Chapter 43 General Offensive
Wang Ye was thinking that the main force of the regiment was about to arrive.
When I turned around, I saw Wang Gensheng running back from the rear guard position.
“My lord, the main force has arrived!” Wang Gensheng shouted as he ran, “The main force of the regiment has arrived!”
Wang Ye quickly raised his telescope and looked forward, and saw a team wearing gray military uniforms marching out from the valley ahead.
Wang Ye quickly led the Wolf Warriors to meet them.
Soon Wang Ye saw Li Yunlong, who was breathing heavily and his head was covered with sweat.
Wang Ye seriously suspected that Li Yunlong's shirt underneath his cotton-padded jacket had been soaked. After a forced march of more than 30 kilometers, he must have been sweating profusely, but he couldn't sit down and rest at this time.
"Xiao Wang, what's the situation now?"
Li Yunlong panted and asked, "Are the devils still there?"
"Still there." Wang Ye nodded and said, "We just got dozens of trucks and are loading them."
"Still there? Great!" Li Yunlong was overjoyed when he heard that. He took out a Mauser pistol from his waist and shouted to the officers and soldiers of the independent regiment following him, "The third battalion will outflank from the left, the cavalry company and the regiment's direct team will make a detour from the right, and the second battalion will follow me and attack from the front. Don't save bullets when the fight starts!"
"At least half of the Japanese must be knocked down in the first round of fire!"
"Then rush up and fight the devils with bayonets! Go!"
Wang Ye said: "Captain, which side should our Wolf Warriors attack?"
"You guys?" Li Yunlong said, "Your mission has been completed, rest here."
"Rest?" Wang Ye asked anxiously, "Captain, this is not appropriate, right? The whole regiment is participating in the battle, but only our Wolf Squad is standing by and watching. How will the brothers view us?"
Li Yunlong thought it made sense, so he said, "Then you guys just follow behind me and provide cover, but Xiao Wang, listen to me, you are not allowed to charge forward, do you hear me?"
Li Yunlong has tasted the sweetness and is no longer willing to use the Wolf Warrior Squad as a commando team. Such an elite small force is simply a treasure, and it would be a waste to use it as a charge.
"Yes!" Li Yunlong's arrangement was exactly what Wang Ye wanted.
After the main force of the regiment left, Wang Ye gathered the team members around.
"Listen carefully, our Wolf Warrior Squad's mission is to provide cover."
"After the main force of the regiment launches the general attack, the enemy's machine gun firepower will definitely be attracted away. Then we can call out the names of the enemy machine gunners one by one. Do you understand?"
"I heard it clearly." More than a dozen war wolves responded loudly.
"Let's go!" Wang Ye waved his hand and then strode forward.
At this time, the main force of the independent regiment had appeared in the sight of the Japanese.
The sudden appearance of the large force of the Eighth Route Army obviously surprised the Japanese, but their tactical skills were indeed good. Even though they acted hastily, they were not at all panicked. They immediately set up machine guns and fired fiercely at the Eighth Route Army. A dazzling tongue of fire immediately swept towards the Second Battalion of the Independent Regiment.
The two soldiers in the front fell to the ground.
"Get down!" Li Yunlong crawled down under a mound of earth.
The old soldiers following behind him also lay down one after another. Then a tongue of fire, like the flaming whip of the god of death, lashed over violently, hitting the earthen embankment and instantly splashing snow and soil all over the sky.
"Damn it." Li Yunlong cursed.
The Japs' machine guns were really damn accurate.
He was so accurate even from 500 meters away.
"Machine gun!" Li Yunlong turned his head and shouted, "Cover fire!"
The following machine gunner quickly set up three imitation Czech light machine guns.
However, just as the machine gunners were preparing to open fire, the Japanese machine gun on the hill ahead suddenly went silent. The several machine gunners of the independent regiment were confused and didn't know what to do.
Li Yunlong looked back and saw Wang Ye waving at him from fifty meters away.
"Good boy!" Li Yunlong cheered, then jumped up and shouted, "Brothers, follow me!"
The soldiers of the Second Battalion, who had been suppressed by the Japanese machine gun fire under the embankment, stood up one after another, holding their rifles with fixed bayonets and following Li Yunlong up the slope.
As Li Yunlong rushed forward, he raised his pistol and fired continuously at the hill in front of him.
But Li Yunlong was also very clear that the Mauser pistol could not shoot that far. Firing from more than 500 meters away was just for psychological comfort, or to give himself courage.
But today was strange. Every time Li Yunlong fired a shot, a Japanese soldier fell down on the hill ahead.
When did the Mauser pistol's accuracy become so high? Can it hit the target every time from 500 meters away?
Li Yunlong was a little confused, but he did not stop for a moment and continued to lead the Second Battalion to charge forward and attack.
When they rushed to 200 meters, five or six Japanese machine gunners on the hill ahead had been killed. Li Yunlong finally realized that this must have been done by the Wolf War Squad. He looked back while running and saw that Wang Ye and the members of the Wolf War Squad were lined up a hundred meters behind them, shooting at the hill with their rifles.
