503 Multiple parties join the war to break the deadlock
The battle to attack Ping'an County began. In order to convince the little devil that the Eighth Route Army was going to conquer Ping'an County in one go, Li Yunlong set up an all-out attack posture.
Four infantry guns were lined up six hundred meters away.
After a round of artillery bombardment, the city gate position of Ping'an County was directly submerged in the artillery fire.
Once upon a time, the Eighth Route Army was able to directly suppress the counties occupied by the Japanese army with firepower.
After the battle started in the direction of the main entrance of Ping'an County, the city gates in several other directions were also blocked by soldiers assigned there.
The menacing Eighth Route Army troops from all sides surrounded Ping An County, and Ping An County instantly became a dead city.
In Ping'an County, the Japanese Army Headquarters.
Fujita Shigeru, captain of the Japanese Military Police, could no longer sit still. The sudden emergency caught him off guard.
As he mobilized his troops, he put all available troops, even some traitors, into the troops first to assist in the garrison, and to garrison the four city gates.
On the other hand, we requested urgent help from all parties as soon as possible.
"Ping'an County has been heavily attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army. The Eighth Route Artillery fire is fierce. The county is in danger. We request urgent reinforcements!"
Fujita Shigeru did not have too many doubts about his judgment, although he had some doubts at first. How could the Eighth Route Army be so rampant that they suddenly wanted to attack Ping'an County?
Before, he climbed to the city gate and observed the situation outside the city.
Outside the city, the Eighth Route Army troops were pressing heavily on the border. Each team even held powerful attack weapons such as heavy artillery. Coupled with the unified Eighth Route Army uniforms, Shigeru Fujita couldn't help but believe that they were the main force of the Eighth Route Army.
And this is exactly the effect Li Yunlong wants to achieve.
Naturally, there were regular troops attacking Ping'an County outside the city, but they were only a small part.
Most of them are local troops, as well as siege teams composed of militia comrades.
Anyway, Li Yunlong had determined that the Japanese in the county would never dare to take the initiative to go out of the city to meet the enemy under such circumstances.
To besiege rather than attack is just to scare the little devils. Local comrades and militia comrades are enough.
Coupled with the fact that local comrades and militia comrades were given regular army uniforms and increased firepower, the little devils couldn’t help but believe it.
Of course, simply besieging but not attacking can easily arouse the suspicion of the Japanese.
So after besieging Ping'an County on all sides, Li Yunlong issued the second phase of the order:
Let the comrades of the local troops form a separate column, take advantage of the fact that the sky is not completely bright, and use the cover of our own artillery fire to launch continuous feint attacks towards the Japanese defensive positions at the city gate.
The siege troops that moved quickly gave the Japanese army a sense of oppression.
At a glance, with such a large formation, one would probably think that the Eighth Route Army was about to capture the county seat.
In this way, news of the Eighth Route Army's massive attack on Ping'an County was quickly transmitted to major counties in the surrounding Japanese-occupied areas.
Yangquan Headquarters.
Japanese Captain Nakahara Joio was quite surprised.
"Tubal Road is so rampant. The spring sweep has just ended, and it dares to invade the county?"
The adjutant on the side analyzed: "Your Excellency, Captain, in my opinion, the Eighth Route Army dared to launch the attack only after they learned that the main force of our army had moved to southern Shanxi."
Zhongyuan Zhangxiong snorted coldly and said: "Even if the main force is not there, we and others are enough to garrison the county. These Tuba Road are really desperate. Now that Ping'an County is under siege, we can no longer wait. Our Yangquan direction is also immediately preparing to send troops for reinforcements. The headquarters
The order should be conveyed soon."
"Hi!"
Taiyuan City.
After the Battle of Shanxi broke out, Yoshio Shinozuka, commander of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi, although he left with the troops, secretly arranged his headquarters in a county close to southern Shanxi.
But at the Taiyuan City headquarters of the base camp, Yoshio Shinozuka also left behind someone who was strong enough to garrison. That was Nobutoshi Kawakubo, the deputy chief of staff of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi.
After receiving an emergency request for help from the direction of Ping'an County, Nobujun Kawakubo suspected that there was something fishy about the matter.
But the military emergency requires no delay.
When the general leaves the headquarters, he leaves the base camp under his care.
Now, if Ping'an County is captured by the Eighth Route Army, not to mention the losses of the imperial troops, the imperial military power will definitely be greatly defeated. How can it deserve the trust of the general?
In addition, it is due to the character of the Japanese army. The little Japanese who won successively on the frontal battlefield and defeated the national army have gradually developed a arrogant temperament. In the occupied areas, they faced some Tuba Road with backward equipment and scarce ammunition.
At that time, I even disagreed.
In the eyes of these Japanese generals, it would be a huge shame if the county town was captured by a mere Tuba Road.
Thinking of this, Kawakubo Nobutoshi, without hesitation, immediately sent a communication to the county headquarters of all parties through the general headquarters, dispatching reinforcements from Yangquan, Tanxian, Zhangzhuang, Taigu, and Taiyuan City to quickly rush to Ping'an County.
