Chapter 231 Anti-encirclement and suppression only breakout war (5)
Chapter 231: Counter-Encirclement and Suppression - Breakout War (5)
"Da da da..." Suddenly a burst of gunfire rang out on the left wing of the position. The fierce gunfire interrupted Liu Hua's thoughts... Hearing the gunshot, Liu Hua's heart jumped suddenly and his frown became even tighter.
. stood up and walked back and forth in the temporary headquarters. I began to feel worried, and at the same time, a sense of danger came over me.
However, the unwanted sounds sounded again one after another... Another burst of gunfire sounded on his right wing, and it lasted longer... Immediately afterwards, the gunshots rang out from behind further confirmed Liu Hua's thoughts. Liu Hua began to feel uneasy.
Get up and quietly wait for the final reconnaissance results.
"Commander..." Wang Benqing, the commander of the third regiment, shouted from a distance. A trace of panic could be heard in his voice, showing that he was very anxious.
"Commander Wang, how many enemies are there at our front, rear, left and right?" Liu Hua asked.
"Commander, do you know everything?" Wang Benqing showed a hint of surprise, but he immediately reacted.
"Can you not know about such a loud gunshot? Please tell us about the situation!" Liu Hua asked dissatisfiedly.
"Yes, Commander, according to preliminary reconnaissance, there is a large group of Japanese troops behind us, who are building defensive positions. There are more than two squadrons of Japanese troops guarding each wing. We have been surrounded. I didn't expect that the Japanese troops would change their combat objectives.
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After listening to Wang Benqing's words, several cadres in the headquarters fell silent and all looked at Liu Hua.
"The little devil is really cunning. He actually surrounded us. Let's talk about whether there is any solution to the current situation." Liu Hua said, ignoring everyone's looks.
"Commander, although there is a large group of Japanese behind us, they are defending in the plain area and there is no danger to defend them. We can attack and break out when their foothold is not stable and their fortifications are not completed."
Shen Qinghua said.
"Yes, I also agree with Commander Wang's opinion. Catch him off guard and break out. If you don't seize the opportunity now, it will be difficult to take action after the Japanese have built a complete fortification." Staff Wang next to him agreed.
road.
"No... In this way, we can escape, but what should we do with the thousands of villagers in Jinzhong City? We must hold on here until dawn and drag the Sakai brigade until dawn before we can break out." Liu Hua immediately interrupted.
Counselor Wang said firmly.
"Commander, after daybreak, not only will there be nearly a brigade of Japanese troops standing around, but Japanese planes may come to assist in the battle. I think the best time to break out is tomorrow night." At this time, Staff Zhou, who had been rarely speaking, said.
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"I agree with Staff Zhou's opinion. Our best time to break out is tomorrow night. We must be prepared to suffer a double attack from the air and the ground tomorrow." Wang Benqing immediately agreed.
"I also agree..." Shen Qinghua quickly changed his initial opinion and said in agreement.
"I agree...I agree..." The remaining people also agreed. Soon, everyone reached a consensus.
"Okay, since everyone agrees, let's prepare separately. After everyone is over, wake up all the soldiers to dig the ring fortifications. The artillery battalion must disperse the mortars to prevent the Japanese planes from coming all at once. It is best to use mortars.
They are also arranged in trenches. Also, in the circular fortifications, anti-gun holes must be dug every 50 meters to prevent soldiers from having nowhere to hide when Japanese planes bomb. Finally, all weapons and ammunition cannot be placed on the surface of the position.
"Is everyone clear?" Liu Hua ordered.
"Clear."
"Okay, let's all split up. There are still six hours until dawn. Let's try to complete the task within six hours."
"Yes, Commander."
"Meeting adjourned..." Immediately, all the troops of nearly 3,000 people started to move. In the entire Japanese encirclement, they tried their best to find favorable terrain and dig ring fortifications to expand the scope of their positions.
In this way, the situation continued until dawn, and the Japanese did not launch an attack. After dawn, looking around, a solid circular trench had appeared on their position. And in the open space in the center of the trench, a group of people appeared. There are rows of small trenches, and in these trenches, mortars and grenade launchers are placed.
"Captain Shen, the three companies in your hands are responsible for the left, right and rear wings of the position. Each position is equipped with two heavy machine guns to assist in defense. Commander Wang, the front line position will be handed over to you, and all the remaining heavy machine guns will be yours. Deployment. At the same time, artillery support can be requested at any time. The guard company replenishes all the light machine guns captured in the area and prepares for air defense." Liu Hua ordered to look at the Japanese positions in front and behind with a telescope.
"Yes, Commander."
Maybe the Japs were afraid of the mortars in the hands of the Eighth Route Army, or maybe the Japs were waiting for their air support. Everyone spent the whole morning peacefully. The soldiers ate the rations they carried with them and lay down in the trenches quietly. Rest quietly, waiting for the Japanese to arrive. It was not until the sun rose that the Japanese troops in front of the position began to move. Japanese squadrons were ready to go out of the position one after another, and heavy machine guns were carried out.
