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In order to encircle and annihilate the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army in the narrow area east of the canal and west of the Yellow River in the Luxi Plain, Terauchi Shouichi urgently ordered the Japanese troops guarding the pontoon bridge at Zhaizhuang Ferry in Pingyin County to dismantle the pontoon bridge or blow up the pontoon bridge!

It's a pity it's late!

Just when the eastward advance detachment attacked the two brigades of the Japanese Fifth Division's Supplementary Brigade and the Baggage Wing that remained on the east bank of the canal, Huang Hua, deputy commander of the eastward advance detachment of the Eighth Route Army, led three infantry companies escorting the baggage battalion and supplies of the new regiment to the Zhaizhuang ferry in Pingyin County, south of Jinan.

When the 16th Division of the Japanese Army returned to North China to participate in the siege of Dezhou, the smuggling place was at Zhaizhuang Ferry. At that time, the engineer wing of the 16th Division erected three pontoon bridges at Zhaizhuang Ferry, and transported the 16th Division of more than 20,000 people across the Yellow River.

The pontoon bridge built by the 16th Division at Zhaizhuang Ferry was not dismantled. The reason is very simple, the Ziya River Bridge of the Tianjin-Pudong Railway has not yet been repaired and opened to traffic, the repair project of the Luokou Bridge has just begun, and the 16th Division needs to get supplies from Jinan and Tai'an through the pontoon bridge. After the 16th Division and the 5th Division captured Dezhou and could get supplies from Tianjin by road and water transportation, Shimoda Muroli, Minister of Railways of the North China Front, took a fancy to these three pontoon bridges to communicate the traffic on both sides of the Yellow River, temporarily replace the bombed Luokou Bridge, make up for the lack of Luokou ferry capacity, and the pontoon bridges will not be dismantled.

Since the pontoon bridge has become an important communication channel between the two sides of the Yellow River in Shandong, the 16th Engineer Wing of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army has left an engineering squadron dedicated to building bridges to garrison here.

The Japanese army's engineer wing, which belongs to professional technical units, is also a small wing. The formation is the same as that of the cavalry wing, there is no brigade, and the wing directly commands the squadron.

Generally speaking, there are 8oo to 1ooo people in the independent engineer wing, and the engineering wing belonging to each division and regiment has a strength of about 7oo people. Among them, the engineer wing of the horse pulling division has a full strength of 672 people, equipped with 99 pack horses; The engineer wing of the packhorse division has a full strength of 719 people, equipped with about 15o pack horses.

The difference between the Japanese army's horse division and the pack horse division is the artillery wing equipped.

The artillery wings of the horse pulling division are all field artillery wings, and the artillery is mainly field artillery, and the mode of transportation is mainly towed by war horses, that is, horses are used to walk.

The artillery wing of the packhorse division is mainly mountain artillery, and it is generally three mountain artillery brigades and one field artillery brigade. Mountain artillery is lighter than field artillery and can be disassembled and transported on pack horses, which is more suitable for mountain warfare.

The Horse Wing Division belongs to the heavy equipment division of the Japanese army, and the strength of each four-unit division is about 25ooo people; The pack horse division belongs to the light equipment division of the Japanese army, and the strength is more than that of the horse pulling division, with a full strength of about 285oo people.

Before the Lugou Bridge Incident, among the four permanent divisions of the Japanese army, there were only the 11th and 19th pack horse divisions, and the rest of the divisions were all horse pulling divisions.

The 16th Division belongs to the Bangma Division, and its 16th Engineer Wing has only 672 men and three squadrons, but the strength of these three squadrons is uneven. The squadron responsible for building fortifications, clearing mines, and discharging poison gas on the battlefield had the largest number of troops, reaching 286 men and 19 horses. The squadrons responsible for transporting troops by ship and the squadrons specialized in bridging were a little less troopous, but equipped with vehicles for transporting bridging equipment and small motorboats.

The bridge left behind on the Zhaizhuang Ferry of the Yellow River was the bridge-building squadron of the 16th Engineer Wing of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army. The strength is the same as that of an infantry squadron, and it is equipped with a car that transports equipment for building pontoon bridges.

