Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 368 The Yamazaki Brigade Destroyed
Hearing what Zhou Weihan said, Li Daben immediately said: "Detachment Captain, although our regiment is a defense regiment, everything is in line with the main force regiment. What the main force regiment can do, our defense regiment can do the same!"

Zhou Weihan was really surprised by Li Daben's rhetoric, and immediately said: "Let the attacking troops on the east and west sides stop attacking and take cover immediately!"

"Detachment Captain, if there is artillery support from the Artillery Battalion, our garrison regiment will surely take down the little devils in Lijiagou!" Li Daben became anxious when he heard that, thinking that Zhou Weihan would withdraw the garrison regiment and go up with other troops.

"Our garrison team managed to test out the firepower of the little devil. We consumed a lot of the little devil's power, and the soldiers also suffered a lot of casualties. At this time, let us tear it down. How can I explain to the soldiers of the garrison team? Detachment Master, give us another chance!"

Li Daben had a bitter face, and pulled Zhou Weihan's sleeve, showing a pitiful look.

Xing Zhiguo on the side said: "Li is very capable. If the garrison does not retreat now, it will retreat under the fierce attack of Japanese aircraft in half an hour. When the time comes, you will think about the casualties!"

After Li Daben heard about it, he didn't say a word, and immediately sent his correspondent comrades to attack the troops and retreat.

After the first battalion attacking on the eastern hillside received the order, Magnet hesitated a little, but when he heard that the heads of the military area had arrived, he didn't dare to pierce.

"Order the troops to cover each other and retreat, don't let the little devil stab a knife in the back, retreat, retreat!" Magnet shouted loudly.

The first battalion of attacking troops withdrew one after another to hide in the forest opposite Lijiagou.

On the western battlefield, gunshots continued, and the battle was extremely tragic. Although Luo Jie, the political commissar, came to support with the third battalion, Zhang Zhiming was still in charge of commanding.

Luo Jie went to the battlefield to convey the order in person. Zhang Zhiming, who was personally commanding the battle on the front line, was stunned when he heard the order to retreat. At this point in the fight between the two sides, the soldiers of the second battalion who were mainly attacking were all red-eyed.

In the battle for positions just now, the second battalion occupied the position, and the little devils organized troops to counterattack. Many wounded soldiers were unwilling to drag down their comrades, and took the initiative to stay in the position to hold back the little devils.

When the little devil approached, he fired the grenade and died with the little devil around him. It can be said that the battlefield on the west side of Lijiagou was dyed red with the blood of the soldiers of the garrison regiment.

"Withdrawal? We can capture the third position with all our strength. If we withdraw at this time, wouldn't the previous sacrificed soldiers be sacrificed in vain?"

"It is inevitable that the soldiers will die during the attack, but we cannot allow the soldiers to die in vain under the bombing of the little devil's plane. Listen to my retreat and leave some seeds for the second battalion!" Luo Jie forcibly dragged Zhang Zhiming away, and at the same time greeted the surrounding people. The fighters retreat.

Yamazaki Yeping, who commanded at the west entrance of Lijiagou, was stunned when he saw the retreat of the attacking Eighth Route Army. Just now, the Eighth Route Army's offensive was so fierce that they rushed forward desperately and almost captured the third position.

If the Eighth Route Army had artillery, Yamazaki Yehei was even ready to fight in the streets of the village.

To retreat at this time, Yahei Yamazaki did not understand. For a while, the Japanese army of Yamazaki Battalion did not launch a pursuit, but took advantage of the rare respite to continue repairing the destroyed fortifications.

On the way Zhou Weihan came to Lijiagou, the military radio was placed on the truck and kept in communication.

After the Changzhi Airport was repaired half a month ago, the comrades of the Changzhi Intelligence Station have been paying attention to the dynamics of the Japanese Changzhi Airport during this time.

An hour ago, the comrades at the intelligence station observed a plane taking off at Changzhi Airport, and immediately reported it to the enemy engineering radio station, and then the news reached Zhou Weihan.

Therefore, Zhou Weihan let the attacking troops temporarily rest.

