Chapter 225 Initial Consolidation
The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th battalions, as well as the heavy machine gun battalion, engineer battalion, baggage battalion, cavalry battalion, reconnaissance company, and communications company, were fully staffed, and the guard battalion, the newly formed seventh, eighth, and ninth battalions, as well as the newly upgraded and expanded artillery regiment and the newly established armored battalion, all the main forces of Xiao Siming's department entered the period of repair, supplementation, and training. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
At this time, the main force of our army on the Shanxi battlefield had already fought the famous battle of Changle Village in the southeast of Shanxi on April 16, and wiped out 2,200 people of the 108th Division of the Japanese Army in World War I.
In order to eliminate the main force in the Xuzhou area in World War I, the Japanese base camp transferred the 16th Division, which was originally used for the siege of the ninth road in the southeast of Jin, for the battle of Xuzhou, which led to the nine-way siege of the southeast of Jin Province becoming a five-way siege, and also led to the defeat of the 108th Division, and there was no strong main division to reinforce and retaliate.
If it weren't for the secret transfer of the 16th Division, there would have been no loopholes in the coordination of the various units of the Japanese army besieging southeast Jin, and it is difficult to say whether the Battle of Changle Village could be carried out smoothly.
On the Shandong battlefield, because Xiao Siming led a cavalry company to blow up the Ziya River Bridge, resulting in difficulties in the Japanese army's troop transfer and supply, the Japanese Fifth Division and the Tenth Division began to attack the Chinese army from Linyi, Zaozhuang, and Yixian respectively on April 20. This offensive time is five days later than in history!
The Japanese army stationed in Cangxian County independently mixed into the fifth brigade, dispatched more than 3,000 troops, and also gathered the puppet army of Liu Peichen, deputy commander of the puppet North China Autonomous Coalition Army, to besiege Jizhong, and I don't know where I learned the news that the Eighth Route Army advanced to the border of Hebei and Lu and captured the Ningjin, Qingyun and Yanshan counties occupied by the Japanese puppets, hurriedly ended the siege of Jizhong, and began to dispatch troops, and the troops were divided into two routes, all the way from Cangxian to Yanshan, and all the way from Dongguang to Ningjin.
After receiving the report of the Japanese army's large-scale attack, Wang Lushui discussed with Xiao Siming that they wanted the main force to finish repairing and replenishing, and prepare for a big fight with the little devils.
Xiao Siming knew that at this time, the Japanese army was secretly transferring troops in the direction of Xuzhou, and the Fifth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade was also a unit participating in the Battle of Xuzhou, and their siege of the Jilu border could not last, so he told Wang Lushui that there was no need to worry, and it would not be too late to fight when the little devils attacked Yanshan City and Ningjin City.
Wang Lushui didn't know that the Fifth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade was about to be transferred to the front line of Taierzhuang, and he didn't understand what medicine was in Xiao Siming's gourd, so he couldn't be in a hurry!
As a result, the matter was really expected by Xiao Siming, the Fifth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade had just been dispatched, and they had not yet killed Yanshan City and Ningjin City, so they suddenly withdrew their troops!
Needless to say, the Fifth Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade received an order to join the Xuzhou battlefield, urgently assembled troops, and prepared to fight in the Taierzhuang and Xuzhou areas in the south.
After the independent mixed Fifth Brigade was transferred south, it was the Third Railway Wing newly transferred by the Japanese army that took over the defense.
Shouichi Terauchi is worthy of being a giant of the Japanese army, and his words work. At his request, the Japanese base camp not only transferred the Third Railway Wing from Guanwai to the northern section of the Jinpu Road, but also assigned him five new independent railway brigades, equivalent to the strength of one brigade, to be deployed on the Jiaoji Railway and the Jinpu Road, freeing the Fifth Division and the Tenth Division from the garrison of the Jiaoji Railway and the Jinpu Road, and allowing them to devote themselves to the attack in the direction of Xuzhou.
