Shibu Yata ordered the troops to attack without even thinking, and all the elite troops came out.
The reason is that the mechanized force of the Eighth Route Army has about a thousand people, and there are also T26 tanks. In addition, the Eighth Route Army also has many rocket launchers that can be used for anti-tank and anti-infantry. These are all powerful weapons for large-scale destruction of opponents in night battles. History of Yata
Bu did not dare to neglect. He believed that in order to intercept the mechanized force of the Eighth Route Army, the troops should be divided into two groups, one in front of the other and one in the back. In this way, he could permanently eliminate future troubles and avoid being escaped by the Eighth Route Army.
But Captain Noel held a conservative opinion on this.
Captain Noel said to Shibu Yata: "Your Majesty Lieutenant Colonel, this sudden attack by the Eighth Route Army is a bit strange. I heard that they have fighter planes that launch rockets. If it is just for supplies at the train station, why don't they use fighter planes to bomb?"
This is Commander Hans' habitual thinking. In their minds, as long as the Air Force can do something, they usually won't risk it with other arms.
But Shibu Yata replied confidently: "Captain, you don't understand the Eighth Route Army. Their aircraft are suppressed by our aviation force and dare not go into battle. They can only use this method to try to reduce the pressure on the Yuncheng defense line and survive. Don't say that.
There are too many, and the opportunity is waiting for no one. The Eighth Route Army has always been strange and changeable. If you hesitate any longer, it is likely that they will notice the movement and flee first!"
Yata believed that he had some knowledge of the Eighth Route Army.
However, as the saying goes, those who are good at swimming drown in water. Shibu Yata does know the Eighth Route Army better, but what he knows about the former Eighth Route Army is that the current Eighth Route Army is completely different from before, and its speed of change is even far faster than Shibu Yata's.
His experience is not a strength but a fatal weakness.
Since Shibu Yata said so, Captain Noel, the advisor, could not say anything more. He had no choice but to lead a group of mechanized infantry according to Lieutenant Colonel Yata's order to seize the enemy's retreat, while Lieutenant Colonel Yata personally led a group of infantrymen.
Thousands of troops headed straight towards the train station to intercept the target head-on.
Lieutenant Colonel Yata was determined to win this battle. He majestically got on the armored vehicle he used as a command vehicle, then waved his hand and ordered: "Advance"!
So the mechanized troops moved towards the target amidst the roar of motors.
Since this was in a Jaap-controlled area, the Japs' mechanized troops were advancing much faster... This does not mean that the Japs were more familiar with the terrain, nor was it because the Eighth Route Army's mechanized troops were intercepted by enemies along the way.
In fact, the puppet army's interception of the Eighth Route Army's mechanized troops was almost negligible, and the troops even became larger and larger because puppet troops continued to surrender to the Eighth Route Army on the road.
If it had been in the past, there would not have been so many puppet troops surrendering to the Eighth Route Army. After all, the puppet troops were afraid of death. If they were liquidated by the Japanese after surrendering to the Eighth Route Army, they would have to live with it.
But now, with the Eighth Route Army winning again and again and even the aviation force being able to fight the Japs, many puppet soldiers can't help but wonder: Are the Japs going to be doomed? Why can't they even defeat the Eighth Route Army?
Now that the Eighth Route Army is interspersed, the puppet troops will think again: Is this a full-scale counterattack by the Eighth Route Army? If they don't surrender, it will be too late. In the future, they will not be liquidated by the Japanese, but will be liquidated by the Chinese as traitors!
So without thinking much, they stole out of the camp in droves and surrendered.
It is said that this has become a major problem for the Eighth Route Army... The Eighth Route Army did not expect that there would be so many prisoners. This battle has not yet been fought. As soon as the mechanized troops moved in, in the blink of an eye, there were hundreds of puppet soldiers holding weapons
With both hands disarmed, they advanced a few miles and found several hundred more soldiers, including thousands of scattered puppet troops.
You must know that the Eighth Route Army is a mechanized force, and what a mechanized force needs is speed. It is definitely not possible to march with prisoners, so we can only leave a few shoulder bags and a few soldiers to escort the prisoners back.
A few were left behind for a while, and a few more after a while. Soon the two companies' troops were divided like this.
After Li Changfu heard the news, he even cursed: "Are these bastards such a fool? Why don't they just shoot a few times to show off! If this continues, the Fifth Battalion will not be pushed to the train station, and the strength of the troops will be reduced because of the need.
Half of the prisoners are missing!"
This is really a strange thing on the battlefield.
But this is also a good thing, because it just shows that the Japanese control in China has been shaken due to the Eighth Route Army's consecutive victories.
The battle started with the mechanized brigade led by Captain Noel.
The reason is that the troops led by Captain Noel penetrated the rear of the target and blocked its retreat.
But this strategic goal is destined to fail to be achieved.
Because this so-called "rear area" is actually the genuine Eighth Route Army mechanized force that follows the Fifth Battalion.
The marching order of the mechanized troops of the Eighth Route Army was five battalions in front and one battalion behind. The second and third battalions took advantage of the darkness from the left and right wings to march directly to Laoyang Village...
For the "lure the snake out of the hole" strategy, since the "snake" has already come out of the hole, the hole is not important.
But Wang Xuexin believes that this is not the case.
Because the "snake" that comes out of the hole needs to be beaten, and the hole needs to be dug out at the same time.
This is not only because the hole is easier to dig because there is no "snake", but also because if the "snake" senses something is wrong, it may immediately return to the hole and adopt a defensive posture.
By then, this "snake" will only be able to defeat half of it.
Therefore, Wang Xuexin used two battalions to attack Laoyang Village in the "Snake Cave". The first battalion was responsible for protecting the fifth battalion as a bait, and the fourth battalion served as a reserve team ready to reinforce at any time in the gap in the defense line.
Since the mechanized troops of the Eighth Route Army marched in the dark...it could not be considered completely dark. The soldiers used their car lights wrapped in black cloth to illuminate the way forward.
This was very common for the Eighth Route Army. In the past, when they had no air supremacy, they also marched at night to avoid the reconnaissance of the Japanese.
Captain Noel and his troops saw some looming car lights in front of them from a distance, and he guessed that these were the logistics troops of the Eighth Route Army.
This is a reasonable guess made by Commander Hans based on his own marching habits and tactical habits.
Mechanized troops have very high logistics requirements. If the combat troops are in the front, there must be all kinds of fuel, ammunition and supplies in the rear.
Therefore, Captain Noel was overjoyed. He secretly thought that he would encounter a great opportunity to make a meritorious service when he first took office. Looking at the map again, this area is still a flat and open area that is very suitable for mechanized troops to fight. So what are you waiting for?
Captain Noel didn't think much, grabbed the radio and ordered: "Everyone is here, in battle formation, attack the enemy immediately! Now!"
As a result, the sound of artillery soon started. After firing more than a dozen mortar shells, the Japanese mechanized troops launched a full-scale attack on the target...