The most cattle cottage in the Anti-Japanese War

Chapter 764 Ace Troop
Yamashita Fengwen is good at leading troops. After discussing with the officers and soldiers of the 15th Army, he found that the officers and soldiers are generally afraid of Gao Jiu's Taohuashan guerrillas. The reason why those senior generals are unwilling to fight Gao Jiu may even be secretly colluding , the main reason is not that they can get economic benefits from cooperating with Gao Jiu, because even if they don't cooperate with Gao Jiu, they can still search for a lot of money and property in the occupied area, and cooperating with Gao Jiu is just out of helplessness , if they could defeat Gao Jiu, they would definitely not want to have any secret dealings with Gao Jiu.

Therefore, the key to solving the problems in South Asia is how to defeat Gao Jiu.

Yamashita Fengwen knew that it was impossible to defeat Gao Jiu by relying on the original troops of the 15th Army, so he secretly mobilized the 18th Division of his direct line.The 18th Division has occupied Singapore for a long time, and they have a lot of work to hand over, so they first mobilized the 35th Brigade to the South Asian continent and entered Thailand.

What Yamashita Fengwen didn't expect was that the secret cooperation between Gao Jiu and the Japanese army had reached an unimaginable level. Gao Jiu had already been notified of everything he did.

In front of Gao Jiu, Yamashita Fengwen was like a blind man. Before his strategic deployment could start, Gao Jiu had already opened a big net and rushed towards the 35th Brigade.

When the 35th Brigade of the Japanese Army set off from Hanoi, Fengwen Yamashita personally received officers above the captain of the 35th Brigade.

He first talked about the glorious battle history of the 35th Brigade, encouraging them to defeat the Taohuashan guerrillas just like they defeated the British army.

Yamashita Fengwen said: "Gaojiu's Taohuashan guerrillas are recognized as powerful in combat. If the 35th brigade can defeat such a powerful enemy, it proves that you are stronger than the Taohuashan guerrillas. You will create Japanese military history. Miracle, your contribution will forever be recorded in the annals of history."

Fufumi Yamashita's speech was very provocative, and the officers of the 35th Brigade were excited to hear it, and they all held back their energy, wanting to compete with Gao Jiu's Taohuashan guerrillas.

The so-called calf is not afraid of tigers, or the ignorant is fearless. The 35th Brigade has never fought with the Taohuashan guerrillas. In their impression, since it is called a guerrilla, it feels like a group of rabble, and the number will not be many.

The 35th Brigade once defeated the well-equipped and large number of British troops. They really would not take the Taohuashan guerrillas seriously.

After the officers accepted Yamashita's encouragement, they went back to publicize to their soldiers. The entire 35th Brigade seemed to have been beaten with blood, and their morale was high. They sang military songs along the way and entered Thailand.

Not to mention, their combat effectiveness is really strong. After entering Thailand, they fought against the Thai anti-Japanese army and defeated a regiment of Thai troops.Fortunately, the Thai army was familiar with the local terrain and was not completely wiped out.

The victory of this battle added to the arrogance of the soldiers of the 35th Brigade.

Wang Zhankui and others were marching, and received a telegram from Gao Jiu, reminding them to pay attention that troops from the 18th Division of the Japanese Army had entered Thailand, so they should not be careless.As a result, this further aroused the fighting enthusiasm of Wang Zhankui and others.For a long time, in front of the Taohuashan guerrillas, the Japanese army was basically vulnerable, and it was rare for the Japanese army to be valued by Gao Jiu.

Wang Zhankui and others immediately became interested, wanting to see how powerful the 35th Brigade of the Japanese Army is?
This morning, Liang Shihu, who was opening the way in front of the guerrilla marching brigade, discovered the Japanese barracks and reported to Wang Zhankui by wireless telegraph.

Wang Zhankui led the main force of the guerrillas and rushed over.

He held up the binoculars and saw that there was a small village on the hillside in front, which was full of Japanese troops.The village is too small to live in, and many tents have been set up around the village.Seeing the size of this Japanese army, it should not be smaller than an infantry brigade.

After a brief discussion, Wang Zhankui, Li Chengwu and others began to set up artillery, preparing to attack the Japanese army.

At this moment, gunshots suddenly rang out in the Japanese camp, and it turned out that the traces of the guerrillas had been discovered by Japanese sentries.

Seeing the vigilance of the Japanese army, Wang Zhankui smiled and said, "It's interesting." After speaking, he ordered the artillery to fire.

