Chapter 322: The Wind Rises in Shandong (1)
The high-profile appearance of the anti-hoe annihilation team made the situation in Liaocheng more and more chaotic. For a time, the Liaocheng Garrison Command could be said to be full of rumors, and as long as the troops that could be sent out, large and small, were dispatched, and the defensive forces of all urban defense areas were greatly strengthened. However, from time to time, there was still news that pro-businessmen, big Han annihilation, and big local tyrants were wiped out by their whole families, and the situation in Shandong was significantly improved in a short period of time. Many gangsters who are not guilty have fled from the battle sequence of the puppet army, after all, being Han Zhan is just to mix a mouthful of food. Now there is such a group of mysterious people who come and go, and there is no guarantee that one day they will not even be able to see the sun the next day. Who dares to mix like this, so there is a phenomenon of puppet soldiers fleeing every day.
Of course, these are not things that Han Yunhua can consider, and he is also anxious now. There has been no news from Wang Zhifu's side, and Han Yunhua himself is also very worried about sitting in Jingyanggang. During this period, all the units were under the attention of the Japanese army, and although there were no large-scale battles with the Japanese army, small-scale clashes occurred from time to time. At this time, the Yue Army seemed to have known that a group of Eighth Route Army had arrived in Shandong, or thought that the Eighth Route Army that had been active in Shandong had revived. However, these Han Yunhua are not too worried, after all, those who should come will come, and escape is not a way.
Now Han Yunhua is brewing a big plan, he wants to take the entire Liaocheng as his battlefield, and he wants to mobilize the puppet army in the entire Shandong to fight, and finally achieve a great victory in destroying one or two brigades and regiments of the enemy. But all of this still needs the cooperation of Wang Zhifu, although Wang Zhifu is only dealing with an infantry squadron equipped with cavalry and chariots, but Han Yunhua knows that the significance of this battle is very significant. This ambush can be said to be the key to the Eighth Route Army in Shandong to turn passive into active, and it is also the prelude to the Eighth Route Army in Shandong to open the curtain of Shandong.
Han Yunhua held a pencil in his hand, leaned on the table and drew on the map, calculating the outcome of the battle. But no matter how you calculate, there is a burst of irritability in my heart, and this irritability has appeared for no reason since Wang Zhifu's department left. Just as Han Yunhua's thoughts were flying, a guard member walked in and reported: "Division commander, a brigade and a regiment are in an emergency, please take a look." ”
Han Yunhua took the telegram in the hands of the guards and quickly read it, the telegram was not long, and he finished reading it in less than a minute. Han Yunhua breathed a long sigh of relief and said to Ju Fei beside him: "The first brigade commander did a good job in this battle, with this battle, we will be easy to handle next, and the situation in Shandong can be regarded as a new starting point." ”
Ju Fei picked up the telegram that Han Yunhua put on the table and read it carefully, only to see that only a short sentence was written on it: "Our unit has gathered and annihilated the enemy, and has gained a lot of casualties, and the troops have entered the expected area in accordance with the instructions of the leader and are on standby." ”
The strategic decision to lay out Shandong was made by Ju Fei and others together with Han Yunhua, so Ju Fei and the others also knew very well how important it was to ambush the Yue army to take over the small troops in Yanggu County this time.
Ju Fei couldn't help but say loudly: "Great, Lao Wang did a good job in this battle, and the little devil strengthened the infantry brigade and died like this." And his own casualties are not large, hehehe, the commander is really looking for the right person to do this with Lao Wang. At the very least, it is almost impossible for the Second Regiment to do such a brilliant thing, and I really don't know how they destroyed those two little devils' chariots. ”
"Hehehe, okay, don't praise him, you're doing a good job here. In this battle, everyone works together, thinking in one place, and working hard in one place, the little devil can be regarded as difficult. Don't really say it, if you don't say it, I really don't know how the first regiment destroyed those two tanks. I know very well the weapons and equipment of their regiment, and they are not much better than the second regiment that stayed behind. Han Yunhua also said curiously.
In fact, it's no wonder that Han Yunhua is so curious, after all, there are only a few ways to deal with chariots in this era. If a large number of infantry were to protect it, the power of the chariot would be unbelievable. In that case, it would not be easy to destroy it even with anti-aircraft artillery. Not to mention an ordinary infantry regiment of the Eighth Route Army like a regiment, if you really want to fight, even if a regiment really annihilates the small army of the army, it will pay a lot of price.
