Chapter 749: Build the plank road openly, secretly attack Chencang!
Okamura Neiji did not know that the pangolin had been exposed and was arrested.
But Okamura Neiji knew that the main force of the Eighth Route Army was going to attack Taiyuan.
The 1st Division, 21st Division, 35th Division, and 4th Cavalry Brigade have been ordered.
In addition, the main force of the Mongolian army began to assemble, ready to reinforce the First Army at any time.
The geographical location of Shanxi is very important to the Japanese army. The Japanese army will not give up unless it is a last resort.
Although the Eighth Route Army and the Japanese have not yet started fighting, the whole air is already filled with the strong smell of gunpowder.
Forces with a little bit of intelligence capabilities all know that a war is about to break out.
Outside Heyuan County.
Attack the enemy's temporary headquarters in front of the 1st Division of Datong.
Kong Jie and Ding Wei, as well as the political commissars, chiefs of staff and combat staff of the two regiments, formed the former enemy headquarters.
Take advantage of the cover of night.
The New Second Regiment, the Independent Regiment, and part of the New First Regiment assembled outside Heyuan County.
"Reporting to Commander Kong, Yao Shangwen, Commander of the 150mm Howitzer Battalion of the New Regiment, is reporting to you!"
Yao Shangwen, a tall man with a round waist and a steel helmet on his head, walked quickly into the headquarters and saluted Kong Jie with a military salute.
Kong Jie won the lot, so Kong Jie served as the commander-in-chief of the 1st Division stationed in Datong.
"Battle Commander Yao, you came just in time!"
Kong Jie immediately returned the military salute, his face turned into a chrysanthemum smile, and said:
"The marching position of your battalion is behind the 2nd Artillery Battalion. I will send air defense troops to protect you."
Kong Jie has been coveting this new regiment's 150mm howitzer battalion for a long time, and this time he can finally personally command it in combat.
In this battle, the purpose was to confuse the Japanese army and prevent them from guessing the strategic goals of the Eighth Route Army.
Li Yunlong also spent a lot of money and handed over the 150mm howitzer battalion, 2nd artillery battalion, tank battalion, Katyusha rocket launcher battalion, 37mm anti-aircraft gun battalion and 88mm anti-aircraft gun battalion to Kong Jie's command.
The entire automobile battalion was also dispatched to provide all-round logistical support of combat materials for the troops attacking the 1st Division in Datong.
The logistical support provided by the car battalion and the airdrop supplies provided by Boss Chen form a double guarantee.
In terms of logistical supplies, Kong Jie is very satisfied.
In this battle, Kong Jie planned to let the 1st Division feel what firepower from the Eighth Route Army meant.
However, the 1st artillery battalion and 203mm howitzer battalion of the new regiment, as well as the guard battalion, stayed at the base area.
"yes!"
Yao Shangwen gave a military salute and turned to leave.
After leaving the headquarters, Yao Shangwen got into a jeep and drove towards the 150mm howitzer battalion in the rear.
On the way back to the 150mm howitzer battalion, Yao Shangwen saw the tank battalion and Katyusha rocket launcher battalion passing by.
Today's New Regiment is so wealthy, it looks like a military parade.
Yao Shangwen carefully calculated that the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment had a total of 4 artillery battalions, plus the 3 artillery battalions of the New First Regiment, that is 7 artillery battalions.
Although they are organized as artillery battalions, the size of each artillery battalion has reached the artillery regiment level.
In other words, seven artillery regiments were used in this attack on the Japanese 1st Division.
Including 60mm mortars and 82mm mortars, there are at least five to six hundred artillery pieces.
In terms of artillery firepower, it is quite satisfactory.
Can the Japanese 1st Division withstand such powerful firepower and artillery fire?
In the former enemy headquarters.
After the tank battalion commander Sun Desheng reported to Kong Jie.
Zhang Shuangyi, commander of the rocket artillery battalion of the new regiment, came to the former enemy headquarters and gave a military salute: "Report to Commander Kong, Zhang Shuangyi, commander of the rocket artillery battalion of the new regiment, will report to you with the rocket artillery battalion!"
"Battle Commander Zhang, thank you for your hard work."
The smile on Kong Jie’s face grew stronger:
"According to the battle plan, your rocket launcher battalion must arrive in Datong at dawn along with the cavalry battalion to provide artillery support to the cavalry."
The cavalry battalions of the Independent Regiment and the New Second Regiment totaled more than 1,200 cavalry, which was close to the strength of a Japanese cavalry regiment.
The quality of the Eighth Route Army cavalry is similar to that of the Japanese cavalry, but in terms of equipment, the Eighth Route Army cavalry is far ahead of the Japanese cavalry.
Whether fighting on horseback or dismounted, the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army cavalry far exceeded that of the Japanese cavalry unit.
But this time, the cavalry battalions of the New Regiment and the Independent Regiment mainly dismounted and fought to block the retreat of the Japanese First Division.
The Japanese 1st Division had a heavy artillery regiment in Datong. Li Yunlong was worried that the cavalry battalions of the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment would not be able to withstand the Japanese heavy artillery regiment.
so.
When making plans, Li Yunlong and Wang Dehou took this into consideration and sent the Katyusha Rocket Artillery Battalion to cooperate with the Eighth Route Army cavalry to provide artillery reinforcements.
The cavalry can attack long distances, so can the rocket launcher battalion, and its speed is no worse than that of the cavalry.
"The marching position of your rocket launcher battalion is behind the cavalry battalion of our independent regiment and the new second regiment."
Kong Jie ordered:
"Once the rocket launchers of our two regiments take out the Japanese stronghold, you will rush to Datong at full speed immediately!"
"I will arrange a 37mm anti-aircraft gun battalion to protect your rocket launcher battalion."
