Wang Lushui, Huang Hua, Hu Qingyun, and Huo Cheng led the main force of the eastward advance detachment, and quietly withdrew from the battlefield under the cover of night. Vertex. Fastest updates

Xiao Siming didn't leave, he wanted to lead the cavalry battalion behind the palace, disguise the main force to continue to confuse the Japanese army, and make sure to attract the fifth and sixteenth divisions to Shijiazhuang!

Wang Lushui was right, if you want the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division to quickly reinforce Shijiazhuang, you have to beat the Japanese troops in Shijiazhuang hard and painfully, and beat them so hard that they keep asking for help!

This is military common sense!

However, the Japanese Fifth Division was different from other divisions and regiments, it was a mechanized division equipped with tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles, and it moved extremely fast on the great plains, and if it did not take the first step to let the main force move, it might be caught up and bitten by the Fifth Division, and fall into an encirclement, in which case, the consequences would be unimaginable.

The eastward advance detachment had many cars and pack horses, and its mobility capability was the strongest among all units of the Eighth Route Army. But after all, it is mainly infantry, and according to Xiao Siming's idea, the main force should have at least two days of infantry marching from the Japanese Fifth Division to be considered safe. Therefore, he took the lead and ordered the main forces to retreat first.

The cavalry battalion is different, the big roads and small roads can be walked, and the horses can also gallop on the field, even if they encounter rivers, in the absence of bridges, they can also swim across the horses, and their mobility is stronger than that of cars and tanks, and they are not worried about being caught up by the Japanese army.

Xiao Siming originally planned to let the Wang Naigui detachment, which cooperated with the operation, disguise the main force of the eastward advance detachment to confuse the Japanese army, but considering that Wang Naigui's detachment is also a new unit, its combat effectiveness is limited, and its combat style is very different from that of the eastward advance detachment, and it is easy for the Japanese army to see the flaws, so he had to leave the cavalry battalion and Wang Naigui's detachment together to disguise the main force of the eastward advance detachment.

The task of Wang Naigui's detachment is to fight guerrillas in this area, and after they complete the combat mission, because they are infantry, they have no burden, and they can take the path and move directly into the Taihang Mountain, and they will be safe.

The eastward advance detachment was different, tanks, armored vehicles, automobiles, rubber vehicles, and anti-aircraft guns drawn by pack horses were absolutely not allowed to march during the day, and the line would be discovered by Japanese reconnaissance planes. Even when the Japanese army controlled the road west of Shijiazhuang to Shanxi, it was necessary to fight hard to capture the pass. Otherwise, tanks, armored vehicles, cars will have to be abandoned, and the troops will have to be turned into light infantry again!

For Xiao Siming, letting him throw away his existing tanks, armored vehicles, cars, rubber trucks and heavy weapons is more uncomfortable than killing him, it is simply impossible!

Therefore, he had to personally lead the cavalry battalion behind the palace to camouflage the main force and cover the secret transfer of the main force.

During the war, it was taboo for the military commander to leave the main force, and under normal circumstances it was absolutely not allowed.

Xiao Siming is an exception, the individual combat quality is extremely high, and he can speak Japanese, and he can lead the cavalry battalion with strong mobility to ensure the safe return of the cavalry battalion. Therefore, after some arguments, Wang Lushui sent a report to the division headquarters and the headquarters for approval, and Xiao Siming followed the cavalry battalion.

As soon as the main force withdrew, Xiao Siming rushed to meet with the cavalry battalion, personally commanded the cavalry battalion to fight, and the ping pong game was fought until 5 o'clock in the morning of the 14th, Xiao Siming ordered the troops to stop the attack, release a warning to the enemy in Shijiazhuang, and rest in hiding.

After dawn, eight Japanese planes flew from Beiping Airport and Taiyuan Airport to repeatedly reconnoiter and strafe the skies around Shijiazhuang in an attempt to blow up the Eighth Route Army, which was concealed and repaired. It's a pity that the battlefield is quiet, and you can't even see the shadow of the Eighth Route Army.

