Chapter 869: The Battle of Lunan (2)

On the night of October 8, the whole land of Shandong was full of gunfire, and it was very lively.

After Hong Chaoyuan commanded the Fifth Brigade and the New Fifth Brigade to seize Xin'an Town on the night of October 6, because the Japanese army was afraid that the reinforcements would be annihilated at night and did not take the bait, Hong Chaoyuan took advantage of the situation to command the Fifth Brigade to launch an attack in the direction of Haizhou in the east, and fought all the way to Baitabu Town. Hu Xuerong commanded the New Fifth Brigade to launch an attack in the direction of Pixian, crossed the Yi River, and fought all the way to Gunche Town. The two main brigades swept away the small strongholds of the Japanese puppet army on the Longhai line between the town of Gunche and the town of Baitabu......

On the morning of 7 October, the Japanese army dispatched fighter planes to search and reconnoiter in the vicinity of Xin'an Town on Longhai Road, bombing indiscriminately, and Hong Chaoyuan had to order the troops to evacuate and hide and pay attention to air defense. It was not until the evening of October 7 that the troops of the instructor launched attacks in Shandong one after another, and the commander of the Japanese North China Front, Tada Jun, determined that the target of the Eighth Route Army's attack was to reoccupy Jinan, and strictly ordered the Ninth Division to advance east and west to regain Xin'an Town, and on October 8, a large number of planes were dispatched to provide air cover for the Ninth Division between Haizhou and Pixian.

The purpose of capturing Xin'an Town was to cut off the Longhai Road, attract the attention of the Japanese army to the Longhai Road, and cover the main force to encircle and annihilate the main force of the 10th Division of the Japanese Army. At the same time, it also deterred the 9th Division from taking reinforcements to Lunan. This goal has basically been achieved, and the Ninth Division is very cautious because the main force of the 36th Wing and the puppet army Tian Liusuo have been annihilated, and they are very cautious in their offensive actions under the cover of aircraft. Hong Chaoyuan, who had insight into the battlefield situation, took advantage of the two nights of October 6 and October 7 to organize troops and support the front team to clean up the railway on the section from Baitabu Town in the east to Guncar Town in the west, transport the Japanese ammunition and baggage in Xin'an Town, and fill in all the blockade ditches of the Japanese puppet army, and then ordered the main force to withdraw from the battlefield on the Longhai Line. Hong Chaoyuan commanded the main force of the Fifth Brigade to turn to the east of Malingshan and between Tancheng and the East China Sea to hide and wait, and Hu Xuerong commanded the New Fifth Brigade to return to the defense line of Malingshan, leaving only a small unit to lay mine arrays and electric explosives on roads and railways to stop the sluggish devils.

By the time it was almost dark on October 8, the eastern and western divisions of the Japanese Ninth Division had finally joined forces in Xin'an Town. The cavalry battalion of the Fifth Brigade of the Eighth Route Army set off a burst of loud fireworks for the Japanese army's division, and sent a solid congratulatory gift to the Ninth Division's eastern and western little devil divisions with electric explosives, anti-tank mines, and anti-infantry mines.

The commander of the Ninth Division, Kiguchi Jiichiro, was dizzy by the congratulatory gift of the Eighth Route Army, and sent a direct telegram to Tada Jun, commander of the North China Front, demanding that reinforcements be sent immediately and that the Longhai Road be repaired.

As soon as Tadajun's construction began, the rails and sleepers of the Xiude Stone Road he prepared had a new purpose. Longhai Road is much more important than Deshi Road, he has to repair it if he doesn't repair it, and the Japanese cabinet and base camp will urge him to restore Longhai Road to traffic as soon as possible.

Hong Chaoyuan and Hu Xuerong led their troops to hide and wait, and the southeastern Lu detachment led by Wang Nanhu, between Ganyu and the East China Sea, was ready to do it again.

