However, his opponent Wang Ping was too cunning. After several encounters, he ended in failure, leaving him unable to figure out Wang Ping's thoughts and ideas.
Once the Eighth Route Army goes in the opposite direction and attacks its own follow-up troops, it will be difficult for the enemy-baiting troops in the front to break through the Eighth Route Army's blocking troops and promptly reinforce the follow-up troops who were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army. In this case, the hundreds of imperial troops in the follow-up troops will be
It would be a tense battle with the Eighth Route Army.
Even if the Imperial Army finally defeats the Eighth Route Army through internal and external attacks, the Imperial Army of its own infantry brigade will suffer heavy losses, and may even be completely destroyed!
Major General Ono, who had been smiling just now, frowned involuntarily when he thought of this.
Then he asked without waiting for the chief of staff to speak: "How many troops can be used in the county?"
"A cavalry brigade, a guard squadron, and an infantry squadron! The other troops have not yet formed combat effectiveness, and ammunition has not been distributed!" Although he did not understand, the chief of staff still answered dutifully, and then stared at Ono.
The headquarters, which had been shouting compliments just now, suddenly fell silent, and then everyone stared at Ono with puzzled expressions.
Ono directly ordered: "In order to prevent accidents, we have to add more troops to the front line, so as to ensure that we can capture the Eighth Route Army at the minimum cost!"
The chief of staff suggested conscientiously: "We can order the car transport squadron to bring an infantry squadron to quickly reinforce the battlefield. The cars are fast and we can arrive in more than half an hour!"
"No! You can't use a car. The limitations of a car are too great!" Ono shook his head and refused.
"As long as the Eighth Route Army destroys the highway, our vehicles transporting troops will lie on the road. In the end, the infantry will still need two legs to reinforce the battlefield, and it will take too long!"
"Cavalry, order the cavalry brigade to be ready to attack immediately. As long as the Eighth Route Army's ambush battle against us starts, no matter which of our troops they attack, the cavalry brigade will immediately attack to reinforce the imperial army on the battlefield!"
"Hi! Your Excellency, General, is wise. With the cavalry brigade as a backup, the Eighth Route Army will never escape disaster no matter how cunning it is!" Chief of Staff Xiaoxiao flattered him.
The Japanese decoy force, harassed all the way by the sniper squad, finally passed through the independent regiment's preset ambush position. It had reduced its number by more than fifty people, and all of them were Japanese. Among them, the majority were machine gunners, grenade launchers and sergeants.
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A strengthened squadron directly lost most of its few veterans.
In order to ensure the stability of the unit, the squadron leader who had been lucky enough not to be targeted had to promote some recruits with good training performance as temporary sergeants and squad leaders to ensure the smoothness of the unit's command system.
After the Japanese and puppet troops passed the preset ambush position, the sniper squad was directly left by Wang Ping to prepare to ambush the Japanese follow-up troops.
Two infantry battalions of more than a thousand Eighth Route Army troops, under the command of their respective squad and platoon leaders, quickly climbed up the mountain ridges and highlands next to the official road and entered the simple positions that had just been repaired.
Five heavy machine guns were all placed in the middle of the ambush position to deal with the powerful and well-equipped Japanese troops.
In addition, there were two companies of troops arranged by Wang Ping around several heavy machine guns, specifically to deal with the Japanese army.
Of course, the sniper squad left behind by Wang Ping were all hidden in the middle of the ambush position, specifically to deal with the machine gunners and grenadiers in the middle of the Japanese army.
There are three infantry companies left, one in the front and two in the back, to deal with the Imperial Alliance Army in front and behind the Japanese army respectively.
Originally, Wang Ping did not plan to use so many troops to fight against the Imperial Association Army, but when he thought that the Imperial Association Army was trained by the Japanese army, and many of its officers were directly served by Japanese, and its combat effectiveness and fighting will were much stronger than before, Wang Ping
During peacetime, the battle plan was changed and an extra company was deployed to deal with them.
In Wang Ping's opinion, if a main company of the Independent Regiment faced off against a company of the Imperial Association Army, they would definitely win.
But Wang Ping did not expect that what he had to deal with was not the Imperial Alliance Army at all, but the well-equipped Japanese army.
Although half of the Japanese troops in the two squadrons of machine gunners and grenade launchers were concentrated in the middle of the team in order not to arouse suspicion, the combat effectiveness of the remaining 300 or so people was still very strong.
On average, a newly formed main company of the Independent Regiment had to deal with two Japanese infantry squads and about a hundred Japanese soldiers, which was very stressful.
When everyone was lying in position waiting for almost half an hour, the Japanese follow-up troops finally came into Wang Ping's field of vision.
In order to better control the overall situation and only know how to fight, Wang Ping did not stay with the troops, but set up the headquarters on a high ground about three hundred meters away from the battlefield.
Standing in a semi-underground bunker on a high ground, Wang Ping, holding a telescope, could clearly see the entire battlefield.
Therefore, as soon as the Japanese troops appeared, Wang Ping, who was holding a telescope, saw them.
However, because the distance was too far and the telescope was a common equipment captured by the Japanese army, Wang Ping could not see very clearly.
Otherwise, with Wang Ping's keen observation ability, he would definitely be able to find some clues from the strict and neat formation of the Imperial Alliance Army!
"The first battalion commander reports: A company of the Japanese and puppet forward Imperial Army has entered an ambush position!" a staff officer behind Wang Ping reported as soon as he put down the phone to contact the front line.
Soon, another staff officer holding a phone reported: "Commander, all the Japanese troops have entered the ambush circle, and the Queen's Imperial Army is entering!"
"The Sixth Company of the Second Battalion reports that the Imperial Japanese Army's advance troops are about to leave the ambush circle!"
"Report from the Second Battalion and the Fifth Company: All Japanese and puppet troops have entered the ambush circle!"
Wang Ping did not hesitate at all and ordered very decisively: "Send the signal and start attacking!"
"Bah, bang, bang!" In an instant, three gunshots reached Wang Ping's ears, and three flashing white signal flares quickly flew into the sky, and then exploded over the battlefield.
The ambush battlefield not far away was followed by intensive gunshots and explosions.
Under the concentrated fire of five heavy machine guns and seven crooked guns, the Japanese light and heavy machine gunners, mortar operators, and infantry gunners suffered a devastating blow.
The crooked machine gunners and grenade gunners scattered among the infantry were also hit when the signal flare took off. Ten people were headshot on the spot.
Ordinary riflemen, because the distance is too far, grenades and grenades have no effect. More than 200 riflemen, as if bullets are free, shoot desperately on the road, wherever there are more Japs, regardless of whether they hit the target.
Because the order they received before the battle started was to shoot at the enemy as fast as they could.
In just three seconds from the sound of gunfire, two companies with light and heavy machine guns fired six to seven hundred rounds of bullets at more than three hundred Japanese soldiers. In addition to the twelve grenades fired from six grenade tubes, four guns fired
Eight shells fired from a cannon.
The Japanese army, which was suddenly attacked, lost more than a hundred people before they even started to counterattack.
More importantly, all the heavy equipment they were equipped with was abandoned on the road and no one used it.
The veterans and officers in the army reacted very quickly. While counterattacking, they also told the surrounding recruits not to panic and to counterattack concealed on the spot.
However, having lost almost all their heavy firepower and only having two or three crooked handles that fired a few bullets intermittently, their counterattack obviously did not have much effect, and they also attracted an even denser bullet attack from the Eighth Route Army.