While Wang Ping was busy instructing the engineer platoon to build the fortification group and thinking of ways to turn the independent battalion's logistics supplies from captured to self-sufficient, the two and three companies had already started their second operation since they came out of the mountain.
The two companies successively launched attacks on the Japanese and puppet troops at the target stronghold, with an interval of less than two hours.
At the Japanese Army Brigade Headquarters in Laiyuan City, the chief of staff was walking towards Ono's office with a solemn face.
"General, the situation is as you judged. Two more of our strongholds were attacked and lost contact. The Eighth Route Army really planned to break through a large number of our veterans in the trenches and sabotage our formation of brigades. It was really cunning!"
As soon as he entered the door, the chief of staff reported with anger and frustration.
What he was most worried about turned out to be true, and Ono's face instantly turned gloomy.
"Pa!" After slamming his clenched fist on the table in front of him out of anger, he cursed loudly: "Baga, just a little bit, I have a brigade of troops in my hands. The cunning Eighth Route Army, they are sure
It's intentional, sooner or later, I will destroy them!"
"Chief of Staff, contact our other stronghold defenders outside the city, immediately abandon the stronghold, withdraw to Laiyuan City, and bring back all the equipment and supplies stored in the stronghold. Doesn't the Eighth Route Army want to defeat and consume our veterans one by one? If you have the ability, just
Come and attack the county seat!"
The independent battalion did not know that the Japanese army had made the decision to abandon all strongholds outside the city. However, when so many Japanese and puppet troops returned to Laiyuan City, they would inevitably have to pass through the guard platoon and the four city gates that were blocked in a row.
"Company Commander, there is something going on. The puppet troops have been approaching the city gate for more than a hundred days, and they have brought a lot of baggage with them!" On a hillside outside the north gate of Laiyuan City, Zhang Qing was holding a telescope and staring down at the city gate. A soldier
Suddenly he rushed over and reported nervously.
"Rush towards the city gate from outside, are you right?" Zhang Qing asked with a frown.
When the stronghold outside the city was attacked, no matter how you thought about it, it was the Japanese inside who came out to reinforce the city. Now it was the other way around. A Japanese and puppet army appeared outside the city and rushed into the city. No one could figure out why!
I don’t understand, I don’t understand, but Zhang Qing knows one principle. No matter whether the Japanese are leaving the city or entering the city, as long as they escape under his nose, even if they cannot be completely wiped out, I will let them take off a layer of skin and leave some behind.
thing.
Therefore, even though he did not understand where these Japanese and puppet troops came from and what the purpose of rushing to Laiyuan City was. Zhang Qing responded quickly: "Order the troops to assemble immediately. Let's go meet these Japanese gangs for a while."
puppet army."
The first company is responsible for two city gates, namely the south gate and the west gate. Instructor Zhao Wenhua leads a platoon to take charge of the west gate, and he leads the remaining troops to take charge of the south gate.
However, because the first company suffered heavy losses in the battle to attack the Xiaguan stronghold, even though the instructor only took away one platoon, Zhang Qing only had more than fifty troops at hand.
Compared with the Japanese and puppet troops of more than a hundred people, they were definitely at a disadvantage in terms of strength. However, Zhang Qing had no intention of being afraid at all.
Because the equipment of his more than 50 people is really good, there are five crooked handles, and the rest are all 38 big ones. On average, there is one for every ten people!
"Comrades, more than a hundred Japanese and puppet troops are coming towards us. We have been hiding here for so long, and we are finally going to kill them. My idea is to kill them and seize the equipment and supplies they carry!
"Zhang Qing directly told everyone his thoughts.
Then, under the gaze of pairs of scorching eyes, he ordered: "The Japanese and puppet troops will arrive in five minutes. This place is very close to the city gate, and there is no place suitable for an ambush. Therefore, we can only make a quick attack through a surprise attack."
, end the battle quickly!”
"It's still the old rule, first fight the Japanese and then the puppet troops. All of us are hiding in this forest. As soon as the Japanese and puppet troops come over, we will rush out with machine guns and directly attack the little Japanese in the middle of the team!"
The grove is more than fifty meters away from the official road. Although it is very close, it is almost impossible to use the grove to ambush because of the lack of height advantage. Therefore, Zhang Qing thought of a way to surprise the Japanese in the grove.
The distance of 50 meters only takes more than ten seconds for the soldiers who quickly assault. In addition, five machine guns fire suppressively at the enemy on the assault route. Zhang Qing is sure that there will be no problem at all for the troops to successfully assault the official road. As long as the troops reach it
Officially, a unit with an absolute superiority in firepower would definitely be able to take down dozens of Japs.
One platoon of puppet troops was in the front, followed by more than fifty Japanese soldiers, and then two platoons of puppet troops came at the end, dragging seven or eight carts.
A formation stretching for nearly two hundred meters soon appeared on the official road opposite Zhang Qingzheng.
As more than 30 puppet troops passed by and more than 50 Japanese soldiers entered the raid range, Zhang Qing gave decisive orders.
"Blow the charge horn and everyone charges to kill these Japanese and puppet troops!"
"Tick tick..." As soon as the loud charge horn sounded, more than fifty Eighth Route Army troops rushed out of the woods.
Especially the five machine gunners at the front, shooting at the Japanese on the official road while charging.
"Click, click, click..." A series of dense bullets swept across, and seven or eight Japanese soldiers who were caught off guard fell directly to the ground. Four or five puppet soldiers nearby were not spared, and they were all shot and fell to the ground.
No one among the more than a hundred Japanese and puppet troops expected that they would be attacked just as they were about to enter Laiyuan City. Therefore, whether they were puppet troops or elite Japanese troops, their first reaction after being attacked was disbelief, and then
Then he reacted, lying on the ground and preparing to fight back.
The Japanese lieutenant who led the team received a very clear retreat order: dozens of elite imperial troops must be brought back to the county no matter what.
Seeing that there were only dozens of Eighth Route Army soldiers rushing toward him, in normal times, he would have ordered his men to counterattack on the spot. But that was not possible now. Every Imperial Army soldier under his command was a treasure to the mixed brigade that was about to be formed.
Can't afford to lose anyone.
Therefore, the Japanese Lieutenant immediately made the decision to break out and retreat to the county seat.
"The Imperial Alliance Army left a cover, and the warriors immediately broke out and retreated to the county seat!"
Although the more than 40 Japanese soldiers were unwilling to do so, they still readily carried out the order and retreated to the rear with their guns in hand.
As for the puppet troops, except for a few traitors who showed unwillingness and anger because they were left here to die by the Japanese, most of the remaining people calmly accepted the outcome of being abandoned by the Japanese. Then they lay on the ground without fighting back, and waited.
The Eighth Route Army rushed over and surrendered.
Those traitors who were unwilling to be prisoners wanted to threaten their subordinates to fight back and block the Eighth Route Army's attack.
However, facing the suppressive fire from the Eighth Route Army's five machine guns, they might not even be able to save their own lives, let alone show off their power here. In the end, they could only watch the Japanese army retreat back and the Eighth Route Army rush towards here.