Chapter 289: The Battle of the Village Entrance (Part 1)
Chapter 289: Blocking Battle at the Entrance of the Village (Part 1)
In the village, soldiers used grenades to set up booby traps on the gates of many yards. As long as the Japanese soldiers pushed open the gates of the yards, they would be blown to pieces by the suspended grenades.
Not only the gate of the courtyard, but also the walls of the courtyard were dug with countless shooting holes. The roofs, courtyard walls, tunnels... were all effectively connected by the soldiers using various tools, allowing the soldiers to come and go.
With ease, you can better eliminate the enemy's vitality.
Finally, two days passed. The first battalion and the second battalion arrived at Gong Village in advance and met with the third battalion and the regiment headquarters who were building fortifications in Gong Village.
"Report to the regimental commander, chief of staff, the first and second battalions are ordered to report." As soon as the rest and reorganization of the troops were arranged, the two battalion commanders rushed to the regiment headquarters impatiently, wanting to accept new tasks.
"Haha, come in and see how happy you are. You must have achieved good results in the past two days. How about I first report the losses and results of the troops in the past two days." I saw the two battalion commanders and regimental commanders walking into the headquarters.
Xie Guohua nodded with satisfaction, and then said jokingly.
"Haha, Captain, there are not many results. Let me talk about the situation of our first battalion first! A total of four main attacks were launched against the Japs. One was a long-range attack by the heavy machine gun platoon, and the other three were to ambush the Japs.
The rest of the patrol team are just small fights. Preliminary statistics show that in two days, more than 200 Japs have died in the hands of our first battalion, and at least 100 Japs have been injured. However,
Our first battalion also paid a certain price, with 34 people killed, 12 seriously injured, and 65 slightly injured... However, these lightly wounded people have undergone preliminary treatment and will not affect the subsequent battle." The first battalion commander laughed.
answer.
"Commander, the first battalion has achieved such good results, our second battalion is also impatient in the mine warfare. Until now, the main force of the little devil is still wandering slowly on the road at least 10 miles away from here? In addition, we
The mines also caused a lot of casualties to the little Japanese, and it is initially estimated that there was a squadron of Japanese troops. In short, our second battalion successfully completed the tasks assigned to us by the regiment headquarters." The second battalion commander said not to be outdone.
"Okay, very good. Both of your battalions have achieved very good results... very good. When the time comes, I will definitely ask you for credit at the divisional headquarters. In this way, it will take at least two more for the little devil to get here.
In an hour's time. Chief of Staff, please immediately call the commander of the third battalion and the commander of the artillery company to the headquarters for a meeting. Let's arrange the specific tasks of each unit in street fighting after the arrival of the little devil..." After listening to the reports of the two men,
Team leader Xie Guohua ordered happily.
"Yes, commander, I will inform the third battalion commander right away..." The chief of staff nodded and walked out of the temporary headquarters. After a while, he saw the chief of staff arriving with the third battalion commander and the artillery company commander.
Headquarters.
"Comrades, we are all here, please sit down. Now all the troops of our independent regiment have gathered in Gong Village, and the Little Devil's Fifth Division is now less than two hours away from Gong Village.
In other words, we will soon encounter the little devils. I won’t say more, this is the first time since our independent group was founded that we will have a head-on fight with so many little devils. We will see when the time comes
When I was a kid, I hope that every soldier in our independent regiment will not be a coward, especially the battalions and companies that have just recruited new recruits for less than two months." Since the political commissar was not here, the regiment leader Xie Guohua started to boost morale.
's burden.
"Captain, don't worry. None of the soldiers will be a coward. Just give the order. Our independent regiment has unexpectedly come across such a good opportunity. We must fight against the little devil this time and let him
They know that our independent regiment and our Eighth Route Army are not easy to mess with." As soon as Xie Guohua finished speaking, the battalion commander hurriedly stood up and said.
"Yes, Commander, just give the order! Let the little devil have a good fight..." Immediately, the other three people also stood up and expressed their stance.
