832 Set up an ambush in the farmland and defeat the Japanese invaders!
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Kong Jie's deployment order was quickly conveyed to each unit through the detachment headquarters.
A team's outer guerrilla area.
As far as the eye can see, at the foot of the vast mountains, a Japanese and puppet army team is walking in neat steps, approaching the front farmland area of a team's guerrilla area.
This team is the eighth brigade of the Japanese Kamechi Brigade and the Imperial Association Army, led by Yan Sanfu.
Just half an hour ago, Turtle Chi received an order from the general headquarters to launch a general attack on the farmland area of the Eighth Route Army Corps.
At the same time, during the advance, we must find ways to contain the main force of the Eighth Route Army that is blocking the attack, and wait for the main mopping force from the rear to completely encircle the Eighth Route Army.
After receiving the order, the Japanese captain Turtle Chi immediately ordered the entire army to move out.
At this time, the role of the puppet troops fighting in coordination as cannon fodder became apparent in the eyes of the Japanese army.
"Sanfu-kun, the time has come to test whether you are loyal to the Japanese Empire. You can lead your troops in the front. I will lead the main force of the brigade to support your Imperial Army's operations at any time!"
Seeing the hesitation on Yan Sanfu's face, Gui Chi finished his good words and then threatened him. His face darkened and he asked in a thicker voice:
"Why, Sanfu-kun, are you going to disobey the orders of the Imperial Japanese Army?"
"Your Majesty, Lieutenant Colonel, is joking. The order received by our 8th Mixed Brigade this time is to assist His Excellency, Lieutenant Colonel, in advancing operations. Naturally, His Excellency, Lieutenant Colonel, will follow your lead!"
Yan Sanfu replied quickly, but he was complaining secretly in his heart, and he cursed these little sons of bitches for being unkind and using himself as cannon fodder.
The helpless Yan Sanfu could only lead his Imperial Army troops to the front line of the Turtle Chi Brigade.
The distance between the two teams was nearly 500 meters.
In addition, the terrain of the mountainous area is undulating, and the mountains and forests cover the fields. The distance of 500 meters is enough for the two troops to lose sight of each other.
Guichi, an old Japanese soldier who thought his treacherous plan had succeeded, sent a communications unit to follow the troops of the 8th Mixed Brigade of the puppet army and take the lead.
Communicate with the rear brigade headquarters at any time through the communication corps.
..."Prince, these bastards are using us as cannon fodder again!"
After separating from the Japanese army, they were far away. Wang Dacong, Yan Sanfu's adjutant, leaned next to Yan Sanfu and cursed.
Yan Sanfu, who was full of bitterness, said helplessly: "The little devil has always been this pissy, what can we do?"
"You're so smart. I'm just worried right now. I'm about to enter the base of a unit of the Eighth Route Army. We know who Kong Shatou is better than anyone else."
"Remember the battle a year ago?
It all comes down to your bad idea. Let us take advantage of the battle between the Japanese army and the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army to take a small road and sneak attack on the flank of the Independent Regiment."
"As a result, Kong Jie was angered. In his anger, Kong Shatou actually pulled out more than a dozen artillery pieces. Under the firepower, he almost wiped out the entire 8th Hybrid Brigade..."
As he said this, Yan Sanfu couldn't help but shudder.
Every time he thought about being bombarded by Kong Jie, he felt uneasy.
Adjutant Wang Dacong was a little embarrassed.
"Hey, this is all in the past, Traveler, why did you bring it up again?"
"But as soon as I mentioned that matter, I became so angry... Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Can you quickly give me some ideas on how to deal with the current situation?"
The wise man rolled his eyes, and after thinking for a moment, he came up with a plan.
He replied: "Traveler, if you want to overcome the difficulties at hand, the way is very simple, one word - drag!"
"Drag?"
Wang Dacong nodded decisively:
"Yes, just delay! This time our Imperial Army and the Japanese army came to target the autumn harvest grain of a detachment of the Eighth Route Army, and they attacked in multiple directions.
