Looking at the corpses of imperial soldiers lying on the ground, the Japanese captain's face turned pale.
I thought I was sure of victory, but now I was severely slapped in the face.
When he finally arrived, the squadron he deployed on the western slope was completely wiped out, and the Eighth Route Army in the small mountain village disappeared.
"Baga, what on earth is going on?"
Then, when the Japanese soldiers were collecting the corpses of their companions, two more booby traps were set off, and five Japanese soldiers were killed on the spot.
This time, new grudges were added to old grudges, and the Japanese captain's eyes turned red on the spot.
Then, Captain Feng's team of a company that deliberately stayed behind was quickly discovered by Japanese scouts, and the news spread to the ears of the Japanese captain.
"Reporting to the commander, a Tubal group was found escaping in the ravine not far away!"
The culprit was finally found, and the Japanese captain immediately ordered: "Pursue immediately and eliminate this Tubal group, leaving no one behind!"
"Hi!"
The Japanese captain was furious. He thought that the Eighth Route Army was sure of annihilating the small mountain village, but he did not expect the failure in front of him.
The adjutant frowned and said, "Sir, something is not right. Look carefully at the traces of the west slope position. It is obviously caused by continuous shelling."
"But the Tuba Road in the small mountain village we are dealing with is very backward in equipment. How can they have such artillery on hand?"
The Japanese captain, who slowly calmed down from his anger, followed the adjutant's expectations and quickly realized the problem.
"So, I don't know what the specific situation is. The Tuba Road in the small mountain village we are chasing may have a certain number of artillery on hand now."
The adjutant said: "Hey, although the caliber is not large, it is enough to threaten our machine gunners and gunners."
"Then, what our scouts noticed before us was the fleeing Tubal Road, which is a bit intriguing." The Japanese captain groped his chin and said to himself:
"It's interesting. It's getting more and more interesting. This Tubal Road has a big appetite. Does it want to eat my entire team?"
After thinking for a moment, the Japanese captain ordered: "Order, send out the vanguard in advance, carefully search the area where the main force is moving, and beware of secret ambush by these cunning Tubal Road."
"The firepower points of light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers are dispersedly arranged to avoid being secretly attacked by Tubal Road and concentrated fire and artillery bombardment."
"Since these Eighth Route Army have a certain number of small-caliber artillery in their hands, the artillery team should be placed behind the enemy's small-caliber artillery range and placed outside the range of the enemy's small-caliber artillery."
"Once the Eighth Route Army's artillery positions are exposed, they will immediately be cleared with infantry artillery."
"Hi!"
……
In fact, Kong Jie should be fortunate that the direction in which the fifth regiment evacuated was not the direction from which his cavalry company came.
In addition, the soil in this area is hard and the horseshoe prints are very shallow.
When dealing with the Japanese squadron's cavalry advance earlier, the hoof prints left by the war horses were more than 200 meters away from the position on the west slope, and were covered by weeds.
The Japs scouts did not notice it, otherwise the Japs captain could easily deduce that Tubalu had information about the cavalry.
……
When the battle started, the Japanese army and the fifth regiment each occupied a gentle slope as a bunker in the Xiaolingou area to engage in positional warfare.
In order to avoid concentrated damage from the Japanese artillery fire, Commander Feng arranged the team's light machine gun firepower in a more dispersed manner.
"Old Feng, according to the speed of our cavalry, it will take at least half an hour to get back to the rear of the Japanese artillery team. Let's try our best to hold off the Japanese army!"
Kong Jie said that at this moment, Kong Jie led some soldiers of the guard company to fight against the Japanese army together with the soldiers of the fifth regiment.
"The firepower point of the light machine gun cannot be exposed for too long. Every two minutes of firing, immediately move to the next shooting location."
Kong Jie explained.
On a hidden slope somewhere behind the Japanese army, the Japanese captain temporarily built the headquarters here. At this moment, he was observing the battle situation in the distance with a telescope.
"The firepower configuration of Tubal Road seems to have been strengthened a lot, and the number of light machine guns has been increased a lot, but the opponent did not use artillery.
It seems that they are waiting for our grenade firepower to be exposed first!
In this way, pass on the order and let the first grenade position fire, and first knock out the machine gun fire of the Eighth Route Army."
"Hi!"
Boom——
The grenade shells fired by the Japanese in groups have a high hit rate in coverage.
On Commander Feng's side, three light machine guns misfired under the shelling.
"Move the machine gun position immediately!" Commander Feng roared hurriedly.
At the same time, Kong Jie, who noticed the location of the Japanese grenade position, immediately issued an order for the artillery attack.
Rumble——
The unilateral rampage of the little devils cannot continue here.
The Japanese's grenade position opened fire first, knocking out the firepower points of three light machine guns of the fifth regiment.
Kong Jie's six 50 cannons opened fire at the same time, covering the enemy's exposed grenade position with firepower.
The two sides started a firefight.
