When Liu Hua learned that the Japanese troops along the Tongpu Railway had been completely trapped by the mismatch between the two regiments, he was completely relieved and started his own war.
After knowing their respective combat missions, each unit began to move out of the base area in an orderly manner and moved towards their target assembly area. Similarly, as the commander, Liu Hua also led three regiments and nearly 6,000 troops from each directly affiliated unit to engage in day and night ambushes.
Traveling at night, we quickly headed towards Shexian County.
Through Liu Hua's long-term study of the terrain along the road from Shexian County to Zhangjiazhuang, Liu Hua finally decided to choose the battlefield between Wuxiang and Yushe, hoping to use the powerful terrain on this road to wait for an opportunity to ambush the Japanese and completely eliminate them.
A regiment of Japanese troops attacking from the direction of Shexian County.
Of course, in order to fight an ambush, it is necessary to understand the terrain. After the main force arrived at the assembly area, all the troops were hidden in the mountains. At this moment, Liu Hua, who was sitting at the temporary headquarters, received the left
Information from the Chief of Staff, "The Japs have been dispatched..."
Moreover, according to the reconnaissance, the Japs troops and related weapon configurations sent out from Shexian County were all sent together. "According to the reconnaissance, the Japs sent out from Shexian County were the 117th Regiment of the Japanese Army, and the captain was Colonel Okamoto. Because of this
Most of the regiment's marching routes are mountainous, so it is only equipped with 6 mountain guns of one squadron, but it carries a large number of mortars. Among them, the 117th Regiment has a cavalry squadron and a heavy machine gun brigade with a total of 36 heavy machine guns...
A total of more than 3,600 people”
After seeing the Japanese troops and equipment, as the commander-in-chief of this battle, Commander Liu Hua began to calculate again, "There are 3,600 well-equipped elite Japanese troops, and he only has 6,000. There is obviously a big gap with the Japanese army in terms of heavy weapons."
, If you go head-to-head, you will definitely suffer a loss." Thinking of this, Liu Hua made up his mind.
"Correspondent, inform Special Forces Brigade Captain Liu Xiaogang and Cavalry Battalion Commander Wang Hu to come to the headquarters."
Soon, the two people came to the headquarters out of breath. After the two calmed down, Liu Hua began to speak: "Battle Commander Wang, Captain Liu, there is a difficult task for you now. I don't know if you have the ability."
Don’t have the confidence to complete it?” Liu Hua’s usual motivation method.
"Report to Commander, no matter what the task is, we will resolutely complete it." The two of them answered in a tacit understanding.
"Well, it's like this. The Japanese attacking from Shexian this time are the 117th Regiment. This regiment has a cavalry squadron, a mountain artillery squadron, and also carries a large number of mortars. The entire regiment has more than 3,600 troops.
Man, if we go head-to-head with him, we will definitely suffer the loss. So I decided to use the mobility of your cavalry battalion, the flexibility and long-range sniping capabilities of your special forces brigade to constantly harass the Japanese marching brigade along the way, killing as much as possible
The effective strength of the Japs will reduce the burden on the main force to annihilate the enemy..."
After listening to Liu Hua's order, the two of them couldn't help but look happy. They were ready to kill the Japanese. "Yes, Commander, resolutely complete the mission." After listening to Liu Hua's precautions, the two troops drove out of the hidden mountain.
, rush towards the direction of the devil.
Due to the fast and mobile marching speed of the cavalry battalion, it took only one day for the cavalry battalion to arrive at the outskirts of Wuxiang ahead of the enemy. According to the cavalry outpost investigation, the Japanese regiment was stationed less than 50 miles away from Wuxiang.
He was preparing to set up camp at a certain place. When he saw such a good fighter plane approaching, how could Wang Hu let it go? He immediately ordered the outpost to continue the investigation, and at the same time urged the special forces behind him to hurry up and rush directly to the Japanese camp.
After several hours of rapid marching again, the men and horses of the two battalions finally arrived at the outskirts of the Japanese camp in the early morning. Since the Japanese were facing the Eighth Route Army this time, the Japanese commander Okamoto Colonel marched very cautiously.
Not only did he send a large number of scouts, he also sent the entire cavalry squadron to patrol back and forth outside the main force. In this way, the entire regiment looked very tired after a day of intense marching.
When he learned that he was going to camp in the wild, he became vigilant again. In addition to setting up camp according to military regulations and arranging sentries, for the sake of safety, Okamoto also specially dispatched a squadron of troops to conduct continuous mobile patrols around the perimeter of the camp.
His quick reaction force. Looking at the military camp that was already like an iron barrel, Colonel Okamoto finally relaxed and began to rest quietly.
However, this was a hardship for the sentries and patrols outside. After a day of intense marching, everyone was extremely tired and had just set up camp to take a good rest. But the order that followed made the entire squadron complain.
, but in the highly hierarchical Japanese army, they could only swallow their anger, silently pick up the rifle in their hands, eat some dry food in a hurry, just like walking outside the military camp...
Wang Hu and Liu Xiaogang carefully observed the Japanese military camp. The entire Japanese military camp stretched for several hundred meters. There were hundreds of tents set up in the middle of the military camp, two in a row, and lined up along the road. For safety, there were also
Countless bonfires were lit on both sides of the tent, and many of the bonfires were surrounded by several Japs. However, it seemed that these Japs were all asleep. Patrol teams kept passing by one after another outside the camp... Judging from the superficial appearance,
This Japanese camp is heavily guarded...
