Predator Reborn

Chapter 459: Kill two birds with one stone

In the face of chaos, there was almost no unified command of the little devils. The surrounding soldiers, with the support of a large number of light and heavy weapons, completely eliminated the scattered little devils at almost no cost...

During the entire battle, four hours had passed since the departure of the Japanese reinforcements. On the huge battlefield where there were more than 8,000 Japs just now, at this moment, less than half of the Japs were still doing their final battles.

resistance…

As for the remaining four thousand or so little Japs, except for the two thousand people around the Japanese division commander, the remaining two thousand or so were divided into four large groups. The strength of each group of Japs was several hundred people.

Without waiting, two groups of little devils were tightly surrounded by more than 10,000 Imperial Army troops, making their last struggle before death. As for the remaining two groups, they were surrounded by two infantry regiments, preparing to

Launch the last attack and wipe out hundreds of little Japs in the encirclement.

At this moment, at least 10,000 soldiers gathered around the Japanese division commander. Nearly 10,000 soldiers, under the orders of Commander Wang Nanhu, were recharging their energy in the attack position for a while.

Attack, recharge your batteries... But at this moment, a communications staff officer hurriedly came to the commander Wang Nanhu who was about to issue an attack order, and asked Wang Nanhu to change the attack order at the last moment before the attack.

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"Commander, this is an urgent message from the reconnaissance force. A regiment of more than 4,000 Japs carrying infantry light weapons is rapidly approaching Baoding. According to the current marching speed of the Japanese reinforcements, there are still up to four hours left.

Then we can rush to the battlefield..." the communications staff officer quickly reported.

"What, the reinforcements of a regiment of little devils can arrive on the battlefield in four hours?" Just as the communications staff member finished speaking, the political commissar Chen Guiwen next to Wang Nanhu couldn't help but exclaimed...

"Yes, political commissar, the four thousand Japanese troops do not carry any heavy weapons. They are advancing lightly and are driving towards Baoding City quickly..." the communications staff replied affirmatively...

"Commander, now that the reinforcements of the little devil have arrived, I suggest that all troops launch an attack immediately and try to resolve the battle within two hours. Then, the troops quickly withdraw from the battlefield and let the reinforcements of the little devil catch up.

Empty..." Political Commissar Chen Gegeru suggested to Wang Nanhu beside him...

"Old Chen, this is not the style of our *** division... More than four thousand little devils want to rescue the 108th Division from my tens of thousands of troops. The little devils look down on our *** division too much.

The combat effectiveness of these little devils is not enough. Besides, these little devils do not carry any heavy weapons, and there are only five or six hours left before dark. Just these little devils are not enough to fill the gap between the tens of thousands of troops we have.

Well, why do we need to retreat..." Wang Nanhu said with a sneer on his lips.

"Commander, what you mean is that we also eat the more than 4,000 Japs who came for reinforcements... I think it's okay. In four hours, the Japs' reinforcement planes will also leave. We can completely rely on the weapons in our hands."

Artillery, in the shortest possible time, eat these four thousand little devils..." Political Commissar Chen Gegeru nodded with deep understanding, and then replied.

"Political commissar, immediately issue an order to each unit. The three main regiments are to slow down the attack on the Japanese division headquarters. We must ensure that the commander of the little Japanese division is allowed to persist for four hours... The three new regiments are responsible for cleaning.

On the battlefield, the three Japanese regiments immediately withdrew from the battlefield, preparing to ambush the Japanese reinforcements with the support of artillery... This time, we just ate from the bowl and looked at the pot. We tried to kill these little devils at once.

Solve them all..." Wang Nanhu ordered confidently.

"Yes, Commander, I will convey the order right away. I will arrange the task in the shortest possible time..." After saying that, the political commissar left the temporary headquarters and began to convey the order to a group of soldiers outside the headquarters.

Order…

Facing Commander Wang Nanhu's order, the soldiers who originally planned to capture the Japanese position at once were very confused and puzzled. However, each commander still carried out the order very neatly. One branch was responsible for the other.

As if to reduce the casualties of the troops, the attacking troops just came into contact with the defending Japanese troops. Under the fierce cover of a large number of light and heavy machine guns behind them, they quickly retreated to their positions. At the same time, they continued to

Use the light and heavy machine guns behind you to kill the remaining active forces of the Japanese army that have just emerged...

The more than 5,000 soldiers of the three *** regiments quietly left the battlefield, once again got into the dense forest, and rushed towards the ambush position selected by Commander Wang Nanhu... preparing to rely on favorable conditions.

Terrain, with the support of the artillery regiment, ambushed and wiped out the Japanese reinforcements...

Of course, it is impossible for the thousands of Japanese troops who have been completely surrounded to know that the Eighth Route Army troops are mobilizing on a large scale around them. The only thing they know is that they can feel that the offensive of the Eighth Route Army around them is not as strong as before.

