Rise from the sword

Chapter 406 Ferocious Eight Routes, Slippery Locust Army

The road between Pan County and Ping'an County.

More than 1000 devils, carrying guns and holding bayonets, lined up along the road towards Ping'an County. There were [-] trucks rolling in the middle of the team. The Type [-] infantry artillery made this group of devils look aggressive, and the surrounding people avoided it, and avoided it from a long distance away.

However, if you look closely, you can find that these devils are actually far less powerful than they look.

In the front row of the devil's team were more than a dozen looted livestock, including cows, mules, and even sheep.

These livestock were walking slowly forward with a wooden rake cart, with heavy loads on it, and behind them were a dozen ghosts holding minesweepers. While driving the livestock, these devils also used minesweepers to clear mines from time to time.

On the two wings, more than 100 devils can still be seen spreading out, searching along the 400-meter boundary around the team.

After fighting for so long, the devil has become honest.

Don't dare to run amok on the road. Anyone who passes through a road that has not been confirmed as safe must be careful and can't be more careful. First, they send a homemade mine rake car to go to the mine, and then the minesweepers supplement it. During the period, a large number of devils spread along the team. Prevent an ambush.

Of course, not all devils are so honest.

"Nakasa Yamada, can we pass now?"

In the team of devils, a team leader looked at a fellow team leader beside him.

Because of the lack of troops, the devil brigade in Northwest Shanxi is generally not full-staffed brigade, with only more than 500 people. This time, in order to strengthen the defense of Ping'an County, Yoshimoto Zhenyi put enough pressure on Li Yunlong and merged the two brigades into one brigade.

However, Gibbon forgot one thing, or didn't care at all.

The two captains were both lieutenants, and there was no unified commander. The scheduled supreme commander was still in Ping'an County, and the two sides were not familiar with each other. As a result, they did not accept each other along the way.

"Nakasa Masaki, we have to wait..."

Commander Yamada responded calmly.

As he said that, Yamada directed a team of devils under his command to continue searching along the two sides of the road. The devils searched more carefully, lying on the ground from time to time, searching for things with bayonets, including stones and broken sacks by the roadside, and tree stumps. .

"hold on?"

The corner of Masaki Nakazuo's eyes twitched, and he snorted coldly, his tone full of cynicism:
"It took a day for the mountainous road of fifty highways, and we only walked half way."

"Nakazuo Yamada, I think you have lost the courage to be a warrior of the empire, and you have lost the determination to be loyal to the locust and the empire. I think you should apply to return to the country for retirement."

The captain named Tian Shan didn't care about Nakamaki Masaki's sarcasm, and even wanted to laugh a little.

If it was three years ago, he would definitely be furious and use practical actions to prove his courage and loyalty to the locust, but after these three years of experience, he is now mature...

"Masaki-kun, only if you are alive can you be loyal to the locust and the empire."

Captain Yamada responded leisurely.

"Humph."

"There is only a group of Eighth Route Army troops and a group of farmers here. They have no combat effectiveness, so they dare to ambush our two brigades? And here is still flat terrain."

The captain named Masaki didn't believe it at all, and continued to mock:
"Yamada-kun, since you've lost your courage, retire. The Imperial Locust Army doesn't need trash."

"An army of farmers?"

Yamada squinted at Masaki. He looked at the captain who had fallen from the plain, his eyes were full of pity, and after a sneer, Yamada withdrew his gaze.

Three years ago, he thought so too, and so did the captains of the defense brigades in the four counties around Yangquan.

The Eighth Route Army is just a group of farmers, and the imperial army can be dispersed with a single charge.

Then he changed his mind in time and raised his vigilance, so he survived.

The captains of the other four garrison brigades were either killed suddenly by someone blowing up on the road, shot to death suddenly, or committed seppuku because of the heavy losses of the brigade.

"idiot···"

"You bastard."

This pitiful gaze made Masaki yell in anger, but he could only yell.

For this march, the superior strictly stipulated that he must go with the transport convoy, and the transport truck team belonged to the Yamada Brigade from Xiyang County near Yangquan, so he could only endure it.

"Captain, the road ahead is confirmed to be safe."

At this time a ghost came to report.

"Yo Xi."

Yamada nodded and continued to move forward with the team.

At the moment when the Devil convoy set off, two kilometers ahead, Zhang Dabiao also received a message:
"Battalion Commander, the devil is here."

"Humph."

Zhang Dabiao snorted coldly: "This group of devils are really careful enough. I guess the commander should be devils from the counties near Yangquan."

"Correct."

Beside him, the commander of the first battalion reconnaissance company smiled and nodded:

"This style is very similar to the devils in Yangquan, especially the devil brigade in Xiyang County. I still remember that we set up the devils in Xiyang several times, because the devils were cautious and the detonating rope was discovered in advance. It’s a waste of a lot of explosives.”

