681 The exchange of identities between hunter and hunter
At this time, Uchida Nobu was also at the edge of the forest area where the Eighth Route Army campsite was located.
He was even waiting eagerly for the news of the great victory of the soldiers who destroyed the Eighth Route Army in the camping area.
Wait for the forward communications troops to quickly transmit the intelligence information about the campsite.
There was no one in the camp, and no Eighth Route Army was found. Even the Eighth Route Army sentries were dummies made of scarecrows.
Then, the distinctive loud sound of the Charge, belonging to the Eighth Route Army, echoed throughout the mountains and forests.
Uchida Nobuya's heart suddenly thumped, secretly knowing that the situation was not good.
Boom——
The next moment, the situation of both parties was directly reversed.
The main force of the Japanese army, which had just entered the Eighth Route Army campsite, was suddenly bombarded by the Eighth Route Army troops who did not know where they were hiding in the surrounding area.
Bad news comes one after another:
"Your Excellency, Captain, a large number of Eighth Route Army troops suddenly appeared from all directions and are shelling us!"
"Sir, all our retreat routes have been blocked by the Eighth Route Army."
"Your Excellency, Captain, we have fallen into a trap. The main force of the Eighth Route Army has been ambushing around us early in the morning."
"Sir..."
"Baga——"
Uchida Shinya's eyes were red as he roared angrily. He finally realized that the sneak attack he thought he had a chance to win was a carefully constructed trap from beginning to end.
What on earth did that bastard Kurobe do?
"Where is Zhao San? Where is that damn Zhao San?" Uchida Nobuya asked, his eyes seemed to be spitting fire.
Now he just wants to kill that bastard Zhao San to vent his anger.
The Japanese guarding Zhao San arrived and reported: "Sir, Zhao San suddenly opened fire, wounded several of our soldiers in the chaos, and then escaped through the mountain trail."
"Get out of here——"
Uchida Nobuya suddenly became angry, and Zhao San's escape confirmed everything he had guessed.
The trick carried out by the Eighth Route Army this time seems to have been carried out through this Zhao Sanlai.
How brave you are to actually deceive him, Nobuya Uchida.
Boom——
"Sir, be careful!"
The adjutant next to him had quick eyesight and quick hands. He flew over and knocked down Nobuya Uchida, and a cannonball exploded not far away from the two of them.
Nobu Uchida, who was shaken to pieces by the power of the shell, also shook his head, feeling like the world was spinning.
I finally opened my eyes and pushed the adjutant lying on my body, but the adjutant had already made no sound.
Uchida Nobuya, who realized that this time he failed to steal the chicken but lost the rice, quickly gave an order without having time to feel sad about the death of his adjutant:
"Instruct all ministries to immediately make strategic moves from the south to the weak point!"
"The first squadron cut off the rear, the second squadron, and the third squadron went all out to break out of the encirclement from the south!"
"Hi!"
Outside the station.
Wang Huaibao, the commander of the Fourth Independent Regiment, and Han Feng, the commander of the fourth battalion of the Fourth Independent Regiment, led the team to divide the battlefield into multiple local combat areas, and led the soldiers to rely on the favorable terrain as fortifications to kill the Japanese troops who forcibly broke through. p>
At present, the Japanese army has been surrounded by groups in the camping area.
Previously, the soldiers used 60-mm mortars, 82-mm, and 81-mm mortars that had been ready for a long time, plus a considerable number of 50-mm small artillery, to fire wildly at the camping area where the main Japanese forces gathered.
Boom.
The Japanese army tried to break out of the encirclement from the south, but the soldiers followed suit and closed the encirclement.
The two sides engaged in a fierce confrontation.
The battle quickly became intense.
The Uchida Battalion on one side, known as the flower of the Imperial Army, is the absolute elite of the Japanese army.
The Fourth Battalion of the Fourth Independent Regiment on the other side is basically the mountain company originally led by Han Feng, Zhang Min and Du Zhongcheng. They are also the absolute elite of the Eighth Route Army.
And he has considerable experience in mountain warfare.
A sudden confrontation broke out between the two sides, and Nobu Uchida was the first to suffer a dumb loss because he was fooled.
In the previous bombardment, the soldiers of the Fourth Independent Regiment did not spare any effort, and the shells were dropped crazily towards the camping area as if they were free.
Four or five rounds of artillery shells were fired in one breath, and nearly two hundred rounds of artillery shells exploded in the camping area.
Just in this artillery attack, Uchida's brigade killed more than 120 Japs on the spot.
There were more than 200 injured Japs, and among them, there were quite a few who were seriously injured, struggling on the verge of death, and completely losing their combat effectiveness and ability to move.
For these seriously injured Japanese, Uchida Nobuya decisively chose to give up. He led the Japanese who could still fight to try to break through from the south.
With the fierce confrontation between the two sides,
Uchida Nobuya was almost overcome with regret. He regretted that he had not listened to the advice of Commander Yoshio Shinozuka and Chief of Staff Kitagawa earlier.
The Eighth Route Army unit facing us was extremely well-equipped and its artillery fire was quite ferocious.
The opponent had relied on counter-sneak attacks and clearly had the upper hand.
Moreover, these Eighth Route Army troops are quite cunning, adopting the strategy of waiting for work and waiting for the rabbit.
However, the Japanese from Uchida Brigade ran all the way for more than three hours, and they were exhausted.
At this time, look down from a high altitude perspective.
The Eighth Route Army used the original camping area as a dispersal point, and the rear artillery shelled from time to time to disperse the little Japanese in the camping area in all directions.
On the trails surrounding the camping area, the soldiers relied on the favorable terrain as defenses and launched fire blocks, waiting for the little devils to break through and die.
