Squadron Leader Matsuda looked around with vigilance. The area where Hebei and Shanxi meet is different from other places in Hebei. There are many mountains and forests here. Matsuda has long heard in the army that there are a lot of guerrilla activities in Shanxi, and they have sneak attacks on the emperor everywhere.
The army and good people have caused the 20th Division in Shanxi to complain endlessly, and the public security in Hebei has always been very good. At most, some of the defeated Chinese soldiers who have not been killed are robbing homes and houses. Let them attack the imperial army. That is absolutely
Don't dare. This time, a small group of imperial soldiers were probably guerrillas from Shanxi who were driven over by the 20th Division.
Matsuda straightened up on his horse and looked forward. In front of him was a company of the North China Security Army exploring the road. To be sure, Matsuda led a squadron plus a battalion of puppet troops, with the purpose of ensuring victory in one battle.
, Matsuda is a very attentive person. After knowing that there may be guerrillas, he first checked the Shanxi battle report issued and found that the guerrillas like to use the terrain to ambush, so these local security forces are indeed the best guides.
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Slowly, the troops entered the mountains. Looking at the surrounding hills, Matsuda looked worried.
"Stop!" Matsuda waved his hand, and all the Japanese troops stopped. However, the dazed North China Security Army behind and a company in front did not react at all, and for a moment they were knocked upside down.
"My God, what's going on? Why don't you leave?" an officer of the North China Security Army said in a daze.
"Baga!!" Matsuda slapped the officer without saying a word. Seeing that the officer came to his senses, he said, "Yours, go check around immediately to see if there are any guerrillas."
The officer nodded quickly and bowed and said, "Hi, hi, Taijun, wait a moment. You guys, please go over there and take a look."
At this time, a group of people had dug trenches into the hills not far away. The trenches were very deep, covered with wooden boards, and covered with earth, rocks and grass. There were only a few breathing holes outside. From a distance, it looked like there were no holes at all.
Can't see anything.
"Captain, those little devils stopped and looked around, what should I do?" Zhang Da walked over lightly and whispered in Li Long's ear.
"Damn, what are you afraid of after being so far away? Let Shen Quan lead a company two miles ahead, hit him and lure them over. I don't believe it anymore, and
A hunter who is more cunning than a fox like me." Li Long said with his eyes shining and the corners of his mouth raised.
"Why do I feel that the leader said something contrary?" Tian Jie whispered to the bean bag next to him.
"As long as you can, whatever the leader says, what do you know?" Doubao looked like he was the boss of heaven and the second son of earth, and the leader of the group was coaxing him like the third child, which made Tian Jie crooked.
say.
"Comrades, fight." Shen Lang led a company of soldiers and sneaked to the front, just in time to see the puppet soldiers who were rummaging around.
The machine guns and rifles opened fire at the same time, knocking down seven or eight puppet troops in one fell swoop.
"Taijun, there are guerrillas, there are guerrillas." The puppet army officer accompanying Matsuda hurriedly shouted.
"Pa" Matsuda slapped him again, this time the face of the puppet army officer was symmetrical.
"Why are you panicking? From the sound of it, there are not even a hundred people. Come on," Matsuda said confidently.
"A hundred people? Damn it, you dare to attack our imperial army? You're going to risk your life." The puppet army officer immediately became arrogant, took out his rifle, waved his hands and shouted, "Brothers, let the imperial army see, we
How did you defeat these guerrillas? A guerrilla has a head of five oceans, charge it to me."
As soon as Da Yang was mentioned, these puppet soldiers who were originally working for money immediately rushed forward with guns and howls.
Most of the soldiers in the North China Security Army are former 29th Army or local security corps who surrendered. There are also many bandits who surrendered to the Japanese when they saw them coming. Others are former local tyrants and evil gentry who saw the opportunity and wanted to get involved.
A person with an official position.
But all in all, these people all have a common characteristic: poor fighting willpower, howling when fighting in the wind, and crying when fighting hard.
I saw that these puppet soldiers saw that the number of guerrillas was indeed small, and they all rushed forward excitedly. The three machine guns fired with great momentum. Matsuda kept nodding. "Hey, it seems that the guerrillas in China are nothing more than that."
Shen Lang looked at these puppet soldiers and felt angry and amused. The machine guns fired loudly, but their accuracy made him feel sorry for the bullets for the Japanese army. The infantry was even more ridiculous. Many people simply pointed in one direction and fired.
When I fired, I didn’t know whether it was to embolden myself or to really aim and shoot.
