Chapter 129: Surprise Attack on Shanhaiguan (II)
After receiving the news from the first battalion, He Zhengdao, who also set up a temporary command headquarters in a dense forest outside Shanhaiguan, also seemed to breathe a sigh of relief. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 infoThe successful capture of the Japanese army's supply team undoubtedly created the best opportunity for the capture of Shanhaiguan.
The only thing left to do is to send all the main forces of the Eighth Route Army lurking outside the pass to the pass before the defenders of Shanhaiguan react. It did not engage in positional warfare with the Japanese army, but engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Japanese army in the pass.
Such a battle is also relatively advantageous for the reconnaissance group that serves as the main attack. Coupled with a few main infantry regiments of the three columns that cooperated with the attack, He Zhengdao believed that there should be no problem in taking Shanhaiguan this time.
Knowing that the reconnaissance regiment had begun to rush to Shanhaiguan, He Zhengdao also asked the accompanying operational staff officers to send orders to several main regiments lurking outside the pass to prepare for battle. As soon as the reconnaissance group gave the signal, they immediately launched an attack on the defenders of Shanhaiguan.
Several main regiments that arrived at Shanhaiguan also looked very excited when they received the order from He Zhengdao. For the past few days, they have been staying here and munching on dry food, although there is no danger, but they feel a little bored!
Now that the expected order was finally obtained, everyone quickly put on their combat equipment and waited for the signal to attack. Once the signal of 'attack' comes from Shanhaiguan, they will also attack the enemy in front of the pass.
However, all this is not clear to the defenders of the Guannai, who are anxiously waiting to escort the troops over. After receiving the telegram from the outpost, they felt relieved that nothing had happened to this batch of supplies after all.
The defenders who waited at the pass looked at the headlights that appeared in the distance, and the Japanese soldiers who were anxiously waiting for the pass also said happily: "Our supply convoy has arrived!" Hurry up and open the gates and let our convoy in. ”
'Shaozo, don't you need to check it?' ’
'Check what! It's not far from the outpost, so if something happens, how can you not hear a sound at all? The forward posts have already been inspected, so why should we do it again?
Brigade commander, he has been waiting for a long time, and if we delay any longer, I am afraid that he will be even more anxious. What's more, do you think the Eighth Road really dares to storm Shanhaiguan? With their ability, I'm afraid they can't do this. ’
Regarding the admonition of the officers around him, the young man who was guarding the gate didn't pay much attention to it at all. In his opinion, putting these materials into the customs first, that is the first task. When the materials are transported into the warehouse, they can feel at ease.
What's more, they deployed a large number of machine guns and defenders above the pass, if these people were really pretended by the Eighth Route Army, how could they not find out! When the time comes, wouldn't it be easier to block them in the customs and solve them?
As the first car arrived in front of the city gate that had been opened, a company commander sitting in the car looked at many Japanese soldiers standing in the doorway. But suddenly said: "Stop!" I'll go and test it! ”
Hearing the order of the company commander, the driver also braked at the right time. This sudden stop made the Japanese soldier Shaozo standing at the other end of the city gate feel a little surprised, and he didn't understand why the convoy didn't come in.
Fortunately, the soldiers defending the city, although they felt a little surprised, hurried over. looked at a Japanese lieutenant who got off the car, and a Japanese soldier who was guarding the city gate, and ran up to salute very quickly.
'What? Don't you have to check your documents? Why, then, did we undergo a half-hour inspection at the front? ’
The commander of a company, who pretended to be the leader of the escort squadron, questioned the soldier as if he was a little angry. As a result, the military cao also said helplessly: "Lieutenant, this is our captain's order, he doesn't feel the need to check!" ”
In the process of explaining, the young man also walked in front of the company commander. After listening to Jun Cao's explanation, Shao Zuo also said with satisfaction: "Yo Xi, yours are good!" Looks like I'm too anxious, you don't have to check again! ”
'Thank you, Shaozuo! ’
After listening to the explanation of the Japanese soldier, the first company commander also felt a little. However, there was no conspiracy, so he naturally didn't have to delay anything, and made a gesture to let the convoy continue to enter the city, and he naturally accompanied the Japanese soldier.
'Where's Captain Shirota?' Why don't you see him? ’
Looking at the lieutenant, the Japanese soldier who came to greet the convoy still asked with some surprise. Hearing this inquiry, the company commander was shocked and hurriedly pretended to be helpless and said, "Shaozuo, can you go in and talk about it!" ”
Looking at the lieutenant's somewhat embarrassed expression, Shao Zuo didn't doubt it but said very directly: "What's wrong?" ”
'Shao Zuo, when we were at the checkpoint earlier, our captain talked to the captain in charge of the checkpoint for a while. During the inspection, he and the old classmate had two more drinks, which will be sleeping in the car? ’
'Na! When he was on military duty, he dared to drink! Yaga! ’
After listening to the lieutenant's explanation, the Japanese soldier seemed to be angry. And it didn't take long for the last car to slowly drive by. The company commander also signaled the car to stop, and after opening the door, Shao Zuo soon smelled a rushing smell of wine.
Of course, the Captain Shirota he knew, was also lying in the carriage at the moment, completely drunk. Seeing this scene, Shao Zuo certainly looked very angry, but it was not good to hold this captain accountable here.
