Chapter 250 Japanese troops attack in Lijiapo

Early in the morning on November 6, the First Army Headquarters and the North China Front Army Headquarters successively contacted the participating troops.

The commander of the First Army, Yoshio Shinozuka, personally issued orders to Shigeharu Yanage, commander of the third independent mixed brigade, and Toranosuke Koshii, commander of the ninth independent mixed brigade.

He asked the two major general brigade commanders to carefully direct the troops to fight to avoid being ambushed by the Jinsui Army and the Eighth Route Army, which would cause heavy casualties.

Here at the independent mixed third brigade, Yoshio Shinozuka asked them to fight steadily and gradually advance to Yangcun for combat.

The situation of the independent mixed ninth brigade is different. Yoshio Shinozuka hopes that the Takeshita detachment can quickly establish contact with the Kojima detachment.

After receiving the order, the two major general brigade commanders called back one after another, saying that they would definitely implement the combat order from the military headquarters.

The commander of the North China Front, Tada Shun, arranged for staff to contact the troops rushing to assist Lijiapo.

Currently, the Japanese army has two lines of troops advancing towards Lijiapo. One group consists of more than 10,000 troops composed of three security divisions of the First Army.

They are advancing rapidly from the east and are rushing to support via railways and highways.

When Li Yunlong discovered that the Japanese troops were taking the initiative to attack, he quickly made adjustments.

Yamazaki Jihei made some arrangements, and at nine o'clock in the morning, the Yamazaki Brigade launched combat operations.

Up to now, the new regiment has also formed a guard platoon, and this guard platoon has a considerable background.

The new regiment did not attack during this period, and he clearly felt that the physical energy consumption of the troops was even greater.

He planned to use the soil work to advance, shorten the attack distance of the troops, and then directly engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Japs.

The two reinforced supplementary companies are currently staying at the 48th Independent Brigade station. They need to wait for the arrival of new soldiers.

In particular, the continuous bombardment of their artillery pieces brought great suppression to the new regiment, and many firepower was unable to be deployed.

This was the aviation unit contacted by the First Army. They dispatched four reconnaissance planes and twelve bombers to participate in the battle.

Especially after locking the number of the new regiment through the telescope, they did not dare to neglect at all.

After all, their airdrop may fall into the new group.

The battle in Lijiapo continued, and the Japs attacked from a high position, occupying a great advantage.

Of course, this order also showed the little Japanese's dull side in combat.

Four infantry squads and more than two hundred Japs began to attack quickly.

When the Little Japanese Air Force carried out the bombing, more than 4,000 puppet troops had already attacked in a mighty manner.

The firepower of each battalion was also launched, and the few smoke grenades were quickly launched from the grenade.

The deputy commander-in-chief was very determined to encircle and annihilate the Lijiapo Yamazaki Brigade. Even though he knew that the Japanese reinforcements were coming, he did not give up the battle.

The march of the Little Japanese troops mainly relied on railways and roads, and several battles were also carried out on railways.

With the main force of the new regiment deployed here at the attack position, the Little Japanese Air Force was unable to launch airdrops.

The unsuspecting air force began to airdrop supplies, which not only landed at the Japanese position in Lijiapo.

But Li Yunlong's new group is not a vegetarian, they have found various ways to deal with it.

The battle here in Lijiapo has temporarily returned to the confrontation stage, and neither side has made any offensive moves.

Especially the Imperial Army troops, after receiving the order to attack, every one of them was as if they had been given a shot of blood.

There is also the Yamamoto Special Forces, which has a force of about 9,000 people.

Eight 90MM mortars and two 150MM mortars took the lead in shelling.

The Japanese and puppet troops had just won a victory and received a series of awards, and their morale was considered high.

It is worth mentioning that the three infantry regiments responsible for the main defense force are all units that have been hit and are not at full strength.

They advanced rapidly from the west, also traveling along railways and highways.

Originally, the little devils were affected by the road, and their overall progress was not very fast. Now they encountered various obstacles, and their advancement was even slower.

Their fighting power is very strong. This time the new group launched a cold-blooded attack, and they are also the absolute main force.

After all, most of the series of battle results achieved by the Independent 48th Brigade involved the participation of Li Yunlong's new regiment.

The bombers began to bomb the ground positions, while the reconnaissance planes conducted a detailed inspection of the defense situation in the Yangcun area.

He had not had a good rest during this period, especially when the new regiment came to the front line to join the war, he had no time to rest.

"At the same time, I will contact the front army headquarters directly and I will conduct a combat report in person."

Bullets were fired one after another towards the New Regiment, which was now facing a fierce bullet and artillery attack from the Yamazaki Brigade.

"Don't forget, what is the best thing about three guns and eight soldiers!"

