Chapter 173: A Thunder on the Ground
Paper can't keep the fire after all!
Just when the advance brigade organized the villagers to rush to transport arms and supplies, the devils at Wuqiao Station, who were suspicious because the military train had been delayed for too long, finally inquired about Dongguang Station and Cangxian Station. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
With this inquiry, the little devil quickly figured out that the military train was stranded in the area of the Liancheng Railway Station at the junction of Dongguang and Wuqiao.
The little devils in Dongguang County and Wuqiao County immediately called Lianzhen Station to inquire, but the phone was not available!
Xiao Siming originally arranged for Zhao Changshou, a Japanese instructor and special commissioner of the arsenal of the advance brigade who pretended to be the head of the devil's station, to be responsible for answering the calls of the Japanese army, and then thought that the stationmaster of the devil at Dongguang Station and Wuqiao Station and the stationmaster of the devil at Lianzhen Station must be acquaintances, Zhao Changshou opened his mouth, and the little devil could see through the authenticity, there was no need to continue to disguise, it was better to cut off the phone directly and let the little devil think about it. Anyway, I can't hide this at all!
The phone could not be reached, and the stationmaster of Wuqiao Railway Station and Dongguang County Railway Station both panicked and reported to the garrison, which in turn immediately reported to the Japanese army headquarters in Cangxian. Now, it's a hornet's nest!
Since the Japanese army captured Jinan, the northern section of Jinpu Road from Tianjin to Jinan is safe, and military trains, buses, and trucks are running safely, and there have been no major accidents!
Not only Jinpu Road, but also the Jiaoji Railway from Qingdao to Jinan is also safe to operate and rarely has accidents.
Defending the section from Cangxian to Wuqiao was a brigade of the 8th Infantry Brigade of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army.
After receiving the report from the railway stations and garrisons in Dongguang County and Wuqiao County, the captain of the Devil's Brigade learned that the Naizuka Stone Squad stationed in Liancheng had lost contact with each other, that one company of the garrison had lost contact, and that all three military trains were stranded at the Liancheng Railway Station.
Zhang Guoji was originally the leader of the militia in Dongguang, and when the Japanese army attacked south along the Jinpu Road, the local authorities in Dongguang and Wuqiao retreated with the troops.
The reason why the captain of the devil brigade first suspected that Zhang Guoji did it was because the situation in the Hebei-Shandong border area is extremely complicated. Although the regular Chinese army withdrew from the North China Plain and the northern and western regions of Shandong, the Japanese army did occupy many county towns in these areas when they moved south along the Jinpu Road to capture Jinan. However, at this time, the Japanese army was in a strategic offensive situation, the battle line was too long, and the main force of the North China Front was fighting in Shanxi, and few Japanese troops were stationed in the central Hebei Plain, the southern Hebei Plain, the northwest of Shandong, and the Hebei-Shandong border areas. Since then, the armed forces behind enemy lines operating in the Jilu border region have taken advantage of the situation to launch an attack on the puppet regime and regain the lost territory.
The 31st detachment led by our party captured the county seat of Yanshan in January, forcing more than 100 Japanese troops and 500 puppet troops stationed in Yanshan to flee back to Cangxian. Subsequently, the puppet army "Puppet Manchurian Autonomous Allied Army" advanced division independent brigade Liu Fangting department in Cangxian County attacked Yanshan, and the 31st detachment fought fiercely with the puppet army for eight days and eight nights, wounded Liu Fangting, and repelled the puppet army. It is a pity that Liu Yanchen, the leader of the Yanshan local militia group, took advantage of the fire to rob and even confiscated the guns of the 31st detachment of the special service regiment, and proposed to exchange the guns for the city, forcing the 31st detachment, which consumed a lot of ammunition, to give up Yanshan City.
The 31st detachment that evacuated Yanshan County captured Wudi County in February, and evacuated Wudi County in March and captured Leling County, which was occupied by Zhang Ziliang, a miscellaneous armed force.
The 31st detachment fought well, and Liu Jingliang, who was appointed by Qin Qirong, the commander-in-chief of the Kuomintang guerrillas in North China, as the commander of the first guerrilla route in North China and the supervisor of the Fuxing Society in North China, was defeated and fought repeatedly, united with the landlord forces in northern Lubei, formed a team, captured Lijin, Binxian, Potai, Yangxin and Huimin, and captured Yin Zhang Yipu of the puppet Wuding Dao.
Liu Jingliang, who had a great momentum, appointed eight brigade commanders, three regiment commanders directly under him, and county magistrates and security regiment commanders of 19 counties in one fell swoop.
For this reason, the captain of the Japanese army stationed in Cangxian County first thought that Zhang Guoji's troops would destroy the railways and communication lines, and he did not expect the elite troops of the Eighth Route Army to arrive on the Jinpu Road.
Because of the misjudgment of the enemy's situation, the captain of the Japanese army also made a bad move, ordering the captain of the Japanese squadron living in Dongguang County to lead two squads and two companies of the puppet army to quickly rush to Lianzhen, find out the situation, and cooperate with the Nazukashi squad stationed in Lianzhen to eliminate or defeat Zhang Guoji's department that destroyed the railway; Ordered the Japanese army in Wuqiao to dispatch a small team to respond to the actions of the Japanese army in Dongguang.
In order to strengthen the firepower, the commander of the Japanese army specially ordered the armored patrol cars at the Cangxian station to be dispatched to cover the combat operations of the Japanese troops stationed in Dongguang County.