During this time, with the rapid rise of the Eighth Route Army in the eastern Hebei region, many officers of the Japanese troops stationed here learned to relieve pressure by drinking. And Shao Zuo also knew that the stationmaster of the forward checkpoint and this Captain Shirota were indeed classmates.
It's rare to see old classmates, and it's easy to have a few more drinks. What's more, the lieutenant next to him also hurriedly explained. said that during this time, Captain Shiroda was under a lot of pressure, and he was just happy to drink a few more glasses.
In the process of explanation, the commander of a company, pretending to be a lieutenant of the escort team, also closed the door at the right time to let the car move on. And the puppet army following behind the car also seemed very cautious and nervous and began to step into the city gate.
At this time, the commander of the first company also said in a timely manner: "Your Excellency Shaozuo, wait to see General Miyamoto, and please say a few kind words for our captain." Recently, he has been under a lot of pressure, and he is also very worried about escorting so many supplies over! ”
While speaking, the commander of the first company was also a little careful to curry favor with the Japanese soldier. While speaking, the commander of the first company also introduced Shao Zuo into the city gate cave at the right time and walked inside.
But at the time of his turn, the scouts disguised as Japanese infantry who followed him also quickly saw his combat gestures. In this process, the soldiers of the reconnaissance regiment pretending to be the puppet army also walked into the city gate.
Taking advantage of the fact that the convoy has just passed, the sight of the city gate hole is not too good. Those scouts who were close to the defenders of the city gate cave also began to constantly obliterate these unprepared little devils, and replaced them with their own people to stand in line again.
As for the scouts who walked next to them and pretended to be puppet soldiers, they continued to line up and walk towards the pass as if they hadn't seen anything. Until the last puppet army, they all walked into the city gate hole, and the commander of the first company accompanied the young man into the Shanhaiguan.
At the moment when the convoy stopped in front of the warehouse of the Japanese barracks, many Japanese soldiers on duty in the pass also surrounded them. For these defenders, there are not many opportunities to make contact with the outside.
But just as they were cleaning up and helping to carry the supplies, the moment they lifted the curtain, they found that behind the curtain were not boxes of materials, but heavily armed enemies.
'Kill! ’
At the same time as the gunfire suddenly rang out, the escort troops who had arrived at the barracks playground also decisively transformed into the Grim Reaper who harvested life. As for the Japanese soldier who accompanied the commander of a company, he also felt that something was wrong when he heard the gunshots.
Just as he turned to look at the lieutenant who was chatting with him, he felt a sharp pain in his chest. Looking at the saber inserted into his chest, the young man said with a stunned expression: "You ,,,,,"
'Kill! Spread them all out and take out the enemies here as fast as you can! ’
At the same time as the commander of the first company gave the order, he also drew the submachine gun hidden in his clothes and shot several stunned Japanese soldiers. At this moment, the commander of the reconnaissance regiment, who also got off the car, also commanded the troops to launch a battle formation.
The fierce gunfire rang out, which made the commander of the Japanese brigade who was staying at the Shanhaiguan headquarters also look very puzzled. But even if he was puzzled, he was powerless to resist in the face of the reconnaissance group that had successfully entered the customs.
With the fierce gunfire in the direction of Shanhaiguan, the cooperating troops lurking outside the pass also jumped up and said: "Comrades, rush!" ”
The gunfire was ordered, and the troops of the Eighth Route Army, which were far away from Shanhaiguan, soon saw three signal flares rising into the air. At the moment when the signal flare was fired, the attacking troops, who had already set up their artillery, also immediately launched an artillery bombardment on the front-line positions of the Great Wall.
The sudden sound of gunfire and artillery shelling caused Shanhaiguan to suddenly fall into a new war zone. In the face of this sudden and drastic change, the commander of the Japanese brigade who stayed at the headquarters did not even have time to give the order to counterattack.
The commander of the reconnaissance regiment, who had already locked on this headquarters, organized artillery with heavy mortar* guns to launch an artillery attack on the headquarters as soon as the troops launched an attack.
After the first artillery bombardment, the command of the Japanese army, which was completely unprepared, was naturally also crying wolf. As for the Japanese puppet army in the pass, in the face of this sudden attack, there are not many soldiers who can react after all.
Although there are quite a few troops deployed here in Shanhaiguan, they are far inferior to the number of reconnaissance regiments. Even the defenders, who were relatively close to the main position, planned to send troops over to reinforce them, but they were pinned down by the Eighth Route Army in front of the position.
It can be said that by the time they sent troops to reinforce the main position at Shanhaiguan, they were afraid that the reconnaissance group had already ended the battle there and completely controlled it. For the rest, they are going to block the Eighth Route Army that has been copied from behind.
When the main force of a Jidong Army subdivision lurking outside Shanhaiguan successfully rushed into Shanhaiguan and joined up with the reconnaissance group of the Japanese puppet army that was encircling and annihilating the pass, the Shanhaiguan defense line was officially declared broken.
This also means that Shanhaiguan, which was occupied by the little devils back then, has also been officially taken back from this moment. In the future, this Xiongguan will also become an important passage for the Eighth Route Army to advance into the Northeast!