Mitsu Mijiro and Iida Shojiro studied and studied together, and they couldn't figure out whether the Eighth Route Army had withdrawn, or whether they were hiding on the spot and avoiding air strikes. After studying and studying, I was confused, so I decided to send a few small troops out of the city to search and reconnoitre, and find out the truth of the Eighth Route Army.

This task must have fallen to the puppet army!

As a result, the puppet soldiers who searched along the Pinghan Road, along the Deshi Highway, and along the Shiliao Highway were all beaten and lost their armor, crying and calling their mothers and ran back, but when they came out, they were three companies, and when they went back, they became three platoons!

Mitsu Mijiro and Iida Shojiro are now clear, the Eighth Route Army has not retreated, and is still guarding the periphery of Shijiazhuang, it is estimated that they should first concentrate on clearing the strongholds around Shijiazhuang, and then try to break the city!

The headquarters of the First Army again reported to the headquarters of the North China Front and sent telegrams to the Fifth and Sixteenth Divisions, urging them to speed up the operation.

On the evening of the 14th, Xiao Siming carried the Type 97 sniper rifle, personally went into battle, and led the cavalry battalion and Wang Naigui's detachment to launch a small force and multiple batches of attacks against the enemy in Shijiazhuang again.

Xiao Siming personally took action, the little devil is considered to have fallen into blood mold, as long as he is targeted, it will be a headshot, no difference!

This attack actually broke through into the city from the south.

Mitsu Mijiro panicked and sent all the guards of the army headquarters to fight back, sending tanks and armored vehicles to counterattack, and the sound of artillery and machine guns was loud.

When it was discovered that the Eighth Route Army had not moved, and the Japanese army had regained its position, it was discovered that the Eighth Route Army had already withdrawn, wasting a lot of tank artillery shells and machine gun bullets in vain!

Mitsu Yoshijiro finally breathed a sigh of relief and ordered Iida Shojiro to report the battle situation in Shijiazhuang to the North China Front Headquarters again, and send a report to the Fifth Division, asking them about their position above.

After the first wave of attacks, considering that the Japanese Fifth Division might rush to the battlefield at any time, Xiao Siming immediately ordered Wang Naigui's detachment, which cooperated with the operation, to retreat, and told them that they could not withdraw to the ground in Gaocheng, Luancheng, and Zhaoxian, so as not to be encircled by the Japanese army. It should be withdrawn to the Taihang Mountains, and then return to the southern Hebei base area after waiting for the little devil heavy army group to pass.

Wang Naigui's detachment cooperated with the operation this time, and fought very easily, and followed the eastward advance detachment to seize a lot of weapons and ammunition, and when retreating, the cadres and soldiers were all elated!

At half past one o'clock in the evening, Xiao Siming commanded the cavalry battalion to attack Shijiazhuang again.

This time, Xiao Siming chose to attack along the Shiliao Highway.

Mitsu Mijiro was in a hurry, fearing that the Eighth Route Army would capture Shijiazhuang in one go, so he ordered the troops to hold their positions and resolutely counterattack, and they must drive the Eighth Route Army out of the city.

What Xiao Siming wants is to hurt the Japanese army, and he will accept it when he sees it. As for the Japanese army, they are all a group of recruits, who were frightened by the Eighth Route Army, and when there was a stir, guns and cannons rang out, and the fight was extremely lively!

In fact, in this attack, the Eighth Route Army was still almost 1,000 meters away from the Japanese position, and only a few light and heavy machine guns and infantry artillery hits, the Japanese army panicked, not only the guns and artillery on the position were fired, but the tanks also drove to the front line, sweeping wildly, and I don't know where the shells and bullets have hit!

Ping Pong, lively and lively, until 4 o'clock in the morning, Xiao Siming ordered to retreat again, guarded on the spot, and repaired in concealment.

At this time, the 5th Division of the Japanese Army had rushed to Gaoyi County, south of Yuanshi County on Pinghan Road, and had already arranged a blockade line along the Zhaoxian County on the Shiliao Highway to Gaoyi.

This time, Terauchi Shouichi and Okabe Naosaburo did learn the lesson of the failure of the pincer attack on Texas, invested a lot of money, and drew a circle around Shijiazhuang, in an attempt to encircle the eastward advance detachment into the circle and annihilate it cleanly and completely!

