437 Xie Baoqing, Xie Baoqing, why did you provoke Li Yunlong? (1)
The power of the sudden explosion of twenty-five rolling thunders was simply earth-shaking. The little devil who witnessed the tragedy in the center of the explosion was deeply shocked.
Under the violent shock wave, the Japanese in the explosion area were almost invisible.
At a glance at the eight transport trucks that carried the artillery, except for the first two trucks, whose drivers reacted quickly and stepped on the accelerator in advance, leaving the area affected by the explosion, three of the remaining six trucks were
were blown up. Fortunately, each truck was five or six meters apart. The last few trucks, because they were far away from the explosion area, were only slightly affected and got stuck on the mountain road, making them in a dilemma.
The Japanese Major Furukawa, who quickly came to his senses, roared and ordered: "Counterattack, protect the heavy artillery!"
Before he finished speaking, another twenty-five thunderbolts rolled down from unknown corners on the hillside. Furukawa's scalp went numb when he saw this scene again.
"Hidden, hidden——"
Not caring about any counterattack, Furukawa gave the order in a hoarse voice.
In the mountain forest, after another twenty-five rolling thunders fell, the platoon leader stopped looking at the results and directly issued the order to retreat.
The twenty-five soldiers of the Rolling Thunder Team quickly moved towards the second ambush location.
Boom——
Shortly after the platoon leader led the soldiers of the Rolling Thunder Team to evacuate, on the mountain road, looking at the team that was blown to pieces by the Eighth Route Army's fifty Rolling Thunder attack, the angry Furukawa commanded the artillery, using more than a dozen guns
grenades, covering the forest area on the right side of the mountain road with artillery fire.
From the perspective of the ancient well, the rolling thunder rolled down from that area.
In addition to grenade fire coverage, Gujing also directed the Japanese to use light machine guns to fire wildly at a local area on the right side of the mountain forest, seemingly not wanting to let go of even an ant.
"Hit, beat these rubbish to death, leave no one behind!"
Gujing vented his anger.
On the other side, the explosion of rolling thunder also reached Mitsui Bunio's ears.
Mitsui Squadron is still locked in a fierce battle.
Comrades from the district team and the militia team used the enhanced firepower configuration and the application of the surrounding terrain to conduct fire strikes from a commanding height, causing considerable casualties to the Mitsui Squadron.
But Mitsui Yuuban didn't pay attention to these. He was more concerned about the main force in the rear, Major Furui. There seemed to be the sound of artillery. Could it be that he was ambushed?
But isn't the ambush of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army just around the corner?
Mitsui Benio quickly realized the problem.
As the battle continued, Mitsui Bunio discovered that the main firepower of the Eighth Route Army troops ambushed in the mountains and forests was directed at his Mitsui squadron.
The Eighth Route Army did not specifically attack the few trucks that were not blown up and the puppet troops in front.
What does this mean? It means that these Eighth Route Army did not care about those trucks, but didn’t the Eighth Route Army just come to destroy the artillery transported in the trucks?
"No, we were fooled. The Eighth Route Army troops ambushing us this time are not just in front of us!"
"The Eighth Route Army saw through our plan to lure the enemy."
"Quick, notify Major Gujing immediately!"
Mitsui Benio's expression changed drastically and he quickly ordered.
Unfortunately, it was too late. After Furui commanded the artillery to cover the area where the rolling thunder team was originally located, he was worried that the previous rolling thunder method would appear again, and rushed to support the Mitsui Squadron.
Furui quickly directed the remaining teams to clear out the bombed trucks, transfer the artillery assembly parts that rolled down from the trucks to the remaining trucks, and continue to move forward.
As everyone knows, the previous location of the Rolling Thunder team is only about 300 meters away from the second ambush point where the monk and his party are located, which is the area where the long-range explosives are buried.
When Gujing received Mitsui's eloquent communication message and learned that the Eighth Route Army might have an ambush midway.
The first half of the Japanese artillery unit has entered the ambush circle set by the monk and his party.
"Hit!"
The monk, who had been impatient for a long time, directly gave the order to open fire.