The Third Wing of the Japanese Railway had just arrived in North China, and its eyes were black, and it was impossible to immediately launch an attack on Yanshan and Ningjin. However, Liu Peichen, deputy commander of the puppet North China Autonomous Coalition Army, could not sit still, and was anxious to recapture Yanshan City, Ningjin City, Leling City, and Qingyun City, and the command post part attacked Yanshan and Ningjin on two routes. Among them, more than 1,000 people from Liu Fangting's division of the independent brigade of the puppet Manchurian advance army under the command of Liu Peichen attacked Yanshan, and more than 2,000 people from the puppet Mu Jincheng army killed Ningjin.
It may be a coincidence that when the Japanese army was killing Yanshan and Ningjin, Liu Jingliang's department, which was stationed in Huimin, shouted the slogan of "recovering the lost territory" and launched an attack on Wudi.
This Liu Jingliang, who has never fought with the Eighth Route Army, does not know the strength of the Eighth Route Army, listened to the cries of Bo Yisan, Zhang Ziliang, and Feng Ligang, and thought that the occupation of the Eighth Route Army in Wudi City was a trick, and he beat Zhang Ziliang coldly, nothing remarkable!
Liu Jingliang regarded the advance brigade as a thirty-one team!
So, Liu Jingliang drew a scoop like a gourd, and also learned the tricks of the Eighth Route Army to sneak attack Wudi, and even sent a mere 200 people to attack Wudi City! As a result, when Liu Jingliang's 200 people arrived in Wudi City, they bumped into the muzzles of the third and sixth battalions of the advance brigade that were repairing and replenishing in Wudi, and there was no more news, as if they had evaporated from the world.
Historically, Liu Jingliang sent more than 200 troops to attack Qingyun in early May, and now it has been advanced due to the cries of Bo Yizhi, Zhang Ziliang, and Feng Ligang. It's just that the loss is even worse, 200 people guns, none of them ran back!
At this time, Liu Jingliang became angry and personally led Ding Tingjie's brigade to attack Leling!
Xiao Siming sat firmly on Diaoyutai, did not take a straight look at Liu Fangting's department, Mu Jincheng's department and Liu Jingliang's department, strictly ordered the main force to repair and train in concealment, ordered Huo Cheng and Guo Shengyun to command the Yanshan Independent Regiment that was being reorganized to launch a guerrilla war against Liu Fangting's department, and ordered Hu Qingyun and Zhou Kaidong to command the Wudi Independent Regiment, Xing Renfu, Ma Zhenhua, and Wang Zhaoming to command the 31st detachment to quickly advance eastward and go to Ningjin to meet the puppet army Mu Jincheng's department. As for Liu Jingliang's Ding Tingjie brigade that killed Leling, it was handed over to the newly expanded cavalry battalion.
Xiao Siming's order was very simple, that is, to use the puppet army's Liu Fangting Department and Mu Jincheng's Department as whetstones, sharpen the Yanshan Independent Regiment, the Wudi Independent Regiment and the 31st Detachment, not to confront the enemy, to carry out attacks and ambush operations in companies and platoons, and to achieve the goal of tempering the troops through guerrilla warfare.
Whether it is the Wudi Independent Regiment or the Yanshan Independent Regiment, including the 31st Detachment, the cadres and fighters all know that there is a strong main force behind them, and they are not afraid of losses. In addition, Hu Qingyun, Huo Cheng, Zhou Kaidong, and Guo Shengyun are all Red Army cadres who are good at guerrilla warfare, and this battle is particularly easy and enjoyable!
After only a few small battles, the cadres and soldiers of the Wudi Independent Regiment, the Yanshan Independent Regiment, and the 31st Brigade tasted the sweetness of relying on the base area to fight, and they fought even more happily!
It's still the same old saying, a soldier will be a nest of bears. The same fighters were only local militia groups in the hands of Zhang Ziliang and Liu Yanchen, but in the hands of Red Army cadres Hu Qingyun, Huo Cheng, Zhou Kaidong, and Guo Shengyun, under the leadership of the cadres who were transferred from the main force, the Yanshan Independent Regiment and the Wudi Independent Regiment were able to compete with the elite puppet Manchu army Liu Fangting and the puppet regular army Mu Jincheng, and they fought guerrilla warfare, only taking advantage of them and not suffering losses!
