Sending troops out of the city to fight with the Eighth Route Army, for the Datong garrison, which is still strong in defending the city, is more of a test of the reality of the Eighth Road, and also wants to try to find a way to break the situation.

Some time ago, their patrol force was able to carry out normal patrols outside the city. However, as the main force of the Eighth Route Army captured Zuoyun and began to attack Datong, most of the Japanese troops who had been harassed in the past were mostly ambushed and annihilated.

In response to this situation, under the strict order of Itagaki, the garrison officer of Datong quickly transferred all the troops stationed outside the city, as well as the food and materials in the controlled area, into Datong City. In this way, it is hoped that the reinforcements will arrive to carry out a counterattack.

Judging from the current situation, reinforcements seem to be far away. The supplies that originally seemed sufficient to them were about to bottom out with the consumption day by day. In desperation, the garrison officer also began to think of a way to break the situation.

According to the telegrams sent by the surrounding counties, the garrison officers of Datong knew to some extent that the troops of the Eighth Route Army entering Datong should be the troops of the main division. Most of the troops attacking the surrounding counties were a main regiment of the Eighth Route Army.

Originally, with the infantry brigades they had arranged in various county towns, it should not be too much of a problem to fight against the main force of the Eighth Route Army. However, many Japanese troops found that the way the Eighth Route Army troops fought was always different from their previous contacts.

Every time a certain county is attacked, there will always be an elite small unit of the Eighth Route Army in the city. Even the puppet army, which usually looks honest and timid, will always bring them a deadly threat, allowing the Eighth Route Army to easily capture the county seat they are stationing.

Even the independent garrison stationed in Datong did not recruit prisoners of war from Shanxi. But the Japanese troops in the city all knew that the garrison of more than 5,000 people, the largest number of them were Chinese prisoners of war or young people.

Among these people, whether there are lurkers or not, the Japanese soldiers in the city do not know. In this case, an infantry brigade was sent out of the city to fight on the safe side. It can also be regarded as a battle to test the loyalty of these troops.

If the Eighth Route Army launched an attack on Datong, and these Chinese lurking in the independent garrison were instigated, it would pose a mortal threat to the Japanese army in the city. This kind of hidden danger, the Japanese commander is not afraid of?

From the independent garrison, an infantry brigade was drawn out of the city. In the eyes of many Japanese commanders, it was a multi-pronged matter. It can not only reduce the supply of materials, but also disrupt the operations of the Eighth Route Army in the Datong area.

Now that they have realized that the Eighth Route Army wants to turn Datong into an isolated city, solve other surrounding counties, and finally gather heavy troops to besiege Datong. Then they suddenly launched a counterattack, maybe they could disrupt the military deployment of the Eighth Route Army!

It's a pity that the Japanese commander's idea was good, but when it came to He Zhengdao's deployment, any of their ideas could only be in vain. Unless all the Japanese troops in Datong enter the city at this moment, only one infantry brigade wants to disrupt the military deployment of the Eighth Route Army.

Difficult!

After receiving the report of the reconnaissance team, the commander of the second division and the second regiment was also very surprised: "Well, these little devils are really ghosts!" Coldly sent troops out of the city, did you want to break through? Or do you want to test our firepower? ”

'Regiment commander, it can be seen from the direction of the Japanese army out of the city that they probably want to test our firepower! If we can't annihilate this Japanese infantry brigade, I believe that the little devils in the city will have more ideas.

In this case, I think we can contact the third regiment and make this bureau bigger. According to the scouts, it seems that the little devil who left the city did not carry any supplies. This shows that they should not be here to break through.

If we block it a little, will we fish out their main force? If we can really fish their main force out of the city, we will solve it by then, and it will be much easier. Siege, the difficulty is still not small! ’

Listening to the chief of staff's analysis, the second regiment commander thought for a while and said, "It's not easy to estimate!" The little devils are very cunning, and they should know that it will be more dangerous to transfer the main force to the outside than to stay in the city. This infantry brigade must be crippled.

According to the order we received, it was to besiege the little devils in Datong and prevent them from leaving a single soldier. No matter what the intentions of these little devils are to go out of the city, we must resolutely beat them back and let them know that there is no way out of the city.

Inform the commander of the first battalion that for this little devil infantry brigade that has left the city, give me a hard beating. In addition, the four battalions were ordered to go around to the back of the little devils to outflank. Even if it can't be wiped out, it must be crippled. ”

Although the method said by the chief of staff earlier made the second regiment commander feel a little moved. But the second head of the regiment also knows that such a risk is not small. Really let the little devil slip away an infantry brigade, and it is also dangerous for the surrounding troops.

Even if the second regiment is not afraid of these little devils, it does not mean that the guerrillas and garrisons operating in the surrounding area are also not afraid. Really let these little devils run into those troops, but the losses are immeasurable. The stakes are too high, he doesn't dare to bet!

