Chapter 370 The Japanese troops are fully mobilized. Please subscribe.
October 12, 1940.
After a bloody battle between the independent detachment garrison of the Tainan Military Region and five local armed forces, the Yamazaki Brigade, the vanguard of the 41st Division, was completely wiped out in Lijiagou.
The fighting in Lijiagou has ceased, but the smoke is still filling the air.
The soldiers were cleaning the battlefield. A soldier from the county brigade picked up a Sanba Gaigai. He looked at the worn-out brand he was carrying and immediately replaced the rifle on his body.
Although the captured weapons and equipment will eventually be distributed uniformly, and this 38-meter cover may have to be distributed to the main force for use, it is good to be able to carry it for a while.
At this time, Li Da and others were reporting the results of the battle to Zhou Weihan.
I saw a smile on Mr. Li's face and said: "Captain of the detachment, this time we seized more than 530 38 guns, 7 Type 92 heavy machine guns, 16 crooked handles, and a lot of throwers."
Cartridges, grenades, and yes, a lot of self-defense pistols used by artillery were also seized!"
"It's a pity that the little devil saw that the situation was not good and blew up all four mountain cannons and rapid-fire cannons. Otherwise..." Li Da capable said with a look of distress on his face.
Zhou Weihan didn't care much about weapons and equipment and directly asked about the casualties.
"This time, 192 people from our garrison died, 65 were seriously injured, and 201 were slightly injured. The county brigade and district squadron had a total of 112 casualties!"
In the Battle of Lijiagou, the participating garrison regiments and local armed forces suffered a total of 567 casualties, and the battle loss ratio with the Yamazaki Brigade was nearly 2:1.
Zhou Weihan nodded after hearing this. The casualties were mainly concentrated before the artillery battalion came here. He was already very satisfied that the attack could reach this level.
Then he said: "The weapons and equipment seized this time do not need to be handed over to the military region. Your garrison regiment can discuss with the comrades of the county brigade and district squadron to divide them!"
Victory was won by the lives of his comrades, and Zhou Weihan was not willing to continue cutting flesh on them. In addition, there was no shortage of these equipment, so he simply let them distribute it themselves.
"Commander Zhou, are we really allowed to distribute this equipment ourselves?" the captain of the Wu'an County brigade asked in disbelief.
"The main force's equipment is almost complete. Let them buy and replace the rest by themselves. They can't give birth to babies if they are kept in the warehouse. Your comrades are not weak in combat effectiveness. It is just right to use these captured equipment!"
These local armed forces in Tainan Military Region are somewhat different from those in other base areas. Zhou Weihan has never relaxed the training of local armed forces. The soldiers are eager to join the main force and are very enthusiastic about training.
Even if some elites were mobilized before, the combat effectiveness is much stronger than the local armed forces in other base areas.
To put it bluntly, although the weapons and equipment of the three newly established cadre regiments are better than those of the local armed forces, in terms of combat effectiveness, they are not that good.
Although there are main forces and local armed forces, and the local armed forces are under the jurisdiction of the regional government, they are all armed forces of the Eighth Route Army. Zhou Weihan does not mind the beauty of adulthood. This pattern still exists.
"By the way, the villagers who died in Lijiagou need to be sent to Wuling Mountain for burial!" Zhou Weihan ordered.
"I'll do it. Xiao Wu from the Lijiagou Militia is now in our district squadron. We will bury him alive!" said Bao Jinwu, captain of the South 1st District.
"Withdraw immediately from the Lijiagou area. The garrison regiment withdraws from the fighting. The political commissar is still stationed at Yanwang Mountain. You will replace the first regiment and the third battalion of the garrison regiment. The county brigade and the district squadron return to Wu'an. Stay alert and let the fellow villagers report to you at any time.
Retreat to the mountains and forests!”
When Li Dajeng heard this, his face suddenly fell. He still wanted to lead the garrison regiment to earn a title as a main force regiment. He had just started to work hard, but at this time he was actually asked to withdraw from the battle.
