Rise from the sword

Chapter 132 Night Attack
"Xiangshuitan, Ten Mile Fort, Dongzhuang, Wangzhai Township, the gun towers have all been completed, and the garrison team has been stationed."

"Shuangma Village is expected to be completed tomorrow."

Inside the Shou County Command, the staff is reporting the situation.

Koizumi nodded after hearing this, expressing his satisfaction.

Although the progress was a bit slow, everything went smoothly. The construction of the five most important gun towers was completed, and the five main mountain passages were controlled, which basically cut off the flow of materials in the base areas of the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army will be like a mouse in a cage, starving to death.

Next, just continue to push the nails to plug the small holes.

At this time, Ozawa Duoquan felt a little regretful, and regretted that he had been rushing and spreading all over when he first came.

"In addition, today the Wangzhai Township patrol team defeated a surprise attack force of the Eighth Route Army. The attackers suffered heavy losses, leaving behind 21 corpses and fleeing in a hurry. Only three of us were killed, and more than ten 82-caliber mortar shells were seized. A machine gun."

The staff officer continued to report the good news.

And deliberately used the word jade broken.

"Yosi..."

Daquan Ozawa became more and more satisfied.

With a record of seven to one, shells and machine guns were seized, this is pleasant news.

That's right.

How could the Imperial Army be defeated by the Eighth Route Army!

Hearing the words seized shells, the two intelligence majors on the side looked at this side, and one of the majors from the intelligence department of the First Army said: "Master Ozawa, please show me the dozen mortar shells and machine guns." Now, I am very curious about the weapons of the Eighth Route Army."

The ten gun towers were bombarded before, and the two were struggling to find the headquarters of the independent regiment. The Shao Zuo, who almost scratched his head, went to the field for inspection, but the situation on the spot surprised the two of them.

From the analysis of shrapnel, the mortars used by the Eighth Route Army are 60 caliber and 82 caliber. These are two common calibers of the Republic of China troops. What you see is about twice as big.

This shows that the explosives filled in these shells are more, and the quality is better than that of yellow explosives. Although there is no chemical analysis, it can be guessed that it is the RDX invented by the Germans.

This kind of explosive is more powerful, but it is too expensive, and the technical requirements are also very high. At present, the empire has only produced it in the laboratory, and Europe and the United States have all entered the troop deployment.

What's even more strange is that among more than 1000 shells, not a single dud was found.

It's incredible.

Even the German mortar shells have a [-] in [-] probability of duds, and this is a qualified product that has undergone strict testing.Of course, it is also possible that this batch of shells was lucky.

However, this also proves that the Eighth Route Army has a large number of imported shells.

More than 1000 pieces are not many for the empire, but for the peasant army and the Eighth Route Army, it is already an astronomical figure.

Seeing is believing, and the two of them needed the real thing to make a final confirmation.

"no problem."

Ozawa Takumi nodded in agreement.

Afterwards, Ozawa Taizumi continued to look at the staff... divided into three brigades, that is, three artillery towers were built at the same time, and the situation of the other artillery towers has not been reported today.

The intelligence officer swallowed, and continued to report with a stiff tone.

This time it's bad news:

"The other two artillery towers were also sporadically attacked by the Eighth Route Army. The enemy sent elite shooters to attack with long-distance cold guns. The two garrison brigades killed 15 people and injured one person."

Facing the two sniper rifles, the sniper hunting of two top shooters, coupled with the complex mountainous terrain suitable for concealment, and the two people's familiarity with the terrain, the devil's patrol team and surrounding defensive positions suffered heavy losses for a while.

Moreover, they had no power to fight back, couldn't catch up, and couldn't even find out where the enemy was. In the end, it was the shrinking position that allowed the two top shooters to stop sniping.

"Did you kill the attacker?"

Ozawa Taizumi had a gloomy complexion and a bad tone.

15 people were killed and one person was injured. Adding up, they fought one-to-one with the Eighth Route Army.

The staff officer responded cautiously:
"No, the weapon used by the enemy is equipped with a silencer, and the shooting distance is very far, more than 400 meters, and the attacker cannot be chased."

"silencer?"

"Accurate shooter over 400 meters?"

Because of the good news before, Ozawa Takumi had a high tolerance for the bad news later and did not get angry.

The five gun towers have been built, and the overall situation around Shou County has been decided. The sporadic harassment of the Eighth Route Army can't change the situation. It's just a desperate struggle. Maybe there will be a desperate attack at the end?
"Hi!"

