Age of Rebirth

Chapter 620 Night Attack on Li City

Sun Zhenbang, the commander of the Yellow River Defense Corps of the Independent Division, was depressed when he saw the Japanese troops passing by under his nose, but he couldn't fight happily. The valuable information lifted his spirit at that time.

In the eyes of Sun Zhenbang, the more than 2000 Japanese troops and supplies and medicines in Licheng are just a piece of oily fat. He has the capital to fight this battle, and the small regiment has three thousand troops. What's more, there are special warfare units and so on. The big expert who sneaked up and touched the whistle was kept in Licheng. The little devil has not reacted yet. He does not intend to report this operation to the teacher. If that happens, everything will be ruined.

Although this violated the division commander's prohibition, Sun Zhenbang decided to fight this battle and made solid preparations. He sent two companies, carrying a large number of mines and explosives, to the vicinity of Lucheng and Shexian respectively, and laid minefields on the roads. , there is only one requirement, to ensure that the Japanese troops in the direction of Lucheng and Shexian County cannot successfully reinforce Licheng. Take half a step back.

The two companies set off, it was still early, and the rest of the troops were hiding in the ravines near Dongyang Pass. They took a break and sent out a few reconnaissance troops to pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese army. Sun Zhenbang walked slowly to the west. I was in a hurry, afraid of an unexpected situation, if I couldn't fight Licheng, my efforts would be in vain, and the cooked duck would fly away. [

At this time, battles broke out everywhere in the south and east of the Taihang Mountains. The scale of the battles was not large. The troops of the independent division, as soon as they came into contact with the Japanese army, quickly withdrew from their positions. The shadows of Chinese soldiers have disappeared. Among them, there are Sun Zhenbang's troops and Tang Qiuquan's special warfare unit.

Even so, the Japanese army also suffered a lot. The Chinese army used all kinds of mines and explosives. The roads and mountain roads were good. At some point, they suddenly became angry and blew up a group of imperial soldiers. They were irritated The generals of the Japanese army asked Okamura Neiji to fight one after another. He wanted to lead the troops in pursuit and wipe out the Chinese soldiers who harassed the imperial army. Okamura Neiji was very satisfied with his subordinates' Ruhong fighting spirit. ***The style of an officer in the Imperial Army.

The experienced old devil Neiji Okamura knows that this is a typical Chinese tactic called "luting the enemy to go deep" to disperse his forces so as to defeat them one by one. Neiji Okamura smiled, okay, let's go deep In the Taihang Mountains, my strategic intention is to occupy the entire Taihang Mountains, and I am ready to go deep without being tempted.

Okamura Ningji really divided his troops, and the situation seems to be developing towards Tang Qiuli's expectation. However, after collecting information from all over the place, Tang Qiuli can no longer be optimistic. , equipped with tanks, cavalry, and aircraft to provide air fire support at any time, like a big open hand, gradually compressing you from the south and east to the heart of the Taihang Mountain base.

Tang Qiuli issued an order to lure the enemy's deep troops and intensify the attack. The Japanese army must be divided again to create favorable conditions for the three divisions of the Eighth Route Army to wipe out one or several Japanese troops. However, no matter how the troops attack, the Sixth Route Japanese Army That is, no longer divide the troops, leaving a small number of troops to entangle with the small troops of the independent division, and the main force continues to attack the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains.

Tang Qiuli sighed, Okamura Ningji, the old devil, is really cunning, and the tactics he adopted are completely correct. The six Japanese troops marched in parallel, and the distance between each other was exactly the distance of a day and a night. At the end of the battle, the other five Japanese armies approached, and the troops were in danger of being encircled. If they gave up halfway through the fight, they would be bitten and entangled by the Japanese army.

The timing of launching the Jingxingguan Battle was not yet ripe. Let the Japanese army go deeper into the Taihang Mountains and exchange fire with the Eighth Route Army troops. If you can’t chew it, you can’t swallow it, and your stomach will burst. You can only watch Okamura Neji’s reaction after the battle of Jingxingguan, and then look for opportunities. Tang Qiuli admitted that Okamura Neji has a hand. In China, there is still a lot of room for maneuver in the Taihang Mountains, enough to deal with the Japanese army for a period of time.

However, the Japanese army was heavily concentrated, and there was a big gap in leveling them out. This is an opportunity. Okamura Ningji adopted such a tactic because he learned the lesson from Yamaguchi. Being attacked and exhausted, Neiji Okamura would not make the same mistake. He just made Tang Qiuli unable to find a chance to attack his army. Cun Ningci also believed that he had initially achieved his strategic intentions, and he was determined to find Tang Qiuli's secret supply base even if he turned the Taihang Mountains over.

Sun Zhenbang didn't know about the battle between the division commander and Ningji Okamura, as well as the overall strategic situation in the Taihang Mountains. Chief of Staff Wang Jun, with several guards, climbed outside the city wall to carefully observe the situation inside the city.

