Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

Guo Liandong and his team had already known the whereabouts of the Japanese. That's right, the special forces went south again and encountered the convoy 5 kilometers away from Gu County, so they sent the message back via radio. The radio for real-time communication is so convenient to use, and the radios equipped by the special forces have made great contributions.

The special forces did not follow the convoy back, even though the convoy was traveling at less than 30 kilometers per hour, but instead set up a temporary observation point on Songshuling, 3 kilometers away from Gu County, to monitor the movements of the devils. Luo Wei was a smart man, and he knew that the devils in the north would not last long, so he had other guesses.

For example, what if the Japanese in the north sent a situation report to the Japanese in the south before being eliminated? If so, the Japanese would have two options. One is to continue to move north and forcefully attack our troops that can easily eliminate more than 3,000 Japanese puppet troops; the second option is to quickly evacuate the base and return to where they came from to preserve their strength!

Of course, the Japanese also had a third option, such as turning back south and continuing to hold the occupied areas south of Guxian County, and then mobilizing troops from the 62nd Division from Changzhi to provide reinforcements.

However, this option was not considered by Lowe for the time being, because the Japanese did this, and it had nothing to do with the Second Battalion. After all, when the Japanese attacked, the Second Battalion needed to stop them, and when the Japanese fled eastward, the Second Battalion could move eastward to intercept them, or they could chase them in order to eliminate more of them.

As for Songshuling, the terrain is high, and you can see the Guxian River valley in the west, and you can also see the valley from Guxian to the northeast of Shizhuang, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone. Moreover, Luo Wei brought the reconnaissance company of the second battalion here, and he can even block a wave of attacks at Songshuling to buy time for the main force.

Of course, at this time, the main force of the Japanese that Luo Wei was thinking about was still walking on the mountain road south of Gu County, more than a mile away from Gu County. It all depended on the Japanese's choice next.

The Japanese haven't arrived in Gu County yet, but the battle on Guo Liandong's side has already begun!
At the beginning, the Japanese did have a lot of trucks, as can be seen from the results of the Xiangtangbao ambush. In that battle, the 129th Division suffered 317 casualties, but killed more than 400 Japanese soldiers, burned 181 vehicles, and seized more than 130 long and short guns, 4 mortars and a large amount of military supplies.

It can be seen that in the early days of the war, the number of vehicles of the devils was really large! But now... the two battalions of the devils have gathered 20 trucks, five of which were blown up in the early battles.

At the mouth of the ditch, Guo Liandong stood on the hilltop west of the river valley, holding a telescope in his hand, watching the slowly approaching convoy, looking at the puppet soldiers in the first few vehicles, and then looking at the Japanese soldiers in the convoy behind, with a relaxed smile on his face: "What we are least afraid of is the Japanese soldiers gathering together... Repeat the order, according to the original plan, when the mines sound, all 60 mortars, explode!"

The original plan was for all 6 24mm mortars from the six companies to bombard the enemy's convoy. Two mortars would be used to deal with each of the 60 trucks in the back row, while the three trucks in the front row would be the responsibility of the grenade launcher combat group near the river valley. Without considering the capture of usable vehicles, this method was the fastest and safest!
Well, that is to say, there is no such thing as incendiary bombs in the artillery sequence of the Beishan Detachment. Otherwise, using white phosphorus incendiary bombs to deal with the convoy is actually a good choice!

Of course, this three is also a fictitious number, because there is an anti-tank mine buried on the mountain road at the foot of the mountain, and this mine is the signal for the battle to begin.

On the top of the hill, Guo Liandong decisively put down the telescope after giving the order, and then looked towards the convoy. Since there would be a full-scale bombing later, using the telescope would only allow him to see a few vehicles, so he might as well see the whole scene... At this time, the leading truck finally arrived at the place where the mines were buried.

Boom... The anti-tank mine with a particularly large charge exploded, because it was a pressure-activated mine. As the mine exploded, the car was directly blown away by the huge force, then spun in the air, partially disintegrated, and then fell heavily upside down on the ground again.

Creak...creak...the car in front was blown up, and the Japanese drivers, who had been on edge, stepped on the brakes one after another, then quickly opened the doors and were about to jump out of the cab. At this time, both the Japanese and the puppet army heard the whistling sound of artillery shells flying through the air...

Chirp, chirp, chirp...boom, boom... no more, no less than 24 60mm mortar shells flew up from various places on the battlefield, and then whizzed down towards the enemy's convoy. With the violent explosions, some trucks were directly hit, some were swept by the shock wave, and some were lucky enough to avoid the first round of attacks.

But soon, the second round of shells fell, and the third round of shells followed... Well, only the Beishan Detachment dared to consume shells in this way. Anyway, we have an arsenal and can rebuild them if we use up all the shells!
Of course, the effect of the bombing was also gratifying! A full 72 shells exploded, killing and wounding many of the enemy's convoys, and even the fuel tanks of many trucks were ignited, starting a raging fire.

Boom... Boom... Not long after, the burning oil tank exploded, but there were no Japanese or puppet soldiers around who fled away out of fear.

The reason? Of course, these devils and puppet soldiers were all killed in the previous explosion! Well, the worst were the three trucks in front. One was blown away by a mine, and the other two were hit by grenade launchers. The main frame of the truck can still be seen clearly, but the other parts are nowhere to be found...

"This kind of battle is very exciting, but there is too little sense of participation..." In a corner of the battlefield, Bai Dabao made a relatively pertinent evaluation of the bombing.

"Isn't this for the purpose of quickly eliminating these devils and then preparing for subsequent attacks?" said the 5th Company Commander Chen Bingliang on the side.

"Okay, that's it. The assault team will go up and clean up. See if there is anything useful and pick it up quickly!" said Bai Dabao.

"Well, let's go right away! I just hope the Japanese won't be scared away by our strong fighting power!" Chen Bingliang joked.

"It's hard to say!" Bai Dabao said in a serious tone.

In Gu County, the Japanese soldiers of the 24th Battalion did not continue to move forward, nor did they go back several times. Instead, they were quickly communicating using the radio.

"Report to the captain, the radio station of the 23rd Squadron has lost its signal... Just now, we called the team heading north, but received no response... They have lost contact!"

"Nani?" (End of this chapter)