Chapter 308: First Command

The huge peripheral organizations, the spies who were not on the official list of the military commanders, finally began to play their role.

At 5 o'clock in the afternoon, a dung worker named Fan Jucheng found traces of the Japanese army's Zhenchuan plainclothes team in Pujia Miaogong Lane.

The all-plainclothes team is based on the Lao Zu Temple, with a number of about 15 people, and they have built simple fortifications near the Lao Zu Temple.

These plainclothes squads, from the very beginning of the Battle of Songhu, were frequently active on the battlefield and shouldered the same responsibilities as the military commanders on the Chinese side.

However, unlike the agents of the military command, the vast majority of the Japanese plainclothes teams were composed of professional soldiers, each team was led by an officer, and with the cooperation of local traitors, they investigated, attacked and harassed the Chinese army.

These plainclothes squads are highly capable and bold, often taking the initiative to seek out the command of the Chinese army and then waiting for an opportunity to launch a sneak attack on it.

Not long ago, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the 523rd Regiment of the 88th Division of the elite German Mechanic Division was killed in a sneak attack by a plainclothes team.

These Japanese plainclothes teams, with the full support of traitors, have brought great variables to the battlefield and have become the most troublesome existence for the middle and lower commanders of the Chinese army.

The number of plainclothes teams is generally 10 to 12 people, and the 15-person plainclothes team is full. Moreover, he is still building fortifications on the spot at the ancestral temple?

Makawa has been arrogant to a certain extent.

In Meng Shaoyuan's view, this must be a provocation to himself.

"Kill them, not a single one!"

This is the order given by Meng Shaoyuan, who arrived at Gongzhi Lane, as soon as possible.

Not a single one to stay!

As soon as Xiang Shounong and Wei Yunzhe received the order, they immediately mobilized the armed special forces that could be summoned nearby and rushed to the battlefield as soon as possible.

A total of five squads, plus the people brought by Meng Shaoyuan, were a total of forty-three armed agents.

Nearly three to one absolute superiority of forces, in fact, there is no chance of victory at all.

You know, most of the Japanese agents you face are professional soldiers.

The only thing that can be relied on is the strong firepower advantage of the armed rangers under Meng Shaoyuan's previous careful preparations.

Light machine guns, submachine guns, barge guns......

Moreover, a "weapon of mass destruction" originally prepared by Meng Shao is on its way to be delivered.

"Director Meng." Wei Yunzhe, who came one step ahead and had already observed the entire battlefield, was also a professional soldier before, and no one had a more say than him:

"The terrain of Gongzhi Lane is relatively complex, and it is easy to defend and difficult to attack in the ancestral temple. And once you can't resist it, you can quickly retreat to the north, and Makawa is still very experienced.

It's just that now the situation has changed, and a platoon of the 402nd Regiment, in order to carry out the attack on the Japanese army, was stationed at the Yuanmu Bridge two hours ago, just blocking the retreat route of the Makawa plainclothes team. ”

Meng Shaoyuan's eyes lit up: "So, Zhenchuan has nowhere to run?" ”

"That's right, that's the case, in fact, they are also unlucky." Wei Yunzhe's face looked very solemn: "My 201st Brigade originally planned to attack the Japanese army in the early morning, but who would have thought that a detachment of the Japanese army would get lost and break into the regiment's defense range in a daze.

The 402nd Regiment quickly launched an encirclement and suppression, killing a few, in order to ensure that there would be no problems in the position and block the escape route of the Japanese army, so a platoon was urgently transferred to the Yuanmu Bridge. As a result, the Makawa plainclothes team could only hold on to the spot at the Laozu Temple until the Japanese army broke through the defense line of the 201st Brigade. ”

The situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, and often a sudden situation that no one has expected before will disrupt the entire strategic deployment.

The Zhenchuan plainclothes team chose the old ancestral temple as the base camp before, and put themselves in a favorable position to attack, retreat and defend, but the appearance of the Japanese squad fell into a dead place.

Meng Shaoyuan looked at Wei Yunzhe: "No, how do I see that you seem to be very worried?" ”

"There are pros and cons." Wei Yunzhe smiled bitterly: "Director Meng, we were originally going to attack before you arrived, but another accident happened, and the Old Ancestral Temple added 8 Japanese troops, and they were heavily armed Japanese troops. I looked at it, there was a light machine gun, five rifles, and fortunately there were no grenadiers. ”

Meng Shaoyuan was stunned, and then reacted: "Don't tell me, these 8 Japanese are the Japanese squad that got lost." ”

"Who else but them?"

Meng Shaoyuan couldn't cry or laugh.

This lost Japanese detachment made the 201st Brigade adjust its troop deployment, and unknowingly, blocked the escape route of the Makawa plainclothes team.

However, the remnants of the Japanese squad actually joined up with the plainclothes team.

The sudden addition of 8 heavily armed Japanese troops allowed the Japanese to turn their disadvantage from 3 to 1 to 2 to 1, and what was worse was that they now had one machine gun.

Don't underestimate a machine gun, command it well, this is definitely a headache for the attacking side.

From the first minutes of the Battle of Songhu, the military commanders were thrown into the war.

However, without the cooperation of the regular army, the agents were completely responsible for attacking a well-armed Japanese position, which was the first time for them.