"Boom, boom, boom."

Dozens of shells roared and flew towards the Japanese camp.

The violent explosion lifted the houses in the village and the tents of the Japanese soldiers into the air. Among the flying debris, there were many mutilated corpses of the Japanese soldiers.

Stationed here is an infantry brigade of the 35th Regiment of the 104th Brigade of the Japanese Army. They suffered a sudden artillery attack and suffered heavy losses.

However, the Japanese army was indeed very powerful. Under such circumstances, they did not panic and immediately organized troops to fight back.

Artillery was originally set up in their camp, and those artillerymen braved the fierce artillery fire of the guerrillas, and soon launched an artillery attack on the artillery positions of the guerrillas.

Although the number of their artillery was not large, they still posed a considerable threat to the guerrillas. Some shells fell into the artillery positions of the guerrillas, and several guerrillas died on the spot.

Almost at the same time, two groups of Japanese troops rushed over from the Japanese camp, one left and one right, and they clamped down like a pair of pliers.

The members of the Taohuashan guerrillas were a little surprised. They didn't expect that the Japanese army was so powerful. However, this also aroused their blood. Fire violently.

All the guerrillas were carrying automatic firearms, and machine guns and submachine guns poured down a torrential rain of bullets.

The Japanese army in front suffered heavy losses, and those behind were forced to withdraw.

However, the Japanese army quickly reorganized the attack. This time they did not concentrate and attack forward, but dispersed into a skirmish line, and continued to attack the guerrillas on their own.

Seeing this situation, some guerrillas put down their submachine guns, picked up sniper rifles, and knocked down the Japanese soldiers one by one.

The guerrilla artillery could not see the Japanese artillery positions, but could only judge the approximate position of the enemy artillery, so they concentrated their artillery fire on that area from left to right, and carried out carpet bombing, and quickly destroyed the Japanese artillery positions. .

The Japanese army did not expect that the enemy they faced would be so tough. In the face of heavy casualties, their confidence began to waver.

The captain of the Japanese army held up his binoculars and looked at the enemies in camouflage uniforms in the distance. Seeing the weapons in their hands, he could basically tell that this was the legendary Taohuashan guerrilla team.

The so-called expert knows if there is one as soon as he makes a move. After this battle, the captain of the Japanese army discovered the legendary Peach Blossom Mountain guerrilla.Stronger than they imagined.

At this time, more than half of his men and horses had been killed or injured, and he was no longer able to organize an effective attack. Seeing that the soldiers under him were being casualties continuously under the fierce enemy artillery fire, he decisively gave an order to retreat.

Wang Zhankui already had the idea of ​​​​eating this Japanese army, and he had already made a combat deployment in advance according to the complete annihilation of the enemy.Seeing the retreat of the Japanese army, he immediately commanded the guerrillas to chase after him.

The captain of the Japanese army led his officers and soldiers out of the village and ran towards the dense forest ahead.As long as they entered the dense forest ahead, it would be very difficult to eliminate them.

The Japanese army fought and retreated on the weed-covered hillside, and they were about to run into the dense forest ahead.

At this moment, a lot of black muzzles suddenly protruded from the woods in front of them, and the train spewed out towards them.

The officers and soldiers of the Japanese army were caught off guard and were knocked to the ground in large numbers.

The captain of the Japanese army saw that there were enemies in front and behind. He knew that the enemy had a lot of artillery, so he didn't dare to stay on the hillside, and rushing into the dense forest ahead was their only hope of survival.

So he waved his command knife and shouted hoarsely: "Assault here." He directed the remaining Japanese officers and soldiers to continue to charge forward.

However, the firepower of the guerrillas was so fierce that the officers and soldiers of the Japanese army barely rushed to a distance of 50 meters from the woods, basically losing everything.

Liang Shihu's marksmanship was very good at first, but after Gao Jiu's careful guidance, his marksmanship improved a lot.When he saw the captain of the Japanese army commanding the battle, he shot him.

The bullet entered the back of his heart and killed him.

The remnants of the Japanese army lay on the ground and resisted stubbornly, which happened to give the special forces a good opportunity to practice marksmanship.In groups of several, they dealt with a Japanese soldier and quickly wiped them out.

Wang Zhankui and others happily wiped out a Japanese infantry brigade, and understood the combat effectiveness of the Japanese 18th Division.

In their eyes, although these Japanese troops are stronger than ordinary Japanese troops, they are still vulnerable.

