blood feud

The deputy company commander and the first platoon leader were in the middle of the group, and their movement was a signal for action. In the blink of an eye, over a length of more than 400 meters, the figures suddenly shook.

Scouts face scouts, and everyone doesn't want to expose their targets.Therefore, apart from the sounds of fists hitting flesh and bayonets piercing flesh, the entire fighting scene was filled with muffled humming.

The entire company, including the cooking squad, had already gone into battle, and only the company commander Li Xiaoming and two radio operators were lying on the embankment to watch the show.Watching them keep pointing and pointing at the battlefield, it seems that they are not in a hurry or worried at all.

Just at this time, the radio operator quickly took off the radio from his back and turned it on, and it turned out that there was a signal coming.In less than 2 minutes, the radio operator had turned off the radio and said to the company commander Li Xiaoming: "The battalion commander called, let us immediately cross the Hebei from the Gu'an line to monitor the movements of the 14th Regiment of the 27th Brigade of the 59th Division of the Little Devils. "

A platoon leader ran over panting and said: "Company commander, the battle is over. Three of us were slightly injured, and we wiped out the little devils and a search squadron of 109 people."

"There are still people injured in this kind of ambush, and you have the bloody face to say it!" Li Xiaoming, the company commander, said angrily: "You platoon quickly take off the uniform of the little devil and change it, and then follow the deputy company commander across the river. This search The squadron should belong to the 59th Regiment on the opposite side, you take a radio to monitor the 59th Regiment."

A search squadron of the reconnaissance battalion secretly ambushing the little devil had no direct impact on the overall situation.

At around nine o'clock the next morning, the 14th Division of the Little Devils still crossed the Yongding River as planned.Of course, the vanguard troops crossing the river were very lucky. They first saw Bai Huahua's body, and psychologically they had some doubts about the upcoming battle.

Whether it was because of the reduced possibility of being seen by his own soldiers, or because of the current September weather, after one night, these corpses already needed urgent incineration.Anyway, the first order given to the vanguard troops crossing the river was not to attack and move forward, but to deal with the corpse quickly.

In the 14th Division, the head of the division is the notorious special agent Kenji Doihara, and Chief of Staff Tadashi Sano.This is a full-staffed packhorse division with more than 24000 people, under the jurisdiction of:

The 27th Infantry Brigade: Major General Guan Yu, head of the brigade:

Colonel Ishiguro Sadazo, commander of the 2nd Infantry Regiment, and Colonel Itanishi Kazuyoshi, commander of the 59th Infantry Regiment.

28th Infantry Brigade: Major General Takashi Sakai, head of the brigade:

Colonel Morita Normasa, captain of the 15th Infantry Regiment, and Colonel Toyama Todo, captain of the 50th Infantry Regiment.

Commander of the 18th Cavalry Regiment Kanento Yasuda, Commander of the 20th Regiment of the Field Artillery Regiment Kiyoshi Miyagawa, Commander of the 14th Regiment of the Engineers Iwakura Rumon, Captain of the 14th Regiment of the Transport Corps Akizo Ishihara Lieutenant Commander, Communications Team, Sanitation Team, 1st to 4th Field Hospitals, Weapon Maintenance Service Team.

The 14th Division has just arrived at the Pingjin front line, so it is supposed to be unfamiliar with the environment.But because Kenji Doihara is the commander of the division, every team leader has a "Main Points Map of North China" drawn by Kenji Doihara himself!

Because of this, the 14th Division was the first to cross the Yongding River on September 1937, 9.

Little devils are the ones who must be punished. A search squadron was killed, and the body was stripped and thrown on the river beach for "public display". The old bastard Kenji Doihara thought it was a deliberate insult to himself before the defenders retreated.

Therefore, at the order of Kenji Doihara, Colonel Kazura Sakanishi was angry at the killing of one of his search squadrons. Hearing that he led his 59th Regiment, he hurried to chase southwest.

Feng Zhanhai's 91st Division fled south a little bit slower, and finally on the line of Pengcun south of Gu'an, a brigade of Kazuyoshi Sakanishi who was chasing quickly bit a regiment!After 3 minutes of fierce fighting, the guard group collapsed across the board and fled in embarrassment to Gaobeidian in the south!

Fortunately, Kenji Doihara's 14th Division did not intend to do this, but to go around behind Sun Lianzhong's 26th Route Army and attack Zhuozhou and Fangshan from the south.Therefore, after Banxi Kazuyoshi's main force defeated the enemy in front of them, they immediately turned around and marched westward. Feng Zhanhai's 91st Division only lost half of their lives!

At the same time, Tani Hisao's 6th Division was still on the road desperately, but it didn't arrive at Hejin and Shuangying until two o'clock in the afternoon, and then the whole army began to cross the river.

Because Nanyuan is surrounded by low-lying land, and the Yongding River, Baigou River, Mangniu River, Xiaoqing River, Xiaoman River, Nanbeijia River, Tiantang River, etc. all cross together.

If it wasn't for the locals to lead the way, once it rains heavily, this area will become a huge military formation. Once outsiders go deep into it, don't even try to figure out how to get here!

Sure enough, Gu Hisao, an old bastard, and his little boys once crossed the Yongding River, and they could no longer be confused about the north, south, east, and west.All the rivers and lakes, big and small, made the bastards dizzy.

He was busy until nine o'clock in the evening, Hisao Tani, an old bastard, didn't know where he was, how he should go next, and where his destination was.

If you don't know where you are, you can't find the starting position, so the map and compass in your hand are all useless.

