Anti-Japanese War: Starting from Yaobai

Chapter 2214 Colonel Sato was shocked!

"Kitahara-kun, what's going on? Why are you retreating all of a sudden?"

When Sato met up with Hiroyuki Kitahara, the first thing he asked was why he wanted to retreat.

Kitahara Hiroyuki asked back: "Sato-kun, didn't you notice that our team is missing something?"

Sato looked at the entire team and said, "It seems like there are fewer people."

Kitahara Hiroyuki said: "It's not just a few missing, it's two hundred and ten missing. That Ye Xiuwen killed all the sentries and patrols without anyone noticing. Then he killed all the imperial troops in an execution-style manner."

"Nani?"

Sato was shocked. It seemed hard to believe that this was true. On the battlefield, the well-trained Japanese Imperial Army was killed by the enemy in an execution-style manner? Then where were the patrolmen and sentinels?

Sato looked at Kitahara Hiroyuki in surprise, but Kitahara Hiroyuki just nodded.

Sato gave up. Although he still found it hard to believe this fact, the facts were right in front of him.

So after a moment, Sato asked in surprise: "So where are they now?"

Kitahara Hiroyuki said: "If my guess is correct, they are heading for our stronghold. I have sent a telegram to the direction of the stronghold, asking them to be cautious. But there is a kendo master in the guerrillas who has very strong individual combat capabilities. He is the Ye Xuwen I mentioned to you before."

"Baga, it's this guy again? Why can't we kill him?!"

Colonel Sato was naturally familiar with Ye Xuwen, because he had suffered many losses at the hands of the other party, and after many battles, the other party was still alive.

Kitahara Hiroyuki said in a gloomy voice: "How could such a person die so easily?"

But at this moment, Sato suddenly laughed: "Haha, then this time, the guerrillas will fall into the trap, right? There are at least 400 imperial troops in the mountain stronghold. If the guerrillas dare to attack the mountain stronghold, we will outflank them from behind, and the guerrillas will all be killed."

But at this time, Kitahara Hiroyuki was not so optimistic, because the other side had a commander who was not only extremely capable in individual combat, but also had outstanding command ability.

At this time, he was not even sure whether the guerrillas had really gone to attack the mountain stronghold.

Of course, he guessed right.

Duanwu had no intention of attacking the copycat.

Since the Japs could think of it, how could he not think of it?

Although he didn't know how many people were in the Japanese stronghold, it was obvious that once they broke through, the Japanese would definitely think of the stronghold, and then send a telegram to the Japanese in the stronghold, asking them to be on high alert.

By that time, they would naturally face many obstacles in attacking the stronghold. In addition, most of the guerrillas were new recruits, so it would be almost impossible to take over the stronghold in a short time.

At this time, the main force of the Japanese invaders came to support and surrounded them.

Therefore, the only purpose of Duanwu's breakout this time was to lure the Japanese back to the mountain village to prevent the wounded from being discovered by the Japanese.

As for how to fight tomorrow's battle, we will have to wait and see tomorrow.

Now that he had weapons and ammunition, Duanwu even planned to ambush the Japanese.

Of course, this also requires the cooperation of the Japanese, otherwise they wouldn’t even be able to ambush Duanwu.

The main reason was that the guerrillas' combat quality did not meet Duanwu's requirements, and their weapons were far from what Duanwu expected.

In this situation, Duanwu would never take action unless he was 90% sure.

The battle at Dashanwan was a complete accident. Duanwu believed that the Japanese had suffered heavy losses after the ambush, and the surrounding commanding heights were all occupied by the guerrillas, so they would definitely order a retreat, and they would have the opportunity to pick up the enemy's weapons and equipment.

But as a human being, Duanwu also makes mistakes sometimes.

He overlooked two points. First, after several defeats, the Japanese had already found it difficult to explain to General Takeda, so at that time they could only gamble everything on one throw.

The second reason is that the Japanese knew the guerrillas' strength very well.

The other side knew exactly how many guerrillas there were, so after a brief thought, they launched a full-scale counterattack.

So in the final analysis, Duanwu is also a human being, and he can make mistakes sometimes.

Of course, things change rapidly on the battlefield. Even if the commander does not make mistakes, you don’t know how a battle will end.

Duanwu was naturally very clear about this, so after the Battle of Dashanwan, Duanwu did not fight timidly. Instead, he became more adept at using strategies, which led to the victory at Hupigou, which once again dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese army.

At this moment, as usual, Duanwu looked at the Japanese soldiers coming from afar in a long queue, and he already had a plan in his mind.

He wanted to ambush the Japanese again, and he had already thought of the location of the ambush, which was just two kilometers away from the mountain village.

This location is relatively close to the mountain stronghold, so the Japanese's defenses are relatively weak.

Of course, this alone is not enough, because the Japanese are numerous, and they have less than one-sixth of the Japanese.

Now that firepower is severely insufficient, ambushing one thousand four hundred to five hundred Japanese soldiers would be no different from seeking death.

So Duanwu immediately ordered Long Qianyan and Ma Sanpao to take a hundred people to the mountain stronghold occupied by the Japanese and launch an attack on the Japanese in the stronghold.

Of course, this was just a feint.

Duanwu would definitely not let Long Qianyan and Ma Sanpao lead men to attack the Japanese positions.

What Duanwu wanted was just for Long Qianyan and Ma Sanpao to hurt the Japanese so much that they would have to ask for help from the main force of the Japanese, thus separating the main force of the Japanese from his heavy weapons and baggage troops, and then attack the baggage and artillery of the Japanese, and take some weapons and ammunition back with them.

Therefore, Duanwu specially gave the guerrillas' only two remaining mortars to Long Qianyan and Ma Sanpao, and in order to make the Japanese believe that the guerrillas' main force were in the mountain stronghold, he did not hesitate to use up all the shells.

This is Duanwu's usual style of doing things. In order to achieve a certain goal, Duanwu will not be stingy with bullets or artillery shells.

So, after Long Qianyan and Ma Sanpao left, Duanwu took the remaining one hundred or so guerrillas to ambush the Japanese on the spot.

It’s just that the guerrillas are too poor nowadays and don’t even have the landmines to lay for ambushes.

Although each soldier had one or two grenades, they were only used for emergencies.

For example, if both sides are retreating in a stalemate, they must use grenades to cover them, otherwise they will be separated from the battle and suffer heavy casualties.

But this time, Duanwu still used these grenades.

He left only one grenade for each of the more than 100 guerrillas he led, and collected the rest of the grenades and buried them like mines in places where the Japanese must pass.

This is a forest, and in the middle of the forest there is a small path that is only wide enough for two people to walk side by side.

There are wormwood on both sides of the path, many of which are half a meter high.

  So we buried the grenades in the weeds at night, so that even if the Japanese soldiers lay on the ground and sniffed, they would not be able to find them!

(End of this chapter)