At six o'clock in the evening, outside Yonghe County, Liu Gen quietly left with soldiers from a battalion of the 2nd Regiment and an artillery battalion.
Today, as soon as the Japs launched their attack on Liulin County, Liu Gen and Captain Fu got the news. After waiting for a day but no Japs troops appeared around Yonghe County, Liu Gen and the two men were able to confirm that the Japs were temporarily attacking Yonghe County.
No idea.
Yonghe County is relatively far away from the Japanese. Even if it has certain strategic value, it is impossible to directly abandon Liulin County and Xi County to attack Yonghe County. If the Japanese really do this, then the 120th Division will definitely be willing to see it. By then
, the Eighth Route Army troops in the surrounding area may not be able to encircle and suppress the attacking Japanese.
Captain Fu is the leader of the 2nd Regiment and needs to stay to defend Yonghe County, but Liu Gen is not required. Before Liulin County and Xi County were captured by the Japanese, Yonghe County was still very safe. Originally Liu Gen was not
He was prepared to take action, but after receiving the combat order from Commander He, he decisively took the soldiers of the two battalions into action.
In the battle last night, Liu Gen was able to have the help of the cavalry detachment, but tonight, he did not receive such good treatment. There was no way, the cavalry detachment was not near Yonghe County at this time, but had already gone to the rear of the Japanese.
Try to sabotage the enemy's rear transportation.
With the mobility of the cavalry detachment, when they go to the rear of the Japanese, they will inevitably have a considerable impact on the Japanese. In addition, the soldiers of the cavalry detachment carry enough explosives, which means that they have stronger destructive power.
As for allowing the cavalry detachment to confront the Japanese troops head-on, this is naturally impossible.
For the Eighth Route Army, cavalry is a treasure. The 120th Division was able to develop a cavalry detachment but wasted a lot of energy, allowing the cavalry detachment to directly fight the Japanese troops. Commander He had never had such an idea. Originally, the 120th Division
The situation is not very good. If the cavalry detachment is really lost, Commander He doesn't know if he can build another cavalry unit.
At nine o'clock in the evening, Liu Gen led the soldiers to Nuanquan Town, where a Japanese squad and puppet troops were defending. After Shilou County was successfully occupied by the 120th Division, the Japanese soldiers in Nuanquan Town became vigilant.
, the defense intensity has also become much stronger. However, because the location of Nuanquan Town is not important, Nuanquan Town has not received any military support.
In Commander He's view, the location of Nuanquan Town is very important. Once the Japanese react and increase their troops in Nuanquan Town, with Nuanquan Town as the center, they can threaten Liulin County occupied by the 120th Division at any time.
Shilou County and Xi County. After knowing clearly the importance of Nuanquan Town, Liu Gen was sent out.
Liu Gen is a talented person. Commander He believes that with Liu Gen's ability, it will not be difficult to lead two battalions of soldiers to capture Nuanquan Town. Liu Gen has killed many Japs, and a small team of Japs is nothing. He
The division commander also chose to send Liu Gen out because he couldn't find a suitable candidate. Compared with Captain Fu and others who were responsible for defending the county, Liu Gen was undoubtedly much more relaxed.
After arriving in Nuanquan Town, Liu Gen did not launch an attack immediately. He could see that the Japanese in Nuanquan Town were very vigilant. There were two blockhouses outside Nuanquan Town. The two blockhouses were horns with each other. If they wanted to
It is not easy to take down two Japanese gun towers in the first time.
The force Liu Gen had in his hands was enough to attack two Japanese artillery towers, but if he chose to attack by force, there would inevitably be a lot of casualties, which Liu Gen didn't want to see.
"Battle Commander Zhang, is there any way to get close to the Japanese artillery tower?" Liu Gen looked at Battalion Commander Zhang of the 1st Battalion of the 2nd Regiment beside him, wanting to know what Battalion Commander Zhang was thinking.
Battalion Commander Zhang pondered for a moment and shook his head helplessly, "The Japs are very vigilant. Not to mention that the Japs are likely to have hidden sentries. It's just the searchlights on the Japs' turrets that make it difficult for us to sneak past them."
"Besides, these devils are very smart. They have brightly lit up the entire town of Nuanquan, making it difficult to get close."
Liu Gen nodded. He could understand the difficulty. He looked towards the two gun towers of the Japanese. In the night, they seemed to be two vicious beasts that were biting people. They would suddenly pounce out and devour lives in the next moment.
"It seems that we can only attack by force. Let the soldiers rest first, and we will wait until the early morning before attacking." Liu Gen thought for a moment and made up his mind to attack by force.
Battalion Commander Zhang has no objection. He understands why Liu Gen chose to attack in the early morning. In the early morning, the Japanese soldiers will be much tired. I believe that during the strong attack, the casualties of the soldiers will be less. In addition, there is an artillery battalion, so the Japanese soldiers can rest in the early morning.
In this case, two or three rounds of artillery fire can take out some of the enemies.
As for the Japanese in the turret, it is not that easy to deal with them, and it is not that simple to drive the cannonballs into the Japanese turret.
The soldiers rested. Rushing to Nuanquan Town consumed a lot of their energy. Now that they have some rest time, they naturally don't want to waste it.
Liu Gen did not rest. He picked up the telescope and carefully observed the two Japanese artillery towers. With Liu Gen around, it was not as difficult as imagined to deal with the two Japanese artillery towers. But even if Liu Gen's artillery skills were strong enough,
Adequate preparation is required.
Under the illumination of the lights, Liu Gen saw a lot of things through the telescope. The two gun towers of the Japanese were well built. If the Eighth Route Army troops came to take down the two gun towers of the Japanese, there would inevitably be a lot of people.
casualties.
With two gun towers for defense, the Japanese can hold on for a long time. If they fail to capture these two Japanese gun towers in a short period of time, Japanese reinforcements from surrounding strongholds and counties will continue to arrive.
At two o'clock in the morning, the soldiers stopped resting, cheered up, and prepared themselves for the battle.
"Captain Zhang, you lead the soldiers of the first battalion to touch them. After our artillery battalion opens fire, rush over immediately. I will kill the two Japanese gun towers directly and will not let the Japanese in the gun towers have any chance to fire.
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"I hope you can rush directly to the Japanese gun towers and seize these two gun towers in the shortest possible time." Liu Gen ordered Battalion Commander Zhang beside him.
Battalion Commander Zhang nodded vigorously. He didn’t understand how Liu Gen would kill the Japanese artillery towers, but he believed what Liu Gen said, so there must be a way to kill the Japanese artillery towers. Battalion Commander Zhang only hoped that Liu Gen could kill the Japanese artillery towers quickly.
, so that the soldiers can feel more relaxed.
"Hurry up and act quickly, the battle will begin in five minutes!"
Soon, Liu Gen could see the soldiers, led by Battalion Commander Zhang, quietly moving toward the location of the Japanese gun tower. However, due to the presence of the Japanese lights, Battalion Commander Zhang stopped two hundred meters away from the Japanese gun tower.
I stopped and could no longer move forward.
If we continue to move forward, Battalion Commander Zhang and others will appear under the enemy's light. They will be easily discovered by the enemy and cannot continue to take risks.
"Prepare!"
Seeing that Battalion Commander Zhang was unable to move forward, Liu Gen issued an order to prepare for combat, and the artillery battalion needed to take action.