Predator Reborn

Chapter 263 Encirclement and Annihilation of the Puppet Army

According to the pre-war plan, when the artillery bombardment began, in addition to counterattacking the Japanese troops on the four highlands, the first two regiments to launch the attack were the 1st and 2nd regiments of the third division and the division's cavalry battalion.

As the first artillery shell of the artillery regiment landed, the artillery of the third division, which had been prepared for a long time, also fired dozens of various mortar shells at the Japanese army in an orderly manner. The intensive artillery fire suddenly hit the Wang Deli Division Headquarters in the middle of the army.

The people in the guard company and the artillery company were knocked upside down. The 12 mortars of the puppet artillery company had not been disassembled from the mules and horses, and the cannons and horses were blown into rubble.

In the intensive artillery fire, the frightened war horses and mules and horses carrying artillery shells no longer listened to the puppet army's orders and ran around in the puppet army's march. The puppet army, which was already in chaos under the shelling,

After being attacked by frightened mules and horses, the situation became even more chaotic.

As for the puppet soldiers who had never experienced any combat, as well as the strong men who were forcibly captured, their faces turned pale with fright when faced with the fierce shelling they had never seen before. The smarter puppet soldiers had already lied on the ground and hid in

He fell into the ditch next to the road, begging for shelling and going over immediately.

Those soldiers who had no combat experience stood stupidly on the road, or ran around like frightened mules and horses on the road. In the end, they could only be knocked to the ground one after another by the dense bullets on the mountain.

"Boom...boom..." Two artillery companies with a total of 24 mortars of various types continuously launched bombardments on the puppet army's positions. Under the strict orders of the artillery commander, they desperately fired towards the Japanese army.

24 mortars were fired on the road, hitting from the vanguard of the first puppet army regiment to the contact point of the Japanese and puppet troops, and then sweeping back from the joint point of the Japanese and puppet troops.

The artillery of the Eighth Route Army, which had never had the luxury of doing anything, really fought for a full twenty minutes this time. It finally got over the addiction of artillery. It also gave these evil-doing puppet troops a taste of what artillery coverage is. The amount of artillery shells they will bring is enough.

After more than half of the attack, he stopped at the suggestion of the infantry brothers in front. Otherwise, according to the artillery commander, the few hundred broken eggs he had left would be enough to wipe out all the surrounding puppet troops.

Although so many artillery shells were used, the effect of the shelling was still very obvious. The road where the puppet troops were located was about 3 miles long. In this three-mile long battlefield, almost the place where the Eighth Route Army artillery shells hit was no longer visible.

to a living soldier. The whole road was filled with the corpses of fallen soldiers, broken limbs, damaged arms, and guns and ammunition dropped by soldiers. Let’s talk about the only artillery company of the puppet army. Although the artillery attack ended

, more than half of the soldiers in the artillery company were still alive, but their mortars were missing. They didn't know where the frightened horses, mules and horses had taken them.

"Commander, Commander, you are really right. The Eighth Route Army has such a big appetite. We are really surrounded by the Eighth Route Army..." Under the protection of the guards, Li Qian, the leader of the Second Regiment of the Puppet Army, escorted the division commander Wang Deli.

I found a relatively safe shooting dead spot and hid, looking at the bullets flying outside and the exploding shells, I sighed.

"Captain Li, don't talk so much nonsense. How are the losses of our brothers... da da da da..." Division Commander Wang Deli looked at the groans of the soldiers that kept ringing outside. He was just about to reveal his head from behind the stone and look.

Looking at the current battle situation, as soon as half of his head was exposed, a flurry of bullets hit him.

"Commander, be careful..." A guard protected the head of division commander Wang Deli, but he was hit and fell into Wang Deli's arms.

"Damn, the Eighth Route Army's firepower is really fierce. Don't you mean that they are so poor that they don't even have enough weapons? When did they have such powerful firepower..." Looking at the corpse in his arms, division commander Wang Deli shook his head helplessly.

