Chapter 51: The Battle of Nanling (Three)

  "It turned out that they were still four kilometers away, which gave me a big fright. The signaler, ordered each unit to be on high alert and conceal themselves well, the vanguard brigade of the Shanxi Army is about to arrive, we must ensure that the enemy's vanguard brigade does not discover our trenches and ambushes..." After hearing the response from Peng Longfei, the commander of the cavalry squadron, Zhang Hua couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief and hastily gave orders.

  "Yes, Battalion Commander..." Communications officer Wang Dog Egg hastily went to relay the order.

  "What about Fu Chunsheng? Have him send a telegram to the regimental commander and political commissar immediately. The enemy's vanguard brigade still has an hour, and they will pass through the blocking position of the special operations battalion. Please prepare to meet the enemy." Zhang Hua turned around and ordered Fu Chunsheng, who was operating the radio in the temporary command center.

  "Yes, Battalion Commander, I'll send the report to the superior officer right away..." Soon, the temporary command center was filled with the beeping sound of the telegraph machine.

  At last, after half an hour, in the midst of everyone's waiting. At the end of the road, the rolling dust produced by the troops' march finally appeared. Seeing this, Zhang Hua hastily raised his binoculars. It was seen that within less than two kilometers from their own position, a troop suddenly emerged, and this troop was the vanguard brigade of the Jin-Sui Army's 71st Division, which was to be ambushed by the main force.

  "Communicator, once again convey the order to each department. Be sure to pay attention to concealment, if anyone exposes the target, military law will be enforced..." Looking at the vast army of several thousand people, thinking of his special operations battalion, more than half of the soldiers were reorganized from prisoners of war, Zhang Hua still gave a worried command.

  "Yes, Battalion Commander..." The communications officer Wang Dog Egg turned around to relay the order.

  Just in the blink of an eye, the vanguard brigade of the Jin-Sui army had already entered Zhang Hua's line of sight. The large army of over 3,000 people was divided into two routes and marched towards Puzhou County in a majestic manner. Perhaps because they were on the offensive, or perhaps due to the Jin-Sui army's underestimation of the enemy, the entire unit, except for a single scout company about 500 meters away from the main force, did not have a single reconnaissance soldier, which inadvertently made Zhang Hua let out a sigh of relief.

  As a result, the vanguard brigade of the Jin-Sui army, which was complacent, did not discover the special operations battalion lurking in the Nanling Mountains. Instead, it swaggered through the entire Nanling Mountains, passing through the blocking positions of the special operations battalion, and drilled into the pocket formation set up by the main force. Completely unaware that its own communication channel with the main force had been completely cut off by the special operations battalion at this moment.

  It wasn't until the Jin-Sui Army's vanguard brigade disappeared from his line of sight that Zhang Hua let out a sigh of relief and put down his binoculars. At this very moment, the Jin-Sui Army's vanguard brigade had already entered the field of vision of Division Commander Huang Kecheng. As time passed by minute by minute, the vanguard brigade's spearhead company finally drilled into the pocket array prepared for them by the soldiers without any vigilance. Immediately after that was the main force of the vanguard brigade. The troops stretching nearly 1500 meters took almost ten minutes to drill into the ambush circle.

  "Boom boom boom", three signal flares shot into the air, announcing the start of the entire ambush.

  "Boom, boom, boom!" The first to strike was the Fourth Division, utilizing the newly formed artillery company composed of mortars captured by the special agent company. In a series of loud explosions, nine shells fired from the nine mortars fell accurately into the marching column of the vanguard brigade, exploding one after another. In a dense barrage of explosions, the previously dense marching column was instantly blown open in several places.

  However, these Shanxi soldiers were indeed Yan Xishan's trump card troops. With the explosion of the first round of shells, although the entire army was temporarily thrown into chaos, these soldiers quickly lay down on the ground under the command of their respective officers and began to organize an orderly counterattack.

  The Fourth Division, in a sudden attack, relying on the mortars and all light and heavy machine guns in their hands, only caused less than one battalion of casualties to this vanguard brigade, which did not reach the level of hurting its tendons.

  What's more important is that in the process of launching a surprise attack, the warriors did not eliminate the enemy's artillery and heavy machine gun troops at the first time. As the Shanxi-Suiyuan army began to counterattack, the soldiers of the enemy's artillery and heavy machine gun troops started to set up mortars and heavy machine guns one by one. Under the command of the commander, they began to sweep the Red Army on the mountain ridge with fire. Even the newly assembled mortars began to suppress the artillery positions of the Fourth Division with firepower...

  The whole ambush, unexpectedly, quickly turned from the initial initiative to the current passivity, and slowly fell into a state of anxiety. However, the warriors relied on their fearless sacrifice spirit, in the midst of shouting and killing, still continuously compressing the enemy's defensive position, slowly eliminating the remaining Jinwei soldiers.