Based on Li Daben's report, Zhou Weihan and Xing Zhiguo judged that Lijiagou had at least three infantry squadrons, a heavy machine gun squadron, a mountain artillery squadron, and even a rapid-fire artillery squadron, plus some heavy soldiers and auxiliary soldiers. , the number of people is at least around 1100.

It can be seen from the firepower equipment of the Yamazaki Brigade that it is completely formed for the independent detachment, and the rapid-fire guns are obviously aimed at the tank company of the independent detachment.

After understanding the strength and weaponry of the Yamazaki Brigade, Zhou Weihan relaxed on the contrary. A Yamazaki Brigade is not worth making the Tainan Military Region go to war.

in the forest.

"Excuse me, where is the group?"

"Tell Chen Feng, take advantage of this opportunity, and immediately select the artillery positions. After the Japanese planes leave, immediately form the artillery positions!"

"Old Xing, this little devil is stronger than the average Japanese brigade, but when the next offensive starts, the little devil will have no chance to jump around!"

"I'm wondering if the battle will be set outside of Wuyi and Wu'an. After all, this is the territory of Si Neiyong and the core area of ​​our Tainan base area. If we really want to fight here, our base area will be damaged. , Terauchi Yuna is not easy to explain!"

"In this case, it's better to take the initiative to attack. You know me. I don't like to sit and wait for death. First cut off the tentacles that the Japanese army has penetrated into the base area, and then take the initiative to send troops to reveal the Japanese army's true intentions!" Zhou Weihan said slowly. Said slowly.

Military strategy has never been static. The previously planned strategy was based on continuous resistance, but now it has to change as the situation changes.

Xing Zhiguo smiled, Zhou Weihan understood, if he hadn't got a base to hold back the main force, otherwise Zhou Weihan's previous strategy would definitely not be so conservative.

I saw Xing Zhiguo said: "If you hit with one punch, you won't get a hundred punches. Offense is actually better defense!"

"Set Pingshun, Licheng, and Lucheng as the first-line battlefield, keep the little devils out, rely on the strategic depth of the base area, extend the battlefield from southwest to northeast, set Wu'an and Shexian as the second-line, and Wuyi as the rear At the same time, a lot of fortifications and trenches have been built in the base area, so that you can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat, and you will have an inherent advantage, I think it is feasible!" Xing Zhiguo raised his hand in agreement.

Xing Zhiguo seldom disagreed. From this, it can be seen that Xing Zhiguo behaved in the world. After the military commander stated his strategic intentions, Xing Zhiguo would continue to perform his duties as chief of staff and improve the strategic plan.

Even if the views of the two are to the left, Xing Zhiguo will think of various preventive measures in advance.

The most obvious thing is that Li Yunlong led his troops to attack Ping'an County in Liangjian. The views of the chief and deputy regimental leaders were left. Continue to command the whole regiment to fight.

At that time, the cadres of the independent regiment put forward: "Hit the county seat, save the sister-in-law!"

But Xing Zhiguo said: "Killing devils is killing devils, don't associate it with others, we are liberating the county!"

It can be seen that he not only has military talent, but also has considerable political acumen.

Zhou Weihan thought about all kinds of things, and couldn't help but smiled and said: "Old Xing, you are really fucking qualified as the chief of staff. I don't worry if you have a partner like you. If anyone loses you, you can't leave, just stay by my side!"

"Hey, don't make this up, me, before we set off, Lao Zhao told me to take care of you!"

In Thinking of Liangjian, because Li Yunlong was injured, Xing Zhiguo commanded the Second Division as the deputy commander, and fought all the way south. Finally, when Huaye attacked Jinmen Island, both Xing Zhiguo and Zhang Dabiao died.

Zhou Weihan couldn't help feeling sorry, Lao Xing, you won't be able to run away in this life, so stay with me honestly.

Soon after, the Japanese aircraft appeared in the sky above Lijiagou. After circling for a while, there was no sign of the Eighth Route Army.