Wang Zhifu's method is actually nothing, it is very dirty. He ordered his troops to dig two huge pits in the avenue, and the pits were filled with mines and explosives, and it would be no good to fall into them anyway. In order not to arouse the suspicion of the enemy, especially when a unit with rich combat experience like the Yue army marches, a small unit will always be sent to open the way in front, and this small unit of the Yue army is also equipped with a cavalry squad. Therefore, Wang Zhifu was very careful when arranging the trap, otherwise the enemy's chariot would have been discovered by the cavalry of the army before it was seen, which would have been a shame and thrown to his grandmother's house.
Wang Zhifu took advantage of the self-weight characteristics of the army's chariot and arranged a large amount of solid wood on the trap, even if the infantry or even the cavalry walked over, nothing would happen, but if the chariot ran over, it would be a lot of fun. In order to destroy the two chariots of the Yue army in one fell swoop, Wang Zhifu also took great pains. He made the first trap so strong that even if the chariot really ran over it, it would not happen without accident, at most, it would crush a few support columns, but it would definitely not collapse immediately, but it would definitely not be able to withstand the crushing of the second chariot.
Therefore, when the chariot of the Yue army arrived at Song Village under the escort of the infantry and cavalry of the brigade, although the cavalry walking in the front was very vigilant, they did not find anything abnormal. There was no accident when the first chariot ran over the trap, but when the first chariot had just passed less than five seconds, the second chariot pressed the trap, only a "boom" was heard, and a huge dirt pit suddenly appeared on the originally flat avenue, and the large chariot fell into the trap with a "tom" of its own weight, and then the moment the chariot touched the trigger mine, a large amount of explosives buried in the trap were also detonated. The huge explosion threw the wreckage of the chariot into the air, killing and injuring a large number of little devils when it fell. Just when the army was ignorant and demented, he only heard another violent explosion, and the second tank was scrapped.
At this time, the commander of the army reacted and shouted loudly: "Baga, the enemy is attacking, there is an ambush. ”
The soldiers of a regiment that had already been ambushed on the side quickly attacked, and the long and short guns and several mortars of different calibers opened fire at the same time, and for a time the guns outside Song Village shook the sky.
The results of the battle are self-evident, although the combat effectiveness of the Yue Army is generally much stronger than that of the Eighth Route Army, one side is prepared, and the other side is in a hurry to respond to the battle. One side is outnumbered, and the other side is outnumbered. The battle lasted only a dozen minutes, and the army retreated.
As for the cavalry squad of the Yue Army, Wang Zhifu sent an infantry platoon composed of the whole regiment's excellent marksmanship, and by 10 o'clock in the morning of the 24th, the infantry squadron of the Yue Army was completely annihilated, and none of them escaped the net.
Soon after this small army was annihilated, the garrison headquarters of Liaocheng reacted quite quickly. Soon Major General Nagamizu Nobuno received the news that the Itagaki squadron was completely annihilated by the squadron, and after reading the telegram sent by the guards, Major General Nagamizu Nobuno was taken aback, an infantry squadron was wiped out without even being able to support it for half a day, and it is unknown how many people the enemy dispatched. Nagasui Nobuno did not dare to slack off, and immediately sent a report to Lieutenant General Odaka Kamizo in Jinan, and reported the matter in detail.
Jinan, the headquarters of the occupation army.
There were only four people seated in a conference room at the University of Nuoda, and at the top of the meeting room was Lieutenant General Odaka Kamezo, commander of the 12th Army of the Japanese Army, next to Odaka Kamezo was Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi Ando, commander of the Fifth Division of the Japanese Army, followed by Major General Kikui, chief of staff of the 12th Army of the Japanese Army, and sitting at the outermost of the conference room was a Nakasa wearing a strange military uniform.
"Gentlemen, everyone has seen the telegram sent by Changshuijun, what do you think, tell me!" Ogaka Kamizo said solemnly.
