Just when Li Shucun was thinking about adjusting the combat plan, the troops of the third brigade entering the city, under the guidance of the third special operations team, captured Yidu Railway Station. The special operations team disguised themselves as a Japanese railway patrol and captured the east-west direction of Yidu Railway Station.
There were two small stations in each area, and they began to disguise themselves as Japanese railway garrison troops and began to stand guard. At this point, the entire Yidu County was under the control of the Eighth Route Army.
After receiving the report, Jiang Qiang immediately issued combat orders to the third and fourth brigades:
"According to the Jiaoji Road battle plan, our third, fourth, seventh, high-density security brigade, and Qinghe security brigade are tasked with annihilating all enemies west of Yidu and east of Jinan, and luring the Japanese troops in Jinan, Tai'an, and Dexian
In the direction of Japanese reinforcements, we tried to eliminate the effective strength of the Japanese Shandong troops to the greatest extent. The campaign was divided into four stages. The first stage eliminated the Japanese enemies on both sides of Jiaoji Road who penetrated deep into our base area, and forced the enemy to concentrate on the key points of Jiaoji Road. This task has been completed. The second stage
The first stage is to annihilate the 25th Brigade of the 108th Division of the Japanese Army. The third stage is to lure the enemy to help, prepare the battlefield, and eliminate all enemies who come to help. If necessary, the heavy firepower of the division will support our operations. The fourth stage
, established the Luxi Group with Liu to attack Jinan and completely eliminate all Japanese and puppet forces around Jinan.
According to the combat tasks, the combat orders are issued as follows: 1. Enemy situation report: According to the division headquarters report, yesterday night, our 1st brigade captured Anqiu, Fangzi, and Weicheng, and eliminated the 105th Regiment of the 104th Brigade of the Japanese Army.
A brigade in Anqiu and a battalion of puppet troops were eliminated. A squadron in Anqiu was reinforced by Japanese troops from Fangzi. The headquarters of the 105th Japanese company and a squadron stationed in Fangzi were eliminated. The commander of the regiment, Colonel Kudo Jintaka, was killed. After the attack on Weicheng, he was captured alive.
The commander of the 108th Division, Lieutenant General Shimomoto Kumaya, killed his chief of staff, Colonel Toshiyuki Suzuki, and eliminated the Japanese 108th Division's supply regiment, engineer regiment, cavalry brigade, field artillery regiment headquarters, one brigade, and one battle group.
The vehicle squadron and the field hospital and sick horse factory of the division. This morning, Lieutenant General Odaka Kamezo, the commander of the 12th Army who flew from Jinan to Weixian to supervise the operation, was captured alive. The results of the battle were extremely brilliant! Our Sixth Brigade captured Changle and eliminated the garrison.
The Japanese army in Changle had an infantry squadron, a railway garrison squadron, the Changle County puppet garrison and three puppet joint defense regiments. Our Eighth Brigade attacked Gangcheng County and eliminated an infantry squadron of the Japanese army stationed in Jiao County and a railway garrison squadron in Gangcheng County.
Garrison. Our fourth brigade captured Boshan and eliminated a squadron of Japanese troops stationed in Boshan County and the Boshan County puppet garrison. Then, with the cooperation of Zou Guangzhong and the Sixth Detachment of Su Chenghai Railway Workers, they occupied the Zichuan Mining Area and eliminated the Zichuan Mining Area.
The Japanese garrison team and a battalion of the Puppet Manchuria National Defense Force. Our third brigade captured Linqu County and eliminated a Japanese squadron and the puppet Linqu County garrison. This morning, they attacked Yidu County and eliminated a brigade and headquarters of the Japanese Jiaoji Road garrison.
The third brigade (regiment) of the pseudo-Shandong garrison captured the traitor, the pseudo-Qingzhou Road Yin Fang Yongchang.
