Major General Satoshi Tetsuda, Chief of Staff of the Third Army, walked into the office of Lieutenant General Okabe with a solemn expression.
I just received news that the Baoshan Brigade's breakout force was actually divided into fifteen groups. The offensive was also unusually sharp. In addition, it was a night operation, which caused great difficulties to the imperial army's encirclement force. Two hastily formed groups
Although the independent motorized infantry brigade and the four independent cavalry regiments tried their best, the results were not great.
Major General Tomo Tetsuda must admit that he still underestimated the combat effectiveness of the Baoshan Brigade.
In particular, the cohesion of the Baoshan Brigade was underestimated. In the view of Major General Tomo Tengda, the Baoshan Brigade can be divided into four or five troops to break out separately. After all, the Baoshan Brigade broke through in a defeated situation. At this time, it is quite
It tests the cohesion of a unit. If the cohesion is not enough, it will be difficult to get the troops back after they are scattered.
But Yue Weihan suddenly broke up the Baoshan Brigade and divided it into fifteen parts.
Lieutenant General Okabe, who was checking the documents, looked up and saw Tomo Tetsuda and said, "Tessata-kun?"
Major General Tomo Tengtian suddenly stopped his feet and stood at attention: "General, the 1st and 2nd Independent Motorized Infantry Brigades and the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Independent Cavalry Regiments all discovered the remnants of the Baoshan Brigade that broke out. After a brief fierce battle,
During the battle, all the breakout troops of the Baoshan Brigade successfully broke out after suffering heavy casualties."
Lieutenant General Okabe frowned and said, "Not even one was cut off?"
"Hai." Major General Tomo Tengtian lowered his head suddenly and said guiltily, "The remnants of the Baoshan Brigade are quite tenacious. According to reports from various frontline departments, when the enemy is being chased and desperate, a small force will often be left behind to resist until the end.
All died in the battle, and by the time the imperial army dealt with the blocking force, the main enemy force had already fled far away."
"Baga." Lieutenant General Okabe said angrily, "So how many Chinese troops were annihilated in total?"
Major General Tomo Tetsuda said: "Rough statistics, approximately two thousand people were annihilated in this encirclement operation!"
"Only two thousand people were annihilated?" Lieutenant General Okabe said angrily, "Has Yue Weihan been found?"
"There is no definite news yet." Major General Satoshi Tomo Tengtian shook his head, and then added, "But the Special Operations Brigade directly under the Central Government has just sent back an emergency call. They found a suspicious target on the east bank of the canal. The target has a cavalry of four to five hundred riders.
It carries a lot of equipment, most likely the brigade headquarters of the Baoshan Brigade and the directly affiliated units."
"Eastern bank of the canal?" Lieutenant General Okabe's brows suddenly tightened.
"Hai." Major General Tengtianzhi suddenly lowered his head and said, "The target is likely to enter Weishan Lake."
"Weishan Lake?" Lieutenant General Okabe frowned more and more, "The public security in the lake area seems to be not very good?"
"Hai." Major General Tengtianzhi suddenly lowered his head and said, "The security in the Weishan Lake area is indeed not very good. There are lake bandits in the lake and bandits in the mountains. The larger villages and towns have independent Huidaomen armed forces. In the past half
For more than a month, guerrillas led by the Communist Party even appeared, and the situation was quite chaotic."
Lieutenant General Okabe frowned and thought for a moment before saying, "Is it possible to intercept them before entering the lake area?"
"General, it's no longer possible." Major General Teng Tianzhi said with regret, "Xuzhou is too close to Weishan Lake."
Lieutenant General Okabe said: "Tengtian-kun, if Yue Weihan and the Baoshan Brigade headquarters are allowed to escape into the Weishan Lake area, it will not be that easy to find and annihilate them."
