Chapter Ninety-Seven: Bloody Battle and Draw (3)
Nie Rongzhen took the information and looked at it a few times and said, "Commander, think about it again, this devil's strength is not small." ”
Luo Ronghuan also looked at it and said, "Indeed, I'm afraid that such a force is not so easy to eat, and we have just finished an ambush at Pingxing Pass, and the devils will definitely take strict precautions." ”
Lin Sanhu shook his head and said, "That's why I'm confident." The devil would never think that we would dare to fight a second ambush in the same place, this kind of fighting is still the idea I came up with after discussing it with Master Liu at Kang Da, and I am confident that we will fight it well. And the intelligence also said that there was a large amount of ammunition transported. ”
Nie Rongzhen said firmly, "Absolutely not, you are vomiting, not fighting." ”
Lin Sanhu also became angry when he heard this, and said, "Comrade Nie Rongzhen, are you afraid of death?" We are several times more than them, our weapons and equipment are not bad, and we are still ambushes, what are we afraid of? ”
Nie Rongzhen waved his hand and pointed out the window and said, "I'm afraid that these lovely soldiers will suffer any losses because of the senseless battle, these are all old comrades who climbed the snowy mountains and crossed the grass all the way, I feel sorry for one death." ”
Lin Sanhu slapped the table and said, "Am I not distressed?" But we can't stop fighting because we feel sorry for the loss. ”
Luo Ronghuan hurriedly played the round and said, "Don't get excited, two of you. Is it all for the sake of resisting Japan, so let's send a message to the central government and let the central government judge? ”
Nie Rongzhen nodded and said, "Okay, let the central government make the decision." ”
Lin Sanhu shook his head and said, "The intelligence said that this team is about to be formed and set off, the military situation is urgent, we don't have time to wait for the decision of the central government, and you think about it, Shanghai, Nankou, and Baoding are all won by the White Party." These are battles of hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn, and if we don't fight the first battle well, we will lose points politically. ”
Nie Rongzhen frowned and said, "Isn't our record like this enough?" ”
Lin Sanhu shook his head and said, "Not enough, at least I don't think it's enough." You must know that there are actually only 10,000 men in the Fifth Division at present, and there are 4,000 under Pingxingguan. The defenders from all over the country have to ask for 2,000, and the only one that can really come to support is only 4,000, and we are fully capable of eating it. ”
Nie Rongzhen looked at the map and said, "Then how can you guarantee that the enemy under Pingxing Pass will not come back, if the devil is ruthless, there is an enemy of a wing on each side, we really can't eat and go around." ”
Lin Sanhu walked around twice and said, "Once our plan is successful this time, the Japanese offensive on this side will be completely stopped, the situation in Shanxi will change greatly, and our army can concentrate its forces against the main force of Tojo Hideki." Yan Xishan would not fail to see such benefits. My idea was to send a telegram to Mr. Zhu, who would come forward to contact Yan Xishan to cooperate with our operation, so that they could contain the Japanese army at Pingxingguan. ”
Nie Rongzhen thought for a while and said, "If Yan Xishan can guarantee that the devils in the direction of Pingxingguan will not be dispatched in large numbers, I will agree." ”
Lin Sanhu smiled and patted Nie Rongzhen's shoulder and said, "I don't believe that Yan Laoxi will watch such a fighter in vain and miss." In order to ensure the success of the ambush, we will now organize and set out, and once Yan Xishan agrees, we will launch an attack. ”
Nie Rongzhen looked at Lin Sanhu and said, "Okay, but I haven't heard of reinforcements." We must not activate it. ”
Lin Sanhu nodded and said, "Okay, then I'll start issuing combat missions." This time our ambush circle did not choose the place where we fought yesterday, there is a place in front of Baiyatai, which is called Donghenan Town, which is the place where the entire terrain suddenly narrows, and the main force of the Japanese army is hoarded in Wei County, and this time the team is starting from Wei County. I predicted that we would arrive at this Donghenan town in about two days, and I ordered: the 685th Regiment was ambushed from Xiaozhai Village to Caijiayu, the 686th Regiment was ambushed from Caijiayu to the south of Xigou Village, the 687th Regiment was ambushed to the north, and the 688th Regiment was ambushed outside Donghenan Town. Once the Japanese army completely enters the encirclement, you must immediately take the town, prepare to block the Japanese reinforcements, the independent regiment to Lingqiu reinforcements must pass through the direction of Xipo Village to block the Japanese army, the cavalry battalion scattered to pay attention to the enemy's movements, we must seize the time in this battle, once the Japanese army comes to help, we must withdraw resolutely. In addition, each commander and fighter must step on their own terrain step by step, and the most important thing in ambush is to be familiar with the terrain. ”