Three guns and eight routes refers to the fact that the Eighth Route Army will fight at close range when fighting.

Shigeharu Yanashita, commander of the Major General of the Third Independent Mixed Brigade, personally came to the front line to direct the operations.

At this time, in the Yangcun area, the 12th Reserve Regiment, the New Second Regiment, and the Independent Regiment built a pinzi formation defense.

However, facing the new group that did not launch an attack, the Japanese officers still treated it cautiously.

The most important point is that after the new group arrived, they did not launch any attacks, but only launched cold shots from time to time.

Now fighting here in the Yangcun area, he still adopts the previous combat routine.

Li Yunlong was deeply impressed by the powerful combat effectiveness displayed by the reconnaissance platoon.

"Contact all officers immediately and come to my place for a meeting quickly."

After all, Japanese machine gun shooters and artillery troops are trained, but they don't know how to train in hand-to-hand combat.

Yamazaki Jihei had a serious expression on his face, and he immediately issued the order.

They wanted to use this method to stop the new regiment of soldiers from continuing to dig communication trenches.

"I really don't know what they want to do. Are they planning to build the traffic trench directly to our position?"

In the end, they abandoned more than 20 corpses and quickly retreated to their positions.

Yamazaki Jihei has begun to organize the troops to take turns to garrison the positions to ensure that they have enough time to rest.

The other road is the troops directly under the North China Front in Hebei Province. There are more than 10,000 troops organized by the troops under the direct jurisdiction.

The Japanese and puppet troops assembled the 6th Mixed Brigade of the Imperial Association Army, the Japanese army assembled the 9th and 10th Independent Infantry Brigades, the 1st Independent Tank Squadron, and the 10th Armored Vehicle Squadron.

Bullets and artillery shells continued to hit Lijiapo. Although the little Japanese here did not suffer much casualties, they were greatly affected.

The four infantry guns, two mountain guns, and four 82MM mortars directly under the regiment immediately received bombardment orders.

The artillery battalion directly under the brigade headquarters assembled twelve mountain artillery and field artillery, and quickly launched a violent bombardment on the Lijiapo Highlands.

If they hadn't been able to get airdrops, they would have been running out of ammunition and food.

Many little devils are listless. After all, they continue to fight and they don't even have time to rest.

Yamazaki Jihei's commanding ability is not weak, and because he is a staff officer, he is very thoughtful.

The soldiers of the Broadsword Team attacked directly when the Japs approached the traffic ditch.

Of course, after they fired the artillery shells, they were quickly hit by retaliation from the Lijiapo Highlands.

"They expanded the fortification bunkers of the attack positions to ensure that the attacking troops could avoid our shelling."

But they have no idea that this time Yangcun's regional defense is impregnable!

As for the Eighth Route Army, there is the New Second Regiment, an independent regiment, with a total strength of more than 5,000 troops.

Early on the morning of the 6th, in order to prevent the Japanese army from destroying the new regiment's combat plan, Li Yunlong began to organize his troops to carry out cold-blooded operations.

The Yamazaki Brigade has a lot of heavy weapons, but this means that these troops are not good at hand-to-hand combat.

"Zhuzhu, let me tell you what's wrong with you kid? You're so busy. You can keep those cannonballs to lay cubs. Give me a good beating."

So he immediately made arrangements, and the engineering troops immediately excavated and built a semi-underground bunker. So far, the engineering troops have completed the task.

At ten o'clock, Brigadier Chen gave the order for artillery fire.

Guard platoon Wang Xikui and other sharpshooters can kill someone with a gun as long as they find the right opportunity and quickly pull the trigger.

It was just this large-scale raid by the Eighth Route Army that many railways and highways in North China were destroyed.

Moreover, there are only a small number of troops to ensure safety in the traffic trenches during the day, and they mainly dig at night.

These ten artillery pieces were in different positions and directly bombarded the attacking little Japanese.

The troops from both sides engaged in fierce fighting, and intensive gunfire continued.

The current guard platoon leader is Li Yunlong's guard Hu Zi.

"It's just that after this unit was deployed on the Lijiapo battlefield, they have been carrying out soil work without any attempt to attack."

It was at this time that in the Yangcun area, the Shanxi-Sui Army, the Eighth Route Army, the Imperial Associated Army, and the Japanese army assembled a heavy force group.

However, this time Chu Yunfei, the commander of the 48th Independent Brigade, and Fang Ligong, the chief of staff, are all here, and they will personally direct the battle.

Huzi also led the guard platoon and cooperated with the Broadsword Team to ensure that the traffic trenches dug by the soldiers would not be damaged.

So he prepared to launch a counterattack to completely drive back the new regiment and destroy their communication trenches.
To be continued...