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Chapter 613 Siege!

Datong Station.

The important transfer station of Pingsui Railway is also the starting point of Tongpu Railway. Several railways converge here, and a large amount of combat materials are stored here.

It can be said that among the important stations in Shanxi, the strategic position of Datong Station is second only to Taiyuan Station.

When attacking Northwest Shanxi, the station was guarded by devils from the 26th Regiment of the Independent Infantry of the 11th Division and was heavily guarded.

But not long ago, the 11th Independent Infantry Regiment fought an encounter with the 2nd Independent Brigade of the Eighth Route Army in Maying Mountain.

Captured by the 5th Infantry Regiment of the Japanese Army, as well as more than 300 light and heavy machine guns, 3000 rifles, and the 2nd Brigade of the Eighth Route Army with air-dropped supplies, it is naturally the 11th Infantry Regiment that is worthy of the devil.

In that battle, both sides suffered heavy casualties. At this time, the 11th Infantry Regiment had been ordered to return to the 26th Division to rest.

After the 11th Independent Infantry Regiment left, the head of the 3rd Brigade saw Yin Sanxiong again and transferred a brigade to garrison Datong Station.

However, a few days ago, the Sword Squadron pretended to be a guerrilla to wreak havoc everywhere. Because of the shortage of troops, Yin Sanxiong removed two squadrons from Datong Station and went to encircle and suppress the guerrillas. They have not returned yet.

Therefore, there is only one devil squadron at Datong Station at the moment, and the defense is relatively empty.

And according to intelligence, the devil brigade that went to encircle and suppress the guerrillas was still searching for the guerrillas all over the mountains and plains.

The 3rd Brigade originally stationed in Datong was just a remnant, with a total strength of only about 2500 people. Now a brigade and some puppet troops have been sent out. Not only is the defense of Datong Station empty, but even Datong City is insufficiently defended.

When the two cavalry battalions of the Xinyi Regiment made a detour to Datong City, Duan Peng also led the Sword Squadron to quietly approach Datong Station in the dark.

Although there are not many devils at Datong Station, there are quite a few devils' open and secret posts around the station.

The first thing the Sword Squadron has to deal with is these devil sentries.

It was early morning, when people were the most exhausted, and the devil sentinel was smeared on the neck in a daze when he was fighting.

After killing the devil sentinels on the periphery, the Sword Squadron and a company quickly approached Datong Station.

At this time, the telephone lines between Datong City and Datong Station had been cut.

"Okay, let's go here!"

About 800 meters away from the station, the platoon leader of the new regiment in charge of commanding the mortars gave an order, and the artillerymen behind them stopped in unison.

The searchlights on the blockhouse of the railway station opposite were shining brightly, but even with the searchlights here, the devil sentries on the blockhouse would not be able to see the position of the Eighth Route Army clearly in the dark.

The infantry has already crawled towards the station and touched it.

Through the field of vision of the searchlights, it could be vaguely seen that there were more than a dozen corpses covered with scars hanging on the wall of the train station.

After the devils transported the combat supplies to Datong Station, they have been strictly guarded, and no one except the Japanese and puppet troops is allowed near the station.

Some ordinary people who didn't know passed by near the station, and they couldn't help but say that they were arrested by the devils and tortured.

Seeing that nothing came out of the torture, the devils either took the common people to a deep pit dug specially for them, beheaded them with samurai swords and pushed the corpses into the pit, or stabbed the common people to death with bayonets, and hung them on the city wall to demonstrate.

The artillery platoon leader also saw the corpses of ordinary people on the city wall through the binoculars, with a fierce expression on his face, he shouted in a low voice:
"Set up the gun!"

The artillerymen hurriedly got busy and built artillery positions on the spot.

The 60mm mortars and 82mm mortars equipped by the new regiment can be disassembled and transported. They can be disassembled into three parts: the base, the barrel and the bracket, and they are very light and easy to maneuver. The 60mm mortar weighs 40 The total weight of the 82mm mortar is about 100 jin.

According to the location of the Devil soldiers in the train station given by the Sword Squadron, the artillerymen with rich combat experience, after setting up the mortar, quickly adjusted the shooting, and the muzzle pointed in the direction of the Devil Barracks.

Due to the flat terrain and at night, the location of the mortar position must not see the point of impact.

But the artillery of the new regiment is playing fire coverage.

There are 15 mortars, including 4 82mm mortars. Although there are no 75mm mountain guns, the Sword Squadron and the company are equipped with bazookas. There are a lot of them. one.

With a red signal flare slowly into the sky.

The new regiment of gunners on the artillery position put the mortar shells in their hands into the barrel one after another, and there was a series of continuous and rapid tom tom tom sounds.

Followed by.

The screeching sound of shells flying through the air fell over the sky above Datong Station.

"Boom boom boom..."

The next moment, mortar shells landed in Datong Station, and clusters of dazzling red light and gunpowder smoke suddenly rose in the station.

