Just when Monk Wei and the others were about to arrive at Taigu County, where the Japanese Army's No. 1 Military Depot was located, they received a telegram from Xu Dalong, asking them to stand by and saying that he would immediately take a transport plane to join them.
Sun Desheng and Monk Wei were very happy when they heard that Xu Dalong was coming in person. They knew that with Xu Dalong here, it would be the little devils' turn to suffer.
So they immediately arranged the airdrop site according to Xu Dalong's request to welcome Xu Dalong's arrival.
That night, Sun Desheng and Wei Monk ordered the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army to light three fires in an open field on the outskirts of Taigu County. The fires were distributed in a triangle, and the middle area was where Xu Dalong airborne.
At midnight, a transport plane flew over and hovered over the fire. Soon after, Xu Dalong landed on the ground.
Sun Desheng, Monk Wei and others came forward to greet Xu Dalong. After greeting Xu Dalong for a few words, Sun Desheng said sadly: "Captain, this time we suffered a big loss from the Japanese.
Having sacrificed so many brothers,
The main responsibility is all my fault. I'm really sorry for them."
Monk Wei also felt that he was responsible and made a self-examination to Xu Dalong.
Xu Dalong said: "Let the past be in the past. As long as we continue to sum up experience and lessons and fight for further progress, all the costs paid will be worth it."
Monk Wei said with some expectation: "Master Long, it would be great if you came. We must teach the little devils a lesson and avenge the sacrifice of our comrades."
Xu Dalong said: "You are familiar with the situation here, what is your next plan?"
Sun Desheng and Wei Monk reported to Xu Dalong their plans to attack the Japanese Army Depot No. 1.
Xu Dalong did not express his position immediately after hearing this. He thought for a while and said: "Did you feel strange the last time you fought against the Japanese in Fengdu County?"
Sun Desheng said: "I have studied it with the monk. The little devil is very cunning. I'm afraid there is an expert to guide him."
Xu Dalong nodded and said: "I think so too. I studied it carefully. In the last battle, the Japs implemented a very complicated plan. Each link was linked one by one, and the thinking was very meticulous. This shows that there is indeed a brilliant command by the Japanese army.
Official. So we must take it seriously.
Your recent activities in this area have mainly targeted the Japanese army's transportation lines. The Japanese commander must have guessed that you will definitely carry out retaliatory actions. So where will the next target of the attack be placed?"
Sun Desheng and Monk Wei looked at each other, and their expressions suddenly became serious.
Sun Desheng said: "Captain, thank you for the reminder. I think the little devil might have thought that we would attack the Japanese Army's No. 1 Military Station."
Xu Dalong nodded and said: "I'm afraid that's the case, so don't rush to attack the No. 1 Military Station. First choose some targets that the Japanese can't think of to attack. You may get unexpected results."
Monk Wei's mind was spinning very quickly, and he quickly understood what Xu Dalong meant.
He said: "Captain, I understand. The guy who advises the Japanese will definitely tell his superiors that our key target should be the No. 1 Military Station, but we choose not to attack there. In this case, this
The little devil’s suggestion is to let go and kill.
If he always fails to guess our target of action, the Japanese superiors will no longer trust him no matter what he says in the future. Mr. Long, you are still smarter."
Sun Desheng also understood and said: "Okay, let's pick some targets that the Japanese can't think of and hit them."
The three people spread out the military map on the ground and studied it using the light produced by the fire.
Xu Dalong's guess was correct. Last time, the Japanese army adopted Oshima Zhongxin's strategy and dealt a heavy blow to the cavalry troops in the Mawushan Military Division. Oshima Zhongxin was appreciated by his superiors and was promoted to a higher position one after another. His enthusiasm also improved.
It got higher and higher.
He suggested to his superiors that since the Eighth Route Army cavalry units operating in this area were mainly targeting the Japanese transportation lines and they had just been hit, they should choose an important target to attack to express their anger for the defeat in the last battle.
He believed that the enemy's most likely target to attack was Depot No. 1.
The Chief of Staff of the First Army now trusted him very much and believed that his analysis was reasonable, so he sent him to the No. 1 Military Station and asked him to be responsible for strengthening the defense of the No. 1 Military Station.
Oshima Chunobu is very wicked. He not only deployed the defenders of the military station for defense, but also communicated with the Japanese and puppet troops around the military station, held a special meeting, and formulated an emergency rescue plan in case the military station was attacked.
In addition, this guy even frantically planted a large number of landmines around the walls of the military depot and warehouse. There was a large amount of civilian farmland in this area, which resulted in the casualties of many innocent people.
Xu Dalong was not in a hurry to enter Taiyuan City. Instead, he sent a telegram to Zhou Mingde and the underground party intelligence station in Taiyuan City, asking them to provide relevant information about the Japanese epidemic prevention and water supply troops. He would start taking action after he entered Taiyuan.