When Meng Shaoyuan was performing the task, he was calm and easy.

But to command a storm?

He had no experience at all.

Now, how to fight depends on Wei Yunzhe, who was born as a professional soldier.

"My idea is to make the most of the roofs on both sides."

Wei Yunzhe seems to have a plan: "Gongzhi Lane is full of bungalows, and I am going to pull our two machine guns to the roof of the house and shoot suppressively at the Zhenchuan plainclothes team from the east and west directions. At the same time, under the command of Xiang Shounong, he carried out a surprise attack on the old ancestral temple on the ground. ”

"Old Xiang, what do you say?" Meng Shaoyuan's gaze fell on Xiang Shounong.

I haven't seen him in the past few days, and Xiang Shounong looks like he's lost a lot of weight. But he still has a grinning character: "Young master, leave it to me." I've fought with little Japan before. ”

"That's all about us fighting with the regular army." Meng Shaoyuan was not easy at all: "Now, the 201st Brigade can't mobilize troops to help us, it's all up to us." Attack in 10 minutes, and before the early hours of the morning, be sure to end the battle. Otherwise, when the attack of the 201st Brigade begins, the rabbit cubs of Makawa will escape, and it will not be possible to make trouble for the 201st Brigade. ”

Now, it's 6 p.m.

Two light machine guns, which have already been transported to the roofs on both sides.

During the transport, the Japanese apparently discovered the attempt of the agents of the military command, and they organized shooters to shoot at the roof, as a result of which one agent was injured.

Meng Shaoyuan immediately ordered to concentrate all the firepower to suppress it, so that the light machine gun could enter the designated firing position.

The Japanese abandoned the assault on machine-gun positions and began to refine and fortify their positions.

Experience plays a crucial role at this time.

In the binoculars, Meng Shaoyuan found the commander of the Old Ancestral Temple and handed it over to a Japanese soldier Cao.

In the Japanese army, the position of Juncao was the lowest-ranking officer, but it was often the most respected by the Japanese army.

This position is always held by veterans.

They have great prestige and experience, and in many cases, whether in the army or navy, officers of the rank of lieutenant will maintain full respect for the military officers and listen to their opinions.

The only machine gun in the Japanese position in Laozumiao, in order to avoid strafing from the roof, was placed in a roof machine gun position to shoot at a dead end.

This machine gun, on the other hand, could block the offensive route.

This is the most headache for Wei Yunzhe.

However, by now, there is no way back.

He looked at the time:

"Attack!"

At the sound of an order, several grenades were thrown at the same time.

In the "boom" explosion, the machine guns on both sides of the roof roared wildly at the same time.

The sound of gunshots and explosions turned Workers' Alley into a battlefield in an instant.

It was Xiang Shounong's turn.

"Brothers, rush to Lao Tzu!"

Xiang Shounong's gong-like cry sounded.

A team of military commanders, under the cover of machine guns, quickly launched an attack on the Old Ancestral Temple.

But just after a few steps, the machine guns on the Japanese position finally let out a roar.

"Tutu, tutu, tutu."

The machine gun of the old ancestral temple emitted a rhythmic sound of firing, and at the same time, with the cooperation of the rifle, it suppressed the attacking troops at once.

One agent was unable to dodge, and the bullet pierced his body and fell to the ground.

Blood gushed from his body, and the agent died, his face filled with disbelief and fear.

In the blink of an eye, he was dead.

"Hide, hide!" Xiang Shounong hid behind a large stone plate, and his voice was as annoyed as he was: "Wei Yunzhe, your machine gun, suppress it, give Lao Tzu a fucking suppression!" ”

Wei Yunzhe, who personally commanded the machine-gun shooting on the roof, was also extremely aggrieved.

This group of Japanese soldiers was too cunning, and the machine gun positions were set up very well, so that their two machine guns could not be hit at all.

The point is that the Japanese grenades are not thrown frequently, or even only occasionally thrown, but every time they are thrown, the explosion can always explode in the most correct place, thus blocking the offensive route.

attacked twice in a row, all of which were in vain, and four of Xiang Shounong's men died.

On the other hand, only one Japanese soldier was wounded. The wounded Japanese soldier, after a simple bandage, quickly returned to the battle.

In two attacks, the casualty ratio was four to one.

Meng Shaoyuan has been observing the battlefield all along.

He's learning.

Military command is his weakness.

Although, it is not necessary for him to be on the battlefield very often.

But as the war progresses, more and more such opportunities will arise.

Being on the battlefield and witnessing it with his own eyes, he now knows more clearly the gap between Chinese and Japanese soldiers.

The Japanese soldiers did not hold their guns and shoot indiscriminately, but were very patient in looking for opportunities to shoot, trying to make every pull of the trigger to bring a huge threat.

And those agents under his command desperately used submachine guns to shoot wildly, but the effect was very unsatisfactory.

That's the difference between professional and non-professional.

"Director Meng, Director Meng." Song Deng suddenly appeared on the battlefield, hurriedly ran to Meng Shaoyuan's face, and said with a breath: "According to your request, that guy is here!" ”

"Good!" Meng Shaoyuan was overjoyed:

"Pull up Lao Tzu's Italian cannon!"