Eliminate the Eighth Route Army troops that invaded Pingan County.
The overall troop deployment of the Japanese army was basically similar to what Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei expected.
As for the reinforcements dispatched, Nobutoshi Kawakubo also considered that the main force of the army was not present, and the Eighth Route Army might desert the mountain and take the opportunity to attack other counties.
Therefore, the premise of ordering reinforcements from various counties to Ping'an County is to ensure that the defense power of one's own county cannot be significantly weakened.
This also led to the fact that the reinforcements from all parties were not too many.
About two Japanese brigades were dispatched along the way from Yangquan (additional troops were gathered at the stronghold midway), two brigades were dispatched from Zhangzhuang, one brigade was dispatched from the direction of Taigu, one brigade from Tan County, and an artillery unit was dispatched from the direction of Taiyuan City.
The squadron, plus an infantry brigade, were transported by train and quickly moved towards Ping'an County.
A total of about seven brigades of troops.
Plus three regiments of the North China Security Army.
There are also some large strongholds closer to Ping'an County, which have also sent certain reinforcements.
But even so, this kind of troop strength is actually not much for the Japanese army.
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You know, during the initial sweep, in order to deal with a small independent regiment, the Japanese army temporarily mobilized nearly ten brigades of troops.
Right now, the enemy's main force is gone, otherwise the reinforcements could even be tripled.
To put it another way, with the main force of the Japanese army moving to southern Shanxi, the Japanese base camp in northwestern Shanxi is indeed somewhat empty of troops.
This also gave Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie an opportunity to take advantage of.
In Kong Jie's original words at the pre-war military meeting, "The main force of the Japanese First Army has gone to southern Shanxi, and there will not be too many troops left at the moment. This time the Japanese army is bringing reinforcements to Ping'an County from all sides, even if it is an additional
If the puppet troops can break through the sky, there will only be about 10,000 people."
"It was further divided into multiple routes, and the strength of the Japanese and puppet troops in each route was between one and two thousand."
"Besides, what kind of first-class troops can these people who are left behind to guard security be? They are not even second-rate combat troops, they are just some guys who manage public security. Without the defense of the county, we are fighting an ambush battle, which does not give the little devils any advantage.
If we can’t deal with the little devil even with the opportunity of firepower, I think we can all just go home and farm.”
As soon as the battle in the direction of Ping'an County started, Kong Jie's troops had already been dispatched, and all the troops entered the ambush position in advance, as if waiting for the little devil to step into the ambush circle.
Ding Wei, the leader of the new regiment, will not let go of such an opportunity to eat meat.
Ding Wei is a bold guy with an astonishing appetite.
There were two or three groups of Japs passing by the defense area of his new regiment, and he was not prepared to let them go. He directly pulled out the entire regiment to fight, divided the troops into three groups, and ambushed them in three directions.
Before the ambush, Ding Wei repeatedly confessed: "When our new regiment fights, if we want to fight, we must fight a battle of annihilation. Why? Because only in the battle of annihilation, we will finally get the most seizures. You said you guys fought a battle."
The battle ended with the Japanese running away with supplies and equipment. Isn’t that in vain?”
"We can't do business at a loss. Each of your battalion commanders is responsible. Before the ambush, I thought clearly about how to annihilate all the Japanese and puppet troops in the ambush circle."
"In a word, if we cannot fight a war of annihilation and cannot retain the enemy's equipment and supplies, even if we win, it will still be a defeat."
Since the strength of the New Regiment is not as large as that of the Independent Regiment, this ambush was basically a case of attacking more with less.
But Ding Wei gave the generals a fatal order to fight a war of annihilation. From the beginning of the battle, he had to make up his mind to eat all the Japanese and puppet troops.
However, the generals of the new regiment had no doubts about Ding Wei's orders, and each of them was even more confident.
In order to eat these reinforcements, the New Regiment moved out all their property.
Not to mention Li Yunlong, the leader of the new second regiment, Lao Li, who is half a Japanese, is not ready to let go.
According to Lao Li's idea, this time we Lao Li have spent so much effort and risked taking the blame to take on the task of besieging Ping'an County. It would be a big loss if we still can't eat meat in the end.
...As time passed, ambush battles between all parties quickly began.
At Taiyuan City Command, Nobutoshi Kawabasa, deputy chief of staff of the Japanese First Army in Shanxi, immediately received the news that reinforcements from all sides had been ambushed by the Eighth Route Army, and none of them could successfully reach Ping'an County.
Even the troops who came out of Taiyuan City and originally wanted to rush to the Ping'an County area along the railway line were ambushed on the way. A big explosion occurred in the middle of the railway track, and many sections of the railway track were missing. It was obviously those locals who
Good job on the Eighth Route Army.
At this point, Nobujun Kawakubo was more and more convinced of his initial suspicion that the Eighth Route Army might be using Ping'an County to take the opportunity to send reinforcements.
Until the reinforcement fighting in the guerrilla area of the New Second Regiment of the Eighth Route Army intensified.