Among the shells fired in the first round, an 82mm mortar shell fell on a barracks in the station, and only a loud bang was heard, and the barracks made of blue bricks were blown into a pile in an instant. Masonry rubble.

Before the devil inside could react, he went to see Amaterasu during the explosion.

Immediately afterwards, continuous mortar shells fell on the devil's station, completely covering the location of the station barracks in gunpowder smoke.

Several rockets shot out of the grass almost suddenly, dragged a long tail flame in the night sky, and hit the gun tower of the railway station.

Amid the continuous rapid bangs, the Devil's gun tower was hit instantly, and the Devil's machine gunner inside was killed by the explosion of the rocket before he could fire.

Then, two more rounds of rockets were fired to ensure that all the devil's machine guns were fired. The soldiers of the Sword Squadron and the first battalion and company charged towards the train station with their guns in their hands.

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Datong City.

Inside the headquarters of the Japanese 3rd Brigade.

The head of the 3rd brigade saw that Major General Yin Sanxiong was awakened by the sound of mortar shells. At first he thought he was dreaming.

During this period of time, he felt a little jittery.

Just as he was about to go back to sleep, the next second, he saw Yin Sanxiong suddenly tilted up from the bed, and his pupils trembled.

This is not a dream, it is a real cannon sound, and the cannon sound is coming from the direction of Datong Station.

Are there enemies attacking Datong Station?

There are 5000 tons of combat materials stockpiled in Datong Station. If these combat materials are blown up or fall into the hands of the enemy, then he will be in big trouble!
Before he had time to think too much, seeing Yin Sanxiong put on his clothes and holding the major general's command sword again, he hurriedly opened the door and walked to the war room.

As soon as he entered the war room, a combat staff officer hurried in to report:

"Report to the head of the brigade, a large number of eight-way cavalry movements have been found around Datong City, and the number is not less than one cavalry regiment!"

"Nani? An eight-way cavalry from a cavalry regiment?"

Seeing Yin Sanxiong again after hearing the words, his eyes suddenly darkened, and he looked at the combat staff:

"What exactly is going on?"

"What happened at the station?"

The combat staff quickly bowed his head and said: "Report to the brigade commander, the communication team is currently unable to contact the station, it should be that the telephone line has been cut off!"

"idiot!"

"waste!"

Re-seeing Yin Sanxiong cursed angrily.

At this time, Chief of Staff Toda Yoshihime walked in quickly. He had just heard the conversation between the combat staff officer and the brigade commander outside.

"Brigade leader!"

Toda Yoshihime bowed his head and said in a deep voice, "There are Eighth Route cavalry troops around us, and only the Eighth Route New First Regiment, most likely the Eighth Route New First Regiment is attacking Datong!"

Seeing Yin Sanxiong nodding again, his expression was extremely serious.

Although there are still more than 3 people in the 2500rd Brigade, there are only more than 1200 Japanese soldiers in Datong now, and more than 200 of them are logistics personnel.

The 1st Infantry Brigade was sent out to encircle the guerrillas, and another 200 soldiers were at the station, being attacked by the Eighth Route Army.

The staff officers of the 3rd Brigade and Regiment Headquarters of the Japanese Army hurried into the war room one after another.

Everyone looked at Yin Sanxiong, the head of the 3rd Brigade, and saw Yin Sanxiong again. Whether the 3rd Brigade wanted to fight to the end or run away, they had to make up their minds.

Seeing Yin Sanxiong again, he looked at Yoshihime Toda, and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Toda, what do you think?"

"Brigade Commander!" Toda Yoshige said in a deep voice, "It's pointless for our 3rd Brigade to defend Datong. We have to leave Datong quickly, or it will be too late!"

During the heyday of the 3rd Brigade, they never fought a battalion of the Eighth Route New Regiment.

What's more, with more than 1000 people now, can they defend Datong?
Seeing Yin Sanxiong again naturally understands this truth, but Datong is an important military town, and the 3rd Brigade was ordered to garrison, and he dared not lead his troops to abandon Datong without an order, otherwise he would definitely go to a military court.

Whether it is the army stationed in Mongolia or the main force of the First Army in Taiyuan, it is impossible to support the 3rd Brigade in a short time.

By the time reinforcements arrive, the 3rd Brigade may have been wiped out.

Seeing Yin Sanxiong again, he nodded and said: "The communication room immediately sent a telegram to the headquarters of the First Army, explaining the situation here, requesting the 3rd Brigade to transfer to Inner Mongolia, and also requesting the Mongolian Army to dispatch cavalry to respond!"

The combat staff quickly drew up the telegram, handed it to Zhongjian Yin Sanxiong for signature, and then turned and walked out.

"Brigade Commander." Toda Yoshihime asked, "What about the 5000 tons of combat supplies at the station?"

(End of this chapter)