Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 723 The main battle
Along the way, our Eighth Route Army Polu Team never stopped harassing the Japanese troops of the 110th Division.

As the Japanese army advanced, the road-breaking team fired cold shots. The Japanese army opened up their positions and prepared to fight. The soldiers quickly hid and played a cat-and-cat game with the little devils.

Repeatedly like this, the marching team of the 110th Division was inevitably dragged down. Although Mamoru Iinuma was furious, there was nothing he could do.

In this way, precious time was won for the main force of our army.

At around [-] o'clock that night, the vanguard troops were only ten kilometers away from the Motou town designated by the division headquarters, and Zhou Weihan led his troops in the rear to less than twenty kilometers away from Motou town.

Although the troops were exhausted, Zhou Weihan still ordered the troops to continue and must arrive at Motou Town before 11:[-].

With the passage of time, the various departments of the Eighth Route Army gradually completed the encirclement of the 110th Division with Motou Town as the center.

The Eighth Route Army has a total of eight routes. The two regiments of the 385th Brigade of the Taibei Military Region are located near Yuzhuang, west of Motou Town. On both sides of the back of Tou Town, the New 110th Brigade is deployed in the Nanbao area in the southwest direction of Motou Town. There are also two main regiments of the Southern Hebei Military Region responsible for blocking the passage of the [-]th Division to withdraw to Hengshui. The remaining four regiments of the Southern Hebei Military Region And the three regiments of the Luxi Military Region were divided into three groups again.

The entire encirclement spread for more than ten miles, and more than 110 Eighth Route Army troops were hiding everywhere, gearing up one by one, waiting for the arrival of the [-]th Division.

The ambush sites of the various armies are some distance away from the Shide Railway. The artillery regiment is behind the combat troops, and the headquarters is in the last position.

"Commissioner, just finished contacting. All our departments on the western front have arrived at the designated places. The division headquarters ordered a short rest!" The telegraph operator reported.

Zhou Weihan nodded when he heard the words, and then said to the messenger: "Get me the assault group!"

"Yes!" The communicator immediately turned on the walkie-talkie and handed it to Zhou Weihan.

"I'm Zhou Weihan, ask Dong Jiang to answer the phone!"

"Commissioner, I'm Dong Jiang!"

"The location of your assault group and supplementary group is very important. What's the situation in Motou Town?" Zhou Weihan asked.

"Commissioner, just sent someone to check. All the defenders in Motou Town were annihilated by the road-breaking team, and the strongholds and gun towers were blown up!" Dong Jiang said.

"The Japanese army of the 110th Division has at least 1 troops. Once the battle starts, the Japanese army will definitely move closer to Motou Town. This will become the focus of contention between the two sides, so the strength of your two regiments cannot be completely suppressed, understand? "Zhou Weihan instructed.

"I see!"

"In a while, the first regiment and the third regiment each have two heavy machine gun companies to support you, and set up firepower points!"

"Yes!"

About half an hour later, the 110th Wing, the vanguard of the 110th Division, showed its tracks, and a long dragon slowly passed the ambush site of the Southern Hebei Military Region.

After that, there were less than 163 Japanese troops from the 140rd Regiment, and nearly 2500 Japanese troops from the division headquarters, field hospitals, logistics regiments, and artillery regiments. The two on the westernmost side of the military area quietly blocked the opening.

Along the way, the Japanese army not only had to walk on their legs, but was also attacked by the Eighth Route Army all the time. The Japanese army was exhausted from top to bottom.

"Sir, the Eighth Route Army that attacked Motou Town has withdrawn, and there are no minefields around!" A little devil officer from the 110th Regiment reported.

Mamoru Iinuma wanted to go to Motou Town, two or three miles away, to the north of the railway line, and asked the adjutant, "In this case, can the soldiers rest here temporarily, and the division headquarters and field hospital will move to Motou Town?" town!"

"Hi!" The adjutant responded, just as he was about to deliver the order.

At the same time, the various departments of the Eighth Route Army had reported to the division headquarters the approximate location of the Japanese troops of the 110th Division through walkie-talkies, and three signal flares were raised in the sky west of Motou Town.

Iinuma watched the signal flare that dyed half of the sky red, and his heart suddenly rose: "Baga, I knew that the Eighth Route Army would not let my troops return to Shimen like this, but the Eighth Route Army also underestimated the strength of my 110th Division. How dare you fight the imperial army in the plains, you really don't know how to live or die!"

In this battle, in addition to the 17 infantry regiments, the Eighth Route Army also had five artillery regiments, four of which were deployed in Motou Town and the west, and the artillery regiment of the Southern Hebei Military Region was deployed in the east.

The strength of the five artillery regiments is uneven, with a total of more than 150 artillery pieces, most of which are mountain artillery, mixed with some infantry artillery.

According to the order of the division headquarters, each artillery needs at least two bases, that is, 30 shells. After the artillery coverage is over, all the troops will be pressed up.

The torch held by the Japanese army was the final attack target, and all the artillery in the five directions were aimed at their respective targets.

In an instant, the screams of shells piercing the sky continued to sound in the sky, and the long march of the Japanese army was bombarded in many places.

Although the Japanese army of the 110th Division responded quickly, the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army was too intensive. For a while, the little devils kept screaming.

The shelling prompted the little devil to subconsciously retreat towards both sides of the railway, and less than a thousand Japanese troops from the 110th Regiment rushed forward under the command of a captain.

The soldiers of the two regiments of the 385th Brigade who were in charge of blocking the opening looked coldly at the approaching little devil. Suddenly, more than [-] heavy machine guns were fully fired, and they shot at the approaching little devil like a tongue of flame.

Facing the dense firepower network of the Eighth Route Army, more than a hundred little devils in the front fell to the ground head-on, and then nearly 200 50 mortars continuously poured firepower at the little devils in front of them.

At the same time, in the face of the sudden battle situation, when all the units of the 110th Division were attacked, Mamoru Iinuma once again set his sights on Motou Town in front of him, and immediately ordered: "Our unit has no fortifications to defend. Only by occupying Motou Town can we have a chance to breathe, so we ordered the logistics regiment to seize Motou Town, the 110th Regiment and 140th Regiment to delay the advance of the Eighth Route Army, and the 163rd Regiment to move closer to Motou Town!"

Compared with other places, there seems to be no movement in Motou Town, but in the eyes of all the little devils, it is like a bloody mouth, waiting for them to approach.

Due to the order of the division headquarters, more than [-] little devils bit the bullet and went to Motou Town. As soon as the battle started, the assault regiment and the supplementary regiment sent a force to cross the back wall and occupy Motou Town. head town.

Just in Motou Town, the assault regiment has three heavy machine gun companies, 18 M2 heavy machine guns, more than ten anti-aircraft machine guns seized from Daguo Village Airport, 23 heavy machine guns in the supplementary regiment, and 36 supported by the first and third regiments Maxim heavy machine guns, nearly 90 machine guns in total, are distributed in the south, southwest, and southeast directions of Motou Town, just waiting for the little devil to throw himself into the net.

(End of this chapter)