novelaction Chapter 238: Use Yourself as Bait
Chapter 238: Use Yourself as Bait
The cavalry set off quickly.
First, Yuan Shuai led Hu Dacai's guard squad to rush forward and explore the way ahead.
Behind them was Jiang Dagui's guard company. In addition to the normal weapons and ammunition, each person carried a backpack full of grenades and Japanese hand grenades.
Behind them were the Northwest Broadsword Regiment, the Hunan Army Corps and the Guangxi Army Wolf Corps.
Each of these three regiments had one hundred people, and in addition to light and heavy machine guns, they also carried mortars.
In addition to war horses, Yuan Shuai also used mules.
After all, they had limited war horses, and had to use mules to transport these heavy weapons and ammunition.
Before dark, Yuan Shuai had arranged for Hu Dacai's guard squad to scout the surrounding routes, including specifically the route from Qiu Ning County to Qiu Yun County.
Unfortunately, when Hu Dacai was scouting the route, he encountered a small village.
Although almost all the villagers were killed by the Japanese, there were still a few villagers who survived.
When the villagers heard that they were the Black Wolf Army, they immediately volunteered to lead them and even told them a shortcut.
Hu Dacai took the three villagers back to Yuanshan via this shortcut.
And now, they were once again guided by a villager and moving in the direction they came from.
The other two villagers stayed behind to lead the guard company and the other three regiments to prevent any team from taking the wrong route.
However, old horses know the way. After running once, these war horses have already learned the route several times. With the guidance of the villagers, Yuan Shuai quickly stopped on a hillside next to a road. At the same time, he arranged a team to carry a radio and continue to advance reconnaissance along the road in the direction of Qiu Ning County, and report immediately if there is any situation.
At the same time, Yuan Shuai found a place to tie up his warhorse, and led his men to the upper and lower roads, where he took out the grenades he had brought with him and buried the mines...
In the distance ahead, reinforcements from Qiu Ning County were running wildly on the road.
Perhaps in order to avoid being discovered, the Japs became cunning.
Because there are roads, moonlight and starlight.
A battalion of more than a thousand Japanese troops and a regiment of puppet troops were running fast on the road.
Rushing in the front was a team of about a thousand people from the puppet army.
The Japs behind were dragged behind the puppet army.
Even if they encountered an ambush, the Japs would use these puppet troops as cannon fodder, while their own team would be able to survive and use infantry artillery to bombard the Black Wolf Army, while at the same time outflanking the Black Wolf Army from both sides to launch a counter-encirclement.
Hu Dacai led his men forward quickly and came to a hillside.
Looking at the dark place in the distance ahead, Hu Dacai frowned.
According to the time calculation, the Japanese should have appeared on the road in front of them by now.
However, there were no headlights or flashlights on the road.
"Brother Cai, the devils won't stop coming, right?"
One of the men muttered in confusion.
Hu Dacai shook his head repeatedly.
"Impossible, the devils will definitely come!"
"But at this hour, there are no lights! Even if the Japs don't drive cars, they should have a lot of flashlights!"
"Maybe they don't use flashlights. The moonlight and starlight are so good that we can run on the road without flashlights! Keep moving forward!"
Hu Dacai gritted his teeth and continued to move forward with his two men.
After running up two hills, Hu Dacai finally noticed a figure running on the road not far ahead.
"Damn it! They are puppet troops, not devils!"
"The puppet troops must be used as cannon fodder in the front. There must be Japanese soldiers behind them. Take the horses to the back and leave the radio behind!"
Hu Dacai quickly asked a brother to lead the warhorse to another place before the puppet troops arrived, to prevent any accident with the horse and the noise from being heard by the puppet troops. He also left the signalman behind.
They carried a short-range communications radio.
Once the situation is discovered, it can be reported to Yuan Shuai in a timely manner.
However, at this time, they had not yet seen how many puppet troops there were, let alone the Japanese. They could only hide in the grass on the top of the hillside by the road and continue waiting.
But the number of puppet troops made him break out in a cold sweat.
"Damn it, there are more than a thousand puppet soldiers, and the devils behind them are at least a battalion!"
"These puppet troops are well equipped, with lots of Czech machine guns, Maxims, and mortars!"
"This ambush is not easy to fight!"
"The devils are coming!"...
Seeing the Japanese coming from behind, Hu Dacai and others gasped.
Just as they said, these devils should be an infantry battalion.
So the total number of the Japanese and puppet troops is more than 2,000.
This time, only more than 400 people from their Black Wolf Army came.
Even if we set an ambush, it would be quite difficult to kill more than 4,000 people.
What's more, the Japs and the puppet troops were actually more than 700 to 800 meters apart, and they deliberately let these puppet troops serve as cannon fodder in the front.
Once the puppet troops in front encounter an ambush, the Japanese can encircle them from both sides and launch a counter-encirclement.
Hu Dacai did not dare to delay and quickly passed the news to Yuan Shuai via radio.
When General Yuan received the news, almost all of his subordinates persuaded him to let the puppet troops pass first.
"Boss, the devils are definitely using the puppet troops as cannon fodder and bait to attract our firepower. We can only encircle us from both sides! I suggest you let the puppet troops pass first! Focus on capturing the devils behind us!"
"That's right, the puppet army is not good at fighting, and they are afraid of death. As long as we kill most of the devils first, the puppet army will retreat without a fight!"...
When others wanted to say something, Yuan Shuai stretched out his hand to stop them.
"Jiang Dagui, immediately lead the guard squad and all the guards to quickly detour and tell Hu Dacai that we are opening fire here. After the Japanese soldiers are divided into two groups, immediately find a way to kill the Japanese battalion headquarters!"
"understand!"
Jiang Dagui quickly asked the villagers to lead the way and rode forward in a roundabout direction.
Jiang Zhengwu, Zhang Wei and others suddenly became anxious.
"Boss, do you really want to kill the puppet soldiers first?!"
"Nonsense, the puppet army is well-equipped, with many Czech machine guns and Maxim heavy machine guns, as well as many mortars. If I don't deal with them, who else should I deal with? If I don't deal with them, will the Japs split into two groups to outflank them? If the Japs don't split into two groups to outflank them, how can the guard company have a chance to wipe out the Japs' battalion headquarters in one go!"
Hearing this, Jiang Zhengwu, Zhang Wei and others suddenly came to their senses.
Only then did they understand that Yuan Shuai wanted them to be used as bait to lure out the Japanese soldiers behind him, leaving the Japanese battalion headquarters behind and letting the guard company carry out a decapitation operation.
What a good plan!
Why didn't they think of that!
Jiang Zhengwu, Zhang Wei and others gave Yuan Shuai a thumbs up and praised him.
Soon, they saw the puppet troops coming and entering their encirclement.
The puppet soldiers in the front triggered the booby trap line, detonating the cluster grenades hidden on both sides of the road, and then the cluster grenades connected in series on both sides of the road exploded one after another.
The entire road was illuminated by the fire from the explosion.
All ambushed Black Wolf troops opened fire.
Listening to the sounds of fighting here, the Japanese captain behind him pulled a sly smile on his face, as if he was proud of his smart decision.
"Yoshi, there are indeed Black Wolf troops ahead. Notify the first and second squadrons to detour to the left, and the third and fourth squadrons to detour to the right. All artillery troops should stay behind and be prepared. Once the detour troops on both sides open fire, the artillery troops should bomb quickly! Signalman, immediately contact Qiu Yun County and ask the brigade commander to quickly send people to support us to prevent any fish from slipping through the net..."