Yongqing County, the third sub-district of Jizhong, Yangmazhuang. A plaster flag was hunting in the wind, and hundreds of Japanese soldiers were escorting more than a hundred carts southward. From time to time, you can see villages that have been bombed into ruins. This was the "three-light policy" deliberately implemented by the Japanese army in order to "ensure traffic safety".

After a short walk, a head suddenly came out from under a blackened broken wall, looked around vigilantly, and then learned to cricket a few times. After a while, more heads came out from underneath.

"Senior Sir, please look, that's the little devil's transport team, and today is the eighth batch!" The soldier who came out first reported.

"So much!" Gao Erpao glanced at it in surprise, and then asked, "Little Lizi, do you know what kind of tricks the little devils are transporting?" ”

Xiao Lizi hurriedly said: "We have reconnoitred, either bullets and shells, medicines, food, and hundreds of truckloads of rice in the northeast alone!" It's strange to say, how many little devils are there in Baxian, how can they use so much food? ”

A soldier next to him smiled: "Could it be that the little devils are all big-bellied men?" ”

Another soldier said, "What a big-bellied man, isn't it a rice bucket?" ”

The warriors laughed when they heard this.

Gao Erpao's face changed, and he said slightly angrily: "It seems that the little devil has established a military station in Baxian County!" Hmph, what a big appetite! ”

A soldier asked curiously, "Sir, what is a military station?" ”

Gao Er's artillery simply explained: "The military station is equivalent to a large warehouse, which can provide logistical supplies to the troops in the surrounding area and through the route. ”

Another soldier's brain was spinning fast. exclaimed: "Ah, so the little devil wants to stay here and not leave? ”

"What can I do? When spring comes, how can the villagers farm the land! The other soldiers panicked.

Gao Erpao sneered: "Not only that, but they also want to fight to the south of the Daqing River!" Therefore, this military station must not be allowed to be built. Go back and inform us that we will concentrate our forces to defeat the convoy of the little devils and see how much wear and tear they can withstand! ”

Xiao Lizi hurriedly said: "No, Senior Officer! ”

Gao Erpao said curiously: "Why not? Is it okay for us to concentrate the strength of three regiments to fight a small baggage detachment? ”

Xiao Lizi explained: "The transport team didn't fight, but the little devil arranged heavy artillery in the south of Yongqing City, and the shells came as soon as they were said, and they exploded a large area. The brothers can't bear it! As he spoke, his eyes turned red. He pointed to the distance and said sadly: "Yesterday evening, when we ambushed in front, we suffered a big loss from the little devil's heavy artillery, and the bodies of dozens of brothers were not snatched!" ”

"Yes!" Another soldier continued: "Sir, I heard our captain say that it was a little devil's siege artillery, and the barrel of the cannon was thicker than a bucket. You can cram a few big living people inside! ”

Gao Ercang hurriedly said: "Is it a Meiji 45-year 240mm heavy howitzer?" ”

Xiao Lizi thought for a moment. Say, "Hmm." It seems to be the name. Isn't it, brethren? ”

One of the more Sven fighters affirmed: "Well, that's 240 mm!" ”

Gao Ercang was puzzled: "But I heard that this cannon is very slow. The preparation time for entering the position was also long. You are in an ambush, it should be a surprise, how can you let this thing bombard? He was shocked in his heart, thinking to himself, could it be that there was a traitor informing? But if you think about it carefully, it doesn't feel right, if there is really a traitor, the little devil will definitely send heavy troops to encircle and suppress, how can it be possible to only use shelling?

Xiao Lizi snorted in the direction of Yongqing and explained, "Senior Commander has just returned, and some situations may not be known. The cannon was set up outside the south gate of the county seat, and it bombarded in all directions at every turn! Everyone hated it. ”

Gao Erpao said strangely: "Don't you enter the city at night?" ”

Xiao Lizi shook his head and said, "We have been staring at it for several nights, and it is all outside. ”

Another soldier speculated: "That cannon is too cumbersome, and it probably can't be pulled into the city." ”

"Yes! When the cannon was towed, it needed two tractors, or tracked, and I had the courage to take a closer look, good fellow, there were ten miles down there! Such a big pile, if you pull it into the city, won't you block the streets? Brethren, that's not what I'm talking about! ”

"Li'er is this Li'er, but it's not as evil as you say! What's the 10 wheels? Talk nonsense! The last time the captain sent me to the city to reconnoitre, I saw that it was really eight wheels! ”

"Ten, you must have read it wrong!"

"Eight wheels, I really look at it!"

"Ten!"

"Eight!"

……

"Senior Sir, you are a person who understands, you give a commentary, how many pairs of wheels are there!"

"Yes, tell me about it!"

