Chapter 301: The Bloody Battle of Scorpion Gully
Although the area around Scorpion Gully is a plain, the local people have given him a strange name. E small 』Ω Δ said Ω. Compared with the partial North China Plain, this place is more like a basin independent of the plain, because from the shape, except for the lack of legs, it really looks like a big scorpion, so the locals named him Scorpion Gully.
Scorpion ditch north-south direction, long three miles of road, big head and small tail, for military purposes, here can be arranged a pocket array, and this entrance is the southern scorpion mouth, at this time the vanguard has just arrived at the entrance of the scorpion ditch.
Not many people know about the terrain of Scorpion Gully except for the locals and those who are particularly familiar with the surrounding terrain, but the map of the little devil describes it very carefully. At that time, before the war between China and Japan was completely started, the Japanese army sent a large number of Japanese agents to map China, and Scorpion Gully was also among them.
It was impossible for the vanguard troops who were anxious to march to reconnoiter the terrain around the Scorpion Gully in advance, so they plunged into the Scorpion Gully, and the vanguard was about a mile away from the large army led by Yan Xuelin, and after entering the Scorpion Gully for a few minutes, the brigade headquarters also arrived at the entrance of the Scorpion Gully.
"Sir, our team leader warns that there may be an ambush ahead." Before entering the scorpion ditch, a soldier of a special combat team rushed to Yan Xuelin and told Yan Xuelin all the things that the three team leaders had explained.
Yan Xuelin frowned, at this time, the vanguard had completely penetrated into the Scorpion Gully, and half of the large army had already entered the Scorpion Gully. If the analysis of a soldier is heard and the troops are hastily retreated, the troops are likely to fall into disarray.
In the dark night, Yan Xuelin couldn't see the surrounding terrain clearly, and it was even more impossible for him to let the troops withdraw to their own chaotic positions.
"Herald, let the vanguard beware of the enemy's ambush, and let the artillery conduct fire reconnaissance within a radius of two miles around!"
Yan Xuelin was also suspicious in his heart, although the little devils concentrated their firepower to intercept them when they broke through, but the little devils did not pursue, according to the report of the soldiers sent by the three team leaders, a little devil's army followed behind them unhurriedly, completely in contrast to the little devils who fought to the death during the day, Yan Xuelin couldn't help but increase his vigilance a little in his heart.
"Tell your team leader, if there is a battle ahead, you must do your best to block the pursuing troops of the little devils, and we can't let them block our back road!" Yan Xuelin had unconsciously prepared for the worst, since it was impossible to retreat, he could only rush forward.
In order to eliminate the main force of the first army as soon as possible, the Japanese army transferred the main combat forces to the south, of course, in major cities and important communication arteries, the little devils also invested heavy troops, in order to completely eliminate these prisoners, the main forces of the Japanese army arranged in the area of Scorpion Ditch were drawn from the surrounding major towns, including a large number of puppet troops.
It was too dark, the troops could not light torches during the march, and the range that the soldiers could see was only about ten meters away, and most of the soldiers were very excited, because they believed that they had escaped and ascended to heaven, according to the soldiers of the special combat team, they could rest if they went north, there were hot meals there, there was a station, they did not have to worry about the fall of their comrades. However, some fighters did not feel excited, but instead felt a sense of foreboding rising in their hearts.
Suddenly, the sky brightened, dozens of dazzling stars rose from the ground, and the scorpion ditch turned into day in an instant. The swift warriors had already realized that it was not daylight at all, and that the dozen or so commanded things were not stars, but flares fired by little devils.
Blazing flares streaked across the sky, followed by the sound of gunfire and shouts of killing. No matter how slow the reflexes are, the fighters already understand that they are being ambushed by the little devils at this time, and there are many fighters who can no longer stand up without figuring out which direction the enemy is coming from.
Above the scorpion ditch, the dense firepower composed of bullets fell from the sky like a large net, and the troops with high morale were attacked head-on and panicked in an instant.
Everyone quickly found cover and returned fire, and the fighters of the first battalion continued to move north, rushing out! Artillery immediately supported a battalion! Yan Xuelin kept ordering, the most important thing at the moment is to stabilize the troops, although they rushed to meet the battle, but Yan Xuelin immediately analyzed the strength of the little devils and how much advantage they had over them, as long as the troops were stabilized, they would be able to break through again.
The three leaders of the palace had not yet had time to enter the scorpion ditch, and when they heard the fierce gunfire in front of them, they understood that they had been ambushed by the little devils. The three leaders immediately ordered the troops behind the palace to defend on the spot to prevent the little devils who were following them from surrounding them.
