Chapter 437: Encirclement and Annihilation of the Yamazaki Brigade
Chapter 437: Encirclement and Annihilation of the Yamazaki Brigade
"Awesome! Master Yuan is worthy of being the Marshal!"
Fu Yidao couldn't help but exclaim in amazement.
A few brothers not far away sneered at the brother who was complaining before.
"Did you hear that? The captain said this is a great ambush area!"
"Who just said this place is not suitable for an ambush?"
"Who said that? I didn't say that!"
"That's right, no matter who said it, I didn't hear it!"
"Hahaha!"
Those people who had complained before looked around shamelessly, trying to cover up their embarrassment, which caused the brothers around them to burst into laughter.
"What are you laughing at? Get ready for battle. Don't shoot when the Japanese enter the entrance. Let some of them in first, and then open fire after Tie Xiaogang opens fire. Once you open fire, don't save your bullets. We have captured the baggage train, and we have plenty of bullets and shells. Just shoot at the Japanese!"...
There are no minefields on the road ahead.
After not encountering a minefield for a long time, the Japanese increased their speed and headed straight for here.
By the time the Japanese approached the entrances to the hillsides on both sides, everyone was ready.
But no one opened fire without orders.
Because fifty meters from the entrance to the bend is a narrow road, and there is an ambush on each side of the road, and there is another squad of brothers at the bend!
The brothers on both sides of the hillside had already placed grenades in front of them.
The last squad was led by Tie Xiaogang and a squad of Kuomintang brothers.
I saw the Japs were approaching the bend.
Tie Xiaogang waved his right hand and more than a dozen grenades flew forward.
The grenade landed in the middle of the Japanese army and exploded.
Grenades were thrown down from both wings one after another.
Then the light and heavy machine guns on both wings fired wildly at the road.
"Damn it, there are ambushes on both sides!"
The Japanese were frightened by the sudden attack from both wings and began to fire indiscriminately left and right.
At this time, Tie Xiaogang had already moved the three pheasant necks to the corner and fired wildly towards the front.
Not only that, the light machine gunner lay on the ground and fired wildly towards the front.
These fifty meters are all in a straight line.
The Japs were gathered on the road and were counterattacking on the hillsides on both sides, but the crazy shooting of the three Pheasant Necks and Czech machine guns killed them without any chance of fighting back.
Plus Mark's heavy machine guns, Czech machine guns and grenades on the hillsides on both sides.
The Japanese soldiers who entered the fifty-meter road fell to the ground one after another.
at the same time.
When the grenade here exploded, the troops ambushing in front all opened fire.
Their weapons and equipment were originally very sophisticated.
In addition to the destruction of a Japanese regiment and a puppet army this time, a lot of Maxim heavy machine guns, Czech machine guns and grenade launchers were added.
At one time, more than 40 Maxim heavy machine guns, more than 30 Pheasant Necks, more than 200 Czech machine guns, and more than 100 Type 99 light machine guns were firing crazily at the Japanese.
The bullets intertwined in the air to form a dense shooting network.
The Japanese soldiers were shot through the body and fell in a pool of blood.
At the same time, the grenade launcher, the mortar at the back, and the infantry gun all opened fire.
Grenades, mortar shells, and infantry artillery shells exploded in the Japanese troops, blowing them to the ground.
In a blink of an eye, the Japanese troops suffered heavy casualties.
Yamazaki Shota was so angry that he gritted his teeth and cursed.
"Bakayaluo, how can there be so many people? Scatter, everyone spread out to defend, notify the artillery to open fire quickly!"
As soon as he finished speaking, fierce gunfire was heard from behind.
Behind the Japanese, Tan Guohao, the commander of the newly formed First Brigade of the New Sixth Army, led his troops to follow the Japanese.
Moreover, Tan Guohao was a very smart guy. He specially sent a reinforced battalion of suicide squads, equipped with light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers, to follow the Japanese from the reverse slope of the hillside on both wings.
This reinforced battalion has four companies, with two companies on the reverse slope of the hillside on both sides of the road.
Its speed was almost the same as that of the Japanese, and it was moving parallel to the Japanese's rear artillery team.
Hearing the gunshots in front, the two battalion commanders on the left and right immediately ordered their troops to set up light and heavy machine guns on the hillside and fire wildly at the Japanese artillery at the foot of the mountain.
The Japanese artillery had just received the order and were setting up their field artillery when bullets flew towards them.
The Japanese artillerymen who had no time to react fell into a pool of blood.
When the large Kuomintang army behind heard the firing, they quickly quickened their pace to come over to support.
There are narrow roads in front and behind the open space.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Shota Yamazaki shouted loudly.
"Hold on, defend in four directions, hold on, signalman, contact the Tiangu Detachment immediately and have them come over for support!"
At this time, Yamazaki was so angry that his face turned blue and veins on his forehead were bulging.
Because his opponent was too strong.
There were so many light and heavy machine guns, and so many mortars, and they were almost semi-encircled.
With the Nationalist troops behind him, he was surrounded.
Especially the Japanese soldiers who went in 50 meters ahead, there was a squadron of them.
The squadron was almost wiped out in two minutes.
It hasn't even been ten minutes.
At least one third of his team had suffered casualties.
And the artillery was definitely finished.
He could only defend and wait for the Tiangu Detachment to come for support.
However, the Tiangu Detachment was also very angry and cursed.
Although part of his troops went onto the road, there were several minefields on the road, which not only caused many casualties among his soldiers, but also wasted time and affected morale.
After finally avoiding the minefield, we encountered it again, and there were even explosive packs.
"Bagayalu, are the field artillery coming?"
Captain Tian Gu gritted his teeth and roared.
"Report, they haven't come yet. It has rained for several days, and the mountain road is too slippery. The field guns and 150mm guns are still in the woods and haven't reached the road yet!"
"Bagayaloo, Bagayaloo! Engineers, go ahead and clear the mines, quick, quick, quick!"
Captain Tian Gu was so angry that he was almost going crazy.
Because this minefield was set up by the guerrillas.
In order to blow up the Japanese, Xiao Liangcai brought more than a dozen explosive packs and detonators from the baggage train.
In addition to the mines, this minefield also had five explosive packs buried and connected to the hillside with wires.
The brothers on the hillside braked the detonator and quickly evacuated.
The Japs didn't even notice them after the bombing.
The detonating cord was not discovered until the engineers were clearing the mines.
But the Japs did not dare to send anyone out to pursue them, because they had a more important task, which was to provide support and retrieve the baggage train.
The situation here for Brigade Commander Yamazaki is even more tragic.
Without their artillery, they were surrounded on all sides.
Every soldier in the New Sixth Army wanted to kill Yamazaki to avenge the deaths of their brothers and common people in the county.
Everyone wanted to rush forward without caring about their lives.
But Yuan Shuai's artillery shells were too powerful, and there were too many light and heavy machine guns, giving them no chance to charge.
The artillery shells compressed the Japanese defense line again and again, and finally, directly covered the entire Japanese brigade headquarters with artillery shells.
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