Chapter 210 The sword points to Taiyuan? (two chapters in one)
"Sir, let's go this way. The Eighth Route Army doesn't seem to be following us..." the second lieutenant who was protecting Major Aoi reminded him as he ran.
Under the cover of the guard captain, the armored platoon's attention was easily attracted, but there were only a dozen guards left around Major Aoi, who left the road and focused on running along the mountain road.
"Just retreat in the direction you said...as fast as you can!" Major Aoi frowned and said with a very ugly face. After thinking for a moment, he continued to ask.
"How many of the reinforcements successfully broke through?"
"There are less than two squadrons, break out in squad units, and our teams are everywhere on both sides!" said the second lieutenant.
"Baga!" Major Aoi clenched his fists and cursed in frustration: "Nearly a thousand imperial troops were killed and wounded more than half in a single surprise attack... I have never been so frustrated after fighting for such a long time... It is simply a shame and a great humiliation.
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"Sir, calm down!" the second lieutenant quickly comforted.
"Victory or defeat is a matter of course for a soldier... There is a saying in China: As long as you keep the green hills, you will not be afraid of running out of firewood... As long as we successfully break through, we will one day be able to come back and defeat the Eighth Route Army that just attacked us!"
Major Aoi was silent for a while before replying: "I hope so..."
"Our retreat speed must be accelerated... We must not let the Eighth Route Army cavalry target us again..."
Dozens of people ran forward quickly for two to three hundred meters. When the Eighth Route Army could no longer be seen behind them, all the Japanese took a deep breath at this moment, feeling that they had escaped.
"Da da da... bang bang bang..."
A burst of gunfire suddenly rang out from their flank, and although the hail of bullets flying over was not dense, the accuracy was very high because the shooting distance was very close.
Eighty or nine of the twenty or so Japs were knocked down in an instant. The surviving Japs immediately lay down and wanted to raise their guns to fight back, but their opponents did not give him this chance.
"Rumble..."
More than a dozen grenades fell from the sky and exploded next to the Japanese.
In the splashing fire, eight or nine more Japanese were blown over and lay motionless on the ground.
"Comrades...kill...the battle merits cannot be taken away by the armored platoon and the cavalry company...kill the little Japs in front..." A loud shout suddenly rang out where the gunshots were fired, and more than thirty soldiers jumped from their hiding spots.
He stood up and rushed towards the Japanese with his gun in hand.
Major Aoi glanced around quickly.
Of the twenty or so subordinates, only six or seven were left to continue fighting. The others were either dead or injured, and all fell in a pool of blood.
Looking at the opponent again, the line of skirmishers is like a semi-encirclement circle, quickly wrapping around itself, and it is definitely impossible to escape.
With a cruel heart, he drew out his command knife and faced the opponent.
"Warriors...the enemy has too many troops...you will definitely not be able to escape, so fight them!"
"The Imperial Army of the Japanese Empire will die on the offensive... kill them all..."
Major Aoi rushed to the front of the team, heading straight for the Eighth Route Army platoon leader holding a submachine gun.
When the two sides were still more than ten meters apart, a sneer suddenly flashed across the platoon leader's face. Major Aoi looked surprised. Before he could react, the submachine gun held on the opponent's chest roared.
The rain of bullets swept towards us, and the distance was too close. Major Aoi had no way to hide, and three bloody holes were punched in his chest in an instant...
He didn't even have time to utter a scream, and fell into a pool of blood.
"Commander Huang, the Japs reinforcements were defeated by our armored platoon and cavalry company... We won this battle!" Duan Yong, the guard battalion commander, was stunned. He didn't expect that nearly a thousand Japs could be defeated so easily.
Huang Yu seemed to have come to this scene a long time ago, his expression was very calm, and he replied while watching: "Defeat is only the first step!"
"The assault company and the guard battalion all attack, with the platoon as a unit, and cooperate with the cavalry company to hunt down the remaining Japs on the battlefield..."
The three companies are like three sharp arrows, powerful as a broken bamboo!
All kinds of good news kept reaching Huang Yu's ears.
"Commander Huang...the assault company encountered three groups of Japs and wiped them all out..."
"Commander Huang, the guards encountered four little Japs in one company, and the victory was more than that of an infantry squad..."
"Commander Huang...the Second Company of Guards has killed more than fifty Japanese in a row..."
"Counsel Huang, good news...great news...the guard company has just killed the Japanese captain..."
Huang Yu's face was already blooming with joy.
The armored platoon and the cavalry company were overwhelming. Wherever they passed, the Japanese on the road were either defeated or eliminated...
At a glance, I saw that there were not more than 200 corpses of Japanese soldiers lying on the road...
These Japanese were all massacred by armored platoons.
