Chapter 767: The Artillery Finishes Bombarding the Infantry Rush!

Peiping.

Iron Lion Alley.

Command of the North China Front.

"The division commanders of the 33rd and 37th Divisions sent a telegram requesting urgent tactical guidance at the same time?"

Okamura Ninji stood in the middle of the war hall and looked at Haruo Kitani, a communications staff officer who came to report, and his tone was full of disbelief.

He had already ordered the 33rd Division and the 37th Division to immediately transfer to Taiyuan, but the two division commanders still sent telegrams requesting tactical guidance.

An extremely strong, very bad feeling suddenly rose in Okamura's heart.

"Hey!"

Osamu Kitani reported: "Yangquan City and Shouyang City have been heavily surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, and in addition, the main infantry of the Eighth Route Army, together with the troops of the 129th Division of the Eighth Route Army, have formed an encirclement posture against the 33rd Division and the 37th Division. ”

"Nani?"

Okamura Ninji's pupils shrank suddenly, his face turned pale in an instant, his body shook for a while, and he almost couldn't stand steadily.

On the left and right, Tanabe Moritake and Seizo Arisue hurriedly held Okamura Ninji up.

Originally, Okamura Ninji was going to sleep, and tonight's wartime duty was Seizo Sue.

It's just that he was going to wait for the news that the main forces of the 33rd Division and the 37th Division would set off from Shouyang and Yangquan before going back to the house to sleep.

The news arrived, but what I was waiting for was the news that the main forces of the 33rd Division and the 37th Division were surrounded by the main forces of the Eighth Route Army.

The 33rd and 37th Divisions are in danger!

"Your Excellency, are you alright?" Moritake Tanabe asked with concern.

With Sue Seizan next to him, he also looked concerned, and several combat staff officers were about to step forward.

Okamura Ninji waved his hand: "I'm fine." ”

Yousue Seizan stared at the map: "According to the telegram of the 33rd Division and the telegram of the 37th Division, the Eighth Route Army, which suddenly appeared, has at least 40,000 main forces, and its combat effectiveness and firepower are very strong, where did the Eighth Route Army get so many troops?" ”

Previously, Okamura and the General Staff speculated that the main force of the New Second Regiment and the Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army was about 25,000 people.

It is likely that one of the 37th and 33rd divisions will be encircled.

However, the General Staff and Okamura did not know which division the Eighth Route Army was aiming for, so Okamura ordered the 37th and 33rd Divisions to be transferred to Taiyuan immediately.

However, it was still too late.

Moreover, the real strategic targets of the Eighth Route Army were the 33rd Division and the 37th Division.

Tanabe Moritake narrowed his eyes and analyzed according to the words of Arisue Seizo: "Maybe the main force of the Eighth Route Army that went north to attack the 1st Division was not the new regiment at all, Li Yunlong handed over the heavy firepower of the new regiment to the command of the independent regiment and the new 2nd regiment, creating the illusion that the new regiment was attacking the 1st Division in the north, and he himself took the main force of the new regiment to bypass Tongpu Road and go south along Wutai Mountain and North Taihang. ”

There is a look on the expression of Sue Jingsan who has solved the case: "It must be so." ”

However, Okamura Ninji was full of self-blame and regret, and muttered to himself: "I should have thought of it, I should have thought of it a long time ago..."

Okamura Ningji carefully recalled the entire battle process, and from the very beginning, the new regiment of the Eighth Route Army used pangolins to release information that it was going to attack Taiyuan.

Step by step, the Japanese army fell into the rhythm of the Eighth Route Army, followed the rhythm of the Eighth Route Army to passively defend, and was led by the nose.

When the Eighth Route Army attacked four important strategic targets almost simultaneously, Okamura Ninji reacted.

The strategic goal of the Eighth Route Army is definitely one of them.

Okamura Ninji never guessed that the Eighth Route Army actually wanted to completely annihilate the 33rd Division and the 37th Division.