The five or six soldiers responsible for detonating the explosive packages pressed the detonator button almost simultaneously, and then... boom, on the southern slope of Lijiapo with a gentle slope, the short-lived long-range explosive package attack method reappeared. p>
What was slightly different from that time was that the amount of explosives buried on the mountain road this time was much smaller.
That time on the southern slope of Lijiapo, the detonation of the explosive pack directly sent a squadron of Japanese soldiers to meet the emperor.
The current explosion only blew up a small team of Japanese soldiers who advanced first into pieces.
The explosive packets buried shallowly under the road and the surface had been naturally treated covered the area, so the Japanese were not aware of it.
When the soldiers suddenly detonated the explosive package with a detonator, the explosive package filled with a large amount of explosives suddenly exploded. Most of the Japs team on the mountain road were directly swallowed by the flames.
A full Japanese army team of nearly sixty people was reduced to the last dozen Japanese soldiers in a blink of an eye. They were thrown away by the shock wave. Amid the buzzing in their heads, their faces were filled with confusion and horror.
Watching everything around you.
Immediately afterwards, various methods prepared by the guard company poured down on the remaining Japanese on the mountain road.
The violent explosion made Mitsui Benio, who was three miles away, feel a thump in his heart.
Time passed only a few minutes, and the communications soldier reported to Mitsui eloquently with a sad look on his face: "Sir, Major Furui's communications have been completely interrupted!"
Like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, Mitsui Benio staggered back a few steps.
The squadron led by Major Furui and the artillery transported in eight trucks carry the hope of breaking through the fortifications set up by the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment at the node from the outside and rescuing the brigade commander and others.
The result is shattered here.
The fierce gunfire and artillery sounds coming from not far away all indicate that an increasingly fierce battle is taking place there.
But it was too late. Mitsui Benio knew that even if he could get away from the ambush of the Eighth Route Army in front of him and rush over, it would be of no use.
Desperate, Mitsui Benio sent three communications troops and ordered the main force to cover their evacuation from the mountainous area.
Before leaving, Mitsui eloquently explained: "We must tell the headquarters that the independent regiment is far more powerful than we imagined. Now that the artillery has been destroyed, the brigade commander and the others are trapped in the West Village and Zhangjiazhuang areas. If we do not send more reinforcements, we will be independent."
The fourth brigade is in danger!"
"Hi!"
By around 5:30 pm that day, the battle in the mountain road area came to an end.
As the sun set, the monk led the guards, local comrades, and militia soldiers to clean up the battlefield, seizing no matter what, even the wreckage of the bombed-out car, as long as they could be taken away, they were all taken away.
In the words of Captain Wei: If you send it back to the repair shop, it will always come in handy!
"Company Commander, the Japanese have transported quite a lot of artillery this time. Seventy-five millimeter mountain cannons, rapid-fire artillery, and infantry artillery. A rough estimate adds up to more than 20 artillery pieces. Each assembly of the artillery pieces is dismantled.
The ones we put on the truck were only damaged a lot by our bombing, and we don’t know how many of them we can make out.”
When he heard that so many artillery pieces had been captured, the monk's eyes stopped laughing.
"Don't worry about him, bring them all back to the regiment, don't spare a screw for me, this guy Dong San should treat me to a drink this time."
"Yes!"
At dusk, the last of the setting sun gradually faded. In the West Village and Zhangjiazhuang areas, the Japanese brigade commander Yamaguchi Shubei and the Japanese commander Haraichi Ishii were standing outside the headquarters camp, looking blankly at the direction of the mountain road, looking forward to their artillery.
The arrival of the troops.
To break through the concrete fortifications built by the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army at each node.
The strange thing is that according to the news from the big stronghold, the artillery troops set off at around three o'clock in the afternoon. Why haven't they arrived yet?
While waiting in confusion, Yamaguchi Shubei and Ishii Haraichi's hearts gradually sank to the bottom of the valley.
Soon, news came from the Japanese stronghold.
The news obtained from the Japanese stronghold was brought back by the three Japanese communication soldiers who escaped under Mitsui's eloquent cover.
