A long transport team was slowly walking on the Pingxingguan Highway in the morning sun. It had stopped raining and the sky was clear. Due to the shortage of trucks, the Japanese army could only use a large number of pack horses to help transport. This team was the 21st Regiment.
Each brigade in the Japanese army has a transport squadron of about 110 people. Including the regiment's own transport squadron, there are more than 400 people. This team actually only has two transport squadrons, and there is another
An infantry squadron and a battalion of puppet troops. These puppet troops were the newly formed puppet North China Autonomous Government Army. Itagaki Seishiro was worried about them fighting, but the transportation was still competent. But this team was not only two miles long;
It is more than three miles long.
The team was led by Lieutenant Colonel Hashimoto Junmasa, and these two infantry squadrons were under his command. At this time, Hashimoto Masashi was very proud. When he first arrived in China, Hashimoto was still a major. After several months of fighting, he was already a lieutenant colonel.
Hashimoto couldn't help but secretly wonder if he could be promoted to colonel after the Shanxi campaign. If the incident ended, he might become a general. General, the more he thought about it, the more beautiful Hashimoto felt.
China is really a good place.
Hashimoto Junmasa looked at the towering peaks on both sides and asked a puppet army officer next to him, "Qian-kun, where is this place?"
The puppet army officer, a fat man, smiled and said, "Taijun, a little ahead of here is Baiyatai, and then you can reach Pingxing Pass about ten miles ahead. If you go fast enough, you should be able to arrive at noon."
Hashimoto Junmasa nodded and said, "Order the entire army to stop for breakfast and speed up the march in half an hour. We will go to Pingxingguan for lunch."
Lin Sanhu, wearing a straw hat and camouflage uniform, was holding a telescope on the cliff and looking at the Japanese troops who suddenly stopped. He couldn't help but worry and said, "What's going on? Why did the Japanese troops stop in front of the encirclement?"
Next to him, Nie Rongzhen looked around with a telescope and said, "It's impossible. This mountain is covered with dense vegetation, and our soldiers are wearing camouflage uniforms. Even I, who knew there was an ambush, couldn't find where everyone was. How could the Japanese army do this?"
Discover."
Lin Sanhu nodded and looked at it for a while and said, "It looks like it's time to take a break. I order everyone to calm down. No shooting is allowed without orders."
Thousands of soldiers waited patiently. Finally, half an hour later, the transport team began to move again.
Lin Sanhu patted his thigh and said, "Okay, come in."
At 7:51 in the morning, the long team completely entered the encirclement.
Lin Sanhu shouted "Start!!!"
When the commander next to him heard this, he immediately fired three green flares.
Yang Dezhi, the commander of the 685th Regiment at the front of the encirclement, saw the signal flare and yelled "hit" first, picked up the heavy machine gun next to him and swept away the truck at the front. The other machine gunners also knew that their first task was to let them go.
The transport team stopped and saw that the truck was instantly knocked to one side by more than a dozen fire chains. The vehicles behind it also staggered and huddled together. The ambush troops on both sides also exerted their strength at the same time. Hashimoto Junmasa could only
He saw countless enemy troops suddenly appearing on both sides, countless chains of fire sweeping towards the entire team, and the sound of rifle shooting like exploding beans made him tremble with fear. Countless grenades flew into the space between the teams, creating balls of orange-red fire.
, in the first wave of attacks, countless Japanese troops were beaten and staggered before they understood what was going on. Hashimoto Junmasa immediately jumped off his horse, drew out his command knife and shouted, "Enemy attack! Hurry and take cover. Signal troops, notify the coalition immediately."
Team, seek tactical guidance." The puppet army officer next to him had already trembled and crawled under the truck to hide.
Those Japanese soldiers and puppet soldiers in the transport team did not need Hashimoto Junmasa's greetings. The countless grenades and fire whips had already awakened these arrogant Japanese soldiers. Everyone relied on trucks, rocks or
Roll into the ravines on both sides of the road and fight back desperately.
Lin Sanhu watched the Japanese army lose their formation the moment they were beaten and said with a smile, "Well done!"
Nie Rongzhen also smiled and said, "Of course. We have concentrated hundreds of machine guns. Can we easily deal with these hundreds of Japanese troops? I think the battle can be over in three hours at most."
When Lin Sanhu saw that the Japanese army was so suppressed that they could not lift their heads, he nodded and said, "Order all ministries to act expediently according to the actual combat situation."
