The reason why Wang Gui and Chen Ming did not directly attack Guzhen and changed their target to Lingbi.

That's because Chen Ming found out the strength and deployment of the two places after conducting some field reconnaissance on Guzhen and Lingbi respectively.

At that time, Chen Ming discovered that Lingbi County was not a strategic town, and the deployment of troops was very weak.

There is only one gendarmerie brigade of devils, more than 100 gendarmes, and more than 300 puppet soldiers.

And Guzhen, because the Jinpu railway line passes through here, makes it a strategic town that must be fought for.

The little devils have deployed more than a brigade of devils here, plus more than 2,000 puppet troops, with a total strength of more than 4,000 people.

And it is equipped with supporting defense facilities such as pillboxes, turrets and blockade ditches.

Regardless of the first battle, although Wang Gui's troops successfully broke through, they lost their troops, along with more than a dozen mortars and infantry guns they carried.

Only a few grenadiers remained.

In the case of contacting Xu Hailang's troops, with the existing strength of their troops, even if they fight to destroy the whole army, they may not be able to break through their city defenses.

Therefore, after some deliberation by Chen Ming, Wang Gui, Sun Cheng and others, they decided to attack Lingbi first.

At that time, according to this, the nearest Guzhen devil defenders will definitely divide their troops to help.

Then they can lead their troops to set up an ambush in the middle of the way, and use this way of encircling points to send reinforcements, weakening the opponent's forces and reversing the unfavorable situation of being outnumbered by the enemy.

Among them, more than 300 brothers from the baggage battalion led by Sun Cheng launched an attack on Lingbi County.

Wang Gui and Chen Ming led the rest of the cavalry battalion and the artillery battalion to set up an ambush in the middle of the road.

"Brothers, although we are feinting, we must also build up enough momentum for me!"

That night, after arriving at Lingbi City, Sun Cheng immediately led his troops to attack the county seat, and instructed his subordinates: "This battle is related to whether the Chief of Staff and Captain Chen can capture Guzhen, don't save ammunition, give me a hard beat!" ”

"Yes!"

More than 300 brothers from the baggage battalion responded one after another, and the next moment, they concentrated their firepower and began to shoot a large number of bullets at the puppet army on the head of the city.

Although the baggage battalion is not the field unit of the Tiger Regiment, it is also equipped with the same weapons and equipment as other field battalions.

The brethren were armed with all the Abay Automatic Rifles, Czech light machine guns of the same size as the other main field battalions, and Vulcan Gatling heavy machine guns.

At this point, the fire is in full swing.

In the night, dazzling tongues of fire emerged.

"Da Da Da!"

"Da Da Da!"

"Dada ——”

A large amount of dense heavy rain poured out, causing smoke and dust to rise from the city walls, and debris of masonry and stone fell down.

At the head of the city, under the lights and torches.

Many devils and puppet soldiers who were standing guard were hit by the rain of bullets that came one after another, and they fell down screaming.

The two devils stationed in the county were originally formed by the little devils who incorporated the local police and the local ruffians.

The surrender of the Japanese army was just for the sake of survival and to ensure their own interests.

Therefore, they have no loyalty to Little Japan at all.

On weekdays, it's okay to bully unarmed, timid and kind ordinary people, but where have I seen such a battle now.

Especially in the dark night, I don't know how many enemy troops there are.

These two devils, who have no faith at all, were suddenly beaten and the souls of the dead were all rising, crying for their fathers and mothers.

If it weren't for some devil gendarmes sweeping the formation, constantly urging and coercing them to fire back, I am afraid that they would have turned around and fled down the city wall.

In the face of the sudden attack, the devil gendarmes in the county town were also a little numb.

Under the repeated requests of several puppet army officers, the captain of the devil gendarmerie finally had a heart and called Guzhen, which was dozens of miles away, for help.

As soon as the devils in Guzhen heard that Lingbi was attacked by the Chinese regular army, they immediately sent more than 500 devils and more than 1,000 puppet troops to support.

"Chief of Staff, Captain Chen, the little devils in Guzhen have been dispatched.

However, they sent at least more than 1,000 troops, which is three or four times as many as ours! The scouts sent by Wang Gui and Chen Ming quickly rushed back to report to the two of them after detecting the movements of the devils and the puppet army.

At that time, Wang Gui and Chen Ming had just deployed the ambush force, and the two were discussing some details of this ambush battle.

After listening to the scout's report, Wang Gui's face changed slightly, and he said to Chen Ming: "Captain Chen, now that the enemy has dispatched many more troops than us, shall we cancel the ambush?" ”

"Not necessarily!" Chen Ming said calmly: "Although there are many devils, most of them are those vulnerable Imperial Cooperative Army, as long as we defeat the few little devils in one fell swoop, those Imperial Cooperative Army who have no faith at all will inevitably be scattered."

Then we can take advantage of the chaos and annihilate them all! ”

After a pause, Chen Ming said again: "Besides, the enemy is in the light, we are in the dark, and we will be able to kill these little devils by surprise!"

Even if it can't be wiped out, it is not difficult to hit it hard! ”

After Chen Ming finished speaking, Zhao Dequan, the commander of the cavalry battalion on the side, echoed with an awe-inspiring face: "I completely agree with Captain Chen's opinion!"

The combat mission given to us by the regiment seat is to take Guzhen and disrupt the deployment of the devil's troops north of the Huai River.

If we can't even take this small group of enemy troops, how can we complete the tasks assigned to us by the regiment? ”

"In that case, let's do it!"

Wang Gui is not a master who is afraid of things, but he just thinks about things and is relatively comprehensive.

Since Chen Ming and Zhao De both insisted on fighting this battle, he quickly made up his mind.

After unifying their thinking and caliber, the three main military commanders began to command more than 400 officers and soldiers, waiting for the little devils to enter the set.

About half an hour later, there were more than 1,500 people in the little devil and the puppet army, and they came in two parts.

More than 1,000 puppet soldiers all walked on foot and walked in front, while more than 500 devils rode in a group of military trucks and side three-wheelers and walked behind.

In order not to delay the trip, all the puppet troops ran forward.

After nearly an hour of rapid marching, these two devils who lacked exercise were already tired and sweating profusely, complaining bitterly.

Constantly panting, it makes no difference to the big yellow dog who is tired and anxious at the head of the village.

Because the troops were at an absolute disadvantage, Chen Ming's battle plan was to let go of the puppet army first and concentrate firepower to attack the little devils behind.

After defeating the main force of the devils, turn the muzzle of the gun and deal with the puppet army.

Therefore, when the puppet army took the lead in rushing into the ambush circle, the soldiers of the Tiger Ben Regiment all held their breath and did not rush to move.

"Bang!"

It wasn't until the devil convoy behind him entered the ambush circle that Chen Ming pulled the trigger and fired the first shot of the battle.

The first thing he aimed at was a devil driver with three wheels.

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