The so-called encounter refers to a battle that occurs when two sides suddenly meet in the same area and there is no time to deploy troops, distribute ammunition and make tactical arrangements. This kind of battle is also the most test of the individual quality of the warring parties, the fighting will and the commander's ability.
Command ability.
At the beginning, the Japanese army relied on the two Type 97 machine guns on the two Type 94 tanks to suppress the vanguard platoon from raising its head. They did not stop shooting until the vanguard platoon withdrew to the hillside.
More than 80 Japanese soldiers riding in two trucks immediately jumped out of the trucks and surrounded the vanguard platoon from the left and right wings.
This encounter was not long, less than half an hour.
When Gao Dachun arrived, six soldiers from the vanguard platoon who had no time to dodge were shot dead.
Gao Dachun immediately commanded the 1st and 3rd companies to fight back from the left and right sides respectively and suppress the Japanese firepower. The 2nd company organized death squads to blow up the two Japanese tanks. This was also a common tactic used by the Eighth Route Army, which lacked heavy weapons, to deal with Japanese armored vehicles.
But this tactic is too dangerous. Every time the death squads attack, only 23 out of 10 will survive. Therefore, the commanders of the Eighth Route Army never dispatch the death squads easily unless they have to.
At a bend on the mountainside, ten soldiers holding cluster grenades were squatting behind a hillside, waiting for the company commander's order.
The second company commander looked at the two Type 94 tanks more than 100 meters down the mountain, leaning towards the hillside with tongues of fire, and said to the ten suicide squad members: "Comrades, I won't say any more nonsense. Everyone knows that once a battle breaks out,
The Japanese from other places will pounce like mad dogs, so the battalion commander ordered us to blow up the two iron bastards on the road at any cost, do you all understand?"
"I understand!" the ten suicide squad members said in unison.
"Okay, now if you have anything to say to your family, you can tell me or write it down. I will pass it on for you."
Soldiers all know that this is for them to write a will or leave a last word to their relatives so as not to leave any regrets.
The ten soldiers were silent for a while, and a thin and dark soldier said in a low voice: "Company Commander, there is no one left in my family. If I die, I only hope that you will bury me next to my parents."
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"Company Commander, although I, like Erdan, have no one left at home, my parents' graves have long since been nowhere to be found. They should be buried wherever they die."
"I am different from them. I still have a mother and a younger brother at home. If I am honored, I hope you can visit his old man from time to time. Don't tell him about my glory. Just tell her that I have gone to fight in other places.
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My mother is not in good health, and I’m afraid she won’t be able to bear it after telling her!”
"I have remembered everything." The Second Company Commander looked at the ten young soldiers in front of him, his eyes could not help but turn red, "I know everything, you can rest assured, as long as I, Zhao Laoyan, do not die, we will definitely achieve this goal."
Make your wishes come true now!"
Following the second company commander's order, ten suicide squad members jumped out of the hillside with cluster grenades and ran towards the road down the mountain.
With a cover of fire, the soldiers of the 1st and 3rd companies on the hillside poked their heads out and opened fire at the Japanese troops and tanks on the road. The fierce firepower hit the armor of the Japanese tanks and sparks popped out.
Although the soldiers on the hillside tried their best to cover, the Japanese army still discovered the death squads, and soon the heavy bullets came flying over. When the death squads rushed under the highway embankment, two soldiers had already fallen on the road.
The suicide squads who came to the road stared at the two Type 94 tanks more than fifty meters away. Although they were anxious, they did not dare to act rashly because there were two small groups of Japanese troops on both sides covering them.
The dark-skinned soldier looked at the Japanese tanks that kept firing towards the hillside. He felt particularly angry. He turned to the soldiers behind him and said: "Comrades, I'll go first, you cover me with grenades!"
"Boom boom..."
Two grenades exploded on the road, and the rising smoke and dust instantly obscured the sight of many people. The soldier took the opportunity to jump from the roadbed onto the road, and took advantage of the cover of dust and smoke to touch a Type 94 tank.
passed.
The distance of more than fifty meters usually only takes a few seconds, but on the battlefield, this is the distance between life and death.
When he was about to reach the side of the tank, he was spotted by the Japanese soldiers not far away. An 11-year-old machine gun that was shooting towards the hillside turned around and fired towards him, causing dust to fly around him for a while.
Suddenly two bullets hit his left arm almost at the same time, and the severe pain almost made him faint.
But he still endured the pain and pulled the fuse with his teeth, and then threw the cluster grenade towards the chassis of the tank with all his strength with his right hand.
With a loud bang, the Pidgeon tank that was firing fiercely shook violently, and then the machine gun that was constantly pouring out tongues of flame became mute.
"Comrades, come on..."
Seeing that they had made a good start, the morale of the death squads behind them was greatly boosted. They jumped out of the trench and rushed towards another Type 94 tank. However, their actions immediately attracted a fierce attack from the Japanese army...
This encounter lasted for more than twenty minutes before it ended. The Japanese army, including two Type 94 tanks and two squads of soldiers, totaled more than 120 people and was wiped out, but the first battalion also paid a heavy price.
The road was in a mess and full of craters. A fallen soldier was still holding a Type 38 that stabbed three Japanese soldiers to death during the battle. It was stained with blood and turned into a black bayonet.
rifle.
There were corpses lying not far away, both in gray military uniforms and in tea-green uniforms, which looked particularly distinct. Although the uniforms of both sides were soaked in blood, a soldier was lying under a ditch on the road. Some of his broken limbs were obviously blasted by grenades.
Flying, some soldiers still held the rifles in their hands until they died. They died while fighting Japanese soldiers with bayonets.
This scene is what Ding Wei saw when he arrived.
"Um!"
Ding Wei heard a faint moan from beside him and looked towards the groaning wounded soldier beside him. He only saw a wounded soldier from the Eighth Route Army biting a bandage and tightening the bandage on his arm. There was only one bandage under his left arm.
The empty sleeve was dangling there, and you could see blood dripping down the sleeve, while the other hand was still holding his rifle tightly. The gray military uniform was covered with blood, and the blood that had turned into black covered the gray.
military color.
Gao Dachun, with a face full of gunfire, loudly said: "Report to the regimental commander, the first battalion wiped out the Japanese frontline troops and two Type 94 tanks, a total of 127 people, 67 of them died, and 89 were injured. Report completed."
Ding Wei's facial muscles couldn't help but twitch. The first battalion faced two Japanese squads with nearly six times the strength. He actually had to pay such heavy casualties to completely wipe out the enemy. The combat effectiveness of this Japanese army was too strong.
Alright.
"Have you found out the origin of this Japanese army?"
"It has been found out that these Japs belong to the 45th Regiment of the Japanese 6th Division."