Sword of Death Camp

Chapter 136 The Hole Outside the Village

learn from mistakes.

This is an instinct that almost every normal person has. Even a monkey, after being caught in a trap, will never go in again the next time it encounters a trap.

and so.

After the Japanese army was defeated by a regiment of Li Yunlong in Cangyunling, a 800-people Sakata Wing, or what they called the Third Wing.

Finally, we face up to the Eighth Route Army, an anti-Japanese force.

Or.

From this moment on, the First Army in Shanxi has basically put away its arrogance.

Especially against the Death Battalion in Shangchen Shanhe, because this specific example data shows that a battalion-level force with only three or four hundred people has a brilliant record.

Thousands of devils were killed in battle, plus a small town that was directly captured by a town, as well as the guard regiment of Chief Yan of the Jinsui Army, and a powerful brigade.

The most important thing is that he dared to challenge the Imperial Japanese Army. After the Japanese army used ordinary people to step on landmines to explore the way, he dared to lead a small army into the Japanese-occupied area, attacked 4 Japanese settlements and burned them down. 4 large barns.

Both the Japanese army and the Jinsui army were crushed in front of this battalion-level force called the Death Battalion, so although the Death Battalion is a battalion-level force, its combat effectiveness should not be underestimated.

After learning the lesson of Cangyunling being defeated by a regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the Japanese army had to cautiously dispatch two regiments when dealing with the Death Battalion after suspicion and self-doubt.

This is to regain some confidence in Chen Shanhe.

Sakata Wing, the real name is the Third Wing of the Fourth Brigade.

Their brigade was originally arranged in this area. In fact, there is a high probability that a brigade of the Japanese army will be two wings.

Now that the 4th Brigade has disabled a wing, and the number of this wing has been taken away, the higher-ups urgently sent him another wing.

Let the Fourth Brigade use two infantry regiments to deal with Chen Shanhe's death camp, which is definitely considered by the upper-level Japanese officers to be an act of cannonballing mosquitoes.

But the Japanese did just that.

If this is the pride of understanding the Japanese, most of them do not believe that the Japanese army would do such a thing, using two regiments to deal with a battalion-level force.

Matsushika Changichi, the commander of the Fourth Brigade of the Japanese Army, knew that this battle was his last battle as the commander of the brigade, because he had already received news that the base camp planned to withdraw the establishment of the brigade.

If in the past, a B-level division had two brigades under its jurisdiction, and one brigade had two regiments under its jurisdiction, that is, one division, there would be a high probability of four infantry regiments plus some cavalry brigades and artillery brigades. And the engineering brigade and the like.

However, now the base camp plans to reorganize, changing from four infantry regiments under one division to three infantry regiments under one division, plus other artillery brigades, cavalry brigades, etc.

That is to say, the brigade may be abolished in the future. Even if it is not abolished, it will be downsized a lot.

And my [-]th brigade is probably already on the list of disbandment after experiencing a disastrous defeat in Cangyunling.

The battle against the Death Battalion might be the last battle I fought in the position of brigade commander, so I don't know where I will go in the future.

However, no matter what the outcome of this battle is, using a brigade's troops to attack an enemy organized at the battalion level will end up with a bad reputation and a bad report.

But even if the reputation is not good, the report is not good, this is something to consider after winning.

When the head of the division called himself, he said: "The lion fights the rabbit!
Don't cause another scandal in your last days as brigade commander!

This can have a big impact on where you go in the future! "

After all, he is still a very friendly senior in the Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy, and he still takes good care of himself.

Sudden.

A violent explosion woke him up from his contemplation. Song Shichang raised his head and saw a cloud of black smoke slowly dissipating at the vanguard in the distance.

Under the black smoke, there are fragmented limbs and arms.

It's a big mine with an amazing kill radius.

The adjutant came over: "Your Excellency, the head of the brigade, the vanguard has just encountered a landmine attack and lost 11 people.

There may be a bigger sneak attack, please get off the car first, the brigade leader, the target is bigger in the car! "

Song Shichang nodded, and then flicked his eyes for four weeks. In a short period of time, soldiers of the Imperial Japanese Army had occupied the commanding heights, monitoring the wind and grass within 4 meters on both sides of the road.

