Chapter nine hundred and ninety seventh attack and defense
The Japanese attacking force suffered heavy losses after encountering an ambush. Although artillery fire came immediately to support them, the remaining Japanese troops no longer had the strength to attack forward.
They were scattered in the piles of corpses and trenches, shooting at the guerrilla troops who were preparing to move to the rear. The bullets whizzed back and forth, making the air seem to be on fire.
The Japanese artillerymen were very professional. After ravaging the newly discovered guerrilla positions, they began extended shooting. The explosion of the artillery shells produced scorching heat that made the Japanese soldiers on the front line want to take off their thick cotton clothes.
More than two hundred fresh troops quickly came up as reinforcements, taking over the vanguard troops that suffered heavy losses from the ambush, and launched a pursuit of the retreating Chinese guerrillas.
In the wilderness and farmland on both sides, there were also large groups of Japs running forward almost parallel to the retreating guerrilla officers and soldiers. They were trying to block the guerrillas' retreat and implement roundabout outflanks.
However, this area has long been covered with traps and minefields, and various obstacles and hidden positions have long been guarded against this move by the Japanese.
"ah!"
"My feet!"
Many little Japs running forward sometimes fall into traps dug by the guerrillas while running.
These traps were all made by guerrilla officers and soldiers who were once hunters, but the hunting traps were slightly modified and became somewhat sloped.
The pits were not deep, only about twenty centimeters, but they were filled with sharpened bamboos smeared with feces and other filth, and then covered with a layer of floating soil.
If the devil stepped on it heavily while running, the sharpened bamboo with countless bacteria could easily penetrate the devil's soles, and then make the devil lose the ability to move.
Moreover, if the enemy cannot be disinfected immediately, the enemy's wounds will become infected and fester. Although these pits may seem inconspicuous, they are sharp weapons for killing the enemy.
Sometimes, killing the Japanese does not necessarily require killing them. Injuring them and losing their combat effectiveness is also a way.
Not only will the injured Japanese be unable to fight, but it will increase the logistical burden on the Japanese and intensify the consumption of medicine and other materials for the Japanese.
Many Japanese soldiers running in the wilderness have encountered these messy traps, and they will fall into them if they are not careful.
Once you step into such a pit, your shoes may be punctured at best, or your feet may be injured or sprained, and you may lose the ability to continue fighting.
There are also some pits that are even worse. The large pits dug out with great effort are filled with water and soil, mixed into mud, and covered with a layer of floating soil and weeds. From a distance, they look no different from ordinary wilderness.
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But once the Japanese soldiers fell in, the mud more than two meters deep would swallow them up. If rescue was not done in time, the Japanese soldiers would be suffocated and drowned alive.
"Boom!"
In addition to these pits and mud pits, the landmines buried in the field ridges and paths also became a nightmare for the Japanese. If they were not careful, their legs would be blown off and they would become disabled.
The seemingly safe area suddenly became dangerous. After losing some soldiers one after another, the Japanese had to slow down their speed, and then watched helplessly as the guerrilla officers and soldiers disappeared from their sight.
Faced with the sharp increase in casualties under his command, the old face of the Japanese captain Jing Hirayama turned livid.
The original promise made to detachment leader Sano Taro to capture Jieshou Town before dawn also turned into a joke.
"Report to the detachment leader: Our unit encountered a tenacious blockage by the China Army. The enemy was prepared for war. All roads and bridges along the way were destroyed, and cold gun attacks continued. Our unit fought hard all night, killed many of the China Army, and captured fifteen positions. However, the officers and soldiers
We are exhausted and request a delay to conquer the realm..."
The arrogant Japanese captain Hirayama Jing paid a heavy price for underestimating the enemy's advance. In just twenty-four hours, the number of casualties was equivalent to that of a medium-sized battle in the early stages of the war.
Now that he could not figure out the strength of the Chinese officers and soldiers on the opposite side, he immediately adjusted his tactics. He no longer made a desperate attack on the leader, but moved forward steadily, so he had to send a message to the detachment leader to explain.
Although the Japanese detachment leader Sano Taro sent his troops to attack the Chinese troops gathered in various places on the southern front at the same time, the effect was not good.
When he received the telegram from Brigade Captain Hirayama Kei, he had already received telegrams from troops attacking in several other directions.
Except for the troops who attacked in advance and concealed themselves and captured Nantong again, the other troops all failed without exception. The gathering point of the Chinese ** team learned from the intelligence was actually empty.
The cavalry brigade that made a sudden attack on Xinghua encountered an ambush from the Chinese Army Corps halfway and had to give up the plan and retreat temporarily.
The original careful plan was now implemented but the effect was greatly reduced. The angry Japanese detachment leader Sano Taro was so angry that he slapped the intelligence staff several times.
The aggrieved intelligence staff officer did not know why such a situation occurred. In the end, he had to shirk responsibility and said that it was an internal leak of the combat plan that led to the current unfavorable situation.
"It must be those Chinese people who maintain the association. They gave the information to the Chinese troops..." Lao Gao, the intelligence staff officer, said with a swollen face and aggrievedly.
"Asshole! Trash!"
The Japanese detachment leader Sano Taro was already in a bad mood. After the new intelligence staff member's words, he was so angry that he almost pointed at the intelligence staff member's nose and cursed him.
The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly. Faced with the current situation, which has taken a turn for the worse, all the Japs' staff members are miserable. Who knew the Chinese ** team could respond so quickly.
"Immediately adjust the battle plan and change the sudden attack into a strong attack. If it fails this time, you will commit suicide by breaking your own belly to apologize!" Sano Taro, the leader of the Japanese detachment, warned with murderous intent.
"Hiyi!"
The Japanese staff had to take action again and readjust their combat plans to cope with the sudden change in the battlefield situation.
When the Japanese soldiers were almost defeated everywhere, on the frontier battlefield at Jieshou, the victorious guerrilla brothers also successfully withdrew to the predetermined safe assembly point.
Although the brothers only fought against the Japanese for a few rounds, they were victorious every time. Their flexible tactics and preset fortifications made the Japanese suffer a lot.
Almost all of the brothers who were resting from the front to the back were carrying several captured rifles on their backs, and some even had a string of Japanese water bottles hanging on their bodies.
Now the Northern Jiangsu Guerrilla Corps has begun selling weapons to replenish military supplies, and the old equipment they have eliminated has been sold to the militia and local troops.
Now in just one morning, the frontline troops seized dozens of rifles and more than a thousand rounds of ammunition from the Japanese, making the reserve troops who stayed behind jealous.
"They are all 80% new 38-inch rifles, much better than the guns we have."
Those local armed leaders who were organized to watch the battle saw the bundles of captured rifles and wanted to rush up and take them for themselves.
But they also knew that if they wanted to get these rifles, they had to either buy them or have the ability to steal them from the Japanese.
"You have all seen it, the combat effectiveness of our guerrillas is not just blown away, it is built out of fighting."
"What if the Japanese come to form a reorganized brigade? We will beat the crap out of them all the same. You just need to follow our Northern Jiangsu Corps and obey orders. Not to mention these rifles. By then, we will equip you with heavy machine guns.
The regular army is strong."
Hearing the words of the guerrilla officers, the commanders of the militia troops became excited again.
"Sir, just tell me how to fight, and we will listen to you!" The militia commanders couldn't wait to obtain weapons and equipment.
"Okay, all of you gather here and let me tell you that you are familiar with the local terrain and your task is also very simple. Infiltrate behind the Japanese..."