Chapter 888: Annihilation of the Devil (3)
Because of the speed of the cavalry, the cavalry battalion soon surpassed most of its own infantry and rushed to the front of the pursuing troops, and together with the tank troops and some fast infantry, they launched a crazy shooting at the puppet army that fled in a hurry behind the devil's ass.
Under the combined fire of the tanks, cavalry, and infantry of the Dragon's Tooth Column, the puppet troops fell down in pieces like mustard.
Soon, the puppet soldiers saw that they couldn't escape, and the dragon tooth column behind them chased after them urgently, so they stopped running away, turned around and threw away their guns, knelt on the ground and raised their hands to surrender to the dragon tooth column.
"Shoot or kill! The pursuing troops bypassed the surrendered puppet army and continued to pursue the devils, and the prisoners were handed over to the troops behind. Zhao Tiezhu, who led the cavalry to charge ahead, immediately shouted an order at the top of his voice when he saw this.
The cavalry soldiers were afraid that other comrades would not hear, so they shouted in unison.
In this way, the fierce pursuit battle was avoided, and the pursuing troops of the dragon tooth columns could not hold their hands, and the puppet army that knelt on the ground and surrendered was also sudden.
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In Taiyuan City, the headquarters of Qiao Youhua and Zuo Quan have been relocated, and the two are sitting in the command room, waiting for news from the troops on the front line.
"Commander, Chief of Staff, the frontal attack troops at our railway station have broken through the positions of the Japanese troops at the railway station and are currently in pursuit." Li Yansan suddenly walked into the command room and saluted and reported to the two.
; "Have you broken through the Japanese defenses at the train station?" Qiao Youhua was a little surprised.
Without waiting for Li Yansan to open his mouth, General Zuo Quan spoke first: "In my opinion, it should be the Japanese army that took the initiative to abandon the position south of the railway station and planned to break through and escape, after all, Taiyuan City has been recovered by us, and the devils are likely to jump over the wall in a hurry and break through at any cost." ”
Qiao Youhua nodded thoughtfully, threw away the cigarette in hand, and instructed Li Yansan: "Immediately notify Lazikou that I will block the troops, and increase vigilance, in case the devil takes the opportunity to break through." Then order the pursuing troops, don't care about the preparation songs left by the devils, focus on people, and resolutely and thoroughly chase down.
We must completely defeat these two Japanese divisions, inflict heavy losses, and annihilate them completely! ”
Regarding Qiao Youhua's arrangement, Li Yansan responded to the order and left on the spot, and General Zuo Quan on the side did not express any dissatisfaction, in his opinion, Qiao Youhua's fighter capture ability was even far above himself.
Of course, at this moment, as a high-achieving student from the Whampoa Military Academy and the Frunze Military Academy of the Soviet Union, and after several years of baptism of the Long March and the War of Resistance Against Japan, he can also see that the time has come for the Dragon's Tooth Column to defeat and even suffer heavy losses alone, and to completely annihilate the main force of the Japanese puppet army in Shanxi.
Fighters often appear at that moment, and an excellent commander is able to keenly capture this fighter according to the real-time feedback of the battle situation of the enemy and the enemy on the battlefield.
He and Qiao Youhua obviously belong to this category of people.
After receiving the order, the defenders of Lazikou increased their vigilance and strengthened their defenses, and Zhao Tiezhu led the cavalry battalion and tank troops to take the lead and crush the last resistance of the devils and the puppet army.
The 109th Division, which was completely attacked by the puppet army behind the palace and fell into chaos, launched a pursuit of the 109th Division with nine regiments of infantry.
Under the joint pursuit of nearly 30,000 elite troops of the Dragon's Tooth, including cavalry and tanks, the 109th Division, which had lost a lot of troops in the previous battle, became powerless to resist.
Some fighters, in the pursuit, had to throw away their weapons, pick up the weapons of the devils they killed, and continue to shoot and pursue, shooting and killing one devil after another.
"Your Excellency the two generals, the big thing is not good, the 109th Division has been affected by the troops behind the palace, and has been defeated by the surprise counterattack of the Dragon's Tooth Column, and now it is being pursued by the Dragon's Tooth Column, and it is coming to our side. The main force of tens of thousands of dragon's tooth columns is following closely behind.
What are we going to do? In the headquarters of the 108th Division, a Japanese captain hurriedly ran back and urgently reported to Kuma Shimotomoto and Shigemu Yamaoka, who were planning to take the lead in breaking through and evacuating.
The two old devils couldn't help but be taken aback when they heard this, and Yamaoka Chonghou's face was full of disbelief, and he shouted to the devil captain: "What are you talking about? My 109th Division was routed, how is this possible? That's impossible! When pigs fly! ”
The devil captain had words of suffering, and his face was full of embarrassment, but fortunately, after a while, there was a faint sound of shouting and killing that seemed to be overwhelming, and the sound of chaotic and dense guns and explosions suddenly came from outside.
This made Shimoto Kumaya and Suzuki Toshiyuki and others couldn't help but change color, listening to this gunshot, what the captain under Bacheng said was true.
Yamaoka Chonghou's face became more and more pale, and finally it almost turned the color of pig liver, his eyes were gloomy, his face was extremely terrifying, he gritted his teeth, and clenched his fists: "Eight Ga Yalu, damn it, I want to fight them to the death!" ”
After speaking, the old devil suddenly pulled out his general's sword, and was about to run outside the command room.
Of course, Xia Yuan Xiong Mi would not sit idly by, and stopped him with Chief of Staff Suzuki Toshiyuki left and right, Xia Yuan Xiong Mi said: "Yamaoka-kun, I know you are very unwilling, but the matter has come to this point, there is no need to be rash, it will only be sacrificed in vain, and it is worthless."
The top priority, let's disperse and break out quickly, Yamaoka-kun, you and my division headquarters will break through together. ”
; Suzuki Toshiyuki Daisa also nodded hurriedly and persuaded: "Yes, General Xia Yuan is reasonable, to paraphrase an ancient saying of the Chinese, the green mountains left are not afraid of no firewood!" ”
After speaking, without waiting for Yamaoka Shigehou to agree, Shimoto Kuami asked Suzuki Toshiyuki and another adjutant to carry him out of the command headquarters.
Immediately afterwards, he also left with other command personnel, and gave orders to several infantry wings under the division headquarters to break out separately.
At this time, the 108th Division still had nearly 20,000 Japanese troops left, as well as thousands of Imperial Cooperative troops.
Xia Yuan Xiongmi's arrangement was that nearly 6,000 Imperial Allied troops stayed behind to hold their sortie positions, in case the defenders of Lazikou took the opportunity to attack and cover the breakthrough of all parts of their 108th Division.
After receiving the order, several infantry wings of the 108th Division and units directly under the division began to act separately, and the devils took the brigade and squadron as combat units, divided into dozens of small units, and soon disappeared into the thick night.
The tens of thousands of devils of the 109th Division were bitten by the main force of the Dragon's Tooth Column and could not get out at all.
In the end, it completely collapsed and became a rabble that was wantonly pursued by the Dragon's Tooth Column.