Chapter one hundred and sixty-two fight for aid (six)
Chapter 162: Reinforcement (6)
At this time, the Japanese bombardment has ended. Through the lookout, you can see a figure flashing from time to time in the village that has been bombed into ruins. Needless to say, those are the 100 veterans carefully selected by Captain Wang Da.
.However, not long after, the village fell into deathly silence again.
Suddenly, a Japanese sun flag appeared at the entrance of the village. Slowly, some Japanese appeared behind the broken wall. Seeing the ruins of the village, they seemed relieved and walked slowly into the village with rifles raised.
.Due to the failure of two consecutive attacks, the captain used almost half of his troops this time in an attempt to break through Zhouzhuang in one fell swoop.
The Japs stepped on the ground that had been bombed into ruins, and kept moving forward and searching. Slowly they approached the center of the village, but still found nothing. At the same time, the Japs' search formation was also scattered due to the limitations of the terrain.
few.
"Boom" a grenade exploded. "Da da da da..." A light machine gun swept towards the Japanese search team, and the soldiers began to attack. Several light machine guns fired one in the east and one in the west...
These self-proclaimed elite imperial troops were in a panic. They wanted to fight back, but they were unable to do anything because the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side was like air and often disappeared completely when their own troops rushed forward...
Although the casualties caused by the soldiers to the Japs were not very large, it greatly damaged the Japs' military morale. Under such sporadic blows, the Japs began to shrink their troops and change their tactics. Taking the squad as a unit, as long as they were attacked,
All firepower is aimed at the enemy, then outflanks and surrounds them, wiping out the soldiers everywhere.
Soon, under the concentrated attack of the Japs, the selected veterans began to suffer casualties. Several explosions sounded in the village. With the sound of an explosion, it heralded the sacrifice of a soldier. Because of these
Soldiers all come out with a certain death attitude. Unless they are surrounded by Japanese soldiers and have no way to escape, they will blow up their grenades and die with the Japanese soldiers.
"Commander on the bugler, blow the assembly horn." Before the war started, Wang Da stipulated that upon hearing the trumpet sound, all soldiers must immediately retreat to the tunnel. As the trumpet sounded, the gunshots in the village slowly
Stopped. The Japs looked at the surrounding ruins in confusion, wondering where the eight-passengers who had just fought fiercely had gone.
Finally, there was still no gunfire from the Eighth Route Army. So, the assembled teams separated again and dispersed to search the entire village. Looking at the Japanese troops who were once again dispersed, Wang Da, who was sad that he had just lost a dozen veterans, relaxed. At the same time,
He replaced the shell gun in his hand with a rifle, looked through the lookout, and slowly aimed at a Japanese squad leader holding a command knife.
As the gunfire rang out, the squad leader fell under Wang Da's gun. Wang Da quickly retracted his gun, blocked the shooting port, and turned to the next target. In this way, the Japanese could only be beaten passively, but they could not find them.
to the attackers. Finally, as the battle progressed, the Japs finally discovered the tunnel in the village.
"Captain, the imperial army in the village reported that the Eighth Route Army has a tunnel." At this time, the captain, who was anxious about not completing the task, heard the report, as if grabbing a life-saving straw, and reported to the wing headquarters
We rushed there. From a distance, the brigade captain saw the commander of the unit walking around on the battlefield.
"Baga, why haven't we taken Zhouzhuang yet? We've been wasted here for almost two hours now." The captain asked, looking at the running captain of the first brigade.
"Reporting to Your Excellency Colonel, we have captured the surface positions of Zhouzhuang. The Eighth Route Army has dug a large number of tunnels in Zhouzhuang. Now they are using the tunnels to fight against us. We do not have heavy artillery and cannot destroy the Eighth Route Army in the tunnels. Please forgive me, Captain.
"The captain lowered his head.
"It's authentic, it's authentic, the cowardly Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Army didn't dare to come out. We just ignored them and ordered the troops to set off immediately and pass through Zhouzhuang," the commander of the regiment ordered to the chief of staff behind him.
"But, captain, what should we do with the Eighth Route Army in the Zhouzhuang tunnel? If we don't eliminate them, they will definitely cause us heavy casualties if we pass by Zhouzhuang. Please think again, captain." After hearing this, the chief of staff behind him said,
He immediately advised me.
"Baga, we have been delayed for two hours. The 117th Regiment will be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army at any time. The North China Headquarters requires us to rush over for reinforcements. We have no time to waste. We must rush over even if the casualties are high. Implement it immediately.
"The captain said dissatisfied with the chief of staff's advice.
"Hi." The chief of staff lowered his head and replied.
After receiving the order, the Japanese troops immediately organized their formation and marched quickly towards Zhouzhuang.
"Company commander, are the Japanese crazy? The entire regiment is rushing over." The instructor shouted to Wang Da behind him.
Wang Da turned around and passed the lookout. He saw the main Japanese army forming two formations and rushing towards the village quickly.