It was so violent... Faced with the increasingly weakening offensive momentum, the main purpose of the attack was to kill and injure one's own soldiers. Not only the Japanese division commander but also the chief of staff showed a look of doubt at the same time. Especially the division commander

The regiment chief of staff, in his mind, vaguely felt that the Eighth Route Army seemed to be setting up a huge trap for him to escape...

"Chief of Staff, do you feel that the Eighth Route Army troops around us suddenly feel as if they are a different army? The offensive momentum is very weak and not as tough as before?" The division commander frowned and faced

The chief of staff of the division next to him asked with a puzzled look on his face...

"Hi, Commander, I have also discovered this problem... In my mind, I have always had a vague idea that the Eighth Route Army around us seems to be setting up a trap for us to drill..." The chief of staff nodded.

replied.

"Yo Xi, could it be that the Eighth Route Army saw that there are only more than 2,000 of us left, and after a few more hours, it will be dark. They don't want to pay too many casualties in the next battle.

Therefore, order the troops to slow down the attack speed. After our air reinforcements leave, the Eighth Route Army troops will be able to receive a large number of artillery support. And by then, it will be a piece of cake to wipe out all of us..." Division

The leader shook his head and guessed.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Division Commander... No matter what, the Eighth Route Army's slowing down the pace of its attack is very beneficial to us who are currently in trouble. As long as we can hold on for a few more hours, we can reinforce the troops

Under the cover of the Eighth Route Army, we successfully broke through and jumped out of the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army..." the chief of staff nodded and said...

However, these little devils never imagined that they would never be able to wait for the moment to rendezvous with the reinforcements. Because, just in front of the reinforcements, three infantry regiments and an artillery regiment jointly laid out a huge pocket.

Waiting for the arrival of the little Japanese reinforcements, and then taking them all at once. In this way, not only the Japanese reinforcements are wiped out, but also the remaining thousands of Japanese troops on the battlefield can be wiped out at the minimum cost. It can be said that

A tactic that kills two birds with one stone...

Finally, after the entire battle had once again lasted three long hours, the remaining four thousand Japanese troops on the battlefield were reduced to less than two thousand Japanese troops under the constant attacks of the soldiers. Less than two thousand Japanese troops were left.

The Japs were all huddled around the Japanese division commanders, putting up a resolute resistance. At the same time, more than a dozen Japs aircraft, which were constantly circling in the air and showing off their power, had to leave the battlefield and fly back because of the coming of night.

As for the 4,000 Japanese reinforcements of the Little Devils, under the leadership of the captain, they were like headless flies. Without any accidents, they ran into three infantry regiments and gave them

In the carefully prepared pocket array...

Faced with thousands of little Japanese who were unwary and out of breath after almost a day of rapid march, the soldiers had no hesitation and immediately launched an attack. Of course, the first to attack the Japanese troops were those placed on the highway.

All light and heavy machine guns and nearly a hundred artillery pieces of various types on the highlands on both sides.

More than a hundred light and heavy machine guns fired, and nearly a hundred rounds were like the explosion of artillery shells with eyes. Like the god of death, on the road less than one kilometer long, they were constantly harvesting the lives of these little devils...

.Facing the sudden and violent blow, these tired little Japs, who had lost most of their combat effectiveness, were knocked down by the rain of bullets and flying shrapnel before they could hold the rifles on their backs in their hands.

On the ground...especially the little Japs walking on both sides of the entire team, under the intensive fire of more than a hundred light and heavy machine guns, they were swept to the ground one by one like wheat...

The instant violent blow, although it lasted less than ten seconds, caused very heavy casualties to these tired little devils... In this ten-second blow, at least nearly a thousand soldiers,

They turned directly into bloody corpses. More soldiers turned into lightly or seriously injured people, wailing and rolling among the corpses...

"Baga, the Eighth Route Army is extremely cunning. We are surrounded by the Eighth Route Army. Order light and heavy machine gun cover, and all troops will retreat immediately. Quick, we must withdraw from the Eighth Route Army's encirclement..." Looking at the corpses lying next to him,

The lightly and seriously wounded soldiers were wailing one after another... After hearing the intensive machine gun fire and the explosion of artillery shells around them... the commander of the reinforcements, the supreme commander with extremely rich combat experience, immediately judged that his troops were being ambushed.

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Originally, as the captain of an imperial army field force, he did not think highly of the ambush of the Chinese Army. He believed that with the imperial army's individual soldier quality and overall combat effectiveness, unless there was a reorganized division, and it was a *

Only the elite Central Army can pose a threat to one's own field regiment. Otherwise, one can definitely lead one's regiment to break out of the encirclement. If possible, one can also launch an appropriate counterattack to ambush one's own squadron.

Completely defeated.

But, not today. After nearly a day of forced marching, almost every soldier was panting from exhaustion and did not have much physical strength to continue fighting. From the first round of strafing by the Eighth Route Army, the regimental commander could

You can see clearly... If the combat effectiveness of your troops had not been affected by continuous marching, just based on the first round of fire strikes by the Eighth Route Army, your regiment would have lost at most half the strength of the brigade, and you could have organized an effective counterattack on the spot.

