Predator Reborn

Chapter 311 The end of Itagaki Division (8)

"Well, the layout is good...have the telephone lines of each regiment been connected?" Walking into the temporary frontline headquarters that had just been built, a burst of dirt rushed towards my face. With the help of the light of a lantern in the headquarters,

, telephones, maps... almost everything needed in the headquarters is available, Commander Gao Yuan couldn't help but admire.

"Thank you for the compliment, Commander. All calls have been connected, and they are all on double lines in accordance with regulations..." Staff Officer Wang replied with a smile.

"Okay, great. With these phone calls, it will be much easier to command the battle. The little Japs are expected to enter our ambush circle in an hour. From now on, everyone is in position. Staff Wang, please immediately send the current troops of each regiment

Report the progress to me..." Gao Yuan nodded and ordered everyone in the headquarters.

"Yes, Commander, according to the latest situation reported by each regiment ten minutes ago, the troops of the three regiments and six battalions are now in place and ambushed at the predetermined positions. The headquarters cavalry battalion has also been ambushed north of Zhouzhuang.

In the woods, an attack can be launched at any time. However, it will take at least 20 minutes for the three regiments of mortar companies to be fully in place." Staff Wang pointed at Zhouzhuang on the map.

"Very good, inform the three artillery companies that they must hurry up and build artillery positions within twenty minutes... How is the situation of the Japanese army..." Gao Yuan nodded and then asked.

"Commander, the Japanese army has now marched to a distance of less than 7 miles from Zhouzhuang. They will arrive at Zhouzhuang in about an hour and enter our ambush circle. In addition, according to the report from the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment, about half an hour ago

, the patrol of about a reinforced squadron of the Japanese army was encountered by them. However, after fighting for more than ten minutes, the soldiers of the first battalion were repulsed, leaving dozens of corpses of little Japanese behind. But the first battalion

The commander reported a very important situation. The combat effectiveness of these little devils is not particularly strong, unlike their field troops." said Staff Officer Wang.

"Well, it's interesting... We also received a telegram from the guard battalion of the first division before we came here. A few hours ago, there were no infantry in the Japanese army's march, but after being continuously attacked by the guard battalion, suddenly

Two little Japs appeared to strengthen the squadron... I was just wondering where these 500 little Japs came from, but now it seems that I have understood." After listening to Staff Wang's words, Commander Gao Yuan laughed.

Said with a smile.

"Commander, where did these 500 little devils come from..." After listening to Gao Yuan's words, Staff Wang also showed curiosity and asked quickly.

"If my guess is correct, these 500 people should be temporarily summoned by the commander of the Japanese Army from his three regiments. Moreover, these 500 Japanese soldiers are the most powerful and well-equipped among the 3,000 Japanese troops.

The best troops..." Gao Yuan said with certainty.

"Commander, what you are saying is that these two reinforced squadrons were temporarily formed by the Japanese commander. If these 500 people are really the most powerful troops among the 3,000 Japanese troops, then if we can eliminate them at the beginning of the battle

With these 500 little Japs, wouldn't it be much easier to destroy the remaining 2,500 Japanese troops?" Staff Officer Wang keenly discovered a problem.

"Yes, that's it. Let's destroy his two reinforced squadrons first, and then concentrate the entire army to eliminate the remaining 2,500 Japanese troops in one fell swoop. We will try to eat up all these three thousand little Japanese troops before dawn, and then we can

Send troops to reinforce the division commander and eliminate the remaining three infantry regiments of the Japanese army..." Gao Yuan said excitedly.

"Commander Wang, immediately send reports to the Independent Regiment and the First Battalion of the Second Regiment. Ask them to quickly cut off the connection between the two reinforced squadrons of the Japanese army and their main force when the troops launch a general offensive, regardless of any losses. After eliminating the two Japanese army

After strengthening the squadron, the troops will shrink the encirclement and eliminate the remaining main force of the Japanese army." Gao Yuan ordered.