But how easy is Kong Jie to deal with?
I don’t believe that a detachment of the Eighth Route Army would be unprepared for this Japanese raid on the autumn harvest.
But none of us know exactly what means the Eighth Route Army has prepared to harm the little devils.
At this time, isn’t it just a matter of shooting the first bird!
Whichever advancing force is the fastest and falls into the trap of the Eighth Route Army first will have no choice but to consider itself unlucky.
So we have to slow down deliberately, so we can’t be the first to fall into the Eighth Route Army’s trap, right?
When the news of the previous battle comes over, we will at least understand what the Eighth Route Army is hiding."
"It has to be you, my great cleverness!"
Yan Sanfu, who suddenly came to his senses, nodded, and he was very approving of Adjutant Wang Dacong's proposal.
Just like that, the 8th Mixed Brigade of the puppet army started a delaying trick and deliberately slowed down the pace of advancement.
The old Japanese turtle turtle who followed up from behind naturally noticed the problem quickly.
He couldn't help but curse: "Asshole, what on earth is this Yan Sanfu doing? Why is he walking so slowly?
Signal Corps, go and urge Yan Sanfu to speed up his march!
Then the message was delivered:
"Reporting to Your Majesty Lieutenant Colonel, according to the news from the Imperial Alliance Army, they were worried that they would be ambushed by the Eighth Route Army along the way, so they deliberately slowed down their pace and sent out reconnaissance troops in advance to conduct investigations along the way. This delayed the speed." p>
But how could Turtle Chi believe these lies?
Having dealt with puppet troops a lot, he naturally understands the urinary nature of these guys.
I have always been a hard worker, often working hard but not working hard.
Everyone is greedy for life, afraid of death, afraid of hardship and hardship.
I really hope they will deal with the Eighth Route Army, unless even sows can climb trees.
If it weren't for the thought of maintaining the morale of the surrendering Imperial Army, Turtle Chi would have wished to kill Yan Sanfu in one fell swoop.
But now that it was time to hire people, Turtle Chi had no choice but to suppress his anger for the time being, and repeatedly sent people to urge the Imperial Army to speed up their march.
After Yan Sanfu received the news, he pretended to speed up the team.
Just wait until the Japanese messengers leave, then turn around and ask the team to slow down.
Just like this, the Japanese and puppet troops along Kameda were the slowest among the Japanese and puppet troops advancing in multiple directions.
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A team headquarters.
News from the front also came quickly.
"Lao Kong, there are already nearly three Japanese brigades, plus several puppet legions, approaching our front agricultural area.
The local army and militia comrades followed the orders of the headquarters and retreated while fighting, gradually luring the little Japs in."
Kong Jie nodded, and after thinking for a while, he ordered:
"Proceed according to the original plan and sing this great drama well!
When the main force of the Japs enters the farmland area and even seizes the farmland, they immediately launch an attack.
At the same time, pass the news to the main force of the 1, 2, and 3 regiments, and let them start the operation of harvesting crops in the Japanese rear areas together."
"Okay!" Xu Guoan responded.
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"Asshole, this damn Yan Sanfu, when this raid is over, I will kill him with my own hands!"
In the middle line area that is advancing towards the agricultural area in front of the first team, in the direction in which the Turtle Chi Brigade is advancing, there is an obvious gap due to the slow speed of the advance.
Turtle Chi, who noticed that Yan Sanfu was deliberately slowing down, cursed angrily.
News has come from the brigade headquarters in other directions that people are about to enter the farmland of the Eighth Route Army.
Turtle Chi couldn't bear it anymore. In a rage, he led his guards all the way to the front of the Royal Association Army. He then took out his gun and put it directly on Yan Sanfu's head, scolding:
"Yan Sanfu, you bastard, are you just a coward here?
If you don’t move forward at full speed, I’ll shoot you right now!”