It's no wonder that the little devil's plane can be seen. The surrounding area is dense forest, and the only place with a wide view is Lijiagou. You can't drop the bomb on the Yamazaki brigade.

I saw the plane in the surrounding mountains and forests, and after using the aviation machine gun to shoot at the ground for a while, it left in a desperate manner.

"This little devil's plane actually left without dropping a bomb on the ground!" Xing Zhiguo said in surprise.

"To put it bluntly, I'm still poor. The little devil's plane dispatch consumes a lot of resources. The cost of an aerial bomb is at most how many bullets, and the little devil is not willing to part with it!" Zhou Weihan said leisurely.

"Okay, the Japanese planes are gone, it's time for us to play, order the artillery battalion, garrison regiment and various local armed forces to organize an attack immediately!"

After many orders were issued one after another, various troops quickly emerged from the surrounding mountains and forests.

During this free time, the Japanese army on the east side of the hill actually completed the first fortification under the top of the hill.

Originally, the terrain of Lijiagou was long and narrow from east to west, and slightly narrow from north to south. It was difficult for the offensive troops to deploy, and it was difficult for the defensive Japanese army to arrange firepower points.

This is all right, the Japanese army deployed six [-]-type heavy machine guns in two positions on the east side, forming a double firepower network, and the number of Japanese troops entering the positions began to increase.

At the same time, due to the limited terrain conditions and the small attack elevation angle of the field artillery, the mountain artillery company was arranged by Chen Feng on the east side, and the field artillery company and infantry artillery company and two 105 howitzers were all arranged on the west side. Main attack position.

The second battalion and third battalion of the garrison regiment and the local armed forces were used as the first-line offensive force. The soldiers of the three companies of the cavalry regiment dismounted and served as a reserve team on the battlefield on the west side. The remaining two companies and some auxiliary soldiers cruised on the east side. Cavalry units can be harvested.

Xing Zhiguo was in charge of commanding the feint attack on the east side. He had a battalion and a guard company of the garrison regiment under his jurisdiction, while Zhou Weihan and Li Daben went to the western front.

The periphery of the position on the west side of Lijiagou.

As a front-line commander, Li Daben is mobilizing on the battlefield.

"Comrades, what is the number of our regiment?"

"Defense regiment!" The soldiers replied in unison.

Li Dashen is rare and serious: "The name of the defense regiment is not good, do you want to be the main regiment?"

"miss you!"

"Okay, then this time, let's show the strength of our regiment and use our record to prove that we are the main force. Within two hours, we will win the Lijiagou on the opposite side!"

"Kill, kill, kill!" This was the response from the soldiers.

The time set by Zhou Weihan was to take Lijiagou in three hours. Li Daben, relying on the fire support of the artillery battalion, instantly stiffened his waist and directly changed the time to two hours.

The morale of the soldiers of the second and third battalions of the garrison regiment was mobilized by Li Daben's few words, and even the soldiers of the four district squadrons on the side were gearing up.

Luo Jie, the political commissar of the garrison regiment, looked at all this with satisfaction. During the month in the garrison regiment, he corrected many mistakes of the soldiers, and even put many comrades in confinement.

Behind the scenes, the soldiers even called him Smiling Tiger, but no one could deny that he, the political commissar, had integrated with the comrades of the garrison regiment.

"Captain Li, the comrades of the garrison regiment suffered a lot of casualties in the battle just now, and the [-] or so people in our four district squadrons can't do it. They're all here. What's going on? Look at this , let our district squadron take the lead this time, and experience the addiction of being the main force!" Bao Jinwu, the district captain, said impassionedly.

"Yeah, what's going on here, we can't watch the main force fighting hard at the front, let's watch the fun from behind!" Another district captain said.

When Li Daben saw that everyone was asking for a fight, he stretched out his hand and returned to his previous tact. He said, "They are all troops of the Eighth Route Army. Let's equip them better. Let our garrison regiment go first, and wait until we break through the three ways of the little devil." After the position, let's gather all our troops and rush into the village together to wipe out all the devils in Lijiagou!"