Soon the first team leader of the special team who went out to investigate came to the two of them and said, "Report to the captain, there is about a squadron of patrols outside the Japs. Also, after our investigation, we found that the Japs have arranged a lot of surprise attacks."
The sentries and hidden sentries are very heavily guarded. If you don't kill these sentries, it will be difficult to get into the Japanese camp."
After listening to the squad leader's investigation, the two people frowned immediately. It was the captain of the special brigade Liu Xiaogang who broke the silence: "Captain Wang, can you detect where the Japs' ammunition is placed, especially the Japs' artillery shells..." Listen
After finishing Liu Xiaogang's words, Wang Hu also became energetic.
"It should be possible, but, captain, we can't get close to the Japanese camp at all. With the hidden sentries and patrols arranged by the Japanese, we are at least 200 meters away from the Japanese ammunition trucks. How can we get close to these ammunition trucks?"
He showed a puzzled look.
"Don't worry about it. Go and find out for me the location of the Japanese artillery positions and ammunition trucks." Liu Xiaogang did not say the reason.
"Yes" the squad leader replied softly, turned around and blended into the dark night.
Soon, the location of the enemy's ammunition trucks was clearly detected. For the safety of the ammunition, the Japs placed almost all the ammunition trucks in the middle of the camp. If the Japs' sentries were not alerted, the distance to attack in the middle would be more than 300 meters.
"After hearing this information, Liu Xiaogang was not disappointed. He looked at Wang Hu, the commander of the cavalry battalion next to him.
"Captain Wang, how many mortars does your cavalry battalion have?" Liu Xiaogang asked bluntly.
"Hearing Captain Liu's words, Wang Hu suddenly reacted and said with a smile: "Captain Liu, there are four mortars in the cavalry battalion. How about we go..." Seeing Xiaogang nodded, Wang Hu
Directly ordered the communicator behind him to ask the artillery platoon to move the mortars. At the same time, the four mortars of the special brigade were also moved over. In this way, a small 8-mortar artillery group was established.
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After all the artillery positions were prepared, except for the Second Squadron of the Special Forces Brigade, which was left to protect the artillery, the rest of the people evacuated one after another. The cavalry battalion wandered around the periphery to cover the retreat of the artillery at any time in case of emergency.
"Start," with a dull sound, eight mortar shells were pushed out of the muzzle by the powerful recoil. Seeing the shells pop out of the chamber, the soldiers did not stop for much, and then fired continuously at the fastest speed.
Two rounds of artillery shells were fired, and the entire firing took less than half a minute. After all the shells were fired, the soldiers quickly disassembled the mortars and prepared for transfer.
You know, in the dark night, the flames from the muzzle when the mortar is fired can easily expose the artillery position. In order to move smoothly, Liu Xiaogang stipulated that the artillery can only fire three rounds before it must move. And just like that, on the second day
When the rounds of artillery shells were fired, the Japanese patrol squadron leader discovered the soldiers' artillery position based on the bright light. Although at this time, there were explosions everywhere in the camp, the squadron leader knew his responsibilities. If he did not seize these attacks
The Eighth Route Army in the camp, then what awaits him is military law. Thinking of this, the squadron leader immediately led his exhausted squadron to surround the artillery position.
However, because the Japanese patrol squadron was really too tired, although everyone was awakened by the sound of cannons and quickly gathered. However, on the way to the siege, those Japanese soldiers faced the difficult mountain road and their tired bodies.
The speed of the entire siege was slowed down a lot, which provided enough time for the artillery to move.
Just after the Japanese patrol squadron panted and surrounded the artillery position, there was nothing in the entire position except the smell of gunpowder smoke. "Baga" the squadron leader cursed loudly, and at the same time picked up the telescope and looked around, hoping to find the source of the attack.
The shadow of that man. Finally, the squadron leader was 200 meters away from him, and with the help of the firelight that was constantly exploding in the military camp, he could vaguely see the figure of the eight people who were escaping.
"Yoshi, order, catch up with the Eighth Route Army soldiers immediately, I will kill them all." The squadron leader roared loudly, and the soldiers who received the order once again walked forward with difficulty on their legs to chase. The squadron leader followed
At the back of the team, he saw that the eight people in front were running faster and faster, while his own soldiers were running slower and slower. He immediately became furious and said, "Baga, if you don't catch up with the eight people in front, we will fight to the death."
As he spoke, he chopped down a sleeping soldier next to him. Suddenly, stimulated by the bloody action, the pursuit speed of the entire squadron slowly increased, fearing that the squadron leader behind him would slash the sword in his hand.
own head.
Under the fierce pursuit of the Japanese army, the distance between the two parties is getting closer and closer. The special soldiers of the Second Squadron, who are responsible for protecting the artillery, have begun to slow down their marching speed, looking for suitable positions to block the pursuing Japanese...
As the gunshots rang out, and under the precise strikes of the long-range snipers of the first squadron, the first few Japs immediately fell into a pool of blood. Maybe they heard the gunshots, and the tired Japs seemed to have drank stimulants.
Just the same, I no longer felt as tired as before. I immediately lay down on the spot, used various terrains to find cover, and started shooting at the Chinese army on the opposite side...