The staff officer bowed his head in response, and handed over the report document with both hands.

However, when he took the report document handed over by the staff officer, he looked at it with a gloomy expression, and the more he looked at it, the more gloomy his expression became.

The silencer, although invented very early, was not of a high technical level and did not attract his attention.

However, in the report, the enemy has two top shooters who can accurately hit the 400-meter target, which still aroused Ozawa Takumi's displeasure.

A shooter who can hit 400 meters is also a top shooter in the first-line division of the empire.This reminded him of the information that many people on the Black Island had handed over. There was a top shooter in the independent regiment who could hit machine gun holes 500 meters away at night.

Looks like that wasn't disinformation.

This made him very uncomfortable.

In his entire 33rd Regiment, there was no shooter who could hit a target 500 meters away consecutively, and there was only one shooter who hit a target 400 meters away in actual combat.

The North China Front Army holds competitions between divisions every year. The main items are marksmanship and bayonet, so Ozawa Duizumi knows his 33rd Regiment very well.

"The notification will continue, and the security of each blockhouse will be strengthened, and no one is allowed to bring any materials in and out."

The gloomy Ozawa Taizumi's tone was grim.

So what about high shooting skills?So what if the weapons are ready?
I starved you to death.

"Hi!"

The staff officer bowed his head and led the way.

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Independent regiment.

Shen Quan lowered his head, with gauze tied on his head, his face was full of guilt.

"Hey hey..."

Leader Li looked at Shen Quan with a signature smile, without any meaning of anger: "Why are you keeping your head down? Lift it up, there are not many gauzes in our regiment."

"Head, I'm sorry, please punish me."

Shen Quan raised his head slightly, his tone was low and depressed.

He should be punished if he loses a battle, and he was indeed careless.

Today he personally led the team to attack the Devils' artillery tower, and even borrowed an artillery squad from the artillery company, equipped with 82 mortars, unexpectedly, when it was more than a kilometer away from the artillery tower, it encountered the devil's attack as soon as it set up its position. The attack caught off guard and caused heavy losses. Not to mention the loss of 21 brothers, a large number of weapons and equipment were also damaged.

Even a dozen shells were lost.

Fortunately, the gunner and the mortar are fine, and most of the brothers have returned, otherwise Shen Quan would have killed himself directly.

The main reason for being approached by the devil was that the surrounding guards were not done well, and the devil's secret whistle was not found. He is the commander and the responsibility lies with him.

"There is no such thing as a battle where you only take advantage and don't suffer a loss."

Leader Li stared, and said in a nonchalant tone: "Devils are not easy to provoke, and they are not stupid. Let's sneak attack them, and the devils will naturally guard against them. It's normal to be bitten back."

"The devil must have set up a secret whistle, and you will be discovered as soon as you go."

Commander Li took advantage of the devils, but he also suffered a lot. He knew the methods of the devils very well, and the devils were not as easy to deal with as before the national army. The biggest gap was the will to fight.

Devils know why they fight and have twisted spiritual beliefs.

"Go back and train hard, go to the mountains more often, don't think it's your own territory and be careless." Li Datuan said.

"Yes!" Shen Quan responded loudly.

Being followed and ambushed by devils also aroused Commander Shen Daying's competitive spirit.

"hey-hey····"

Leader Li was very satisfied. He raised his head and said in a stern tone, "That's right. I'll give you a week. After a week, the labor and management will use you. If you are tricked by the devil next time, then the labor and management will not be polite."

"Yes!"

Shen Quan's chest puffed up, and his tone was rough: "Leader, you just take care, our second battalion is not a coward."

"Go!"

Li Yunlong waved his hand, and Shen Quan walked out of the regiment headquarters with vigorous steps.

Zhao Gang on the side didn't speak, holding a book and didn't open it. At this time, he was more moved by Li Datuan's speech skills. If he was teaching, although the meaning was the same, it still lacked a force and momentum.

After finishing speaking, Battalion Commander Shen will definitely not be as morale as it is now.

This is morale?
Zhao Gang thought about it.

"Old Li, what should we do next?"

Zhao Gang is very busy today, and the education and training of recruits hardly spares him time to understand the military operations of the regiment headquarters. Of course, the main reason is that he is relieved of Li Yunlong. Will keep an eye on the battle.

"The devil wants to crucify us with gun towers, and wants to force us to die."

Li Yunlong sneered, and said in a disdainful tone, "Will labor and management foolishly attack their blockhouses?"