"Instructor, I didn't expect that the captain of the Japanese regiment was quite smart and knew that we were delaying their time. Only in this way, gathering the strength of the entire regiment and rushing over, regardless of our cold shots in the tunnel, can we defeat them in the shortest possible time.
Pass through Zhouzhuang and reinforce Changle Village." Wang Da said coldly.
"But, company commander, what about our mission? Also, don't the Japanese care about their own casualties?" the instructor asked.
"Don't worry, so far, we have held off the Japs for two hours in Zhouzhuang, and the mission has been completed. As for the Japs' casualties you mentioned, haha, think about it, is the loss of one squadron here a big one, or
Losing a main Japanese army regiment in Changle Village is a big loss?" After listening to Wang Da's words, the instructor nodded.
"Instructor, since the Japs want to pass through our position quickly, we cannot take advantage of them. Order, all machine guns are used. When the Japs main force passes, find the right opportunity for me and hit them hard. I want to let him
Take off a layer of skin in Zhouzhuang." The company commander then ordered.
As a result, a crazy scene occurred in Zhouzhuang. There were Japanese soldiers running fast on the road, and from both sides of the road, tongues of fire spurted out from the walls and corners of the houses from time to time, sweeping away pieces of Japanese soldiers. And those Japanese soldiers who were alive
He just threw his companion's body to the roadside and continued on his way.
The main force in front was better. After all, it was very mobile. Although the troops suffered serious losses along the way, almost reaching a squadron, they were not injured after all. However, the artillery baggage behind the main force was not.
Well then,
Since most of the areas the Japanese raided this time were mountainous, they basically gave up on motor vehicles and equipped a large number of mules and horses. The marching speed of these mules and horses was simply incomparable to that of the main force. As the main force's marching speed increased,
The faster they went, the artillery and baggage behind them also accelerated their marching speed. As a result, the accompanying mules and horses became chaotic. The entire artillery and baggage convoy was packed into a mess and rushed forward.
This provided the best target for the soldiers hiding in the tunnel. With the continuous firing of machine guns and rifles, the mules and horses huddled together, and the soldiers were shot and fell one after another. The bodies of the mules and horses stood in the way.
The artillery on the road seriously blocked the marching route of the troops.
The road in front was blocked, and deadly bullets were continuously fired from the walls on both sides of the team and from the ground... And the regiment commander kept asking the troops to continue to speed up the march. Is there anyone left to live? In the end, those artillerymen and baggage
The soldiers seemed to have made some decision. The hit mules, horses, and weapons were thrown on both sides of the road. In this way, the path forward was finally opened. After the chaotic Japanese artillery baggage was relieved of its burden, the soldiers slowly
With bullets sending him off, he passed Zhouzhuang.
Seeing the Japs who had disappeared, the soldiers walked out of the tunnels one after another. At this time, the entire Zhouzhuang was completely blown into ruins by artillery shells. The highway passing through Zhouzhuang was even more bloody, with many places stained with blood.
Red, the corpses of Japanese soldiers, mules and horses... were thrown on the roadside bleeding, and several of the militiamen who had not experienced combat were already vomiting.
"Instructor, are our results good? Order the soldiers to clean the battlefield and gather all the weapons and ammunition dropped by the Japs into the tunnel, as well as the mules and horses. As for the corpses of the Japs, gather them all into this open space and burn them together. Don't be stunned.
Come on, get to work quickly." The company commander said to a soldier with a pale face next to him.
Immediately, the soldiers got busy, collecting the enemy's ammunition, carrying corpses... The cadres walked back and forth to tally the results...
"Company Commander, the results and casualties have been calculated." the instructor said excitedly,
"A total of 82 soldiers were killed in the four companies, 45 were seriously injured, and nearly a hundred were slightly injured. Almost two companies were lost, but the casualty rate of veterans was very small. The main casualties were recruits and soldiers from militia companies. We are here
In more than two hours, a total of 316 Japanese troops were killed, 28 mules and horses were killed, and 4 mortars abandoned by the Japanese, a mountain cannon, 2 heavy machine guns, a batch of ammunition, and a total of 158 rifles in light weapons were seized.
There are 4 light machine guns and 2 grenade launchers...these weapons are mainly left behind by the Japanese artillery and baggage brigades."
"Okay, send a report to the headquarters with the results and casualties in full." Company Commander Wang Da was very excited after hearing the instructor's statistics. He didn't expect that his results were so great. I really want to thank the commander for letting him.
What a tunnel!
The blocking battle in Zhouzhuang was over, but the Japanese army could not advance smoothly because there were at least two villages like Zhouzhuang waiting in front. Similarly, the remaining two reinforcements of the Japanese army also encountered resolute resistance and often moved forward.
One step will cost you a lot. Although the soldiers also have to pay the same price, with the help of tunnels and mines, the pressure on the soldiers is much less.
In this way, the three main reinforcements of the Japanese army were completely blocked by the soldiers on the periphery of the Changle Village battlefield, and were not allowed to move forward until the Changle Village encirclement and annihilation battle was successfully concluded. Of course, at this time, the only thing left for the Japanese army was