Setting up an ambush on the plains seems almost impossible to most people, but it is not without exception.
The meeting gift Li Hao prepared for the Japanese was to fight an ambush at the entrance of Hujiazhuang Village.
Time was limited and it was impossible to dig out the bunker where hundreds of people were hiding. Li Hao directly let the flying thunder artillery unit be the protagonist of this ambush battle.
Thirty caves for hiding soldiers were dug in a row two hundred meters across the road.
A thunder cannon was placed in a Tibetan soldier's cave, aimed at the road, and camouflaged by covering it with mats and wheat straw.
As long as the enemy's reconnaissance troops don't come close, they will never be discovered.
This place is so close to Hujiazhuang and surrounded by plains for several kilometers, so there are no conditions for an ambush.
Li Hao believed that after the Japanese came here, their attention would be on Hujiazhuang, and their vigilance towards the surroundings would be reduced to a minimum.
As long as these military caves where thunder cannons are hidden are not exposed, most of the battle will be won.
When the Japanese entered the range of the thunder cannon, they immediately opened fire. One thunder cannon fired two explosive packets. After that, they dropped the thunder cannon and retreated.
On the highway, in order to increase the damage caused by thunder cannons to the Japanese, explosive packages were placed every five meters, and a shell with a fuse was fixed next to it.
As long as the explosive package fired by the thunder cannon hits the road, the huge explosion power will definitely detonate the nearby artillery shells, and at the same time detonate the explosives next to the cannon shells.
As long as half of the one hundred explosive charges can be detonated, plus the sixty explosive charges fired by the thunder cannon, it will definitely cause a devastating blow to the Japanese.
A guard threw the chief of staff to the ground at the last moment, and then there were continuous explosions in his ears.
Heat waves continued to sweep over, and powerful shock waves were like storms, sweeping across the entire battlefield over and over again.
The chief of staff's ears were buzzing from the shock. He lay on the ground holding his head, his pale face showing despair, and his body was shaking involuntarily, waiting for the explosion to end.
"Sir, the explosion has stopped..." Half a minute later, a second lieutenant crawled over and reported.
The chief of staff's ears were buzzing, his face was hooded, and he couldn't hear clearly.
The second lieutenant repeated what he had just said before he heard a general idea.
Under the protection of the guards, he stood up slowly, and then looked towards the Eighth Route Army artillery position.
Dozens of gunners crawled out of the hiding cave and desperately retreated to the rear. This scene happened to be seen by the chief of staff, who screamed.
"The enemy wants to run..."
"Killing so many of us, we must not let them escape."
"The troops will attack immediately to kill them and destroy all the torpedo cannons."
The order was issued, but only a hundred or so Japanese soldiers took the order and rushed over with guns blazing.
The remaining Japanese were either killed or injured, or their ears were still ringing and they did not react from the trap.
"Boom boom boom..."
The explosion sounded again, and at least twenty plumes of black smoke rose among the attacking troops.
The artillery fire came too suddenly, and his men were frantically chasing down the fleeing Eighth Route Army. When the shells exploded, no one fell down in time.
At least ten people were blown away, and more soldiers were knocked over and fell to the ground motionless.
In the blink of an eye, nearly half of the more than one hundred subordinates in the attacking force were reduced.
The chief of staff clenched his fists, gritted his teeth, and looked ferocious, wishing he could go to the battlefield and tear the enemy to pieces.
Staring with a pair of red eyes, he ordered with a murderous look on his face: "Where is our artillery? Counterattack immediately, I want to kill the enemy's artillery unit."
"Contact the aircraft over Hujiazhuang, find the enemy artillery position immediately, and blow it up."
"The attack force will need to be increased, at least 300 people, and the heavy machine gun unit will also have to kill them."
"The Eighth Route Army must have deployed a lot of troops to set up such a big trap here."
"The attacking troops must catch them all under the cover of aircraft and artillery."
As soon as the attack started, the planes in the sky came over.
