Chapter Ninety-Seven: Rapid Change Adjustment Plan
When the commander of Itagaki Seishiro's division received the telegram, he was overjoyed that the Huaxia troops had finally appeared, and it was not in vain that the commander had made such a great determination. Take this opportunity to eliminate the anti-Japanese forces around Pingding County, Shanxi.
The commander of the Yamazaki Brigade, who had come to Pingding County to fight with the commander of the North Shore Brigade, sent him two companies to immediately reinforce Yamano Village, and the first battle was to achieve a great victory and completely annihilate this unit.
When the village man received the telegram, he resisted even more fiercely, and although he was temporarily at a disadvantage, he did not give an inch.
The tenacity of the devils was beyond the expectations of Shui Wa, Company Commander Li and others, and under their joint artillery fire and firepower, the casualties of the devils were very large, and the combat effectiveness of this devil was not weak, and many soldiers were also injured in the fierce battle.
The two sides fought for more than an hour, and Xiao Shanzi led the guard platoon to rush over and told them that Company Commander Yi and the first company commander had found more than 1,000 devils from Pingding County five kilometers behind, and the devils were carrying heavy weapons, including several cars, and were organizing troops to block the attack.
Company Commander Li and Shui Wa analyzed that this is to support the group of devils on the opposite side, and they must not let the two devils converge and add up to more than a thousand devils. I don't know if there are any other directions to reinforce the troops, if they are flanked by the devils, the consequences will be unimaginable.
The four of them discussed that they would evacuate the team here first, and find another way to make a detour to Camel Mountain.
Shui Wa and Li Cheng, who calmed down, saw that more than 20 of their soldiers were killed and more than 30 were injured. understands that if this continues, not only will they not be able to save the Red Soldiers, but I am afraid that they will all have to be explained here, and they will also have to affect the Eighth Route Army.
A burst of artillery fire bombarded at great speed, taking advantage of the gap for the devils to hide, the troops hurriedly retreated, and Xiaoshanzi hurried to inform Company Commander Yi that they should not block again, and find an opportunity to retreat to Chenjiazhuang to join them.
After the devil bombed Shuiwa, when he saw the retreat of the Eighth Route Army, he could only be in a hurry, and he didn't dare to rush over to pursue with the troops in his hands, and he didn't have the strength to entangle them, so he kept blaming the reinforcements for not arriving for so long.
Besides, when the commander of the Yi Company saw a long list of devil soldiers, he only had 200 people in a company, so he took a scattered force, sniping in a trapezoidal shape, fighting and retreating, delaying the advance of the devils, and not loving to fight, and when Xiaoshanzi came to report the news, he learned that Company Commander Li and they had escaped from danger, and they slipped faster than rabbits, and in a blink of an eye, they did not see half a figure.
The two wing commanders fought for a long time, and suddenly the opponent disappeared, delayed the time for reinforcements, delayed the fighters, ruined the division commander's plan, and would be severely punished, and they were very angry.
When he hurried to the Yamano brigade, Yamano Dazuo looked at the hundreds of corpses and was fascinated. A brigade lost nearly a quarter of its troops, and the outcome of the ambush battle that was sure of victory evolved into such a situation, and he did not know what fate awaited him, so he hurriedly reported the situation to the division commander.
Itagaki Seishiro scolded them for being useless after hearing this, this combat deployment can be said to be seamless, the commander attaches great importance to it, has invested so much money, has planned for so long, and let him personally go to Pingding County to command, as a result, the first cane is like this, if it is not the time to employ people, he can't wait to shoot these stupid pigs immediately, gritted his teeth and ordered the two wings and the mountain field brigade to regroup, stay in place and wait for a new combat order, and then apologize for similar mistakes.
The red soldiers seized the time to build fortifications on the mountain to prevent the shelling of the devils, and the caves became the best anti-artillery holes, and the temperature at the entrance of the cave was also very cool, and it was very hot outside.
The sun seemed to be deliberately unable to get along with the cheetah brigade, knowing that they were short of water, and the dry food and water they brought lasted for a day at most, and everyone was dirty and dusty everywhere.
Especially insisting on the front in each round, after the devil shelling, the whole body was covered with mud, the nose and eyes could not be seen, the water was too precious, and the male team members endured it. Only the three girls who love neatness wipe their faces with a small amount of water with wet handkerchiefs, and the smell of sweat on everyone's bodies is uncomfortable.
The next day, the devils were unusual, and in the afternoon they did not attack the hill except for the occasional shelling.
The cheetah brigade still tightened the strings in their hearts and closely monitored the movements of the devils under the mountain, which allowed the cheetah brigade to get a temporary respite at the top of the mountain and bandage and deal with the wounded.
Several captains sat down to discuss how to break through, and if the devils under the mountain did not evacuate, it was a big problem, and everyone didn't think of a good way for a while, but they didn't know that the devil's conspiracy was casting a long line to catch big fish.
In order to save dry food and water, the Red Soldiers began to eat wild vegetables raw, and then they knew that Xiaobao was training the benefits of survival in the wild in his hometown, what is it to eat wild vegetables raw?
Any living thing on the mountain, plants with leaves, can be swallowed raw, and the other team members saw that the captains were eating wild vegetables raw, but the result was bitter, difficult to swallow, and they spit out, full of questions, and admired the captain even more, and they could bear to eat it.
