Chapter 220 Let's Go Section 1 It's a holiday!
The first time the special training camp and this devil team fought in the past few days, in fact, they had never fought a white-knuckle battle, the first time they fought was on the north mountain of Nanmazhuang, when the special training camp used artillery fire to attack the troops when they went up, the devils who were besieging the top of the north mountain were covered by sudden artillery fire, and they didn't fight a white-knuckle battle, and this devil was killed.
Later, in Niuchuling, Xiaoguancheng, and Dalingkou, it was either a sneak attack or a positional defensive battle, and this kind of face-to-face white-knuckle battle was fought once in Tuliangzi in the north of Datan Village, that is, that time allowed Fan to boldly understand the enemy's individual soldier quality that is much more fierce than ordinary devils.
That's why he decided to use this method of besieging the devils on all sides after they came in, and at the same time made an appointment, as soon as the North Qimutai side started, the other three companies on the periphery gathered together with the guerrillas and militia who supported the operation, and they made a big fanfare to feint on the mountain beams and hills occupied by the devils.
Of course, Fan Daring didn't think in advance that the devils would want to use artillery fire to blast off the eight roads on the platform and his own people, he just wanted to surround the devils on the platform and attack the troops, and make a feint together to contain the devils' reinforcements, so that they could not reinforce the platform so quickly.
Not to mention, the quality of the little devil's individual soldiers is really good, the fighting and assassination skills are really first-class, he was caught off guard by being killed from the back, and he was surrounded on all sides, and he was still able to trap the beast and protrude a small part, which Fan Daring didn't expect, so he didn't order the soldiers to chase down the hill, and immediately turned to the defense on the spot.
Of course, in order to make the show more realistic, the soldiers, militia, and guerrillas also exercised appropriately, so that the devils on the mountain beams could see some shadows from a distance.
With such a toss, the sky is almost bright, and today is really good, before the sun comes out, the sky is as clear as a wash. There was not a trace of clouds, Qing Shui was very happy in his heart, and said that he didn't need his troops to attack the platform occupied by the Eighth Road anymore, and he would summon the army aviation planes to come over to support him later.
And Fan Daring's side. As soon as I counted the number of people, I scolded a few times in my heart, just such an absolutely dominant ambush battle, and my subordinates actually lost dozens of dollars in the white-knuckle battle with the devil! He didn't care how angry he was, he also understood that the battle would be cruel as soon as it dawned, the devil's artillery was no longer blind, and the devil's plane had to come from the sky.
Waiting left and right, the sky is bright, the sun has risen to the top of the East Mountain, and the devil's plane has not moved. Fan Daring has already made adjustments to the air raid and the devil's artillery, but the devil under the mountain has not moved at all?
Shimizu Osa has just finished getting angry! Know why not? He began to contact the Army Aviation Brigade before dawn, but the reply he received was that he could not send planes to support him for the time being, so he asked Shimizu to apply directly to the General Staff of the Front Army stationed in Beiping.
But Qing Shui contacted the staff headquarters in Beiping for a long time, and either the head was not there or he had to report it! The Japanese Army was very strict about the use of ground aviation aircraft. That is, Shimizu Daisa belongs to the wing commander who is carrying out special tasks, and he can only directly contact the army aviation brigade with the tacit consent of the front army, and ordinary wing commanders are not qualified to directly request aircraft support, so they must first report to the division or regiment or the army level, and then the army level will submit an application to the front army headquarters, and then the front army staff headquarters will issue a flight mission to the army aviation team.
It's complicated, there's no way. Don't think that the Japanese army is so rich that the planes can be used casually, and there are so many ground combat units in North China that can provide air support only the dozens of planes of an army aviation group, and they are all old planes, and the new fighters, destroyers, and bombers are all used in the Pacific and Southeast Asian theaters.
By the end of '43. It's been a while since you've been a little devil and tightened your belt after tearing your face with the Americans, and you're like Shimizu Daisa, who asks the Army Aviation Brigade to send planes to help him hit the mountains at every turn, and those pilots really don't want to come!
What's more, thousands of people have been out for more than ten days. According to the scale and number of operations of this wing, and the amount of ammunition and materials consumed, it will have to be replenished by air once every three days on average, and as soon as it is dispatched, seven or eight transport planes and more than a dozen fighters and destroyers will escort it, and if there is still a bombing mission, it will have to add a few medium-sized bombers, which is almost two-thirds of the strength of the entire army aviation group.
At this time, not only in the northwest of Hebei, but also in Shandong and the southern part of North China, there are also many troops fighting against the Eighth Route Army, all of them are reaching out for air support, Shimizu Dazuo relies on the backstage support of the front army, and calls for the support of army aviation planes every day, these pilots have long annoyed him!
As soon as the officer on duty of the Army Aviation Brigade received a telegram from the Special Operations Wing of the 110th Division, he saw that he had asked for planes to be sent to bomb mountain targets, so he handed over the telegram to the captain of the Army Aviation Brigade, and the captain of the brigade, who had not yet woken up, impatiently told the officer on duty to reply to Shimizu Daizo and apply to the front army!
At the same time, the captain whispered a few more words to the officer on duty, and soon the officer on duty drafted a report and sent it to the staff headquarters in Beiping.
When the General Staff Headquarters saw that Shimizu Daisa's application not only required the bombing of mountain targets, but also the request for replenishment of ammunition and food, and along with this telegram, there was also a report from the Army Aviation Brigade.
The message of the Army Aviation Brigade is a report, which means that the Army Aviation Brigade must overhaul the aircraft, and the Army Aviation Brigade complains that there have been too many attendances recently, and these 34 and 36-year-old planes are creaking when they fly, and the last time I went to airdrop supplies to the special operations wing, the hatch actually fell off!
