Chapter 257: The Battle of Xiaowutai Mountain (3)

Zhao Dengyu also started from the soldier step by step, understanding the suffering of the brothers, riding a horse himself, he was very tired, not to mention these ordinary soldiers who ran hundreds of miles with their feet, despite this, he did not give up the vigilance of a soldier.

Zhao Dengyu found that the terrain here was extremely easy to ambush, and the ambushers could be condescending and could inflict heavy casualties on the troops concentrated at the bottom of the valley, while he could retreat safely under the cover of night.

He didn't dare to be careless, and ordered the brigade headquarters to guard the battalion to quickly seize the commanding heights on both sides, control the area near Zhanì, and monitor a movement.

At the request of Badalhu, in April 1936, Lieutenant General Wanichiro Tashiro, the newly appointed commander of the Japanese garrison in North China, ordered the Japanese secret services in North China to use the local miscellaneous forces to buy them at great expense, so as to destroy these weapons and ammunition.

Badarhu used these weapons and ammunition as bait to drive the bandits to attack from the front, and as early as two days ago, he sent an urgent telegram to Lieutenant General Tashiro Wanichiro, asking His Excellency the Commander to send a special force to find a way to blow up the weapons and ammunition in the event that the frontal attack was fruitless.

According to Badarhu's idea, under no circumstances could this batch of weapons and ammunition fall into the hands of the 29th Army, which would be tantamount to adding wings to Song Zheyuan and would be extremely unfavorable to the future military operations of the Japanese army in North China.

Lieutenant General Tashiro Wanichiro, commander of the Japanese garrison in North China, deeply felt the same way, and he did not want to see the opponent he was about to eliminate get any supplement that was conducive to increasing his own strength.

Under the heavy bribe, this group of more than 400 local armed people, followed the Japanese spies, and searched and advanced towards the area of Xiaowutai Mountain, and their luck was good, last night, they found Zhao Dengyu's troops, and quietly followed behind.

The Japanese spies speculated that the large force of the 29th Army, when they arrived here, must have something to do with the batch of weapons and ammunition escorted by the independent division, and thinking of Badarhu's report, the Japanese spies became more and more convinced of their own judgment, and it was wishful thinking that their hundreds of people would eat up a brigade of troops, but it was possible to blow up this batch of weapons and ammunition while they were unprepared.

Now, they are ambushing on the high ground on both sides of Zhao Dengyu's brigade, and as soon as the weapons and ammunition of the independent division arrive, they will make a surprise attack while the two sides are handing over, and destroy the fat meat that the 29th Army has in their hands.

Seeing that they were fighting with so many regular troops, this group of miscellaneous armed forces had already been so frightened that their legs and stomachs were spinning, and the soles of their feet were about to slip away, and the Japanese spies even coaxed and deceived them, and promised many benefits, and these people reluctantly agreed.

Their leader told his subordinates that after a while, they saw a large cart and a small car, each of them threw five grenades, fired three shots and ran, as for the effect, it didn't matter, who he didn't work smartly, his hands and feet were not good, he was caught by these soldiers, and he thought he was unlucky.

Not to mention, this kid's plan is quite vicious, not a big valley, so many vehicles are crowded together, the density is extremely high, a grenade goes down, and the ammunition that detonates the car is not guaranteed, and the guide zhì explodes in a row, and the batch of equipment escorted by the independent division will be destroyed in one fell swoop.

The guard battalion of the 113th Brigade had just touched the commanding heights, and it had come into contact with this group of miscellaneous armed forces who wanted to take advantage, and there was a burst of guns, and dozens of brothers in the guard battalion fell, which also exposed the location of these guys who shot black guns.

The heavy machine guns and mortars of the 113th Brigade Machine Gun Battalion were fiercely attacked, and it was impossible for these miscellaneous armed forces to retreat, so the 113th Brigade, which was in an absolutely superior force, surrounded these 400 people and wiped out more than 300 people on the spot, and the remaining 100 or so prisoners were tied up and pressed at the foot of the mountain.

The Japanese spy, just set up the radio, before he had time to send a report, was hit by a mortar shell, even the radio with the whole person bombed into the air, this encounter, less than 30 minutes to end, Zhao Dengyu wiped the cold sweat on his head, so hanging, as a soldier, he knows the consequences, ambushed by these guys, ammunition exploded, his own brigade, I'm afraid there are not many people left alive.

The telegram sent by the communications corps, General Feng Jiwu, chief of staff of the Independent Division, informed the 113th Brigade that the weapons and ammunition had approached the agreed place, and the advance guard battalion had rushed to the agreed place to make contact.

The escort troops of the independent division arrived nearly 30 minutes later than the stipulated time, but they avoided a possible disaster, perhaps in the dark, but because of their late arrival, Li Honggang, the commander of the 1st Independent Brigade, was severely criticized by the division commander Tang Qiuli after the battle.

In Tang Qiuli's words, these are two different things, the merits and demerits cannot be offset, and if you do not arrive at the specified time, you will not complete the task, and any luck will bury the troops, especially when fighting the Japanese army.