But even so, the adjutant didn't feel that he, the brigade commander, was safe.

Matsushiki Changichi didn't care about how the vanguard in front dealt with the landmines, because this kind of thing didn't need him, the brigade commander, to worry about and command, it was not his job to do.

It didn't even need to be worried about by officers who were less than the captain of the Japanese army. The engineering brigade below quickly arranged for the master to go directly to detect mines.

A Japanese army at the brigade level must have an engineering brigade below. In fact, whether it was 1931 or 1937, our army has a record of using landmines in large quantities.

It also caused the Japanese army to pay attention to the detection equipment of landmines from the very beginning.

However, the mine detectors developed by the Japanese army at the beginning were very heavy. It is said that the mine detectors developed at the beginning could only be dragged by horses, and they could not be carried by people.

Later, after the Japanese army reported back, and after the military industry department reformed again, the weight of each mine detector finally dropped.

Each mine detector is about 18 kilograms, but the 18 kilograms is quite heavy on the back, but it can barely carry it.

At this time, the engineering brigade of the Japanese army came forward to detect mines with mine detectors on their backs, because although only one mine was triggered, there may be more mines that have not been triggered.

really.

The engineering brigade used mine detectors to detect two landmines that were not triggered.

After that, it never came out again.

After half an hour.

Shoichi Matsushika finally received the report: "Your Excellency, Commander of the Brigade, all the landmines planted by the enemy ahead have been removed.

After dismantling, it was found that although it was filled with only high-quality black powder, the weight was as high as 20 catties.

According to the estimates of the engineering troops, the landmines were not produced by standard arsenals, but they were still powerful, and the explosion could have a killing range of 20 meters in diameter.

However, now that the remaining two mines have been removed, the engineers report that the troops can continue to set off! "

"Well, let's go!"

The Japanese army did not use engineers to explore the way ahead, and then the infantry followed behind.

Because if they really go like this, they may not be able to reach the main force of the Death Battalion in the Year of the Monkey, and they can only be dragged along the road by such low-level tricks.

but.

The Fourth Brigade had just driven out less than two miles away, and another explosion caused them to lose several people.

The engineering unit stepped forward again to remove mines, but this time no other mines were released.

Can only continue on the road.

This time it was still less than half a mile away, and a landmine was triggered again, causing several casualties.

Just like that, go bomb, bomb and go, go and bomb, bomb and go.

In the end, the Japanese army could only walk while clearing mines.

Then when it got dark, I couldn't walk ten miles.

It’s not enough if you don’t take the main road. If you don’t take the main road, their military vehicles and artillery can’t get through at all.

But there are landmines on the main road.

And it is impossible to guard against.

Often there is a landmine waiting for them in a corner they don't pay attention to.

After paying the casualties of dozens of soldiers, engineers explored mines and opened the way along the way. After walking for ten miles, they finally came across a village. In this short ten miles, the engineers deployed a total of 8 large mines.

Songshi Changyi felt that if this went on, not only the soldiers under him would go crazy, but even himself would go crazy.

The speed of marching while exploring the road is really tormenting.

"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, it seems that we have to find a way, otherwise, with this marching speed, it may take until next month to reach the destination!"

The fifth regiment under his command, and the newcomer No.11 regiment, the two regiment leaders went to the head of the brigade, Matsushiki Changichi, to ask for something.

"Speak up if you have anything to say!"

The two captains looked at me, and I looked at you, neither of them wanted to speak first.

But in the end, it was the captain of the Fifth Regiment who spoke first, because he was an old subordinate, so he spoke first.

"Your Excellency, brigade commander, there is a village ahead, we can catch a group of ordinary people and use them to explore the way!"

Songshi Changyi frowned: "You know that the Blackwood Brigade used this method before, and later the troops led by Chen Shanhe entered the hinterland of our army-occupied area, burned down 4 of our large granaries and bloodbathed 4 settlements of expatriates!

The number of expatriate casualties exceeded a thousand, and the food exceeded the consumption of [-] divisions in a month.

The other party has a principle that wars belong to wars, but the people cannot be involved. If the people are involved, they will use the same method to deal with us.

So if this method doesn't work, think of another way! "

But the captain of the 5th regiment didn't think so: "Your Excellency, brigade commander, our goal this time is to eliminate the rebel forces against the Imperial Japanese Army.