This time, Wang Nanhu used the eastern section of Longhai Road as a training ground, and pulled up the Rizhao Garrison Regiment, the Maritime Garrison, and the Yishui, Juxian, Zhucheng, and Wulian Garrison Regiments that he could mobilize. As soon as the Fifth Brigade withdrew from the battlefield and waited for hiding, Wang Dahu waved the three main regiments of the southeastern Lu detachment and these garrison regiments to pounce. Wang Dahu said very clearly to the commanders of each regiment: "Don't be afraid of the little devils chasing you, there are elite Jiao 5 Brigade behind you, just lead the devils to the back, the artillery regiment of the 5 Jiao 5 Brigade has enough artillery shells, wait for the little devils to drink a pot."

The Rizhao Garrison Regiment, the Yishui Garrison Regiment, the Juxian Garrison Regiment, the Zhucheng Garrison Regiment, the Wulian Garrison Regiment, and the Maritime Garrison are all newly established local garrison units, and the number is not large, each regiment is basically more than 1,500 people, and the weapons and equipment are all domestically made weapons eliminated by instructors. These garrison regiments have not been on the battlefield since they were established, and those new soldiers are so anxious that their hands are itching.

Wang Nanhu was a veteran of the Red Army who had fought a hundred battles and knew how to train the newly formed troops. He mixed the three main regiments of the southeastern Lunan detachment with these six newly formed garrison regiments, and asked the old troops to take the new troops to attack and harass the devils.

The eastern section of Longhai Road is even more lively, with gunshots and shouts everywhere. The frightened Ninth Division couldn't figure out whether the Eighth Route Army would attack Longhai Road again, so it could only shoot at the Eighth Route Army very cooperatively, and did not even dare to leave the fortifications to pursue. It was not until dawn on October 9 that the gunfire of the Eighth Route Army came to an end temporarily.

After counting the casualties of the troops, the commander of the Ninth Division, Kiichiro Higuchi, finally understood that the Eighth Route Army fought in a variety of ways, such as attacking Xin'an Town and blocking it with mines and explosives. Like the attack of the Eighth Route Army last night, the thunder was heavy and the rain was small, and it was purely to prevent the soldiers of the Imperial Army from sleeping, to torture the soldiers of the Imperial Army, and to harass the battle. Higuchi Jiichiro also came to a conclusion because of this, the Eighth Route Army, which was both shooting and shouting, lacked heavy weapons, and should be the Eighth Route Army. The kind of Eighth Route Army with artillery groups, tanks, armored vehicles, and cavalry clusters is Liu Yimin's regular army, and it is not easy to provoke. Of course, Kiichiro Higuchi's conclusion is also right or wrong, and he will soon have to pay the price for coming to such a conclusion. Because the Tu Eighth Road has the main force of the Eighth Route Army behind it, it is also impossible to provoke.

Lunan is this style of play, and the Taixi and Tai'an areas are another style of play.

The Tai'an detachment was formed by the four detachments formed by the Culai Mountain Uprising and the eastward detachment led by Zhang Haitao, and most of the soldiers were from the Tai'an area, and they could not be more familiar with the Tai'an area. Because the task of the Tai'an detachment was to defend the central base area of Taiyi, there were few opportunities to fight around with the main force, and Zhang Haitao was about to go crazy.

After receiving the order to attack Jinpu Road, Zhang Haitao once again set his eyes on Dawenkou Town. The reason is very simple, there is an airfield in Dawenkou, and the little devils have recently used the airport again, where there should be a part of aviation gasoline and aerial bombs, which are urgently needed by the first aviation brigade.

Compared with Wang Jian'an's Taixi Garrison Brigade, the equipment of the Tai'an detachment is a little better. The Tai'an detachment is equipped with bazookas, high-level dual-purpose guns, anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns, and has a strong ability to attack fortified positions.

