The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 391: War, War, War

After Lei Dasheng and Du Aiguo's battle arrangements were completed, according to Kong Jie's explanation, the battle between the Fourth Battalion and the Fifth Battalion in the West Village took the lead in kicking off.

When the battle started, the Japanese army walked all the way to Zhangjiazhuang, more than three kilometers away from Zhangjiazhuang.

The reason was that the Japanese army was actually closer from Yangquan County to Xicun than Yangquan to Zhangjiazhuang. In addition, Lei Dasheng, the commander of the fourth battalion, led half a battalion to meet them ahead of time, and the fighting time of the two sides was greatly advanced.

The battle was about 10 minutes ahead of Zhangjiazhuang all the way.

The half-battalion team led by Lei Dasheng placed an ambush on a certain section of the mountain road from Yangquan to Xicun.

According to Lei Dasheng's battle plan, he led more than 200 soldiers to detour from both sides of the mountain forest. After completely besieging the vanguard scouts arranged by the Japanese army on both sides, he divided the team into two parts, one part was used to deal with Japanese reconnaissance Troops, wipe out the devil's reconnaissance troops.

The other part is to continue to detour in the direction of the Japanese and puppet troops followed by the Japanese scouts and launch a surprise attack.

Gunshots sounded suddenly.

The dozens of soldiers responsible for killing the devil scouts used the mountains and forests to hide in advance, and did not open fire until the Japanese scouts stepped into the ambush circle.

The devil's scouts had mediocre firepower, and the Eighth Route Army soldiers in ambush had an absolute superiority in force. In one round of concentrated fire, more than a dozen devils were wiped out on the spot.

The leading scouts encountered a surprise attack, and the Japanese and puppet troops on the mountain road immediately became vigilant.

But the soldiers of the fourth battalion divided into two groups, under the leadership of the battalion commander Lei Dasheng, attacked almost at the same time as the team left behind to deal with the devil scouts.

At the same time that the devil's scouts were killed, Lei Dasheng led the soldiers to launch a condescending fire attack on the Japanese and puppet troops on the mountain road.

It is mainly a sneak attack with rifle firepower, and then equipped with a certain number of grenadiers for shelling.

The target points of the attack were partly placed on the 500 Japanese troops in the front row, and some were placed on the 2000 puppet troops in the back row.

Suddenly, the reaction gap between the Japanese and puppet troops who were attacked was quite obvious.

The 500 Japanese troops walking in front were suddenly attacked. Although they were not flustered, they immediately launched an orderly counterattack.

The 2000 puppet troops in the rear, after being hit by artillery fire, hurriedly looked for bunkers one by one, and their counterattacks were not a bit slower than the Japanese troops in the front row.

The Japanese began to counterattack, mainly with grenade bombardment.

This is the best way for them to counterattack the Eighth Route Army soldiers on the low-lying mountain roads in the forests on both sides, using trees as cover to shoot down from above.

The counterattack also worked immediately, and there were some casualties on the independent regiment's side.

As for the Fourth Battalion Commander Lei Dasheng, he is very clear about his mission.

Now is not the time for him to start a decisive battle with the Japanese army.

After successfully attacking the Japanese army, killing more than 20 scouts of the devils, and attacking the Japanese and puppet troops for a while, Lei Dasheng immediately ordered to retreat.

In addition, during the attack, Lei Dasheng specifically told the soldiers to disperse the ambush, so facing the devil's grenadier bombardment counterattack, the casualties of the soldiers were controlled within expectations.

After a brief 3-minute confrontation between the two sides.

The Japanese army broke up the reconnaissance team, and another seven or eight grenade bombs were cleared by the Eighth Route Army on the mountain forest with grenadier fire.

This is the grenadier team configuration of the independent regiment, which was created by the independent regiment based on the experience of the Japanese grenadier combat.

One observation hand, equipped with a seized Japanese range-finding telescope.

One gunner is responsible for the specific operation and firing of the gun.

One loader is responsible for loading shells to the gunner in time.

This kind of group cooperation has played a good role in the battle.

When the grenadier team was in a certain location in the forest, the observer quickly locked the specific location of the devil's grenadier through the range-finding telescope, determined the direction of the target point, and measured the approximate distance through the range-finding telescope.

After the gunner got the coordinates of the target point, he immediately cooperated with the loader to eliminate the firepower of the devil's grenadier at a fixed point.

And when the gunner and the loader cooperated to destroy the Devil's grenade, the observer would continue to observe the next target point.