2. Task distribution: The third teaching brigade is responsible for destroying the main force of the Japanese army operating by train, the fourth teaching brigade is responsible for destroying the Japanese army convoys operating along the road and the Japanese army train carrying troops departing from Zhangqiu, and the seventh teaching brigade of the Ludong Group is responsible for the general preparation for the battle.
Outside the team, the Qinghe Guard Brigade and the Jiaodong Guard Brigade deployed troops to eradicate the Japanese puppet regime and traitor armed forces in the Jiaoji Road North area.
Third, the Fourth Division closely monitored the movements of the Japanese troops in Linzi, and sent out reconnaissance companies to investigate in the direction of Zhoucun and Zhangdian, and promptly reported the march of the Japanese troops on Jiaoji Road and Jiqing Road. The main force of the Fourth Brigade was ready to seize the opportunity to attack Linzi and cut off Jiaoji Road.
Prepare Ji Road and Jiqing Highway. After the enemy's main force passes through Linzi, decisively occupy Linzi, cut off the enemy's rear route with one regiment, block the enemy's return reinforcements, concentrate the main force to destroy the Japanese brigade heading north by car from Zhoucun, and then destroy the Japanese group heading north from Zhangqiu.
Advance the enemy's rearguard.
The 4th, 3rd Division and 7th Regiment command brigade guard battalion, engineer battalion, and three teams of the 3rd Special Forces Group were deployed at Yidu Station. When the first Japanese train from Linzi arrived at Yidu Station, they blew up the Japanese armored patrol car, causing
The Japanese troop carrier overturned and eliminated the Japanese on the military column. The brigade headquarters led the Eighth Regiment, Ninth Regiment, New Third Regiment, Brigade Artillery Regiment, and Heavy Machine Gun Battalion to hide on both sides of Jiaoji Road, 10 kilometers west of Yidu Station.
Ambush the military columns on which the main force of the Japanese army is riding and annihilate the main force of the Japanese army. The cavalry battalion is a company unit and is responsible for battlefield security."
After issuing the order, Jiang Qiang left the supplementary regiment to guard Yidu County. He led the brigade to teach the Eighth Regiment and command the battle to ambush the main Japanese army.
Under normal circumstances, the Japanese army's Jiaoji Road defense line was very tight. If you wanted to break through the Jiaoji Road defense line, you would have to fight hard. Liu Yimin had already considered this when formulating the Jiaoji Road battle plan, so he made many plans.
Break through at a certain point, force the enemy to shrink, and then launch a surprise attack on Anqiu and Fangzi, directly attacking the headquarters of the 108th Division of Weicheng, further mobilizing Japanese reinforcements, disrupting its defensive deployment, and making its defense line self-defeating.
Odaka Kamezo, who happened to be adventurous, cooperated so well and threw himself into the trap, making Jiang Qiang's plan more perfect. Therefore, when summarizing the Jiaoji Road battle after the war, someone suggested that the Japanese army was not defeated by the Jiaodong Army.
, but were defeated by their own hands. Just imagine, if after the Jiaodong Army launched an attack, they did not shrink their troops, but defended one stronghold one by one, then the Jiaodong Army would have to attack continuously to reach the Jiaoji Line. Once implemented,
If you attack by force, your intention will inevitably be exposed. Although the Jiaodong Army's military strength and firepower are far greater than that of the Japanese army, they will still win in the end, but the price paid will be much higher. The Japs are effectively giving the Jiaodong Army a way to attack Jiaoji Road.
Passage, and also withdrew the troops from their defensive positions and sent them under the artillery fire of the Jiaodong Army. Didn't this mean that the Japanese army had defeated itself?
This statement is correct. The Japanese army did make a mistake, but this mistake was led by Jiang Qiang.
After receiving the order, Yang Yan, the commander of the Seventh Regiment, and Ding Jason, the chief of staff, calculated the distance and time and knew that the Japs would arrive soon, and the first one must be an armored patrol car.
