Doihara, an old Japanese devil, would do anything for his own fame and wealth.
After assassinating Zhang Zuolin, he directly planned the September 18th Incident, including the subsequent puppet Manchukuo and Wang puppet regimes, etc., and he was behind the scenes.
At this time, it was even more of a cross-border command, with ease.
However, the opponent he encountered was the Supervisory Team.
He believed that no matter how weak his two infantry brigades were, they could withstand the Dragon Boat Festival until dawn when they occupied an absolute position. After all, it was already past one o'clock at night when the Dragon Boat Festival attacked the Erhe post.
The two infantry brigades only had to hold on for four hours, and it would be dawn in less than four hours.
It's a pity that one of his blocking troops in Shanghe Village was discovered by the underground party, and then reported it to Ma Pingan, who in turn reported it to Duanwu. Duanwu guessed the intention of the little devil and ordered Zhu Shengzhong to take them with him.
The two companies rushed quickly and seized two commanding heights at the fork in the road.
At this time, only the Japs on the east side were still struggling to hold on on the top of the mountain, waiting for their reinforcements to arrive.
But at the same time, the supervision team also arrived under the leadership of Duanwu.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, he saw Japanese soldiers coming from two directions to reinforce him, so he immediately ordered the whole army to block the Japanese army on the west side.
As the old saying goes, it is better to cut off one finger than to injure ten of them. Attacking two Japanese troops at the same time can defeat each other, but not only will the casualties of the supervisory corps be high, but it will also be a waste of time.
Dragon Boat Festival must use fast-paced combat to disrupt the enemy's deployment.
The forward troops of the Supervisory Corps took the lead in pressing forward, and faced off against the little Japanese on the plain.
Although this will definitely cause heavy casualties to the troops, there is no other way now.
When the two sides encounter each other in a plain area, should they let Duanwu turn around and run away?
So this is simply impossible, and fighting on the plains at this time is very beneficial to the Dragon Boat Festival.
Because the independent group's firepower was strong enough, it was obvious that the two sides were shooting at each other in the plain area. The little Japanese was completely suppressed and beaten by the independent group.
The little Japanese officer was lying on the ground, not daring to show his head. He ordered the communications soldiers to quickly send electricity to Doihara and tell him the battle situation at the fork in the road. They encountered the supervisory corps at the fork in the road. They were unable to occupy the west high ground and were fighting with the supervisory corps.
In a fierce battle on the plains, the imperial army suffered heavy casualties and requested support.
But for support at this time, where can Doihara go to find support? We can only order another Japanese army to attack the high ground on the west side of the supervision corps from the flank to reduce the pressure on the Japanese soldiers on the west side.
After receiving the order, the Japanese on the east side began to storm Zhu Shengzhong's position. Some Japanese even took the risk of approaching Zhu Shengzhong's position to use grenades.
This wave of operations really caught Zhu Shengzhong off guard, and the casualties of the first battalion further increased.
From the beginning of the war to this time, the casualties of one battalion have reached more than 70 people. Such casualties are not small.
However, the First Battalion captured the two highlands on the west side and dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese on the east highland.
In other words, the casualties of the Japs were much greater than those of Zhu Shengzhong, probably more than three times. At least more than two hundred Japs were killed, all of them killed by the guns of the First Battalion.
Zhu Shengzhong immediately ordered the artillery to return fire.
In the Supervisory Corps, not only the second battalion has an artillery battalion, but all battalions are equipped with artillery.
And this is the reason why the supervision team is so fierce.
Because in addition to machine guns, artillery also plays a huge role on the battlefield. As long as there are enough artillery, no matter how many Japs come, there will only be a dead end.
Zhu Shengzhong ordered the artillerymen to use grenades to fight back and forth with the Japs. Moreover, the artillery fire of the first battalion was more fierce than that of the Japs. From the high ground on the east side to the artillery positions of the Japs, everyone was hit.
But the Japs fought very tenaciously. Although their firepower was not as good as Zhu Shengzhong's company, under machine gun fire and artillery fire, they still showed no sign of retreat.
Moreover, the Japs seemed to be attacking more and more. After the Japs follow-up troops arrived, more Japs artillery joined in the bombardment of Zhu Shengzhong's position.
Zhu Shengzhong became angry and wanted to lead his men down the mountain with a machine gun to kill the Japs. But at this moment, a big hand pressed down on his shoulder.
Then Sun Shiyu's voice came: "There will be too many casualties in this attack. Let my artillery handle it."
It turned out that Sun Shiyu's artillery had already arrived at this time.
The artillery's march speed is relatively slow, and there is nothing we can do about it.
But because Zhu Shengzhong had held on for so long, Sun Shiyu's artillery also caught up.
Part of the artillery went to support the regiment and annihilate the Japanese on the west side, while the other part came to reinforce Zhu Shengzhong.
Duanwu knew that once Zhu Shengzhong was angered by the enemy, it would be impossible to suppress him. So he asked Sun Shiyu to cooperate and suppress his anger.
Of course, this job is actually more suitable for Shangguan Zhibiao, but Shangguan Zhibiao is currently leading people to protect the baggage.
Chen Shusheng of the baggage camp was left in Wanjialing during the Dragon Boat Festival, so there was no one to protect the temporary baggage force.
Therefore, this job can only fall on Shangguan Zhibiao.
Since Shangguan Zhibiao was not around, Sun Shiyu, who was relatively stable, could only come during the Dragon Boat Festival.
And sure enough, if Sun Shiyu were to be a step later, Zhu Shengzhong might have rushed forward with his men.
Zhu Shengzhong did not have an attack even when he saw that it was Sun Shiyu. He knew Sun Shiyu's combat ability, and the relationship between the two was also good.
What's more, with Sun Shiyu's artillery joining in at this time, the battle situation was instantly reversed, and there was no need to fight desperately.
Zhu Shengzhong looked around and saw that the little Japanese on the west side of the battlefield had no intention of resisting under the fire of the artillery camp, and they had begun to show signs of retreat.
But they were surrounded from three sides by Tuan Zuo and his men. It was not that easy to jump out at this time.
Although the Japs on the east side are still attacking fiercely, they are not as strong as before. It is only a matter of time before they are defeated.
Seeing this, Zhu Shengzhong sat down and said to Sun Shiyu: "Old Sun, I always feel weird about this battle."
Sun Shiyu asked: "Why is it strange? I feel quite normal?"
Zhu Shengzhong frowned and thought for a moment, then said: "I actually don't know, it just feels weird. The leader clearly knows that Xintai County is a trap, why would he jump in by himself? This is something I don't understand very much.
Although we lack weapons and equipment, we are not in a position where we have to take risks. I don’t think this is the fighting style of the group.”
But at this time, Sun Shiyu pondered for a moment and smiled: "Lao Zhu, what's weird about this? In every battle, doesn't the regiment win by surprise? Take this time as an example, Xintai County is a trap, we
Didn't you just kill them in and out again? I think Tuan Zuo led us out to kill the Japs. We always stay in the mountains and can't come out, so how can we kill the Japs? And in this battle, we only gain but not lose.