When everyone was eager to fight the Japs, the Japs showed up.
However, the guards were not happy even with everyone at the top because there were too many Japanese coming.
Two infantry squadrons, a heavy machine gun squad, a mortar squad, and an infantry artillery squad, with a total strength of nearly 500 people, rushed towards the village where the guard company was resting!
Wang Ping also had a serious look on his face. Five hundred well-equipped elite Japanese soldiers were a behemoth in front of the entire military division, not to mention a company of guards that he was not satisfied with.
"Company Commander, the Japs are too strong. We are no match. The best way is to avoid their sharp edges!" Zhang Qing, the platoon commander, answered very cautiously!
After following Wang Ping for such a long time, Zhong Yusheng didn't learn much except that he became a lot more courageous.
Facing five hundred elite Japanese soldiers, he felt guilty. But he was not willing to retreat without a fight. He frowned and said, "Company commander, even if you retreat, you have to bite off a piece of flesh from the Japanese soldiers, otherwise they will not be our guards."
Lian’s style!”
Zhang Qing immediately retorted: "There are too many Japs, including heavy machine guns, grenade launchers, mortars, and even infantry cannons. If one of them is not good enough, not only will he not be able to bite off a piece of flesh from the Japs, he will be trapped himself.
Surrounded by devils!"
"Then we just move like this?" Zhong Yusheng stared at Wang Ping and asked with a look of reluctance.
Wang Ping was not willing to let the Japanese go like this.
"Fight, keep the guard squad, retreat after the fight, and see if we can use the old method to make the Japanese divide their forces and lure a small group out!" Wang Ping made a decision immediately after a brief hesitation.
"As long as I can get the Japs to form an infantry squad, I will have a way to eat them!"
As soon as Wang Ping and his men retreated, Zhong Yusheng came across a bush two hundred meters away from the Japanese.
The crooked handle and the three-eight big cover were fired at the same time, and in an instant, three or four Japanese fell to the ground.
What frustrated Zhong Yusheng was that the Japanese did not send troops to fight back. However, their reaction speed was not slow at all.
The nearby Japs quickly lay down on the ground, holding rifles and crooked handles, and fired in the direction where Zhong Yusheng was hiding.
Not counting this, three heavy machine guns not far away also opened fire. The flying bullets instantly destroyed the bushes. Two soldiers from the guard squad who could not escape were directly killed.
On the way to retreat.
"Retreat, retreat quickly, the Japanese counterattack is too fierce!" Zhong Yusheng, who looked pale, shouted loudly as he retreated.
"Woooooo!" As soon as the command was uttered, the screams of three mortar shells streaking across the sky reached Zhong Yusheng's ears.
Zhong Yusheng's pale face turned even paler at this time. While his retreat speed did not slow down, he continued to shout: "It's a shelling, everyone, retreat quickly!"
"Boom, boom, boom..." Three violent explosions sounded right behind him.
Two more soldiers were blown over and fell to the ground in a bloody mess, losing their breath.
"Retreat, hurry up and retreat!" Zhong Yusheng continued to order with a heartbroken look on his face.
"The Japanese are using mortars. If we don't retreat, we will all die here!"
At this time, there were only eight guard squad members, Zhong Yusheng, and their formation was very scattered. Although the Japanese's second round of three artillery shells flew over, they all hit and exploded behind everyone.
The security team ran all the way and got in front of and behind Wang Pingping in a very embarrassed state. Wang Ping could hardly believe his eyes.
Not to mention the loss of four people, two others were injured.
In other words, a sneak attack will reduce the combat effectiveness of the guard squad by half.
"How could this happen, Squad Leader Zhong, how did you give the command?" Wang Ping, shocked and dissatisfied, immediately asked Zhong Yusheng.
Zhong Yusheng, who had suppressed his anger, immediately told the story of the battle. Wang Ping understood immediately. It was not that Zhong Yusheng did not command well, but that the Japanese were too cunning and were not fooled.
The Japanese must have suffered a big loss in this kind of thing before, and then summed up their experience and lessons, and then formulated this series of counterattacks, and then caught Zhong Yusheng off guard!
"Company Commander, it seems that sneak attacks and luring the enemy deep into the enemy's territory are no longer effective against the Japanese!" Zhang Qing, the platoon commander, said with a serious look on his face.
Wang Ping kept a calm face and said nothing. It took a full minute before he decided: "Since there is no way to force the Japs to divide their troops, then we will find a way to let the Japs divide their troops themselves!"
"How is it possible for the Japanese to divide their troops themselves?" Zhong Yusheng and Zhang Qing both showed expressions of disbelief.
"As long as the control is good, nothing is impossible?" Wang Ping answered confidently.
"There are still three hours until dark. Judging from the marching speed of the Japs, there is a 80% chance that they will rest in Zougang Village tonight. Let's set off now, rush to Zougang Village in front of the Japs, and prepare a big gift for the Japs!"
Zougang Village is not big, with less than a hundred households in each area.
Because the Japanese raided this place a few days ago and killed two people. Today, Zougang Village is deserted. Hundreds of villagers have followed the guerrillas and hid in the mountains, waiting for the Japanese to retreat.
After Wang Ping entered the village, except for a few hungry and scrawny wild dogs, he saw no living person. It was as if he had entered a ghost village!
"That's it!" Wang Ping said with great satisfaction.
Then he ordered to his subordinates behind him who were still looking puzzled: "Take out all the grenades and grenades on your body!"
Because most of the ammunition was left for the second and third platoons, the first platoon only carried 18 grenades and 22 grenades, an average of one per person in the entire platoon!
"Squad leader Zhong, you should still remember how to lay booby traps! There are forty hand grenades and hand grenades here. We will use twenty to lay out booby traps in the village. We mainly choose homes with big yards to lay them out. The little devil is being pretentious and camping in the village.
If so, I would definitely choose the Gaomen Courtyard in the village!"
Zhong Yusheng's eyes lit up and he immediately asked: "Company Commander, since you have arranged a booby trap array for the Japanese, why don't you use all the hand grenades and blast them hard!"
Wang Ping scolded angrily: "Are you a fool to think that you are a Japanese? After being blown up by a booby trap, you still continue to rush into the booby trap. Twenty grenades are just right, but more are useless!"
