Two hundred and fifty-four chapters candle dragon - the third stage (2)
Many fortifications were built at Pingxing Pass during the Battle of Taiyuan. After the Japanese occupation, a total of five forts, four small and one large, were built at the four corners and center of the pass, further strengthening the defense of the pass.
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Three o'clock in the morning is when people are most sleepy. Many Japanese and puppet soldiers on the city tower have fallen asleep leaning on the city wall, and those who are still awake are listless. At this moment, five objects with flaming tails suddenly attracted people.
to close the Japanese army's attention.
I only saw five artillery shells flying from about 500 meters to the gate of the pass. The armor-piercing shell exploded instantly. The door made of wood was blown to pieces, and the broken wood blackened by the fireworks flew into the air.
, several unlucky Japanese and puppet soldiers were hit in the head by wood and screamed in pain.
"Enemy attack! There are enemy troops!!" The Japanese troops in the fortress hurriedly raised the alarm. The piercing alarm sound suddenly sounded throughout the pass.
But he didn't need to say more. Everyone knew that someone was coming to attack. They saw thirty or forty mortar shells suddenly flying out of the dark night. These mortar shells plunged into the Pingxing Pass like meteors from the sky, but the defenders were stunned.
What frightened the Japanese troops in Guan was that a dozen of the mortar shells did not explode, but emitted a stream of gray gas. The gas spread very quickly and was about to spread throughout the Guan.
"Poison gas bombs!! Chinese gas bombs, everyone wear gas masks!!" When several Japanese soldiers saw such shells, they immediately thought of their favorite special bombs, mistakenly thinking that these smoke bombs were also poison gas bombs, and were frightened.
He quickly covered his nose and went to get the gas mask. For a moment, the inside of the customs became even more chaotic.
"Tick-tick, tick-tock, tick-tock, tick-tock" the piercing charge horn suddenly sounded, and the Japanese soldiers who hurriedly put on their gas masks picked up their weapons and started shooting at the invisible areas outside the pass.
But what frightened them was that as soon as their machine guns fired, soon a weapon with a flaming tail would fly in the direction of the machine guns. These machine guns were all set up in the fortifications or city walls, and they thought they were extremely safe.
However, in front of this mysterious weapon, the exposed fortresses and fortifications were as defenseless as the naked girl. Every shell completed the task of destroying the fortress. The machine gun points were muted one by one, and a group of people painted their faces pitch black.
, people in colorful clothes rushed into the pass with shouts of fighting.
The two small bunkers on one side of the checkpoint had been bombed beyond recognition. Chen Guang outside the checkpoint nodded and said, "Order the recoilless gun crew to concentrate their firepower and blow up the big bunker for me too. The mortars fired accurately. Tell them that this
It’s a closed-door battle. The door can’t be closed for a long time, and don’t care about ammunition! The division commander said how much to shoot, and he will go and ask for it from Mr. Zhu!!”
Captain Nagura, who was in the big fortress, listened to the constant explosions and shouts of death outside. Even the January weather could not stop the sweat dripping from his head. He slammed the phone, and there was nothing on the phone.
With a little reaction, he immediately understood that the phone line might have been cut long ago.
"Generate electricity, quickly, quickly, generate electricity for nearby counties. We need tactical guidance, now! Immediately! Immediately!!!" Squadron Leader Nagura yelled loudly to the dispatcher next to him.
"Report... report, telegram!" a communications soldier said with his head lowered.
"What's wrong? Is there any news of reinforcements?" Squadron Leader Nagura asked excitedly.
"Laiyuan sent a telegram asking for reinforcements, saying that a large number of national troops appeared near them, and now they have lost half of their troops. They are asking us for support." Before the communications soldier could finish speaking, Nagura kicked him down and shouted, "Your
Is your head left in your mother’s belly? Why read such a telegram? It’s us who need reinforcements now, understand? It’s us!!”
"Boom!" A huge explosion made Nagura almost unsteady. Looking at the dust that kept falling, Nagura asked in horror, "What's wrong? What happened?"
A soldier who was shot in the shoulder and didn't stop to learn stumbled in and said, "Report, the Chinese troops have exploded to the west and have already entered."
Nagura opened his mouth and looked at the roof of the building in disbelief.
Since it was a close combat, half of a group of Eighth Route Army soldiers received Mauser pistols. As soon as they rushed into the bunker, they greeted the Japanese soldiers with two grenades and then rushed in with a burst of pistol fire. After a while, the other walls also
The bunkers were blown apart one after another. The troops were divided into two. One side went upstairs to clear out the Japanese troops in the upper part of the bunker, while the other side charged down to clear out the remaining enemies underground.
Chen Guang stood on the wall of Pingxingguan City, looking at the fortress where gunshots were heard from time to time. He looked at his watch and saw that an hour and a half had passed. He couldn't help but asked anxiously, "What's going on? Why hasn't the battle been resolved yet?"
