Chapter 626: Night Attack on Li City

Sun Zhenbang, commander of the Yellow River River Defense Corps of the Independent Division, was depressed when he saw the Japanese troops in the brigade passing under his nose, but he couldn't fight a happy battle.

In the eyes of Sun Zhenbang, more than 2,000 Japanese troops and materials and ammunition in Licheng are just a big fat piece of oil, he has the capital to fight this battle, a small regiment of 3,000 troops, not to mention, there are also special operations detachments, these sneak attacks, sentinels are kept, and they have been kept in Licheng, and the little devil has not yet reacted, he does not plan to report this operation to the division, if that happens, everything will be in vain.

Although this violated the ban of the division commander, Sun Zhenbang decided to fight this battle, and made solid preparations, he sent two companies, carrying a large number of mines and explosives, respectively to the vicinity of Lucheng and Shexian, respectively, to lay minefields on the road, and asked only one to ensure that the Japanese troops in the direction of Lucheng and Shexian could not reinforce Licheng along the way, and for this reason, at any cost, the Japanese reinforcements should also be blocked in the middle of the road, and they were not allowed to retreat half a step back without receiving an order from the corps headquarters.

The two companies set off, it was still early, and the rest of the troops were hidden in the ravine near Dongyang Pass, so they took a break and sent several reconnaissance units to pay close attention to the movements of the Japanese army, and the sun was slowly moving westward.

At this time, in the south and east of the Taihang Mountains, there were battles everywhere, and the scale of the battle was not large, and the troops of the independent division, as soon as they came into contact with the Japanese army, quickly withdrew from their positions, and when the main force of the Japanese army put on a posture and was ready to fight, the shadow of the Chinese soldiers was gone, among them, there were Sun Zhenbang's troops, and Tang Qiuquan's special operations detachment.

In spite of this, the Japanese army also suffered a lot of losses, the Chinese army used all mines, explosives, good roads and mountain roads, I don't know when suddenly became angry, blowing up a group of Imperial soldiers, the enraged Japanese generals, have asked Okamura Ningji to fight, to lead the troops to chase after it, will definitely harass the Imperial Army of the Chinese soldiers completely eliminated, Okamura Ningji is very satisfied with the rainbow of his subordinates, this is the style of the officers of the Great Japanese Imperial Army.

The experienced old devil Okamura Ninji knew that this was a typical tactic used by the Chinese, called "luring the enemy deep", dispersing his own forces, so as to break them one by one, Okamura Ninji smiled, okay, then go deep into the Taihang Mountains, his strategic intention is also to occupy the entire Taihang Mountains, and he is ready to go deep without temptation.

Okamura Ningji really divided his troops, and the situation seemed to be developing towards Tang Qiuli's expectations, however, after gathering intelligence from all over the country, Tang Qiuli was not optimistic, Okamura Ningci's troops were divided into six routes, each with more than 50,000 people, equipped with tanks and cavalry, and aircraft to provide air fire support at any time, like an open hand, from the south and east, gradually compressing you to the hinterland of the Taihang Mountain base area.

Tang Qiuli issued an order to lure the enemy's troops into depth, increase the intensity of the attack, and make sure that the Japanese army was divided again, so as to create favorable conditions for the troops of the three divisions of the Eighth Route Army to annihilate the Japanese army on one or several routes, however, no matter how the troops attacked, the Japanese army on the Sixth Route would no longer divide the troops, leaving a small number of troops, and entangled with the small troops of the independent division, and the main force continued to attack and advance to the hinterland of the Taihang Mountains.

Tang Qiuli sighed, Okamura Ningji, the old devil, is really cunning, the tactics adopted are completely correct, the six-way Japanese army is advancing in unison, the distance between each other is exactly a day and a night of marching, he surrounds the Japanese army all the way, if the battle cannot be ended in a day and night, the other five Japanese troops come closer, the troops are in danger of being encircled, and give up halfway, and will be bitten and entangled by the Japanese army, which is also unfavorable, this person is his fierce enemy in North China.

The time is not yet ripe to launch the Battle of Jingcheng Pass, let the Japanese army go deep into the Taihang Mountains, and exchange fire with the troops of the Eighth Route Army, the art of war cloud "five times encircled, ten times annihilated", where to mobilize 500,000 troops, if you fight hard, you can't chew it, you can't swallow it, you will break your stomach, you can only start the Battle of Jingcheng Pass, see Okamura Ningci's reaction, and then look for opportunities, Tang Qiuli admitted, Okamura Ningji has a hand, fortunately, there is still a lot of room for maneuver in the Taihang Mountains, enough to deal with the Japanese army for a period of time.

However, the Japanese army is heavily armed, and the gap is also large, this is the opportunity, Okamura Ningji adopted such tactics, is to learn the lesson of the mountain pass, when the mountain pass swept the Taihang Mountains, the troops were too scattered, only to lead zhì everywhere attacked, tired of running, Okamura Ningji will not make the same mistake, he just let Tang Qiuli not find the opportunity to hit his own army, although from the launch of the attack to the present, the occupation is some empty villages and towns, Okamura Ningji also believes that his strategic intentions have been initially achieved, He was ruthless, even if he turned over the Taihang Mountains, he also wanted to find Tang Qiuli's secret supply base.

