Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 567 Ding Wei's plot

Soldiers of the reconnaissance company led by Dong Jiang have been waiting outside the compound of the [-]th Army's military headquarters. After Zhou Weihan came out, he said directly: "Dong Jiang, send someone to inform the first regiment, and soldiers from the [-]th Army will come soon." Go take over the defense, and let Jing Dagang do a good job in the handover!"

"Mr. Chen, then we will withdraw!" Zhou Weihan turned to Chen Sunong and said.

"Mr. Zhou, Chief of Staff Xing, if I have time, I'll treat you to a drink. Please do so!" Chen Sunong said with a smile.

"That's natural, goodbye!"

"Farewell!"

The former enemy headquarters was set up on the street of the Japanese army's supply team. Zhou Weihan and Xing Zhiguo were in a good mood. Although many soldiers were sacrificed in this battle, they smashed the Japanese army's siege and maintained the balance of the Changzhi area. From a perspective, it stabilized the overall anti-Japanese situation in North China.

"Fan Hanjie is really grand this time, the whole 21 regiments' supplies were taken out, no matter how we look at it, we are not at a loss!" Xing Zhiguo said with a smile.

Zhou Weihan can’t deny this point. Taking the three-month supply of the four regiments of the 40th Division as an example, the military salary and Mijin have increased to 30 yuan, and the ammunition includes 10 rounds of 6-step ammunition and 1.5 rounds of 600-[-] machine ammunition. , [-] rounds of shelled shells, [-] rounds of hand grenades, and [-] rounds of mortar shells.

"Fan Hanjie is not at a disadvantage. This time, his 21th Army has made a name for itself in Changzhi. Just look at it. It is inevitable to increase officials and ranks. The National Government will definitely replenish the [-]th Army with elite soldiers and allocate weapons and equipment. , it can be predicted that Changzhi will be a stable territory for the [-]th Army in the future, and he, Fan Hanjie, is also a member of the national government, so how can the supplies of the [-] regiments be comparable!"

"The [-]th Army will still be a strong enemy of our Eighth Route Army in Tainan in the future, but as long as the Japanese Army is still there, we will not be too ugly on both sides!" Zhou Weihan saw it quite clearly.

After arriving at the headquarters, the telegraph operator urgently submitted a telegram: "Report, the third regiment, the fifth regiment, the 29th regiment and the artillery battalion have arrived at the junction of the northern suburbs of Changzhi and Lucheng!"

"Okay, Lao Xing, you went to visit the 18th Regiment under the name you mentioned before. This time they have given us a lot of help. We can't let them go for nothing. The regiment will take out all the captured ammunition!" Zhou Weihan was very generous.

"Yes, I'll go right away!" Xing Zhiguo nodded.

Then, Zhou Weihan immediately ordered the headquarters to be transferred to Pingshun immediately.

On this occasion, among the troops of the Tainan Military Region, Xu Dali's 281st Regiment has safely returned to Pingshun, and the first regiment and the 280th Regiment followed the headquarters.

The 29rd Regiment, the 22th Regiment, the [-]th Regiment, the two regiments of the Bingtai South Division, and the [-]nd Regiment of the Division Headquarters, a total of six regiments, were all under the command of Ding Wei, and carried out final combat operations against the Japanese troops in Licheng and Lucheng.

It was night, when contacting Han Dan failed, he lost contact with Changzhi again.

The Jiangtian Brigade, which took over from the Jigu Brigade, was in charge of sweeping around Licheng, and the Inoue Brigade, which was originally stationed in Lucheng. The commanders of the two Kwantung Army brigades met overnight in Weizi Town, north of Lucheng.

"Mr. Inoue, I have some bad premonitions. Even if there is another problem with the headquarters radio station, shouldn't the subordinate brigades be unable to get in touch?" Edazuka said worriedly.

"That's right. Today, our department frequently received news that the Eighth Route Army is besieging Changzhi. I wanted to lead troops to reinforce it, but I was worried that I would be ambushed by the Eighth Route Army. That's why I asked you to discuss it!" Ichiro Inoue echoed.

"Mr. Inoue, you are right. Currently Tian Yuan led his troops to lose contact in Wu'an, and then the main force of the Jigu Brigade was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army at Houqiuling outside Dongyang Pass. It seems that as the local imperial army said, Tainan's The strength of the Eighth Route Army should not be underestimated, we underestimated the enemy before!"

"If Changzhi is captured by the Eighth Route Army and the main force of the imperial army is completely wiped out, then you and I must be the next target. I can't imagine the scene where you and I are trapped in an isolated city!" Jiang Tianzhong said in a deep voice. The word "annihilation" is never mentioned under any circumstances.

"Then what should we do?" Inoue Ichiro said rather distressed, the radio station could not be contacted by leapfrogging, but Han unilaterally did not take the initiative to contact Changzhi.

"For today's plan, there are three ways to go. One is to concentrate our forces and attack Shexian County. As long as we reach Dongyang Pass, there is hope of survival!"

"Secondly, in Tunliu, southwest of Lucheng, there is still the [-]th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Army fighting against the Eighth Route Army. Our department can draw closer to it!"

"Third, put all your eggs in one basket and reinforce Changzhi!" Jiang Tianzhong proposed three strategies.

"Mr. Jiang Tian, ​​to reinforce Changzhi, there must be ambushes from the Eighth Route Army on the way from Licheng to Dongyang Pass. I have sent people to Dongyang Pass many times but have not responded. Obviously they were intercepted by the Eighth Route Army!
If there is a mistake in Changzhi, even if you and I are safe, we will not be able to escape the responsibility after the war. Besides, the main force of the imperial army must still be in a stalemate with the Eighth Route Army. "Ichiro Inoue said firmly.

That night, Licheng's Jiangtian Brigade secretly approached Lucheng. In Licheng, only the county town had a local Japanese army staying behind.

The backbone group of Tainan Division [-] didn't notice it at first, and it was almost dawn when they gradually felt something was wrong.

During this period of time, Xiang Ying, the political commissar of a division, led the base group and local armed forces to fight against the little devil during the day and at night. All the troops took turns to fight against the little devil. .

Soon, Ding Wei received the telegram and said with a smile: "Haha, isn't it coming soon? This time it's a battle of wealth, can the little devil run away?"

"Old Ding, you are so sure that the little devil will definitely come to Changzhi. If I were the commander of the little devil, I would definitely break out of Tunliu in the southwest!" Wu Qin said.

"Hmph, to put it bluntly, the Japanese troops in Licheng and Lucheng are not equal to us in knowing the battlefield information. The little devil has no other choice. This is a conspiracy!" Ding Wei said confidently.

"Notify all regiments, be vigilant, and prepare for battle!"

According to Ding Wei's arrangement, the 22nd Regiment was responsible for blocking the route of the Japanese army going to Tunliu. The 29rd Regiment was deployed on the fortifications where the 219th Army resisted the Japanese army in the suburbs. Responsible for copying.

Early the next morning, about 1800 Japanese soldiers set off from Lucheng and crashed into Ding Wei's well-arranged pocket array. The 22nd regiment then sent reinforcements to the battlefield.

Although the number of Japanese troops was large, the number of the Eighth Route Army was even larger, and there was artillery support from the Artillery Battalion.

During this period, the Japanese army realized later and organized troops to break out of Tunliu many times, but they were firmly intercepted. The two sides fought fiercely until noon, and finally the Japanese army was completely wiped out.

(End of this chapter)