Hundreds of Japanese soldiers searched house to house, but apart from the bodies of the Japanese soldiers who died in the yard, not a single attacker was seen.
The militiamen of Qiuzi Village had just annihilated a small team of Japanese soldiers. They were in high spirits and became even more excited when they saw so many Japanese soldiers coming.
They still fought on their own, seizing the opportunity to open fire on the Japanese soldiers.
The captain of the Japanese army heard gunfire everywhere in the village, and the soldiers could not find the enemy who attacked them. He also guessed that there must be a tunnel in this village.
He knew that this battle would definitely not work, so he led the Japanese soldiers to retreat outside the village.
Militia captain Li Mancang had been staring at the Japanese captain for a long time. He took off a brick from the courtyard wall near the street. When he saw the Japanese captain passing by, he shot him in the back of the head.
Fresh snow sprayed from the head of the Japanese captain and he fell to the ground.
The Japanese soldiers panicked, picked up the Japanese captain and ran away. Of course, Li Mancang refused to let the Japanese soldiers go, so he threw two grenades directly.
With the fierce explosion, the Japanese soldiers carrying the captain were blown to the ground.
Seeing this situation, the other Japanese soldiers couldn't care less about the corpse of the Japanese captain. They ran out as hard as they could, only hating their parents for giving them two legs.
When the militiamen in the village saw the Japanese escaping, they went up to the roof and fired another burst of fire at the Japanese soldiers. In this way, more than 100 Japanese soldiers were handed over to Qiuzi Village.
The militiamen in Qiuzi Village were very experienced in combat. They knew that the Japanese soldiers would not give up and would probably use artillery fire soon. They were worried that the weapons left by the Japanese soldiers would be blown up, so they hurriedly got out of the tunnel.
, seize the time to clean the battlefield, and then quickly got into the tunnel.
The captain of the Japanese army also rushed to the vicinity of Qiuzi Village at this time. When he saw the Japanese soldiers escaping in panic, he was very angry. He didn't understand why the Yellow Army soldiers couldn't even defeat a village and were beaten in such a mess.
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When he saw a squadron leader running back, he asked someone to bring him over. Without any explanation, he first gave him a few big words and cursed: "As a warrior of the Japanese Yellow Army, why are you so panicked? It's so embarrassing."
It burned the face of the Japanese Yellow Army."
The Japanese squadron leader was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen. However, he did not dare to say a word. He stood there and got dressed every time he was slapped.
The Japanese captain's hand hurt from the beating, so he took a deep breath and asked, "How many enemy troops are there in the village?"
The Japanese squadron leader said: "I'm reporting to you, your Excellency, the captain, I don't know how many enemies there are in the village. All the enemy troops are hiding in the dark, and we haven't seen any of them."
The captain of the Japanese army had rich combat experience. He understood that there must be a tunnel in the village. Faced with this situation, he did not dare to send any more troops in. But in such a small village, hundreds of people were lost.
Soldier, how could he be so angry?
He then shouted loudly: "The artillery is ready, bomb this village to the ground for me."
The Japanese artillery set up mortars and Type 92 infantry guns and fired a barrage of fire into the village.
Most of the houses in the village were blown down, and the Japanese soldiers finally let out a bad breath. However, they still did not dare to enter the village, so they bypassed the village and continued to march deeper into the base area.
The militiamen in Qiuzi Village saw that their houses had been blown up by the Japanese again. Although their superiors had promised that any house destroyed by the Japanese army, the guerrillas would pay and help them rebuild it, but this is their home after all. See
The Japs destroyed their homes, and the militiamen were furious, so they left the village along the tunnel.
The militiamen in Qiuzi Village originally had three light machine guns, and they had captured two more in the battle. After the militiamen emerged from the tunnel, they arrived in front of the left front of the Japanese marching group in advance, and waited until the Japanese marching group passed in front of them.
