Bright Sword: Bloody War of Resistance Chapter 434: The confrontation between the National Army and the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese who were tricked by their teammates
Chapter 434: The confrontation between the National Army and the Eighth Route Army, and the Japanese who were tricked by their teammates
Mid-month.
Half a month has passed since the Battle of Changzhi ended.
During this half-month period, the national troops in Changzhi, the Japanese troops stationed in Licheng, Lucheng, and Tunliu, as well as the surrounding Eighth Route Army, were all internally integrating without making much movement.
As soon as Changzhi's 27th Army occupied Changzhi, they immediately dispatched heavy troops to garrison key areas along the border with the Tainan Military Region.
Before Zhou Weihan returned to Yamawang Mountain, he conveyed the instructions of the teacher comrades: not to be proactive and not to be passive.
Not taking the initiative means not taking the initiative to initiate provocations, not taking the initiative to launch attacks, not being passive means that our Eighth Route Army troops cannot enter the warehouse with swords and guns, and the horses are released to Nanshan. If you dare to sit in the first grade of junior high school, I will dare to do the fifteenth grade. This is Zhou Weihan's understanding.
Sometimes the more you tolerate, the more unscrupulous the other party will be. It makes no sense for me to deal with the little devil, but I am afraid of you, the one who comes to pick peaches!
Therefore, the first and second divisions of the Tainan Military Region were also very confident. After understanding the situation, they directly moved some troops forward and the station was not far from the national army station.
Fortunately, both sides were relatively restrained. Fan Hanjie did not get orders from Jiang and did not dare to start the war lightly.
Among the three forces surrounding Changzhi, the Japanese army lived the most miserable life.
After the Battle of Changzhi, the Japanese troops in Licheng, Lucheng and Tunliu were completely surrounded by the Eighth Route Army.
Now the situation between the two sides reversed, and the little Japanese suddenly became the one who went deep behind enemy lines.
In addition to sticking to the county seat, the rest of the Japanese troops were deployed along the highway in an attempt to ensure the smooth flow of the highway.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, the 28th Regiment of the First Division, the New First Regiment, the 22nd Regiment directly under the division headquarters, and the Taiyue Military Region Independent Regiment in Tunliu, with the cooperation of local government comrades, established grassroots political power and organized and trained militia teams.
Some of the replaced weapons and equipment were all equipped to local armed forces.
The militia, local armed forces and the main force, regardless of their specific combat effectiveness, seem to operate the frontier base area into an iron tube.
At the border of Binh Shun and Changzhi, in the village of Wat Pho, the 2nd Regiment and 3rd Battalion plus a heavy machine gun company were stationed here. The people in this village were all moved to the rear.
At six o'clock in the morning, a loud wake-up call sounded, and the soldiers from the barracks in various parts of the village quickly gathered at the training ground in the village.
Taking the company as a unit, the commander of each company quickly conducted a roll call.
The Nationalist Army was stationed in the village opposite, and the two villages were right next to each other. As soon as the wake-up call from the Third Battalion was sounded, the officers and soldiers of the Nationalist Army were immediately alerted.
Stationed here was the Pre-3rd Regiment of the 8th Division of the 27th Army. When they heard the wake-up call, more than a thousand soldiers from the national army dressed up and came to assemble.
"What the hell time is it? The wake-up call was blown. The bugler was drunk last night? Go and call the bugler!" Cheng Guoping, the leader of the third preparatory regiment, still smelling of alcohol, shouted at his side.
The guard cursed loudly.
"Yes, it's only 6:03, and the time we get up is 6:30!" Qiu Yingbin, the chief of staff on the side, patted his head, and he was also a little confused.
When the guard saw that the regimental commander was angry, he did not dare to delay and quickly called the bugler over.
I saw that the bugler was not fully dressed yet, and he trotted over in a hurry. When he saw the anger on Cheng Guoping's face, he quickly explained: "Regiment leader, I am not the one blowing this bugle. The time has not come yet!"
"Didn't you brag? That could still be...,"
"Get on the roof!"
After Cheng Guoping and Qiu Yingbin were sent to the roof, they looked at the camp of the third battalion opposite with binoculars.
"Damn it, these Eighth Route Army soldiers are really bad, how can they do things like this?" Cheng Guoping cursed angrily.
"Hey, that's interesting, regimental leader. Look, our regiment just improved the food for the soldiers last night, and today the Eighth Route Army across the way came back to make up for it. It's interesting!" said the chief of staff on the side.
Just yesterday, supplies for the Third Preliminary Regiment were delivered from Changzhi, and Cheng Guoping specially arranged for the soldiers to show off to the Third Battalion opposite.
They were drinking wine and eating meat. How could the soldiers from the third battalion on the opposite side endure it?
Li Shuangxi, commander of the third battalion of the second regiment, is also very clever. Are you drinking? OK, then I will arrange for someone to sober you up in the morning.
"Hey, forget it, we can't start a fight anyway. The Eighth Route Army can only do this, but they really dare to attack us!"
"Lao Qiu, to be honest, I am very satisfied with the situation of our third regiment. Our 27th Army has a stable territory behind enemy lines and stable supplies. Our brothers no longer have to suffer in the ravines. How great!
