activa-t Chapter 75 Cunning
Chapter 75 Cunning
At the fork in the road between the three villages, this was the liaison camp of the Japanese company.
The three squads will regroup at this location after carrying out the "Three Alls Policy".
However, the mopping-up troops had only been setting off for a short time when Company Commander Yamaguchi Dozo heard gunfire.
Gunshots were heard simultaneously from three villages, especially from Xinchao Village where they were most concentrated.
Yamaguchi Dozo was somewhat surprised.
Just as he was still in a daze, the sentry on guard duty ahead rushed over to report.
"Company commander, the first squad has delivered a military report. They have encountered an attack by the main force of the Eighth Route Army and are requesting reinforcements."
"What?!"
Yamaguchi Dozo raised an eyebrow. He actually ran into the main force of the Eighth Route Army? What a coincidence!
Yamaguchi Michizo angrily shouted, "Baka! Order the second and third squads to reinforce the first squad!"
"Hai!"
At this moment, Yamaguchi Dozo shared the same mentality as Inaba Ittetsu: eager to make a name for himself!
He did not hesitate to order reinforcements.
Because Yamaguchi Dosan understood that although this was ostensibly a grain requisition, it was actually the division chief of staff seeking revenge.
Killing civilians is not as good as annihilating the Eighth Route Army, especially since these were the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Wouldn't it be better to capture a few alive and take them back to claim credit?
He immediately sent intelligence to Captain Fujita Jiro, and then led his guards to rush towards Shincho Village.
The scene changes.
Xinchao Village.
The village entrance was silent. Dozens of naked Japanese soldiers' corpses were piled up like a small mountain on the road, blocking the way into the village.
The battle here had only ended half an hour ago, and flies were already swarming around the Japanese soldiers' corpses.
Wang Yousheng led his soldiers to ambush on the hillsides surrounding the village. The machine gunner was positioned at a high point at the village entrance, with everyone 300 meters away from the village, waiting for the Japanese reinforcements to arrive.
Knowing that a battle was about to break out, the villagers, under Captain Wu's command, evacuated the village one after another.
Everyone knows that a major battle is about to break out in Xinchao Village!
At this moment, Wang Yousheng and several soldiers were hiding on the hilltop. He kept the 3D map open and saw the Japanese squadron approaching.
Intermediate level detection: Aftershocks of combat detected within 2000 meters.
The Japanese company is approaching Xinchao Village with moderate firepower and a strength of 136 men.
While Wang Yousheng waited, the Golden Finger System sent him a message.
coming!
At that moment, Wang Yousheng ordered, "Comrades, prepare for battle! The Japanese devils are coming!"
The soldiers were all on edge. They now had complete faith in Wang Yousheng's predictions because this young platoon leader had never made a wrong prediction.
Just then, an Eighth Route Army scout waved from the distant mountains to the soldiers hiding in the village, meaning—the Japanese devils are coming.
Upon hearing this, the soldiers couldn't help but glance at Wang Yousheng again, thinking to themselves that Platoon Leader Wang was truly a genius, with such powerful hearing!
Everyone was on high alert, and more than ten minutes later, the Japanese company was already close to the village entrance!
Yamaguchi Dozo saw a pile of naked corpses from afar, and when he saw that the corpses were left with only a pair of loincloths, he was so angry that his face turned red!
Again, the Japanese army was stripped naked and severely humiliated by the Eighth Route Army.
"Baka! Those Eighth Route Army guerrillas! They're utterly despicable!"
He roared and raged, but he didn't order his soldiers to search the area.
Based on his combat experience, a small Japanese army squad, with ample weapons and ammunition and highly skilled soldiers, could fight against a company of Eighth Route Army troops, giving the army a very high chance of winning.
But now it seems that the first squad was wiped out by the Eighth Route Army so quickly, which made him feel that there might be the main force of the Eighth Route Army nearby.
An adjutant approached and asked, "Company commander, shall we attack?"
