"Commander, Japs, there are Japs coming from the east, a reinforced team with heavy machine guns and mortars, and a company of puppet troops, more than 200 people. The Second Battalion and the First Company are slowing down their march.
Commander Zhou immediately became excited: "Commander, this is a piece of fat on your lips. These Japanese and puppet troops must not know that the Pingdingzhuang garrison has been killed by us. I will lead the second battalion to have two remaining
Go over there and kill them!"
Commander Wang was also very happy and decisively ordered: "Just let the second battalion commander pass by with the dozens of little devils and bring three heavy machine guns. Tell him that this battle must be fought cleanly and without any sloppiness.
The battle ends in ten minutes!"
"Okay~ It's enough for him to go. A reinforced team can stand up to eighty Japanese soldiers. The second battalion plus a heavy machine gun platoon has three heavy machine guns, seven or eight light machine guns, plus two to three hundred rifles. One round
You can kill most of the Japs with just shooting!"
After the order was issued, Commander Wang asked: "Chief of Staff, do the infantry artillery batteries still have any shells?"
"After we have killed the Japs in the Pingdingzhuang stronghold, the remaining five or six Japs in the surrounding strongholds have become alone. If there are still artillery shells, we can take down the remaining gun towers as well!"
"Each Japanese artillery building is equipped with one heavy machine gun, two light machine guns, and thirty Japanese puppet troops as standard. If we kill all the Japanese in these artillery buildings, we will capture more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns alone. It will definitely be a huge deal.
Not a small gain!”
The chief of staff also showed a heartbroken expression on his face.
However, within a few seconds, a look of helplessness appeared on his face.
"I only brought twenty rounds of artillery shells in total, and they were all used up~"
"It's only ten o'clock in the evening. Now give the order to the headquarters and ask them to use war horses to transport the artillery shells. They should be able to arrive at three o'clock in the morning!"
Commander Wang shook his head and replied: "Five hours is too long~"
"It won't take long for the Japanese to know that we have killed the garrison at Pingdingzhuang, and then they will mobilize other troops to kill them!"
"If I had known, I would have listened to Wang Ping's suggestion from the beginning and brought all the artillery shells over. Such a good fighter opportunity was placed in front of us, but because of our reluctance at the beginning, we were timid and missed it in vain!"
"Okay, I don't want to think about it anymore. It's unexpected to be able to kill so many Japanese and puppet troops tonight. As soon as the battle over the second battalion is over, we will retreat!"
"Yes...Commander~" Whether it was the Chief of Staff or Commander Zhou, both of them had expressions of heartache and regret on their faces.
At this moment, the correspondent of the reconnaissance battalion, whom Commander Wang was very familiar with, suddenly rushed over with an excited look on his face.
"Commander, Commander Wang asked me to report that there are no more than fifty Japanese and puppet troops left in the Pingdingzhuang stronghold, and the puppet troops account for the majority. Let us allocate a battalion of troops, advance lightly, and make a sudden march.
Fight the stronghold as hard as possible, and then retreat after grabbing the supplies, so that the Japanese will think that our actions tonight are just to grab the supplies!"
"Haha... a blessing in disguise, it's a blessing! Just now I was heartbroken that we missed the opportunity, and then Wang Ping gave us such a big surprise!" Commander Wang also showed a very excited smile on his face.
Then he ordered: "Chief of Staff, bring the security company here to respond!"
"Captain Zhou, take all the other troops here and follow me to raid the Pingdingzhuang stronghold!"
"Nearly 500 Japanese and puppet troops are stationed in this stronghold. They are also responsible for the supply of materials for the seven or eight surrounding artillery towers. There must be a lot of good stuff in it. I must kill it and personally accept this gift from Wang Ping.
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Liulin County is not only the logistics supply base for the 4,000 to 5,000 Japanese and puppet troops on the front line, but also the headquarters of so many Japanese and puppet troops.
The commander of the regiment, Colonel Yamada, is stationed in the county town and has designated the regiment headquarters here.
Since entering Liulin County two months ago, he has been plotting a counterattack to retaliate against the Eighth Route Army troops in the Suide Military Region.
The battle three months ago in which more than two squadrons were lost at one time is still fresh in Colonel Yamada's memory.
Although he had not participated in it, he had witnessed the anger of the rear division commander with his own eyes.
Because the equipment of the Eighth Route Army in the Suide Military Region is very poor, their losses in combat have always been very low, and they fought against the Eighth Route Army. Otherwise, the Japanese would not have the guts to use a reinforced brigade to fight against the Eighth Route Army's three regiments in the Suide Military Region.
However, the battle that night directly broke the battlefield situation there.
In order to retaliate against the Eighth Route Army, and to completely eliminate the Eighth Route Army in the Suide Military District, the battle line was advanced to Suide to prepare for the future use of troops in Yan'an. Colonel Yamada was directly sent here by the division commander to uniformly command all the troops stationed on the front line.
Colonel Yamada was originally unwilling. After all, the division commander only allowed one infantry brigade and guard troops to be brought over. The other troops were all Liulin's original garrison and were not confidant troops brought out by him. He rashly came here to be the commander-in-chief.
, there must be many people who are dissatisfied, which is not conducive to their own command.
However, the division commander drew a big cake for her, forcing him to agree to the order.
"As long as he breaks through the defense line of the Suide Military District of the Eighth Route Army and advances the defense line to the Suide Military District, threatening Yan'an, the division commander will recommend him to the front army as the brigade commander who is still vacant in the division, and he will jump from colonel to major general.
, a senior imperial officer.
This bait attracted Colonel Yamada so much that he led more than a thousand people to Liulin without much hesitation.
It was too cold for the first two months to attack. Although Yamada was very anxious, he could only wait.
Now that the weather is getting warmer, Colonel Yamada decided to launch a retaliatory attack in the next few days to test the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side and prepare for the next large-scale attack.
I had just finished my discussion with my subordinates, worked out the combat plan for the exploratory attack, and was about to go back to my room to rest, when a communications staff officer hurried over.
"Sir, two gun towers in the control area of Pingdingzhuang stronghold were attacked. The Eighth Route Army used artillery. The garrison at the stronghold has set off to reinforce the two gun towers!"
"We are being attacked. Is there any mistake? As usual, the weather has just gotten warmer. After a winter of exhaustion, the Eighth Route Army should be at its weakest now. How could they take the initiative to attack us? They don't want to live anymore!"
The chief of staff next to him immediately reminded: "Sir, could it be that these Eighth Route Army troops are so poor that they want to steal things from us, and then attack our two gun towers?"
"It's very possible!" Yamada replied with a frown.
"According to intelligence, what they lack most now is food. Each of our gun towers has stored thousands of kilograms of food. Apart from food, I really can't imagine the purpose of the Eighth Route Army's sudden attack on our two gun towers, and they also used artillery!"
After saying that, Colonel Yamada made a decision: "Order the Pingdingzhuang stronghold to garrison, and when they arrive on the battlefield, kill the Eighth Route Army attacking us. I will make them lose their wives and troops, and give us a chance for our next exploratory attack."
A good start!”
An hour later, Colonel Yamada had just fallen asleep when a knock on the door woke him up.
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