This so-called death camp, after our brigade arrives, will disappear and cease to exist.

That being the case, why worry that he will sneak into the hinterland of our army-occupied area to attack our expatriate settlements and granaries.

Therefore, if we can ensure that the opponent in this operation will not be able to escape our sanctions, we will not have to worry about the enemy retaliating against us.

What do you say?Your Excellency, brigade commander!
If we don't use the common people to help us step on the landmines, we can't talk about the speed of our soldiers. Once they escape this time, for us, this small but powerful force will be an extremely difficult enemy for our side. "

This sentence directly speaks to the heart of the brigade leader. It is right to think about it. If all the death camps are wiped out, are you worried that the other party will retaliate because they use ordinary people to step on landmines?

Songshi Changyi suddenly realized that he was his old subordinate after all, and he saw things clearly.

So he ordered: "After entering the village, seize all the people and drive them to the front to detect mines.

Then we march as fast as we can, trying to catch the enemy! "

This village is called Wenjiagou.

There are no more people in Wenjiagou Village, they have been moved underground.

Only some militiamen and three or four soldiers from the Death Battalion remained on the ground.

There are more than 20 militiamen in Wenjiagou.

There are three or four fighters from the Death Battalion, who are scattered in all the hidden firepower points that can be attacked in the whole village, waiting for the enemy to come to the door.

did not say.

When the soldiers of the 5th Company of the [-]th Brigade entered Wenjiagou Village, they did not feel the hustle and bustle, they did not feel the voice of people, and they could not even see a chicken or a sheep. They knew what was going on only when there was silence. Something is wrong.

but.

This kind of weirdness couldn't frighten them, so they started to crash into the houses of each family as a unit.

Then I heard the explosion of grenades one after another in these houses.

These Japanese troops retreated in embarrassment, losing at least a dozen people.

The captain of the 5th regiment saw that he was on fire, so he shook his hands and slapped his subordinates a few times.

"This village that looks like only 400 people can't be taken down, it's a shame for the imperial army of the Japanese Empire!

I'll give you half an hour, if you can't take it down, just do seppuku! "

But he beat his subordinates back, and he also understood that this was obviously a trap set by the other party. The other party was waiting for them in the village, so their every move was within the other party's expectations, and setbacks were also the result. should.

After beating his subordinates, the captain of the 5th company immediately organized a counterattack.

Directly bombard every house with artillery.

He wanted to razed the village of more than 300 people to the ground, so that the opponent's plan to hide in the village and plot against them fell through.

The artillery was soon in place.

Not just mortars, but even grenades.

Carpet bomb all the houses in the village directly.

but.

Although the artillery fire of the Japanese army was so fierce, these houses could not be flattened for a while.

When they saw from the village that the artillery positions outside were starting to be set up, everyone had already descended under the tunnel.

And began to move towards the position of the artillery position.

That's right, just move towards the location of the Japanese artillery positions in the tunnel.

They are no longer limited to digging tunnels in the village, but also radiate around the village, fields and mountains.

They know how to use the environment to create a battlefield to their advantage.

So, in a patch of weeds they stick their heads out.

Then stick out the grenade.

"The battalion commander said, shoot a man before shooting a horse, and capture a thief before capturing the king!
However, instead of killing the enemy's chief, if it is the kind of insignificant low-level chief, it is better to kill the enemy's important strategic troops.

Such as artillery!

Moreover, artillery is easier to be killed because of its large target, such as now. "

In the Death Battalion, the leader of the combat team among the few soldiers who stayed behind in Wenjiagou Village began to explain the experience of this kind of attack to the militia leader behind him in a low voice.

Then use this grenade to aim carefully, put in a special grenade, aim carefully again, and then pull the trigger.

With a "boom", the special grenade in the grenade was fired.

In fact, their first action at this time should be to hide first, but in order to ensure that the bombing can be accurately hit, the leader of the combat team fired three cone-throwing grenades in a row before drilling back into the hole.

Then it was discovered.

The captain of the 5th Regiment of the Japanese Army, at the moment when his artillery was attacked, and at the moment when all the artillery was killed, he saw the direction from which the opponent was attacking.

Then he saw the man go into a hole with his own eyes.

(End of this chapter)