Chapter 284: Long Distance Attack (6)
The materials of the five wagons are indeed a little more for the second regiment, which relies entirely on manpower to carry them. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Although Liu Tianshu was born in a rich family, after all, he had participated in the Eighth Route Army for almost two years, and he knew that the Eighth Route Army had always been short of clothes and guns, and these materials could not only arm a regiment, but also solve the winter clothes of a brigade, as for those medicines and equipment, they were the most urgently needed things for the Eighth Route Army.
It can be said that if any of the things in this cannot be brought back, I am afraid that it will make Liu Tianshu's heart ache for a long time. As for Liao Zhifeng, not to mention, just looking at the pair of shining eyes when he found that the five carriages were full of good things, he knew that he couldn't give it up.
Seeing that the speed of transportation was too slow, Liu Tianshu could only ask the soldiers and villagers to first move the materials on the train to the mountains and forests two miles away from the railway, and then move them in batches.
It was now half past two in the morning, and it had been an hour since the ambush of the Devil's Army, and although the reconnaissance team tried their best to entangle, the Devil's reinforcements had arrived less than four miles away from Zhujia'ao.
Liu Tianshu received the report, frowned and walked over, seeing that only half of the materials had just been moved, and the rest would have to be moved away, at least an hour, and he was immediately anxious.
"Political commissar, the reconnaissance team can last for a maximum of forty minutes, and the rest of the materials, or we will blow them up." When he said this, Liu Tianshu was full of reluctance.
"Blow it up? Anyway, it's all good. If we move back, how many troops can be armed. When Liao Zhifeng heard this, he shouted anxiously.
Seeing that it was not only Liao Zhifeng, but also many soldiers who were reluctant to blow up these things, Liu Tianshu swept his eyes to the materials that the soldiers had moved.
Suddenly, his eyes fell on the two captured 92 infantry guns and four mortars.
"Quick, call the first battalion commander and Shu Zhi with me."
When Jin Zhenbiao heard the regiment commander calling him, he immediately handed a box of supplies in his hand to a soldier and ran over in a hurry.
"Commander, are you looking for me?"
"Battalion commander, immediately call me the soldiers of your battalion who can operate infantry guns or mortars, the more the better." Liu Tianshu looked at him and said.
"Yes, I'll go." Jin Zhenbiao didn't ask why at all, and turned around to inform the soldiers.
Shu Zhi also ran over at this time.
"Shu Zhi, I have an idea, do you think it's okay?" Seeing Shu Zhi, Liu Tianshu grabbed him and said anxiously.
It turned out that when Liu Tianshu saw the captured infantry guns, he immediately thought of the artillery company, although his artillery company was not taken away by the brigade headquarters, but the four 92 infantry guns of the artillery company were directly handed over to the newly established artillery battalion by the brigade commander.
Shu Zhi's artillery company now has only six 60 mortars, and the rest are 12 grenadiers.
In the battle just now, Shu Zhi's artillery company did not come in handy.
Because the artillery company came this time, it didn't bring mortars, not even grenadiers.
According to the original plan, the task of the artillery company was actually to help carry supplies.
After learning that the pressure of the reconnaissance team was very high, Liu Tianshu felt that if he wanted to make the devils dare not go to Zhujiaao, he had to make the devils suffer a lot.
Li Nannan seemed to be undying with the devils who came forward, and after paying the price of a hundred people, he didn't even slow down.
Since the devils ******** sent to death, then why not teach them a lesson.
There were more than 500 devils who came to reinforce from the direction of Linan, and after losing more than 100 people, they actually spread out the entire attack formation and advanced towards Zhujiaao along an area of 50 meters on both sides of the railway line.
"Covering shelling of devils in the direction of Li Nan?" After listening to Liu Tianshu's speech, Shu Zhi's eyes couldn't help but light up.
"Yes, indiscriminate covering shelling, you see, this is a flat area, we have arranged infantry artillery mortars and so on in advance, as soon as all the devils enter this area, we will immediately cover this area. Blow this piece into a sea of fire and give the devil a long memory. You calculate, how many infantry guns and mortars will be needed to achieve this goal. I took a look just now, and among the captured supplies were eight infantry guns, and there were twelve eighty-two mortars. Artillery shells can be supplied openly, and I have asked the commander of a battalion to bring in soldiers who can operate the guns for your command. Liu Tianshu said contemplatively.
"There are so many cannons? This is really good, regiment commander, I estimated, it's just more than four hundred devils, to cover this area, eight infantry guns plus six mortars are enough. You're going to give me half an hour, though. Shu Zhi said after a careful calculation.
"Okay, I'll let the devil enter this area in half an hour." Hearing Shu Zhi say so confidently, Liu Tianshu nodded and said.
After Shu Zhi left, Liu Tianshu immediately asked the third company of the first battalion to follow him to the west to meet Shi Qiang, who was commanding the reconnaissance team to retreat.
"Shi Qiang, what's the situation?" Seeing that Shi Qiang's face was full of gunsmoke, Liu Tianshu asked with concern.
"Commander, these devils are completely crazy, and some devils even pounced on us with grenades." Shi Qiang wiped the sweat from his face and said.