Yan Sanfu, who has always figured out the thoughts of the Japanese army, reckons that Turtle Chi's patience has been basically exhausted.
He quickly smiled and pushed away the gun that Turtle Chi put on his head, and said:
"Don't worry, squadron leader, I'm going to give the order to advance at an accelerated pace, no, at full speed! Let me all trot towards the farmland area of the Eighth Route!"
"Taijun, I was worried that the Eighth Route Army would ambush me on the way, so I searched more carefully, which delayed me a little bit. Please forgive me, Taijun!"
Immediately afterwards, Yan Sanfu really issued a clear order to march at full speed.
Only then did the old Japanese turtle endure his anger and gave up.
The originally delayed Japanese and puppet troops moved faster in vain.
After more than ten minutes of this...
A few kilometers away, in what seemed to be the farmland area in front of the Eighth Route Army, the sound of fighting suddenly broke out, mixed with the sound of gunfire, and the exchange of fire between the two sides was extremely fierce.
"Taijun, this is the farmland area in front of the Eighth Route Army!"
Yan Sanfu's face changed slightly and he spoke.
The fighting action a few kilometers away was extremely fierce, but the two sides were too far away to clear the specific situation ahead.
"Baga!"
Gui Chi cursed loudly, and he didn't know whether he was scolding Yan Sanfu for deliberately delaying the march, or scolding the Eighth Route Army troops who had ambushed the Japanese army ahead.
"Advance quickly!"
Kamechi issued the order. He sensed the urgency of the battle ahead and did not dare to delay any longer. He even directly ordered the elite Japanese army to serve as the vanguard, leading the follow-up Imperial Army to quickly advance towards the front farmland area. p>
It took more than 20 minutes.
The Japs from the Turtle Chi Brigade and the puppet troops from the 8th Mixed Brigade finally arrived at the edge of the front farmland area.
At this time, the terrain surrounding the farmland is higher.
Old Japanese Gui Chi and Yan Sanfu can already use telescopes to see clearly the situation in the fighting area:
As far as the eye can see, there is a large area of golden farmland, with a large number of corn stalks swaying gently in the wind.
At the edge of these farmlands, Yan Sanfu also saw through the telescope bags of plump corn pods growing on wheat straw.
Thinking of the aroma of cooked corn in his mouth, he couldn't help but swallow.
Just as the field of vision spreads
All this has changed...
The smoke from the artillery fire shrouded a large area of farmland in a rather smoky manner.
The originally neat straw had already appeared in a large number of burned areas under the impact of artillery fire and bullets.
Destroyed by the shock wave of the shell explosion, straw scattered everywhere can be seen.
The vast tracts of cornfields are like the remains of bread riddled with holes after being indiscriminately eaten by countless rats.
What shocked the Japanese captains Guichi and Yan Sanfu even more was...
In addition to the large amounts of burned straw, in the cornfield, entangled with straw, there were also the corpses of Japanese soldiers lying on the ground in a mess, like loose sand.
Boom——
Several more shells were fired suddenly from an area several hundred meters away from the cornfield, and then exploded in the cornfield.
Following the faint wailing, two or three Japanese soldiers were instantly torn apart like foam by the violent explosions.
The horrifying scene instantly brought Turtle Chi and Yan Sanfu into reality.
Only then did the two realize that the fighting in the farmland area was still going on.
The old Japanese turtle, Turtle Chi, raised the angle of the telescope, and then saw a scene that he would never forget from the perspective of the telescope:
The previous artillery shells were fired from the rear of the farmland, and the power of the shells that hit them was even more powerful than the Type 92 infantry cannon.
Those seemed to be shells fired by mechanical vehicles. Looking closely, they seemed to be some armored vehicles and tanks produced by the Japanese Empire, and even a few commonly used trucks.
Turtle Chi is very familiar with those vehicles.
The first time I was confused, how could these vehicles fire such powerful shells?
Then there was a series of explosions, breaking Turtle Chi's hesitation.