During this period, Xu Dalong, Sun Desheng and Wei Monk launched a series of attacks on the Japanese army.
At noon that day, a group of Japanese cavalry arrived at Baicheng Station on the Shitai-Taiwan Railway. They entered the station and detained the Japanese stationmaster and some railway employees.
Soon after, a passenger train came over and stopped briefly at Baicheng Station to pick up and drop off passengers.
At this moment, this group of Japanese soldiers blocked the way of the train. They boarded the front of the train, controlled the driver of the train and the Japanese soldiers who were responsible for escorting the train, then entered the carriage and killed all the Japanese and puppet personnel inside.
Got under control.
After a simple screening, the Eighth Route Army officers and soldiers disguised as Japanese troops let the ordinary passengers leave with the train, and detained and killed all the Japanese and puppet personnel inside.
This incident caused a great sensation. After being publicized by hundreds of passengers on the train, the incident became an uproar and caused great panic among the Japanese and puppet personnel in the enemy-occupied areas. The Shanxi section of the Shitai-Taiwan Railway had to be temporarily suspended.
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The cavalry of the Eighth Route Army detained many Japanese and puppet personnel, including many Japanese businessmen and some Japanese local officials. Their families protested to the North China Front Army and asked them to rescue the hostages.
The North China Front handed this task to Yoshio Shinozuka. Yoshio Shinozuka did not expect that the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army would actually target a passenger train. This made him very embarrassed and had to negotiate in accordance with the requirements of the Eighth Route Army.
Soon after, in the mountains of Taigu County, representatives of the Japanese army redeemed the captured Japanese and puppet personnel for 500,000 yuan, finally resolving the crisis.
Just when Yoshio Shinozuka breathed a sigh of relief, bad news kept coming.
In just one night, the special operations brigade and the cavalry brigade divided their forces and captured many strongholds in one go, causing a large number of casualties to the Japanese and puppet troops.
Immediately afterwards, the cavalry brigade and the special operations brigade destroyed many Japanese and puppet grassroots organizations in villages and towns.
For a time, people in the enemy-occupied areas were panicked, and even Japanese newspapers published articles with the title "Law of public security in Shanxi."
This is not over yet. Xu Dalong, Sun Desheng, Wei Monk and others led the troops, relying on the rapid maneuverability of the cavalry, suddenly east and suddenly west, often emerging from unexpected places by the enemy. They not only attacked the Japanese troops stationed in the countryside
Some of their strongholds were captured, and two county towns were directly captured, dealing a heavy blow to the Japanese and puppet troops.
The Japanese army listened to Oshima CITIC's suggestion and kept focusing their defense on the No. 1 Military Station. However, the Eighth Route Army refused to come here, which made Oshima CITIC very embarrassed. Even the Chief of Staff of the First Army expressed disapproval of Oshima CITIC's decision.
Judgment is questioned.
The adjutant of the Chief of Staff of the First Army called Oshima Chunobu and asked him on behalf of the Chief of Staff whether he had made a mistake in his judgment? The target of the enemy cavalry unit was not the No. 1 Military Station in Taigu County, but Major Oshima had
All the troops were concentrated in Depot No. 1, leaving troops in other directions empty, giving the Eighth Route Army an opportunity to take advantage.
However, Major Oshima insisted that the Eighth Route Army's ultimate goal must be to attack the No. 1 Military Station, because their ultimate goal was to completely cut off the supply of materials to the front line, and the most important place that could provide material supplies was the No. 1 Military Station.
The reason why the Eighth Route Army has not attacked Military Station No. 1 yet is precisely because he has mobilized surrounding troops here to defend Military Station No. 1, which is why the Eighth Route Army does not dare to act rashly.
The adjutant asked him again if he had made a mistake in his judgment.
Oshima asked in reply: "If the No. 1 military station is destroyed by the enemy, can the battle in the direction of Licheng continue?"
The adjutant could not answer this question. After talking to him, the adjutant reported to the chief of staff.
The chief of staff thought about it carefully and felt that what Oshima said made sense.
He personally called Oshima CITIC and asked him how to deal with the Eighth Route Army's harassment of transportation lines.
Major Oshima is also very troubled by this matter. Last time he provided a strategy, which led to the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army being fooled and inflicted a heavy blow to them, but it is impossible to use such a trick again now. From Taigu County to Li
The traffic lines between cities and counties are long. The Eighth Route Army's cavalry units have a high degree of mobility and can appear at various points on the highway at any time to attack transport teams. It is very difficult to take precautions in advance.
He stared at the map and thought repeatedly, and finally came up with a way to deal with the Eighth Route Army cavalry. After repeatedly reviewing his plan, he sent a secret telegram and reported to the Chief of Staff.
After reading this, the chief of staff thought the plan was feasible, so he sent the First Army's Special High School Section to implement the plan.
