There was an explosion of "boom", and the turret in the distance was already igniting with flames. The three-story turret looked more like a torch in the early morning. The chestnut-haired Bell threw half a pack of cigarettes in his hand to his men.
The team members picked up the backpack at their feet and turned around to leave. "What's going on, Old Bei? Why are you ignoring us?" The mercenaries of Bell's team smiled and winked. In fact, they all knew that Bell didn't like to joke, so they deliberately
I just want to find a reason to talk.
From noon the day before yesterday to now, this is the sixth Japanese stronghold they have destroyed. 70 Japanese troops and 170 Imperial Army troops. They not only killed all the Japanese and puppet troops in the stronghold, but also set these strongholds on fire.
According to the order for each person to kill three Japanese and puppet soldiers in 10 days, their team of 30 people needs to shoot and kill 90 Japanese and puppet soldiers. However, they seem to have exceeded the task now. Not only that, they
We also obtained 4 light machine guns, 6 50mm grenade launchers and 2 light mortars.
Majiapo is their next target. In the action plan formulated by Zhao Zhi, there are a total of 6 Japanese and puppet strongholds on the route planned by Bell's team. If everything goes well, these 6 Japanese and puppet strongholds will only cost
They had 5 days, and Zhao Zhihui left the Bell team in their own hands for the remaining 5 days. The Japanese stronghold in Majiapo was not small. According to the intelligence collected by the military commander, a small group of Japanese troops and a squadron of the Imperial Association Army were stationed in Majiapo.
, the total number of people exceeds 300.
Bell was no longer satisfied with dealing with those stronghold gun towers with no more than thirty or forty people. He wanted to attack Majiapo. Majiapo had heavy machine guns and mortars. With these heavy weapons, he could harass nearby counties on his way back. Zhao Zhi was
The story of commanding more than a hundred mercenaries to capture Zhangwu County was widely circulated among mercenaries. How could Bell, who regarded Zhao Zhi as his role model, let go of such a great opportunity?
There are many mercenary commanders like Bell who are addicted to war. Under the influence of Thunder's general environment, the mercenary commanders who led the team to carry out harassment operations all had the same idea. When Nell commanded the team to turn to Majiapo,
Huang Xiang's team, 50 kilometers away from them, was also heading towards their last target stronghold. If they secured this last stronghold before dark, they would have 5 days to choose their target.
The harassment operation planned by Zhao Zhi was carried out thoroughly. In the first five days of the operation, more than 4,000 Japanese and puppet troops in Hebei were shot and killed by 130 guerrillas and mercenary teams released by Zhao Zhi. In addition, a large number of
The Imperial Alliance Army chose to surrender voluntarily. The intelligence received by Okamura Neiji showed that within five days, a total of more than 7,000 troops were lost in Hebei under his control. Looking at this momentum, Zhao Zhi's side will not give up easily.
If their harassment continues, it is estimated that the Japanese and puppet troops in Hebei will lose more than 10,000 troops.
The A standing division in the Japanese army only had more than 20,000 soldiers, and the B division only had more than 10,000 soldiers. Zhao Zhi only used some Tubal guerrillas to kill a B division. Okamura Neiji
It was even believed that those guerrillas were disguised as Thunder's elite troops. Yangquan had already become a scorched earth, but even so, the Japanese who were once chasing the Japanese army did not take a step back. They lost their positions and then regained them.
After losing ground during the day, they fought to regain it at night. It had been a long time since Okamura Neji had seen such Chinese troops who dared to fight so hard.
The five regiments trained by the Thunder System were firmly nailed to the outskirts of Yangquan like nails, resisting Okamura Neji's attacks one after another. Molun, who received Zhao Zhi's secret order, came from the warehouse of the Kunming Arsenal.
Central mobilized a large number of Garand rifles to be airdropped to the Yangquan defenders. In the collision between automatic rifles and bolt-action rifles, it was clear that the Garand had the upper hand, but Molun was a little concerned about the ammunition consumed by the anti-Japanese troops.
The five regiments guarding Yangquan have never fought such a battle. When they were trained by Lei Lei, they envied Lei Lei's equipment and weapons. Now they also have the same equipment and weapons as Lei Lei. Although they cannot have as much equipment and weapons as Lei Lei.
There are a lot of new equipment, but their walkie-talkies are now so popular that they can command company-level troops at any time. Each regiment has at least two battalions equipped with Garand rifles, bazookas, and flamethrowers.
A certain number of configurations.
What excites the five ** regiment leaders the most is that there is a hastily built military airport 15 kilometers away from the Yangquan front line. The ** troops fighting on the front line can call the fighter jets parked at the military airport at any time to provide fire support.
After fighting the Japanese for so many years, this was the first time that their commanders could rely on the support of the air force in the battle. Although there were only 6 fighter jets and 4 bombers at Yangquan Airport, they could not deal with the fighting Japanese troops.
Saying it is fatal.
Unable to retreat and unwilling to attack, Yangquan at this time was as useless to Okamura Neji, but at this time he was already riding a tiger and couldn't get off. What made him even more unbearable was the guerrilla Locusts under Zhao Zhi.
For the same attack, the order to dispatch troops south to support the Nanyang Station had already been passed to Neiji Okamura. However, he had been suppressing the troops who were supposed to go south to the Philippine battlefield on the grounds of clearing out the anti-Japanese armed forces.