Yamaguchi Dozo glanced at him, and the former was also full of resentment.
He solemnly said, "Sergeant Xiaochuan, I know the soldiers are very angry right now, but the Eighth Route Army is extremely cunning, and we cannot easily enter the village."
The implication was clear: there might be an ambush in the village.
After speaking, Yamaguchi Dozo gave the order: "Second and third squads, grenade launcher teams, prepare to bombard the village and destroy it."
"Hai!"
Within seconds, two grenade launcher teams quickly set up four grenade launchers and threw dozens of grenades into the village as if they were free.
In an instant, cannons roared, smoke filled the air, and the sun was obscured by the smoke. The mud houses in the village were blown to pieces and engulfed in flames.
After a barrage of bombing, the village remained silent except for the still-burning buildings.
"What?!"
Yamaguchi Dosan was a little surprised. He had thought there was an ambush by the Eighth Route Army in the village, but now it seemed that he had misjudged the enemy.
However, he did not immediately approach the village entrance.
Yamaguchi Dosan's eyes were fixed on the hillsides surrounding the village. He knew that the Eighth Route Army was good at covert guerrilla warfare, and there might be Eighth Route Army soldiers on the hillsides as well.
"Reconnaissance team, target: the surrounding hillsides!"
"Hai!"
A dozen soldiers hurriedly spread out to search the surrounding hillsides.
Yamaguchi Dozo did not move and remained in the same spot.
At this moment, the soldiers on the hillside saw that the Japanese soldiers had not approached the village, and they began to get anxious.
Captain Wu circled around to Wang Yousheng and anxiously asked, "Platoon Leader Wang, the Japanese haven't entered the village yet, and our attack range is too far. We can't just wait here."
Wang Yousheng naturally knew that the distance between the two sides had exceeded 300 meters, and without the blessing of "military spirit and luck", he could not guarantee that the soldiers would hit the target with one shot.
The military spirit's energy only lasted for ten minutes, and it's long gone now...
Launching an attack now would not guarantee a hit rate, and if it were exposed, it would likely attract artillery fire from the Japanese.
He then said, "It's alright, they're just a dozen or so scouts. Just wait."
Captain Wu looked bewildered: "Are we still waiting? If the Japanese get close, we'll be exposed."
Wang Yousheng said, "No rush, let's wait a bit longer!"
He couldn't figure out the Japanese intentions either, so he could only wait for the right opportunity.
Meanwhile, in the mountains and forests a few kilometers away.
Zhao Gang was getting a little impatient.
He also heard the gunfire from Xinchao Village just now; it was quite intense!
The county brigade's dozens of guns couldn't unleash such formidable firepower, which worried him about Captain Wu and the others.
He immediately stood up and said solemnly, "Comrades, we can't wait any longer. Come with me to support Captain Wu."
"yes!"
The soldiers shared the same sentiment as Zhao Gang. If they didn't go to reinforce now, when would they? Any later and they would be collecting Captain Wu's body.
More than 100 comrades from the county brigade, led by Zhao Gang, rushed to reinforce Xinchao Village.
It wasn't just this one reinforcement unit; there were two more!
These two units were the soldiers from the two squads that Wang Yousheng had dispatched.
After harassing the Japanese troops in Sanxing Village and Xiaomi Village, they retreated all the way to the liaison point. When they learned that Platoon Leader Wang was leading the comrades from the county brigade to ambush in Xinchao Village, they rushed to Xinchao Village to reinforce them.
On the hillsides surrounding Xinchao Village, Wang Yousheng received news of the arrival of three reinforcement troops.
Zhao Gang arrived with over a hundred soldiers from the county brigade. Although they didn't have many guns, they were numerous and powerful.
The other two reinforcement units, though small in number, numbering only twenty or thirty men, had decent firepower, with at least two mortars.
In this way, the reinforcements now number in the hundreds.
He had waited so long for this fighter jet to appear.