At this moment, Yan Sanfu and the old Japanese Gui Chi seemed to have turned to stone. Seeing the scene in front of them, they were so horrified that they could not recover for a long time.
The brutality of the battle that broke out in the farmland area far exceeded their imagination.
Yan Sanfu was even more suspicious in his heart. This large area of cornfields had also been damaged by the fighting. Did these Eighth Route Army troops not even want food?
When I thought about it, paying for a piece of farmland in exchange for the destruction of the puppet army for thousands of days seemed to be a sure-fire deal.
Escape——
Looking at the armored vehicles and tanks that were detouring from the cornfield to the left and right, and equipped with artillery that kept roaring, they were clearly rushing towards his group.
This word appeared in Yan Sanfu's mind involuntarily.
Old Devil Turtle Chi has not made any move yet.
"Your Excellency Captain——"
Yan Sanfu raised his voice and called twice, which seemed to bring the frightened Turtle Chi back to reality.
The first thought that popped up in Turtle Chi's heart at this moment was actually very similar to Yan Sanfu's.
When faced with death, individuals can subconsciously make the decision to escape.
But reason told Turtle Chi that if he just turned around and ran away, once he returned to the occupied area, he would definitely be held accountable by the headquarters, and he might even be sent to a military court and charged with deserting before the battle.
Looking at the somewhat defeated Japanese and puppet troops who were already fleeing in panic.
Holding back the throbbing in his heart, Turtle Chi issued an order, "Cover the retreating imperial troops and prepare to make a strategic transfer immediately, quickly!"
After all, it was an escape, but before I escaped, I, Guichi, out of benevolence and justice, protected the friendly troops from escaping from the clutches of the Eighth Route Army. The headquarters had nothing to say, right?
After Kamechi's order was issued, the Japs from Kamechi brigade quickly built machine gun and artillery positions to cover the Japanese and puppet troops who were retreating hastily from the cornfield with artillery and machine gun firepower.
Two quickly assembled Type 92 infantry guns are enough to destroy any armored vehicles and thin-skinned tanks used by the Eighth Route Army at the moment.
But the mobility of the opponent's vehicle is too fast.
Coupled with the artillery of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side, the attack was extremely sharp.
The artillery position of the Turtle Brigade had just been constructed, and before it had time to fully open its fangs, it was hit by four or five artillery shells, destroying nearly half of it.
Even one of the two Type 92 infantry cannons was destroyed by the bombardment of the opponent's Qiwu Mountain Cannon.
In just one face-to-face confrontation, the infantry artillery firepower that the Turtle Chi Brigade most relied on was knocked out by half.
Watching the two wings of the cornfield keep speeding, various vehicles equipped with howitzers are still making rapid detours.
Han Yuxin's turtle did not dare to delay, "The rearguard troops will stay and continue to cover the evacuating imperial troops. The rest of the main force will move in immediately, immediately!"
More than a hundred little Japs were left as rearguards and continued to rely on the temporary mountains as defenses. With machine guns and grenade launchers, they bombarded the pursuing Eighth Route Army troops and covered the Japanese and puppet troops evacuating from the farmland.
Turtle Chi led the main force of the brigade and retreated quickly.
Yan Sanfu had long wanted to run away, and he led his troops to evacuate at a speed that directly crushed the Japanese army.
Turtle Chi was so angry that he cursed in his heart, but there was nothing he could do.
At this time, the defeated Japanese and puppet troops finally successfully evacuated from the edge of the cornfield under the cover of the rearguard troops left by the Turtle Chi Brigade.
But the two sides did not meet and meet.
The Japanese captain, who was fleeing in embarrassment with the remaining Japanese and puppet troops, saw reinforcements arriving. Without saying a word, he led the main force and continued to flee in the direction of their origin in a panic.
All the rearguard units of the Turtle Lake Brigade were left behind.
In the end, under the attack of a group of soldiers, the rear guard of the Turtle Chi Brigade resisted for a short time before being completely annihilated.
On the contrary, it bought some time for the retreating Japanese and puppet troops and the transferred Turtle Chi Brigade.
Of course, this is not because Kong Jie meant to let the remaining little devils and puppet troops go.
The method of cutting off the weeds and eradicating the roots has always been used vividly by Commander Kong.
This time, with the help of the empty corn field deliberately created by the Camouflage Bureau, the Japanese army was lured into the ambush circle, and the multi-arms coordinated ambush battle that followed came to a successful conclusion.
The reason why you should never pursue a poor enemy.
This is because a large number of artillery units, armored units, and various arms were exposed during the ambush battle.
After the ambush battle started, the news must have been transmitted to the Japanese rear command headquarters through the Japanese army's communication equipment.
Therefore, Kong Jie's scheduled combat time for this ambush is thirty minutes.
When the time is up, the ambush battle is immediately over, and all troops involved in the ambush must withdraw from the ambush battlefield in the shortest possible time.
To guard against bombing by Japanese aircraft.
Regarding Gui Zi's air reinforcements, the Independent Regiment has already summed up its experience in many battles with the enemy.
