The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 396 Battle against the main force of the Ishii United Team
Time goes back a few minutes.

"Platoon leader, such a good heavy machine gun, I can't bear to lose it!"

"Yeah, is it just cheap for the little devil like this?"

A platoon leader said: "What do you know? The leader said well. We don't want the children to be caught by wolves. We don't throw away some heavy weapons. How can we convince the little devils that we are the main force? How can we make the little devils believe that we are busy running away , have no fighting spirit?"

"As for the two heavy machine guns, we also temporarily left them behind. After we win the battle and eliminate the little devil, the heavy machine guns will return to us sooner or later."

After the first platoon leader explained this, several squad leaders reluctantly left the two heavy machine guns on the way back.

Then the two heavy machine guns were captured by the chasing little devils.

In this way, a platoon leader and others led the militia comrades and continued to retreat towards the low cliff.

As for the way, sometimes one or two heavy machine guns were dropped, and sometimes one or two grenade grenades were dropped, constantly trying to paralyze the little devil, making him believe that the fleeing Eighth Route Army unit had no fighting spirit.

On the way of pursuit, seeing that he gradually deviated from the direction of Zhangjiazhuang, Ishiihara was also a little hesitant, but the Eighth Route Army that was fleeing not far away was really hateful, seeing the imperial troops that were chasing slow down, they turned their heads towards the imperial troops. , using grenades and light machine guns to attack.

In a blink of an eye, the Japanese army suffered some more casualties.

Really hateful.

The devil's chief of staff said: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, it seems that the Eighth Route Army is trying to lure us away from Zhangjiazhuang, and it probably wants to hold us back until the main force of their West Village repels our troops in West Village before returning to Zhangjiazhuang. .”

"It's just that the Eighth Route Army in front of us is definitely the main force of the Independent Regiment in Zhangjiazhuang. Judging from the previous battles, the combat effectiveness of this Eighth Route Army is not weak."

"If this Eighth Route Army is left alone, I'm afraid it will be troublesome."

Ishiihara nodded, and looked at the Eighth Route Army who slowed down again not far away, deliberately holding the appetite of the imperial army, and couldn't help the anger in his heart.

He ordered: "If this Eighth Route Army retreats to Zhangjiazhuang and uses the village to defend, it will be disadvantageous to us. Fighting in this field can give full play to the empire's artillery advantages. Send orders to speed up the pursuit. After quickly killing this Eighth Route Army, turn around immediately." Attack Zhangjiazhuang."

"Hi!"

The troop pursued by the devils speeded up in vain.

The light infantry pursued by the devils had even bitten the retreating Eighth Route Army soldiers.

The two sides exchanged fire intermittently.

The soldiers of the first company deliberately pulled the front line. As the Japanese army continued to pursue, the lightly armed troops of the devils even drew a distance from the troops carrying luggage in the rear.

In this way, after more than 20 minutes, the soldiers of the company, as well as the militia fighters, finally successfully lured the Ishii unit to the low cliff area.

Originally, under normal circumstances, the mountains on both sides of the low cliff area stretched and the trees were lush.

Ishii Haruichi might also have multiple thoughts, worrying whether there would be an ambush by the Eighth Route Army here.

It's just that the pursuit all the way, the fleeing Eighth Route Army is you advance and retreat, you retreat and advance, several times they are about to be completely surrounded and wiped out by the overtaking imperial troops.

As a result, he escaped again.

This kind of torture in disguise had already caused Ishii Haraichi to lose his peace of mind.

Ishiihara now just wants to completely surround the fleeing Eighth Route Army and wipe it out in one fell swoop.

In addition, Ishiihara received information that the main force of the Eighth Route Army was in Xicun, and the main force of the Eighth Route Army in Zhangjiazhuang was in front of him, with a strength of about 500 people.

The strength of the Independence Regiment was not much in total, so Ishiihara was not worried that he would be attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Aoya area.

Until the battle in the low cliff area suddenly started.

Looking at the large number of Eighth Route Army that almost rushed out from all over the mountains, Ishiihara felt a little stupid.

With such a large number of Eighth Route Army, at a glance, there must be no fewer than a thousand people, and there are even 2000 troops.

This is definitely the main force of the Eighth Route Army, and it looks like it was ambushing here early in the morning.

But what is going on?Isn't the main force of the Eighth Route Army placed in Xicun?

Could it be... that he was fooled?
But if the troops placed by the Eighth Route Army in Xicun were not the main force of the Independence Regiment, how could they force the troops in Xicun to hold on?

Short thoughts echoed in Ishiiharaichi's mind, but Ishiiharaichi was still at a loss after all.

But the fact was before his eyes. It turned out that the Eighth Route Army, which was constantly retreating, was just to lure him into the encirclement of the main force of the Eighth Route Army who was ambushing here.

"beat--"

The three battalion commanders of the independent regiment, who had been waiting for a long time, would not be polite to the little devil.

Seeing that under the lure of the first company and militia fighters, the main force of the Ishii Regiment stepped into the ambush circle, the first battalion commander Wang Leihu gave the order to start the attack without hesitation.

