The father of the sword is Kong Jie

Chapter 204 This Is Not a Blocking War

After the communication that the big stronghold garrisoned by Gucun was attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army reached nearby counties in three directions, the garrisoned Japanese army headquarters quickly issued an order to send reinforcements to the stronghold.

Everything was just as Gu Cun had envisioned. The support teams from the three county towns were all very fast. Even with two legs, they could reach the place in an hour at most in the case of a rapid march.

In the enemy-occupied county to the south, the Japanese command headquarters even arranged a truck team, a total of ten troop trucks, to support the stronghold of Yangquan, carrying Japanese and puppet troops, in order to immediately support the Gucun stronghold.

Somewhere in the middle of the southbound road, this is the place where Wang Huaibao, the commander of the third battalion, was responsible for blocking the reinforcements of the Japanese and puppet troops.

The head of the regiment, Kong Jie, and the political commissar, Zhao Gang, were still staying in the temporary command post more than a mile behind the area where the third battalion was in charge of blocking.

The sky hadn't fully cleared yet, and Kong Jie and Zhao Gang couldn't see clearly what was going on in the area where the third battalion was in charge of blocking.

Kong Jie, on the other hand, did what he said. He said that he would give the command of the third battalion to Wang Huaibao, the commander of the third battalion, so he would never intervene.

So until now, apart from knowing that Wang Huaibao, the commander of the third battalion, built the concrete bunker built to block the reinforcements of the Japanese and puppet troops on a relatively open road section.

Kong Jie didn't know exactly what ambush deployment the third battalion had made.

Before the sky brightened, regarding the situation of the third battalion's ambush operations, it was necessary to rely on monks to send scouts back and forth to investigate and deliver news.

Fortunately, the two sides are not far away, only a few hundred meters away, and it takes less than a few minutes to run back and forth.

Around ten past five.

The sound of battle broke the dead silence of the night before dawn.

It's just that the sound of the gunshot seemed to be far away, and after it came over, it was no longer very clear.

Zhao Gang, who was standing beside Kong Jie, could not see the battle situation of the third battalion on the front line, but he could tell from the sound of the gunshots... "Strange, old Kong, the combat area is not in the direction of the concrete bunker, and it should be in the direction of the concrete bunker. The distance in front of the bunker is about two kilometers."

"It seems that the third battalion commander has another ambush arrangement."

Kong Jie laughed and said, "That's not our concern. I'm a little surprised. The devil's reinforcements came really quickly. Judging from this point in time, the devil should have dispatched a truck to come."

"Monk, hurry up and send a few scouts to see what's going on."

"Yes!"

After a while, the scouts sent by the monk returned and reported to Kong Jiehui: "Reporting to the head of the regiment and the political commissar, the third battalion sent half a platoon to ambush the truck convoy of the Japanese and puppet troops passing by a few kilometers away. "

Kong Jie asked: "You mean, in addition to the fortifications at the rear, the Third Battalion also dispatched troops in advance to stop the Japanese and puppet troops along the way?"

"Yes, Commander, I heard from Instructor Li of the Ninth Company that the Commander of the Third Battalion ordered landmines to be planted two kilometers away from the fortifications of the bunker, and an ambush was also arranged. It seems that there were three ambushes in total. The strength of the platoon, the second blocking arranged a platoon of troops, and the third blocking seemed to arrange a company of troops, blocking the pace of the Japanese and puppet troops layer by layer."

Kong Jie nodded thoughtfully, and said with a smile, "Old Zhao, it seems that I, the commander of the third battalion, have a very thorough understanding of the task I mentioned to wipe out the reinforcements of the Japanese and puppet troops!"

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The devil's reinforcement truck team stepped on landmines a few minutes ago. The density of the laid mines was not small, and the devil had to stop the truck and get out to clear the mines.

At this time, on the soil slopes on both sides, the Eighth Route Army soldiers from the third battalion and a half platoon launched an attack on the Japanese and puppet troops.

It's just that there are not many troops in this attack, and the firepower is also weak, and even the bullets seem a little sparse.

After fighting for a while, the Eighth Route Army directly chose to retreat, and the devil's artillery fire failed to catch up with the Eighth Route Army's retreat.

The leader of the Guizi Squadron who was in charge of the support frowned and ordered the engineers to clear the mines, while looking at the Eighth Route Army ambushes who fled from the hillsides on both sides, he cursed: "These hateful Eighth Route Army must have deliberately ambushed here to delay our pace, so as to cover up Their main force is attacking the Gucun stronghold, we must speed up, we can't delay any longer."

