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Chapter 169 Chapter 168, Xiangchenggu Ambush
(Not very relevant to the main plot, you can skip it if you don't like it)

The place called Xiangchenggu is not far to the east of Qiu County, about 20 miles away. It is the old course of Laosha River. The low-lying sandy land is covered with various vegetation and the terrain is sloping, so the brigade commander chose this place as the ambush battlefield.

This place is called Xiangchenggu, naturally because there is a village called Xiangchenggu to the south of this piece of sand, hence the name. With Xiangchenggu as the center, there is Zhuangtou Village to the east and Zhangjiazhuang to the west. The two villages, one to the east and one to the west, form a triangular pocket formation with Xiangchenggu to the south.

The mission of the New 2st Regiment was to rush from Maluobao Village, two miles west of Zhangzhuang Village, as soon as the battle broke out, and to make a hole in this pocket formation to the north of Zhangzhuang and Zhuangtou Village.

As expected of a brigade commander who had betrayed Chiang Kai-shek himself, he used a stretch of beach and a few villages to proactively provoke the Japanese and then ambush them!
Well, it is worth mentioning that the New 1st Regiment was formed in Quzhou, west of Qiu County, so the New 1st Regiment is very familiar with this area. When Li Yunlong led the main force of the New 1st Regiment to familiarize themselves with the battlefield and moved to Malubao for concealment, the action on the brigade commander's side almost began.

Our brigade commander now has several troops under his command. The 688th Regiment, as the main force of the 344th Brigade, is naturally responsible for blocking the enemy head-on and attacking them from the flank. Therefore, the front of Xiangchenggu and the flank of Zhangjiazhuang were given to the 688th Regiment. The supplementary regiment with little combat power was placed in Zhuangtou Village to attack the eastern flank.

In order to guard against the Japanese invaders from the direction of Quzhou, the New 1st Regiment even specially dispatched a battalion to Xixiaogu Village in the west to escort the rear of the entire ambush position.

The battlefield was set up, and then the bait was thrown out to lure out the devils! Pay attention, the devils the brigade commander faced this time were not small characters, but the 40th Regiment of the famous 10th Division of the devils! Some people may not know what the th Division is, but everyone knows Shinozuka Yoshio, right? At this time, he was not the commander of the First Army, but the commander of this division.

Attention, the 28000th Division is a permanent division of the Japanese Army, with a staff of 59 people or more, a high degree of mechanization, and sufficient heavy firepower. What are its achievements? In the Battle of Wuhan, at the northern foot of the Dabie Mountains, it directly defeated General Zhang Zizhong's th Army, and then defeated Hu Zongnan's First Army, which was known as the best army in the world, directly laying the key to the victory or defeat of the Battle of Wuhan!
That's right, in order to consolidate the "public order" in the north, the Japanese have transferred the main division that was attacking from the center to this side.

Next, let’s see how our brigade commander uses bait.

When spreading bait, you must have enough bait to make a nest! So on the afternoon of the 9th, the 688th Regiment, led by Captain Wei, went directly north for more than 20 miles and surrounded the county town of Weixian in the north. At night, they pretended to attack the city, which scared a supplementary battalion and an infantry reinforcement squadron of the Japanese army, and they quickly climbed up the city wall to fight back.

Seeing that the Japanese were getting restless, Captain Wei led his men to retreat and headed straight back to Xiangchenggu, leaving the rest of the matters to other brother units.

He ran away, and the Japanese were not happy! We were eating hot pot and singing in the county town, and you attacked the city! You can attack the city, right? You fought and then ran away, is this okay?

Anyway, during this period, our brigade commander and other troops would occasionally launch surprise attacks on the enemy's transport teams, isolated small units, and marching columns, making the enemy wander around, hoping to find the main force of the Eighth Route Army to have a decisive battle. Hey, now it's good, isn't this a regiment of the Eighth Route Army? Chase them!

So early the next morning, the Japs decided to pursue the main force of the Eighth Route Army. They must catch up with them and annihilate them!
To pursue, there must be a target, right? So our brigade commander was very "considerate" and asked the cavalry company to appear in the sight of the devils and expose their position, for fear that the devils would lose them.

The cavalry company was very arrogant, wandering around within the sight of the Japanese but out of their shooting range (there should be a voice-over here: You can hit me if you want, you can hit me if you want...).

How could the Japanese not be angry when the cavalry company was so arrogant? Voiceover: It's so fucking infuriating!
Seeing the target, the Japanese did not hesitate. A part of the supplementary brigade and the Yasuda infantry reinforcement squadron took 9 cars, with a mountain gun and two 1-type infantry guns, forming a fast mobile force to pursue the Eighth Route Army cavalry company.