Gao Erpao is worried in his heart, how can he be in the mood to manage a few pairs of wheels? So he waved his hand impatiently. Seeing this, several guerrillas hurriedly closed their mouths and retreated in disdain.

These guerrillas were not ordinary farmers. They used to be from the Yongqing County Red Gun Society, and later accepted the reorganization of the Third Division into the Yongqing County Brigade, and they were also well-known in North China.

After the 77 Incident, the Japanese army began a large-scale offensive on the North China Plain. One day, the Red Gun Club was practicing boxing in the village, and an engineer unit of the 16th Division of the Japanese Army happened to pass by. The officers who led the group suspected that they were anti-Japanese organizations, so they arrested them all, tied them into a large bundle and carried them to the barracks as trophies and prisoners.

The Japanese sappers did not fight every day like the infantry, and their vigilance was also very poor, so they swaggered in front, leaving the arrested Red Gun members to follow behind with several bundles of red tassel guns. As a result, halfway through, a Japanese soldier suddenly fell to the ground with a scream. It turned out that the Red Gun members took advantage of the Japanese army's inattention to draw out all the red tassel guns, and then distributed them to everyone. The Japanese soldiers were caught off guard and were soon all stabbed to the ground.

This incident once made the Japanese Northern Branch Dispatch Army very annoyed, and once ordered that the auxiliary arms such as engineers, artillery, and baggage troops should not go out without the protection of the infantry, which can be regarded as a strange news. What's even more interesting is that the Japanese infantry gloated when they heard about it. Toshiro once mocked the sappers in his diary and said: They deserve it. It must have hurt to be stabbed in the body by a rusty spear!

Because of this glorious record, these former Red Gun members are full of arrogance in the face of friendly and neighboring troops, even ace troops such as the Special Service Brigade do not pay attention to them. For example, when the Gao Second Artillery first came, they did not cooperate so much, until this morning when the Gao Second Artillery took them out to reconnoitre, they accidentally encountered a Japanese detachment. As a result, the second high artillery showed its might, and put down three devils in one shot, which was lighter than killing chickens. Since then, no one has dared to "ask Captain Gao" for advice.

Xiao Li Zi saw where Gao Ercang was sulking, and cautiously tested: "Sir Gao, I have a way, maybe I can get rid of those cannons!" ”

Gao Erpao asked in surprise: "How to fight." Could it be that there is a tunnel under that artillery position? ”

Xiao Lizi shook his head and said, "Not really. The little devil's cannon was very heavy, and it was specially rammed when building the position, so if there was a tunnel, I was afraid that they would also find out. ”

Gao Erpao's eyes darkened, and he spat out and said, "It's difficult to do without an authenticity!" The little devils have always been extremely protective of artillery. The positions are all strong. Our people are afraid that it will be difficult to get close. Moreover, this position is close to the county seat of Yongqing. It couldn't be more convenient for the Japanese to reinforce us, and maybe they could have opened fire on us directly from the city walls. ”

Xiao Lizi said: "Don't worry, sir, this tunnel is not under the artillery position." But there are in Yongqing County! ”

Another soldier sneered: "Xiao Lizi, you are confused, what is the use of the tunnel in the county seat?" The heavy artillery position is outside the south gate! ”

"Yongqing County?" Gao Erpao was stunned for a moment, and said excitedly: "Is there really a tunnel leading to the county?" ”

The soldier was startled, and hurriedly stammered: "Report, report to the senior sir, yes, there is a tunnel, our captain took me to reconnoitre, hey, an exit is under the Yihong Building, and the brothers are so red when they hear it in the tunnel......"

Gao Erpao didn't bother to listen to his ramblings, waved his big hand, and said, "Let's go, go back first!" As he spoke, he took the lead and went into the tunnel.

The soldier followed behind and said hurriedly: "Senior Sir, you don't want to fight Yongqing County, do you?" That can't be fought, there are three or four thousand devils in the city! ”

Returning to Xinzhuang Village, Wazhi, Longhuzhuang, the second artillery immediately put forward its own opinion - to attack overnight and blow up the heavy artillery positions of the Japanese army. After a heated argument, everyone finally agreed to him.

That night, outside the south gate of Yongqing County, the first brigade of the Japanese siege heavy artillery position. Four massive Meiji 45 240mm howitzers stand silently in the night. The exaggerated base and thick barrel all demonstrate its powerful destructive power. There is also a row of 5-ton field heavy guns of the 92 type, because the 240 howitzer is too heavy, so each heavy gun is equipped with two.