Nie Rongzhen said worriedly, "Don't you leave a reserve?" ”
Lin Sanhu shook his head and said: "We are fighting in the rear of the enemy, the faster we fight, the safer we are, leaving too many reserves will make the battle speed slower, I think the reserve company and each regiment can transfer a company to form a battalion temporarily." Do you understand? ”
Everyone excitedly said, "Understood!!" ”
-- Taiyuan
Yan Xishan looked at the telegram in his hand and kept shaking his head and sighing. said to Mr. Zhu, who was smiling in front of him, "I said, Brother Daizhen, how can you Red Party people be so good at fighting, the first battle was fought so well, and it is not enough, and you have to ambush it for the second time, but can this work?" Just after fighting again and again, this Japanese can't be so stupid, right? ”
Mr. Zhu, who was smiling next to him, said, "The soldiers on the front line have their own opinions, and we in the rear are not easy to speculate, so we can only find a way to cooperate with them to fight this battle, I don't know if Chief Yan is willing to send troops?" ”
Yan Xishan's eyes rolled, his mouth bent, and his feet stomped and said, "How is it possible, your army is here to defend Shanxi, how can our Jin Sui army not send troops, I will order the 17th Army to feint from Pingxingguan at that time." ”
Mr. Zhu sighed and said, "Chief Yan, as far as I know, there are only more than 4,000 people in the 17th Army now, so I'm afraid that the strength is insufficient." I'll see if I can send the 33rd Army to support it. ”
Yan Xishan crooked his mouth when he heard this, and finally said, "Then let's do it, I will order the 33rd Army and the 17th Army to attack together, is this okay?" ”
Mr. Zhu nodded with a smile and said, "That's really thankful." ”
Yan Xishan immediately issued an order in front of Mr. Zhu. After chatting with Mr. Zhu for a while, he left.
Mr. Zhu returned to Yuci, and Zuo Quan came up and said, "The 120th Division and the 129th Division are about to arrive, and the 115th Division is playing well, but if you fight again, will it be too eye-catching?" ”
Mr. Zhu shook his hand and said, "We are not afraid of attracting attention, we are afraid that no one will know about our Eighth Route Army, we have to count political battles, in addition." Lin Sanhu must have his own reasons, let's still believe him. ”
Itagaki Seishiro of Wei County watched the mighty team start to set off, and couldn't help but be reassured, such a heavily guarded transport team, he believed that no one could eat, Itagaki Seishiro looked back at the battle situation map on the wall. His biggest headache now is the lack of troops in his hands, and he can't help but wonder how to fight the next battle.
The 115th Division on the other side gritted its teeth, set off overnight, drove for a day and a night, and finally arrived at the designated position, and then began to dig the work, in order to better ambush, the soldiers dug a simple single bunker one by one, and then lay in it. The warriors then help each other and try to be as hidden as possible.
Lin Sanhu looked at the soldiers who were working at night, and nodded, because they were afraid of the Japanese reconnaissance planes during the day, the soldiers could only work at night, and they could only wear camouflage uniforms and straw hats on the ground during the day.
Lin Sanhu took a pack of fried soybeans and looked at the map and chewed slowly. Fine-tune some deployments from time to time.
-- Heng Stream
This is the station of the 33rd Army, Sun Chu couldn't help frowning when he looked at the telegram. He is also an old friend of the Red Party, but unlike Commander Gao of the 17th Army, he not only does not have a good impression of the Red Party, but hates it to the core.
During the war against the Reds, he was defeated by the Red Army several times, which finally led to the reorganization of the Jin Sui Army. Fu Zuoyi and Yang Aiyuan's 34th and 35th armies were all fully staffed, but only he was the commander of his 33rd army.
It was not until the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War that the 33rd Army was under the jurisdiction of the 73rd Division, the 3rd Independent Brigade, and the 8th Independent Brigade. But he blamed the Red Party for his cold bench in recent years.