It originated from the Japanese army's Mingbao Airport in Tan County, which was destroyed twice by commandos.
From the airport where the Japanese flying troops are currently stationed to the Taihang base area, even if they are on standby for battle 24 hours a day, it will take at least four days to be able to set off from the airport at any time after receiving orders and rush to a battlefield with a clear target as quickly as possible.
About ten minutes.
Therefore, this ambush battle only lasted for thirty minutes, leaving ten minutes of maneuver time for the participating soldiers to quickly evacuate.
Enough to avoid the Japanese plane bombing in time.
Subsequent facts indeed proved Kong Jie's judgment.
Soon after, almost as soon as the Eighth Route Army soldiers who participated in the ambush had just evacuated, and all the mechanical vehicles were hidden in designated locations, the roar of Japanese aircraft engines came from the sky.
The Japanese fighter jets, unable to find their target, circled in the sky and bombed an unknown area for a while before leaving angrily.
On the other side, listen to the explosion from the bombs dropped by your own bombers from behind.
Gui Chi and Yan Sanfu breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts. They had never felt that there was a more reassuring moment than when they heard the sound of their own bombers.
The remaining 1,600 or so Japanese and puppet troops who fled in panic from the corn fields officially joined the Turtle Chi brigade.
As for the rearguard troops left behind in Turtle Chi, they were attacked by the Eighth Route Army troops like a huge wave and were swallowed up under a single wave.
Not a single kid could escape.
Turtle Chi is more self-aware. If his own flying troops had not arrived in time and the Eighth Route Army had continued to pursue them, not only the rear guards, but also his entire Turtle Chi brigade might not have been able to escape.
This made Turtle Chi feel even more horrified.
Who knows what kind of opponent he has provoked!
Waiting for the top Japanese commanders from both sides to formally meet.
Among the Japanese and puppet troops who fled in embarrassment, only one Japanese captain remained with the highest rank.
When he saw his colleagues, Kameike couldn't help but asked directly: "Osaka-kun, what is going on in this battle?"
The rather disgraced old Japanese Kazuo Osaka replied ambitiously and with lingering fear: "We will advance towards the front farmland area of the Eighth Route Army Detachment in accordance with the established direction.
Along the way, they were blocked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
After the order from the headquarters was issued, we launched a strong attack from all directions, breaking through the obstruction of the Eighth Route Army along the way, and finally arrived at the farmland area.
Large tracts of corn appeared in our field of vision, and the fragrance of corn seemed to be wafting in the wind from the fields.
Pursued by the imperial army, the blocking Eighth Route Army fled several kilometers away in one breath.
We immediately issued an order to quickly harvest the corn crops in the farmland and steal the Eighth Route Army's autumn harvest grain.
The soldiers quickly put away their guns and went into the harvest. They quickly broke off the corn on the stalks and put them into the bags prepared early in the morning, preparing to transport them back quickly through the vehicles transporting the troops..."
He swallowed, his voice suddenly filled with panic:
"At this moment, no one expected that these Eighth Route Army troops would make a comeback.
Their sudden attack carried a large number of artillery, and was even accompanied by an attack by armored vehicles equipped with howitzers.
The entire vast cornfield seemed to be under bombardment from their artillery fire.
Only then did we come to our senses. These damn Eighth Route Army troops came with the goal of wiping out all the Imperial Japanese troops in the cornfield.
In the ensuing battle, we lost all our geographical advantages and all our firepower advantages...Then what you saw after you arrived was that we had three imperial army brigades, plus two imperial association regiments.
, the whole army was almost annihilated."
aside.
Just listening to the narration, Yan Sanfu could also feel the despair of the Japanese and puppet troops when they were suddenly ambushed.
Kameike couldn't recover for a long time, and then asked: "What about Nagata-kun and Matsuki-kun?"
Kamechi was asking about the two Japanese captains who led the team from the other two directions this time.
Osaka sighed bitterly and replied: "It's already broken!"
Turtle Chi was silent.
He did not verbally blame Osaka and his party for their failure in combat.
It can be clearly seen from the brief confrontation with the ambushed Eighth Route Army troops just now.
Even if his Kamechi brigade had not arrived at the cornfield area at the same time as the other three brigade due to the delay of Yan Sanfu and other imperial alliance troops.
It is absolutely impossible to change the final outcome of this ambush battle.
It's just the loss of one more Turtle Chi brigade.
Speaking of which... Guichi even has to thank Yan Sanfu for deliberately delaying, which prevented his Guichi brigade from suffering heavy losses.
Thinking of this, Guichi raised his head and looked at Yan Sanfu on the side. Yan Sanfu immediately thought of something and said with a smile:
"Hey, Mr. Kamechi, luckily we came late!"
Turtle Pond: "..."
Thank you so much...
"These damn Eighth Route Army are so hateful that they even gave up so much food to lure the Japanese Empire into a trap."
Recalling the previous situation, due to the fierce fighting between the two sides, the corn in the large area of farmland was completely destroyed.