An officer hurriedly ran out to ask about the situation. After a while, he came in and said, "There are dozens of Japs hiding underground in the fortress. The entrance is very narrow. The Japs built two machine guns to block it. We threw a few grenades in, but it was nothing."
As a result, the captured puppet soldiers said that there was a steel gate underneath, and they suspected that the Japanese used that gate to block the grenades."
Chen Guang stamped his feet and said, "You don't have time to waste time with them. Look for some gasoline. Pour it in for me and burn it. They are a bunch of beasts anyway. I have burned them all."
There were several trucks and cars inside Pingxingguan, as well as a lot of supplies and gasoline. When Nagura smelled a strange smell, he only felt a thrill. Several dancing Japanese soldiers rushed over, pointed outside and shouted, "It's not good."
, the Chinese people filled it with gasoline and looked like they were preparing to set it on fire."
Nagura's eyes widened and he cursed, "Do they still have humanity? Are they devils?"
When Nagura walked to the gate, he saw liquid being poured down continuously. Gasoline quickly entered through the gap in the gate. Several Japanese soldiers retreated in fear.
"Baga, what are you hiding from? Are you still a great imperial warrior? But...it's just some gasoline, what's there to be afraid of?" Nagura shouted with anguish.
"Fire!! Fire!!" In the horrified cry, Nagura saw a fire dragon rushing towards him. Nagura retreated repeatedly, but he could not run as fast as the fire. The Eighth Route Army soldiers outside the fortress only heard the fortress.
There were constant screams inside, and then a tempting fragrance came out, but when thinking about the source of this smell, no one lost their appetite.
When the first ray of sunlight hit Pingxing Pass, Lin Sanhu also walked into Pingxing Pass and saw only the corpses of Japanese and puppet soldiers lined up in rows, some of which were burnt black.
Japanese troops hiding underground unwilling to surrender.
The bodies of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army were also placed on the other side, and some injured soldiers stood at the front with bandages. They were the heroes of this war, and they should stand in front and receive the attention of the commander.
But what surprised Lin Sanhu was that there were actually some corpses of women. Although their faces were covered, Lin Sanhu still recognized them as female corpses.
Chen Guang saluted Lin Sanhu and said, "The 343rd Brigade wiped out 538 Pingxingguan defenders, including 367 Japanese troops and 79 puppet troops. We captured three Japanese troops and 92 puppet troops. 53 of our troops were killed and 16 were seriously injured.
36 people were slightly injured. In addition... we rescued some women who were kidnapped by the Japanese and some committed suicide when they saw us."
Lin Sanhu nodded with a twitching brow. Although it was a night attack and the troops and weapons were superior, the Japanese army still caused hundreds of casualties to the 115th Division.
Lin Sanhu said, "Let those women wash themselves clean, put on clothes, and wait until their bodies are well and their mood has recovered before letting them leave, otherwise they will easily do stupid things. All the injured in the army will stay, and the others will wait for Xiao
After Hua's troops came to take over, they immediately headed towards Luliang Mountain, which is 400 kilometers away from Wenshui County. We have support along the way. Mr. Zhu gave us eight days. I only give you six days. After six days,
We must appear in Wenshui County."
Chen Guang couldn't help but said, "Six days...isn't it too short? How about seven days, so as not to put too much pressure on the troops."
Lin Sanhu glared and said, "Only six days, not even one more minute!!"
After saying that, Lin Sanhu saw Chen Guang lowering his head and couldn't help but think of the incident in Jinggangshan when Chen Guang was injured and rescued him from the encirclement. He slowed down and said slowly, "As soon as we closed the door here, the dogs were already frightened. They
We must still mistakenly believe that we are here to surround Wei and rescue Zhao and will not leave the vicinity of Luliang Mountain. But no one can tell when the Japanese will react. Once the Japanese react, Mr. Zhu will definitely come out of the fortifications in order to entangle the enemy.
By then the casualties will be huge, and we will become sinners. So if we arrive at the scheduled location a minute earlier, our casualties will be reduced by one point. And this time everyone is mobilized, so it won't be as difficult as you think.
of."
Chen Guang nodded with understanding and said, "What the division commander said makes sense, I will organize the troops to set off immediately."
Lin Sanhu continued, "Order the Independent Regiment to be the vanguard and kill all the Japanese and puppet troops blocking the way. However, do not attack the big cities. At most, attack the small counties. It is best not to attack even the county towns. What we want is speed and not to be attacked by the Japanese."
Contained."
Before the troops left Pingxing Pass, a communications soldier rode up and called, "Commander, there are many people pushing carts outside. They are organized by various places to help."
Nie Rongzhen next to Lin Sanhu smiled and said, "Let's go out and take a look."
Chen Guang followed him out of Pingxing Pass and saw a long line of wheelbarrows pushed by people appearing in front of him. There were also many rubber carts pulled by ox horses. "
The communications soldier said to the leader, a middle-aged man in his thirties, "This is our leader, the commander of the 115th Division - Comrade Lin Sanhu."