The cavalry company commander received the order and started playing hide-and-seek with the Japanese, leading them to move around and occasionally fighting back. When they arrived at a village north of Xiangchenggu, the cavalry company suddenly started a blocking battle, directly wounding the captain of the Japanese supplementary brigade and killing the guide and the translator.

After doing all this, the comrades of the cavalry company jumped on their horses and continued to lure the enemy deeper into their territory, finally leading the Japs into an ambush circle.

When the Japanese encountered a direct attack from the 688th Regiment in Xiangchenggu, and the villages on the east and west sides were attacked by the Eighth Route Army, they realized that they had been tricked.

Japs: Good news, we really found the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and exceeded the target, finding two regiments at once; bad news, we were surrounded by the Eighth Route Army!
That's right, the Japanese were very excited when they were blocked just now. They finally found the main force of the Eighth Route Army. They wanted to kill them, charge! Then, they charged twice and were beaten back. The Japanese were not convinced. If the frontal attack didn't work, could we still fight in a roundabout way? So, a small team was separated and went back to Zhuangtou Village in the east, intending to go around here to fight in the back of Xiangchenggu.

Hey, the ones in charge of the supplementary regiment at this time are Chief of Staff Zhou, one of the three "lame, blind and thin" men of the 386th Brigade, and Regiment Commander Han!

The two of them saw that the Japanese had been delivered to their mouths, so they swallowed them in one gulp! So, the supplementary regiment that had just received a batch of "Zhongzheng" gave this small group of Japanese soldiers a good beating in Zhuangtou Village!
At this time, the Japanese captain Yasuda knew that he was surrounded, so he decided to divide his troops into several small groups and use powerful firepower to break out.

Could the tricks that little devil could come up with be hidden from the eyes of so many of our commanders? So, the soldiers from the three villages did not hide, and pressed forward from three sides to kill him!

Yasuda didn't want to die, so he didn't break out in different directions, and retreated to the north! What about the mountain artillery and infantry artillery he brought? Is it still meaningful to pay attention to this at this time? Doesn't it take time to deploy the mountain artillery, or does it take time to deploy the infantry artillery? By the time the artillery is deployed, the bayonets of the Eighth Route Army will probably be at their chests.

Seeing that the Japanese wanted to run away, the comrades who were encircling them turned their eyes to the northwest field. They saw a team of more than a thousand people, carrying Type 92 heavy machine guns, crooked handles, grenade launchers, and various weapons, running desperately...

That’s right, the troops running at full speed were the main force of the New 1st Regiment! At this time, our Lao Li didn’t care about the cold weather. He held his big knife in his hand, the red silk fluttered in the wind, and shouted loudly: "Comrades... run, don’t let a single Japanese soldier get shot! Damn it, we are now a group of wolves, a group of wild wolves, and the Japanese soldiers are the piece of meat at our mouths!"

"A wolf travels a thousand miles to eat meat, a dog travels a thousand miles to eat shit, both of you should show your wolfish spirit and charge..."

"Everyone from the first battalion, follow me! There are only a few Japanese enemies here. If we go too late, we will be doomed!" Zhang Dabiao pulled off his military cap, ran away with his head bare.

The New 500st Regiment, which can run fast in the mountains, is naturally not afraid of running on the flat ground! Moreover, the Japanese here have to deal with the encirclement on three sides and guard against the bullets coming at them. Their speed cannot be compared with that of the New st Regiment! Therefore, when Li Yunlong and his men ran all the way to the previously scheduled ambush point, the Japanese were still meters away from them. "Set up the heavy machine guns immediately! Set up the Type rifles! Zhuzi, set up the mortars too! And Zhang Chong, can your grenade launchers still shoot accurately?" Li Yunlong stood on the small mound where he had stood before and shouted loudly to his comrades.

"Don't worry, Commander. We only ran 3 kilometers! You know, when we were training with the guerrillas, we ran 5 kilometers of armed cross-country every morning and evening!" Zhang Chong said without even taking a breath. After that, he quickly put the grenade launcher upright on the ground, lay on the ground himself, and took out the grenade and put it into the launcher.

"Captain, don't worry! No matter who you tell us to bomb, we will never make a mistake!" Yu Xiaoyu made the same move, but he was small and could squat.

"Me too..." Luda was smarter. He found a slope of uneven height, placed the grenade launcher on the top of the slope, and squatted down.

"Hahahaha... listen to me carefully, don't be stingy with your bullets. The Japs are coming, hit them hard!" Li Yunlong roared with high spirits.

