Predator Reborn

Chapter 286 The Japanese Army Sends Troops

"Commander, the casualty data have been calculated. The air defense company lost 12 soldiers, 6 were seriously injured, and two anti-aircraft machine guns were blown up... The ammunition they carried was almost exhausted. In addition, the remaining soldiers were basically

Everyone is injured." The commander of the air defense company lowered his head and reported the casualties of his company to the silent commander Liu Hua.

"Well, where are the machine gunners from the guard regiment?" Liu Hua nodded and turned to look at Bruce Lee next to him.

"Commander, more than half of the machine gunners were lost. There were 320 machine gunners before the war, and now only 140 are left. Among them, 132 were killed and 46 were seriously injured. A total of 15 light machine guns and heavy machine guns were lost.

We lost 6 bombs... The results have been calculated. We shot down a total of 14 Jaap bombers, and two more planes crashed on the Jaap's way back." Bruce Lee, the leader of the security regiment, replied.

"Well, we need to bury these fallen soldiers properly... The sacrifice of the soldiers is worth it, because they exchanged their lives for 16 Japanese fighter jets. Okay, go down and lead your troops, and there will be more

There are more important tasks for you to complete..." Liu Hua sighed and ordered.

At the same time, he followed the two of them out of the temporary headquarters and walked to the headquarters in the back mountain. Because he knew that although the kid's air force had failed, the more than 30,000 infantrymen were not vegetarians... and these

The infantry must be on their way to attack the base area.

"Commander, you are finally back. How is the battle situation in the front? There is no radio station on the front line, so the political commissar and I are very anxious at the back." Seeing Liu Hua coming back, Chief of Staff Li Qing, who had been waiting anxiously, hurried out to greet him.

"Well, fortunately, 14 Japanese aircraft were shot down and 4 were damaged. However, the air defense company and all the machine gunners suffered heavy losses. Where is the political commissar, is there any movement from the Japanese troops in the direction of Taiyuan?" Liu Hua replied simply.

"The political commissar is waiting for you at the headquarters? The two divisions in Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang started taking action early this morning. Just now, the intelligence personnel in Taiyuan and Shijiazhuang have sent the movements of the two Japanese divisions to the headquarters. Now

Is everyone waiting for you?" the chief of staff replied with a sigh of relief.

"Okay, let's go to the headquarters right away..." After Liu Hua finished speaking, he followed closely behind the chief of staff and walked towards the temporary headquarters. At this time, although the headquarters had been moved to a simple building on the mountain,

Inside the house, everyone is still working in an orderly manner, and the combat staff is continuously marking the latest enemy information on the huge sand table at the headquarters.

"Commander, you are back. This is a telegram that has just been received from the intelligence personnel in Taiyuan. The Japanese Fifth Division in Taiyuan has all been dispatched and is now marching towards Jinzhong. The 109th Division from Shijiazhuang is also following closely.

The rear of the Fifth Division has been dispatched...The Japanese encirclement and suppression campaign has officially begun." Seeing Commander Liu Hua at the door, the anxious political commissar immediately put down what he was doing and handed over several telegrams in his hand.

Came over.

"Well, where have the quick reaction brigade and artillery regiment moved to now?" Liu Hua finished the telegram, glanced at the contents of the telegram in a hurry, and then asked.

"Commander, the headquarters has just contacted each main regiment. At present, the three main regiments of the rapid reaction brigade have caught up with the artillery regiment. The four regiments want to go hand in hand. It only takes two days for the four regiments to catch up with the artillery regiment.

You can go to the edge of a division and ambush." ​​The political commissar answered, pointing to the mountainous area on the sand table.

"Okay, political commissar, as long as the troops of the four regiments can successfully lurk to the edge of our base area, then we will have won half of this battle. We order all military divisions and all main roads that the little devils may pass through to be cleared.

The roads are completely destroyed, slowing down the enemy's advance. At the same time, organize a large number of company and platoon-level detachments to constantly harass the Japs' main marching group to tire out these little Japs." Liu Hua ordered to the chief of staff beside him.

