kingnovel Chapter 450 Another Small Ambush
Chapter 450 Another Small Ambush
Chapter 450 Another Ambush
The grain is stored in the warehouse and the Japanese are buried in the ground.
As Wu Mazi arrived with a large force, a large section of railway tracks near Zhengding was stripped clean, even the iron sheets on the Japanese armored vehicles were stripped off.
The headquarters of the Japanese 8th Mixed Brigade in Shijiazhuang and the headquarters of the 6th Division in Baoding.
The two sides kept calling for help. As the various outposts were broken into one after another by several regiments of the independent brigade, the Japanese panicked.
Every time they received a call for help requesting tactical guidance, they could no longer get in touch with them shortly afterwards, which made the two Japanese commanders very worried.
Especially Kanda Masakazu, the newly appointed commander of the 6th Division, who had just returned from a combat meeting at the First Army Headquarters when he encountered such an incident.
After living in peace for more than half a year, he was originally preparing to attack the surrounding Eighth Route Army and Independent Brigade under the commander's orders. However, he did not expect that they would attack him first.
In half a day, seven outposts along the railway were eliminated, and both sides lost nearly a thousand troops, with the Imperial Army losing nearly fifteen hundred. If this continued, the transportation of supplies to Baoding would become a problem.
The regiments of the independent brigade were very coordinated and attacked in sections. In the morning, the Japanese soldiers on the road from Zhengding to Baoding were in trouble. The better ones escaped with their teams, while the worse ones had their bodies buried as fertilizer. It has to be said that the independent brigade caused a lot of trouble to the Japanese soldiers this time.
"Bakayaro, these Chinese people really lack the spirit of Bushido!"
The Japanese battalion commander, Major Tanuma, who came to support Zhengding, cursed loudly, and then took a squadron to the railway tracks to see if they could be repaired.
The railway must be restored as soon as possible, otherwise the imperial army in Baoding will have problems with food.
"Damn it, Araki-kun, these Chinese didn't even spare the railway. This is definitely a premeditated action. We must report this to the brigade headquarters and make sure to take it seriously."
Araki heard this and said disapprovingly, "Captain, these Chinese only know how to use such despicable tactics. They will run away as soon as the Imperial Army arrives. Don't worry about them."
He had just been specially recruited from the Imperial Army University and was here to gain experience in military service. He might be transferred to a large agency as a staff officer one day, so he would not take Tanuma's words to heart.
Araki's words almost made Tanuma's nose crooked with anger. If it weren't for the fact that the other party was a top student, he would have slapped Araki twice. It was really infuriating.
How could Araki, who had no grassroots experience, see the situation clearly? Tanuma no longer wanted to talk to Araki at this point. He turned around and began to observe his subordinates checking the rails. He seemed to have discovered something was wrong. The soil had been moved...
"Bagayalu, there's an ambush!"
After saying that, he rolled to the side, not caring at all about Araki's life or death.
Boom boom!
Several Japanese soldiers who were checking the railroad tracks were killed on the spot by booby traps. Because Araki was too close to them, a large piece of flesh was cut off from his face, and he screamed in pain.
Da da da!
Araki's bad luck did not end there. When the booby trap was triggered, the third battalion that was left in ambush here directly attacked the Japanese. Light and heavy machine guns opened fire at full power, and a large number of Japanese were wiped out in one go.
"Enemy attack, kill the chicken!"
Araki was still very brave when he reacted, and immediately shouted to the Japanese soldiers to fight back.
However, he still underestimated the firepower of the Third Battalion. There were 9 rocket launcher groups, 60 M92s, 800 Type s, and Type light rifles. With a total of more than people, and occupying advantageous terrain, the Japanese had no power to fight back.
Araki was originally full of anger and was shouting loudly, until a bullet hit him between the eyebrows, and he was completely silent.
Da da da!
Boom boom boom!
The Third Battalion, with full firepower, killed the Japanese soldiers all over the ground. Tanuma finally realized that if he didn't retreat, he would end up like the other warriors.
"Bagaya Road, turn in, turn in!"
After the order was conveyed, the Japanese soldiers finally reacted and began to take turns covering each other as they evacuated towards Shijiazhuang.
Seeing this, Wen Jiayi was unwilling to let go of the cooked duck and immediately ordered: "Blow the charge horn and leave these little devils for me!"
After Wen Jiayi gave the order, he ignored all the instructions and rushed out first!