This is the first time since the formation of the 1st Independent Brigade that it has been criticized by the division commander, and from the 1st Brigade of the Bloody Hand Regiment to the 1st Detachment, and then to the 1st Independent Brigade, the combat effectiveness of Li Honggang's Brigade and the quality of officers and men are obviously higher than those of other units, and it has fought many big and vicious battles.

Especially in the battle of Andong in Northeast China, the predecessor of the First Independent Brigade at that time, a detachment of the Bloody Hand Regiment, resisted many attacks by a field division of the Japanese army alone, and was almost disabled, and the attrition was almost more than one-half, such a unit was severely criticized because of trivial matters, and the grievances in the hearts of more than 13,000 officers and soldiers of the brigade can be imagined, and the complaints and strange words of some cadres and soldiers inevitably came out and also reached Tang Qiuli's ears.

In private, he also learned about what happened, in order to arrive at the agreed place on time, safely hand over the weapons and ammunition to the hands of the 29th Army, after breaking away from the large army, he hurried day and night, many mules and horses driving were about to be tired, and the escort soldiers of the 4th Regiment of the 1st Independent Brigade tied ropes to the carts whenever the mules and horses could not bear the strength of the uphill mules and horses, and used themselves as mules and horses.

Tang Qiuli also saw the strangulation marks on the shoulders of many cadres and soldiers in the Fourth Regiment, and the scars on their hands and feet, and asked himself in his heart, is it too demanding?

Li Honggang did not have any burden, and he also held a special meeting of officers at and above the company level of the whole brigade, severely criticized the officers who had complained and made strange remarks, and asked the officers to do the work of the soldiers separately.

Zhao Dengyu took the guard battalion and waited in front for the escort troops of the independent division, the vanguard battalion of the fourth regiment, and soon arrived, and the two sides got in touch.

Although they were prepared, the officers and men of the 113th Brigade were still stunned by the huge amount of weapons and ammunition, and they looked at the machine guns and artillery on the vehicles, and their eyes were hot for a while, and they were eager to equip them immediately.

After the fourth regiment handed over the weapons and ammunition, the hearts of all the officers and soldiers were like putting down a thousand pounds of heavy burden, and the bones of the whole body were relaxed.

Looking at the troops of the Independent Division, quickly disappearing on the way to come, Zhao Dengyu's heart was full of mixed feelings, so many weapons and ammunition, all the way was a mountain march, and the Independent Division escorted the troops, and the hardships can be imagined.

And they will be able to return immediately and go into battle, and their own fully equipped brigade will stay in this safe place as if they are protected, doing nothing, and the deputy commander is not at ease with the combat effectiveness of the 29th Army?

The arrogance and self-esteem of the soldiers made Zhao Dengyu unable to stay out of the matter, they were all soldiers, and the 29th Army was no worse than the independent division, so he felt that a fire was burning in his heart, a desire for battle, and the urge to fight for the 29th Army.

He ordered the signal corps to immediately send a telegram to Lieutenant General Liu Tiehan, deputy commander of the Independent Division, who was in charge of the campaign command, with the following contents: "General Liu Xunjian, deputy commander of the Independent Division and commander-in-chief of the Xiaowutai Mountain Campaign, and the 113th Brigade of the 29th Army, resolutely request to participate in the battle to encircle and annihilate the bandits, and all the officers and men of the brigade swear to fight side by side with the independent division, and I hope your approval will be granted."

Liu Tiehan, who was on the march, received a telegram from Zhao Dengyu and felt quite embarrassed, and asked the 29th Army to take over the troops and stand by on the spot, as the general reserve of the campaign, which was a battle plan formulated in advance, that is, considering that the troops, equipment level and individual soldiers of the 29th Army were compared with the troops of the independent division, there was a big gap, and it was difficult for the two sides to coordinate and cooperate.

At present, the troops are marching rapidly, and the soldiers have almost exhausted the last trace of energy, and there are still more than three hours before the planned arrival time, and the frontal blocking task of Li Honggang's brigade is under great pressure, and before the troops are outflanked on both flanks and before they reach the designated position, they can only be nailed like nails.

The assignment of Zhao Dengyu's brigade to the First Independent Brigade to take on the task of frontal blocking is also for the purpose of achieving the final victory in the battle and increasing the insurance coefficient.

After careful consideration, Liu Tiehan sent an order to Zhao Dengyu, ordering the 113th Brigade to draw out the strength of a reinforced regiment and assign it to the 1st Brigade of the Independent Division, which was put into the defense of the eastern foothills of Xiaowutai Mountain, Kongjian and Shimen, and accepted the command of General Feng Jiwu, chief of staff of the Independent Division.

In addition, the remaining troops must protect their weapons and ammunition, and in consideration of the current equipment level of the 113th Brigade, they can first equip a part of this batch of weapons and ammunition to ensure the combat effectiveness of the troops.

Liu Tiehan reported the situation to Tang Qiuli, the division commander who was resting in the area of Winter Nuanquan, and Tang Qiuli quickly called back, with a few simple words: "Handled properly, very good, as planned, at six o'clock in the morning, the general offensive of the campaign began on time," In fact, Tang Qiuli also took into account Liu Tiehan's thoughts, in order to take into account Zhao Dengyu's heart.

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