"The troops stop marching and camp in the village in front!" he ordered after glancing at the tired subordinates behind him.
Soon, a small group of Japanese soldiers led a company of Imperial Army troops and rushed towards the village.
In less than twenty minutes, more than a hundred people rushed out.
"Sir, the village is still empty. It is definitely safe!" the team leader reported as soon as he rushed over.
The captain replied with satisfaction: "Yoshi, this is the village. Chief of staff, you are responsible for arranging the camp!"
"You should have read the telegram from Your Majesty the General. After the station is arranged, you must arrange for enough troops to patrol at night to guard against sneak attacks by the Eighth Route Army, especially against sneak attacks by the Eighth Route Army! The cavalry squadron must have a small team of troops to maintain combat status at any time.
Attack and attack the Eighth Route Army artillery units that may sneak attack us!"
After dark, the Japanese troops began to camp in the village to rest.
However, there was always an infantry squadron and a battalion of the Imperial Army patrolling the village.
In the middle of the night, the Second Battalion, which was active around the area, would definitely not miss this opportunity to attack the Japanese at night.
However, when the sneak attack force was still nearly one kilometer away from the village, a gunshot broke the tranquility of the night.
"If there is an enemy sneak attack, prepare for battle immediately. Machine gunners are in position!" At the Japanese sentry post not far away, a dozen Japanese and puppet troops woke up from their sleepiness at once, setting up guns and setting up cannons.
Cannon, in a ready posture.
"No, we've been exposed. We must have encountered a secret whistle from the Japanese. Retreat immediately!" The leading company commander's heart suddenly rose to his throat and he ordered anxiously.
"Da da da!" As soon as the order was given, machine gun fire rang out from the Japanese sentry in front, and two of the last soldiers fell down on the spot!
At the same time, a dull sound of gunfire also sounded behind him.
Although the company commander with a solemn face did not hear the explosion of the artillery shell, an explosion suddenly sounded above his head, and immediately afterwards, the surrounding area was illuminated brightly.
"It's a flare, retreat immediately. The Japs are too heavily guarded. They have already been prepared!" the company commander became even more anxious and shouted loudly.
In the end, an infantry company did not even scratch the enemy's skin, but he lost a dozen people.
At the Second Battalion Headquarters, looking at the frustrated expressions on the faces of his subordinates, Zhang Yunshan's fist clenched out of anger directly hit the table in front of him.
"Retaliation is necessary. Six soldiers died, and no Japanese and puppet soldiers were injured. I have never fought such a useless battle since the formation of the Second Battalion!"
After scolding, he ordered: "Firepower Company, Artillery Platoon, Guard Platoon, First Company, get ready. We will set off in half an hour. I will lead the team myself!"
Since guns couldn't stop the Japanese, Zhang Yunshan subconsciously thought of cannons.
The Japanese military station regained its tranquility. Three explosions were like sudden thunder, waking the Japanese army station from a deep sleep.
"It's an artillery attack. The Tubal infantry can't sneak attack our station, so we'll just change it to an artillery attack!" the deputy captain reported as soon as he rushed into the room where the captain was resting.
The captain did not become angry because his sweet dream was interrupted. Instead, he replied calmly: "Then defeat them again and let Tubal know that artillery cannot sneak attack our station."
"Deputy captain, order the artillery to counterattack immediately, the cavalry squad to attack immediately, and kill the nearest patrol unit! But we must tell our troops that the Eighth Route Army rules at night, and no unit can go deep alone. Their mission is to drive away sneak attacks.
Our Eighth Route Army is not meant to destroy them!"
"Finally, order the artillery to continuously fire flares to prevent Tubal Road from sneaking up on our attacking troops."
The three mortars began to move after firing five rounds of shells. Zhang Yunshan did not leave. Instead, he arranged a pocket formation on the only way for the Japanese to rush over, preparing to take another bite of fat from the Japanese attacking troops.
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"Battal Commander, the Japs are coming, they are cavalry, a small team!" Listening to the sound of horse hooves not far away, the guard platoon leader Chen Junyu, who was lying next to Zhang Yunshan, reminded him expectantly and excitedly.
"Kill them and retreat!" Zhang Yunshan ordered directly without saying a word.
Just as the sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer to everyone, there was a sudden explosion above everyone's heads, and immediately after, the battlefield shrouded in night was brightly illuminated. The figures of more than two hundred soldiers around them suddenly appeared.
exposed.
After all, the pocket formation was temporarily deployed in selected positions. The time was short and it was impossible for Zhang Yunshan to dig trenches.
Therefore, the troops were directly ordered to use the cover of night to squat in the grass on both sides of the road.
If there were no flares, it would be difficult to spot the Japanese even if they walked up to them. Because it was too dark tonight and there were no stars at all.
But it was different with the flares, and the figures of many soldiers were exposed. Of course, the Japanese cavalry who were charging over a few hundred meters away were also exposed.
The Japs clearly saw the pocket formation prepared by Zhang Yunshan for them. Even though it was still several hundred meters away, dozens of Japs still drew their horse rifles and raised them with one hand, as if they were ready to fire at any time.
"We are exposed, retreat immediately, and the guard platoon will cover and block the Japanese cavalry!" Zhang Yunshan made a prompt decision and immediately ordered.
At the critical moment, he suddenly thought of what happened to the Second Company a few hours ago.
Looking at the situation in front of him, the Japanese cavalry were prepared, and the flares were prepared... Although Zhang Yunshan did not see much evidence, Zhang Yunshan was certain that the Japanese must have preparations and countermeasures for his sneak attack with mortars.
"Guard platoon fire, stop the Japanese cavalry!" Zhang Yunshan immediately ordered when the cavalry was still more than a hundred meters away from the guard platoon.
"Da da da..." Three machine guns fired immediately.
The whizzing bullets knocked over several Japanese cavalrymen at once, and they fell to the ground with a huge roar, dying.
At this time, the Japanese's performance directly fulfilled his own inference.
"Battal Commander, the Japs have actually dispersed and retreated!" Seeing the Japs split into two and retreat to both sides of the road, guard platoon leader Chen Junyu shouted in shock and confusion.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo, foro, oh, oh..." As soon as I finished speaking, the scream of artillery shells streaking across the sky came over, and then a violent explosion rang in my ears.
"Retreat, the Japanese are already prepared. If we continue to fight, we will not gain any advantage. Inform the artillery platoon and return to the station immediately!" Although the first round of artillery shells did not hit the guard platoon, Zhang Yunshan could not help but take a breath of cold air.
Because the area covered by the Japanese artillery fire happened to be the area where the company had just ambushed. If the company had retreated half a minute later, the company that did not even have trenches would have suffered casualties of at least one platoon just from the round of artillery fire.
As soon as the order was given, Zhang Yunshan led the guard platoon to retreat very quickly.
However, the enemy's artillery fire is faster!
"Woooooo!" As soon as the scream of the cannonballs streaking across the sky reached Zhang Yunshan's ears, Zhang Yunshan's face turned pale.
"Everyone, get down, the shells are flying towards us~"
"Boom, boom, boom!" Before he could finish his words, a violent explosion sounded in his ears.
Even though Zhang Yunshan was lying on the ground, he could still clearly feel the hot air waves constantly sweeping over his back.
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