In this cold winter season, the sky in Jin is still dark. It snowed again last night, and the roads and roofs of houses were covered with a thick layer of snow.
However, the real cold weather has not yet arrived, the snow is not thick, and the shoes crunch on the snow.
"Set off!"
Li Yunlong looked up at the weather, then at the watch on his hand, and exhaled a breath of white mist, his voice full of breath.
Crunchy...
A series of sounds of rubber-soled shoes scraping against the snow were heard as the soldiers carried their weapons, ammunition boxes, mules and horses, and carried grain, cans and other baggage.
Under the leadership of the platoon commanders of each battalion and company, they headed towards the predetermined location.
During this expedition, the New Regiment dispatched two artillery battalions, the 1st Artillery Battalion and the 2nd Artillery Battalion, and two cavalry battalions, the 1st Cavalry Battalion and the 2nd Cavalry Battalion.
There are four main battalions and four recruit companies, each main battalion has nearly 2,000 people, and each recruit company has 1,000 people.
The total strength is about 10,000.
The station of the New Regiment is more than 200 kilometers away from Niangziguan, and they have to pass through many small roads, so this time the soldiers of the New Regiment did not go there by car, but on foot.
Fortunately, the new regiment's transportation capacity is strong enough, with a large number of military horses and mule carts.
This time the New Regiment went on a small road. The 1st Artillery Battalion and the 2nd Artillery Battalion of the New Regiment only brought 75mm mountain guns, and they could not carry cannons above 105mm.
However, the artillery firepower equivalent to two mountain artillery regiments was enough to deal with the Japanese reinforcements.
Several people from the regiment saluted each other, and then Li Yunlong and Xing Zhiguo, under the protection of the guards, led the communication personnel into the gray torrent.
In this battle, the New Regiment conducted a long-distance attack with no follow-up support or friendly troops. It relied entirely on the New Regiment itself.
There was only one long-distance attack operation of this scale and nature last year.
At that time, it was still the early stage of the Zaoyi Battle. The New Regiment was still stationed in southeastern Shanxi and made a long-distance attack of 300 kilometers to ambush the Japanese 7th Tank Regiment on the Tongpu Highway north of Taiyuan.
In that battle, the New Regiment completely wiped out the 7th Japanese Tank Regiment and gained two mountain artillery battalions with a total of 24 75mm mountain guns.
I hope that this time, the new group will also have good results.
The new regiment still had a lot of things to do, so Zhao Gang and Wang Dehou stayed at the regiment headquarters, and Li Yunlong and Xing Zhiguo led the team to the Zhengtai Railway to take care of things.
It wasn't until the last unit disappeared from sight that Zhao Gang and Wang Dehou exhaled heavily and walked towards the regiment headquarters.
…
Five days later.
At five o'clock in the morning.
It is about 2 kilometers north of Niangziguan Station.
Li Yunlong raised his telescope and looked at Niangziguan. Since it was still dark, he could only vaguely see the lights reflected in the shooting holes of the gun tower.
"Commander, the company commanders of each battalion are here."
Guard Huang Erhu walked to Li Yunlong and said in a low voice.
Li Yunlong walked to the location where the battalion and company commanders were gathering and looked at the battalion and company commanders.
"Act according to the original plan."
After scanning the crowd, Li Yunlong repeated the battle plan he had already formulated:
"Shi Kezhong is responsible for leading each company of recruits to attack Niangziguan. The offensive must be fierce, but don't force it. Your main task is to let the recruits accumulate practical experience."
Shi Kezhong is the battalion commander of the teaching battalion of the New Regiment. He was originally a battalion commander of the teaching regiment of the Eighth Route Army. He was transferred by the headquarters to the new regiment as the teaching battalion commander.
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Then, Li Yunlong looked at several main battalion commanders:
"The first battalion, the second battalion, the first artillery battalion and the first cavalry battalion are ambushing here in the Pianliang ditch to ambush the Japanese reinforcements coming from the direction of Yangquan."
"The third battalion, the fourth battalion, the second artillery battalion and the second cavalry battalion are ambushing in Longwangtu to ambush the Japanese reinforcements coming from the direction of Jingxing County."
