Section 88 Take the initiative

"As I said earlier, the main purpose of this battle was to intimidate the Japanese and make them feel dangerous. Therefore, this battle is not about how many Japanese troops are annihilated, but about the momentum must be large, and the larger the scale of the attack, the better. After re-intensifying the overall strategy, Shi continued: "Our troops are divided into two routes, the first battalion, the second battalion, the regimental headquarters battalion, and part of the Minfu battalion to pursue and attack from the direction of the retreat of the Japanese army. The cavalry battalion acted alone, and the brothers Hu Zi and Zhao Yidao were fully responsible, looking for a few local people to lead the way, and seeing if they could make a detour from the direction of the fairy village to the front line of Huibu, as for whether there was a chance to attack, everything was subject to the actual situation, and I would not make arrangements here. ”

Hu Zi and Zhao Yidao immediately responded at the same time: "Rest assured, the regiment commander, the cavalry battalion will not disgrace our independent regiment." ”

Shi nodded, thought for a while, and couldn't help but admonish: "The advantage of cavalry is that it is flexible and mobile, and it is a long-distance attack, although it is very close to the port, but as long as it is planned properly, the cavalry battalion can also play an excellent effect, especially when the Japanese army is in a hurry at night, and a good fight can give the devil a heavy blow." Therefore, we must not be in a hurry, and we must not be in a hurry to make meritorious contributions, we will fight when we have the opportunity, and we will withdraw if we have no chance, and we must not command the cavalry to storm the devil's position. ”

Hu Zi also said loudly: "Don't worry, Commander, my Hu Zi will never risk the lives of my brothers for a little military merit." ”

Shi nodded, and said to Li Shijian: "Battalion Commander Li, Wuqiao and the defense here, I can leave it to you, Wuqiao is related to whether the encirclement and annihilation battle can be successfully implemented, and there must be no mistakes." ”

Li Shi saw that the tall and burly body immediately straightened, he saluted the stone, and said word by word: "Don't worry, if you lose Wuqiao, I will finish it myself." ”

Shi shook his head and said, "I don't want you to pay for your life, I just want you to guard the bridge." It is necessary to expand the scope of reconnaissance, grasp the dynamics of the surrounding area, and once the devils have troops to launch a sneak attack, they must guard until the main force of the regiment comes back to help. Most of the three battalions are recruits, and they have no experience in fighting at night, so how to organize the thinking of the soldiers for defense and stability will test the ability of you and Xie Yingfu. ”

After all the units were arranged, Shi Shi did not hesitate any longer, and immediately asked Li Wenguang to transfer the regimental headquarters and battalion stationed at Wuqiao, and as soon as they arrived, he immediately launched a pursuit.

The Japanese attack was very fast-paced, and after the 214th Wing was responsible for attacking to the north, Wing Commander Hamada personally led the team to rush to the forefront. At this time, for the Japanese army, in fact, the situation is very dangerous, behind them there is the 70th Army pursued by the Shangfu line, the Wuqiao in the east is occupied by the enemy, and there are more enemy troops around to intercept it, the entire division is compressed in a radius of about 20 miles, and there is a danger of annihilation of the whole army at any time.

Fortunately, the attack of the 214th Wing was very smooth, the Wing Captain Hamada commanded the battle very decisively, and the three infantry brigades under his command played an excellent combat effect in his hands, and the three brigades fought in turns, and their sharp attacks blocked the enemy troops in their north from being beaten back step by step, and by about the hour, the attacking troops had reached the caterpillar mountain on the periphery of the port. This is already the last line of defense to the south of the port, and with the flat terrain of the port, as long as it is lost, the port will hardly be able to defend it.

The various units of the 72nd Army obviously know this, although there are only some temporary fortifications here in Caterpillar Mountain, but the departments are fighting to the death, and they are desperate to exchange the huge casualties for the results of blocking the devils in front of the mountain.

As time passed, the Japanese army couldn't help it, especially in the afternoon, the annihilation of the third brigade of the 215th Wing sounded the alarm bell for them, and the original ideas that were quite confident disappeared, and everyone became very cautious, and no one knew if they would be wiped out like that brigade if they were careless.

The commander of the 33rd Division, Sakurai Shengsan, has no other thoughts at this moment, his heart is only full of distress at the moment, he knew that it would be like this, why was he greedy for merit in the first place? Now that the 33rd Division is about to be transferred to North China, even if he returns to his headquarters, how should he explain to the above? This is not the main thing, the most important thing is that judging from the current situation, it is difficult to say whether it can be safely withdrawn, and the loss of a little force is secondary. After receiving the news that the attack of the 214th Wing was blocked, he did not hesitate to order the broken artillery wing to send half of its artillery to the front line for reinforcements. The 213th Wing after the break has been fighting for such a long time, so that the enemy army can not advance half a step, from the point of view of time, it is difficult for the enemy army behind to launch an effective attack, at this moment, as long as it can take this mountain range on the periphery of the port, it can establish a temporary barrier for the division in the southwest, and it does not matter whether the port is taken or not. It is important that relying on this mountain range as a position to block the pursuit of the enemy, the rest of the division can retreat safely in the direction of Fengxin.

