Chapter 1021: Sai Weng loses his horse
"Commander, the Japanese, some Japanese came from the east, a reinforcement team, heavy machine guns and mortars, and a company of puppet troops, more than 200 people, and the 1st Company of the Second Battalion was slowing down their march.
Commander Zhou immediately became excited: "Commander, this is a piece of fat that was sent to his mouth. These Japanese and puppet troops must not know that the Pingdingzhuang garrison had been killed by us. I will take the remaining two companies of the Second Battalion to kill them!"
Commander Wang was also very happy and ordered decisively: "Does of Japanese devils, just let the second battalion commander go there, bring three heavy machine guns~ tell him that this battle must be fought neatly and there must be no drag on it, and the battle will end in ten minutes!"
"Okay~ He's enough to go. A strengthening team has eighty Japanese soldiers at the top of the sky. The second battalion plus a heavy machine gun platoon has three heavy machine guns, seven or eight light machine guns, and two or three hundred rifles. One round of shooting can kill more than half of the Japanese soldiers!"
After the order was issued, Commander Wang asked: "Chief of Staff, do the infantry artillery company still have shells!"
"After we killed the Japanese in Pingdingzhuang stronghold, the Japanese in the remaining five or six strongholds around became alone. If there were still shells, we would take down the remaining several artillery towers!"
"Each gun tower is equipped with a heavy machine gun, two light machine guns, and thirty Japanese and puppet troops. Kill all the Japanese in these gun towers, and even light machine guns alone can seize more than a dozen, which is definitely a considerable gain!"
The Chief of Staff also showed a heart-warming expression on his face.
However, within a few seconds, a touch of helplessness appeared on his face.
"There are only twenty shells brought in total, and they all used up~"
"It's only ten o'clock in the evening now. Now I'll give the command order to transport the shells with war horses. It should be possible to arrive at three o'clock in the morning!"
Commander Wang shook his head and replied: "Five hours, it's too long~"
"It won't take long before the Japanese will know that the garrison in Pingdingzhuang stronghold was killed by us, and then draw other troops to kill them!"
"I had known that I would have listened to Wang Ping's advice from the beginning and brought all the shells. Such a good fighter plane was placed in front of us, but because of the initial unwillingness and timidity, I missed it for nothing!"
"Okay, I don't want to do it anymore. It's already unexpected that we can kill so many Japanese and puppet troops tonight. Once the battle in the Second Battalion ends, we will retreat!"
"It's... Commander~" Whether it was the Chief of Staff or the Commander Zhou, both of them showed heartache and regretful expressions on their faces.
At this moment, the correspondent of the investigation camp who was very familiar to Commander Wang suddenly rushed over with an excited look on his face.
"Commander, Commander Wang asked me to report that the remaining Japanese and puppet troops in Pingdingzhuang stronghold were only fifty, and the puppet troops accounted for the majority. Let us draw the troops from a battalion, advance lightly, march forward quickly, and raid the stronghold, and the more fierce the battle, the better, and retreat after grabbing the supplies, making the Japanese feel that our actions tonight were for grabbing supplies!"
"Haha... Sai Weng lost his horse, no wonder he was blessed~ I was heartbroken just now, and we missed the opportunity. I followed Wang Ping and gave us such a big surprise!" Commander Wang also showed a very excited smile on his face.
Then he ordered: "Chief of Staff, take the guard company here to assist!"
"Captain Zhou, take all the other troops here and follow me to raid the Pingdingzhuang stronghold!"
"There are nearly 500 Japanese and puppet troops stationed in this stronghold, and they are also responsible for the supplies of seven or eight artillery towers around. There must be a lot of good things stored in it. I must kill them and personally accept the big gift Wang Ping gave us!"
Liulin County is not only a logistics supply base for the four or five thousand Japanese and puppet troops on the front line, but also a command center for so many Japanese and puppet troops.
The corps leader Colonel Yamada was stationed in the county town and set the corps command here.
Since entering Liulin County two months ago, he has been plotting to counterattack and retaliate against the Eighth Route Army troops in the Suide Military Region.
Colonel Yamada still remembers the battle that lost more than two squadrons three months ago.
Although he had never participated, he witnessed the anger of the commander of the rear division.
Because the equipment of the Eighth Route Army in the Suide Military Region was very poor, their losses in combat have always been very poor, and they were fighting against the Eighth Route Army. Otherwise, the Japanese would not have the courage to use a reinforcement brigade to fight against the Eighth Route Army in the three regiments of the Suide Military Region.
However, the battle that night directly broke the battlefield situation there.
In order to retaliate against the Eighth Route Army and to completely resolve the Eighth Route Army in the Suide Military Region, we pushed the front line to Suide and prepared for the future use of troops in Yan'an. Colonel Yamada was directly sent here by the division commander to unify the command of all the garrisons on the front line.
Colonel Yamada was originally unwilling to do so. After all, the division commander was only allowed to bring an infantry brigade and a guard force. The other troops were all Liulin's original garrison, not the confidant troops he brought out step by step. When he came to be the commander-in-chief rashly, many people must be dissatisfied with it, which was not conducive to his command.
However, the division commander drew a big pie for her, which forced him to agree to the order.
"As long as you break through the defense line of the Suide Military Region of the Eighth Route Army, push the defense line to the Suide Military Region, and threaten Yan'an. The division commander will recommend him to the front army to serve as the brigade commander who is still in a vacant state, and leaps from a colonel to a major general and a senior imperial officer.
This bait was extremely attractive to Colonel Yamada, and he took more than a thousand people to Liulin without much hesitation.
Because it was too cold in the first two months and was not suitable for attack, Colonel Yamada was very anxious, but could only wait.
Now that the weather is getting warmer, Colonel Yamada decided to launch a retaliatory attack in the past few days, first test the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army on the other side and prepare for the next large-scale attack.
Just finished the discussion with his subordinates and prepared the tentative offensive plan. When he was about to go back to his room to rest, a communications staff officer hurried over.
"Sir, two artillery towers in the controlled area of Pingdingzhuang stronghold were attacked. The Eighth Route Army used artillery. The stronghold garrison has already been released to reinforce the two artillery towers!"
"We were attacked, are you mistaken? According to convention, the weather has just warmed up. After a winter of consumption by the Eighth Route Army, it should be the weakest time. How could it be that it is possible to attack us actively? They don't want to live!"
The chief of staff next to him immediately reminded: "Sir, will these Eighth Route Army soldiers be too poor to lose their money and want to steal things from us and then attack our two artillery towers!"
"It's very likely!" Colonel Yamada replied with a frown.
"According to the information, what they lack the most now is food. Each of our artillery towers has hoarded thousands of kilograms of food. In addition to food, I really didn't expect the purpose of the Eighth Route Army's sudden attack on our two artillery towers, and also used artillery!"
After saying that, Colonel Yamada made a decision: "Order the garrison of Pingdingzhuang stronghold to kill the Eighth Route Army that attacked us when they arrived on the battlefield. I want them to compensate their wife and soldiers, and give us a good start to the next tentative attack!"
An hour later, Colonel Yamada had just fallen asleep and woke him up with a knock on the door.
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