Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 168 The Three Remnants of Shiyou

How could the artillery of the heavy artillery company of the [-]th Army beat the elite infantry of the reconnaissance company?

"Company commander, the caliber of these two artillery pieces is much larger than our own 75mm mountain cannon!" The soldiers of the reconnaissance company surrounded two Krupp 105mm howitzers.

"These two big guys are the gods of land warfare. Their power is astonishing. Every shot can kill the enemy within tens of meters without being blown to death!" Dong Jiang said with a smile.

The reconnaissance company had already set off before Zhou Weihan's meeting. Originally, they had to eat dry food at this time, but the enemy army had even prepared food.

Taking the opportunity to eat, Dong Jiang started cross-examination.

"Are you the company commander of this heavy artillery company?" Dong Jiang asked a captured officer in the enemy army.

"I am Zhang Wenzhi, the company commander of the heavy artillery company of the [-]th Army!" Zhang Wenzhi stood up and gave a military salute.

"I am Dong Jiang, the reconnaissance company commander of the Southern Hebei Independent Detachment!" Seeing Zhang Wenzhi's active performance, Dong Jiang was a little stunned, and then returned a military salute.

"As a military heavy artillery company, why did you appear here alone?" Dong Jiang asked.

"Company Commander Dong, to be honest, believe it or not, I don't want to follow Shi Yousan for a long time. The military headquarters escaped from the east. On the way of our heavy artillery company's march, a truck towing the artillery broke down. As a result, we lost sight of the large army. connected!"

"How many troops are left following Shiyou's three armies?"

"Shi Youxin's special agent brigade has three regiments under its jurisdiction, and one of the regiments has remained in the rear. It should be a disaster. The remaining troops, except for the brigade directly under the brigade headquarters, should be less than two regiments. The guard battalion, engineer battalion, supply battalion, communication company, medical team, and cavalry brigade, all of which are fully staffed, should have less than 5000 people!" Zhang Zhiwen revealed the situation of Shi Yousan's remnants.

"No, Shi Yousan is an army commander after all, and he already has 105 howitzers, so how could there be no mountain cannons?"

"Hey, I'm so regretful when I say this. The military headquarters has a mountain artillery battalion with 12 mountain artillery pieces and an anti-aircraft artillery company with four Bailu 4mm anti-aircraft artillery. Before the battle started, a deputy of the mountain artillery battalion The battalion commander has a good relationship with me. He asked me to talk about defecting to the Eighth Route Army, but I refused at the time.

Not long ago, when I was fighting with the Independent Brigade of the 115th Division of your army to break through the siege, I saw the Shanpao Battalion and the anti-aircraft artillery company go north. Most likely, they went to your army! " Zhang Zhiwen said regretfully.

The deputy battalion commander of the Shanpao Battalion is a comrade from the Southern Hebei Military Region who broke into the enemy army when Shi Yousan first entered southern Hebei. It happened that Lao Jiang and the little devil gave Shi Yousan a batch of mountain artillery, and the mountain artillery battalion was under construction. At the beginning, there was an urgent need for professional talents, so they were assigned to the Shanpao camp.

The battle started, seeing that the time was ripe, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the end of Shi Yousan was coming, and everyone was unwilling to die with him, so the battalion commander of the Shanpao Battalion and the anti-aircraft artillery company went north to join the main force of the Southern Hebei Military Region.

"I wish I had known and agreed to him. It used to be an uprising on the battlefield, but now I am forced to surrender!"

"Our detachment leader has always known people and made good use of them. If Company Commander Zhang is really talented, he can still be reused in our independent detachment!"

"Telegraph operator, send a report to the detachment leader!" Dong Jiang stated the content of the telegram.

Then Dong Jiang left a ten-member team to guard the prisoners, and led the rest of the reconnaissance company to continue tracking westward.

The whereabouts and traces of thousands of people cannot be concealed. This time, he has found the general direction. Dong Jiang believes that Shi Yousan's hiding place will be found soon.

independent detachment.

"Detachment leader, reconnaissance company telegram!"