, five light machine guns opened fire at the same time, and other militiamen also fired with rifles, causing heavy casualties to the Japanese army.
The Japanese commander was furious and immediately commanded a large group of troops to rush over.
The militiamen hurriedly got into the tunnel.
The Japanese soldiers rushed over. They guessed that the attacker had entered the tunnel again, so they searched everywhere.
However, the tunnel entrance was designed very cleverly, and the Japanese searched for it for a long time, but still could not find it.
At this time, the militiamen emerged from another tunnel entrance and were ready to attack the Japanese army.
The commander of the Japanese army counted the number of people. The attack just now caused more than 60 casualties of Japanese officers and soldiers. He did not dare to stay here anymore, so he led the troops forward, hoping to get out of this terrible place as soon as possible.
The Japanese soldiers ran less than 100 meters, and machine gun and rifle bullets flew from the field. The militiamen killed more than 40 Japanese soldiers.
The commander of the Japanese army was also frightened. He did not dare to let the soldiers go to search anymore, and ran all the way with the Japanese soldiers.
When the militiamen saw the embarrassing appearance of the Japanese troops, they chased them with bullets and killed a dozen more Japanese soldiers.
It wasn't until the Japanese soldiers were out of sight that the militiamen of Qiuzi Village cleaned up the battlefield and returned to the village.
The village had been blown up beyond recognition by the Japanese soldiers, so the militiamen counted their seizures at the entrance of the village.
This time the militiamen of Qiuzi Village made a fortune and seized a total of five light machine guns, a mortar, more than forty Type 38 rifles, and two grenade launchers.
The militiamen raised their arms and shouted excitedly. The militia captain Li Mancang said happily: "Our militiamen from Qiuzi Village have shown their faces again this time. The captain will definitely reward us personally."
The villagers of Qiuzi Village also dug out the tunnels one after another. Although their homes were destroyed by the Japanese again, they were still sincerely happy to see the militiamen in their village fighting such a great victory.
The Japanese commander led his troops and continued to advance deeper into the base area, and saw several more villages along the way.
With the lesson just learned, they did not dare to enter the village again. They could only bypass the village and march in the fields.
The intelligence network in the base area is very tight. After the Japanese soldiers pass by, the militiamen in each village will report to their superiors.
The news soon reached the ears of Zhao Daman, the captain of the Yinping County Brigade. While reporting via the radio to Kong Jie stationed in Yinping County, he led the county brigade to intercept the Japanese soldiers entering the base area.
After receiving the report, Kong Jie also deployed two battalions of troops to intercept the Japanese soldiers. At the same time, he reported the situation to Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong decided to eat this Japanese army, so he gave an order to Wang Limin's independent brigade, asking them to work with the troops of the New Second Brigade and the Yinping County Brigade to encircle and destroy this Japanese army.
After the battle started, the officers and soldiers of the Independent Brigade had not participated in the battle as a reserve force. They were ready to set off at any time. After receiving the order, the officers and soldiers were very excited and immediately drove to intercept the Japanese army.
The Japanese regiment leader was marching with his troops and was first attacked by the Yinping County brigade.
The Japanese captain saw the various costumes of the enemy troops who attacked them, and felt very contemptuous.
He thought this was a good opportunity to train the troops, so he stopped, commanded the troops to open up their formation, and started fighting with the county brigade.
He originally thought that he could easily defeat the group of Tubal soldiers in front of him, but he did not expect that the weapons and equipment of these Tubal soldiers were not inferior to his troops. Not only that, it seemed that their tactical level was also not low. The two sides fought for a long time.
It was a tie.
At this moment, two battalions of troops sent by Kong Jie also rushed over. They first cut off the Japanese army's retreat and prevented them from escaping from the base area.
Seeing this formation, the Japanese commander couldn't help but panic. He didn't know how many enemy troops there were and whether new enemy troops would arrive.
