Chapter 1072 The Hammer and the Anvil

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July Flowing Fire.

At 11 o'clock in the morning, the sun had already sunburned the leaves and seedlings.

Bai Dagui and instructor Lin Xiang climbed on the side of the wall at the north end of Beidengzhuang Village, holding binoculars to observe the movement in the north. Yes, the little devil is so well-behaved, and he is really here for revenge. However, there are a few people coming, it seems that there are only two infantry squadrons and the 100th puppet army, so the Japanese puppet army dares to come to fight Deng Zhuang? , look down on people!

Bai Dagui didn't know that the Japanese army in Cao Fan's stronghold had only one brigade and four infantry squadrons, and one squadron was wiped out in the morning, leaving one squadron to stick to the stronghold, and only two infantry squadrons could be dispatched. The puppet army is Zhangqiu's security brigade, and there are only three companies living in the Cao Fan area, and they have lost two hundred, and there are only one hundred and ten.

Bai Dagui and Lin Xiang were observing the Japanese army, and the Japanese captain was also observing Deng Zhuang's movements.

In the telescope, Deng Zhuang was quiet, not even a figure could be seen, it seemed to be an empty Zhuangzi.

The captain of the devil brigade was weak for a while.

This guy turned out to be from the field division, and later accumulated merit and was promoted to captain and captain, but he was transferred from the field division to this unfortunate independent mixed 17th brigade and stationed in Zhangqiu. In this Japanese sweep, his brigade was stationed in Cao Fan, one task was to encroach on the base area of the Zhanglitai border area, and the other task was to protect the supply lines.

After receiving the report of the squadron leader who fled back, the captain of the devil brigade did not hesitate at all, and immediately reported to the brigade commander that the regular army of the Eighth Route Army had been found in Dengzhuang, south of Cao Fan's stronghold, and that only five soldiers from the Zhangqiu Security Brigade of one squadron and two companies had gone to sweep back, and asked His Excellency the brigade commander for urgent tactical guidance.

The little devil used such a huge force to sweep in Shandong, and so far he has not found a shadow of the main force of the Eighth Route Army. After receiving the report of the captain of the devil brigade in Cao Fan's stronghold, the commander of the 17th Brigade of the independent mixed brigade did not dare to slack off, and ordered the captain of the devil brigade in Cao Fan's stronghold to personally lead two squadrons to monitor the Eighth Route Army, and at the same time report the enemy situation to the headquarters of the 12th Army and ask for tactical guidance.

At this time, due to the leak of the defense map of the Japanese army in North China, Kobayashi Asaburo was relieved of his post as chief of staff of the 12th Army and returned to the base camp to be assigned another job. Major General Yoshio Kitago, commander of the 4th Flying Regiment stationed in Guangzhou, was transferred to the post of chief of staff of the 12th Army.

This Kitago Yoshio is originally from Hyogo Prefecture, born in Tokyo, and is the eldest son of Hongo Botaro, an army general during the Taisho period of Japan, and graduated from the 24th class of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School and the 31st class of the Army University.

The saber group is indeed not ordinary, they are a group of war maniacs who advocate active attack.

After receiving the report of the 17th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, Major General Yoshio Kitago, chief of staff of the 12th Army, was overjoyed, believing that the Eighth Route Army in Dengzhuang must be the vanguard of Liu Yimin's forces, and it was very likely that Liu Yimin's forces were hidden in this Taiyi Mountains.

Feeling that the opportunity to eliminate the forces of Liu Yimin of the Eighth Route Army had come, Yoshio Kitago happily went to the commander, Lieutenant General Iida Sadagu, with a telegram, to prepare to mobilize troops to encircle and annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army.

Iida Sadagu used to be the commander of the Guards Division, and he is also a guy who likes to attack. However, since he became the commander of the Twelfth Army, he has not won any battles, and he has suffered too many losses from the Eighth Route Army, and he has long become an old fox.

After reading the telegram, Iida Sadagu picked up the phone, asked for the phone number of the commander of the 17th Brigade, and inquired in detail about the battle situation, and then said to the chief of staff, Kitago Yoshio: "Kitago-kun, you have been in Shandong for a short time, and you don't know much about Liu Yimin. Liu Yimin, the Siberian tiger and steppe wolf in Bichina are fierce and cunning than foxes. Be very careful when dealing with him. ”

Kitago Yoshio disagreed, and argued: "Your Excellency, Commander, we have mobilized such a large number of troops to carry out a law and order rectification operation, but we have not been able to capture the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Now, since the main force of the Eighth Route Army has been discovered, it is necessary to immediately mobilize a large army to annihilate it in one fell swoop! ”

Kitago Yoshio's father is a former army general, and his sister Shuzi is married to Kyoichi, the son of the zaito Tadabei Ito, which is equivalent to relying on the two big trees of the "Tanba Sasayama faction" and the consortium forces in Hyogo Prefecture, which are backed by the Japanese military, otherwise he would not have been transferred from the commander of the Fourth Flying Regiment to the chief of staff of the 12th Army of the North China Front. You must know that the North China Front only has two armies, the First Army and the Twelfth Army, and the brigade commander who wants to be the chief of staff of the 12th Army has grabbed a lot of them, but in the end, he has made the head of the Fourth Flying Regiment, which is fighting in South China, take the lead. It seems that when the Japanese army is promoted internally, it is also necessary to fight for the father!

