Nie Rongzhen took the intelligence and looked at it for a few times and said, "Commander, think about it again. This Japs is quite powerful."
Luo Ronghuan also looked at it and said, "Indeed, such a force may not be easy to capture. Moreover, we have just completed an ambush at Pingxingguan. The Japanese will definitely be on guard."
Lin Sanhu shook his head and said, "That's why I have confidence. The Japanese will never think that we dare to ambush a second time in the same place. This method of attack is still an idea that I came up with after discussing with Master Liu at the Anti-Japanese University."
, I am confident that we can do well. And the intelligence also said that there is a large amount of ammunition transported."
Nie Rongzhen said firmly, "Absolutely not. You are vomiting, not fighting."
Lin Sanhu became angry when he heard this and said, "Comrade Nie Rongzhen, are you afraid of death? We have several times more people than they do, our weapons and equipment are not bad, and we are still in an ambush. What are we afraid of?"
Nie Rongzhen waved his hand and pointed out the window and said, "I'm afraid these lovely soldiers will suffer any losses because of the unnecessary fighting. These are old comrades who climbed the snow-capped mountains and crossed the grassland all the way. I feel sad if any one of them dies."
Lin Sanhu slapped the table and said, "Don't I feel sorry for you? But we can't stop fighting just because we feel sorry for the loss."
Luo Ronghuan quickly smoothed things over and said, "Don't get excited, you two. Are they all for the fight against Japan? How about this? How about we send a message to the central government and let the central government make the judgment?"
Nie Rongzhen nodded and said, "Okay, let the central government make the decision."
Lin Sanhu shook his head and said, "The intelligence said that this team will be formed and set off soon. The military situation is urgent. We don't have time to wait for the central government's decision. And if you think about it, Shanghai, Nankou, and Baoding were all defeated by the White Party.
These are big battles involving hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn. If we do not fight well in the first battle, we will lose points politically."
Nie Rongzhen frowned and said, "Isn't our record enough?"
Lin Sanhu shook his head and said, "It's not enough, at least I think it's not enough. You have to know that the fifth division actually only has 10,000 people now, and there are 4,000 under Pingxing Pass. The defenders everywhere have to ask for 2,000. What can we really do?"
There are only four thousand people coming to support us, and we are fully capable of taking them."
Nie Rongzhen looked at the map and said, "Then how can you guarantee that the enemies at Pingxing Pass will not come back for reinforcements? If the Japanese are ruthless and there is a regiment of enemies on each side, we really can't afford to go around."
Lin Sanhu walked around twice and said, "Once our plan succeeds, the Japanese offensive here will completely stop, the situation in Shanxi will change drastically, and our army can concentrate its forces to deal with Tojo Hideki's main force."
Yan Xishan will not fail to see such benefits. My idea is to send electricity to Mr. Zhu, and the boss will contact Yan Xishan to cooperate with us in this operation and let them contain the Japanese army in Pingxingguan."
Nie Rongzhen thought for a while and said, "If Yan Xishan can guarantee that the Japs from the direction of Pingxingguan will not be dispatched in large numbers, I will agree."
Lin Sanhu smiled and patted Nie Rongzhen on the shoulder and said, "I don't believe that Yan Laoxi would miss such a fighter plane in vain. In order to ensure the success of the ambush, we will prepare and set off now. Once Yan Xishan agrees, we will launch an attack."
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Nie Rongzhen looked at Lin Sanhu and said, "Okay, but we absolutely cannot launch it without news of reinforcements."
Lin Sanhu nodded and said, "Okay, then I will start to issue combat missions. This time our ambush circle will not be located at the place we attacked yesterday. There is a place in front of Baiyatai, named Donghenan Town. The entire terrain here is suddenly
In the narrowed area, the main force of the Japanese army was accumulated in Yu County. This time the team set out from Yu County. I predicted that it would arrive in Donghenan Town in about two days. I ordered the 685th Regiment to ambush from Xiaozhai Village to Caijiayu.
The 686th Regiment is ambushing in the south from Caijiayu to Xigou Village, the 687th Regiment is in ambush in the north, and the 688th Regiment is ambushing outside Donghenan Town. Once the Japanese army completely enters the encirclement, you must immediately capture the town and prepare to block the Japanese reinforcements. The independent regiment goes to Lingqiu.
