Traveling through 1937, starting from the Battle of Songhu

Chapter 308: The Japanese Year-End Sweep 7

On Chida Sadao's side, after hearing the report from the signalman, his face instantly turned ugly.

His two battalions went out, and suffered more than 400 casualties in the first round. This made him feel that he had underestimated the combat effectiveness of this army.

After thinking for a while, Chida Sadao ordered: "Let the other two Imperial Army units attack and cooperate with the Imperial Army to detain these Chinese."

"Order Wang Sang's troops to support the front battlefield."

"Hey!" His men immediately took the order and left.

Sadao Chida had no choice but to do this. If he didn't lure all the people out, the airdrop plan would definitely be limited in effectiveness. What he wanted was to defeat the enemies in front of him in one fell swoop.

But he was unwilling to damage his own strength too much, so he had to let the puppet troops go.

Nearby mountain top,

Yang Zhenhua used a telescope to observe the movement on the road. Seeing that the puppet troops were attacking in large numbers, he gave a direct order:

"Notify the two company commanders ambushing on the slope that a large number of puppet troops have been dispatched. Have them execute the plan."

If he dared to come out and stop the Japanese army, he must have had a plan and preparation.

You know, the mission of the military factory is not only to produce mines, but also to prepare a lot of explosives.

This time, Yang Zhenhua directly applied for seven or eight hundred, and all were buried in the designated places.

What we want is for the Japanese to chase us, and then we will detonate it directly to give them a big blow.

Once it's over, they can evacuate in an orderly manner and move to the next ambush point.

Of course, that was the battlefield of the Third Battalion, so Yang Zhenhua didn't have to worry about it.

After delivering the order, the commander of the Second Battalion's guard company returned to Yang Zhenhua and asked curiously:

"Battalion Commander, the Japanese are only sending puppet troops. Are they trying to use up our ammunition?"

"I also want to know why. The Japanese should have a rough idea of ​​our ammunition reserves. Sending puppet troops to consume them would be useless."

With the Japanese's military strength, it shouldn't be possible, but so far the Japanese have only sent two battalions. This situation makes Yang Zhenhua a little confused, and it is also a point he has been thinking about.

The guard company commander scratched his head, thought for a moment, and suggested, "Battalion Commander, the Japanese may have other plans. I think we should evacuate as soon as possible. Anyway, the area behind is huge, and we can slowly play with the Japanese."

Yang Zhenhua nodded and said, "Have the soldiers get ready and evacuate immediately after the explosion."

The main reason was that he also felt something was wrong, but he couldn't figure out what it was for the time being, so he also thought he should retreat first.

At the foot of the mountain, two puppet army regiments, led by the devils, began to enter the slope. The two devil captains in front received the notice and stopped to wait.

A few kilometers away from the front battlefield, Wang Shiqun received Qiantian's order and did not dare to delay. He led his team to rush towards Li Hongzhi.

At this point, the two puppet legions in the front were all mobilized by Qiantian, and the total attacking force reached 8000.

Shi Xiaoliu was not afraid of this situation, but he also received the battalion commander's order.

After thinking for a moment, he gave the order directly: "Let all the hidden soldiers come out, don't hide your firepower, kill some puppet soldiers first."

There is no need to say anything. We need to evacuate quickly. There is no need to hide. We will kill as many as we can.

On the battlefield, with Wang Shiqun's arrival, Li Hongzhi finally breathed a sigh of relief.

In just a short while, they launched another attack and suffered more than two hundred casualties, but the damage to the enemy was very limited, which made him very uncomfortable.

"Shiqun, the other side has a lot of sharpshooters, you have to be careful," Li Hongzhi reminded.

He really realized that if it weren't for the machine gunners and grenadiers on his side who were always being killed, the battle would never have become like this. This level of frustration was even more painful than when he fought against the Japanese.

Wang Shiqun sighed and said, "Ah, I really don't want to let my brothers go. I've heard about the combat effectiveness of this army before, but there's nothing we can do. The Imperial Army is watching from behind."

"Let's take it one step at a time. We have a hard time getting through this hurdle today." Li Hongzhi said dejectedly.

He felt that his original choice might be wrong, especially the death of betraying his ancestors, which would have been worse than dying heroically on the battlefield.

But now, they have no way out and can only go down this path to the end.

The two puppet army commanders began to regret their decision, but Shi Xiaoliu did not give them any chance.

With the appearance of all the soldiers from the first and second companies, the situation on the battlefield changed instantly.

Da da da!

Bang bang bang!

The sound of gunfire was as dense as frying beans, and the puppet soldiers in the front fell one after another on the road. The charge had no meaning anymore.

The puppet soldiers who had just arrived were frightened and began to retreat crying.

The puppet troops before were no better, especially when the friendly forces retreated en masse. Their tense nerves could no longer hold and they ran back.

This time the soldiers did not let them go. Under Shi Xiaoliu's order, the charge sounded.

The soldiers rushed towards the puppet army with roars, bullets kept coming out of their guns. Even if the puppet army retreated in a panic, they could not avoid the soldiers' bullets.

This time, the Japanese supervision team did not dare to intercept them. It was useless to do so because the puppet soldiers were all scared and did not care at all.

I'm going to die anyway, so what difference does it make who kills me?

Therefore, the Japanese supervision team also withdrew.

"Bagayalu, hurry up, stop them for me."

Sadao Chida really didn't expect that the support would be defeated shortly after it arrived. This made him want to get angry, but he couldn't find the two puppet army commanders for a while.

Chida's order was quickly passed down to the Japanese battalion, and the two Japanese battalions here quickly set out.

After killing forty or fifty oncoming puppet soldiers, the rout was finally stopped. The puppet soldiers were frightened and hid timidly on both sides of the road.

When the Japanese saw the puppet troops making way, they ignored them and directly deployed their formation and began to charge towards the first and second companies.

When they met on a narrow road, people from both sides kept falling down.

The firepower of the first and second companies was strong, and the Japanese were equally strong. There were no fortifications on either side to hide in, so they were all looking for shooting points on the roadside.

However, the Japanese had the advantage of heavy machine guns in the first and second consecutive victories, so the Japanese suffered more casualties and the battle entered a stalemate.

The slopes on both sides of the road also entered the battle stage at this time.

Seven or eight hundred devils and two thousand puppet troops on each side launched an attack on more than five hundred soldiers on the slope.

The first thing is of course artillery bombardment, which the soldiers are very experienced in.

Of course, casualties are inevitable, after all, the Japanese artillery is not to be trifled with.

After the bombardment ended, the charge officially began, with the puppet troops in front and the devils on the side.

This time, the soldiers did not let the Japanese and puppet troops get close to them, but shot directly from 800 meters away.

Although the three M60s could not form a fire blockade, the effect was still good.

Especially when facing the puppet army, thirty or forty of them fell down in the first moment.

When the Japanese puppet troops approached, five Type 92 rifles, more than ten Type 99 light rifles, and grenade launchers fired at the same time, and the casualties of the puppet troops and the Japanese increased again.

"Damn it, destroy the enemy's firepower points, quickly." Lieutenant Colonel Iyama shouted anxiously.

The Japanese artillerymen began to prepare after hearing the order, but it seemed to be of little use because the company commander had already ordered the troops to evacuate.

Their mission was to lure the Japanese and puppet troops to the place where the explosives were buried, so blocking them was not their goal.

The Japanese and puppet troops would certainly not allow the enemy to escape, and they began to chase them.