Licheng is an ancient county with a long history. It is located at the pass of the Taihang Mountains. The Hanchang Avenue connecting southern Hebei and southern Shanxi passes through the city. It has always been an important military town. One of the roads is a city wall several feet high, wide and thick, surrounded by a moat, and a suspension bridge hangs high. On the tower, you can see the Japanese army's floating sentry moving around, and the steel helmets are shining dimly under the starlight.

Sun Zhenbang scratched his head a little. He didn't expect the Japanese army's defense to be so tight. Logically speaking, this place has become their strategic rear, and his own troops didn't disturb the little devil. Why are they so careful?The Japanese soldiers in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War were of high quality. They did not relax their vigilance at the rear. This made Sun Zhenbang's battle plan encounter a big problem. If he attacked, it would be a hard attack. Without the cooperation of heavy artillery, With less than a regiment of troops, Sun Zhenbang's brain has not yet heated up to this extent when attacking Licheng, which is well-defended.

After he and Wang Jun retreated, they called together several commanders including Bai Lishan, and explained the situation. At this time, Sun Zhenbang was already a little discouraged. Bai Lishan smiled and said to him: "I want to Don't disturb the little devils, take down the city gate, Commander Sun, leave this task to our special warfare unit [-]!" Sun Zhenbang was overjoyed, Tang Qiuquan's men are all treasures, they must have a way.

From the direction of Lucheng, more than a dozen cars drove over with their headlights on. The bright lights pierced the night, which was extremely obvious. Oh, it’s daytime, the special warfare unit [-] killed a transport convoy of the Japanese army. Bai Lishan felt sorry for these cars, so he didn’t blow them up, and drove to a remote ravine to hide them. Unexpectedly, they would come in handy at this moment up.

The convoy drove directly to the moat suspension bridge in Licheng and stopped, which had already alarmed the Japanese troops on the city wall. Immediately, the dazzling searchlights shone over, and there was a sound of pulling the bolt of the gun, and shouted for passwords. Bai Lishan was wearing a major military uniform, swaggering After getting out of the first car, he yelled and cursed at the city gate. He was proficient in Japanese and had no flaws. Thanks to Qiuquan, he forced all the special operations detachment to learn Japanese.

The team leader at the city gate was a second lieutenant captain. He could see clearly and hear clearly. The officer under the city got angry, "Baga! I am Major Takashima of the No.19 Division of the Kwantung Army. , was ordered to come to Licheng to deliver medicine to the front line, and you didn’t inform the troops on the front line of the password, who knows the bullshit password of your Inoue Regiment, it delayed the big event, how many heads do you have!”

One level of official university crushes people, not to mention several levels. There are many troops who came to Licheng to collect supplies and medicines this day, and the numbers are messy. There are all those troops. It is absolutely possible that the troops whose passwords have not been conveyed to the front line. Normally, his nostrils were upturned, and he was very arrogant. How could the little second lieutenant dare to offend these old men, and ran down the tower in a desperate manner, shouting for a suspension bridge to be erected on the city.

When he arrived in front of the major, he didn't wait to salute, he was slapped across the face, his eyes were full of stars, and then a certificate fell on his face, the second lieutenant didn't dare to check carefully, he felt that the major in front of him was not the same as the person on the photo of the certificate It's the same, but looking at the major with fierce eyes, he swallowed the words again, he couldn't help hesitating, and he had already greeted all the bastard female relatives of the Kwantung Army in his heart.

Seeing the dazed second lieutenant of the Japanese army, the major was furious and slapped him again. It was the second lieutenant of the Kwantung Army who was next to him, who came to persuade the major who had lost his temper, and handed over the official document for the allocation of medicines from the [-]th Division of the Kwantung Army. Second lieutenant, this little devil was so moved that he almost shed tears, he should be a brother of the same level, the bigger the officer, the less human he is, so he can beat him whenever he wants.

After reading the official document, the suspicion in the second lieutenant's heart disappeared, and the major waved his hand impatiently, "Hayagu!" The convoy drove into the gate of the city. The Japanese sentinels were dizzy, and besides, Japanese soldiers would do this. The more fierce you are, the more you look like a Japanese. If you don’t take advantage, you are a fool. [

Unfortunately, the leading car broke down suddenly, and it happened to be blocked at the gate of the city. The long line of cars behind couldn't get in. The Shao Zuo was furious, and slapped the driver who hurriedly jumped out of the car. Seeing the second lieutenant on guard trembling with fear, he felt a lot more balanced. Not only was he beaten alone, but the Kwantung Army was fine with it.

Shao Zuo waved his hand at the soldiers in the car, and all the more than 100 soldiers in the car jumped out of the car. Some of them helped the beaten driver to repair the car, and more people seemed to gather around the city gate at random. Around the Japanese soldiers, those who chatted with each other, and those who borrowed fire to pass cigarettes, seemed very affectionate.

(To be continued)