According to the practice of the Army Aviation Brigade, the winter of each year is indeed the time for them to overhaul the aircraft, replace parts, maintain and debug, and generally stop flying and inspecting at the beginning of November when the temperature has not dropped to the lowest.
However, at present, the combat mission is still very tight, and this autumn's operation has not yet ended because of the intensified strikes on the battlefields in northwest Hebei and Shandong, and the ground operation has not yet ended, mainly because of the weather.
Tens of thousands of combat units are waiting for planes to drop bombs, strafe and airdrop supplies, and the Army Aviation Brigade stopped all aircraft attendance with a piece of paper at this time, which really makes it very difficult for the General Staff Headquarters, especially in the hinterland of the Eighth Route Army's base area, this Qingshui Dazuo, without air support, let alone wait until the Army Aviation Brigade's half-month inspection is completed, I am afraid that after three days, it will be hungry and scolding my mother!
Shimizu's special operations wing has undergone special training, and the ammunition and rations carried by individual soldiers are more than those carried by ordinary soldiers. Able to maintain high-intensity combat for seven days, and in order to adapt to mountain warfare, Qingshui's wing carried more than 400 mules and horses to carry disassembled artillery and supplies.
After the last airdrop at the Dragon King Temple, it was replenished according to two-thirds of the maximum amount of supplies. According to the date, if there is no airdrop today, it must not be later than the day after tomorrow, and the rations and so on set aside are calculated on the basis of three days.
This is the content of the contact between Qing Shui and the Army Aviation Brigade, requesting to send planes to bomb is secondary, and the supply of materials is the most important, in this kind of mountainous area where there is no rear supply at all, if the planes do not come, it is equivalent to stretching their necks and waiting for death.
In this year, the villagers in the base areas of the Eighth Route Army treated devils better than textbooks, from issuing alarms to transferring personnel. From clearing the field on the strong wall to blocking the firewood and grass in the well, it is all stylized and completed in a very short time.
The soldiers of Qingshui wanted to use the firewood in the empty yard of the common people, but they all found that the firewood and straw were soaked in water, and there was no fire at all, choking to death!
If you want to drink saliva, you have to go down to dig the well. The big stones of dead cats and dogs in the well could not be cleaned in a few hours.
Grain? Don't even think about it! The common people in the mountains don't have to dig cellars in their own yards for a long time, they all dig holes in the ravines and valleys to store food, and it is convenient to take them by themselves there.
Anyway, this is the problem that Shimizu is facing now, there are no planes to drop bombs. There are no more supplies brought down by parachutes in the air, and people can say that the Lele belt, three days' rations can be stretched for five or six days, but what about artillery and guns? In particular, artillery, if you want to suppress the mountainous area occupied by the Eighth Route with artillery fire. If you don't hit one or two bases, it's all in vain, but if you put it unlimitedly, it won't take more than a day, and you will have to run out of shells.
And Qing Shui contacted the staff headquarters in Beiping three times and twice, and even found his own teacher to help. Let the General Staff Headquarters put pressure on the Army Aviation Brigade, first complete the supply to him and then start the inspection period, helplessly, the pilots are all baby bumps, and the captain of the Army Aviation Brigade has bitten to death and must overhaul the aircraft, and now none of them can be dispatched!
In the end, even the senior general of Gangcun came forward, and the captain of the army aviation group reluctantly gave face to the top commander of the front army, promising to rush to repair a few planes within three days to replenish supplies for the special operations wing.
At nine o'clock in the morning, it was confirmed that there would be no planes coming in the sky, and ordered that the news that the planes could not come to support and airdrop supplies should be absolutely blocked! He couldn't let this matter shake the morale of the army, and then he called the captain of the baggage brigade in charge of logistics and supplies, and quietly studied it for a while.
At half past nine, the Japanese artillery finally opened fire! This time, we didn't attack other hills, and concentrated more than a dozen small-caliber artillery pieces to hit the platform and village in front of Qimutai Village. The devil also learned to be obedient, and actually sent sappers out of the valley mouth while firing cannons, and digging fortifications and bunkers on the river beach!
Just digging trenches on the sandy soil of the river beach and pebbles all over the ground, not to mention the speed of more than 100 people, at the end of the twenty-minute shelling, on the river beach on the other side of the river and at the foot of the mountain, the field fortifications and positions began to take shape!
Fan Daring can see it very clearly on the mountainside on the north side of the seven acres, but he can only look at it and can't do it, for a while the devil's artillery fire is very fierce, and he can't move the troops down, and the second is that there are devil's rapid-fire guns and heavy machine guns at the valley mouth towards the platform, and the people here will enter the devil's long-range firepower.
At the same time, a small army of the devil also moved to the mountain beam on the opposite bank, apparently to provide flank protection for the trenches on the river beach, Fan Daring had no troops to send, the company next to him was in Qimutai, and the other three companies were scattered to the periphery.
At ten o'clock, the second round of shelling of the devils began! This time, all the shells that hit the ground exploded with white noodles, and when they rushed into the wind, they turned into fire balls and fireballs! The platform was instantly enveloped in fire, and Fan Dada, who was on the mountainside more than 200 meters away, was burned by the heat wave that came with the wind.
Fortunately, the soldiers all went down to the cave of the soldiers, and they were roasted, and they were not yet cooked, and the corpses of the two large piles of devils thrown in the terraces were unlucky, and they were suddenly set on fire by white phosphorus arson, and the smell of burnt human flesh would not float all over the valley, and the people who choked just wanted to vomit.
During this shelling, groups of devil soldiers carrying heavy machine guns and other things crossed the river and entered the positions on the opposite bank.