
The battalions of the Independent Regiment had already gathered at the entrance of Niukou Village, and the battalion commanders ordered by the regiment headquarters all focused their attention on Kong Jie.
Kong Jie was thinking quickly in his mind.
"If there is no news from the enemy's Ministry of Industry, the Japanese army's plan is to actually attack Zhangjiazhuang and pretend to attack Xicun."
"However, we cannot ignore the principle that soldiers never tire of deceit. If this is the case, the actual attack on Zhangjiazhuang will be a feint attack, and the feint attack on West Village will be the key direction of the Japanese attack."
"Ishii Haraichi is an old devil who is not simple. He uses a combination of virtual and real tactics very well."
"Now there is information from the enemy's Ministry of Industry that the Japanese are actually attacking Xicun."
"Plus the news from Ye Min and Cao Zheng."
"The little devils seemed to be deliberately leading me to believe that they were going to attack the West Village."
"So..."
Confirmed by the two facts, Kong Jie quickly made a decision.
"The first, second and third battalions are responsible for the defense of Zhangjiazhuang Road, and the fourth and fifth battalions are responsible for the defense of Xicun Road."
"Others will be implemented in accordance with the original combat plan."
"Follow-up orders from the regiment headquarters will be conveyed to the two temporary headquarters via the radio."
"The battalions prepare for battle."
"Yes——"
The battalion commanders responded in unison, without any doubts about Kong Jie's judgment and orders, and turned around to make preparations.
The regiment headquarters, which was originally crowded and noisy, soon became a little empty. The monk asked: "Commander, are you finally sure that the direction of the Japanese attack is Zhangjiazhuang?"
Kong Jie nodded, but then shook his head: "This kind of judgment is like a guessing game. You can never be sure what your opponent will do."
"The only thing you can do is to increase the probability of your bet being right through the judgment of your opponent's character and analysis of his habits. That's all."
"Judging from the series of intelligence in front of me, if I were the Japanese commander Ishii Haraichi, all this was done just to cover up the fact that the actual attack point was in Zhangjiazhuang and confuse the Eighth Route Army's judgment."
"Of course, I can't be sure that my judgment is correct."
"If you make a wrong judgment, you will be forced to carry out the next battle plan."
After saying this, Kong Jie continued to focus on the combat sand table and fell into deep thought.
The monk did not dare to disturb him and quietly retreated out, closing the wooden door of the outhouse.
After leaving the regiment headquarters, the monk immediately called several platoon leaders of the guard company and exhorted: "Comrades, there is going to be a war right now. Our guard company can't help with anything else. All we can do is ensure the safety of the regiment headquarters."
Safety."
"After the battle begins, the defense of our Niukou Village will be empty of troops. At this time, we must be extremely vigilant and never let the little devils take the opportunity to sneak attack our regiment headquarters."
"Pass the order and strengthen vigilance, especially at the entrance of the village. When entering or exiting the troops, even acquaintances must answer the correct password before entering."
"Yes!" the platoon leaders responded in unison.
The monk who finished the arrangement breathed a sigh of relief. After thinking about it carefully, he felt that there was nothing wrong, so he returned to the regiment headquarters and stayed by the regimental leader's side...