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In the middle of the night, the reconnaissance battalion took the initiative to attack, harassing the garrisoned infantry squadrons and infantry battalions and sweeping out the puppet troops.

The enemy had a total of 2000 troops, including more than 1200 Japanese troops and to puppet troops.

The reconnaissance battalion had only a small force, and was like dancing on the edge of a knife.

Taking advantage of sniping, he successfully irritated the Japanese army.

A group of people on bicycles caught up with us.

At around four o'clock in the morning, when it was already dawn, the Fourth Military Division sent two infantry battalions to deploy defenses here, and Zhang Dabiao went to the front line to command.

Set up light and heavy machine gun positions and prepare for an ambush.

The artillery battalion was in the rear, having set the expected firing parameters, and was waiting for the Japanese invaders to enter the encirclement.

As the Japanese and puppet troops came towards us with smoke and dust, there was a loud bang.

It was an accident, the bicycle tire burst, and Zhang Dabiao was so scared that he thought it was a mortar firing.

Seeing that the Japs' marching column did not stop, they charged all the way to the ambush site.

This time, the mortars fired first.

The moment the Japanese stepped into the range of artillery fire, eight mortars opened fire at the same time, and more than one hundred shells were fired within 8 seconds.

The ground exploded one after another, forming a continuous explosion range.

The impact caused fragments to fly everywhere. The Japs were chasing the reconnaissance battalion and were caught off guard by the head-on artillery fire.

Some were blown away, some were pierced by debris, some were trampled by overturned vehicles, and the situation was in chaos.

The ambushed infantry battalions on both sides opened fire.

Multiple heavy machine guns were firing at full power, and the Soviet-style water-cooled heavy machine guns with 250-round ammunition belts were firing at the Japanese figures.

The crackling of long and short guns echoed across the hilltops.

The ground was filled with smoke and dust, mixed with spurting blood.

The Japs were shot one after another.

The smoke and dust obscured the vision, and the only sound was the bullets coming from all directions. There was no way to hide or avoid them.

Listening to the sound of heavy machine guns, we have entered the encirclement of the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese lieutenant colonel, Takeda Koju, the captain of the bicycle brigade, reacted quickly. He jumped off the motorcycle first and hid next to a rock shelter.

Being on a motorcycle is dangerous if you are ambushed.

When the motorcycle explodes, everyone will be killed along with it.

His troops were torn to pieces by mortar fire in front and behind them.

The casualties were unknown at first.

At least four heavy machine guns opened fire with strong firepower and wide coverage, quickly killing the helpless Japanese troops.

Judging from his combat experience, this was a very powerful main force of the Eighth Route Army, with heavy firepower, artillery and heavy machine guns.

There were continuous rifle shots, from at least a thousand people.

The situation is very dangerous and we should move in immediately.

Whether to advance or retreat, it was only Takeda Kokiku's unilateral intention.

It was just an infantry battalion. Since Ding Wei had set up an ambush, he didn't think of letting it escape.

The second round of mortar rapid-fire attacks came, with more than a hundred mortar shells fired at the direction where the Japanese invaders were turning.

Indirect fire falls on the ground, with each shell covering a range of several meters.

The 107mm mortar is very powerful, and its effective killing range is much larger than that of the 82mm mortar.

It was another Soviet artillery with a long range and great power. Under the coverage of the shells, the Japanese were blown to the ground one after another.

Those who were not unlucky were killed on the spot, while those who were unlucky were not killed but had missing arms and legs; those who were extremely unlucky had shrapnel piercing their bodies, feeling excruciating pain, but did not die immediately.

There were fragments of the explosion on the chest, internal organs, neck and forehead.

Mortars are indirect fire, and most of them are top-down attacks. They are inserted into the ground at a 90-degree angle, and the explosion is scattered in a circular pattern. At the same distance, the circular area is the largest.

It is especially suitable for outdoor encounters where there are no solid fortifications, and the mortar's covering firepower can exert its strongest power.

The Japanese soldiers within the explosion range fell down quickly.

