Bright Sword: Rebirth of Kong Jie

The Eighth Route Army was on the battlefield behind enemy lines, especially in mountainous areas, and could often use favorable terrain to launch ambushes against the Japanese army.

However, the Central Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army fighting on the front line had few opportunities to ambush the Japanese army.

So, ambush warfare is the tactic that the Eighth Route Army is best at.

Even the Central Army and the Shanxi-Suiyuan Army had to stand aside and learn from them.

This was what Chu Yunfei was thinking at this moment. He had heard about the Eighth Route Army's impressive ambush tactics. Even a lot of their equipment and ammunition were captured through ambushes and slowly accumulated.

"Brother Kong, Brother Yunlong, Brother Ding, I really want to see your army's ambush tactics!"

Li Yunlong just laughed and looked like he was relying on me.

The troops that went into battle this time were from a company of his New Second Regiment.

As the host, Li Yunlong said that he certainly could not bring shame to the Eighth Route Army.

So naturally, the ones he took out were the absolute elite of his new second regiment.

Although there was only one company of troops, about 140 to 150 people.

However, they were the elite ace troops of the New Second Regiment, or the steel-helmeted soldiers as the Japanese called them.

As soon as they showed their heads, the uniform steel helmets made Chu Yunfei dazzled.

"Is this the elite steel-helmeted soldier of the Eighth Route Army who has become famous in the entire North China region recently?"

Chu Yunfei asked in surprise.

Kong Jie smiled and nodded, and said: "Brother Yunfei is here to visit, so we naturally have to show some of our best skills and we must not hide anything."

"In this case, Chu is in for a treat!"

Chu Yunfei said this, and quickly picked up the telescope and looked over carefully again.

However, the camouflage and lurking skills of these elite steel-helmeted soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were so amazing that after observing for a long time, he only found a few observation posts on the frontier fortifications and had no idea where the lurking company was.

Thinking in this way, even if I were at a higher field of vision, I would not be able to detect the hidden ambushes on the mountain road. How could the ambushed Japanese army possibly detect the ambush in advance?

This is the brilliance of the Eighth Route Army's ambush tactics.

at this time.

The situation on the battlefield also gradually evolved.

The ambush tactics used by the steel-helmeted soldiers of the New Second Regiment were classic ambush tactics that were ultimately summarized after countless units of the Eighth Route Army made heroic efforts.

——After collecting the corresponding intelligence, hide the ambushes in advance in areas suitable for ambush.

The troops were divided into four sections: two flanking attack teams, a blocking team in the front and a tail attack team in the rear.

In addition, the frontline fortifications were exposed in advance to avoid Japanese fire detection.

Only a small number of observation posts were arranged to monitor the situation of Japanese troops on the mountain roads.

The rest of the main force was lurking in the mountains and forests behind the forward observation post.

After waiting for news from the front-line observation post, they would quickly rush to the front-line fortifications and prepare to join the battle.

This is a classic ambush tactic summarized by the Eighth Route Army after countless bloody lessons.

In the past, the relatively simple ambush tactics would often be discovered in advance by the Japanese army's firepower reconnaissance, causing the ambush to fail or even suffer heavy losses from the Japanese army.

So as of today, the ambush tactics of the Eighth Route Army are by no means as imagined, where they simply find a position to lie on the ground, wait for the Japanese to come, and then start fighting to win a battle.

Instead, we need to have sufficient intelligence preparation beforehand.

During the specific process of lurking, it is necessary to control the timing, arrange the deployment of troops, firepower configuration, front-line fortifications and rear hidden positions, as well as the distribution and arrangement of observation posts, etc.

Even the unexpected must be taken into account.

While Kong Jie explained these in detail, he continued:

"What is an unexpected situation?"

"For example, according to our intelligence, we were targeting a Japanese transport team, but when we arrived at the location, we found that the enemy was a transport squadron, or even more Japanese soldiers, with a force far exceeding the enemy's force we had expected.

What to do at this time?

To fight or not to fight?

All of these are very particular in ambush operations and must be planned in advance. Once an ambush fails, or the troops are even severely damaged by the Japanese army, the troops will definitely choose to withdraw.

Should the evacuation route be planned and selected in advance?

There was no adequate preparation in all aspects before the battle.

How can we ensure victory in the battle?"

Chu Yunfei was a pure soldier, and Kong Jie trusted him quite a bit, so he introduced this sophisticated ambush tactic to him without reservation.

