Chapter 1173: Consumption
The dilapidated village looked dilapidated and deserted, the smoke of gunfire had not yet cleared, and the officers and men of the guerrillas who had retreated to the village were busy building and reinforcing the fortifications.
Groups of little devils are also rushing over from a distance, temporarily piling up bunkers in the fields around the village, ready to attack at any time.
On a dirt hill not far from the village, Takahashi, the captain of the devil's brigade, was surrounded by a group of devil officers wearing military boots and carrying sabers, holding a telescope to look at the situation in the village.
"The people of China have already planted their wings and cannot escape."
Seeing the guerrillas besieged in the village, the haggard devil officers had a smile on their faces.
"yes, finally around them."
The guerrillas were slippery like loaches, and they were familiar with the local terrain, so it was extremely difficult to eliminate the guerrillas.
Fortunately, their serial trap this time has finally worked, and now it will not be so easy for the guerrillas to break out of their encirclement.
"The people of China are now exhausted and out of ammunition, and it is easy for us to eliminate them now." There is a devil squadron leader who said viciously.
Although they were attacking troops, the fighting power of these guerrillas was really fierce, and they suffered great losses, and the devil officers were all sharpening their knives and preparing for revenge.
"No, judging from the density of the firepower of the China, they still maintain their combat effectiveness, at least they haven't run out of ammunition."
After hearing the words of the squadron leader under his command, Takahashi, the captain of the devil's team, shook his head.
"Even if they still have ammunition, I'm afraid there isn't much left, we only need to launch a strong attack to take this village and destroy them!" A devil staff officer clenched his fists and said.
The captain of the devil's team, Takahashi, said: "The combat effectiveness of the people of China is beyond our imagination, and the casualties of our soldiers in this battle are not small, and now that the people of China have been surrounded by us and cannot escape, then there is no need to let the soldiers lose in vain." ”
"But it's going to get dark soon, and the people of China are good at night fighting, if they break through at night......"
There is a devil staff officer with a worried face, although he didn't finish speaking, but everyone understands what it means.
After all, they all have the experience of fighting the Chinese army at night, and the night can be said to be the world of the Chinese army, but they have suffered big losses at night.
"You are brave and warlike soldiers of the Imperial Japan, did the night battle of the Shina people scare your courage?"
Seeing the expressions of these officers, Takahashi, the captain of the devils, couldn't help but shake his head.
Once upon a time, they terrified the Chinese army, and sometimes the Chinese defenders were so frightened that they fled the city at the sight of their scouts, and then collapsed.
However, now their deterrent effect against the Chinese army is declining, and even many officers and men are afraid to fight the Chinese army at night, because they feel that they cannot defeat the Chinese army at night, and they begin to retreat into defense at night and dare not launch offensive operations.
After hearing the words of Captain Takahashi, these devil officers and staff officers all bowed their heads in shame, and they had to admit that they were now a little afraid of this opponent they once looked down on.
"Our soldiers are the best soldiers of the Japanese Empire, and they have not only experienced how to fight during the day, but also at night!" Takahashi, the captain of the devil, said confidently.
Indeed, as Captain Takahashi said, the training of the little devils is very comprehensive, and their night combat ability is equally strong.
However, because it was not easy to calibrate the coordinates and exert the power of artillery fire during night battles, artillery support for infantry was reduced, resulting in a weakening of firepower.
Moreover, the Chinese army likes to fight close to white-knuckle battles when fighting at night, so the devils don't want to fight night battles, because the exchange ratio of night battles is too cost-effective.
At the beginning, the devil officers did not allow the troops to fight night battles with the Chinese army, mainly because night battles were not conducive to their firepower, and the casualties were much greater than during the day.
But as time went by, now the devil was a little afraid of fighting at night with the Chinese army, which was something that the devil captain Takahashi did not want to see.
"We are going to defeat the people of China in a night battle and break the fear of the troops in a night battle! Let the people of China know that the night is still the world of the Great Japanese Imperial Army! ”
Takahashi, the captain of the devil's brigade, now wants to take this opportunity to help the troops rebuild their self-confidence.
Although the squadron leader and staff officers of the devil felt that there was no need to make another move, they did not dare to object to the decision of the group leader Takahashi.
"Now I order, all the squads take turns to go up and feint, consume their ammunition, and when they run out of ammunition, launch a surprise attack at night to completely destroy them!"
In the past, in the battle with the Chinese army, they fought during the day and camped at night, but this time, the captain of the devil, Takahashi, wanted to go against the norm and let the troops attack at night.
"Hey!"
The squadron leaders of the devils all responded in unison.
Of course, the reason why Takahashi, the captain of the devil, did this was not on a whim, but because he had his own considerations.
First, the troops were exhausted from repeated battles and urgently needed a little time to recover before launching an attack.
Second, they wanted to dispel the troops' fear of night battles and rebuild their self-confidence in night battles.
The third is to break the habitual thinking and launch a surprise attack at night, so that the village can be captured at the minimum cost and the guerrillas can be eliminated.
Under the order of Takahashi, the captain of the devil brigade, the little devil who had surrounded the village resolutely carried out his order, and soon, the first feint team went up.
The more than 50 devils of this squad opened a skirmish line that was more than 100 meters wide, and bowed forward one by one.
"The devil has attacked!" When the observation post saw the devil coming, he immediately shouted a warning.
The brothers, who were rushing to repair the fortifications, immediately grabbed their guns and entered their battle positions, ready for battle.
"Hit!"
After seeing that the little devil was already in range, the commander of the first company in charge of the outer line defense immediately gave the order to shoot.
"Bang ......"
The brothers opened fire one after another, and the hot bullets flew towards the devil soldiers.
When these devil soldiers heard the gunshots, they did not speed up their charge as before, but turned around and retreated amid the chatter of the devil officers.
The brothers fought lively, but after all, the marksmanship accuracy of the brothers was not very good, and the devils opened up the skirmish line again, so except for killing a few devils, there was little gain.
"Ceasefire!"
Seeing that the little devil was about to collapse at the touch of a button, the faces of the brothers also showed relaxation, it seems that the little devil has also reached the end of the crossbow, and under the repeated battles, he is almost unable to hold on.
Now that the little devil has retired, the brothers have left behind the observation post, resting and resting, and the rush to repair the fortifications has begun to work again.
But within two minutes, the voice of the observation post sounded again: "The devil has attacked!" ”
"Damn, the devil is a heart."
The brothers scolded and re-entered the battle position, and saw that the devil was still pulling the skirmish line to dig over, just like just now.