The second battalion commander and the third battalion commander who led the team to lurk in the other two directions also issued combat orders at the same time.

Here I want to talk about the topography of the low cliff, which is very peculiar, like a basin with uplifts on all sides and a low-lying basin in the middle, and at this moment the devils of the Ishii Regiment are in the lowest-lying area of ​​this basin.

The firepower of the three battalions of the independent regiment was placed in three directions, directly covering the devils in the concave area with crossfire.

As for the specific firepower arrangement, it was similar to Du Aiguo's arrangement.

Give full play to every kind of firepower in the hands of soldiers.

Echelon configuration, grenades, rifles, light and heavy machine guns, unscrupulous guns, grenades, and the artillery of the artillery company commanded by Wang Chengzhu arranged in the rear.

The firepower was dense and violent, and after the sudden explosion, Ishiihara gave a look of hell.

He now finally realized how stupid the errors in the intelligence he had collected about the Independent Regiment during this period of time were.

According to the information collected by Ishii Haruichi, the firepower configuration of this independent regiment is quite sophisticated in the Eighth Route Army.

However, the devil didn't think too much about it. It was preliminarily speculated that the equipment of this independent regiment should be similar to that of the regular combat troops of the Jinsui Army.

But the firepower suddenly erupted from the independent regiment ambushing in front of them.

Compared with the regular combat troops of the Jinsui Army, this is more than a little bit stronger.

Even compared to his Ishii unit's firepower configuration, it is only stronger than weaker.

Ishiihara glanced over one by one, and there were more than a dozen heavy machine guns roaring in three directions. Judging from the meaning of these Eighth Route Army, they didn't worry about the supply of ammunition at all. The cognition of the Eighth Route Army.

There was also the explosive package thrown by the launcher or the projectile, and a few loud noises directly shocked the ambushed devils.

It is definitely a new weapon created by the Eighth Route Army.

Thinking about it now, the reason why the imperial troops in Xicun regarded the troops ambushing in Xicun as the main force of the independent regiment was probably because the Eighth Route Army had too strong firepower.

Under the cover of fierce firepower from three directions, even the well-trained devils could not stand it at all.

Ishiiharaichi, who was tragically ambushed, came clamoring for a head-on confrontation with the Eighth Route Army!

As soon as the battle started and the powerful firepower of the Eighth Route Army broke out, Ishiihara's original intention of destroying the Eighth Route Army disappeared immediately. He didn't even think about it, and immediately issued an order for a tactical retreat.

If you don't escape, will you be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army in this ambush circle?

In the mountains and forests on both sides, the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who were closer to the Japanese army took out the red-headed bullets in their left pockets and fired, while those who were farther away took out the regular bullets in their right pockets to shoot.

When a bullet with a red head flew out, the moment the bullet burst, it hit the devil, even though the distance was not too close, the soldiers who fired the guns could still see the extreme pain on the devil's face, And some distorted expressions.

This kind of red-headed bullet with the effect of dum bullet is indeed a little devil's nightmare.

"Dum bomb, it's Dum bomb!" In the camp of ambushed devils, an old devil screamed in horror.

The devils around were also bluffed.

Originally very fighting spirit, in the blink of an eye lost seven points.

Ishiihara wanted to use the artillery of the Artillery Squadron to turn the situation around, but unfortunately, before his artillery could be deployed, he was targeted by the Independence Regiment in advance.

After the forward artillery observers conveyed the specific coordinates of the devil's artillery to the rear artillery company through semaphore, Wang Chengzhu immediately commanded the artillery company's several infantry guns, 82mm mortars, and two mountain guns. Perform spot cleanup.

At this point, Ishiihara was finally desperate. These Tuba roads even had such sharp weapons as infantry artillery, and now they were ambushed by these eight road troops. How can we fight this battle?
"The back team becomes the front team, and the front team acts as a guard force, and immediately retreats tactically!"

Ishiihara couldn't care about anything else now, so he could only escape first.

So the two sides came to a very dramatic conversion.

Originally, the Ishii Regiment was chasing the first company and the militia soldiers all the way, but now it was the turn of events, and it was the turn of the independent regiment soldiers to chase the devils of the Ishii Regiment.

Originally, the first company and the militia soldiers deliberately discarded some light and heavy machine guns and grenades for the little devil when they were retreating all the way. Now the devil is in a hurry and has no time to transfer the heavy artillery, and some even have no time to blow it up. It was thrown in vain to the independent regiment that was chasing over.

Shen Quan, the second battalion commander, saw that the transport truck behind the devil had started, and seemed to want to evacuate with the artillery, so he immediately ordered: "Zhuzi, fire quickly, and blow up the devil's car!"

boom -

Several artillery shells from the artillery battery directly hit the devil's truck team.

Under the cover of a round of artillery fire, six devil trucks were directly blown up, and the remaining four devil trucks were rescued by the little devil and started in time, dragging a few artillery pieces and retreating in a hurry.