As a result of the task of staying behind to guard the pontoon bridge, the armament of this engineer squadron has been strengthened, and it is no longer the usual situation where there are more people and fewer guns, and basically everyone has weapons.

The three squads of the Devil Engineer Squadron were deployed on the east and west banks of the Yellow River at both ends of the pontoon bridge to control the ferry. Among them, one squad was stationed on the west bank, and the other two squadrons were deployed at the Zhaizhuang ferry on the east bank of the Yellow River.

For such an important pontoon bridge, the Japanese army only sent an engineer squadron to garrison it, which is a bit of a child's play. However, this area has long been occupied by the Japanese army, and the county towns of Pingyin, Dong'e, and Feicheng on the east bank of the Yellow River are all stationed with Japanese puppet troops, and after the Japanese 16th Division swept across the west bank of the river, the troops of the 21st Division of the Japanese Army followed and stationed in Zha, and the county towns have been occupied by the Japanese army. In this case, it is normal for the Japanese army to station an engineering squadron at the crossing of the Yellow River.

After Huang Hua led the three companies, the recruit regiment, and most of the baggage battalion from Dongkou to cross the river, they began to move covertly to the Lunan area. On the way, he received an urgent telegram from Xiao Siming, ordering Huo Cheng to lead the recruit company, most of the baggage battalion and the front team transporting materials to continue to advance towards the Lunan Mountains, and ordered Huang Hua to lead three main companies to rush to Zhaizhuang Ferry in Pingyin County, occupy the ferry, and take the main force to cross the river and march eastward!

This was a decisive measure taken by Xiao Siming after receiving a report from the reconnaissance battalion confirming that the pontoon bridge erected by the 16th Division of the Japanese Army at Zhaizhuang Ferry still existed, almost two days earlier than Terauchi Shou's order to dismantle or blow up the pontoon bridge!

Two days is enough for the three main companies led by Huang Hua to rush to Zhaizhuang Ferry!

At this time, the sunset is sprinkled on the rushing Yellow River, mottled and scattered, and it is full of color.

Huang Hua took the company commanders and instructors of three companies to lurk in a trench about a mile away from Zhaizhuang Ferry, holding binoculars and quietly observing the situation at the ferry.

While they were observing, a Japanese patrol approached from a distance.

Huang Hua put away the binoculars and whispered an order to hide.

Several company commanders and instructors were all from the old Red Army, and they were naturally good at doing this kind of close observation and camouflage and concealment, so they immediately shrank back and hid in the dense grass and branches.

A devil Cao Chang led four devil soldiers, carrying plaster flags on their bayonets, walked all the way from the Yellow River, turned to Huanghua and their hidden trenches, and actually stopped, unbuttoned their pants one by one, and peed!

At this moment, as long as Huang Hua and them move their second thumbs, these little devils will have to go to the west. It's a pity that you can't fight at this time!

After the devil patrol left, Huang Hua and the others began to observe again.

Unlike other types of troops, engineers are the best at earthwork. The Japanese troops who stayed at the Zhaizhuang ferry, although they were the bridge-building squadron of the engineer wing of the Fifth Division, that is, the boat-bridge unit often called, were after all sappers and were the best at fortifications, and they actually built circular fortifications at the crossing of the Yellow River and completely controlled the ferry.

Although this place has long been controlled by the Japanese army, the little devil has not relaxed his vigilance at all. Huang Hua could see clearly in the telescope, there was a squad of devils guarding the ring fortifications, with grenadiers and machine guns all set up, and they could fire and counterattack at any time!

After careful observation, the enemy situation became clear, the devils guarding the Zhaizhuang ferry were a squadron headquarters and two squads, and the other team, deployed on the ferry on the other side of the river, also built strong ring fortifications.

The Japanese troops on both sides of the strait can quickly reinforce each other through pontoon bridges.