Xipo Village, the place where the reinforcements must pass, blocked the Japanese army. The cavalry battalions dispersed to pay attention to the enemy's movements. We must seize the time in this battle. Once the Japanese army comes for reinforcements, we must withdraw resolutely. Each commander and soldier must also control the terrain of their own.
Go through it step by step, the most important thing for fighting an ambush is to know the terrain well."
Nie Rongzhen said worriedly, "Aren't you going to leave a reserve team?"
Lin Sanhu shook his head and said, "We are fighting behind the enemy's rear. The faster we fight, the safer we will be. Leaving too many reserves will slow down the battle. For the reserve team, I think the guard company and each regiment will allocate a company to temporarily form one."
Just camp. Do you understand?"
Everyone said excitedly "Understood!!"
——Taiyuan
Yan Xishan looked at the telegram in his hand and kept shaking his head and sighing. He said to Mr. Zhu who was smiling in front of him, "I said, brother Dai Zhen, how come you Red Party members are so good at fighting? You fought so well in the first battle, and you also
If it's not enough, we have to ambush a second time, but is this possible? We just fought again and again, the Japanese can't be so stupid, right?"
The smiling Mr. Zhu next to him said, "The soldiers on the front line have their own opinions. We at the rear can't make any assumptions. We can only find ways to cooperate with them to win this battle. I don't know if Commander Yan is willing to send troops."
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Yan Xishan rolled his eyes, curled his mouth, and stamped his feet and said, "How is it possible? Your army is here to defend Shanxi. How could our Jinsui Army not send troops? I will order the 17th Army to feint attack from Pingxingguan at that time."
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Mr. Zhu sighed and said, "Sir, as far as I know, the 17th Army now only has more than 4,000 people. I'm afraid it's not strong enough. I'll see if we can send the 33rd Army to support us."
Yan Xishan tilted his lips when he heard this, and finally said, "Well, let's do this. I will order the 33rd Army and the 17th Army to attack together. Is that okay?"
Mr. Zhu then smiled and nodded and said, "Thank you very much."
Yan Xishan immediately issued the order in front of Mr. Zhu. He chatted with Mr. Zhu for a while and then left.
When Mr. Zhu returned to Yuci, Zuo Quan came up and said, "The 120th Division and the 129th Division are coming soon. The 115th Division fought well. But if we fight again, will it be too eye-catching?"
Mr. Zhu shook his hand and said, "We are not afraid of attracting attention, but we are afraid that no one will know about our Eighth Route Army. We want to engage in a political battle. In addition, Lin Sanhu must have his own reasons. Let's just believe him."
Itagaki Seishiro from Yu County watched the mighty team start to set off, and he couldn't help but feel determined. He believed that no one could eat such a heavily guarded transport team. Itagaki Seishiro looked back at the battle map on the wall. He was now
The biggest headache was the lack of troops at hand, and I couldn't help but think about how to fight the next battle.
The 115th Division on the other side gritted their teeth and set off overnight. After traveling all day and night, they finally arrived at the designated location. Then they began to dig. In order to better ambush, the soldiers dug simple single-man bunkers one by one.
, and then lie down inside, and the soldiers help each other, trying to be as hidden as possible.
Lin Sanhu looked at the soldiers working in the dark and nodded. Because they were afraid of Japanese reconnaissance planes during the day, the soldiers could only work at night. During the day, they could only wear camouflage uniforms and straw hats and lie motionless on the ground.
Lin Sanhu took a bag of fried soybeans, chewed them slowly while looking at the map, and made fine adjustments to some arrangements from time to time.
——Hengjian
This is where the 33rd Army is stationed. Sun Chu couldn't help but frowned when he read the telegram. He was also an old friend of the Red Party, but what was different between him and Commander Gao of the 17th Army was that he not only had no good impressions of the Red Party.
, on the contrary, he hated it to the core.
During the anti-Red War, he was defeated many times by the Red Army. When the Shanxi-Sui Army was finally reorganized, the 34th and 35th armies of Fu Zuoyi and Yang Aiyuan were fully staffed, but his 33rd army only had him as the polished commander.
It was not until the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War that the 33rd Army was under the jurisdiction of the 73rd Division, the 3rd Independent Brigade, and the 8th Independent Brigade. But he blamed the Red Party for his being sidelined in recent years.
