Chapter 168 The traces of the three remnants of friends. Please subscribe.
How could the artillerymen of the heavy artillery company of the 69th Army defeat the elite infantrymen of the reconnaissance company? The sniper team previously deployed on the mountain was useless. Then Dong Jiang asked the soldiers of the reconnaissance company to disarm the enemy's heavy artillery company.
"Company commander, the caliber of these two artillery pieces is much larger than our own 75mm mountain cannon!" The soldiers of the reconnaissance company surrounded the two Krupp 105mm howitzers.
"These two big guys are the gods of land warfare. Their power is astonishing. Each shot can kill enemies within dozens of meters without being blown to death!" Dong Jiang said with a smile.
The reconnaissance company had already set off before Zhou Weihan's meeting. Originally, they had to eat dry food at this time, but as a result, the enemy army had even prepared food.
Taking the opportunity to eat, Dong Jiang began to cross-examine.
"Are you the commander of this heavy artillery company?" Dong Jiang asked a captured enemy officer.
"I am Zhang Wenzhi, the company commander of the heavy artillery company of the 69th Army!" Zhang Wenzhi stood up and gave a serious military salute.
"I am Dong Jiang, the commander of the reconnaissance company of the Southern Hebei Independent Detachment!" Seeing Zhang Wenzhi's proactive performance, Dong Jiang was a little stunned, and then returned a military salute.
"How come you, as a military heavy artillery company, are alone and appear here?" Dong Jiang asked.
"Company Commander Dong, to be honest, whether you believe it or not, I no longer want to follow my friend San Qian. The military headquarters escaped from the east. A truck towing artillery broke down on the march of our heavy artillery company. As a result, we were lost together with the large army.
Connected!"
"How many troops are left following Shiyou and the Military Headquarters?"
"Shi Youxin's special agent brigade has three regiments under its jurisdiction. One of the regiments has left the rear. It should be in danger. The remaining troops, except for the brigade directly under the brigade headquarters, should be less than the strength of the two regiments. Plus the troops directly under the military headquarters
The guard battalion, engineer battalion, supply battalion, communications company, health team, and cavalry brigade should be less than 5,000 people when they are all fully staffed!" Zhang Zhiwen revealed the situation of Shi Yousan's remnants in detail.
"Isn't that right? Shi Yousan is a military commander after all. He already has a 105 howitzer. How could he not have a mountain cannon?"
"Alas, I regret talking about this. There is a mountain artillery battalion with 12 mountain artillery pieces and a battle defense artillery battery with 4 Bailu 47mm combat artillery pieces directly under the military headquarters. Before the battle started, a deputy of the mountain artillery battalion
The battalion commander had a good relationship with me and he approached me about joining the Eighth Route Army, but I refused at the time.
Not long ago, when I was fighting and breaking through with the independent brigade of the 115th Division of your army, I saw the mountain artillery battalion and the anti-aircraft artillery company going north, most likely to defect to your army!" Zhang Zhiwen said regretfully.
The deputy battalion commander of the Mountain Artillery Battalion is a comrade in our Southern Hebei Military Region who broke into the enemy's interior when the Third Division of Shiyou's troops first entered southern Hebei Province. It happened that Lao Chiang and the little devil gave Sanyou a batch of mountain artillery, and the preparations for the establishment of the mountain artillery battalion were underway.
At the beginning, there was an urgent need for professional talents, so they were easily assigned to the mountain artillery camp.
When the battle started, the time was ripe, and anyone with a discerning eye could see that the end of Shiyousan was coming, and no one in the army was willing to die with him, so they coerced the battalion commander of the mountain artillery battalion and the battle defense artillery company to go north to join the main force of the Southern Hebei Military Region.
"I wish I had promised him earlier. It was originally an uprising on the battlefield, but now it is forced to surrender!"
"Our commander has always known how to make good use of people. If Company Commander Zhang is really talented, he will still be reused in our independent detachment!"
"Telegraph operator, send a message to the commander!" Dong Jiang stated the contents of the telegram.
Dong Jiang then left a team of ten to guard the prisoners, and led the remaining members of the reconnaissance company to continue tracking westward.
The whereabouts of thousands of people cannot be concealed. Now that they have found the general direction, Dong Jiang believes that he will soon find Shi Yousan's hiding place.
