Chapter 69: Surprise Attack on the County
"It's too late to defend, blow the whistle and charge!" The commander of the first company decisively ordered to fight the little devil in front of him first.
A long whistle sounded, all the soldiers put on their bayonets, and the brave won when they met on a narrow road, and a company commander took the lead in the charge. The little devil also got on the bayonet and prepared for hand-to-hand combat, but there was another whistle, and the soldiers who rushed in the front row fell down, and the soldiers in the back row shot decisively, and the little devil fell down in an instant, and after a burst of gunshots, the soldiers in the front row quickly rushed to the little devil, and a white-knuckle battle kicked off, and a squadron of the little devils was fought hard.
"The commander of the first company, the battalion commander ordered, to withdraw into the fortifications." A communications soldier reported that in just ten minutes, Lao Hu and the rest of the people built a temporary bunker.
"Battalion commander, why don't you break through!" The commander of the first company that withdrew into the fortifications asked that they were ready to sacrifice and cover the breakthrough of the large army.
Lao Hu was holding the telescope in his hand to observe the surrounding Japanese troops: "It's too late, look at it!" ”
The commander of the first company looked at the direction of Lao Hu's finger through the telescope: "It seems that the little devil has been prepared, the mountain artillery positions have been set up, and the strength of the little devil's brigade is not too much to say less." ”
Lao Hu is fully capable of breaking through with his troops, but they have the ability to get rid of the little devils with so many supplies and prisoners in a short period of time, and the best choice now is a big defensive battle.
"The little devil just now originally wanted to come up and test our firepower, but I didn't expect Leng's encounter with a deadly one, the firepower was not detected, and let your kid take a bite." Old nonsense.
The company commander who was seen through his mind scratched his head embarrassedly: "Battalion commander, I didn't expect you to stay and take the initiative to surround the little devils." ”
"Who the hell is willing to let the little devils surround it, Lao Tzu is reluctant to let these materials, not to mention weapons and ammunition, just those grains, when I go back, I can enough for the people of a village to have more than half a year's rations. As long as we hold on for three hours, the little devils can't take it, and we will take the initiative to withdraw our troops. ”
"Surprise attack on the county, this is a great achievement, you handed over such a big credit to Zhao Caizhu's kid."
"Why do I think you don't like that?" Lao Hu glanced at the company commander, "That kid is a bit crooked, lacks experience, and is a bit arrogant." ”
The little devil didn't give Lao Hu too much buffer time, although there were only two ninety-two rifle guns, but the ammunition was sufficient, and Lao Hu's position was covered by artillery fire, at least the little devil thought so.
Lao Hu who was hiding in the bunker regretted it, he knew that it would be good to stay like this and leave a mortar, if the cannon was there, Lao Hu would definitely have a good time. Lao Hu actually thought about it in his heart, their mortars were almost consumed when they first hit the blockade, and the rest were used tightly, even if the artillery was connected, Lao Hu would not use it, and now he could only live a mouthful of addiction.
In order to completely eliminate the Chinese troops who have been attacking them for the past few days, the commander of the little devils mobilized all the troops that could be mobilized in the four or five surrounding counties, and gathered four and a half squadrons, about the strength of a brigade, and he was not even able to gather a serious artillery squadron.
Although the Japanese troops who were temporarily pulled up were all veterans, their commanders were not familiar with this improvised unit, so they could only attack Lao Hu's position from all directions.
"Second Company Commander, how are the casualties of your company?" Lao Hu took a few communication soldiers to brave the rain of bullets and patrolled the position.
"More than twenty soldiers were wounded, and eight brothers were killed."
"Alright, you go down, let the brothers bandage their wounds, and the fifth company will take over your position." The casualties of a platoon of brothers made Lao Hu feel uncomfortable.
"Battalion commander, we can still fight!" The second company commander wanted to stay.
"You have to fight, carry out the order!"
After all, Lao Hu's troops were on the defensive side, and the three attacks failed to take the positions of the Chinese army, and the commander of the little devil couldn't believe that this army would have such a strong combat effectiveness, if the commander of the little devil knew that there was a company of reserves in Lao Hu's hands guarding the prisoners, I don't know what his mood would be.
"What? The Chinese army is attacking the county seat? The Japanese commander looked at the telegram in his hand.
"Yes, General Command ordered us to come back immediately." A staff officer said.
The commander of the little devil unwillingly tore the telegram in his hand to shreds: "Withdraw from the battle and return to reinforcements immediately." ”
Seeing that the little devil began to retreat, Lao Hu also knew that the matter had been resolved, and he also ordered the troops to move immediately.
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After several days of fighting, the troops completely lost contact with each other, and the troops who got supplies were fine, and the troops who did not have time to supply became alone. Both the combat units on the periphery and the guerrilla troops in the mountains have reached their limits, and some units have gradually begun to be completely bitten and eaten by the little devils.
The little devil was completely annoyed by Liao Fan's troops, did not find the target of the attack, and constantly lost troops along the way, and to put it mildly, their heavy troops completely lost their role, and he had to divide his troops to protect, or his own combat supplies would all become trophies for the Chinese.
In the past few days, Shenmu has sent out all his troops, leaving only a large group of troops by his side, as well as a baggage force that he doesn't look very good at.
The efficiency of the puppet army is even lower, they enter the mountains completely in the grinding of foreign workers, there are little devils to supervise the work, fortunately, do not dare to be opportunistic, the puppet army that acts completely alone, find a village to hide, a day to sleep, as if the outside world has nothing to do with them, as long as they are full of food and drink. Some puppet soldiers were unlucky and encountered Liao Fan's troops being disarmed and surrendered.
The operation was particularly successful that night, Lao Hu led his troops to take a stronghold full of little devils, and beat the Japanese troops who went out of the city to rescue and fled in disarray. For several days, they never met the little devils again, and the puppet army prisoners they received were about to catch up with their numbers, and the little devils were beaten and did not dare to go out of the city, as long as the captured puppet army shouted on the periphery of the stronghold, saying that the prisoners would be treated preferentially, and it would not take half an hour for the puppet army to obediently disarm. The little devil now only hopes that the puppet army will surrender slowly, and buy more time for the Shenmu Brigade.
The Japanese puppet army from Xiyang, Heshun and Pingding County killed people and set fire to them along the way, and more than a dozen villages were suffered, and even several villages around the county seat were not spared.
After a few days, the Japanese command finally could not sit still, because Huang Changsheng's troops began to threaten the county seat, and even near Yangquan, traces of the activities of the Chinese army began to appear. The Yangquan command finally couldn't sit still, and had to order the Shenmu Brigade to return to help, once the surrounding counties were controlled by the Chinese army, it would inevitably affect the entire transportation line to Wuhan, and then affect the entire plan to attack Wuhan, and no one could afford this responsibility.
"Battalion commander, the little devil has no plans to retreat, are we going to attack the county seat?" Several company commanders have been asking Lao Hu all this time.
Lao Hu knows the combat capability of his troops better than them, and he has no experience in siege, and the successive victories in the past few days have made these company commanders a little flustered, but as a commander, he has to remind himself to stay calm at all times. And their own troops have no heavy artillery at all, and the permanent fortifications on the city wall of the county will cause them immeasurable lethality, even if the devil's county town is insufficient, he will fight with all his strength, and when he takes the county seat, he will have more than a thousand people left.
"Battalion Commander ......"