More than 800 soldiers rushed out of the slopes on both sides, shouting and killing, and the Japanese troops were thrown into chaos and could no longer maintain a complete formation.
The two sides had equal strength, but the Third Battalion was in ambush and had strong firepower. Hundreds of the Japanese were killed or wounded in the first moment of contact, and then nearly half of them were killed or wounded under the full firepower of the Third Battalion. In the end, only more than 200 of them escaped.
Wen Jiayi chased for two miles, but when he saw that he could not catch up, he gave up and began to order the soldiers to clean up the battlefield.
Having killed more than 500 Japanese soldiers, his face was full of joy, and his body really felt comfortable after the little exercise.
Although he thought so in his heart, he did not show it on his face. He listened quietly to his company commander's report on his gains.
"Battalion Commander, 538 Japanese soldiers were killed. We seized 324 Type light machine guns, two heavy machine guns, eight grenade launchers, Type rifles, a large number of bullets and grenades, and helmets..."
This battle was indeed exciting. These newly appointed company commanders hadn't experienced it for a long time, and it was still as comfortable as before.
Wen Jiayi thought for a moment and ordered, "Alright, the Japs shouldn't be coming for a while. Place some booby traps on their corpses and let's retreat!"
He had no intention of staying any longer. He had already taken advantage of everything. If he stayed any longer, he would suffer losses. The Japanese were not good-tempered. If they mobilized a regiment or something, they would be in trouble.
Gu Changfeng's order was to fight a small-scale battle and not cause a big chaos.
It was because Commander Yang said that the headquarters was planning the next major war that Gu Changfeng restricted the various regiments. Otherwise, with the tempers of the regiment commanders, they would have to attack a few counties for fun. They were not satisfied with this little move yet.
This brief attack did cause the Japanese a lot of trouble. Several sections of the railway were damaged and it would take some time to repair them.
At Xianya Ridge, watching the points rise again, Gu Changfeng muttered, "Why is the system black again?"
Obviously, the system has reached a certain point and started to enter the next upgrade.
Indeed, after Lingqiu, Gu Changfeng's troops killed many Japanese devils. If the system was not upgraded, he would think there was something wrong with it.
In Shijiazhuang, the commander of the 8th Mixed Brigade, Mizuhara Yoshishige, had a terribly gloomy expression on his face.
He didn't say anything, and no one else dared to say much. The atmosphere in the entire brigade was very depressing, giving people a suffocating feeling.
After a long while, Mizuhara Yoshishige finally spoke: "Gentlemen, have you found any problems?"
Seeing the brigade commander finally speak, the Japanese officers breathed a sigh of relief. Lieutenant Colonel Kinteng, the staff officer, was the first to answer:
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, this time it must be the Laiyuan Independent Brigade that took action. Their goal should be to disrupt our transportation."
Given the Japanese's familiarity with the independent brigade, their officers naturally knew very well whose unit the M60 heavy machine gun, which had a long range and strong firepower, belonged to.
Mizuhara Yoshi nodded emphatically, then gestured for Jin Teng to continue.
Lieutenant Colonel Jin Teng did not hesitate and said directly:
"Your Excellency, the Commander's cage tactics are aimed at the Independent Brigade and the Eighth Route Army here. This time, the Independent Brigade attacked the Imperial Army's stronghold. It's clear that your cage tactics have worked. These Chinese are trying to break the blockade, and the Imperial Army will slowly play along with them."
"Next, I suggest asking the Commander-in-Chief for a large number of Imperial Army troops."
He spoke with great confidence, and Mizuhara Yoshishige also figured out the problem.
The independent brigade wants to break through the hundreds of kilometers of railway lines, and the supplies it needs to consume are huge.
There are nearly 300 kilometers of railways, and nearly 1,000 bunkers and artillery towers of all sizes. Even if it takes 500 bullets and 30 artillery shells to capture one artillery tower, the consumption is still astonishing.
If they sent a large number of Imperial Army troops to garrison, plus a small number of Imperial Army troops, they could drag the Independent Brigade to death even if they delayed.
If Gu Changfeng knew what they were thinking, he would be so happy that he couldn't stop grinning. If he wasn't afraid of using too much force and provoking a large-scale counterattack from the Japanese, his current reserves would be enough to capture Taiyuan.
With two bullet production lines, he produces millions of bullets every month. If it weren't for the training and the money exchanged with the Eighth Route Army, he would have been rich as a tycoon.