Originally, Lujiazhuang was just an ordinary small village with only 50 families.

To the south of the village is a small river that flows east-west to provide the villagers with daily and irrigation water.

Due to the abundant water and fertile land, the villagers have been able to live a relatively prosperous life on the agricultural economy.

In 1907, the Zhengtai Line was officially opened to traffic, and there was an additional railway station in the east of the village. Lujiazhuang, which is located along the railway, has enjoyed another wave of dividends, and the village even has the ability to provide for two high school students.

And the two did not live up to the hopes of the big guys, and they finally succeeded in being admitted to the Shanxi Military Academy, which was founded by the egg dancers. And a month before the outbreak of the Battle of Xinkou, he officially became the commander of the artillery battalion.

The two people in the army are much more well-informed than the common people, and they are well aware of the difference between friend and foe. Before the start of the war, the two asked their comrades-in-arms to bring a letter to their hometown, strongly advising their families to move to the village.

At that time, most of the people of the Republic of China were influenced by traditional culture, and few people were willing to leave their hometowns easily.

After all, in people's hearts, where home is, their roots are there. The existence of the homeland has always been very important, and without a home, there is no root.

Therefore, many people know that the enemy is cruel and tyrannical, and they are going to fight. But he still has luck and is unwilling to flee from his hometown.

But the situation in Lujiazhuang was a little different, because everyone knew that the children who walked out of the village would not lie to themselves, so they were not persecuted.

Even in the Battle of Taiyuan, some enthusiastic young people in the village also participated in the youth anti-enemy death squad.

After learning of the specific arrangements for this sabotage operation, these comrades took the initiative to apply to their superiors, hoping to provide some help and coordinate with the troops attacking Lujiazhuang.

The division headquarters simply approved their application, considering that having soldiers who were familiar with the terrain to fight together would reduce the occurrence of many accidents for the sabotage operation.

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Among the four stations of Lujiazhuang, Mashou Village, Monk Zu and Shanghu, Lujiazhuang Station is the largest one, and it is also the largest stronghold of the devils in this section of the route.

Since coming here in the third or seventh year, in order to consolidate the defense of the Zhengtai line, Xiaori has forcibly recruited many people in the vicinity. A gasoline depot, an arsenal and a military depot were built here.

The surrounding devils used Lujiazhuang as a supply station and command post, and planned that once a large-scale battle occurred, the troops of several stations would be uniformly dispatched.

The Japanese troops stationed here were the Yoshioka Squadron of the 4th Separate Mixed Brigade, the 14th Infantry Brigade.

Since the brigade commander personally gave the squadron a death order, Yoshioka commanded the soldiers to build four pillboxes around the Lujiazhuang station, and there were trenches and electrified barbed wire outside the bunkers.

If you look at the strength on paper, it seems that this place has become an easy to defend and difficult to attack.

The commander of the left flank column of the 129th Division was the thin chief of staff of the 386th Brigade, and he was also working part-time as political commissar, chief of staff, and director of the political department during this sabotage operation.

Although he has not yet taken charge of a major battle, his superiors still trust his abilities.

In order to ensure the foolproof operation plan, after careful consideration by the chief of staff and the brigade commander, it was decided that the 772nd Regiment, which had the strongest combat effectiveness, would attack Lujiazhuang Station.

There is another reason for this arrangement, that is, the strength of the 772nd Regiment is sufficient.

This main regiment had 3,000 men, and they could completely divide a small force to take into account the feint task in the Yuci direction to contain the enemy while attacking.

Another major target of the raid, the Mashou Village Station, was handed over to the 25th Regiment, which was slightly less powerful on paper.

The thin chief of staff sent a large regiment of 2,600 men to attack a stronghold of 100 men with his own considerations.

This stronghold is only about 20 miles away from Shouyang, and the headquarters of the 14th Brigade of the Japanese Army is stationed in that county town. With the speed of the truck and the three jumpers, the support speed of the devil must be very fast.

Therefore, the attack on Mashou Station must be fast. On the premise of quickly ending the battle, a large regiment can divide most of its forces to block the devils from Shouyang.

The remaining targets of the left flank column were given to the 38th regiment, which, although the lowest combat effectiveness of the three regiments, only had to concentrate on the attack.

Shanghu Station, plus the two enemy strongholds of Xiahu and Monk, is less than 350 people, and it is completely a fat meat to feed to the mouth for the main force regiment that has been fully redressed.

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After Cheng Blind returned from the division headquarters with the local comrades in Lujiazhuang, he immediately summoned several commanders and fighters from the regiment headquarters and held a pre-war meeting.