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"Yes, Commander, I will go and deliver the order right away." After the chief of staff finished speaking, he turned and walked towards the telegraph room next to him.

"Political Commissar, we are now separated again. Haha, we were separated for less than a month. Alas, I will leave the affairs in the base to you..." Seeing the departing chief of staff, Liu Hua faced

The political commissar replied sheepishly.

"Commander, we are partners. You must pay attention to safety while leading the army... As for the matters in the base area, you leave it to me... If something really happens, I will send you a telegram immediately.

...You can peacefully lead the soldiers on the front line to kill the enemy..." the political commissar nodded and said.

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In this way, after the two of them were fully prepared for the encirclement and suppression operation at hand, Liu Hua, Chief of Staff Li Qing, and soldiers from the air defense company and two guard companies resolutely embarked on the road to the expedition that night.

To catch up with the rapid reaction brigade and cavalry regiment that had been walking for several days.

Since the Japanese Fifth Division added up to a total of nearly 20,000 troops, plus dozens of various artillery pieces, and countless baggage and ammunition, the troops marched very slowly for a whole afternoon.

In that time, the entire army could only march a distance of forty miles.

However, Seishiro Itagaki, the commander of the Fifth Division, did not know that ever since his troops left the barracks, every move of the entire unit had been tightly targeted by the intelligence personnel of the Japanese division. Countless intelligence personnel, closely following

They tightly adhered to the 5th Division, which had a large number of troops, and continuously communicated their every move to the headquarters of the base area and to the hands of various troops in the base area.

Although the rapid reaction brigade at this time was hundreds of kilometers away from the Fifth Division, the main force of the Japanese army. However, the 2,000-strong troops of the First Division *** Regiment, led by Commander Xie Guohua, the commander of the *** Regiment,

They were stationed in a dense forest less than ten miles away from the Japanese army camp.

"Report to the head of the regiment... The reconnaissance platoon has found out where the main force of the Japanese army is stationed. It is less than five kilometers away from our camp." The chief of staff walked into the dim temporary headquarters with only a lantern.

He said to the group leader who was lying on the map studying the enemy situation.

"Haha, although the Japs are outnumbered, they have a huge disadvantage, which is their slow marching speed. With the Japanese army's marching speed, coupled with our army's destruction of all roads where cars can travel,

The marching speed of the Japanese army was not slower than a snail. But this is good, it gave us enough preparation time." The regiment leader Xie Guohua patted the map in front of him and said.

"Captain, how are you going to deal with these little devils? You know, there is a little devil from a division in front of us..." The chief of staff reminded him worriedly when he saw the high-spirited commander.

"What method? The old method... What our Eighth Route Army is best at... is guerrilla warfare... We can't forget our special skills." Head Xie Guohua said with a smile.

"This is our job. You can't do anything to make us lose our job. Commander, I will immediately give an order to the three battalion commanders and ask them to organize small-scale troops to separately attack the Japanese marching group." After listening to the group.

If it was too long, the chief of staff breathed a sigh of relief and answered immediately.

"Oh... Chief of Staff, don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet?" Seeing the Chief of Staff in a hurry, the regiment leader Xie Guohua immediately grabbed the Chief of Staff who wanted to leave.

"Captain, is there anything else?" the chief of staff asked in confusion.

"Well, haven't I finished what I said? In addition to the guerrilla warfare that we are good at, I plan to go head-to-head with these little devils. Some time ago, our *** group has been practicing some street fighting. I plan to do it here

Try your hand at criticizing the Japanese...to test the training results of the soldiers." Xie Guohua said.

"What, Captain? You mean you are planning to start a street fight with the little devils. Captain, don't scare me. They are more than 10,000 little devils. Are you crazy..." After listening to the words of the leader Xie Guohua

, the chief of staff was surprised, opened his mouth, and asked in disbelief.