"Hey hey..."

Zhang Dabiao smiled sinisterly: "It's a pity, the little devil doesn't know yet, our equipment has been upgraded, and we don't play the detonating rope anymore."

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at the same time.

Taiyuan City.

"Yamamoto-kun."

Yoshimoto Teiichi called Yamamoto Kazuki again:
"Come and see, I plan to transfer a full brigade from the 33rd Regiment of Yangquan to Pan County and Ping'an County to contain Li Yunlong. What do you think?"

After more than a month, Yoshimoto has a deep understanding of Yamamoto's ability.

Although this guy is brain-dead, he is single-minded and unrealistically thinking about promoting special forces and special operations, but his own ability is really unspeakable, especially the intelligence ability, which is even more unique.

Yoshimoto also paid more and more attention to Yamamoto, so he decided to ask Yamamoto for his opinion before dispatching troops.

Of course, another part of the reason is that after the airport was attacked again, and a super high class commander was killed outside Taiyuan City, he doubled his emphasis on Li Yunlong, and Yamamoto has rich experience in fighting Li Yunlong.

"General, I recommend that Lieutenant Sato Kondo and his brigade be dispatched."

Yamamoto bowed his head and said.

"Tell me why."

Gibbon said leisurely.

"Lieutenant Kondo has served as the captain in Yangquan for two years. He has fought against Li Yunlong many times and defeated Li Yunlong's plots several times. He is the officer around Yangquan, except for Nakasa Yamada, who has the most experience in fighting Li Yunlong."

"Moreover, he and Yamada Zhongzuo are also good friends, and they can cooperate with each other to fight against Li Yunlong."

Yamamoto spoke his explanation.

"Nakasa Yamada."

Gibbon thought of the captain he personally dispatched.

At that time, he also followed Yamamoto's advice.

This Captain Yamada had been stationed in Xiyang near Yangquan before. According to the battle report, this person had discovered the ambush of Li Yunlong's troops four times in advance, and discovered the bomb buried between the highways three times. Loss.

"Just do as you say."

Gibbon nodded.

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"The road ahead is safe."

After walking for one kilometer, Nakazuo Yamada sent someone to guard and search again, and after getting confirmation, he ordered the troops to move on.

Behind him, Captain Masaki exudes disdain, contempt and irritability.But Yamada ignored it at all, and walked at his own pace, so angry that Masaki wanted to kill someone.

"Prepare."

Just as Yamada set off, 700 meters away from the road, the monk held up his binoculars and stared intently at the twenty trucks in the devil's team.

According to the battle plan, the targets of the first wave of bombs were these trucks, as well as the devils inside who drove and repaired the trucks.

Beside the monk, the two detonators held their breath.

In order to prevent accidents, the monk prepared two detonators and laid two wires. Anyway, the wires can be recycled after the war, and at most the part close to the explosives will be lost.

"Detonate."

Just when the devil convoy arrived at the site where the explosives were planted, the monk let out a rage.

As soon as the words were spoken, the two detonators slammed down the detonators in their hands.

Two streams of electric current were sent out from the detonator, and at the speed of light, along the cable buried in the ground, they reached the explosive package buried under the road, and a series of violent explosions rose along the road.

Accompanied by the explosion smoke and explosion waves, a large number of auto parts and ghosts were blown up all over the sky.

"Fire."

At the same time, Li Changshun gave the order to fire at the third gun company one kilometer away from the road, and the eight 82mm mortars fired at full speed, projecting shells at the devil team in the distance.

Boom boom boom...

Two M2 heavy machine guns sounded together.

"Come on."

Zhang Dabiao also rushed up with his people at full speed.In order to avoid being discovered, he led the main force of the first battalion to ambush 700 meters away, and it took a while to charge to meet the enemy.

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"Enemy attack..."

The two devil captains were relatively far away from the convoy and were not hurt by the first wave of explosions.

"Spread out and look for bunkers on the spot. The first and third squadrons spread their guard and build positions, and the second squadron rescues supplies."

The old devil Masaki reacted quickly, and immediately ordered alerts and rescue supplies in an attempt to recover the losses. As a senior Japanese army captain, he naturally has some experience in dealing with guerrillas.

Beside him, Yamada, who had always been leisurely, seemed to be stunned by the sudden explosion. He didn't react for a while, and stared blankly at the gunpowder smoke that hadn't dispersed behind him.

what happened?

Why wasn't it found?
Although he was extremely puzzled why he didn't find the explosives planted by the enemy, the ensuing heavy machine gun fire and mortars made Yamada sober. Looking at the directly smashed imperial soldiers and the falling mortar Cannonballs, he immediately realized who it was.

