When Xue Lin received this information, it was already past four in the afternoon. The 1,000-strong bandit alliance had only traveled less than ten kilometers, and they were still seven to eight kilometers away from the Spring City Datun Train Station.
According to the information that the spies had gotten from the 3rd Brigade Headquarters in Spring City, the location of the ambush should be outside the Datun Train Station, in the Zhao Family Village.
The terrain there was flat. No, the entire Northern Plains was very flat. However, Zhao Jiatun was only one kilometer away from Datun Train Station, so they could effectively receive the firepower support of Datun Train Station.
During the march, Xue Lin and Zhen Chen were surrounded by the Red Alert soldiers on horseback. The other bandits could not get close to them at all. With this safe distance, Xue Lin could discuss with Zhen Chen first.
"The Japanese pirates should be sending out the 4th regiment. They have 3 infantry brigades, at least 30 light and heavy machine guns, and at least 4-8 infantry cannons. The total number of soldiers should be around 3,000, all of them elites.”Xue Lin calculated the scale and firepower of the Japanese pirates.
Chen Zhen denied," General, the Japanese pirates seized more than 600 mortars from the Fengtian Munitions Factory of the Northern Region Army, as well as more than 200 mountain cannons, field cannons, and heavy artillery. The 2nd division is the force that instigated the incident in the three northern prefectures, so they should have a lot of seized weapons to equip their own troops. So, please prepare for the worst!"”
Hearing Zhen Chen's words, Xue Lin sighed.
Just as Chen Zhen had said, when the incident in the three northern prefectures was being planned, the Japanese pirates only had one 2nd division. Including the garrison, there were only 15,000 people, but they had forced 200,000 Northern Region soldiers back into the pass and seized a large amount of weapons and equipment. These weapons and equipment were enough for the Japanese pirates to arm five or six divisions!
"Prepare for the worst. How are you going to fight this war?”Xue Lin looked at Zhen Chen at the side.
At this moment, Zhen Chen had already been appointed as the chief of staff by him. He would be in charge of formulating the next series of battle plans.
Zhen Chen looked at the noisy bandit troop of more than a thousand people in front of him and said," These 1,000 people are all good cannon fodder…"
Xue Lin followed his line of sight. More than a thousand bandits were wearing tattered cotton clothes and carrying various types of rifles. They were rubbing their hands as they hurried along. However, Xue Lin also knew that these bandits had killed people and were not worthy of sympathy.
"Are you confident?" After all, there were more than 1,500 bandits, and they only had two companies.
" My 'Gunner Cooperation' can completely envelop the entire battlefield. They won't collapse for at least seven hours.”Zhen Chen gave an answer.
"Then, prepare for battle, my Chief of Staff!”Xue Lin patted Zhen Chen's shoulder and left on his horse.
"Yes! My general!" Zhen Chen raised his head and followed closely behind.
At six o'clock in the evening, the allied bandit forces had already arrived at the outskirts of Chen Family Ridge, two kilometers away from Zhao Family Village. The sky would turn dark in about two hours, so now was the best time to act.
Bang! Bang!
A few gunshots suddenly rang out in the snow. Everyone was stunned for a moment before they quickly lay down in the snow.
Master Hu thought for a moment. They hadn't reached the place yet, right? Why did he shoot? Could it be that someone had misfired? Thinking of this, he immediately stood up and cursed.："Motherf * cker! What was the situation up ahead? Who the hell misfired?"
The other bandit leaders around him were not surprised to hear this explanation. Many of their rifles were more than ten years old, and it was still occasionally heard that they misfired.
But soon, news came from the troops in front."Master Hu! Not good! The pirates are ambushing us at Chen Family Ridge! The brothers in front had already started fighting the Japanese!”
"What?!" Everyone was shocked.
Bang! Bang! Puff!
Soon, all kinds of gunshots were heard from the front. They were all old foxes who had been in the Green Forest for more than ten years. The bandit leaders on the scene quickly heard the sound of uniform 38s, as well as the scattered sounds of Hanyang, Type 30 rifles, water bullets, and other rifles.
Master Hu broke out in a cold sweat. Did this f * cking pirate want to get rid of me as well? Didn't they agree to ambush at Zhao Family Village? Why did it suddenly move forward by two kilometers?
The battle came very suddenly. The experienced bandits began to fight back on the spot.
Thousands of bandits were looking for cover in the snow, relying on the fields to fight back.
After the first wave of attacks by the Japanese pirates, the originally noisy bandit alliance started to show off their fighting skills, and they fought well against the Japanese pirates who suddenly discovered them.
The small bandit leaders and the second and third leaders went down to the front line to command their troops, while the bandit leaders discussed in the temporary command center at the front line.
The sudden exchange of fire left everyone at a loss. As time passed, the Japanese pirates gradually gained the upper hand and launched a counter-charge against the allied forces. Countless grenade launchers and mortars bombarded the allied forces, and the two armies engaged in a fierce battle in the endless northern plains! The allied bandit forces were forced back by the Japanese pirates.
Suddenly, a whistling sound came from the sky. Several artillery shells smashed into the bandit alliance's position. Countless bandits were smashed into the sky. More bandits were scared out of their wits by the artillery and began to retreat in panic!
"Master Hu! It wasn't that his brothers weren't strong enough! This Japanese's firepower is too strong!" A bandit leader tried to persuade Lord Hu.
The others also started to complain. There were at least a thousand Japanese soldiers on the other side! It was not a garrison of only two to three hundred people!
Just as Lord Hu was about to say a few harsh words to make everyone stay, he saw Xue Lin walking over with his troops. He held a machine gun and fired it at the sky!
Everyone looked over.
"Who the hell wants to retreat? Ask the gun in my hand first!”Xue Lin pointed the machine gun at the bandit leaders.
Inhaling sounds rose and fell, and many people hurriedly dodged Xue Lin's muzzle.
"Leader Xue! You were born in the army! But we are just bandits! Why do you have to fight with the pirates!"
"That's right! Master Xue! The firepower of the pirates was too strong! We've only fought for a few minutes, and we've already lost hundreds of brothers!”
"The Japanese's cannons are too powerful. Our brothers are being suppressed and can't even lift their heads. If we also have cannons that can suppress the Japanese, we will definitely fight them to the end!”
"You want artillery support, right?" Xue Lin sneered.”
The whistling sound came again. The bandit leaders looked over to the front line, looking for the landing point of the artillery shells. They felt sorry for the team they had pulled together. They thought to themselves, The damn Japanese are starting to fire again!
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The sound of the explosions was even louder than the previous bombardment. Everyone could see the beautiful explosions happening in the enemy camp, and thick smoke rose from the enemy camp! Several Japanese corpses were blown up into the sky along with the soil, and the machine gun firepower of the Japanese soldiers was reduced by a lot.
This is…our cannon?
The bandit leaders turned their heads to look at Xue Lin, who was sneering, in disbelief.
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