The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 433 The Japanese invaders completely panicked

The next day.

After the sky is bright, Xiaohuanggou, the mountain road to the east, the small mountain pass to the north, and the dirt road to the south, the specific situation is as follows.

The node pass has been occupied by the Eighth Route Army troops.

At various nodes, soldiers relied on the terrain to build various concrete fortifications, including concrete bunker fortifications, concrete semi-underground machine gun fortifications, and concrete foxholes.

In terms of the construction of these concrete fortifications, in addition to the concrete built by the soldiers last night, there are also finished concrete blocks in sacks transported from Niukou Village that have already reached their final strength.

Director Kong’s explanation before his departure was: “We built the concrete in too little time. Even if we light a fire and heat it up, these concrete blocks will solidify at most, and the strength may not increase. When building, we have to Use it with the sacks of concrete blocks we brought."

"The bunkers built and the fronts of various concrete fortifications are all piled up with finished concrete blocks, and then poured for reinforcement. The top of the bunker is especially important. Reinforced concrete materials must be used, at least to ensure that the devil's grenadier cannonballs hit it. any collapse."

"In addition, we used concrete to build various fortifications in order to fully develop our firepower advantage and avoid Japanese artillery fire."

"In this way, with the fortification of the bunker as a cover, and the heavy machine gun fortification in charge of five people, it can even block a small team of devils."

"The spare troops were used to defend the mountains and forests on both sides of the fortifications, so as to ensure that the Japanese army could not turn around and attack the backside of the fortifications."

Right now, around the West Village, at the four major nodes of the small mountain pass in the north and the mountain road in the east, the concrete fortifications are built condescendingly based on the terrain.

In the front of the concrete fortification, the shooting range was cleared for nearly 300 meters, while on the left and right flanks of the fortification, the forest was used as a defense.

It's like a person opened his arms and got stuck at this node, telling the devil so blatantly:
I won't let you call here!

In the mountains and forests on the left and right flanks, the defensive means of the soldiers are also ready...

……

After the sky brightened, the Japanese scouts finally detected information about various nodes, and the news spread to the headquarters of the Independent Fourth Mixed Brigade. .

"Reporting sir, the Eighth Route Army has built a large number of fortifications at the passes of the small mountain pass to the north, the mountain road to the east, Xiaohuanggou, and the dirt road to the south."

Hideo Nakajima, the devil's chief of staff, said: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, it seems that the Eighth Route Army wants to rely on fortifications to block these nodes and completely besiege our troops in the West Village area."

"I thought that the Eighth Route Army would encircle our army with their strength, but now it seems that most of these Eighth Route Army are trying to block it with the help of fortifications because of insufficient troops."

Treeside Yamaguchi nodded, and then asked doubtfully, "Mr. Nakajima, if the Eighth Route Army seals off the surrounding nodes of our department, it is for the purpose of encircling and annihilating our department. Isn't this intention too obvious?"

Nakajima Hideo agreed: "What your brigade commander said is true, this is also quite strange."

"Even if the Eighth Route Army blocks these nodes, the fortifications at these nodes cannot be moved. Within the encirclement circle of this node, we still have a large area of ​​activity. If the Eighth Route Army does not continue to advance, how will we encircle and wipe out our troops?"

"So, the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment does not seem to be planning to encircle and wipe out our troops."

Yamaguchi said with a sneer, "If it wasn't for encirclement and annihilation, then the intention is obvious. It is to trap our troops in this area."

"But Tuba Road is thinking too well. How can the mere defense of various nodes be able to stop the attack of our Great Japanese Empire?"

"I ordered that the Pingchuan Brigade immediately send troops to attack the Xiaohuanggou Road and destroy the Eighth Route Army's fortifications in one fell swoop."

"Hi!"

……

"Reporting sir, there is news from the headquarters of the Ishii Regiment that the Eighth Route Army blocked the evacuation nodes along the Zhangjiazhuang road last night and built fortifications."

When the news came, both Yamaguchi and Nakajima were stunned.

"What exactly does the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment want to do? It's just a small regiment. He really thinks he has such a big appetite, not only our Fourth Mixed Brigade, but also the Ishii United Regiment?"

After yelling at him, Yamaguchi was in a state of confusion, and finally focused his attention on the attack of the Pingchuan Brigade on Xiaohuanggou all the way.

How the facts are, see the real chapter after the battle.

Xiaohuanggou.