Sun Chu looked at the telegram and said, "Everyone, tell me, what should we do?"
Liu Fengbin, commander of the 73rd Division, said, "The command from the headquarters is like this, what else can we do? Send troops."
Sun Chu touched his chin and said, "These troops must be sent out, but think about it, this ambush was fought by the Eighth Route Army. Even if it wins, who gets the credit? We send out troops to attract the main force of the Japanese army. Who will get the credit when the time comes?"
Who will suffer the greatest loss?”
Everyone couldn't help but nod their heads when they heard this. Yes, why should we do this unproductive thing?
Sun Chu continued, "Besides, Commander Yan asked us to send troops, but he didn't say how many troops he would send. I think we can do this -"
Listening to Sun Chu's words, everyone nodded from time to time and frowned from time to time. Finally, a staff officer said worriedly, "I'm afraid that Commander Yan won't look good there by then."
Sun Chu smiled and said, "I have been following Commander Yan since the third year of the Republic of China. It has been twenty-four years now. I still don't understand Commander Yan's thoughts? If we really attack with all our troops and cause most of our army to be damaged, I'm afraid Commander Yan will
It won’t look good on your face, so just listen to me, just do it.”
After Lin Sanhu received the telegram from Mr. Zhu and determined that Yan Xishan would attract Japanese troops, he began to wait for the arrival of the Japanese troops with peace of mind.
On the morning of the third day when the 115th Division waited patiently, Yang Dezhi at the front finally saw the long queue.
I saw this team stretching for several miles, with a small group of cavalry at the front, then several armored vehicles, then dozens of trucks and hundreds of large vehicles, and finally several armored vehicles and cavalry.
Yang Dezhi swallowed his saliva and cursed in a low voice, "These devils are crazy. Is it necessary for a logistics team to be like this?"
Of course Yang Dezhi didn't know that these people were already the last transport troops under Itagaki Seishiro. If these people were killed again, the entire fifth division's logistics supplies would be completely cut off, and the 21st Regiment on the front line would be completely cut off.
There is a danger of running out of ammunition and food.
Yang Dezhi looked at these people and immediately said to the communications soldier next to him, "Report to the division commander immediately. The situation is not right. The Japs this time are not as strong as usual."
Lin Sanhu was still in the position checking the deployment of various firepower points. Zhou Kun rushed over and said, "Commander, something is wrong. The Japanese military strength is different from what we estimated."
Luo Ronghuan, who was next to Lin Sanhu, quickly took a look and whispered, "Five small armored vehicles, two large armored vehicles, 60 trucks, 200 large vehicles, more than 1,500 Japanese troops, and hundreds of cavalry, these
, is this a support force or the main force? Is that guy Seishiro Itagaki crazy?"
Nie Rongzhen on the other side heard the concern and said, "Teacher, do you still want to fight?"
Lin Sanhu turned around a few times and said, "The greater the risk, the greater the result. And now all friendly forces are preparing for us. Fight, we must fight! Divide all the shells and that watermelon mine."
, But!! I don’t believe it, we can’t eat this piece of meat.”
Nie Rongzhen sighed and said, "Well, I hope they won't transport clothes this time, otherwise we will really lose money."
At noon, the Japanese army arrived at Dong Henan Town. After having a meal in the town, they started on the road again. This time the commander was Colonel Matsuo Daiki.
Colonel Matsuo Daiki sat in a tank in the middle and looked at the slow-moving convoy and sighed, "General Itagaki Seishiro is too careful to send so many troops as escorts. Could it be that the mysterious troops will appear again?"
It won’t work.”
Lieutenant Colonel Shibata Yuta next to him smiled and said, "After all, the loss this time is really too great. It is normal for the General to be a little worried, but even an army cannot stop such a team."
Matsuo laughed happily and said, "That's right, these two chariot teams alone are not something that the Chinese can deal with. Well, the Baiyatai is not far ahead, right?"
Shibata Yuta stood up and looked at it and said, "Yes, sir, look, you can still see blood stains and traces of explosions on the ground."
Matsuo shook his head happily and said, "I heard from those reinforcements that the scene of the remains of the imperial army and the burning trucks was like hell, these damn Chinese people."
Shibata Yuta nodded and said, "Why don't we let the soldiers shoot to see off the imperial troops who died here? By the way, do you want someone to go up and see if there is anyone ambushing?"