Because of his strong power, Major General Yoshio Kitago was confident when he spoke.

Iida Sadagu's father is just a village chief in Niigata Prefecture, and his father will never be able to fight for Kitago Yoshio, and his backer is the Futaba Society organized by Nagata Tetsuyama. Iida Sadagu entered the inner circle of the Showa warlords through the two leaves of Nagata Tetsuyama. Moreover, he graduated a few years earlier than Yoshio Kitago, and Hideki Tojo and Yoshio Shinozuka among his classmates are now hot figures. He himself was trusted by Emperor Hirohito.

Iida Sada's inherent disdain glanced at the unruly Yoshio Kitago, and said coldly: "Chief of Staff, pay attention to your identity!" ”

At first, Kitago Yoshio came to discuss with the commander how to eliminate the main force of the Eighth Route Army, but he didn't think so much and didn't pay attention to his words. When Iida Sadagu reprimanded him to pay attention to his identity, Kitago Yoshio remembered that the guy in front of him was the son of the village chief, and he must have seen the eldest son of the army general and had an inferiority complex, and opened the frame of the army lieutenant general and army commander!

Kitago Yoshio touched his feet and lowered his head, "Hai", and then said: "Your Excellency, Commander, there is an old Chinese saying that a soldier is fast and fast. The enemy of Deng Zhuang was obviously the regular army of the Eighth Route Army, and it was very likely that it was the alert and covering force of the main force of the Eighth Route Army to the north, or at least a regiment-sized unit of the Eighth Route Army. Otherwise, it would be impossible to eat one squadron of the Imperial Army and two companies of the security team so quickly. This morning, the main force of the Eighth Route Army will definitely be alert, and if we move slowly, maybe they will flee into the depths of the mountains again. Your Excellency the Commander, please guide! ”

It's not that Iida Sadagu doesn't want to fight the Eighth Route Army, he is more anxious than Yoshio Kitago! The problem is that he has learned a lesson from the loss, and he is afraid that it is really the main force of the Eighth Route Army that is hiding here, and he has dug a trap and is waiting for him to jump!

Iida Sadagu saw that Kitago Yoshio was still quite knowledgeable, and the self-esteem of the village chief's son in his heart was slightly satisfied, and then he said: "Chief of Staff, report the enemy situation to the North China Front, order the 17th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade to send troops to destroy this Eighth Route Army, order the aviation to cooperate with the 17th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade, and order the 2nd Guards Division, the 9th Division, the 27th Division, the 29th Division, the 32nd Division, the 36th Division, and the 16th Independent Mixed Brigade in Tai'an to urgently mobilize and collect the troops. Prepare to send troops to reinforce the area around Dengzhuang. The 2nd Division, the 7th Division, and the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Tank Divisions in Jiaodong were ordered to quickly end their combat operations in Jiaodong, prepare to concentrate on the front line of Weicheng and Fangzi, and wait for orders to reinforce the operation. ”

When Kitago Yoshio heard this, the son of the village chief's family was not small, and he was going to mobilize a large army for a battle!

As soon as his eyes rolled, Kitago Yoshio understood that Iida Sadagu was going to use the 16th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade to throw stones to ask for directions and test the depth of the water. It seems that the son of the village chief is cunning and cunning!

When he thought of this, Kitago Yoshio smiled in his heart, if the son of the village chief in front of him was not cunning, how could he become a lieutenant general and commander of the army? There are more sons of the head of the village in Japan, and I am afraid that there is only one person in front of him who becomes the commander of the lieutenant general.

Kitago Yoshio suggested: "Your Excellency, the strength of the 16th Brigade is too thin. Is it more prudent to order the 4th Cavalry Brigade and the convoy and supplementary team directly under the army to be dispatched to respond to and support the 16th Brigade and Regiment of the Independent Mixed Brigade? ”

Iida Zhengu really wanted to use the 16th Brigade of the Independent Mixed Brigade to ask for directions, hit the strength and number of the Eighth Route Army in the area of Dengzhuang, and then determine whether Liu Yimin's forces were really hidden in this area. If so, he would mobilize all the forces he could mobilize, attack with all his might, and wipe out Liu Yimin's forces in one fell swoop. It's just that he is reluctant to send out a supplementary team directly under the army, which is his supplementary force, and is ready to replenish the battle losses of all divisions and regiments at any time. But what Kitago Yoshio said made sense, and he couldn't ask an independent mixed brigade to ask for directions.