In order to be 100 percent sure that the Cheetah Brigade would not slip away from the encirclement, the commander of the North Shore Brigade led several wing commanders and group leaders to inspect the terrain around Camel Mountain again.
It was confirmed that the trail blocked by more than 2,000 people from the two wings of Matsushita and Gangshang could pass through the top of the mountain two or three hundred meters high, and there was no other way, and the other three sides were cliffs, and it was difficult for animals to climb up, not to mention that people wasted troops on that mountain, wasted time, and added casualties.
As long as the mouth halfway up the mountain is guarded, the people on the mountain will not be able to escape, and it will not be easy for the Chinese army to break through the surrounding net. It was safer in Camel Mountain, he understood that this was the meaning of the division commander who wanted him to make meritorious service and protect him, and he also knew that this was the light of his sister Huizi.
If you succeed in this battle, you will have the opportunity to be promoted to division commander, and you will secretly rejoice in your heart to cheer yourself up, and you must seize this opportunity. Under the plan of the completion headquarters, not only the Cheetah Brigade and more Chinese troops were eliminated, but the strategic deployment of the entire Shanxi was completed.
When Company Commander Yi arrived at Chenzhuang, he saw that the Eighth Route Army and the Cheetah Brigade had suffered a lot of casualties, and the corpses of thirty or forty soldiers were neatly placed there. I heard that there are still the bodies of the Cheetah Brigade that have not been recovered, and dozens of wounded are also being bandaged, and how tragic the battle they encountered will be to make it happen.
Everyone was very sad, with a sad look on their faces, and Shui Wa and Li Cheng felt very guilty. For the third battalion of the Cheetah Brigade can be said to be doing their best, just as Xiaobao told them at the beginning that at this time, a unit worthy of friendship and life trust, this is not the time to grief, they have to turn grief into strength, and think of rescuing the red soldiers.
The third battalion came with four companies, and their personnel were all seriously overstaffed, adding up to more than 800 people. But compared with the devil's strength, it is insignificant, and it is not possible to fight hard, and several people sit together to discuss the next big move.
Just when everyone was at a loss, Battalion Commander He and Deputy Battalion Commander Zhou arrived with the only 400 spare forces in the battalion, all of whom were recruits who had just joined the army.
According to Company Commander Li's words, it is still a group of unqualified recruits, and the requirements of the current third battalion are also quite high. The soldiers who go to the battlefield must meet their training standards, and they must be able to shoot guns, fight bayonets, etc., which is no longer the original set of training of the Eighth Route Army, so that the soldiers can be sharpened in battle.
Therefore, the combat casualties of the three battalions were much reduced, but the enemy was destroyed more. The third battalion can be regarded as a general mobilization, and Battalion Commander He is willing to go out for the sake of the Cheetah Brigade, and there are only more than 20 soldiers from the guard platoon and Wang Xue's newspaper reporter and cooking squad left in the battalion headquarters.
After listening to Company Commander Li's introduction, Battalion Commander He was silent, and the expression on his face became more and more heavy, serious, and he could no longer be brutal, as an excellent commander, he felt that there was a conspiracy here. The devil's action this time was so swift that the red soldiers did not notice it, and there was no ambush at such a distance from the camel mountain, if there was no careful plan and preparation in advance, it could not be done temporarily, and the ambush soldiers were obviously prepared for the rescue troops.
Battalion Commander He was silent for a long time, and suddenly his eyes lit up, just now two more companies of devils were dispatched from Pingding County, isn't the county seat empty, it is better to kill a horse gun, attack the county seat, and come to surround Yuan to save Zhao, this trick is commonly used by the Eighth Route Army, every time Turine.
Hearing what Camp Commander He said, everyone thought it was reasonable, and Shui Wa and Li Cheng also felt that this method was feasible. In this way, not only will the devils in the county be eliminated, but also the devils will be attracted to solve the crisis in the county, which will also reduce the pressure on the red soldiers, and naturally there will be more opportunities to break through.
The soldiers were very fast, and the battalion commander He did what he said, and immediately took action, so that the commander of the first company took a part of the soldiers to support the wounded, and carried the corpses of the soldiers back to the battalion headquarters for treatment and burial, while he led the troops straight to Pingding County.
Every warrior is holding back the anger in his heart, and he has to use the blood of the devil to extinguish the anger in his heart. When they arrived at the county seat, they saw that there were only a few devils patrolling and sentry on the city wall outside the city, and they wanted to take advantage of the devil's defenselessness to be caught off guard.
When the team quietly touched two hundred meters outside the city, more than ten pursuit guns were erected, in order to save the Cheetah Brigade, Battalion Commander He brought more than ten pursuit guns and hundreds of shells, and the family was almost wiped out.
The cheetah brigade and the three battalions corresponded to the north and south, and cooperated with each other to protect the incoming enemy, which is also the reason why they have developed and grown rapidly.
If the Cheetah Brigade is eliminated, the League of Heroes they form will also become a plate of scattered sand, and it will soon collapse, and the Eighth Route Army will face more devils to encircle and sweep up.
Considering various reasons, Battalion Commander He spared no room to rescue the Cheetah Brigade, and even sent a telegram to the regiment headquarters and brigade headquarters in detail to request support, and asked the friendly and neighboring units of the National Army to cooperate in rescuing the Cheetah Brigade in the name of the Eighth Route Army Headquarters.