mtl008 Chapter 284 Give the Japs a Surprise
Chapter 284 Give the Japs a Surprise
"Report to the brigade commander, the Chinese are surrounding us."
The actions of the 3rd and 6th Battalions were soon discovered by the Japanese.
When Major General Kurokawa heard the report, he immediately became furious and cursed: "Bakayalo, these damn Chinese people."
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, I request to go into battle. The Imperial Warriors will not be insulted!"
Nanshan Jiu said with an angry face.
He had already felt aggrieved after watching two battalions being annihilated, and now these Chinese were actually taking the initiative to provoke him, so there was no need for him to endure it.
Kusunoki Kusunoki's words calmed Major General Kurokawa down a bit. He was not stupid. With a big battle ahead, anger would only make him make wrong decisions.
Facing the Laiyuan Independent Regiment, with the troops he had, he was not very confident that he could hold out until the arrival of the 6th Division.
Therefore, Major General Kurokawa chose to retreat directly.
Although Nanshan Jiu was unwilling, he had to obey the order of the brigade commander.
A group of more than 3,000 people withdrew in a mighty manner, leaving Zhao Ziqing, Wu Mazi and others who were still on the road looking at each other in bewilderment.
"Are the Japanese afraid?" Zhang Guofu asked tentatively.
Wu Mazi twitched his lips and said, "It's obvious that the Japanese don't want to fight us at this time. They probably want to wait for the 6th Division."
Zhang Guofu glanced in the direction of the Japanese and said speechlessly: "These little Japanese are really scared. We only have more than 2000 people."
Wu Mazi shook his head and said, "Let's go. Let's go back first. Since the Japs don't want to fight, let's ask Commander Gu what to do next."
By 6:30 in the evening, all the supplies had been landed and the Eighth Route Army had also arrived.
The Eighth Route Army had a small organization, but as its personnel grew, the strength of one of their regiments was as high as four to five thousand, so it would not be an exaggeration to call it a brigade.
The 770th Regiment that came to Gu Changfeng this time had 5300 personnel, led by Zhang Caiqian of the 129th Division and the 770th Regiment.
When Zhang Caiqian saw Gu Changfeng and confirmed his identity, he first introduced himself and then said with a smile, "Captain Gu, I've heard of your name for a long time. The Laiyuan Campaign has really made us proud."
After the Laiyuan Campaign ended, half of the supplies were handed over to the support headquarters, and their 129th Division was also a beneficiary.
In addition, it was indeed a rare major victory in Jin-Cha-Ji, so he, the commander of the main regiment, also knew Gu Changfeng's name.
"Captain Zhang, I was able to win this battle only with the cooperation of Commander Yang. I dare not take credit for it." Gu Changfeng said modestly.
"Haha!" Zhang Caiqian laughed and pointed at Gu Changfeng and said, "I've read all the battle reports. Captain Gu, don't be so modest."
"And this time you wiped out two battalions of devils and more than 2,000 puppet troops. This is real."
He didn't feel jealous, only envy and admiration.
As an old man in the party, he is not so narrow-minded.
Gu Changfeng waved his hand and said, "Captain Zhang, the Japanese are coming soon, so let's not talk about this."
He had received news from both sides. The 6th Division would arrive in an hour, and the 110th Division was strategically evacuating the Japanese. Neither of them was good news.
With so many supplies here, if we have to fight, we should move to another place, at least put the supplies away first.
"Captain Gu, the headquarters has ordered us to cooperate. You give the order!" Zhang Caiqian said directly.
Gu Changfeng did not refuse and said with a smile: "We will definitely have to fight the Japanese again, but we have so much supplies, we can't let the Japanese destroy them."
"So I'm going to fight the devils in another place. You guys should send most of the supplies away first."
The Japanese had a brigade, two battalions, and a cavalry regiment. He didn't want to miss out on such a big piece of fat meat.
Besides, it seemed that the Japs wanted to fight, so since they had such a tacit understanding, he would accept it with a smile.
Zhang Caiqian nodded and said, "No problem, leave the supplies to us." After that, he went to instruct his battalions to organize personnel to carry the supplies.
