Although there was an invading regiment whose strength exceeded his own, Su Yuan was sure of victory. This victory would not only mean repelling the invading national army, Su Yuan would also need to obtain the enemy's soldiers and weapons.
In Su Yuan's view, this is the fastest way to restore the troops' combat capabilities. If new soldiers are recruited, it will take at least three months of training, and even then the soldiers' combat qualities will not be very high. And capturing the opponent
The situation is different for soldiers. They can go into battle with just a little preparation and still have a supply of weapons.
For this purpose, Su Yuan deliberately let Li Qian and Zhang Hao see that he had restrained Cheng Kai and his company from occupying the village, and then sent Chen Xing to report false news to the National Army Brigade Headquarters. This was his strategy to lure the enemy.
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Li Tianmin was indeed fooled. Su Yuan left only a few Eighth Route Army troops in the village, and ordered them to evacuate immediately after a slight resistance, attracting the opponent to the ambush site.
This kind of battle must be cautious and casualties should be avoided as much as possible, so Su Yuan did not prepare for positional warfare, but directly used offensive interludes and detours, but this was not enough.
Su Yuan had served in the Eighth Route Army and fought many battles with the Japanese. He had a clear understanding of the combat characteristics of each unit. In addition, he was a sharpshooter. He also understood the role of sharpshooters in combat. He would fight against them.
A difference is found in connection with the combat characteristics of the troops and the role of sharpshooters.
As a sharpshooter, the main targets in combat are the enemy's important targets, including the opponent's commanders and machine gunners. Su Yuan attaches great importance to this, so the first thing to do when fighting the Japs is to command his snipers.
Eliminate the opponent's commander.
This is easier to identify in battle. The clothes and colors of the Japs' commanders are different from those of the soldiers, and most of them have command knives and pistols. Once the opponent's command is eliminated, the Japs' morale will inevitably be low, and troops without command will be easier to defeat.
. This characteristic is also found in the National Army. Su Yuan discovered it during the Zaoyi Battle. The Japanese snipers targeted the National Army officers, but this was not obvious in the Eighth Route Army. The officers and soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were the same.
Although there are some differences in the clothing, it is difficult to distinguish them, and Su Yuan also saw the higher combat capabilities of the Eighth Route Army, which should be a characteristic.
Therefore, Su Yuan took advantage of this characteristic in this battle. His own troops were smaller than his opponent's, so he had to adopt surprising tactics and use swift and violent movements to catch his opponent off guard.
When the leading troops of the invading national army entered the ambush circle, Su Yuan immediately ordered each battalion to launch an attack immediately. Zhang Hao's troops intercepted the follow-up troops, while the two battalions of Meng Tian and Li Zhuang quickly inserted into the troops in the ambush circle.
The clothes of both sides are the same. Once mixed together, the opponent cannot launch a counterattack, which also avoids casualties. The soldiers of Su Yuan's army naturally have different marks on their bodies. As the troops mixed together, the soldiers followed Su Yuan's orders and shouted "No".
He misunderstood, put down his weapons, and other propaganda to disrupt the opponent, and at the same time began to attack the opponent's commander and begin to capture him.
The ambush battle achieved its goal with almost no casualties, and Zhang Hao's troops also successfully blocked the troops behind them. With the victory of the ambush battle, the soldiers immediately left the prisoners to guard the prisoners according to the previous deployment, and other troops quickly
Launch a siege from both wings to the opponent behind.
There was no way to stop him in the wilderness. Wang Lin saw that something was not going well. One of his battalions was already dead. If he didn't retreat, he might not be able to escape. Judging from the dust raised by both wings, the opponent had at least a thousand men, and their firepower was comparable.
Fierce, their soldiers are even more powerful. He is by no means an opponent, and his opponents are also dressed as national troops. I have no idea how to resist him. This battle is meaningless. As for the way to complain to the peak in the future, now
It would be better to retreat.
As the order was issued, his soldiers began to retreat backwards, but many of them were still stopped by the river. When Wang Lin retreated across the river to take stock, he found that he had lost nearly half of his troops this time. He was annoyed and had to
Go back and report to Li Tianmin.
After Su Yuan saw the most satisfactory result of the battle, the next step was to get these prisoners under his control. This was not a small problem. After all, there were too many prisoners, almost close to his own strength. How to arrange them had to be carefully considered.
Su Yuan originally wanted to disperse all the prisoners into three battalions, and then bring the troops to the base area. They all belonged to the national army. The soldiers obeyed honestly after being lectured by Su Yuan. As for the officers, Su Yuan planned to gather them together for the time being.
Watch over.
At this time, an unexpected situation made Su Yuan's plan much easier. His subordinates came to report that the captured battalion commander wanted to see him.
The battalion commander was quickly brought to Su Yuan, "You want to see me?" Su Yuan looked at this man and he was still very energetic, without any embarrassment or depression of being captured. On the contrary, his eyes revealed joy.
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"Are you Chief Su?" the visitor asked.
"I'm Su Yuan." Su Yuan replied.
"Report, Yuan Zhen, commander of the Lunan Security Brigade, is willing to follow the commander to fight the Japanese." Yuan Zhen saluted and reported.
"Oh, you really want to be open-minded." Su Yuan was a little hesitant.
"I've heard about you. You never hesitate to fight the Japanese." Yuan Zhen immediately replied: "I admire you, and I don't want to stay here and do anything that doesn't involve fighting the Japanese and causing friction."
"Really?" Su Yuan said.
At this time, Li Zhuang leaned into his ear and said: "Tuanzuo, this man ordered his men not to shoot during the battle, and also asked his men to put down their weapons, and he was captured honestly."
"Okay." Su Yuan immediately ordered: "Captain Yuan, I now appoint you as my fourth battalion commander. You must assemble your troops immediately."
"Yes!" Yuan Zhen was even more grateful for the trust of the other party, and followed Chen Xing arranged by Su Yuan to organize the troops.
"Tuanzuo, do you trust him so much?" Li Zhuang reminded with some worry.
"You are still afraid that he will rebel." Su Yuanze said: "He does not dare to attack us. After all, we are still the national army. As for the precautions, I still have his troops sandwiched between our three battalions."
"Haha, this is a good idea. When we get to the base area, he won't be able to escape even if he wants to." Li Zhuang understood.
"But we still have to believe him." Su Yuan said, "Also, as for the other prisoners, they will be assigned to each battalion according to the original plan."
"Yes." Li Zhuang took the order and went.
At this time, Su Yuan was relieved about the defense here. Li Tianmin was now unable to attack again. Su Yuan asked Cheng Kai to lead his company to still garrison in the village by the river, while he led the troops to attack the invading Japanese.
The army's flanks moved in, preparing to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army to completely crush the Japanese raids.