At present, the second and third battalions still have about 1400 troops capable of fighting, and with the addition of more than [-] local armed forces, there are nearly [-] people, not counting the cavalry serving as the reserve.

Shelling began simultaneously on the east and west sides.

"Boom boom boom!"

In order to prevent the artillery of the Yamazaki Brigade from bombarding each other, six field guns and two 105 howitzers have a long range, and the artillery positions are behind. Ten [-]-type infantry guns have a short range and are easy to transfer, and the artillery positions are in the front.

Bringing the field artillery and howitzer up the mountain, the soldiers of the artillery battalion were exhausted. Fortunately, the artillery can be disassembled, and there are pack horses for transport.

Under the cover of artillery fire from the artillery battalion, the Japanese troops on the three positions outside Lijiagou Village were immediately caught in a sea of ​​flames.

Yamazaki Yohei, who was hiding in the village to command, was also frightened by the explosion on the position and quickly hid behind the bunker.

"Baga, why does the Eighth Route Army have so many artillery pieces? This is almost as powerful as that of an artillery regiment. Even if Wuyi's independent detachment came, it shouldn't have so many artillery pieces!" Yamazaki Yehei opened his mouth wide. , the dust raised by the aftermath of the shells got into his mouth, and his thoughts were interrupted by coughing for a while.

"Quick, send a report to the division headquarters immediately, asking where the main force of the division is, and ask the division to quickly reinforce!"

Yamazaki Yehei, whose whole body was covered with loess, no longer had the presumptuous attitude of rushing to find the main force of the independent detachment for a decisive battle. He even worried that the Yamazaki brigade would be torn apart by the fierce artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army before the main force of the [-]st Division arrived.

After some shells washed the ground, the shelling temporarily stopped.

The soldiers of the garrison regiment had arrived at the front position of the Yamazaki Brigade under the cover of artillery fire, and the remaining Japanese troops on the first position were quickly submerged in the sea of ​​people.

"Quickly, build a heavy machine gun position and cover with firepower!" Second Battalion Commander Zhang Zhiming shouted. He expected that the attack would go smoothly, but he never expected it to be so smooth.

The two sides immediately started a fierce battle, bullets flew across, and people fell down from time to time.

Artillery position.

Chen Feng quickly issued an order: "The infantry artillery battery immediately moved to the second position, and the field artillery and 105 howitzers began to extend their artillery fire. The artillery fire covered Lijiagou Village and the Japanese army's exit from the village!"

The artillerymen who received the order immediately adjusted their positions, and the most excited one was the artillerymen manipulating two 105 howitzers.

Since the capture of the 105 howitzer, it has been used a total of three times, once against Shiyou Sanbu in southern Hebei, once against Zhu Huaibing in Tainan, and this time.

Due to the rare shells of the 105 howitzer, before the battle, there were only 355 shells left in existence, and one shot was one less.

Now that there is an order from the battalion commander, the little devil who made a fool of himself is finished.

I saw the Japanese troops in the village going to the forward positions outside the village to support. As I said just now, Lijiagou is long and narrow from east to west, and slightly narrower from north to south.

Due to the terrain constraints, and at the same time having had enough of the pain of repeatedly fighting for positions before, the little devil gathered his reserve troops for quick support.

A howitzer shell went down, and the Japanese army within [-] to [-] meters around was directly torn apart, and the sky was full of stumps and broken arms.

After the artillery battalion cut off the reinforcements of the Yamazaki Battalion, the garrison went all out and broke through the remaining two positions one after another.

Li Daben at the back looked at Roger, "Press it?"

"Press up!" After Roger finished speaking, he pulled out the big knife on his back and shouted at the soldiers of the district squadron who were already hungry and thirsty: "Come on, comrades!"

Roger rushed out first, followed by the four district squadrons.

Li Daben looked at Roger's vigorous pace on the battlefield, and couldn't help wondering, who is the political commissar and who is the regiment leader?

　The first time it was issued was 4200. After changing to 4600, I didn't hug it.

　　I thought I could finish writing a happy one, and everyone enjoyed reading it, but the result was still a bit of a tail.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)