Northern Shanxi.
The Eighth Route Army's preparatory ambush position.
After receiving the telegram from the regiment headquarters, Wang Fafa ordered the soldiers to rest in the first half of the night and led the soldiers towards the ambush point Miaoergou in the second half of the night.
There were not many Japanese patrolling the railway, and there were no gun towers or bunkers nearby.
In about an hour, a small armored train will patrol by.
After the patrol car passed by, the 7th Battalion of the New Regiment Division, led by Zhao Youliang, headed towards the top of Hill 4 on the opposite side.
It didn't take long for each battalion and regiment to ambush again on the hills on both sides of the railway.
Before dawn, a continuous autumn rain began to fall in the sky. The soldiers' clothes were soon soaked by the autumn rain, but all the soldiers remained motionless.
Soon, news came from the 716th Regiment responsible for blocking the attack that they had arrived at the designated location.
There are not many Japs in Gaoyang County, only one Japs squadron and several hundred puppet troops, but there are still a lot of Japs in Datong. In addition to the crippled 3rd Brigade, there is also an infantry transferred from the Mongolian Army.
Team of devils.
About five to six thousand people guarded Datong, because Datong was an important material transfer base for the Japanese army's raid on northwest Shanxi.
A large amount of combat supplies were hoarded in Datong. The Japanese prepared 100,000 people this time to continuously raid the combat supplies for more than a month.
However, Okamura Neiji, an old devil, was very cautious and did not put all his eggs in one basket. Half of the combat supplies were in Datong and half of the combat supplies were in Taiyuan.
Originally, the mission of the two battalions of the Sixth Division and the Seventh Division was to ambush the Japanese logistics supply line. The troops of the Sixth Division ambush the Japanese transport team coming out of Datong, and the troops of the Seventh Division ambushed the Japanese transport team coming out of Taiyuan.
But I never thought that the Japanese would transfer a heavy artillery unit from Manchuria to northwestern Shanxi.
Therefore, Li Yunlong had no choice but to send two battalions, the Sixth Division and the Seventh Division, to northern Shanxi to ambush the Japanese heavy artillery regiment and infantry regiment.
Fortunately, Li Yunlong had the foresight, otherwise it would still be difficult to complete this task with only three regiments traveling alone.
The sky is getting brighter.
Wang Fafa looked at the watch on his hand and saw that the time had reached half past six.
Calculating the time, the Japanese convoy should be arriving soon.
At this moment, the high-power walkie-talkie next to the correspondent came from the buzzing sound of electricity. He quickly picked up the microphone and called in a low voice:
"This is the headquarters!"
"What did you say?"
"Okay, I'll report to the battalion commander right now!"
After hanging up the call, the correspondent reported to Wang Fa: "Report to the battalion commander, the scouts just reported that the Japanese convoy has arrived, 13 kilometers away, a heavy armored train, a train!"
Wang Fafa's expression was shocked and his eyes were stern: "Finally we are here, give me the order, all regiments and battalions are ready to fight!"
As the correspondent relayed orders to the regiment and battalion headquarters on the walkie-talkie.
Orders were issued from regiment headquarters and battalion headquarters, and each squad and platoon leader immediately whispered to his squad and platoon orders to prepare for battle.
The rattling sound of gun bolts suddenly filled the air.
About 0 minutes later, all the Eighth Route Army commanders and fighters participating in the ambush heard the sound of a train whistle.
By this time it was already broad daylight.
After a while, a Japanese heavy-armored train appeared in the field of vision, rushing towards Miaoergou.
Next came two Japanese military columns, and at the end there was a Japanese heavy armored train.
With regard to the firepower and troop allocation of the escort heavy artillery regiment, if the two battalions of the new regiment did not participate in the ambush, it would be difficult for the independent brigade to complete the task of blowing up the Japanese heavy artillery.
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The last Type 94 armored train was Chasing the Wind.
The Type 94 armored train has a total of 8 carriages and is equipped with 10 7.7mm heavy machine guns, a 7mm anti-aircraft gun, and a 10mm cannon.
The firepower is quite powerful.
Although it has strong firepower and looks quite big, its armor protection is not very strong. The armor thickness of the owner is 10 mm, and the armor thickness in unimportant locations is 6 mm.
Although the armor is not thick, such a big guy is terrifying when activated, and it also has omnidirectional firepower.
It's not easy for the Chinese team to attack it, let alone destroy it. They have to walk around when they see it.
But this film includes the New Regiment. Last year, Li Yunlong led his troops at Niangzi Pass and destroyed the Japanese Kamikaze armored train with long-range shelling.
at this time.
In the command car of the train "Chasing the Wind", the commander of the Heavy Artillery Regiment, Mitsuru Takahashi, and the commander of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, Seiichi Yamashita, were sitting together drinking tea.