"Chief of Staff, what's so surprising? He's just a kid from the same division. Besides, when I fight in street battles, I don't fight with a Japanese division of nearly 20,000 people. I fight at most with a Japanese brigade. And

, there are clear instructions in the telegram given to us by the headquarters. Each unit must choose the appropriate place and time to fight several frontal battles with the Japanese army. Let these little devils know that our quick reaction brigade is still in their encirclement, covering

The actions of the rapid response brigade." Looking at the chief of staff's open mouth, Xie Guohua quickly consoled him.

"I feel relieved now. I thought you were going to use the 2,000 soldiers in the regiment to fight the 20,000 little Japs in street fighting? Captain, I also think that our *** regiment should practice with these little Japs. You know

, this is not much of a live-fire exercise. You see, our *** regiment is already better equipped than most of the main regiments of the Eighth Route Army, and is also equipped with a company of mortars.... We can't just

Fight guerrilla warfare. Our *** regiment will also be able to fight positional warfare and street fighting... I agree to fight this battle. One is to verify the results of our training some time ago, and the other is to fight against the little devils and confuse them.

, to complete the tasks assigned by the headquarters to our *** regiment." The chief of staff thought for a while and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, since the chief of staff agreed, let's go... and have a head-on battle with the little devil." Seeing that the usually cautious chief of staff actually agreed to his risky battle plan, the regiment leader Xie Guohua said excitedly

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"Captain, I agree with this battle plan. However, we must choose a suitable terrain... Otherwise, the 2,000 people in our hands are not enough to fill the gap between the teeth of the little devil's division?" Seeing the happy

The regiment leader and chief of staff reminded again.

"Well, don't worry, Chief of Staff, I already have a combat plan in my mind. Chief of Staff, look here, Gong Village. Gong Village is located on the edge of our first division, 30 kilometers away from Jinzhong County, surrounded by mountains.

, and it is the place that the Japanese army must pass through when entering our base area. Under such terrain conditions, the Japanese army cannot send too many troops at a time, at most one brigade. And this number is just within the range that our *** regiment can bear.

"The leader pointed at the map and continued.

"There is also a very advantageous condition, because Gong Village is located in a strategic area and has very complete tunnel defenses. With these tunnels, even if the little devils surround the entire village, our troops fighting in the street can still be safe.

Evacuate the village." Xie Guohua, the leader of the group, analyzed.

"Okay, Commander, this is such a good place... In this way, we will report to the divisional headquarters now... and let the commander approve our combat plan." After hearing what the regiment leader said, the chief of staff anxiously wanted to give him some advice.

Headquarters sent a telegram.

"Well, you go ahead. After receiving the call back from the headquarters, I will immediately order the three battalion commanders and the artillery company commander to come to the headquarters for a meeting. Let's arrange combat tasks early and let the soldiers prepare for a while." Seeing the excited staff officer.

Head, head Xie Guohua smiled and nodded.

In less than half an hour, the three battalion commanders and the artillery company commander of the *** regiment, led by the chief of staff, arrived at the dim headquarters.

"Captain, the headquarters has called back and agreed to the *** regiment's combat operations. Comrades have arrived, can we have a meeting now?" the chief of staff said to the regiment leader Xie Guohua, who was standing in front of the map.

"Okay, everyone, please sit down... I called you here so late for no other reason than for the kid from a division less than ten miles away from us. The political commissar is not here now. I just discussed with the chief of staff

After a while, with the approval of the division commander, we decided to attack the little devils of the division in front of us." Xie Guohua, the regiment leader, said without any nonsense to the several company and battalion commanders in front of him.

"Captain, we can finally take action. You don't know, the soldiers are all holding back their nerves. Now each company has received a lot of petitions... They all asked to go out to fight and drive these unscrupulous little devils out of our territory.

Base area. Commander of the regiment, chief of staff, just give the order..." After hearing what the regiment leader said, the first battalion commander said excitedly.