"Yes, Commander......"

In the blink of an eye, an hour had passed. After waiting anxiously for an hour, Gao Yuan finally saw a light of fire at the end of the road. Soon, one torch, two torches, and slowly, at the end of the road, there was a light.

A stream of torches appeared.

"The kid is finally here, order all troops to prepare for battle..." Seeing the kid pulling the cannon baggage, a long-lost smile appeared on Gao Yuan's lips. He ordered to the combat staff behind him. At the same time,

, a pair of eyes fixed on the Japanese army two miles away.

"Start the attack..." Finally, the Japanese army's logistics troops, which stretched for nearly two kilometers, pushed carts and cannons and walked into the encirclement of the second division. Seeing that the little devil had been completely surrounded, Gao Yuan did not hesitate at all.

He ordered loudly to Staff Wang next to him.

In the blink of an eye, three red flares were fired into the sky at the entrance of the command department. In the air, they exploded into more than three gorgeous fireworks.

"Comrades, rush..." When they saw the signal flare, the first to attack were the First Battalion of the Independent Regiment and the First Battalion of the Second Regiment, which were closely following the two reinforced squadrons of the Japanese army. The two battalions, under their respective battalion commanders,

Under the leadership, they used light machine guns to clear the way and quickly rushed towards the junction between the two reinforced squadrons of the Little Devils and the main force.

The ten light machine guns at the front of the assault troops continued to spray dense tongues of fire in the hands of the soldiers, harvesting the little Japs that could be seen in front of them. The riflemen who only followed the machine gunners were on one side.

Use the rifle in your hand to shoot the fish that slip through the machine gunner's net, and while jumping over the machine gunner in front of you, throw the grenade forward.

Immediately, a three-layer firepower network composed of machine guns, rifles, and grenades instantly tore a small group of Japanese troops in front of him into pieces. It quickly inserted into the joint between the two armies and divided the two troops into two.

On the other hand, in the First Battalion of the Independent Regiment, more than a dozen machine gunners were shot by the Japanese during the reunion and fell on the charging road.

The two reinforced squadrons were successfully separated by the soldiers of the two battalions, and then it was time for the three artillery batteries to show off their power. The 36 mortars, under Gao Yuan's order, were divided into two artillery groups. Almost

Just as the two reinforced squadrons of the Japanese army were separated and surrounded, the shelling of the two artillery groups also began.

An artillery group, 18 artillery shells, with a huge whistling sound, flew to the Japanese position. The explosion of 18 artillery shells immediately shattered the Japanese army lying on the ground, preparing to organize defense on the spot. The Japanese army that had just been organized

An assault team was blown apart by these shells again before they could launch a counterattack.

"Baga...How come the Eighth Route Army has artillery fire? Where is our artillery regiment? Why not suppress artillery fire? Why..." Seeing the imperial army who strengthened his squadron, under the joint attack of enemy artillery fire and machine guns,

Casualties and casualties continued to appear... The squadron leader of the Japanese reinforced squadron roared loudly.

However, he did not know that his life was already in the countdown stage at this time. Under the intensive bombardment of several rounds of artillery fire, the entire Japanese army position was almost blown to pieces. A series of light machine gunners had just set up their weapons.

When the light machine gun was about to suppress the enemy's machine gun fire, a shell accurately landed next to it, and the machine gunner, along with the beloved machine gun in his hand, was blasted into the sky.

"Comrades, charge...tick-tock-tock..." And just as the two little Japanese who strengthened the squadron continued to struggle in the dense artillery fire of the soldiers. On both wings of the main force of the Japanese army, separate shouts rang out.

There were loud blasts of charging bugles, followed immediately by the soldiers' shouts of killing.

In an instant, countless Eighth Route Army soldiers holding rifles and light machine guns appeared in the meadows and woods that had been silent just a moment ago. Bright bayonets emitted bursts of cold light under the light of exploding shells.

