Chapter 41: Revenge (3)

Han Yunhua knew that it would be impossible to capture the Tiger Mountain Heights in a short period of time, so he ordered the New Second Regiment, the Fire Support Regiment, and the Artillery Regiment to besiege the Tiger Mountain Heights. The other troops immediately cleared the city of the remnants of the enemy and rushed to transport the captured supplies. At the same time, the 88th Regiment was ordered to completely annihilate the part of the puppet army that fled westward, and blow up most of the bridges in the Jining-Guisui section of the Pingsui Railway. The 99th Regiment and the New Fourth Regiment also received orders to quickly rush to transport captured materials, get rid of or repel the reinforcements from all walks of life, and be sure to return to the base area on 3 March.

Han Yunhua's side was in full swing, but the headquarters of the Guisui army stationed in Mongolia blew up, and five or six county towns were attacked overnight, hundreds of strongholds were destroyed, several important railways were seriously damaged, and two military trains were on track and one military train transporting supplies was bombed. There is no news from the county seat that was attacked, and there is an urgent military situation in the military town of Jining, tens of thousands of people of the Eighth Route Army are besieging Jining, and now they have entered the city, the life and death of the commander of the Jining garrison are unknown, and Yagi Kiyoichiro Shaozo led some of the remnants of the army to defend the Tiger Mountain Heights.

Lieutenant General Liannuma is really anxious now, if Jining is lost, he, the commander of the Mongolian army, will be the end. Since the outbreak of the Sino-Chinese War, no large and medium-sized city has been captured by the Chinese army, and if a military town like Jining is recaptured by the Chinese army, it will appear to be very passive both militarily and politically.

Lieutenant General Hasunuma promoted Yagi Seiichiro's military rank from Shaosa to Dazuo and served as the temporary commander of the Jining garrison, and at the same time ordered Yagi Seiichiro to be sure to defend Jining and wait for reinforcements. On the one hand, reinforcements were urgently sent from Guisui and Datong to rescue Jining.

The reinforcements on the Guisui side consisted of about 6,000 people from three infantry brigades, a cavalry wing, and a chariot brigade directly under the corps headquarters led by Major General Shi Benyin, chief of staff. In order to speed up the march, the reinforcements from the Guisui side were all in cars and horses.

The reinforcements on the Datong side were led by Lieutenant General Hou Guanchun, commander of the 26th Division, and had more than 8,000 people under the jurisdiction of the 26th Infantry Regiment Brigade Commander Infantry 12th Wing, Division Search Team, 26th Engineer Wing, and 26th Light and Heavy Infantry Wing. Due to the destruction of many sections of the Pingsui Railway, the reinforcements from Datong rushed to Jining on foot.

At eight o'clock in the morning of March 3, the reinforcements from Guisui finally arrived, but in addition to the more than 2,000 remnants of the puppet soldiers hiding on Tiger Mountain, the army was left with the destroyed city and various pillboxes. The Eighth Route Army that attacked Jining had already fled, and the angry Major General Shi Benyin split a pseudo-army commander into two pieces with a knife.

After the news reached Guisui, Lieutenant General Liannuma Fan was annoyed and breathed a long sigh of relief, no matter what, Jining was defended, as long as the city was there, the loss of a little material and equipment was nothing. At the same time, the headquarters of the army stationed in Mongolia received news that the front banner of the right wing of Chahar, the middle banner of the right wing of Chahar, the rear banner of the right wing of Chahar, Fengzhen, and the four county towns were captured, and all the soldiers defending the city were shattered, and the losses of war materials were extremely heavy.

Lieutenant General Hasunuma did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly reported what happened last night to the base camp and asked for operational guidance.

At 6 p.m. on 3 March, the new regiment returned to the Daqingshan base area as the last group of troops according to the predetermined plan, and the "revenge operation" was successfully concluded.

There was laughter and laughter in the war room of the Daqingshan base area, and after everyone was quiet for a while, Han Yunhua said loudly: "Comrades, after three days and three nights of marching and fighting, the 'Revenge Operation' has won a complete victory with major results. During the campaign, our Inner Mongolia Military Region dispatched seven infantry regiments, including the 88th Regiment, the 99th Regiment, the 1st Regiment, the 2nd Regiment, the 3rd Regiment, the 4th Regiment, and the 5th Regiment, and coordinated with about 33,000 troops including the 1st Cavalry Regiment, the 2nd Cavalry Regiment, the 3rd Cavalry Regiment, the 4th Cavalry Regiment, the 5th Cavalry Regiment, the Fire Support Regiment, the Artillery Regiment, and the Guard Battalion, to launch an all-out attack on hundreds of devil strongholds entrenched in the six counties around Jining and along the Pingsui Railway. This revenge action has dealt a heavy blow to the Devil's Garrison Corps, and at the same time, it has also avenged the innocent sacrifices of the common people. ”

