Chapter 975 The little devil has come (seeking a monthly ticket)
On the evening of October 2, the engineer company, as the first vanguard, set off from the independent regiment station and rushed to Jiuguan, 8 kilometers away, followed by the first infantry battalion, and then the artillery battalion mountain artillery company and mortar company
, an anti-aircraft gun company and an infantry company drawn from the Bayonet Battalion served as the artillery battalion security force.
Although Liu Dazhu was holding back and did not speak, Liu Lang still felt the aggrievedness of this old brother. In terms of combat merit, the Bayonet Battalion was higher than all the infantry battalions on the Great Wall, but this time it failed to win the first battle. Liu Lang had to give up.
The 8th Company under him served as the security force of the artillery battalion, which was a comfort. Uncharacteristically, Commander Zhou of the death camp did not greet a few old comrades when he went out, and the first battle he had received was taken away. Who cares?
Not angry? Going forward, the youngest battalion commander also clapped his feet to express his dissatisfaction at not getting the first chance.
However, Liu Lang was quite satisfied with the fighting attitude of his infantry battalion commanders. What he wanted was this iron-blooded and fearless spirit. Since he had become a soldier and was afraid of death, why would he return to the battlefield?
Under the escort of the field hospital guard platoon, the field hospital finished dinner at 8:00 pm and all loaded up the truck and set off slowly towards the direction of Jiuguan to a station found for them by the special brigade after reconnaissance.
Although the field hospital is located two kilometers behind Jiuguan, there is basically no need to worry about safety. However, the security platoon of the field hospital is basically composed of women, and Liu Lang is still worried about insufficient defense strength.
We were planning to strengthen the entire regiment guard platoon to the field hospital, but everyone in the regiment objected. In their view, Liu Lang, the regimental commander, was the most important backbone, so they sent out all the guard platoons. Regiment deputy Zhang Ruhao
We are going to lead the rest of the troops to Qigen Village. It seems that no one cares about this one, and who is still going to go to the Jiuguan front line by using his name as the commander of the first battalion?
Swords and guns have no eyesight. No matter how powerful Liu Tuanzuo is as a single soldier, he still has to rely on luck under the sky full of artillery fire. Seeing that Zhang Ruhao, a white-faced scholar, almost threw his hat in the face, Liu Lang had no choice but to give up on getting rid of the guard platoon.
tail" plan.
In the end, they had to find Yu Xiancheng and asked him to send 6 people from his strongest special forces team led by Chen Yunfa to garrison the field hospital. On the one hand, they could increase the defense of the field hospital. On the other hand, they could also use the day time to conduct reconnaissance around Jiuguan to avoid being captured.
Once upon a time, time and space were surrounded by little devils taking detours through the mountain paths.
The mountains here are too complicated, and the battle lines are too long, so the national army's defensive positions are still insufficient. It's like a fence, no matter how dense it is, there are holes everywhere. Even if Liu Lang knew it, he couldn't defend every path.
live.
Liu Lang's caution paid off in the end. If it weren't for this small arrangement, even if Liu Lang and the Independent Regiment killed the entire 20th Division, it would still be difficult to relieve their hatred.
Because no one expected that the first battle between the independent group and the Japs would not be at Jiuguan, but after Jiuguan.
And that was also the first time the two old friends met since they parted ways in Peking, even though they were several kilometers apart.
On the evening of October 2, Shijiazhuang fell.
This important town in northern China, the throat of Hebei, is connected to the largest northern city of Taiyuan in Shanxi. More than 20,000 Japanese troops from the 20th Division swarmed in.
Minamoto Yoshikoro led his 20-man special attack team and set out overnight on this dark night with no moon or stars.
Target, Niangziguan Mountain Area, Shanxi, China.
This special attack team took neither roads nor railways, but all along the mountains. Compared with the military maps they carried, despite the darkness, they still moved towards Niangziguan, 60 kilometers away, with accurate targets.
