Chapter 535: Four regiments fought fiercely against two brigades of the Kwantung Army
"Very good, this time I will mark the first achievement of your fifth regiment!" Zhou Weihan couldn't help but be overjoyed after hearing Li Da's report on the battle.
Zhao Gang glanced at Zhou Weihan who looked happy, and also praised: "In less than five minutes of fighting, you killed more than 500 enemies, and your own casualties were almost negligible. You really fought well in this battle!"
Li Daben was very happy after hearing this. He had been thinking about this good start for a long time.
At this moment, a correspondent rushed to the headquarters on horseback: "Report, the 1st Battalion of the 5th Regiment is less than ten miles away from Erdaokou!"
The participating units of the fifth regiment retreated alternately. The first battalion and the heavy machine gun company in the prominent position were the first to retreat. After the second and third battalions withdrew from the battle, the magnet led the first battalion to the rear.
However, Xing Zhiguo, who was in the fifth regiment at the time, was worried that the Japanese troops would not follow, so he personally took command of the first battalion. However, in the end, Li Daben, the regiment commander, led the rest of the troops to withdraw first, while Xing Zhiguo and Luo Jie stayed behind to attract the Japanese troops.
"Report!" Before the first correspondent left, another correspondent arrived: "The chief of staff made it clear that there are nearly two brigades of Japanese troops pursuing, and there are no heavy artillery accompanying them!"
Zhou Weihan nodded after hearing this: "Okay, now the two brigades of the little Japs have separated from the main force. Now everything is ready. All we need is for the little Japs to enter the ambush circle!"
After Zhou Weihan finished speaking, he glanced at the time: "Li is very capable!"
"arrive!"
"Can your fifth regiment continue to fight?"
"Yes!" Li Da capable responded decisively.
"Okay, when the Japanese army enters the ambush circle, the fifth regiment will be responsible for sealing the entrance. Don't let a little Japanese escape!" Zhou Weihan ordered.
"Yes!" Li Daben responded excitedly. Now that the Jaap's pursuit force has become meat on the chopping block, who would be dissatisfied with his many military exploits.
The words are divided into two parts.
The Fifth Regiment retreated first, but Tahara Sanji was delayed for a while. If he hadn't found the packages and ammunition belts left by the Fifth Regiment along the way, the little Japanese might have lost them.
"Hurry up, hurry up!" Tahara Sanji, who was riding a tall horse, urged loudly.
The smoke and dust ahead were always right in front of him, but he couldn't catch up. Tahara Sanji concluded that the smoke and dust must be caused by the march of the Eighth Route Army.
The previous brief encounter made Tahara Sanji deeply ashamed. The captain of the Noguchi brigade was killed on the spot. A total of more than 220 people in the two brigade were killed, more than 400 people were injured, and they lost their combat effectiveness.
After the vanguard removed the wounded, after integration, only more than 1,500 people remained. Tahara Sanji left an infantry squadron to escort the wounded to Wu'an County, and the number was reduced again.
Fortunately, Yukio sent four additional infantry squadrons today, and the number of people pursuing the Japanese army reached more than 2,100.
Tahara Sanji glanced forward and saw that they were chasing after each other. A valley appeared in front of them. The cliffs on both sides were a hundred meters high. There was only a narrow path of four to five meters in the middle. He watched the Eighth Route Army get into it.
"Stop!" Tahara Sanji suddenly became alert.
Once the order was issued, the Japanese pursuing troops quickly stopped, and Tetsuya Yokota of the Noguchi Battalion came over.
"The terrain ahead is difficult, and there must be an ambush by the Eighth Route Army. We must not pursue them!" Tahara Sanji learned a lesson from every difficulty.
However, Tetsuya Yokota was anxious. The captain was shattered. How could he be willing to let the Eighth Route Army run away? "Tahara-kun, if you let the Eighth Route Army run away like this, how can you explain it to General Imada? How can you explain it to the brave warriors?"
"Where is the accompanying Imperial Army? Find him!" Tahara Sanji said to the adjutant.
An Imperial Alliance soldier sent by Isamu Terauchi to lead the way was brought forward. Tahara Sanji pointed to the valley ahead and asked, "What is the name of this place?"
"Taijun, this area is called Erdaokou, and it has reached the territory of the Eighth Route Army!"
"Youxi, is there a road nearby that can bypass this canyon? Do you know?"
Cao Dabao rolled his eyes, thinking that he had been waiting for this sentence, and then a flattering smile appeared on his face: "Taijun, I know there is a trail that might be able to block the Eighth Route Army at the exit of the valley?"
"Quickly lead the way!"
"Yes Yes!"
A small group of Japanese soldiers held Cao Dabao at the forefront. The Japanese army originally pursued all the way north, but now they were detouring to the east under the leadership of Cao Dabao.
The Japanese army pressed hard, and after more than half an hour, Erdaokou was left behind. The Japanese army immediately turned around and turned westward, trying to block the Eighth Route Army at the exit of the valley.
Cao Dabao glanced at the Japanese army behind him and sneered. Not far ahead was the location of Zhou Weihan's preset ambush circle.
The terrain of Erdaokou was too dangerous, but Zhou Weihan did the opposite and set up an ambush circle in a small basin in the northeast of Erdaokou.
There are low hills all around, some are as high as 100 meters, and the enemy is 40 to 50 meters high. Under normal circumstances, the enemy can rush to the top of the hill with a single charge.
Seeing that he was approaching the exit of the basin, Cao Dabao pointed forward and said: "Taijun, right ahead is Erdaokou!"
The little devil Cao Chang nodded with satisfaction: "Youxi!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Que saw Cao Dabao getting into the woods nearby. A dozen black guns emerged from the woods opposite and were pointed at him.
"Ta-ta-ta!" Huaji's gunfire rang out, and more than a dozen little Japanese fell to the ground instantly.
On this occasion, more than two thousand Japanese troops were officially led into the ambush circle by Cao Dabao. On both sides of the ambush circle were the 1st Regiment, the 3rd Regiment, and the 29th Regiment, which blocked the exit of the basin. Dong Jiang, who was in charge of the response, naturally did not
Without any scruples, he directly eliminated the little devil.
"How could there be the sound of a submachine gun?" Tahara Sanji suddenly woke up.
In an instant, gunfire erupted from both sides. One regiment of twenty-seven heavy machine guns and a third regiment of eighteen heavy machine guns burst out with fierce firepower.
Behind the two regiments, Zhou Weihan deployed two mountain artillery batteries and two field artillery batteries respectively. The artillery battalion had calibrated the shooting parameters in advance.
The Japanese army was eager to pursue, and the originally orderly marching column became chaotic. After entering the basin, each squadron competed to be the first to get out, and more than 2,000 Japanese troops were crowded together.
Nearly two hundred light and heavy machine guns and twenty-four artillery pieces did not give the Japanese army any extra time to react.
In the blink of an eye, the Japanese army was drowned in the fire, and explosions sounded one after another in the Japanese army's formation.
At the last moment of Tahara Sanji's life, he only felt that his body was light and airy. As he got closer and closer to the sun, the surrounding sounds disappeared, and then his vision went dark and he lost consciousness.
A Japanese squadron walking at the rear tried to retreat backwards to escape from the ambush circle, but Li Daji led the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Battalion and the heavy machine gun company to tie up the hole long ago.
More than two hundred Japs were attacked head-on. They tried many times to break through, but were unable to break through the opening in the direction of the Fifth Regiment.