Li Yunlong.

The existence that made the imperial army around Yangquan seem like a nightmare.

Only he has such powerful firepower.

We must retreat, and we cannot fight them. In a fight in this terrain, not only will there be no supplies, but I am afraid that the troops will also suffer heavy losses... In an instant, Yamada had this idea for the first time.

Stop loss in time.

Yamada, who participated in the battle of Shou County, knew very well that the firepower of the independent regiment was superior to that of the imperial army. The terrain here was flat and there were no shelters. If they fought, the two brigades would be defeated and had no chance of winning.

He immediately issued an order:
"Look for a bunker on the spot, launch fire suppression, and the second squadron will do its best to rescue supplies."

But Masaki Nakazuo, the captain of the other foreign division, obviously didn't think so.

When he saw the shelling and Zhang Dabiao's first battalion rushing over, he immediately launched a counterattack regardless of the enemy's strength or strength:

"Artillery squadron, suppress the enemy's artillery, the first squadron built a bunker on the spot to suppress the enemy's infantry charge, the third squadron launched an attack on the enemy, kill them, kill them..."

Following Masaki's order, the devil will salvage a surviving mountain artillery from the wreckage of the explosion, and assemble the two Type [-] infantry artillery at the end of the team, ready to attack the artillery position one kilometer away Launch a counterattack.

At the same time, the No. [-] Squadron under his command launched a counter-charge towards the Eighth Route Army charging in the distance.

"How dare you launch a counter-charge in this terrain?"

"Look for death, then I will fulfill you."

Holding up the binoculars and watching the actions of the devil in the distance, Zhang Dabiao smiled ferociously:
"Heavy machine gun, kill the enemy's artillery."

Zhang Dabiao placed two heavy machine guns on the top of the mountain 900 meters away from the road. At this distance, the M2 heavy machine guns can still maintain extremely high accuracy and lethality, and the devils have no means to threaten the heavy machine guns except infantry guns. machine gun.

But the infantry artillery assembly takes time, and the terrain here is flat and open, with no solid bunkers. Before the devil's two [-]-type infantry artillery could be assembled, they were beaten up by two heavy machine guns. The sieve, by the way, also eliminated another mountain cannon that survived the explosion.

At this time, Masaki Nakazu realized that something was wrong:
"This is... the Eighth Route Army?"

He widened his eyes, looking at the temporary artillery position where no one was standing in the distance, full of disbelief.

He has been the captain of the battalion for more than two years. He has fought against the Guofu and the Eighth Route Army dozens of times before. None of them were called out.

Moreover, there is such a fierce artillery fire.

While he was in a daze, his third squadron had already exchanged fire with Zhang Dabiao's first battalion.

Facing the first battalion with four 60-inch mortars, more than 60 machine guns, and more than 100 submachine guns, the devil squadron of 150 people was rubbed against the ground as soon as it came into contact. When the heavy machine guns on the hill joined the battle, they collapsed immediately. The squadron leader was killed on the spot, only more than 30 devils escaped back.

If it weren't for the suppression of the firepower of another devil brigade, the first battalion had to stop charging, otherwise none of them would be able to run back.

"Nani?"

This scene directly frightened Captain Mazaki into a fool.

A squadron of 150 imperial troops was almost wiped out in less than 5 minutes?

This is the Eighth Route Army?
so fierce!

"withdraw."

Having played against the independent group many times, Yamada is ready to slip away.

A large part of his brigade were old devils who survived the Shou County War. These devils reacted quickly, took part of the salvaged supplies, and then abandoned the heavy luggage, and retreated along the road up the mountain towards Ping'an County.

"withdraw."

The other Masaki Nakamura also finally understood the situation, stopped fighting, and retreated hastily with the remaining troops, but it was obviously too late. At this time, more than half of his brigade had been lost, and he had hardly brought any supplies with him when he retreated.

"Stop chasing, clean up the battlefield."

Zhang Dabiao did not send anyone to pursue him, but let the troops clean up the battlefield.

Most of his first battalion are recruits, not suitable for pursuit.

This is also the reason why only one battalion was dispatched this time. The other two infantry battalions have recruited a large number of recruits, and they are still in the running-in period and are not suitable for combat.

"These devils..."

Looking at the fleeing devils, Zhang Dabiao clicked his tongue, feeling a little regretful:
"Sneaking really fast."

On this flat terrain, if the devils ran a little slower, with the support of the heavy machine guns on the top of the mountain and the fire support of the artillery company, he could lead a battalion to charge back and forth a few times.

After retreating to Ping'an County, the devils remembered to report the news of the attack to their superiors.

(End of this chapter)