After thinking about it, Iida Sadagu felt that Jinan had a garrison in Jinan, plus troops directly under the army and a large number of puppet troops, so there should be no problem with security, so he agreed to Kitago Yoshio's suggestion and asked him to formulate a battle plan and mobilize troops to attack the area around Dengzhuang.

So, the captain of the devil brigade of Cao Fan's stronghold took two squadrons of devils and more than 100 puppet soldiers to kill Dengzhuang.

The captain of the devil brigade observed for a long time, and saw that Deng Zhuang was quiet, and he was not sure whether the Eighth Route Army in Zhuangzi had run away. I wanted to send a team into the village to search, but I was afraid that the meat buns would beat the dogs and there would be no return. In desperation, the captain of the devil brigade ordered the artillery to bombard Beidengzhuang.

The separate mixed brigades of the Japanese army were divided into two categories.

The first type is an independent mixed brigade used in field warfare, which is to strengthen artillery, engineers, and cavalry on the basis of infantry brigades and regiments, and is used in field warfare, with a total strength of about 8,280 people. Moreover, depending on the nature of the operation, the strengthened equipment is also different. For example, the first brigade of independent mixed brigades is equipped with two tank brigades, similar to mechanized troops; The Fifth Independent Mixed Brigade focuses on firepower for attacking fortified areas, and is equipped with 1,800 military horses, 4,050 rifles, 120 grenadiers, 120 light machine guns, 30 heavy machine guns, 10 anti-aircraft guns, 20 mountain guns, 12 field guns and other weapons and equipment. These independent mixed brigades were the first veteran independent mixed brigades formed after the Lugou Bridge Incident, which was equivalent to a small division. Such brigades often become divisions as soon as they are slightly expanded.

The other type is an independent mixed brigade used for public security and garrison, with a strength of only about 5,000 people, under the jurisdiction of five independent infantry brigades, as well as artillery teams, engineering teams, cavalry teams, and baggage teams, and the artillery teams are only equipped with infantry guns.

The 17th Independent Mixed Brigade is a public security garrison brigade with few horses, few cars, and no tanks or armored vehicles. This type of force is actually used to hold positions.

However, separate infantry brigades also had infantry artillery.

With the order of the captain of the devil's brigade, the four infantry guns of the little devil were set up, boom, boom, and fired at Beidengzhuang.

After fighting for a while, the actual shells were wasted, only to see the dust in the village, and no one in the village, the captain of the devil brigade doubted whether the Eighth Route Army had run away, and did not dare to hesitate any longer.

The captain of the devil team held a telescope in the back and watched with his eyes open, watching the devil squad unfold in formation, with the puppet army in front and the devil behind, bending his waist and carefully touching Zhuangzi.

It's closer, it's closer, seeing the devil squad leader's ass disappear into Zhuangzi, the devil captain wonders if the Eighth Route Army really ran away?

Bai Dagui led a company of soldiers who were waiting in the village anxiously, I don't know what this little devil is rubbing, why don't he attack quickly, his grandfather is in a hurry!

Wait and wait, just wait for a squad of devils and a platoon of puppet soldiers, the soldiers are a little depressed, this *** little devil is too picky, and there are so few gifts!

Let's fight, it's better than nothing, and the basket is full of vegetables!

Bai Dagui's Bayi automatic rifle fired. He was a sharpshooter from Orion, and if he hadn't had a lower level of education, he would have been selected into the sniper brigade. This shot opened the head of the devil squad leader who was walking at the rear, and Bai Huahua's brain was a little lard in the noon sun, which was very disgusting.

Bai Dagui's gunfire was an order. Suddenly, the gun holes were exposed on the courtyard walls of every house in Beideng Zhuang, and bullets flew out from the muzzles of the black holes, and all the Japanese puppet troops on the main road in Zhuangzhong became targets, falling down one after another.

As soon as the captain of the devil brigade who was fighting outside the village heard the gunshot, he knew that it was bad, and he was the leader of the Eighth Route Army, so he immediately ordered the troops to open fire on the north Dengzhuang to cover the evacuation of the search team.

If the Japanese puppet army that entered the village at this time could still be evacuated, Bai Dagui would not be worthy of the title of special meritorious hero awarded during the battle of Xiaoshui!

A devil squad of 56 people, plus a platoon of puppet soldiers, is not enough for a company with one person and one gun. Naturally, it's going to die. Of course, if it is a positional battle, a small Japanese team relies on the position to hold on, and if the first company is attacked, without the support of strong artillery fire, the first company may have to make great efforts.

Seeing that the search team was gone, the captain of the devil's brigade was furious, and kept urging the artillery to open fire, and the artillery was fired, but instead of attacking Zhuangzi, he ordered the troops to build fortifications on the spot and prepare for defense.

The little devils did not attack, and the Eighth Route Army did not take the initiative to attack, and the battlefield suddenly became cold again.

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