"Damn it, these weapons will be blind even if they reach the hands of these people. Okay, that's almost it. Everyone retreats." Shen Lang waved his hand and shouted.
"Taijun, Taijun, the guerrillas have withdrawn. We have won." The puppet army officer shouted excitedly. Matsuda finally stopped beating him and nodded and said, "Yo Xi, order, the whole army must attack, all must be in full force"
Destroy this guerrilla."
Shen Lang retreated while fighting back, and after running for two or three miles, he arrived not long after.
"Okay, we're finally here, Doubao, Tian Jie, have you seen that Japanese guy riding a yellow horse? Kill his headquarters first." Li Long watched Matsuda and his men chasing after him in the bunker.
When he arrived, he was trembling with excitement. In his eyes, there were Japs everywhere, and they were all guns and ammunition. With these, I, Li Long, could bring out another five or six hundred people.
Doubao said in a low voice, "Tian Jie, if you can count, you can direct me, and I will do it accurately myself. I can't do it with others."
Tian Jie began to calculate nervously. Fortunately, Matsuda's troops were pursuing them with all their strength, so their speed was easy to calculate.
"Prepare for twenty seconds, bearing, D-14. Five consecutive shots!!" Tian Jie shouted loudly, while Doubao gestured slowly with his thumb.
"Let go!" Tian Jie shouted.
"Bang bang bang" several different sounds sounded at the same time. These were all the artillery of the Third Independent Regiment, three 82MM, two 60MM mortars, and four or five captured grenades, but the grenades
The cannon attack range was too close, so he did not participate in this artillery bombardment.
Matsuda only felt a harsh sound. Just as he was about to raise his head, a heat wave from the explosion knocked him to the ground. Round after round of shells instantly blew up the middle of his team, scattering body parts and corpses.
All over the place.
Li Long shouted, "Hit me!!"
There were more than 2,000 people in the Third Independent Regiment, and more than 1,000 long and short rifles opened fire at the same time. The Japanese troops who were covered by the firepower network lost their command and were instantly beaten and disoriented. They could only rely on the inertia formed by long-term training to fight back.
"Shoot! Shoot!" The three surviving team captains took their teams to hide on the edge of the mountain. However, some wanted to attack, some wanted to defend, and some wanted to retreat, but they were unable to contact each other for discussion.
This order left everyone confused as to what to do.
When the puppet troops saw this formation, they didn't know that they were being ambushed, so they turned around and ran away in fright. The Japanese machine guns beeped and killed several deserters before they finally decided to lie down on the ground and shoot wildly.
gun.
"The Third Independent Regiment!! Charge!!" Li Long threw away his gun and took the lead in rushing down the mountain with a big knife in one hand. Zhao Gang was stunned when he saw him.
"Hurry up and save the regiment leader, Dou Bao, Tian Jie, don't stop the artillery fire cover." Zhao Gang snatched the 38 rifle from a soldier next to him and shot a Japanese who wanted to shoot Li Long.
Doubao and Tian Jie looked at each other and smiled. "Bang bang bang" four boxes of shells were pried open, only to see a few gunners stuffing shells into the mortars as if in a competition.
Li Long just felt that his luck was not very good, and nothing happened all the way.
"Captain, the political commissar wants you to go back." Li Da kicked a puppet soldier and knocked him unconscious.
"Go back to the ball, you are eating meat now, you know? Fight me, take all these guns back to me, I'm going to do it!!" Li Long laughed wildly, blocked a Japanese bayonet with one knife, and then returned with one knife, one
The head just rolled away and I don’t know where it went.
"Click, click, click!" A heavy machine gun climbed up a hillside at some point and fired several bursts, killing several charging soldiers.
Li Long immediately rolled and rolled behind several bodies, and the only side he saw was blocked by the heavy machine gun."
"Damn, where's my cannon?" Li Long looked back and felt a heat in the back of his head. When he looked back, fireballs appeared on the heavy machine gun just now, and the annoying "beep" sound no longer sounded.
Already.
"Kill!!" The excited soldiers immediately jumped up and rushed towards the Japanese army.
The Third Independent Regiment not only has more men and guns, but also more cold weapons, including broadswords, spears and kitchen knives. The rules of the Third Independent Regiment are very simple. Those who don’t have guns will get them if they grab them. Therefore, all the melee soldiers without guns can charge faster.
Everyone is in front.
As the Japs were fighting, they felt something was wrong. Others were fighting with each other in a blocking manner. Why was this unit trying to grab the gun from behind? It wasn't just one person, but four or five people who were grabbing it together, just like a pack of wolves.