Needless to say, Niangziguan must have also been attacked by the Eighth Route Army.

Okamura instantly realized that there were masters in the Eighth Route Army!

Such a meticulous and clever battle plan is not like someone from the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army can come up with it.

Could it be that the one who wrote "On Protracted War" made a move?

If you are defeated at the hands of that person, there is no shame in losing this battle.

"Your Excellency, what should I do now?" Seeing that Okamura Ninji was deep in thought, Tanabe Moritake asked in a deep voice.

Now the 33rd Division and the 37th Division are definitely under the most ferocious attack of the Eighth Route Army, and they are in danger.

If no countermeasures are come up, the 33rd Division and the 37th Division will be finished.

Okamura Ningji came back to his senses: "Since the strategic goal of the Eighth Route Army is to eliminate the 33rd Division and the 37th Division, and the Eighth Route Army going north to Datong is also covering and assisting, then it will definitely not fight with the 1st Division to the end, so the reinforcements of the 1st Division from all directions do not need to go to Datong." ”

"Command!"

Okamura Ningji stared at the map for a while, and then shouted.

Tanabe Moritake and Arisue Seizo hurriedly made a standing upright move.

Okamura Ningji said: "The 1st Cavalry Brigade, the 21st Division, and the 35th Division reinforce the 33rd Division in Yangquan, the 4th Cavalry Brigade, the 110th Division, and the Hebei Provincial Garrison reinforce the 37th Division, and the main force of the Mongolian Army continues to reinforce the 1st Division. ”

Although there was also a 41st Division stationed in Taiyuan, Okamura Ninji did not dare to send the 41st Division to reinforce the 33rd Division.

Because the Eighth Route Army attacking the Taigu defense line had 60,000 main elites.

Once the 41st Division is transferred out of Taiyuan, most of the elite of the main force of the Eighth Route Army will pretend to do it and really attack Taiyuan.

"Hey!"

Moritake Tanabe closed the folder and bowed his head suddenly.

……

Taiyuan.

The headquarters of the First Army.

At this time, Iwamatsu Yoshio panicked.

The main force of the Eighth Route Army actually came out from behind and surrounded the 33rd Division and the 37th Division!

Could it be that an Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared from the north and surrounded Taiyuan?

Meantime.

Yoshio Iwamatsu was also a little fortunate that he didn't take a plane to Yangquan two days ago.

A few days ago, the headquarters of the North China Front sent information that the Eighth Route Army was going to gather heavy troops to attack Taiyuan.

At that time, Yoshio Iwamatsu was scared enough.

I almost wanted to move the headquarters of the First Army to Yangquan, and I took a plane.

Fortunately, I didn't go, otherwise the headquarters of the First Army would have been surrounded by the main force of the Eighth Route Army at this time.

But after thinking about it, Yoshio Iwamatsu raised his heart to his throat again.

The 33rd Division and the 37th Division were surrounded by the main forces of the Eighth Route Army, and once the 33rd Division and the 37th Division were wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, he, the commander of the First Army, would definitely not be able to escape the blame.

If you are lucky, you will be removed from the post of commander of the First Army.

If you are unlucky, you may be regarded as a backstabliner and ordered to apologize.

It was best to be removed from the post of commander of the First Army, and this commander of the First Army he did not want to be for a long time.

I'm worried all day long, I can't eat or sleep well, who wants to be this commander, anyway, Iwamatsu Yoshio doesn't want to be it.

At this time, Iwamatsu Yoshio regretted it very much.

Knowing this earlier, pretending to be sick and resigning from the post of commander of the First Army would not have so much to do.

"Your Excellency, Commander!"

The communications staff officer hurriedly walked in and reported to Yoshio Iwamatsu:

"The North China Front Army Headquarters sent an urgent telegram, the 21st Division, the 35th Division, the 110th Division, the 1st Cavalry Brigade, the 4th Cavalry Brigade, and the garrison troops stationed in Hebei Province are reinforcing the 33rd Division and the 37th Division at full speed!"