However, as soon as the three leaders and their troops exchanged fire with the little devils, he had to order the troops to retreat, because the little devils who pursued them were not as simple as they had detected. After only a few minutes of firefighting, a large number of armored vehicles and tanks suddenly appeared in the little devil's troops, and the number of the little devils was also three or four times that of them. It turned out that the little devil troops who were chasing them deliberately hid their strength, and their armored troops followed in the rear, and in the event of a live battle, they would immediately support them all.
"Retreat!" Seeing the armored vehicles and tanks of the little devils rushing towards them like beasts, the three team leaders had no choice, ordinary grenades and bullets could not deal with them at all, and the three team leaders had to order a retreat to join the large army.
"Captain Yan, a large number of little devil armored troops suddenly appeared in our rear, and we were powerless to stop them, and in ten minutes, the troops in charge of the rear of the palace lost a hundred people!" The third team leader found Yan Xuelin in the depths of the scorpion ditch, at this time Yan Xuelin had just stabilized the large army, and some of the troops were in chaos and could not prevent an effective counterattack.
When Yan Xuelin saw the leader of the third group, he knew that the matter was getting bigger, and the little devil was already ready to wait for them to throw himself into the net, and he didn't care about anything and plunged into the encirclement of the little devil. After the little devils completely surrounded them, the armored vehicles and tanks behind rushed up, and it was only a matter of time before they were completely annihilated.
Waiting for death is not Yan Xuelin's style, even if he is surrounded, he has to break off a front tooth from the tiger's mouth, not to mention that in his eyes, the little devil is not a tiger, at most a Tibetan mastiff.
"Team Three, take your troops to support the vanguard, and try to repel the little devils who are in front of us before they are completely encircled! Bring the mortar halfway over, and fight with the little devils! Yan Xuelin clearly knew that they had to break out as soon as possible before the little devil troops joined in, this was the only way they could choose.
Although the large army in the scorpion ditch has been stabilized, the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for them, the little devil has already had the first wave of impact, Yan Xuelin didn't care about counting how many casualties there were, he just tried his best to stabilize the soldiers, he was panicked, and then waited for an opportunity to break through.
The key to the breakthrough was pressed on the vanguard and the third team leader, and the third team leader with more than 200 people and artillery joined the raid on the small devil's position at the exit, and the battle entered a white heat.
The "boom boom" mortar constantly bombarded the enemy at the exit, and the exit of the scorpion ditch was relatively narrow, and the large troops could not deploy at all, so they could only surprise with small troops, and mortars were the biggest reliance of the captive soldiers. However, as soon as the assault team occupied the position of the little devil at the exit of the scorpion ditch, a large number of infantry rushed up from the rear and recaptured the position in a short time.
In just ten minutes, the position at the exit of the Scorpion Gully changed hands twice. The shells whistled by, and the Japanese positions at the exit were once again in a sea of fire, and the commandos immediately charged, and the Japanese troops guarding the exit were wiped out in a matter of minutes. But before the follow-up troops could catch up, the little devil's shells whistled again, and the assault team had already been wiped out as soon as they rushed to the position, and the little devil's troops occupied the exit again......
After five consecutive times, the exit was full of stumps and broken arms, and rivers of blood flowed, and the vanguard had already suffered more than half of the casualties, but the position of the exit was still taken by the Japanese, and they knew that if they could not take this exit, everyone would be buried here.
The two sides have fought to the death on this dozens of square meters of land regardless of the cost of casualties, and the soldiers have beaten the little devils again and again, but while occupying the position, the shells of the little devils also followed, and before the soldiers could gain a firm foothold, they were drowned by the shells.
"This is the sixth time!" The three team leaders clenched their fists fiercely and said that none of the soldiers who rushed forward survived, and more than 200 fighters had fallen in a pool of blood.
The squadron leader in charge of the vanguard looked at everything, his eyes were already red with blood, and he thought with the red fire, especially terrifying: "We must take it, the soldiers of the seventh team prepare." ”
The shells again streaked over the heads of the fighters and fell into the positions at the exit. Judging from the firepower, the shells of the captive soldiers have been almost exhausted, and it is estimated that they will not be able to fight a few rounds. The artillery has been able to hold out until now because of Yan Xuelin's frugality during the day.
The fire on the "boom boom" position reflected the young cheeks of the commando soldiers, they were also afraid of death, no one was afraid of death, but they still rushed forward according to the order, they successfully captured the exit that was no longer guarded by many little devils, and the artillery had already killed most of the little devils.
However, the result of the seventh time was very similar to the results of the previous six, no one survived the soldiers who rushed up, and the little devils returned fire with their artillery again, not caring at all how many casualties they had, not caring if there were any of their soldiers alive on the exit position when the artillery was fired, they only needed the position.
The position changed hands again, and the hundreds of fighters behind the squadron leader of the special operations team began to become fewer and fewer, and under the powerful firepower, even an ant could not survive, but there were still fighters who took the initiative to step forward and participate in the eighth stop commando.