Predator Reborn

Chapter 652 A surprise attack

Unexpected sneak attacks

"Boom, boom, boom..." A series of violent explosions sounded on the highway. The Japanese vanguard, about a squadron of Japanese soldiers, was immediately shrouded in the smoke and dust generated by the explosion. Immediately afterwards, there was a heartbreaking sound.

The lung-breaking wail quickly came out from the thick smoke and dust...

In order to slow down the retreat of the three Japanese divisions, the remaining two infantry regiments of the 15th Division, under the command of division commander Sun Shen, took all the mines in the logistics department and rushed to the front of the Japanese army in advance. Prepared to use all possible means

This method slowed down the march of the Japanese army. Just now, the vanguard of a squadron sent by the Japanese army was very lucky to step into a series of minefields laid out by the soldiers with fifty various mines...

Faced with the instantaneous change of fifty landmines, plus a squadron, nearly two hundred Japs, there was no time to make any tactical response to the sudden explosion. As the smoke and dust shrouded the position slowly dissipated,

There was a complete infantry squadron just a moment ago, but at this moment, there was not even a single standing soldier.

Looking around, the marching road stretching for tens of meters was full of bloody corpses blown up by landmines. Or wounded soldiers rolling around on the ground, whose legs had been blown off, and who were wailing...

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Less than five minutes after the explosion, a Little Devil Cavalry correspondent appeared in front of the three division commanders in the center of the queue. Then, he reported loudly: "Report to the three division commanders, avant-garde

The troops encountered an enemy mine attack, and the avant-garde reconnaissance squadron suffered heavy losses and has completely lost its combat capability."

"It seems that the Eighth Route Army wants to keep our three divisions here, waiting for the arrival of their main force..." After hearing the report from the cavalry correspondent, the top officer of the avant-garde reconnaissance squadron, Lieutenant General Hengshan, commander of the 125th Division, said,

He said with a mocking look. It was used to vent his dissatisfaction that the other two were regiment leaders and their troops were asked to take the lead +...

"Mr. Hengshan, please stop being alarmist here. Our three divisions, so far, still have a total of 50,000 troops. And our opponent, the Eighth Route Army, only has 20,000 troops at most. If you want to stop us, you have to

Let’s see if they have this ability... Order the engineering regiment of the 125th Division to immediately send out the demining squadron to clear the mines... half an hour at most. After half an hour, the troops must set off quickly..." Lieutenant General Rentian said.

He waved his hand and gave a loud order to the cavalry correspondent in front of him.

However, the matter was far from as simple as he imagined. Just when a demining squadron had just arrived at the location where the vanguard reconnaissance squadron was attacked, dozens of lines suddenly sprayed out from a hilltop about five hundred meters away from the position.

Dense heavy machine gun fire tongues. And these thick tongues of fire have only one target, which is the engineering troops of the Japanese army, which have relatively little combat effectiveness.

"Da da da..." After a dull sound of machine gun fire, more than a hundred little Japanese engineers who were so proud that they were suddenly hit and caught off guard had not had time to make any reaction. Just like cutting wheat, they were cut by dozens of

Thick tongues of flames cut him to the ground. In less than two minutes of rapid firepower, more than half of the engineers were turned into a hornet's nest by the hail of bullets. As for the remaining dozens of people, they were not missing arms.

A broken leg means a serious injury and loss of combat effectiveness...

"Baga... the enemy is attacking... quickly. The troops will counterattack immediately. The heavy machine guns will launch suppressive fire immediately. The artillery will immediately bombard the hilltop position directly opposite..."

The engineer squadron was suddenly attacked by heavy machine gun fire and suffered heavy losses. An infantry regiment with more than 3,000 little Japs following closely behind the engineers reacted immediately from the shock. Immediately,

Under the command of commanders at all levels, dense rain of bullets and raindrop-like artillery shells were fired at the top of the mountain several hundred meters away...

After a few minutes of fierce attacks, a squadron of little devils, under the command of an officer, successfully rushed to the top of the hill several hundred meters away. However, what disappointed these little devils was that at this moment, the huge

On the top of the mountain, except for the bullet casings and craters caused by the explosion of artillery shells, there was not even a shadow of an enemy...

In a wilderness about eight or nine hundred meters away from the top of the mountain, nearly a hundred figures of the Eighth Route Army who were retreating quickly appeared vaguely in the eyes of the little devil. Of course, at this moment, they were facing a group of soldiers already located a thousand meters away.

The Eighth Route Army troops outside had no choice but to get angry...

However, the Eighth Route Army troops operating around the Japanese army were far from over in this round of attacks on the Japanese army. Just when the Japanese vanguard unit received news that there were no more danger signals ahead, it just ordered the troops to assemble and prepare to continue

As he was marching forward, he didn't know that in a depression about two kilometers away from the road, a mortar cluster, totaling more than fifty mortars, was being debugged by the soldiers and was quickly raised.

He opened his own dark muzzle and was ready to fire at any time...

And just after all the mortars were prepared, a very deep command sound began to echo in the middle of the artillery position.