This kind of cooperation is very efficient, and it is faster than the gunner operating the gun while observing the target.

The company commanders of the two artillery companies, Wang Chengzhu and the howitzer, highly respected this grenadier team combat mode.

The two also additionally trained spotters and gunners.

An artillery study class was even set up in the regiment to train artillery talents for the independent regiment.

For soldiers who go to study, if they show considerable talent in artillery comprehension, Kong Jie will approve the soldier to transfer from infantry to artillery.

Having said that, why should we study this kind of grenadier combat tactics?

The original words of the leader Kong Jie are:

"The brilliance of any combat unit lies in their use of effective artillery fire to protect their own infantry."

"During our battle with the Japanese army, why do we always suffer more casualties than the little devil? Why can the devil's infantry effectively avoid a large part of the casualties even if they charge?"

"Because the little devils are always covered by follow-up artillery fire at any time when the infantry charges. The grenadiers placed by the devils can be used to stop the devils at any time within the effective shooting range of 700 meters. The infantry's light and heavy machine gun fire points, as well as mortars, grenades and other fire points."

"On this point, I think you have fought against the Japanese army many times on the battlefield, and you have also discovered that as long as the devil's grenadier is knocked out by us first, the devil's infantry will not be so rampant, and they can only be forced to hide Behind the cover, dare not launch a charge."

"What does this mean? It means that little devils are also afraid of death. The reason why their infantry is so powerful is only because of the follow-up artillery support."

"In addition, when it comes to fighting the devils since the War of Resistance, it is the devil's grenades that have suffered the most. The casualties caused by the grenades of the devils to our troops, according to the statistics of the headquarters, almost accounted for the casualties of our troops. more than 32% of

"This means that for every ten soldiers we sacrificed, three to four soldiers were killed by the devil's grenade."

"Don't look at this light artillery. It is light in weight, small in caliber, and its craftsmanship is simpler than that of complex rifles. The production cost is even less than a quarter of that of rifles. It is concealed enough, fast and efficient, and its power is even greater. Not weak."

"If there are veteran artillerymen of the devils, basically one shot is accurate. As long as our side is within the effective range of their grenades, as soon as the light and heavy machine guns show their heads, the devils' shells will hit them in a short time. "

"So, having learned these lessons, our independent regiment will focus on dealing with the devil's grenadier firepower in future battles with the Japanese army."

"Whenever the battle starts, we must take the lead in destroying the grenadiers of the devils. We must make this fighting style even a tradition of our independent regiment."

"In addition, the devils use grenadier tactics very well. This is what we have to learn. We should use their own methods to treat others. Now the [-] small cannons we transform and produce are better than the devil's grenadiers. Farther, more powerful."

"Let's also let the little devil taste the fear of being dominated by rear artillery fire."

……

Looking back, in just 3 minutes of confrontation, the Japanese and puppet troops suffered nearly [-] casualties.

Eight of the devil's grenadiers were also knocked out.

On both sides of the mountain, the Eighth Route Army suddenly launched a surprise attack, and the fighting power displayed made the devil's captain a little scared.

Fortunately, the Eighth Route Army's offensive did not last long. After fighting for a while, it seemed that they were defeated by the superior firepower of the imperial troops.

As for the enemies ambushing in the mountains and forests on both sides, the devil captain had observed secretly when the previous battle broke out. The number of them was not too many, and the firepower configuration was strong, like the main force of the Eighth Route Army, but he couldn't be sure.

Just to say that the captain of the Devils was able to be assigned by Ishiihara to take charge of the West Village, he was naturally a trustworthy general by Ishiihara.

Captain Guizi knew very well that according to the plan of the joint captain, the battle broke out suddenly in front of him, and the Eighth Route Army might have been fooled and used his route as the main force.

Then, the main combat force of the Eighth Route Army is also likely to be deployed along the Xicun Road.

But as soon as the battle broke out just now, the subsequent 2000 puppet troops behaved too badly.

Not to mention the Eighth Route Army, even the captain of the Devils felt a headache when he looked at the puppet army that was thrown into chaos by a simple sneak attack.

It is too difficult for the Royal Association Army to pretend to be an imperial army.

At this point in the analysis, the captain of the ghost team suddenly thought.

If the troops of the Imperial Association Army behind him are exposed, doesn't it mean that the Eighth Route Army on both sides have already understood that the real attack on Xicun is the strategy of the regiment captain?

Then the main force arranged by the Eighth Route Army on the first road in Xicun will probably retreat immediately and quickly move towards Zhangjiazhuang.

