Bright Sword Military System

Chapter 1852 Battle of Songyuan

Of course, Li Yunlong was unwilling to watch these common people who had finally emerged from the devil's fire pit be harmed by the devil again, but at the same time, he could not stop to protect them.

After much deliberation, he finally came up with a solution. He stood on the tank and asked the militiamen majestically: "Can any of you speak Japanese language?"

"Yes!" Several militiamen raised their hands in response.

At this time, the Northeast has been in the hands of the Japs for more than ten years. Many of them have learned Japs since they were young, and there are not a few who can speak Japs.

"That's easy!" Li Yunlong smiled and said: "Those who can speak Japanese language put on Japanese military uniforms, and some others put on puppet army uniforms and continued to escort the supplies southward! The Eighth Route Army infantry followed behind, Meet them when you encounter them, do you understand?"

"Understood!" the militiamen replied in unison.

Things are not complicated. Every common person grew up during the war years. They are much more mature than modern people in this regard. They only need to explain what to do.

But the more important thing is that Li Yunlong will contact the infantry units behind and ask them to look for these civilians disguised as Japanese transport teams. Otherwise, it is really not possible to encounter the Eighth Route Army infantry in this dark night...or the Eighth Route Army infantry may want to be quick. Once the situation is under control, we will be ruthless with those "devils" and "puppet soldiers".

The mechanized regiment departing from Xinjing feigned an attack in Qingyang Town to confuse the Japanese. The mechanized regiment departing from Pingan Village arrived at Songyuan in the early morning of the next day. The entire 150-kilometer journey took 23 hours.

The Japanese only knew that they had lost track of the Eighth Route Army Mechanized Regiment after dark, and they never expected that their attack target would be Songyuan, which was 150 kilometers away.

When groups of tanks and half-tracks appeared outside Songyuan City, all the Japanese were stunned. Soon they became a mess and even showed signs of escaping.

The Japanese troops stationed in Matsubara were so unbearable, and the contribution of Hashimoto Toranosuke must be remembered for this.

The 291st Regiment originally stationed in Songyuan was a regular Japanese force. There were more than 4000 people in one regiment and they were well-equipped and well-trained.

However, in order to make up for the shortage of troops in the logistics supply line, Hashimoto Toranosuke recruited a large number of recruits from the "Pioneering Regiment", and in order to quickly capture Heian Village, he sent the 291st Regiment to the front line, while Matsubara was stationed in the rear area by the newly recruited recruits.

This newly formed 375th Regiment has more than [-] members. Their current main task is to train and practice tactics with rifles. Hashimoto Toranosuke originally planned to train them and then go out to the Qingyang Town area to build a defense line.

However, no one expected that when they were still practicing shooting and stabbing, they would face tanks and half-track armored vehicles of the Eighth Route Army.

There are no city walls in Songyuan, only barbed wire and gun towers used to control the people, not even trenches.

This is mainly due to the fact that hinterlands like Songyuan have always had no combat needs for the Japanese. If there are combat needs, they are only for the guerrillas.

It goes without saying what the outcome of this battle will be.

The turrets were targets in front of the tanks, and they were easily flattened and destroyed by tank guns at close range.

The barbed wire fence was still constructed using the old method. After suppressing the enemy's firepower with a burst of artillery fire, the engineer stepped forward and hooked it with a hook. Then the half-track vehicle dragged it... and a big gap was pulled out of the thin barbed wire fence.

Tanks and half-tracks had been prepared long ago and rushed into the enemy's defense line through this gap, beating the panicked Japanese who were running around like headless flies.

If it were not for the purpose of saving ammunition, Li Yunlong would not take prisoners on the grounds of "interspersed operations".

However, considering that the howitzers, tanks, and repeating rifles used by the mechanized regiment were all different from those of the Japanese, that is, the bullets and shells were not universal and needed to be transported from Ping'an Village 150 kilometers away, so Li Yunlong mercilessly captured more than 1000 and 1000 people. captive.More than [-] people were killed and injured, and some Japanese were forced to jump into the Songhua River to escape. However, they overestimated their water ability, and most of them sank into the water one by one before they could swim halfway.

Some of them hid in people's homes.

This part is more troublesome and requires the Eighth Route Army to search door to door, but this has no impact on the overall situation.

The only shortcoming is that Songyuan's defense fortifications are seriously insufficient, which makes the Eighth Route Army's defense also difficult.

In particular, the Eighth Route Army only had two mechanized regiments with a total of more than 6000 people. After a whole day of long-distance raids and several battles, everyone was so tired that they seemed to be falling apart. The tank driver was almost paralyzed from exhaustion.

However, this problem was quickly solved. After the people of Songyuan learned that the Eighth Route Army needed fortifications for defense, they immediately organized personnel to dig trenches. All men, women, and children were dispatched. Eighth Route Army soldiers were beside them to guide them. In just over three hours, they were A deep defense line was built around Songyuan.

Information about the victory was soon sent to Wang Xuexin's headquarters.

This result was as expected by Wang Xuexin. The Japanese used their main force to attack Xinjing and Ping'an Village, and the defense of Songyuan in the rear was bound to be weak.

This is not a question of the number of troops. In the face of mechanized troops, the number of troops does not make much difference. The key point is whether these troops dare to fight and whether they can fight.

If they dare to fight and know how to fight, a brigade may be in trouble. They will rush towards the Eighth Route Army tanks with explosive packets and cluster grenades.

The half-track armored vehicle has a fatal flaw: it is semi-open, and the enemy can pose a great threat to the half-track armored vehicle as long as he hides upstairs or on the roof.

But if the Japanese dare not fight and cannot fight, what about a coalition?
Not to mention a regiment, even a division would collapse at the drop of a hat.

To Wang Xuexin's surprise, there were much more supplies in Songyuan than expected. More than ten warehouses were filled with supplies shipped from Qiqihar and Harbin, and many supplies were piled in the open outside the train station.

There are cans, biscuits, military uniforms, and weapons and ammunition.

Later, Wang Xuexin learned that this was due to the Eighth Route Army.

The Eighth Route Army has an airport in Xinjing and deploys "La-5" fighters.

The combat radius of these fighters is 300 kilometers, and the highway distance between Songyuan and Xinjing is 170 kilometers, and the straight-line distance is about 130 kilometers.

This is well within the Eighth Route Army's "La 5" attack radius.

Therefore, the Japanese can transport supplies by train from Qiqihar and Harbin, but after reaching Songyuan, they can no longer transport supplies to the front line by train... The train will be ruthlessly attacked by the "La 5" fighter planes.

In addition, the Japanese did not have cars to transport them, so they had to use manpower.

As a result, more supplies came in and less supplies were transported to the front line. Over time, more and more supplies piled up in Songyuan, and there were even cases where the frontline Japanese soldiers could not get the supplies and the whole army went to Songyuan to collect their own ammunition.

Wang Xuexin felt a little regretful when he knew this situation. If he had attacked Songyuan a few days later, would he have been able to seize more supplies?

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