The 31st Detachment is all the soldiers of the Jilu Border, and they will never be left behind in defending the Jilu Border Base Area, cooperating with the Yanshan Independent Regiment and the Wudi Independent Regiment, and the more they fight, the more courageous they become, so that Liu Fangting and Mu Jincheng's puppet army is completely confused, and can only be passively beaten everywhere!
This battle did not last long, and Liu Fangting's troops and Mu Jincheng's troops retreated in a hurry. Liu Fangting withdrew to the railway line in Cangxian County and assisted the Third Wing of the Japanese Railway to garrison the railway; Mu Jincheng's troops withdrew to Lingxian and went to join the Japanese puppet army in Lingxian.
The Yanshan Independent Regiment, the Wudi Independent Regiment, and the 31st Detachment rushed after each other, and the Yanshan Independent Regiment took advantage of the situation to go north and entered Xinhai County and Cangxian County, which had just been established by the Japanese puppets, and the 31st Detachment attacked Nanpi, Dongguang, and Wuqiao, and the Wudi Independent Regiment entered Deping County and Ling County.
As for Liu Jingliang's troops, who attacked Leling, they encountered the newly established cavalry battalion of the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army, and the bad luck began from then on.
Although the cavalry battalion is a new unit, its soldiers are all veterans drawn from various units of the advance brigade, and a large part of them are selected from the defeated troops of the Northeast Army that were reorganized when they swept through the mountainous areas of Xingxi.
The cavalry battalion consisted of three companies, each with only 100 men. Battalion commander Liu Zhaoming concurrently served as the commander of the first company, instructor Ma Ming concurrently served as the commander of the second company, and deputy battalion commander Wu Peng concurrently served as the commander of the third company.
Liu Zhaoming, Ma Ming, and Wu Peng were all veterans of the Red Army who had experienced a hundred battles, and they were transferred from the three detachments of Shanxi, Chahar and Hebei to the independent battalion. Now, they are in command of three cavalry companies, and they are all cavalry companies equipped with Japanese cavalry, and they are anxious for the enemy to test their swords!
It's a pity that Liu Jingliang's troops should still be friendly forces now and can't fight hard. Xiao Siming's order to Liu Zhaoming, Ma Ming, and Wu Peng was clearly stated that the purpose was to disperse Liu Jingliang's troops, and try not to confront them head-on, bypassing the main force of Ding Tingjie's brigade, and directly taking Yangxin County and Zhanhua County controlled by Liu Jingliang's troops, and forcing them to retreat to Huimin.
When Liu Jingliang commanded Ding Tingjie's brigade to attack Leling, he didn't even see the wall of Leling City, so the backyard caught fire, and the cavalry battalion of the Eighth Route Army attacked Yangxin County. In this way, Liu Jingliang no longer had the heart to attack Leling, for fear that Huimin would be lost and Laos would be ended, so he would also retreat in a hurry and retreat to Huimin.
This time, Liu Jingliang couldn't eat the bran and grinded the rod, so he lifted a stone and hit his own feet, not only did Leling City not take it back, but also let the cavalry battalion of the Eighth Route Army take advantage of the situation to occupy Yangxin County, and saw that Zhanhua was also going to be lost.
That's it, Xiao Siming and Wang Lushui took care of the overall situation and did not kill Liu Jingliang's troops. Otherwise, Liu Jingliang may be too late to run!
Liu Jingliang's troops were also complex, basically based on the landlords' armed forces, and their combat effectiveness was underground, and they could not withstand the blows of the Eighth Route Army. In this hasty retreat, the car could not be stopped, and some soldiers didn't even want guns, so they ran all the way and fled back to Huimin City.
The cavalry battalion captured several hundred prisoners and captured a batch of weapons and ammunition!
It's a pity that Liu Jingliang's weapons are very miscellaneous, and the main force of the Eighth Route Army definitely doesn't want them, so they can only be handed over to the militia for use.
In the blink of an eye, the puppet armies of the two routes and Liu Jingliang's troops all retreated in a hurry, and the central base area of the Jilu border centered on Leling, Wudi, Qingyun, Ningjin, and Yanshan was initially consolidated! (To be continued.) )