602 Zhongshan Village ambush and the ownership of more than a dozen artillery pieces
And it’s not just Captain Feng of the fifth regiment.
The leaders of other regiments were also provoked by the little devil this time.
Do you really think that our base area behind enemy lines is a place where your little devils can come and leave whenever they want?
In the past, the equipment was inferior and ammunition was scarce.
Once the Eighth Route Army troops have weapons and ammunition, how can they be polite to the little devils?
The Japanese retreated like this.
Troops from all sides of the Eighth Route Army who originally blocked the Japanese army immediately turned into tigers and pounced on them.
Captain Xu of the 771st Regiment gritted his teeth and mobilized all the direct artillery batteries in the regiment.
Commander Cheng of the 772nd Regiment was afraid that the Japs would escape, so he blew up some of the bridges where the Japs were retreating.
Captain Jiang of the 17th Regiment took out all the mines and property stored in the regiment.
Lay mines at intervals along the roads in several directions where the Japanese will retreat.
Even if the Japanese use engineering troops to clear mines without external interference, they will not be able to withdraw without half a day's work.
Local troops and militia soldiers from all over the place also came to help. Along the way, they fired shots or fired cannons. Some even used old tricks, simply rolling rocks down the high slopes on both sides of the road.
, set a trap on the road, and insert sharpened branches into the trap.
There are as many means as there are means.
As a result, the retreating Japanese soldier looked like a delicious big insect.
The attacking warriors were like ants. From time to time, they would go up and take a bite, which was enough to make the big insect gradually close to death.
And in the defense area of the Iron Triangle, especially the defense area of the independent regiment.
The Japanese seem to be stuck in a deep quagmire.
Kong Jiebao's empty city strategy successfully deceived the little Japanese into the hinterland of the independent regiment's defense area.
The soldiers of the Independent Regiment mobilized almost the entire regiment and set up a large net around the entire base area, completely encircling the four Japanese brigades and two Imperial Army Corps groups trapped in it.
Then carry out local insertion, detour, division, outflanking, encirclement and annihilation.
This is the best tactic for soldiers.
The perfect roundabout interweaving of large-scale troops is a perfect reflection of the well-trained soldiers of the independent regiment and their extremely high execution ability.
The Japanese troops trapped in it had long wanted to withdraw, and then received the order from the headquarters, they chose to retreat without hesitation.
The Japanese wanted to withdraw from the retreat, but they were constantly attacked by booby traps, landmines and side bombs along the way.
I thought about retreating from the empty village, but suddenly a large number of Eighth Route Army combat troops appeared from every corner in the village.
There are in the mountains and forests,
There are some in the slope,
There is one in the village,
There are even some on the roadside.
The Japanese and puppet soldiers trapped in it were almost driven crazy.
In the vicinity of the entire independent regiment base area and the outer guerrilla areas, the Eighth Route Army troops appear and disappear, as if they are everywhere.
When the Japanese sent engineers to clear mines, there were always Eighth Route Army snipers or gunners hiding in the dark who would attack with cold guns and artillery fire.
Therefore, the Japanese engineers often died one after another before they had time to line up a few landmines.
These cunning Eighth Route Army soldiers fired one shot at a time and retreated immediately, giving the Japanese no chance to fire back.
In order to deal with the Independent Regiment in a targeted manner, the four brigades advancing to the Independent Regiment's base this time also strengthened an artillery squadron, carrying more than a dozen artillery pieces.
The independent regiment's combat tactics this time, under Kong Jie's special arrangement, are a combination of tunnel and tunnel tactics, guerrilla warfare, mobile warfare, and sparrow warfare.
The Eighth Route Army's combat troops appear to be extremely dispersed, coupled with their high mobility and high concealment, they are very familiar with this terrain.
Even though the Japanese army had more than a dozen artillery pieces, they didn't have much use for them.
What the little devils didn't even expect was that the dozen or so artillery pieces they carried had already become a big deal in the eyes of Shen Quan, commander of the second battalion of the Independent Regiment.
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Zhongshan Village.
Chen Quan led the team lurking here and quietly emerged from various tunnels in the village.
"Be careful when you bring it out, and build the heavy machine gun fortifications in advance according to the planned plan."
"Be careful when setting up these ten 60 mortars for me in advance. The equipment of this Yankee is good, but the workmanship is too complicated. If the parts are slightly damaged, the impact will be huge."
"This time our second battalion went deep into the enemy's territory and was responsible for the flowers in the middle. The regiment commander lent these ten 60 mortars to our battalion. If they were damaged, I would not be able to communicate with the regiment commander!" p>
While commanding, Chen Quan called over the communications corps soldiers and asked: "How far away are the retreating Japanese soldiers?"
The communications soldier said: "Report to the battalion commander, there is news from the forward reconnaissance post, the Japanese are still more than two miles away from us."
Chen Quan nodded: "We will arrive in about ten minutes. We don't have much time left. We must continue to investigate and determine the specific direction of the Japanese retreat."
"Yes!"
After giving the order, Shen Quan quickly gathered the company and platoon leaders together, used the ground as a schematic diagram, took a branch and drew on it and said:
"Our current location is Zhongshan Village."