Chu Yunfei nodded repeatedly after hearing this.

Such an ambush was indeed an ingenious arrangement.

As the few people discussed, the situation on the ambush battlefield was gradually evolving.

As the few people looked through their telescopes, they indeed discovered a group of Japanese soldiers slowly approaching from a distant mountain road.

——The situation of the Japanese troops transported this time was basically consistent with the intelligence received by Kong Jie, Li Yunlong and others.

It was a Japanese transport squadron that used a number of mule and horse carts, mixed with four or five transport vehicles, to move forward in a shaky manner, transporting a batch of supplies.

The number of Japanese troops was consistent with the organization of a Japanese squadron, which was about 198 to people. Because they were a logistics and transport unit, they were not a completely standard organization like the Japanese field squadron, which was a team of people.

In fact, since the rapid rise of the Eighth Route Army.

Especially near the base of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment, the Eighth Route Army soldiers frequently attacked and ambushed the Japanese army.

The Japanese transport troops basically did not dare to pass through the Eighth Route Army base, even if it was the Eighth Route Army's outer defense zone or even the Eighth Route Army's guerrilla zone.

The Japanese were terrified every time they transported goods.

In order to avoid being ambushed by the Eighth Route Army.

The Japanese transport troops often chose some more remote mountain roads, or had heavy escorts along the way, and then chose relatively random time periods to avoid the exposure of intelligence.

The Japanese were scared.

However, the area of ​​this transportation was the Japanese army's quasi-security zone, that is, the outer defense zone in the Yangquan area and the guerrilla zone of the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

In the guerrilla zone, the Japanese army is still generally in control.

However, the Japanese army's control over the guerrilla zone was far less than that over the stable security zone.

These areas are home to the Eighth Route Army's guerrillas and armed work teams behind enemy lines. When necessary, the Eighth Route Army's main combat forces will even attack.

Therefore, the Japanese army often strengthened security in areas with stable security.

They would strengthen vigilance in guerrilla areas, frequently carry out clean-up campaigns, and clear out some Eighth Route Army soldiers hiding in the guerrilla areas.

The Japanese military's transport team this time could actually be considered a secret transport.

The Japanese temporarily arranged a transportation mission and chose a relatively remote route in the guerrilla zone.

In addition, this is the defense zone of the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, compared to the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment that rose like a dark horse and caused unrest in the entire Shouyang area.

The Japanese army believed that the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army was a newly formed regiment and its combat effectiveness should not be as terrifying as that of the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment.

So the final decision was made on this transportation plan.

Moreover, the transportation route was chosen within the guerrilla zone, where the Japanese army also had some rapid reaction forces stationed.

Once the transport troops were attacked, the Japanese reinforcements could usually arrive in less than half an hour.

As Kong Jie said:

"After the battle begins, it won't take half an hour for the Japanese reinforcements to arrive quickly using transport vehicles!

I have long been aware of this problem. The Japanese army's defense mechanism is a rapid reinforcement and radial defense mechanism formed by relying on rapid reaction forces to assist local security forces.

These mechanized combat forces of the Japanese, or more precisely, rapid reaction forces that rely on rapid transportation by car, are often stationed in some heavily guarded county towns.

In addition, the surrounding transportation is very convenient and developed. Once any area in the surrounding area is attacked or attacked, the Japanese army's rapid response force can quickly arrive through the transportation lines.

This was also the most troublesome problem for our Eighth Route Army when attacking some remote towns and villages of the Japanese army.

If we don’t find a way to defeat the enemy’s rapid reinforcements, once the battle breaks out, our troops will be entangled by the Japanese army, and once the enemy’s reinforcements arrive, the situation will immediately deteriorate.”

"Including this ambush right now."

"The Japanese reinforcements arrived within half an hour."

"So we don't even have 20 minutes left."

"These twenty minutes include quickly killing the Japanese, quickly cleaning up the battlefield, and then evacuating in time before the Japanese reinforcements arrive."

"If we can't do this, this ambush can basically be said to have failed."

Chu Yunfei was surprised when he heard this. In less than 20 minutes, he killed a Japanese transport squadron and eliminated about to devils.

Even though this is only the Japanese army's logistics force, the Japanese have always had solid military qualities, and even the logistics soldiers usually have quite good combat effectiveness.

The Eighth Route Army dispatched only a company of 140 to 150 soldiers.

