The one who quickly rushed to the Luokou Bridge of the Yellow River was the 21st Infantry Wing of the 21st Brigade of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army, that is, the Japanese army that took a shortcut and inserted itself into the Pingxingguan during the Battle of Pingxingguan. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The new commander of the Fifth Division, Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi Ando, is also a ruthless character. After graduating from the Army University, he served as a military attache of the embassy in Britain, the head of the Harbin secret service, the commander of the first infantry brigade, and the staff officer of the Kwantung Army.

At this time, the commanders of the main divisions of the Japanese army were basically masters who were good at scheming, and they were cunning and ferocious.

As soon as Toshikichi Ando took office in Bengbu, he received an order to return north to North China, eliminate the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army, and recapture Dezhou.

Commanding the 5th Division, the most elite of the Japanese army, Ando Toshikichi believed that it was not a problem to seize Texas, and it was not a problem to eliminate the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army. The problem is, the Eighth Route Army can't be allowed to run away!

No, as soon as he arrived in Jinan, Ando Toshiyoshi didn't care about resting, listened to the enemy situation report of the commander of the second wing of the mixed brigade of the North China garrison army, and studied the map with the chief of staff Nishimura Levin Daisa, and immediately found that the Luokou Bridge was a topic, which was related to whether the Fifth Division could successfully cross the river and attack Dezhou.

Toshikichi Ando is not only a lieutenant general, but also a veteran spy, gloomy and cunning, a bit like a poisonous snake. As soon as he discovered the vital position of the Luokou Bridge, he immediately asked Nishimura Liewin to inform the 21st Brigade and the 21st Wing to quickly dispatch to seize the Luokou Bridge.

It is a pity that the Japanese army marched for a long time, although it was returning north by car, it was also tired like dogs, and the troops had to rest for a while. At the very least, the soldiers had to be put to sleep.

No matter how anxious Ando Rikichi was, he had to be patient and let the troops rest for a while.

According to the report of the commander of the second wing of the mixed brigade of the North China garrison army, the Eighth Route Army fought all the way to the outside of Jinan, and the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army had been provoking and guerrilla attacks outside the city for the past two days, and they were very rampant. The reason why the Eighth Route Army was not able to take advantage of the situation to capture Jinan may be that they discovered that the troops of the Fifth Division had returned to Jinan in the north, and they retreated in the face of difficulties. However, considering the operational characteristics of the Eighth Route Army, at this time, they should be on standby in concealment on the outskirts of Jinan, ready to ambush the imperial army's troops out of the city at any time.

If that's the case, that's great!

Toshiyoshi Ando and Chief of Staff Nishimura Riwen Daisa immediately formulated a battle plan, that is, to use the 21st Wing of the 21st Brigade to seize the Luokou Bridge, and the main force of the Fifth Division to carry out a multi-channel dragnet sweep on the periphery of Jinan. After that, he quickly marched west through the Luokou Bridge to recover the Qihe, Yucheng, and Pingyuan counties that were attacked and occupied by the Eighth Route Army, and then seized Dezhou.

What Ando Rikichi envisions is to take back Texas in three days!

If it goes well, with the mobility and strong combat effectiveness of the Fifth Division, the capture of Texas in three days is already very conservative!

It's early in the summer. At 6 o'clock, the soldiers of the units of the 5th Division were awakened from their sleep by the whistle of the officers. Then it's time to have breakfast, check weapons and ammunition, assemble, and go!

The 21st Wing, which undertook the attack on the Luokou Bridge, naturally set off in the first order, with the search team in front, the three infantry brigades and the artillery team of the wing behind, all of them coming by car, stupidly and stupidly from the Luokou Bridge.

Now, the search team of the Japanese army has passed through the Luokou Bridge, and the follow-up Japanese troops have also arrived soon, but this is a war, not a playhouse, although the little devil is arrogant, but the vigilance is extremely high. After arriving at the eastern end of the Luokou Bridge, the units of the 21st Wing quickly seized positions on the east bank of the Yellow River to prepare for battle.

Almost all of the Japanese officers raised their binoculars and looked to the west bank of the Yellow River to watch the movement of the search party.

Just as the Japanese search team was crossing the bridge, six Japanese planes flew from Jinan Airport, strafed along the west bank of the Yellow River with airborne machine guns, and then flew to the Luokou Bridge and circled at a low altitude to cover the Japanese search team's crossing of the bridge.

After the Japanese search team crossed the river, it engaged in fire reconnaissance for a while and stopped. The infantry squadron on the car jumped out of the car, divided into three squads, with guns and cats on their waists, and searched the bridgehead for a while.

After about 10 minutes, after confirming that everything was fine, the two bannermen stood on a small and prominent high ground, waved small flags, and sent a notice to the other side that there was no hostile situation.

At this moment, the six Japanese planes hovering over the Luokou Bridge flapped their wings and flew away. The devils on the other side of the river did not hesitate, the motors roared, and tanks, armored vehicles, and cars lined up in a long line towards the bridge.

