Show the sword, start from the guerrillas

The Eighth Route Army was good at ambushes and guerrilla warfare, especially the 386nd Regiment of the 772th Brigade! However, among the many regimental units, the 22nd Regiment of the 22th Division of Jizhong led by Commander Zuo was also a master at ambushes! That’s right, it was the nd Regiment of the famous Songzhuang Battle mentioned above.

Three days ago, the headquarters also gave the order to the Jizhong Military Region, to the various military sub-districts, and to the various regiments under the military sub-districts. After receiving the battle situation analysis given by the sub-districts and the strategic deployment of the headquarters, the commander Zuo, who had long been dissatisfied with the Japanese entrenched in Shenze, led the main force of the 22nd Regiment to ambush in a village by the Hutuo River.

Commander Zuo was once the artillery commander of the Eighth Route Army. He came to Jizhong in 41 and became the deputy commander of the 17th Regiment of the Seventh Division. Later, he became the commander of the 22nd Regiment. During the May 42st mopping-up campaign in , he fought in the Songzhuang battle. At this time, we have to mention Comrade Li Yunlong! Li Yunlong is a fictional character who seems to be very tough.

But compared to what this Commander Zuo did, Li Yunlong was just a younger brother! The 22nd Regiment went to the Jin-Cha-Ji Military Region for a meeting, and this guy dared to kill the big wolf dog raised by the 9th Marshal, and then everyone ate dog meat together! This is something that Li Yunlong probably wouldn't dare to do! So, this guy is the real warrior, much more fierce than Li Yunlong!
According to the original trajectory, after the May 22st mopping-up, the 26nd, 17th, and 17th Regiments would be reorganized into the 22th Regiment of the Third Division of the Jinsui Military Region, with Commander Zuo as the deputy commander. However, in the world of Bright Sword, because the Eighth Route Army had the blessing of the arsenal and the help of many weapons, the losses of these three regiments were much smaller, and there was no need to merge them together. Therefore, the 22nd Regiment is still the nd Regiment, and it has become a reorganized regiment.

The reorganization regiment is the main force regiment, with a staff of three battalions and nine infantry companies, plus guard, reconnaissance, artillery, engineering, and logistics companies, for a total of 2300 people.

At this time, these 2300 soldiers, led by their regiment leader, were waiting for the Japanese to come to their doorstep in two villages close to the highway! The two villages seemed ordinary, but they were actually full of murderous intentions. The soldiers hid in the courtyards of the people's homes, or behind the walls on the south side of the village, and then chiseled shooting holes on the village walls... just waiting for the Japanese to arrive.

It is worth mentioning that these two villages are also very interesting, one is from the Western Han Dynasty and the other is from the Eastern Han Dynasty... Captain Zuo chose the ambush site here, not because the names of the villages have representative significance, but because the two villages are separated by a 500-meter piece of farmland. There is a flat area on the south side, extending from the edge of the village to the bank of the Hutuo River, with a span of nearly 2 kilometers.

Whether it is the 500 meters in the middle or the nearly 2 kilometers to the south, there is nothing protruding except the newly sprouted wheat seedlings and the ridges of the farmland! In such an environment, the Japanese have no place to hide. Not only that, 3 kilometers to the east of the East Han Dynasty and 2 kilometers to the west of the West Han Dynasty are also empty fields, with only roads passing through.

On the north side of the highway, there is a river called Ci River flowing east-west.

The Ci River turns north from the west of Xihan Village, bypasses the north of Xihan Donghan Village, and then turns back, echoing the north and south of the Hutuo River, forming a perfect closed-loop terrain. Therefore, even if the devils did not all enter the village, as long as they approached the village, they would be within the strike range of the Eighth Route Army! Because the 22nd Regiment has an 82nd mortar company with a strike range of 2.8 kilometers.

In the village, the soldiers held their breath and waited for the Japanese to come. On the road east of the village, the Japanese puppet troops who had hurriedly retreated from Shenze were also speeding up their journey in order to reach Wuji as soon as possible.

This group of devils walked in a hurry, their steps were a little unsteady, and it was obvious that they had walked for a long time. In fact, they walked for quite a long time, covering a distance of about 20 miles.

Looking at their composition, there were about 80 Japanese soldiers with more than 1000 puppet soldiers. At this moment, many puppet soldiers still had bags hanging on their bodies, which showed that they left in a hurry and did not have time to carefully pack up their supplies. It was not the puppet soldiers' fault that they left in a hurry. The Japanese soldiers did not want to be trapped to death in Shenze, so they left in such a hurry. The Japanese soldiers left in a hurry, and the puppet soldiers left in an even more hurried manner.

There is a stone mill under the big willow tree at the east entrance of Donghan Village. Below the stone mill is a base surrounded by several bluestones. In the middle of the base is a gap. Below the gap is a small round opening made of rubble. The round opening is the entrance to a tunnel in Donghan Village. At the entrance of the tunnel, a soldier is standing on a ladder, with his back against the cave wall, looking at the road to the east through the gap in the bluestone. As the soldier is watching, the Japanese puppet army is approaching this side quickly from far away.

Perhaps because they had walked for 20 miles without being attacked, the puppet soldiers had lost their vigilance, and the Japanese soldiers were no longer as cautious as when they first left the city. However, four Japanese vanguards carrying flags were walking in front with big strides, followed by more than 20 neatly lined Japanese soldiers.

Behind the Japanese soldiers was a puppet army with a poor formation. In the middle were more than a dozen horse-drawn carriages and more than 50 large animals, all loaded with supplies. Behind the team were more than Japanese soldiers, who were still in a neat formation and just followed the team. In this way, the puppet soldiers had no way to be lazy or escape, and were all forced to move forward.

"Woo woo woo, woof woof woof..." As if sensing a strange breath, the sound of dogs barking and the clucking of frightened roosters could be heard in the village, as if chickens and dogs could hear each other.

However, the comrades who were lying in ambush in the village knew that the Japanese were coming, so they asked everyone to prepare for battle!

As a result, the soldiers in Donghan Village took a deep breath and clenched their guns. Especially the new recruits in charge of the shotguns were trembling with nervousness. At the east entrance of Xihan Village, the heavy machine gun squad hiding in the house also learned the news of the enemy's arrival through the temporary telephone line.

Then, the machine gunner pulled the bolt to load the gun, the ammunition man picked up the ammunition belt and placed the ammunition box, and the other comrades were also ready.

As time went by, the Japanese scouts in front had passed the stone mill at the east entrance of the village, passed Donghan Village, and came to the open space between the two villages. Behind them, the puppet army and the Japanese soldiers behind them also entered the area of ​​Donghan Village.

"Okay, the mortars are no longer needed!" In some courtyards of Donghan Village, the artillerymen who knew the situation sighed in their hearts.

The Japanese puppet troops have entered the ambush circle, so there is no need for their artillery to waste ammunition because the next step will be for the infantry to fight!

Bang... At the east entrance of the village, the sound of Ma Sihuan rifles was clear and spread throughout the village. This was the signal for battle. As the sound of gunfire spread, various gunshots were heard from the east to the west of the village, and then to Xihan Village. Bang, bang ...

Amid the gunfire, the shotguns that had always been used as ambushes also fired long fire snakes one by one, and countless steel balls swept towards the unsuspecting Japanese puppet soldiers. (End of this chapter)