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"Division Commander, I still don't know. The Eighth Route Army's firepower was too strong, and their shelling took a long time. It is estimated that the brothers have suffered serious losses. Until now, I only know that our artillery company has completely lost its combat effectiveness. Division Commander, think quickly.

Find a way, otherwise our good brothers will end up here." Li Qian, the commander of the second regiment, asked anxiously as he looked at the soldiers who were constantly being shot outside.

"Damn, I don't know what's going on with the First Regiment. No, our puppet army can't just admit defeat like this. Besides, there are thousands of imperial troops behind us. Tell the brothers, hold on to me

, move closer to me and build defenses on the spot. At the same time, request support from Colonel Sakata behind..." Wang Deli ordered loudly.

"Yes, Commander..." Wang Deli's hard-core subordinate Li Qian replied loudly after hearing the order. He crawled out of his hiding place amidst the hail of bullets and began to convey the order...

At this time, the cavalry battalion of the third division had already used the cover of the artillery fire to slowly move the hundreds of cavalry in their hands to the best attack position less than 500 meters away from the battlefield. They saw that the foot of the mountain was bombed by their own artillery.

The puppet soldiers and little Japanese were howling like ghosts. A smile appeared on the corner of the battalion commander Wang Kai's mouth, and he slowly pulled out a saber captured by the Japanese army from his waist. Suddenly, a burst of murderous intent on the saber was reflected in the sun.

In the eyes of every cavalry soldier.

"Chichi..." Soon, all the soldiers drew out their sabers and raised them above their heads. Finally, the artillery shell exploded at the last moment on the position, and they saw the Japanese-Puppet Army Joint Unit in front of them, which were two

The Japanese and puppet troops at the key point of the artillery company had not yet awakened from the recent shelling, so Wang Kai smiled.

"Cavalry battalion... set off... kill..." Wang Kai raised the saber with a cold light in his hand and shouted loudly at the junction of the Japanese and puppet troops 500 meters away. At the same time, he pressed his feet hard and

He kicked his horse hard. A loud neighing sound came from the mouth of Wang Kai's horse, and it quickly rushed towards the Japanese and puppet army's position at the foot of the mountain.

"Kill..." The soldiers raised their sabers together. Under the leadership of the battalion commander, they formed a sharp-sword-shaped attack formation and rushed toward the Japanese and puppet troops who were in chaos.

The distance of 500 meters only takes less than a minute for the fast-running cavalry. Although in this short minute, many Japanese and puppet troops discovered the Eighth Route Army cavalry that was approaching them quickly, and started to attack them.

They fought back. However, their sparse bullets could not pose much of a threat to the cavalry battalion. After losing more than a dozen cavalrymen, the cavalry battalion headed by Wang Kai finally rushed in front of the Japanese and puppet troops.

"Ah...Eighth Route Army cavalry...run for your life..." Seeing the Eighth Route Army cavalry in front of them, to the surprise of Wang Kai and others, the first people to react were the puppet troops with little combat effectiveness.

Seeing the cavalry battalion flashing with swords, the puppet soldiers dropped their weapons in shock and fled to the other side of the road, trying to escape the murderous Eighth Route Army cavalry.

The Japanese army showed a completely different image. Facing countless cavalry troops with murderous looks on their faces, they showed no fear. After firing the last bullet in their rifles, they actually stood up under the leadership of a squad leader.

With their rifles equipped with bayonets, they launched a countercharge towards the oncoming cavalry battalion, hoping to block the charge of the cavalry battalion with less than 100 imperial troops in hand.

"Comrades... charge... Since the little Japs don't care about their lives and want to die, let's give them this chance today..." Facing the nearly a hundred little Japs who wanted to rush over by themselves, Wang Kai couldn't help but smile.

He came out. Without any fear, he rushed into the charge formation of the little devil.

"Kill..." Wang Kai roared, and the scolding saber in his hand drew a perfect arc, slashing from the air towards the rifle of a kid who was thrusting towards his horse. "Touch..."

