books44 Chapter 626: Solid Outer Positions
Chapter 626: Solid Outer Positions
"It's not bad! A few hundred people fighting over a hundred people, so-so!"
Yuan Shuai’s words made Hamigua so angry that he rolled his eyes.
However, this is indeed the case. With a team of four or five hundred people and so many mortars, they were besieging more than a hundred puppet troops. There was nothing to brag about even if they won.
Compared with Yuan Shuai and his team's previous record of winning with fewer troops, it is simply incomparable.
However, he still snorted arrogantly.
"Originally, I only wanted to send some people to the battlefield, but my brothers are so frustrated. If I don't let them go, they will blame me to death! Oh, right, what should we do next? Should we set up an ambush again and wait for the puppet army to come!"
Yuan Shuai pondered.
"Staying here and waiting for the Japs and puppet troops to come is not a solution after all. If the Japs and puppet troops don't come, we won't be able to fight! Then we will never be able to cross the Japs and puppet troops' territory and return to your base camp! Therefore, we have to find a way to scout the situation!"
"Well, I thought so too, but our skin and appearance are different from the people here. If our people go to the county town for reconnaissance, there will definitely be problems. We can only conduct reconnaissance on the periphery as before. As for the situation in the city, you still need to arrange people to scout!"
Yuan Shuai knew that this guy was afraid of death, but what he said was not wrong.
Because this place was China's territory many years ago.
It was later separated.
Therefore, the appearance of the people here is not much different from that of the Chinese.
The British soldiers here are all pretty boys and their appearances are quite different.
Allowing the British troops to enter the county town would easily expose their identities.
He could only nod and say.
"Let's gather our manpower and find out the situation outside first!"
After making some arrangements, Yuan Shuai led his men to disperse and conduct reconnaissance...
On the other side, the Japanese in the distance heard the sound of artillery shells here and felt something was wrong.
Because the puppet army company they sent out only had two mortars.
Such intensive mortar bombardment was definitely not the sound that could be produced by their two mortars.
"Damn it, it's over!"
"The company that got out is definitely doomed!"
"Such a dense bombardment would be enough to overwhelm even a battalion, not to mention a company!"
"Everyone strengthen your defenses and report any situation immediately!"
The puppet troops stationed on the outer defense line quickly issued orders and reported what they heard to the Japanese detachment commander.
When the Japanese detachment leader Laoshan Yonghui learned about the situation, he was so angry that he gritted his teeth and cursed.
"Bakayaloo! What a bunch of rubbish! What a bunch of good-for-nothings!"
"General, the enemy is best at jungle warfare, and our Imperial Army doesn't understand guerrilla warfare and jungle warfare at all! If we send people out again, I'm afraid the consequences will be the same as this time! So I suggest that we hold the line, they will definitely come over and die!"
An adjutant quickly put forward his suggestion.
"General, it would be more reliable to call in planes for bombing!"
"Bagaya road!"
As soon as one of his men finished speaking, he was slapped in the face and the corner of his mouth started bleeding.
Although this guy was beaten so hard that his mouth was bleeding, he could only lower his head and laughed, not daring to resist.
Laoshan Yonghui gritted his teeth and shouted.
"Even if we use planes to bomb, there will be some fish that slip through the net. If we want to wipe them all out, we must let them come to us on their own initiative. Then, we can set up a pocket formation and catch them all in one fell swoop. Notify everyone and have the Imperial Army step up their alert! Report any situation immediately!"
"Hi!"...
By the afternoon.
Shuai Yuan personally led his men into the jungle in front of the puppet army's outer defense line.
What they didn't expect was.
All the trees on the puppet army's defense line were cut down.
Not only that, the area three or four thousand meters forward of the position was also chopped down to a bare barren area.
In other words, their mortars and infantry guns had no way of reaching the puppet army's defense lines.
Once they enter this barren area, they will be discovered by the puppet army and bombarded by artillery fire from behind.
Moreover, many open and hidden bunkers were built on the puppet army’s positions.
There were also many trenches that were paved with wood, sandbags on top, and soil on top of the sandbags.
There are many shooting holes in these places.
This type of trench can not only effectively defend against air and ground artillery bombardment, but also can carry out machine gun fire on the ground when being bombed...
"Damn, the puppet army is so cunning!"
"At such a long distance, our mortars and infantry guns can't reach the puppet army's positions at all!"
"How could the puppet army have such ability? It must have been the devils who asked them to repair it!"
"We can only use 75mm field artillery to bombard!"
"But even so, how many shells do we have to bombard it?"
"Besides, with the Japs' defense like this, even if we carpet bomb them, I'm afraid it won't cause much damage to the puppet army!"
"Boss, or I'll get closer to scout!"
Bobcat quickly made a suggestion.
"Shut up, the puppet army will definitely know that we are coming to scout! Based on the situation ahead, whoever gets close will die! Not only that, the puppet army will also use artillery shells to bomb us, which will be even more troublesome! Notice them to mark everything you can see on the map and do research when you go back!"
Yuan Shuai's words made Shanwa quickly give up the idea of getting close to conduct reconnaissance.
On the other side, Hamigua had already brought his men to the woods at the edge of the open area.
Looking at these open areas and the positions of the puppet troops.
Hamigu and his men were equally angry and cursed.
"Captain, these puppet soldiers are too cunning!"
"It seems that we should bring our 75mm field guns and anti-aircraft guns over here!"
"Yes, the 75mm field guns and anti-aircraft guns have enough range to hit the puppet army's positions!"
The voices of his subordinates made Hami melon grit his teeth in anger.
Although he also knew that the range of the 75 field gun and anti-aircraft gun was enough to hit the puppet army positions.
But how many shells do they have?
Besides, the strong fortifications on the puppet army’s positions were so strong that even if they were carpet bombed, they would not be able to blow up those sturdy bunkers.
He could only instruct his men to draw the map first and then discuss it with Yuan Shuai after returning.
However, the puppet army's defense line was too wide.
They not only need to scout during the day, but also at night to see if they have missed anything.
The reconnaissance lasted for three days and three nights.
Only then did they scour the situation of all the outer defense lines.
Run back to their previous campsite.
Everyone took out the maps they had drawn and put them together.
Yuan Shuai asked Hamigua and others to make a sand table map according to the pieced-together map.
"No way, there are so many places for me to make sand table maps?"
Hami melon rolled his eyes in anger.
"Our people are not well educated and don't know how to make sand table maps! Besides, this is your strong point and this is your chance to show off! With a sand table map, we can see the puppet army's troop deployment more intuitively!"