Ono was already in a bad mood, but after hearing the chief of staff's answer, his mood became even worse.
The last time he suffered a terrible defeat against the Independent Regiment, although he did not receive much punishment, a defeat was a defeat. This time the Eighth Route Army encircled and suppressed the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei region, and there were so many troops cooperating with each other. In Ono's view, he was definitely avenging his previous shame.
Excellent opportunity.
Therefore, Ono will never allow such a good opportunity to slip away from him because of any problems.
He stared at the chief of staff and asked: "What's the problem!"
The chief of staff quickly replied: "Because all the equipment and supplies originally stored in Laiyuan City were captured by the Eighth Route Army, now almost all of the supplies and equipment needed for the expansion of the Royal Association Army and our daily replenishment are allocated by the military and then transported to us by road.
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"But outside the city is the territory of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army. Materials and equipment transported by road must pass through the independent regiment's defense area."
"If we have fewer troops to protect these supplies, the independent regiments operating along the highway will directly send troops to snatch these supplies. If there are more escort troops, they will also use artillery to attack our transport team from a distance and destroy the supplies as much as possible!"
"It's now less than a month before the attack time agreed by the military, but we are still short of nearly 60% of the supplies and equipment!"
"Then send more transportation troops, increase artillery, and let the artillery counterattack directly. If that doesn't work, call for aircraft support and let the planes escort the transportation troops!" Ono ordered with a gloomy face.
Then he did not forget to add: "No matter what the reason is, my plan to attack the independent regiment in accordance with the orders of the military department must not be changed!"
Active along the highway is the 2nd Battalion of the Independent Regiment. The commander of the 2nd Battalion, Zhang Yunshan, is a veteran of the Red Army. Fighting ambushes and guerrillas are his strengths. Coupled with Wang Ping's influence on him, he is even more comfortable in fighting the Japanese transport troops.
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In connection with the battle, although the Second Battalion eliminated not many Japanese, less than 300 people, and they were all baggage troops, the Second Battalion captured and destroyed a lot of materials.
In addition to the eggs and live chickens sent regularly from the regiment headquarters, the Second Battalion was given a meal of canned meat and boiled potatoes every other day.
It can be said that the Independent Regiment is the best fed unit of the Eighth Route Army because of Wang Ping. And the Second Battalion is the best fed unit of the entire Independent Group because it occupies the road.
The seizures brought a lot of good food, as well as a lot of equipment and ammunition.
The local troops and guerrillas who went out to hand over the equipment and supplies to the regiment headquarters and followed the second battalion became rich.
When other local troops were just equipped with rifles, the district squads and district squadrons within the second battalion's activities had already been equipped with machine guns.
While other guerrillas are still competing for one or two rifles, the guerrillas in the Second Battalion's area of activity have already been able to have one rifle per person. Although the rifle models are very complicated, they will not fight the Japanese empty-handed.
At dawn in the morning, Zhang Yunshan received intelligence that a batch of equipment and supplies was ready to be transported to Laiyuan City, and he would be able to enter the defense zone at noon.
As for the escorting Japanese soldiers, in addition to a squadron of heavy baggage soldiers, an infantry squadron was also specially strengthened to prevent Japanese accidents, with a total strength of nearly 500 people.
"With the strength of our battalion, even if we add the district squadron and the three nearest district squads, it is impossible to kill them in a short time!" Seeing Zhang Yunshan's eager expression, instructor Wang Liang quickly reminded him!
"If you can't eat them in a short time, you can eat them in an hour!" Zhang Yunshan replied confidently.
As the commander of the Second Battalion, and with all local troops and guerrillas under his command within the scope of the Second Battalion's activities, Zhang Yunshan indeed has the confidence to do so.
Although he is only a battalion commander, the total number of regular troops he can handle has exceeded a thousand. If the guerrillas are included, the number of 1,500 troops will definitely be indispensable.