"Do you understand your battalion's mission?"
"clear!"
Zhang Shuangyi responded loudly.
The detailed combat missions had already been issued, but Kong Jie just repeated them to make him more clear.
Immediately afterwards, Li Changsheng, commander of the 2nd Artillery Battalion of the New Regiment, and Song Daying, commander of the 37mm anti-aircraft gun battalion, came to report. Kong Jie also arranged the marching positions of their two battalions and issued combat missions.
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The night was as dark as ink, and a medium-sized stronghold stood in the darkness.
Because the original Shimonoseki stronghold had been blown up by the New Regiment with rocket launchers, but the Japanese army rebuilt a new stronghold near the Shimonoseki stronghold.
The name of the rebuilt stronghold is also called Maguan Stronghold, because the place name here is Maguan.
It was originally a horse trail and a pass. It used to be a relatively important military geographical location.
However, the bridleway was later converted into a highway, allowing two trucks to travel side by side.
At this time, the Shimon Pass stronghold was completely silent.
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A high-power searchlight shone down from the cannon tower, and the bright light swept across the road from northwest Shanxi to Datong from time to time.
Currently, only a small group of Japanese soldiers and a company of puppet troops are stationed at the Shimonoseki stronghold.
Every night, the Japanese and puppet soldiers were terrified even when they went to bed.
Although there is a high-power searchlight, the Japanese and puppet soldiers know that it is of no use.
Because more than 20 kilometers away is the territory of the New Regiment of the Eighth Route Army.
If the Eighth Route Army wants to capture the Maguan stronghold, it does not need to send troops to attack at all. It only needs to pull the heavy artillery troops over and cover the Maguan stronghold with a wave of artillery fire.
The previous Shimonoseki stronghold was killed in this way.
Therefore, the Japanese army only stationed a small group of more than 60 Japanese soldiers at the Shimonoseki stronghold, because Mitsuo Nakazawa knew very well that even if a large group of Japanese soldiers were stationed, there would be no difference between them and the heavy artillery troops of the Eighth Route Army.
but.
We learned the lesson from the last time the Shimonoseki stronghold was attacked by heavy artillery troops, and the entire garrison was wiped out, without even a request for help being sent out.
Mitsuo Nakazawa ordered the radio station to be placed on a hilltop more than 700 meters away from the stronghold.
The Japanese engineers dug a hidden cave on the top of the mountain. Not only could they observe the entire highway, but if the Shimonoseki stronghold was attacked, the radio station would also be intact.
Even if the Shimonoseki stronghold is destroyed and the Eighth Route Army moves north along the highway, the Japanese army's radio station can report the situation to the division headquarters in time.
The commander of the 1st Division, Mitsuo Nakazawa, has studied the Chinese art of war.
In the art of war, this move is called building a plank road openly and using it secretly.
But it is a pity that the Sharp Sword Squadron came to the Shimon Pass stronghold more than half a month ago.
When the Japs in the Shimonoseki stronghold were delivering food and water to the Japs in the cave more than 700 meters away, they were discovered by the members of the Sharp Sword Squadron.
Just when the rocket launcher company of the independent regiment was setting up artillery 5 kilometers away.
The 1st combat team of the Sword Squadron, led by Wang Gensheng, used the cover of night to sneak under the cliff behind the cave where the Japanese were hiding.
After reconnaissance, we found that the Japanese had two hidden sentries in front, and it was not easy to attack them quietly.
But on the cliff behind the cave, the Japanese did not set up sentries.
Wang Gensheng gestured toward one of the team members. Next to Wang Gensheng, Wang Yousheng, who was carrying a flamethrower, had his eyes as bright as light bulbs.
The team member responded with a sign language, immediately turned his fingers into claws, clung to the cliff, and climbed up.
This team member's name is Yang Ziyun, and his unique skill is that he can climb rocks or city walls with his bare hands without using any tools.
Almost every member of the Sword Squadron has his or her own special skills.
Since the cliff is relatively high, the hook cannot be thrown up, so a team member needs to climb up with bare hands and lower the rope.
These cliffs, which are tens of meters high, look scary, but in front of a climbing expert like Yang Ziyun, there is almost no difficulty.
In less than 2 minutes, Yang Ziyun climbed to the top of the cliff.
Take out a loop of rope from your combat backpack, secure one end of the rope, and then throw the other end of the rope down the cliff.
The members of the Sharp Sword Squadron climbed up the rope one by one towards the top of the cliff.
In less than 10 minutes, the members of Wang Gensheng's team quietly climbed to the top of the cliff.
And lurked outside the cave where the Japanese were hiding.
About 10 minutes passed. Wang Gensheng looked at his watch and saw that it was the planned firing time of the Katyusha rocket launcher.
Immediately, he gestured behind him to prepare for battle.
About 20 seconds later, about 5 kilometers away from the Xinmaguan stronghold in the south, Wang Gensheng and his team members saw rockets rising one after another.
The tail flames of these rockets streaked through the night sky with beautiful streams of light, and with a harsh sound, they hit the Xinma Pass stronghold.
Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom...
Accompanied by a huge thunderous explosion, huge fireballs burst out from the location of the Xinmaguan stronghold, and the Xinmaguan stronghold suddenly fell into a huge sea of smoke and fire.
The moment the first rocket exploded, Wang Yousheng jumped up, faced the entrance of the cave where the Japanese were hiding, and pulled the trigger of the flamethrower.
A Japanese soldier heard the explosion and came out to check the situation. He was hit by a fire dragon and was instantly engulfed in flames.
Wang Yousheng's eyes and expression were fierce as he continued to speak into the cave.
ah--
Immediately afterwards, several shrill Japanese-style screams suddenly came from the cave.
