Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Originally, the headquarters of Tainan Division 279 and the 22th Regiment were located in Ludongnan, the main regiment was in Lidongnan, and the [-]nd Regiment was in Luxibei, Lixibei,

However, since the arrival of the Kwantung Army, the arrogance of the Japanese troops in the two places who had been trapped in the isolated city suddenly became arrogant. The troops from the first division fought several times with the two left-behind brigades in Licheng and Lucheng, but they did not take advantage.

Especially in the Lucheng area, due to the short distance from the Changzhi battlefield, the Japanese troops stationed here relied on the road line to carry out uninterrupted sweeps deep into the base area.

At first, the third battalion of the 279th regiment was transferred to cover the local people, and fought with more than two hundred Japanese soldiers oncoming. In terms of numbers, the third battalion was twice as many as the Japanese army, and its weapons and equipment were also not inferior.

As soon as the two sides fought each other, they were both surprised by the fighting power of the other side. After two hours of fighting, the main forces of both sides arrived one after another after turning to the battle for more than ten miles.

Seeing this, Ding Wei immediately ordered the troops to retreat. After they retreated to a safe area, they counted the number of people. During the transfer process, there were more than [-] people left behind in the first battalion, and more than [-] people were lightly injured. The casualties reached five points. one.

Since then, all the troops in the first division have been dismantled and engaged in guerrilla warfare against the little devils. In a disguised form, the Japanese army has been dispersed, and the center of gravity of the battlefield has also been forced to shift to Licheng.

At the junction of Licheng and Lucheng, a branch headquarters.

Ding Wei and Xiang Ying have already received a telegram from the Shexian County Cadre Group.

"You need to use your brains to fight, you can't fight with the little devils!" Ding Wei said after reading the telegram, and then frowned: "Before we underestimated the enemy, we still used the combat experience with the local little devils and The Kwantung Army fought against each other, and this is the only way to suffer!"

"That's right, Mr. Zhou set up an ambush to wipe out a solitary division of the Japanese army that went deep, and won a complete victory, with few casualties. In fact, this group of Kwantung Army is much more powerful than ordinary little devils!" Xiang Ying nodded and said.

Xiang Ying finished speaking, but Ding Wei did not speak, his forehead was twisted into a Sichuan character, as if he was thinking about something, after a long time: "This battle can't go on like this, the Han-Chang Highway divides Licheng and Lucheng into two, we The defense area of ​​the first division is long and narrow from north to south, and the strategy from east to west is not deep enough. The Japanese army relied on the roads to sweep the base area, and it took half a day to sweep back and forth. In addition, the villagers were hidden in the mountains. Even if the soldiers fought guerrilla warfare with the Japanese army, there was still not enough room for turning around !"

"If you don't have any scruples, you can retreat to Pingshun during the battle, but now the main force is hiding in Pingshun to wait for an opportunity. We should not lead the war to Pingshun!"

"In short, the army is too passive in combat and is restricted. The other places are busy fighting, and our division is still fighting. This is not acceptable!" Ding Wei said.

"By the way, just now Shen Fang mentioned in the telegram that they are still at Dongyang Pass?"

"That's right at Dongyangguan!" Xiang replied.

"Hey, why did I forget about the good place Dongyang Pass!" Ding Wei patted his slightly bald head, and then said: "Give power to the base group, let Shen Fang lead the base group to guard Dongyang Pass." Two days, don't rush to hand it over!"

"In case the Kwantung Army is defeated and wants to withdraw to Handan, as long as Dongyang Pass is in the hands of our Eighth Route Army, it is equivalent to cutting off the Japanese army's retreat!"

Then Ding Wei rolled his eyes and thought of a bold battle plan. After Xiang Ying finished listening, he hesitated: "Old Ding, you are too bold, and you have to ask the head of the military region for instructions before implementing it. You can’t make decisions on your own!”

"Hey, I've never been greedy for power, but since the command of the military region has been handed over to me, I have to fight a good battle!"

"This matter is about to come while it's hot. I'll gather the troops right away. You send a report to the military headquarters and the basic regiment. By the way, let's inform the 22nd regiment!"

The Japanese squadron responsible for transporting ammunition and supplies in Licheng set off from Licheng in the morning and arrived at Dongyang Pass after one o'clock in the afternoon. It is reasonable to say that they can return to Licheng in the evening.

The Eighth Route Army sent and received frequent telegrams, and it was not yet two o'clock when the First Division sent a call back to the Shexian County Cadre Group.

Afterwards, Xiang Ying led a sub-district office and a core regiment to make a big noise in Licheng and Lucheng. Ding Wei personally led the main force of the 279th regiment to Dongyangguan. And the team directly under the regiment rushed to Dongyangguan from the other side of Hanchang Highway.

At four o'clock in the afternoon that day, the two regiments arrived one after another, but did not enter the customs. Shen Fang was leading the soldiers of the basic regiment to build a position.

"Captain Ding, Commander Liu, you are here!" Shen Fang stuck the shovel in his hand into the soil, and strode towards the two of them.

"This ambush position is well chosen!" Ding Wei looked around, then called the guards to take out the map, and pointed to a certain place on the map: "This is it, Houqiuling!"

"That's right, you see, this place is less than five miles away from Dongyang Pass, and we have destroyed all the Japanese strongholds in the direction of Licheng. The nearest Cuijiazhuang stronghold is also twenty miles away!"

"The mountains on the south side of this place are high, mostly cliffs, and it is not easy to climb. The terrain on the north side where we are located is complex, and there are many valleys, which are convenient for troops to attack. At the same time, if the Japanese army attacks, they can only attack in multiple ways. The ambush point is set in this rear Qiuling is very suitable!" Shen Fang introduced.

"Okay, it's here!" Ding Wei said.

Although Ding Wei is the chief military officer of the First Division, the 22nd Regiment and the Shexian Baseline Regiment are not under the jurisdiction of the First Division. Fortunately, before the war started, the division headquarters and the Tainan Military Region had clarified the issue of command authority.

"This batch of ammunition supplies for the Kwantung Army is just a bait, and it will definitely catch big fish. With this batch of ammunition supplies, God is helping us!"

At the moment, Ding Wei was not polite, and directly issued specific combat orders: "My 279th regiment is distributed throughout Houqiuling as the main force. Lao Liu, your 22nd regiment sent a battalion to set up an ambush at the foot of the mountain south of the road to prevent the Japanese from fleeing. , and at the same time send a battalion of the main force to stop the enemy reinforcements outside the Cuijiazhuang stronghold!"

"The base regiment is deployed in the customs as a reserve team. If the Japanese army escapes into the customs, it's up to you!" Ding Wei finally said.

Neither of the two present raised any objections to the combat order issued by Ding Wei.

"The past two days are really useless. The soldiers are holding their breath. They just vote for the little devils, so let's relieve their anger!" Liu Tianming said in a deep voice.

Not long after, a soldier of the cadre regiment dressed as a puppet army in Dongyang Pass rode a horse and carried a handover certificate and drove towards the Cuijiazhuang stronghold. A part of the 22nd regiment marched hidden in the mountains and forests, followed closely behind.

The enemy army stationed in Cuijiazhuang is the local Japanese puppet army, and the Kwantung Army Brigade is mainly responsible for going out to sweep.

Sure enough, as Ding Wei had expected, the little devil turned pale with fright when he heard the words. After repeated confirmations, he was finally convinced that the Japanese squadron responsible for escorting the ammunition was ambushed by the main force of the Eighth Route Army after it came out of Dongyang Pass.