Chapter 13: Changing Guards (21)

Liang Yisheng, director of the staff office of the 138th Division, has been accompanying Li Baicheng these days, and they have a common language. When setting out from Danjia Temple, Li Benyi appointed Liang Yisheng to lead a temporary baggage team composed of local migrant workers to assist Li Baicheng in the march, pulling grain and grass, transporting materials, and reducing the difficulty of the artillery regiment's march as much as possible. When the artillery regiment goes out, in addition to the artillery and ammunition, there are also pack horse carts, which is not as simple as the infantry regiment. After walking for four days, I arrived at Sanhe, and on the south bank of Longshu Water, I found a good camp and set up camp for the artillery regiment. Li Baicheng knew that Liang Yisheng wanted to build an artillery battalion in the 138th Division, so he kindly reminded Liang Yisheng that the artillery battalion at the division level should not expect equipment to be allocated from above and below; with the unfolding of the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the westward relocation of the major arsenals, the equipment of the national army is becoming more and more difficult, and the troops using national armament are becoming more and more difficult to replenish in time, and even the artillery regiment of the 48th Army does not dare to use training ammunition anymore. If the 138th Division wants to build an artillery battalion, it must learn from the invincible Boss Mo and obtain it in battle, otherwise, it will be an empty word.

Liang Yisheng also knew this truth very well, sighed, and said to Li Baicheng that it is estimated that it is not realistic to be in the artillery battalion of the 138th Division, and it is commendable to be able to get a firepower supplement battalion. Li Baicheng didn't expect that Liang Yisheng would have such an idea, and hurriedly asked how this firepower replenishment battalion would be organized. Liang Yisheng asked Li Baicheng if he knew about the upper-level adjustment of the 48th Army and the 138th Division? Li Baicheng nodded, in the days when he left Shengoupu and went to the Sanhe front, the 48th Army and the 138th Division were not idle, and a series of adjustments were made. Mo Dehong, deputy commander of the 48th Army, left Shengoupu and returned to Guangxi to serve as the commander of the Xunwu Division. Mo's old subordinate Cui Jian, deputy commander of the 138th Division, will also be transferred away in the near future, and he will be the deputy commander of the Xunwu Division. Cheng Shufen, commander of the 172nd Division of the Seventh Army, took over as deputy commander of the 48th Army, and Li Yingjun, the nephew of Commander Li Pinxian, took over as deputy commander of the 138th Division. This deputy division commander Li only graduated from the 16th class of Lu Dazheng in September last year, and he previously served as the head of the special service regiment of the 21 st Group Army. Liang Yisheng told Li Baicheng that his position would also be adjusted, and Yan Junlong, the head of the field supplement regiment, took over the post of director of the division's staff office, and he became the head of the field supplement regiment. Master Li Shizuo told Liang Yisheng that after this battle, he would go to the 176th Division in Yuexi to study in the field supplement regiment, even if he was stealing the teacher, he had to learn the one and a half moves of Boss Mo. Liang Yisheng's initial plan was to divide the field supplement regiment of the 138th Division into three parts, a field assault battalion like the Shizhong guard battalion, a unique firepower replenishment battalion, and a baggage replenishment battalion, the largest of which was the baggage battalion, which was rooted in Danjiamiao and grasped Huoshan's supplies in his hands like He Degui. Li Baicheng told him that if this was the case, after the end of this operation, he would report the loss of four 82 mortars and secretly transfer them to Liang Yisheng, which would become his starting capital. Liang Yisheng was so happy that he jumped three feet high, in his opinion, it is not difficult to obtain Japanese weapons, but the difficult thing is the national weapons, especially the strongest Jinling Arsenal Type 20 82mm mortars in the national weapons. This cannon is difficult for non-national military descendants to equip.

The day after Li Benyi arrived in Sanhe, two battalions of the 412th Regiment led by Li Picheng also arrived, and in the afternoon, two battalions of the 413th Regiment led by Zhao Xueliang also arrived on time. Because this group of people were all Li Shigui's subordinates before, their weapons once became invincible trophies, or for the sake of Li Benyi's face, each of them returned a 38 big cover, and I don't know if it was careless or intentional at the time, and not a single bullet was distributed. The 21st Group Army in the Dabie Mountains had no other Japanese armament units except for the invincible field replenishment regiment, and there was no series of Tomosaka bullets in the logistics and ammunition replenishment, so the current situation of having guns but no ammunition was formed.