One step ahead of the Kamechi Brigade and the 8th Mixed Brigade of the Puppet Army, the three Japanese brigades that entered the cornfield area, as well as two regiments of the Imperial Japanese Army, were now locked in a bitter battle.
A shocking number of corpses of Japanese and puppet soldiers can be seen scattered everywhere in the cornfield.
It is enough to prove that in this fierce confrontation, the three Japanese army brigades and two puppet army groups that rushed into the cornfield suffered heavy blows.
With the crisp autumn wind blowing, the gunpowder smoke shrouding the cornfields dissipated slightly, and the field of vision became wider.
Gui Chi and Yan Sanfu then saw... more horrifying corpses.
And without exception, they are all the corpses of Japanese soldiers or puppet soldiers.
The large number of craters in the cornfield proves that during the previous fierce confrontation, the Japanese and puppet troops who entered the cornfield area were violently bombarded by the Eighth Route Army troops.
The only remaining Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield are fighting fiercely with the Eighth Route Army troops.
From Yan Sanfu's point of view, it's more like fighting between trapped beasts!
I'm afraid it's only a matter of time before these Japanese and puppet troops are completely wiped out!
After the investigation, Yan Sanfu had an approximate figure in his mind:
There are less than 2,000 troops left!
Yan Sanfu, who instantly realized what this meant, couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, and a chill came from the bottom of his heart.
From the sudden outbreak of the previous battle, the fierce sound of gunfire was heard, and Yan Sanfu and his party arrived quickly.
It only took more than 20 minutes.
The three Japanese army brigades that originally entered the cornfield area, plus two Imperial Army Corps, amounted to more than 5,000 Japanese and puppet troops.
In just over 20 minutes, more than 3,000 people evaporated.
What the hell is this speed of killing enemies???
This made Yan Sanfu instantly think of the scene when his Eighth Mixed Brigade was covered in artillery fire and almost annihilated because he angered Kong Shatou.
"It must be Kong's method of shaving his head!!!"
In panic, Yan Sanfu, as the commander of the eighth mixed brigade of the puppet army, with thousands of puppet troops under his command, was actually fighting between two groups at this moment. If the old Japanese Gui Chi hadn't been standing beside him, he would have wanted to run away.
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A vast and flat area of cornfield.
The artillery fire is raging.
The attacking Eighth Route Army troops became more and more aggressive.
Dozens of artillery, including Type 92 infantry cannon, Jin-made 75mm mountain cannon, American-made 75mm mountain cannon, American M2-type 60 mortar...
Continue to bombard the Japanese and puppet troops who were completely defeated by artillery fire and fled in all directions.
In the crisp autumn wind, there was a vague sound of howitzers shouting excitedly, "One hundred more quick shots!"
Corresponding to this is the voice of Wang Chengzhu, commander of the First Artillery Battalion: "Increase the elevation angle of the infantry artillery by three, fire fifty rounds quickly, and cut off the Japanese's retreat!"
This is the first elite artillery combat company of the two artillery battalions of a detachment of the Eighth Route Army, and they are competing to open fire.
In addition to these immovable artillery, there are also more than a dozen artillery groups using smaller caliber artillery to supplement the firepower of the artillery squad's rapid advance.
Eliminate the Japanese puppet troops in the cornfield in more detail.
Two cavalry tanks, plus four armored vehicles and three military vehicles, equipped with additional 75mm howitzers, fired at full speed from the edge of the cornfield, detouring on both sides.
Accompanied by constant bombardment from 75mm howitzers.
The Japanese and puppet soldiers who bombed the cornfield were crying like ghosts and howling like wolves.
The follow-up support artillery with high-speed maneuverability fully demonstrates its power on the battlefield at this moment.
According to Yan Sanfu's rough estimate, the casualties of the Japanese and puppet troops, which were already less than 2,000, continued to spread rapidly.
And the nine mobile vehicles equipped with 75mm howitzers are impacting in the direction of the Turtle Chi Brigade and the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the puppet army...