Rebirth: I am in Jin-Cha-Ji

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"There's a mountain road south of Wei Village that's about ten miles longer than normal. That means it's about twenty miles. Coming out of the mountain, you should be about four miles from the county seat. Lead the pistol squad on a forced march through this mountain road. I'll give you one hour to see if you can reach this location."

Sun Jiahe did not answer immediately.

The mountain road was more than 20 miles long, and a forced march of one hour was no easy task. However, Sun Jiahe quickly said, "Commander, I will ensure that the mission is completed.

The battle was so brutal and the casualties were so heavy.

But the pistol brigade never deployed. Seeing his comrades fall one after another, Sun Jiahe felt a surge of anger. He asked to fight several times, but Wang Qiuyun refused.

Because Wang Qiuyun always felt that the pistol brigade had greater use and should not be used to defend against the Japanese army on the front line.

"Once we're there, set up an ambush. By the time the Japanese troops arrive, it should be dark. As long as you hide well, the Japanese will definitely not be able to find you in their panic. If the Japanese enter your ambush, seize their heavy weapons for me. You must keep that infantry gun and grenade launcher. If you attack the Japanese, we will follow behind. When the Japanese panic, they will definitely abandon those heavy weapons."

"Yes."

Asahi Shiro retreated, he was worried about the pursuers behind him, so he sent two teams to cover his retreat.

If the independent detachment pursued, they would block it. If the independent detachment did not pursue, they would catch up with the main force. Wang Qiuyun did not immediately pursue them, as he wanted to let the Japanese army completely relax their vigilance.

After the two remaining Japanese squads slowly retreated, Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun followed with their troops.

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“Ah, the district team’s life is really not over.

Take out all the mines that have been stored during this period.

Of course, there were fewer specialized mines because so few were captured. Most were modified from hand grenades. So many mines were buried along the route that the Japanese would be struck by a mine every 200 to 300 meters.

There are some hills along the way where the district team is lying in ambush.

When the Japanese army approached, they shot from behind.

Asao Heishiro was extremely anxious. They had been retreating from the battlefield for over half an hour, but hadn't even covered three miles. At this rate, they wouldn't reach the county seat before dark.

It’s winter now, we can’t spend the night outside.

If we travel after dark, we will easily be ambushed by the independent detachment.

"Speed ​​up and ignore sporadic attacks."

Asao Heishiro didn't want to waste time like this.

So let the troops speed up.

If anyone died during the attack, just throw them to the ground. If there were any wounded, quickly load them onto stretchers. Asao Heishiro wasn't willing to stay here any longer. There would be plenty of opportunities to fight the independent detachment again in the future.

“After ignoring those sporadic attacks, Boom Boom Boom’s speed increased a bit.

It was faster, but the speed was still limited. The road was choked with mines, sometimes just a few dozen meters away. No matter how elite the Japanese troops were, they were still flesh and blood. How could they have dared to be so brave, being killed by mines like this?

After passing a small hill, the Japanese army became nervous again.

Because as long as there are some small mountains or earthen peaks to cover the district team, they will harass them. The district team's shooting skills are average and their guns are also poor.

Therefore, the lethality was limited, but even such frequent harassment still brought great psychological pressure to the Japanese officers and soldiers.

But this time, it was not the District Squad’s guns that were causing the harassment.

But it is a grenade launcher.

Li Yong brought a grenade team and ambushed here.

The grenade launchers unleashed a barrage of fire on the Japanese troops. Six grenade launcher shells rained down, killing three Japanese soldiers and injuring several more. Asahi Shiro was practically going crazy. Damn those Independent Detachment soldiers!

Not a qualified soldier.

How can you be so shameless?

After more than an hour of walking, with more than a dozen dead and the number of wounded increasing, we finally arrived four or five miles from the county town.

Only after arriving here did Asano Heishiro feel relieved.

Because here, the surrounding area is basically open, and there are no longer those small earthen hills.

Without such cover, the Japanese army's advantage was very obvious.

“Rustle, rustle, rustle,” Shiro heard a sound.

