"Captain Li, how are the Japanese and puppet troops arranged outside the town?" Xiong Changhe asked anxiously as soon as he saw Li Wen.
"The Japanese are very cautious!" Li Wen replied with a frown.
"In order to prevent the camp from blowing up, we are not stationed together with the puppet troops. They are in the east and the puppet troops are in the west. However, the two troops are stationed next to each other and can support each other at any time!"
"Also, there are a lot of guard posts and patrol units around the station. There are open sentinels, hidden sentries, and patrol teams, all the way to the 500-meter radius of the station!"
"If you want to launch a direct attack on the station and force the Japanese to send troops to hunt us down, you will definitely not be able to bypass these light and dark sentries and patrols."
Xiong Changhe's brows suddenly wrinkled.
"Captain Li, these light and dark sentries and patrols are a big trouble! The sneak attack troops will be discovered by them before they reach the vicinity of the Japanese army camp, and then they will exchange fire. Maybe the sneak attack troops will be surrounded by the Japanese patrols!"
Li Wen affirmed: "Yes, those who can be sent out to patrol must be elite Japs. Their combat effectiveness and individual soldier abilities are not generally strong."
"Our people will definitely not be able to quietly pass through the light and dark sentries and patrols surrounding the military camp! Without talking about your people, it will be very difficult for my people."
Li Wen rarely admired others. Seeing how cautious and serious he was, Xiong Changhe knew that what he said was true.
But Xiong Changhe wasn't a smart person either, so he ordered with a flick of his eyes.
"Then use artillery. We also brought three mortars. The mortars are very powerful and can launch attacks directly from five hundred meters away."
Except for the outer light and dark sentries and patrols at the Japs station, everyone else has fallen asleep.
A day's rush march made everyone very tired. If we can't get a good rest at night, our combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly affected tomorrow. This is a result that all the Japanese do not want to see.
Suddenly, the scream of artillery shells streaking across the sky sounded in the air, and then three violent explosions sounded from the military camp.
Three balls of flames rose into the sky and directly enveloped a tent.
"Baga, there's an explosion somewhere, something happened!" In the tent dedicated to the Japanese captain, the captain rushed out of the tent without even putting on his military uniform and shouted loudly.
"A shelling, a shelling!" the adjutant rushed over and reported.
"We were shelled by the enemy, who fired right outside our barracks!"
The captain frowned and made a judgment: "It must be the Eighth Route Army we are going to attack. I didn't expect that they would dare to strike first. The Eighth Route Army is simply too bullying!"
"Have the patrols gone over to kill them?"
"Hi!" the adjutant affirmed: "Two patrol teams have already passed by. Do you want to send more people from the station? There are not many of them!"
Wang Ping used this tactic to sneak attack the Japanese for the first time in Linfen, but the Japanese didn't know it was a conspiracy.
The captain hesitated for a moment and then affirmed: "Yo Xi, send another team over and be sure to kill them!"
"In the shelling just now, at least twenty imperial soldiers were killed. I want them to pay with blood. They dare to run wild under our noses. They must have suffered enough. They must be given a blow!"
The shelling continued because we didn't know where the next shell would hit and explode, and the military camp was so big. Although the Japanese sleeping in the tents all woke up and rushed out of the tents fully armed, they could only wait. So,
In the military camp, people were still blown away in explosions from time to time.
After five rounds of shelling, the Japanese battalion leader's worried shelling finally stopped.
"Da da da..." At this moment, a dense exchange of fire came from outside the military camp.
"The patrol must have found the artillery position of the Eighth Route Army!" the adjutant immediately judged.
"Yo Xi! Order the reinforcements to speed up, send reinforcements over, and kill them!" the captain shouted confidently.
The intensive gunfire lasted for five minutes before it stopped. The captain was very confident and waited for his subordinates to report the results of the battle.
However, five or even ten minutes passed and still no one came back.
"Boooooooooo...boom, boom, boom..." Suddenly, the bombardment that worried him started again.
"What's going on? Why is the Eighth Route Army still firing artillery? What do the attacking troops do for food? Why haven't we killed the Eighth Route Army's artillery troops yet?" The captain almost shouted these words.
"I don't know either!" the adjutant replied helplessly.
Then he sent a subordinate out to investigate.
After five rounds of shelling, the explosions stopped, and the lieutenant who had just gone out rushed back panting, his face full of horror.
"Sir! Attack troops?"
"What happened to the attacking troops? Why didn't they kill the artillerymen of the Eighth Route Army? Didn't he know that every time a round of artillery shells hit, some imperial troops were killed and injured! Eighth Route Army!" The captain stared at the lieutenant who came in and shouted loudly.
He asked, not giving him a chance to speak.
The lieutenant replied bravely: "Sir, the attacking troops are gone!"
"What's gone! Please explain clearly!" A very bad premonition suddenly flashed through the captain's mind.
"They were ambushed by the enemy outside the station. The entire army was destroyed, and their equipment was also taken away by the enemies who ambushed them!" the lieutenant replied.
Faced with this bolt from the blue, everyone in the headquarters was stunned.
Especially the captain, he thought of all the consequences, except this one.
But soon, he recovered from the shock, and then shouted with a look of enlightenment: "Bagh Yalu, I understand!"
"This is a conspiracy, a trap set by the Eighth Route Army to attack us~"
"Use artillery fire to force us to dispatch an attack, and then concentrate our superior forces to quickly destroy our attack troops! What a good strategy!"
"Captain, what should we do next?" the adjutant asked anxiously.
"The Eighth Route has artillery, and we also have artillery. Concentrate all the mortars to counterattack. I want to cover the exposed artillery positions on the Eighth Route and kill them!" the captain ordered with a gritted teeth expression.
At this time, he had an idea in his mind: kill the Eighth Route Army that was sneaking up on him outside the military camp.
The two patrols and the counterattack force sent by him were completely destroyed, plus the casualties caused by the shelling to his subordinates.
In just half an hour, the army lost more than a hundred people, and he still has not figured out the strength of his opponent. This makes the captain unable to imagine whether his opponent is too strong or he has become weak.
Any officer likes a challenging opponent and then kills him to show his ability, and the same goes for the Japanese captain.
However, his idea was abandoned before it could be implemented.
The captain of the mortar squadron next to him stood up and denied: "Sir, the shelling just now was a fool's errand. The Eighth Route Army artillery only stayed at each artillery position for half a minute before moving. Half a minute is not enough for us to determine the opponent's position.
Not to mention that it takes time to set up the artillery, aim it, and launch it."
"The Eighth Route Army has long been prepared. Because we have a big target, they don't need to aim at us when they bombard us. The mortars can be fired together. But we are different!"
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