Chapter 797: Fighting (continued)

Just when the Japanese heavy bombers blew up the house of Liu Yimin's temporary headquarters and buried Liu Yimin in the rubble, the ground forces of the Japanese army and the ground forces of the Eighth Route Army in the direction of Hongzhuang started.

After Zhao Yonggang, the captain of the second squadron of the special operations brigade, outwitted Lingbi County, he was unable to further seize Linhuai Pass. The reason is that the Japanese troops stationed in Suxian County in Linhuai Pass knew that the stronghold in Shicun was lost, and reported it to the authorities in time, resulting in a high degree of alert for the Japanese troops stationed in Bengbu, and Linhuai Pass was no exception, and the Eighth Route Army lost the opportunity to sneak attack, so it could only retreat to the next best thing and completely sweep away the Japanese puppet forces in Lingbi County.

After receiving the order to return north with the 1st Brigade of the Sect, Zhao Yonggang led the 2nd Squadron all the way north, and in accordance with Liu Yimin's order to act in advance, he cooperated with the 2nd Regiment to capture Hongzhuang Station and control the westward passage of Longhai Road. Immediately afterwards, Zhao Yonggang learned that Zhao Zhiyu's 3rd Squadron, which was acting with the headquarters, cooperated with the 1st Sect to capture Shihu Station, and Wang Laohu's 1st Squadron captured Niushan Town, and the entire three stations on Longhai Road fell into the hands of the army, creating conditions for the army to return north.

When Hu Laohu commanded the armored group of the 1st Brigade and the 1st Cavalry Regiment to destroy the Japanese defense line in this area, Zhao Yonggang had already begun to command the 2nd Special Operations Squadron to set up electric explosives in the iron and prepare to deal with the Japanese armored vehicles dispatched from Xuzhou and Pixian.

This kind of work is too familiar to Zhao Yonggang and his comrades-in-arms. Zhao Yonggang had already realized the danger from Liu Yimin's order at this time, and thought that the Japanese army was doing its best to attack our army this time, not only with strong troops, but also with the Longhai railway and highway to make a fuss. Therefore, he arranged for the fighters to take explosive measures at a distance of 5 miles from Hongzhuang. Among them, explosives were planted in three sections on the railway, and detonating devices were laid to prepare to blow up the armored patrol cars led by the Japanese army, the trains that followed them, and the armored patrol cars that were armed with escorts. Anti-tank and anti-infantry mines were publicly planted, and anti-tank and anti-infantry mines were planted in the fields on both sides of the road.

The reason for this arrangement is that Zhao Yonggang has just learned from the experience of previous operations, that is, once the Japanese army encounters a major war, it will inevitably quickly transfer troops by rail. The marching order of the Japanese military vehicles was two armored patrol cars in front and behind, with a military column in the middle. On the roads, tanks, armoured vehicles, automobiles and cavalry generally form search forces, with the main force following closely.

In Zhao Yonggang's mind, as long as the two armored patrol cars and military trains of the Japanese army coming from the railway were blown up, and the Japanese search troops on the highway were destroyed, the pace of the little devil's attack would be disrupted all of a sudden, and the speed of the attack would naturally slow down. As for the next battle, it will not be the task of the 2nd Special Warfare Squadron. They are special forces, not to block and send reinforcements, and the next battle is the task of teaching the second regiment.

What Zhao Yonggang didn't expect was that he thought he had made all the preparations, but he still underestimated the determination and strength of the Japanese army, and his Second Special Operations Squadron and the Second Teaching Regiment deployed behind them were about to undergo a severe test.

The Japanese troops from Xuzhou and Pixian had not yet arrived, and the Japanese planes in the air arrived first. Seeing the Japanese planes wreaking havoc in the air, Zhao Yonggang wanted to order the Second Special Operations Squadron to shoot into the air. But the Japanese machine didn't come to his hiding place, and he couldn't do anything in a hurry. Besides, his task was to be strictly concealed, and to prepare to give the Japanese army advancing eastward a head-on blow, which could not be exposed casually. He is a backbone cadre, and he can distinguish between the important and the important.

At this time, Zhao Yonggang was looking forward to the Japanese army's eastward advance troops to rush to the Hongzhuang line to send them to death, so as to reduce the pressure of the Japanese plane's attack on the baggage convoy.

The Japanese army's ironclad car drove over in Zhao Yonggang's eagerness. It's just that it is not the old model of two armored patrol cars and a military train in front and rear that Zhao Yonggang imagined, but six armored patrol cars, followed by one coal train after another. Through the binoculars, it was clear that the coal trains were heavily armed, and each flatbed car was equipped with cannons and heavy machine guns, all of which were pointed forward.

Zhao Yong immediately understood that the little devils had indeed premeditated, just looking at the formation they put on, he knew that he had invested a lot of money. The important army did not discover the conspiracy of the Japanese army, and when they were crossing the Longhai Road with all their might, they were intercepted by the locomotive unit equipped by the Japanese army, and the consequences were unimaginable.

