Chapter 151 Chen Ziyun directs the guerrilla attack
Colonel Harada was full of anger at this time. Did he hope that the battle would be successful?
It turns out that till now, the performance of the Moon Army in all aspects can be described as a complete mess.
The Harada detachment all went out to fight, but they were never able to defeat the Shanxi-Sui army in Suohe Town.
Instead, the Jinsui Army took advantage of their empty defense along the railway and directly seized the military trains transporting combat supplies.
Sato's detachment was originally not expected to dispatch a rescue operation quickly, but was ambushed on the road. It suffered heavy casualties and was forced to retreat to its base.
The current situation of the Harada detachment can be said to be very bad. With the situation in Dongsuohe Town still unclear, it is obviously irresponsible for them to continue the attack.
After all, Li Yunlong's troops will be heading north at any time, which will pose a threat to their artillery positions and detachment headquarters.
The most important thing is that the Jinsui Army has already controlled the military ranks, and they can take away a large amount of loot at any time.
Even if all those shells and artillery pieces could not be recovered, at least the Moon Army wanted to completely destroy them and not fall into the lap of the Jinsui Army.
"The three major captains of the 13th Independent Infantry Regiment in the east are simply idiots. How do they command operations?"
"Two artillery brigades support their operations. They can have a combat strength of nearly 5,000 people, but otherwise they cannot take the positions of the 2,000 Shanxi-Sui Army in the east."
"Stupid, stupid, useless! Don't they know how to command troops in combat if he doesn't command on the front line?"
"It's very impressive that those idiots from the Sato detachment were ambushed by Tubal Road with more than 2,000 troops. They were beaten and retreated to their base in embarrassment."
"No wonder the First Army is losing battles one after another. With those idiots around, it's impossible for them to win."
"The First Army Headquarters didn't know what it was doing. A military column transporting a large amount of combat supplies passed by without sending a notification to the east in advance."
Colonel Harada couldn't help but start blaming the sky, the earth, and the air. He believed that all the blame was not caused by other people.
If those people had not made different mistakes, then the Harada detachment would certainly not have been in such a passive combat situation.
After some venting, Colonel Harada came to the map. He frowned and his face became gloomy.
"Order, the First Brigade and the Artillery Brigade to abandon the attack on Cuoyangpo Village and launch a search from west to east!"
"Order, the Second Battalion and the First Battalion of the Mountain Artillery give up the offensive operations and retreat to the mountain artillery position with all their strength."
"Order, the third brigade stops attacking Cuoxihui Village and Suohe Town, and launch a search from south to north."
After Harada thought for a while, with a serious expression on his face, he began to issue a series of combat orders.
The Second Battalion and the First Battalion of the Mountain Artillery were assembled at the Shan Artillery position. They could also provide protection to the Jinshan Detachment Headquarters.
As for the 1st, 3rd Battalion and Artillery Battalion, whether the cavalry company and guard company troops will be fully searched.
The three brigades are trying to intercept the troops transporting the loot and prevent them from withdrawing with a large amount of loot.
Colonel Harada also gave orders to those troops Higashikata, asking them to actively carry out operations and to recover the combat materials captured by the Jinsui Army.
In addition, has he made arrangements to destroy the combat materials even if they cannot be recovered?
After all, during the Suohe Town area battle, Colonel Harada also knew the powerful combat capability of the artillery of the Shanxi-Sui Army.
In his opinion, if those artillery shells fall on the legs of the Shanxi-Sui Army, it will definitely enhance their combat capability.
So during the battle to the east, it will naturally become more difficult for the Harada detachment to annihilate them.
The Harada detachment headquarters quickly conveyed combat orders one after another. After receiving the combat orders, the Lunar Army troops began to give up their current operations.
The little Japanese troops left the battlefield one after another, preparing to carry out the combat orders of Colonel Harada.
After Chen Ziyun, who was commanding in Yangpo Village, discovered the Yue Army's actions, he immediately contacted the artillery unit.
Chen Ziyun asked the artillery battalion to launch an all-out artillery bombardment, thereby causing the Moon Army to launch a diversionary attack.
Otherwise, the infantry in the defensive position will immediately fire signal flares to provide the observation team with directions.
By observing the signal flares, the observation team immediately carried out mapping operations and provided accurate shooting data to the artillery unit.
"Boom boom boom."
Six Bofors mountain guns and two Liao-made field guns carried out continuous bombardment.
When the Moon Army troops withdrew from the battlefield, they were attacked one after another and suffered a certain amount of casualties.
As the Japs gradually evacuated, Chen Ziyun quickly established contact with various ministries.
In the fierce fighting till now, the 5th Battalion of Wu Ziqiang Independent Infantry has suffered heavy casualties.
The four infantry companies to the east of it no longer have any fully-equipped troops.
The cannon battery suffered casualties, but its heavy weapons were not damaged, but its ammunition was consumed a lot, and there was a serious shortage of remaining bullets and artillery shells.
"Currently, the remaining personnel of the Fifth Battalion of the Independent Infantry are about 500, including some with minor injuries, and there is not much ammunition left."
"In addition, the Sixth Independent Infantry Battalion has more than 600 remaining soldiers, including the slightly wounded, and their ammunition reserves are pretty good."
"The overall casualties of the two infantry battalions were close to 500, with more than 200 casualties, and a large number of wounded are receiving treatment."
"In addition, there were no casualties in the artillery battalion. The artillery shells they carried were obviously insufficient."
"The eight artillery pieces have less than 300 rounds of shells left, and there is a certain amount of armor-piercing shells at the Bofors Mountain Gun."
Soon, an officer came to Chen Ziyun to report.
As the battle progresses, the overall casualties of the troops commanded by Chen Ziyun are not small.
Especially if they continue to fire during defensive operations, this will cause them to consume too much ammunition.
Maybe Chu Yunfei has dispatched a hundred heavy troops to carry relevant supplies to follow the battle. I am afraid that all the ammunition has been used up now.
"Battle Commander Liang, the artillery battalion requests to continue the artillery bombardment. The Moon Army has given up the battle now, and must have other intentions."
"There is fighting on the northern railway. It must be that the guard company and the cavalry company have carried out combat attacks on the railway."
"And the sound of gunfire was also heard in the Xinxian area, indicating that the combat troops of the First Army have launched operations again, and may have crossed paths with the Eighth Route Army."
"We cannot allow the troops stationed in Mongolia to withdraw from the battlefield easily, otherwise the cavalry company and guard company will be in danger."
Chen Ziyun had a solemn expression on his face, and he immediately gave the combat order to Liang Guopingdong of the Artillery Battalion.
Will he directly give approval to allow the artillery battalion to retain a hundred rounds of artillery shells, and as for other artillery shells, all can be fired.
The guard company and cavalry company made a lot of noise. They didn't know what they had done, but Chen Ziyun could probably guess it.
Did the system provide any transportation supplies? The military train was going to the southeast along the Tongpu Railway in the near future, so he specifically asked Zhang Wu, the commander of the cavalry company.
Now that the guard company and the cavalry company were launching combat operations, Chen Ziyun knew that they had probably intercepted the military column.
And judging from the mobilization of troops by the Moon Army, the battle between the two companies should have been successful.
Otherwise, Sato's detachment would not rush to the north for reinforcements and would be attacked by Li Yunlong's troops.
Now the Harada detachment does not want to evacuate all troops from the Suohe Town battlefield, and obviously does not want to attack the guard company and cavalry company.
Is there a high ground in Yangpo Village, where Chen Ziyun is located high in the east, and can he easily see all aspects of the situation?
Although Chen Ziyun didn't know the Jaap's number, he probably guessed the relevant combat situation.
If the Harada detachment wants to withdraw, Chen Ziyun will not let them go back easily.
"Captain Wu, Commander Shi, he knows that the overall casualties of our troops are relatively high, but now is the time for us to grit our teeth and persevere."
"We each dispatched a hundred veterans. They asked the Moon Army troops in front of us to launch a pursuit. They were not allowed to evacuate calmly."
"The troops gathered in Xihui Village, attacked from the south, and evacuated the Moon Army troops on the flanks to attack."
"The troops to be transferred are required to have light and heavy machine guns, rifles, submachine guns, and grenade mortars. One thing to note is that all of them must be veterans."
Chen Ziyun summoned the two infantry battalion commanders together and said with a serious expression on his face.
At this time, the combat strength of the two battalions was more than 1,100. It would be difficult for Wu Ziqiang and Shi Yujian to recruit 200 veterans from there.
After all, there are a lot of new recruits in their two battalions, and not a lot of veterans, especially after there are certain casualties.
Those two hundred veterans were almost the core of their army.
Chen Ziyun begged them to fight back and ask if there would be any heavy losses and if the two infantry battalions could be completely destroyed.
The core of every army's operations is veterans, and those veterans are equivalent to the sharpest blades.
If a knife loses its blade, it loses its lethal threat.
"Commander Chen..." Wu Ziqiang and Shi Yuzhen stopped talking.
I bet Chen Ziyun is currently the most popular person around Chu Yunfei, and in addition, he is second only to Chu Yunfei in the 48th Independent Brigade.