Zhou Weihan took the telegram and quickly scanned it.

"This Dong Jiang is really a lucky general. He actually captured a lone heavy artillery company of the enemy, and is now tracking the whereabouts of Shi Yousan's remnants!" Zhou Weihan clapped his hands and laughed.

Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo looked at the telegram together: "Old Zhou, Dong Jiang is indeed a lucky general, but you also have a long-term vision, which is why you formed a reconnaissance company!"

"A lean and small force with outstanding personnel capabilities, complete weapons and equipment, plus an excellent commander, intersperses behind the enemy, collects enemy intelligence, destroys enemy facilities and important locations, and beheads the enemy's leader. Detachment leader, the role of the reconnaissance company is too great!" Xing Zhiguo said excitedly.

"Hey, you guys praise too much. It's still far away from the goal in my heart. Even the Yamamoto Secret Service may not be able to match." Although Zhou Weihan said so, the smile on his face was a little No reduction.

"Old Xing, look at him, he is a typical guy who gets cheap and acts good!" Zhao Gang scolded with a smile.

"Monk, tell Chen Feng to send someone to bring back the two cannons, and ask Zhu Dashan's cavalry company to send someone to protect him!" Zhou Weihan said after thinking about it.

"Telegrapher, send a report to the headquarters, saying that Shiyou Sanbu was found near Xixiaozhuang, Nanjiabao Town. Our reconnaissance company is tracking, and the main force of the independent detachment is preparing to march northwest."

"Where do you think Shiyou Sanbu will be?" Zhao Gangfa asked.

"Shi Yousan's room for movement is getting smaller and smaller by our army, but breaking out to the west now is a bit strange!" Xing Zhiguo said.

"Shi Yousan's first choice must be to break through to the southeast and cross the Weihe River, but he was blocked by the Independent Brigade of the 115th Division of our army. Where can he go to the west? The west is either a little devil, or our local armed forces of the Eighth Route Army !” Zhao Gang muttered to himself.

"Little devil? West?" Zhou Weihan hastily spread out the map.

"Shi Yousan is going to evacuate to Wei County!" Zhou Weihan slammed his fist on the map.

The county seat of Weixian County is located in the westernmost side of Weixian County, but it is not the direction where the three remnants of Shi You fled.

"Little devil, is he going to make a move?" Zhao Gang said hesitantly.

"Little devil, seeing that three of my best friends are in dire straits, I'm rushing to send charcoal in the snow!" Zhou Weihan said bitterly.

"If Shi Yousan enters the county seat of Wei County, with his remnant troops plus the Japanese army in the city, I'm afraid our army will not be able to make a quick victory in a short time!" Xing Zhiguo said worriedly.

"The battle has been going on for three days, and it's about to be completed in one battle. Damn it, the little devil showed up at this time. I reckon that the little devil's troops have already assembled. Look at the road from Xingtai to Wei County. There are two hundred Duoli, with the mobility of the Japanese army, it would take less than a day to get to Wei County by truck." Zhou Weihan took a ruler and simply measured it on the map.

"Old Zhou, quickly contact the headquarters and let the comrades in Xingtai investigate the little devil's movements!"

"However, I haven't received any news from the headquarters so far, which means that the little devil has not moved. Otherwise, the local comrades will definitely report it!"

Then Zhou Weihan asked the telegraph operator to send an emergency telegram to the headquarters.

"You can't wait any longer. You will know if you have jujube or not. Lao Xing, you take the first regiment and the second regiment to march northwest along the Zhangjiahe area. Be sure to keep Shiyou three from Weixian County, Lao Zhao The two of us led the three and four regiments to pursue from the due west direction, and if we can bite some of the enemy troops, we will eat some of them!" Zhou Weihan said decisively.

"All the troops packed lightly, brought enough ammunition and dry food for two days, and the rest of the luggage is still here, come back later to get it!"

The original clear situation of our army encircling and annihilating the three remnants of Shiyou became elusive for a while because of the intervention of the Japanese army.

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(End of this chapter)