Although the Japanese troops were beaten, they were indeed the main force touted as the "Steel Army". I saw these Japanese troops gathering desperately and hiding on both sides of the ditch to fight back. There were actually some soldiers who had fallen.
Many injured people got up, dragged their guns into the ditch, and continued shooting. Only hundreds of corpses were left on the road, as well as trucks and carts emitting black smoke and horses that were scattered in all directions.
Seeing that shooting from the hillside could no longer effectively kill the Japanese troops, the Eighth Route Army, which was used to poverty, was unwilling to waste bullets and stood up one after another and began to rush down the mountain. They saw that each company began to engage in assault and hand-to-hand combat under the command of their respective company commanders.
Hashimoto Junzheng was hiding behind a rock, with only a dozen people around him. He directed a crooked counterattack and asked, "No reply yet?"
The communications soldier was also sweating anxiously and kept sending telegrams asking for support.
Hashimoto Junmasa was unable to effectively organize the Japanese army at this time. Hundreds of people were scattered about 2,000 meters away. He could only issue orders by shouting loudly. At this time, he finally saw who his opponent was. He only saw a group of people.
Troops wearing strange clothes rushed down the mountain. They had rifles that I had never seen before, and their firepower was extremely fierce. Although their marksmanship was average, it was different from the local troops I had seen before. They never fired empty guns.
The gun was aimed at the target, but it could be used to fire continuously. This must be the elite of the Chinese army.
What made Hashimoto even more angry was that this strange troop actually cheated during hand-to-hand combat, taking advantage of the fact that their guns could hit in succession, and often fired during hand-to-hand combat. It was really despicable and lacked the spirit of Bushido.
Hashimoto suddenly found two flags flying on a distant mountain. One was the red flag with blue sky and white sun that he had long been familiar with, but the other red flag with a sickle and a hammer made his whole mind confused. Wait - sickle
Red Flag of Hammer??
Hashimoto Junmasa said in a daze, "Baga, is it the Soviet army? No wonder there is such firepower. These people are not Chinese troops, they are Soviet troops. The Soviet Union has sent troops!!"
Hashimoto Junmasa did not know that it was the military flag of the Red Front Army.
When Seishiro Itagaki received the news that the transport team had been ambushed, he couldn't believe his eyes. When did the Chinese troops dare to take the initiative? Aren't they just hiding in their positions and being attacked by themselves?
However, Itagaki, knowing that the matter was urgent, quickly sent out power and ordered the 21st Regiment in front of Pingxingguan to immediately return for rescue. He also sent a power call to order the troops stationed in Lingqiu and Guangling to rush to the rescue immediately. He then called the aviation force, hoping to use the advantage of the air force to suppress the ambush of China.
army.
But then Itagaki Seishiro received the news from Hashimoto that he was attacked by the Soviet army. Itagaki suddenly wondered if he really hadn't woken up today. When did the Soviet army get involved?
Lin Sanhu suddenly discovered a group of Japanese troops in a mountain nest next to the highway. He also saw an officer holding a command knife. When he took a closer look, there was actually a long antenna. He immediately understood that this must be the Japanese command center.
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Lin Sanhu called out "Signal Corps"
The signal soldier next to him stood up and said to Lin Sanhu, "Here we come."
Lin Sanhu pointed to the group of Japanese soldiers and said, "Did you see the Japs there? That is the Japs' headquarters. Order the artillery battalion to knock it out for me."
The signal soldier picked up his telescope, looked at it, said "yes" and went out to deliver the order.
At this time, the Japanese army had received the news, and both sides began a rapid march to prepare for the rescue of the besieged transport convoy. Seven planes even scrambled into the air to prepare for air rescue.
Jun Hashimoto was nervously waiting for reinforcements. Suddenly he saw several black figures flying in the distance. He immediately understood what they were and was about to lie down, but it was too late. Five rounds of mortars destroyed this small piece.
The position was shattered into pieces, and the telegraph machine flew high into the sky, unknown to where.
The battle soon came to an end. At nine o'clock, the soldiers had already begun to clear out the enemies who had finally hidden themselves. At this time, the battle had only started two hours ago.
Lin Sanhu looked at the end of the entire front and said, "Be careful when ordering the troops to clean the battlefield. Boss Zhu said before coming here that these devils have been brainwashed by Japanese Bushido and will not surrender easily unless
It is absolutely certain that he has lost his combat effectiveness, otherwise he should not be easily captured and rescued."
