Chapter 339 Don't let the little devil be too smooth
Kong Jie led the troops of the New Second Brigade to retreat all the way. Seeing that they could not outrun the tracks and wheels of the Japanese tanks, they simply stopped and used the fields to block the Japanese troops.
When the brigade commander saw that the guerrillas were about to engage in positional warfare with him, he got what he wanted. He ordered the troops in the front to postpone the attack, but to form a formation and confront the enemy. After the two groups of people outflanked the enemy, they completely annihilated them.
them.
The Japanese troops responsible for outflanking the left wing were maneuvering quickly in the fields when they suddenly discovered that a large group of underground party anti-Japanese armed forces appeared on their left. These anti-Japanese armed forces rushed towards them under the cover of armored fighting vehicles.
What appeared here was Li Yunlong's new brigade. Under the cover of the chariot battalion, they launched an attack on the Japanese army.
The Japanese army responsible for outflanking the right wing also encountered an enemy attack. What stood in front of them was the chariot brigade of the Mawushan guerrillas and a large number of trucks full of soldiers. These troops were commanded by Wang Chengzhu, and they also launched directly towards the Japanese army.
attack.
At the same time, Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade, in cooperation with the Special Operations Squadron and Wang Pao's Motorcycle Squadron, launched an attack on the Japanese troops staying in the barracks, cutting off the main force of the 21st Brigade's return to the barracks.
Wang Limin's independent brigade was ready to go into battle as a reserve force. After Xu Dalong observed the situation on the battlefield, he ordered Wang Limin's independent brigade to cooperate with Kong Jie's new second brigade.
Only then did the commander of the 21st Brigade realize that he had fallen into Xu Dalong's trick. They had broken away from the barracks and logistical equipment and were surrounded in the open wilderness.
The brigade commander was very experienced in combat and did not panic at first. After observing the situation on the battlefield, he immediately ordered some troops to leave cover. He led the main force back the same way, preparing to return to the barracks to obtain the baggage left in the barracks.
, using the baggage in the barracks for defense.
However, their actions were still slow. The Japanese troops remaining in the barracks only had a small number of logistics troops, which could not withstand the attacks of Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade, Wei Monk's special operations squadron, and Wang Pao's motorcycle squadron.
They quickly annihilated the enemy troops in the barracks, seized most of the 27th Brigade's baggage, and then relied on the barracks to block the Japanese army.
Although Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade did not have tank troops, they had a large number of artillery and the obstacles formed by the barracks were completely able to block the attack of the Japanese mechanized troops.
The commander of the 21st Brigade commanded the troops to launch a surprise attack. Seeing that it was ineffective, he felt that it was unlikely to break out from here, so he turned his attention to other directions and prepared to choose a relatively weak place to launch the attack.
First highlight the enemy's encirclement, and then make plans.
However, the situation on the battlefield was beyond his expectation. Those Japanese troops who were left behind to cover could not withstand the attack of the anti-Japanese armed forces. They were quickly defeated. The 21st Brigade was defeated by the main force of the Mawushan guerrillas and the new troops.
Tens of thousands of troops from the First Brigade, the New Second Brigade, the Independent Brigade and the 358th Brigade were surrounded in a small area.
The brigade commander had no choice but to order the troops to resist on the spot. They used tanks, armored vehicles and a large number of cars to form a circle to block the attack of the anti-Japanese armed forces.
Xu Dalong saw that the enemy troops were surrounded. In order to reduce casualties as much as possible, he did not order the troops to attack. Instead, he ordered all troops to concentrate all their artillery and launch artillery bombardment against the Japanese troops.
The brigade commander also commanded the troops to engage in an artillery battle with the anti-Japanese armed forces. The two sides fought inextricably and suffered casualties on each other.
The number of artillery of the anti-Japanese armed forces far exceeded that of the Japanese army. The Japanese army was surrounded in a relatively small area and the density of personnel was extremely high. Therefore, in the artillery battle, the losses of the Japanese army far exceeded that of the anti-Japanese armed forces.
Seeing that this was not going to work, the brigade commander wanted to launch a breakout, but he also knew that under the current circumstances, this was an impossible task.
He finally put away his arrogance and sent a telegram to Shinozuka Yoshio asking for help.
In order to annihilate the Japanese 21st Brigade, Xu Dalong also spent a lot of money. After surrounding the Japanese army, he sent a telegram to Bob, ordering him to lead the flying brigade to bomb the Japanese army.
This was a cruel battle of steel against steel. Surrounded by anti-Japanese armed forces several times larger than itself, the 21st Brigade was constantly being consumed by artillery fire. After the flying brigade bombed them, they basically lost their combat effectiveness.