In order to give full play to the power of these heavy artillery, the Japanese army specially divided the area around the county town into small pieces according to the latitude and longitude lines, and calculated the target in advance. Every time the enemy situation is discovered, it is enough to report to such and such an area, and the huge 200-kilogram shells immediately whistle in. This kind of wanton bombing and indiscriminate bombing has brought extremely heavy losses to the soldiers and civilians of the Third Division.

Originally, this kind of baby bump should be dragged to the city at night, but Yongqing City is narrow, and its size is too large, and it needs two tractors to pull it, so it is really impossible to place it in the city. And it was very troublesome for this guy to get in and out of the position, and the Japanese army didn't bother to move around.

Of course, this is not that the Japanese army did not pay attention to these heavy artillery. On the contrary, the heavy artillery positions were set up outside the city, relying on each other with the county seat, and the support was more effective. If the Chinese army wanted to attack these positions from outside the city, it would inevitably be flanked by both the county town and the heavy artillery positions. This is also the reason why the Japanese army confidently and boldly deployed heavy artillery outside the city.

However, what the Japanese army never expected was that the attack began from inside the city. Gao Erpao explained: "If you attack from outside the city to inside the city, then it will definitely be very difficult, but the reverse is different! "As the saying goes, a strong fortress is breached from within the city.

That night, a team of capable soldiers quietly infiltrated the county seat of Yongqing from the "underground Great Wall". After a preliminary investigation, a total of more than 50 exits were found in the county. However, most of the exits were blocked, making it difficult to dig through, and some of them were too close to the Japanese outposts for the troops to deploy. After selection, a total of five main exits and six spare exits were finalized.

As the commander-in-chief of this operation, Gao Ercang called the leaders of several action groups over and asked, "Do you all understand the action plan?" ”

"Got it!"

"Start with the first group and repeat for each one!"

"Yes. Sir! The target of my first group was the south gate of the county, which had to be held so that the enemy forces inside the city would not be able to reinforce the heavy artillery positions outside the city for half an hour. ”

"The target of my second group is the headquarters of the Japanese army in Yongqing County!"

"The target of my third group is the ammunition depot of the Japanese army in Beiguan, Yongqing County!"

"My goal in the fourth group is ......"

……

"Okay, let's start the watch now, and act in ten minutes!"

Ten minutes later.

"Group 1, on!"

"The second group is ready to blast, let's go!"

……

Rumble! Rumble! Dense gunfire suddenly erupted in Yongqing County, and almost instantly turned from a few sporadic gunshots to deafening. The whole county was in chaos all at once, all kinds of explosions, gunshots. The sound of grenades. Screams and curses converged on bloody scenes.

"Yaga, what the hell is going on!" The commander of the 39th Infantry Wing stationed in the city, Taihei Yyo Osa, was furious, but for a moment he didn't know what was happening.

An adjutant hurried over and reported, "Your Excellency, Wing Commander." Many parts of the city were raided by the Chinese army. One of them is storming our headquarters. Captain Chi Tian is throwing the garrison resistance! ”

Taiping Mixiong Dazuo shouted angrily: "How did these people rush in? ”

The adjutant hurriedly said: "Through the analysis of the battle examples these days, it is likely to be authentic." ”

The 3rd Division continued to counterattack during this time, and the Japanese army soon discovered the secret of the "Underground Great Wall". It's one thing to find out, though. Whether or not you can cope with it is another matter. The Japanese army tried more than a dozen methods for this purpose, such as flooding, poisoning, setting smoke, setting fire, and digging...... But all of them ended in failure. This caused a headache for the Japanese army up and down.

"Nani?" Taiping Mixiong Dazuo was shocked and angry, and asked, "You mean that the county seat may also have an authentic tunnel for the people of Zhina?" ”

The adjutant hurriedly said: "Yes, Your Excellency! According to our reconnaissance over the past few days, the tunnels in this area are amazing, almost every inch of land here! ”

Taiping Mixiong Dazuo said angrily: "Yaga, how did such a huge engineering branch people build it? It's just incredible. ”

The adjutant said, "It's incredible, but don't forget, Your Excellency the Wing Commander, they are the people who built the Great Wall!" ”

Taiping Yyuo Dazuo was shocked when he heard this, and he was silent for a long time before muttering: "Yo Xi, Mizuguchi-kun, you are right! ”

"Report! Your Excellency, the Beiguan ammunition depot has been attacked! ”

"Report! Your Excellency, Wing Commander, the field hospital has been destroyed! ”

……

One bad news after another came, so angry that Taiping Mixiong almost vomited blood. The adjutant hurriedly comforted: "Your Excellency, don't worry, we have enough troops in the county to guard it!" ”

Sure enough, as the Japanese garrison came out of the barracks, the Chinese troops who attacked everywhere retreated, and the fighting gradually subsided. What made the Japanese army feel strange was that the Chinese troops suddenly disappeared, as if they had disappeared out of thin air. They didn't even find a single body, only a few helmets.