"Okay, we will find out after the war whether it is a hero or a bear... Chief of Staff, come and tell us the specific situation of the regiment regarding this battle, and assign specific combat tasks to everyone..." Xie Guohua listened to several people
If so, he nodded with satisfaction and said to the chief of staff beside him.
"Comrades... According to the discussion between the regimental leader and I, we decided to use the fortifications dug by the third battalion on the ridge at the entrance of the village to stop the little devils first and rub their energy... before fighting in the street.
After destroying some of the Japs and using artillery, we will use the tunnels in the village to evacuate our positions... All of us will get into the tunnels under the village and have a good street fight with the Japs who drive into the village." said the Chief of Staff.
He stood up and briefly talked about the entire battle process. Everyone nodded and agreed with the plan.
"Chief of Staff, give the order. This time I will definitely make the little devil look good... Yes, Chief of Staff, give the order..." Immediately, the three battalion commanders stood up together and called for battle.
"Well, now let's start arranging specific combat tasks: First Battalion and Second Battalion. Since they have been fighting with the Japs for the past two days, and the fortifications at the entrance of the village were built by the Third Battalion, the Third Battalion is very familiar with the entire fortification.
Therefore, after the regiment headquarters decided to hand over the task of blocking the Japs at the entrance of the village to the Third Battalion of the Independent Regiment and the artillery company of the Independent Regiment. In addition, in order to strengthen the firepower density of the Third Battalion, the heavy machine gun platoons of the First and Second Battalions were all deployed during the war.
Under the command of the commander of the third battalion..." the chief of staff ordered loudly.
"Yes, the regiment commander, the chief of staff, the third battalion...the artillery company...make sure to complete the mission..." Hearing that his third battalion actually got such a big piece of fat, the third battalion commander, the artillery company commander
The two stood up excitedly and said.
"Okay, after the battle started, the first and second battalions all entered the tunnel. After the little devil entered the village, they fought street battles with the little devil. As for the specific operations and task assignments, you two battalion commanders will allocate them yourself. And the third battalion is completing the task.
After the blocking mission, immediately withdraw to the tunnel to rest and recuperate. As a reserve team for the whole regiment, it can join the street fighting at any time and launch a fatal blow to the little devil." The chief of staff then ordered.
"Yes, regimental commander, chief of staff... promise to complete the mission." The two battalion commanders stood up and promised.
"Okay, we will know after the war whether we can complete the mission... After the meeting, each battalion and company will immediately replenish ammunition, and all the ammunition carried by our baggage company will be exhausted. Also, after the meeting, each company will immediately enter
Position, waiting for the arrival of the little Japs. Later, our regiment headquarters will also follow the troops into the tunnel... However, we are holding telephone lines at each position. If there is any situation, we will report it immediately." Look.
Seeing several battalion commanders with excited faces, regimental commander Xie Guohua ordered.
"Yes, regimental commander, chief of staff..." Just like that, several company and battalion commanders walked out of the temporary headquarters with satisfaction, began to assign tasks, and led the troops into the positions one after another. Especially those who had dug fortifications for two days.
During the past two days, the soldiers of the third battalion were unhappy because they had to stay here to dig fortifications and could not fight with the Japs. Their faces were full of resentment. When they learned that their Third Battalion had been assigned to the front line to stop the Japs,
From then on, everyone was filled with excitement and clamored for the battalion commander to hand over the most important task to his company.
In less than an hour, Gong Village, which had just been lively because of the convergence of the three main battalions, immediately became quiet. The first and second battalions followed the regiment headquarters and all got into the tunnel fortifications, while the third battalion
After leaving one company in reserve, the remaining two companies and all 12 heavy machine guns quietly ambush in the concealed trenches, quietly waiting for the arrival of the Japs.
At this time, the Japanese 5th Division, which was missed by the soldiers of the Third Battalion, was marching laboriously on the road less than 5 miles away from Gong Village. The reason for this was because of the difficult march for two consecutive days, and the soldiers were everywhere.