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After all, it was not far from Taiyuan, so Xu Dalong decided to fight quickly. Seeing that the Japanese resistance had been greatly weakened, he ordered his troops to launch a general offensive.
Under the cover of a large number of artillery and armored fighting vehicles, tens of thousands of anti-Japanese fighters shouted and rushed towards the remnants of the besieged Japanese army.
After an hour of fierce fighting, the Japanese 21st Brigade was completely annihilated, and then the troops were ordered to seize the time to clean the battlefield and immediately retreat towards the Mawu Mountain base.
After receiving the report from the 21st Brigade, Yoshio Shinozuka became furious. His anger was not at Xu Dalong, but at the commander of the 21st Brigade for disobeying orders.
He knew that Xu Dalong never fought an uncertain battle. After receiving the report from the brigade commander, he knew that even if he sent more troops to reinforce, it would probably be too late.
The result was as he expected. Just after the brigade commander sent the telegram asking for help, he could no longer contact them after more than an hour.
Yoshio Shinozuka decided to give up the rescue and only ordered the Japanese and puppet troops in Gucheng County to report to him the situation on the battlefield.
That night, bad news came: the 21st Brigade was completely destroyed, and more than 11,000 people including the brigade commander and below were killed.
After listening to the report, Yoshio Shinozuka felt a burning sensation in his chest and spit out a mouthful of fresh snow. He swayed and almost fell down.
The adjutant and the chief of staff at the side hurriedly supported him and helped him sit down on the sofa.
Yoshio Shinozuka panted for a while before he gradually regained his composure. He roared angrily: "Xu Dalong, I must completely eliminate you."
Shinozuka Yoshio endured his physical discomfort and urged the chief of staff to send a telegram to the North China Front Army, asking them to quickly send reinforcements to Shanxi. He wanted to concentrate his forces to sweep the Mawushan base area to avenge the enemy.
After the telegram was sent, he went to the hospital with the support of his adjutant.
The destruction of the Japanese 21st Brigade dealt a heavy blow to the Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi. Most of the Japanese troops stationed in Shanxi, especially the 32nd Division, the 108th Division, and the 110th Division, often fought with the Mawushan guerrillas.
The Japanese troops who were dealing with the team were all panicked. Without the need for Yoshio Shinozuka to give them any more orders, they hurriedly gathered their troops, fearing that Xu Dalong would target them next.
The 21st Brigade was one of the few fully mechanized troops in the Japanese army, and its destruction had a great impact. Both the underground party's anti-Japanese armed headquarters and the Taiyue Military Region reported and commended all participating troops.
The King of Shanxi was very impressed by the 21st Brigade. During the Battle of Taiyuan and the Battle of Xingkou, it was this 21st Brigade that first broke into the Jinsui Army's positions and caused huge damage to the Jinsui Army.
He was deeply moved by this victory and said: "The Japanese Fifth Division is the main force among the Japanese army, and the 21st Brigade is the main force among the main forces. It is really a rare and important victory to be able to defeat this Japanese army.
victory."
He was very happy because Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade had brought glory to his face, so he changed from his usual way of picking things up and directly rewarded Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade with 200,000 oceans, and at the same time gave them
A batch of weapons and equipment have been added.
The head of the headquarters attached great importance to the victory achieved in the Mawushan Base Area. He believed that the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party should take the initiative to disrupt the enemy's combat deployment before the Japanese army completed its unified deployment, just like in the Mawushan Base Area. So he
Orders were given to various bases in North China to launch an attack on the Japanese and puppet troops. Suddenly, hundreds of thousands of underground party anti-Japanese armed forces launched a fierce attack on the Japanese and puppet troops across the entire land of North China.
The Shanxi-Sui Army and the Fruit Army troops of the Zhongtiao Mountain Command also took the opportunity to launch an attack on the Japanese and puppet troops. The Japanese and puppet troops suffered heavy losses. The commander of the North China Front, Juichi Terauchi, was reprimanded by the Japanese base camp.
Soon after, as a large number of Japanese troops entered North China, the situation on the battlefield began to reverse. The Japanese and puppet troops switched from a defensive posture to an offensive posture, and the situation became serious.
As the enemy situation around the base area became more and more serious, the coalition command headquarters in the Mawu Mountain area decided not to go out to attack and seize the time to prepare for defensive operations.
After discussion, Li Yunlong’s New 1st Brigade was stationed in Ping’an County, Kong Jie’s New 2nd Brigade was stationed in Yinping County, and Wang Limin’s Independent Brigade was stationed in Guancheng County. As a mobile mobile force in the campaign, the Mawushan guerrillas can carry out attacks on various units at any time.
rush to the rescue.
