The phone number at the arsenal was blocked. Nobu Mizuno immediately realized that something was wrong and immediately led the 1st Infantry Battalion to attack.
However, as soon as the Japanese army left the city, they encountered a tenacious blockade by the Eighth Route Army and the Baoshan Brigade Cavalry Battalion. The Eighth Route Army, contrary to its usual guerrilla warfare style, actually fought for every inch of territory this time, often fighting until only one person was left in each position.
It is often necessary to pay a huge price to advance a short distance.
The distance from the Zouxian county seat to the arsenal in the south of the city was only two thousand meters, but the Japanese army fought for more than two hours!
When the Japanese army finally defeated the Eighth Route Army and rushed to the arsenal, the entire arsenal had already been emptied by the Chinese. Except for the corpses of Japanese soldiers abandoned all over the ground, the Chinese did not even leave a single bullet for the Japanese! Mizuno Nobu led the way.
While pursuing the enemy, they urgently telegraphed to Jinan General Army Headquarters and requested air reconnaissance support from the aviation corps.
Lieutenant General Nishio Hisao, the commander of the Second Army, was really surprised and angry after receiving the telegram. He immediately reported the North China Front Army Headquarters to request air support. At the same time, he urgently ordered the 108th Division stationed on the outskirts of Jinan to go south to participate in the attack on the remnants of the Baoshan Brigade.
During the raid, Nishio Juzo dismissed Suzuki as the commander-in-chief of the front line, and was replaced by Lieutenant General Shimomoto Kumaya, commander of the 108th Division.
Nishio Juzou was extremely disappointed with Suzuki. This guy had an army of 20,000 people. After fighting for so long, he still could not wipe out hundreds of remnants of the Baoshan Brigade. What is even more intolerable is that he was actually killed by the Baoshan Brigade.
After removing the Zouxian arsenal, if this continues, the situation in Lunan will really be completely out of control.
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Twenty miles northwest of Zouxian County, in the Nishan Mountains.
In the forested valley, more than 600 horses and horses from the cavalry battalion directly under the Baoshan Brigade, the special operations brigade and the 1st Battalion of the Lunan Guerrilla Detachment of the Eighth Route Army are resting here. Thousands of fortress warriors mobilized by the Zouxian County Committee of the Communist Party of China are leading their mules and horses, pushing.
Using a wheelbarrow, they carried large amounts of weapons and ammunition deeper into the mountains.
This time I brought the Zouxian arsenal and the gains were unprecedented.
Peng Mingzhi secretly took inventory and found that there were four Type 92 infantry guns, six Japanese-made 81mm mortars, more than 20 grenades, eight Type 92 heavy machine guns, and more than 40 crooked light machine guns.
Well, there are more than 3,000 Type 38 rifles, Japanese-made melon grenades, and tens of thousands of high explosive packets.
There are millions of artillery shells of various calibers and various types of machine-gun bullets. The national army has really made a fortune this time.
After eight o'clock in the morning, a huge roar of engines suddenly sounded in the sky, indicating that a Japanese plane from North China had arrived.
Yue Weihan quickly ordered the convoy of mules and horses to hide in the dense forest. However, under the swooping fire and bombing of Japanese aircraft, many mules, horses and carts were lost, as well as a lot of weapons and ammunition. Fortunately, there were no casualties.
Seeing the Chinese leading mules and horses and pushing wheelbarrows hiding deep in the dense forest, the Japanese fighter jets and bombers in the sky immediately lost their targets. After a few rounds of swooping and strafing, they returned home.
After ten o'clock in the morning, the bayonet battalion and artillery battalion, which had withdrawn from Jining, also arrived.
At the same time, the Japanese pursuers arrived. Mizuno Nobu, who was eager to atone for his crimes, did not wait for the Japanese troops to converge, and led the 1st Infantry Battalion to catch up. The old devil relied on the 1st Infantry Battalion to come from the 1st Division.