Zhang Guoji's thousands of people, the captain of the Japanese army actually thought that with the strength of three squads, supplemented by two companies of puppet troops, with an armored car, he would wipe out or defeat Zhang Guoji's troops who might destroy the Lianzhenzhen Railway, which was really arrogant!
However, this also shows the combat effectiveness of the miscellaneous armed forces in the minds of the Japanese army!
The result can be imagined, from Dongguang County and Wuqiao County dispatched two Japanese puppet troops, hit Xiao Siming's muzzle, this battle has no technical content at all, the advance brigade is so strong firepower, and it is an ambush to wait for work, our army has no casualties, but the Japanese puppet army has no life, and no one even ran back to report the news!
Xiao Siming wholeheartedly fought an ambush in Lianzhen and expanded the results of the battle, waiting left and right to see the little devil serving the food, he finally saw the lights of the armored patrol car, shook his spirits, and prepared to fight, but he didn't expect the little devil to be so unrighteous, and only sent such a small number of troops, which was not enough to stuff his teeth!
Xiao Siming was angry at that time and scolded the little devil for slamming the door, and the three military trains were paralyzed here, couldn't he catch the two fully staffed squadrons of the little devil? Isn't it logical!
Xiao Siming scolded, and Hu Qingyun, the chief of staff who followed him to command the battle, scolded even more ugly, saying that the little devil dog looked down on people, and regarded the eastward advance brigade of the 115th Division of the Eighth Route Army as a miscellaneous army, and only sent three infantry squads and two companies of puppet troops, which is a pastime for the masters!
After scolding, Hu Qingyun muttered to Xiao Siming again, it is better to take advantage of the situation to go directly to Dongguang County, at this time, the Japanese puppet army in the city will inevitably be empty, and one will be accurate!
Xiao Siming was unmoved, and once again criticized Hu Qingyun, saying that the most important task of the advance brigade at the moment was to rush to Leling to join the 31st team, not to seize Dongguang County and Wuqiao County! If you don't eat the bun in the basket, what are you panicking about?
After all, this small battle really made Xiao Siming see through the reality of the Japanese army on the Jinpu Road, and it was really extremely empty, and it was broken in one bucket!
After the Japanese army captain in Cangxian County sent his troops, he stayed at the headquarters and waited for news, but as a result, he did not wait for the news he wanted until midnight.
The captain of the devil brigade was alert and did not dare to move blindly, so he immediately made a report to the 40th Wing headquarters living in Dexian County through the radio, requesting urgent tactical guidance.
The captain of the devil brigade also cleverly reported that it was suspected that Zhang Guoji, a miscellaneous armed force entrenched at the junction of Dongguang and Wuqiao, did it. Because only Zhang Guoji is the strongest in this area!
Three military trains, pulling the much-needed supplies of the Seya detachment, and more than 1,000 reinforcements, are now out of touch! The Japanese troops, including the three squads dispatched from Dongguang County and Wuqiao County, and the puppet army of two companies have also lost news, what does this mean?
The commander of the 40th Wing of the Japanese Army, Yoshio Nagano, was not stupid, and naturally knew that there was only one possibility, that is, the military columns and defenders, including the reinforcements, were all attacked by the Chinese army, and the railway was damaged and paralyzed; The military column has been robbed, and the supplies must be gone; As for the three squads and two companies of garrisons sent out from Dongguang and Wuqiao to reinforce Lianzhen, needless to say, they were all killed!
The only thing Yoshio Nagano can't figure out is, who did this?
The three infantry squads are a squadron, the 10th Division is a permanent division, and since the 40th Wing went on the battlefield of aggression against China, it has basically suffered major setbacks and very low battle losses, and the soldiers are all well-trained veterans with very high tactical quality. Not to mention that it is an ordinary miscellaneous army, that is, if it encounters the regular army of the Chinese army, if it is fought in vain, Yoshio Nagano believes that his squadron will be a complete victory against a battalion of the Chinese army; Against the previous regiment, it should also be able to defeat the Chinese army. Now, a squadron has quietly lost contact, and this matter is by no means Zhang Guoji's doing, as judged by that stupid captain. Zhang Guoji doesn't have that guts, if he had that guts, Jinpu Road would have been interrupted many times!
Could it be that the Chinese army in Taierzhuang sent division-sized or army-sized troops back to the Jilu border?
It's possible!
Yoshio Nagano didn't dare to slack off, and immediately made a report to the brigade headquarters and division headquarters, requesting urgent tactical guidance!
The loss of three infantry squads on the Jinpu Road in the rear has already shocked the little devils, the key is that there are too many supplies pulled up by the three military trains, one of which also carries eight tanks and four armored vehicles, that is the equipment of two tank squadrons and one armored car squadron, in case it falls into the hands of the Chinese army, what does it mean? What was particularly important was that more than 1,000 reinforcements were pulled on a military train, which had just been transferred from the mainland and were directly transported by car to the Taierzhuang front line to replenish the Segu detachment after landing at Tanggu Port. If all these more than 1,000 reinforcements are shattered, the loss will be too great!
Whether it is the captain of the devil's brigade or the wing commander, including the brigade commander and the division commander, they all know that although the number of more than 1,000 additional soldiers is quite large, they are all bare-handed, and they have no weapons and equipment, and they will receive weapons and ammunition after arriving at the destination and distribute them to various units of the Seya detachment. In other words, if the Chinese army learns the information and attacks this military train, these more than 1,000 additional soldiers will all be lambs to the slaughter, and there is only one way out!
At this time, the regimental headquarters of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army and the military headquarters of the Second Army all knew that something was wrong!
A thunderclap on the ground woke up the arrogant little devil! (To be continued.) )