Since Li Yunlong knew that the Japanese wanted to use Jiulian Town to build defenses, of course he would not let them succeed.
Just as the Independent Regiment was chasing the 81st Division, the main force of the New First Regiment and the New Second Regiment had already rushed to Jiulian Town and launched an attack.
The Jiulian town had just changed hands and the Japanese had not yet established a foothold here. On the other hand, the Japanese sent almost all their forces to the front line to "pursue" the Eighth Route Army... Takeda Uchimitsu thought that this battle would drive the Eighth Route Army back to Zhangjiakou.
Therefore, Jiulian Town definitely does not need to be defended, and should be used as the rear area.
Under this idea, Jiulian Town only has one Japanese transport team and two field hospitals... One division of the Japanese Kwantung Army is equipped with four field hospitals, and each regiment can be equipped with one field hospital during wartime.
At this time, Takeda Uchiharu believed that the town of Jiulian would soon become the rear of the 81st Division, so two field hospitals were set up here to treat the seriously wounded, and two more field hospitals were moved forward with the troops.
Kong Jie, who rushed to Jiulian Town first, was stunned for a moment when he saw that all the Japs inside were wearing white coats or with cross strips tied on their arms. He asked Ding Wei on the radio: "The Japs inside seem to be doctors."
, can I fight?"
Ding Wei replied angrily: "That's a Japanese military doctor and not a Red Cross doctor. Why can't he be beaten? Of course he can be beaten, and he must be beaten hard!"
So the two mechanized regiments rushed into Jiulian Town from two directions, killing and killing them all the way.
The Japs in Jiulian Town were not combat troops and did not have much combat qualities. They encountered the mechanized troops of the Eighth Route Army, which were armed to the teeth. They were defeated in two blows and all raised their hands and surrendered... This is very unsatisfactory for the mechanized troops.
What they want to see is that they would rather the Japanese fight harder to the end rather than surrender. Otherwise, how can the mechanized troops of the Eighth Route Army detain prisoners? How can they continue to fight when they are detaining prisoners?
But these Japs surrendered but could not kill them all. At this time, this was still the rear of the Japs and they could not escort the prisoners to the rear... In the end, there was no other choice but to lock all the Japs and other captives into a two-story building.
Then a few soldiers were posted outside to watch.
Later, I heard that all the Japanese prisoners who were locked up inside were frightened. Some were crying, fainting, and begging for mercy.
This made the guarding soldiers baffled. They were just keeping them in custody, so why were they so frightened?
Later I realized that these Japs thought that the Eighth Route Army locked them up like this to set fire to them... The Japs often dealt with Chinese people in this way, so they took it for granted that the Eighth Route Army would use the same method to deal with them.
The Japanese should be lucky that they met Kong Jie and Ding Wei. If it was Li Yunlong, he might have done this!
However, these Japs did not end well either... Soon after, the Japs broke out and tried to attack and capture the Jiulian Town. They only fired a total of five shells with the 92 infantry cannon, and two of them hit the building.
The building was a brick-jointed structure that had not been beaten, so it collapsed with a crash, burying all the prisoners inside.
It would be better if they were all crushed to death, and the Japs would suffer less. However, there are wooden beams inside the brick structure that can block part of the force, so many Japs were actually injured and then spent a long and long time inside.
He died of painful suffering in the end.
According to the people who dug up the ruins after the war, there were fingerprints everywhere inside. Some Japanese had cut off their fingernails to expose their finger bones and tried to climb out, but in the end they failed.
The main force of the two mechanized regiments organized defense in Jiulian Town.
It took more than ten minutes for the vanguard of the Japanese 81st Division's rout to arrive, and the area was as dark as the tide.
Ding Wei saw that something was wrong. If they were to defend Jiulian Town, it would be impossible to stop the Japanese with so many people coming at once.
So he grabbed the microphone and said to Kong Jie: "Old Kong, please guard the city and don't lose it. I'll go out for a walk!"
Then without any explanation, he hung up and pulled the troops out.
Kong Jie said "hey hey" several times but received no reply, so he cursed: "Damn it, leave the happy things to yourself, and leave the stupid work of waiting for something to happen to me!"
However, Kong Jie also knew that this was not a joke. After hanging up the microphone, he ordered: "Everyone is here, get ready for battle!"
Ding Wei's approach is correct.
Mechanized troops are not very suitable for defense. If you must defend the town of Jiulian, for example, you cannot lose it, otherwise the enemy will have a defensive support.
But even so, all mechanized troops cannot be deployed in the city for defense.
Ding Wei pulled his regiment out, and formed a static and dynamic situation with Kong Jie's regiment, attacking instead of defending.
In addition, Ding Wei also had a strong sense of the overall situation, and he pulled the mechanized troops eastward.
There are mountains twenty miles east of Jiulian Town. Once the Japanese enter the mountains, it will be difficult to find them.
Ding Wei's troops moved to the east, Li Yunlong's independent regiment was chasing behind, and Kong Jie's troops were guarding the Jiulian town, so the only way the Japanese could escape was to the open west...
Takeda Uchiharu was also in the escaping team. He took a faster armored command vehicle and arrived outside Jiulian Town first.
After seeing Jiulian Town, Takeda Uchiharu breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he entered the city and relied on buildings to fight the Eighth Route Army, he could temporarily avoid the Eighth Route Army's brutal pattern of using mechanized troops to chase down infantry!
However, he had just taken a breath when he saw a half-track car rushing out of Jiulian Town.
Takeda Uchiharu was shocked: If the Eighth Route Army half-track vehicles came out of the city, does it mean that the Jiulian Town has been lost?
After taking a closer look with the binoculars, I saw that the buildings in the town were already filled with Half-track vehicles of the Eighth Route Army.
Takeda Uchiji felt so sick in his stomach that he almost vomited a mouthful of old blood.
If we continue to escape like this, I'm afraid the entire army will be wiped out before we even reach Duolun County's 81st Division!
Well, there seems to be only one option.
Takeda Uchiharu drew his command sword and pointed in the direction of Jiulian Town, shouting: "Attack, the only way to survive is to capture Jiulian Town!"
Takeda Uchiharu hoped to use this move to inspire the imperial soldiers' desire to survive, and maybe they would be able to muster up the courage to display their extraordinary combat effectiveness.
However, Takeda Uchiharu underestimated the collapse of the 81st Division and overestimated the morale of his subordinates...
There is a saying that "the higher you climb, the harder you fall."
As a member of the Kwantung Army, the 81st Division has always had a sense of superiority. At the same time, they have never retreated on the battlefield. Today is the first time.
Because they had never experienced it before, this retreat completely shattered the pride and confidence in the hearts of all the soldiers, which meant that they were destined to be able to reorganize and form combat effectiveness.