"The artillery reinforcements were ambushed by the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army in the middle of the mountain road. The two squadrons were completely wiped out. Squadron leader Mitsui Yuanbao, Major Furukawa Hisamasa...the jade is broken!"
"Now that Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang are in dire straits, we can only wait for follow-up reinforcements."
"Baga, these bastards!"
At the temporary headquarters of the Independent Mixed Fourth Brigade, Japanese brigade commander Yamaguchi Shubeian roared in disappointment.
As for reinforcements...
Chief of Staff Hideo Nakajima on the side looked at the battle map and said with a wry smile: "Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, there is news from the front that two imperial troops came to support from the direction of the siege of the Independent Regiment, the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment.
They were all ambushed by Eighth Route Army troops."
"The ambushed Eighth Route Army troops were well-equipped and had powerful firepower. The two reinforcements suffered heavy casualties in the fierce battle."
"Many of the Eighth Route Army troops in the ambush were wearing military boots. They should be regular combat troops of the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army."
"It's this independent group again."
Yamaguchi was shocked and angry, "Why is this small independent regiment of the Eighth Route Army so difficult to deal with? How strong are they? How many troops do they have? How much firepower is hidden secretly?"
"Now I understand. This independent regiment first blocked the nodes of Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang, trapping our team and Shijing Regiment in place, and then joined forces with the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army to ambush our reinforcements midway.
Troops."
"This is a typical encirclement and reinforcement tactic."
"But this independent group is really rampant, surrounding points to call for reinforcements. This point needs to be easily controlled. This independent group treats our fourth brigade as a soft persimmon."
Nakajima smiled bitterly and said: "Fortunately, the reinforcements from various areas around us have also arrived one after another, and the reinforcements that were ambushed on the way were rescued."
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, the current situation is gradually becoming complicated, centering around Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang.
The Eighth Route Army is investing more and more troops in these two areas.
At present, the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the New Regiment, the New Regiment, and the Second Regiment, plus several other Eighth Route Army troops, are heading here for reinforcements.
And our imperial troops are also responding with reinforcements.
If this continues, a large-scale battle may break out around the combat area where our fourth brigade is located."
Yamaguchi nodded, with shock in his eyes: "Everything is caused by this independent group. Kong Jie, the leader of the independent group, what on earth does this guy want to do?"
Nakajima said: "The surprise attack on Qu County, the direct attack on the hinterland of the North China Security Army, and the night attack on Mingbao Airport. Your Excellency, brigade commander, from these battles we can see that Kong Jie is bold in his military use and is a master of tactical command." p>
"He seems to have a tendency to advance in military command. Whenever he finds an opportunity, he always likes to expand the scale of the battle in a more intense direction."
"What he cares about is not whether it will escalate the situation."
"It's about whether his independent regiment can win the final victory in this gradually evolving battle."
"This is a pretty confident gambler!"
"Your Excellency, Brigade Commander, I'm afraid it will be bad if things continue like this. Once the final situation reaches a stalemate in the West Village and Zhangjiazhuang areas, I'm afraid it will ruin our imperial troops' final plan to sweep away the Eighth Route Army in the Taihang area."
"But, maybe we can use this to destroy the Eighth Route Army Independent Regiment in one fell swoop!" Yamaguchi's eyes were red and he spoke slowly.
I have the determination to "the sweep may fail, but I must eliminate the independent group."
……
Xicun, Zhangjiazhuang.
The independent regiments, local troops and militia comrades jointly defend various nodes, and the defense becomes more and more stable.
As time goes by, the strength of the concrete fortifications built at the outer section continues to increase.
The Japanese who were besieged by the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade did not believe in evil and tried to launch attacks at several nodes, but the attacks were easily repelled.
……
Niukou Village.
Kong Jie learned the news that the Fifth Regiment and the 772nd Regiment were also heading towards Xicun and Zhangjiazhuang for reinforcements.
At the same time, the Japanese troops who were originally mopping up around the Fifth Regiment and the 772nd Regiment also moved closer to West Village and Zhangjiazhuang.