Seeing that his retreat was cut off, he gritted his teeth and led his troops towards the direction of Yinping County, hoping to cooperate with the main force of the Japanese army to capture
Yinping County.
When the officers and soldiers of the New Second Brigade and the members of the county brigade saw the Japanese troops retreating, they chased them and entangled them to buy time for the troops of the Independent Brigade to arrive.
The Japanese army relied on two legs, and they were entangled by the officers and soldiers of the county brigade and the New Second Brigade. They could not move fast at all.
Wang Limin and Huang Jingzhong quickly led two regiments of the independent brigade to rush over and quickly surrounded the Japanese army.
Seeing that they were surrounded, the Japanese commander could only organize resistance on the spot.
The officers and soldiers of the Independent Brigade, the County Brigade and the New Second Brigade set up artillery and bombarded the Japanese army. Soon after, the general offensive was launched.
At this time, there were less than 3,000 Japanese troops left. The total number of troops participating in the battle from the independent brigade, county brigade and the New Second Brigade was more than 10,000. Their weapons and equipment exceeded that of the Japanese army, and they had rich combat experience.
Most of the Japanese troops were recruits who were on the battlefield for the first time. Who were the opponents of the anti-Japanese armed forces? Soon after, the entire Japanese army of this regiment was completely destroyed.
After careful planning, Yoshio Shinozuka launched a series of attacks in Shanxi, which effectively contained the anti-Japanese armed forces of the underground party in the Taihang Mountains. The Jinsui Army in southeastern Shanxi and the Guo Army in Zhongtiao Mountain were finally able to free their hands.
Come, go all out to attack the Mawushan base area.
He was very ambitious and planned to completely eliminate Xu Dalong's troops, destroy the Mawushan base area, and remove the nail planted by the anti-Japanese armed forces behind the Japanese army.
He hated Xu Dalong so much that he issued an order to the troops to kill Xu Dalong. It would be better if he could be captured alive.
Before the war, Yoshio Shinozuka also estimated the strength of the anti-Japanese armed forces in the Mawushan base area. Based on the intelligence provided by Yan Guiwu and verification by other Japanese intelligence departments, he knew that there were Xu Dalong's guerrillas, the independent brigade, and Li Yunlong's Xinyi in the Mawushan base area.
Brigade, Kong Jie's New Second Brigade, and Chu Yunfei's 358th Brigade, with a total strength of about 30,000, as well as some county brigades and other local armed forces.
The total strength of the Japanese army he brought reached 100,000, not including the troops of the 4th Division of Huang Xiejun in this area. In the past, when the Japanese army fought against ordinary anti-Japanese armed forces, the allocation of troops was one-on-two.
, even reaching an outrageous level of one to eight, and often had an advantage in battles. Now the reverse is true. The total strength of the Japanese army exceeds three times that of the anti-Japanese armed forces in the Mawushan area. This was extremely common in the Japanese army's previous combat deployments.
Rare, even unique.
If under such circumstances the Mawu Mountain Anti-Japanese Base Area cannot be captured and the anti-Japanese armed forces there cannot be eliminated, there really will be no place for Yoshio Shinozuka's face.
Before the battle started, Yoshio Shinozuka believed that once the Japanese army arrived, they would march straight in, quickly occupy the counties controlled by the anti-Japanese armed forces, and then annihilate the anti-Japanese armed forces in this area in field battles.
Although he is a very cautious person, his scheduled combat time will not exceed five days at most to achieve all campaign objectives.
However, after the battle started, the result was completely beyond his expectation. The anti-Japanese armed forces in the Mawu Mountain area not only did not run around to fight guerrilla warfare as before, but actually relied on their positions to fight the Japanese army. In this kind of situation
Under such circumstances, the Japanese army was unable to take advantage at all.
Two days passed, and the Japanese troops of various groups made little progress and instead lost thousands of people.
