Chapter 169 Difficult battle
Since the Japanese army had more than 300 troops, it was difficult for the guerrillas to quickly defeat them in a short period of time. The Japanese army had the ability to organize counterattacks, so this battle would be a difficult battle.
There are only 15 real old players in Gaojiu's special forces. Although the new players have undergone intensive training, they cannot play much role without actual training. Not to mention the members of the county brigade, there are only 30 people who are truly capable of combat, and only three of them have good marksmanship, including Tian Chuan.
Among the people brought by Li Chengwu, Shi Jianlong, Liang Shihu and others, only seven or eight people were truly capable of combat. Among them, only three people including Liang Shihu were good at shooting skills.
In other words, in the entire battle, there were only a few dozen people who could really play an important role, and the others were all gathering the numbers.
The Japanese army was responsible for escorting nearly 200 people in a field squadron, the Japanese baggage troops and the car drivers. Even the Japanese logistics baggage troops and car drivers were at least stronger than the combat effectiveness of most of the team members of the county brigade. As the Japanese army believed, if both sides really set up their formation, Gao Jiu and the others would definitely not be the opponent of the Japanese army.
When the enemy is strong and we are weak, the most important thing in this battle is to rely on reasonable tactics to win.
The Japanese army's strong combat effectiveness includes several aspects. On the one hand, the Japanese army has high quality, strong fighting will, high skills and tactical skills.
The other is their powerful firepower. In combat, their mortars, machine guns and grenade launchers can form powerful supporting firepower.
Another point is that their officers have high quality and strong command capabilities, and can optimize the configuration of troops and firepower at any time on the battlefield.
In this case, if [ www.biquger.info] wants to quickly defeat the Japanese army, the first thing to do is to destroy his command system and their support firepower. The Japanese army, which lost command and firepower support, was still strong in combat, and it was easier to deal with it.
Gao Jiu arranged 12 team members including Takawa, Liang Shilong, and others, to lie in groups of two in ambush within 120 meters near the highway to specifically attack the Japanese commanders and support fire. Then he used machine guns and mortars to eliminate the gathering of Japanese troops. As for the other team members, they lay behind the bunker and shot guns, which played a role in attracting the attention of the Japanese troops.
This ambush position was a pocket array. This section of Pingtai Highway was east-west. The main force of the county brigade was ambushed on the north side of the highway, Gao Jiu's special forces to the south, and Liang Shilong's headquarters to the east, strengthened 20 county brigade members and carried three light machine guns. The west was Li Chengwu's headquarters, strengthened 20 county brigade members, also carried three machine guns.
These ambush positions are connected to telephone lines to facilitate timely contact.
At 3:55, the battle officially began.
Liang Shihu did not expect that in such an important battle, Jiu Ye would hand over the task of firing the first shot to him.
The Japanese military vehicles drove over, and the front was three motorcycles. In the pocket of the first motorcycle, there was a Japanese officer sitting, who was the executive officer of the Japanese field squadron.
Liang Shihu aimed the Japanese executive with his gun. In order to ensure the hit, he pulled the trigger until he entered a distance of 80 meters.
There was only a "bang" sound, and a bullet hit the Japanese officer's chest.
The gunshots were the orders, and the guerrillas lying ambushed on the east, west and north sides of the highway were spitting out fierce tongues of flames at the Japanese army.
Since the Japanese army were all on trucks, the team members of the county brigade were inaccurate in shooting skills, and there were vehicles on both sides of the east and west to block them, so the Japanese army was not seriously injured or killed.
The Japanese army was well-trained and without waiting for the squadron leader to issue orders, they quickly jumped out of the car under the organization of commanders at all levels. While firing back, they retreated to the south of the convoy, using the car as cover, organized troops, and prepared to launch a counterattack.
At this time, the first round of real blows came.
The Japanese squadron leader summoned several officers, was urgently arranging tasks and organizing troops to fight back.
At this time, the Japanese soldiers were organizing the lower-level officers, organizing the team, waiting for the orders of the squadron leader.
