Anti-Japanese War: From Becoming Chu Yunfei to Rising

Chapter 47 Dynamics of all parties

"Report to the battalion commander, the company commander asked me to report that some Japanese scouts were found in the valley. There were not many of them. The company commander was worried that there was a large force behind them, so he did not alert them and sent me here to ask for instructions."

Wu Ziqiang touched his chin.

Although the order was given without asking for permission.

But it is obvious that his subordinates want to make a big profit.

If we could carry out a successful ambush, we would surely kill many more enemies than we have now.

But again, there are certain risks.

What if the Japanese really rush over?
Wu Ziqiang naturally did not want to take this risk and assume this responsibility.

So, a phone call was made to the "Fourth Battalion Commander" Zhuo Tianyu.

"Brother Zhuo, I'm Wu Ziqiang. I have a situation here that I want to discuss with you. Our soldiers have discovered Japanese scouts in the river valley. They are likely to break out from the river valley. If we withdraw our troops, there will definitely be some loopholes in the frontal defense line."

[I understand what you mean. This way, I can transfer two platoons of troops and three light machine guns.]

Wu Ziqiang laughed: "Great! Two platoons of troops are enough. Together with my company, there are almost 200 people. I will report to the regiment commander right away!"

In the valley at this time.

Several Japanese soldiers explored cautiously.

There are more than a dozen reconnaissance teams like this.

The purpose is to find a suitable breakout route.

But they had already advanced in the valley for at least an hour.

Still no encounter with Chinese troops.

"Kawamoto-kun, this seems to be a loophole in the enemy's defense line. They have no defenses here."

The leading Japanese corporal glanced at the surrounding situation, stepped forward, and carefully examined the footprints by the river.

No rules, no order.

Rather than soldiers conducting reconnaissance, it seems more like civilians once fished in this place.
After all, the soldiers would not leave such obvious traces.

"Retreat to where we are, report the situation, and wait for tonight to conduct a second reconnaissance..."

"Hai!"

At this time, the observation post lying in ambush not far away was gesturing towards the distance.

Soon, a soldier bowed and walked quickly to the observation post.

"what's the situation!"

The observation post put down the binoculars in his hand: "The Japanese have returned the same way."

"Found us?"

The observation post shook his head: "Impossible, I informed you half an hour after they left. There is no place to hide in the direction they came from."

The vanguard of the 15th Independent Mixed Brigade was looking for a way to survive.

The Japanese troops that came to support were also fighting a battle of wits and courage with the main force of the first battalion that was blocking them.

In order to break through the defense line of the 358th Regiment, the Japanese not only used artillery to bombard the positions.

Even air support was called in.

In just less than one morning, the two blocking positions were completely destroyed.

According to the original plan, retreat and rest.

The friendly forces took advantage of their rest and dealt another heavy blow to the Japanese invaders.

In order to fight this blocking battle well, Qian Bojun set up a total of ten blocking positions.

And he had a total of eighteen infantry companies under his command!
The strength of two infantry companies stationed in one place is more than enough to garrison five lines of defense at the same time.

The Japanese invaders tried their best and almost emptied all the artillery shells they carried.

Then they marched forward less than two kilometers, or even less than three miles.

They will run into a new blocking position head-on.
This kind of despair enveloped the hearts of the support troops. It was as if the position would never be completely broken through.
Sakagami Seishirō naturally received the relevant report.

Shibuya United is already on its way.

At the fastest rate, we can reach the surrounding areas of Gang County that evening.

There would be no problem in going straight into battle the next day.

Although we are anxious, the various supporting departments have done their best.
Seishirō Sakagami could only request more air support again, while other units on the front line also stopped their offensive.

They switched to a defensive posture to reduce the consumption of manpower, weapons and ammunition.

386 Brigade.

Brigade Headquarters.

Captain Cheng didn't look well, his calf was wrapped in a bandage and he was leaning on a crutch, and it looked like he was seriously injured.

Li Yunlong had already thought of how to mock his old comrade, but after seeing the look on Captain Cheng's face.

The words that came to his mouth turned into concern: "How did you get into such a mess... Can you still walk with your legs?"

As he spoke, he stepped forward to support him.

"It's nothing serious. I just let the Japanese grenade explode. I made a fool of myself by letting you, you bastard!"

"Bullshit, hurry up and leave, the brigade commander must be getting impatient!"

"Who the hell are you scolding?"

Li Yunlong was stunned, and subconsciously straightened his body: "Hey, Brigade Commander."

"Who the hell were you scolding just now?"

Li Yunlong chuckled and helped Captain Cheng up again: "How dare I curse you? This is just my catchphrase. Please don't mind it!"

"Okay, stop talking nonsense, both of you come in!"

"Yes."

Li Yunlong and Cheng Tuan walked into the conference room.

Brigade Commander Chen, Deputy Brigade Commander Chen, and Political Commissar Wang.

And Chief of Staff Li was already waiting in the room.

Commander Cheng and Li Yunlong saluted: "Hello, leaders!"

"Sit down quickly!"

Political Commissar Wang stepped forward to support Captain Cheng, who sat on a bench nearby.

"I called you here this time because I think you all know that we suffered heavy losses. We can call this a failed battle. Inform you that we need to make a summary."

Brigade Commander Chen looked at Commander Cheng and said, "Briefly tell me about the battle deployment and what happened on the battlefield."

"Yes!"

"For this operation, as I reported before, I mobilized the main force of two battalions with a force of 1,500 men, and even assembled all the light and heavy machine guns of the entire regiment, nearly 40 guns."

"Mortars, mines, all the weapons that can be used, basically all of them were used."

Commander Cheng was silent for a moment, then added: "When the battle began, the Japanese invaders were very cautious and conducted reconnaissance and search on both sides of the mountain. This was contrary to the intelligence we had previously obtained. The Japanese invaders were not so arrogant that they did not conduct reconnaissance."

"On the contrary, their scouts are very professional, sharp and experienced. The direction of the mountain is exactly the location of our ambush position."

Li Yunlong was somewhat puzzled. He asked, "Why not place some observation posts at the ambush position and wait until all the Japanese invaders have entered the ambush position before the troops move?"

Leader Cheng sighed: "I am responsible for this matter."

"On the one hand, I judged that the Japanese invaders would not conduct reconnaissance diligently. They had carried out transportation along this transportation route twice before. I did not expect them to be so cautious."

"There is also an objective reason."

"Our regiment was left with insufficient time, and in a rush, the ambush location we chose was not suitable for setting up a second-line concealed position."

"It is for this reason that I chose to gather all my forces in the ambush position."

(End of this chapter)