"Comrades, charge..." Under the leadership of each commander who set an example, no one in the soldiers hesitated or was afraid. They all screamed, held up the rifles with bayonets in their hands, and charged.

He headed towards the Japanese position a few hundred meters away, which was under heavy fire.

"Baga... the Eighth Route Army is the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Quickly, organize defense, machine gunners, start shooting immediately, quick..." Seeing the Eighth Route Army soldiers swarming towards him, the Japanese squadron leader couldn't help feeling frightened.

. shouted loudly at the soldiers around him. However, his voice could only be said to be insignificant in this position where explosions were constantly happening.

Facing the squadron leader's order, only a few dozen soldiers around him heard the order and began to move toward their two wings. However, just as they were moving toward the main force of the Eighth Route Army on the right, a battalion inserted into the junction of the two armies.

The soldiers also began to take action. Under the leadership of the commander, several light machine guns sprayed out dense tongues of fire and swept towards the back of the Japanese army. Countless little devils who were moving to the right wing were concentrated before they understood why.

A hail of bullets knocked him to the ground.

"Bagya Road, organize defense, organize defense quickly..." Seeing the dozens of soldiers he had just summoned, they were beaten to death by an Eighth Route Army soldier who suddenly appeared from behind him in an instant. The captain also started

He became anxious and shouted orders to the officers around him.

However, it was already too late at this time. Within ten seconds of the Japanese army's hesitation, the soldiers rushed into the distance of tens of meters again. The Japanese army's position was less than 50 meters away from the rapidly charging soldiers.

meters distance.

"Comrades, grenades..." Immediately, an order rang out among the charging soldiers. Upon hearing the order, the soldiers took out the grenades one after another and used their own teeth to pull the fuse of the grenade. Following a wave of

White smoke came out of the grenade's wooden handle, and the soldiers quickly threw out the stringed grenade without any hesitation.

At a distance of forty meters, it was easy for soldiers with strong arms to throw grenades into the Japanese position. Soldiers with smaller arms threw the grenades to the edge of the position. However, the smoke generated by the explosion of the grenade was very

It blocked the eyes of the little Japs who were shooting, and provided a good cover for the charging soldiers.

"Kill..." As another burst of grenades rained down on the Japs' position, the soldiers had rushed to a distance of less than 20 meters from the Japanese army. In the blink of an eye, the smoke generated by the explosion of the grenades had already

After dispersing, the soldiers rushed into the Japanese position with rifles with bayonets in their hands...

At this time, after intensive shelling, intensive machine gun fire from the soldiers, and two consecutive rounds of more than 300 grenades, the 250-man Japanese strengthened the squadron. At this time, less than a hundred people survived. More importantly,

Surprisingly, these little Japs, who numbered less than a hundred, all lay down on the ground to avoid the new round of grenades fired by the soldiers. They had no idea that the Eighth Route Army had already rushed in front of them.

"Da da da... kill..." rushed to the Japanese army's position. Those machine gunners with the highest casualty rate did not hesitate. They fired at the Japanese army's position full of gunpowder smoke until the bullets in the light machine gun magazines in their hands were

After all the bullets were fired, the soldiers behind him were allowed to rush into the Japanese position and engage in the most brutal hand-to-hand combat.

However, after the intense fire from ten light machine guns, the Japs, who originally numbered less than a hundred, once again lost more than 20 soldiers. When the soldiers rushed into the Japanese position, there were only more than 60 wounded.

The little devil stood up from the ground crookedly.

"Kill..." Faced with the little Japanese who usually did many evil things, the soldiers did not hesitate, even though the enemy was already injured. Amidst the bursts of shouts of killing, the soldiers stabbed the bright bayonets into the little Japanese's stomach.

, pulled out with a bunch of blood flowers. However, although there were only more than 60 Japanese troops left on the position, their desperate struggle still caused huge losses to the soldiers.

Facing the bayonets that were stabbing them quickly, these injured little Japanese soldiers knew that they could not escape. Therefore, these inhumane Japanese soldiers did not escape, but held out their chests and let the sharp bayonets plunge into their stomachs.