As an important node along the West Village Road, the Eighth Route Army troops stationed here include soldiers from a company led by Huang Jiafu, commander of the No. 16 company of the Independent Regiment, plus soldiers from the No. 250 county brigade. The total strength is about [-].

The garrison strength is not too large, but fortunately, Xiaohuanggou has a unique terrain, especially the node chosen by Huang Jiafu, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The Japanese army wanted to break through here, but due to the limitation of the terrain, they could not deploy all their troops, so they could only increase their troops one by one with the tactics of adding fuel.

In this regard, Huang Jiafu is very confident:
"Our independent regiment now only fights the battle of prosperity, and with the concrete fortifications built, we can kill as many devils as they come."

"The battalion commander said that the regimental commander asked us to hold the node this time, not only to block the little devil, but also to use up the advantage of firepower to consume the devil's vitality as much as possible, and wait until the devil's reinforcements are destroyed. The devils surrounded in the encirclement will be eaten by him sooner or later."

Around seven o'clock in the morning.

The scout soldiers who were in charge of guarding the periphery of the node returned and reported to Huang Jiafuhui: "Report to the company commander, there is a Japanese army advancing in our direction."

"Good time, I'm waiting!" Huang Jiafu stared, "How many devils are here?"

The scout soldier replied: "About a squadron of devils."

Huang Jiafu nodded, and said sarcastically: "It seems that this little devil's attack is tentative."

"Continue to investigate and pass on the progress of the Japanese army at any time."

"Yes!"

After the scout soldiers turned and left, Huang Jiafu called several platoon leaders under him, as well as Liu Zhenghua, the captain of the county brigade.

"Old Liu, how are the comrades in the county brigade doing?"

Liu Zhenghua nodded and said, "Company Commander Huang, don't worry, everything is ready."

"Okay!" Huang Jiafu clenched his fists and said to several platoon leaders: "Tell comrades, immediately enter the state of preparation for battle. The long-awaited battle is coming."

"Yes—" several platoon leaders responded in unison.

……

Eighteen past seven.

The Japanese First Army's Independent Fourth Mixed Brigade, the Third Squadron under the First Infantry Battalion Hirakawa Brigade, led by Squadron Leader Tsuda Ichiro, arrived in the Xiaohuanggou area.

Tsuda Ichiro was ordered to serve as the vanguard to try to attack the Eighth Route Army's defensive position in Xiaohuanggou, in order to test the Eighth Route Army's falsehood.

The task assigned by Captain Hirakawa to Ichiro Tsuda is:
Be sure to find out which unit of the Eighth Route Army is defending Xiaohuanggou, what is its combat effectiveness, how is its firepower configured, and what is its strength.

As he advanced along the way, Tsuda Ichiro was very cautious, knowing that what he was facing was likely to be the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

The reputation of the Independent Regiment is now considered a banner in the First Independent Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army, a banner of the Eighth Route Army.

Since the start of this sweep, after the continuous setbacks in Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, all the officers and soldiers of the Japanese Fourth Mixed Brigade gritted their teeth with hatred for the Independence Regiment.

At the same time, the independent regiment is regarded as the most difficult opponent.

There are rumors in the army that before this big raid, General Yoshio Shinozuka, the Commander of the First Army, once said this sentence:

"Even if there are three alliances, we must eliminate the independent regiment!"

For this reason, the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army quickly became the various departments of the First Army, vying for the target to be eliminated.

The Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade is no exception.

As he continued to advance, Tsuda Ichiro led the team and soon arrived near the empty shooting range of Xiaohuanggou.

Tsuda Ichiro boarded a certain slope and looked through the binoculars.

Xiaohuanggou was facing forward, and was cleared by the Eighth Route Army to an open area of ​​nearly 300 meters.

Looking into the distance again, I saw the fortifications of bunkers.

Tsuda Ichiro took a closer look, and couldn't help but sink in his heart. Judging from the outer wall of the fortification built by the Eighth Route Army opposite, it seemed to be a concrete building.

This is not so good. Usually, the Empire of Japan deals with the Tubalu with outdated equipment and scarce ammunition. The masonry structure of the gun tower makes these Tubalu helpless. The concrete structure of the building is even stronger. Don't even think about blasting away the infantry artillery. .

These Tuba roads are so powerful that such a large number of concrete fortifications were built in the Xiaohuanggou area overnight.

Tsuda Ichiro also knows a thing or two about the properties of concrete. He only hopes that the concrete buildings built on the eighth road have not been built for a long time, and their strength has not improved. If an attack is launched as soon as possible, it may not be impossible to smash these fortifications.