In addition, the Second Battalion had captured a lot during this period. Each team of the District Squadron was equipped with one light machine gun, and the District Squadron was equipped with four light machine guns. Although there were many crooked things, they were machine guns after all.
Including the main force of the battalion, he has a total of three heavy machine guns, 22 light machine guns, three mortars, twelve grenade launchers, and more than a thousand rifles. Zhang Yunshan is confident that after the ambush battle begins,
The first round of firepower destroyed more than half of the Japs.
By that time, no matter how powerful the remaining Japs are, they will not be able to withstand the consumption of nearly a thousand of their men.
"Batalion Commander, you have an idea!" Wang Liang asked, staring at the map.
"Here, let's ambush them here. There are more than thirty attacks from here to the county town where the Japs are stationed, and it takes nearly an hour to transport by car. If you order the guerrillas along the way to cooperate in destroying the road, the Japs will have more time to bring reinforcements, which is enough.
We eat them!" Zhang Yunshan pointed to a point on the map and made a decision.
"Then hit him. If you don't eat the fat in your mouth, you'd be a fool!" Wang Liang, who didn't think of any loopholes, quickly agreed.
The battle went smoothly. More than twenty light and heavy machine guns plus a dozen mortars and grenade launchers suddenly launched an attack. In less than half a minute, more than half of the Japs on the road were dead.
But the remaining Japanese troops had no intention of stopping. They hid behind the heavy baggage vehicles and exchanged fire with the second battalion, insisting on not retreating.
"Grenade, mortar, continue shooting, and call the remaining Japs by name. There must be ammunition in the supplies transported by the Japs, and I will replenish them as much as they can fire!" Zhang Yunshan did not feel that the Japanese army would not retreat.
Seeing too many surprises, he frowned and decided to use firepower to slowly consume the remaining Japs.
Because he had just received news that the Japanese reinforcements had just left the city, and a car belonging to the Rapid Forces was blown up by the guerrillas and paralyzed on the road.
In addition, the highway was destroyed by guerrillas, so nearly a thousand Japanese soldiers could only carry heavy mortars and heavy machine guns and run to reinforce the ambushed supply troops.
Seeing the Japanese hiding behind the heavy baggage trucks being blown away one after another on the battlefield, instructor Wang Liang's tense heart relaxed.
He easily walked to Zhang Yunshan and said: "There are less than a hundred Japs left. Battalion Commander, if we continue to fight like this, we will end the battle in twenty minutes at most!"
Zhang Yunshan nodded and replied: "There is no problem in winning, but I want the troops to defeat the Japanese with minimal casualties!"
"Inform each company to let me take it easy. If we can kill the Japanese with bullets, we will never fight with bayonets!"
"Also, this kind of battle is the best training for troops. Let them supervise their recruits and adapt to the battlefield as soon as possible!"
When everyone was confident in this ambush battle, a roar suddenly reached Zhang Yunshan's ears from far to near.
"No, it's a plane. The little devil actually sent a plane to help in the battle!" Zhang Yunshan's face turned pale, and then he shouted with a look of disbelief.
As long as they are veterans who survived the last battle against the Ono Brigade, no one knows the powerful power of aircraft on the battlefield.
Although the ambush battle would only take twenty minutes to end, Zhang Yunshan still gave the order decisively in order to avoid the tragic scene of the plane bombing from appearing again.
"Retreat, notify each company, no more fighting, retreat immediately, and retreat in squad and platoon units. The more dispersed the better, we must not be targeted by Japanese planes!"
"I'll give the order right away!" Wang Liang also realized the danger and rushed directly to the battlefield without saying a word.
Soon, the gunfire on the battlefield stopped and was enveloped by various retreat orders!
"Retreat, stop fighting, retreat immediately, the Japanese plane is coming!"
"The first row retreats from the left, the second row retreats to the right, the third row retreats directly, and retreats as dispersed as possible!"
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