Zhang Dabiao threw his hat and ordered the assault team to attack forward.

With the light machine guns leading the way, the combat squads advanced in groups of three.

Reduce the space for the Japanese invaders to operate and annihilate this group of Japanese and puppet troops.

It’s a mess, a mess, the scene is so chaotic.

The Japanese were crushed by fire from both sides, resulting in heavy casualties.

Under the command of the squadron leader, they attempted to launch a counterattack.

The firepower of both sides was not at the same level, and the other side suffered a large number of casualties from the first moment of the battle.

When the second wave of fire suppression began, the charge had already begun.

What they encountered was not an ordinary Eighth Route Army, but the Fourth Military Sub-district, which was well-equipped and had sufficient ammunition reserves.

If it was any other Eighth Route Army, they would not have enough bullets to set up an ambush, and there would be no follow-up after the first round of fighting. There was no other way except to rush forward and fight with bayonets.

But Zhang Dabiao was different. He immediately built a second line of fire with a light machine gun.

Using light machine gun bursts of fire, they took turns shooting at the Japanese soldiers standing on the grass.

The light machine gunners among the Eighth Route Army veterans had very good accuracy. I wouldn’t say that every bullet hit the target, but I could guarantee that 70 to 80 percent of them would hit the target.

With the Czech style grip in your hand, you can basically hit whatever you point.

By this time, the Japanese counterattack had been torn to pieces.

If we concentrate our forces and break out to the rear, some of them can escape alive.

The scene was chaotic and difficult to organize, so we lost the last chance to break out.

The charge sounded, all the soldiers drew their bayonets and launched the final charge and massacre.

Grenade launchers and grenades formed the third round of projectile fire, and explosions sounded one after another.

Destroy the devil's last attempt of resistance.

The brave soldiers rushed into the battlefield, searching for scattered Japanese devils with bayonets and finishing off the beasts that were not yet dead on the ground.

"Don't save bullets, end the battle quickly."

Zhang Dabiao shouted orders, raised his hand, pulled out his pistol, and shot the Japanese soldier who was struggling to get up.

Not satisfied, he fired two more shots, and the bullets hit his chest, emitting a bright red glow.

A large number of puppet troops surrendered, while the remaining Japanese devils put up a stubborn resistance but were constantly surrounded and shrunk into a group.

Takeda Koju also wanted to talk to Zhang Dabiao and have a military showdown to decide life and death with bayonets.

What about the duel?

Multiple submachine guns fired, bullets flew everywhere, and the last hundred or so Japanese soldiers were killed.

The blood flowed along the ground, stained with dust and formed blood beads.

The battle ended quickly, and the transport team pulled up with horse-drawn carriages. They quickly gathered the bicycles and loaded the good and bad separately.

The combat troops cleaned up the battlefield quickly and searched and picked up items from the Japanese.

Our side suffered 217 casualties and 36 deaths, wiped out 1230 Japanese troops, killed 238 puppet troops, and captured more than 400 people.

The thrilling ambush battle mobilized more than 2000 people from four battalions to carry out blocking operations, which provided Ding Wei with ammunition bonus for the blocking operations.

[In the Zhangjialiang blocking battle, we obtained 70 Type 46 rifles, 23 water-jet rifles, 3 sniper rifles, 6 Czech light machine guns, 1 Type 92 rifles, 2 Soviet Maxim heavy machine gun, 6 Type 18 heavy machine guns, 20 grenade launchers, 500 rounds of bullets, boxes of mortar shells, and grenades.]

The spoils of war were abundant, including more than 700 rifles, 36 grenade launchers, 24 light machine guns, 16 heavy machine guns, 2 infantry guns, and a number of ammunition and artillery shells.

The battle ended too quickly. It was a purely one-sided attack, and the Japanese did not have a chance to destroy their weapons.

Three rounds of attacks followed one after another, ending the battle in a very short time.

All the bodies were thrown into the upper ditch, and after cleaning the battlefield, the troops quickly evacuated.