This is the end.

The Ishii United team is doomed.

It was a great shame for Ishii Haraichi to retreat in a panic, and it was the first time in history.

"Comrades, beat the dog in the water and kill it!"

The commander of the first battalion, Wang Leihu, was so red-eyed that he took the lead in charging towards the retreating troops of the devils. In the past, the national army was defeated by the little devils, but at this moment, it seemed to be the opposite.

Of course, the devils trained quickly, and even in the process of retreating, they still had a rear guard and an orderly counterattack, so they wouldn't be defeated like the national army.

……

On the other side, one kilometer away from the cliff, Ding Wei finally arrived with a new regiment.

The scouts who spread around quickly returned and reported to Ding Weihui: "Report to the commander, the devils have escaped from the direction of the low cliff, and the comrades from the independent regiment seem to be chasing them!"

Sun Zhenguo, the commander of the first battalion, said in admiration: "Regimental Commander, you really guessed right. This Commander Kong is really powerful. This is the main force of the Devils Alliance, and they have defeated them."

Ding Weile said: "Let me just say, if it's really late, we might not even have a mouthful of soup."

"Captain, how do we fight?"

Ding Wei said: "It's easy to fight, the old rules, echelon configuration, segmented blocking, we will unite with comrades from the independent regiment to attack front and back."

"It's settled, don't just block the devil's way of retreat directly, the rabbit will bite people when it's anxious, and if the devil really rushes desperately at that time, we can't stand it."

"Segmented blocking, leaving a way for the little devil to retreat, the devil will not want to fight. Let's take this opportunity to expand the results of the battle. If we can kill one more devil, we count it as a devil."

"Yes!"

……

West Village.

There are more than 200 Japanese soldiers remaining, holding on to the danger.

The attacking teams of the fourth battalion commander and the fifth battalion commander were blocked at the bottom of the hillside by the devils taking advantage of the condescending terrain.

A company commander suggested a strong attack, which would definitely wipe out the 200-odd devils in one fell swoop.

Du Aiguo shook his head, and said: "Old Lei, I suggest that we stand in a stalemate with the devils. This little devil is probably waiting for their main force along the Zhangjiazhuang road. We don't need to take the risk of charging, so casualties are inevitable. Li Tuan The leader and the others must be taking the opportunity to make a detour, let's wait until Captain Li and the others come over, and then try to find a way to eat these devils."

"Okay!" The Fourth Battalion Commander Wang Lei Dasheng responded.

……

Dwarf cliffs.

"Your Excellency, Captain, the pursuing Eighth Route Army has bitten our rear guard again."

Ishiihara's brows were tightly frowned by the report of the communicator, this damn Tubalu is endless.

The elite of our empire want to withdraw, so how can your mere Eighth Route Army be able to stop it?
On the battlefield against China, there has never been a precedent for the imperial wing to be wiped out.

Suppressing the humiliation and anger in his heart, Ishiihara and a pair of communications soldiers ordered: "Immediately request air support."

"Hi!"

"Notify all teams that after the arrival of the fighter jets, our department took the opportunity to throw off the Eighth Route Army and retreat towards Yangquan County."

"Hi!"

Then, Ishii Haraichi led the troops to continue to retreat towards Yangquan, and was soon blocked by Ding Wei's new regiment from both sides of the mountain road.

Seeing the hundreds of Eighth Route Army troops emerging from both sides of the mountain road again, Ishiihara went crazy.

How many Eighth Route Army troops did the Niukou Village generation hide?

It wasn't until this time that Ishiihara realized how ridiculous it was for him to attempt to completely wipe out the Independence Regiment with a regiment of troops.

The strength of the Eighth Route Army entrenched in Niukou Village far exceeded the judgment of the imperial intelligence department.

Moreover, the Eighth Route Army, which suddenly appeared on both sides of the mountain road, had equally powerful firepower configuration and combat effectiveness.

These Eight Routes were very cunning, and they didn't intend to fight to the death with the Ishii United Army. They just ambushed on both sides, but opened the way for the Ishii United Army to retreat.

Ishiihara was only focused on retreating and had no intention of fighting, so he could only be beaten passively along the way, and the casualties of Ishii's unit continued to rise.

In this way, after Ishiihara had been struggling for more than 20 minutes, the devil's air support finally arrived.

More than a dozen fighter jets roared towards Niukou Village, and the roar of the engines could be heard by Shen Quan and others even though they were far away.

"Hidden, hurry up, everyone hides immediately!"

Shen Quan hastily ordered.

"Commander, it's not good, the devil's plane is coming." Sun Zhenguo's expression changed on the top of the slope ambushed on both sides.

Ding Wei hurriedly said: "Immediately withdraw from the top of the slope and use the cover of the woods to hide."

"Yes!"

boom boom --

Amidst the reverberating bombing, watching the Eighth Route Army chasing behind being forced to retreat by the bombs, Ishii Haraichi finally smiled, and the majesty of the Japanese Empire can only be manifested at this moment...

(End of this chapter)