And just when the bayonets in the soldiers' hands were completely inserted into the little Japanese's chest, an accident happened.

Facing the bayonets that had been inserted into their chests, the faces of these little devils did not show the despair before death. Instead, a trace of evil smile suddenly appeared in the corners of their mouths. Just when the soldiers felt strange, they were about to pull out

When he drew his bayonet, a grenade emitting white smoke appeared in the hands of the Japanese soldier in front of him.

"Boom..." A violent explosion sounded. The little devil, along with the Eighth Route Army soldiers in front of him, were blown to pieces.

In this way, in the fierce hand-to-hand combat, almost an Eighth Route Army soldier was exchanged for a little Japanese. However, after more and more soldiers poured into the Japanese army's position, the situation still reversed to a certain extent. Although, from time to time, a grenade was fired

The explosion caused a lot of casualties to the soldiers, but after all, the soldiers were better in numbers.

In less than five minutes, all the more than sixty little Japs in front of them were eliminated by the soldiers. Even the dozens of little Japs who were seriously injured and unable to move were quietly killed by the soldiers with the tacit consent of the commander.

Not even a bayonet was struck. In the end, not even a single person was left alive on the entire position. However, the soldiers also paid a corresponding price. 54 soldiers fell on the position forever, and 12 soldiers suffered

Seriously injured, you will never be able to fight again...

While the soldiers were cleaning up the two reinforced squadrons, the main Japanese army, which had been scolded by the captains of the two reinforced squadrons, was also besieged by the second division troops. However, in addition to facing a group of nearly two thousand

In addition to the soldiers' attack, they also had to face the attack of the 400-man cavalry of the Second Division Cavalry Battalion.

At the moment when three signal bombs were launched into the air, a regiment in front of the Japanese army was blocked. Under the leadership of the regiment leader, two infantry battalions that had been waiting for a long time directly inserted themselves into the two wings of the Japanese army, attacking while detouring.

The regiments and battalions that were close to the Japanese vanguard immediately turned around and launched a counterattack against the Japanese army with tough and fierce firepower. In an instant, the engineer regiment at the front of the entire army fell into a group of counterattacks.

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At the same time, the cavalry battalion was already ready for battle. Under the leadership of the battalion commander, the cavalry battalion rushed out of the hiding woods. With one hand holding the 38-type cavalry rifle in his hand, he fired at the constant happenings.

Rushed past the exploding battlefield.

More importantly, on the battlefield, under the cover of the violent explosions of mortar shells, the main force of the Japanese army, which was surrounded by a group of counterattacks, did not notice a cavalry battalion getting closer and closer behind them. And just a distance away from the cavalry battalion.

When the last baggage troops were less than one kilometer away, the thunderous roar finally made these little devils react, and everyone turned around and looked behind them.

However, the scene thousands of meters away frightened them. The cavalry battalion, which had accelerated to its fastest speed, lined up in a sharp knife attack formation and rushed towards the Japanese army quickly. In the dark night, the cavalry battalion continued to attack all around them.

Under the light of the explosion, the entire cavalry battalion felt as if a black sword was thrust rapidly into their chests.

"Baga, this is the cavalry, the cavalry of the Independent Division... Hurry, organize a defense. Machine gunners, set up machine gun positions immediately. Open fire immediately..." Seeing a battalion of Eighth Route Army cavalry, they quickly rushed to their baggage regiment.

Rush in. The captain of the baggage regiment's face was immediately pale with fright, and he shouted orders to the surrounding soldiers.

However, with an entire baggage regiment and a logistics force of nearly a thousand people, how many capable soldiers can there be? In addition, just a few hours ago, I had transferred all 200 veterans of the entire regiment who had been on the battlefield.

Go out and form a temporary reinforcement squadron. Feeling the shaking of the earth and listening to the increasingly louder vibrations. These logistics soldiers who have hardly experienced any combat have angry and fearful looks.