Chapter Eighty-Three: Are You the Eighth Route Army?
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The target plane, in the northwest of the Yanhuang Continent, in the area of Hangjin Banner in the west of Baotou City, the defensive position of the 101st Division of Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army, and the division headquarters.
Standing behind the temporarily established bunker of the headquarters, Dong Qiwu, the commander of the 101st Division who watched the battle situation in front from the observation port, opened his mouth and asked: "Hasn't the Red Party's army arrived yet?" β
"Master, not yet, 3 hours ago, they sent a telegram, saying that they had already set off, and they should still be on their way to come." The adjutant standing beside Dong Qiwu replied.
"Well, I hope they can hurry up, the little devil's offensive momentum is too fierce!" After hearing the adjutant's report, Dong Qiwu raised his binoculars and carefully looked at the battlefield situation in front of him, and then said to himself.
After carefully comparing several places where the Japanese reinforcements must pass through and the distance from Baotou, Dong Qiwu finally chose both sides of the highway close to many small hills and Baotou as the front of his defensive position, where the officers and men of the 10th Division dug trenches, set up holes and traps, and laid mines. At the same time, because the core position is protruding from the hill and is itself the commanding height of the nearby area, the observation horizon is good, and the artillery battalion placed here can be just in the right direction, directly intersecting the direction of the activities of the Japanese attacking troops advancing along the road, so that they can calmly carry out artillery bombardment on the enemy.
In addition, due to the obstruction of the vision of the Japanese army, the mobile artillery 105mm howitzer attached to the mobile infantry wing of the Japanese army will not be able to suppress the artillery fire of their own troops due to the lack of sufficient artillery observation. Therefore, a rare 75mm artillery can be formed to suppress the powerful combat situation of the little devil's 105mm artillery, which is also the most favorable formation for Dong Qiwu to use all his brain cells and use the battlefield experience accumulated over the years to arrange troops to block the enemy.
At about 7:25 in the morning, when the blocking battle began, the battle situation was indeed carried out according to Dong Qiwu's envisioned script, with the strong support of his own artillery regiment, the troops of the 101st Division and the attack force of the Japanese army stationed in Mongolia, that is, the 6th Brigade of the 3rd Tank Division of the Tank (under the jurisdiction of the 13th and 17th Wing of the Tank) and the 1st Division of the 26th Division, due to the obstacles of the mines and a large number of pits in advance, the advance of the armored combat vehicles of the 6th Brigade of the 3rd Division of the Tank was not smooth, and the 101st Division of the 35th Army of Fu Zuoyi, Fierce tug-of-war was waged in the front position of the trench, relying on the 37mm anti-aircraft guns and heavy machine guns set up in the depths of the trench in advance as fire support points, the officers and men of the 101st Division had twice repelled the coordinated attack of the chariot infantry of the little devils.
But soon, Major General Asano Tadamitsu, commander of the 6th Tank Brigade of the 3rd Tank Division of the 3rd Tank Division, who had been observing the battle situation of the Yanhuang Army, discovered the weakness of the defense of the 1st 01st Division, that is, it was average everywhere, lacking depth, a little breakthrough, and the whole line collapsed! In the first two attacks, when the Japanese chariots and infantry units attacked in a fan-like formation, the positions of the 1st 01st Division were able to form a good tension defense. But at the cost of the overall lack of sufficient depth in the defense (which is not actually considered a weakness, but because of the shortcomings of the 1st 0st Division in numbers and terrain limitations).
"Command! Concentrate all the firepower of the 105mm howitzers of the motorized infantry wing to attack the enemy's hill pack position on the far side of the left side of the road, order the 17th tank wing to concentrate all the tanks, and attack the enemy position here in a group charge posture, and at the same time order the 13th tank wing and the 26th division to cooperate and move around the periphery of other enemy positions to contain the opponent's forces so that they have no spare strength to carry out rescue, understand? "The 6th Brigade of the 3rd Tank Division, the brigade commander, Major General Tadamichi Asano, ordered to the adjutant beside him.
"Hey!!" After the adjutant answered, he quickly conveyed the order to the participating units. Fifteen minutes later, the regrouped Japanese army, in accordance with the plan of Major General Asano Tadamichi, quickly attacked their respective targets.
"Ga Zhi Zhi ~~ Ga Zhi Zhi ~~" The little devil's 97 middle chariot and 97 reform chariot made a sore toothache sound, and slowly launched an attack on the position of the 9th Company of the 137th Regiment of the 10th Division.
"Attention, the chariot of the little devil is coming, pull the mines!" Xu Shengli, the commander of the ninth company, shouted loudly to his soldiers.
"Yes!!"
"Boom!"
"Boom!"
