Captain Ono, who was thinking about how to obtain military exploits while staying at the rear, immediately thought of a saying, small mosquitoes are still meat.
As long as you send troops to destroy the Eighth Route Army that suddenly appeared, it will be a military achievement.
Although this meritorious service is very small, if accumulated more, it will still be the capital for one's promotion.
So, after just a few seconds of hesitation, Ono made a decision.
"I am sure that there is only one company of Tuba Road attacking Shuiquan Village!"
"Hi, this is reported by our garrison team leader in Shuiquan Village. There should be no problem." The headquarters staff quickly replied.
"A well-equipped main company of the Eighth Route Army and one of our infantry squadrons are enough to eliminate them. Order the Matsui Brigade to dispatch a squadron to quickly reinforce Shuiquan Village by car and eliminate this Eighth Route Army!" Colonel Ono ordered with a serious look.
They are worthy of being field troops who have retired from the front line, and their combat qualities are very strong.
Less than ten minutes after Ono gave the order, fifteen cars carrying more than 160 Japanese soldiers left Laiyuan City in a mighty manner.
At this time, Wang Ping had already selected two ambush positions.
In order not to alert the Japanese reinforcements, catch them off guard and then end the battle quickly.
Wang Ping directly chose the battlefield on a corn slope less than two miles away from Shuiquan Village!
This place is too close to Shuiquan Village. The gunshots that keep ringing out in Shuiquan Village clearly indicate where the leaflets are. Wang Ping is confident that as long as the Japanese reinforcements come here and hear the gunshots and explosions that keep coming from Shuiquan Village, they will definitely give up.
Be wary of your surroundings, and then rush into Shuiquan Village at all costs.
And this was exactly the opportunity for a surprise attack that Wang Ping wanted.
More than a hundred people from two companies were ambushed on the corn slopes on one side of the pipeline. A huge mine modified with mortar shells and five grenades was buried directly in the innermost part of the ambush circle.
As long as more than a dozen cars full of Japanese soldiers entered the ambush circle, the car at the front would hit the mine and detonate it.
For a car, the distance of more than ten miles can be reached in less than half an hour.
Before the car entered Wang Ping's field of vision, the roaring sound of the motor reached Wang Ping's ears. At this time, Zhong Yusheng, who was investigating in front, also rushed over and reported in a low voice: "Batalion Commander, the Japanese really only opened an infantry squadron, a total of fifteen vehicles."
Car transportation is about to enter an ambush circle!"
Wang Ping's face quickly returned to seriousness, and he ordered: "Then eat this devil!"
"Order the comrades to prepare for battle. The old rules are that the heavy machine guns and the second company are responsible for cutting off the tails and hitting the last five cars. The artillery platoon, the guard platoon, and the third company are to deal with the Japanese in the middle! The artillery platoon is still the same old rules, go to the Japanese
Blow up the car compartment. After the compartment is blown up, go to the place where there are many Japs. There is no need to save ammunition for me!"
Fifteen cars full of Japanese soldiers drove past Wang Ping one after another.
Nearly halfway through, "Boom, boom..." a violent explosion directly reached Wang Ping's ears, followed by a thick plume of black smoke rising into the sky. The car in front of the Japs, even though it weighed several tons,
However, driven by the huge shock wave of the shell explosion, the car was still blown sideways on the official road. A dozen Japanese were all scattered around the car, dead or injured, and lost their combat effectiveness.
The explosion was an order. More than a dozen cars that were caught off guard subconsciously braked suddenly when faced with the explosion.
The Japanese who were standing behind the carriage were caught off guard, and many people fell directly into the carriage and became a mess.
At this moment, the Eighth Route Army ambushing next to them opened fire.
Four crooked guns, one heavy machine gun, and one machine gun filled a carriage. The dense bullets seemed to be free of charge and instantly enveloped the carriage.
The Japanese were already in such a mess that they even fell directly into the carriage. They had no time to make any moves and were beaten into a hornet's nest.
Especially the carriage that was targeted by the heavy machine gun. A row of bullets swept through it, and immediately five or six Japanese were beaten into a hornet's nest.
That's not all, because the heavy machine gun bullets are too powerful. After being hit by the bullets, many Japanese soldiers were either beaten with bloody holes as big as bowls or were beaten with missing arms and legs. It was very cruel and bloody.
When five light and heavy machine guns were wreaking havoc on the Japanese in the carriage, mortar shells in groups of three and grenade grenades in groups of four also fell from the sky and hit the middle of the Japanese convoy. Two car compartments were directly hit on the spot.
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Artillery shells and grenades exploded, and the Japanese in the carriage were blown over and their bodies were bloody.
Many Japanese soldiers were blown up to the sky and then thrown out of the carriage. By the time they hit the ground, the Japanese soldiers who were alive just now had turned into corpses, too dead to be dead.
About a hundred riflemen also opened fire, specializing in dealing with the Japanese who were not targeted by machine guns and artillery shells.
A round of bullets was fired, and although not many results were obtained, more than a dozen Japanese were still hit and died.
After shooting a bullet, except for a few sharpshooters who continued to shoot with their rifles, the others picked up grenades, fired them, and then threw them hard at the Japanese car at the bottom of the hillside.
It will explode with violent explosions around the car, or directly hitting the car.
Many Japanese who escaped the first round of bullets fell down in the explosion of the grenade with screams.
The entire independent battalion, under Wang Ping's arrangement, could not see half of the recruits in it. From the time the landmine exploded, it was like a war machine, each performing its own duties and using its own methods to eliminate the Japanese.
Under the attack of the Independent Battalion, this section of the road below the slope has turned into a hell on earth.
There were killed Japanese soldiers everywhere, broken arms that had been blown off, and Japanese blood dripping from the car compartments.
At this time, there were less than one squad of Japs still alive on the official road. The Japs squadron leader who led the team was lucky enough to survive until now under the protection of the guards.
Listening to the explosions that kept ringing in his ears, the sound of intensive machine gun fire, and the whizzing sound of bullets flying through the air, the squadron leader's first reaction was that he was being attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and then he ordered the troops to fight back.
However, after the order was issued, there were not many counterattacks.
A still-living second lieutenant team leader crawled over at this time and reported: "Captain, the firepower on Tubal Road is too strong, and there are also mortars. It seems that the bullets are endless. The warriors suffered heavy losses, and most of the machine guns were left in the carriage.
, it can’t prevent an effective counterattack at all!”
"Nani, when did the equipment of the Eighth Route Army get so good? How many warriors do we have left who can continue to fight!" the squadron leader asked with disbelief.
"There is less than one infantry squad, and they are all scattered under the carriages of more than a dozen cars!" the squad leader replied immediately.
"On Bageya Road, we must have encountered the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Their attack on Shuiquan Village was a conspiracy!" the squadron leader immediately understood.
Then he ordered: "The Eighth Route Army is too strong. We are definitely no match. The warriors cannot die here in vain. Immediately gather the remaining warriors and prepare to break out towards the county seat!"