The bullets almost drove these little devils crazy.
The dozens of mules, horses and carts sent to the vanguard squadron in the past two days have been lost in two consecutive days. What is even more abominable is that the Eighth Route Army actually moved dozens of kilometers of roads, large and small, to
Countless large pits and trenches were dug. For two consecutive days, the Japanese engineer regiment was like a road construction worker. It constantly repaired the road and cleared a safe passage for the following troops.
"Bage Ya Road... How far is it from Gong Village? Do we have to camp in such a barren mountain tonight? There are also those elusive Chinese Eighth Route Army. If we camp in the wild, what will happen tonight?
I will be harassed all night..." The division commander Seishiro Itagaki opened a pair of red eyes and looked at the slowly marching troops, almost all of them listless soldiers. The division commander shook his head and looked at the people around him.
the chief of staff asked.
"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander, the harassment by the Eighth Route Army has indeed been too frequent these two nights, and we have to take precautions. But according to the situation on the map, it is still 4 miles away from Gong Village. Turn around the area in front of us.
The village can be seen from the forest. According to our current marching speed, it will only take an hour. Moreover, according to intelligence, as long as we pass this village, we will enter the base area of the First Army Division of the Independent Division.
"The chief of staff looked at the map in his hand and said with red eyes.
Because during the two nights of camping, the First Battalion tried their best to harass the Japanese troops with heavy machine guns and rifles. It can be said that during two nights, almost no one among the more than 10,000 Japanese troops slept.
A peaceful sleep.
"Bagaya Road... The cunning Eighth Route Army, when our Empire of Japan finds their main force, they will be cut into pieces... Baga... Chief of Staff, order the troops to march as soon as possible, regardless of
When will we arrive at Gong Village? We will camp in Gong Village to rest tonight and continue marching tomorrow..." Division Commander Seishiro Itagaki ordered loudly.
"Hey, division commander, I will immediately order the vanguard squadron to speed up the march..." After the chief of staff finished speaking, he saluted a military salute, accelerated the speed of his horse, and galloped towards the vanguard squadron.
"Yo Xi... Orderly, don't wake me up unless there is something important. Wake me up after you arrive at Gong Village..." Looking at the chief of staff going away, Itagaki Seishiro nodded with satisfaction and turned to his side.
The communications soldier ordered.
With the order of the division commander, although more than 2,000 people in the engineering unit were exhausted after working hard for most of the day, every soldier mustered up his energy and used his fastest speed to rest and repair this already
There was only less than four miles of road left. Finally, after the hard work of more than 2,000 people, the mountain ridge at the entrance of Gongcun finally appeared in front of the little devil.
"Yo Xi... Now we can finally take a rest... Immediately inform the division commander that the engineer regiment has successfully repaired the road to Gong Village. Please issue further combat orders to the division commander."
Seeing Gong Village not far away, Colonel Wada Kaoji, the commander of the Engineer Regiment, wiped the sweat on his face and showed a happy smile...
"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander..." Upon hearing the order from the regiment commander, the orderly soldier following Colonel Wada Kaoji immediately took the order and rushed to the division headquarters located in the middle of the main force.
"Reporting to your Excellency, the Division Commander, our Engineer Regiment has successfully built the road to Gong Village. Now Gong Village is in front of us. The Engineer Regiment requests the next step of combat instructions..." came to the car where the Division Commander was riding.
Next to him, the orderly soldier saluted a military salute and said loudly.
"Nani, we have arrived at Gong Village... Yosi, order the troops to stop advancing, and the avant-garde squadron will immediately enter the village to search... After the avant-garde squadron sends a safety signal... each regiment will enter the village in turn... prepare
Camp." Division Commander Itagaki Seishiro opened his eyes, nodded and ordered.
"Hi...Your Excellency, Division Commander..." The messenger turned and left the location of the division headquarters. He began to convey new orders to each regiment. Soon, the entire marching group stopped at the entrance of Gongcun Village.