  Just as the battle against the vanguard brigade was unfolding, Wu Tao and others who had received news from the cavalry squadron also began to act. In order to complete the combat mission given by the regimental commander as much as possible, three squads of nearly a hundred soldiers started playing the role of sappers, destroying the highway just after the enemy's vanguard brigade had passed through the position.

  Just as the ambush battle against the enemy vanguard brigade began, several hundred meters of highway had been completely destroyed by the soldiers. More importantly, the soldiers also laid down a large number of anti-tank mines and hand grenades on the highway.

  "Commander, commander, telegram from the vanguard brigade..." Just as Commander Yang Yaofang of the Jin-Sui army led his main force of over 8,000 men to slowly advance forward, a communications officer ran up to him with a look of panic on his face.

  "What's the panic about? The sky hasn't fallen yet. What's going on with Zhao Tingying?" Yang Yaofang looked at the communications officer with a face full of displeasure, seeing his panicked expression.

  "Yes, Commander. An urgent telegram has arrived from Colonel Zhao's division. The vanguard brigade was ambushed by the Communist Army at Shili Valley and is currently resisting. They request that you immediately lead the main force to provide reinforcements." The communications officer hastily replied.

  "What's encountered an ambush? How is that possible? The Red Army isn't afraid of me leading the main force to surround them. Dammit, it seems the Red Army wants to send themselves to death, I'll fulfill their wish. Chief of Staff, immediately issue orders to the troops, all units included, speed up the march, reinforce the vanguard brigade, and annihilate the Red Army's main force."

  "Yes, Master..."

  However, in less than five minutes after the Jin-Sui army started running, more than 100 soldiers who had already destroyed the highway were hiding on both sides of the road, less than 100 meters away, quietly waiting for their prey to take the bait. Soon, without any defense, the main force of the Jin-Sui army appeared in the soldiers' line of sight.

  "Sniper squad, aim at the mounted Jin-Sui army officers. All riflemen and two light machine guns, let the enemy infantry pass in front, target the artillery behind..." Seeing the enemy finally appear, Wu Tao, the commander of the guard platoon, gave a low command to the more than 20 soldiers composed of mixed troops from each platoon behind him.

  "Wu Pai Zhang, don't worry! Today we will definitely let this group of Jin Sui Army taste the power of our special task force." A squad leader from the sniper team said with full confidence. At the same time, he was also quickly searching for his own sniping target in the enemy's marching column.

  Soon, a Jinwei army officer riding a war horse was locked down by himself. At the same time, four snipers beside him also locked down their own targets.

  "Fire..." Just as the enemy's artillery battalion, pulling heavy mountain guns, walked in front of the soldiers. Wu Tao did not hesitate at all, loudly commanding dozens of soldiers beside him. At the same time, he also pulled the trigger and fired a bullet from his rifle.

  "Rat-a-tat... Boom boom..." Suddenly, the previously quiet bushes burst into two tongues of flame. The dense hail of bullets swept towards the Japanese artillery battalion's marching column like a rainstorm. One by one, the Shanxi Army artillerymen walking beside the big guns were mowed down to the ground.

  "Ah, there's an ambush, quick, hide immediately..." In an instant, the artillery battalion's marching column, which had been in good order just a moment before, was thrown into chaos under the intense firepower of two machine guns and over a dozen rifles. These artillerymen, who had hardly any combat experience, were unable to withstand such an attack. Soon the entire formation descended into chaos, with soldiers unable to find their officers and officers unable to find their soldiers. Meanwhile, the warriors took advantage of the brief moment of confusion among the Japanese troops to inflict as many casualties as possible on the enemy's effective strength.

  At the same time as the machine guns and rifles fired, five snipers also pulled their triggers simultaneously. Five bullets flew quickly and accurately towards their targets.

  "Ahh..." Several miserable cries rang out, five Jinwei military officers riding war horses, covered their chests or stared with dead eyes, fell off the horse and fell into a pool of blood. With the target shot down, the five snipers didn't stay for a moment, quickly reloaded the rifle bullets in their hands, aiming at the next shooting target that had already been selected...

  "What the hell, where did those gunshots come from? What's going on with the troops in the back?" Just as Division Commander Yang Yaofang was constantly urging his horse to move forward quickly. Suddenly, a dense barrage of gunfire erupted behind him, almost startling him off his warhorse. After calming down, the division commander hastily raised the binoculars in his hand and looked back at the troops. At the same time, he loudly questioned his chief of staff beside him.

  "Commander, I'm not sure either. It should be the Communist army's guerrilla unit. I heard that in Shanxi, the Communist army often used this method of surprise attack with small units to deal with the Central Army." The chief of staff, who was also holding a pair of binoculars, hastily expressed his own guess as he listened to the gunfire behind him.

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