The sniper team under the Lieyan Special Warfare Brigade took advantage of the Japanese flag-raising ceremony to kill two Japanese officers. It was like poking a hornet's nest and immediately attracted crazy revenge from the Japanese.
After only one day of capturing Baoying, the Japanese dispatched several troops to launch operations in different directions and launched a sweep into Baoying's territory.
The enemy's combat goal is very simple, that is, not to give the guerrillas any chance to breathe, and to occupy villages and towns everywhere, so that the guerrillas have nowhere to hide.
Now is the time of continuous spring rain. Once all villages and towns are under the control of the Japanese, the guerrillas will have no choice but to sleep in the cold wilderness.
If it is for a short period of time, it will be okay, but if it is for a long time, the guerrillas will definitely not be able to stay. This is the devil's conspiracy. They want to force the main force of the guerrillas to come out and fight them decisively.
The Japs have sharp self-confidence, that is, they have the advantage of military strength and firepower. Once the guerrillas dare to come out to fight them, the guerrillas will undoubtedly be defeated.
"The little devil is heading towards Yizhuang. Go and inform the villagers to move."
The guerrillas in northern Jiangsu are dispersed and hidden in various places, and there are hidden sentries at many intersections.
Seeing the Japanese driving all the way, these hidden sentinels immediately took the small roads to report to the villages and asked the people to move.
When the people in these rural villages heard that the Japs were coming, they were all frightened and hurriedly packed up their things and moved to neighboring villages.
When the little devil rushed to the village with murderous intent, in fact, all the people in the village had already fled.
"Surround them! Don't let anyone go!"
"Hiyi!"
The Japanese soldiers marched in the mud, covered in mud and water. Looking at the small village in front of them, the Japanese squadron leader wiped the rain off his face and gave orders to his subordinates.
Soon the Japanese soldiers with bayonets spread out and soon surrounded the small village. When they broke into the village, they suddenly found that there was no one in the village.
"Report to the squadron leader that the Chinese people have run away!"
The subordinate's report made the Japanese squadron leader furious; "The damn guerrillas must be the ones who reported the news to these Chinese people!"
"Report to the squadron leader that the Chinese are escaping to the west."
When the Japanese squadron leader became angry, someone from the Japanese search team rushed back to report.
"Yo Xi, the first team will take a detour, and the rest will catch up!" Without any hesitation, the Japanese squadron leader immediately ordered the pursuit.
The Japs' search infantry squad was not only equipped with traitor leaders, but also with wolves and dogs. With them leading the way, the Japs in this squadron launched a pursuit in the direction in which the people were moving.
It's raining now and has left footprints in many places. The Japanese soldiers have good food and sufficient nutrition. Although it's raining, it has little impact on their speed.
They hardly chased for long before they noticed a large group of Chinese people running in the distance not far away.
Seeing the moving Chinese people in front of them, these Japanese soldiers became excited, the wind blew under their feet, they screamed and ran faster.
But these Japanese soldiers who were staring at the people in front ignored the hidden danger, because behind the foundations of the paddy fields, groups of guerrilla officers and soldiers with loaded weapons were already ambushing them.
The officers and soldiers of the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps were divided into battalions to hide in various towns. After arriving in the towns in the countryside, the companies dispersed to the villages.
Currently stationed in Yizhuang, there is a brother from the guerrilla company, and the company commander is the company commander nicknamed "Cripple".
They saw the Japs catching up with them, so they made a temporary decision to ambush the little Japs.
Seeing the Japanese with bayonets in their hands chasing each other quickly along the field ridge into the distance, these guerrilla brothers quietly began to take aim.
The rainwater submerged all the paddy fields, and the Japanese soldiers had to walk on the field ridges. However, walking on this unobstructed field ridges would undoubtedly be a living target.
"Woof woof woof!"
Before all the Japs entered the ambush circle, suddenly the dogs in the Japs search team started barking wildly at the place where the brothers were ambush.
"Damn, hit!" Seeing the Japanese looking this way, the company commander Laizi cursed. He didn't care whether all the Japanese had entered the ambush circle, and directly ordered to shoot.
"Da da da da..."
Suddenly, the crisp sound of a light machine gun rang in the ears of the Japanese soldiers.
"Puff puff!"
The Japanese soldiers who were running very fast across the field were hit by the sudden hail of bullets without any suspense. They were then overturned by the impact of the bullets and fell into the paddy field, and howled loudly.
"Woooo..."
The dog of the Japanese search team became the focus of care. It was hit by several bullets and fell to the ground whimpering and struggling.
"There's an ambush!"
"Bagaya road!"
"Five o'clock!"
"There's one at eight o'clock too!"
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The sudden attack caused the expressions of the excited Japanese soldiers to change. They hurriedly moved towards the surrounding shallow pits and lay down near the grass. They seemed a little confused for a while.
The guerrillas' ambush has always pursued the first wave of firepower to kill the enemy as much as possible, so the rifles and machine guns opened fire one after another, and bullets like a wind were pouring crazily towards the Japanese.
The Japanese soldiers who were running away in a panic were almost chased by bullets and ran back. The soldiers were beaten until mud and water splashed, and from time to time, a Japanese soldier fell to the ground with blood splashing from his body.
The Japanese soldiers had good military qualities and quickly jumped into the wet paddy fields and relied on the ridges to fight back.
"Kill Gai Gai!
The calmed down Japanese squadron leader judged from the sound of gunshots that the guerrillas who ambushed them were only number 100, and he suddenly became more courageous.
Amid the howling of the Japanese squadron leader, about fifty Japanese soldiers suddenly jumped up with bayonets in hand, stepped on the muddy water and even launched a counterattack, but the little Japanese soldiers suppressed the firepower of the guerrillas.
"Boom!"
The two grenade groups in the company immediately launched a bombardment, and the grenades hit the Japanese who rushed towards them with a whistling sound.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
The grenades landed one after another near the Japs, causing mud to rise into the air. Many Japs were blown away.
Those Japanese who were not blown up subconsciously hurriedly fell down on the spot, but the shock wave transmitted stronger force in the water, and soon the Japanese who lay down were directly shocked to death.
Seeing that the guerrillas actually had grenades, the Japanese squadron leader was also horrified. Is this still one of those guerrillas with inferior weapons?
"Retreat! Retreat immediately!"
The Japanese squadron leader realized that they might have bumped into the main force of the guerrillas. The always cautious Japanese squadron leader immediately ordered a retreat.
After receiving the order to retreat, the Japanese soldiers turned around and ran away without any hesitation, and soon disappeared from the sight of the guerrillas.
"The Japs have escaped, cease fire, cease fire!" Seeing the Japs running away, the company commander hurriedly ordered to stop shooting.
"Why did the devil escape?"
Seeing that the Japanese were about to collapse at the first touch, the guerrilla brothers who ambushed the Japanese also felt baffled.
"Clean the battlefield and move immediately!"
The guerrilla brothers immediately ran out of the hiding place, ran towards the corpses of the Japanese, and began to clean the battlefield with their hands and feet.
The exchange of fire between the two sides lasted less than ten minutes, but they killed almost thirty Japs. It was considered a small victory, and the brothers were very happy.
The brothers cleaned up the battlefield quickly. Five minutes later, the brothers left behind corpses with their ears stripped off and disappeared into the rain.