, suppressing the firepower of the surrounding Eighth Route Army. However, on today's battlefield, just the first round of attacks by the Eighth Route Army caused half of his infantry regiment to completely lose its combat effectiveness. Almost half of the Imperial Army soldiers were directly turned into corpses.

body.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Captain, I will go and deliver the order right away..." The Chief of Staff beside him did not know why the always proud Wing Commander in front of him chose to retreat when facing the Eighth Route Army troops at this moment... However, he heard the intensive gunfire all around.

, the sound of exploding artillery shells and the very frightening wailing of soldiers... The chief of staff also thought for a moment that the commander's order at this moment seemed to be the wisest order. So he answered loudly.

However, at this moment, with more than half of the casualties and almost no combat effectiveness, do the little Japanese still have a chance to break through? The answer is no. Just when the Japanese chief of staff had just left and was preparing to assemble his troops for a breakout, there was a loud charge.

The sound of the trumpet quickly penetrated the surrounding dense gunfire and the explosion of artillery shells, reaching the battlefield and reaching the ears of everyone on both sides of the enemy...

Just now, only flames could be seen on both sides of the highway. In just a split second, countless Eighth Route Army soldiers suddenly appeared... One after another, the Eighth Route Army soldiers held out their rifles with bayonets in their hands, commanding at all levels.

Under the command of the commander, like swords unsheathed, they quickly rushed towards the already scarred Japanese troops on the highway...

"Ah...Baga, the Eighth Route Army has begun to charge. All machine guns are firing immediately. We must block the Eighth Route Army's attack and start shooting immediately..." Looking at the imposing Eighth Route Army soldiers and the Japanese officers at all levels who were lying on the road

, immediately counterattacked with the troops around the commander, trying to block the soldiers' charge...

However, under the cover of countless light and heavy machine guns and artillery, when the Japanese machine gunners just stuck their heads out and prepared to shoot, they were either hit by flying heavy machine gun bullets or rained down by artillery shells, which directly blew up their bodies... all the time.

Three main regiments and thousands of soldiers rushed in front of the Japanese army. The little devils on the road at the foot of the mountain still did not organize any effective counterattack...

However, at this moment, even if the remaining Japanese troops organized an effective counterattack, it would not have any effect. Because the soldiers' bayonets were already stuck on their chests... As a result, a fierce hand-to-hand battle began.

This mountain road, which is almost one kilometer long, begins.

"Kill..." Facing the panting little Japs standing in front of them, the soldiers would not show any mercy. As loud roars rang out, one by one the exhausted little Japs fell to the ground with such overwhelming momentum.

Under the bayonet of Hong's warriors.

The entire hand-to-hand battle lasted less than an hour. The remaining more than a thousand Japanese reinforcements all fell under the bayonets of the soldiers due to exhaustion. The three main groups, from the offensive

From the beginning to the end of the final battle, less than one infantry battalion was lost...

Just as the battle to ambush the Japanese reinforcements began, the battle to besiege the last group of Japs around the Japanese division commander also began... That day, the Japanese division commander ordered the troops around him to prepare for battle in the temporary headquarters.

, launch counterattacks against the surrounding Eighth Route Army at any time, and engage in internal and external pincer attacks with an infantry regiment that came for reinforcements. When the Eighth Route Army broke out of the encirclement, nearly a hundred mortars had all turned their muzzles and aimed at the Japanese positions...

Just when the division commander and a group of senior officers of the 108th Division were waiting expectantly for the telegram from the reinforcements in the temporary headquarters, a sharp whistling sound reached the ears of these officers...

As the division commander, although he was also very excited at this moment. However, the division commander with rich combat experience, after hearing the whistling of artillery shells getting closer and closer to him, immediately

He lay down on the ground. At the same time, he shouted to the subordinates around him: "Get down quickly, it's the Eighth Route Army's shelling..."

"Boom, boom, boom..." Before the division commander finished speaking, a burst of dense explosions sounded in his ears. Immediately, there was a trace of coldness and pain, from his neck, back... all over his body.

It spread to his head... At this moment, the division commander who was full of expectations just now, in just a moment, his head was filled with a look of despair. However, in just a few seconds, the division commander became too slow.

He slowly lost consciousness and fell into a coma.

It turned out that the reason why the Japanese division commander was accurately hit in the first round of artillery shells was because of an order from the commander-in-chief of the campaign, Commander Wang Nanhu... It turned out that just a few hours after the attack,

, as the commander, Wang Nanhu has been standing on a high ground less than two kilometers away from the battlefield, observing every move on the Japanese position...

After several hours of observation, Wang Nanhu really discovered a good news, that is, the location of the Japanese division commander and other senior officers... Less than half an hour before the troops launched the attack, Wang Nanhu received the order

The artillery immediately, according to the coordinates provided by the commander, aimed the muzzles of nearly a hundred mortars at the location of the Japanese temporary headquarters. As a result, the first round of firing from the artillery group was

The Japanese temporary division headquarters was covered, and at least dozens of officers of junior rank and above were killed by nearly a hundred rounds of artillery shells in the first round...