This is not because of how strong the Jiaodong Army's reconnaissance capabilities are, how accurate the intelligence is, or how good it is at pinching and calculating, but because this is what the little devils do under normal circumstances. They have armored patrol vehicles, and it is normal for them to clear the way in front of military columns and guard them.
. This has been verified in several battles of the Jiaodong Army.
Since the Jiaoji Road was completely destroyed in the Battle of Central Shandong, the Japs spent a lot of effort to build the Jiaoji Road and start normal operations. At this time, the Japs troops along the Jiaoji Road from Jinan to Qingdao were insufficient. Seeing that the instructors
After the main force was launched on all fronts, Luzhong and Ludong were about to be fully recovered. The cadres no longer wanted to destroy the Jiaoji Road. On the contrary, many people were thinking about how to use the Jiaoji Road after taking Jinan and Qingdao.
Jinpu Road is developing the economy of the base area!
Originally, the simplest and most effective way to defeat the Japanese armored patrol car was to plant explosives and overturn the armored patrol car directly. But neither Yang Yan nor Ding Jason wanted to do this, because the detonation of the explosives was likely to damage the station facilities and tracks.
If we want to switch the track, we have to find a place with a steep slope or a big curve, so that the Japanese armored patrol car can derail and overturn. But right now, neither of these conditions are met.
Zhou Ze, the engineer battalion commander of the Third Division, is from southern Henan. His father ran a blacksmith shop. He joined the Jiaodong Army with his father's blacksmithing since he was a child. He is considered a soldier with special skills. He first slapped the soles of war horses and then began to repair firearms while doing it.
He later went to Jiaodong Military Academy to study, and has been working as an engineer since he graduated. This man is very smart and good at studying.
After Zhou Ze accepted the task, he divided the work with the chief of staff and separated the three companies of the engineering battalion. The chief of staff led the first company and the second company to move with the brigade headquarters to blow up the military column where the main force of the Japanese was riding. He led the first company to move with the seventh regiment to blow up the Japanese.
Armored patrol vehicles and the first military column clearing the way.
Seeing that Yang Yan and Ding Jiesheng were in trouble, Zhou Ze said: "Commander Yang, Chief of Staff Ding, you don't have to be afraid of destroying the railway. As long as the Japanese are eliminated, it is very easy to repair the track. The engineer battalion can do it."
Yang Yan thought about it for a while. After the liberation of Central Shandong, there will be time to slowly repair the wounds of the war. Besides, Jiaoji Road is so important, the Japanese army will definitely send planes to bomb it. The ground defense and high-altitude firepower of the Air Defense Command alone can protect it.
If we don't take such a long Jiaoji Road, it may just increase casualties. The Jiaodong Army Air Force has limited aircraft and a lot of ammunition. It's okay to conduct a sneak attack and bombing. If you want to fight the Japs in a real air battle, I'm afraid it will be a battle.
After the battle, the fighter jets were finished. It seemed that I was too impatient. The conditions for Jiaoji Road to resume normal operation were not mature in a short period of time!
Time waits for no one, Yang Yan immediately ordered the engineering battalion to deploy electrolytic explosives, and they were deployed at multiple points. If they wanted to explode, they would be ruthless and massive. Not only would they blow up the little devil's armored patrol car, but they would also blow up the military column, killing the little devil.
Completely stunned!
Engineers are the troops with the most complete equipment among all arms in the division. They have no choice but to open roads over mountains and build bridges over rivers. What is their nature?
After the engineers laid out the explosives, Yang Yan also deployed his troops. In addition to using explosives to blow up, he also prepared a back-up, hiding several rocket launcher groups beside the railway, in case the explosives were accidentally detonated at the critical moment.
, and used the rocket launcher to deal with the little devils.
News of the Japanese dispatch came continuously through the radio station of the brigade reconnaissance company. The most excited person at this time was the engineer battalion commander Zhou Ze, because this was the moment for the engineers to perform. The Third Division started attacking the Japanese army column from Zhengtai Road and had already begun to attack.