Iwamatsu Yoshio's eyes suddenly lit up with a look of hope.

"Immediately forward this telegram to the 33rd Division and the 37th Division, ordering that Shouyang and Yangquan must be held!"

"Hey!"

The communications staff officer bowed his head, then turned and left.

……

A hint of fish belly white is revealed in the sky.

Five kilometers south of Yangquan.

On a hidden hill, Zheng Yu, the commander of the 2nd Battalion of the New First Regiment, looked at a village opposite with a telescope.

An operational staff officer reported from the side: "This village is called Xiaohe Village, and it is a well-known large village with hundreds of families, and the enemy who fled into this village is an infantry brigade of the 227th Wing of the Japanese Army. ”

In the field of view of the telescope, the Japanese army is hurrying to build a position.

Trying to put up a stubborn resistance in this village, waiting for reinforcements to arrive.

"Are there any people in the village?" Zheng Yu asked calmly with his eyes.

In the second half of last night, the 2nd Synthetic Battalion and the 3rd Synthetic Battalion of the new 1st Regiment, under the leadership of Zheng Yu and Xu Yonghai, the main force of nearly 10,000 people quietly bypassed Yangquan City and headed south.

It didn't take long for them to encounter the 227th Wing of the Japanese Army, which had withdrawn from their positions, and the 37th Wing of the Mountain Artillery, which were 5 kilometers away from Yangquan.

The two sides immediately exchanged fire, and the Japanese 37th Artillery Wing engaged in an artillery battle with the artillery of the two composite battalions of the New 1st Regiment.

After that, 82-mm mortars and 60-mm mortars of the new regiment were added, and several hundred cannons fired at the 227th Wing of the Japanese Army and the 37th Wing of the Mountain Artillery.

In addition, the 386th Brigade also attacked from behind, and the 227th Wing of the Japanese Army and the 37th Wing of the Mountain Artillery were directly scattered.

One of them, a group of more than 1,000 devils, drilled into Xiaohe Village.

At this time, Xiaohe Village had been surrounded by the Eighth Route Army.

The tone of the operational staff officer was affirmative: "There are no ordinary people, when the battle last night, all the people of Xiaohe Village ran out." ”

"Since there are no ordinary people." The corners of Zheng Yu's mouth turned up, and his eyes narrowed, "Then we can let go of our hands and feet." ”

"Pass my order, concentrate all the artillery fire of the 2nd Battalion, and fire half a base of shells at Xiaohe Village."

"Destroy this group of devils and have breakfast!"

"Yes!" The combat staff officer responded, immediately grabbed the walkie-talkie, and shouted loudly, "Concentrate all the artillery fire, hit half the base number of shells, destroy the devils, and then have breakfast!" ”

The voice had just fallen.

In all directions, more than 200 guns of the 2nd Composite Battalion opened fire in unison, and the shells smashed into Xiaohe Village with a sharp whistling sound.

The second composite battalion includes the main second battalion, the seventh battalion of the division and the eighth battalion of the division, with a total strength of nearly 8,000 people.

Each infantry battalion is armed with 12 75-mm mountain guns, 24 82-mm mortars and dozens of 60-mm mortars.

In artillery fire, it is extremely perverted.

Boom boom...

With the deafening roar of the explosion, Xiaohe Village was suddenly plunged into a sea of gunsmoke, mud and fire.

The devils hiding in Xiaohe Village were blown up and fled in all directions, but there was no way to avoid it.

After half an hour of shelling, the 2nd Synthetic Battalion fired more than 10,000 shells at Xiaohe Village.

"The infantry press up!"

Looking at the small river village in ruins in the field of vision of the telescope, Zheng Yu gave an order with a satisfied expression.

(End of chapter)