Sun Chu looked at the telegram and said, "Let's talk about it, how do we do it?" ”
Liu Fengbin, commander of the 73rd Division, said, "The order of the headquarters is like this, what else can we do?" Send troops. ”
Sun Chu touched his chin and said, "This soldier must come out." But let's think about it, this ambush battle is fought by the Eighth Route Army, that is, if it wins, who will give the credit to everyone? We send troops to attract the main forces of the Japanese army, and who will suffer the greatest losses by then? ”
Everyone couldn't help but nod their heads when they heard this, yes, what should they do with this lossless thing.
Sun Chu continued, "Besides, Chief Yan asked us to send troops, and he didn't say how many troops he sent, I think we can do this-"
Everyone listened to Sun Chu's words, nodded from time to time, frowned from time to time, and the last staff officer said worriedly, "I'm afraid that Chief Yan won't look good at that time." ”
Sun Chu smiled and said, "I have been following Chief Yan for three years in the Republic of China, and it has been twenty-four years now, do I still know what Chief Yan thinks?" If we really attack with the whole army and cause most of our army to be damaged, I'm afraid that Chief Yan's face will not look good, listen to me, just do it. ”
After Lin Sanhu received the telegram from Mr. Zhu, he was sure that Yan Xishan would attract Japanese troops, so he began to wait for the arrival of the Japanese army with peace of mind.
On the morning of the third day of the 115th Division's patient waiting, Yang Dezhi, who was at the forefront, finally saw the long line.
The line stretched for miles, with a small squad of cavalry at the front, then several armored vehicles, then dozens of trucks and hundreds of large vehicles, and finally several armored vehicles and cavalry.
Yang Dezhi looked at it, swallowed his saliva, and scolded in a low voice: "These devils are crazy, is it necessary for a logistics team to do this." ”
Of course, Yang Dezhi didn't know that these people were already the last transport troops under Itagaki Seishiro, and if these people were defeated again, the logistics supply of the entire Fifth Division would be completely cut off, and the 21st Wing on the front line would be in danger of running out of ammunition and food.
Yang Dezhi looked at these people and immediately said to the communication soldier next to him, "Report to the division commander immediately, the situation is not right, the strength of the devil this time is not ordinarily strong." ”
Lin Sanhu was still in the position to check the deployment of various firepower points, and Zhou Kun rushed to say, "Division commander, the situation is not right, the military strength of the devil is different from our estimate." ”
Luo Ronghuan, who was next to Lin Sanhu, hurriedly took a look and read in a low voice, "Five small armored vehicles, two large armored vehicles, 60 trucks, 200 large vehicles, more than 1,500 Japanese troops, and hundreds of cavalry, this, is this a logistics force or the main force?" Is Seishiro Itagaki crazy? ”
Nie Rongzhen, who was on the other side, heard it and said worriedly, "Commander, are you still fighting?" ”
Lin Sanhu turned around a few times and said, "The greater the risk, the greater the result, and now all friendly forces are preparing for us, fight, we must fight!" Divide all the shells and that watermelon mine. But!! I don't believe it, we can't eat this piece of meat. ”
Nie Rongzhen sighed and said, "Okay, I hope they won't transport clothes again this time, otherwise we will really lose money." ”
By noon, the Japanese army arrived at the town of Donghenan and, after having dinner in the town. Started to rush again, this time the commander was Matsuo Daiki.
Matsuo Daiki Osa sat in a chariot in the middle, looked at the slow-moving convoy and sighed, "Your Excellency General Seishiro Itagaki is really too careful, and he actually sent so many troops as escorts, could it be that the mysterious troops will appear again." ”
Shibata Yuta Nakasa, who was next to him, said with a smile, "After all, the losses this time are too great, and it is normal for His Excellency the General to be a little worried, but such a team can't be stopped by an army." ”
Matsuo laughed and said, "That's right, these two chariot squads alone are not something that the people can deal with, well, not far ahead is the White Cliff Terrace." ”
Yuta Shibata stood up and looked at it and said, "Yes." Your Excellency, you can see the traces of blood and explosions on the ground. ”
Matsuo Daiki shook his head and said, "I heard that the scene of the remains of the Imperial Army and the burning trucks is like hell if those reinforcements return, these damn Shina people." ”
Yuta Shibata nodded and said, "Why don't you let the soldiers shoot and see off the imperial army who died here, by the way, do you want someone to go up and see if there is an ambush?" ”
Matsuo nodded and said, "It's okay, but don't send someone up, it's too much of a waste of time." Let the front chariot fire scouting on both sides, and just send it off. ”
At this time, there were countless eyes on the hillside staring at the team. Hu Darong, the commander of the second battalion of the 686th Regiment, watched several chariots suddenly turn their guns to his side, and his heart couldn't help but hang, only to see that the chariots began to shoot violently, and the dust on the high slopes on both sides flew everywhere.
