The total number of Japanese and puppet troops in Zhouzhuang is only 200. Although they are equipped with two heavy machines and two mortars, with the firepower and combat effectiveness of the independent regiment, a battalion can easily kill them.
However, because the Japanese army held dozens of civilians hostage in the camp, and Wang Ping had no specific way to deal with them.
After much deliberation, Wang Ping finally decided to dispatch the whole group, hoping to come up with a solution during the battle.
On a hillside less than one kilometer away from Zhouzhuang, Wang Ping was holding a telescope and staring at the Japanese and puppet army's station at the east end of the village.
Normally, Zhouzhuang would have been completely dark at this time. Even if you stood directly at the entrance of the village, you wouldn't be able to see anything clearly without the moonlight.
But today was different. Because the Japanese and puppet troops were stationed, several raging fires were directly burned at the Japanese and puppet army station at the east end of the village. More than a dozen military tents were neatly scattered around the bonfire. Most of the Japanese and puppet troops were huddled in the campfire.
Resting in the tent, forty or fifty of them were squatting behind the bunkers that had just been piled up during the day around the camp, looking out tiredly but vigilantly.
As for the dozens of young men who were kidnapped by the Japanese, they were definitely not qualified to live in tents, and they were not even qualified to sit by the campfire.
Under the guard of seven or eight Imperial Army troops, I sat in the middle of the camp. Because of the cold and exhaustion, I wanted to hide my whole body in my clothes and sleep.
Wang Ping saw all this clearly.
"Commander, the villagers are at the station. After we attack, they will definitely fall into chaos. The shells and bullets will not hit their eyes, and they will not be able to distinguish between ourselves and the enemy. It will definitely cause a lot of casualties! This battle is not easy to fight!" Staff Sgt.
Chang Zengquan frowned and analyzed.
"If it's not easy to fight, we have to fight!" Wang Ping said with certainty.
"There is no need for cannons. They are too powerful and the possibility of accidental damage is high!"
"The reconnaissance platoon and the reconnaissance squads of the three battalions were all drawn out and helped me feel around the Japanese and puppet troops' garrison. After the battle started, sniper and kill the Japanese and puppet troops that showed up!"
"One battalion and one company, heavy machine gun platoon, attack frontally, attract the Japanese and puppet troops out, and hand them over to sharpshooters to roll their names!"
Cheng Xiao's eyes lit up and he answered: "Good idea. The reconnaissance platoon and reconnaissance squad have nearly twenty sharpshooters. One sharpshooter can kill ten people. There are not enough Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold for them to kill!"
"Also, the Japanese and puppet troops can coerce the villagers, but they will certainly not send them to the position. After all, the villagers have not been trained and are sent to the position rashly. Once they cause chaos, not only will they not threaten us, they will also cause chaos for themselves.
, create opportunities for us to attack them!"
"I agree to fight like this. Although the speed is a bit slow, the casualties caused to the villagers can be minimized!"
"Bang bang bang!" The battle started with a few sporadic gunshots! Several Japanese and puppet army sentries standing at the station fell to the ground and turned into corpses.
"Enemy attack, hurry up. If there is an enemy attack, get into the position immediately!" The sound of gunshots suddenly pierced the tranquility of the night and woke up the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in the camp as quickly as thunder.
Then I saw disheveled Japanese and puppet soldiers rushing out of the tent, and then charging towards the position with rifles in hand.
Dozens of people gathered in the middle of the camp were also awakened, and then fell into panic and wanted to run for their lives.
"Watch these unruly people in a row and don't let them move around. Anyone who disobeys will be shot. The others will follow me to reinforce the imperial army. If the imperial army is defeated and the Eighth Route Army comes in, all of us will die!" Huang
The allied company commander waved his pistol and shouted.
"Click, click, click..." The three heavy machine guns equipped by the first battalion quickly moved into position and started shooting. The three tongues of flames sprayed from the muzzles were particularly dazzling in the night.
The bullets whizzing towards the Japanese and puppet army garrison were like meteor showers in the dark night, especially dazzling.
Unexpectedly, the Eighth Route Army's firepower was so fierce that the Japanese and puppet troops were killed on the spot.
However, the Japanese and puppet troops, especially the Japanese, reacted very quickly. They immediately hid behind the bunker and launched a counterattack. Two specially strengthened heavy machine guns were also set up, and three heavy machine guns equipped by the same battalion began to fire at each other.
"Comrades, charge me, charge!"
"Come on!" Amidst the intensive machine gun fire, the deafening shouts of killing suddenly sounded outside the Japanese and puppet army garrison.
"Bagheya Road, the Eighth Route Army has begun to attack. Counterattack, counterattack immediately!" The Japanese squad leader hiding behind the bunker was startled at first, and then ordered.
The Japanese troops and the Imperial Army all showed their heads from their bunkers, raised their rifles and started shooting outside the camp.
The more than twenty sharpshooters of the Independent Regiment were all scattered around the Japanese and puppet army garrison, and they were less than 100 meters away from the bunker positions surrounding the garrison.
For ordinary soldiers, shooting from such a distance in the dark would definitely not be very accurate.
But these sharpshooters are no ordinary people.
They have both shooting talent and Wang Ping's guidance, and Wang Ping also specially provided a large number of bullets for them to train.
It can be said that even if these people have not reached the level of snipers, they have definitely reached the level of special shooters.
"Bang, bang, bang..." After several gunshots that did not attract anyone's attention, the Japs heavy machine gun shooters who were frantically pulling the triggers were the first to suffer bad luck. At least two bloody holes were punched in each person's body.
The two heavy machine guns quickly misfired, but it didn't last long and the two heavy machine guns started firing again.
However, the two newly arrived Japs were not happy for long, as a few bullets drilled several bloody holes in their bodies.
As a result, the two heavy machine guns that the Japanese army relied on were like sick old people, they could only fire intermittently.
The riflemen scattered around the heavy machine guns did not have much better luck, especially the Imperial Alliance Army.
After the rifleman fired one bullet, he subconsciously pulled the bolt and was about to shoot the second bullet. A bullet that flew from nowhere killed him directly, and then he fell behind the bunker.
The Japs are a little better. Long-term training and combat have taught them how to hide immediately after firing a bullet on the battlefield.
Although the marksman's marksmanship was very good, many of the bullets fired at the Japs were missed because the Japs reacted too quickly.
But even so, in less than five minutes of fighting, the Imperial Army lost more than twenty people, and the Japanese also lost about ten people.
More importantly, the Eighth Route Army's killing cries outside the camp still showed no sign of weakening.
"Baga, the enemy's firepower is too strong. If we continue to use it like this, we won't be able to hold on for too long!" The Japanese squad leader, who was heartbroken because of the heavy casualties, shouted anxiously. But he soon regained his senses: "Something's wrong.
According to intelligence, our opponent, the Eighth Route Army, is equipped with a large number of mortars, and they haven’t opened fire even after the war has been going on for so long. It must be the Chinese people we have coerced, and the Eighth Route Army is afraid of accidentally injuring the Chinese people in our hands!"
"Let the artillery team fire immediately, and the grenade team fire too. The Eighth Route Army does not dare to use artillery, then we will use artillery and grenade launchers to withstand their attack!"
