If the little devils took the lead in dispatching mechanized combat squadrons and launched raids on the villages in the Eighth Route Army base area, it was an appetizer for the Japanese army.
Then in the series of big explosions in front of us, the Japanese drove in first, and the three transport vehicles had no time to brake.
In a few breaths, it was a tragic scene of being torn into pieces after completely entering a densely laid minefield.
It can also be used as an appetizer for the Eighth Route Army to ambush the Japanese army.
This is the masterpiece left here by the engineer company specially arranged by Commander Wang.
This minefield is very different from the minefields usually laid by the Eighth Route Army.
This is a high-density minefield. The entire area may only be less than 50 meters, but the density of mines buried in it is so exaggerated that even the engineers and soldiers who laid the mines at that time were a little numb, let alone the little devils.
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All that was needed was to use all the mines that the 769th Regiment had accumulated over the years.
Three or four mines have to be planted almost every two steps, and they are distributed in a special triangular shape, almost like a triangular anti-tank minefield.
The entire mountain road is less than 200 meters away and more than two meters wide. You can imagine how many landmines are buried in it.
In such a high-density minefield, let alone a few Japanese military transport vehicles, even if the Japanese armored vehicles and tanks dare to enter this minefield, they will still be blown to pieces.
After the sacrifice of three military vehicles and the death of all the ten or twenty soldiers carried in the carriages.
The following little devil drivers finally had time to slam on the brakes, and then in a sudden stop, mixed with panic, the entire convoy stopped.
"Hit!"
The roar spread throughout the mountains and forests.
The commander of the first combat company of the 769th Regiment, a fierce general under Commander Wang, issued the order without hesitation.
There was a sudden attack, and the target of their pursuit, the villagers, seemed to be not far away.
Looking at the three military vehicles that drove in first, they were even torn into pieces in a series of violent explosions. The remaining little devils all had astonishment on their faces.
The voice of the Japanese Captain, who is the highest military commander of the entire mechanized combat squadron, is no longer possible.
While advancing along the way, the Japanese captain was overly confident and believed that there would be no flaws in the pursuit. He even sat in the co-pilot of the military car that drove in first for the convenience of command.
So after the car entered the dense minefield laid by the Eighth Route Army without warning, the Japanese captain went with the car to see the emperor.
The only person left at this time was a Japanese lieutenant, who was the deputy of the Japanese squadron leader. He shouted angrily in a panic: "Fight back, fight back, immediately cover the vehicle and try to transfer!"
What a pity.
It seems it's too late.
After the battle suddenly started, the first combat company of the 769th Regiment, led by the first company commander, launched a fierce attack.
This is a targeted ambush method, and it is even more targeted.
As a tiger general under Captain Wang, the first company commander commanded this ambush battle, which was also quite subtle.
First of all, the location chosen is right at the end of the open area, and the mountain road between this mountain forest is the narrowest area of the entire mountain road.
In addition, you can invite some ordinary people not far away to serve as bait.
The Japanese saw that the open space where their pursuit target was was not far away, and their original vigilance must have dropped.
It happened that at this moment, the ambush suddenly started.
This last mountain road was chosen cleverly.
The entire mountain road is only two or three meters wide, and there are steep hills on both sides, making it difficult to get on.
And these Japanese military transport vehicles are more than two meters wide, so it is impossible to complete a U-turn on this narrow mountain road.
The only option for the Japanese army was to drive these cars out of the narrow mountain road in front of them, into an open area not far away, then turn around and return along the mountain road again.
Unfortunately, this is unlikely.
The dense minefield laid by the Eighth Route Army ahead had completely torn the three cars into pieces.
The only option for the Japanese army is to retreat.
But how can the speed of reversing be as fast as the speed of forward?
What's more, there was fierce firepower from the Eighth Route Army troops on both sides of the mountain forest.
As a close neighbor of the 386th Brigade, it has recently successfully completed dual cooperation with Kong Jie's team in economic and military production.
Captain Kong, who has always been labeled as an honest and kind person, is not stingy at all.
As soon as the various aspects of cooperation between the first team and the 769th Regiment were reached, Kong Jie directly sent over a large batch of arms and equipment.
These include a considerable number of mortars and even several American 75mm howitzers.
Including some anti-tank individual rocket launchers.
Do you think Captain Kong will suffer a loss?
On the contrary, this is called taking a long shot to catch the big fish.
