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Chapter 549 Chapter 548, Battle of Dayou Town

With a radio, everything is very convenient (although not as convenient as a mobile phone). The guerrilla sniper squad is still being formed, and this matter was sent to Minister Zhang via telegram.

"A cold gun and cold artillery campaign? A piecemeal attack? Haha, a very vivid way of fighting! No wonder this little guy insisted on getting us so many sniper scopes. He must have thought of this method a long time ago, right? Not to mention, putting those snipers in a large army to fight can play a role, but it is really not as good as sending them out sporadically to fire cold guns!"

"It's just that the Japanese are now on a raid, and the headquarters really doesn't have the conditions to organize this! Then let them do it. The First Division, the Beishan Guerrillas, and the 385th Brigade will serve as pilot units, and start fighting in the area around the northern Taihang District and between the Beiyue District." The deputy commander-in-chief saw the telegram sent by Minister Zhang and gave instructions.

"Actually, this is not bad. By mobilizing a small number of troops, we can cause unrest in the surrounding areas. It can also be regarded as a side support for our anti-mopping-up battle!" said the chief of staff.

"Where is the Japanese army?" asked the deputy commander.

"The troops attacking Licheng were stopped outside Licheng. The Japanese troops heading towards Panlong Town are still lingering in Panlong Town and have no intention of crossing the mountain. However, the Japanese troops heading south from Liao County are not far from Panlong Town. They want to make the passage on the west side of Taihang Mountain open from north to south, and divide our base area."

"Well, that's a good idea, but we won't let him get away with it! The Third Death Column is in Dayou Town, right? I think the devils in Panlong Town are likely to move west to Panlong Town and conduct a back-and-forth raid on our base! Tell Guoyan to respond actively, move the people into the tunnels, rely on Dayou Town, and fight the devils in the direction of Panlong Town! Tell him that the 18 heavy mortars in the three divisions are not chimneys!"

"Haha, the boss is pointing the finger at me, asking me to pay attention to the use of artillery!" Commander Guo, deputy commander of the Third Death Column of Dayou Village and commander of the Third Division of Taihang, laughed happily.

Although the commander is very young, only 29 years old this year, he joined the Red Army in 29 and fought in battle after battle. He is definitely a veteran! So, after he finished speaking, he looked at the several regiment leaders around him and said, "I order the 1st Regiment of the Third Death Column to set up your positions on the ridge northeast of the village and ambush them. If the devils come, attack them immediately!"

"The 2nd Regiment of the rd Column, you... the st Core Regiment of the rd Division, your mission is... the nd Core Regiment, your mission is to stay in Dayou Village as a reserve force!"

"Reserve?" Captain Hu originally thought he had a good position, but ended up being given this task. He said very dissatisfiedly, "Commander, can our regiment change its position to launch the main attack? Think about it, a few months ago, our regiment led the Japanese from the south to the arsenal, and then served as a reserve there, cleaning up the battlefield, cleaning up the battlefield... But now that we are following you, we are still a reserve..."

Captain Hu didn't say the words "clean up the battlefield", but everyone knew that the next sentence he would say was "clean up the battlefield". However, when the captains around him heard his words, they didn't show any contempt, and even had a little envy. After all, cleaning up the battlefield was fine, and in the end, they also participated in the hand-to-hand combat, and fought directly from the north entrance to the south entrance of the thin sky...

"You don't want to be the reserve, right? Then you can switch positions with the 3rd Regiment and follow me to ambush at Xigangtou, and protect our artillery battalion! By the way, Captain Situ, have you figured out the surrounding terrain? Have you also drawn the fence map for artillery bombardment?" Commander Guo asked. "Report to the commander, everything has been mapped! I promise that as long as we find the enemy's artillery position, we can counterattack them with artillery fire within 5 minutes! As long as the enemy is within 5.5 kilometers, I am invincible!"

"Okay! This is the momentum of my invincibility that we want! Now, everyone, get ready to go. We have no shortage of ammunition. Don't fight according to the old ideas. We need to increase our firepower appropriately!" Commander Guo reminded.

"Yes, Commander!" Several regiment leaders stood up, saluted, and then went to their respective positions. In fact, the position assigned to them by Commander Guo was originally their current garrison position, and now it was just confirmed. Of course, the position of the Second Core Regiment was changed, mainly because Commander Hu and his men really didn't want to be the reserve force.

Time passed slowly. At 9 o'clock the next morning, each regiment had made preparations in their respective positions. The trenches were dug and the positions were deep. Even each soldier had 8 more grenades at hand, waiting for the enemy to come up and blow them up. If you look closely, these 8 new grenades are all large militia grenades, which are very different from the military grenades on the soldiers' waists.

But the soldiers said it didn't matter, as long as we had grenades to throw, we could use any kind of grenades! Moreover, the smoke produced by the explosion of the militia grenades was larger, and it could also be used as a smoke bomb to block the view during the attack. Of course, the last idea was the idea of ​​the soldiers in the assault group. They were holding semi-automatic and shotguns, and they always wanted to attack a bunker or something.

But now, the devils have mobilized a large number of troops to attack Panlong Town, and are attacking from Panlong Town. It is time to fight the devils! This time, the devils dispatched a total of more than 4000 Japanese and puppet troops, and the support of the regiment's artillery squadron, and the momentum is still relatively large. However, there are also many Eighth Route Army soldiers guarding Dayou Town, with a total of more than 5000 troops in several regiments.

It was already 11 o'clock in the morning, and the Japanese from Panlong Town finally arrived at the ambush position in Dayou Town! This time, the Japanese who liked to fight in multiple directions were divided into four teams, each with more than 1000 Japanese and puppet troops, complete with infantry, artillery and grenade launchers, which should not be underestimated.

At the Xigangzi ambush position, Commander Guo looked at the Japanese troops that had gathered at the foot of the mountain and smiled smugly. He had fought so many battles before, and choosing an ambush position was not too easy! Look, at the position he chose, the Japanese did not even notice the ambush team waiting on the hill more than 100 meters above their heads, and were still eating lunch, planning to continue the attack after they were full.

What is a God-given opportunity? Commander Guo felt that this was a God-given opportunity! Although there were only more than 1000 people in the ambush area out of the more than 500 Japanese and puppet troops, he thought that was enough!

"Xiao Hu, pass the order down. All the grenade launchers in your regiment, aim at the eastern half of the Japanese team and blow them up! Do you see that locust tree with a crow's nest? Tell the comrades in the grenade launcher group to blow eastward from there! Don't you have two mortar groups in your regiment? Bomb from the east of the Japanese team towards the locust tree! Do you know how I'm going to fight?" Commander Guo looked at Captain Hu and asked.

Note: Commander Guo, Guo Guoyan, died in the battle of Dayou Town on February 1942, 2, at the age of 9. But I don't want to write him to death, so I can only make the battle go smoothly and without any accidents.

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