"The demining speed of the engineers is too slow, and the demining is directly blasted with grenades."

"Hi!"

The so-called demining by grenadier blasting is actually bombarding minefields with grenadier shells, or detonating buried mines, or destroying the internal structure of the mines by shock waves, thereby rendering the mines ineffective.

The effect is naturally very good. The minefield that originally took more than ten minutes to clear, was bombed with grenadier shells, and it was done in a blink of an eye.

"Keep going!"

The devils and puppet troops quickly got on the truck and continued to move forward, but they didn't go half a mile when they stepped on a landmine again, and were ambushed by the Eighth Route Army on both sides of the slope again.

The leader of the Devil Squadron was a little annoyed, this was Tuba Road's usual method of fighting for aid, and the continuous laying of mines along the way was simply annoying.

As for the reinforcements on both sides, it seems that there are more troops than before.

It's just that as soon as the shells from the grenadier on the Japanese side hit, the opponent directly chose to retreat, which made the little devil a little depressed, and all his strength was hit on the cotton.

Then the Japanese reinforcements continued the previous steps, using grenadiers to clear the mines and then marched again.

This time, after traveling for almost one kilometer, along the sides of a dirt slope along the road, more Eighth Route Army suddenly ambushed here and launched a surprise fire attack.

However, what puzzled the leader of the Devil Squadron was that this time the truck team did not encounter a minefield, and the firepower of the Eighth Route Army ambushing on both sides was still sparse, just some rifle fire, and he didn't even hear the sound of artillery fire.

Of course, he didn't have much doubt about this. The Eighth Route Army's equipment was backward and ammunition was scarce. This was the consensus of almost all Japanese military officers.

Therefore, in any face-to-face confrontation, the Japanese army seldom put the Eighth Route Army in their eyes.

The squadron leader of the Japanese army, who was anxiously rushing to the Gucun stronghold for support, didn't think much about it. Since there were no minefields laid and the movement of the convoy was not affected, and the firepower of the Eighth Route Army on both sides was sparse, let's ignore the sneak attacking Eighth Route Army for the time being and rush to the stronghold for support. .

Thinking of this, Tanimura issued an order, "The convoy will drive in at full speed to support the Tancun stronghold, and ignore the Tubalu attacking on both sides!"

"Hi!"

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"Old Zhao, you see, it's exactly the same as what I analyzed."

"Speaking of it, although the commander of the third battalion is usually silent, he is no worse than the commander of the second battalion, Shen Quan, when he uses his brain."

"I only now understand the purpose of his building the bunker fortifications on the open road. This is a tactic to cooperate with the plan to block the enemy several kilometers ago."

"The three previous ambushes were just to paralyze the little devil. At the same time, right under the devil's nose, the main force was detoured through the slopes on both sides to the rear of the Japanese and puppet reinforcements."

"If I were the commander of the third battalion, the first two ambushes would have to be carried out in conjunction with minefields. The devil's reinforcements would only focus on the speed of support, and the most troublesome thing would be landmines."

"The previous two minefields made the little devil vigilant, and at the same time he was gnashing his teeth in anger, but he was helpless."

"During the third ambush, the devil found that there were only ambushes on both sides, but the minefield was gone. The little devil was only thinking about supporting the stronghold. In addition, the truck's body defense was good and its speed was fast. Throw the Eighth Route Army ambushing on both sides to the rear."

"But if the devil really thinks that way, then he has completely fallen into the trap of the third battalion commander."

"I don't know if you noticed before, but the commander of the third battalion built the bunker fortifications on a relatively wide section of road, but it happened to be facing a turn of the southbound road. This turn directly obscured the line of sight."

"It also means that the devil's truck team can't see the fortifications at all before passing this turn, plus the cover of the night."

"The devil just drove in at full speed and rushed out of the last ambush set by the commander of the third battalion. The speed of the car has not slowed down. After turning the curve of the road, it directly plunged into the fire coverage area of ​​​​the bunker fortification."

"At this time, the devil wanted to turn around, but it was too late. I guess the third battalion commander would plant a large number of mines again in the corner area."

"In addition, the team that ambushed the reinforcements of the Japanese and puppet troops before would quickly gather their forces, and at the same time re-lay mines on the route where the devils evacuated, and then combined with bunker fortifications to attack the Japanese army back and forth, and wiped out the Japanese army on this hidden turning road. "

Zhao Gang suddenly said: "It turned out that the commander of the third battalion had this plan. No wonder he built the bunker here. The Japanese convoy just turned a corner and didn't react at all, and was directly hit by the bunker.

The terrain application of this turning road section is really subtle. "...

(End of this chapter)