After receiving the order of the division headquarters, and learning that the artillery of the artillery wing would arrive soon, Hamada was very happy, in this case, he also directly set up the headquarters in Wugangtan, which is five miles east of the caterpillar mountain, and only after taking the caterpillar mountain, this area can be connected into one and form a solid defense line, and from here to Fengxin Chi'an Town, but the distance is less than 30 miles, and the support connection between the front and rear is very convenient. However, the units of the 33rd Division subsequently received bad news that the 1st Brigade of the 215th Wing, which was stationed on the front line of Hengling, was attacked by enemy troops.

Hengling was a mile or two away from the place where the cavalry battalion of the Independent Regiment launched the attack, and the battlefield strewn with corpses left a very bad memory for the Japanese army. This is especially true for the captain of the first brigade, Naodushu. Thinking that in the afternoon, they were still swaggering to attack the enemy's Leishanling defense line, but they secretly said that they were lucky. If the target of the enemy army is their brigade, it is difficult to say whether they will survive until now. The ghost door closed and walked around, I don't know if it was because of my heart or what, they could vaguely smell the smell of blood wafting in the air, which made them feel bottomless.

At this time, the national army troops on the front line of Lei Shanling launched a fierce attack on their positions after dark, which confirmed his previous judgment, the strength of the enemy army in front of him was far beyond them, otherwise with the caution of the national army troops, how could they dare to take the initiative to fight at this time?

The stone took Liu Wenfeng, the tall sledgehammer, and Li Wenguang from a distance to look at Hengling, which was immersed in the night. In fact, here is a few hillsides higher than the flat ground, ordinary people for convenience, built a pavilion on it for people to rest, it is a transit place on this road, in a very short time, the Japanese army has no time to build a position, at most it is to use stones as a basis, as a machine gun position, attacking such a position, the difficulty is not very great, but the stone is unwilling to attack, the devil's troops are well-fed, the soldiers have been trained for a long time, and their combat ability is very strong, The losses of the storming positions must have been significant. What's more, the battle in front of him is not the main purpose of annihilating the devil's troops, and he naturally has a better way to achieve the purpose of this operation.

After looking at it for a while, Shi couldn't help but turn his head to Li Wenguang and asked, "Monkey, did the chief of staff ask for two infantry guns from the 51st Division last time?" ”

Li Wenguang immediately replied: "Yes, regiment commander, that was actually captured from the devil when we were in Dacheng before, but it was too cumbersome at the time, so it was handed over to the brigade headquarters, and then after the brigade headquarters was withdrawn, it should have been put in the warehouse of the division headquarters, but I didn't expect the chief of staff to be replaced again." ”

The stone nodded and asked, "Can the cannon be used now?" ”

Li Wenguang couldn't help but touch his head in embarrassment and said: "It can be used, but there are some problems, and I don't know too much about this matter, I'll go and call Ou Zhanpeng." ”

Ou Zhanpeng was originally a company commander in the second battalion, but this reorganization was transferred to the regimental headquarters battalion as an artillery company commander, which was also recommended by Gao Da Hammer. The reason is that he is a company commander who is educated, has studied in middle school, and has to study, although he has not gone to a military school, but he loves to study very much, and in the case of the scarcity of artillery in the independent regiment, it is still very good for a person like him to serve as the commander of the artillery company. Soon, Ou Zhanpeng was called over, and as soon as he heard the stone ask about the two guns, he opened his mouth without hesitation and replied: "Tuanzao, those are two Meiji 41-year 75mm mountain guns, which are the main force of the Japanese artillery unit, and the biggest advantage is that it is easy to produce and has good stability. ”

Shi couldn't help but be very satisfied, and immediately asked, "Can I use it now?" ”

Ou Zhanpeng nodded and said: "It can be used, but it is not accurate, and there are not many shells, a total of more than a dozen shells are still moved from the warehouse of the division headquarters, and they are gone after the battle." ”

Shi Shi didn't care and said: "It's good if it can be used, then rest assured and boldly take it out and bombard a few cannons, the artillery doesn't shoot, what's the use of just training and pondering?" Sharpshooters and sharpshooters aren't all fed with shells? ”

Ou Zhanpeng was also happy to hear it and said: "Tuanza, you wait, I'll transfer them up, take this opportunity, and let them actually operate, but after this cannonball is finished, you have to think of a way to Tuanza, without the supply of cannonballs, these two cannons are just two piles of iron lumps, and it's too troublesome to carry." ”

Liu Wenfeng, who was on the side, immediately smiled: "Are you still worried about this?" As long as the fight is good, the head of the regiment will naturally rest assured, but if it is useless, it is difficult to say! ”