With several explosions, several 97 tanks either stopped due to broken tracks, or exploded due to engine fires, and stopped moving forward. However, for the entire 17th Tank Wing, the destruction of a limited number of vehicles could not hinder its progress at all.
"He's nΗinΗi, little devil, Lao Tzu fought with you!" A Yanhuang soldier with an explosives bag strapped to his chest suddenly ran out of the trench at the front and ran towards the Japanese ironclad chariot five meters ahead.
"Boom!"
An hour and a half after the start of the battle, the 9th Company of the 137th Regiment of Dong Qiwu's 1st Division ushered in the biggest crisis after the start of the blocking campaign.
"Order the 7th Company, which is in reserve, to quickly support the 9th Company's position! The 12th Company is also ready for battle and ready to go into battle at any time! Dong Qiwu, who noticed that the situation of the 9th Company of the 137th Regiment was extremely dangerous, quickly dispatched half of the reserve strength of the only two companies in his hands.
"Yes, Master!" When the adjutant heard the order, he quickly went to make a field call.
"Inform the artillery battalion, leave the enemy's 105mm howitzer positions alone and concentrate on supporting the defensive positions of the 9th Company with all your might." Dong Qiwu, who was not at ease, ordered again.
"Yes!"
Fifteen minutes later, observing the effectiveness of such an attack, the Japanese garrison in Mongolia quickly dispatched part of the 26th Division to assist the 6th Brigade of the 3rd Tank Division in launching an attack on Dong Qiwu's 203rd position.
Forty-five minutes later,
"Order the 12th Company to set off immediately and quickly support the defensive position of the 9th Company!" Dong Qiwu, who found that the battle situation was still not good, quickly put the last reserve into battle.
An hour later,
"Division, the 203rd position (that is, the position of the 9th company attacked by the Japanese invaders) has changed hands three times, our 9th company has been killed and wounded, the 7th company has also lost most of it, the newly invested 12th company has a battle loss rate of more than 4 percent, the 6 battle defense guns deployed on the position have been destroyed 5, and only more than 200 rounds of more than 800 shells carried by the artillery battalion are left, the casualties are too great, do you want to withdraw first?" After Dong Qiwu's staff officer reported on the battle situation, he made a suggestion.
"Can't withdraw, tell the brothers, this devil army is going to our hometown Wuyuan County, once they are let go, our wives and children, elders and parents will have to suffer, send my Jing Wei Company to support the 203rd position, and at the same time order the baggage battalion and other logistics soldiers to take weapons, ready to fight at any time, after the baggage battalion goes up, the man and the cook will go up, the man and the cook will go up, and the man and the cook will be gone, and Lao Tzu will go to the top! No matter what the cost, you must hold out until the Red Party reinforcements arrive, or at four o'clock in the afternoon (the return time agreed with Fu Zuoyi), understand? Hearing the adjutant's words, Dong Qiwu said with a dark face.
"Yes!"
Five minutes later, Dong Qiwu's Jing Guard Company entered the battle. Fifty minutes later, the baggage camp was raised. At this time, the 6th Brigade of the 3rd Tank Division of the Japanese Tank had already lost more than 30 tanks, and the tenacity of the Yanhuang blocking troops this time greatly surprised Major General Tadamichi Asano.
"Is it Yan Huang's unit on the other side, have you found out the number?" Major General Tadatsu Asano watched the battle ahead with a telescope and asked Ichiro Ohno, a staff officer of the army next to him.
"Hey! Your Excellency Asano should be the chairman of Yanhuang Suiyuan Province, Fu Zuoyi's 35th Army, as for the specific unit of the 35th Army, it has not been clarified for the time being. Staff Officer Ichiro Ohno replied.
"Although the unyielding Jing God is extremely commendable, but in the face of the absolute disadvantage brought by the equipment gap, all resistance is in vain, pass my order, let the 17th Wing of the chariot put all the troops in reserve, and capture the enemy position in one go!" Major General Tadamichi Asano ordered.
"Hey!"
Temporary Command of the 1st 01st Division.
"Master, the devil is about to launch a general attack!" The adjutant saw the battle situation on the front line and said in an anxious tone.
"How many shells do we have?" After hearing the adjutant's words, Dong Qiwu asked.
"About 100 rounds!"
"Bomb them all up, and let me crush the devil chariot in front of the 203 position!"
"But, Master! Without shells, we ..."
"I can't care so much, let's get through the moment first." After Dong Qiwu heard the adjutant's reminder, he shook his head and said.
"Yes, yes!" The adjutant replied.
Five minutes later, while there was a fierce battle ahead, an officer suddenly broke into Dong Qiwu's temporary headquarters.
"Report, a convoy has been found in the back!" After entering the house, the officer quickly saluted Dong Qiwu and reported loudly.
"What?! Did the little devils send troops to copy our back road? The adjutant asked.