But he couldn't tell where the sound came from. In Sheng County in February, darkness fell quickly. The Japanese soldiers were lighting torches, but they could only illuminate a small area. Asao Heishiro suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Pah—

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Chapter 092 A tragic victory

Sun Jiahe was a veteran officer of the Northwest Army.

Like Wu Qinghe, he was from Shaanxi. He joined the Northwest Army before the Central Plains War. In its early years, Feng Yuxiang's Northwest Army had mediocre weaponry and logistical support, making it a truly impoverished force among the warlord armies. However, the Northwest Army's combat effectiveness was exceptional among the warlord armies. In a head-to-head battle, it would have been fearless of any opponent at the time. The Northwest Army's combat effectiveness was due not only to Feng Yuxiang's excellent military leadership but also to the fact that many of its officers and soldiers came from lower-class peasant families. The living conditions of lower-class peasants at that time were extremely poor, and therefore, they were more able to endure hardships than anyone else.

As long as they can survive, they can endure any hardship.

In addition, under Feng Yuxiang's training, they were good at fighting tough battles.

Therefore, the Northwest Army produced many powerful generals.

No matter how many traitors the Northwest Army had in its history, their troops were capable of fighting. Even Han Fuqu, who was executed, though a scholar, was a fierce general in his early years who could fight tough battles. The middle and lower-level officers of the Northwest Army were rarely graduates of formal military academies; most were rough and tumble men from the countryside.

But these people inherited the Northwest Army's style of fighting tough battles.

Sun Jiahe was just like that. After being transferred to Songjiazhuang to serve as the captain of the pistol battalion, he trained the troops in the exact same way as the Northwest Army did. Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun had originally selected a group of elite soldiers from the detachment to form the pistol battalion. Bravery was the most important quality in the Northwest Army. This time, Wang Qiuyun had Sun Jiahe lead the pistol battalion on a 20-mile mountain road run. It wasn't easy.

The mountain road was difficult to walk on, let alone the more than 20 miles of mountain road. But Sun Jiahe managed to complete it with the pistol brigade.

Then ambush here.

Fearing discovery by the Japanese, they could only lie prone on the ground. In Sheng County in February, it was still icy and snowy outside, and the temperature was extremely low. Under such circumstances, the pistol brigade lay in ambush for half an hour.

Only after the Japanese army's torches appeared did Sun Jiahe begin to observe the Japanese army.

The Japanese army's heavy equipment was concentrated in the center. There were troops in the front, leading the way, and troops in the back, guarding the rear. Sun Jiahe had originally intended to attack the center directly, striking the Japanese from the waist. However, seeing that the Japanese army had troops on both sides, he worried that his troops would be easily attacked from both sides.

So Sun Jiahe divided the troops into two teams.

Attack the rear guard all the way, and attack the heavy weapons troops in the middle. As for the troops in front, Sun Jiahe let them go. Ambush is easiest to attack the rear, while attacking the enemy from the rear and hitting the head is the most foolish.

In the pitch-black wilderness, the pistol brigade suddenly charged forward, unleashing a barrage of fire on the Japanese. Don't underestimate the box gun; in close combat, it's almost like a submachine gun. It can fire continuously. The magazine for the box gun holds ten or even twenty rounds.

Therefore, during the Anti-Japanese War, the Eighth Route Army was very fond of box guns. Just like the famous broadsword team of the 29th Army, although later generations have always praised their swordsmanship. But in fact, the broadsword team did not really rely on hand-to-hand combat to attack the Japanese army. On the contrary, the broadsword team of the 29th Army fought at night by first using box guns to catch the Japanese army off guard. Then they charged with swords. The broadsword team of the 29th Army, although it was called a broadsword team, was actually the elite unit of the 29th Army at that time. Its weapons and equipment were much better than other units.

In a real hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army, the broadsword actually does not have an advantage.

At close range, a hundred or so men with box guns fired "bang bang bang" like submachine guns, knocking down a large number of Japanese soldiers in a few seconds. The Japanese troops, who had originally thought they were about to reach the county town, had relaxed their vigilance and immediately panicked.