At the same time, an infantry regiment was mobilized from Taiyuan, equipped with a large number of vehicles, mules and horses, and an infantry brigade was stationed in three counties between Taigu County and Licheng County. These infantry brigade were also stationed in the county towns.
A number of vehicles and horses were collected to form a temporary rapid mobile unit, ready to reinforce Japanese transport convoys passing by on the road.
The Special High School Division dispatched some agents from the Action Unit to various counties along the way. Through the local gendarmerie, they selected a number of Japanese soldiers and traitors who were familiar with the local terrain, and formed six intelligence groups. Each group carried a military radio.
They lurked in advance on the road sections where the transport convoys were vulnerable to attacks. As soon as they found traces of the Eighth Route Army cavalry, they reported them to the local Japanese rapid mobile troops.
That morning, the intelligence team staying in Taixian to monitor the Japanese army reported to Xu Dalong that a transportation team came out from the No. 1 Soldier Station. The transportation team consisted of 22 military vehicles, six of which were full of Japanese soldiers.
After Xu Dalong received the telegram, he studied with Monk Wei and Sun Desheng on which road section to ambush the enemy's transport team.
Soon after, the intelligence team sent another telegram, saying that about 3 kilometers behind the Japanese transport convoy, there was a transport convoy consisting of 12 trucks, full of heavily armed Japanese troops, following the Japanese transport convoy from a long distance.
Monk Wei laughed and said: "This time the little devil wants to play another trick. He wants to use a mantis to catch the cicada. The oriole is behind. While we are attacking their transport team, they will launch a sneak attack on us from behind."
Sun Desheng scolded: "These damn little devils, think they can deceive us with such tricks? Go ahead and dream. Not only will their transport team be killed this time, but the devils behind them will not let them go either."
Xu Dalong asked: "How long do you think it will take to annihilate the Japanese transport team if we launch an attack?"
Sun Desheng said: "There were six trucks directly escorting the Japanese transport team. Based on the calculation of 30 Japanese per truck, it should be an infantry squadron.
The 12 military vehicles following them should be carrying two infantry squadrons. If we deal with these Japs, we should be able to kill them in half an hour."
Xu Dalong asked: "The vehicles transporting supplies are all covered with tarpaulins. What if they are not filled with supplies but are also filled with Japanese soldiers?"
Monk Wei scratched his head and said: "He belongs to Nai! It's really possible that the little devil did this. Just like last time, he just wanted to set a trap for us.
If those trucks are full of Japanese soldiers, and there are quite a lot of them, it will not be easy to resolve the battle quickly if a war breaks out."
Xu Dalong added: "According to intelligence, the Japanese army stationed an infantry brigade in each county along the way, and collected a large number of vehicles and horses to form a fast mobile force. How long do you think it will take for them to arrive at the battlefield and carry out the operation?
Reinforcements?"
Sun Desheng carefully checked the military map and said: "If we choose a location in the middle of two counties to ambush the Japanese transport team, according to the distance, the Japanese can reach the battlefield in an hour.
If our ambush location is close to a certain county town of the Japanese army, they will arrive faster.
However, if we eliminate the Japanese transport team?, the battle can be resolved in 40 minutes at most, which is still enough time."
Monk Wei said: "We will lay a large number of mines and explosives on the road in advance and send the Japs' transport team directly to the sky. If done well, the battle can be resolved within half an hour."
Xu Dalong said: "There are still problems with our plan. It may be difficult to set up an ambush calmly."
Sun Desheng asked with some confusion: "Captain, the Japs' transportation line is so long. Why can't we find a place to set up an ambush in advance at night?"
Monk Wei had the same idea as Sun Desheng. He also believed that there should be no problem in setting up an ambush in advance.
Xu Dalong said: "Let me ask you a question. The Japs' fast mobile troops are in the county and the transport team is attacked. How can they get the news and rush over for reinforcements?"
Sun Desheng said: "The Japs' transport team must have carried radios. As soon as the battle begins, they will notify the nearby Japs' rapid mobile troops."
At this point, he suddenly felt that something was wrong. After thinking for a while, he said: "That's not right. If the Japanese transport team was suddenly attacked and the radio was damaged, they would have no way to report it to the Japanese rapid mobile troops.
Aren't these fast mobile troops just a waste of time? They must have other information channels."
Monk Wei also realized something in a trance, patted his forehead and said: "Master Long is still thoughtful. The little devil must have set up an intelligence team in advance in the area where the transport team passed by where it might be easily ambushed, just like we sent an intelligence team to monitor
The same as the Japanese transport team that came out of the No. 1 Soldier Station.
If we set up an ambush on the highway and were discovered by the Japanese intelligence team, they would notify the Japanese rapid mobile troops in the county and also notify the Japanese transport team.
If we attack the Japanese transport convoy according to the original plan, not only will it be difficult to succeed, but we will also be besieged by the Japanese rapid mobile troops coming from behind. This little devil's move is really difficult to deal with."