The action plan of marching westward to Taiyuan was not favored by the guys at the General Staff Headquarters. Now Okamura Neiji is blocked in Yangquan by 5 Japanese regiments. The battle has been going on for more than 6 days, but the defense line of the Japanese troops on the opposite side is still there.
Firmly nailed there, the two infantry regiments under Okamura Neji had suffered heavy casualties and lost the ability to fight again. "Hidden, the enemy plane is coming." There was an exclamation in the ranks of the attacking troops, and smoke filled the air.
Several dark enemy fighter planes still appeared in the sky over the battlefield. They were enemy planes again. Lieutenant Commander Oniki Kazuo, who was directing the troops to attack, was very annoyed and lay down in the crater.
Starting from the third day of the exchange of fire between Okamura Neiji's forward troops and the Japanese troops, every time the Japanese army launched a large-scale attack on the Japanese defense line and was about to make a breakthrough, the other side would always call in fighter planes to help. If not for the other side's planes to cause trouble
, Yangquan's peripheral defense line may have been broken through by the Japanese army a long time ago. "Click, click, click, click." The swooping fighter jets spit out bullets, and the machine gun bullets fired down plowed several long columns of smoke on the ground.
, the Japanese soldiers who had no time to hide were immediately torn into pieces by the barrage.
After the "Boom", "Boom" and "Boom" fighter jets were finished, bombers swooped down next. Although the enemy's bombers did not drop many bombs, the troops in the opponent's defense line seized the opportunity to start a counterattack. Hundreds**
The Garand rifle in the hands of the soldiers showed its power at this time. Kazuo Onitsuki's squadron and the other two Japanese squadrons participating in the war were knocked back to their starting point by the gunfire. When counting the number of people, the Japanese army discovered that the participating Japanese squadrons were
Only just over half of the three squadrons of soldiers came back alive.
Compared with the furious Okamura Neji, Zhao Zhi, who is still in Hengshui, is full of pride. There will be no problems with the Yangquan defense line for the time being. Okamura Neji is firmly blocked outside the Yangquan perimeter defense line. This attack led by Zhao Zhi
The raid on the next 10 days was also a great success. More than 500 Japanese and puppet strongholds were attacked in Hebei, more than 8,000 Japanese and puppet troops were shot and killed, and about 7,000 Imperial Army soldiers chose to surrender. Zhao Zhi
The raids not only dealt a painful blow to the Japanese and puppet troops in Hebei, but also planted seeds among ordinary people. As long as the time comes, Zhao Zhi believes that more people will be willing to join the guerrillas to fight against the Japanese invaders.
The Second and Third Army Corps of Burmese mercenaries, which have been marching secretly, have also sent telegrams. According to Zhao Zhi's deployment, these two Burmese mercenary units, with the cooperation of the *** troops, have secretly sneaked into the area between Dezhou and Binzhou.
The Shang River between them is a frontline for benefiting the people. Going east to Dezhou is another plan of Zhao Zhi. If Okamura Neji does not turn back before Zhao Zhi gathers ten thousand troops, Zhao Zhi will command the troops to go east to Dezhou and sneak to Shang River.
The two Burmese mercenary regiments on the front line of Huimin will immediately march to besiege Binzhou and look for opportunities to capture Dongying.
All the combat staff under Zhao Zhi were puzzled by the deployment of the Burmese mercenary troops to march eastward to Binzhou. The Japanese army also stationed superior forces in Shandong, and it seemed that they had no chance of winning with the Burmese mercenary troops who only used bolt-action rifles to attack Shandong.
It's not very high, and one bad move will result in the annihilation of the entire army. But Zhao Zhi insisted on doing this, using the domestic battlefield to consume the number of young men in Myanmar. This was Zhao Zhi's decision after he went south to Myanmar for the second time to repel the Japanese army.
According to the plan, even if all the Burmese mercenaries died in Shandong, the Japanese army that faced them would not fare much better. Anyway, Zhao Zhi and Lei Lei did not suffer any losses.
Yu Dazhi, who stayed in Myanmar, used the food transported by the Jewish troops from Thailand to recruit more than 10,000 young Burmese men and stepped up training. Once these Burmese people passed the training camp assessment, Yu Dazhi would arrange for them to enter the country to help in the war. 500,000 Burmese people were hired
The army is not a small number. Zhao Zhi doesn't think about what these Burmese people can do to the Japanese army. As long as these 500,000 Burmese mercenaries can defeat the 150,000 Japanese puppet troops in Hebei and Shandong, Zhao Zhi will cut across Shandong.
The plan can be successfully implemented.
"Order, the Second Armored Division enters Shandong to assist in the war. Once the Burmese mercenary troops capture Binzhou and continue to move north after Dongying, the Second Armored Division can go south to intercept the Japanese and puppet reinforcements." Jewish ordnance technicians in Kunming repaired a large number of Zhao Zhi brought back from Europe.
With British and French tanks, Zhao Zhi transferred Joey's deputy to serve as the commander of the Second Armored Division. This well-equipped unit had quietly sneaked to the south of Hengshui while Zhao Zhi was commanding the guerrillas to stir up trouble in Hebei.
Qinghe was on standby in hiding. As long as the Burmese mercenaries approaching Binzhou took action, the Second Armored Division would be able to arrive in Binzhou within three days to help in the battle.