The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 410 The Tank Is Coming

……

"Reporting to the head of the regiment, there is news from the direction of Xicun. The devils have indeed dispatched artillery, and the main force of Xicun has retreated to the second line."

Kong Jie nodded, "Continue to investigate and report the latest battle situation at any time."

"Yes!"

After the communications soldiers turned and left, Shen Wenyue said worriedly: "Commander Kong, the Japanese army has already occupied the defensive position at the head of the village and entered the West Village. After defeating the West Village, they will soon be close to Niukou Village. Is the situation a little critical?"

Kong Jie said with a smile: "That's why we asked Reporter Shen to evacuate early. If Reporter Shen is afraid, I can arrange people to escort you away now."

"But I didn't see any worry on Captain Kong's face."

Kong Jie said: "The artillery of the Japanese army will definitely be used, and actively abandoning the defensive position at the head of the village is only the first step.

The depth of the West Village is not small. From the beginning of the village to the end of the village, it takes more than an hour to walk even with two feet.

The long distance and depth in the middle is an excellent place for us to use the defense of the village to ambush the Japanese army.

In other words, I put this devil in on purpose. "

"You put it in on purpose?"

"Yes, if our army continues to confront the Japanese army at the defensive position at the entrance of the village and keeps all the Japanese troops out of the village, the Japanese artillery can bombard without restraint."

"But if we directly abandon the defensive position at the head of the village, the Japanese army will definitely be vigilant, worrying whether we have arranged an ambush in the village, so we can only block it for a while at the head of the village, and then pretend to be repelled by Japanese artillery , the Japanese army will enter the village.”

"And once the devil's vanguard entered the village, because the internal situation of the village was unknown, and Japanese soldiers had already entered, the devil's follow-up artillery would not be easily used to prevent accidental injury.

In this way, we can use the various defensive traps that the village has built in advance to deal with the little devils when the Japanese army cannot use artillery. "

"Reporter Shen can now imagine himself as a Japanese army. At this moment, you have entered the village head area of ​​the West Village. Please see the sand table here..."

"In the village head area, we planted a large number of landmines on the roads and in the houses, such as loose mines, hanging mines hidden behind the door, mother-in-law mines, chain mines, and mines that will be killed if you step on it. Bullet mines that penetrate the soles of the feet."

"Don't underestimate the distance of less than one kilometer. The intensity of the various traps and mines in it, let alone devils, even our own comrades, if we don't know the specific mines, it is easy to be accidentally injured."

"Here, here, and here, relying on the cover of the house and the cover of the earthen wall, we secretly set up many machine gun firepower points. After the Japanese army arrived at close range, we could suddenly open fire and sneak attack."

"In addition to these firepower points, there are also our bombing teams hidden in many places, ready to carry out sneak attacks at any time."

"Once the devil goes deep, we can also use the house to fight against the curtain. When the devil lifts the curtain in the house, the bayonet will stab out silently at the first time."

Speaking of this, Kong Jie explained: "With the help of the traps and various defenses in the village to carry out a surprise attack, even the recruits of our independent regiment can easily kill and injure the Japanese army."

"Under this kind of confrontation, the devil's infantry is actually not that powerful. The devil's infantry has always been strong only because of their artillery superiority. The defensive battle in the village directly eliminated the devil's artillery superiority."

"Although there are more devils than us, that is a 5:1 force advantage, which is equivalent to five devils entering the village to deal with an Eighth Route Army soldier who is very familiar with the village environment and has ambushed all kinds of traps. Ours Soldiers using the surrounding environment and traps may not be able to deal with the five devils."

Shen Wenyue nodded secretly. Thinking about it this way, this small village is like a trap step by step. If devils enter it, wouldn't they step into hell?

……

West Village.

Under the bombardment of the artillery that arrived later by the Japanese army, the fortifications at the head of the village were directly blown open.

The news spread to the rear headquarters of the Japanese army, and when Ishiihara learned that the fortifications at the head of the village had been breached, joy appeared on his face.

"Yaoxi, continue to attack!"

In this way, the leading Japanese squadron entered the West Village in vigilance and arrived at the village head area.

The village was very quiet, and there was no one in sight, only the dead houses on both sides. The houses in the west village were arranged in pairs, relying on a dirt road in the middle of the village, which was more than four meters wide.

"Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, the Eighth Route Army that defended the fortifications at the head of the village seems to have escaped." The adjutant looked at the situation on both sides and said.