The operational deployment formulated by the independent column this time is not limited to the same place. The division of labor among each of the main forces is very important. A mistake on the part of any one unit may affect the entire operational deployment.

In this case, even if the second regiment commander felt that the chief of staff's suggestion was good, he still objected. After all, it was impossible for him to transfer too much risk to the cooperation of other troops.

The most important thing is that after the independent column launched the front offensive against Datong, many people in the base areas came out to cooperate in the battle. These former people and guerrillas were the main force in the transportation of materials for the main force.

Not to mention the escape of a Japanese infantry brigade, even if a Japanese squad leaks out of the defense area, it may lead to heavy casualties among these former civilians and guerrillas. In this case, how dare the second regiment commander take risks?

Hearing the regiment commander's order, the chief of staff thought for a while and said, "Yes, we are not in a hurry anyway, it's not bad to let the little devil be in a hurry!" Let's see how many troops the little devils in the city will send. ”

As the chief of staff gave the order to block the attack, a battalion of the main force company was also placed in the blocking position outside the city, and soon another company was transferred to the blocking position. The gunfire of the reconnaissance detachment, they actually heard it.

Not long after, the commander of the first battalion who came to the blocking position to direct the battle soon heard the sound of explosions coming from the front. The commander of a battalion who stayed at the headquarters said with a little worry: "This is the sound of a little devil's mortar, right?" It's all fired! ”

The instructor of the first battalion who stayed beside him said with a smile: "Battalion commander, when you meet someone from the reconnaissance company, the little devil can't move the cannon, and it is estimated that there is no way to pass through their blocking line." It shouldn't be easy for the little devils to clean them up! ”

When the two talked about the sound of the little devil's mortar, the people of the reconnaissance team were also ready to evacuate. Although they had come here to reconnoitre, they had also dug fortifications.

After all, lying on the snow is undoubtedly safer and warmer than lying on the ground in a well-dug fortification.

For this reason, when the Japanese squadron that came to the aid sent a small team to attack again. The scouts, lying in the fortifications, once again exchanged fire with these little devils who were rushing up the hillside, but each fired only five bullets.

As for the machine gunners, they had already retreated before the exchange of fire. Gear up and be ready to ski off the other side of the slope. But he also needed to wait for the rest of the squad to come.

As the mortars flew up the hill, the rest of the squad stooped down from the trenches and retreated. Come to the side of the hill and get your ski gear on just as quickly. Until the team leader gave the order to retreat, the group quickly slid down the hillside to evacuate.

Listening to the sound of explosions behind them, it didn't take long for the team to slide down the hillside, leaving the attacking Japanese troops far away. The Japanese troops attacking the hillside finally succeeded in reconnoitring within 100 meters of the detachment's previous blockade.

It's just that the Japanese squadron leader who was watching the battle below heard that the guns suddenly stopped firing on the hillside, and said with some surprise: "Stop the shelling!" Baga, send another team to give me a quick pursuit! Can't let them run! ”

didn't wait for the additional troop team to go up the mountain, and the little devil who successfully went up the mountain also knew that he couldn't let the other party run away. After all, after the previous two rounds of blockade, they left almost half a hundred corpses on this small hillside!

Just as several Japanese soldiers quickened their pace and rushed up, hoping to reach the highest position on the hillside as soon as possible. One of the Japanese soldiers suddenly felt as if his leg had tripped over some silk thread.

Just as he lowered his head to see what it was, a Japanese soldier next to him said in horror: "Baga, grenade!" ”

Just as he turned his head to check, several Japanese soldiers saw that two explosions suddenly sounded beside this little devil, searching for the advancing little devil around him, and all of them fell to the ground in an instant. Some people were directly killed, but some people fell to the ground with screams from the explosion.

The rest of the Japanese troops who searched for it, when they saw this situation, undoubtedly seemed very cautious. With each step forward, the ground is carefully searched. But how could the stumbling thunder arranged by the scouts be so easy to see?

When the follow-up reinforcement team caught up, they left more than a dozen corpses within a short range of 100 meters. Even the ordinary soldiers who cooperated with the battle did not dare to take the initiative to step forward, for fear of touching the grenade buried in the snow.

The result was obvious, and when someone finally managed to reach the highest position on the hillside. What you see is the trenches left behind by the retreat of the reconnaissance team, and the blocking team that disappeared out of thin air.

The team leader who led the search looked at the long snow marks on the hillside, and said with a little surprise: "Baga, how did this Eighth Route Army escape?" How can you not see the footprints they left behind? ”

Although it was guessed that the traces left by these skis must have been left by the retreating reconnaissance team. But for the captain of the Japanese squad, he still couldn't figure out what this trace was left by.

Although in the Northeast, there are also many people who use plows to transport goods. But similar to this kind of equipment for solo skiing, it is still rare in this era. The little devil can't understand this trace, so it's naturally normal! (To be continued.) )