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"Detachment leader..."
Before Li Daben finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhou Weihan: "The situation of the wounded cannot be delayed, and the main force has to fight on the outside. According to the needs of local armed comrades in the area to maintain law and order, among everyone, only you and the counties
You are the most familiar with the local armed forces, and at the same time, you can talk to Isamu Terauchi. This matter must be done by you. Remember to keep close contact with Isamu Terauchi. If the situation changes, inform me immediately!" Zhou Weihan finally gave instructions.
"Yes!" Li Daben responded.
The troops near Lijiagou evacuated one after another and watched a lively cavalry regiment, one of which arrived late.
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On the day of the battle with Yamazaki Battalion, as soon as the Japanese 41st Division received the news, they dispatched according to the prepared battle plan No. 1.
At this time, the Japanese army was far from being a mechanized force. Most of the accompanying trucks were used to transport baggage. Therefore, most of the infantry of the 41st Division also walked on two legs.
In order to rescue the Yamazaki Brigade as soon as possible, the commander of the 41st Division, Tian Daoshengwu, assembled some trucks and let some Japanese troops go first.
As a result, as soon as they left Changzhi and reached the boundary of Lucheng, the roads along the Handan-Changchang Highway were destroyed by the 28th Regiment together with local armed forces and militia, and the roads were completely blocked.
This is not the end of the story. Ding Wei's 28th Regiment has deployed many fortifications on both sides of the Handan-Changchun Highway. Every time the Japanese army repairs a road, there will be some casualties.
In the end, this group of Japanese soldiers simply walked. They originally used pack horses to transport heavy machine guns and baggage, but now they had to use manpower to transport them.
While struggling to carry the heavy machine gun and ammunition boxes, we also had to guard against a sneak attack by the soldiers of the 28th Regiment. It was really miserable.
At the same time, there was some movement on the Han side. Yong Temple received an order from the division headquarters and dispatched troops from two brigades to march westward along the Handan-Changchun Highway.
Trying to advance simultaneously from the east and west sides to form a pincer offensive and annihilate the independent detachment in one fell swoop.
Not to mention, the Japanese troops from these two brigades were "presentable" along the way from Handan.
Among them, the Japanese troops from Ryukyu had just arrived and were eager to make meritorious deeds, but the command was not in their hands.
The Osaka-born soldiers who were mixed in with Isamu Terauchi as sergeants and officers didn't seem to be in a hurry. These veterans even educated these stupid young men.
The commanders of this group of Japanese troops seemed to understand the spirit of the instructions conveyed by Isamu Terauchi and carried them out unswervingly.
There were no Eighth Route Army raids along the way, but for most of the day they didn't even reach the Dongxiaozhuang stronghold on the border between Wu'an and HD suburbs.
The words are divided into two parts.
In addition to the large-scale mobilization of troops by the Japanese troops around Tainan, the Japanese troops in other areas seemed to have received orders and sent troops to raid the designated targets.
The Japanese army's routine was like a retreat. Each Eighth Route Army base area discovered that a Japanese army appeared out of nowhere and suddenly appeared in the hinterland of the base area.
The two sides immediately started fighting, and the main force surrounding the Japanese army quickly surrounded the fighting site.
Xijing Town, the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army. At this time, the 129th Division headquarters has been separated from the headquarters and is commanding operations independently.
The boss and others were studying the battle report from the Tainan Military Region when the deputy chief of staff said: "You can see the whole leopard when you look at a spot, and you can see the late autumn when you see a leaf. Boss, judging from the situation in Tainan, the Japanese army's plan is targeted."
Nature, purpose, you are looking at the situation in other base areas, it is exactly the same as in Tainan, the pace of the Japanese army's sweep is surprisingly consistent!"
"Zhou Weihan's guess is not unreasonable. He obviously put a fishing bait out, waiting for us to come up and bite, and then let the bait drag us down, but a dragnet was set up around it!"
