Predator Reborn

Chapter 185: Secretly assassinating Chen Cang (4)

"Yes." Soon, the guard company that retreated from the position handed over the wounded to the reconnaissance company and stayed behind for two platoons. Then they embarked on the journey again. The first platoon of the reconnaissance company served as the pioneer, and the guard company and artillery company followed suit.

, move forward to the next goal.

"Brigadier Commander, our next target is Jiecun Township twenty miles away. There is also a Japanese team there. However, they don't have a solid gun tower to rely on. It should be easily solved." The first platoon leader of the reconnaissance team pointed at the map.

Said a small town in the city.

"Well, don't underestimate the enemy. What I want is to annihilate this group of Japs. I ordered the security company to immediately surround them and prevent them from escaping to the county seat. We still use the old method, under the cover of mortars, to annihilate this group of Japs.

"The brigade commander ordered loudly.

As a result, the guard company, which had been reduced by one squad, immediately dispatched to outflank the Japanese on their way back to the county town. Undoubtedly, under the cover of 12 mortars, the guard company only paid the price of a few soldiers to go online.

Total annihilation. However, one thing that this brought about was also very obvious, that is, basically no troops were captured. On the entire battlefield that was bombed into ruins, only a few rifles were captured, and the remaining weapons were all destroyed by artillery shells.

became ruins.

In this way, the Seven Route Army, under the cover of heavy firepower mortars, was overwhelming, annihilating the Japs' effective forces bit by bit. Finally at five o'clock in the afternoon, five of the Seven Route Army had converged at the gate of Yuanping County.

.The entire county has been surrounded by a regiment of troops.

"Correspondent, notify the battalion commanders to come to the temporary headquarters for a meeting soon. Chief of Staff, please go and count the casualties of each battalion." Looking at the already surrounded Yuanping County, the brigade commander Gao Yuan calmly ordered.

At this time, the Japanese captain who was in charge of Yuanping County was really anxious, pacing back and forth at his headquarters. "How are you? You haven't contacted the garrison teams at the surrounding strongholds yet?" the captain kept saying.

Asked the chief of staff next to him.

Because since the first Eighth Route Army troops appeared outside the city, the brigade ordered the defenders to close the city gates tightly and sent the only squadron on the city wall for security. I originally thought that this army was just passing through Yuanping County, but

, not long after, another group of the same troops gathered at the foot of the city. At this time, the captain really panicked, because he only had one squadron of troops, and it was impossible to defend the county town when the enemy had artillery fire.

Therefore, the captain began to continuously ask for help from the surrounding strongholds, asking them to abandon their strongholds and defend the city together with the troops in the city. Two hours later, more and more troops gathered outside the city, but there were no strongholds outside the city.

information.

"Your Excellency, Captain, there is still no news outside the city. I suspect that the imperial army outside the city has been destroyed." The chief of staff replied with his head lowered.

"Baga, how could this happen? Where did the Eighth Route Army come from? Isn't your commander launching another encirclement and suppression campaign against the Eighth Route Army? Quickly, order the defenders to prepare for battle!" the captain asked in disbelief.

"Hey, I'm going to deliver the order right away." The chief of staff bent down and replied.

"Also, order all the foreigners in the city to be armed, as well as the Eighth Route Police Force in the city, to rush to the city wall and let them defend the city." After saying that, the captain sat down on the stool.

"Hi." With that said, the chief of staff turned and left the headquarters.

In a dilapidated house outside the city, all the battalion and above cadres of the Independent Second Brigade were gathering together.

"Comrades, we have now completed half of the mission since we dispatched the troops, which is to occupy the vast rural areas of Yuanping with lightning speed. Now the Japanese encirclement and suppression army is close to the base area. Therefore, our task now is

Tell the Japanese that they have been fooled. If they do not come back to aid Yuanping County, then the entire Yuanping County will belong to our Eighth Route Army." Brigadier Gao Yuan stood in the middle of them and said.

"Brigadier, the information came from the comrades in the city." The chief of staff handed Gao Yuan a piece of paper.

"Haha, comrades, our comrades in the city have received intelligence: the Japs in the city have very insufficient defensive forces. Now they are arming the bridge and have also pulled hundreds of policemen onto the city wall." After reading the paper in his hand.

Information, the brigade commander said happily.

"Well, the intelligence is very accurate. According to our intelligence, the Japs only have one squadron of defenders in Yuanping County, so this is a good opportunity for us." The political commissar also nodded.

"Yes, the political commissar is right. The Japs only have one squadron of troops. As for the hundreds of policemen and foreigners, although they have guns, when our artillery blasts them, they will only cause chaos for the Japanese troops defending the city. So.

, now is our best opportunity to attack the county seat, we will take advantage of his chaos and kill him." Gao Yuan slammed the table and said.

"Chief of Staff, would you like to inform everyone about the losses of the troops during the day." Looking at the Chief of Staff who walked in, Gao Yuan nodded and said.

