The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 436 Ambush the Japanese Artillery Troops Contest
Zhangjiazhuang direction.

The Ishii Regiment is suffering a fate similar to that of the Independent Mixed Fourth Brigade.

Initially, Ishiihara also put his hopes on Nishimura's independent fourth mixed brigade, hoping that Nishimura's troops could be reinforced.

It turned out that even the Fourth Brigade in Nishimura was besieged by independent regiments relying on various nodes, and Ishiihara was completely dumbfounded.

What does this mean?
This is enough to show that not long ago, his Ishii United team dealt with the Independence Regiment, and returned home with disastrous defeats in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang.

They didn't even enter the village entrance.

As a result, let alone hurt the independent group.

Judging from the strength and combat effectiveness displayed by the Independent Regiment at this moment, the last time the Independent Regiment fought against the Ishii Regiment, the Independence Regiment probably suffered a superficial injury.

This time, the Ishii Regiment, together with the Independent Fourth Mixed Brigade, barely managed to break into Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang.

Ishiihara was deeply shocked by the subsequent powerful defensive measures launched by the independent regiment in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang.

This is no ordinary village, more like a slaughterhouse full of traps.

For this reason, Ishii Haraichi thought about it. Not long ago, when he led the unit to fight in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, what would happen if the independent regiment fought in the village.

Just shuddering. .

At this moment, Ishiihara had no extravagant hope of being able to destroy any independent regiment, he just wanted to be able to hold on to the danger and wait until the reinforcements arrived to break out smoothly.

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A large stronghold behind the Japanese army.

Yamaguchi temporarily stationed his artillery units in the stronghold.

This artillery unit consists of an artillery squadron from the [-]th Mixed Brigade and the remaining artillery units of the Ishii Wing.

There are six 75mm mountain guns, eight 37mm rapid-fire guns, and twelve Type [-] infantry guns.

Yamaguchi placed his artillery unit in this large stronghold because it was inconvenient to move the artillery during operations in mountainous areas, which would slow down the mobility of the entire army. In addition, the presence of these artillery would become the focus of the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack, and it was very likely Difficult to ensure safety.

Therefore, Yamaguchi placed the artillery in the rear and had a large stronghold to defend it, which can not only ensure safety, but also the artillery in the rear can be reinforced at any time once the front-line combat troops encounter the Eighth Route Army troops.

There is a convenient road transportation channel from the big stronghold to Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang.

The transport trucks carry these artillery pieces and can reach the shelling position in no time.

In this way, Yamaguchi believed that his troops could rely on artillery to advance, attack and retreat.

But what Shankou never expected was that the Eighth Route Army didn't talk about martial arts, and didn't fight from the front, but went around directly behind, blocking the retreat node of the Fourth Brigade.

Now, Yamaguchi's artillery unit was directly isolated from the periphery of the encirclement of the Independent Regiment.

At the tree side of the mountain pass, there is an urgent need for artillery to destroy the concrete fortifications built by the Independence Regiment. On the other hand, he is worried that his artillery unit will be ambushed by the Eighth Route Army on the way from the big stronghold.

After all, the information that the main force of the Independence Regiment had already broken out of the encirclement and was going round and round in the rear had already spread to the various headquarters of the Japanese army.

In the communication, Yamaguchi repeatedly warned: "We must beware of ambushes by the Eighth Route Army along the way, and we must never let the artillery fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army."

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three o'clock in the afternoon.

A Japanese unit left the stronghold, followed by five trucks.

After a short time, the two sides of the road, which was originally an empty field of vision, gradually narrowed, and a narrow road passing between two mountains could be seen from a distance.

If this was before the big sweep, the devils would drive straight through the lane without hesitation.

Because there are strongholds located every less than one kilometer along the road, while the Japanese and puppet troops block the road, they will ensure that there is no Eighth Route Army in the surrounding area to ensure the safety of road transportation.

But all of this, within five days after the start of the big raid against the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area, was destroyed in disgrace.

The Japanese Army independently formed the Fourth Brigade, and the Ishii Regiment directly advanced towards Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang. Unexpectedly, Kong Jie arranged for the main force of the three battalions on the side of the Independent Regiment to lurk in the mountains in advance, and directly detoured to the Japanese army's main force. rear.

Taking advantage of the Japanese army fighting Zhangjiazhuang and the Independence Regiment in Xicun, the Independence Regiment detoured to the troops in the rear. On the one hand, they raided counties and towns such as Yangquan in the rear. various strongholds.

Many small and medium-sized strongholds in the entire West Village and the surrounding areas of Zhangjiazhuang have been removed.

Especially in the past two days, Huang Baiyang led the sniper platoon to continuously ambushes in this area, specially attacking those devils and puppet troops who dared to leave their strongholds.

Those small and medium-sized Japanese military strongholds that were not considered strong in the first place, the Japanese and puppet troops hiding in the strongholds were always in fear.

Don't dare to take half a step out of the stronghold easily, for fear of being shot by the sharpshooters of the Eighth Route Army who may be lurking outside anytime and anywhere.