Takahashi Manzo Daizuo said: "Onomonosuke Daizuo of the 6th Flying Division of the 6th Flying Division is my good friend. Before coming to North China, I heard him say that all the more than 100 Imperial aircraft of the 6th Flying Division this time
All were destroyed.”
"So, this time we go to the pass to fight without air support."
"Hmph! I've heard about this too." Yamashita Makoto snorted coldly, "The Imperial Air Force is a bunch of rubbish. They were completely wiped out by more than 40 enemy planes."
As the captain of the 1st Infantry Regiment of the 1st Division, Yamashita Seiichi is very arrogant.
However, he has the capital to be arrogant. As the most elite division of the Japanese army, the 1st Division has first-class equipment and extremely powerful combat effectiveness.
This time he went to North China to support the operation. Although the duty of the 3rd Infantry Regiment was to protect the 3rd Heavy Artillery Regiment, he would never give up if there was an opportunity to make meritorious deeds.
Now he only has to make meritorious service before being promoted to major general.
"You can't say that." Takahashi Mitsou said, "Almost all the Imperial Air Forces who participated in the air battle were destroyed. They tried their best, but this group of enemy planes of unknown origin is a bit of a headache."
"If we are targeted by these enemy planes, we will probably suffer heavy losses."
"I think this is also the reason why General Okamura Neji asked us to set off from Zhangjiakou in the middle of the night."
The two Type 94 armored trains are equipped with four Type 88 7mm anti-aircraft guns, and the other two military trains are also equipped with some 0mm anti-aircraft guns to protect against sudden appearance of aircraft.
Yamashita Seiichi didn't refute any more. He took a sip of hot tea and felt comfortable all over.
Now all he could think about was meritorious service, besides meritorious service, he wanted to have a fight with the Eighth Route Army right away.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Takahashi Manzo also picked up the teacup and blew on the tea that had just been brewed with boiling water, but then there was a sudden explosion in his ears, which made him
His hand suddenly shook, and the boiling water came into close contact with his lips.
"Hi, Baga!"
The tea cup fell on the floor of the Type 94 armored train. Takahashi Manzo screamed, and then couldn't help but curse.
"Immediately ask the Haikaze armored train, what happened?"
Although Yamashita Seiichi was crazy, his reaction speed was not slow. In just a moment, he judged that something must have happened to the Hakaze armored train.
"Moxi Moxi..."
"alert!"
"The enemy is attacking, prepare to fight!"
The armored train Chasing the Wind immediately began to slow down, and the Japanese in each carriage also responded quickly.
A Japanese communications officer reported: "Report to Dazuo, Qifeng cannot be contacted!"
"Nani?" Yamashita Seiichi's expression changed slightly, and he immediately ordered, "Immediately report this matter to the North China Front Army Headquarters and request tactical guidance!"
"Hi!"
The Japanese communications soldier picked up the radio and started calling.
At this moment, explosions and gunshots like fried beans suddenly came from the front, and the convoy was ambushed by the enemy!
Takahashi Mitsuru's expression changed drastically, but Yamashita Seiichi's eyes shone brightly.
"Takahashi-kun, here's your chance to make a contribution!"
Judging from the sound of gunfire and explosions, there were quite a few coming, but the Japanese army was not a vegetarian, not to mention that they were still troops of the 1st Division.
The 1st Division, which has just finished its special performance, is at its peak both in terms of combat effectiveness and morale.
"It's the Eighth Route Army ambushing us!"
At this time, the Japanese who were responsible for observation on the upper level of the command car ran down and reported to Yamashita Seiichi and Takahashi Mitsuru.
"I knew it was the Eighth Route Army!"
"Send the order, the 1st Infantry Regiment, counterattack across the board!"
Yamashita Cheng was furious and his eyes widened.
A group of peasant troops, Tubal Road, who didn't even have guns, actually dared to ambush the troops of the 1st Division, the most elite division of the Empire of Japan. I simply don't know how to write the word "death"?
Yamashita Seiichi knew something about the Eighth Route Army. Troops such as the New First Regiment, the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment were relatively capable troops, especially the New First Regiment, which had a record of defeating the Japanese second-line divisions.
But as for the other Eighth Route Army troops, Yamashita Seiichi didn't take them seriously.
At this time, the New 1st Regiment, the New 2nd Regiment and the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army were surrounded by five divisions of locust troops.
The Eighth Route Army that ambushed the 3rd Heavy Artillery Regiment and the 3rd Infantry Regiment this time must not be the troops of the three regiments of the Eighth Route Army.
Since these three regiments were not part of the Eighth Route Army, Yamashita Seiichi was ready to go on a killing spree to show these Eighth Route Army troops what it meant to be the most elite unit of the Japanese army.
"Hi!"
The Japanese communications soldier suddenly paused, turned around, and picked up the radio to deliver the order.
Afterwards, Yamashita Seiichi and Takahashi Mitsou quickly walked to the first floor of the command car, preparing to observe the battle situation.
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Time goes back one minute.
