Chapter 234: The Breakout War of Counter-Encirclement and Suppression (8)
Chapter 234: Breakout Battle of Counter-Encirclement and Suppression (8)
Indeed! Sakai did not know that there were so many heavy weapons on the Eighth Route Army's positions, because in his eyes, the Eighth Route Army would definitely use most of its heavy weapons for breakthroughs. Who would have thought that the Independent Division would leave so many heavy machine guns?
Waiting for his charge.
"Battal Commander...how to fight?" Looking at the Japanese troops getting closer and closer, the instructor squeezed the shell gun in his hand and asked.
"Haha! Instructor, we have a lot of heavy machine gun bullets. It seems that these bullets were snatched from the Japanese army yesterday. Of course we must return them all tonight. Tell the machine gunner, don't save bullets for me... The Japanese will open fire when they enter the range.
I want to make their light machine guns useless." The battalion commander said with a wicked smile.
"Okay, I'll go deliver the order!" the instructor replied with a smile, then turned around to deliver the order.
Soon, the Japanese army arrived 300 meters in front of the position. In order to boost morale, the front row machine guns opened fire one after another. The muzzles of the guns that were constantly spitting flames became the best targets for the soldiers in the darkness.
"Comrades, all face the machine gunners in the front row and beat me hard..." the battalion commander shouted loudly.
"Da da da..." The two heavy machine guns beside them opened fire, and soon the remaining six joined the massacre.
"Ah...Baga...how could this happen..." In an instant, the entire Japanese army was overwhelmed by the beatings. Almost all the dozens of light machine guns that were arrogant just now were misfired. Look at the machine gunners in the front row.
Hundreds of corpses were neatly placed at the front of the queue like works of art.
"Baga, hurry up, retreat, Baga, this is simply a massacre..." Seeing the soldiers falling down in the front row, the chief of staff exclaimed.
The retreating Japanese troops quickly organized themselves into formation. As the leader, the chief of staff sadly discovered that in just half a minute, he had left behind a whole squadron of Japanese troops.
However, the chief of staff quickly changed his attack method. A Japanese soldier from a squadron took off his upper body uniform and stood in front of the chief of staff with grenades strapped all over his body.
"Long live His Majesty the Emperor..." everyone shouted together, turned around and rushed out of the position.
"No, the little Japs are going to fight hard. We must not let the little Japs rush to the front of the position." The battalion commander, who watched the Japs' every move through the telescope, quickly reminded him.
"Comrades, pay attention. Use firepower to blockade the area 100 meters in front of the injection position. The little Japs must not be allowed to cross this line. The riflemen will assist in shooting." The battalion commander ordered loudly.
Immediately, they fell into a brutal killing in front of the position. Japanese soldiers loaded with explosives rushed towards the airtight rain of bullets. When they fell after being shot, they would not hesitate to use explosives on their bodies.
of bombs.
"Boom..." A loud explosion sounded, and the Japanese soldier was instantly torn to pieces. However, as the smoke cleared, a one-meter-deep crater appeared at the explosion point.
Immediately afterwards, without any hesitation, the Japanese soldiers behind him jumped into the crater, which was full of broken limbs and arms, and was completely stained red by the blood of his companions. He continued to face the bullets, and fired a bomb on the edge of the crater. Another crater appeared.
The Japanese troops rushed forward one after another, and the bomb craters slowly extended towards the position. Soon, the passage that had been exchanged for human lives passed the boundary line a hundred meters away.
"Quick, machine gun, shoot at the crater. We must not let the Japanese continue to advance." The battalion commander ordered as he walked back and forth on the position.
Soon, after several heavy machine guns turned their muzzles, the soldiers who wanted to continue advancing were killed by the soldiers without hesitation. The Japanese attack momentum was temporarily stopped, and the battalion commander wiped
Wiping the sweat on his forehead, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"The battalion commander...the regiment commander ordered: The troops will retreat immediately, and a regiment will have troops to respond." At this time, the correspondent ran in front of the battalion commander.
"It's finally time to retreat. Instructor, order the soldiers to prepare grenades and retreat..."
Soon, the soldiers laid out booby traps and quickly retreated according to the pre-war arrangements. Of course, the anomalies in the position were also discovered by the Japanese Chief of Staff.
"Baga! The Eighth Route Army is about to escape, charge immediately, hurry up..." The heavy machine gun on the position just stopped firing, and the Japanese chief of staff issued an order to pursue.
"Kill them..." The Japanese army finally rushed to the position. Looking around, there were only eight heavy machine guns left in the entire position, announcing their recent achievements to the Japanese. The Eighth Route Army was a hundred meters away, slowly
Stay out of their sight.
"Baga, hurry up, turn the muzzle and let the Eighth Route Army have a taste of heavy machine guns." A team leader at the front looked at the heavy machine guns on the position and at the boxes of heavy machine gun bullets next to them.
He ordered loudly.
However, an accident happened at this time. As the Japanese army moved the machine guns, the booby traps buried under the machine guns were detonated.
"Boom, boom, boom..." In the blink of an eye, the eight heavy machine guns became a pile of parts.