"All gunners are present, and each artillery fires fifteen rounds rapidly. Then, take the equipment and retreat immediately. Now I order all gunners to fire..."

In an instant, the sound of a series of dull mortar shells ejecting from the barrel began to sound on the artillery position. More than fifty shells, driven by the burning gunpowder in the barrel, quickly flew out of the barrel. Then, in the sky

, drew a perfect arc, and quickly flew towards the Japanese marching column...

For an excellent mortar gunner, fifteen rounds of shells can be fired in at most two minutes. But today, the gunners gathered here are obviously very good gunners. It takes less than two minutes.

At the same time, after firing all the shells around him, the gunner began to quickly disassemble the mortar in front of him with the assistance of the ammunition hand beside him. Then, he carried various parts on his shoulders, and under the command of the commander beside him, he quickly

Withdrew from the position...

At this moment, after suffering an instant hit from more than 700 mortar shells, the Japanese avant-garde unit that had just assembled, more than 3,000 soldiers, had been blown to pieces. Looking at it, the length was less than one kilometer.

On the highway, there were at least nearly a thousand soldiers, lying motionless in a pool of blood, turning into corpses. And more soldiers were lying on the ground, squirming their bodies over and over, while shouting

Waves of heart-rending wails...

Liu Hua, the commander-in-chief of the entire campaign, was very enthusiastic about this kind of sneak attack method with small casualties and high results, which only required a large amount of ammunition. Basically, every one to two hours, he would give the Japanese army

The main force came here for once.

As night came, after losing the cover of the aircraft overhead, in order to avoid the marching column being attacked by the Eighth Route Army on a larger scale, the little Japanese who were already exhausted had to stop under the repeated harassment of the soldiers.

He set his own pace and began to camp on the spot, waiting for the arrival of dawn the next day...

After receiving the order to camp, ordinary soldiers lay down on the ground very relaxedly, waiting for dinner to arrive, and began to replenish their physical strength and energy consumed by a day's march. However, after a day's march, the three division commanders began to

It can be seen from the frowns on their faces that they have no intention of relaxing and resting...

After a brief silence, Lieutenant General Yokoyama, commander of the 125th Division, whose troops suffered heavy losses in the day's battle, first broke the solemn atmosphere in the tent and spoke.

"Everyone, today, under the repeated harassment of the Eighth Route Army troops, we not only suffered heavy losses, but more importantly, the marching speed of the troops was very seriously affected, and they only moved forward less than 25 kilometers.

distance. According to this marching speed, we will not be able to get out of the encirclement that the Eighth Route Army will form on us in three days..."

As soon as Lieutenant General Hengshan finished speaking, Lieutenant General Inoue continued: "Mr. Hengshan, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is the casualties caused by the Eighth Route Army's continuous attacks on our army... If this continues, even if

We have successfully walked out of the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army, how many combatable troops are left among our three divisions?"

As soon as Lieutenant General Inoue finished speaking, the remaining two division commanders immediately closed their mouths and fell into deep thought. However, at this moment, the chief of staff of the 125th Division had a look on his face.

He rushed in anxiously and reported to the three division commanders who looked frustrated in front of him.

"Reporting to the three division commanders, all casualties of the troops during the day's march have been revealed..."

"How is it going?"

Lieutenant General Hengshan, the commander of the 125th Division, was the first to react and asked with the same anxious expression. After all, during today's march, his 125th Division was at the forefront, and all the troops that were attacked were also

They are all in their own 125th Division. This has to worry the division commander, Lieutenant General Yokoyama...

"Reporting to the division commander, after one day of fighting, our 125th Division lost a total of 4,297 personnel. Among them, 2,189 were killed. The remaining personnel were all temporarily incapacitated due to various injuries, and two soldiers were needed.

Take care of...According to statistics, these attrition was mainly caused by the three intensive artillery fire attacks launched by the Eighth Route Army on our marching columns..." Seeing the anxious-looking division commander in front of him, the chief of staff quickly replied loudly...

"Baga, cunning Eighth Route Army, I will cut you all into pieces..." After hearing such huge casualty data, after a brief shock, the division commander Lieutenant General Hengshan couldn't help but clenched his fists and shouted loudly

scolded.

However, after listening to the report of the chief of staff in front of them, the other two division commanders beside them were shocked. The remaining expression on their faces was sympathy for Lieutenant General Yokoyama. After all, those soldiers who lost their lives were not their own subordinates.

"Minoda-kun, Inoue-kun, I think that in the next march, we must change the planned battle plan. Otherwise, if we continue at this speed, the final result may be just like what Inoue-kun said. Even if we go out

Under the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army, there will be very few troops left in our hands..." Lieutenant General Hengshan suggested angrily to the two partners who were gloating about his misfortune...

"I agree with Mr. Hengshan. Today, the heavy losses of the troops have taught us a good lesson. We must come up with a proper solution?" His idea was recognized and approved by his colleagues. As

The original proposer of the idea, Lieutenant General Inoue, immediately agreed.

