Chapter 480: The End of the Himeji Division (5)

After receiving the order to block the attack, Li Zhaolin first sent the 103rd Regiment to reconnoiter and advance in the direction of Fufu, probed the terrain, established a number of blocking and ambush positions at suitable locations to block the marching speed of the Japanese reinforcements, and the remaining troops built blocking positions on the spot.

Li Zhaolin's choice of the location of the blockade is very special, this intersection is the thirties of the last century to the Fufu to Keshan, Yi'an to Kedong must pass through, there is a mountain near the intersection, this mountain is called Songfeng Mountain, the mountain is gentle, the north is high and the south is low. The gentle foothills are covered with middle-aged natural secondary forests such as walnut, yellow pineapple, ash, and aspen, and the forest is overgrown with shrubs, which is very suitable for blocking even in early winter.

Li Zhaolin had his eye on this place at a glance when he arrived west of Yi'an. Not only is the location excellent, but the most important thing is that the slopes of this mountain, which are about ten meters high, are also covered with dense bushes and poplars. Behind was a vast birch forest and an endless stretch of green gauze tents almost as tall as a man, though it was already winter and the earth was dressed in a new garment. However, as long as the anti-union fighters put on white windbreakers and lie on the ground, so that the Japanese army will not find out that there is an ambush at all, the dense poplar trees can also provide a natural concealment for the blocking troops. At that moment, Li Zhaolin decided to use the natural terrain here to set a trap for the devil.

I don't know if the commander of the 63rd Wing of the Japanese reinforcements, Fukuei Zhenhei, was lucky or unlucky, but as soon as the troops came out of the wealthy county, Fukuei Zhenping suddenly disregarded the resolute opposition of the commander of the 13th Division of the Jing'an Army, Misaki Zhangping, and forced the Third Regiment of the Jing'an Army outpost to take over his unit as the outpost of the entire Japanese army.

According to his ideas, the Jing'an Army performed well in the past when it accompanied the Japanese army dispatched troops from Central China to attack the Guannai in China, defeating the Sichuan army and the regular army in the Guannai, which had always been known for their tenacity. Now it is even more difficult to deal with these bandits. What's more, having these Manchurians rushing to the front line for the imperial army can greatly reduce the casualties of the imperial army. After all, the favorite thing these anti-coalition loves is to fight ambushes.

It's just that he didn't think about the Sichuan army that was defeated by the Jing'an army at that time. It is said to be a division, but the actual strength is less than 800 people. Its weapons and equipment are all Sichuan-made single rifles, only a few light and heavy machine guns, and even mortars have no shells, and the bullets are gone after a few shots per person, and the so-called regular army is just one more clothes than the Sichuan army, and it cannot be compared with the Jing'an Army with a full set of Japanese-style armament and complete infantry artillery and cavalry.

Moreover, the Jing'an Army at that time was formed by the so-called young people in the countryside in Japan, and they were all authentic Japanese from top to bottom. With the current except for officers above the middle level, they are still Japanese. The officers and men at the grassroots level below are all so-called Manchurians and Koreans, as well as Taiwanese. At least not at all can be compared in loyalty.

As early as after the Battle of Wuhan last year, the Japanese base camp of the Japanese army, which was somewhat lacking in qualified soldiers, had already been incorporated into the regular Japanese army units and pulled to fight in Guannai. Although the current Jing'an Army still bears the same name, it is no longer comparable with before, and in fact, it can be said that it is an all-Chinese army.

However, in yesterday's battle in which the Taiwanese from China formed the Takasago Volunteer Brigade and pursued a small group of troops in China, his combat effectiveness made him feel that the strength of the Jing'an Army had not decreased. Therefore, regardless of the opposition of the commander of the 13th Division, Misaki Zhanghei, he resolutely let the 3rd Regiment of the Jing'an Army serve as the outpost force, and the troops that were supposed to serve as the outpost followed behind the Jing'an Army, and as soon as they entered the Yi'an territory, they were ambushed and the 3rd Regiment of the Jing'an Army was disabled on the spot. There are more than 2,000 people. There were less than 800 people left intact, and the Japanese soldiers suffered less than 20 casualties, which made Fukuei Zhenping feel that his decision was really wise.