The leader of the Devil Squadron thought for a while, waved his hand, and ordered: "Search forward, don't let a single Eighth Route Army escape."

"Hi!"

After the order of the leader of the devil squadron was given, the devils of several teams dispersed and searched forward.

"what--"

Soon, among the Japanese soldiers who were searching and advancing, covered by the earthen walls of the houses, some screamed.

A devil stepped on a bullet mine first, and the sole of his foot was directly pierced by the fired bullet. At this moment, he was lying on the ground hugging his sole, wailing in pain.

"Baga, hurry up and check what's going on."

"Hi!"

Then there were continuous screams, and the sounds became more and more, coming from all directions, and the devil's communication soldier ran back in a panic, and was about to report the situation to the Japanese squadron leader when he passed a road between the houses While walking down the path, a landmine was stepped on, and with a bang explosion, the whole person was blown to a bloody mess and lay straight on the ground.

This unaware Japanese squadron stepped into the trap area set by the independent regiment and militia fighters in the village head area.

In just a few minutes, the Japanese army sent away more than a dozen people and injured more than 20 people.

The wounded devil soldier was rescued by the medical soldiers, and when he was carried to the leader of the devil squadron, he said with a palpitation on his face: "Your Excellency, the squadron leader, these vicious Eighth Route Army have planted a lot of landmines between the houses and alleys, and there are traps everywhere. Casualties were high."

The leader of the Devil Squadron nodded. This peaceful village seemed to be full of traps, and he was a little afraid to move forward now.

"Concentrate the troops on the trails in the central area, arrange some sentries on both sides, and don't rush into the houses and the trails between the houses."

The devil squadron leader had a very good idea. It was not the first time that these Tuba roads used complex environments such as houses to set up landmines.

Then he led the team directly from the path in the central area.

The poor devil's marching formation changed like this, and he was fooled by the soldiers again.

Lurking on both sides of the Japanese army's advancing route, the machine gunners and soldiers everywhere secretly laughed in their hearts.

The team leader's guess was really good. If the devil was bombed in front of him, he would definitely not dare to walk along the house. Everyone in the area below should set up an ambush.

Just like that, the Devil Squadron Leader led the wounded soldiers, without realizing it, completely stepped into the ambush circle that the soldiers had prepared long ago.

……"beat!"

As soon as the sound sounded, violent firepower came from the houses on both sides of the central path in the village, and from various hidden places. Some machine guns were even erected on the backs of the roofs on both sides, where the Japanese army could not see. .

It suddenly protruded from the ridgeline of the roof and fired condescendingly.

The bombing team also started throwing grenades at the same time. The artillery fire was mixed with the coverage of machine gun fire, and the devils who stepped into the ambush circle were beaten dizzy.

As for the grenadier team behind the devils, they had long been targeted by the eighth route army shooters lurking in the dark. They didn't even know where the bullets were fired from, and quickly killed the devils' artillery.

In the sudden ambush, the Eighth Route Army launched a fierce firestorm. Before long, the Japanese squadron suffered more than half of the casualties.

Seeing that something was wrong, the leader of the Devil Squadron roared and ordered to retreat, preparing to withdraw from the ambush range of the Eighth Route Army on both sides, and then wait for reinforcements.

As soon as the devil's squadron leader made such a move, he was immediately targeted by the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army ambushing on both sides. The fighters liked to fight most, except for the devil's gunner and machine gunner, it was the devil's commander.

It can be said that in the process of confrontation with the Independence Regiment, the officers of the Devils are quite dangerous occupations.

A few bullets attacked, and the leader of the Devil Squadron, who was commanding with a command knife in his hand, was knocked down immediately.

The Japanese army, who was still outside the village, immediately noticed that the vanguard Japanese squadron had encountered a surprise attack, and immediately sent reinforcements to reinforce it.

When the devil's follow-up reinforcements arrived, they saw the tragic scene in front of them. There were wounded soldiers all over the place. These hateful Eighth Route Army seemed to intend to injure rather than kill.

The entire leading squadron has suffered more than half of its casualties.

The devil soldiers, who were lucky enough to be safe and sound, looked at the empty houses on both sides that the Eighth Route Army had already withdrawn, with panic on their faces.

"Your Excellency, Captain, these cunning Eighth Route Army ambushed a large number of people in the village and set up many landmine traps. The vanguard has suffered more than a hundred casualties."

Listening to the report of the communicator, looking at the village that had fallen into silence again, Ishiihara fell silent.