In fact, the Second Company of the Reconnaissance Battalion under Wei Chong saw the cavalry regiment of the 9th Division of the Little Devils on the line of Jiangjiaying, Nanmeng Town, 6 kilometers north of Bazhou.

But because this place happens to be where the Hongjiang River and the Mangniu River are intertwined, as a result, the cavalry company went down here along the Mangniu River, and then went back north along the Hongjiang River.

The soldiers of the Second Reconnaissance Company were puzzled: "The little devil is really generous this time, and even sent a cavalry regiment to search this area!"

At the same time, the 6th Infantry Brigade of the 36th Division also went south along the east bank of the Mangniu River, but when it reached the water network area at the confluence of the Taiping River and the Mangniu River, it turned around and turned back along the Taiping River!

At 08:30 in the evening, Hisao Tani was forced to order the various departments of the 6th Division to stop along the railway to thoroughly figure out what was going on here.

At this time, Wei Chong of Xiongxian County had already transferred the main force from Baiyangdian and concealed himself at the starting point of the attack, which is the Linjin line northwest of Bazhou Town.

Chang Bikuan, the commander of the reconnaissance battalion, said to the map: "The temporary headquarters of the 6th Division is Niutuo Town, and it is in the railway station. The 6th Field Artillery Regiment, the 6th Engineer Regiment, and the 6th Luggage Regiment The whole team is here."

"Other troops are stationed around Niutuo Town. The entire temporary station is more than ten kilometers in diameter. The 6th Cavalry Regiment is stationed in Yanggezhuang, the 36th Infantry Brigade stays in the area of ​​Mentieying, and the 11th Infantry Brigade Stay on the front line of Maojiayuanzi."

Wei Chong carefully looked at the map of the enemy situation drawn by Chang Bikuan, and then said in a deep voice: "Chang Bikuan, order your 1st, 2nd, and 3rd companies to monitor the enemy in the north on the front line of Gu'an. Drop the railways and roads, and then lead the enemy in circles. This place is not suitable for mechanized troops to deploy, and the little devils can't move quickly."

"The 4th Reconnaissance Company, which has been lurking near Niutuo Town, immediately used 9 mortars to fire incendiary bombs at the train station of Niutuo Town after hearing the sound from the outside, and burned the baggage of the 6th Division. Ten rounds quickly Retreat immediately after shooting, without verifying the results of the battle."

"Order: The Machine Gun Battalion will attack the 6th Cavalry Regiment in Yanggezhuang nearby. First, use 24 mortars and 372 rapid-fire shots for a surprise attack, and then use machine guns to expand the results. Remember, the weapons you are equipped with this time are all The Czech-style light machine guns that were snatched from Dagu last time were [-] according to the standard of two people."

"All the light machine guns knocked out six magazines, and then retreated immediately. Return to the Xiongxian headquarters and take all the bullets prepared for you. Immediately go south, cross the Ping-Han Railway, and go straight to the north of the city. From now on, follow the Fangshan Independent Regiment Zhang Commander Er Leng."

"Order: The cavalry battalion rushed to the 36th Brigade of the Mentie Battalion in the north, also used mortars to open the way, and then swept across the enemy's temporary garrison. After rushing out, it merged with the three companies of the reconnaissance battalion in the north, and then went straight to the southwest .After crossing the Juma River, we rushed westward, and from now on we will follow the command of Zhang Erleng, the commander of the Fangshan Independent Regiment."

"Order: The mortar battalion will follow me and set off immediately. Flank the headquarters of the 6th Division in Niutuo Town from the east, and at the same time monitor the 11th Infantry Brigade of Maojiayuanzi."

"Brothers: Tonight's raid is not to wipe out the opponent. After all, the 6th Division has more than 25000 people, which cannot be handled by our four battalions. The main tactical purpose is to completely destroy the morale of the enemy. , let them not be too arrogant."

"From my order just now, you should be very clear that there is still a bigger battle waiting for us. The boss of Chengde should be playing a big game of chess, and we are just a small flag in the boss's hands. "

"It's past [-]:[-] in the evening. All the troops have their own time to attack. There is no need to act in unison. They march and attack separately, and there is no need to continue to report. All troops under the command of regimental commander Zhang Erleng will be ordered by the military order. Means, we must go all out! Do you understand? Act separately!"

This time, except for the reconnaissance battalion and the cavalry battalion, none of the other troops brought out their horses because of the covert attack.

Now it takes 7 hours to make a long-distance raid of 18 kilometers.Regardless of the fact that the road is less than two kilometers per hour, walking in the muddy wilderness is not an easy task.

The closest attack distance was the Machine Gun Battalion, and their target was the Yanggezhuang 6th Cavalry Regiment on the east bank of the Hongjiang River.

After Ke Yuxin, the battalion commander of the machine gun battalion, returned to his unit, he briefly met with the deputy battalion commander and led the team to set off. After three hours, they arrived at Jingtian Camp on the west bank of the Hongjiang River at 11:30 p.m.

"I led two machine gun companies across the river and touched it. The deputy battalion commander led the artillery company and the guard platoon, and set up positions by the river, preparing to bombard Yanggezhuang and Nanchen Village. The bombardment time was exactly one o'clock in the morning. After ten rapid-fire shots, Immediately pack up the guns and meet us by the river."

Although there are so many river branches in Hebei, the water is not very deep.The water depth of the Hongjiang River is only waist deep, so it is not difficult to cross the river.Besides, it's mid-September now, and it's neither hot nor cold, but it doesn't have much impact.

After all, what happens next, let's see the breakdown in the next chapter.