In mid-March, all the Japanese troops sent to Shanxi entered Shanxi. Yoshio Shinozuka was preparing to hold a combat meeting in Taiyuan to conduct campaign deployment. A big war was imminent.
That morning, Zheng Xirong reported very bad news to Xu Dalong, saying that the Japanese army was rebuilding Yucheng Airport again.
The Japanese army was forced to have no choice. The airport in Taiyuan could not be repaired at all, and the airport in Houma was bombed repeatedly. The planes sent by the Japanese North China Front wanted to use the Yucheng Airport to bomb the Mawushan base area. Yucheng
The location of the airport is very critical. It can threaten both the Mawu Mountain base area and the Taihang Mountain base area. Therefore, the Japanese army spent a lot of money this time. They deployed a lot of rapid-fire artillery and stationed a brigade directly around the airport without repairing it.
The airport vows not to give up.
This problem is very serious. Once a large number of Japanese aircraft enter Yucheng Airport, the Mawushan base area will be under the threat of the Japanese air force at any time.
Zhao Gang suggested that while the Japanese airport was not repaired, they should quickly send planes to bomb again.
After thinking about it, Xu Dalong thought that this was not an option. The Japanese army had brought in so many rapid-fire artillery pieces, and the flying brigade would definitely suffer losses when it went bombing. The flying brigade only had a few bombers, and one less one was lost. This was a waste.
Not worth it.
After Xu Dalong thought for a while, he called Zheng Xirong, Wei Monk and Wang Sanqiang, and said to them: "I ask you to organize a special detachment and go to the direction of Yucheng to find a way to dig a tunnel for me under the Japanese airport."
The person with the most experience in tunnel digging is Wang Sanqiang. This guy has a flexible mind and has his own experience in tunnel digging. In addition to the normal work and training, his Ping'an County team has to dig tunnels every day.
He already had a group of tunnel diggers who were more powerful than the guerrilla engineers, so Xu Dalong decided to hand over the tunnel digging work to Wang Sanqiang.
When Wang Sanqiang saw that the captain thought so highly of him, he was very grateful and patted his chest and promised that he would complete the task.
Xu Dalong asked them to pay attention to concealment and not to be exposed before the battle started. As for what to do specifically, Wang Sanqiang, Zheng Xirong and Wei Monk would discuss it together.
Taiyuan City, underground party information station.
That morning, a car stopped in front of a watch store. A man and a woman got out of the car. The man was in a suit and leather shoes, and the woman was in a cheongsam. The two of them entered the watch store arm in arm.
Zhao Dongsheng, captain of the anti-rape team of the Taiyuan Underground Party Intelligence Station, saw the visitor and showed a surprised smile on his face.
Zhao Dongsheng signaled to the intelligence officer posing as a clerk behind the counter, asking him to be more vigilant, and then accompanied the visitor into the back room of the watch shop.
Seeing that there was no one around, Zhao Dongsheng stretched out his hand, held the man's hand, and said excitedly: "Captain Xu, long time no see, how are you doing?"
The visitors were none other than Xu Dalong and Lin Xueying.
Xu Dalong said happily: "Fortunately, you see I have gained some weight recently. How are the brothers at the intelligence station?"
Zhao Dongsheng said happily: "Okay, brothers all miss you very much, and everyone wants to carry out missions with you. Finally, we have got you here."
Why did Xu Dalong and Lin Xueying suddenly appear in Taiyuan City? It turned out that Xu Dalong always felt that he could not let the little devils prepare for the encirclement and suppression of the base area in peace, so he planned to come to Taiyuan to sabotage the upcoming military meeting of the Japanese First Army.
.If we can raid the meeting venue and kill some of the Japanese commanders, then this battle will be much easier to fight, and at least it will be able to delay the Japanese attack on the base area.
After he had this idea, he sent a telegram to the Taiyuan Underground Party Intelligence Station and asked them to help provide relevant information about the combat meeting held by the Japanese First Army. At the same time, he also sent a telegram to Zhou Mingde and the Jinsui Army Intelligence Station.
And the Taiyuan working group of the military reunification made the same request.
When Xu Dalong came this time, in order to conceal his intention, he brought Lin Xueying, Wei Monk and a squad of soldiers selected from the special operations squadron. With Zhou Mingde's support, he had entered Taiyuan City.
After Xu Dalong exchanged opinions with Zhou Mingde, he came to the underground party's intelligence station.
The person in charge of the intelligence station and Zhao Dongsheng and others provided Xu Dalong with part of the intelligence. Xu Dalong asked the underground party's intelligence station to continue to collect relevant information. Later, he and Lin Xueying visited the Jinsui Army's intelligence station and the military unification Taiyuan working group. These intelligence agencies
They all expressed their willingness to provide Xu Dalong with the help they could.