Xu Rui's combat order was quickly issued to the Shan County Militia Brigade.
When receiving the order, the Shanxian County Militia Brigade was following Wang Husheng to attack the highway between the county seat and Badou Town and uproot the Japanese strongholds along the line. In fact, Xu Rui had already asked Wang Husheng to attack the enemy as early as when the Kumamoto Division first entered Daping Town.
He led more than a thousand civilians to carry out the attack behind the Japanese, and asked Shan Da to lead the Shanxian militia brigade to protect them.
After receiving the order, Shan Da rushed to find Wang Husheng and reported: "Political Commissar, the commander has sent a telegram."
Upon hearing this, Wang Husheng quickly put down the shovel in his hand, wiped his hands, and then took the telegram from Shan Da.
After reading the telegram, Wang Husheng said to Shan Da: "The Japs are going to escape. Lao Xu asked us to step up the destruction of roads, even dig out country roads, and blow up the bridge on the Badou River to ensure that the Japs have heavy equipment."
We can’t pass through Badou Town! Captain Shan, gather your team quickly and prepare to attack the Badou Town stronghold!”
After the Japanese burned, killed, and looted in Badou Town, they built a stronghold outside the town.
If Wang Husheng's militia team wants to dig out the road near Badou Town and blow up the bridge, they must first remove the Japs stronghold in Badou Town, because the Japs in the Badou Town stronghold will interfere with their attack.
After Shan Da received the order, he immediately went to assemble the Shanxian militia brigade.
Today's Shanxian militia brigade has more than a thousand troops, and its equipment is not bad. Old-fashioned firearms such as old sleeves and firecrackers have been basically eliminated. Most of the militiamen use new weapons made in Hanyang and made in China.
There is even a 60-caliber light mortar, which is Shanda's treasure.
There is only one squad of Japs in the Badou Town stronghold, and one company of puppet troops.
Seeing more than a thousand militiamen crowding around them, the puppet troops in the stronghold immediately panicked. Then, Shan Da set up a 60-caliber mortar and fired two shots at the tower, destroying the tower in one fell swoop.
The roof above was lifted, and the more than 100 puppet troops guarding the stronghold immediately gave up and waved a white flag to surrender.
The little devils in the stronghold refused to give in and began to intimidate and massacre the puppet troops.
Then, the puppet army began to resist and started a melee. Although the combat effectiveness of the puppet army was weak, it was better in numbers. More than a hundred puppet soldiers were enough to bite more than a dozen Japanese soldiers to death with their teeth. After ten minutes,
The dozen or so Japanese soldiers in the stronghold were killed by the puppet troops. Then the puppet troops lowered the suspension bridge and lined up to surrender.
The Shanxian militia brigade destroyed the Badou Town stronghold without any bloodshed.
After receiving the good news, Wang Husheng immediately led more than a thousand civilians into Badou Town. He first blew up the bridge and then began to dig out the roads in Badou Town, even the dirt roads in the countryside. By evening, all the people in Badou Town were
More than 100 kilometers of roads and country roads have been dug up.
However, at this time, the Japanese reinforcements from Feidong Town also arrived.
After the Kumamoto Division left Feicheng, Naosaburo Okabe left a brigade for Imakatsuharu who stayed in Feicheng, responsible for protecting the four towns of Feicheng and the logistics supply lines behind him. When he heard that Badou Town was attacked, Imakatsuji immediately ordered Feicheng.
The Japanese garrison in Dongzhen sent an infantry squad to reinforce.
However, the Japanese infantry team that came for reinforcements was ambushed by the Shanxian County Militia Brigade, and the entire army was destroyed!
After that, Jin Shengzhi, who stayed in Feicheng, did not dare to act rashly because he had very limited troops and did not dare to send troops out easily. Otherwise, the safety of the four towns in Feicheng could not be guaranteed. After all, the Japanese army's enemies were not only Dameishan Independence.
regiment, as well as the National Army entrenched in the Dabie Mountains.
Moreover, Jin Shengzhi has received reports that the main force of the National Army has appeared in Shu County.
Therefore, Imakatsuji gave up his efforts to retake Badou Town and open up the supply line. Instead, he only sent a telegram to Naosaburo Okabe and truthfully reported the situation in Badou Town to him. The implication of Imakatsuji was to let him
Naosaburo Okabe chose another retreat route, and Badou Town may not be safe.
But at this time, Naosaburo Okabe could no longer change it.
Because the staff of the Kumamoto Division has already formulated a retreat plan, the order has been issued, and the various regiments have even retreated in an orderly manner. If the order is changed temporarily at this time, it will not only seriously delay time, but also inevitably cause chaos.
Once the 47th Infantry Regiment is defeated by the Dameishan Independent Regiment, it will be in big trouble.
What's more, even if the retreat route is changed, who knows whether there will be blockades from other directions?
Therefore, Naosaburo Okabe still decided to retreat from Badou Town. Naosaburo Okabe thought that those active in Badou Town were just a group of militiamen with very limited combat effectiveness. As long as the main force of the Kumamoto Division arrived, they would be able to fight in the blink of an eye.
It shouldn't take much time to defeat them.
However, Naosaburo Okabe really thought wrong this time.
All his assumptions were based on the premise that Xu Rui was not sure that the Kumamoto Division was going to retreat.