Li Yunlong, whose eyes were red, saw the Japanese troops in the ambush circle quickly evacuating, and he was about to let the little Japanese escape before he saw it.
Lao Li has no control over Ping'an County anymore. Ping'an County is a fake attack anyway.
He immediately issued an order to have the local troops who originally besieged Pingan County quickly make a detour to intercept the retreating Japanese and puppet reinforcements.
At this time, the Japanese military headquarters suddenly woke up.
I understand, the Eighth Route Army was not going to attack Ping'an County at all.
In order to ambush the reinforcements on the way, they actually withdrew the siege of Ping'an County.
The most interesting thing is that as Li Yunlong's local troops besieged Ping'an County, the militia troops quickly withdrew, and Ping'an County, which was originally trapped, suddenly became empty.
Japanese military police captain Fujita Shigeru was convinced that the sudden evacuation of the Eighth Route Army must be a ruse, and actually ordered the city gates to be strictly guarded.
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The Japanese and puppet troops who were ambushed on all sides soon turned into defeated and fleeing dogs.
When the Eighth Route Army troops from all sides heard the news, the newly formed Fifth and Sixth Regiments of the Eighth Route Army, as well as the closer 772nd Regiment, also joined the battle.
Even Chu Yunfei's 358th Regiment, and even the 57th Regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army, which had always had business dealings with the Independent Regiment, came to get involved when they heard that the Eighth Route Army was using the Ping'an County encirclement point for reinforcements. p>
But no one who passed by the defense zone, or even a few kilometers outside the defense zone, watched the Japanese leave.
Fang Ligong, chief of staff of the 358th Regiment, sees this very clearly:
Tuanzu, this is a matter of taking advantage of the situation. No matter how we attack, the Japanese army will definitely blame the Eighth Route Army for this in the end. This is a sure-fire deal.
It can be said that all parties are taking advantage of the enemy's illness to kill the enemy and come to share a piece of the pie.
Li Yunlong was angry and cursed all the troops, they were all old cats who had smelled fishy smells, and they were all shameless.
Brigade Headquarters.
The brigade commander, who knew what his three subordinates Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei were like, had already arranged for them to establish an intelligence agency connected with the brigade headquarters around the Iron Triangle base area in advance.
As soon as the battle in the direction of Ping'an County started, the brigade headquarters received the news immediately.
Of course, in fact, not long after the battle to attack Ping'an County began, Zhao Gang, political commissar of the New Second Regiment, and Li Wenjie, acting political commissar of the Independent Regiment, successively reported the plans for the attack on Ping'an County to the headquarters.
In this regard, the two political commissars had a clear discussion with their group leaders.
It's okay to kill first and then play a little later, but you have to say hello to the brigade commander at least, otherwise you will be scolded if you don't turn around.
The news is coming.
The political commissar laughed hard and said, "Brigadier, I'm afraid you won't be able to find a handle on this guy Li Yunlong this time. They are attacking Ping'an County, but they are only attacking from the back. Moreover, they are sent by comrades from the local army. The order is from the local Military Commission.
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The troops of his New Second Regiment were still standing still when the battle started!
As for the ambush battle, it’s time for Li Yunlong to talk about it. The Japanese passed under our noses, Brigadier, Brigadier, we can’t just watch, right?
The comrades in the regiment are all waiting to expose the enemy!"
After hearing this, the brigade commander laughed and said: "Yes, this is something that that bastard Li Yunlong could say."
After laughing for a while, they returned to the topic. The brigade commander, political commissar, and chief of staff began to look at the map and pay attention to the battles surrounding Ping'an County.
The chief of staff said: "What a great encirclement point for reinforcements. Kong Jie, Li Yunlong, and Ding Wei are so courageous, they actually used Ping'an County as this point."
"The current battle in southern Shanxi has dragged the main force of the enemy's army into southern Shanxi. I don't think the battle there will be over for a while. This is a chance for our base to breathe.
Kong Jie and the other three could seize this opportunity and take the initiative to force the Japanese troops who had turned from offense to defense to leave the county, turn the offensive into an ambush, and turn the disadvantage into an advantage. This was a good way."
The political commissar said: "Recently, the Japanese army has been continuously oppressing our Taihang base. Except for the three regiments Li Yunlong, Ding Wei, and Kong Jie, the situation of the other regiments is not very optimistic. Now there is such a commotion in the direction of Ping'an County.
The pressure on all parties will be greatly reduced."
"From this aspect, the timing of starting this battle is quite appropriate."
The brigade commander said happily: "I asked you, you guys who sing together, how come you are talking for Li Yunlong, Kong Jie, and Ding Wei?"
"Anyway, this battle is a bit like killing it first and showing off later."
"That's a blow to your heart, brigade commander, right?" the chief of staff asked.
The brigade commander was startled for a moment, then laughed.
This is true. The battle around Ping'an County once broke the deadlock in which the Japanese army continued to advance against all forces in the base area after the spring sweeps.
While the battle in southern Shanxi is still going on, this is the best opportunity for the Eighth Route Army to take action...