The commander of the 13th Division of the Jing'an Army, Masaki Shohei, was angry about the loss of the troops. He was not angry at the death of the soldiers, but angry at the group of soldiers. was ambushed by the troops of China, but did not resist. After Misaki Zhangpei arrived, he directly shot the regiment commander in front of all the remaining Jing'an soldiers on the charge of escaping from the battle, and solemnly said to the officers and men of Jing'an that if he dared to escape from the battlefield this person would be an example, and for this reason, the psychology of the officers and men of the Jing'an Army was cast a shadow.

Seeing that Misaki Zhangping was handling things so seriously, Fukuei Zhenhei Dazuo said: "Misaki-kun, the current Jing'an Army is not the Jing'an Army formed by the young people in the countryside of the empire a few years ago, but now it is composed of Manchurians and Koreans, as well as Taiwanese, they will never be able to catch up with the quality of the imperial soldiers, and they can only consume the bullets of the Anti-United Nations for the empire now, or go to the thunder for us." ”

"Your Excellency Dazuo, except for a few middle and high-ranking officers, the grassroots officers and soldiers below have long been replaced by Manchurians. It is no longer the same as the previous Jing'an Army. Exactly how much loyalty there is has not yet been tested. If you push them to the front line so rashly, something will happen, and if you push them into a hostile position, then things will not be good. ”

Regarding Misaki Zhangping's bitter persuasion, Fukuei Zhenpei Daisa didn't listen to it at all. Regarding Misaki's last warnings, Fukuei Shinpei Daisa said even more arrogantly: "Do they have the guts?" Bullshit Manchurians, not inferior Maruda yet. ”

"What kind of Manchukuo are they are just puppets supported by our empire, not to mention that they were established with the protection of the bayonets of the Imperial Japanese Army. Now the Imperial Army has dispatched elite divisions, also to suppress bandits in Manchukuo for them. If they dared to serve the Imperial Army without knowing how to repay them, they would have died a long time ago. The empire is not a garbage dump, all troops are collected, and they eat the empire's military rations for nothing every day. ”

Fukuei Zhenhei's arrogance and contempt for the puppet Manchu army made Misaki Shohei very annoyed, if it weren't for the excessive casualties of the previous grassroots officers, which made the control of the troops much less than before, if he was given two months, he would definitely be able to train these Jing'an soldiers into qualified imperial soldiers. But neither the annoyed Misaki Zhanghei nor the arrogant Fukurong Zhenpei thought that the regiment commander he forced to kill the chicken and set an example for the monkey was the only high-ranking official who was desperate to defect to them, and the dead Jing'an soldiers were also the mainstay of the 13th Division, and the rest of the company and platoon officers, including a battalion commander, were all red, as early as when they were sent to Qiqihar to train soldiers, the personnel of the martial arts team were mixed in on the orders of Meng Qingshan, and after several months of struggle, dozens of low-level officers were recruited, And with the cooperation of these low-level officers, they slowly won over the soldiers of the Jing'an Army.

As soon as the ambush gun sounded, these people directly lay on the ground under the orders of their respective company commanders and platoon commanders to avoid the fatal blow, instead of running around like that group of people, when Mizaki Zhangpei saw Zhang Nan with hundreds of Jing'an troops with weapons intact, and the soldiers with empty paws led by the commander of the third regiment of the thirteenth division, he directly slaughtered the regiment commander as a chicken, and appointed Zhang Nan as the commander of the third regiment on the spot.

If it weren't for the air raid on the recruits' station, the mid-level officers of the Japanese army were blown up, Tada Jun suspected that there must be someone inside Manchuria **** who hooked up with the Anti-United Nations, otherwise the plane of the Anti-United Nations came so coincidentally, and all the Japanese middle and lower-level officers in the Jing'an Army were taken away at one time, and they escaped a catastrophe The Tada Jun Mutual Road Command ordered the secret service to search the interior of the Jing'an Army in an attempt to find the anti-United Nations elements, but nothing was found, so he ordered to strengthen the supervision of the puppet Manchu army, And all the weapons of the Jing'an Army were collected and handed over to the Japanese army to be under the unified control, and bullets were only issued in wartime, otherwise it may not have reached the battlefield, and the so-called elite of this puppet Manchurian army would have revolted under Zhang Nan's planning.

(To be continued.) )