More than a dozen soldiers of his reconnaissance brigade have died, and all of them have been killed with grenades by devils who have chased after them like mad dogs.
"It seems that their superiors have given these devils a death order, Shi Qiang, in this way, immediately retreat here with your people, I will let the first battalion and three companies cooperate with you, you must hold out for half an hour, and then retreat here." Liu Tianshu motioned for Luo Kai to take out the map, pointed to the two locations and said.
"Yes, guaranteed to complete the mission." Shi Qiang heard that Liu Tianshu asked him and Sanlian to hold on the mountain for half an hour, and then retreated directly to Zhujiaao, although he didn't know why, he still accepted the task with a firm gaze.
It's just half an hour, and with the cooperation of one battalion and three companies, Shi Qiang still has this confidence.
Subsequently, the reconnaissance brigade immediately arranged the grenades on the ground as a trick mine, and then quickly withdrew to the east, and after joining up with the third company, on that small hill, immediately built fortifications.
As for the ammunition they urgently needed, the Third Company had brought it to them.
Yoshida, the devil commander who commanded the Japanese army to rush forward, learned that a brigade of the Japanese army that was reinforced later had taken a train to a place less than ten miles behind him, but unfortunately the railway was blown up, and these reinforced Japanese troops could only walk.
He immediately ordered the remaining 300 or so Japanese troops to immediately speed up their attacks, and as for the sporadic attacks on both sides, they were directly ignored by him.
Those Japanese soldiers already knew that if they couldn't rush to Zhujiaao and wait for themselves, or really commit suicide to thank the emperor, they naturally became desperate.
So the devil who ran in front was blown away by the mine, but the devil behind did not hesitate at all, and he didn't even blink his eyelids.
However, the next charge, except for some soldiers who were injured by grenades arranged by the despicable Chinese, was not attacked by other attacks.
It seems that the Chinese have already run.
Thinking of this, Yoshida was in a hurry, brandished his command knife, and ordered the soldiers to rush forward in the dark.
In a blink of an eye, he arrived in front of a mountain ridge, because of the pursuit just now, he gradually did not even encounter the thunder, let alone the blocking of the Eighth Road, so seeing the mountain ridge appear, Yoshida just ordered the artillery to carry out a bombardment, and immediately commanded the troops to run towards the mountain ridge.
When they ran to the front of the mountain, they suddenly fired a dense number of bullets in front, and more than 30 soldiers were shot and fell, while the rest of the soldiers, although they were not afraid of death, still lay down on the spot according to the drill rules, and at the same time set up machine guns to suppress the fire, and the artillery fire followed and bombarded the mountain.
It's just that in the dark of night, it is impossible to judge how good the effect of the cannonballs fired is estimated.
The two sides fought fiercely in front of the mountain ridge, and in the blink of an eye they fought for half an hour, and the large Japanese troops who had come to reinforce them, under the personal command of the wing commander, had reached the rear of Yoshida's troops less than two miles away.
Just as Yoshida was about to let his troops attack again, suddenly there seemed to be no more bullets shooting from the opposite ridge.
Yoshida was stunned and sent a team to rush up the mountain tentatively, only to find that the Chinese who blocked the attack had already run away.
He immediately commanded the troops to rush up the mountain, and when he saw Zhujiaao on the opposite side, it was so blazing that even half of the sky was red.
Yoshida's heart darkened, it seemed that the Chinese had burned the train, and as for the imperial soldiers who escorted the train, the result did not need to be known. Thinking that the supplies would either fall into the hands of the Chinese or be destroyed by the Chinese, Yoshida had to ask the communications corps to report the situation to the wing commander who arrived later.
In a few moments, the order of the wing commander arrived.
The wing commander ordered Yoshida to immediately lead his troops to Zhujiaao to join the friendly forces coming from Qingdao.
The commander stationed in Jinan was furious and ordered the Japanese troops in Qingdao and Li Nan to severely punish the attackers, while an independent mixed brigade was approaching this direction.
Looking at this posture, the commander must catch the Chinese who dare to sneak attack the military column at all costs.
After reading the telegram, Yoshida had no choice but to order the troops to abandon the search on both sides and rush towards Zhujiaao in a dense formation, hoping to reach Zhujiaao in the shortest possible time.
Liu Tianshu and Shu Zhi stood together, but unfortunately in the dark night, he couldn't fully see the movement on the other side, he could only quietly wait for the report of the soldiers of the reconnaissance brigade lurking near the area over there.
Around the perimeter of this area, lurking are a reconnaissance brigade and a combat group, which is ready to use ******. Once it is determined that the devil has entered this area, the two teams near the east immediately throw ******, and then the two teams on the west side also mark the area of the devil with ******.
The two of them watched for about twenty minutes, and then they saw that not far in front of them, a fire suddenly ignited, and then, not far to the north of this fire, there was also a fire burning.
Then, two flames ignited in the distance.
Liu Tianshu saw this scene and said excitedly: "Shu Zhi, it's up to you." ”
"Commander, look at ours." Shu Zhi cracked his mouth and smiled, and then shouted loudly to open fire.
The eight 92 infantry guns and six 82 mortars that had been prepared in advance suddenly roared towards the predetermined area. (To be continued.) )