"The team leader Cheng Guoping said with emotion.
"Yes, the food level has been improved, and the soldiers at the bottom have also received additional pay. Even the troops in the rear do not have this kind of treatment!" Chief of Staff Qiu Yingbin said the same.
Fan Hanjie was quite resourceful. After accepting Changzhi, in addition to setting up defense lines, he also seized financial power and rectified taxation before the arrival of administrative office officials sent from the rear.
At the same time, the local wealthy households in Changzhi were ordered to donate money and materials. As the capital of the Shangdang region, Changzhi had many large dog households in the surrounding area.
The 27th Army was the representative of the National Government in Changzhi, and the wealthy families who had just been liberated from Japanese rule rushed to the headquarters of the 27th Army.
After some operations, Fan Hanjie really accumulated a lot of money.
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Japanese military garrison in Licheng.
At this time, there were less than 200 Japanese troops in Licheng. The person responsible for staying in Licheng was Hideki Nagano, a Japanese captain.
"Sir, the defenders at the Dongyang Pass stronghold reported that the transport convoy was ambushed by the Eighth Route Army in Xiangtangpu again!"
"Baga, the Eighth Route Army is so arrogant that they actually ambushed a supply convoy at the same place several times!" Hideki Nagano couldn't help but roared after hearing the news.
"Hey, November has just passed halfway, and this is already the third ambush by the Eighth Route Army!" said the adjutant on the side.
"Sir, I suspect that the Eighth Route Army did this on purpose. Judging from the current situation, the Eighth Route Army has the strength to occupy strongholds in the county and along the highway, but it just leaves it alone!"
"It is most likely that they deliberately kept it for the imperial army to transport supplies, and then snatched the supplies away after the supplies arrived!" the adjutants said one after another in a coherent manner.
"Baga, the conscience of the Eighth Route Army has been greatly damaged. If this continues, the warriors will engage in hand-to-hand combat with the Eighth Route Army!" Nagano Hideki cursed.
The Japanese troops in Licheng and Lucheng were surrounded by the 28th Regiment of the First Division and the New Regiment. Normal food was collected directly by the Japanese army on the spot, but military supplies such as ammunition were consumed a lot during the battle.
After the war, the Japanese troops in Licheng and Lucheng were like two orphans. The father-in-law Changzhi was defeated by the Eighth Route Army and now occupied by the National Army. The supply channel to the south was completely cut off, and he could only apply unilaterally to Han
Supply support.
After receiving the telegram, Teruchi Yong of Handan, no matter how reluctant he was, could only pinch his nose and transfer some supplies from Handan to the Japanese troops in Licheng and Lucheng due to the orders from the top.
But just because there is nothing we can do publicly, doesn't mean there is nothing we can do privately.
Oki Hideo, who originally conducted military exercises with the Li Da Honshi garrison, was appointed by Terauchi Isamu as the Japanese commander of Wuyi, Wu'an and Shexian counties due to his outstanding "war exploits" and was stationed in Wu'an.
Hideo Ohki, a member of the Osaka Division, was a genius, and he came up with a way to hide the truth.
The convoy responsible for transporting supplies set off from Handan as normal. One Eighth Route Army "set up an ambush" at Xiangtangpu at the junction of Shexian County and Licheng. Another Eighth Route Army unit was waiting outside the Dongyangguan stronghold in Licheng, west of Xiangtangpu.
In this way, under the command of Hideo Ohki, the Japanese army and Li Yunlong's new regiment were mobilized. Of course, Li Yunlong would not refuse this good thing.
When the transport convoy was ambushed for the first time, the Japanese and puppet troops in Dongyang Pass rushed out to rescue them, but were caught red-handed by the new regiment and wiped out outside the Dongyang Pass stronghold.
Had it not been for Zhou Weihan's order not to occupy strongholds along the Handan-Changchang Highway, the soldiers of the new regiment almost captured Dongyang Pass.
The supplies that were originally supposed to be shipped to Licheng were sold to the new group at the previous transaction price under the auspices of Hideo Ohki.
During the subsequent ambush, the little Japs in Dongyangguan also learned their lesson and refused to come out even after being beaten to death.
The Japanese troops on both sides took this lawsuit to the North China Expeditionary Forces Headquarters, arguing with each other.
Isamu Terauchi reported misfortune on the telegram. Licheng and Lucheng were not under the jurisdiction of the 104th Brigade. With the idea of supporting his colleagues, when our own supplies were not sufficient, we provided support many times, and all the soldiers responsible for transportation died in the battle.
, the supplies were snatched away by the Eighth Route Army in front of Dongyang Pass.
Okamura Neji, who is a good actor, has repeatedly sent reprimanding telegrams to the Japanese troops in Licheng.
The situation of the Japanese military transport teams transporting to Lucheng via Baijin Railway and Lintun Highway to Tunliu and other places was even more miserable.
When passing through the defense area of the Independent Regiment and the 22nd Regiment, material supplies were frequently robbed. Even the 358th Regiment of the Shanxi-Sui Army where the eldest son was stationed came to grab work with Kong Jie's Independent Regiment on the Latun Highway when they saw that there was money to be made.
