Chapter six hundred and sixteen underestimated the enemy
"Captain, good news, the Japanese artillery has transferred troops from the blockade. An entire infantry brigade, heavy machine guns, mortars, and infantry artillery, have all been transferred!" Tang Guangxin rushed out breathlessly as soon as it got dark the next day.
Report to Wang Ping.
"Captain, we can enter the mountain now!" Xiao Yunshan and Xiong Changhe both looked at Wang Ping with smiles on their faces and asked.
"Go into the mountains!" Wang Ping said directly without any nonsense.
"We have more than a thousand prisoners here. Only by entering the mountains can we digest them with confidence and boldness!"
"At ten o'clock in the evening, the troops set off on time, abandoning all carts, weapons and equipment, and supplies, and carried them all on mules and horses, and carried them on human backs!"
"The Japanese have killed another infantry brigade, and they must be looking for us like crazy outside. So, we try to take small roads into the mountains to avoid the Japanese and puppet reconnaissance troops!"
Wang Daoshan, who had been staying in the camp, immediately reminded: "Captain, although we have dozens of mules and horses, we have captured too many supplies in the past few days. Just relying on them and people on their backs, we can only take away all the weapons and ammunition and half of them."
of food!”
"All the food must be taken away!" Wang Ping made the decision without thinking about it.
"No one knows how long we will stay in the mountains. Only by having food in hand can we not panic and train our troops well."
"There is almost no fighting in the mountains, and we have also stored a lot of weapons and ammunition in the mountains. In this way, only one-third of the ammunition is taken away, and only one-third of the heavy weapons are taken away. The rifles ensure that all soldiers
You and the captives each have one, and the others are also left behind, and they are all hidden here!"
This was just a temporary decision made by Wang Ping. But a month later, the benefits this decision brought to Xinyi Tuan were definitely beyond Wang Ping's imagination.
At four o'clock in the morning, more than a thousand people had arrived at a mountain col less than three kilometers away from the blockade.
If more than a thousand of his men were soldiers, Wang Ping would definitely lead everyone to launch an assault directly on the blockade.
But these people were basically not soldiers. In order to avoid causing commotion during the battle, the prisoners he had worked so hard to capture ran away in the chaos. Wang Ping decisively decided to stop.
"Company Commander Xiong, Captain Wang, take your people to stay here and keep an eye on the prisoners and supplies. Xiao Yunshan, take your people and set off with me to find a way to create a hole in the blockade. Once the hole is opened, I will strike three times in this direction.
Send a signal flare, and all you need to do is lead everyone on a rapid march to break through the blockade and enter the mountain!" Wang Ping ordered decisively as he looked at the three company commanders.
Then he took Xiao Yunshan and more than sixty soldiers and set off.
In the battle last night, the Second Company fought very well. Although it had nine heavy machine guns and nine mortars to assist in the battle, bullets have no eyes on the battlefield. The entire Second Company still lost more than thirty people in the battle.
Fortunately, as soon as Wang Ping arrived at the temporary camp, Wang Daoshan prepared more than sixty recruits.
As a result, the Second Company, which had lost more than half of its troops, went through a half-day of replenishment and training, and the two platoons reached full strength again.
Less than twenty minutes into the rapid march, a checkpoint blocked by the Japanese and puppet troops at the mountain pass appeared in Wang Ping's field of vision.
There are not many defenders, only a dozen Japanese and puppet troops, and half of the Japanese and puppet troops are resting.
If only these Japanese and puppet troops stood in front of him, Wang Ping was confident that he could easily kill them with just one charge from the second company.
But not long after, Wang Ping's expression gradually became serious.
On the high ground next to the highway, a stronghold was about to take shape.
The reason why it is said that it is about to take shape is because more than half a month ago, the Japanese and puppet troops stationed on the highlands were still using tents, but now, the tents have turned into brick and stone gun towers and houses, but the gun towers have not yet been completed!
"Are the Japanese going to build a permanent blockade here to completely isolate the inside of the mountain from the outside?" Wang Ping frowned and sighed.
Xiao Yunshan, who was next to him, obviously breathed a sigh of relief and replied: "Fortunately, the Japs' turret has not been completed, otherwise it would be very difficult to capture this stronghold without infantry artillery!"
"Captain, I have brought two mortars and twenty rounds of artillery shells. Do you want to attack now and capture the Japanese stronghold on the top of the mountain?"
After observing for nearly a minute, Wang Ping found no other clues and nodded in agreement: "Yes, but the time must be fast. It is already past four o'clock now, and there are many of us, so it will take nearly 20 minutes to pass the blockade!"
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Wang Ping personally controlled two mortars, and the shells in groups of two, which looked like they had eyes, all smashed into the stronghold.
In particular, one of the shells directly hit the Japanese stronghold that had not yet been completed. In the violent explosion, the gun tower that had just been built to the second floor was blown into rubble.
"Captain, the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold are in chaos!" Xiao Yunshan shouted with excitement.
Then he ordered the subordinates behind him: "Be quick and touch the Japanese while they are in confusion. The closer the better!"
Wang Ping said nothing and stared at the battlefield with his binoculars.
A total of twenty shells for two mortars only takes more than a minute.
As soon as the shelling stopped, Xiao Yunshan, who was counting the explosions in the stronghold, issued the order to attack.
"Machine gun cover, comrades, follow me and fight!"
The attack went smoothly, and the six light machine guns seemed to have played a big role in clearing the way. The whizzing bullets hit the masonry walls of the stronghold, with bullets flying across the sky and sparks flying. It looked particularly scary. And there was smoke everywhere.
Inside the stronghold, the Japanese and puppet troops seemed to have been really bombed to death, and they rarely fired back.
Within two minutes, the Second Company rushed to a position 70 to 80 meters outside the stronghold.
"Da da da..." But at this moment, four tongues of flame suddenly appeared on the outer wall of the stronghold where there had been no movement just now, one thick and three thin. You could tell at a glance that they were a heavy machine gun and three light machine guns.
Wang Ping's face, which had been calm just now, suddenly turned pale, and he shouted out loud: "No, the Japanese have built a machine gun bunker in the stronghold!"
"The troops retreat immediately, retreat!"
Five minutes later, Xiao Yunshan walked up to Wang Ping with his head lowered. A bullet bit off a piece of flesh on his shoulder, and the bright red blood directly dyed the uniform red.
But he didn't seem to feel the pain, and reported with a heartbroken look on his face: "Captain, the Japs are so cunning. It only took two minutes, and my entire platoon was gone!"
"Many of the soldiers inside were new recruits who were recruited just yesterday. They died as soon as they entered the battlefield, making other people afraid of going to the battlefield!"
Wang Ping's face was also very ugly, but he was much more rational. He frowned and analyzed: "We can plot against the Japanese, and the Japanese can plot against us. There is nothing cunning or cunning. If you want to blame us, blame us for underestimating the enemy. Take half
Look at the Japanese and puppet troops on the blockade from the perspective of months ago!"
Xiao Yunshan also calmed down: "Captain, the firing holes of these bunkers are all close to the ground. They must be semi-underground machine gun bunkers. The mortars in our hands must not be able to do anything to them. Do you want me to go back now and drag an infantry unit?"
Come over with artillery and bombard us with infantry!"
"It's useless!" Wang Ping shook his head and replied.
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