Moreover, all of them are extremely strong and strong, and the rugged mountain roads and steep mountains are not difficult for them at all.
Unlike ordinary Japanese soldiers who still carry the 38-gai, the Japanese soldiers led by Minamoto Yoshihiko are equipped with submachine guns and pistols at their waists. Many of them even carry Japanese swords on their backs. They already have
A hint of the prototype of Japanese special forces.
There is no doubt that this is an extremely elite Japanese squad. In terms of firepower alone, its combat effectiveness is by no means inferior to that of a Japanese squad. If coupled with its excellent cold weapon combat capabilities and close combat, an ordinary infantry platoon will
Nor will they be their opponents.
What's terrible is that the target on their map is exactly behind the Chinese military defense zone at Niangziguan, where many auxiliary arms of the Chinese military are located, including the independent regiment field hospital.
The purpose of Yuanyoshi Honggang was to investigate the terrain of the Niangziguan area and assassinate important generals of the Chinese army to undermine the morale of the Chinese army.
Military units with weak protection such as field hospitals are their best targets. For the brutal Japanese army, there is no "Geneva Convention" that protects medical personnel on the battlefield.
On the morning of October 3, the 1st Battalion of the 772nd Regiment of the 386th Brigade, led by its commander, Colonel Ye, moved at starry night and quietly arrived at the Jiuguan Defense Area. After exchanging military uniforms with serial numbers embroidered on them, the Bayonet Battalion carried the flag of the 772nd Regiment.
They returned to Qigen Village with part of the supplies. Following the same pattern, on the evening of October 3, the 2nd Battalion of the 772 Regiment, led by deputy commander Colonel Wang, rushed to Jiuguan. The death battalion returned to Qigen Village with supplies in the early morning of the next day.
On the night of October 4, the third battalion of the 772nd Regiment rushed to Jiuguan, and the artillery battalion of the independent regiment's supply company was transferred to Qigen Village.
At this point, the Independent Regiment and the 386th Brigade had successfully completed their covert operations. Not to mention that the Japanese aggressors did not know about it, even the war zone was concealed by Liu Lang.
As for the frequent exchanges between the two armies in the past two days, it happened that the two armies were in the defense area of the 169th Division of the Seventh Army Feng Qinzai. The gifts Liu Tuanzuo started to send out finally had a big effect at this time. Taking advantage of shortcomings
You're soft-spoken, you've already taken so many benefits from Lang Tuanzuo, what's wrong with the two troops doing some private transactions? Who made Commander Liu rich!
All the troops who rushed to the battlefield did nothing but work hard to build fortifications.
The Jiuguan battlefield was also divided into the main position and the left and right wings by Liu Lang.
Because the tactics of the little devils are basically just two moves, one to attack the front, two to go around the flanks, and they will also send small troops to circle far behind to encircle and harass.
The Japanese army was extremely stubborn in this regard. Regardless of whether they were fighting on the plains or in the mountains, their tactics never changed, but the results were surprisingly good.
The reason is also very simple. He has sufficient firepower on the frontal battlefield, and it is extremely difficult for the national army to resist. Even if there is a reserve force, they usually either support the frontal position or strengthen the protection on both wings. How many troops are left to block their efforts to bypass them?
Ten or even ten miles of combat troops with squadrons and squadrons as basic units? How could the Japanese army, which has always been enjoying the sweetness, easily give up its tried and tested infantry tactics?
Including the Liulang Great Wall Battle, the Japanese army also did this. A squadron of elite Japanese soldiers worked tirelessly to climb up the mountain and fight to the death with the regiment guard platoon. Although the infiltrating Japanese troops were completely wiped out, the independent regiment guard platoon also suffered heavy losses.
The person in charge of the main position in Jiuguan is none other than the First Infantry Battalion of the Independent Regiment. The commander of the First Company of the First Infantry Battalion is personally served by Deputy Battalion Commander Ye Zihua.