Zhao Yonggang did not dare to slack off, and immediately reported the situation to Cheng Cuilin, who was in charge of commanding the front-line blocking battle in Hongzhuang. Cheng Cuilin accurately ordered Zhao Yonggang on the phone to blow up one or two armored patrol cars of the Japanese army, to paralyze the Longhai Road, and resolutely not to allow the Japanese locomotive units to use the railway to advance eastward.

Time was urgent, and the Japanese locomotive was moving fast again, and it was rushing on the railway. It could not be carried out according to the original plan, in that case, even if the three armored patrol vehicles were blown up, they would not be able to stop the shelling on the Japanese coal-carrying flatbed trucks.

After thinking about it for a while, Zhao Yonggang immediately ordered the engineer group of the second squadron to bomb only the third armored patrol car and the train behind it, and put the two armored patrol cars in front to move towards Hongzhuang, and the rocket launcher team was responsible for dealing with them. The last three armored patrol cars naturally lay on their backs after the railroad was bombed, which was not a problem.

Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu, commander of the 114th Division of the Japanese Army, was the former enemy commander of the Japanese army's eastward advancing troops. This old devil has long been annoyed by the instructor of the Eighth Route Army, and he can't wait to find the main force of the instructor to treat others in the way of others. Now, the opportunity has come, and the chief of staff of the North China Front Army, Yamashita Fengfumi, and the deputy chief of staff, Muto Zhang, have actually figured out the exact time and place when the instructor of the Eighth Route Army is about to cross the Longhai Road and go north, and have formulated an operational plan for attacking the Eighth Route Army from east to west. Yo Xi, Yo Xi, the Great Imperial Army should fight like this, turning passive into active, how can the Eighth Route Army lead the way?

Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu now has a five-body throw on the ground that Yamashita Fengfu and Muto Akira admire, and feels that these two people are worthy of being the chief and deputy chief of staff of the North China Front, and the battle plan planned is seamless, and he is not afraid that Liu Yimin will not be fooled.

After receiving the order for the Eighth Route Army to start moving, the eastward advancing troops to move quickly, and to carry out the order to flank the Eighth Route Army, Shigeharu Suematsu was so excited that he shouted Long live His Majesty the Emperor, as if the Emperor had seen that his shoulder should be inlaid with a general's epaulettes.

Shigeharu Suematsu ordered all troops to advance quickly, pounce on them, seize the Eighth Route Army that was urgently crossing the Longhai Road, tear them apart, destroy them, and avenge the warriors who were shattered at the Guanyinshan Airport and Camel Mountain Airport in Xuzhou. Shigeharu Suematsu even ordered all troops to sing a military song before setting out, as the military song sang, to rush to the mountains and to the sea, and fill the ravines with corpses. Every soldier must solemnly swear to His Majesty the Emperor to resolutely destroy the Eighth Route Army and create a miracle in the history of the 114th Division's regimental warfare!

Of course, the reason why Suematsu Shigeji is so confident is that it is supported by strength, his 114th Division has been greatly strengthened, Yamashita Fengwen gathered all the tanks and armored vehicles of the Japanese army in eastern Henan and handed them over to Suematsu Shigeji to command, and cobbled together the strength of two brigades and regiments for him, strengthened a heavy artillery brigade and some cavalry, which is equivalent to letting Suematsu Shigeji command two divisions and regiments to fight. In accordance with the operational plan of Yamashita and Muto Akira, Shigeji Suematsu took a brigade with a tank brigade, an armored vehicle brigade, a cavalry wing, and an artillery wing of the 114th Division to make a detour along the Rose River, cut off the retreat route of the Eighth Route Army to the south, and used a brigade to defend along the Maling Mountain, and commanded the 114th Division, the heavy artillery brigade, two tank brigades, two armored vehicle brigades, and the puppet Manchurian Defense Army that he could mobilize on the Longhai Line.

Railway transportation was faster than road transportation, and the Japanese army's armored patrol cars and military columns preemptively entered the small fire circle of Zhao Yonggang, a special operations hero of the Eighth Route Army.

Seeing the two armored patrol cars led by the Japanese army drive past the electric explosive explosion blasting point, the bazooka team was also ready, and Zhao Yonggang decisively gave the order to open fire. Suddenly, two rockets flew from the north side of Longhai Road to the two armored vehicles of the Japanese army with a long bright light, and with two loud bangs, the first two armored vehicles of the little devil were knocked down. At this time, the devil machine gunner on the patrol car of the third armored car discovered the two bazooka groups of the Eighth Route Army, the machine guns rattled and the bullets splashed like water, knocking the four shooters of the two bazooka groups of the Eighth Route Army to the ground, and the blood bursting from the soldiers seemed to be shooting on Zhao Yonggang's telescope.

Zhao Yonggang scolded "bastard" and ordered explosives to be fired.