A crisp sound rang out, and the little Japanese's rifle was cut into two pieces by the saber in Wang Kai's hand. Facing the little Japanese without weapons and with a frightened expression on his face, Wang Kai did not feel any melancholy. In just a moment,

He raised the saber in his hand again and slashed at the little devil's neck.

"Ah..." With an exclamation, a round head fell to the ground, and the Japs' headless body stood for several seconds before falling to the ground. At this time, Wang Kai could no longer be seen from his body.

He is usually gentle and kind, but his face is full of murderous intent, just like a devil, at least in the eyes of the little devil.

"Kill..." Seeing that his battalion commander had just rushed in front of the Japs, and was the first person in the whole battalion to kill the Japs. The soldiers behind him couldn't wait any longer, waving their sabers, and rushed to the front.

He faced the Japanese charging formation. Because everyone knew that there were only less than 100 Japanese soldiers in front of him. If he didn't work hard, he might not even have any soup left for him in the end.

And those little devils who were charging saw that the first comrade who was charging had his weapon cut off by the Eighth Route Army cavalry on the opposite side in just one round, and his head was chopped off in one round. Looking at the bloody head and the helplessness,

The little devil behind him was looking at the rifle in his hand. His face immediately showed a look of fear, and the hands holding the rifle began to tremble as the cavalry troops got closer and closer.

"Baga... The Chinese cavalry are all cowards. Warriors of the empire, kill them all. Eliminate the Eighth Route Army cavalry in front of you and avenge Yu Sui's comrades. Long live His Majesty the Emperor, long live the Empire of Japan..." Seeing the soldiers behind him,

With a look of panic in his eyes, the Japanese squad leader was immediately inspired, raised his command knife, and took the lead in charging towards the Eighth Route Army cavalry on the opposite side.

"Kill..." Encouraged by the squad leader, the fearful Japanese soldiers were inspired by the squad leader who took the lead. No one was afraid anymore, and no one retreated. Everyone raised the flag together.

The rifles with bayonets in their hands quickly formed bayonet formations to resist the Eighth Route Army's cavalry.

Although the Japanese army cheered up, the bayonet formation caused a lot of casualties to the charging cavalry. However, as long as one cavalry broke through the Japanese bayonet formation, his formation would immediately lose its effect, and eventually

They broke up and became the target of the cavalry.

"Kill..." As a shout rang out, a little Japanese head must have fallen to the ground. Slowly, more headless corpses and round heads began to appear on the ground. In less than a minute, the entire

There were less than a dozen little Japs left in the junction, forming a circle and making their final resistance.

The cavalry battalion, which was already standing on the other side of the road after passing by the Japanese position, looked at the dozen or so little Japs left on the road and the bodies of Japs on the ground without any hesitation.

Saber shouted loudly: "Cavalry battalion, charge..." In an instant, the remaining dozen or so little devils on the position were drowned among the groups of cavalry.

After successfully cutting off the connection between the puppet army and the Japanese army, the cavalry battalion, which was not good at positional warfare, quickly handed over the position to the third battalion of the second regiment of the third division that came to respond, and withdrew from the battlefield, preparing to launch a new round of attack on the Japanese army.

At this time, the puppet army's position was continuously commanded and gathered by the commander of the second puppet army regiment. Now there were about two battalions of 500 puppet soldiers gathered around the division commander Wang Deli and the regiment commander Li Qian.

Let’s talk about these more than 500 puppet troops who were able to escape the bombardment. They are all Wang Deli’s loyal confidants from when he was a bandit. Although his combat effectiveness is not comparable to that of the Japanese army, after all, in Hebei and the local national army

The war has been going on for several years. It can be said that everyone has their own abilities, otherwise they would not have been able to escape the artillery fire just now.

With more than 500 hard-core confidants supporting the battle, Wang Deli felt a little relieved. He immediately built a circular fortification on the highway according to the terrain, and stood there waiting for reinforcements from Captain Sakata behind him. And in the

The group at the front of the entire team did not have such good luck.