We have had several such battles. Facts have proved that as long as the Japanese armored patrol vehicles and military columns are blown over, the rest of the battle will be easy to fight, and it will basically be a massacre. Unfortunately, those battles that bombed the Japanese military columns are basically
It was all fought by the special forces. The Engineer Battalion of the Third Brigade had never participated in such a battle. Today, the Engineer Battalion was going to show success in its first battle.
Yang Yan saw that Zhou Zewei's hands were shaking a little, and knew that he was excited before the battle. He patted his shoulder lightly and said, "Old Zhou, why are you acting like a new recruit, acting like an old soldier?"
As soon as Zhou Ze heard Yang Yan's reminder, he felt funny in his heart. Damn it, after so many battles, he is still so excited. It's so embarrassing! He immediately spit into the palm of his hand, rubbed his hands, and replied in a low voice: "Yang
Commander, isn’t this my first time to blow up a train? Everyone has a first time, such as the first time using a hammer in the blacksmith shop, the first time using a bayonet, the first time killing an enemy, etc., etc.
Are you nervous?"
Yang Yan is the leader of the Seventh Regiment. This regiment was developed based on the original Third Guard Battalion of Jiang Qiang in Zhaoyuan. Like the First Regiment and the Fourth Regiment, it is Jiang Qiang's ace unit in Zhaoyuan, equipped with
Well, he is well trained and has great military exploits. He is an invincible and first-rate main force who can fight in any battle. Seeing that Zhou Ze was obviously nervous but still refused to give in, he smiled and whispered into Zhou Ze's ear: "Old Zhou.
, there is another very important first time that you didn’t mention, that is the first time you see a girl, and you will be very excited. I’m afraid that when you get excited, you will pee your pants in front of the girl, then
But it completely disgraced the brigade engineer barracks."
After this joke, Zhou Ze really didn't feel nervous anymore, and immediately retorted: "It seems like you have experience in falling in love! Captain Yang, I heard that you are still single like our old Zhou.
Woolen cloth!"
Yang Yan shook his head: "I am different from you. I am a well-known good man in the Third Brigade. There are many girls who like us. However, I can't like any of them. Believe it or not, we will drive out the Japanese one day.
We are in Shandong. When we go to Jinan and stop on the streets of Qingdao, there will definitely be a long line of girls crying and asking to marry us. By then, I will definitely choose a girl who is one in a hundred, one in a thousand, or one in a thousand to be my wife.
, giving birth to three, five brats. That would be a beautiful life!"
Zhou Ze curled his lips: "You're so beautiful! Aren't you a country boy after taking off the military uniform? It sounds like it's true. It seems that he is about to catch up with the teacher. There are girls who are one in a million chasing him everywhere.
I am crying and shouting that I will marry you life and death. Wake up, I think you are destined to be a bachelor!"
The two of them wanted to talk again, but Chief of Staff Ding Jason reminded them that a Japanese armored patrol car would be arriving soon, and they stopped talking and joking.
Although the stations along the road reported that they were safe, the Japanese armored patrol vehicles were still very vigilant. After leaving Linzi City, they stopped from time to time and used machine guns to conduct fire reconnaissance on both sides of Jiaoji Road. Until they crossed the Zihe River Bridge, they saw
The sun flag was indeed flying on the bridgehead bunker. The sentry on guard was short and strong. He looked like a reserve soldier in his thirties. The Japanese on the armored patrol car felt relieved and informed the military column to speed up to catch up. Speed up.
Heading towards Yidu Station.
When approaching Yidu Railway Station, the Japanese armored patrol car sounded its whistle and whined, preparing to enter the station. About 1,000 meters behind the armored patrol car, it followed the military column carrying the leading group of the 25th Japanese Brigade.
When they stood, the Japanese armored patrol car slowed down, and the station commander with the hand signal light and the patrolling soldiers were clearly visible on the platform. Everything seemed normal. At this time, Yang Yan waved his hand and shouted in a low voice: "Detonate!"