Major General Tomo Tengtian said: "General, I have ordered the 1st Independent Motorized Infantry Group and the 3rd Independent Cavalry Regiment to pursue along the west side of the lake, the 2nd Independent Motorized Infantry Group and the 4th Independent Cavalry Regiment to pursue along the east side of the lake, and the 1st Independent Motorized Infantry Group to pursue along the east side of the lake."
, the 2nd Cavalry Regiment cooperated with the 18th Division to sweep the area along the lake with a net, so that the Chinese could not escape."
"Yo Xi." Lieutenant General Okabe said happily, "This puts me at ease."
Major General Tomo Tomo suddenly said: "General, there is something I don't know whether I should say?"
Lieutenant General Okabe said calmly: "Tengtian-kun, if you have anything to say, just say it. There is no need to hesitate."
Major General Teng Tianzhi said: "General, the combat mission of our Third Army is to capture Xuzhou and clear the way for the Wuhan Battle. Now that Xuzhou has been captured, the main force of the Baoshan Brigade has been defeated. As for the task of wiping out the remnants of the Baoshan Brigade, it seems that it is
It falls under the category of public security and serious warfare, and that should be the combat mission of the Second Army."
"Yoshi." Lieutenant General Okabe's eyes lit up instantly.
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Baodu Gu is known as the best Gu in the world.
Baodugu Mountain Area is located 20 kilometers northwest of Zaozhuang, with towering peaks and dense forests.
During the Battle of Lunan, Tang Enbo's 20th Corps of the Central Army lurked in the Baodugu Mountain area for two full months. The Japanese aerial reconnaissance planes did not find any clues until the main force of the Japanese 5th and 10th Divisions completely entered the ambush circle.
, the 20th Corps launched a surprise attack, cutting off the retreat of the two Japanese armies.
After the defeat in the Battle of Xuzhou, the Nationalist Government's rule in Shandong collapsed. Although the Japanese army nominally occupied the entire territory of Shandong, they only controlled a few large cities and major transportation lines, leaving the vast rural areas with no time to take care of them. As for the Sun Lianzhong Group, they are now
Yishan and Mengshan are resting, and their power is far from being able to extend to Baodugu and Weishan Lake areas.
Therefore, the vast rural areas and most of the towns in Shandong Province are in a state of anarchy.
Historically, someone has made statistics. During the Anti-Japanese War, the total number of Huidaomen and bandit armed forces operating in Shandong Province was as high as three million!
From this, it is not difficult to imagine how chaotic Shandong was at that time!
However, at this time, the Baodugu mountainous area was already occupied by the armed forces of the Communist Party.
About a month and a half ago, about 800 people from the 685th Regiment of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army crossed the North China Plain and arrived in southern Shandong. They quickly recruited a group of bandits and settled in the Baodugu Mountain area. They then relied on attacking the Huidaomen armed forces and recruiting bandit armed forces.
The guerrilla force, based on the 685th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, quickly grew to more than 3,000 people.
Huanglong Cave, the headquarters of the Lunan Guerrilla Detachment of the Eighth Route Army.
Commander Peng Mingzhi hurriedly walked into the war room and said to political commissar Wu Faxian: "Old Wu, I just got the news that a large number of Japanese mechanized troops and cavalry troops suddenly appeared in the Hudong area. Do you think they are coming for us?
"
Wu Faxian waved his hand and said, "Lao Peng, take a look at this first. The urgent telegram has just been forwarded by the head of the headquarters."
Peng Mingzhi reached out to take the telegram and read it in a hurry, and said in astonishment: "The Baoshan Brigade broke out from Xuzhou? Is the little devil making such a big move directed at the Baoshan Brigade?" In terms of reputation, the Baoshan Brigade is definitely a household name now. As the center of the Eighth Route Army,
How could senior commanders Peng Mingzhi and Wu Faxian not know this?
"Yes." Wu Faxian said, "The head of the headquarters has instructed us to focus on the overall situation of the entire nation's anti-Japanese war and cooperate as much as possible with the Baoshan Brigade to repel the Japanese army's encirclement and suppression."