"Brigadier commander, political commissar, comrades, after a day of fighting, we have reduced our total strength by 342 people, of which 65 comrades were killed, 45 were seriously injured, and 232 were slightly injured. They were evenly distributed to each company, which is almost a reduction of one squad. So,

It does not affect the overall combat effectiveness of the unit."

"However, our ammunition consumption is very huge. Various bullets are not consumed because they are supplemented by captured Japanese bullets. However, half of the artillery shells we brought have been consumed. Now the remaining artillery shells of each artillery company can only be averaged

It's like 5 rounds per door." the chief of staff replied.

"Well, Chief of Staff, this is our loss. Now I will inform you of our results." After Gao Yuan heard about the loss, he also felt sad for a while, not to mention the comrades below? So he thought of using the results to encourage everyone.

"Although our losses in one day were huge, the results achieved by our comrades were also very huge. We organized a total of 8 squads of Japanese troops to be eliminated. In addition, we also sporadically eliminated at least two squads of Japanese troops. In other words,

In one day, our Independent Second Brigade wiped out more than 500 little Japs," the Chief of Staff said excitedly.

Sure enough, after hearing the chief of staff's results, everyone's face showed excitement.

"Okay, comrades, there are only more than 200 Japs left in the county in the entire Yuanping area. Do you have the confidence to break through it in the shortest possible time and wipe out all the Japanese troops inside?" The political commissar looked at everyone's excited expressions and asked.

He said immediately.

"Yes." Everyone replied with blushing faces.

"Okay, now let's ask the brigade commander to assign specific tasks to everyone. At the same time, if you have any good suggestions, you can also put forward them.

Half an hour later, all the cadres returned to their fighting positions with excited faces, waiting for the arrival of the general attack.

As for why the attack was chosen at night, on the one hand, it was because the Japanese army was afraid of night battles. On the other hand, they were afraid of Japanese planes coming to assist in the battle, because in the previous battle of Changle Village, the Japanese planes left a deep impression on every commander.

Therefore, unless necessary, everyone will try to attack at night.

"Bang, bang, bang..." Three signal bombs exploded in the sky, and more than three dozen gorgeous flowers burst out. At the same time, three artillery batteries deployed around Yuanping County also opened fire. The dense artillery shells were like raindrops.

On the several-meter-wide city wall, as shells exploded one after another, the defense forces joined by the police and expatriates immediately became chaotic.

Looking at the living people, they were fine just now, but as soon as the shells came down, they were immediately blown to pieces. Those policemen who had not experienced battles and could only scare people with their guns could no longer withstand this kind of situation.

Fight. One by one, they dropped their rifles and lay prone on the ground. Some people even rushed down the city wall regardless of the Japanese bayonets around them, rushing to a place they thought was safe.

Seeing that one of their companions had escaped to a safe place, the remaining policemen could not bear it anymore and stood up one after another and fled into the city. Although the Japanese captains had chopped down several fleeing policemen, they still did not

It played no role, and in the end, even the Japanese expatriates who had just been armed joined in the escape sequence.

"Haha, the Japanese on the city wall are in chaos. Order the troops and start charging. As the old saying goes, while you are in chaos, I will kill you. We must attack the city wall at once." The brigade commander said excitedly as he looked at the chaotic situation on the city wall.

There was no charge, no shouting of kill. The soldiers followed their squad leader closely, and the squad leader followed the company commander... bending down, slowly approaching the exploding city wall. Because the shelling had not stopped at this time, and there was no Eighth Route Army

With the sound of the charge horn unique to the charge, the chaotic Japanese on the city wall didn't notice anything at all. Troops one after another were slowly approaching the city wall.

"Ah, the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army is coming..." A Japanese soldier serving as an observer suddenly discovered the Eighth Route Army under the city wall and immediately exclaimed.

The quick-reacting Japanese immediately lay down on the wall and began to fight back with limited rifle firepower. "Baga, machine gun, shoot immediately..." the squad leader shouted anxiously. But in the chaotic crowd, the machine gunner didn't know it for a long time.

Which corner was it squeezed into?

Facing the fire net composed of dozens of rifles, it really couldn't have much effect on the attacking Eighth Route Army. Soon, several attacking companies had rushed to the foot of the city wall and began to plant explosives

Boom...a loud explosion sounded, and the entire city wall, along with the dozens of Japs who were born on the wall, were enveloped in the smoke of the explosion. When the smoke cleared, a gap more than ten meters wide appeared in front of the soldiers.

"Tick-tock-tock..." At this time, the charge horn finally sounded, and the soldiers no longer had to lower their heads and charge dully. One by one, they held their heads high, shouting slogans, holding guns that kept spitting out tongues of flame, and charged towards

The gap rushed through.

"Brigadier, the soldiers have rushed into the county town." The political commissar said with a smile.

"Well, we fought well and established the prestige of our independent division. Political Commissar, we can report our victory to the division commander and the political commissar. The entire Yuanping County is now under our control." Gao Yuan said excitedly.