"So, Mr. Yokoyama and Mr. Inoue, I wonder if you have any good ideas or suggestions to solve the current predicament our army is encountering..." Lieutenant General Noshida nodded and asked with a puzzled look on his face.

"This... Mr. Mintian, of course the specific method needs to be discussed by the three of us together... However, I have a preliminary idea. I will tell you and everyone will discuss it together. The total strength of the Eighth Route Army is only 20,000 at most.

, and we have three divisions with more than 50,000 troops. If our three divisions advance in unison to attack and retreat, then the limited strength of the Eighth Route Army will also be dispersed. At that time, they will not care about each other.

Thus, it will reduce the pressure on our army..." After thinking briefly, Lieutenant General Hengshan said hesitantly.

Speaking of which, if the troops are divided and retreated, it is no surprise that the 125th Division of Lieutenant General Yokoyama will suffer the most. After all, after a day's march, the 125th Division once again reduced its strength by more than 4,000 people. At this moment, the entire 125th Division

The regiment has less than 15,000 troops left. If we exclude the 5,000 who take care of the sick and wounded, the number of troops that can still fight is only more than 10,000...

And if there is no division of troops to break out, during tomorrow's march, my own division will undoubtedly replace the 125th Division that suffered heavy losses and continue to serve as the vanguard of the army. By then, the lost troops will be my own men. Thinking of my own men

, thousands of troops will be lost during tomorrow's march, and a look of worry immediately appeared in the eyes of the remaining two division commanders.

If you don't divide your troops, your troops will definitely suffer thousands of casualties during tomorrow's march. But if you divide your troops, these thousands of people will survive. What's more important is that the current three divisions only count 125

The strength of the division is the worst. After dividing the troops, according to the nature of the Eighth Route Army, the 125th Division will be the first to attack. Then, by then, your division can quickly leave the battlefield under the 'cover' of the 125th Division.

Make a breakout…

Thinking of the different results produced by the two decisions, the eyes of the two division commanders immediately showed a look of decision. Then, they answered almost in unison.

"Mr. Hengshan, now that you have made a decision, I, the 126th Division, completely agree with your idea. In addition, in order to support the large number of lightly and seriously injured people in your transportation unit, before we divide the troops, I will definitely transfer a brigade from the baggage regiment.

Our troops will assist you in your retreat and transfer..."

"Mr. Yokoyama, our 127th Division will also support a brigade of your baggage regiment, assist you in transporting all kinds of lightly and seriously wounded, and speed up the march of the troops..." Lieutenant General Rentian replied not to be outdone.

Seeing the two very "generous" and "generous" comrades in front of him, Lieutenant General Hengshan knew their true thoughts in his heart. However, for the sake of the entire army, under the siege of the Eighth Route Army, it was not necessary to be able to step out partially.

The entire army was destroyed here. Lieutenant General Hengshan still forced a smile and replied.

"Thank you both. If I, Hengshan, can successfully get out of the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army, I will definitely treat you two to a drink in Shenyang City to thank you for your support and love for my 125th Division..."

"You're welcome, Mr. Yokoyama, we are all soldiers of the Japanese Empire, and we should help each other..." The two division commanders waved their hands and said sheepishly.

In this way, the plan of the three main divisions of the Japanese army to split up and retreat was decided due to the selfless and selfish thoughts of the three division commanders...

In the temporary headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, which was running side by side with the Japanese three-pronged army, early in the morning, just when Liu Hua was about to give the troops a new day's combat mission, a combat staff officer ran up to him panting and reported:

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"Chief, the Japanese army has begun to take action. However, according to the report from the forward observation post, the Japanese army has changed its retreat plan, changing the original one-way army into three-way army, and retreating separately..."

Just as the combat staff officer finished speaking, Zhou Baozhong, who was just happy with the great results achieved by his troops in yesterday's sneak attack, frowned. Then he asked Liu Hua in front of him.

"Commander, the Japanese army has changed its retreat plan, what should we do?"

Liu Hua shook his head and said speechlessly: "Old Zhou, the little devil has found our weakness and prescribed the right medicine... This time, he wants to keep all the three divisions and 50,000 troops in front of us. It seems that

Is it impossible... or what I said two days ago, now it's time for us to make a decision..."

Seeing Zhou Baozhong nod thoughtfully, Liu Hua continued: "The Japanese 125th Division suffered heavy losses in our army's sneak attack yesterday. In addition, there are still a large number of lightly and seriously injured people who need to be transported. This group is not satisfied with the establishment.

Division, you have to stay with me no matter what. Since the little devils have divided their troops, we should also divide our troops. Now I order..."

"Comrade Zhou Baozhong led the two regiments of the 15th Division and the 39th Regiment of the 13th Division, a total of three regiments. While killing a large number of the effective forces of the Japanese 125th Division, they slowed their march as much as possible until the main force of the field army arrived.

The five regiments of the new column are under my personal command and are responsible for slowing down the march of the Japanese 126th Division. The column guard regiment is responsible for the 127th Division and ensures that the Japanese 127th Division does not reinforce the remaining two divisions.

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