Hu Darong only felt that his right hand suddenly seemed to be hit by something, and then his right hand immediately lost consciousness, and he only saw that his right hand was cut off a large piece of flesh by a stray bullet. The blood was left violently.
Hu Darong didn't dare to make too many movements, and he was afraid that too much blood would be discovered, so he gritted his teeth and pressed the wound into the soil, and the soldier next to him looked at it and scolded "bastard" and wanted to fight back.
Hu Darong secretly roared, "Don't move, don't you see that the signal flare hasn't appeared yet?" This is enemy fire reconnaissance. No one is allowed to move. ”
Matsuo Daiki looked around with a telescope, only to see that there was no movement around, and felt strange in his heart, but he couldn't say what was wrong, shook his head and said, "Keep moving forward, let the cavalry in front fire reconnoiter every certain distance." ”
Lin Sanhu was extremely nervous in his heart, for fear that any soldier would not be able to bear it or go off, but fortunately, these soldiers were all veterans of the Red Army, and none of them moved, let alone shot back.
Finally, the five- or six-mile-long team all entered the encirclement, Lin Sanhu exhaled and said, "What a long team, the head is in Xiaozhai Village, and the tail has just passed Hanjiawan, the communication soldiers, send signal flares." ”
At this time, Matsuo Daiki suddenly reacted that something was wrong, no matter how big the hillside was, there should not be no flock of birds, and the only possibility without a flock of birds was that there were actually a large number of people ambushed on this hillside.
At this time, he suddenly saw three green flares hitting the sky high, and secretly cried out in his heart, "There is an ambush!" ”。
But how far can his roar reach in such a long line, not to mention that he no longer needs to be reminded.
Yang Dezhi from Xiaozhai Village saw the signal flare, patted the watermelon next to him and said, "Push these watermelons down, and the machine gun will hit me hard!" ”
The cavalry at the front of the Japanese army only heard the gunfire that was so dense that they couldn't hear the gap, and the dozen or so cavalry at the front were instantly torn to pieces, and the cavalry squad leader hurriedly wanted to dismount and dodge, but saw several rocks rolling down on both sides of the hillside, and couldn't help but scold, "Baga, what age is it, you still use rolling stones." "But I found that a cobblestone first knocked down a Japanese soldier and then exploded violently, a few kilograms of explosives are not comparable to grenades, and in an instant, horses and Japanese soldiers around dozens of meters were blown up.
Such a scene is not only at the head of the convoy, but everywhere, in order to kill the Japanese army on the largest scale, the ambushed soldiers retreated five or six hundred watermelon mines in the first wave, and countless fire whips continue to whip this convoy, and these revenge fire whips will take the lives of several Japanese soldiers every time they are waved.
Matsuo Daiki shouted in the chariot, "Don't panic!!" The machine gunners took cover, and the others found a place to hide and wait for rescue, and ordered the chariot to open the passage. ”
At this time, Matsuo Daiki saw a watermelon mine roll into the middle of the team and explode violently, blowing up the limbs of the four or five soldiers around, and he couldn't help but be frightened, "Damn, what is this?" Hide!! ”
The whole mountain road has become a mess, but Lin Sanhu's face has not changed at all, he only saw a few Japanese combat vehicles were splashed by machine gun sparks, but it was not affected in any way, but instead used machine gun fire in an orderly manner, and there were two combat vehicles with turrets firing at machine gun points, and several fire points were suppressed.
Luo Ronghuan next to him looked at it with a notebook and said, "That's the devil's Type 94 tank and Type 89 medium tank." Mr. Zhu gave us information that the Type 94 armor was very thin, and as long as there was an explosive bag or an attack from the mountain artillery, he would be blown up, but the armor of the 89 tank was 17 mm, and we didn't have any weapons to effectively deal with him. (To be continued......)