Two kilometers away from Shixian County, the soldiers of the 120th Division Cavalry Detachment had been waiting for Liu Gen and others.
After helping Liu Gen and others to get all the mortars on horseback, the cavalry detachment and Liu Gen and others set off directly. The existence of the cavalry brigade was the key to the successful completion of this battle plan. Only the cavalry detachment could make this happen.
Liu Gen and the soldiers of the artillery battalion quickly moved the combat location with mortars.
"Captain Yao, it's up to you this time. We need to arrive at Wubao County as quickly as possible. It's best not to encounter Japanese troops on the road to avoid delays. We don't have much time left." Liu Gen said to
Captain Yao beside him said seriously.
Captain Yao nodded and said confidently: "Comrade Liu Gen, don't worry. Before departure, more than 30 soldiers have already set off in advance to conduct reconnaissance in front of us."
"Once traces of the Japanese are discovered, we will immediately change our route and the speed of our progress will not be affected by the appearance of the Japanese troops."
Seeing Captain Yao's arrangements so well, Liu Gen felt relieved. He and the soldiers from the artillery battalion were the main offensive force to take down Guizi County. There was not much time left for the 120th Division. According to the plans formulated by Commander He and others
According to the battle plan, the 120th Division only has one night to fight.
All combat operations must be ended before dawn tomorrow. Only in this way can the casualties that the Japanese may cause to the 120th Division be reduced.
There is not much time in one night. According to Liu Gen's estimation, he can only travel to three counties at most. This is also based on the fact that Liu Gen's combat time in each county cannot exceed half an hour, otherwise he will have certain problems with the combat plan.
Impact.
Of course, before Liu Gen arrives, the troops attacking the Japanese counties will also make an attempt. If they can directly capture the counties occupied by the Japanese, then Liu Gen will not have to run. According to the plan, the battle will be in the Japanese
It took place half an hour after troops from all counties and cities arrived to provide support.
During this night, the 120th Division had a main force of nearly 4,000 people. Together with the county brigade and district teams that cooperated in the operation, there were tens of thousands of personnel participating in the operation. At the same time, the 129th Division and the 115th Division were located
area, and are ready to fight the Japanese at any time.
An hour later, Liu Gen and others appeared on the outskirts of Wubao County. Wubao County is not far from Lishi County, less than 40 kilometers away.
After the cavalry detachment took down the mortars for Liu Gen and others, they withdrew directly to the periphery, first to let the horses rest for a while, and secondly to conduct vigilance. Once the Japanese troops were discovered on the periphery, the cavalry detachment would need to directly
Throw yourself into the battle to prevent Liu Gen and the others from being attacked from both sides.
As soon as he arrived at the outskirts of Wubao County, Liu Gen heard shouts of killing not far away, as well as the sound of exploding artillery shells. From the sound of exploding artillery shells, Liu Gen frowned slightly. The Japanese defending in Wubao County
, and still has artillery in his hand.
The Eighth Route Army unit responsible for attacking Wubao County was the 714th Regiment of the 2nd Independent Brigade of the 120th Division. The 714th Regiment was also the main combat force of the 2nd Independent Brigade. In order to successfully capture the county occupied by the Japanese, the 120th Division also spent a lot of money to attack the Japanese county.
Almost all of the troops are the main force and have extremely strong combat effectiveness.
The artillery shells from the Japanese continued to attack the 714th Regiment, and the explosions continued to roar. Fortunately, Wubao County was not the focus of the Japanese defense, and the Japanese defending the county did not have many artillery.
The casualties suffered by the Eighth Route Army soldiers were not serious.
"I am Liu Gen, who is in charge of the artillery battalion of the division headquarters. Take me to see your regiment commander!" Liu Gen led the soldiers of the artillery battalion to move forward quickly. After meeting the soldiers of the 714th Regiment in charge of guarding the rear, he directly asked these soldiers
A soldier took them to find Commander Zhang of the 714th Regiment.
The soldiers had already received orders from Commander Zhang and knew that the divisional artillery battalion would come to support them. The soldiers did not hesitate and quickly led Liu Gen and others towards Commander Zhang's frontline command post. In order to
Able to grasp the specific situation of the battlefield at the first time, Commander Zhang set up the command post at the forefront.
"Boom" "Boom" "Boom"
The Japanese artillery fire never stopped, and would fall around Liu Gen and others from time to time, but the progress of Liu Gen and others was not affected at all. Even if the artillery shells did fall in the team, they would not stop Liu Gen and others.
As they get closer to the front line, not only will artillery shells fall around Liu Gen and others, but also bullets fired by the Japanese will fly past Liu Gen and others.
It can be said that Liu Gen and the others were advancing rapidly despite the hail of bullets and bullets from the Japs. It was also at night, and the Japs could not clearly see the positions of Liu Gen and others. If it had been during the day, Liu Gen and the others would have suffered a lot of casualties.
.Even at night, casualties are inevitable.
Several soldiers from the artillery battalion were unfortunately hit by Japanese stray bullets and could not continue to follow Liu Gen. They had no choice but to stop and wait for the health workers of the 714th Regiment to bandage them. Liu Gen did not give up because of the soldiers' injuries. He moved forward.
His footsteps have not stopped at all. Now is not the time to care about those injured soldiers.
"Report! Comrade Liu Gen from the division artillery battalion has arrived." Soldiers shouted loudly outside the frontline command post.
In the command post, Captain Zhang's frown disappeared, his face showed obvious joy, and he walked out quickly.
"Comrade Liu Gen, our 714th Regiment is waiting for you." Commander Zhang came to Liu Gen and held Liu Gen's hand tightly, feeling a little excited.
Liu Gen spoke directly and said in a deep voice: "Commander Zhang, please send me the prepared artillery shells. Within three minutes, I will kill all the Japanese artillery and blow up the Japanese heavy machine guns."
"I hope the soldiers of the 714th Regiment can seize the time to rush forward and capture Wubao County directly before the Japanese have no resistance."
Captain Zhang was slightly stunned, but he did not expect Liu Gen to be so resolute, but Liu Gen's behavior would undoubtedly speed up the time for the 714th Regiment to capture Wubao County. Originally, Captain Zhang wanted to let Liu Gen enter the command post
Discussion, now it seems, is of no use at all.
"Okay! As long as Comrade Liu Gen can kill the Japanese artillery and heavy machine guns, then our 714th regiment will definitely be able to successfully break through the Japanese and puppet defenses, and will completely occupy Wubao County in three hours." Commander Zhang said directly.
said.
Even if the combat effectiveness of the 714th Regiment is not weak, it will not be that simple to completely occupy Wubao County, but Commander Zhang still chose to do so. Liu Gen was able to kill the Japanese artillery and heavy machine guns, but the Japanese did not have enough firepower.
Support, if the 714th Regiment can no longer capture Wubao County, there will be some problems.
"Very good!" Liu Gen nodded. He said nothing and directly led the soldiers of the artillery battalion towards the preset artillery position not far away.
Seeing Liu Gen leaving with the soldiers of the divisional artillery regiment, Captain Zhang looked serious. This time the 714 regiment must not hold back. In just a few minutes, the entire regiment must be organized to launch a general attack on Zhang regiment.
In the long run, it is also a big challenge!
Arriving at the preset artillery position, mortar shells were sent over without letting Liu Gen and the others wait too long.
Because Liu Gen and others needed to quickly move the combat location, they had no way to carry enough artillery shells. It was precisely because of this that the 714th Regiment was needed to provide artillery shells.
"Next, our performance will begin. Keep your spirits up! There can't be any problems!" Liu Gen looked at the soldiers around him and said coldly.