Thinking of this, the captain of the ghost team immediately ordered: "Follow up quickly, and bite these bastards for me!"

This devil captain is also a ruthless character, he is very confident, even if he is not the main force of the regiment, even if his 500 soldiers are not the elite of the Ishii regiment.

But the opponent is just a mere 500th Route Army, even if your own team of [-] can hold back the main force of the [-]th Route Army.

I still remember that the Yamazaki Brigade, which only had more than 500 troops, dared to go deep alone, trying to use the tactics of blooming in the middle, unite with the main force of the empire, and wipe out the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area in one fell swoop. What a courage and pride that is.

The devil's captain had great admiration for Captain Yamazaki's bravery.

Now he is ready to follow the example.

Of course, before launching the attack, the captain of the Japanese army got in touch with the main force along the Zhangjiazhuang road through the radio, and reported his plan to the captain Ishiiharaichi.

At this time, the Ishii Regiment on the other side had not yet been attacked by the Eighth Route Army.

After thinking about it for a while, Ishiihara felt that the team leader's analysis was good, so he agreed to the order of the devil team leader to march.

He just entrusted: "At any time, be on guard that the rear route will be cut off by the Eighth Route Army. In addition, once you encounter the main force of the Eighth Route Army, you can stick to the danger and wait for the main force in Zhangjiazhuang to defeat the Eighth Route Army's blocking force before joining your troops."

In this way, the captain of the Devils, who received Ishiihara's reply, did not hesitate any longer, and led his own team, plus the Imperial Association Legion, to continue fighting fiercely in the direction of Nishimura.

……

"Hooked! Battalion Commander, this little devil is really not afraid of death, he got in by himself."

In the forest, the third platoon leader said excitedly.

Lei Dasheng laughed and said, "These little devils probably think that our main force is here! It looks like they want to bite us, so that the Japanese army along the way from Zhangjiazhuang can take the opportunity to attack."

"Then let's do what they want, pull out our main force, and let these devils take a good look."

"I'm finally relieved. The leader's judgment is really accurate. The devils on this road are just feigning attacks. There are only 500 devils. The people behind are definitely the second devils. The fighting strength can be seen at a glance."

"Has the news been sent back?"

The third platoon leader said: "Don't worry, the battalion commander, the news has been sent back to the temporary headquarters of the West Village, and the regimental commander will get the news soon."

"Okay, keep retreating, and don't run too fast, or the devils won't be able to catch up. After a while, let's go down the mountain forest, retreat from the mountain road, and deliberately walk through the minefield to confuse the little devil."

"Everyone remembers the marks of the landmines that were planted? A path more than one meter away is deliberately reserved on the right side as a safe passage, and everyone passes through the safe passage."

"Yes!"

……

In this way, in the sight of the Japanese and puppet troops on the mountain road, the Eighth Route Army in the forest on both sides continued to retreat, and under the bombardment of the pursuit, they ran to the mountain road again and fled all the way down.

The devil's captain didn't think too much, and just continued to chase along the mountain road.

In this way, the devils and puppet soldiers were naturally unaware that the fleeing Eighth Route Army passed through the minefield. In addition, the Eighth Route Army was exploring the way ahead, and the Japanese army did not think much, and stepped into the minefield very smoothly.

What the devil didn't notice was that when the Eighth Route Army fled to the front, they suddenly formed a line and left from the safe passage of the minefield.

boom -

The devils chasing first did not have time to stop. Dozens of devils rushed into the minefield and stepped on the mines. In a series of big explosions, more than 20 devils were killed and more than 30 were injured.

The captain of the ghost team was completely dumbfounded. It's okay to run all the way through Tubalu. How come he stepped on a landmine when he reached his team?

In desperation, the leader of the devil squad ordered the engineers to clear the mines quickly.

However, Lei Dasheng and Du Aiguo ordered that the number of mines laid in the first minefield was relatively small, so after the Devil's engineers cleared the minefield, they quickly cleared the minefield, and it took less than 5 minutes.

After successfully clearing the mines, the little devil learned smartly, and the captain of the devils ordered the Imperial Association Army and the Imperial Army to switch positions, so that the Imperial Association Army could explore the way ahead.

Commonly known as cannon fodder!

Anyway, in the surprise attack just now, these imperial association troops have been exposed, and it is useless to keep them. It is better to use them to explore the way.

Under the coercion of the devils, the puppet soldiers did not dare to say anything, they could only walk in front of the team tremblingly...

(End of this chapter)