"Baga... It's time to fight to the death! Everybody listen, don't worry about the flanks or the rear, the target is the Eighth Route Army in the north, they are going to be killed..." Squadron Leader Yasuda was a decisive man. At this time, he gave up the defense in the other three directions, concentrated all his firepower, and launched an attack on the position of the New 1st Regiment.

Of course, there were not as many devils at this time, only about 100 at most. But even so, the devils' firepower was still fierce.

But... the firepower of the New 4st Regiment is even more fierce! The New 3st Regiment has 1 battalions, 2 of which are present, not counting the supplementary battalion. The 18st and nd Battalions have a total of Type heavy machine guns. That's right, Lao Li has agreed with the brigade commander, and the New st Regiment will keep this for itself...

Of course, this is not the time to talk about this. Seeing the devils attacking desperately, Li Yunlong laughed: "Hit me, hit me hard..."

Ga, ga, ga... The unpleasant sound of the Type 92 heavy machine gun rang out on the position of the New 1st Regiment, followed by the sound of the Type 99 light machine gun. Countless bullets intertwined to form a net, a net composed of warheads.

The Japanese soldiers were caught in the net like little fish and shot dead one by one like wheat.

"Grenade launcher, over there, heavy machine gun, blow it up..." Squadron Leader Yasuda was not dead yet, so he commanded the grenade launcher soldiers, aimed at a heavy machine gun position, and planned to blow it up.

But just as his grenade launcher soldier raised his finger to measure the distance, a whistling sound came from the sky. Then, three grenades exploded next to him, directly destroying his three grenade launcher combat groups. That was not all. After one wave of grenades was fired, another wave of grenades came from the north, targeting the grenade launcher group that posed the greatest threat.

When they had finished blowing up the grenade launcher group, Yu Xiaoyu, Zhang Chong and the other two guys turned their attention to the Japanese machine gun group.

"The instructor said that the effective explosion radius of this grenade can reach 8 meters. So, shoot at a slightly offset distance, don't blow up the machine gun!" Zhang Chong and his team reminded each other before firing. Well, the instructor they were talking about was naturally Comrade Li Yuexuan.

Gaga gaga... ce ce ce... boom boom boom... The battle in Xiangchenggu entered a white-hot stage after the new regiment joined the battle, and the intensity directly overwhelmed the previous intensity.

The Japanese were thinking of breaking out and then retreating to the county town; the New 1st Regiment was thinking of killing all the Japanese so that our regiment could get another batch of equipment.

So, no one gave way to the other! The final result was that the number of Japanese soldiers decreased as they fought, and the number of Japanese soldiers decreased as they fought, until the encirclement team surrounded them, and not a single one of them escaped.

Rumble... But at this moment, a truck took advantage of the chaos and drove up, suddenly breaking through the defensive position of the replenishment regiment, and accelerated sharply towards the north, and was about to disappear from sight.

"Zhu Zi, where is your fucking mortar? Do you see that car? Blow it up!" Seeing that the Japanese truck was about to run away, Li Yunlong finally remembered that he had a man named Zhu Zi who was just there for show.

"Captain, you finally remembered me!" Zhuzi looked at Li Yunlong with a resentful look, then raised his right hand and gave a thumbs up. At this moment, the enemy's truck actually rushed into the sand on the sand slope, and the wheels sank into the sand. From a distance, dust was seen flying behind the car, but no one could see it moving forward.

"Ammunition..." Zhuzi shouted while adjusting the parameters. When he raised his head and confirmed the position of the enemy's car again, he shouted decisively: "Fire!"

"Boom..." A shell blurted out and rushed towards the Japanese truck. A few seconds later, with a bang, the front of the truck was blown up and several Japanese soldiers scattered out of the car.

Then... the entire battlefield fell silent! That's right, the Japs that could be seen had been eliminated, and the next period of time was to eliminate the remaining enemies, clean up the battlefield, and treat their own wounded.

"Li Yunlong..." The brigade commander found Li Yunlong who was holding a command knife and said, "Your New 1st Regiment fought well this time. You deserve praise!"

"That's right. Don't you see our regiment's equipment? It's the best! By the way, Brigade Commander, I heard that we have a batch of regular soldiers. You can't give them all to the supplementary regiment, right? How about giving some to our new regiment as well?"

"Get out of here, you're just thinking of getting something in return from me! But you fought well this time, so I'll give you more ammunition later, but don't even think about anything else!" After the brigade commander said this, he happily went to Xiangchenggu in the south of the battlefield, because there was a mountain cannon and two infantry cannons waiting for him there.

(End of this chapter)