Wang Zhankui and others were preparing to continue to attack other Japanese troops. Gao Jiu's telegram arrived, asking them to join the Thai army and cut off the retreat of the Japanese 35th Brigade.

Hearing that Gao Jiu was going to eat up the 35th Brigade of the Japanese Army in one go, this was very suitable for Wang Zhankui and others. Everyone was very happy, so they started a rapid march according to Gao Jiu's order.

Of course, they did not forget to send a telegram back to Gao Jiu, telling the story of the battle with the Japanese 35th Brigade.

Hearing that Wang Zhankui and others wiped out a Japanese infantry battalion so quickly, Liao Tong said disdainfully: "The Devil's 18th Division is known as the trump card unit, and that's all it is."

Even Liu Zhanying, who has always been steady and even a little timid, was full of confidence in the 35th Brigade that defeated the Japanese army.

The units of the Yuanzheng Army can be said to be the best equipped units in the Guo army at present, with a full set of mechanization and powerful firepower, which has increased several times compared to before.

The Japanese infantry has been using Type 38 infantry artillery, mortars, crooked machine guns and Type [-] rifles for so many years. The firepower of the Yuanzheng Army can completely crush them.

At the beginning, when the officers and soldiers of the Yuanzheng Army heard that the 18th Division of the Japanese Army was the ace unit of the Japanese Army, they were still a little nervous. After hearing the achievements of Wang Zhankui and others, everyone felt relieved and their morale was very high. .

The head of the 35th Brigade of the Japanese Army received a report from the 104th Infantry Regiment, saying that they had encountered the Taohuashan guerrillas and had lost an infantry brigade.

Yamashita Fengwen has the sensitivity on the battlefield, and he also feels that the problem is serious. He thinks that Gao Jiu may have discovered that the 35th Brigade has entered Thailand, and he is worried that Gao Jiu will launch a campaign to encircle and wipe out the 35th Brigade.

If the 35th Brigade is wiped out, it will seriously affect the morale of the Japanese army.

He immediately sent a telegram to the brigade commander of the 35th Brigade, asking them to shrink their troops, build fortifications, and stand by for help. He also sent a telegram to the 67th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Laos, ordering them to rush to the rescue of the 35th Brigade.

At the same time, he also ordered the Japanese 11th Air Force to drop supplies and provide air support for the 35th Brigade.

The brigade commander of the 35th Brigade of the Japanese Army immediately ordered the 103rd and 104th Wings to shrink their forces and move closer to the brigade headquarters after receiving the telegram from Yamashita.

The actions of the Japanese army were discovered by the special forces under Guo Hengming, who had already monitored them, and reported to Gao Jiu.

Gao Jiu heard that the 35th Brigade of the Japanese Army had shrunk together, and it was in his heart. He didn't want the Japanese army to be scattered everywhere, especially hiding in the dense forest, so it would be very troublesome to destroy them.

Since they want to fight positional warfare, they can just take advantage of the anti-Japanese army's well-equipped and powerful firepower.

The 35th Brigade of the Japanese Army sent a large number of scouts to search for the place where the Japanese infantry brigade was annihilated.

One of the most important tasks of Guo Hengming's special forces is to deal with the Japanese scouts.A group of several of them ambushed in the jungle, raped and killed the devil's scouts when they saw them pass by.

Yoshio Harada, the leader of the Japanese reconnaissance team, saw that none of the scouts he sent had replied, and realized that there was an enemy ambush.

He took a telescope and observed carefully, but he couldn't see anything in front of him except the lush green virgin forest.

In order to find out the situation, he sent two more scouts to scout ahead. He led a few scouts to follow behind the two scouts about 200 meters away, carefully observing the movements of the two scouts. Condition.

Suddenly, he saw a scout fell down, and another scout lowered his head to check the fallen scout, but also fell to the ground.

Harada Yoshio didn't hear the gunshots, so he knew that the ambushing enemy must have used a gun with a silencer. He and several scouts lay on the ground and continued to observe the two fallen scouts.

Not long after, they saw two enemy soldiers in colorful camouflage uniforms coming out of the jungle. They were indeed holding sniper rifles with silencers in their hands.

The two enemy soldiers checked the bodies of the two Japanese soldiers, and then sneaked into the dense forest.

Yoshio Harada knew that if he and his subordinates continued to move forward, their fate would definitely be the same as those of the two dead scouts. In order to understand the real situation of the enemy army, he thought of a way.

(End of this chapter)