The Zhongshan Japs were obsessed with China's Sun Tzu's Art of War, and would arrange their troops according to Sun Tzu's Art of War in every battle, no matter how big or small.
But what no one expected was that Zhou Weiguo's battle plan was predicted by him.
This may be because the blind cat of the Zhongshan Japs encountered a dead mouse, or maybe he is just so smart in the first place.
But no matter what, Zhou Weiguo met his opponent this time.
The Zhongshan Japs sent a squadron of Japs to pursue the First Battalion, and then sent a squadron of Japs to the west side of the village to rely on the village houses, courtyard walls, etc. as bunkers to block the Second Battalion. The remaining two squadrons of Japs fought with the Zhongshan Japs
The Japanese guards were preparing to surround and annihilate the independent group that had penetrated into the village.
The little devils were hiding on the roof one by one, hiding behind the nearby courtyard wall, nervous and a little excited. Because their scouts had discovered that the independent group of about 300 people was moving towards the south of the village.
But they were in no hurry at all, because the independent regiment had not yet entered their ambush circle.
The Zhongshan Japs were lying on a rocking chair, drinking the high-definition coffee they had snatched, and happily said to their men: "Just wait for the stupid Chinese to surrender! We will win this battle with great ease.
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But what this old devil never expected was that he guessed the beginning, but not the ending.
From the beginning, Zhou Weiguo had no intention of letting the First Battalion really bypass Xiaoyangzhuang to support Baijia Town. His order was to attract the Japs and kill them, or to contain them.
In other words, if there are few Japs, use the advantage of firepower to annihilate the Japs; if there are many Japs, keep the Japs outside the village.
Therefore, the so-called thirty-six strategies are indeed good strategies, but they must be learned and applied flexibly.
But Jaap Zhongshan didn't realize this. He took himself too seriously. He actually sent only one squadron of Japs to pursue him.
It is simply crazy to use less than 200 troops to defeat more than 400 well-equipped Chinese soldiers.
The equipment of Zhou Weiguo's 522nd Regiment is no worse than that of the Dragon Boat Festival Independent Regiment.
Because the Eighty-seventh Division is also a direct descendant, they are all wearing German-style equipment, and they have heavy firepower such as artillery and machine guns that are not weaker than the Japanese army.
Perhaps those local armies were just a bunch of stragglers in the eyes of the Japanese, but when they encountered the real direct line troops, they would only be defeated. What's more, the strength of the troops was very different, and they were ambushed by a well-prepared battalion.
Therefore, the first battalion to fight was not the second battalion attacking Xiaoyangzhuang, nor the independent regiment, but the first battalion.
The first battalion laid an ambush in the woods. When the Japanese got close, they shot at them randomly. Only then did the Japanese understand what automatic weapons were.
The philosophy of the Japanese army is to shoot accurately and destroy enemies at long distances.
Therefore, under this concept, the Japanese do not attach importance to the research and development of automatic weapons. In their eyes, it only takes one bullet to kill the enemy. I can shoot you at a distance of 400 meters to 200 meters, and you
But it can't hit me.
Of course, the most important thing is the poverty of Japan's resources. From the perspective of Japanese high-level officials, since I can kill you with one bullet, why should I waste my resources by firing a few more shots?
This made the Japanese love the Type 38 rifle and designed this gun very well. Even after that, they directly added a sight to the Type 38 rifle and transformed it into a 97 sniper rifle.
It was not until later, on the Pacific battlefield, that the U.S. military used automatic weapons to defeat the Japanese army, and the Japanese began to pay attention to automatic rifles, and then the Hundred-type submachine gun was born.
But on the Chinese battlefield in 1937, except for some special units, the Japanese used self-produced Type 38 rifles.
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Therefore, under the ambush of the First Battalion, the Japanese suffered heavy casualties and could only rely on a small number of bunkers to fight with the First Battalion.
The Japanese squadron leader quickly called Lieutenant Colonel Zhongshan, saying that they had encountered an ambush. The enemy was well-equipped, had heavy firepower, and had a large number of people. It would be difficult for them to hold on.
Lieutenant Colonel Zhongshan was very surprised, because his Imperial Japanese Army was invincible, and his fifth division in particular was the elite of the Imperial Army. How come one squadron could not defeat the Chinese army of more than 400 people?
"Baga, what's the matter with the little dog? It can't even defeat the Chinese army of only 400 people?"
Lieutenant Colonel Zhongshan was very strange, but he had to divide his troops to rescue people. Because as I said before, Zhongshan was not a fool. After he learned that Zhou Weiguo's troops were coming to reinforce Baijia Town, if he had been an impulsive Japanese officer, he would have killed him directly.
Fight to the death with Zhou Weiguo in the wilderness.
But he didn't. When he passed by Xiaoyangzhuang, he found that there was an open area in front of Xiaoyangzhuang and it was impossible to hide. So he massacred the villagers here and lured Zhou Weiguo to come for revenge.
But he underestimated the wisdom of Zhou Weiguo and the Independent Regiment. The attack in the east and west attracted not only his attention, but also the purpose of annihilating the troops he pursued.
The Zhongshan Japs were fooled, and when one of his squadrons was severely beaten, they sent another squadron to support them.
Just at this time, part of the 522nd Regiment in front of the village also moved. A company of soldiers followed behind the Japanese reinforcements.
There is no concealment at all, just for the devils to see.
When the Zhongshan Japs heard this information, they shouted that they had fallen into the enemy's conspiracy and ordered the Japs who had gone to support them to withdraw. However, as soon as his men withdrew to the village, the soldiers of the Second Battalion also withdrew.
The Zhongshan Japs looked confused and thought to themselves: What kind of plan is this?
He looked through Sun Tzu's Art of War and couldn't find what the plan was.
Unexpectedly, at this moment, gunshots were heard from the east side of the village. It turned out that Lao Shou discovered during the investigation that the Japanese had already prepared, and took a detour to attack from the east side of the village, where the Japanese defenses were weakest.
Originally, Lao Shou planned to sneak in quietly, but after killing seven or eight Japs, he made some noise. One of the Japs shot him on the ground before he died. Then he alerted the other Japs.
Lao Shou had no choice but to order the shooting, give up the infiltration, and implement the second plan to attract the Japanese's attention.
Therefore, the purpose of this battle, whether it is the first battalion in the woods on the north side of the village, or the second battalion, the independent regiment, they have only one purpose, which is to disperse the Japanese and defeat them one by one.
So no matter what the devils do, whatever they do is wrong.
But at this moment, the Zhongshan Japs screamed again, saying that China was planning to build a plank road to cross Chencang secretly.
He quickly ordered an infantry squad to rush to the east of the village for support, but he didn't want a squadron outside the village to be in emergency again at this moment. They could no longer withstand it and could not withdraw.
Indeed, they couldn't evacuate at all. They still had bunkers in the woods. If they came out of the woods, they would be beaten like rabbits by the Chinese in the open.
"Baga, the Chinese use it to lure snakes out of their holes. I just found out, damn it!"
At this time, the Zhongshan Japs finally understood that the Chinese strategy was to lure the snake out of its hole and hide in Xiaoyangzhuang. The enemy's attack would cause great losses. Then they sent people to attract some of their troops out of the village to besiege them, and finally reduced their troops to a small number.
Everyone was transferred outside the village.
"The Chinese are cunning and cunning. They sent me electricity to the puppy and told him that this was a trick of the Chinese. They must hold on and wait until I come up with a way to save them!..."