Yoshio Shinozuka is an experienced senior general who is good at summarizing in combat and can adjust his combat deployment according to local conditions. He found that the Japanese army had to continuously attack the enemy's relatively complete defense fortifications when they stormed the county where the anti-Japanese armed forces were stationed.
Not only is it all about chewing hard bones, it is time-consuming and labor-intensive, the casualties of the Japanese army will be huge, and the large Japanese army will not be able to deploy.
After discussing with the chief of staff, he decided to order some troops to continue attacking the defensive positions of the anti-Japanese armed forces, and then concentrate a considerable part of the troops to choose a breakthrough point, directly enter the hinterland of the Mawushan base area, cut off the connection between several counties, and then attack the enemy
Defeat each one.
In order to achieve this campaign goal, Yoshio Shinozuka ordered the 32nd garrison division to take over the 108th division to continue the siege of Ping'an County, and ordered the main force of the 108th division to leave Ping'an county and go deep into the hinterland of the Mawu Mountain base. At the same time, he ordered the 110th division to
and the 140th Division each dispatched an infantry regiment and also entered the hinterland of the Mawushan base area. They first cut off the connections between the county towns and cut off the traffic between them, and then selected a county town to attack from the side and rear.
Ping'an County.
Li Yunlong received a report that the combat effectiveness of the Japanese troops attacking them seemed to be somewhat weakened, the frequency of attacks was also much lower, and the weapons and equipment seemed not to be as good as those of the previous Japanese troops.
He couldn't help but feel a little puzzled and said to Zhang Dabiao: "There seems to be something wrong with the situation. The previous Japs were so powerful that they couldn't attack our forward positions. The new group of Japs are not as powerful as the previous group of Japs.
This is obviously something abnormal."
Zhang Dabiao was also a little confused. He said doubtfully: "Did the previous group of Japs get tired and wanted to take a short break before replacing them with another group of Japs?"
Li Yunlong shook his head and said: "It's not that simple. According to intelligence, the Japanese army's 108th Division and the 32nd Garrison Division attacked us. The previous attack must have been the Japanese 108th Division of the Field Army. The Japanese Army is a division.
There are so many troops and horses, but not many are used each time to attack us. If it is a wheel battle, just replace it with any unit from the 108th Division, but now it is replaced by the 32nd Division.
This is obviously unreasonable.
I suspect that the Japanese 108th Division has other intentions. Zhang Dabiao, please quickly send a telegram to Brother Dalong and inform him of this situation."
Li Yunlong indeed had a strong intuition on the battlefield, and his guess was correct. The main force of the Japanese 108th Division, led by the division commander Fujiwara Konichi, had left the frontal position in Ping'an County and still chose
The last time the infantry brigade entered the gap in the base area, bypassed the defensive position of the New 1st Brigade, and entered the Mawushan base area.
Li Yunlong had already judged this, and he did not send out the main force to intercept the Japanese army as he did last time, because the enemy's force was now too strong, and the New First Brigade would not be able to bear the burden of a field battle with the Japanese army.
He only sent one battalion of troops to monitor the actions of the Japanese army and keep track of the whereabouts of the Japanese army at all times.
After receiving the telegram from the New First Brigade, Xu Dalong sent a telegram back to Li Yunlong, telling him to continue to rely on fortifications and hold on to the county seat. The Japanese who entered the base area would be dealt with by the Mawushan guerrillas and the independent brigade.
Fujiwara Kinichi led the 108th Division with more than 20,000 troops and entered the Mawu Mountain base area. After several hours of marching, except for the battalion sent by Li Yunlong that exchanged fire with the Japanese army and was repelled by the Japanese army, there was no guerrilla attack.
team attack.
Fujiwara Konichi believed that the main force of the enemy army had been restrained by other Japanese troops, so he continued to advance deeper into the base area with confidence and boldness.
At noon, the Japanese troops stopped to rest and began to cook rice in preparation for eating and drinking before moving on.