Needless to say, after the little devil found that there was no situation on the other side of the river, he thought that the Eighth Route Army had withdrawn, and began to quickly pass the Luokou Bridge to seize and consolidate the bridgehead on the west bank of the Yellow River.

As long as the little devils consolidate the bridgehead, the main force of the Fifth Division will then continue to drive to Lubei through the bridge. With the rapid mobility and strong combat effectiveness of the Fifth Division,

The devils of the search team also began to walk towards the car, preparing to get in the car and continue to search.

People are like this, they thought it was a fatal danger, but when they suddenly found it safe, their minds will naturally relax.

When the soldiers of the devil search team walked unhurriedly to the car with their guns in hand, the tanks, armored vehicles, and cars on the bridge were speeding through the bridge.

Xiao Siming's eyes were fixed on the devil convoy on the bridge.

It wasn't until the first tank of the devil's convoy approached the bridgehead and was about to drive onto the land at the west end of the bridge that Xiao Siming suddenly shouted: "Hit the signal flare, detonate, hit!" ”

After roaring, the 97-style rifle in Xiao Siming's hand sounded, and the squadron leader of the devil search squadron was hit in the head!

Three red flares take off into the air!

At the same time, the engineer platoon commander who was crawling beside Xiao Siming pressed the electric detonator fiercely!

Suddenly, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, a series of loud rumbling noises suddenly sounded on the Luokou Bridge, and the land at both ends of the bridge shook.

In the midst of the loud noise, the Luokou Railway Bridge was twisting, tearing, and cracking, and pieces of steel rose into the air and flew in the air.

The convoy of devils driving on the bridge, whether it was tanks, armored vehicles, or cars, were all thrown high by the shock wave formed by the fierce explosion, and then, after that, began to fall down from the air, towards the Yellow River, which was rolling under the bridge.

That scene is definitely a bungee jump that is very fashionable in later generations!

The most ridiculous thing is that the tank at the front of the Japanese convoy saw that the tank tracks were crushed on the land on the west bank of the Yellow River, and as a result, the bridge was suddenly blown up, and the tank lost support behind it, and slipped out of the Yellow River and fell into the Yellow River!

Just when the little devils on the east bank of the Yellow River were alarmed by the sound of the explosion, and they were stunned and petrified, the light and heavy firepower on the hidden position of the Eighth Route Army on the west bank of the Yellow River suddenly opened fire.

The four rapid-fire guns of the rapid-fire artillery company and the tank guns of the armored battalion were all aimed at the tanks, armored vehicles, and cars of the devil search team.

Immediately afterwards, the vehicle-mounted machine guns, light and heavy machine guns, and rifles rang out like bursting beans, and the bullets blew like the wind, and shuffled the Japanese search squadron that was preparing to get on the car in a rain of bullets.

Although the sound of guns and cannons to eliminate the devil search squadron was fierce, it was much weaker than the explosion of the Luokou Railway Bridge on the Yellow River, and it was drowned out.

The two flag soldiers of the devil search squadron temporarily looked back, only to find that the isolated and prominent small high ground where they had just stood on it and issued the flag was originally formed by the camouflage of a medium-sized tank of the Eighth Route Army.

When the explosion sounded, the light and heavy machine guns set up on the positions on the west bank of the Yellow River opened fire on the little devils who were seizing positions on the other side of the Yellow River.

The little devils on the east bank of the Yellow River were shocked by the sudden explosion of the bridge, and one by one they involuntarily straightened up, dumbfounded, stupid, and blankly, looking at the extremely shocking, spectacular, and strange picture in front of them, and no one noticed the machine gun bullets flying like a storm on the west bank of the Yellow River!

One by one, the little devils were bitten, pierced, and torn apart by machine gun bullets, and blood rained down!

This scene happened so suddenly, so weirdly, so incredible, that the old devils of the 21st Brigade of the 5th Division of the Japanese Army couldn't react.

Seeing the victorious chariots and armored vehicles falling towards the Yellow River in an instant, watching the cars full of Japanese Army soldiers falling towards the Yellow River, and watching the Luokou Railway Bridge, which was still good just now, being blown apart, the little devils on the east bank of the Yellow River were so shocked that even Amaterasu forgot to summon it!

When the explosions stopped, and only the sound of light and heavy machine guns echoed on both sides of the Yellow River, the devil soldiers noticed that the machine guns of the Eighth Route Army on the opposite bank were shooting at them, and one by one the ghosts cried wolf howls and hurriedly lay down.

The machine guns of the Eighth Route Army on the west bank of the river are still firing!

Not to mention, the Type 92 heavy machine gun produced by the Empire of Japan is good, with a long range and great power, because it is equipped with an optical sight, and it is particularly accurate!

Across the Yellow River, the machine gunners of the Eighth Route Army can fire, strafe, and fire as much as they want without thinking about safety, and the bullets chase the figure of the little devil on the other side of the river. In that scene, the hunter chased the prey!

After so many hardships, they have been hiding and waiting here for so long, and the cadres and fighters have long been holding back their energy and have nowhere to vent. Now that I have finally found the object of my vent, my anger is naturally like a volcanic eruption, and it is pouring on the unlucky little devil! (To be continued.) )