The transferred elite field warriors actually pursued the Chinese into the Nishan Mountains.
Yue Weihan immediately summoned officers above the company level to hold a military meeting.
Peng Mingzhi, commander of the Lunan Guerrilla Detachment of the Eighth Route Army, and Lu Han, captain of the 1st Battalion, were also invited to attend.
Each battalion and company first reported casualties: the special operations brigade had zero casualties; the bayonet battalion suffered more than 80 casualties, but most of them were surrendered troops, and only two veterans were slightly injured; six people in the artillery battalion were slightly injured, and they were transferred
Those who fell down on the way in; the cavalry battalion suffered the most heavy casualties, with a total of 78 casualties, 67 of which were killed in action. What made Yue Weihan especially distressed was that these 78 people were not only veterans who had experienced hundreds of battles, but also among the veterans.
Elite!
However, every loss must have its gain. Although the cavalry battalion suffered heavy losses, it also gained 76 real military horses!
With this batch of high-quality Japanese military horses, the cavalry battalion can be expanded from three cavalry companies to four immediately. The source of troops is not a problem at all. There are no less than a hundred leaders in the Yanzi Army who are outstanding in marksmanship and riding. With a little training, they can become one.
A fierce cavalry, in this way, the combat effectiveness of the cavalry battalion will not be reduced, but will even be greatly enhanced!
In addition, the more than 1,600 surrendered troops of the Bayonet Battalion have been fully integrated into the Baoshan Brigade.
Especially when they saw that the national army had so easily taken away the Japanese arsenal in Zouxian County and made a fool of tens of thousands of Japanese troops. These surrendering troops even worshiped Yue Weihan as the God of War. After a few more victories, these
The surrendered army can almost become an army. Of course, it is incomparable to the veterans of the Baoshan Brigade.
The Eighth Route Army suffered extremely heavy casualties this time. In order to stop the Japanese troops in Zouxian County and buy time to transport arms for the fortifications, more than 500 veterans of the 1st Brigade were risking their lives to fight against the Japs' machine guns and artillery. The fierce battle lasted for more than two hours.
Of the more than 500 veteran Red Army soldiers in the 1st Brigade, only less than 200 people died in the end, which made Peng Mingzhi tremble with heartache.
The more than 300 old Red Army soldiers who died in the battle all came here with 25,000 yuan from the snowy mountains and grasslands. They are all elites who cannot be exchanged for a lot of money!
Yue Weihan patted Peng Mingzhi on the shoulder and said: "Commander Peng, except for the 92nd rifle artillery and mortars, the remaining weapons and ammunition are divided equally between you and me, each half, how about it?"
"That's what you said!" Peng Mingzhi's eyes lit up when he heard this.
If the Eighth Route Army could really get half of the spoils, it would be an unprecedented bumper harvest!
The reason why the Eighth Route Army was scolded as "wandering but not attacking", why it couldn't organize a decent big battle, and why it didn't dare to attack county towns and larger Japanese strongholds, wasn't it because of a lack of weapons and ammunition? What if this time?
If we can really get half of the weapons and ammunition seized from the Zouxian Arsenal, the strength of the Lunan Guerrilla Detachment will be greatly improved!
"Yes, that's what I said." Yue Weihan smiled and nodded, then added, "But before we divide the spoils, we have to deal with the little devils outside the mountain first. It's not a good idea to keep the little devils behind us.
If a heavy Japanese army is recruited, the trouble will be huge, what do you think, Commander Peng?"
"I still say the same thing." Peng Mingzhi said, "We, the Eighth Route Army, will never hesitate to fight the Japanese."
"Okay." Yue Weihan nodded heavily and said to the commanders of each battalion and company, "Each battalion and company should step up to replenish ammunition and prepare for battle."
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Outskirts of mountainous areas.
The 1st Infantry Brigade of the 10th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army has arrived at the foot of Mantis Mountain.