At this time, it was an excellent opportunity to raid the Japanese army. In previous ambush battles, Gao Jiu and others had used this tactic twice, and no survivors were left in both ambush battles. The Japanese army still does not know that the guerrillas would use such tactics.
Looking at the dense formation of the Japanese army that were gathering, Gao Jiu did not immediately issue an attack order. He was carefully observing the Japanese officers. When he saw clearly the Japanese officers who were dispatching tasks, there was a Japanese grandson. From the respectful attitude of the other officers to the Japanese grandson, he confirmed that he was the supreme commander of this unit.
Gao Jiu fired two shots in a row, the first shot killed the Japanese squadron leader, and the second shot shot knocked off another Japanese officer beside him.
With Gao Jiu's gunshots, the Type 92 heavy machine guns and six crooked machine guns on the ambushing position in the south, as well as the rifles in the hands of other special forces, violently spewed out flames.
The Japanese soldiers facing the south were hit by a sudden blow and instantly killed sixty or seventy.
The Japanese army, who had lost their command, fled in chaos and searched for hidden objects. The special forces team continued to chase and reap their lives.
Gao Jiu looked at the group of Japanese troops and kept firing, destroying the Japanese officers one by one.
The Japanese army was extremely tenacious. After many soldiers found the hidden objects, they began to fight back against the special forces. The Japanese soldiers who did not find the hidden objects lay on the ground and began to fight back against the special forces.
The main Japanese officers died, but the low-level officers and Chief Cao also began to gather the soldiers around them and carry out an organized counterattack.
A Japanese lieutenant lying under the car, when he saw the squadron leader and other commanders died, he took over the command. He issued a series of orders, and the Japanese army began to act in an organized manner.
The Japanese lieutenant lay behind the rear wheel of the car. Gao Jiu could not see him and could do nothing to do with him for a moment. Under the command of this officer, the Japanese army gradually began an organized counterattack. The Japanese army first used firepower to fight back to the guerrillas on all sides to block them from approaching the convoy. Then they organized about fifty people to attack the special forces. The Japanese army attempted to first destroy the guerrilla forces on one side to avoid being attacked from being attacked from both sides, and then concentrate their forces to defeat them one by one.
The Japanese officers and soldiers soon discovered that they had chosen the wrong target. The firepower of the machine gun on their front was too fierce, so they could not raise their heads.
There were sharpshooters on the other side, constantly knocking down their commanders, mortars and machine gunners, and they could not organize an effective attack at all. The Japanese army quickly lost more than a dozen soldiers and moved into defense.
A Japanese grenade launcher hiding in the carriage extended the grenade launcher out of the car window and fired a grenade at the Special Forces' Type 92 heavy machine gun position. The grenade was shot very accurately and was hit next to the Type 92 heavy machine gunner. The machine gunner was killed immediately, and the deputy shooter was also blown off his left hand.
This is the first time that Taohua Mountain has been killed and seriously injured since its establishment. Gao Jiu was trembling with pain. He tried hard to find the Japanese army who fired grenades. He followed the general direction of the stray bullet just now and soon saw the grenades extending from the car's car diagonally opposite. Gao Jiu shot him with one shot and killed the grenades. However, the grenadesman still fired a grenade before he died.
The grenade continued to fly towards the special forces' machine gun position, which was extremely likely to cause casualties to the special forces again.
The grenade fired by the grenade launcher did not fly fast. Seeing the grenade fly over, Gao Jiu shot him into the air fifty meters away.
To the north, the county brigade was large in number, attracting the main Japanese troops, and they fought back fiercely towards the county brigade. At this time, the sharpshooters of the guerrillas who were ambushing nearby took advantage of the chaos to launch sneak attacks on the Japanese army. They first knocked out the Japanese commanders or machine gunners and grenade launchers who could see them.
Several Japanese soldiers unloaded the mortars from the car, but they were killed by Tianchuan one by one without even being supported.
If the sharpshooters cannot see such a target for a moment, they will attack all the Japanese troops they can see.
The number of Japanese troops decreased little by little.
Chapter completed!