Zhou Ze immediately gave the order to detonate. As the engineering soldier pressed the detonator in his hand, a loud bang came. The Japanese armored patrol vehicle jumped up and fell heavily to the side of the roadbed. Then there were several more blasts.
With a rumbling explosion, the Japanese troop carrier following the armored vehicle also rolled over to the side of the track. The little Japanese inside didn't know whether he fell unconscious or died. Anyway, it was a mess.
Yang Yan raised his gun and fired a "bang" shot into the sky. He yelled "Kill the Japanese" and rushed towards the armored patrol car. This is a station after all, the terrain is flat, and the armored patrol car and the military column behind it are just blocked by
The explosion caused them to fall off the track. It was not like encountering a steep slope or a sharp turn. The vehicle rolled and rolled, and most of the little devils were killed by the fall. Now they can only knock the little devils unconscious or injured. The Eighth Route Army must move
Hurry, if it's too late, some Japs may react and start shooting, which will cause heavy casualties.
The military train was easy to handle. It was a coal train. When the train overturned, most of the little devils were thrown to the roadbed outside the carriage. The Eighth Route Army soldiers who charged up were just like what they usually trained, with machine guns, 95 automatic rifles, and assault rifles.
Rifles and 38-gun rifles rushed into the crowd of Japanese soldiers, and grenades rained down like hail, sending the dizzy little Japanese soldiers straight back to their hometown in the East.
Unlike armored trains, armored patrol cars do not have so many carriages, and the windows on the cars are very small. They are basically designed with perforations. The soldiers can only throw grenades into them through the perforations. As a result, the ammunition in the car detonated.
It caused an explosion, completely destroying a good armored patrol car from the inside, and also caused many soldiers to be scratched by iron sheets and shrapnel.
There are more than 3,000 soldiers of the 7th Regiment. Except for the fire support battalion who stayed on the position and did not move, other soldiers rushed up. Everyone wanted to throw a grenade and hit a shuttle. Otherwise, wouldn't it be in vain? Until
The carriages and roadbeds were exploded with blood and flesh, and there was no trace of human life. The Eighth Route Army stopped strafing and dropping bombs, and began to clean the battlefield and count the loot.
Zhou Ze's engineers made a great contribution this time, so he stood on the platform and kept shouting, instructing the engineering soldiers to quickly dismantle the weapons on the Japanese armored patrol vehicles, and also kept ordering the soldiers to go to the military columns behind.
Take a look and pay attention to the seizure of materials and equipment needed by engineers for combat operations.
Seeing that the Japanese were eliminated so easily, Yang Yan immediately ordered the regiment's supply company to clean up the battlefield, and he led the battalions and engineer battalions to support the Eighth, Ninth and New Third Regiments in their operations.
Seeing the Japs' armored vehicles passing by and the military columns passing by, Jiang Qiang knew that the 25th Brigade was doomed. Until there was a rumble of explosions, Jiang Qiang's heart was completely in despair.
In his stomach, he immediately ordered the 3rd Division, 6th Division, New 3rd Regiment, Brigade Artillery Regiment, and Heavy Machine Gun Battalion to prepare for battle.
Major General Naozo Nakano, commander of the 25th Brigade of the 108th Division of the Japanese Army, thought he was safe. Not to mention the Jiaoji Railway from Zhangqiu to Weicheng, the Jiqing Highway was firmly controlled by the imperial army.
Here, our deployment is impeccable. There are armored patrol vehicles in front to clear the way. Not to mention that the Jiaodong Army has not yet attacked the railway in this area. Even if they attack, the armored patrol vehicles will not be able to do anything. Behind the armored patrol vehicles are the vanguards.
A brigade, behind his main force there is a brigade covering the rear, plus an infantry brigade driving on the Jiqing Highway, it can be said that it is a perfect match. No matter how powerful the Jiaodong Army is, it cannot stop its own torrent of steel.