When they found the camouflaged artillery position of the garrison, each gun fired five shells.
More than two hundred gunners, carrying mortar parts, dispersed and moved into the mountain from different directions.
"Blow up the artillery positions..." was the fatal order given by the chief of staff to the pilots.
Although the Eighth Route Army was moving and scattered everywhere, and the results of launching an attack now would definitely not be good, the pilot had no other option and still flew the plane towards the ground.
Amidst the roar of "Weng buzz...", bombs fell from the sky and hit the artillery position.
Black smoke rose into the sky, gunpowder smoke and fireballs quickly filled the surrounding area, and a storm enveloped the seven or eight nearby soldiers.
This result is insignificant compared to killing the Eighth Route Army artillery, and it will certainly not satisfy the Chief of Staff.
The fighter plane quickly climbed up and circled in the air before launching its second attack.
At this time, the scattered artillery that broke through the encirclement was even more dispersed, and it was almost impossible to find the soldiers who had gathered together in squad units.
The pilot couldn't care less, lowered the fuselage, and continued to drop a new round of bombs.
"Rumble..."
Explosions and thunder sounded on the battlefield. This time, only five Eighth Route Army soldiers were shrouded in gunpowder smoke...
The planes dropped bombs one after another, and the Japanese troops continued to approach the artillery positions.
After arriving here, there was nothing left except six huge craters and more than 20 scattered corpses of the Eighth Route Army.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army artillery is in front!" the scout shouted, pointing at the figure that had not completely disappeared seven or eight hundred meters away.
The captain quickly raised his binoculars, and after a quick glance, his brows furrowed into a big "Sichuan" sign, and he understood why the results of the plane bombing were so small.
He frowned and cursed: "Bageya Road, the Eighth Route Army is too cunning. They disperse and move around. The damage done to them by aircraft and artillery is very limited."
"Then shall we continue the pursuit?" asked a squadron leader under his command.
"Of course we have to chase..." the captain replied through gritted teeth.
"We killed at least 500 people in the explosion just now, and countless soldiers were injured. Someone must be buried with the fallen warriors."
"Before departure, your Excellency the Chief of Staff made it very clear that the Eighth Route Army artillery that attacked us must be killed."
On the highway, the chief of staff stood next to a bomb crater with a look of pain on his face.
There were bombed corpses of the imperial army everywhere within the field of vision, and the screams of the seriously wounded were constant.
Due to the severe shortage of personnel, the lightly wounded who were still able to move were being used as normal soldiers at this moment, shuttling between the craters to rescue the seriously wounded and cleaning up the battlefield.
A wounded lieutenant ran over panting heavily with a solemn expression and lowered his head to report.
"Sir, excluding the attacking troops, there are only 125 members of the imperial army here intact. The 76 lightly wounded are able to move freely and can continue to fight."
"There are 238 seriously injured people, all of whom have lost their combat effectiveness and are in urgent need of rescue, otherwise half of them will definitely not be able to survive."
"543 people died in the battle, including a major captain and five captains..."
"Sir, there is a situation in Hujiazhuang!" The chief of staff suppressed his anger and before he could speak, a second lieutenant from the investigation team rushed over from a short distance away.
"When the plane bombed the Eighth Route Army artillery position, a company suddenly rushed out and divided the troops into squad and platoon units to evacuate Hujiazhuang."
"The planes have already killed them, but all the aerial bombs have been used on the Eighth Route Artillery. We can only use airborne machine guns to straf them from low altitudes. The results are very limited."
The chief of staff was shocked and had a bad premonition in his mind. He stared at the second lieutenant and asked, "Are you sure there is only one company of the Eighth Route Army evacuating the village?"
"Hi!" the second lieutenant affirmed.
"As soon as these Eighth Route Army troops left Hujiazhuang, the village became quiet."
"No, we have been fooled!" The chief of staff had already confirmed his judgment and shouted with a look of shock on his face.
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