Li Ben was not angry, the soldiers without bullets had no other role except for consuming grain and grass, and it was really their turn to grab the 38 big cover bayonet, and it was already a matter of life and death. Or Gong Qingyuan has a way to ask Li Benyi to send a telegram to Mo Di and buy bullets from Mo Di. In Tongcheng before, the field supplement regiment had already bought a lot from Mo Di, and according to Xie Qi's report, the 176th Division field supplement regiment should still have inventory. As for the silver for the purchase of bullets, let Xie Qi cushion it first. When Xie Wei told Mo Di with a shy face that the money in his hand was not enough to pay, Mo Di smiled and said: The bullets will be pulled away first, and if the money is less, the number of people in the 138 regiment will be used to make up for the regiment. Xie Yi laughed and said that he had known for a long time that the 176th Division Field Supplement Regiment was living a fairy life in Yuexi, and this time he didn't give any money, just to pay off his debts and feel the feelings. Invincible, whether this is cheaper for himself or cheaper.

The enemy army surrounded Shengqiao, Wang Zhanlin and Yantian were like facing a great enemy, the suspension bridge was hung high, no one showed their heads, and even spoke a lot quieter, but telegrams were sent one after another, asking the reinforcements going north to speed up the pace of advance, because the information fed back from the four watchtowers showed that the encircled Chinese army was not less than 3,000 people, not less than a brigade of men and horses.

Early in the morning, the battle began, and it was the Liao cannon who moved it, and they pushed the infantry cannon out, about 500 meters away from the Shengqiao barracks, and shook the gun barrel down, and clearly saw the watchtower in the lower left corner of the barracks from the gun barrel.

Reload, fire.

With two loud bangs, the watchtower in the lower left corner collapsed in a puff of soot. 500 meters is the most suitable distance for Jin Tongxuan, the Japanese army has no heavy weapons, not even a Type 92 heavy machine gun, for a target 500 meters away, they can only look at the ocean and sigh, the Tomosaka rifle has a maximum range of 2,600 meters, claiming to have an effective range of 1,000 meters, but in fact it is less than 460 meters, if it really wants to hit 1,000 meters, it is estimated that the bullet speed is so slow, and the fingers can catch it like catching a dragonfly.

When I picked it up, I saw that Liao's cannon used the method of roll call, from left to right, and exploded one bunker after another. Liao's cannon was not in a hurry, the barrel was red, so he took a break, and when the gun position was tired, he stopped, anyway, the Japanese got a water prison for themselves, and they couldn't run out, so they had enough time to slowly wipe it out.

After defeating the five bunkers, Yantian and Wang Zhanlin also discovered each other's intentions, they knew that the opponent's infantry cannons and shells came from themselves, and they were the weapons they lost in Yefu Mountain, and they were beaten by their own weapons. The problem is that at this rate, it only takes one day for all of your bunkers for a week to be blown up, and you will become a mortal situation.

"Break through! Taijun. Wang Zhanlin proposed: "While the other party has not sealed our north gate." ”

"No, we're not there yet." Yantian said with a gloomy face: "I sent a telegram to the division headquarters to request aircraft support, and the plane from Wuhu can arrive in half an hour. ”

After a while, three planes flew from the east, and Mo Di and the others were caught off guard, and the planes clearly found the location of the two infantry guns in mid-air. One dive, went straight to the gun emplacement, unloaded all the shells on the infantry gun emplacement, and then drove away. Liao Cannon ran up in a hurry to take a look, the two infantry guns were turned into slag, and the twelve soldiers on the gun position were also blown to pieces. Liao Cannon grabbed a piece of cannonball skin and smashed it on the ground, only to find that the cannonball skin was still very hot, and his palms were burned red.

Without the infantry artillery, the plan was completely destroyed, and Mingjin withdrew his troops.

Mo Di told Jin Tongxuan, don't be discouraged, we will continue tomorrow. Jin Tongxuan looked at Mo Di with a little surprise, there is no artillery tomorrow, how can it continue. Mo Di smiled and said, "Before, we sent the extra bullets to Sanhe and came back empty. Now let them do one thing, go to Li Baicheng's artillery regiment and pull a 75 mountain cannon over, which can be regarded as a bullet payment. ”

Jin Tongxuan smiled dumbly, Boss Mo, I really want to implement the plan to the end! Although the 75 mountain gun is only 5 mm more caliber than the 70 infantry gun, it is a completely different existence, the effective range is 4,000 meters, the barrel can be aimed within a thousand meters, the shell weighs 5 kilograms, and only two infantry artillery shells can be used to deal with the target, and one mountain artillery shell can be properly handled. It can be said that as long as there is one mountain artillery, it is easier for the Japanese battalion in front of it to fight than two infantry guns.