This time, Gu Changfeng reaped a great harvest. He eliminated more than 3,000 Japanese devils and puppet troops and seized more than 3,000 long and short guns, as well as a large amount of ammunition.
Combined with the supplies from more than 170 ships, the harvest was huge. Almost all the soldiers of the th and th Battalions carried three guns and a large amount of ammunition.
The soldiers of the 770th Regiment were also very fast. They loaded up the supplies and left immediately. It only took half an hour for the group to evacuate the Zhulong River.
On the way, Zhang Caiqian found Gu Changfeng and asked, "Captain Gu, the Japanese have already evacuated several surrounding counties. Should we go directly to Dingxian or Xinle?"
Gu Changfeng had already thought about it. Seeing Zhang Caiqian asking, he said directly: "The Japanese march faster than us. We can't get rid of them in half an hour."
"It's probably too late to go to Xinle in Ding County. My people have already gone ahead to set up positions."
"Put the supplies somewhere safe first, and then come back to support us."
It was hard to say how long the special forces could hold off the Japanese, so he ordered the 36th Battalion to set up positions first, so that at least they would not suffer any losses if a real fight broke out.
Zhang Caiqian hesitated for a moment, looked at Gu Changfeng and said, "There's no place suitable for an ambush here."
"A small slope or hill will do," Gu Changfeng said indifferently.
He wanted to find a place like Gaojia Town, which was easy to defend and difficult to attack, but the problem was that there was no such place here, so he just made his own choice, mainly because he was afraid that he would not have enough time.
Zhang Caiqian thought about it and smiled bitterly in his heart. It was indeed different with confidence. If they were in his place, there would be no way they could do anything.
After that, Gu Changfeng said a few words to Luo Xiong and Deng Wu, then disappeared from the team. No one knew where he went.
Of course, Gu Changfeng would not disappear for no reason. Since he was planning to take down the Japanese brigade, he naturally had to be prepared.
This time, even if it takes a risk, we have to exchange the Katyusha. Then we can gather the artillery battalion and give the Japanese a big blow.
Chenjiagou is only seven or eight kilometers away from Zhulonghe. After receiving the task, the 36th Battalion had already started digging defensive fortifications in advance.
Gu Changfeng moved very quickly and stopped five kilometers west of Chenjiagou after seven or eight minutes.
More points, of which points can be exchanged for 10 Katyushas and 250 rounds of shells, a total of 350 rounds.
In addition, he also exchanged 6 German heavy artillery pieces, 300 shells, and a total of 320 shells. This time he wanted to give the Japanese brigade a big surprise.
Soon, the exchange was completed, and the radio was taken out from the space to contact the artillery battalion and the third battalion.
After receiving the news, Lu Daya left the two heavy artillery pieces to the artillery company of the Fourth Battalion and took all the artillery battalion personnel away with him.
They had previously hidden in Zhulong and the nearby small valleys. After the Japanese were completely wiped out, they followed the evacuation team.
When Wu Mazi of the Third Battalion received the news, he did not dare to delay. He left the Sixth Battalion to continue, and he immediately led his men to set off.
Ten minutes later, Lu Daya and Wu Mazi arrived at Gu Changfeng's area at about the same time.
Looking at the panting Lu Daya, Gu Changfeng patted the heavy artillery beside him and said with a smile: "New arrivals, you will have a good time this time."
More than 600 boxes of artillery shells were neatly placed on the ground, which made Lu Daya very happy and also made the soldiers in the artillery camp very happy.
Lu Daya, who had recovered, walked over and gave Gu Changfeng a big hug, then laughed and said:
"Haha! Commander Gu, just wait and see. I'm going to give the devils a big surprise this time."
Katyusha, who has not been seen for a long time, reappears. How can we not be happy? Anyone would jump for joy.
Wu Mazi laughed and said, "Old Lu, it seems that the credit for destroying the Japanese this time goes to you."
He was no stranger to Katyusha, having seen its power before. He was actually looking forward to seeing how the Japanese would react.
"Okay, let's go, it's not safe here."
Gu Changfeng didn't want to waste time on this. What he wanted was the heads of the Japanese soldiers. As long as he had the heads, he could exchange them for some heavy weapons.