Several households in the high-gate compound that were most likely to be favored by the Japanese army were all equipped with booby traps, and every booby trap had been disguised by Wang Ping. Unless there were experienced engineers, most Japanese would be very careful even if they knew there were booby traps.
Hard to find!
Just after checking the last booby trap, Zhang Qing ran over and reminded: "Company Commander, the Japs are about to attack. Nearly five hundred Japs soldiers, without any outposts, are huddled together and coming towards here!"
"Inform the troops to retreat immediately! Remember to clean up the traces of our presence before leaving. The people here are all elite Japs. As long as they feel that something is wrong, our arrangements will be in vain!"
As soon as Wang Ping and his troops hid in the woods not far from the village, the Japs rushed to Zougang Village. Then he saw more than fifty Japs soldiers carrying rifles and charging into the village!
"The yard in front is very big. There must be a lot of good things in it. Let's go to that yard!" As soon as he entered the village, a sergeant targeted the compound of the richest landlord in the village! Then he ordered a dozen of his subordinates to rush into the yard.
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"Dong dong dong..." After a violent slamming sound, the closed door of the courtyard was immediately smashed open. A dozen Japanese soldiers seemed to have discovered the treasure, and rushed into the courtyard with shining eyes.
At this moment, an explosion suddenly sounded above their heads.
As a ball of fire exploded on the door beam, more than twenty fragments from the grenade were like a goddess scattering flowers, instantly covering the three or four Japanese who were still gathered at the door!
A series of screams rang out, and several Japanese soldiers were instantly blown over and fell to the door in a bloody state.
"Baga, the enemy is attacking, take cover quickly!" The sergeant who rushed at the front exclaimed, and then subconsciously lay on the ground.
But after waiting for a few seconds, the enemy he imagined did not appear.
The sergeant immediately reacted and ordered: "The cunning Eighth Route Army must have placed booby traps at the door! Everyone, pay attention, there must be other booby traps in the yard, don't encounter any more booby traps!"
The remaining eight frightened Japanese soldiers immediately under the command of the sergeant, holding rifles, searched for their imaginary wealth.
Soon there were two explosions that reached the sergeant's ears.
In the violent explosion, two subordinates were killed on the spot, and three subordinates were injured. They fell to the ground screaming and miserable!
The three remaining subordinates in the team seemed to have agreed upon it, and quickly dragged the three wounded to the sergeant. Then they held their rifles and looked around cautiously, with eyes full of fear.
The Japanese Army Sergeant was no exception. Continuous explosions and casualties made him fearful of this yard.
Without even seeing the shadow of the enemy, he lost most of his men, and even a commander was horrified.
"Baga, it's a booby trap again! Didn't I tell you to be careful? Why did you encounter a booby trap again?" The Japanese Army Cao, who had reacted from the panic, immediately asked.
"The booby traps laid by the Eighth Route Army are too hidden for us to guard against!" a rifleman replied with a helpless expression.
"Baga!" At this time, the sergeant had no other option but to vent his anger with curses.
After some hesitation, he could only compromise with a painful look on his face: "That's all, it's too dangerous here. Take the wounded and exit immediately, and be careful not to touch anything around you!"
"Hi!" the three subordinates quickly replied after heaving a sigh of relief.
At this time, several other courtyards in the village visited by the Japanese also heard explosions one after another.
The captain of the Japanese army was waiting at the entrance of the village, frightened and worried. After waiting for two minutes, he finally saw a sergeant rushing out to report the situation.
When he learned that the Eighth Route Army had deployed booby traps in the village, his infantry squad almost lost its combat effectiveness in just two minutes. 17 people were directly killed and 27 people were seriously injured and lost their combat effectiveness. The captain's anger was suddenly aroused, and then
Subconsciously, I wanted to order the troops to enter the village and clear out the booby traps in the village!
However, the words were swallowed back by the captain himself before he could even say them.
No one knew how many booby traps there were in the village. Instead of wasting his precious troops looking for booby traps, it would be better to camp directly outside the village. Anyway, he had brought enough field tents before setting off.
Thinking of this, the captain immediately ordered: "The troops will camp outside the village and will not enter the village. Let the first team withdraw from the village immediately!"
After that, in order to vent his anger and dissatisfaction, he continued to order: "Order the mortar team to fire on the village immediately. I want to destroy this village that cost us dozens of warriors, and let the Chinese know that with the Imperial Army
For going against them, they must pay the price."
Soon, the rumbling sound of cannons reached Wang Ping's ears, and a thick column of smoke rose from the small village of Zougang.
Listening to the fierce artillery fire not far away, Zhong Yusheng and Zhang Qing were still worried and asked: "Company Commander, if you do this, the Japanese can really divide their troops!"
"60% sure! The booby trap array will definitely cause a lot of casualties to the Japs. Next, if the Japs take those wounded to fight with them, not only will they spend a lot of troops to take care of the wounded, but the presence of the wounded will also affect the morale of the troops. If I were a Japs
Commander, you will definitely keep the wounded here or send them back directly!"
After the two of them looked at each other, two glints appeared in each other's eyes.
There is no doubt that as a veteran, they also agree with this statement!
At this time, Wang Ping continued: "However, in order to increase the possibility of the Japs dividing their forces, we will add fire to the Japs tonight! You know, injuring one Japs is equivalent to making three Japs lose their combat effectiveness!"
"So, tonight, we will try our best to hurt the Japanese without killing them!"
At one o'clock in the morning, most of the Japanese soldiers who had been running around all day fell asleep, and only a small number of patrol soldiers still persisted in their positions.
However, as the night got darker and darker, the cold wind became more and more biting, and even they couldn't hold on any longer, and their double eyelids began to fight constantly.
At this time, the guard company, operating in squad units, was lying on the ground, moving towards the Japanese barracks bit by bit.
He stopped when there were still 150 meters left, and then aimed his rifle at the nearest Japanese patrol and guard post.
As for the only grenade equipped by the guard company, it was pointed at the tent in the Japanese camp.
"Bang!" Wang Ping fired first. A Japanese sentry was shot in the stomach and fell to the ground screaming.
The remaining less than thirty riflemen opened fire one after another. After one man fired two bullets, he held his gun and began to retreat, regardless of whether he hit the target or not.
The same goes for the grenade. After hitting three grenades, it retreats without any delay at all!