The devil's tricks are obvious, but they obviously underestimated the strength of the independent regiment. The entire independent regiment is dispatched, and it is easy to pull out a blockhouse, but the loss will not be small, but will Commander Li do this kind of loss-making battle?
When has he ever done a losing business?

Unless Brother Chen Fan gave enough price, such as dozens of tons of weapons and ammunition for a gun tower, otherwise he would never go head-to-head with the devil's gun tower.

Whoever touches it is an idiot!
"Are you planning to ambush the devil's support troops?"

Zhao Gang immediately guessed what Li Yunlong was thinking, but then he frowned, with a worried tone:

"Our family background has been exposed. The devil must know that we have a lot of superior firepower from mortars and machine guns. It may be difficult to ambush."

Ambush warfare requires a surprise, and it needs to be carried out at the right place and at the right time, so as to form a sufficient advantage. Generally speaking, it is to lure the enemy into the ambush position through a small group of troops, but the devils in Shou County already know the background of the independent regiment It's hard to be fooled.

It is absolutely impossible to be fooled,

"Hey hey..."

Leader Li's signature smile was simple and sinister: "Then it depends on whether the devil is smart or my old Li is treacherous."

These words always feel weird... Zhao Gang's mouth twitched when he heard it.

At this time, it was approaching the evening, that is, around five o'clock in the afternoon.

But as the evening approached in May, the sun was still low in the sky.

"Leader, political commissar."

Zhang Dabiao walked in and greeted each other one by one.

"You are this?"

The two were taken aback when they saw the blood on Zhang Dabiao's body.

"The devil sent a few secret sentries to the village to inquire about the news, but I caught them."

Zhang Dabiao's tone was calm, he took off the clothes on his body, and explained: "The devils dared to resist, so I killed them."

"Humph."

Li Yunlong sneered: "The devil really misses our old Li."

In addition to building large-scale artillery towers recently, the devils have also sent a large number of spy spies to inquire about the location of the independent regiment headquarters, as if they want to find out where Li Yunlong is and then kill him.

Zhao Gang also learned Li Yunlong's sneer.

The independent group has been operating here for more than a year, and the devils temporarily sent some spies to find out the news, how funny?In the base area, any outsider who came here would be able to know immediately, let alone ask around for news about the independent regiment.

As soon as he entered the village, he was caught by the militia.

"How are the preparations?"

Li Yunlong didn't continue to talk about this topic. The devil's spies can catch a few every day, but most of them are second devils, and only a few are devil spies.

"The commando team has been formed. The monk, Wang Gensheng, and Cao Mantang will all participate. In addition, I have prepared [-] kilograms of black powder, hehe..."

Zhang Dabiao beamed with joy: "The target is the blockhouse in Shuangma Village. The devil has not repaired the blockhouse there. I will blow him up tonight and teach the devil a lesson."

"Shuangma Village."

Li Yunlong nodded, very satisfied with this goal.

Shuangma Village is the main passage outside the Independence Regiment. The big traitors and big landlords who eliminated Jiazhuang passed through the horse path in Shuangma Village. This time, the devils built a gun tower in Shuangma Village with great fanfare, which indeed caused a lot of trouble for the Independence Regiment. .

The horse road was cut off, and the exchange of foreign materials suddenly became a lot of trouble.Fortunately, the base area is a small-scale peasant economy, most of which can be self-produced and sold, and the independent group has sufficient reserves of all kinds of property, otherwise it would be really troublesome.

One hundred kilograms of black powder is enough to shatter the devil's turret into pieces.

"Pay attention to safety, Shen Quan suffered a loss during the day, and the devil will definitely strengthen his defense at night, be careful of the devil's secret whistle."

Li Yunlong exhorted.

The Eighth Route Army is famous for its night attacks, and it is impossible for the devils not to strengthen their defenses, and they must be more cautious than during the day.

"Captain, don't worry."

Zhang Dabiao spoke confidently.

Sneak attack and defense at night, each depends on its ability, and it depends on who is better. Zhang Dabiao is not at all shy about this.

Besides, even if you can't blow up the devil's gun tower, it's not bad to kill a few devils.

"By the way, save some mortar shells for your night raid this time, and make some noise to let the devils know that we are running out of shells."

Li Yunlong added one last sentence.

"Yes, Captain, I promise to complete the task."

Zhang Dabiao suddenly smiled.

Zhao Gang on the side also raised his eyebrows.

(End of this chapter)