As a result, the relatively stable rear strongholds in the area of ​​Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang are some large strongholds.

And the devils who left this large stronghold in front of them were actually wary of being ambushed by the Eighth Route Army along the way.

"Order the troops to suspend the march."

The marching team was still 600 meters away from the lane, and the Japanese squadron leader Mitsui Betsuo gave an order.

The adjutant said: "Your Excellency Squadron Leader, Your Excellency the Brigade Commander urgently needs artillery support. Are we here?"

Mitsui Benyu looked at the steep terrain in the distance, and frowned and said: "If the Eighth Route ambushes along the way, this place is an excellent place. It is not too late to go if you check it out. If you go further, you will enter the Eighth Route Army." The range of artillery fire that may be hidden at any time."

"Hi!" The adjutant replied, but with some hesitation, he turned his head and looked at the five trucks behind him, and said in a slightly lowered voice, "Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, we know exactly what is in the truck. Is such a careful investigation necessary to lure out the ambush that the Eighth Route may have set up along the way?"

Mitsui Benoo said: "Just imagine, if we don't check carefully along the way with the artillery on the truck, wouldn't it attract the suspicion of the secret Eighth Route Army?"

"Besides, even if it's a test, if we can take the initiative to find out the Eighth Route Army, wouldn't we be able to avoid some casualties?"

The adjutant quickly responded, "Hi!"

After making up his mind, Mitsui Eloquent sent two more teams to search around the lane, and marched after making sure it was safe.

At this time, in the mountains on both sides of the road, there was indeed a team lurking here, but the number of this team was very small. There were only soldiers from one squad of the independent regiment guard company, plus more than 20 soldiers from the district team, a total of more than 30 soldiers. people.

The devil appeared a few hundred meters away from the road, and the scout soldiers lurking in the mountains sensed the arrival of the Japanese army.

"Platoon leader, the devils are coming!" The scout soldiers rushed back and reported to Sun Qingshanhui, the leader of the third platoon of the guard company.

Sun Qingshan nodded and shouted: "Comrades, get ready to fight."

Not long after, the Japanese marching troops approached the lane and stopped slowly.

"Hey, platoon leader, why did this little devil stop?"

Sun Qingshan looked through the binoculars for a while, and saw the devil at the foot of Jiadao Mountain. After stopping his troops, he sent scout troops to investigate the mountains on both sides, saying:

"The group leader is really right. The location of this lane is too obvious. If you ambushe here, the devils will definitely be on guard. Right now, the little devils are probably afraid of being ambushed, so they sent a team up the mountain to investigate in advance."

District guerrilla team leader Zhao Ming asked, "Platoon Leader Sun, how do we fight now?"

Sun Qingshan thought for a while, and said: "The leader guessed that the little devil would not be fooled here, we are just playing a role of harassment this time, and by the way, we will find out the reality of this devil, the big head of the ambush is behind!"

"In this way, we have few people, and it is impossible to eat this devil."

"Did you see the devil's reconnaissance team coming up from the left and right? There are only about twenty people in total. Let's eat this devil's reconnaissance team and retreat immediately."

"it is good!"

...Not long after, the battle started.

The devil's reconnaissance troops were just some light infantry, plus they were ambushed by Sun Qingshan and his party who were lurking on the way.

How could twenty devils be enough to beat Sun Qingshan and his party?
After the two leading devils tripped the booby trap laid by Sun Qingshan and his party, the battle started directly, and the battle ended in less than a minute.

Benyu Mitsui at the foot of the mountain didn't even come back to his senses, he only heard a burst of gunshots in the forest, and soon returned to calm.

Adjutant Guizi's face changed, "Your Excellency, Squadron Leader, there is indeed an ambush by the Eighth Route Army here, and the reconnaissance team is probably in danger."

Mitsui Beno frowned and said:
"The situation is not right. The Eighth Route Army does not seem to have set up an ambush with the main force on both sides of the road, otherwise it would not be easily exposed."

"Then where did these Tuba roads put the main ambush points?"

"Our first task is to detect the ambush set up by the Eighth Route Army on the way, to ensure the safety of the advance route, we can't control so much, immediately lead the troops, advance to the mountains and forests on both sides under the cover of artillery fire, occupy the commanding heights, and eliminate the Eighth Route Army. "

"Hi!"

Under the command of Mitsui Beno, the devils quickly launched an attack on the mountains and forests on both sides of the road. As usual, after shelling with grenades, the infantry quickly moved forward.

In the end, it was all in vain, except for some unlucky devils who accidentally tripped over some booby traps left by Sun Qingshan and his entourage on the way, the little devil didn't see half of the enemy.

After successfully killing more than 20 scouts of the devil, Sun Qingshan led the team to evacuate long ago.

In the forest on the right side of the road, only Jiang Huaimin, a veteran of the guard company, was left to continue the investigation. Jiang Huaimin was lurking extremely secretly, and his excellent camouflage made him almost blend with the surrounding environment. Somewhere in a corner, quietly lurking.

The Japanese troops quickly occupied the commanding heights on both sides of the lane.

