Anti-Japanese Jagged General

Chapter 107
Zhang Qing, who was leading the troops forward, could hardly believe his eyes.

When did the Japanese army become so capable of fighting, they fled for their lives as soon as they exchanged fire. Is this still the elite who beat the Chinese army with their heads in their arms?

Although he didn't understand, Zhang Qing didn't let go of this opportunity to beat the dog in the water.

Since you don't want to fight head-on, I'll chase after you and beat you, even if you beat them piecemeal, you can take off a layer of skin.

"The second platoon continued to attack, captured all the puppet soldiers, and then retreated quickly. The third platoon and all the machine gunners, follow me to kill the devils!" Zhang Qing immediately ordered.

When Zhang Qing led his troops to hunt down the devils desperately, a small group of Japanese soldiers rushed out of Laiyuan City and ran towards the battlefield with guns in hand.

After chasing for two or 300 meters, after killing seven or eight devils.The Japanese army retreating frantically in front directly collided with the Japanese army leaving the city.

Before Zhang Qing could react, a heavy machine gun was set up by the Japanese army on the official road ahead, and then there were four crooked handles beside it. The machine gunners were all lying on the ground, ready to shoot at any time.

Zhang Qing's face turned pale in an instant, and he cried out: "No, we were fooled!"

"The little devil has a supporting force, everyone retreat quickly!"

"Da da da!" Before the order was finished, the devil's heavy machine gun fired, followed by screams.Seven or eight soldiers of the Eighth Route Army fell down on the official road. Each of them had several blood holes in their bodies, and blood continued to flow out, and they seemed to be dead.

Fortunately, the company has matured after several bloody battles, especially the machine gunner who rushed to the forefront every time.

As soon as several light and heavy machine guns of the Japanese army fired, they hugged the machine guns and retreated while covering each other while shooting.

Under their counterattack, the Japanese machine gun fire immediately became intermittent.There were more than 20 Eighth Route Army left and immediately seized the opportunity to retreat.Even so, the third platoon that followed Zhang Qing to kill the devil still lost a lot of people, and in the end less than fifteen people escaped alive.

"Little devil, I will kill you sooner or later to avenge the sacrificed soldiers!" Facing the heavy casualties of his subordinates, Zhang Qing's face instantly became gloomy.With a pair of eyes fixed on Laiyuan City, he clenched his fists and cursed loudly.

At this time, the second platoon leader Zhou Zhengyang came over and reported in a heavy tone: "Company commander, the problem has been clarified!"

"These Japanese and puppet troops came from the Dongyang stronghold. They received an order from the county seat last night to abandon the stronghold and return to Laiyuan City with all their equipment and supplies!"

"Give up the stronghold!" Zhang Qing immediately thought of the order given to everyone by the battalion commander before leaving.

"For this attack, you have only one mission, to kill and injure a large number of devil veterans, so that no one in the devil can form a mixed brigade."

"Could it be that the Japanese army has outgrown the purpose of the independent battalion's attack, deliberately abandoned their strongholds, and gathered veterans to the county to form their mixed brigade!" Zhang Qing frowned and said to himself.

Soon, a touch of determination appeared on Zhang Qing's face.

"It must be so! The devil is too cunning, he must be able to see our purpose!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Qing's face became serious unconsciously, and then he continued: "No, it is definitely not possible to let so many veterans return to the county smoothly. The battalion commander said that a devil veteran can bring more than three recruits, and the city can There are four or five hundred veterans, and if they all return to Laiyuan City, they will be able to form two infantry brigades!"

"Company commander, what should we do then?" Zhou Zhengyang also realized the seriousness of the problem and immediately asked.

"In three steps: the baggage squad, escort the captured and captives back to the station immediately, let him report my inference to the battalion commander, and tell the battalion commander by the way, I plan to contact two or three companies and ambush those who want to return to the city around the county seat Devil!"

"The second step is to pick out all the locals in the company. One local and two soldiers will immediately investigate the remaining villages around Laiyuan City where the Japanese and puppet army strongholds are located, and report back immediately if there is any situation."

"The third step is to contact the second company, the third company, the guard platoon, and the artillery platoon, and immediately gather in the county. Since the devil wants to transfer the troops outside the city back to the city, then we will wait outside the city. Hit one and kill as many devils as possible!"

The Chief of Staff of the Japanese Army Brigade Headquarters in Laiyuan City is reporting to Ono the battle that just happened outside the city.

"It seems that our thinking is correct. The reason why the Eighth Route Army took the initiative to attack is to consume a large number of our veterans!" Ono confirmed with a rare smile on his face.

Then he asked back to the chief of staff: "You said just now that our city defenders sent a small team to respond, and they also brought heavy machine guns. They caught the Eighth Route Army outside the city by surprise and wiped out many of them!"

"Hey, that's true. The Eighth Route Army is too arrogant. It doesn't care about the Imperial Japanese Army. It dares to approach the county where the Imperial Japanese Army is stationed. It's an early death!" the chief of staff affirmed.

The smile on Ono's face became wider, and he praised with great satisfaction: "That squadron leader did a good job and knew how to seize the opportunity. I admire him very much. Isn't the brigade still short of a captain? Promote him!"

"In addition, this kind of action should be promoted among all the troops defending the city. The towns outside the city, because we have insufficient troops, can temporarily give up. But not around the county town. We have heavy machine guns, mortars, and infantry artillery. Mountain artillery, field artillery! As long as there is no sign of the Eighth Route Army’s activities within the coverage area of ​​​​the artillery fire. If the Eighth Route Army appears, it should be dispatched, but remember to bring the radio and call for artillery support in the city at any time!"

"In addition, inform the guarding troops in four directions that there must be the Eighth Route Army around the county seat, and they will not allow the troops outside the city to withdraw smoothly. As soon as the troops outside the city enter the artillery coverage of the city, the defending troops must immediately send troops to respond , to prevent the Eighth Route Army from ambushing our troops returning to the city, if we can pick up every imperial army, we will pick up one!"

The Japanese troops who received Ono's order immediately began to act.A strengthening team is prepared at each city gate, ready to go out of the city at any time.

The mountain artillery brigade and the mortar brigade were not idle either, and quickly set up artillery in the open space of the city. Three mountain artillery and three mortar artillery were aimed in one direction, providing artillery support to the troops returning to the city at any time.

Less than an hour after the reconnaissance team sent by Zhang Qing left, a soldier rushed over panting.

"Battalion Commander, another Japanese and puppet army is here. Two Japanese squads, one puppet company, and ten carts! We will arrive here in half an hour, and the marching speed is very fast."

Zhang Qing frowned and didn't speak, a soldier monitoring the city gate also rushed over: "Battle Commander, I also have a situation here, a devil who strengthened the team suddenly left the city with two heavy machine guns and a mortar, Quick march to the north!"

(End of this chapter)