Lin Sanhu's words are correct. At this time, the Japanese army believed that Japan was the most powerful country in Asia and that China's demise was only a matter of time. Under such circumstances, how could anyone be willing to surrender?
Angry.
Li Tianyou saw with his own eyes that his guard was killed when the Japanese soldier suddenly pulled a grenade because he carelessly approached a Japanese soldier.
Li Tianyou held an SKS rifle and roared, "All comrades, please pay attention. These Japanese will pretend to be dead. When cleaning the battlefield, check with me with a bayonet first."
In fact, Li Tianyou originally wanted to ask the soldiers to use bullets to check, but after thinking about the preciousness of bullets, he finally chose bayonets.
At this time, Zhou Kun came over and said, "Commander, the Japanese reinforcements are coming. Two brigades are coming from the direction of Pingxingguan. There is also a brigade from Guangling, and the cavalry battalion reports that reinforcements are coming."
Lin Sanhu sighed, "Order the troops to speed up the cleaning of the battlefield and deal with the remaining enemies, and then we will retreat. Also, search carefully to see if there are any documents included. Let the blocking troops on both sides hold on until 12 o'clock before withdrawing."
Gao Guizi, who discovered that the Japanese troops were withdrawing from Pingxing Pass, was surprised and said, "These Red Party members are quite capable. They actually withdrew."
The staff officer next to him asked, "Commander, should we also fight to contain the Japanese?"
Gao Guizi walked around in embarrassment for a few times, and finally said, "The Red Party is here to help us relieve the siege. We have to be loyal and ask our brothers to fight, but don't go out of the seclusion. Just attract the attention of the Japanese with a thought. Be careful with the enemy's counterattack."
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The remnants of the enemy in the ambush circle were not easy to deal with. Most of them were hiding in small corners that were extremely difficult to attack. In order to reduce the casualties of the soldiers, they could only attack with mortars from a distance. The battle was not really over until almost 11 o'clock.
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Lin Sanhu walked on the road, looked at the soldiers cleaning the battlefield, smiled and nodded and said, "Well done, now the pressure on Commander Gao's side will be much less."
"Damn, why are they all these useless things?" Lin Sanhu heard a soldier complaining on the truck next to him. He raised his head and asked, "Little comrade, what's wrong? What kind of treasures are they?"
The soldier took out a coat with a grimace and said, "Japanese uniform, division commander, we are at a loss. I didn't even see any ammunition."
When Lin Sanhu heard that he was at a loss, he also climbed into the truck anxiously. When he saw it, they were all military coats, probably because October was about to enter and they were used to change the uniforms of the frontline troops.
Lin Sanhu patted the truck and said, "Damn it, let's evacuate and take everything away."
At this time, several soldiers escorted an officer over and said, "Report to the division commander, we have captured an officer."
Lin Sanhu became interested and said, "Where did you catch it?"
The leading soldier said, "He has been hiding under the truck. If he was so scared that he peed, he really couldn't be found."
Lin Sanhu smiled and said, "It's really rare for a Japanese to be so afraid of death. Can you understand Chinese, your name, and your position?"
The officer trembled and said, "Boss, I'm not Japanese, I'm not a Japanese, I'm Chinese, don't kill me."
Lin Sanhu took a look and realized that this military uniform was really different from that of the Japanese. Although it was also a yellow military seat, the head emblem was different. It was the five-color emblem of the Republic of Five Races.
Lin Sanhu said disappointedly, "Why is he a traitor? I've told him his position, name, and everything else he knows. But you probably don't know anything. Forget it, just shoot him."
Upon hearing this, the officer fell to the ground and said, "Sir, don't kill me. I am the leader of the North China Autonomous Army, Qian Gaoyang. I have information, I have important information."
Upon hearing this, Lin Sanhu couldn't help but become curious and said, "Then tell me."
Qian Gaoyang cried and said, "The Japs are actually just showing up. Most of the Japs in the Fifth Division have been transferred, and now there is only one brigade. That's why we are asked to help."
Lin Sanhu nodded as he listened, and then he understood why there was only one regiment of Japs on the front line of Pingxingguan. At this time, Xu Haidong came over and said, "Commander, we have made an important discovery."
Upon hearing this, Lin Sanhu said to the soldiers, "Keep an eye on him, maybe it will be useful." After saying that, he walked towards Xu Haidong and came to the headquarters where he was first discovered.
Lin Sanhu saw several soldiers organizing the battlefield, and Nie Rongzhen was reading something.