This batch of arms and equipment shows Kong Jie’s magnanimity and sincerity in cooperating with the 769th Regiment.
The most important thing is that after the delivery of this batch of arms and equipment, Commander Wang said:
"From now on, even if the sky falls, I will follow him!"
In Kong Jie's words: "What Lao Wang said is what we really changed for this batch of equipment. A batch of equipment is replaced by a tiger general, and the entire 769th Regiment is firmly tied to our ship. This is a sure profit."
A losing deal!"
I am willing to give up.
Where can I get something if I don’t give it up?
At this moment, the ambush has begun, with bullets pouring and artillery firing. Feel the power of the various mortars newly equipped in your hands.
The company commander who led the team couldn't help but was speechless:
"Good boy, the comrades of this team are well-equipped!
With these new equipment, our company's combat effectiveness can at least be doubled!"
The deputy company commander on the side suddenly said: "Company commander! This, I heard, is the most basic level of equipment in the troops led by Commander Kong!
If this were several main combat groups of one team, I don’t know what level of equipment it has reached!”
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"Damn it, people are so irritating when compared to each other. I can't care about that much. Let's kill this little devil first and seize the devil's cars!
Comrades, please aim as hard as you can, don’t blow up our car!”
It's just a grenade, thrown down using the condescending terrain on both sides.
The explosion of the grenade will not easily blow up the Japanese car.
Immediately afterwards, 50 and 60 mortars were used to assist the bombardment to cover the infantry charge.
The first company commander gave the order, and the flanking squadrons that had been ambushing on both sides were like tigers descending the mountain, and launched an attack on the little Japanese who had no time to turn around and were defending on both sides of the car.
At this time, because the three cars in the lead were torn to pieces by mines, the Japs killed fifty or sixty soldiers in one breath.
Nearly 1/3 of the troops were instantly turned into ashes.
At this point in the battle, there is no suspense left!
The Japanese lieutenant who led the desperate resistance saw that the situation was over and had no time to evacuate. After shouting jihad and boosting the morale of the soldiers, he asked the communications troops to quickly use the shortwave radio to convey a request for help to the main Japanese combat force one kilometer away.
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The battle here is not the only one. The Japanese army took the lead in advancing from three directions this time, with three mechanized combat squadrons.
The time was not particularly uniform. In almost the same order, the Japanese’s three mechanized combat squadrons were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army along the way.
Of course, not all three mechanized combat squadrons will suffer the fate of destruction.
The Japanese mechanized combat squadron led by a company commander to ambush fell directly into a minefield trap and suddenly suffered a fierce fire attack. It was basically impossible to escape destruction.
The situation of the other two Japanese mechanized combat units is slightly better.
The terrain they are in is not like a continuous ambush area. The mountain roads are narrow and the mountains and forests on both sides are steep, which greatly limits the flexibility of mechanized combat vehicles.
After being suddenly ambushed, the Japs, the elite mechanized combat force of the Japanese army, quickly fought back.
The other two mechanized combat troops broke out most of the combat troops in time.
So far.
The Japanese army finally realized that in the face of their so-called surprise attack, the Eighth Route Army did not seem to be caught off guard as they thought.
The villages that were successfully destroyed along the way were still advancing all the way, more like a lone army being seduced step by step by the Eighth Route Army.
The news quickly spread to the Japanese rear headquarters.
This is the temporary headquarters of the Third Mixed Brigade of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi, which is responsible for taking the lead in launching a surprise attack on the 385th Brigade base area.
Ishikawa, the leader of the Japs Brigade, graduated from the Imperial Army University. After the outbreak of the Sino-Japanese War, this little Japs made many military exploits. He also commanded many battles on the frontal battlefield, defeating and annihilating many national army combat troops.
As one of the few warriors under the command of Commander Yoshio Shinozuka of the First Army in Shanxi.
The hands of this invader leader were stained with so much innocent blood that it is difficult to describe them all.
Facing the news from the front line.
Ishikawa, an old devil with a cold and determined face, slowly opened his mouth and analyzed:
"It seems that this surprise attack on the Eighth Route Army is not completely unprepared. It seems that this surprise attack may not go as smoothly as imagined!"
The Japanese chief of staff on the side said: "The Eighth Route Army is good at raids and tricks. If they fight head-on, they will be vulnerable.
At present, although our army's three mechanized combat squadrons are forced to retreat, the Eighth Route Army's attention has basically been successfully attracted to the frontline combat area.
Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, I suggest that the main force of our army advance rapidly, outflank and attack from both flanks toward the core area of the 385th Brigade Base Area!"
Ishikawa shook his head and frowned a little: "Nantian-kun, don't underestimate the Eighth Route Army. Don't forget that the Fourth Mixed Brigade was defeated by the Eighth Route Army."
Once upon a time, the Fourth Mixed Brigade of the First Army stationed in Shanxi was also one of the field elites of the First Army.
Later, he suffered many defeats at the hands of Kong Jie.
After the army was replenished many times, the new recruits were mixed, good and bad, and they were no longer elite.
Therefore, this time the Japanese army secretly transferred the third, ninth, and sixteenth brigades to the Changzhi area, but they did not form the fourth brigade.
Why?
It is because the fourth brigade has been defeated by Kong Jie many times and has long since lost much combat effectiveness.
They were left behind to maintain security and stability in the local area.
How sad!
Nantian was silent for a moment. What Ishikawa said was an indisputable fact, but he still tried to defend himself: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the Fourth Brigade was defeated by the First Detachment of the Eighth Route Army in Northwest Shanxi, and was defeated by Kong Jie.
Instead of being defeated at the hands of the 385th Brigade!"
"So, Mr. Nantian, what you mean is that whether our elite members of the Imperial Japanese Empire can defeat the Eighth Route Army in front of us now, do we need to consider which army the Eighth Route Army is and what its designation is?"
"Here, Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, I..." Nantian choked directly.
Yes, if the Japanese Empire wants to wipe out the Eighth Route Army, does it still need to have so many worries?
Maybe I was really scared of being beaten by that Eighth Route Army team!
Ishikawa turned the topic back on track: "Even if we are facing the Eighth Route Army troops of the 385th Brigade, this 385th Brigade is not far from the 386th Brigade.
The combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army here may not be as good as that of that team, but it's probably not far behind, so we must stay alert.
Never let arrogance and carelessness lead to ultimate failure!"
"Hi!"
"As for the current situation..." Ishikawa said after pondering: "Inform all brigade headquarters to strengthen various vigilances and continue to move forward steadily.
At the same time, vanguard test troops were sent out to try their best to lure out the hidden Eighth Route Army troops to fight with them.
If we encounter a large-scale ambush by the Eighth Route Army on the way, we should immediately make strategic moves to lure the Eighth Route Army to an area where the terrain is favorable to our army, and then start fighting with it."
Ishikawa's consideration was very clear: "No matter what the losses are to the mechanized combat squadron as the vanguard, the commander personally arranged the layout this time and even cooperated with the troops stationed in Mongolia for coordinated operations. How can it be defeated because of a little setback?
What our department has to do is to completely hold back the main combat force of the Eighth Route Army in the 385th Brigade base area and try to attract the attention of the Eighth Route Army."
At the same time.
The Japanese Third Mixed Brigade only advanced from the center line of the 385th Brigade Base Area.
According to the Japanese army's combat plan, the 9th Mixed Brigade advanced from the left, and the 16th Mixed Brigade advanced from the right, divided into three lines. At the same time, a comprehensive encirclement and sweep was launched towards the 385th Brigade base area.
The scale of the Japanese raids this time was quite large and the momentum was huge.
A major sweep around the base area where the 385th Brigade is located has officially begun.
Brigadier Chen, who was in charge of the 385th Brigade Headquarters, immediately mobilized his troops and arranged the anti-mopping operations of various frontline troops in a calm and measured manner.
When the headquarters was analyzing the battle situation, Brigadier Chen couldn't help but curse:
"Damn it, these little devils really look like they are acting. If we hadn't found out the news in advance, the devils might have wanted to use the raids on our base area to make a feint and sneak attack on the Huangyadong Arsenal. I almost had to do it."
I believe that the little devil is coming to our 385th Brigade!"
"...Immediately notify the frontline combat regiments. According to the original plan, continue to show weakness to the enemy, launch a disguised blockade, and find a way to lure the little Japs into our ambush circle."
"Don't these Japs just want to trap our 385th Brigade in the base area?
We are not ready to go out yet. We will stay in our base area and let this little devil have a taste of our power.
It’s impossible for the Japanese to come here to find trouble after being beaten by the 386 Brigade, right?
Do you really think that our 385th brigade is a soft persimmon?"...