On the evening of October 7, Wang Jian'an commanded the Taixi Garrison Brigade of the Eighth Route Army to deploy in the Feidong area, using tunnel fortifications to attack the outlying strongholds of the Japanese army in Tai'an, attracting the attention of the Japanese army in Tai'an. The local armed forces and militia in the Taixi area cooperated with the Taixi garrison and launched attacks and harassment attacks on the Riwei strongholds on the highway from Jinan to Feicheng to Ningyang to Yanzhou. The 27th Division of the Japanese Army stationed in Jining, Yanzhou, Qufu, Surabaya, and Zou County was forced to go north for reinforcements. On the night of October 8, the local armed forces in the Taiyi Mountains launched an attack on the Japanese puppet stronghold on the Jinpu Road between Jieshou Station and Wande Station, and the fighting was huge.

Just when gunfire broke out around Tai'an, the commander of the Tai'an detachment of the Eighth Route Army commanded the Tai'an detachment to go out of the Culai Mountains and pounce on Dawenkou Town.

This time, the tactics of the Tai'an detachment were the same as Liu Yimin's tactics of using a flame array to greet the logistics baggage vehicles of the Japanese Guards Division and the armored brigade outside Tai'an City.

There is a saying in later generations that the power of example is endless. The Eighth Route Army dug tunnels in the North China Plain and Shandong, and used tunnel warfare to deal with the sweep of the little devils. Under the organization of the underground party, the villagers of Dawenkou and Beijipo also secretly dug tunnels to the outside of the town, which not only made it convenient for the Eighth Route Army to enter and exit, but also protected themselves at a critical juncture. No, the Eighth Route Army entered the heavily fortified town of Dawenkou by the Japanese puppet army through the tunnel.

Approaching Dawenkou Town, the next battle will be simple, for the Tai'an detachment with bazookas and Gaoping dual-purpose guns, the little devil's turret and pillbox are nothing at all.

Zhang Haitao came to Dawenkou Airport, which was not accessible to the tunnel and could only be attacked. Fortunately, there are not many airport guards of the little devils, only one squadron of defenders. Zhang Haitao was disappointed, because there were only two reconnaissance planes at the airport, and there was not much aviation ammunition and aviation gasoline. It seems that the little devil knows that Dawenkou Airport is being targeted by the Eighth Route Army, and he does not dare to park a formation above the size of the squadron here, and only uses it as a reconnaissance plane to advance to the airport.

Disappointed, Zhang Haitao threw his anger on Jinpu Road, not only dismantling the rails and sleepers, but also dismantling the Wenhe railway bridge. Now, it will be more difficult for the little devil to open Jinpu Road to traffic, and it will not be possible to do it without a month or two of effort. That's it, Zhang Haitao still felt that it was not enjoyable, so he swept away the goods at Dawenkou Station and transported them all back to the mountains.

Zhang Haitao made a lot of noise on Jinpu Road, and Yu Xuezhong, who was besieging the county seat of Feixian County, did not stop.

Yu Xuezhong received a call back from Liu Yimin, knowing that the main force of the Eighth Route Army had arrived in Baiyan Town, and it was only eighty or ninety miles away from the county seat of Feixian County, which was reassuring. In addition, Liu Yimin said clearly, the enemy will be annihilated tomorrow night, that is, on the night of October 9th, Yu Xuezhong is even more sure in his heart, he is no longer afraid of being dumpled by the little devil, and he began to calm down, and he made a move with the little devil.

Yu Xuezhong is a veteran of the Northeast Army, although he is not as agile as the generals of the Eighth Route Army in commanding the war, but the arrangement of troops is absolutely decent and strict. In addition, the weapons and equipment of the 51st Army and the 57th Army are better than those of ordinary national army units, and when they are really desperate, their combat effectiveness is not trivial.

It is now night, there is no Japanese bombing, although the Japanese army in Feixian County has been strengthened and has become a hard bone, Yu Xuezhong is not afraid. He had two artillery regiments of the Eighth Route Army and four artillery battalions of the 51st Army and the 57th Army in his hands, and his firepower was quite fierce. It's just that the two artillery regiments of the Eighth Route Army only shelled the city wall of Feixian County, and did not fire artillery into the city. Otherwise, Yu Xuezhong would have to think of attacking the county seat of Feixian County overnight and eliminating the little devils who defended the city.

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