After confirming that the Tuba Road that had attacked Tuba Road had retreated, Mitsui Futsuo, the leader of the devil squadron, cursed a few words, leaving a squad of devils to continue to guard the high ground on both sides of the road, and then led the rest of the troops to move forward.

Jiang Huaimin was a little suspicious about this. This little devil had already occupied the high ground on both sides of the lane, and five trucks followed the troops through the lane. Why are the troops staying on guard?
With doubts, Jiang Huaimin continued to lurk, staring at the devil's every move in the lane area.

After nearly 10 minutes, a new change finally appeared. The roar of a truck engine came from a distance, attracting Jiang Huaimin's attention.

Jiang Huaimin secretly raised his binoculars to observe, and another group of devils appeared from the distant horizon, rushing towards the lane, followed by truck troops.

There were seven or eight trucks coming this time. Jiang Huaimin observed some details through the telescope. Compared with the previous five trucks, the wheels of those trucks seemed to be dented a lot.

Obviously, these trucks definitely have some serious stuff in their beds.

After contacting each other, veteran Jiang Huaimin thought of a terrible possibility:

Could it be that the first five trucks were not equipped with artillery at all, and were the devils as bait for temptation?
"No, this bastard is really cunning. It is estimated that he divided the troops transporting the artillery into two parts. The front part is the bait for testing, and the rear is the truck that pulls the artillery."

"Once the company commander and the others were fooled, the firepower of the ambush was exposed in advance, and the bait they fired was also the devil's bait. The artillery in the rear was not damaged at all. Once they catch up again, they can completely bombard the ambush troops."

"No, I have to tell the company commander and the others immediately."

Thinking of this, Jiang Huaimin didn't dare to hesitate, and retreated quietly, using the cover of the woods, he hurried towards the final ambush site of Wei Dayong and his party.

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... The guard company led by the monk, as well as the local comrades, finally planned to destroy the ambush of the Japanese artillery unit in one fell swoop. It was on a mountain road that stretched for several kilometers.

This stretch of mountain road has hillsides on both sides.

Unlike the previous lanes, which stand alone, it makes people feel like there is an ambush at a glance.

The mountain road stretched for several kilometers, even if the devils guessed that there would be an ambush by the Eighth Route Army on the way, they would never be able to predict exactly where it would be.

As for the ambush against the Japanese artillery unit this time, the arrangement of the monk is clear.

Sun Qingshan and his entourage arranged on both sides of the road before were just as the initial test to find out the reality of the devil.

Sun Qingshan, who returned with the team, reported the situation to Monk Wei: "Company commander, the devils from the big stronghold have been dispatched, followed by five trucks, escorted by about a squadron of troops along the way, the devils on the road are very vigilant, when passing the narrow road, We also sent troops up the mountain to investigate in advance, and we withdrew after destroying the devil's reconnaissance team."

"In addition, I asked Jiang Huaimin to continue to stay in the vicinity of the lane to investigate, and beware of what will happen to the devil in the future."

The monk nodded, and after gathering several platoon leaders and several captains of local comrades, he drew a sketch on the spot:
"Look, everyone, we have set up three ambush points this time."

"Here, one kilometer away from the entrance of the mountain road, is our Rolling Thunder team. This Rolling Thunder is a good thing, the latest new weapon developed by the repair shop."

"The ball-shaped rolling thunder is filled with a considerable amount of gunpowder. Light the fuse, calculate the distance, and roll down the hillside. When it reaches the mountain road area, it will explode completely."

"The trees at this node are sparse, and some obstacles such as branches along the way have been cleared in advance by us. The rolling thunder can easily roll onto the mountain road."

"After all fifty Rolling Thunders are used up, we must not fight the devils, and immediately retreat to the next ambush location."

"About one kilometer further back, here we planted a remote-detonated explosive package on the road in advance. After the devil's truck team drove over, we saw the opportunity and blew up the devil's first and last truck first."

"Then the ambush deployment was fully launched, throwing short-range grenades and medium-range rifle grenades to supplement the firepower, first destroying the important firepower points of the devils, and then the [-] small artillery, combined with the firepower blockade of light and heavy machine guns."

"Be sure to wipe out all the Japanese troops under the mountain path."

"After the second ambush operation is over, if the devils can still break out and continue to advance towards the West Village, our third preparation location will be a minefield near the West Village, where we will finally stop the Japanese army."

"When I set off, I promised the regiment commander at the beginning that I would never let the half of the devil's artillery reach the West Village and Zhangjiazhuang areas. Comrades, this battle is up to you."

"Yes—" the cadres responded in unison.

The monk raised his hand and looked at his watch. It was almost 04:30.

The scout came to report: "Report to the company commander, the Japanese army is less than two kilometers away from our first ambush site."

The monk said: "Understood, continue to investigate."

"Yes!"

"Communications, inform the Rolling Thunder team, get ready for battle."

"Yes!"

The location where the monk is at the moment is the second ambush location, that is, the location where the remote detonation explosive package was buried. This is the main ambush point for the ambush of the Japanese artillery unit.

The guard company, as well as the local comrades who cooperated with this ambush operation, all the main forces are ambushed here...

(End of this chapter)