Chapter 1413 The Eighth Route Army wants a strong man to break his wrist
The Japanese chief of staff was in a very bad mood.
The attacks started half an hour after leaving Datong City.
Landmines, sneak attacks, blocking...all kinds of attack methods are endless.
Although the casualties of the troops were not large, the marching speed was much slower.
The journey that could be completed in two hours ended up taking two and a half hours.
"Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, it is now five o'clock in the afternoon, and the plane covering us will have to return in half an hour." A group captain came over to remind.
"Map..." the chief of staff ordered very unhappy.
I found the current location of the troops and took a look at the location of the equipment hidden by the Eighth Route Army. I felt even worse.
He wanted to curse, but the plane would not risk crashing just because he got angry.
After thinking about the order for a moment: "Just leave!"
"Order the reconnaissance troops to expand the search area and search one kilometer on both sides of the road to ensure that there are no pocket formations of the Eighth Route Army in front of us."
"We continue to move forward, but at a faster pace."
"If you encounter an enemy sneak attack again, ignore them and move forward directly."
"As long as we can destroy the equipment stolen by the Eighth Route Army and eliminate the Eighth Route Army hiding there, the losses along the way will not be worth it."
"Try to get to the battlefield at half past six, launch an attack when you arrive, and end the battle before darkness."
"Also, immediately contact the Imperial Army strongholds around the target, and all troops will be on heightened alert. While ensuring the safety of the stronghold and garrison, all excess troops will be dispatched to rush to the battlefield."
"We have a lot of Eighth Route Army troops to attack, and a lot of them will definitely slip through the cracks in a surprise attack."
"Their mission is to kill these fish that slipped through the net."
"The Eighth Route Army is developing its troops too fast. The more people it kills today, the less chance it will have of resurrecting in the future."
"If the stronghold has a radio station, use the radio to contact them. If there is no radio station, send someone to give orders."
On Chentouling, the third battalion of the garrison, in addition to the security posts, infantry, gunners, and machine gunners, were all carrying engineering shovels and repairing the fortifications.
Every soldier knows that there will be a tough battle waiting for everyone next.
The stronger the fortifications are, the greater the chance the troops will hold their position, and the smaller the casualties will be.
Battalion Commander Tan Weiqi stood at the commanding heights of Chentouling, observing the fortifications that were slowly taking shape, and looking toward the end of the road. He was nervous and anxious, thinking silently that the Japs would come later.
The reconnaissance platoon leader rushed up with a red face. When he saw Tan Weiqi, he gasped and reported: "Battal Commander, the Japs are already three kilometers away. The forward team is strengthening the squadron and searching all the way. The formation is scattered and vigilance is high. Although
We are five hundred meters away from the main force, but it is difficult to kill them through a surprise attack."
Tan Weiqi looked at his watch, and his nervous expression suddenly relaxed. He breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Instructor, please remember this for me. After this battle, I want to treat Captain Chen of the reconnaissance company to a drink."
"Under normal circumstances, the Japanese would have arrived long ago. It's five o'clock now, and the plane can hold on until 5:30 before retreating. This means that we will be bombed for nearly an hour."
"No need now. The reconnaissance company helped us drag the Japanese away for nearly an hour. By the time they walked the last three kilometers, it was exactly 5:30 when they arrived here. There was no condition for the plane to stay."
"Order the artillery to leave the position in ten minutes."
"The mortar squad directly under the company mounted the guns behind the position and came close to provide fire support. The artillery company set up artillery positions five hundred meters behind the position. Mountain artillery, large-caliber mortars, and ordinary mortars were arranged separately."
"The Japanese are equipped with two or three times more artillery than we are. They are definitely no match for us in a head-to-head confrontation. If we want to defeat more with less, we must use cunning."
"Other troops will wait for the Japs' vanguard to appear before entering their positions."
The Japanese chief of staff walked in the middle of the team and kept urging everyone to hurry up.
Suddenly, there was a burst of gunfire from the forward troops, which was very dense.
A few minutes later, a second lieutenant rushed over anxiously: "Sir, I am the deputy captain of the forward squadron, we are blocked by the Eighth Route Army in Chentouling. The enemy's firepower is very fierce and we cannot rush through."
"The Eighth Route Army wants to cut off the wrists of strong men!" the chief of staff quickly made a judgment.
"Knowing that we were coming with heavy troops, we didn't dare to move during the day, so we had to wait until dark to move. At that time, we happened to kill them at their hiding place, and an encounter was inevitable."
"We have superior strength and firepower, and at the very least we can inflict heavy damage on them."
"In order to prevent this from happening, the Eighth Route Army soldiers cut off their wrists and sent a small force to stop us here and buy time for the main force to move."
"The entire army presses forward, dispatches all artillery to cover the attack, breaks through the Chentouling blocking position in the shortest possible time, and then continues to advance."
"All the reconnaissance troops were dispatched to find out how many Eighth Route Army troops were on Chentouling and when they came here, and to confirm whether my judgment just now was true, so that we can be more confident when attacking."
"Boom boom boom..."
Twenty-four mortars were set up in the shortest possible time and began firing shells at Chentouling without waiting for the chief of staff to give orders.
In less than two minutes, Chentouling was completely enveloped in smoke.
The reconnaissance force was very fast and got the information the chief of staff wanted before the bombardment was over.
"Sir, we captured two Chinese from nearby."
"They confessed that the Eighth Route Army on the mountain had only arrived less than an hour ago, and there were about five to six hundred people."
"We surveyed the surrounding area and found no enemy within a two-kilometer radius."
The chief of staff was completely relieved and replied with high spirits: "It seems that my judgment is correct."
"The artillery will fire for another two minutes, and then the first and second squadrons of the second infantry battalion will attack together."
"The Imperial Alliance Army sent out a main battalion to coordinate the attack."
"The heavy machine gun provides fire cover. I want to kill all the Eighth Route Army troops on the mountain in one assault."
The bombardment was so fierce that Tan Weiqi was blown to pieces, let alone ordinary soldiers.
On the blocking position, there were gaps everywhere made by artillery shells, and the corpses of soldiers blown out of the trenches...
"Get up if you can still move, the Japs are starting to attack!" the company platoon leader shouted at the top of his lungs.
His body was covered with thick floating soil, and a large number of people immediately appeared in the trench where there had been no movement just now.
The soldiers gasped, spitting out the dirt that had been blasted into their mouths, patting their uniforms, and got up from the trench in a daze.
Tan Weiqi held up the telescope and looked ahead, his expression becoming more and more solemn.
The Japanese were so ruthless that they dispatched six to seven hundred men in the first main attack.
The attacking team was so densely packed that it looked like a raging wave, pressing towards the position with an unstoppable attitude.
Behind the attacking troops, more than twenty heavy machine guns were lined up in a row, with their muzzles pointed at them like a forest, ready to fire at any time.
Looking at my own troops in the blocking position, at least a hundred people were gone at a glance, and several light and heavy machine guns were damaged.
No matter the strength or firepower, they are inferior to the attacking troops.
Although he was very worried, Tan Weiqi knew that as the battalion commander, no one in the whole battalion could lack confidence, except himself.
Take a deep breath and order: "The troops are ready for battle and can only fire when ordered."
"The artillery squads of each company fired freely, used guerrilla tactics to attack the attacking troops, and killed as many Japanese as possible."
"The ordinary mortar platoon of the artillery company aims at the Japanese heavy machine gun position and is on standby. The heavy mortar platoon aims at the Japanese artillery position and is on standby. The mountain artillery platoon does not move."
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