Taihei Mio Daisa called several captains and asked frantically: "Yaga, the incompetence of the soldiers, the shame of the empire!" What about the people of China, tell me where they went? Are you just going to let them wreak havoc and then slip away? ”

"Ground, tunnel! Your Excellency, the people of China must have escaped from the tunnels! ”

"Surely so, Your Excellency!"

"Then dig them out of the rat hole for me!"

Rumble! Rumble! There was another loud noise, and Taiping Yoshio looked up and asked nervously, "Where is this?" ”

The adjutant hesitated for a moment and reported: "Your Excellency, Wing Commander, it seems that you are not in the city?" ”

One of the captains' faces suddenly turned pale and exclaimed: "Not good, that's the direction of the heavy artillery position!" As soon as the words fell, there was a sudden burst of chickens and dogs jumping in the house.

"Quick, get me the heavy artillery position!"

"What, can't be contacted?"

"Baga, I can't get in touch with anything! Bastard! Taiping Mixiong threw the phone to the ground in annoyance, and then shouted: "Nagata-kun, immediately lead your troops to reinforce the heavy artillery position!" ”

Whew...... Several cars started urgently and flew towards the heavy artillery position in the south of the city. It was followed by a Japanese brigade on foot.

"Your Excellency, Captain!" One of the ensigns reported in horror: "We are a step too late!" ”

"Eight Grids!" Captain Nagata pushed the second lieutenant away and rushed to the heavy artillery position like crazy, only to run a dozen steps before he saw the big guy in front of him who had been blown into scrap metal. Four 240-mm howitzers and eight five-ton tractors, none of which survived, were blown apart.

Rumble! The emotional Captain Nagata ran forward, but he didn't expect to step on a mine, which not only blew himself to pieces in an instant, but also affected more than a dozen soldiers who followed behind. The German-made S-shaped jumping mine first jumped up from the ground, flew to a height level with the chest of the Japanese army, and then exploded suddenly, countless steel balls splashed out in an instant, and almost no one escaped within 30 meters.

The blow to the Japanese was huge, and although it only destroyed a heavy artillery position, it made the Japanese realize that "no place in the 3rd Division is safe." Of course, the destruction of the heavy artillery was also a very heavy blow to the Japanese army, after all, there were not many Japanese troops with such high-powered heavy howitzers. There were only eight troops in the entire North China Front, and they drove out half of the second artillery at once. The commander of the 26th Division, Lieutenant General Shigetoku Kuroda, still expects to rely on these guns to pack his head!

Dramatically, Sugiyama actually agreed to the request for reinforcements of the 26th Division in this situation. The reason is simple - borrow the slope to get off the donkey. The 9th and 10th Divisions of the Japanese Army are now caught in tunnel warfare in the Third Division, and they have to suffer huge casualties every day. The material consumption is also very huge, and if the fight continues, it is uncertain who will encircle and suppress whom. In fact, Jizhong also drafted a plan for counterattacking the north bank of the Daqing River, but it did not have time to implement it.

Sugiyama then ordered a temporary halt to the plan to attack the west bank of the Zhulong River, and declared that the operation of "clearing the Beijing-Tianjin-Bao area" had been successfully completed, and the 9th and 10th Divisions on the north bank of the Daqing River were withdrawn in turn. Of course, there is another set of explanations for the base camp, and Sugiyama Moto's explanation is that Baotou is strategically important, and in order to cut off the connection between the Soviet Union and Manchuria, he had to temporarily give up the encirclement and suppression of Jizhong.

Funnily enough, in order to show that this encirclement and suppression operation was indeed successful, rather than "forced to withdraw" as claimed by Jizhong, Sugiyama actually promoted Lieutenant General Yoshio Shinozuka, commander of the 10th Division, to replace Lieutenant General Umezu Mijiro as commander of the First Army.

Zheng Weiguo couldn't help but laugh when he heard the news, and said with a smile: "It seems that the title of fool yuan still makes sense!" ”

Chief of Staff Zhou said with a smile: "Sugiyama Yuan also has a nickname for the toilet, it depends on whether we can kick him away!" ”

Everyone laughed.

Chief of Staff Zhou asked again: "General seat, the Japanese army is now targeting Suiyuan again, I'm worried that Chief Fu Zuoyi won't be able to withstand it!" ”

Zheng Weiguo nodded slightly and said, "Well, your worries are very reasonable, I decided to transfer two more divisions to reinforce Suiyuan!" ”

Everyone was taken aback and asked, "Chief, where are the surplus troops now?" What should I do if I have taken away all the base areas? (To be continued......)