After a round of applause, Shen Yuquan got up and said: "This battle is the first battle fought by our Inner Mongolia Military Region since its establishment, and it is for us to break through four county seats, eliminate more than 2,600 people, kill more than 1,000 puppet soldiers, and capture more than 1,290 puppet soldiers. They seized 8,777 38 large covers, 3,423 medium and formal rifles, 345 crooked handles, 333 Type 96 light machine guns, 97 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 134 mortars, 38 95 light tanks, 23 armored vehicles, 126 transport vehicles, 24 field heavy artillery, more than 2.8 million rounds of ammunition of various calibers, more than 20,000 shells, food, horses, radio stations, money, and other items that were incalculable. This battle not only played the prestige of our Inner Mongolia Military Region and avenged the tragic deaths of the villagers, but more importantly, it supported the 120th Division's anti-encirclement and suppression battle in the northwest of Shanxi Province and the Battle of Xuzhou organized by the Kuomintang political axe in Shandong. In the name of the Military Region, I will ask the Eighth Route Army Headquarters and Yan'an for everyone's credit. ”

After Shen Yuquan finished speaking, Han Yunhua continued: "The political commissar is not reporting good news or bad news this time, this time we have achieved major results, but we have also exposed some problems. First of all, there is the issue of combat capability; at present we have eight infantry regiments, five cavalry regiments, and two heavy firepower regiments, plus guard battalions, communications companies, reconnaissance battalions, special combat units, and county brigades and district squads, and we have a total of more than 40,000 regular troops in our entire military region, which seems to be very large. But comrades, I feel that the combat effectiveness is not as strong as it was in the previous three regiments. It's heart-wrenching to look at the ratio of casualties in each of our previous battles and devils, and then look at the number of casualties in our current battle. In this battle, we had a total of 1,456 killed, 2,322 seriously wounded, and even more lightly wounded, which was almost the same as the casualties of the devils. Why is that? The main reason is that the vast number of our commanders and fighters have developed a feeling of pride and complacency in their hearts, and they look down on the fighting power of devils in their hearts. In addition, the time for our troops to rapidly expand their training is very short, and some of our soldiers lack understanding of the new types of weapons, which is why they have caused such great losses. ”

All the regiment commanders and political commissars present were all bowed their heads by Han Yunhua, because each of them had a more or less proud and complacent mood, from the original new regiment to the current Inner Mongolia Military Region, they walked all the way under the leadership of Han Yunhua to step on the head of the army, and the flying devil soldiers in other battlefields were like chickens and dogs under Han Yunhua's hands, and in the thousands of square kilometers of land around Daqingshan, the 77th Brigade of Reading Force was an absolute strong dragon. Moreover, Han Yunhua's consistent style of "Lao Tzu fights the elite" has also caused a kind of arrogance in the entire army, and now that Han Yunhua has been promoted, more than 20 regiment-level military and political cadres can't help but feel a little afraid, but fortunately they discovered it early, and if they allow this abnormal mood to develop, the troops will definitely suffer a big loss.

Han Yunhua continued: "We have been going so well during this period of time, we have always fought a smooth battle, and we have never fought a death battle or a bitter battle, starting tomorrow when the regiment concentrates its forces to develop to the south, in order to fight for training, we must improve our combat effectiveness to the level of the original Mengji anti-Japanese detachment in the shortest possible time." Is there a problem? ”

"Nope!"

Han Yunhua said with satisfaction: "Very good, then now I will arrange the defense areas of each regiment." The 88th Regiment was stationed in Qianqi and Fengzhen, the 99th Regiment was stationed in Zhongqi, the New First Regiment was stationed in Zhangbei, the New Fourth Regiment was stationed in Houqi, the New Third Regiment attacked Shangdu and Huade on the first line, and the New Fifth Regiment was equipped with a battalion of the Fire Support Regiment and a battalion of the Artillery Regiment to form an eastward detachment to attack Huai'an, and Ye Baoguo served as the detachment leader. The New Second Regiment, the First Cavalry Regiment, the Second Cavalry Regiment, and the Fifth Cavalry Regiment were equipped with the Second Battalion of the Fire Support Regiment, the Second Battalion of the Artillery Regiment and the Feilong Special Operations Squadron to form a southward detachment to attack the first line of Tianzhen and Yanggao, with Shen Yuquan as the detachment leader. The 3rd Cavalry Regiment, the 4th Cavalry Regiment, and the Guard Battalion, together with the 3rd Battalion of the Fire Support Regiment and the "Cheetah" and "Eagle" squadrons, formed a westward detachment to accompany us to the southwest of Suiyuan. The three battalions of the New Sixth Regiment, the Reconnaissance Battalion, the Young Phoenix Special Operations Squadron, and the Artillery Regiment remained in the base area, and Yang Ruihua was responsible for all work in the base area. ”

As soon as Han Yunhua finished speaking, Shen Yuquan spoke: "Commander, the devil has just suffered a big loss in our hands, I'm afraid that the devil will send troops to retaliate, isn't it a bit too little to leave only one infantry regiment in the base area?" ”

Han Yunhua said with a smile: "After this big battle, I think that this old devil will not dare to be malicious to my base in a short period of time, and before it is effectively replenished, Liannuma will definitely shrink his forces to prevent us from attacking, and even give up a few less important county seats." We just used this time to disturb this group of little devils a little bit, so that we could train the troops, and wait for the Mongolian Corps to be replenished, and then give him a ruthless blow. Old Shen, don't worry, no commander dares to ignore an elite army of tens of thousands of people, and before we have a thorough understanding of our strength, neither Terauchi Shouichi nor Hasumuma will dare to provoke us. ”

"Hehe, Yunhua is still thoughtful. I will report the success to the head of the headquarters, and by the way, report our battle plan to the head of the headquarters. Shen Yuquan said.

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