Half an hour later, the battlefield gradually calmed down and the soldiers began to clean up the battlefield. Li Long walked to the artillery position angrily.
"Comrade Li Long, you are a regiment leader, how can you come to the front line by the way?" Zhao Gang shouted first.
"My good political commissar, don't dare next time. Wait for me. I'll write a review when I get back. Tian Jie, Doubao, you two, get over here. Tell me who ordered the heavy machine gun to be fired.
?" Li Long first smiled playfully at Zhao Gang, then said angrily at Tian Jie's bean buns.
Doubao said tremblingly, "It was ordered by the political commissar."
Li Long looked at Zhao Gang with a grimace and said, "My good political commissar, why did you give the order to fire?"
Zhao Gang asked doubtfully, "Shouldn't it be right?"
Li Long pointed at the few soldiers behind him and said, "Look, what has become of them? It's a Type 92. It's just wasted like this. My political commissar, you should use the grenade at this time, and you can pull it out."
By removing this firepower point, you can also seize weapons. If you do this, we will lose five artillery shells, a heavy machine gun, and several rifles. It is a big loss."
Zhao Gang looked at the thing that had been turned into parts at the back and was stunned for a moment. Looking at Li Long who was fussing over it like an old lady at the vegetable market, he simply didn't know what to say.
Let’s not talk about Li Long counting how much he made and how much he lost this time with Zhao Gang. Zhao Gang was nagging in Li Long’s ear about the awareness a regiment leader should have. This battle completely made the Eighth Route Army’s reputation begin to rise.
Word spread in Hebei, and countless dormant anti-Japanese forces began to notice this new force coming in. Will this unit led by the Red Party be the leader they have been waiting for?
——Beiping
At this time, stars gathered at the North China Front Army Headquarters. Generals from more than a dozen divisions and dozens of generals were sitting together. If there was a bomb here at this time, the entire northern Japanese army would basically be paralyzed.
Temple Shouichi talked for a long time, took a drink of water and said, "Do you still have any questions?"
Baitake Haruyoshi, the commander of the Fourth Independent Mixed Brigade, stood up and said, "I heard that the guerrillas in the north have been very active recently. What if we are fighting at the front and these guerrillas are causing trouble behind us?"
Direction of the 20th Division.
Bunzaburo Kawagishi, commander of the 20th Division, stood up and said, "The guerrillas in Shanxi have now been driven out of Shanxi by us. It can be seen that the activities of these guerrillas have been suppressed by us less and less. I can say
, as long as there is a division in each province, no anti-Japanese armed forces can take any effective action."
"Huh, each province has its own division. Let me do the math for you. Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Suiyuan, and Rehe, that's six divisions. Are we here just to defend the city?" One division
Said with a long smile.
"Yes, I'm leaving now. They've all come to Suiyuan, Hebei Province." A brigade leader said sarcastically.
"You, you have no idea how terrible the Eighth Route Army is. You have never tasted guerrilla warfare. If you knew, you would never talk like this again." Bunzaburo Kawagishi said angrily.
"That's enough." Juichi Terauchi shouted, looking at the quiet venue and said, "Everything must be given way for the Wuhan Battle. Guards in various places must maintain public order. Kawagishi-kun, the Shanxi security strengthening plan you submitted last time,
I agree. I hope you can guard our flanks and not ruin the overall situation of the Wuhan battle."
——Xuzhou
"Run quickly, the Japanese are coming." The scattered troops mixed with the fleeing people, and the entire Xuzhou city was in chaos.
Sun Yuanliang looked at the familiar scene and suddenly had the urge to go to the brothel. He quickly bit his tongue to calm down and secretly scolded Tang Enbo for his blind command.
After Tang Enbo received the order from Chiang Kai-shek, he immediately ordered the troops to prepare for battle. Tang Enbo knew that the longer he delayed, the worse it would be for him, so he simply took the lead in attacking. At the beginning, he was really unstoppable, conquering Zoucheng, Surabaya, Ningyang and other cities.
The front is pointed directly at Jinan City.
Tang Enbo saw that he was able to defeat the Japanese army so easily. He listened to the boasts of the people around him and watched the news from Wuhan. Although Hu Lian, Liao Yaoxiang and other frontline generals felt that something was wrong, they were all red-eyed.
How could Tang Enbo listen? As a result, he was attacked by two Japanese divisions in Tai'an. He was beaten for three days and three nights and retreated 200 miles in a row. In an instant, he reached the highest marching speed record of Tang Enbo's regiment.
Tang Enbo looked at Xuzhou City, sighed in his heart, and fled into Xuzhou City with his troops, preparing to defend it to the death.