Lin Sanhu asked, "Comrade Rongzhen, what are you looking at?"
When Nie Rongzhen saw it was Lin Sanhu, he smiled and said, "What a great harvest. This is the Japanese telegraph code. With this, we can know ourselves and our enemies."
Lin Sanhu nodded happily and said, "That's good, but I don't know what level of password this is. Let's withdraw first and sort it out when we go back."
When the Japanese planes arrived at Pingxing Pass, they only saw countless corpses and burning trucks, but not a single Eighth Route Army soldier could be seen.
After the reinforcements who worked so hard to break through the blockade, they could only collect the corpses.
——Heishan Village
The soldiers who came back one after another were all smiling, and they were willing to fight more enjoyable ambush battles like this.
Lin Sanhu was eating fried soybeans and looking at the map when Nie Rongzhen came in and said, "The statistics are all done."
Lin Sanhu waved his hand and said, "Let's talk about it at the meeting."
All the cadres were in place, Lin Sanhu said, "Let Deputy Commander Nie talk about our situation first.
Nie Rongzhen said with a smile, "In this battle, 796 enemy corpses were counted in the ambush circle, including 322 people from one puppet battalion and three Japanese squadrons, a total of 474 people. In addition, 5 Japanese soldiers were captured, all of whom were seriously injured and unconscious.
There were 42 puppet troops, and the Japanese soldiers confirmed to be killed were one Lieutenant Colonel and three Majors. In addition, on both sides of the blocking direction, it was confirmed that the Japanese casualties exceeded 100. Our army's casualties from all parties totaled 102 dead and 292 wounded. It was a great victory.
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Everyone stood up excitedly and clapped.
Lin Sanhu pressed it down with his hand and said, "Let's talk about the seizure and consumption."
Nie Rongzhen nodded and said, "In comparison, this number does not look good. Our army seized a total of 79 horses, mainly because a large number of horses were accidentally injured and escaped. 726 rifles, 17 light machine guns, and 5 heavy machine guns.
, one 92 infantry gun, but unfortunately the artillery shells we captured were 2,000 rounds of 73 and 75 mountain gun shells, 40,000 rounds of 38-cap bullets, 30,000 machine gun bullets, Japanese military uniforms, and more than 4,000 coats
sets, as well as a large amount of food and a small amount of grenades, our army consumed a total of 7,000 grenades, 30,000 rifle bullets, 20,000 machine gun bullets, and 186 artillery shells."
Everyone couldn't help but feel a little disappointed after hearing this. After all, they had worked hard for so long, but the harvest was only a little in comparison.
Lin Sanhu said excitedly, "Is this a victory? No! This is simply a defeat! We almost lost money in the first battle, no, we lost money. Review! We must review!"
Nie Rongzhen gently pushed Lin Sanhu and said, "You can't blame anyone. Who would have known that the main purpose of the Japanese army this time was to transport food and clothing, and there were no artillery shells transported, but at least they captured a lot of rifles and machine guns.
, we can arm two more battalions with this equipment."
Lin Sanhu shook his head and said, "The advantages of this battle are so great. Our army still suffered hundreds of casualties. In addition to the fact that the Japanese army is well-trained and has good marksmanship, it is also not irrelevant that some of our army's commanders and fighters are arrogant because they have good equipment.
Especially some soldiers, once they have enough ammunition, they only know how to use firepower to suppress the enemy and not use their heads. Comrades, please remember that in a war, you fight with your brains, not your weapons and equipment. Otherwise, we will no longer resist Japan and can surrender directly.
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Nie Rongzhen was afraid that Lin Sanhu would go too far, so he stood up and said, "Comrades, what Commander Lin wants everyone to think about is the advantage of the Japanese army and the advantage of our army, so that we can fight better in the next battle."
Some."
Lin Sanhu shook his head and wanted to say something else, but Su Jing ran in and said, "Commander, those documents have been translated. We used the captured codes to hear important information."
Upon hearing this, Lin Sanhu said, "Bring it over and let me take a look."
Lin Sanhu took it and took a look, only to find that it was about the redeployment of the Fifth Division.
Due to the ambush that had just occurred, Itagaki Seishiro was furious, but the supply at Pingxing Pass was the most important, so he immediately organized a larger supply transport team, and specially added two infantry squadrons and a machine gun squadron as escorts
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Lin Sanhu immediately picked up the information and looked at the map, his eyes getting sharper and sharper, he slapped the table and said, "Hit!! Comrades, I have decided to level the 2-level level!!"