There were more Japanese soldiers who fell on both sides of the road. They were basically killed by the sabers of the cavalry company. There were also two to three hundred people...
Since the attack by the assault company and the guard battalion, more than 150 Japanese have been killed, including their leader...
After this calculation, there should be only about 300 stragglers who have lost their command around the battlefield...
If the troops continue to attack, it shouldn't take long to kill them all.
"Xiao Huang...listen to the sound of gunshots, the battle here seems to be almost over!" Captain Kong Jie suddenly appeared behind Huang Yu. When he saw him, it was like seeing a gold ingot, his eyes were shining and his mouth was happy.
I almost couldn’t close my mouth from ear to ear...
"Hello, Captain..." Huang Yu guessed that the main force of the regiment had captured Jinzhong when he saw Kong Jie, so he asked quickly.
"Will there be many casualties if we attack Jinzhong?"
"You should ask Shen Quan about this!" Kong Jie said with a smile!
"His direct participation in the battle is more convincing than my words!"
"Don't worry, Staff Huang, the casualties of the attacking troops will be very small!" Shen Quan answered with a smile.
"Thanks to the ammunition we captured in the Battle of Xingling..."
"One battalion of mortars fired more than 500 shells during the battle... The bombed city top caused heavy casualties to the Japanese and puppet troops. They did not even dare to fight back. They all huddled behind the city gates to avoid the bombardment..."
"Two mountain cannons stared at the city gate and blasted it... four or five rounds of shells destroyed the city gate... covering the siege troops and rushed into Jinzhong in one go!"
"The regiment leader asked us to fight steadily after entering the city. Don't be anxious. The enemies that can be destroyed with artillery shells will not let the infantry fight for their lives..."
"After we entered the city, we were bombarded with artillery fire all the way, and we encountered almost no resistance."
"It only took half an hour to capture the Japanese headquarters in Jinzhong...very fast..."
"I have been fighting for so long. This is the first time I fire at the enemy. I don't take the shells seriously. I can shoot as many as I want!"
"Only two companies were used in the siege...the first company lost one platoon, and the second company lost two squads..."
"After taking five squads from the recruit company to replenish the troops, all three companies are on the way back to full strength!"
"The morale of the soldiers is also very high... As long as the regiment commander gives the order, there will be no problem in fighting another big battle!"
Kong Jie responded: "The losses of other troops are similar..."
"There is a regiment of Japanese devils in the remaining troops in Jinzhong. It will definitely be no problem to capture five to six hundred people..."
"I have already made an agreement with the chief of staff... After the battle, we will dispatch political cadres to mobilize the prisoners to join the independent regiment..."
"Based on past experience, it will definitely be no problem to recruit more than a hundred recruits!"
"Even if we can't make up for all the losses in our siege battle, it's not much different!"
"The Jinzhong Arsenal was also taken down!"
"I haven't had time to go in yet, but I heard the prisoner's second prisoner mention something..."
"The weapons and ammunition inside have been emptied a lot, but there are still more than a thousand boxes of various ammunition... There must be bullets and shells we urgently need!"
"Don't you want to capture Taiyuan Airport before dawn? I brought the artillery company directly under the regiment and three mortar companies..."
"It should be possible to cover all the air defense positions around the airport with a single salvo, cover the infantry and armored platoons to enter the airport, and destroy the artillery shells and all aircraft!"
Huang Yu was very excited...
The greater the results of the main force of the regiment in Jinzhong and the smaller the losses, the greater the destruction caused by the independent regiment in Taiyuan, and the greater the intensity of support for the base area.
Immediately follow Kong Jie's report: "Commander...Taiyuan sent nearly a thousand Japanese to reinforce Jinzhong..."
"They did not carry heavy weapons. I copied the tactics used to raid the Japanese reinforcements in Yangquan..."
"The armored platoon made a surprise attack and penetrated the Japs' team. The cavalry company covered up and defeated the Japs. The guard battalion and the assault company expanded their results. Nearly 600 Japs have been eliminated... The remaining 300 Japs can be almost killed in half an hour at most!"
Kong Jie was shocked and surprised. He didn't expect that Huang Yu could surprise him here!
The cavalry company, the assault company, and the two companies of the guard battalion...the total strength is less than 600 people.
There are nearly a thousand reinforcements coming from Taiyuan. Even if they are not equipped with heavy weapons, they are still nearly a thousand fully armed little devils.
Huang Yu not only defeated the strong but blocked them.
He also inflicted heavy losses on them, almost annihilating them all.
Kong Jie really wanted Huang Yu to continue the fight, expand the results, and eliminate all the remaining 300 Japanese, but he decided to stop after looking at his watch, frowning and reminding: "It will be dawn in three hours..."