"Damn it! The little Japs have finally made a move. Order the troops to prepare for battle! The guard company pays attention to air defense. The Japanese planes should be coming soon."
"Buzz buzz..." A faint roar of machines reached everyone's ears.
"Hurry, take cover, the Japanese plane is coming." At this time, several soldiers from the guard company picked up their homemade reels and shouted loudly at the position to remind the soldiers of air defense. Immediately, the soldiers in the entire ring fortification, Except for leaving the necessary troops on guard, the rest of the people hid in the nearby artillery caves. The whole process was orderly, without a trace of chaos.
On the contrary, the dozens of soldiers in the guard company were just the opposite. Two of them had a machine gun. An Zhao divided the combat groups into advance and quickly assembled in the trench in the middle of the position.
"Buzz..." Two planes appeared in the soldiers' field of vision, and soon they were hovering above the soldiers' heads.
"Murata-kun, this is where Major General Sakai asked us to bomb? Why can't we see many Eighth Route Army troops?" a pilot said depressedly on the radio.
"Nah? I don't know. I guess the cowardly Eighth Route Army is hiding now. Let's fly low and bomb! This can eliminate more Eighth Route Army and reduce the burden on Major General Sakai. Anyway, the Eighth Route Army with poor equipment has no anti-aircraft weapons.”
"Yo Xi, let the Eighth Route Army have a taste of the Imperial Air Force." As he spoke, he had already begun to dive.
Finally, several Eighth Route Army soldiers hiding in the trenches on guard came into his sight.
"Hey, Murata-kun, I discovered the Eighth Route Army, I'm going to destroy them!" the little Japanese pilot said excitedly. He immediately began to turn around and rushed towards several soldiers. As the plane got closer and closer, those few The soldiers were obviously frightened and began to run in panic. Looking at the panicked Eighth Route Army, the little Japanese pilot showed a sinister smile on his lips. Without any hesitation, he pressed the bomb release button and dropped two bombs.
However, just when he was about to admire the results of his victory, an accident happened. At least six tongues of flame suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and bullets were fired at his fighter plane intensively.
"Baga, how come the Eighth Route Army has anti-aircraft weapons?" The little Japanese pilot didn't have time to think too much, and quickly pulled up the nose of the plane, trying to get out of the bullet's range as quickly as possible. But it was not that easy to escape, and the six tongues of fire just bit it.
The plane carrying the Japanese.
"Boom..." A slight explosion sounded, and thick smoke billowed from the right wing of his plane. Similarly, Murata, who was preparing for a low-altitude bombing, also flew up to high altitude in embarrassment under Nakamura's reminder, and luckily escaped the bullet.
threats.
"Baga, Murata-kun, our plane is injured and must return. The Eighth Route Army here will be left to you." Nakamura said, dropping dozens of bombs in the belly of the plane at an altitude of a thousand meters. He waved off the injured
wings and flew back.
"Boom, boom, boom..." A series of explosions sounded on the position. The entire position immediately fell into a sea of fire. Although the hit rate of high-altitude bombs was very low, several dense bombs still fell in the trenches, and more than a dozen soldiers were unfortunately killed.
, the smoke cleared, and several trenches were completely destroyed.
"Da da da... kill me..." As the explosion of the bomb sounded, the Japanese charge also began. Under the cover of intensive firepower from several heavy machine guns, a squadron of Japanese troops went straight to the gap created by the bomb.
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"First company, get on, hurry up, we must block that gap." Commander Wang shouted loudly.
Immediately, a company of nearly a hundred soldiers with weapons turned out of the artillery hole and ran towards the gap.
"Da da da..." The soldiers who rushed to the gap had no time to dig new defenses among the ruins. They directly set up machine guns and started firing. The intensive firepower hit the Japanese troops who were caught off guard. One after another, the Japanese soldiers were shot and fell to the ground.
The momentum of the attack was temporarily curbed. However, without the soldiers covering the trenches, there was no protective umbrella on the battlefield. They also became the targets of the Japanese heavy machine guns.
The display lying on the position immediately became a target for the Japanese heavy machine guns. More importantly, the aircraft that had been hovering in the sky also discovered the fierce battle below. After clarifying the situation, he dropped several bombs from high altitude.
Unfortunately, one of them fell right in the middle of the soldiers of the first company who were counterattacking, and most of the platoon of soldiers disappeared in that explosion. In this way, under the double blow of machine guns and aircraft, more than half of the first company soon suffered casualties.
"Quick, the guard company will fire in the air immediately to disrupt the Japanese planes from dropping bombs. Artillery, fire immediately to destroy the enemy's heavy machine guns." Liu Hua looked at the company with increasing casualties, and ignored the over-level command and shouted to this