In the first round of fighting, the Japanese army's first grenade position knocked out the firepower of the fifth regiment's three-body light machine gun. Kong Jie's six 50-gun cannons directly blew up the five grenade launchers in the Japanese position to pieces. Seeing that the blow was successful, Kong Jie immediately ordered: "Move the bombardment point immediately."
"Yes!"
The monk responded and ordered six 50-gun cannons to quickly move dozens of meters to the right position.
Shifting with the front foot, the Japanese shells almost hit the position where the six 50 cannons were before with the rear foot.
Judging from the power of this shell, it is definitely not a grenade shell. It should be an infantry cannon used by the Japanese.
"What a risk!"
Looking at the small artillery position that was inundated by 70mm grenades from the Japanese infantry artillery, Kong Jie was filled with lingering fear. No one in command on the battlefield can always stand from God's perspective.
From God's perspective, it's a simple thing, but both parties are completely gambling with their lives without knowing anything about it.
The only thing Kong Jie can do is to think as many steps as possible to minimize his own casualties.
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Boom——
The Japanese artillery shells hit again, and two more light machine guns in the fifth regiment misfired. Although the light machine guns would be transferred every less than two minutes, within these two minutes, the Japanese artillery shells would still hit them accurately.
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It's a Japanese grenade.
Obviously, the previous bombardment of six 50-gun cannons did not completely destroy the Japanese grenades.
Moreover, the Japs were also very smart. After realizing the power of the Independent Regiment's 50 small artillery, the Japs captain ordered that after a round of shelling of several grenade positions, the shelling positions should be immediately moved.
As a result, the independent regiment's 50 small artillery may not be able to achieve results every time.
The Japanese also have a major advantage. They have two infantry guns with a longer range, and they can bombard the Eighth Route Army's exposed artillery and light machine gun firepower points at any time without any scruples.
On the battlefield, artillery from both sides quickly became the main theme.
Captain Feng looked on and was secretly shocked. In such a head-on confrontation, the Fifth Regiment would not be able to intervene at all.
The Japs seemed to be preparing to use artillery to kill their opponents. The Japs infantry were hiding behind bunkers one by one, unable to shoot at all.
Commander Feng also ordered the soldiers to use bunkers to disperse and avoid the Japanese artillery fire. The momentum of the infantry confrontation on both sides was weakened, as if they were watching their own artillery performance in silence.
The shelling from both sides came back and forth, and each suffered casualties.
Kong Jie became more and more anxious as he fought.
Commander Kong is not willing to do a loss-making business. A positional battle like this is purely a competition for the consumption of artillery shells. Even if the independent regiment has a good foundation, it cannot afford to consume it.
You're a fool, right?
"Monk, immediately lead all the small artillery to retreat two hundred meters, and add a propellant pack during the bombardment. We will use the range to suppress the Japanese grenades, disperse all the small artillery, and beware of the Japanese infantry artillery."
"Sparse your artillery shells, and don't let the enemy's grenade firepower be exposed."
"Yes!"
In fact, what Kong Jie wanted to do more was to simply cease fire and wait until the Japanese infantry came up before firing.
But now we need to buy time for the cavalry to make a detour, and we want to avoid the casualties of our own soldiers, so we can only fight like this.
Fortunately, the 50 small artillery with the addition of propellant packs has a longer range than the Japanese Type 89 grenade. Coupled with the numerical advantage, the Japanese only have two infantry guns after all.
During another confrontation between the two sides, several grenade positions where the Japanese showed up were quickly knocked out by 50 small artillery.
The Japanese captain was also taken aback and quickly ordered the artillery team to move back two hundred meters again to avoid the maximum range of the 50 cannon.
The Japanese captain was getting more and more frightened at this moment. The artillery displayed in the hands of Tubalu was far more powerful than he expected.
The opponent seems to be using a grenade, but it hits farther and is more powerful than the Empire's Type 89 grenade.
If it weren't for the two infantry cannons of the artillery squad, his imperial brigade would even be overwhelmed by the opponent's artillery.
Time passed quickly in the contest between the two sides.
Sun Desheng and Chen Dalian finally led the No. 100 Cavalry and detoured from the flank to the back of the Japanese artillery team.
After approaching the Japanese army's backside, less than a kilometer away.
The soldiers of the cavalry company abandoned their horses and temporarily tied their horses in a hidden forest. Then they quickly relied on the terrain and approached the Japanese army's back while concealing themselves.
In order to ensure the precise bombardment of the 50-gun small artillery, Sun Desheng and his party must lead the team to secretly detect the Japanese infantry artillery within 600 meters.
The location of Wuminggou was excellent. On the back and side of the Japanese army, it was not a flat area with a wide view, but there were many mountains and forests and gentle slopes, which made it easier for Sun Desheng and his party to move forward secretly.
At this time, the Japanese army's attention was drawn to the fifth regiment opposite Wuminggou.
These rolling mountains hide the soldiers of the 100th Cavalry Company. Even if the Japanese deploy sentries in the rear to guard, they cannot easily detect them.
The soldiers of the cavalry company continued to get closer and closer to the Japanese artillery squad.
Eight hundred meters!
Seven hundred meters!
Six hundred meters!