Major General Kikui, Chief of Staff of the Twelfth Army, was the first to speak: "Your Excellency, Commander, I think this is a sign of the rise of the resistance forces in China. At the beginning of the year, I said that the warriors of this empire won a battle in Shandong, and wiped out the Chinese armed forces who dared to resist. However, because the Chinese people, especially the group of Eight Roads who could only drill into the ravine, were too cunning, so our army only wiped out their main force after losing part of the troops, and the remaining troops of about one infantry brigade fled to Hebei and other places. The lowly government thought that the series of wars that occurred during this period should be caused by these people, so the lowly official thought that we must strengthen our precautions. ”
"Yo Xi, what Kikui-kun said makes a lot of sense. There is an old saying in China that makes a lot of sense: 'If you cut the grass and don't remove the roots, the spring breeze blows and grows again.' I have already sent a telegram to General Binshan Yuan for the group of Chinese troops who fled to Hebei and northern Jiangsu, hoping that he can coordinate with several other lieutenant generals to help us clean up. Now it seems that the effect should not be ideal, except for these people, I really can't think of anyone else who can oppose the great Great Empire at this time, how can the majesty of our Great Empire be offended by a few small Chinese monkeys, it's just Yaga............." Ogaka Kamizo said with some anger.
Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi Anto, commander of the Fifth Division, suddenly spoke: "Your Excellency, Commander, I still have some questions about the origin of these people. First of all, the chaos in Liaocheng began to appear two or three months ago, from those bandits at the beginning to the Huyan family later, and then to the current mysterious armed forces. I think this is all made by a single army, and this force is likely to be the Eighth Route Army of China, which I think is similar to what the commander and Kikui-kun thought. But I don't think these people should be the one that was defeated by us, because that branch of the Eighth Route Army has been severely damaged by our army, and it is light to say that it is a serious injury to the muscles and bones, and it is impossible to fully recover in such a short period of time. As for the combat effectiveness shown by this mysterious unit that suddenly appeared is not at all like what a heavily damaged unit can show, so I think this branch of the army should be [***] an elite unit mobilized from other battlefields, I wonder what His Excellency the Commander thinks? ”
Don't say it, this Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi Ando really has a set, and he guesses that he is not far from ten. Lieutenant General Otaka Kamezo was very important to Lieutenant General Toshiyoshi Ando, so he also attached great importance to his opinion, thought about it, turned to the infantry Nakasa who was sitting at the bottom of the conference room and asked, "Yanagi-kun, what is your opinion?" ”
The infantryman known as Yanagi Nakasa frowned and said, "Your Excellency Commander Ando's advice is very creative and very inspiring to me. This branch of the Chinese army should not be the remnants of the defeated army that was defeated by our army, but should be the elite troops drawn from Jinchaji or Saibei by the [***] army. And after this period of analysis, I found a terrible phenomenon, the anti-hoe annihilation team active in various counties and cities in Liaocheng is very unusual, much stronger than the combat effectiveness of the ordinary Zhina troops, and it seems to have a little shadow of special forces. Although this shadow is weak, it gives me a bad premonition. ”
"Special forces! Han Yunhua! ……”
"Inner Mongolia Military Region ....... China Han Yunhua ......"
A senior officer in the conference room was suddenly shocked, and even Lieutenant General Otaka Kamezo, who had always been unfazed, was also surprised, Han Yunhua's prestige was too great. Now the Imperial Army in the northern part of the Saibei region will tremble when they hear this name, whether it is not to leave prisoners or strip the dead of their clothes, or to cut off the heads of all the dead in the battle, it is not acceptable for the Imperial Army.
"It shouldn't be given to him, this mysterious force should be given and has nothing to do with Han Yunhua in Saibei. After all, the combat methods of these people are not at all similar to the devil in Saibei, and they are far less terrifying than the Zhina troops in Saibei. My father and his special operations team had fought against Han Yunhua in China several times, so my father had a certain understanding of Han Yunhua and his troops. In my father's eyes, that devil was more terrible than the German instructor he met in Germany, but these people were far less terrible than Han Yunhua in Saibei in terms of combat effectiveness and fighting will. Besides, Han Yunhua should still be in Saibei now, how can he appear in Shandong. According to reliable intelligence, Han Yunhua's new wife Li Yuhan is pregnant, and it is even more impossible for Han Yunhua to leave the Saibei area at this time. I forgot to tell everyone that this general of China loves his wife beyond the imagination of ordinary people. These people remind me of another branch of China! Yanagi said with a serious expression.
(To be continued)