"I didn't say anything, this battle must be fought!" Peng Mingzhi waved his hand and said, "Although the Baoshan Brigade is a force of the Kuomintang, it is a real anti-Japanese force. I won't talk about the battle of Sihang Warehouse and Jiangpu. I will just talk about it.
This time in defending Xuzhou, the Baoshan Brigade has truly demonstrated the majesty and integrity of Chinese soldiers, and we, Lao Peng, admire them!"
After saying this, Wu Faxian said again: "But Old Wu, how can you cooperate with the Baoshan Brigade?"
Wu Faxian smiled slightly and said, "Do you know Yang Shaocheng, the new secretary of the Huxi Prefectural Committee?"
"Yang Shaocheng?" Peng Mingzhi asked, "I've heard of him. Isn't he the director of the Shanghai office?"
"Yes, that's him." Wu Faxian said, "During the Sihang Warehouse defense battle, Yue Weihan met Secretary Yang when he was still the commander of the Baoshan Battalion. The two had a pretty good relationship. This time, it was Yang Piao who was the astronomy's Weishan Lake
However, Yue Weihan's troops could not go any further because it was almost dawn. As long as it was dawn, the Japanese reconnaissance plane would definitely fly over Weishan Lake for reconnaissance. If the Japanese reconnaissance plane discovered its whereabouts, it would be terrible.
It wouldn't be fun anymore.
The team directly under the brigade headquarters and the artillery battalion are stationed in Tunli Village, but the cavalry battalion is based on a company and is stationed in three nearby small villages. There is nothing we can do about it. The cavalry battalion not only has people, but also horses.
This war horse is no better than a pack horse. It has to eat fine food. A small village cannot get so much fine food.
In Shandong, the mass base of the national army cannot be compared with that in the Songhu area.
In the Songhu area, as long as the National Army enters the village, wealthy families will basically invite the National Army to live in their homes. No matter how poor the people are, they will give out some food and even slaughter cattle, sheep, chickens and sheep to reward the National Army.
Soldiers, but in Shandong, the national army is not so popular with the people, and neither is the Baoshan Brigade.
Although Baoshan Travel is well-known, this is a rural area and an occupied area. How can we know what is going on outside?
Of course, the most important thing is that after the defeat of the national army, the people of Shandong suffered miserably from the various Huidaomen armed forces and bandits. The Huidaomen armed forces and bandits did even more harm to the people of Shandong than the Japanese. Basically, every village and town
The family has no food left, and their life is almost unbearable. How can there be any food left to feed the national army?
Artillery battalion commander Niu Dagen couldn't help but feel a little annoyed when he saw that every house in the village was closed and locked, and even when it was daylight, they didn't open the door. At that time, he wanted to lead people into the village to knock on the door, but Yue Weihan stopped him.
It's not easy for the common people. Besides, such a small village can't station so many soldiers, so they can just settle down in the meadows and woods outside the village.
After settling down the troops, Yue Weihan called Liu Yi to him again and said: "Chief of Staff, the little Japs probably won't be able to find this place before dark today, but we are not familiar with this area. It won't work if we don't have familiar people to lead the way, so I
I want to take Youting, Zhuzhu and the others to a nearby town to see if I can get in touch with Chi Dianwen."
Chi Dianwen is a disciple of the Shandong Youth Gang's "Anqing Daoyihui".
During the Lunan Battle, Chi Dianwen once organized a gang of disciples to help the national army transport supplies, and also picked up a lot of weapons from the battlefield. It is said that he has now assembled an armed force of hundreds of people, which is very popular on both sides of the canal.
He had some influence and was highly regarded by his master, Qian Baoxiang, the leader of the Shandong Youth Gang. If Yue Weihan wanted to establish a smuggling channel from the Taihang Mountains to Shanghai, Chi Dianwen was a crucial figure.