In the midst of Kameike's scolding, the Japs on the side, Lieutenant Colonel Osaka, actually sighed again: "Kamechi-san... Actually, the Eighth Route Army did not abandon the corn in these farmlands."
"Nani, how do you say this?"
Osaka replied sullenly: "That was what we discovered when our harvesting troops spread the harvesting scope to the central area of the farmland.
These cunning Eighth Route Army soldiers only left the corn on the wheat straw around the farmland, paralyzing the judgment of our army.
As for the central area, most of the corn in the area has already been secretly harvested by them.
After our harvesting troops crossed the surrounding edge areas, they discovered that all the corn on the wheat straw had already been broken off."
Turtle Pond: "..."
According to this, the Empire of Japan really lost completely this time.
Yan Sanfu secretly sighed at the side: This special thing is fine, as expected of Kong Shatou, these little devils are in bad luck this time!
Immediately afterwards, a communications soldier from the Communications Department of the Turtle Brigade rushed over in a panic and reported to the old Japanese turtle:
"Reporting to your Excellency, Captain, news came from many county headquarters in the rear that the suburbs were raided by the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
At present, the Eighth Route Army, which has successfully broken through our army's defensive fortifications, is harvesting crops from the farmland under centralized management in the areas occupied by our army."
"The headquarters orders our troops to quickly return reinforcements and be sure to protect the empire's crops!!!"
"Nani???"
The old Japanese turtles Kamechi and Osaka were dumbfounded on the spot. When they came back to their senses, they were both in great shock.
In order to destroy the Eighth Route Army's autumn harvest operation, the Japanese Empire plundered the Eighth Route Army's autumn harvest grain and launched a large-scale raid.
Along the way, they were blocked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
Both sides seemed to have tried their best in the confrontation over the autumn harvest.
The blocking Eighth Route Army troops also continued to retreat under the pressure of the advancing Japanese mopping up troops.
As for the commander-in-chief of the Japanese army, the old Japanese Yoshio Shinozuka even wanted to use the autumn harvest to force a detachment of the Eighth Route Army to engage in a decisive battle with the Japanese army.
But who could have expected what the hell is going on right now?
In the front cornfield area, it took thousands of days for the puppet troops to be ambushed by the Eighth Route Army troops, and the entire army was almost annihilated.
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Turning around, the county town in the rear area was unexpectedly attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army again. Those hateful Eighth Route Army turned around and took advantage of the lack of troops in the rear area of the Japanese army to rush towards the crops planted by the Japanese army in large quantities.
The Eighth Route Army had the audacity to plan the Japanese army’s autumn harvest of food!
For the Japanese army, this was an unprecedented first time.
Yan Sanfu, commander of the 8th Mixed Brigade of the Puppet Army, secretly muttered to the side:
"My dear, Kong Shatou is really awesome. Facts have proved that anyone who dares to offend Kong Shatou will not have a good life.
The Japanese also want to destroy the autumn harvest of a team of other people, but now they are stealing the chicken but losing the rice instead!"
He was happy to watch the fun.
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The Japanese army's rear area, the suburbs of Yangquan, Shouyang, Tan County, Ping'an County and many other county towns were farmland areas intensively managed by the Japanese army.
At this moment, the Eighth Route Army soldiers were holding various farm tools and sweating profusely on the farmland harvesting various crops.
Kong Jie's opportunity to detour back to the main force of the 1, 2, and 3 regiments in the rear of the Japanese army was five minutes after the ambush started.
At this time, on the entire North China battlefield, the attention of the Japanese army, the puppet army, and the national army were all drawn to the front cornfield area where the Japanese army was suddenly ambushed.
Naturally, no one noticed that the main force of the 1, 2, and 3 regiments quietly returned to the rear of the Japanese army.
Until the battles started on both sides.
The Japanese flying troops departing from the airport were already halfway through the flight when they received the news that the farmland area on the outskirts of the rear area had been raided by the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
After the Japanese flying team has completed its immediate mission of reinforcing the cornfield area, it will return to the airport to replenish ammunition and fuel, and then fly to the scattered suburban farmland areas to bomb the raiding Eighth Route Army troops.
This will take a lot of time.
As a large number of Japanese troops were originally advancing towards the base area of a detachment of the Eighth Route Army, they quickly returned reinforcements to the counties, towns and towns behind.
Kong Jie, who was sitting at the detachment headquarters, immediately issued a combat order that the enemy retreat and we pursue.
In the words of Captain Kong, "Come when you want and leave when you want. What do you think of my team?"
"Inform all troops to bite me hard and use any means to at least keep the Japanese's mopping up troops in our base area for more than ten hours."
"Yes!" the communications soldier responded and turned around to convey the order.
Kong Jie turned his head and focused his eyes on the combat sand table in front of him again. He said to himself: "Ten hours are enough for the main force of the 1st, 23rd and 3rd regiments to successfully seize the Japanese crops and evacuate safely. p>
With all this completed, this Autumn Harvest Defense War has come to a perfect conclusion!"