It's just that Tsuda Ichiro's squadron naturally doesn't have such sharp weapons as infantry artillery.

Tsuda Ichiro thought for a while, and ordered the artillery to build a grenadier position, ready to bombard the concrete fortifications of the Eighth Route Army in Xiaohuanggou.

"After the bombardment started, the first and second squads used the cover of artillery fire to launch an attack first, spread out their forces, and beware of the concentrated fire of the Eighth Route Army!"

Ichiro Tsuda couldn't see the reality of the Eighth Route Army lurking in Xiaohuanggou through the telescope, so he could only make a tentative attack to investigate the specific situation.

boom -

The shells from the devil grenadier exploded in the Xiaohuanggou area. Amidst the violent explosion, some shells directly hit the concrete bunker fortifications built by the [-]th company.

These concrete fortifications built at night have only taken five or six hours until now. Fortunately, the fire heating method has been used to completely solidify, and the strength has increased to about 10% of the final strength. Finished concrete blocks in sacks that have reached strength long ago.

The top of the concrete bunker fortification is also made of reinforced concrete, so if one or two grenadier shells from the devil hit it, it will not collapse immediately.

Company Commander Huang had been waiting for the little devil a long time ago. He guessed that the devil would bombard him with grenade launchers, so he made arrangements early in the morning, with ten [-]-point cannons lined up.

The devil's grenadier position bombarded the concrete fortification. After the location was exposed, it was immediately bombarded by the [-] small artillery.

The sixteenth company's counterattack came so fast that the devils were caught off guard. The artillery shells exploded in the grenadier positions.

The two squads, the No. [-] devils, had rushed to the open shooting area and were rushing towards the [-]th company's fortifications.

The grenadier position behind the devil was destroyed by the [-] small artillery, so that when the charging devil infantry had no shell cover, the infantry of the devil's two teams were already less than [-] meters away from the sixteenth company's fortifications.

"beat!"

When Company Commander Huang issued an order, he expected that the devil would retreat without the cover of the artillery behind him. Before the devil came back to his senses, he issued a combat order.

In the next moment, two heavy machine guns built in the fortifications of Xiaohuanggou bunker, fired left and right, blocked the entire shooting area with crossfire, and more than a dozen light machine guns fired together, and after a round of focused fire, the charge The devil infantry was directly swept away.

At this time, all the bullshit Bushido spirit was thrown into the country of Java.

Under the extremely fierce firepower of the [-]th company, the little devils wished they could grow two more legs, turned around and retreated hastily, and the whole team collapsed immediately.

On both sides of the Xiaohuanggou forest, the soldiers of the county brigade who had been lurking for a long time also started firing.

Tsuda Ichiro, who was watching the battle from the rear, was terrified. The light and heavy machine gun firepower in the concrete bunker fortification on the front was desperate. The gunshots from the woods on the two wings, judging from the gunshots, there must have been 600 people... ... On both sides of Xiaohuanggou, under the cover of dense woods, comrades from the county brigade are running back and forth in the woods.

After firing a shot at one location, switch positions immediately, and fire another shot at a distance of a few meters. Each person is responsible for at least three to five shooting points.

In this way, a soldier can use the cover of the woods to fire what seems to be three to five people while moving back and forth quickly.

Tsuda Ichiro's judgment on the strength of the Sixteenth Company will also be three to five times more.

Coupled with the powerful artillery fire from the Eighth Route Army on the opposite side, the squadron's grenadier position was destroyed as soon as it was deployed.

Tsuda Ichiro, who was completely shocked, quickly issued an order for a strategic transfer.

"Leather boots! They are leather boots! Your Excellency, the squadron leader, they are all wearing leather boots. They are all in the woods. There are too many of them. They must be the main combat force of the Independence Regiment!"

The two Japanese squad leaders who launched the attack, the one who survived by chance, said in shock.

Two Japanese squads, more than 100 devil soldiers, withdrew in a hurry, and only the last 20 people were left. If the retreat speed was not fast enough, and the previous charge did not go too deep, maybe all of them would be killed. destroyed here.

Ichiro Tsuda, who retreated into the woods, looked at the corpses of more than 80 imperial soldiers lying in the open shooting belt from afar.

In a trance, I felt like I had a nightmare.

At this moment, the nightmare woke up, so that Tsuda Ichiro didn't even have the courage to stay here.

"Withdraw, first report the specific situation to the captain!"

Tsuda Ichiro, who was somewhat sad, swallowed a mouthful of saliva and said.

(End of this chapter)