"How could it be possible? Unless the little devil commander in Laiyuan City is a fool, he will at least dispatch an infantry brigade to retaliate against us. If we can easily kill one of his squadrons, then we have the strength to kill two of his squadrons. The only way is to dispatch
An infantry brigade is the safest for them!" As a former commander, Cheng Xiao was very sure of his judgment.
Wang Ping pointed at the map and explained: "I don't deny your judgment, Old Cheng. What I mean is that even if the Japanese want to dispatch an infantry brigade, Laiyuan City does not have that many troops for him to mobilize!"
"Look at the map. It was seized in the Japanese squad leader's office. There should be no problem with its accuracy!"
"The map shows that the Japs have stationed no fewer than three squadrons of Japs and one battalion of puppet troops in the villages, towns and traffic arteries around Laiyuan City. There is only one disabled infantry regiment in the entire Laiyuan territory, and two
Thousands of people. Excluding the dispatched troops, the Japs in Laiyuan City are only an infantry brigade plus some directly affiliated troops."
"Now that we have eaten an infantry squadron, there are even fewer Japs in Laiyuan City. There are simply not that many troops to send out!"
"It's true!" Cheng Xiao, who stared at the map for nearly a minute, replied with a look of realization on his face.
Then he asked Wang Ping: "What do you think, battalion commander?"
Wang Ping did not answer, but instead asked with a thoughtful look on his face: "Old Cheng, if you were the Japs Commander of Laiyuan City, what would you do now?"
"First try to figure out our strength. If we can take down one of his squadrons, then it is possible to take down two of his squadrons, or even one brigade. If we don't figure out our strength, we will never send troops!" Cheng Xiao looked serious.
Thoughtfully expressed his thoughts.
Wang Ping nodded and affirmed: "Then we will find a way to prevent the Japanese in Laiyuan City from knowing our strength and not daring to send troops casually, and buy us as much time as possible to recruit and train our troops!"
A pair of eyes quickly shot out two rays of light, then shouted at the entrance of the camp!
"Inform the deputy battalion commander to come and hurry!"
Although Shuiquan Village is one or twenty miles away from Laiyuan City, because the Independence Battalion used mortars and built a powerful mine, the roaring sound of explosions still faintly reached the ears of the Japanese troops in Laiyuan City.
Captain Ono was very worried at first, subconsciously thinking that something had happened to the reinforcements.
Just when he was about to send a reconnaissance team out of the city to check, the faint explosion lasted for only a few minutes and then stopped.
It is possible for a fully equipped infantry squadron of the Imperial Army's elite to hold up a main regiment of the Central Army on a frontal battlefield, but it will never be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army with backward equipment in such a short period of time. Colonel Ono is very sure of this judgment.
Therefore, as soon as the sound of artillery stopped, he overturned his original thought: Something happened to the reinforcements!
Since the accident was not caused by the reinforcements, the explosion just now must have been caused by the exchange of fire between the reinforcements and Tubal Road. Judging from the time, the reinforcements should have reached Shuiquan Village at some time.
After having this idea, Xiao Yema immediately retracted his previous order and asked the reconnaissance troops who were preparing to leave the city to withdraw to the military camp to rest and wait. He stayed at the headquarters and waited for the reinforcements to send him news of success.
Half an hour later, the good news I expected did not appear.
An hour later, the good news still did not appear. Not only that, the telephone contact between the county and Shuiquan Village was still interrupted.
Logically speaking, after the army defeated the Eighth Route Army, even if it was too far away to send back the victory report, it would quickly repair the phone line and report the victory to itself through the phone. However, the phone line was disconnected from beginning to end.
At this time, Colonel Ono was already slightly worried, but he still did not believe that his elite infantry squadron would be wiped out in just a few minutes.
With this idea in mind, Colonel Ono waited for another hour, but there was still no sign of the expected good news.
At this time, Ono finally couldn't bear it anymore and directly ordered the reconnaissance squadron to send a detachment out of the city on motorcycles to find out what happened in Shuiquan Village.
Three motorcycles and nine Japanese scouts drove out of Laiyuan City in just a few minutes.
"This must be a reconnaissance unit of little Japs who went out of the city to find out what's going on! The battalion commander just sent an order. Once such Japs come out, don't let them go back."
"The three of you continue to monitor the city gate here and report immediately if there is any situation. The others will take a shortcut with me and rush to the enemy and eat them!"
Three three-wheeled motorcycles, carrying nine Japs, had a crooked handlebar. Because they had just left Laiyuan City, they were not too cautious and rushed to Shuiquan Village as fast as they could.
Less than five minutes after they left the city gate, seven or eight grenades with white smoke were suddenly thrown out of a ditch on the side of the road where few people could be hidden.
The Japanese who were caught off guard subconsciously tried to dodge these grenades.
However, these grenades were all delayed. A motorcycle at the front was just about to make a sharp turn when a series of explosions rang out above their heads.
Seven or eight grenades exploded at the same time, and more than a hundred fragments were generated in an instant, which directly enveloped them and exploded into a hornet's nest.
The two motorcycles following behind reacted very quickly and suddenly braked to a stop.
Six Japanese soldiers jumped out of the car before it stopped. The rifles that were still on their backs were already in their hands at some point.
Just when they were pulling the bolts of their guns, loading bullets, and rushing to the roadside, preparing for a covert counterattack.
Two crooked pistols that happened to be hidden in front of them were fired.
"Da da da..." The dense bullets took away the lives of four Japanese soldiers in one go.
The remaining two Japs were indeed the most elite scouts of the Japanese army. They lay down on the ground as soon as the gunshots were fired, and then fired at the location of the machine guns.
"Pop!" After two gunshots, a crooked gun that screamed happily misfired. The machine gunner was shot in the head and fell to the ground.
Of course, these two devils only had one chance to fire.
With so many and two crooked methods to deal with nine Japs and still suffer casualties, this was a shame in Zhong Yusheng's opinion.
He personally controlled a crooked gun, immediately turned the gun, pointed it at them and pulled the trigger.
He didn't stop until all the bullets in the gun chamber were empty.
At this time, the two Japs were each hit by several bullets and were beaten into a hornet's nest!