Major General Nobu Mizuno put down his telescope, turned around and shouted: "Map!"
The combat staff had already opened the map package and took out the military map.
Major General Heishiro Katamura, chief of staff of the brigade, quickly found the location on the map and said to Major General Nobu Mizuno: "General, our current location is right here, Mantis Mountain, and further ahead is Beiwohu Mountain, where
The mountains are high, the forests are dense, the terrain is complex, and it is very easy to be ambushed, so I recommend not to enter."
Mizuno Shinnobu frowned, and reason told him that Major Katamura's suggestion was correct.
Yue Weihan is indeed a dangerous opponent, and the Baoshan Brigade is a very difficult army to deal with. There are already too many famous imperial generals and ace troops who have fallen under the Baoshan Brigade. Not only do they dare to fight in the field with the imperial army, they even dare to attack
Major cities heavily garrisoned by the imperial army are much more dangerous than Tubal Road in the Baodugu Mountain area!
However, as a proud imperial warrior, Mizuno Nobu could not let the Treasure Mountain Brigade slip away from him.
At the same time, Mizuno's confidence also had a trace of luck. After all, the current Baoshan Brigade was not in its heyday. After all, Yue Weihan only had a few hundred defeated soldiers left. He had just experienced the battles of Jining and Zouxian, and had traveled long distances and fought overnight.
You must have been exhausted by now. To use a Chinese idiom, now is the end of your strength, right?
There is not much difference in the strength of the two sides, but Mizuno Nobu is very confident in the combat effectiveness of the 1st Infantry Battalion.
After all, the 1st Infantry Brigade is a field force transferred from the 1st Division. It is a real field elite. If it faces the Baoshan Brigade in its heyday, the 1st Infantry Brigade may not be able to take advantage, but the Baoshan Brigade
At this time, there were only a few hundred defeated soldiers left. How could they be the opponents of the 1st Infantry Battalion?
Although the Baoshan Brigade has just obtained a large amount of equipment from the Zouxian Arsenal, Mizuno Nobu does not believe that the Chinese will be able to exert the true power of these equipment, especially the 92 Infantry Artillery, Japanese-made 81mm mortars and grenades.
Well, the Chinese have just obtained these equipments, so how can they possibly exert their full power?
In Mizuno Nobu's view, no matter from any aspect, there was no possibility of defeat for the imperial army.
Mizuno Nobu ordered the pursuit without hesitation, and more than 1,100 people from the 1st Infantry Battalion immediately dived into the mountainous area.
Mizuno Nobu didn't know that the veterans of the Baoshan Brigade were no strangers to Japanese weapons. The regiments, battalions, and companies of the Baoshan Brigade were all equipped with a large amount of Japanese-made equipment. Niu Dagen's artillery battalion was all equipped with Type 92 infantry cannons and
Japanese-made mortars, the officers and soldiers of the Baoshan Brigade know the performance of these Japanese-made equipment better than the Japanese army.
Major General Nobu Mizuno's misjudgment ultimately brought disaster to the 1st Infantry Battalion!
Less than ten kilometers into the mountainous area, the Japanese army was harassed by the Eighth Route Army guerrillas. Although the old Japanese in the 1st Infantry Brigade were all field elites transferred from the 1st Division, they were not very good at jungle warfare. They were flexible in tactics and single-handedly
Faced with the extremely powerful Eighth Route Army guerrillas, there was no way to gain any advantage.
Major General Nobu Mizuno realized that the prospect was not optimistic, and immediately ordered to shrink his troops and prepare to retreat.
However, Major General Mizuno Nobu realized that it was already too late to retreat. As soon as the Japanese army shrank, the remnants of the Baoshan Brigade that had disappeared suddenly appeared from all directions. Major General Mizuno Nobu quickly ordered the troops to seize two nearby hills.
While stepping up the construction of field fortifications and preparing to hold on, they urgently called the General Army Headquarters to request support.