In accordance with the order of the North China Front Headquarters, the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division urgently gathered and assembled troops on the night of 13 June, ended the siege of the Jilu border area in a decisive manner, and concentrated along the Jinpu Road where they started.

Early in the morning of June 14, the Fifth and Sixteenth Divisions began to move westward. After the Fifth Division, which had the strongest mobility ability, arrived at Xinji, it began to turn south, draw an arc to the southwest, interspersed a detour back to Gaoyi in the south of Yuanshi County on the Pinghan Road, and joined up with the Japanese puppet army stationed in Gaoyi, cutting off the southward retreat of the eastward advance detachment attacking Shijiazhuang.

On the morning of June 15, the Fifth Division began to move again, further lengthening the defensive line to the west, starting from Zhao County on the Shiliao Highway in the east and reaching the foothills of the Taihang Mountains in the west of Zanhuang in the west, completely blocking the retreat of the eastward advance detachment to the south.

The 16th Division of the Japanese Army, which was advancing westward along the Deshi Highway, followed by the 5th Division, and after the vanguard arrived in Xinji by car, they commanded the Japanese puppet troops stationed in Jinju, Xinji, and Gaocheng and began to pull the net. The car returned to pick up the follow-up troops.

The actions of the Japanese army, through our army in southern Hebei, were all reported to Xiao Siming.

At this time, Xiao Siming completely knew that the Fifth Division was going to wait for the main force of the 16th Division to arrive, seal the eastern passage, and then advance to Shijiazhuang, and gather the main force of the eastward advance detachment besieging the city under Shijiazhuang!

Thinking about this, Xiao Siming laughed with a snort, and a sentence popped out of his mouth: "No matter how treacherous you are, you have to drink the old lady's footwashing water!" ”

Liu Zhaoming listened to Xiao Siming's humor, and also smiled, saying that Terauchi Shouyi, Okabe Naosaburo, and Mitsu Mijiro are all melon babies, sitting in the office and talking on paper, how did they know that our main force had already withdrawn!

Liu Zhaoming is not from Sichuan, he can say that Terauchi Shouichi, Okabe Naosaburo, and Mitsu Mijiro are all "melon babies", and that is because there are cadres of the Red Fourth Front Army in the eastward advance detachment, and they learned from it!

After calculating the speed of movement of the 16th Division in his heart, Xiao Siming commanded the cavalry battalion to attack the Japanese army in Shijiazhuang again on the night of the past two days.

The defenders of Shijiazhuang have become frightened birds, and as soon as the Eighth Route Army acted, the little devils immediately fired guns and cannons, and even mountain artillery was used, creating a firepower network in the offensive defense line of the Eighth Route Army, making it difficult for the Eighth Route Army to advance an inch.

Ping Pong fought for a while, and the Eighth Route Army stopped attacking.

At 12 o'clock in the night, Xiao Siming once again commanded the cavalry battalion to attack, but the Japanese army still blocked it with fierce firepower, and the Eighth Route Army was once again unable to advance an inch!

After the attack stopped, Xiao Siming ordered a retreat, and the cavalry battalion changed into Japanese uniforms, followed Xiao Siming to turn the horse's head, and galloped along the Shiliao Highway, under the cover of night.

That night, the main forces of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army all arrived at the Xinji Line and began to advance by separate routes, starting from the Hutuo River in the north and the Shiliao Highway in the south, connecting with the defense line of the Fifth Division, completely forming an impenetrable net.

The old devil Temple Neishou is very ruthless!

Not only the 5th Division and the 16th Division, in order to ensure that the Eighth Route Army would not escape, Terauchi Shouichi even ordered the troops of the 108th Division of the First Army stationed in Handan and Xingtai to go north along the Pinghan Road and arrange a second line of defense on the southern front; The main force of the Independent Mixed Fourth Brigade, which was in contact with the 14th Division occupying Kaifeng at the crossing of the Yellow River in Puyang County in northern Henan, was ordered to return north, relying on the Zhanghe River to arrange a third line of defense to prevent the Eighth Route Army from flowing southward under extreme exhaustion.