On the road less than 500 meters away, just when everyone stopped marching, a squadron of Japs broke away from the main marching force and formed a fighting formation and slowly walked towards the entrance of the village.
As a squadron of Japanese troops searched forward in battle formation, the strong military quality of the Japanese field division was fully demonstrated at this time. Just less than 400 meters away from the hidden trench, a few little Japanese soldiers carried throwing weapons.
The grenades stopped in place, lined up in a row, and began to play with some grenades. The remaining more than a hundred little Japs, holding bright bayonets, bent over as much as possible to reduce the area where they were concentrated.
, and slowly attacked and advanced towards the entrance of the village not far away. The machine gunner armed with a light machine gun also bent down, searching as he marched, and was ready to fire at any time.
"Tell the soldiers to hide for me. We have 12 heavy machine guns in our hands. When the time comes, we will make a surprise attack on them. I must leave at least half of my little Japs behind..." Looking at the line of skirmishers,
There were more than a hundred little devils lined up in a row. A treacherous smile appeared on the corner of the third battalion commander's mouth, and he ordered to the two company commanders beside him.
Soon, this order was passed to the ears of each soldier one after another. After receiving the order, almost every soldier shrank his head at the same time, squatted in the trench, and began to check his firearms.
The machine gunner was not idle either and began to adjust the heavy machine guns in his hands. Only the third battalion commander and the two company commanders around him showed their heads from time to time to observe the distance between the Japanese troops and themselves.
300 meters... 200 meters... 100 meters... The battalion commander still did not order to fire. Facing the silent mountain ridge and the breathless village entrance, although the squadron leader led by the Japanese army felt a trace of
There was a dangerous atmosphere. However, when he saw that he was less than 100 meters away from the village entrance, he seemed to be relieved. Not only the Japanese squadron leader, but also the squad leader and soldiers around him also breathed a sigh of relief and accelerated at the same time.
He increased his marching speed and wanted to capture the mountain ridge at the entrance of the village in one go.
Slowly, these more than a hundred little devils changed from bending and attacking to trotting, and then from trotting to quickly meeting again. When they were less than 50 meters away from the village entrance, due to the restrictions of the terrain, they just
The more than a hundred little Japs, who were still very scattered, charged quickly at this time, but they were huddled together. Everyone held up their moral rifles that had been loaded several times, and swarmed towards the "empty" entrance of the village.
come over.
"Comrades...beat me hard..." Seeing more than a hundred little Japs already huddled together...the battalion commander did not miss this best opportunity to open fire.
The soldiers shouted loudly. At the same time, the shell guns in their hands also fired dense bullets at the little Japs not far away.
The rifleman lying in the trench, after hearing the order, stood up from the trench almost at the same time, pulled the trigger, and fired a loaded bullet into the group of Japanese soldiers. Suddenly, a dense volley of guns was fired.
The village entrance, which was still deserted just now, rang out. As for the more than a hundred densely packed Japs, as the soldiers fired their guns, the two rows of Japs soldiers rushing at the front of the team covered their chests and fell to the ground almost at the same time.
In a pool of blood.
The last thing to fire was the only heavy weapon on the position, which were 12 heavy machine guns. Following the battalion commander's order, the heavy machine gunners hidden in the trenches stood up one after another and opened the weapons blocking the heavy machine guns.
Obstacle. Suddenly, 12 heavy machine guns glowing with blue light appeared in front of the little devil. 12 heavy machine guns and 12 tongues of flame were like sickles, constantly harvesting the little devil's life.
Facing a dense firepower network composed of 12 heavy machine guns, 8 light machine guns and 300 rifles, almost half of the little devils lost their lives and fell in a pool of blood before they knew what was happening.
Although the remaining little devils' quick reactions allowed them to avoid the first round of shooting and lay on the ground one after another. However, because they were in the smallest area in front of the defensive position, less than 50 meters wide,
, nearly a hundred little Japs were lying on the ground in a dense crowd. Coupled with the fact that the soldiers were condescending, a dense fire net woven by 12 heavy machine guns immediately enveloped their heads.