"Yes, regimental commander, chief of staff, just give the order...In the past few days, soldiers have been coming to the battalion headquarters one after another, asking us when we will go to war...Now we can finally give the soldiers an explanation." The second battalion commander and

Several other company and battalion commanders also agreed.

"Okay. Comrades, after discussion with the Chief of Staff, I have submitted it to the Division Commander for approval. I have decided that in addition to using sparrow warfare and mine warfare to harass the Japanese marching troops along the way, I will also have a street fight with the Japs in Gong Village to test our

The training results of the troops some time ago have also achieved the purpose of confusing the little devils." Commander Xie Guohua said seriously.

"Okay, finally we have a tough battle to fight. Commander, give us the order. Our first battalion will never hold back the *** regiment. We will definitely make the little devil look good." After listening to Xie Guohua's words, the first battalion commander

Said excitedly again.

"Captain, give the order, the soldiers can't wait for a long time..." The remaining people agreed one after another.

"Okay, now I order..." Xie Guohua stood up and said loudly.

"The First Battalion, starting from tomorrow morning, must disperse the troops. In company and platoon-level units, they will continue to harass the Japanese marching columns with sparrow fights along the way, letting these little devils know that the Eighth Route Army's bullets will reach their heads at any time.

Above, make them unable to eat or sleep, and torture their nerves." Xie Guohua, the group leader, ordered.

"Yes, commander, the first battalion promises to complete the mission." Battalion Commander Zhang stood up and returned loudly.

"Second Battalion, starting from tomorrow, we must get in front of the Japanese marching column, destroy roads, lay mines, and use the mine warfare we are good at to slow down the Japanese march as much as possible. Your battalion's mission is, no matter what method you use.

The 120-mile road from here to Gongcun must take the little devil at least two days." Xie Guohua ordered.

"Yes, Commander, the Second Battalion promises to complete the mission."

"The third battalion, the artillery company directly under the regiment will set off immediately tomorrow morning and go straight to Gong Village. After arriving in Gong Village, each company will take turns to start building fortifications. It is required to build a tunnel at the entrance of the village based on the tunnel in the village that can withstand the little devils.

Defense trenches for mountain artillery bombardment. In addition, sufficient street fighting fortifications must be built in the village, and the task must be completed within two days."

"Yes, leader, I promise to complete the mission..."

Early the next morning, there were only a few traces of camping in the entire *** regiment's camp. At dawn, the troops of more than 2,000 people hurriedly finished their marching breakfast and evacuated one by one.

After arriving at the campsite last night, we headed towards our goal.

What is unexpected is that among these troops, the first to come into contact with the main force of the Japanese army was the Second Battalion, which delayed the Japanese army's march. It turned out that after receiving the order, the Second Battalion Commander gathered his three company commanders.

Together, we discussed how to successfully complete the tasks assigned to us by the group leader at the minimum cost.

However, just as the third battalion commander finished explaining his battalion's mission, one of his company commanders came up with a strange idea. That is, to take a company of troops with a large number of mines, and the Japanese army was at its most lax in the middle of the night.

During the war, they secretly buried the landmines they carried at the entrance of the Japanese military camp, so that the Japanese soldiers would be in trouble at the entrance of their own military camp.

Faced with this ghost idea of ​​the company commander, the remaining people agreed. So, under the leadership of a company commander, two platoons of soldiers set out overnight with forty or fifty various mines.

Finally, at around two o'clock in the morning, we arrived at the outskirts of the Japanese military camp.

Since a Japanese division has a total of 20,000 troops, coupled with a large number of artillery supplies, the entire military camp can be said to stretch for several kilometers. However, such a large military camp must have caused many loopholes in the defense of the military camp. Only one brigade

Soldiers were assigned to patrol the periphery of the military camp. It was impossible for the limited patrol force to tightly guard the military camp with a radius of several kilometers. In addition, three o'clock in the morning was the time when people were most likely to fall asleep. At this time, the Japanese army

The defense became even more lax.