In terms of military strength, they are not even as strong as the Japanese army.

Even the elite steel-helmeted soldiers of the Eighth Route Army who have become famous recently.

Can they really do this?

Chu Yunfei was hesitant about this.

At least he asked himself, what if he pulled in the troops of his 358th Regiment, even if they were the most elite guard troops of his 358th Regiment.

With the same number of troops, it is basically impossible to eliminate one hundred and seventy or eighty Japanese devils within 20 minutes.

The only way was to deploy the dozen mountain cannons of his 358th Regiment's artillery battalion in advance and bombard the Japanese transport squadron in the ambush circle.

But that kind of playing style is obviously not in the context of maximizing benefits.

Using the artillery battalion to bombard the Japanese transport team, it is a question whether the final spoils can offset the consumption of artillery shells!

It might be a losing deal.

The Eighth Route Army never does business at a loss.

With doubts in his heart, Chu Yunfei stopped talking and focused all his attention on the ambush battlefield.

——The Japanese transport unit was led by a Japanese captain, Captain Ikeda.

Ikeda is an old logistics soldier. Although he is only a logistics officer, the logistics industry is lucrative and such a position may not be obtained without certain connections.

This old Japanese made a lot of money because of this, and many of the soldiers in his logistics squadron were basically veterans, because compared with the field army troops on the front line, the probability of casualties in the Japanese logistics troops was much smaller.

Basically, the soldiers who join the logistics department have a relatively long military service and can naturally be called veterans.

Following the command of the headquarters, Captain Ikeda led his troops to transport a batch of supplies.

Since the chosen route was relatively covert, and according to the intelligence Ikeda had gathered in advance, there was only one New 2nd Regiment of the Eighth Route Army active in that area, he did not pay much attention to it.

I think there shouldn't be any problems with this transportation mission.

The transport convoy advanced rapidly under his command.

When he was about to approach the mountain road where the Eighth Route Army was ambushing, he suddenly stopped the troops, and out of a soldier's vigilance, he picked up a telescope and observed from a distance.

In the forward observation post not far away, Chu Yunfei's heart sank. These old Japanese devils were indeed cunning. They seemed to have discovered some flaw in the ambush position and hesitated to move forward.

But it was clear that his worries were unfounded.

With his perspective and having learned the intelligence in advance, it was still difficult for him to detect the lurking Eighth Route Army troops.

Not to mention these little Japanese soldiers who came in a hurry and were completely unaware of the situation.

Sure enough, the old Japanese Ikeda looked through the telescope for a long time and did not find anything wrong.

But out of caution, the old Japanese still ordered the machine gunners and grenade throwers to conduct fire reconnaissance in the woods on both sides of the mountain road, accompanied by the sound of gunfire and a few booms of cannons.

The trees are dead and broken.

Fallen leaves are flying everywhere.

Even some birds hiding in the mountains and forests were startled and flapped their wings and flew away.

There were birds hiding in it, which was enough to prove that there was no one in the forest.

If there were a large number of ambushes, the birds would have been scared away long ago.

——This is exactly the cleverness of the Eighth Route Army soldiers in camouflage and ambush. Once they enter the ambush position, according to the requirements of the Eighth Route Army's latest ambush tactics, the soldiers must hide tightly, even motionless, hold their urine and feces.

Even if the enemy does not appear, you must never expose yourself at will.

Because no one could be sure whether there were Japanese scouts secretly observing not far away.

Captain Ikeda was relieved and waved his hand to signal the troops to quickly pass through the mountain road where the mountains on both sides seemed to be steeper and suitable for hiding ambushes.

In this way, about 170 or 180 Japanese soldiers pulling mule and horse carts and driving several transport vehicles entered the ambush position set up by the New Second Regiment without any precautions.

"Okay, come in!"

Chu Yunfei, who was secretly observing on the hillside, clenched his fist, cheered secretly, and looked forward to what would happen next.

The following operations were already familiar to the Eighth Route Army soldiers, like everyday routine.

Until the entire Japanese transport team was put into the ambush circle, especially the five Japanese transport vehicles, they had to be completely put into the shelling area.

After everything was ready, the battalion commander Zhang Dabiao gave the order to open fire without hesitation.

"beat!"

A roar resounded through the forest like a tiger's roar, and dense gunfire suddenly rang out. The soldiers who had been on guard for a long time immediately took up the weapons in their hands and rushed down...