Matsuo nodded happily and said, "That's fine, but don't send people up. It's a waste of time. Let the tank at the front conduct fire reconnaissance on both sides. Just treat it as a farewell."
At this time, there were countless eyes on the hillside staring at this team. Hu Darong, commander of the second battalion of the 686th Regiment, watched several tanks suddenly turn their guns to face him. He couldn't help but feel nervous. He only saw the tank.
The shooting started fiercely, and the high slopes on both sides were hit with dust flying everywhere.
Hu Darong only felt that his right hand was suddenly hit by something, and then he immediately lost consciousness in his right hand. When he looked at it, he only saw that a large piece of flesh had been cut off by a stray bullet in his right hand, and a large amount of blood was left out.
Hu Darong did not dare to make any big moves, and was afraid that too much blood would be leaked and he would be discovered, so he gritted his teeth and pressed the wound into the soil. The soldier next to him looked at it and cursed "bastard" and wanted to fight back.
Hu Darong secretly shouted, "Don't move. Didn't you see that the signal flares haven't appeared yet? This is the enemy's fire reconnaissance. No one is allowed to move."
Matsuo Daxi looked around with a telescope, only to see no movement around. He felt strange in his heart, but he couldn't tell what was wrong. He shook his head and said, "Keep moving forward, and let the cavalry in front conduct reconnaissance fire every time they pass a certain distance."
one time."
Lin Sanhu was extremely nervous, fearing that any soldier would lose his patience or go off fire. Fortunately, these soldiers were all veterans of the Red Army, and no one moved, let alone fired back.
Finally, the five or six mile long team all entered the encirclement. Lin Sanhu exhaled and said, "It's such a long team. The head is in Xiaozhai Village and the tail has just passed Hanjiawan. Communications troops, send out flares."
At this time, Matsuo Daixi suddenly realized that something was wrong. No matter how big the hillside was, there should not be no flocks of birds. The only possibility that there were no flocks of birds was that there were actually a large number of people ambushing the hillside.
At this moment, he suddenly saw three green flares hitting the sky high. He secretly complained in his heart and shouted, "There is an ambush!!".
But how far can his roar travel in such a long queue, not to mention that his reminder is no longer needed.
When Yang Dezhi from Xiaozhai Village saw the signal flare, he patted the watermelon next to him and said, "Push these watermelons down and hit me hard with the machine gun!"
The cavalry at the front of the Japanese army only heard gunshots that were so dense that no gaps could be heard. The dozen or so cavalry at the front were instantly torn into pieces. The cavalry team leader quickly wanted to dismount his horse to escape, but saw several rocks rolling down both sides of the hillside.
, couldn't help cursing, "Baga, what age are you still using rolling stones?" However, they found that a round stone knocked down a Japanese soldier and then exploded violently. Several kilograms of explosives were not comparable to hand grenades, and the surrounding area was dozens of meters away in an instant.
The horses and Japanese troops were blown away.
Such scenes were not only at the front of the convoy, but everywhere. In order to destroy the Japanese army on the largest scale, the ambush soldiers retreated five to six hundred watermelons in the first wave, and countless fire whips continued to whip the Japanese troops.
In a convoy, these vengeful fire whips would take away the lives of several Japanese soldiers every time they were waved.
Matsuo Daxi shouted from the tank, "Don't panic!! The machine gunners took cover, and the others found a place to hide and wait for rescue, and ordered the tanks to open the passage."
At this time, Matsuo was overjoyed to see a watermelon thunder rolling into the middle of the team and exploding violently, causing four or five soldiers around him to fly. He couldn't help but panicked and said, "Damn, what is this? Hurry and take cover!!"
The entire mountain road had become a mess, but Lin Sanhu's expression did not improve at all. He only saw a few Japanese tanks being hit by machine guns and sparks flying, but they were not affected in any way. Instead, they fired machine guns in an orderly manner.
There were even two tanks with turrets firing at the machine gun points, and several fire points had been suppressed.
Luo Ronghuan next to him held a book and looked at it and said, "Those are the Japanese Type 94 tanks and Type 89 medium tanks. The information Mr. Zhu gave us said that the Type 94 armor is very thin. As long as there are explosive packs or mountain cannons,
If attacked, he will be blown up, but the armor of the 89 tank is 17 mm, and we don't have any weapons that can effectively deal with it."