"Baga, the Eighth Route Army is very cunning. Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and give chase..." However, he didn't know that the one he wanted to complain about was still behind him?
In order to slow down the Japs' pursuit, the soldiers thought of almost all the ways they could think of. Immediately, the pursuing Japs felt the power of the crowd. Either one of the Japs tripped a booby trap buried on the ground, or one of them tripped over a booby trap.
One foot suddenly stepped on a deep hole dug by the soldiers, and even stepped directly on the bayonet that was standing upside down on the position... In short, various methods emerged in an endless stream. Slowly, the Japs' pursuit speed slowed down invisibly.
A lot. The distance between the two armies gradually increased from one hundred meters to two hundred meters... to three hundred meters...
"Baga... the cunning Eighth Route Army. Ignore the wounded and pursue them immediately. Quick... If the Eighth Route Army escapes, we will all apologize to His Majesty the Emperor." The chief of staff who rushed to the position felt depressed once again when he saw the wounded all over the ground.
commanded.
"Hi..." Several squadron captains and group captains around him quickly took the order and left.
Immediately, a small group of Japanese soldiers acted as the vanguard and rushed forward regardless of casualties, using their own bodies to open a safe passage for the main force.
With the passage, the Japanese chief of staff quickly led the main force through the position. After joining the hundreds of scattered remnants of the third brigade behind the position, the group of 1,500 troops quickly moved towards the only visible area.
The Eighth Route Army, which was barely visible from behind, gave chase.
At this time, Liu Hua was running wildly on the road with one regiment and the wounded under the protection of the third regiment. As the assault force, the first and second battalions were unstoppable along the way and had already eliminated several small groups of Japanese troops. Seeing that the troops had arrived
At the location agreed upon with the cavalry regiment before the war, Liu Hua looked towards the woods on both sides of the road, seemingly searching for something. Soon, he saw the target he was looking for.
Several cavalrymen quickly ran out of the woods, and after asking questions among the running team, they went straight to Liu Hua. Seeing the cavalrymen, Liu Hua finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The cavalry came to Liu Hua. Following the neighing of the war horses, several cavalrymen stopped steadily in front of Liu Hua.
"Report to Commander, Commander Wang asked me to report: The cavalry regiment is fully prepared and ready to attack at any time. Commander, please lead the troops to retreat to the woods with us. The cavalry regiment is about to attack. It will be here soon."
It will become a battlefield..." the leading cavalryman saluted.
"I know, you guys lead the way..." Liu Hua responded. He turned around and walked to a dirt bag next to the queue.
"Comrades, all are here, stop advancing... Now change the formation, with the wounded in front and the third regiment in the back... Follow me and retreat to the woods..." Liu Hua ordered loudly.
Immediately, this order was quickly passed to the ears of every soldier one after another.
After receiving the order, the soldiers quickly changed their formation and quickly entered the mountains and forests under the leadership of the cavalry...
At this time, the cavalry regiment was quietly guarding the mountains and forests next to the road, waiting for the arrival of the Japanese army. Finally, the pursuing Japanese army appeared in everyone's field of vision. Perhaps the Japanese army believed that the current Eighth Route Army was unable to resist except to escape.
Come on, the entire march formed two lines, holding torches high, running swaggeringly on the road, and tightly biting the rearguard of the third regiment.
More importantly, through the telescope, Wang Hu discovered that there was not a single heavy machine gun in the entire Japanese army. As the nemesis of the cavalry, heavy machine guns have always been very fearful of Wang Hu. Generally, before a war, Wang Hu's first concern is not the enemy.
cases, but the number of their heavy machine guns.
Without the nemesis of the cavalry, Wang Hu couldn't help but feel excited, and immediately decided to change his battle plan and expand the results.
"Everyone is here, mount up and prepare to fight." Wang Hu loudly ordered the cavalry unit of nearly a thousand people behind him.
"Commander of the first battalion...you lead the first battalion to kill the Japanese vanguard, then turn your horse's head and charge directly towards the main force."
"Yes, commander," the battalion commander replied, turned around and left with the troops.
"Second Battalion Commander... you kill the Japanese rearguard, then turn directly to attack the main force."
"Yes, commander..." the second battalion commander replied
"Everyone who is left, follow me and fight directly towards the main force of the Japanese. Charge in a fan-shaped formation. Tonight, the cavalry regiment will start a good attack." Wang Hu ordered excitedly.
In the blink of an eye, the Japanese pursuit force, which stretched for more than a kilometer, had arrived directly in front of the ambush position of the cavalry regiment. The horse seemed to feel the atmosphere of war and began to swing its front hooves continuously, appearing restless. Finally, it became restless.
, the best time to charge has arrived, Wang Hu pulled out the saber on his horse with a "chi" sound. Immediately, there was a flash of sword light behind him.
"Cavalry regiment... charge..." Wang Hu roared loudly, and was the first to lead his horse out of the woods where he was hiding, heading straight for the center of the Japanese marching group.
"Kill..." The cavalry behind him immediately howled and chased after the regiment leader at the front. The cavalry of a battalion formed an arc, and Wanhu was in the middle and front of the arc.