Independent detachment.
"Commander, telegram from the reconnaissance company!"
Zhou Weihan took the telegram and browsed it quickly.
"This Dong Jiang is really a lucky general. He actually captured a lone heavy artillery battery of the enemy and is now tracking the whereabouts of the remaining troops of his three friends!" Zhou Weihan clapped his hands and laughed.
Zhao Gang and Xing Zhiguo read the telegram together: "Old Zhou, it is true that Dong Jiang is a lucky general, but you also have a far-sighted vision, so you formed a reconnaissance company!"
"A small and capable force with outstanding personnel capabilities, complete weapons and equipment, and an excellent commander, penetrates behind enemy lines, collects enemy intelligence, destroys enemy facilities and strategic locations, and beheads enemy leaders.
Commander, the reconnaissance company has played a huge role!" Xing Zhiguo said excitedly.
"Hey, you guys are exaggerating in your praise. We are still far away from the goal in my heart. Even the Yamamoto Special Agent Team may not be able to compare with it." Although Zhou Weihan said this, there was no smile on his face.
Not reduced.
"Old Xing, look at him. He is a typical person who behaves well when he gets an advantage!" Zhao Gang laughed and scolded.
"Monk, go notify Chen Feng and ask him to send people to pull the two cannons back, and ask Zhu Dashan's cavalry company to send people to protect their safety!" Zhou Weihan said after thinking about it.
"Telegraph operator, send a report to the headquarters, saying that traces of the three Shiyou troops have been found near Xixiaozhuang, Nanjiabao Town. Our reconnaissance company is tracking them, and the main force of the independent detachment is preparing to march northwest."
"Where do you think the three friends will be?" Zhao Gang asked.
"Shi Yousan's space for movement is getting smaller and smaller under the pressure of our army, but it's a bit strange to break through to the west now!" Xing Zhiguo said.
"Shi Yousan's first choice goal must be to break out to the southeast and cross the Wei River, but after being blocked by the Independent Brigade of our 115th Division, where can he go to the west? Either the little devils in the west are there, or the local armed forces of our Eighth Route Army
!" Zhao Gang muttered to himself.
"Little devil? West?" Zhou Weihan hurriedly spread out the map.
"Friend Shi, you are going to evacuate to the county seat of Wei County!" Zhou Weihan smashed his fist on the map.
The county seat of Wei County is located on the westernmost side of Wei County, which is not the direction in which the remaining members of the Three Friends of Friends fled.
"Is this kid going to take action?" Zhao Gang said hesitantly.
"Young devil, I saw that my friend Sanshan was in dire straits, so he rushed here to help us in times of need!" Zhou Weihan said bitterly.
"If Shi Yousan enters the county seat of Wei County, with the remaining strength of his troops and the Japanese troops in the city, I am afraid that our army will not be able to make a quick victory in a short time!" Xing Zhiguo said worriedly.
"The battle has been going on for three days, and it's about to be completed in one battle. Damn it, the little devil showed up at this time. I guess the little devil's troops have been assembled. You see, the road from Xingtai to Wei County is two hundred meters long.
With the mobility of the Japanese army, it would take less than a day to reach Wei County by truck." Zhou Weihan took a ruler and simply measured it on the map.
"Old Zhou, please contact the headquarters quickly and ask the comrades in Xingtai to investigate the little Japs' movements!"
"However, we have not received any news from the headquarters so far, which means that the Japs have not made any move yet. Otherwise, the local comrades will definitely report it!"
Zhou Weihan then asked the telegraph operator to send an emergency telegram to the headquarters.
"We can't wait any longer. You will know if you have jujubes or not. You will know if you have jujubes or not. Lao Xing, you take the first regiment and the second regiment to march northwest along the Zhangjiahe area. You must keep the three friends from Wei County. Lao Zhao
Let's lead three regiments and four regiments to pursue us from the due west direction. If we can bite some of the enemy's troops, we will eat some!" Zhou Weihan said with all his might.
"All the troops are traveling lightly and with enough ammunition and two days' worth of dry food. The rest of the baggage is still here. We'll get it later!"
The originally clear situation of our army encircling and annihilating the remnants of Shiyousan's troops suddenly became elusive because of the intervention of the Japanese army.