I'm afraid Wu Ziqiang and Shi Yujie have fallen out with each other a long time ago. After all, they have no way of explaining to Chu Yunfei whether their troops suffered heavy casualties.
And those losses will also directly affect their subsequent promotions.
"He will personally command the two hundred men to fight, and you will stay at the current position."
"He will bear all the responsibilities for the consequences of this battle."
Chen Ziyun looked at Wu Ziqiang and Shi Yuzhen in front of him and said with a serious expression on his face.
When the two battalion commanders heard Chen Ziyun say such words, they naturally couldn't refuse.
At around three o'clock in the morning, Chen Ziyun commanded a force of 200 people to take the initiative to attack.
The two hundred troops launched an attack on the south side, and under Chen Ziyun's command to the east, two hundred veterans launched guerrilla tactics.
They continued to harass and dispersed to fight.
Various weapons continued to attack the evacuated Third Brigade, which caused the Third Brigade to continue to suffer casualties during its evacuation.
By four o'clock in the morning, the major commander of the Third Battalion showed an angry expression.
They continued to fight in the Suohe Town area. Although they could not undertake the task of containing the attack, they probably suffered about 200 casualties.
Chen Ziyun directed two hundred veterans to launch a guerrilla attack, which instantly caused dozens of casualties among them.
Captain Major Major begged the troops to stop retreating and launch an attack immediately.
Hundreds of troops launched a pursuit towards the south, hoping to find the 200 troops commanded by Chen Ziyun for annihilation.
After Chen Ziyun found out about the actions of the Yue army, he directly asked the troops to be broken into pieces and dispersed.
Those two hundred people are all veterans, and their overall combat strength is strong enough to cope with the third battalion of the Lunar Army.
Chen Ziyun's strategy was obvious. The Third Battalion retreated and they went all out as guerrillas, constantly killing and injuring their combat forces.
The Third Brigade stopped advancing to fight them, so they dispersed and did not fight against the Moon Army.
He asked whether he wanted to contain the Lunar Army troops and see the subsequent reaction of the Harada detachment.
At 4:15 in the morning, the Second Battalion withdrew to the position of the First Battalion of the Mountain Artillery, and they stayed in place.
The First Battalion and the Artillery Battalion also gradually evacuated the Yangpo Village battlefield, and they have launched a search.
The third battalion was restrained at this time and could not leave the battlefield to carry out Colonel Harada's search mission.
It was at that time that Li Yunlong's troops also began combat operations after cleaning the battlefield.
Zhang Dabiao commanded the first battalion, equipped with four mortars, and advanced directly towards the position of the First Battalion of the Yuejunshan Artillery Battalion.
The troops of the Fourth and Seventh Battalions will continue to set up ambush positions and be prepared to attack Sato's detachment.
As for the guard company and cavalry company that captured a large amount of loot, they are moving with the supplies.
Originally, they were moving towards the west, but when the fierce gunfire from Suohe Town stopped, they moved eastward.
Chu Yu and Zhang Wu realized that the situation was not good, and they temporarily stopped moving forward.
"Signal flare, company commander, let's look quickly, a flare was fired in the Suohe Town area."
The two company commanders met, and at that time, a dazzling signal flare appeared in the Suohe Town area.
Originally, according to the agreement, Chen Ziyun fired the signal flare, and the guard company and cavalry company took the opportunity to attack.
"The Lunar Army's artillery position is over there. Did the previous camp's intention allow them to attack the Lunar Army's artillery position?"
"But if they make such a big noise over there, the camp must know about it."
"If he continues to send out flares, why don't you beg them to continue attacking?"
"The camp must know the situation there. If he fired the flare, would he have other ideas?"
"What do you say? The Moon Army attaches great importance to the artillery unit. If their artillery unit is attacked, other units will definitely support it."
"And judging from the current situation, the Suohe Town Moon Army wants to gather in the north and east!"
"Can we follow the trend and find another way out?"
Chu Yu and Zhang Wu began to discuss, and at the same time, the cavalry troops continued to report the news.
Not long after, the two company commanders also received reports of fighting in the Xinxian area.
Chu Yu and Zhang Wu discussed it and made a decision.
The cavalry company led the people to transport goods and made detours, advancing towards the south.
The guard company troops were under the command of Chu Yu, and according to the previously scheduled combat plan, they directly attacked the artillery troops of the Moon Army.
Chu Yu was not willing to lead his troops to attract the attention of the Yuan army, thereby covering the actions of the cavalry company.
After the two people finalized the plan, they immediately took action.
The cavalry company and the people began to take other roads, heading directly to the southeast.
As for the guard company troops, they will quickly advance towards the position of the 1st Battalion of the Yuejunshan Artillery Battalion.
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