After the artillery reinforcements from the large stronghold were destroyed, the Japanese high-level command was furious.
The large-scale mopping up net that was originally closing in on the Taihang area began to mobilize troops to reinforce the Niukou Village area.
……
As the situation changed, the independent regiments in the West Village and Zhangjiazhuang areas clashed with the Japanese army, temporarily falling into a stalemate.
No one expected that the first person to try to break the stalemate would be a puppet army - the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army.
Speaking of which, the 8th mixed brigade of the puppet army still has a personal grudge against the independent regiment.
What personal vendetta?
The cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town back then was a team under the jurisdiction of the Eighth Mixed Brigade of the puppet army.
As a result, the Independent Regiment was suddenly destroyed without saying a word.
That battle caught the 8th Mixed Brigade of the puppet army off guard.
At that time, the large-scale sabotage operation launched by the Eighth Route Army in August last year had not yet begun.
It is very rare for the Eighth Route Army to take the initiative to attack the Japanese and puppet troops in large-scale battles.
In addition, the national army was retreating steadily in frontline operations.
The Japanese army also used the cage policy to continuously compress the Eighth Route Army's living space.
Yan Sanfu, the commander of the Eighth Mixed Brigade, has always believed that the Eighth Route Army was basically in the most difficult moment during this period. As long as he did not offend the Eighth Route Army, the Eighth Route Army would probably not take the initiative to attack the Eighth Mixed Brigade.
In addition, Wanjia Town is still nearly fifty miles away from where the Independent Regiment was stationed at that time!
Therefore, Yan Sanfu also placed his cavalry battalion in Wanjia Town.
As a result, the independent regiment did not follow the rules. Li Yunlong, the deputy commander of the independent regiment at the time, led a battalion to attack for fifty miles and directly killed the cavalry battalion of the eighth mixed brigade of the puppet army in Wanjia Town.
For this reason, Yan Sanfu was holding back his anger. Well, this is not a problem, but your independent group took the initiative to provoke the arrival of my Eighth Mixed Brigade.
There is still a third of fire in this clay!
Adjutant Wang Dacong fanned the flames, "Brigade, all units of the imperial army are now moving towards Xi Village and Zhangjiazhuang for reinforcements. The location of our raid this time is relatively close to Xi Village. If we can be the first to get there, we can start from the Independent Regiment."
Such a sudden flank attack."
"After the battle is over, the imperial army will definitely give us credit."
"When Wanjia Town was attacked by the independent group last year, you said that the independent group was our enemy, and this time we just took revenge."
"It just so happened that there was a platoon leader in our team who lived near West Village for a while. He said that there is a small road from the northwest that can go straight to the left wing of West Village."
"Let's sneak attack from this old road. We don't want to eliminate the independent regiment. We just stab it once and show it to the Imperial Army of the 4th Brigade in West Village. This can be done with a little effort.
Excellent opportunity for benefits."
Yan Sanfu hesitated a little and said: "Smart, what you say sounds good, but the independent group is easy to mess with? You haven't seen how fierce the independent group has been in the past year or so.
The Japanese did not dare to provoke them easily, and the surrounding North China security forces trembled every time they saw him.
If we take the initiative to join in, will it be self-defeating?"
Adjutant Wang Dacong said: "Sir, you are right, but wealth can be found in danger. We are just pretending to stab him this time. The Independent Regiment is currently busy fighting with the Japs. How can we have time to take care of it?"
Us?"
"Besides, it's precisely because the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army is so powerful that neither the Imperial Army nor the Security Army dare to provoke it easily, but we, the Eighth Route Army, were the first ones to fight. You said, the Imperial Army attacked us
After seeing our performance, can we not be valued?"
Yan Sanfu was moved: "Really?"
Wang Dacong nodded, "Travel seat, this opportunity is not to be missed, it will never come back again!"
Hearing this, Yan Sanfu gritted his teeth and nodded solemnly: "Okay, they say this independent group is not easy to mess with, but today we decided to touch the tiger's butt."
"We have to avenge the Wanjia Town Cavalry Battalion, but Yan wants to see what his independent regiment can do to us."