Chapter 167
The main house of Qingfeng Village.
The backbones of each battalion have already returned to the headquarters quickly. The only ones left here are Zhou Weiguo and a few others, except Lu Zhixian.
"Report!"
"Speak!"
"The Japanese vanguard battalion has entered our ambush position, and the third infantry battalion is doing its best to stop it! The first artillery company of the light artillery battalion is responsible for assisting in the left wing position!"
"Got it!"
Hearing this, Lu Zhixian nodded and said seriously: "Tell them immediately that the sniping time is only 30 minutes. During this period, they can do whatever they want, but they can never take the initiative to attack! After 30 minutes, we must ensure that the Japanese are let in!"
"Yes, commander!"
The signalman immediately took the order.
"Commander!"
At this time, Zhou Weiguo pointed to the map and said worriedly: "The Japanese vanguard battalion is less than 20 miles away from us, and its main force is following closely. It is estimated that the difference between the two is at most half an hour."
"Yes."
Lu Zhixian nodded.
Wei Dayong suddenly said: "Captain, if we block the enemy layer by layer like this, do you think it will alert the enemy?"
"No."
Lu Zhixian shook his head firmly.
"Why?"
"Because he is the 7th Brigade!"
"This——"
Wei Dayong's eyes were full of confusion.
Zhou Weiguo smiled and explained, "Monk, this Japanese field brigade has been facing almost all of our main forces in the past, and has won many battles. How could such a force look down on our anti-Japanese regiment? Now they must know that we did not flee. If we do not react at this time, they will be alert."
"That's right!"
Lu Zhixian also nodded and said seriously, "Strong people are often extremely confident, in other words, they are also often accompanied by arrogance! At this time, we adopt a segmented blocking method. Although it will cause a certain degree of loss to them, if I were their commander, I would be relieved. Since the location of the prey is confirmed and the resistance is dying, it is time to advance quickly on a large scale!"
"So that's it!"
Wei Dayong touched the back of his head and said suddenly, "It seems that this has been calculated by the regiment commander for a long time!"
"Of course!"
Zhou Weiguo also nodded slightly, and looked at Lu Zhixian beside him, and said with admiration: "Different methods need to be adopted to deal with different troops. If it is just an ordinary team, our blocking will definitely arouse their vigilance, which is disadvantageous to us. But facing such a powerful Japanese army, if we let them in slowly now, given the past experience of this group of Japanese, they will definitely attack with all their strength, and even if they are suspicious, they will not hesitate to move forward."
"Okay! Stop talking nonsense."
Lu Zhixian waved his hand and said seriously: "How are the preparations of the other units?"
Zhou Weiguo also quickly restrained his previous smile and reported: "Just now, the news has been sent back from the various camps. They have entered the designated combat positions and are ready to participate in the battle at any time."
"Very good!"
Lu Zhixian nodded and said: "Then wait for the Japanese to take the bait!"
...
Bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
The sound of artillery fire was like thunder.
The powerful and continuous explosions could be heard clearly more than ten miles away.
At this time, the Japanese vanguard battalion had already engaged in a fierce battle with the third infantry battalion.
Artillery roared.
Machine guns swept.
Both sides launched attacks along the surrounding hillsides and hills.
Of course, an ambush of this level could not be surrounded on a certain hilltop. The entire battle line stretched for nearly two or three miles.
After experiencing the initial losses, the Japanese also quickly stabilized their formation.
Bang bang bang!
Bang bang bang!
In the distance, the mortars of the first company of the light artillery battalion continued to bombard the entire Japanese advance, bringing a strong and dense offensive to the opponent.
However.
The Japanese counterattack was equally fierce.
The mountain artillery deployed at the rear was immediately pushed out, launching rounds of counterattacks.
Bang, bang, bang!
Bang, bang, bang!
These mountain artillery were equally powerful.
Just these few shells seemed to suppress the light artillery company.
Fortunately, before the attack of the Japanese, this place had already built quite complete fortifications. As long as the Japanese artillery did not directly hit the gun pits here, it would hardly have much effect. On the other hand, the mortars here that can retreat at any time are less powerful than yours, but every shell is thrown at the Japanese without any fortifications, and the lethality is absolutely incomparable.
The battle proceeded quickly.
The Japanese brigade also organized a strong attack again.
Da da da.
Da da da.
The machine guns kept firing outward.Round after round of attacks were suppressed.
"Alas - what a pity!"
Seeing the Japanese attack being defeated again, Wu Qianli said with regret: "If the regiment commander hadn't stopped us from attacking, I would have taken advantage of the situation to kill them!"
"Battalion commander!"
Just then, another Japanese soldier came from a distance.
Wu Qianli's face lit up, and he shouted hurriedly: "Kill! Kill the enemy quickly! We must not let our brother troops look down on us!"
Da da da.
Da da da.
The Garand semi-automatic rifle kept firing bullets.
All the soldiers here attacked frantically, and even the new recruits who had just joined and were a little scared were now fighting bravely.
"Baga!"
Liang Sen Yangping in the distance was really angry when he saw this.
He had never thought that he had just repelled the enemy's blockade, and now he encountered a team with the same powerful combat power.
Several consecutive attacks ended in failure.
"Report!"
At this moment, a soldier suddenly came in a hurry.
"Speak!"
"The brigade commander has sent an artillery squadron to support, and it is expected to arrive here in five minutes!"
"Yoshi!"
When Liang Senyang heard this, his face suddenly brightened.
Although each infantry battalion has its own artillery team, it must be inferior to the artillery squadron directly under the brigade. At least the caliber and power of its various mountain guns are stronger than those of their own, and with the full investment of several more artillery pieces, the opponent's position will definitely not be able to hold.
Soon.
The artillery squadron rushed to the front line.
Four powerful 75mm caliber Type 94 mountain guns were pulled out.
When these artillery pieces appeared.
Many soldiers on the Japanese side were excited.
In many previous battles.
The artillery squadron directly under the brigade is a meritorious one. It is responsible for the fire output of many small-scale offensive tasks.
Now, such support in this position is enough to make them extremely excited.
"Huh——"
Wang Chengzhu on the hill not far away suddenly made a surprised sound.
"Battalion commander, look!"
A soldier next to him pointed at the rear of the Japanese and exclaimed in a low voice.
Wang Chengzhu picked up the telescope and soon noticed something wrong. He joked: "It turned out that the Japanese artillery squadron came over! Humph, although my light artillery battalion is only responsible for assisting in defense for a while in this battle, the regiment commander did not arrange any other tasks for us at all, but since these little Japanese have even pulled out the mountain artillery unit, do they really think that our mortars can't beat the mountain artillery? Brothers, adjust the angle, today I will teach the little Japanese a lesson!"
"Yes, battalion commander!"
Everyone immediately took the order.