Now Li Yunlong had no more worries.
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Let’s talk about the Japanese army later.
As soon as the gunshot rang out, Maeda Tsuyoshi realized something was wrong.
Because the gunshots did not come from one direction, but came from the north, northwest, and northeast at the same time, which was enough to show that reinforcements had arrived for the Eighth Route Army.
Otherwise, with just those dozen Tubalu,
It is impossible to cause such a big commotion.
Sure enough, a signalman came to report soon.
"Captain , the Eighth Route Army has been spotted at six o'clock, at least three hundred of them!"
"Captain, we found the Tubalu at eight o'clock, about four hundred of them."
"Captain, we have also spotted the Tubalu at four o'clock, at least four hundred of them."
After hearing this, the Japanese army did not react much, but Ge Fugui and more than 300 puppet soldiers were in a panic.
"It's bad! The main force of the Eighth Route Army is coming. They have at least one regiment of troops. We are about to be surrounded!"
"Taijun, let's retreat quickly and retreat back to the Huting stronghold to hold our ground. We are definitely no match for the Tubalu in this wilderness."
Ge Fugui also ran over to persuade Maeda Tsuyoshi to retreat quickly.
"Retreat?" Maeda Tsuyoshi said with a cold expression, "Which direction should we retreat to?"
Ge Fugui was stunned when he heard this. Yes, which direction should we retreat to? The Huting stronghold is at the six o'clock direction. If we retreat to the Huting stronghold, won't we run into the Eighth Route Army?
"How about..." Ge Fugui whispered, "Retreat towards Yangquan County?"
Maeda Tsuyoshi ignored Ge Fugui again, because he knew very well that if they held on and waited for help, there might be a glimmer of hope, but if they retreated, the troops would soon be disbanded. Even if Maeda's squadron would not be disbanded, it would be dispersed by Ge Fugui's puppet army, and then the situation would turn into a major defeat.
Once his troops were defeated, the Huting stronghold would also be lost.
Once the Huting stronghold is lost, he can only commit seppuku to express his gratitude!
Even though he was the younger brother of the brigade commander and a member of the Maeda family, he was not immune.
At that moment, Maeda Tsuyoshi shouted, "Order, the heavy machine gun squad and artillery squad immediately seize the commanding heights at six o'clock and assist the 1st Infantry Squadron in defending the six o'clock line. The 1st and 2nd Companies of the Imperial Army immediately enter the positions on both wings and assist the 2nd and 3rd Infantry Squadrons in strengthening the defenses at four and eight o'clock."
"Ah? Are we going to defend to the death?" Ge Fugui's face fell.
"Go!" Maeda Tsuyoshi pulled out a pistol and pointed it at Ge Fugui's forehead, "Go quickly!"
Ge Fugui's face changed again and again, and finally he gritted his teeth and led the puppet troops to the positions on both wings.
Maeda Tsuyoshi called four signalmen to his side and ordered them to go to four nearby strongholds for help.
After doing all this, Maeda Tsuyoshi quickly climbed up to the heavy machine gun position. This hill was the highest hill within a radius of several kilometers, and he could see the surrounding situation very clearly.
You can see it with your naked eyes without the aid of a telescope.
A large number of Eighth Route Army soldiers wearing gray cloth uniforms had already deployed into attack formation and were charging from the six, four and eight o'clock directions. The Eighth Route Army soldiers at the six o'clock direction were advancing particularly fast and were already less than a hundred meters away from the temporary guard position built by the 1st squad. What was even more serious was that the light machine gun placed on the guard position had misfired.
"Damn, what are those idiots in the machine gun crew doing?" Maeda Tsuyoshi was almost dying of anxiety.
As soon as Maeda Tsuyoshi finished speaking, he saw an assistant gunner push away the dead machine gunner and prepare to shoot.
However, just as the assistant shooter lay down behind the gun, a flower of blood suddenly appeared on the back of his head. Then his head tilted and fell to the side without any movement.
Another assistant gunner rushed to the guard position, ready to replace the machine gunner.
However, it was too late because the Eighth Route Army had already rushed to the top of the hill.
Hundreds of Eighth Route Army soldiers with shining bayonets swept over the hilltop, and the few Japanese soldiers guarding the hilltop guard position were instantly overwhelmed.
After capturing the guard position, the Eighth Route Army launched a swoop from a high position.
"Kill, kill, kill, kill!" These Eighth Route Army soldiers were running like crazy.
A sinister smile appeared on Maeda Tsuyoshi's lips: Come on, come and die!
The next moment, Maeda drew his sword fiercely and raised it high, while shouting: "Sas Gaigai..."
Along with Maeda Tsuyoshi's roar, two Type 92 heavy machine guns roared at the same time, and then two dazzling tongues of fire swept violently towards the six o'clock direction.
