Chapter 376
The National Salvation Army was not only the first time the squadron leader contacted, but also the first time the subordinates came into contact. No matter how dissatisfied he was in his heart and how much he cursed, his subordinates couldn't answer any reason because they didn't understand the National Salvation Army.
As he cursed, he began to accept the cruel fact that the vanguard troops were killed by more than 30 national-savior troops.
Although the bloody lesson was right in front of us, in the squadron leader's heart, the status of the National Salvation Army had not been improved at all.
In his opinion, the main reason why the National Salvation Army was able to use the same force to kill its vanguard troops was that it used conspiracy.
If they didn't have to do anything, and fought head-on with their troops on the battlefield, their own infantry team could easily crush their company.
With this idea, the squadron leader quickly recovered his mind from his anger and ordered: "Since the enemy has fled to the village we are going to attack, they will be killed sooner or later by us!"
"The troops continued to set out and headed straight to the target village. I want to kill all the national rescue troops hiding there!"
"Send two more combat teams to the front front. This time, we must strengthen our vigilance and expand the search scope. Don't be ambushed by the National Rescue Army again!"
Chen Zhong, the battalion commander of the Fourth Battalion, was an old Red Army. Before joining the National Salvation Army, he was the captain of the guerrilla brigade in Nanyu Town, and before he was a deputy company commander of the Eighth Route Army. During the Red Army, he was a platoon leader, with rich combat experience and good at fighting guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare.
The close-range ambush just now was planned by him. He took advantage of the mentality of the Japanese military rivals and not only successfully damaged the Japanese vanguard, but also angered the Japanese who did not understand the national rescue army and did not understand the way of fighting behind enemy lines.
From now on, the next battle was planned by the regiment commander Zhou Cheng's gang.
If everything goes well, this Japanese and puppet army will definitely finish it.
The angered Japanese army was unobstructed and they only took an hour to kill the village they were going to attack.
This is a medium-sized village, located on a plain, with rolling hilly mountains only two or three kilometers away.
As long as the troops are sent to surround the village, the national-savior army inside will definitely be unable to escape.
This is what the squadron leader of the Japanese led the team thought. As soon as he arrived at the village, he divided an infantry team to block the three directions of southeast, north and south, and led his main force to launch an attack from the west of the village...
"Draw a combat team immediately to launch a tentative attack? Find out the opponent's troops and firepower!" Looking at the village where there was no movement in front of you? The squadron leader immediately copied the offensive methods he had used on the front line, with a murderous order on his face.
"Hayi..." A small team leader bowed his head and took the order.
A few minutes later? More than a dozen Japanese men walked out of the team? Under the command of a sergeant, they lined up in a scattered line? They slowly approached the entrance of the village.
Every Japanese were very cautious, with three people in groups? Holding a gun? Bent over, staring at the entrance of the village, ready to lie down and fight back at any time...
The machine gun team and grenade launcher team walked behind the riflemen, ready to stop and provide fire cover to the offensive forces.
The squadron leader was very confident in his arrangements: on the front battlefield? A combat unit of the Japanese army could force out a company of the Chinese army.
Information shows: There is only one company of the National Salvation Army in the village? Send a combat team by yourself, and you will definitely be able to force them out.
As long as you understand the opponent's firepower configuration, force configuration, and approximate location of the firepower points, the mortar team and heavy machine gun team that are ready behind you can carry out fixed-point clearance? Knock off these firepower points as soon as possible, and then send troops to launch a general attack.
The temptation troops were very smooth? They rushed to a distance of fifty meters from the entrance of the village, but there was still no movement in the village.
Is this so abnormal? The squadron leader's brow frowned involuntarily.
If this is placed on the front line, the test army can force the opponent out if there are still 100 meters away from the position.
Despite this? This accident still did not attract the squadron leader's attention to the National Salvation Army.
In the blink of an eye, the temptation troops rushed forward nearly twenty meters again? Many soldiers had already taken out grenades and were about to throw them at their opponents when they were attacked...
"Dadada..."
At this moment, the squadron leader's gunshot finally rang, and six light machine guns were firing at the same time.
The Japanese were very vigilant, but there were too many bullets flying towards them and the shooting distance was close. Many people were beaten into sieve before they could react.
Especially the machine gun team and grenade launcher team walking behind the rifleman, they were stared at by two machine guns.
Compared with the riflemen in front, they were much less vigilant because they were hiding behind. Four people were swept down in the blink of an eye. Five people were killed and injured. The remaining Japanese immediately lay on the ground, and while counterattacking, they threw out the grenades in their hands.
But at this moment, at least twenty grenades flew out from behind the soil wall at the entrance of the village in advance, drew parabolas in the air, and smashed the Japanese at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Before the surviving Japanese could throw the grenade out, a violent explosion rang in their ears...
The sound of machine gun strafing at the entrance of the village also stopped at this moment, as if the raid had not happened just now.
The squadron leader witnessed the entire battle process with his own eyes. As soon as the temptation troops were attacked, they ordered the artillery squad and heavy machine gun squad to open fire and cover.
