Bright Sword: Develop alone, bring back an artillery regiment

Chapter 270 Devil 4th Brigade vs Independent Battalion

Masao Nishiyama certainly considered this, and he said, "Tada-kun, your worries are completely unnecessary."

"According to reliable information, the China Eighth Route Army's telegraphs are only equipped at the brigade level. Therefore, not to mention Wang Chengzhu's independent battalion, even his new regiment at the next level is not equipped with radio stations."

"So, if Wang Chengzhu wants to ask for reinforcements, he can only send someone to the regiment headquarters on horseback."

"The distance between Wangjiacun and Xinyi Regiment Headquarters is more than 80 kilometers, and this round trip is 160 kilometers."

"Do you think the Eighth Route Army of China can march 160 kilometers in one night without cars?"

Ichiro Tada shook his head: "Let's not talk about the Eighth Route Army of China. Even our Imperial Japanese Army can't attack 160 kilometers in one night without taking a car."

After a pause, the old devil changed his voice and continued: "It's just...Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, this independent battalion is very different from other Eighth Route Army, their battalion commander Wang Chengzhu is even more cunning, we must not be careless what.

Even if it can be eliminated, if the imperial army causes too many casualties, it will be a failure for us. "

Masao Nishiyama smiled confidently and said, "Don't worry, Tada-kun, I brought the imperial army's secret weapon with me this time, no matter how cunning Wang Chengzhu is, he will only end up dead in the end!"

Ichiro Tada: "Secret weapon? Could it be?"

"Not bad!"

Masao Nishiyama nodded heavily, and Ichiro Tada finally felt relieved...

As soon as the Japanese 4th Brigade took action, the soldiers of the reconnaissance company sent the news back to Wangjiacun.

It is worth mentioning that on the road from Wanjia Town to Wangjia Village, there are also many suitable positions for ambushes, but these positions can ambush at most one brigade of devils, and more than one regiment cannot ambush.

Wang Chengzhu's plan was to wipe out the entire Japanese 4th Brigade, so they did not set up ambushes on the road.

Instead, the main battlefield was placed on the outskirts of Wangjia Village.

In this way, enough time and space can also be bought for the arrival of the main force of the new regiment, the independent regiment, the 772 regiment and the 771 regiment.

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4 hours later.

Headquarters of the Wangjia Village Independent Camp.

Wang Chengzhu is studying the topographic map of the sand table, carefully checking whether there are any mistakes in his deployment.

At this time, the reconnaissance company commander Wang Shugen hurried in from the outside.

"Battalion Commander, according to reports from scouts at the front, the vanguard of the Japanese 4th Brigade has passed by Hexi Township and is heading towards our base!
It is expected to arrive at the outskirts of Wangjia Village in another 10 minutes! "Wang Shugen stood up and saluted and reported.

Hearing this, Wang Chengzhu's inner fighting spirit was instantly aroused. He picked up the gun hanging on the wall and said, "Let's go, let's go to the forward position!"

"Yes!"

Wang Shugen nodded, and then hurriedly left the battalion headquarters with a squad of guards led by Monk Wei, and rushed towards the forward position outside the village together.

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Outside the boundary of Wangjia Village.

When Wang Chengzhu and Wang Shugen arrived at the front position of the second company.

A brigade-level vanguard of the Japanese army has entered the defense zone of the independent battalion, and is now engaged in a fierce battle with Tian Shuisheng's second company!
The soldiers of the Second Company, under the command of the company commander Tian Shuisheng and the platoon leaders, are relying on the fortifications that have already been built to start a fierce exchange of fire with the Japanese army.

There was a hail of bullets everywhere on the position, and shells flew across.

The second company has not yet completed the replenishment, although its strength is only more than 300, it is far from being comparable to an infantry brigade of the Japanese army.

However, they have built strong fortifications in advance, and are now relying on favorable terrain to block the attack.

Even if the Japanese brigade could not be defeated, it would not be easy for the devils to break through their defenses.

Wang Chengzhu did not directly participate in the battle, because he is now the leader of the first battalion and needs to have an overview of the overall situation. If it is not necessary, he should stay in the command position and command the whole battalion!

Now that I have come to the command post of the second company, it is already the greatest encouragement for the soldiers of the second company!
Standing in the command post, Wang Shugen observed the battle situation with his binoculars for a while, and he couldn't help but wondered: "Battle Commander, that's not right, the devils have clearly dispatched a brigade of troops, so it stands to reason that they should wait until the entire army has arrived before launching an attack." .

But why is this devil so impatient? "

Wang Chengzhu thought for a while and said: "At present, I don't understand the intention of the little devil, but the little devil has always been arrogant, especially after breaking away from the command of the superior, the lower-level officers will often be like wild horses that have run wild, and they like to make their own decisions. , acting without authorization.

For example, during the Battle of Songhu, the headquarters of the Devil's Dispatch Army issued an order to the troops below not to pursue across the Taihu Lake area, and to consolidate the occupied area first.

However, the little devils below completely ignored this order, and chased the defeated army in the third war zone until they reached the outside of Jinling City before giving up. "

"So, if my guess is correct, this devil's vanguard should want to show off by taking the lead."

Wang Chengzhu's speculation is true.

The vanguard of this devil is the 3th Battalion under the newly formed 4rd Infantry Regiment.

There is no need to repeat the grievances between the Independent Battalion and the Devil's newly formed 3rd Infantry Regiment.

Before departure, Sanada Haruki had already learned from Kasahara Koizumi and Nishiyama Masao that the Independent Battalion had lost more than half of its personnel in the previous battles, and its combat effectiveness had also weakened by more than half.

Therefore, the little devil immediately realized that this was a revenge, but also an excellent opportunity to express himself and make a big contribution.

So Haruki Sanada volunteered to act as the vanguard, and when he arrived at the forward position of the Independence Battalion, he decisively launched an attack.

Inside the second company forward command post.

After listening to Wang Chengzhu's conjecture, Wang Shugen asked: "Battle Commander, what should we do now?"

Wang Chengzhu's face sank and he said: "These little devils are so arrogant, of course we have to teach them a lesson!
Lao Liu, your artillery company will fire at full force immediately, and eliminate as many of the devil's vital forces as possible. "

"Yes!"

Liu Qiang agreed with a bang, then turned around and left the front command post, and ran quickly towards the artillery position.

Wang Chengzhu turned his head and ordered the third company commander Chen Xi and the fourth company commander Wang Dali: "Xizi, Dali, you immediately lead the third company and the fourth company to outflank me from the left and right wings, and the second company will eat this devil!"

"Yes!" Chen Xi and Wang Dali agreed, and then left the forward command post, led the third company and the fourth company respectively to leave the second-line position, and outflanked the past from the left and right wings.

"Boom!"

"Boom, boom!—"

Soon, the prepared artillery battery was fully fired, pouring hot shells fiercely into the crowd of devils.

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(End of this chapter)