"Yes!" All the main battalion commanders and recruit company commanders nodded in unison.
Each company of recruits has 1,000 people, but the company commander, platoon leader and squad leader are all veterans. The veterans will lead the recruits to the battlefield. Li Yunlong thinks it is not a big problem.
"I am responsible for commanding the Japanese ambush in the direction of Yangquan."
"Old Xing, you are responsible for commanding the ambush of the Japanese who are ambushing Jingxing County."
"When the Japanese enter the ambush circle, the artillery will fire first. After the artillery fires, the infantry will open fire. If any Japanese infantry escapes, the cavalry will pursue them."
Li Yunlong's eyes flashed sharply:
"We owe Boss Chen 5,000 Japs. We must pay it all back this time, and we will pay it back with the Japs from the 37th Division!"
At present, Li Yunlong still owes Boss Chen the business of a Japanese army brigade and a Japanese army regiment.
They were the advance payment of cavalry equipment for 1,000 men, and the business of providing materials such as steel bars and cement to Ding Wei and Kong Jie.
"Yes!" Everyone shouted in unison again.
Afterwards, the battalion and company commanders walked in the direction of their respective troops and began to lead their troops towards the designated location.
…
It's almost six o'clock in the morning.
Some Japanese soldiers in Niangzi Pass have already started to get up and patrol.
However, most of the Japs haven't gotten up yet.
According to the intelligence detected by the Sharp Sword Squadron, the Japanese in Niangzi Pass blew the wake-up call on time at 6:30.
But at this time, four Japanese-style 94-type mountain cannons were set up two kilometers away from Niangziguan.
The firepower used to attack Niangziguan Station included, in addition to the 1994-type mountain artillery, several mortars captured from the Japanese.
After all, there was a brigade of Japanese soldiers and a regiment of puppet troops in Niangzi Pass, as well as a cannon tower and a semi-buried bunker.
If there is no relatively strong fire suppression, letting the new soldiers attack Niangziguan will be a loss of lives.
"Report to the battalion commander that the mountain artillery and mortars have been set up."
The artillery battalion commander of the teaching camp said to the teaching battalion commander Shi Kezhong: "There are enough artillery shells, and we can fire at any time."
Battalion Commander Shi asked: "Have all the recruit companies entered the attack position?"
One telegrapher replied: "The company of recruits is in attack position!"
Battalion Commander Shi looked at the watch on his hand. There were still two minutes until six o'clock when the general attack was launched.
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Therefore, the new regiment's artillery was pointed at the Japanese barracks.
The firepower of four 75mm mountain guns and eight mortars is equivalent to the size of an artillery battalion.
"fire!"
"put!"
When the hands on the watch pointed to six in the morning, Battalion Commander Shi gave the order to fire.
The first round of shells fell into Niangzi Pass a few seconds later.
Boom boom boom...
As the red light flashed, smoke rose from the violent explosion, and the shock wave was accompanied by rubble flying at any time.
Since the Japanese barracks are made of masonry, mortars with a slightly larger caliber can destroy them, let alone four mountain cannons.
The shelling did not stop, and shells were fired continuously into Niangzi Pass. Soon the Japanese and puppet barracks in Niangzi Pass were immediately submerged in a sea of gunpowder smoke and fire.
"idiot!"
In a large artillery building, the Japanese commander Yoshida Zhou Zuozuo could not help but burst into rage when he saw the barracks being bombarded:
"Type 94 mountain artillery? Type 97 mortar? Which enemy unit is shelling Niangziguan?"
The barracks were inhabited by puppet troops and Japanese soldiers. Looking at the density of shelling, the soldiers suffered considerable losses.
After the enemy shelled the barracks, he would inevitably bombard the station. Looking at the intensity of the shelling, the enemy probably had an artillery brigade. If Niangziguan Station was shelled, scolding from the superiors would be inevitable.
Even a slap in the face is light, and he might even be dismissed from his post.
"The shells are coming from the north," a Japanese soldier beside Yoshida said loudly on Monday.
"Baga, gather the troops!"
The irritable Yoshida slapped the Japanese soldier to the ground on Monday: