Chapter 724 Drag the Knife (Continued)

Naojiro Amaya did not dare to slack off, and while urgently reporting to the North China Front Command that the main force of the Eighth Route Army had broken through the Jinpu Road between the Maji River and the Laojiao River, he ordered the troops to be assembled and chased after him.

That night, Shanshan Yuan had been guarding the war room, commanding the war in North China with Yamashita Fengfumi.

There was no way, the Eighth Route Army moved in several directions at the same time, and Bīde Shanshan Yuan had to see the move, put troops in several directions, and launched a battle with the Eighth Route Army, turning the whole of Shandong into a pot of porridge.

Shanshan Yuan feels that the situation is not bad.

In the direction of the Jilu border, the Japanese army has captured the counties in the hinterland of the Jilu border and preliminarily completed the predetermined target tasks. Although he did not capture the main force of the Eighth Route Army, Shanshan Yuan was not afraid, there is a saying in China that a monk can't run away from the temple, he believes that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is hiding in the tunnel or a corner of the Jilu side, as long as the imperial army controls the Jilu side, they can be dug out and eliminated even if they dig three feet into the ground.

After arriving in Qingdao, he not only drove the Qingdao garrison and the two independent hún brigades into the city fortifications, and divided the defense area into the squadron, but also established a supervision team, under the direct command of Muto Zhang, set up machine guns behind the soldiers, and did not retreat until the last person was killed. Coupled with the fire support of marines and ships, the attack of the Tuba Road was stopped. Judging from the battle reports in the evening, the number of positions lost was much lower than last night. When the Guards Division arrives in Qingdao in the middle of the night, the Tuba Road will change from offensive to defensive.

In addition to intensifying reconnaissance and bombing during the day, the direction of Xuzhou was temporarily out of reach, and in addition to intensifying reconnaissance and bombing during the day, we could only watch the Eighth Route Army transport away the entire ship of Lianyungang's supplies. Thinking of the Eighth Route Army eating rice and white noodles transported by the Great Japanese Empire, wearing steel helmets produced by the Great Japanese Empire, wearing military uniforms produced by the Great Japanese Empire, and the guns were full of bullets produced by the Great Japanese Empire, Shanshan Yuan felt dizzy, and he wished to let those cunning and good at exploiting the loopholes in the imperial army's defense line all die.

After Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka commanded the 10th Division and two independent hún brigades to enter the Xiǎo Qing River Valley, it was very difficult to march, and the Tuba Road was full of mines and cold guns, and it was very difficult to advance. Especially in the middle of the night, it's hard to say what tricks the dirt hachi road will have. Fortunately, he chose Yoshio Shinozuka to lead the troops to carry out the mission, and with his talent, even if the order is not successful, the garrison should still be fine.

What Shanshanyuan hated the most was that the Eighth Route Army coordinated with each other, and as soon as the Jilu border hit, the Eighth Route Army in all directions moved when they heard the wind and launched an attack on the imperial army. There is not much left on the Jinpu line from Tai'an to Zaozhuang, where the public security situation has always been extremely bad, and a stream of Tuba Road drilled out of the mountain cols, Taixi, and the plains on both sides of the canal in central and southern Shandong, and launched a frenzied attack on the imperial army, causing the 27th Division to ask for help again and again. This is nothing, after all, the troops in Shandong are all under the command of Liu Yimin's instructor, and it is normal to support each other. What Shanshanyuan hates most is the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi, the Imperial Army and the Shandong Eighth Route Army are fighting, what is in their way? As a result, He Long of Jin Sui, ** of Jin Chaji, Xu Xiangqian of Jinzhong, and Liu Bocheng of Taihang Mountain in the southeast of Jin were all like hungry tigers smelling ròu and pounced towards the imperial army. The Tongpu Railway, the Pinghan Railway, and the Zhengtai Railway have become a happy place for the Tuba Road to rob the imperial army's assets, as if anyone who is late or slow will suffer a loss. Lieutenant General Umezu Yoshijiro, commander of the First Army, reported that in just two days, the Imperial Army had been beaten everywhere in Shanxi, many strongholds had been breached, and heavy losses had been inflicted.

Shanshanyuan couldn't figure out how this ** controlled the Eighth Route Army, it was obviously a ragtag armed force composed of some peasants, and they cooperated with each other as if they were one person when they fought. Every time the battle was like this, the imperial army attacked Shanxi, and Liu Yimin of Shandong beat the vital point of the imperial army; When the imperial army attacked Shandong, the Eighth Route Army in Shanxi attacked everywhere and counterattacked frantically. If it goes on like this, the earth and the eight roads echo the east, when will they be extinguished?

Just as Sugi Moto sat down in front of the map and was deep in thought, Naojiro Amaya's phone called.

Shanshan Yuan was sitting and meditating, his mind was very clear, and he listened to Yamashita Fengwen yelling at Baga, waste, and rice buckets on the phone.

Shanshan Yuan knew that there must be a leak in some link, otherwise, the so strong Yamashita Fengwen would not be so angry.

Sure enough, Yamashita Fengwen put down the phone and reported to Shanshan Yuan: "Your Excellency Commander, Lieutenant General Naojiro Amaya of the 40th Division reports that the main force of the Eighth Route Army on the Hebei-Lu border has just broken through the Jinpu Road defense line of the 40th Division between the Maji River and the Laojiao River, and has escaped in the direction of western Lu. ”

Shanshan Yuan did a lot of calculations, but he didn't calculate that the encirclement deployed by Jīng Xin would be torn through by the Eighth Route Army and break the net. But after all, he was the commander of the North China Front Army who had served as the land minister, and he couldn't always keep talking about it, and under the shock of his heart, he set his eyes on the map on the wall, and searched the Maji River and the Lao Alkali River with difficulty.

Yamashita Fengwen's gaze followed Shanshan Yuan's gaze, and finally found the Mache River and the Lao Alkali River, and gestured on them with his hand, and couldn't help but say: "It turns out that the main force of the Eighth Route Army is hidden in a narrow area of only a dozen miles from north to south, if you had known that they were hiding here and attacked them with two divisions, you could have completely annihilated them?" ”

Shanshan Yuan scolded secretly in his heart, and said some afterthought nonsense. You are the chief of staff, and the enemy's reconnaissance and battle planning are all your business. If you can't do it, do you want me, the commander, to do it himself?

Scolding in his heart, Shanshanyuan still held back the anger in his heart, and asked lightly in a cold tone: "So, the fish is out of the net?" ”

Yamashita replied, "Yes." Naojiro Amaya reported that when the Dohachi Road broke through the Jinpu Road, it used powerful artillery fire, and even the armored patrol vehicles that had driven out from Tokuxian for reinforcements were beaten to scrap metal. It was confirmed that this was the main force of the Eighth Route Army on the Jilu border. ”

Sugi Moto asked again, "What did Naojiro Amaya do?" ”

Yamashita reported that "Lieutenant General Naojiro Amaya has ordered the troops to be assembled and the tail is in pursuit. ”

When Shanshan Yuan heard this, the yīn Yu Zhi sè on his face subsided a little, nodded, said Yo Xi, and gave specific instructions: "Order Naojiro Tentani to catch up, entangle the Eighth Route Army, and prevent it from escaping, and order the Second Division, the Fifth Division, the armored brigade and all the cavalry wings to immediately end the camp, launch a pursuit at the point where the Eighth Route Army broke through Jinpu Road, and be sure to completely annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army on the border of Hebei." ”

Yamashita Fengwen couldn't help but remind: "Your Excellency, Commander, this is the night, the Eighth Route Army has always been scheming, and we must not fall into their tricks. What if the Eighth Route Army used the cover of the night to set up an ambush circle? Besides, there is an old saying in China, which is called the poor Kou Mo chases. The Eighth Route Army had just escaped from the encirclement of the imperial army and was a typical poor man. At this time, it is too risky to pursue. Do you wait until dawn? ”

Shanshan Yuan raised his face, his eyes swept over Yamashita Fengwen's face, and Yamashita Fengwen was inexplicable, he just said some suggestions that were in line with the common sense of the art of war, why did His Excellency the Commander look at himself with such a gaze? Is it wrong again?

I heard Shanshan Yuan say: "There is an ancient saying in China, which is called impermanence. We mobilized troops in the Jilu border in order to find the main force of the Eighth Route Army and annihilate it. Now that the main force of the Eighth Route Army has finally fled, we will not be able to find even a trace by dawn if we don't catch up. If you want to find them again, you can only go to the battlefield where they attacked and ambushed the imperial army. Don't hesitate, give the order quickly, it's too late. ”

Yamashita turned his head and shouted, "Record the order!" ”

The Japanese army's combat duty staff officer came out in response, holding a notebook and a pen, and waited for Yamashita to dictate the order.

Shanshan Yuan thought for a moment and added to Yamashita Fengfumi: "Tell Naojiro Amaya that his mission is to catch up with the Eighth Route Army, entangle the Eighth Route Army, and wait for the Second Division, the Fifth Division, and the Armored Brigade to arrive." If you find that something is wrong, you must retreat quickly, and you must not get into the ambush circle of the Eighth Route Army. ”

The Guards Division went to Qingdao by boat, and the Second Division, the Fifth Division, and the Armored Brigade were the only mechanized troops of the Japanese Army, and Shanshan Yuan knew in his heart that as long as the troops of the 40th Division could catch up with the Eighth Route Army and entangle the Eighth Route Army, and wait until the Second Division, the Fifth Division, and the armored brigade arrived, the Eighth Route Army would be dead.

The question is, can the pursuing troops of the 40th Division wait until the 2nd and 5th Divisions?

After breaking through Jinpu Road, Zeng Zhongsheng, Cai Zhong, Zhang Hongtao, Liu Jianjian, Xu Shiyou, and Wang Bingsan met.

As soon as they met, they didn't care about saying anything else, Zeng Zhongsheng directly asked Liu how the ambush circle was arranged?

Liu Jianli reported that an ambush position was arranged with Sanlipu as the center. The 2nd Brigade is in the south, and the Luxi Garrison Brigade is in the north. Once the Japanese caught up, they didn't want to run away.

Zeng Zhongsheng looked at the swarthy night sè, frowned and said, "The villages in this area are too dense, and the troops should be concealed in each village to prevent the xiǎo devils from occupying the village and resisting stubbornly." ”

Wang Bingsan, commander of the 2nd Luxi Garrison Brigade, immediately reported: "Report to the chief of staff, this task has been completed by our 2nd Luxi Garrison Brigade. Attacking the city, we have a gap with the main force, and the hidden defense of the village is our strength. Our soldiers are all Luxi's disciples, and they are very familiar with the ground. Rest assured Chief of Staff, we are deployed. ”

Zeng Zhongsheng was relieved at this time, and ordered the two recruit regiments led by Di Yidong and Zhao Mingxin to disguise the main force, pull the formation apart, hold torches high, and continue to advance in the direction of Linqing. Ordered Zhang Hongtao to send a cavalry battalion and the 18th Regiment to serve as the enemy's mission, ordered the 6th Brigade Artillery Regiment and the 2nd Brigade Artillery Regiment to join forces and command them personally, and ordered the 6th Brigade to lay a line of defense for 30 miles to block the pursuing Japanese army.

The Eighth Route Army was in full swing on its side, and the Japanese army did not stop.

After reporting to the North China Front Command, Naojiro Amaya was busy mobilizing troops to pursue westward. Unfortunately, the defense line of the 40th Division was relatively long, and it was impossible for the whole division to complete the assembly in a short time. There was no way, so Naojiro Amaya had no choice but to order the 214th Wing stationed between Dexian and the Plains to pursue, and let the 40th Wing, the 40th Mountain Artillery Wing, and a regiment of the 6th Group of Song Tingyu, the puppet North China Public Security Army, set off as the second echelon quickly to reinforce the 214th Wing.

The 214th Wing was hit when the Eighth Route Army broke through the Jinpu Road, but the casualties were not many, only about 500. The reason is that the Eighth Route Army only attacked a little bit and broke through the encirclement, and did not continue to expand the results of the battle.

The 214th Wing was reinforcing the positions of the Eighth Route Army's breakthrough, and the troops were moving forward to assemble one after another towards the Maji River. After receiving the order of Naojiro Amatani, the wing commander immediately ordered the brigade as a unit to pursue in the direction of the breakthrough of the Eighth Route Army.

As soon as the Eighth Route Army broke through and the Japanese were determined to pursue it, the 214th Wing tightly bit the rear guard of the Eighth Route Army, and the two sides began to chase on the plain.

By the time we reached Thirty Lipu, it had already been a xiǎo hour before the Eighth Route Army broke through Jinpu Road. At this time, the rear guard troops of the Eighth Route Army entered Sanshilipu Town and began to rely on villages and towns to open a blocking battle.

Thirty miles is a market town thirty miles away from the county seat of Dexian County, because it is located on the side of the highway, there are restaurants, taverns, carriage shops, etc. in the village on weekdays, which is very lively. Now because it is the era of war, and it is night, looking from a distance, the whole town is getting darker and darker, and only the gunfire of the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army can make the xiǎo devil realize that this is a strong blocking position.

Pursued down from Jinpu Road, although the distance was not very far, but this was a war, not a tour, the bullets were biting, and the 214th Wing was constantly blocked by the rear guard troops of the Eighth Route Army along the way, and the losses were great. When he arrived at Thirty Miles, the captain of the devil's wing checked and sadly found that he had more than 3,000 troops in three infantry brigades of one wing, and now there were only more than 2,000 people left, and one brigade was gone.

If it was a normal battle, the 214th Wing should have withdrawn from the battle at this time to rest and replenish. But this was a pursuit battle, and it was obvious that the rearguard troops of the Eighth Route Army had been captured, and at this time, not only could not retreat, but they had to rush up, stick to the Eighth Route of Dirt, prevent them from slipping away, and completely destroy them after the main force dared to fight.

The commander of the 214th Wing also thought about relying on his own strength to capture Thirty Lipu, eliminate the rear guard blocking force of the Eighth Route Army, and pursue the large force of the Eighth Route Army that fled southwest with torches as soon as possible. Because he knew that at the beginning of the war, an infantry brigade of the imperial army could defeat a division of the squadron. Of course, it was the infantry brigade of the permanent division, and its combat effectiveness was much, much higher than that of his infantry brigade. The commander of the 214th Wing is also a veteran of the battle formation, thinking that he still has the strength of two infantry brigades in his hands, and the rear guard unit of the Eighth Route Army has only one regiment and a small number of cavalry, and no matter how strong the combat effectiveness is, it will not exceed one division.

As a result, the commander of the 214th Wing ordered to concentrate the artillery fire of the whole wing, and a five-minute artillery bombardment was carried out on the thirty mile shop, covering a squadron and starting a tentative attack. The result was much more than the old devil expected, in a short period of time, the devil squadron that launched a tentative attack was completely annihilated, and the squadron leader did not wait for the bullets of the Eighth Route Army to kill her, and directly pulled out a knife and apologized.

Annoyed and angry, the captain of the Devil Wing ordered shè special cigarettes to poison these damn dirt eight roads.

Special smoke shè too. This time, the captain of the devil wing was ruthless, and after a while, when the special smoke dissipated, he ordered an infantry brigade to put on gas masks and attack. The effect was really good, the warriors of the imperial army actually attacked the town in the night, and listened to the sound of gunfire in the town and started a street battle with the Eighth Route Army.

The captain of the Devil Wing was overjoyed, and he wanted to wave all his forces to attack the town and completely destroy the remnants of the Dirt Eight Road.

Without waiting for his order, the warriors of the imperial army who had attacked the town fled in a hurry. The captain of the devil wing was furious, grabbed the captain who had escaped, scolded him, and slapped him with his head and face.

The captain of the Devil Brigade covered his red and swollen face, and reported that the firepower of the Eighth Route Army was not very fierce, but the marksmanship was good, and if he did not retreat, the whole brigade might be completely shattered in this damn Xiǎo Town.

The commander of the 214th Wing remembered that the rear guard unit of the Eighth Route Army was a regiment and a cavalry battalion, and an infantry brigade of his own, which was not enough for one person and one gun for the Eighth Route Army!

The angry wing commander began to send a report to the division commander, Lieutenant General Tengu Jiro, non-stop, reporting that he had caught up with the main force of the Eighth Route Army and was fighting with the Eighth Route Army Rear Guard Regiment Jī in Thirty Miles, and the casualties of the troops were too great, so he asked His Excellency the division commander to send reinforcements as soon as possible.

When the 40th Wing, the 40th Cavalry Wing, and a regiment of security troops arrived at the battlefield, the commander of the 214th Wing was overjoyed, and immediately discussed with the commander of the 213th Wing, deployed the artillery position, put the regiment of the security army in front, and prepared to concentrate all his forces to launch a thunderous blow against Thirty Lipu and completely destroy the rear guard of the Eighth Route Army.

None of the two devil wing commanders expected that there were a total of 50,000 horses and horses of the two main brigades and two garrison brigades of the Eighth Route Army concentrated around them. At this moment, the muzzles of the two artillery regiments were raised high, and the shells were about to fall on their heads.

It is very appropriate to use surprise to describe Zeng Zhongsheng's mood at this time. He didn't expect that the xiǎo devil actually came with two wings of infantry, a mountain artillery wing, a cavalry wing, and a regiment of puppet troops. This time, I won the jackpot, and I can sweep away the bad luck of the northern front blockade.

Zeng Zhongsheng did not hesitate and ordered the signal flare to be fired, and all the artillery guns were fired, completely destroying the will of the xiǎo devils to resist and sending them all to hell.

The two devil wing captains, who were organizing the troops to prepare for a thunderous attack, suddenly saw a signal flare rising from the sky, looked at each other in unison, and almost at the same time pulled out their command knives and ordered them to lie down.

It's a pity that the fucking officer is too big, and the order to lie down can only be heard by the soldiers around him, if you want all the Japanese puppet troops gathered around Thirty Lipu to hear the order, you have to let the herald convey it layer by layer. Where would the Eighth Route Army give them such an opportunity!

"The cannon bombarded the East, and a piece of blood flew with a cannon. Cannonballs rain down like beads, and the devil man Jiān is dead."

It is said that this is a verse that Cai Zhong came out of his excitement after the shelling began. But Cai Zhong himself was unwilling to publicize it, and repeatedly told the comrades to keep a low profile and not to publicize it, so as not to be known by the teacher, laughing at his own level of writing poetry too low, and losing the instructor.

Without further ado, the two artillery regiments of the Second Brigade and the Sixth Brigade of the Sixth Brigade, as well as the artillery of each brigade and regiment, all roared angrily under Zeng Zhongsheng's order, and the shells crossed the night sky in groups, gangs, and groups, and smashed towards the assembly place of the devils. The sound of the cannonballs exploding rumbled and rumbled, but it shook people's ears like the thunder in the sky at the beginning of the chūn time.

The Japanese puppet army around the 30th shop was all frightened.

After the 40th Division arrived in North China, it has always undertaken the garrison task and has not fought with the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Ever since the 35th Division was defeated by the Eighth Route Army on the Jilu border and the 33rd Division was defeated by the Eighth Route Army in Luzhong, the Japanese army regarded the combat effectiveness of the garrison divisions as very low and stabbed the division commanders of the garrison divisions. Naojiro Amatani paid close attention to the training of the 40th Division, and trained soldiers in strict accordance with the standards of permanent divisions. In this way, the 40th Division regarded itself very highly, thinking that it had also become the Japanese Army's Jīng Sharp Division. In particular, after the expansion of Shanshanyuan, the mountain artillery wing of the 40th Division became three mountain artillery brigades and one field artillery brigade, with 48mén heavy artillery, and the cavalry wing also became a cavalry wing with cavalry artillery squadrons and machine gun squadrons, and the soldiers of the 40th Division were a little carried away, standing guard with their nostrils facing the sky, seeing the Chinese is a rifle butt, it seems that they are also the fifth division of the imperial army attacking the city. Tonight, the Eighth Route Army gave the xiǎo devils of the 40th Division a solid lesson on what is jīng sharp and what is artillery coverage. When breaking through the Jinpu Road, the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army sent the xiǎo devils at the breakthrough back to the East. Now, the artillery group of the Eighth Route Army has come to harvest the xiǎo devil's life again. How can they not panic! One by one, the devils looked at the sky with their eyes turned to the sky, watching the smoke rendered by the cannonballs across the sky, and muttered to themselves: "It's so beautiful, it's even more beautiful than the fireworks rally organized by the shrine!" I can't imagine that the Eighth Route Army also has so many cannons, no wonder so many imperial troops are broken in formation! ”

As for the soldiers of the security forces, it was even more eye-opening. In normal times, they only knew that the Japanese army's aircraft and artillery were powerful, but how could they have thought that the Eighth Route Army also had such a powerful artillery! Dad, big, mother, mother, I'm scared to death, run!

The consternation of the Japanese soldiers did not last long, they must have been strictly trained soldiers, and when the shells fell and set off a bloody rain, these xiǎo devils woke up to the fact that this was not a Shinto fireworks rally, this was a deadly Yama. Therefore, without waiting for the order of the devil officer, the living xiǎo devils opened the lie down and looked for the shelter.

The artillery bombardment continued, the shells were exploding, and the 40th Wing of the Cavalry and the 40th Cavalry Wing were like leaky and broken ships, floating and shaking in the sea of fire woven by the artillery of the Eighth Route Army until they gradually sank.

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