Most of Uchida's brigade's grenade positions at the rear were destroyed as soon as the Eighth Route Army launched its surprise attack.
There are only a few grenades and crooked guns left in the Japanese team, which serve as the main counterattack firepower.
In the ensuing confrontation, Uchida Xing also realized what it means to be desperate and beaten.
It's no match for artillery fire.
Taking into account the nature of this battle, Uchida Nobu also did not bring heavy weapons like infantry cannons, but was equipped with a large number of Type 89 grenade launchers.
But the American 60 mortars of the Eighth Route Army completely overwhelmed the grenade launchers in terms of range, power, and accuracy.
Even the 50 mortars and 50 cannons modified by the independent regiment, and the grenade launchers of the little devils still standing still, are no match.
In previous battles, as soon as the Eighth Route Army's machine gun fire came out, the Japanese's grenade shells could hit it the next moment.
The current situation was completely reversed. The Japanese's crooked weapons and grenade firepower had just been exposed, and then the Eighth Route Army's artillery shells fell accurately.
On the Fourth Independent Regiment's side, every 50 gun and 60 mortar are included, including larger caliber mortars of 81 and 82 mm.
They are all organized according to artillery groups, equipped with gunners, loaders, observers and commanders.
With efficient coordination, the observer will use the ranging telescope to quickly find the target and quickly obtain various bombardment data on the target.
Now that the Kwantung Army brigade was in a state of confusion due to the counter-surprise attack, how could the Japanese grenade be an opponent?
As for the rifle battle, Uchida Nobuya, an old devil, finally understood the horror of being dominated by the M1 Garand rifle.
When the M1 Garand semi-automatic rifle faced the Japanese's backward bolt-action Type 38 rifle with a capacity of only five rounds.
This fear of being dominated is becoming more and more amplified.
The marksmanship of the Japanese soldiers of the Kwantung Army is not bad. Within two to three hundred meters, there is basically no chance of a miss when shooting.
But the soldiers of the original mountain company led by Han Feng were also not bad.
In addition, the M1 Garand rifle in hand is a semi-automatic rifle with a capacity of eight rounds. You only need to keep pulling the trigger.
The Japs had finished firing one shot and were still pulling the bolt. They heard a snapping sound from the other side, and their companions fell down one after another.
The war situation between the two sides gradually showed a one-sided trend.
The confrontation came too suddenly, and the Eighth Route Army's firepower was so fierce that Uchida's brigade did not even have time to call for reinforcements. In addition, the two sides were almost bordering the same area, and the Japanese were unable to call for air reinforcements.
The only thing Uchida Nobuya could do was to grit his teeth and desperately let his main force break out from the south to the weak point of the Eighth Route Army's encirclement.
Southbound.
The team responsible for blocking the attack was led by Han Feng himself.
This confrontation was actually somewhat beyond Han Feng's expectations.
The so-called expert will know if there is anything as soon as he makes a move.
This time, he used the trick perfectly, lured you into the urn, and then closed the door and beat the dog.
Ordinarily, with such a powerful artillery raid and a careful ambush deployment, these seven or eight hundred Japs would soon be disabled or even wiped out.
But the combat effectiveness displayed by this group of Japanese soldiers is so unusual, their reaction speed is extremely fast, and their tactical coordination is quite tacit and rapid.
The fighting spirit is even stronger.
There were dozens of Japanese soldiers who were blocked by Han Feng at the foot of a gentle slope not far away.
After Han Feng gave the order, he quickly built a 60 mortar position and bombarded the Japanese hiding place with direct fire.
The Japanese who were hiding moved to the edges of the gentle slope at some point and quickly opened up the skirmish line.
Han Feng's artillery attack had little effect.
The combat responses and flexible adjustments of these little devils' tactics are nothing short of unpleasant.
In addition, as soon as the battle began, Deputy Battalion Commander Zhang Min, who was fighting beside Han Feng, discovered a problem.
"The clothes of these little Japs are very weird. It is said that the Japs in the Zhongtiao Mountain area basically wear the Showa Type 5 military uniforms, but many of these Japs are actually wearing Type 4 and Type 5 military caps. This is really weird.
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Han Feng took it seriously and said: "It is very common for Japanese troops to wear Showa 5-style military uniforms and 1998-style military uniforms."
"And these 4th and 5th-style military caps are the Japanese military uniforms from earlier years. Generally, some old Japanese soldiers still choose to wear them in order to show their seniority."
"From this it seems that this Japs are really weird."
In the end, facing all the remaining elites gathered by Uchida's brigade, they even launched a fierce attack towards the south regardless of the cost.
In order to avoid unnecessary casualties, Han Feng did not care about temporary gains and losses, so he ordered to take the initiative to open a hole in the encirclement to temporarily avoid the edge.
Choose to continue the attack from the flank while the Japanese army is breaking through.
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Inside Qingshan Village.
The villagers heard bursts of gunfire coming from the distant mountains and forests.
Many villagers' expressions changed slightly.
"In such a big battle, could it be that our Eighth Route Army troops and the Japs collided?"
Uncle Zhao, who was working in the fields, said with some worry.
Wang Mazi on the side had returned to the field an hour ago and found a suitable excuse.
Uncle Zhao has no doubts about this.
Faced with Uncle Zhao's worries, Wang Mazi smiled indifferently and said: "Uncle Zhao, don't worry blindly. Our comrades in the Eighth Route Army are very powerful. Even if there is a battle, they must be destroying the little devils!"<
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Uncle Zhao was startled, then smiled and nodded: "That's true."
Wang Mazi laughed, but secretly mocked in his heart:
Stupid Uncle Zhao, how could you know that the fighting at this moment is probably my Kwantung Army brigade, fighting to destroy your Fourth Independent Regiment in Qingshan Village!