Chapter 857: Formation of the Tiger Company

The 1st Division of the Japanese Army can be described as a strong soldier, and the 1st Division also strengthened the 7th Wing of the Independent Field Heavy Artillery Wing, and the 1st Brigade was the vanguard of the 1st Division.

THE MOUNTAIN ARTILLERY WING OF THE 1ST DIVISION HAS 36 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS AND 12 75MM FIELD GUNS, WITH A TOTAL OF 48 GUNS.

With the order of Abe Norihide, these forty-eight artillery pieces began to cover Yangbai Township.

One after another, the cannonballs hit Yangbai Township, but in an instant, Yangbai Township became a sea of fire.

The sound of the cannon was deafening, and it could be heard even from a distance, and the black smoke began to rise into the air, and Yangbai Township instantly became a hell on earth.

Wolf Mountain, the headquarters of the Unknown Regiment.

The head of the group, Fang Chaoqun, was holding the microphone at this time, he was on the phone, he looked in the direction of Yangbai Township through the observation hole, and saw the black smoke, Fang Chaoqun's brows furrowed tightly.

"Division commander, we can hold our position, and this area of Yangbai Township will not fall into the hands of the little devil unless all our nameless regiments are killed." Fang Chaoqun clenched his left hand into a fist, and he swore that he said.

The call was made by Sun Weiguo, even if the commander of the Unknown Regiment was replaced, even if Sun Weiguo had trust in the Unknown Regiment, Sun Weiguo was still a little worried in his heart.

If there is a mistake in the anonymous regiment here, it will affect not only the Honorary Second Division, but also the 120th Division and the troops of the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region may be implicated.

Sun Weiguo didn't allow any mistakes, and he called Fang Chaoqun again to ask.

"Okay, Captain Fang, report to the division headquarters at any time if you have any situation." Sun Weiguo explained again, and he hung up the phone.

Fang Chaoqun put the microphone away, he looked towards the map, and a solemn expression appeared on his face.

Chief of Staff Zhu Jianwei and Deputy Regiment Commander Zheng Guan Zilin stood beside Fang Chaoqun, and the two of them looked at Fang Chaoqun, they knew what Fang Chaoqun was worried about.

"Regiment commander, the pressure on the ninth battalion is too great, now a wing is attacking Yangbai Township, and according to the current situation, the Japanese artillery should have a wing, and a large number of Japanese troops are going from Yuanping County to Yangbai Township, if the ninth battalion is surrounded by the Japanese army, I am afraid they will be wiped out."

Chief of Staff Zhu Jianwei stood beside the regiment commander Fang Chaoqun, and he said with a worried face.

The Japanese troops launched a fierce attack on Yangbai Township, and the pressure on the 9th Battalion can be imagined, and the Japanese troops still have no intention of making a detour so far, which further increases the pressure on the 9th Battalion.

As the troops of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army continued to go to Yangbai Township, the 9th Battalion troops would be wiped out sooner or later.

Fang Chaoqun was naturally able to see this, but now Fang Chaoqun had no way to mobilize the main force of the unknown regiment to fight a decisive battle with the Japanese troops.

If Fang Chaoqun dispatched the main force of the Unknown Regiment to Yangbai Township, then the Unknown Regiment would automatically abandon the two natural defensive barriers of Black Stone Ridge and Wolf Mountain.

"We want to transfer a unit to support the ninth battalion in the operation, deputy commander, you lead a county brigade that cooperates with us in the operation, supplement the fourth battalion, and set off with the armored platoon directly under the regimental headquarters, and you take these troops to find the Japanese artillery positions, and strive to destroy the Japanese artillery positions, so that you can also contain a part of the Japanese army. Chief of Staff, you immediately contact Long Zhengze, the acting commander of the 9th Battalion, and tell him that you must hold on to Yangbai Township no matter what, as long as the Japanese army cannot conquer it for a long time, they will inevitably bypass Yangbai Township. ”

Fang Chaoqun looked at the map and hesitated for a while, and he immediately gave orders to the deputy head of the regiment, Zheng Guan Zilin, and the chief of staff, Zhu Jianwei.