The Japanese rearguard consisted of two squads.

There were two squads, but due to the heavy casualties in the previous battle, the two squads combined numbered less than eighty. The pistol brigade had about a hundred men, and more than forty of them attacked the two rearguard squads. Instantly, about twenty of these two squads were killed, and the rest were left in a panic.

This is especially true in the middle.

The two squads at the rear were infantry squads, but the machine gun squadron in the middle was heavily armed. Their own defenses were insufficient, and they weren't infantry fighters, so their casualties were even greater.

Asao Heishiro wanted to come back to rescue, but at this time a torch was lit from behind.

There is no end in sight.

There looked to be as many as five or six hundred men. With so many troops shouting and fighting, Asahi Shiro immediately abandoned his rescue plan and began to call for his troops to retreat, hastily retreating towards the county town.

"Commander, Political Commissar."

"Well done."

Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun were both thrilled by the sight of these heavy weapons. The Japanese had lost quite a bit of valuable equipment during the pistol brigade's assault, especially two Type 92 infantry guns, sixteen grenade launchers, and two heavy machine guns. These items would make up for the numerous heavy weapons lost during the war.

Wei Hongjun immediately said, "Don't stay here. Clean up the battlefield quickly and take away everything you can. Don't forget the Japanese uniforms."

We are short of winter clothing and their winter clothing is great.”

"Yes."

Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun led their troops to quickly clean up the battlefield.

Then evacuate.

It took about four or five hours for the troops to return to Songjiazhuang. Looking at the batches of corpses and wounded, Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun's expressions became increasingly solemn.

"Chief of Staff, how's the district team doing?"

"The casualties were quite high. Especially at the beginning, we were too blindly focused, so the casualties were higher. The total casualties reached 47, 31 of whom were killed in action."

"We still need to figure out how to harass the enemy in the plains. Otherwise, if we encounter a situation like today, casualties will still be high."

"Yes."

I didn't sleep all night.

Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun were both counting the casualties of the troops.

Li Shiping's eyes were red as he said, "The first battalion suffered 80 deaths and 108 wounded, with a total of 188 casualties. The second battalion suffered 19 deaths and 28 wounded, with a total of 47 casualties. The special forces battalion suffered 53 deaths and 72 wounded, with a total of 125 casualties. The county brigade suffered 67 deaths and 99 wounded, with a total of 166 casualties. The first battalion of new recruits suffered 69 deaths and 98 wounded, with a total of 167 casualties.

The Guard Company suffered 21 killed and 36 wounded, for a total of 57 casualties. The Fire Company suffered 30 killed and 37 wounded, for a total of 67 casualties. The Pistol Battalion suffered 6 killed and 11 wounded, for a total of 17 casualties.

Every time they read a number, Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun's faces darkened.

This was the first time since the independent detachment was established that it had suffered such heavy casualties. Li Shiping continued, "Our army lost 345 men in this battle, with 489 wounded, for a total of 834 casualties. Including the district squad, the casualties reached 881."

Both Wang Qiuyun and Wei Hongjun are good-looking.

The casualties were too great.

Although it caused heavy casualties to the Japanese army, it still felt that the cost outweighed the gain.

"According to the results of the battle, the first and second battalions eliminated an enemy squadron.

"During the Weicun ambush and ambush, we discovered 400 Japanese soldiers, 500 wounded soldiers, puppet soldiers, and captured. Overall, we killed approximately Japanese and puppet soldiers, and captured around ."

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"In this battle, our army lost four grenade launchers, five heavy machine guns, eight light machine guns, and fifty-eight rifles. The weapons captured included two Type 1 infantry artillery pieces, sixteen grenade launchers, four heavy machine guns, fourteen light machine guns, and one hundred and ninety-three Type rifles." The battlefield was fierce, so the spoils were few.

A large amount of weapons and equipment were destroyed on the battlefield.

Wei Hongjun looked at the damaged weapons and the numerous wounded soldiers and said, "Old Wang, we need to make a thorough review. This war was truly brutal. We made mistakes in many areas and need to improve."

"Ok.