Since the early morning of October 3, the explosions on the Jiuguan defensive position have not stopped. The Third Army, several kilometers away, was frightened and hurriedly sent people to inquire. It was not until they heard that the independent regiment was using explosives to dig fortifications that they
It's like putting a heart back into my stomach.
The Niangziguan area is basically dominated by stone mountains. Once the engineers shoveled away the sparks, they would only leave a white mark. However, Liu Lang knew very well that there were roads here, and there were Class A permanent divisions like the 20th Division.
The artillery wing of the regiment has a howitzer brigade.
It was not a 75-caliber mountain cannon, but a 105-caliber howitzer. When the shot came down, not only did it turn dozens of meters around into powder, but stone fragments burst out in all directions, which further increased its lethality.
The 17th Division suffered heavy casualties at Snowflake Mountain and Fululu Ridge because the time was too short and the fortifications were not dug properly.
Liu Lang gritted his teeth and used all the thousands of kilograms of high explosives carried by the baggage company at Jiuguan, not to blow up the Japanese, but to blow up himself... to blow up his own positions, dig mountains and dig trenches to build anti-slope fortifications.
Although it cannot be as complete as the Battle of the Great Wall in the past, as long as the soldiers can be evacuated to the anti-artillery fortifications behind the ridge in the shortest possible time, casualties will be greatly reduced.
Under Liu Lang's death order, by October 4, all the more than 3,000 people stationed in the Jiuguan area, under the guidance of the independent regiment's engineering company, stopped working without stopping. Even at night, they lit torches to dig fortifications.
.This is a matter of life for everyone. Whether they belong to the Independent Regiment or the 772nd Regiment of the 386th Brigade, they are all doing it shirtless. If they are too tired to move, they just lie down on the side. In an instant, they snore like thunder, no matter how loud they are next to them.
The sound of the sound does not wake them up. When you are hungry, the steamed buns filled with fat and a pot of vegetable soup made by a dozen cooking teams at the foot of the mountain from the Military Supplies Department of the Independent Regiment are very satisfying for you to make.
Even when Japanese reconnaissance planes flew overhead, the work of building fortifications never stopped for a moment.
The Japanese reconnaissance planes were so courageous that they even lowered their altitude to less than 500 meters and hovered over Niangziguan in order to get a closer look.
It wasn't until the Third Army on the main position at Niangziguan got really angry and fired a row of heavy machine guns into the sky that they turned the plane's nose and jumped back into the sky. They even fired a few rounds of bullets at the position below. Their arrogance was clearly evident.
Zhao Ergou was so angry that he jumped at the anti-aircraft gun position at the foot of the mountain, but he never gave the order to fire.
There are also three anti-aircraft gun positions set up around the Jiuguan position. In addition to the reinforcements of the 17th Division, all the remaining 20mm twin-mounted Sulotong anti-aircraft guns in the entire regiment's infantry battalions plus 8 from the artillery battalion, a total of 18
The Mensuloton anti-aircraft guns were evenly divided among three anti-aircraft gun positions, and each of their positions was equipped with 8 extended-barreled MG42 heavy machine guns.
With such firepower, not to mention this small reconnaissance aircraft that flies at a speed of only 450 kilometers per hour, it is a fighter jet with a speed of 550 kilometers per hour. Once it is fully opened by such a triangularly distributed anti-aircraft gun, it can be beaten into a little turkey in an instant.
However, in order to catch a big one, Zhao Ergou could only watch the crazy little reconnaissance plane flying away in a swagger.
The "little turkey" flew away.
However, there are many coveted eyes on the positions where the Independent Regiment is busy building fortifications.
Yuanyoshi Honggang was hiding in a bush with a telescope and had been staring there for a long time.
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PS: In the last two days, the last monthly votes, Feng Yue begs me, if I get more monthly votes, I will be very happy tomorrow, do you believe it? If the monthly vote list is just taken down by the masters, Fengyue will feel very bitter, then...
...I can only...take it out on the little devil!!!!!