"The surrounding area is a relatively open area. The Japanese retreating troops either passed through our village or retreated from the open areas on both sides of the village."
"And we have built tunnel fortifications in advance in the open areas on both sides of the village."
"Once the firepower from both wings attacks, in the open area on all sides, the little devil will not be able to find a bunker, and he will definitely have to risk his way into the village."
"Let's put all the Japs' forward troops in so that the Japs don't dare to use the rear artillery easily."
Having said this, Shen Quan licked his chapped lips, his eyes glowing golden, and he couldn't help but swallow when he thought about what he was about to capture.
"Comrades, do you know what's special about the little devils who retreated from our direction?"
The Eighth Company Commander said: "Batalion Commander, the Japanese also brought an artillery squadron! There are more than a dozen artillery pieces. If these fall into the hands of our Second Battalion, we will fire them."
Chen Quan clenched his fist and said: "My enemy, that's what happened."
"This battalion has a battalion-owned machine gun company, mortars, and rapid-fire artillery. To be honest, I don't envy it in my heart. It's fake."
"In our independent regiment, the first and second battalions are the original established battalions. When the first battalion was formed, my second battalion was included. Why does the first battalion have a machine gun company but our second battalion does not?"< /p>
"This time, we are impartial. The Japanese artillery squadron ran into the muzzle of our guns. If we don't capture these dozen artillery pieces, we will be sorry for our luck."
"As long as these dozen artillery pieces are captured, according to the rules of our regiment and the temperament of the regiment commander, even if we cannot keep all the artillery pieces in our second battalion, our machine gun company will be secured."
"How can it be like this? In order to deal with the little devils, you have to borrow these 60-guns from the regiment leader?"
Chen Quan said and drew a simple diagram on the ground.
"After the two-wing fire attack, the Japanese will definitely enter the village to seek cover."
"Let's hide in various places in the village in advance, hide the machine guns and mortars for me, and completely let in the Japs' vanguard troops."
"These ten 60-0 mortars are our trump card this time. After the battle broke out, the forward artillery scouts locked down the Japanese artillery positions as quickly as possible and knocked out the Japanese artillery positions for me as soon as possible."
"After knocking out the Japs' artillery positions, we will use all our strength to eliminate the Japs who enter the village, and quickly block the Japs' troops outside the village. We will attack from three sides and treat the little Japs as live targets in this open land... The specific arrangement is this , did you understand everything?"
"Yes——"
The cadres responded in unison and turned around to make preparations.
Time passes little by little.
Almost ten minutes.
A broken Japanese brigade, with a Japanese artillery squadron, fled towards Zhongshan Village.
The Japanese brigade is at the same level as the battalion-level combat unit of the Eighth Route Army.
In addition, what is in front of us is a dilapidated Japanese army brigade.
The independent regiment is now growing step by step. The strength of Shen Quan's second battalion and one battalion is actually almost the same as that of the Japanese brigade.
The two sides encountered each other before their eyes.
The comparison of military strength is almost 1:1.
A large area of empty, with only a solitary village.
Behind, the Eighth Route Army troops are still pursuing.
Japanese Captain Matsuda and his team retreated in embarrassment.
The Eighth Route Army chasing after them were like dog-skin plaster, sticking to the back of the imperial troops and rushing up from time to time, causing considerable trauma to the troops.
The Matsuda Battalion received another order to cover the retreat of the artillery squadron along the way.
The artillery squadron carries more than a dozen artillery pieces, which are bulky and heavy and cannot go very fast at all.
The cars used to carry artillery when the Japanese came were attacked by Eighth Route Army bombs on the highway and almost all were destroyed.
The little devil who also lacked resources could not bear to part with these dozen artillery pieces, so he could only rely on manpower, mules, and horses to pull the artillery all the way back.
See Zhongshan Village from a distance.
It looks like there is no human habitation at all. When I passed by here when I came here, the village was indeed deserted.
But Matsuda, who had suffered great losses when passing through similar villages before, expressed hesitation.
"The cunning Tubalu will most likely have an ambush in the village, so avoid the village!"
Matsuda issued the order quite decisively.
As a result, the entire retreating Japanese army changed direction and prepared to evacuate through the open area on the right side of Zhongshan Village.
Then, not far from Zhongshan Village, the soldiers Shen Quan had ambushed in the tunnels on both wings suddenly launched an ambush.
The Japanese troops were attacked from two wings.
Under the fierce firepower of the soldiers, the Japanese troops quickly suffered casualties.
It was empty everywhere and there was no cover at all. The Japanese could only crawl on the ground to fight back.
The well-equipped soldiers of the independent regiment used 50 small artillery pieces to hit them with rounds of artillery fire, leaving the Japanese with almost no power to parry.
Naturally, the Japs also had grenades, but since they did not have any bunkers, the Eighth Route Army on both sides had trenches dug in advance.
The Japanese are at an absolute terrain disadvantage.
Not long after such a confrontation, the Japanese brigade suffered a big loss.
In a hurry, Matsuda couldn't think too much and quickly ordered the troops to move to Zhongshan Village, using the village houses as defenses before launching a counterattack.