"It's important to go to the airport... let's forget about the hundreds of remaining soldiers here..."
"Don't lose the watermelon and pick up the sesame seeds, or you'll be in big trouble!"
Huang Yu shook his head and explained: "Captain, I think these little devils are not Sesame!"
"If the troops keep up their efforts, they will be able to kill them all in half an hour at most!"
"If we let them escape back to Taiyuan, we won't be able to annihilate them all even if we pay three or four times more!"
"There are a total of three thousand Japs in Taiyuan... More than five hundred people are defending the airport. If all the Japs here are wiped out, the Taiyuan garrison will be reduced to 1,500!"
"If there is a chance, the independent group might have a chance to capture the outer city of Taiyuan..."
"Taiyuan Arsenal is in the outer city...taking the outer city is equivalent to winning the arsenal!"
"The equipment there can not only make guns, but also all kinds of ammunition... Just move a few items back, and the headquarters arsenal will be even more powerful and produce weapons and ammunition by itself!"
Kong Jie had just been shocked by Huang Yu's surprise of severely injuring the Japanese reinforcements, and now he was shocked by Huang Yu's bold idea.
At this moment, he really wanted to crack open Huang Yu's head and study it to find out what was inside!
Not only does he often come up with some unexpected and good ideas for himself, he is also extremely courageous.
Unexpectedly, Xiang used a regiment of troops to attack Taiyuan... and used eggs to touch stones...
If this proposal had been made in the past, Kong Jie would have definitely regarded Huang Yu as a lunatic.
In everyone's perception, Taiyuan has strong fortifications, strong garrison strength, and large numbers of troops. It is impossible to capture the city without a siege force of 30,000 to 40,000 people.
If a regiment of troops goes to attack Taiyuan, they may be completely wiped out by the defenders before they reach the outside of Taiyuan City.
But at this moment, Kong Jie doesn't think Huang Yu is a lunatic...
Huang Yu's calm personality is there and he won't bring up anything he is unsure about.
It is also true that Taiyuan is empty of troops...
By seizing the opportunity, the independent regiment has a high chance of entering the outer city of Taiyuan and capturing the Taiyuan Arsenal.
He decided to take the risk, but the troops had to capture Taiyuan Airport first.
Destroying the airport and destroying the planes will not only protect the base area from air attacks, but also allow independent regiments to operate during the day without worrying about bombing by Japanese planes, and the combat effect will definitely be better.
He immediately replied: "If there is a chance to break through the outer city of Taiyuan and capture the Taiyuan Arsenal, I will definitely give it a try!"
"But the top priority now is to capture Taiyuan Airport..."
"If the troops continue to be delayed here, will it affect our attack on Taiyuan Airport?"
"We can divide our forces into two groups!" Huang Yu suggested.
"The guard battalion is left behind to eliminate the remaining enemies...the cavalry company and the assault company join the main force of the regiment to attack the airport!"
"Get to the target in two hours, prepare for half an hour, and then launch the attack... strive to end the battle within half an hour!"
"Can't we launch an attack as soon as the troops reach the airport? This can save half an hour!" Kong Jie expressed his thoughts.
"A sudden attack can also lead to a surprise attack on the airport defenders. If you prepare for half an hour before launching the attack, the Japanese will also be prepared, and the attack will definitely be much more difficult!"
Huang Yu shook his head and objected in surprise: "I just want to wait until the Taiyuan defenders are ready before launching an attack!"
"Why?" Not only Kong Jie couldn't understand this answer, Shen Quan also showed a puzzled expression.
"The airport is too big..." Huang Yu explained!
"A raid on the airport can indeed catch the defenders off guard, but the little devils will also be scattered everywhere..."
"Our troops are limited and it is difficult to end the battle in a short time..."
"If there are a few fish that slip through the net and attack us secretly, the losses to the troops will definitely be huge!"
"The Japanese army knows that we are going to attack the airport, so they will definitely concentrate their forces to defend various positions!"
"By seizing each position, we will wipe out the airport defenders!"
"Commander, please don't forget, apart from an air defense squadron, the airport defenders only have a few mortars!"
"The number of artillery we equip is several times that of theirs, and we also have armored vehicles to help..."
"The more concentrated their forces are, the easier it is for our artillery superiority to be used..."
Kong Jie understood what he said and suddenly said, "What you said is right!"
"When the enemy changes, we change..."
"Our own equipment level has changed, and the tactics and tactics used to attack the Japanese must also change. We cannot always stick to the old rules and think that a surprise attack is the most beneficial to us!"
"Let's fight as Huang Yu proposed!"
"The guard battalion stayed behind to end the fighting and clean the battlefield... The other troops followed me to attack Taiyuan Airport and capture Taiyuan Airport before dawn. The troops will set off immediately!"
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