Soon we arrived within the precise firing range of the 50 cannon.
The two infantry cannons of the Japanese artillery team were attracted by the firepower of Kong Jie's side and kept firing.
This is exactly the effect Kong Jie wants to achieve, to expose the position of the Japanese infantry artillery at all times, so that the lurking cavalry company soldiers can carry out artillery bombardments and sneak attacks.
Boom——
When seven or eight artillery shells were fired at once, they directly hit the area where the Japanese artillery team was located and exploded.
Looking at the two infantry guns under fire.
The Japanese captain was stunned. They had been chasing all the way, but scouts were sent to both sides to investigate carefully. Where did this team that was hiding in the mountains and forests for artillery and sneak attacks come from?
No one will tell him the answer. Two infantry guns have been damaged.
The Japanese captain came to his senses and issued an order in anger, letting the grenade bombard the Eighth Route Army that was attacking from behind.
The sound reached the fifth group.
Kong Jie, who noticed that the Japanese infantry artillery fire suddenly stopped, said with great joy: "Old Feng, the Japanese infantry artillery has been destroyed!"
"You can move forward and launch an attack."
"Okay!" Captain Feng immediately gave the order to attack without saying a word.
Kong Jie directed the small artillery platoon to move forward, controlling the distance from the Japanese artillery, ensuring that the 50 small artillery could suppress the Japanese grenade launchers at any time beyond the effective range of the Japanese Type 89 grenade launchers.
As well as light and heavy machine gun firepower points.
The dismounted cavalry units led by Sun Desheng and Chen Dalian, after successfully knocking out the Japanese infantry artillery, immediately retreated a certain distance, relying on the mountains and forests as bunker fortifications, and flanked the Japanese brigade from the back and front with the fifth regiment.<
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When launching the attack, Captain Feng used a little trick, asking two of the troops to detour some distance from the mountains and forests, and then launched attacks from multiple directions at the same time. The shouts of killing were loud and powerful, causing the Japanese army to overwhelm the Eighth Route Army.
The illusion of power.
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Coupled with the fire suppression of the 50 small artillery, the Japanese originally wanted to rely on the firepower of light and heavy machine guns to deal with the charge launched by the Eighth Route Army.
But once the location is exposed, it will soon be shot down by the Eighth Route Army's artillery.
If the shooting location is constantly moved, the efficiency of fire strikes will be delayed.
Sun Desheng and his team, who were blocking from behind, also had strong firepower.
The deficit in the battle situation before and after made the Japanese captain's mentality unstable.
The Japanese captain panicked, and then he realized that this Eighth Route Army really had the strength to wipe out his entire brigade.
What should I do if I can’t beat you?
Run away!
To put it nicely, "Carry out tactical transfer immediately!"
The Japanese's front team soon became the rear team, and the rear team became the front team. The guard troops were responsible for breaking up the rear, and the entire Japanese brigade began to retreat.
The Japanese troops trained quickly and retreated in an orderly manner.
At least it was very orderly at first.
The roles of the two sides were reversed. Originally, the Japanese army was chasing the Fifth Regiment all the way. Now, the Fifth Regiment is chasing the Japanese brigade.
Seeing that their great revenge was about to be avenged, the soldiers of the fifth regiment became red-eyed and pursued them one by one, firing continuously at the retreating Japanese troops.
Realizing the madness of the pursuing Eighth Route Army troops, the Japanese captain was also a little flustered.
"Baga, the guard troops block Tubal Road's attack and cover the main force's evacuation!"
Then, the Japanese captain, who thought we could not defeat him but could at least run away, was stunned. He heard the sound of horse hooves.
Looking up, a cavalry unit appeared on the horizon not far away.
Damn it, the Japanese officers who saw this scene were a little frightened. How can these two legs outrun four legs?
How could this Tubal Road have such an exaggerated cavalry force?
How can I run like this?
Commander Feng quickly saw the mature cavalry tactics of the Independent Regiment.
Under the leadership of Sun Desheng and Chen Dalian, the soldiers of the cavalry company finally found their own dazzling stage to shine.
They rode war horses and galloped two to three hundred meters away from the flanks of the retreating Japanese troops. The soldiers rode rifles, turned sideways, aimed their guns, and fired on the galloping horses, still showing superb skills.
Marksmanship.
What's even more exaggerated is that on some saddles, there are even light machine gun triangular gun mounts specially made by the independent regiment's armory, so that cavalry soldiers can shoot light machine guns on horseback while riding.
Soldiers in the Japanese army were shot down constantly.
The soldiers of the cavalry company quickly detoured back to the Japanese side and then built small artillery positions on the spot to bombard the retreating Japanese troops.
The key is the crushing momentum. The main force of the Eighth Route Army in the rear is pursuing them all the way. The Japanese troops have no intention of fighting at all.
Even if the chasing cavalry company is delayed for a moment, the rear of the Japanese army will be bitten by the main force of the fifth regiment.
Under this situation, the Japanese army's original orderly evacuation formation could no longer be maintained quickly, and chaos began to appear in the team...