Due to the fact that it was an engineer unit and was stationed in the rear, the Japanese troops at the Zhaizhuang ferry were not equipped with infantry guns, but reinforced with heavy machine guns. Through the binoculars, it can be clearly seen that there are two Type 92 heavy machine guns on the Japanese position. Needless to say, there must have been a heavy machine gun reinforced on the devil's position on the other side of the river.

The Japanese troops on the other side don't have to worry about Huang Hua, Wang Quanyou's reconnaissance battalion must have all rushed to the other side of the river at this time, and they can do it at any time!

The reconnaissance battalion is the eyes of the eastward advance detachment, with many veterans, many backbones, good equipment, and high combat quality, and is the absolute elite unit of the eastward advance detachment. Although the whole battalion actually had only one company of troops, in the event of a surprise attack, there would be no problem in dealing with a Japanese squad!

After the enemy situation was clearly observed, Huang Hua quietly withdrew with the company commanders and instructors of the three companies and returned to the hidden assembly point of the troops.

Huang Hua, who has experienced a hundred battles, knows that the key to this battle lies in timing, and it is best to do it while the Japanese army is having dinner, so as to avoid heavy casualties and avoid a strong attack!

Huang Hua immediately ordered the radio to turn on, contacted the reconnaissance battalion commander Wang Quanyou, and ordered him to attack while the Japanese army was having dinner, and the battle was decided, and the Japanese army squad was annihilated in one fell swoop!

The reconnaissance battalion arrived earlier than Huang Hua and them, and the enemy situation was already familiar. Huang Hua's idea coincides with Wang Quanyou's idea!

The sunset gradually subsided, and the Japanese troops at the ferry finally began to eat dinner.

The vigilance of the Japanese army is indeed high, one team eats, and the other team still holds its position. It looks like it's a rotational meal!

In this way, Huang Hua's idea of attacking while the Japanese army was opening up for dinner would be problematic. Two Japanese squads guarded the ring fortifications, and were equipped with two heavy machine guns, and the three companies led by Huang Hua were not necessarily able to attack although they had an advantage in strength and equipment. At the very least, it will leave the Japanese army with the opportunity to report to their superiors. In that case, when the main force of the eastward advance detachment arrives at the ferry after the battle of the canal, it may run into Japanese reinforcements from Pingyin, Dong'e, and even Jinan and Tai'an, and the problem will be very serious!

Suppose that when the main force of the eastward advance detachment rushed to the ferry and crossed the pontoon bridge, it was violently attacked by Japanese reinforcements, that is, the standard half-crossing attack, and the losses would definitely be immeasurable!

Huang Hua immediately made a decision, and immediately ordered the radio station to report to Wang Quanyou, terminate the operation, and attack again at about 1 o'clock in the night!

The fighter appeared around 1o o'clock in the evening.

The Japanese troops may have received an order to dismantle the pontoon bridge, but the terrible and sharp whistle suddenly sounded, and the searchlights illuminated the pontoon bridge and the river.

It may be that there is a shortage of manpower, and the Japanese troops on duty in the ring fortifications were also called to participate in the demolition of the pontoon bridge, and only one detachment of little devils was left on the position.

The devils on the east bank of the Yellow River ran to the pontoon bridge, and the little devils on the west bank of the Yellow River also ran to the pontoon bridge!

This kind of fighter, if you miss it again, Huang Hua will not be an experienced veteran Red Army general!

The three main companies came out of the concealed assembly point and, under the cover of night, pounced on the ring fortifications set up by the Japanese at the eastern end of the pontoon bridge!

The little devils on the battlefield were also attracted by the devils who went to dismantle the pontoon bridge, and their eyes all looked at the pontoon bridge. By the time they were moving, the three main companies led by Huang Hua had already touched 2oo meters of the Japanese ring fortifications!

This distance is the best range for machine guns and rifles for all units of the eastward advance detachment equipped with Japanese equipment!

"Giggles", "Giggles", the crisp cry of the Type 96 light machine gun sounded, the light machine guns of the three main companies all opened fire, and the bullets swept towards the annular fortifications of the Japanese army, suppressing the Japanese firepower and covering the infantry charge!

The distance of 2oo meters is an absolute blink of an eye for strong warriors!

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