The dilapidated isolated village looked dilapidated and deserted, and the smoke had not yet cleared. The guerrilla officers and soldiers who had retreated to the village were busy building and strengthening fortifications.
Groups of little Japs were also running over from afar, building temporary bunkers in the fields around the village, ready to launch an attack at any time.
On a hillock not far from the village, Japanese captain Gao Qiao, surrounded by a group of Japanese officers wearing military boots and carrying sabers, looked at the village with binoculars.
"The Chinese people have no choice but to escape."
Seeing the guerrillas besieged in the village, these haggard Japanese officers showed joy on their faces.
"Yeah, we finally surrounded them."
The guerrillas are as slippery as loaches, and they are familiar with the local terrain. It can be said to be extremely difficult to eliminate the guerrillas.
Fortunately, their chain of traps finally worked this time. Now it may not be so easy for the guerrillas to break out from their encirclement.
"The Chinese are exhausted now and have run out of ammunition. It will be easy for us to destroy them now." A Japanese squadron leader said viciously.
Although they were the attacking force, the fighting power of these guerrillas was so fierce that they suffered heavy losses. The Japanese officers were sharpening their knives and preparing for revenge.
"No, judging from the density of firepower of the Chinese, they still maintain their combat effectiveness, at least their ammunition has not been exhausted."
After hearing the words of his squadron leader, the Japanese leader Takahashi shook his head.
"Even if they still have ammunition, I'm afraid they don't have much left. We only need to launch a strong attack to capture this village and eliminate them!" a Japanese staff officer said, clenching his fists.
Takahashi, the captain of the Japanese army, said: "The fighting power of the Chinese people is beyond our imagination. Our soldiers suffered a lot of casualties in this battle. Now that the Chinese people have been surrounded by us and cannot escape, there is no need to let the soldiers go."
They were wasted in vain."
"But it will be dark soon. The Chinese are good at night fighting. If they break out at night..."
There was a Japanese staff officer with a worried face. Although he didn't finish his words, everyone understood what he meant.
After all, they all have the experience of fighting against the Chinese *** Team at night. It can be said that the Chinese *** Team rules the night, and they have suffered heavy losses at night.
"You are brave and capable people of the Japanese Empire. Did the Chinese people's mere night battle frighten your courage?"
Seeing the expressions of these officers, the Japanese captain Takahashi couldn't help but shake his head.
Once upon a time, they frightened the Chinese troops. Sometimes the Chinese defenders were so frightened that they abandoned the city and fled thousands of miles away just by seeing their top scouts.
But now their deterrence against the Chinese *** is declining. Many officers and soldiers are even afraid of fighting the Chinese *** at night, because they feel that they cannot defeat the Chinese *** at night. As soon as the night comes, they start to huddle up and defend, not daring to launch.
The attack was launched.
After hearing the words of Captain Takahashi, these Japanese officers and staff all lowered their heads in shame. They had to admit that they were now a little afraid of this opponent they once looked down upon.
"Our soldiers are the best soldiers of the Japanese Empire. Not only have they experienced fighting during the day, but they are also brave enough to fight at night!" Takahashi, the Japanese captain, said with confidence.
Indeed, as Captain Takahashi said, the training of the Japs is very comprehensive, and their night fighting abilities are equally strong.
However, because it is not easy to calibrate coordinates to exert the power of artillery fire during night battles, artillery support for infantry is reduced, resulting in weakened firepower.
Moreover, the Chinese ** team likes to engage in close hand-to-hand combat during night battles, so the Japanese do not want to engage in night battles because the exchange ratio of night battles is too uneconomical.
At the beginning, the Japanese officers did not allow the troops to engage in night battles with the squadron. The main reason was that night battles were not conducive to the use of their firepower, and the casualties were much greater than during the day.
But as time goes by, the Japanese are now a little afraid of fighting night battles with the Chinese Army. This is something the Japanese captain Takahashi does not want to see.
"We want to defeat the Chinese in night battles and break the troops' fear of night battles! Let the Chinese know that the night is still dominated by the Imperial Japanese Army!"
The Japanese captain Takahashi now wants to take this opportunity to help the troops rebuild their self-confidence.
Although the Japanese squadron commander and staff felt that there was absolutely no need to do anything extra, they did not dare to object to the decision of battalion leader Takahashi.
"Now I order each team to take turns to feint attack and consume their ammunition. When they run out of ammunition, they will launch a surprise attack at night to completely eliminate them!"
In previous battles with the Chinese Army, they fought during the day and camped at night, but this time, the Japanese captain Takahashi decided to go against the norm and let the troops attack at night.
"Hiyi!"
The Japanese squadron leaders all responded in unison.
Of course, the reason why Takahashi, the Japanese leader, did this was not a whim, but his own considerations.
The troops were exhausted from successive battles and needed some time to recover before launching an attack.
Secondly, it is to eliminate the troops' fear of night fighting and rebuild the troops' self-confidence in night fighting.
The third is to break the inertial thinking and launch a surprise attack at night, so that the village can be captured and the guerrillas eliminated at the minimum cost.
Under the order of the Japanese captain Takahashi, the little Japanese who had surrounded the village resolutely carried out his order. Soon, the first feint attack team went up.
The more than fifty Japanese soldiers in this team opened a skirmish line that was more than a hundred meters wide, and they hunched forward one by one.
"The Japs are attacking!" The observation post saw the Japs coming and immediately shouted a warning.
The brothers who were repairing the fortifications immediately grabbed their guns and entered the fighting position, preparing to fight.
"beat!"
After seeing that the Japs were within shooting range, the first company commander in charge of external defense immediately gave the order to fire.
"Bang bang bang..."
The brothers fired one after another, and the hot bullets flew towards the Japanese soldiers.
After hearing the gunfire, these Japanese soldiers did not speed up the charge as before. Instead, they turned around and retreated amidst the screams of the Japanese officers.
The brothers had a lively fight, but after all, the brothers' marksmanship was not very accurate, and the Japs had opened up a skirmish line, so apart from killing a few Japs, little was gained.
"Ceasefire!"
Seeing that the little Jaap collapsed at the first touch, the brothers' faces also showed relief. It seemed that the Little Jaap had reached the end of his strength, and after repeated battles, he could no longer hold on.
Now that the Japs have retreated, the brothers left their observation posts, rested, and began to work on the emergency repairs of the fortifications.
But within two minutes, the observation post sounded again: "The Japanese are attacking!"
"Damn it, the devil must have done this on purpose."
The brothers cursed and entered the fighting position again. When they saw that the Japanese were the same as before, they still dug in with their skirmishers.