Sword of Light: Humanoid Self-Propelled Artillery

Chapter 56: Mid-Road Ambush Charge
That’s right, radios were a rare commodity among the Japanese. Only the Yamamoto Special Forces, led by a colonel, were equipped with radios.

Among the normal Japanese troops, only battalion-level combat units and above are qualified to be equipped with radio stations.

In comparison, during World War II, because of the developed electronics industry, Midgley directly equipped the infantry squad, a basic combat unit, with walkie-talkies.

Of course, the infantry squad was not equipped with a radio, but a walkie-talkie, although the communication range was not as long as that of the radio.

But it is very small, just like an old-fashioned mobile phone. Its name is BC611D. Because of this, the US military during World War II was able to rely on walkie-talkies to accurately command artillery and carry out precise bombing.

This walkie-talkie had a profound impact on the subsequent communications business and was also the prototype of the later mobile phone.

After the end of the Anti-Japanese War, when Chu Yunfei and Li Yunlong fought for the first time, Chu Yunfei used this big walkie-talkie to command his artillery fire to attack Li Yunlong's position!

Of course, this is only a comparison with Mi Ling. Compared with the Eighth Route Army, it is much better, because only the first-level Eighth Route Army is qualified to be equipped with radio stations, and the regimental level is not qualified.

Finally, Kong Jie made the final decision:

"There are three roads leading from the county seat to Dagu Town. We have no choice but to split our forces into three groups! How about this! Each battalion will ambush one of the roads!"

However, Wang Gensheng shook his head at this allocation.
"With this distribution, our forces don't have an absolute advantage! I think why not split the three battalions into two reinforced battalions, so that each battalion can have more than 500 people!

Even if the Japanese sent a squadron to escort us, we would have more than double the force. If three battalions each guarded one road, we wouldn't have an overwhelming advantage."

That’s right, the Japanese soldiers that Wang Gensheng considered to be escorting weapons and equipment were at most a squadron, and he never considered the possibility of a large-scale escort.

However, Kong Jie frowned and said:

"Then who will guard the other path? We can't just gamble on our luck!"

Wang Gensheng understood Kong Jie's concerns, so he pointed at the map and said:

"Of course, I led the cavalry company to ambush! And we ambushed them on the middle road. The distance between the three roads is not very far, so the cavalry company guarded this road. If the Japanese transport team took this road, we would immediately notify the ambushers on the other two roads, and our cavalry company would hold them off first, and then wait for you to join us and concentrate our superior forces to take them down in one fell swoop!"

That’s right, looking at the map, it actually looks a bit like the terrain of the Canyon of Kings, with Dagu Town and the county seat being the crystals of the red and blue sides.

The three roads are the three roads in the Canyon of Kings. Due to the fear of attacking the Japanese transport team, both the red and blue sides sent reinforcements.

Therefore, they could only ambush in the river, and as long as the river was far enough away from the Red and Blue sides, there was no need to worry about the Red and Blue sides' quick support, let alone the transport team's distress signal flares being discovered by the Japanese.

However, Wang Gensheng's plan made Kong Jie hesitate. After all, the cavalry company only had one company's strength!

Regarding Kong Jie's hesitation, Wang Gensheng said decisively:
"Captain, don't forget, the cavalry company has half of the regiment's light machine guns! Besides, if we put the cavalry company in the middle, we can quickly support either side of you!"

In the end, Wang Gensheng's words moved Kong Jie and he agreed to Wang Gensheng's plan. After all, if they were really divided into three battalions, each battalion would only have more than 300 people. If the Japanese escort team was a squadron, it would be impossible to form an overwhelming military advantage.

In order to ensure that everything went smoothly, Kong Jie gave the order to take action in the early hours of that night.

Of course, the same was true for Wang Gensheng, but it must be said that the middle road was indeed a good place, and Wang Gensheng soon found an excellent ambush point.

This ambush point is surrounded by hillsides on both sides, which is very suitable for a charge. Since it is high above the ground, both shooting and throwing grenades can be more accurate and thrown farther.

Of course, after arriving at the ambush site, we can't just sit there and wait.

Since it was an ambush, there had to be some mines or something, otherwise how could it be called an ambush! The mines were naturally replaced by Type 97 grenades with the safety pin removed.

Remove the delay on the fuse and only leave the impact. Although the Type 97 grenade needs to be hit before it will explode, it can still explode if a person steps on it on the ground.

There aren't many buried, only about ten or so, just enough to block the road.

However, Wang Gensheng did not distribute his troops evenly on both sides of the hillside.

Instead, he placed all nine light machine guns given by Kong Jie on the hillside on one side.

Then the remaining cavalry were all placed on the back of the hillside on the other side. Yes, Wang Gensheng's arrangement was naturally a feint to the east and attack in the west.

As for whether it is effective or not, it depends on the situation on the battlefield. After all, the battlefield is adaptable.

Now Wang Gensheng can only make decisions based on the situation on the scene after making arrangements and waiting for the battle to start.

"Baili Xiu, these nine machine gunners are now temporarily under your command. You and these nine machine gunners will attack the Japanese transport convoy together. As for how to snipe, I don't need to teach you anymore! Of course, if I don't make any moves, then you don't have to worry about it. Just run away immediately. Don't fight the Japanese to death. Do you understand?"

"understand!"

Baili Xiu answered decisively, and Wang Gensheng was very confident in Baili Xiu.

That’s right, Wang Gensheng also put Baili Xiu, the sharpshooter, together with the machine gunner.

At about nine o'clock, Wang Gensheng saw three Type 94 trucks driving towards him.

And then no surprise!
Boom! Boom! Boom! ………

The successive explosions forced the three trucks to stop, and as soon as the trucks stopped, nine light machine guns opened fire.

The powerful firepower caused sparks to fly from the transport truck.

However, the Japanese reacted very quickly. They jumped off the truck immediately, and then used the truck's hull as cover to exchange fire with the machine gun team on the hillside.

Even the Japanese light machine guns were set up and fired at the hillside. Of course, since the attack was on one side of the hillside, the Japanese who got off the car naturally all gathered on the side where Wang Gensheng was ambushing.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Wang Gensheng waved his hand without hesitation, and nearly a hundred war horses changed from lying down to standing and charging at the urging of the cavalry.

Then, under the leadership of Wang Gensheng, they charged towards the Japanese soldiers at the foot of the hillside.

Although the Japanese soldiers at the top and bottom of the hill were more than 200 meters apart.

However, the charge of the war horses, especially the charge downhill, took less than ten seconds to reach the bottom of the hillside.

Of course, at this time, the machine gunners on the top of the hill on the other side stopped shooting immediately after seeing that the cavalry had rushed to the bottom of the hill.

They were afraid of accidentally hurting their own people, and the Japanese soldiers saw that the fire had stopped and wondered why they stopped fighting!
However, the cessation of the machine gun fire also revealed the sound of charging war horses' hooves.

(End of this chapter)