Before the order was reached the artillery position, the gunfire at the entrance of the village stopped.
Let’s look at the temptation troops I sent out, and were still shrouded in the smoke from the grenade rain explosion, life and death are unknown.
Fortunately, a gust of wind blew at this time, and the smoke was blown away in a few seconds.
But after seeing the tragic situation of the troops, the squadron leader would rather not have the smoke of gunpowder just now than dissipate, and he would have been living in anticipation.
They died so miserably that all fifteen soldiers fell to the ground, none of them could move.
Many soldiers' bodies were blown up, and the bloodiness was no less than the forward squad that was ambushed an hour ago.
"Boom boom boom..."
It was not until this time that the rumbling sound of artillery positions behind him sounded, and three black smoke rose in the quiet entrance of the village instantly. A shell hit the earth wall just next to the earth wall. In the violent explosion, the earth wall was blown down on the spot, revealing a huge gap of more than two meters wide.
Seeing this scene, the squadron leader felt much better: "Continue to fire the fire, razed all the fortifications arranged by the enemy at the entrance of the village to the ground, and all the soldiers hiding in the fortifications were killed."
"The Second Squad and the Heavy Machine Gun Squad are ready to attack. The attack will be immediately after the artillery preparation is over, and the enemy will not be given the opportunity to repair fortifications."
"Get into the village as fast as possible, and then use the bayonets we are good at to eliminate the enemy and end the battle..."
Three mortars fired a total of sixty shells in a row before stopping.
At the entrance of the village where the smoke was filled with thick smoke, the earthen wall that had just escaped a large number of soldiers in the National Salvation Army had been blown up to pieces, and a piece of intact cannot be seen.
Two rows of houses near the entrance of the village were all blown up, leaving only some ruins and beams with raging fires...
If the National Salvation Army had just hid at the entrance of the village, it would have been bombed to cause heavy casualties.
This is also the judgment of the Japanese squadron leader. He pulled out his command knife and waved his order forward: "Heavy machine gun cover, the attacking troops immediately enter the village...attack..."
The captain of the team attacking quickly took the order, and at the same time pulled out the command knife, waving it while shouting: "Kill me... take down the village and destroy the national rescue army..."
"Dongdongdongdong..."
Three heavy machine guns that provide fire cover also joined the battle. With the dull sound of strafing, the raindrop-like heavy machine gun bullets crossed the heads of the attacking troops and covered the entrance of the village in a parabola, hitting the earthen walls and ruins, and a large amount of soil gradually rose up, causing dust at the entrance of the village to fly, which looked particularly scary.
The offensive troops rushed very quickly, with only a few sporadic bullets flying out at the entrance of the village, causing very small casualties to the offensive troops, which were almost negligible.
Seeing this situation, the squadron leader smiled and felt like he was back on the front battlefield.
There, few Chinese troops could survive the fierce shelling of the Imperial Army.
Therefore, before each attack, the troops will cover the enemy's positions with a fierce round of artillery fire. After the artillery is completed, the subsequent attack will often only encounter some sporadic resistance, and then they can successfully occupy the opponent's positions.
The attack in front of us also only encountered some sporadic resistance. Does that mean that the National Salvation Army defending the entrance of the village suffered heavy casualties in the artillery bombardment just now, and the offensive troops could also make a concerted effort to enter the village.
The more the squadron leader thought about it, the happier he felt, as if the attack was already invincible.
"Sir, the attacking troops have reached the entrance of the village!" the deputy captain shouted excitedly.
The squadron leader smiled. This time, he was at least 90% sure that he had won. He stared at the offensive troops and ordered: "The offensive troops directly enter the village, eliminate the remaining enemies as quickly as possible, and end the battle."
"The encirclement troops are ordered to strengthen their vigilance, and it is not ruled out that the National Saving Army takes the opportunity to break through and escape. As long as there are Chinese people who want to leave the village, no matter what their identity is, they will be eliminated. A National Saving Army must not let the National Saving Army escape the net!"
When he spoke the last sentence, his subordinates on the side heard the strong murderous intent in the squadron leader's words.
But they could understand that from leaving the pacification to the present, the troops had lost a full infantry squad.
If this is on the front line, the Chinese army that eliminated two companies would not die, and today the troops only have to deal with one company of the National Salvation Army. If they can't even wipe out the entire country, it would be too embarrassing.
The offensive troops quickly showed the command of the squadron leader with their actions.
After killing to the entrance of the village, he did not stop at all and attacked directly into the village.
An infantry team of more than fifty Japanese soldiers rushed into the village in less than half a minute and disappeared from the squadron leader's vision.
"Baoba...daoba..."
At this time, the sporadic gunfire sounds that had just begun to become denser, and there were some light machine gun strafing sounds mixed in the middle.
The squadron leader did not feel any surprise or something was wrong and analyzed to himself: "It must be that the offensive troops fought with the remaining national-saving troops in the village!"
"They only have one company of troops. We have killed more than half of the entrance of the village. At most, there is a platoon left in the village. The offensive troops will definitely kill them soon."
Chapter completed!