The middle-aged man held Lin Sanhu's hand and said, "Commander Lin, as we have met, I am the secretary of Baiyatai Township. I organized everyone to help the troops march. You have to bring your clothes, bedding, and ammunition."
Give it to us. You pack lightly and we will push the cart with you. Don’t worry, when we get to the next village, someone will come to replace us. The further back you go, the more carriages there will be. We will escort you all the way there so that you can
Get to where you want to go as quickly as possible."
Luo Ronghuan pointed at the peasants who, although they were wearing shabby clothes and most of them had slutty faces, stood upright one by one and said, "Comrades, have you seen it? These are our families, our people, our fellow villagers."
, can we let such good people be bullied by little devils again? Are we afraid that one day some little devils will come to rob our sisters, daughters, and money?"
"Can't! Can't! Can't!!" Chen Guang led the leader and shouted, and all the soldiers followed suit, waving their guns and shouting.
"Target! Wenshui County! Comrades, protect the villagers and move forward!!"
——Luliang Mountain
Time went back two days to the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army in Luliang Mountain. Boss Zhu frowned and looked at the map and said, "These little devils really thought we were going to escape through the trails in Luliang Mountain, and they actually kept bombing these trails.
, several of our communications troops have died."
Jiang Cheng next to him smiled and said, "The Japanese planes won't be able to be arrogant for long. Mr. Zhu, how about we give them a hard blow after we close the door?"
Mr. Zhu shook his head and said, "No, it can paralyze the devils. It will take eight or nine days at the fastest for all the main forces to arrive here. How to deceive the devils in these eight or nine days is the key. We must not let the devils find out that we are not the main force here."
troops. But we are fighting a defensive war, how can we convince the Japanese army that we are the main force?"
"How about wiping out three of their regiments?" Li Kenong walked over and said with a smile.
Mr. Zhu asked, "How do you say this?"
Li Kenong looked at Jiang Cheng and said, "Boss, you also know. We all know the Japanese telegram code. We have just intercepted the Japanese army's secret telegram. The Japanese army ordered a tank regiment, a cavalry regiment and an infantry regiment of the Japanese army ambushed in Wenshui County."
The regiment crossed Lijiazhuang from the Yudao River to Sanquan Town, intending to cut our army into two. I immediately launched a secret operation there, and sure enough, a large number of Japanese troops were secretly gathered there, but I didn't know the number, but according to the Japanese army's organization
, there are at least 70 or 80 tanks and nearly 6,000 combatants. Of course, we are also afraid that this is wrong information, so we contacted a key person and got a definite answer."
Boss Zhu slapped the case and shouted, "If you want it, just fight like this. Tell Boss Peng the news and use secondary weapons to cause pain to the Japanese soldiers and make them want to stop. In this way, they will be like gamblers who have lost a bet and will only think about it."
Take another gamble instead of thinking about retreating."
——Yangjiazhuang
Boss Peng looked at the telegram coming down from the mountain and laughed loudly and said, "Order the troops in Lijiazhuang to retreat to Yifeng South Village after encountering a slight resistance from the Japanese armored forces. The terrain there is higher and it is a barrier to the Japanese armored forces."
It’s a good place, and ordered to mobilize all the anti-aircraft troops and anti-tank troops and half of the recoilless rifles. Since the Japanese army has given such a gift, we would be embarrassed not to take it!”
——Yudaohe Town
Shigeru Fujita watched the moon gradually rise in the sky, and looked back at the dark tank troops behind him. These were more than 80% of the tanks of the Third Army. Since Shanxi is an occupied area and has many mountainous areas, it has not been equipped with it.
There are many tanks. There are only three light tank squadrons and four medium tank squadrons. Each tank squadron has ten tanks, three for the small team and one for the squadron command vehicle. In addition, two
The brigade command vehicle and its own wing headquarters have a total of 78 combat vehicles.
There is also a maintenance brigade. After all, the chariot is actually both strong and fragile. It can easily break down. Without a maintenance team behind it, I don't dare to lead the troops in a long-distance charge.
Then there is a cavalry regiment with 500 cavalrymen, and an infantry regiment with more than 140 trucks added to support their chariots and cavalry.
The total strength is about 6,000.
Shigeru Fujita asked, "Have all the tanks been replaced with new engines? I don't want them all to break down after a short walk."
A Japanese officer wearing a dirty glove next to him smiled and said, "Everything has been changed. It's ten kilometers away from the front line of the attack. It takes about half an hour to walk. Just in case, I saw the front line."
When we are in position, it’s better to hold on one more time.”
Regardless of whether the tanks of World War II or later generations are actually delicate weapons, their engines require maintenance every few hours of operation. Tanks of World War II generally need to replace their engines every 200 to 300 hours of operation. Although the tanks of later generations have to be replaced because of technology.
The development is better, but it will not exceed 500 motorcycle hours.
Shigeru Fujita nodded and said, "Order the engineering troops to be the vanguard. The Eighth Route Army has many strange mines. Be careful not to damage precious imperial tanks because of these mines."