According to the information provided by the reconnaissance company directly under the regiment headquarters and his comrades, he decided to attack and seize Lujiazhuang with the strength of five companies.

The 772nd Regiment's ability to attack fortifications has already been greatly improved, and in the past, the bunkers facing the devils could only rely on the soldiers to rush with explosives bags.

Now Cheng Blind is also a person who owns a Type 92 infantry cannon, and he can directly smash the enemy who is shrunk in the turtle shell from a distance.

In addition, he deployed two companies and a part of the sappers to move in the direction of Yuci.

These fighters were mainly to monitor and contain the enemy from Yuci County, and were responsible for blowing up the railway bridge between Lujiazhuang and Yuci.

Cheng Blind is not doing this, although there is a large group of enemies in the county, but the devil must leave some soldiers to guard the city when he attacks.

After passing through the layers of enemy troops along the road, it is still unknown how many people will be left when the enemy faces the blocking troops of the two companies of the 772nd Regiment.

The last remaining company moved north to guard the 38th Regiment from interfering with the attack of the main force of the Regiment.

And the candidates for the reserve corps are, of course, the troops directly under the regimental headquarters.

At 8 p.m. on August 20, the battle officially began.

Under the order of Cheng Blind, the soldiers of the five companies quietly sneaked towards the enemy's position under the cover of the night.

They prepared to attack in the north and south directions of Lujiazhuang Station at the same time, forming a pincer offensive against the station.

This tactic, invented in the Napoleonic era, is well suited to dealing with an enemy who is short of manpower. Due to the two-sided battle, the devils can only be forced to stretch the battle line at that time, so that the already stretched troops are exhausted.

Because it has not been attacked by the troops of the Republic of China for too long, the vigilance of the devils in Lujiazhuang is very poor, and there are no problems with the arrangement of the 772nd Regiment in both directions.

The lower-level troops of the 129th Division have a different approach to facing the power grid from the Shanxi-Chahar-Hebei Military Region, after all, not everyone plays basketball regularly.

When moving to the grid, the fighters will pull out a particularly long wire.

They drove one end of the wire into the ground, tied a stone to the other end and threw it into the grid. This is done in order to connect the power grid with the earth, which is equivalent to connecting the power grid to a ground wire.

Although it is a local solution, it is indeed the most effective option at the moment. With such security, it is much more robust for the soldiers to cut the power grid with sappers or guillotines.

However, this position is already the limit of five companies to stealth, and the devils are just not vigilant, but they are not blind.

At this time, the artillery of the 772nd Regiment launched an attack on the enemy's fortresses and trenches, and under the cover of Type 92 infantry guns and 82-mm mortars, the fighters quickly rushed into the trenches.

Under the blow of artillery fire, the devils who were already small enough gave up the trenches in an instant.

The four fortresses were named one by one by the Type 92 infantry guns.

Xiao Ri, who was responsible for defending Lujiazhuang, had no support weapons at all except grenadiers. This situation itself was expected by Cheng Blind, who had already placed his artillery in a place where the enemy could not reach.

The current offensive is going very well, and the three companies in the south have even broken through the Devil's Fortress defense. After the bunker was captured, it was prepared to attack Lujiazhuang, so as to attack Lujiazhuang Station from west to east.

Although there was no real-time communication, the fighters on the north and south sides cooperated very tacitly. After the 200 devils lost their strong fortifications, they were defeated and retreated by the 772nd Regiment, and they could only use the village to fight street battles.

At this point, it can be said that the situation is very good, and it is only a matter of time before the fighting ends.

But at this moment, a train whistle was suddenly heard in the distance. Just a few minutes later, a military train of devils headed towards Lujiazhuang Station.

Next to the military column, there were two devil's armored cars, which were obviously railway patrols.

Seeing that the devil actually had reinforcements, Cheng Blind, who was originally in control, immediately changed his face, and he scolded in the direction of Yuci and said:

"Fuck, what's the matter! How could an enemy slip through! ”

"Reserves ready for battle! Listen to me! Reinforcements are always at your disposal! ”

And Xiao Ri, who was originally hiding in Lujiazhuang, showed an excited expression after seeing the sudden friendly army.

Under the leadership of squadron leader Yoshioka Yoshika, they actually organized a small counterattack. An attempt was made to take advantage of the favorable terrain in the village to hold back the main force of the 772nd Regiment and buy time for reinforcements to deploy the formation.

Before the train could hold up, the doors of the carriages were opened. This car has a Red Cross military column on its body, and it actually carries 1,000 and 5 devils.

Ask for everything, ask for everything, the poor are about to be pants.

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