Early the next morning, the Japanese battalion at Morihashi sadly found that they were surrounded on three sides. Only this time, Yantian was a little distracted, and he didn't notice that the outer encirclement was a feint. Mo Enemy knew that the other side had planes to help, so he didn't dare to put all the men and horses out, but put a company in one direction, let them dance the flag, make dust, and create the momentum of two battalions.

This time, to the east of the Japanese battalion, a fixed gun emplacement was made for the mountain artillery, and an anti-aircraft shelter was also built, with huge logs and sandbags, so that even if the bombs of the Japanese planes fell directly on it, the mountain artillery could not be shaken in the slightest. Because the mountain artillery does not need to move, the firing range is sufficient, and it only needs to adjust the orientation slightly, and you can clean up all the bunkers in one aspect. This time, they were quite well prepared, not only did they do a good job of protection, but they also put together the infantry guns that were damaged yesterday into cannons out of wood and camouflaged them as positions.

Knowing that the other party was going to make an old move, there would be planes to help in the battle for a while, but it was not the artillery who was nervous, it was Liu Wukui of the heavy firepower company. After receiving an order from Mo Enemy, they asked them to set up a machine gun position in the woods about a thousand meters away from the mountain artillery position in the east, and turn Makqin into an anti-aircraft machine gun to give the attackers a chance to meet the attackers. It's best to be able to lay down three, and the next one is considered to be a complete task.

At about the same time as yesterday, a watchtower and five bunkers were also destroyed, and three planes in the eastern sky arrived as scheduled. Xie Qi and the others, who had found a good position to watch the excitement, had already stretched their necks and waited for the plane to enter the cage. The weather was very good, the clouds were light and the wind was light, and I heard the roar of the plane early, and after a while, I saw the plane flying overhead.

With a roar, the three planes swung out in a zigzag pattern and swooped towards the fake gun emplacements set up next to the real ones. Yao Yutian sighed and exclaimed: "This plane is not blind, so it can be deceived in this way." Jin Tongxuan said with a smile: "The plane is at high altitude, and seeing things is flat, there is no three-dimensional sense, and it is easy to deceive them." ”

Before Jin Tongxuan's words fell, the plane had already swept over the heads of Liu Wukui, and just as the altitude of the plane was reduced to the lowest and the bomb left the fuselage, the sound of the Makqin machine gun rang out. All the bullets hit the first plane at once, only to see the plane exploded in the air, turning into a ball of fire in the air with a loud bang. The two wingmen immediately behind reacted quickly, immediately pulled up, and swept out from the side.

The explosion of the plane not only stunned the lively field regiment, but also stunned the Japanese soldiers in the barracks. It was the 75 mountain artillery that broke the silence, and I saw that he was not in a hurry, and several shots in a row cleaned up all the remaining bunkers in the east.

The planes in the sky did not dare to dive anymore, shook their wings, and flew back to the east, and the Japanese troops in the trenches did not dare to raise their heads, they knew that the opponent's mountain artillery had not been knocked out by the planes, and they could harvest them anytime and anywhere.

At this time, Captain Yantian received a telegram from the regimental headquarters of the 116th Division in Chaoxian County, which said that the Wuhu Air Brigade was very angry because of the loss of a plane, and decided to retaliate by dropping poison gas bombs at the area. Captain Yantian must be prepared, take advantage of the temporary incapacitation of the opponent under the poison gas bomb, break out of the encirclement, open the predicament, and return to Chao County. Shiota immediately called back, thinking that it was inappropriate, so he truthfully reported the loss of poison gas bombs by his special forces, and the telegram said that if the poison gas bombs were thrown, causing the anger of the other party, and throwing all the stolen tea No. 1 into the barracks, everyone would have nowhere to escape.

Just when the Japanese soldiers were discussing whether the poison gas bomb was feasible, the Japanese soldiers in the barracks sadly discovered that the vicious mountain cannon had been transferred from the east to the west, and began to name the bunkers in the west.

As night fell, the day's fighting ended.

Relatively speaking, the battle on the side of Shengqiao was not exciting, and on the side of Sanhe, once the fire of war was ignited, it entered the white heat.