"Yes, Captain!" Zheng Guan Zilin and Zhu Jianwei immediately saluted Fang Chaoqun and said.

The troops of the Unknown Regiment began to prepare for action, and in the face of the attack of the Japanese First Division, the Unknown Regiment had no fear.

They have achieved that they will not retreat if they advance, and they will not go according to the rules.

And on Wutai Mountain, Wutai County, the regimental headquarters of the Sixth Regiment of honor.

THE HONORARY SIXTH REGIMENT IS AN ARTILLERY REGIMENT, AND AT PRESENT THE ARTILLERY REGIMENT HAS 48 75MM MOUNTAIN GUNS AND FOUR 105MM FIELD GUNS, AND THESE 52 GUNS HAVE ESTABLISHED ARTILLERY POSITIONS IN WUTAI MOUNTAIN.

Wutai Mountain is a famous Buddhist mountain, and the monks in the temple on the mountain knew that the little devil was coming, and the temple host formed an escort team of more than 50 warrior monks and handed it over to the head of the regiment, Liang Zerui, to command.

At this time, Liang Zerui was talking to a man, this man's name is Huang Yongsheng, he is from Hebei Province.

After Liang Zerui came to Wutai Mountain with the artillery of the Honorary Sixth Regiment, Huang Yongsheng found Liang Zerui, and Huang Yongsheng hoped to join the Honorary Second Division.

Huang Yongsheng has been learning Hongquan since he was a child, and after the little devil came, Huang Yongsheng took his brothers to resist, and later directly pulled up the anti-Japanese troops.

However, as the Japanese army in North China intensified its sweep of the resistance forces, Huang Yongsheng and his troops were attacked, and he realized that only by joining the troops of the Eighth Route Army could he eliminate more devil soldiers.

This time, Liang Zerui's artillery regiment came to Wutai Mountain, and Huang Yongsheng happened to be here, so he found Liang Zerui, hoping to join the honorary second division.

The Honorary Sixth Regiment is an artillery regiment, and Liang Zerui naturally supports Huang Yongsheng's idea of joining the Honorary Second Division.

After the two of them discussed, Huang Yongsheng's troops and the Wutai Mountain warrior monks formed an escort team to form the Tiger Company, with Huang Yongsheng as the company commander, and the Tiger Company was temporarily directly under the regimental headquarters of the Honorary Sixth Regiment.

The Honorary Sixth Regiment is an artillery regiment, and in order to strengthen the safety of artillery, each artillery battalion will have a special machine gun company responsible for guarding.

Now that there is one more Tiger Company, Liang Zerui does not have to worry about the safety of the artillery position.

It's just that Liang Zerui didn't know that the Tiger Company he inadvertently established became a sharp knife of the Honorary Second Division in the future, and it was an elite unit that made the little devils fearful.

At 3 p.m. on September 20, the 49th Wing of the 1st Brigade of the Japanese Army began to launch a fierce attack on Yangbai Township.

The 49th Wing invested two infantry brigades at one time, and more than 2,000 devil soldiers stormed Yangbai Township with the support of artillery and light and heavy machine guns.

At 3:40, the 1st Squadron of the 1st Brigade of the 49th Wing of the Japanese Army broke into Yangbai Township, but the 1st Squadron was fiercely counterattacked by the 9th Battalion after entering Yangbai Township.

More than 100 devil soldiers were killed, and more than 60 people were killed, and the remaining devil soldiers withdrew from Yangbai Township in an extremely embarrassed manner.

At 3:50, after paying more than 300 casualties, the 49th Wing of the Japanese Army had to temporarily stop the attack.

The Japanese Mountain Artillery Wing once again shelled Yangbai Township, and the commander of the 1st Brigade, Major General Abe Norihide, was on the front line to direct the operation.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, as the vanguard of the 1st Division of the Japanese Army, the 1st Brigade, the Mountain Artillery Wing, and the Tank Squadron all entered Wutai County.

These Japanese troops surrounded Yangbai Township, and 48 artillery pieces and four bombers began to bombard Yangbai Township, and they tried in vain to destroy the 9th Battalion troops stationed in Yangbai Township.