"Counselor, I guess not, the other party is waving the military flag of the Red Party." After hearing the adjutant's question, the officer replied.
"Reinforcements have arrived? But strangely, when did the Red Party equip their cars, didn't they always march on foot? Dong Qiwu frowned, and then continued: "No matter what, the battle situation is critical now, as long as it is to support us, we will talk about it first, and immediately bring their person in charge to see me!" β
"Yes!"
Five minutes later, an officer of the Yanhuang Red Party wearing a green camouflage uniform came to Dong Qiwu's temporary combat headquarters, and after saluting Dong Qiwu, he said loudly: "Zhang Dabiao, the leader of the advance support team of the Third Column of the Red Party of the Eighth Route Army, the newly formed Ninth Division, reports to you. All 1,041 people of the support team were ordered to arrive in a rapid march by truck, and the main force of the new Ninth Division will arrive in one and a half hours, and the report is complete! β
After Dong Qiwu returned the military salute, he said: "Thank you for your support!" At the same time, he looked up and down at Zhang Dabiao, who claimed to be the captain of the advance support team, wearing a steel helmet on his head, wearing a combat uniform made of dyed cloth, a belt on his waist and shoulders, and a row of magazines on the belt, a pistol pinned to his left hip, wearing dark green military shoes under his feet, and a short rifle (actually Type 56) behind his back. This is the Eighth Route Army? The legendary Dirt Eight Road? Dong Qiwu couldn't help muttering in his heart.
"Please instruct me about the area of operation!" Zhang Dabiao, who didn't know what Dong Qiwu was thinking, continued to ask.
"Well, please immediately rush to the aid of the 203 position, the specific location..."Dong Qiwu said as he nodded to the adjutant beside him, who immediately understood and pointed out to Zhang Dabiao on the large map hanging on the left wall.
A minute later, Zhang Dabiao, who knew the combat area, saluted and said goodbye again, and quickly left Dong Qiwu's temporary combat headquarters to organize his own troops.
After seeing Zhang Dabiao leave, Dong Qiwu followed him to the hillside behind the headquarters and saw thousands of Red Party troops wearing uniform uniforms, pushing strange weapons (12-barreled rocket artillery) unloaded from trucks and several 92-type mountain guns of little devils, rushing towards the direction of the 203 position. The neat and orderly and well-trained performance immediately attracted Dong Qiwu's attention.
"Are they really the Eighth Route Army?" The more he looked at it, the more strange Dong Qiwu couldn't help but say.
Five minutes later, 203 positions.
Liu Haicheng, the commander of the 12th Company, looked at the Japanese chariot troops a few hundred meters away with red eyes, and in less than two hours, nearly half of his company's brothers had been damaged, but the enemy's offensive was becoming more and more fierce. The enemy's firepower and combat quality this time far exceeded the last encounter with the Mongolian army (the Battle of Wuyuan County in 1940, when the Mongolian army was dominated by the Mongolian puppet army).
"Lianza, reinforcements have come up to support us!" A soldier of the 12th Company next to him shouted.
"Reinforcements!?" Liu Haicheng, who was familiar with the actual situation behind, couldn't help but be a little stunned, just now the division seat obviously even sent a group of soldiers, how could there be reinforcements.
Ten seconds later, several soldiers wearing colorful military uniforms came to his side and said loudly: "I am from the 3rd Company of the Advance Support Team of the New Ninth Division of the Red Party, and I was ordered to come to support, how is the situation now?" β
"The advance support team of the Red Party's New Ninth Division?" Although Liu Haicheng was a little stunned by the visitor's speech, he still quickly said: "Thank you, be careful!" The chariot of the little devils is up again! β
"Understood!" Seeing the devil's chariot spewing shells and bullets more than 300 meters ahead, the Red Party soldiers said: "Watch us destroy it!" After saying that, he gestured to his companion beside him, and the latter immediately understood, unloaded the long barrel-shaped thing he was carrying on his back, and then quickly took a strange part from the third soldier and placed it at one end of the long barrel.
With the appearance of a long smoke belt, the parts installed on the head of the long barrel quickly flew towards the devil chariot, and after a few seconds, with a loud "boom", the devil chariot on the opposite side turned into a flaming steel wreckage.
But this is only the beginning, the Red Party fighters seem to have expected this result and are commonplace, without any hesitation and stop, continue to install parts and pull the trigger, in just 1 minute, 3 devil's armored combat vehicles were destroyed one after another. Moreover, the entire 203 Heights is not only here, more than 30 smoke belts appeared one after another, and most of the more than 90 Japanese chariots that attacked were turned into iron coffins burning with flames, squeaking like sorrow.
Liu Haicheng, the commander of the 12th Company, who saw this scene, couldn't help but wonder and asked, "Are you the Eighth Route Army?" β
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