To the east, Terauchi Shouichi ordered the independent mixed Fourth Brigade to command the two cavalry divisions of the puppet Mongolian army, followed by the 16th Division, and advanced in the direction of Linqing and Liaocheng in northwest Shandong to establish a follow-up defensive line. Once the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army, which attacked Shijiazhuang, broke through the big net drawn up by the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division, and flowed eastward back to the base area along the Hebei and Shandong borders, it would collide with the follow-up defense line of the independent mixed Third Brigade and create a fighter plane for the Fifth and Sixteenth Divisions to return and encircle the Eighth Route Army again.

At this point, the big net laid by the Japanese army has been completed, and Terauchi Shouichi expected that Xiao Siming and his eastward advance detachment would not be able to escape!

The plan of the Japanese army was that on the morning of the 16th, the 5th Division would attack from south to north, and the 16th Division would attack from east to west to encircle Shijiazhuang.

When Xiao Siming led the cavalry battalion back to the vicinity of Xinzhaidian, where the headquarters was originally stationed, he found that the Japanese army had occupied Xinzhaidian and had set up a blockade on both sides of the Shiliao Highway.

The battalion-sized troops, and the cavalry camouflaged the Japanese army, were convenient to move, and the Japanese blockade was tight, and it was impossible to be without loopholes. It is entirely possible to seize the gap between the Japanese defense lines and quietly drill out. It is entirely possible to concentrate firepower on a point and force it out!

What shocked Liu Zhaoming was that when he arrived here, Xiao Siming didn't leave, and took the cavalry battalion into a village near Xinzhaidian and camped!

It may be that the guerrillas were mobilized in advance, and the people in the village had long since run out, and there was no trace of anyone in the village.

Liu Zhaoming reminded that if it was too close to the Japanese army, it might be discovered by the Japanese army at night or tomorrow morning. If it is surrounded by the Japanese army, even if the cavalry battalion is all sacrificed, it will not be able to protect the safety of the commander, and it must be withdrawn immediately!

Xiao Siming's eyes rolled: "What to withdraw?" We are the Japanese army, the troops of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army. The 5th Division came and told them that we had nowhere to camp last night and camped here. This is the junction of the two divisions of the Japanese army, and no one is worried about eating radishes and worrying about us! ”

Liu Zhaoming himself is a bold master, today is an eye-opener, and he has met a master who is much bolder than him!

Strange to say, this night was uneventful!

The next day, June 16, just after dawn, several Japanese planes flew over the periphery of Shijiazhuang and began to reconnoitre, search, and drop bombs and strafe!

As soon as the Japanese machine moved, the Japanese troops on the ground also moved.

On the Shiliao Highway, tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army rumbled northward. The infantry jumped out of their cars, guns in hand, formed a straggler's line, like locusts, and spread north on the west side of the Shiliao Highway, leaving no gap!

On the east side of the Shiliao Highway is the troops of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army, which is also a skirmish line, and it also does not leave a little gap, and it spreads north.

The small village is near this Xinzhaidian, and as soon as the Fifth Division is dispatched, the small village will bear the brunt.

The devil soldiers of the Fifth Division went to the head of the village with their guns in hand, and found that the troops of the 16th Division lived in the village, and they were blowing their sisters-in-law to assemble.

Because the west side of the Shiliao Highway was the troops of the 16th Division, and the villages here had been bombed by Japanese planes, it was normal for the troops to camp across the road, and the devils of the Fifth Division did not even enter the village to have a look, so they continued to advance.

After the devil soldiers left, Liu Zhaoming found that he was covered in sweat!

The Japanese army was pulling a wide net, for fear that the fish would slip through the net, so all the troops of the Fifth Division and the Sixteenth Division were used, advancing in unison and gradually narrowing the encirclement.

After the devil's skirmisher line passed, Liu Zhaoming urged Xiao Siming to set off quickly.

Xiao Siming said unhurriedly: "What's the hurry, wait!" ”

Three hours passed.

It wasn't until it was confirmed that the Japanese army had all pressed towards Shijiazhuang that Xiao Siming ordered the cavalry battalion to mount his horse and go away with the team! (To be continued.) )