The sappers of the 2nd Special Warfare Squadron pressed the detonator hard, and another boom sounded, and the Japanese armored patrol car, which was firing wildly, flew up along with the track, and then fell heavily on the south side of the track. Immediately afterwards, two loud bangs were heard in succession, and the first column of the Japanese army equipped with cannons and heavy machine guns was blown into two, and not only the carriage was blown up, but even the cannons, heavy machine guns, shell boxes, and bullet boxes on the car were thrown into the air. Needless to say, the devil artillerymen and machine gunners in the car were also thrown high, and then fell down fiercely, and they were stunned even if they didn't die.

Zhao Yong was so happy that he almost laughed out loud when he saw that the blow was successful. However, he is the leader of the second squadron of special warfare, and his long-term special forces quality has not only made him develop a murderous spirit, but he is also not smiling, and he is as serious as a sculpture. Naturally, he wouldn't laugh out loud.

This trouble came, and the Japanese planes responsible for providing air fire support for the Japanese troops advancing eastward pounced, and the guns slammed at both sides of the Longhai Road, and the bullets were as dense as the rain drops during a rainstorm, and they actually beat the hidden special forces to crawl on the ground and remain motionless, unable to raise their heads at all, let alone counterattack.

Seeing that the Japanese army was large and that holding on could only cause greater casualties, Zhao Yonggang had to order to bring bazookas and the remains of the martyrs and quickly move his position.

After receiving the report that three armored patrol cars were destroyed by the Eighth Route Army and one train was destroyed, Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu did not panic, he had expected this situation to occur, because the military instructor he was facing was the Eighth Route Army instructor who was able to steal the fighters on Xuzhou Camel Mountain and Guanyin Mountain Airports from his heavy guards. He must have strict protection measures to cover the crossing of the Longhai Road by the large army, otherwise, he would not be Liu Yimin, and the three independent infantry brigades of the 22nd Independent Mixed Brigade Regiment responsible for the frontal blockade would not have been shattered in such a short time.

On the one hand, Lieutenant General Shigeharu Suematsu strictly ordered the main force of the 114th Division to advance rapidly by road to the east and quickly capture Hongzhuang, and on the other hand, he ordered the engineering wing to rush to the place where the train had accident and repair the railway as quickly as possible and resume opening to traffic. At the same time, the three surviving armored patrol vehicles were strictly ordered to cooperate with the aircraft group to clear the Eighth Route Army that might be lurking on both sides of the Longhai Road with firepower, cover the heavy artillery on the follow-up army columns to fire at Hongzhuang, and cover the main force to attack Hongzhuang.

Zhao Yonggang: They evacuated Longhai Road amid the rumble of Japanese heavy artillery. Not long after, the figure of the Japanese search force appeared on the road. Soon, behind the devil search unit, a large Japanese army appeared. This time, Zhao Yonggang couldn't help it, and scolded in his mouth: ", the little devil is really willing to use so many tanks, armored vehicles, and cars to deal with Lao Tzu." It's worth it even if I'm dead! ”

Of course, Zhao Yonggang knew in his heart that he couldn't sacrifice casually at this time, and he had to cooperate with the Second Regiment to block the attack, and the division commander's order made it clear that the little devil must be blocked west of Hongzhuang, and he could withdraw from the battle only when the baggage convoy all passed.

Zhao Yonggang reported to Cheng Cuilin that the Japanese ground troops had been discovered five miles west of Hongzhuang, of which the Japanese search force was composed of tanks, armored vehicles, and automobiles, and was rapidly searching and advancing eastward along the highway. The large forces of the Japanese puppet army followed closely behind, divided into multiple roads, opened the roads with tanks, and like locusts, they overflowed the roads, roads, and fields, and pounced on our army. Please report to the division commander immediately, order the baggage convoy to cross the road as soon as possible, and at the same time strengthen the blocking force. Later, there was a change, and only one regiment of the Second Regiment could not stop the Japanese puppet army, and the defense line was too long and too thin.

After the report, Zhao Yonggang stared at the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles that were getting closer and closer, and ordered to prepare for battle.

At this time, Liu Yimin had just broken out of the ruins.

After getting out of the ruins, Liu Yimin was excited, shook hard, shook off the dust all over his body, laughed a long time, and walked out of the ruins with his sniper rifle and Bayi automatic rifle, and looked up to see that the fighters of the first aviation team were chasing the Japanese bombers, and the Japanese planes kept rolling smoke from their butts and planted in the distance. Needless to say, the devil is going back to the East to report for duty.

Liu Yimin first went to check the high-power radio station, and saw four soldiers pounce on the radio station, and they were shocked to the point that their mouths and noses were bleeding. Reaching out and touching it, there was still breath on the nostrils, and hurriedly put them on the ground one by one for first aid. When the four soldiers woke up, Liu Yimin ordered them to quickly set up the radio station and contact the troops to inquire about the battle situation.

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