Shortly after leaving Zhoucun, Major General Naozō Nakano, commander of the 25th Brigade, sent telegrams to the 12th Army Headquarters, the 108th Division Headquarters, the 104th Brigade and his own vanguard brigade.
, reported his position and expected time of arrival in Weixian, asked whether the troops attacking Ershilipu Airport had caught up with the Chinese troops who sneak-attacked Commander Otaka Kamezo, and asked the vanguard brigade to report any unusual situations along the way.
Major General Asaburo Kobayashi, Chief of Staff of the Twelfth Army, told him that the troops of the 108th Division in Weixian County had begun to detour to the rear of the Jiaodong Army that was attacking the airport, blocking their return to the mountainous area. The 104th Brigade, Tamami Di Four
Major General Lou has already commanded the troops to arrive near the airport and is preparing to launch an attack. The 33rd Division is also rushing towards Weixian County, preparing to cooperate with the 108th Division to eliminate the first section of the Jiaodong Army attacking Jiaoji Road and rescue the Wei Gaogui
Commander Zang. However, according to reports from Jinan Airport and Shijiazhuang Airport of the Aviation Corps, after they received a radio report from the fighter planes sent to Ershilipu Airport that they were attacked by a flock of birds, the fleet lost contact and suspected that the fighter planes were in danger. He was asked to speed up.
Move forward and be aware of what may happen.
Lieutenant General Yuan Xiongmi of the 108th Division ordered him to speed up and rush to the vicinity of Ershilibao Airport as soon as possible to serve as the reserve team of the entire division, prepare for reinforcement operations, and cover the rear of the main force of the division. The 104th Brigade
The major general on the fourth floor of Tomidi called back and said that he had led a brigade to the outskirts of the airport by car and would launch an attack on the airport immediately. The follow-up troops of the 104th Brigade would arrive soon. The vanguard brigade reported that everything was normal and the railway line
All stations along the way are under the control of the Jiaoji Road garrison, and armored patrol vehicles are clearing the way. The train is safely heading towards Yidu.
Major General Naoso Nakano was completely relieved and ordered the train to run at full speed. At the same time, he ordered the rearguard brigade starting from Zhangqiu to speed up and strive to catch up with the main force at Weixian Railway Station.
As they were approaching Linzi, Major General Asaburo Kobayashi sent another telegram, informing him that according to a report from the 104th Brigade, the remains of Commander Otaka Kamezo's entourage and many aviation soldiers were found at the Ershilipu Airport, as well as many aviation personnel.
It was confirmed that Commander Wei Gao Guizang had fallen into the hands of Tubal Road. It was confirmed that the fighter formations taking off from Jinan Airport and Shijiazhuang Airport were shattered at Ershilibao Airport. The 25th Brigade was again ordered to speed up and cooperate with the First 0
The other units of the Eighth Division must rescue Commander Odaka Kamezo.
Major General Naozō Nakano was upset when he saw it. He intuitively felt that this battle was a waste. You must know that the reason why the Japanese Army dominates Asia and is invincible is that the soldiers are well-trained, brave and tenacious. This is one factor, and the standardized equipment and institutionalized mobilization are another.
Factors, and a more important factor is accurate intelligence, action based on plan, and victory through surprise attacks and outflanking tactics. Think about it, from the "September 18th" Incident to capture Northeast China to the China Incident to capture North China, from the Battle of Taiyuan to Guangdong
The battle and the capture of Wuhan were all based on accurate intelligence. It was precisely because of the efforts of a large number of intelligence personnel that the main force of the imperial army was always able to hit the weak spots of the Chinese army before launching an attack and firmly grasp the initiative on the battlefield.
It's better now. We can't even figure out the enemy's number, strength, and specific location, so we blindly mobilize troops to launch an attack. What if this is a trap set by Jiang Qiang's Jiaodong Group Army? They are the 107th Division and the 5th Division of the Company.
A unit that dares to annihilate all the regiments. In their eyes, the 108th Division may not really have enough weight!