Since the entire Second Regiment of the Puppet Army is composed of its own hard-core confidants, it not only has sufficient ammunition, but also has advanced weapons. Among the 500 troops beside Wang Deli, there are actually dozens of light and heavy machine guns to assist in the defense. And the First Regiment,

Almost all of the nearly a thousand soldiers in the regiment are made up of strong men. Not only do they have no combat effectiveness, but their equipment is also very poor.

In the shelling that just started the battle, less than half of the entire regiment survived. The rest were wiped out by artillery and machine guns. As for the remaining less than 500 troops, they had completely lost their combat effectiveness.

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Each soldier had already dropped his weapons, hugged his head, and hid in the ditches on both sides of the road. No matter how much his superiors scolded them, no one continued to pick up their weapons. Seeing the scene in front of him,

As the leader of the group, Peng Degui knew that he was finished and his group was finished. He had no confidence to continue resisting and sat on the ground blankly.

Of course, everything that happened on the battlefield was seen by Liu Hua who was standing at the command post. When he saw that the first regiment of the puppet army had completely collapsed, and the second regiment of the puppet army was gathering the remaining troops and seizing the time to build a

When building fortifications, Liu Hua knew that the time had come for the troops to attack. Otherwise, when the puppet army's fortifications were completed, it would be almost impossible for him to quickly annihilate them.

"Chief of Staff, order, the first regiment, the second regiment, and the cavalry battalion of the third division will launch a charge immediately to eliminate the puppet army..." Liu Hua ordered to the chief of staff Li Qing next to him.

"Tick-tock-tock..." Not even a minute passed after Liu Hua's order. The loud and clear Charge was remembered on the positions of the first and second regiments of the third division. Under the cover of countless light and heavy machine gun firepower, the soldiers

They jumped up from the trenches with rifles with bayonets fixed, shouting, and rushed towards the puppet army's position.

"Charge... Turn down your guns and don't kill... Turn your guns and don't kill..." The soldiers charged and fired at the same time, and soon rushed to the position of the puppet army regiment. In front of the soldiers

Amidst the shouts, the soldiers of the puppet army regiment, which had almost no combat effectiveness, quickly raised their hands and surrendered. Even their regiment leader Peng Degui showed no resistance and readily surrendered in the face of the soldiers' bayonets.

However, it was not that easy for the troops of the Second Regiment of the Three Divisions to rush towards the Second Regiment of the Puppet Army. Under the cover of the firepower of dozens of their own light and heavy machine guns, the soldiers shouted and rushed towards the position of the Second Regiment of the Puppet Army. They thought they could easily end it.

During the battle, the Second Regiment capturing prisoners was hit by intensive firepower from the Second Regiment of the Puppet Army.

Facing the intensive firepower of dozens of light and heavy machine guns of the puppet army, they swarmed in and a large number of unprepared soldiers were instantly defeated.

"Quick, get down, stop advancing..." Seeing the dense fire net of the puppet troops in front of them and the soldiers constantly falling in a pool of blood, commanders at all levels shouted loudly, ordering the soldiers to stop charging and not to do anything.

A sacrifice that doesn't matter

"Damn, the Japs are really ruthless... First battalion commander, please bring all the light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers to me immediately. I don't believe the bones of these Japs are really that hard."

Seeing that his soldiers had lost almost a company in the charge just now. More importantly, now the troops of his own regiment were held tightly in front of the position by the firepower of less than 500 Japanese soldiers. The commander of the second regiment

I couldn't help but curse loudly, and decided to use all my belongings to resolutely eliminate the two Japs in front of me who had caused huge casualties to my regiment.

At this time, the puppet army commander Wang Degui, who was completely surrounded by the Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, did not know that his life had entered the countdown stage. Instead, he saw that the Eighth Route Army with thousands of people was actually overwhelmed by the powerful firepower of less than 500 of his own.

He was tightly suppressed at a place 100 meters outside his ring fortification, unable to move. He was becoming more and more sure of his decision to stick to it and wait for reinforcements. He believed that with the weapons and ammunition in his hands, there would be absolutely no problem in holding on until reinforcements arrived.

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