However, unfortunately, Xu Rui had already judged in advance that the Kumamoto Division was going to retreat, and before the Kumamoto Division could retreat, Xu Rui had already ordered Qiu Feng's guard battalion to march to Badou Town with a forced march.
When the vanguard of the Kumamoto Division, the First Infantry Battalion of the 23rd Infantry Regiment, arrived at Badou Town, the guard battalion had already arrived first!
"Commander Qiu, your regular army is here, and we have confidence in our hearts." Shan Da stepped forward and said to Qiu Feng with a smile.
"Brigade Shan, you militiamen have worked hard. Now leave this place to us." Qiu Feng shook hands with Shan Da and then asked, "By the way, where is the political commissar?"
Shan Da quickly said: "The political commissar and his people are digging the road ahead."
Wang Husheng is an old party member who is extremely responsible and serious about his work and is meticulous in his work.
Qiufeng then said: "Brigade Shan, please notify the political commissar immediately and ask him to evacuate with the civilians!"
Qiu Feng never wanted to see any casualties among the civilian husbands, and he didn't want anything bad to happen to Wang Husheng.
Xu Rui is certainly indispensable to the Dameishan Military Division, but Wang Husheng is equally important. If a different political commissar had been replaced, the Dameishan Military Division might not be in today's situation. Moreover, Wang Husheng and Xu Rui have a very good relationship.
Wang Husheng is really good. If Xu Rui finds out, he will have to skin him.
Thinking of this, Qiu Feng said again: "Shan Brigade, let's do this. You take the Shan County Militia Brigade and quickly escort the political commissar and the civilian team back to the base area."
Shan Da hesitated and said, "What about Badou Town?"
"It's okay here, there is our guard camp." After Qiu Feng finished speaking, he warned, "Captain Shan, remember to protect the safety of the political commissar and the civilian team, do you hear that?"
"I know." Shan Da nodded, turned and left.
Qiufeng immediately led his troops and took over the position of the militia brigade.
As soon as the guard battalion entered the position, dots of fire appeared in the night sky ahead. This was the vanguard of the Kumamoto Division, the 23rd Infantry Regiment, coming over.
Qiu Feng stretched out his hand to pull the gun bolt and shouted: "Get ready to fight!"
The officers and soldiers of the guard camp pulled the bolts of their guns one after another and loaded the ammunition.
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The captain of the 23rd Japanese Infantry Regiment is named Sano Torata, an old Japanese soldier in his early forties.
In this regard, the Japanese army is very different from the National Army. In the small Japanese army, except for the children of the royal family, there is no colonel under the age of forty. If you want to be promoted to a general, you must not be fifty years old.
It's possible, but the National Army is different. The National Army, especially the Central Army, has many generals in their early thirties.
Sano Torata was promoted to colonel in his early forties, which is very rare in the Japanese army.
Therefore, Sano Torata is also full of confidence in his military future. Before setting foot on the Chinese battlefield, Sano Torata was even looking forward to being promoted to Army Major General. However, after arriving on the Chinese battlefield, Sano Torata really realized that China
People are not as easy to deal with as he imagined.
Especially the Battle of Feicheng half a year ago completely overturned his understanding of the Chinese.
Therefore, during this mopping up operation against the Dameishan Independent Regiment, Sano Tora was walking on thin ice, always vigilant, fearing that if he made a wrong step, he would instantly fall into a situation of eternal disaster. However, some things are not dependent on human will. War,
Not all dangers can be avoided if you are vigilant enough.
A sudden explosion alarmed Sano Torata.
The adjutant and several guards immediately gathered around and protected Sano Torata in the middle.
"Baga!" Sano Tora slapped the adjutant across the face and cursed, "Do you think I'm not conspicuous enough?"
In order to avoid falling prey to the Wolf Fang, the generals, sergeants and even lieutenants of the Kumamoto Division were really aggrieved. Not only did they not dare to wear the status-symbolizing generals, they even had to wear the same leather shoes as ordinary soldiers.
, but clothes and shoes can be changed, but some deep-rooted habits are not so easy to change.
For example, when encountering danger, adjutants and guards will always protect the chief officer habitually.
For another example, when reporting to the commander, the signal corpsmen always habitually bow first.
These deep-rooted habits posed a great threat to the Japanese officers. Many lieutenants and even junior officers died tragically at the gunpoint of Langya because of such habits. Sano Tora was unwilling to repeat the mistakes of those unlucky men.
, became the dead soul of Wolf Fang.
"Hai." The adjutant received a slap in the face and nodded to Sano Tora out of habit.
Sano Tora didn't even bother to get angry this time, because he also knew that some habits were not so easy to change.
After a while, the signal troops sent back by the First Infantry Battalion arrived and reported bad news to Sano Torata: The densely packed roads ahead were all mines!
"Landmines?" Sano Torata's heart sank, and he quickly rushed to the front with his adjutant and guards.
Because Sano Torata was wearing an ordinary Japs uniform and did not have any markers indicating his rank, he did not worry about his own safety at all and went straight to the forefront. Only to find that the road ahead was indeed filled with small flags.
There is also a wooden sign erected in front of these densely packed small flags.
The wooden sign also said: There are landmines here, please walk with caution!