As the Japanese armored train and train entered the ambush circle.
Wang found that the battalion commander issued the attack order without hesitation.
When the Japanese's first security car equipped with the Qifeng Hao train arrived at the explosive site, the engineer soldier responsible for the detonation turned the handle of the detonator modified from the phone in his hand and suddenly pressed it.
The electricity is instantly transmitted to the detonator buried under the railway track. The detonator generates explosive energy and detonates the explosive instantly.
The command car in the middle of the Japanese heavy armored train suddenly erupted with a loud noise that shook mountains.
Along with a shock wave visible to the naked eye, a large ball of fire and thick smoke suddenly rose.
The Japs' command carriage was blown to pieces, and fragments of the carriage's parts and broken bodies of the Japs fell down one after another.
The rails were blown apart, and the other carriages of the Haikaze armored train derailed under the influence of inertia and slid forward for a while before stopping, but they did not roll over.
In order not to be exposed, the soldiers hid on the back of the mountain at first.
As the explosion sounded, the horn for an ambush attack was sounded.
The soldiers climbed up to the commanding heights from the back of the mountain and opened fire on the Japanese convoy with fierce eyes!
The sound of gunshots suddenly sounded like fried beans in the ravine. The Japanese opened the car door and jumped out. Under the intensive firepower, they were like cutting wheat in rows.
Boom boom boom…
The bazooka rocket launcher in the hand of the rocket launcher fired, and a trail of contrails hit the Japanese armored train Haikaze directly.
Although there are no mountain cannons and howitzers, the power of the bazooka rockets is comparable to that of a 10mm howitzer, coupled with excellent armor-piercing capabilities.
This little devil's thin-skinned armored train is no different from Zhihu's in the face of rockets.
In addition, the Japanese armored train was derailed and stopped there. The distance of tens of meters was like a target for the rocket launcher soldiers.
The Japanese who were not killed in the armored train were still in a state of confusion. Just as they came to their senses, they were blown to pieces in the fierce explosion.
Not long after, the Haikaze armored train was bombarded by 10 bazookas and burst into flames.
Complete reimbursement.
At this time, the 0mm machine gun was set up and fired.
"Let's go to support the brothers in the regiment!"
Seeing that the Japanese heavy armored train had been destroyed and the rails had been blown up, the platoon leader in charge issued an order.
"yes!"
Under the leadership of the company commander, the rocket launcher soldiers and machine artillery soldiers quickly moved their positions and came to the high ground.
The 4th Regiment and Regiment of the Independent Brigade were responsible for ambushing No. 1 and No. 1 Highlands respectively. The main task was to deal with the Japanese Heavy Artillery Regiment.
At this time, the battle had begun. Although the equipment of the 4th regiment and the regiment were relatively poor and their firepower was relatively sparse, the trains were basically filled with Japanese artillery, and the individual equipment of the Japanese artillery was even worse.
The Japanese Heavy Artillery Regiment has more than 300 people, including the regiment headquarters and 3 artillery brigades. This time it carries 0 10mm cannons and 10 40mm heavy cannons.
All these cannons are in carriages without iron sheets, but they are wrapped in tarpaulins, but based on their outlines, you can tell at a glance that there must be cannons under the tarpaulins.
At this time, the artillerymen of the Heavy Artillery Regiment pushed open the iron doors and jumped out of the train, but they were greeted by rows of bullets.
The Japanese artillerymen with guns set up their guns and fought back towards the top of the mountain.
The 4th regiment and the bombardiers of the regiment threw grenades downwards to suppress it.
Most of these grenades were produced at the Huangyadong Arsenal. With Boss Chen providing a production line for smokeless gunpowder, the power of the grenades produced by the Huangyadong Arsenal was greatly improved.
Not only is it powerful, but its output has also been greatly improved. It is no longer made in the border areas that everyone dislikes.
Boom boom boom…
Explosions continued to rise around the train, accompanied by shrapnel flying across the train, and the sound of explosions and the screams of the Japanese were intertwined.
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Responsible for dealing with the Japanese Infantry Regiment were the 6th and 7th Battalions of the 6th Division of the New Regiment.
The total strength of the Japanese Infantry Regiment was more than 3,700 men, all of whom were on one train.
The Japs reacted very quickly. The moment the train stopped, the train door was pushed open, but no Japs jumped off.
The Japanese machine guns and rapid-fire cannons were set up at the carriage door. The moment the train door was pushed open, the Japanese machine gunners and artillerymen immediately opened fire on the hills on both sides.
At the same time, the 0mm anti-aircraft gun and Type 92 heavy machine gun on the roof of the train also fired simultaneously.
Since the Sixth and Seventh Battalions had just come up from the back of the mountain, most of the firepower had not yet been deployed, and the Japanese really suppressed the firepower.
Taking advantage of the firepower being suppressed for a moment, the Japanese infantry jumped from the train with screams.
This chapter has been completed!