The ambushes of these hateful Tuba roads in the villages have obviously been prepared for a long time, which is shocking.

This reminded Ishiihara that a few days ago he led the alliance to confront the Independence Regiment outside Zhangjiazhuang and West Village.

He was thinking that the interior of West Village and Zhangjiazhuang might have been like this at that time. If his team had entered the village rashly at that time, would they have lost faster?
These Tuba roads set up so many ambushes in advance in the village, and even put the decisive battle outside the village, how despised his Ishii unit?

Ishiihara suddenly felt a deep sense of frustration, with great humiliation.

Thinking of this, Ishiihara, who was gnashing his teeth with hatred, gave an order: "The team advances carefully, and the grenade and artillery lag behind. Once an ambush by the Tuba Road is encountered, the vanguard quickly withdraws and directly bombards the area where the Tuba Road is located. I blew up all the houses and earthen walls where they were hiding."

"Hi!"

……

On the other side of Zhangjiazhuang, Shankou Shubian, who led the team, became more and more frightened. The ambush arranged by the Eighth Route Army in Zhangjiazhuang caused his troops to suffer a lot.

The sweeping team advanced slowly.

Yamaguchi finally realized for himself how difficult it is for the independent group in Ishiihara's mouth.

……

Independence Corps.

regiment.

The communications soldier returned and reported the latest situation to Kong Jie.

"Regimental Commander, the devils are moving forward very slowly now. They put their artillery in the rear. Once they encounter our surprise attack, after the vanguard retreats, they will bombard the area where we are hiding with artillery as soon as possible."

"Where is the devil's advance now?" Kong Jie asked.

"We have reached the rear of the village head area."

Kong Jie nodded and said with a smile: "Let the Fourth Battalion Commander and the others pay attention to avoiding the devil's artillery fire, and lure the devil to the middle of the village, our main minefield."

"In addition, does this little devil really think that their artillery has no opponent? Let the artillery platoon prepare, and after locking the specific coordinates of the devil's rear artillery, immediately carry out fixed-point clearing."

"Yes!"

boom boom --

West Village.

The two mountain cannons pushed forward by the devil were directly blown up in the shelling.

The shells fired accurately from the village came really abruptly.

The situation at this time was very unfavorable for the Japanese army. The Eighth Route Army also had artillery in its hands, and it had clearly locked the position of the Japanese army's artillery. However, the Japanese army's artillery had no idea where the Eighth Route Army's artillery was.

Zhangjiazhuang on the other side also encountered such a situation.

Shubian Yamaguchi, head of the Japanese brigade, became more and more frightened as he fought.

Only then did he realize that the independent regiment in front of him was by no means a soft persimmon. This Eighth Route Army also had artillery on hand, and it was not weak.

The imperial army's strategy of bullying the Eighth Route Army's lack of artillery would not work at all, as in the past.

With the help of the various traps and fortifications set up by the village in advance, Tuba Road can completely fight more with less.

How is this fight going?
Even if you want to set fire to the village, the distance between the houses in this village is relatively wide. In addition, there is no vegetation in the village, and most of it is barren land.

It is spring again, and the fire is not so easy to start.

Yamaguchi Shubian now has the same headache as Ishiihara.

But you can't withdraw the team, can you?

This time it was not a separate battle between the two teams, but a sweep of the Eighth Route Army in the entire Taihang area.

In other directions, Imperial forces are continuing to advance.

At this time, if these two troops retreated, it would be equivalent to directly opening a big hole to the Eighth Route Army from the encirclement.

What's more, General Shinozuka Yoshio is waiting for good news from their two troops!
Considering this, Ishii Haraichi and Yamaguchi Shubian could only bite the bullet and ordered to continue to move forward.

"With the chariot squad as the vanguard, move forward!"

Ishiihara arranged this way in an attempt to use chariots to reduce infantry casualties.

in the village.

"Battalion Commander, the Devils have used Iron Battalion!"

Lei Dasheng, the commander of the Fourth Battalion, was not angry but happy, and said: "Why panic? This is still in the village, not a place where devils can be rampant. Speaking of it, the regiment leader is really good at predicting things, and he has long expected that the devils will use tanks." , We have already prepared the means to deal with the tanks, just wait to lure the devil's tanks into the trap."

"Remember, tanks are not common. The regiment leader said, if possible, try not to damage the devil's tank. After this battle, this tank will belong to our independent regiment!"

"Yes!" The cadres responded and laughed together...

(End of this chapter)