The division commander and Okamura Ningci fought the method, as well as the entire strategic situation in the Taihang Mountains, Sun Zhenbang did not know, and was bent on fighting this battle, under the cover of night, his troops had already moved to the periphery of Licheng in concealment, and he and Wang Jun, the chief of staff, with several guards, climbed outside the city wall and carefully observed the situation in the city.

Licheng is an ancient county town with a long history, in the key pass in and out of Taihang Mountain, the Hanchang Avenue connecting southern Hebei and southern Jinnan passes through the city, it has always been an important military town, the Yuan and Ming dynasties have become one of the throat arteries in and out of the two provinces of Shanxi and Hebei, the city wall is several zhang high, wide and thick, the moat surrounds the city, a suspension bridge is hung high, on the city tower, you can see the swimming whistle of the Japanese army in the non-stop walking, the steel helmet shines with a dark luster under the starlight.

Sun Zhenbang scratched his head a little, he didn't expect the Japanese army's defense to be so tight, logically speaking, this has become their strategic rear, and his own troops have not alarmed the little devils, why are they still so careful? The Japanese soldiers in the early days of the Anti-Japanese War had a very high level of primacy, and they did not relax their vigilance in the rear, which made Sun Zhenbang's battle plan encounter a great problem.

After he and Wang Jun retreated, he called several commanders, including Bai Lishan, together and told him about the situation, Sun Zhenbang at this time was already a little discouraged, Bai Lishan smiled and said to him: "If you don't want to alarm the little devils, take the city gate, Commander Sun, this task will be handed over to our special operations team 11" Sun Zhenbang was overjoyed, Tang Qiuquan's subordinates were all treasures, they must have a way.

From the direction of Lucheng, more than a dozen cars drove over, with the headlights on, the snowy lights pierced the night, it was very obvious, Sun Zhenbang was stunned, Bai Lishan and them, where did they get the car in such a short time, it was really a god, this is the daytime, the eleventh special operations detachment, killed a transport convoy of the Japanese army, Bai Lishan felt sorry for these cars, did not blow them up, drove to a remote ravine and hidden, I didn't expect it to come in handy at this time.

The convoy drove directly to the Licheng moat suspension bridge and stopped, it had already alarmed the Japanese troops on the city wall, and immediately, the dazzling searchlight shone over, a sound of pulling the bolt, and shouted the password, Bai Lishan wore a Shaozuo military uniform, swaggered off the first car, and shouted a few words of scolding to the city gate, proficient in Japanese, without a little flaw, and thanks to Qiuquan, forced the special operations detachment to learn Japanese.

The leader of the team at the city gate was a second lieutenant squad leader, he saw it really and heard it clearly, and the commander under the city was angry, "Baga I am Takashima Shaozuo of the Baggage Wing of the 19th Division of the Kwantung Army, I was ordered to come to Licheng to transport ammunition to the front line, and you didn't notify the troops on the front line of the password, who knows the bullshit password of your Inoue Wing, delaying the big thing, how many heads do you have"

On this day, there are a lot of troops who come to Licheng to pull supplies and ammunition, and the numbers are messy, and there are all of them, and it is absolutely possible that the password has not been conveyed to the troops on the front line, and the people of the Kwantung Army usually have their nostrils facing the sky, and they are very arrogant, how dare the little second lieutenant offend these uncles, and they ran down the city tower in a hurry, shouting that the city should put a drawbridge.

When he arrived at Shao Zuo, he didn't wait for the salute, he was slapped in the face, and his eyes were full of gold stars, and then, a document fell on his face, how dare the second lieutenant check it carefully, and felt that the Shao Zuo in front of him was not quite the same as the person on the ID photo, but looking at Shao Zuo with a fierce light in his eyes, he swallowed it back when he came to his mouth, and he couldn't help but hesitate, and he had already greeted the female relatives of those bastards of the Kwantung Army in his heart.

Looking at the stunned Japanese second lieutenant, Shao Zuo was furious, and he slapped him again, or a second lieutenant of the Kwantung Army next to him, came over to persuade Shao Zuo, who was losing his temper, and handed the official document on the allocation of ammunition by the baggage wing of the 19th Division of the Kwantung Army to the second lieutenant, and moved this little devil to almost shed tears.

After reading the official document, a trace of doubt in the second lieutenant's heart has disappeared, Shao Zuo waved his hand impatiently, and the "Hayagu" convoy drove into the city gate, Bai Lishan did this because he was afraid that there would be a flaw in the documents, and he would preemptively strike and dazzle the Japanese sentries standing guard.

Unfortunately, the car that started at the head suddenly broke down, just blocked at the city gate, and a long car behind couldn't get in, Shaozo was furious, and slapped the driver who hurriedly jumped out of the car, and the second lieutenant standing guard was frightened, and his heart was much more balanced, not only was he beaten alone, but the Kwantung Army was all good.

Shao Zuo waved his hand at the soldiers in the car, and more than 100 soldiers in the car all jumped out of the car, some helped the beaten drivers repair the car, and more people seemed to come to the Japanese soldiers near the city gate at random, talking to each other, and handing cigarettes through fire, which seemed very affectionate.

(To be continued)