Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 533 Li's Great Skill: The First Battle Must Be Victorious

Li Daben's fifth regiment was deployed in the middle of the west of Dongxiaozhuang and the east of Sanjiaji. It stands to reason that the terrain around Sanjiaji is an excellent ambush position.

However, Sanjiaji is a large-scale market jointly operated by the Japanese Army and the Eighth Route Army along the Han-Chang Highway. Vehicles traveling to and from the Shanxi Province, Hebei-Shandong-Henan area, and various businesses gather here, and there are not a few stall fees every day.

Li Daben didn't want the three families to be destroyed in the flames of war. After reporting to Zhou Weihan, he chose another excellent ambush location.

Fortunately, in the Tainan base area, the regiments built fortifications inside the defense zone on weekdays. In order to deal with the Japanese army's sweeping, the continuous mountains along the Hanchang Highway were no exception.

The position of the Fifth Regiment is located in the mountains and forests, bordering the Hanchang Highway.

From the perspective of the position, the Hanchang Highway has a panoramic view. Since this is not an annihilation battle, in order to facilitate the retreat, Li Daben did not arrange the position in a ladder shape, but instead formed a semicircle along the road.

The first battalion with the most sophisticated weapons and equipment and the most powerful combat effectiveness was arranged in a prominent position in the semicircular position, and the second and third battalions were located in two later positions. When retreating, the flanks of the first battalion were protected.

The soldiers were arranged in squads, and a dozen heavy machine guns were arranged in two alternate positions behind the first battalion.

The 50 mortars used as squad-level firepower in the five regiments were concentrated in each battalion, mixed with 60 mortars, and three surprise firepower points were set up.

The nearest battalion of soldiers is only more than [-] meters away from the road, and the soldiers of the second and third battalions farther away are less than [-] meters away.

At this time, Li Daben and political commissar Luo Jie squatted on the prominent position of the first battalion.

Roger, the political commissar, did not raise any objections to such a radical combat plan proposed by Li Daben. On the one hand, Roger is more aggressive, and on the other hand, the terrain here is really favorable for ambushes.

There is a quarry here, some of the stones collected are sold to local villagers to build houses, and the other part is used by the troops to build fortifications and build internal bunkers in the base area.

More than [-] meters in front of the first battalion are all bare rock walls, with messy stones wandering among them, and the mining area has spread for at least four miles, all of which are mined next to the road.

"Shitou, let me tell you once again. Once I give the order to retreat, you are not allowed to fight. If you are not stubborn, you can ignore it. Whether you can eat some of the little devils is up to you!" Li Daben was fighting. I warned again before.

"Understood, just look at it, let's give the little devil a hard time first, and when the little devil bites, we will retreat as soon as the battalion is ready, and we will definitely hang the little devil into the ambush circle!" The first battalion commander of the fifth regiment said. With a mouth shut, he patted his chest and said.

"It's good that you understand, anyway, the detachment leader is watching the whole process from behind!"

"Know, know!"

Zhou Weihan's name was really good, Magnet shrank his neck subconsciously, and hurriedly responded.

"Regimental Commander, the Chief of Staff is here!" The guard company commander warmly reminded.

Li Daben glanced back and saw Xing Zhiguo coming from the third battalion with two guards.

"Chief of Staff, why are you here?"

Xing Zhiguo originally wanted to say that Zhou Weihan was worried about the Fifth Regiment, the frontline battlefield where the Japanese army fought, but he swallowed his words: "What's the matter, shouldn't I be the chief of staff to inspect the position before the battle, I can't come yet? "

Li Da is such a clever person, he understood it as soon as he rolled his eyes, this is Wu Tuan, the superior is worried.

Immediately said: "Chief of Staff, don't worry, our fifth regiment, as the first unit to fight the Kwantung Army, will win the first battle. I can guarantee that at least [-] little devils will be eliminated before all the soldiers of my fifth regiment withdraw!"

"Okay, what I want is your morale!"

Several people talked for a while, but Xing Zhiguo had no intention of leaving. Li Daben glanced at Roger, and Roger shook his head silently, indicating that it was difficult.

As time passed, at noon, the sun was shining brightly, and the vanguard of the Kwantung Army finally appeared.

The Japanese army starting from Handan consisted of thirteen brigades of infantry alone. They were lined up in rows of four and would spread for five or six miles. How to arrange the troops was a big problem.

According to Imada Yukio's arrangement, the two infantry brigades took the lead and walked in the forefront.

The four infantry brigades followed closely behind as the second echelon, and the two phalanxes were separated by three or four miles. If an accident happened, they could provide immediate support.

An infantry brigade, a heavy artillery unit pulled by trucks, a supply unit, and a headquarters are in the center, and the remaining six brigades are the last echelon units.

In fact, all the Japanese infantry were not good enough. There could have been a part of the division going south from the Han-Chang Highway, taking a detour and arriving in Changzhi.

But before Imada Yukio came, Okamura Ningji had repeatedly asked not to divide the troops to prevent being ambushed by the Eighth Route Army troops.

At this time, Li Daben was lying in a bush, watching the Japanese army marching towards him on the road through the gap between the trees.

"Damn, this group of little devils are interesting in terms of their aura. They are quite different from the laziness shown by the little devils we have come into contact with in the past!" Li Da said with a straight mouth.

"That's right, the Japanese soldiers under Terauchiyong's men are probably going to be exhausted, all of them have big arms and round waists, and their stomachs are coming out!" Roger joked on the side.

The Japanese soldiers who marched all the way also noticed the unique "landscape" in front of them, but the little devil commander thought it was mined by the local Japanese army organization, so he didn't care, but wondered why such a dangerous terrain and place were not built. stronghold.

On the ground of the first battalion, seeing that the middle unit of the little devil's marching column had arrived in front of his eyes, Magnet picked up a long gun and pointed it at a little devil who was looking around, and it was a shot.

The magnet's marksmanship was still acceptable, and the little devil fell to the ground in response. With the sound of the gunshot, there were loud gunshots all around.

Especially the dozens of heavy machine guns arranged behind the first battalion had the most intense firepower, and more than a dozen tongues of flame swept towards the marching ranks of the Japanese army.

In the blink of an eye, the marching ranks of the Japanese army were forcibly emptied out. At the same time, the mortars used by the three battalions, the most killer weapon, kept pouring artillery fire at the little devil.

The only pity is that Li Daben didn't dare to place his position too close to the Japanese army, and the soldiers' grenades would be useless.

The first battalion of Magnet Stone is indeed the old base of the independent brigade of the New Second Regiment. Taking advantage of the panic of the Japanese army, the first few rows of guns knocked down many little devils.

"Okay, that's what I want!" Li Daben observed the movement of the battlefield with a telescope, obviously very satisfied with this wave of surprise firepower.

(End of this chapter)