Chapter 291 Prelude to the battle
A thin crescent moon hangs high in the dark night sky. To the west are the faint mountains. The mountain wind blows and the tiny bamboo forest rustles.
To the east of the fence, there are rugged and hilly terrain, and the trees and bamboo shrubs on the ground have been cleared by the Japanese. If anyone wants to pass by in broad daylight, they will definitely be discovered by the Japanese.
On a dirt road that could barely be seen, blazing fires were burning one after another. The firelight illuminated a large area of land nearby. The barren land was full of low weeds. In the distance, the Japanese gun towers in the north were also lit with fires.
, in the dark night, the standing black figure, with some light shining through the shooting hole, is obviously different from other places, and can barely be distinguished.
The goal of this operation is to attack the gun tower in the south. It is one mile away from the current position. From a distance, it is standing alone by the road. From the shooting holes of the gun tower, a few dim light spots are revealed.
A fire was burning on the ground outside the turret, swaying in the mountain wind.
Twelve figures, like a stream, emerged from the bamboo forest at the foot of the mountain with a slight sound. They formed a line and crossed the dirt road between the two fires. The sound they made disappeared in the mountain wind.
Then there was another team.
After walking about a mile eastward, Li Yuan waved his hand and asked Chen Yong to stay.
Li Yuan and Zhao Dashan took eleven people from the county brigade and continued eastward. They left two people outside the bamboo fence. Their task was to shoot the enemy's black gun from the gun tower due west of the tower. The time of shooting was chosen.
When the Japanese patrol left here and went to the next turret, there was no precise attack time, so they coordinated with each other through gunfire.
When the weather got hot, the Japs were actually unwilling to stay in the blockhouses. In the past two days, several Japs security forces took advantage of the darkness to wander outside the blockhouses. They were shot dead by guerrillas in the mountains outside the bamboo fence. Only one security force was unlucky.
Being shot, although it was nothing serious, it made the Japanese and security forces dare not run out any more, and even the patrol team had to toss back and forth on the dirt road three to four hundred meters away from the fence.
Li Yuan led the group of national troops and pushed eastwards for almost a mile, then circled south and arrived about a mile east of the gun tower. Then they slowly moved west towards the gun tower.
, until they were 200 to 300 meters away, Zhao Dashan and the national army squad leader Liu Gang waved their hands in front, and the ten people behind them quietly stopped, each found a hidden position and lay down, raised their guns, and aimed their guns at the gun tower to reveal the light of fire.
hole.
The turrets built by the Japanese not only had shooting holes on the west side, but also had even shooting holes all around the turret, scattering light outwards.
Zhijun on the top floor took a look to the west after a while. In the dark night sky, except for the fires and the faint mountains, nothing could be seen. It was mechanical and numb.
Bang, there was a gunshot, and a shot rang out from the Japs gun tower. This was the bored Japs and the idle security forces, shooting at the fence in the mountains. Two seconds later, bullets were fired from the opposite side.
The echo on the fence caused a burst of cheers from the security forces and the Japanese.
The sound of gunshots made the sneak attack nervous. They all lay on the ground and did not dare to move.
The phone in the turret rang, and a Japanese sergeant picked up the phone. A burst of curses came from the receiver, but the Japanese sergeant didn't care: "Xiaojiao-kun, don't be nervous, we are testing the gun."
The call came from the north blockhouse, and then the phone rang again, but it was from the south blockhouse, asking the same question.
Not long after, gunshots also sounded sparsely from the north and south.
"What's going on?" Squad Leader Liu of the National Army asked Zhao Dashan somewhat uneasily.
Once you see these guys, they probably have never had contact with the Japanese at night.
"What can be the matter? The Japanese are bored and are shooting guns for fun. It's just right. Let's move on." Zhao Dashan replied boredly.
Liu Gang was a little impressed. Zhao Dashan's reconnaissance was really impeccable. He felt that he had learned another trick. The tuition fees paid by the brigade commander were really not in vain.
The group of people moved towards the turret again.
Chen Yong had arranged for people to climb to the north of the fires. Next to the fires was a blackened wooden electric pole with wire telephone wires on it. The telephone lines had to be cut after the battle started.
The telephone lines on the electric poles next to the fire in the south were cut by national army soldiers. Two soldiers had already passed by. Judging from the current layout of the battlefield, the artillery tower at the intersection of the mountain had been completely surrounded, although the surrounding troops were not strong.
many.
To the east, there were only ten people in Zhao Dashan's group, including Li Yuan. They crept forward to a position only about a hundred meters away from the turret. The ghosts once again looked for a hiding place. Under the wisp of moonlight, they could barely make out the top of the turret.
Those square shooting holes that reveal no light.
There are only a few weeds on the ground near the gun tower, and the attacking troops from the east are already in place.
Just wait for the Japanese patrol to pass by. The two soldiers on the west will first fire black guns to attract them. After boringly shooting with the Japanese, Chen Yong on the north will approach the gun tower first. If he is not discovered by the Japanese security forces, he will attack directly. Once he is discovered, he will retreat and turn.
West Road, attracting Japanese firepower from the gun towers.
Finally attack from the east.
Under normal circumstances, with a one-to-one troop ratio, if you don't have artillery, you have to attack the towers, which is simply a recipe for death.
Of course, it was daytime and it was night now. Although the Japanese had the turrets and felt they had an advantage, in fact, danger sometimes occurs in the place you think is the safest.
The reason why Zhao Dashan led the team was that Li Yuan felt that it was not difficult to attack the blockhouse. There was no need to fight in person. The Japanese had the advantage of the blockhouse and seemed to be safe. However, the national army had explosive packs. As long as they could pull out the explosive packs, Zhao Dashan led the team.
Throw the fuse through the shooting port, and all the Japanese security forces will go to the west.
Zhao Dashan's main role was to act as fire suppressor, and both machine guns were present. Chen Yong's side was originally a feint attack and was not equipped with machine guns.
Of course, the plan was not without loopholes. If the Japanese and the security forces abandoned the blockhouse and rushed out of the blockhouse during the shooting, the battle plan would have to be revised. At Li Yuan's request, plans were made for these possibilities.
Zhao Dashan put the butt of the machine gun against his shoulder. Although there was a moon, the sight of the Japanese security army sentry on the top of the turret was interfered by the firelight, so it was impossible to spot the person lying on the ground.
The most important thing is that the sentry on the top of the turret has not even glanced eastwards for almost half an hour.
Every few minutes in the turret, a shot would be fired to the west for fun. It seemed that the Japanese were making a bet with the security forces again. If the bullet hit the bamboo fence in the dark and there was an echo, the winner would be the winner. If the bullet missed, you might be punished. Every time
A few seconds after the first gunshot, there were bursts of wild shouts in the gun tower.
Li Yuan held the telescope and observed it for a while, then passed the telescope to Zhao Dashan, who was holding a machine gun on his shoulder, and then passed it to the national soldiers in turn.
These soldiers feel that the battlefield situation in front of them is slightly different from the previous battles they fought. They are a little excited about this fighting method, and some feel that this tactic seems simple and not a big deal. The biggest difference is that the difference between the enemy and ourselves is
Chapter completed!