Facts have proved that Xu Dali's judgment was indeed correct.
The small puppet army assigned by the Japanese army to stay in the county had no intention of fighting. As soon as a few artillery pieces from the Second Regiment fired, the puppet army immediately abandoned the city and fled. The Eighth Route Army occupied Lingchuan County without any effort.
"The Eighth Route Army actually captured the Lingchuan County seat silently!" Kawamoto Ichiro suddenly turned around, pulled out his command knife, and said in a deep voice: "Zhang Jun, you immediately lead the supervising team to the top. You must break through the 89th Division's interception as soon as possible.
Quick!"
Zhang Lanfeng, the leader of the puppet army, saw this for the first time when he saw Ichiro Kawamoto being furious. He felt a chill in his heart, and his tone became more respectful. He lowered his body and said, "Hi, Taijun, I'll go right away!"
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By the time Zhou Weihan and his troops arrived, the two sides had been fighting for more than an hour.
The troops have not yet reached the battlefield, but they can judge the intensity of the battle just by listening to the sound of gunfire. Since he does not know the specific conditions of the battlefield, Zhou Weihan is not in a hurry to send troops to press forward.
"Jing Dagang, send a few scouts out, and at the same time call the Second Regiment, the 47th Army of the Sichuan Army, and the 13th Army of the Central Army via the radio!"
"Let's go, find a suitable place to observe!" Zhou Weihan ordered one after another.
There was a private house in the north of Lingchuan City. Zhou Weihan and others stood on top of the house and could barely see the general situation of the battlefield.
Zhou Weihan was still observing with the telescope, but Xing Zhiguo on the side put down the telescope and said: "It's really a mess right now. From east to west, from south to north, with a radius of more than ten miles, there are troops from both sides fighting everywhere.
I wonder if the organization of our Eighth Route Army has been disrupted!"
Zhou Weihan also had a solemn look on his face. After all, the main force of the Tainan Military Region he led arrived a step too late. It is impossible to judge from the battlefield situation which side has the advantage, nor to judge whether the Sichuan Army and the Central Army's outer encirclement troops have arrived.
"I don't know if the Sichuan Army or the Central Army have arrived?" Xing Zhiguo said.
"Logically speaking, they came following the Japanese army. No matter what the calculation, they should have arrived in front of us. Damn it, this scene really surprised me!" Zhou Weihan cursed, and then said: "Let's go back first. I'm watching.
Take a look at what the scouts brought back!"
When Zhou Weihan and others returned to the place where the troops were stationed, the telegraph operator from the headquarters saw Zhou Weihan coming back and hurriedly reported: "Detachment leader, as soon as we set up the telegraph, we received the battle report from the friendly troops, the second regiment, and the reconnaissance company!"
Zhou Weihan took the telegram, browsed it, and asked Jing Dagang: "Have the scouts come back?"
"Come back. About an hour ago, Lingchuan was occupied by the Second Regiment. The New Fifth Army Independent Regiment and the wounded were left to guard Lingchuan County. According to Deputy Commander Xing of the New Fifth Army, Xu Dali led two regiments to suppress
We went up. 40 minutes ago, large troops arrived on the west and north sides of the battlefield. They should be the new divisions of the 47th Army and the 13th Army. After that, they were disrupted and the battlefield continued to expand!"
"Yes!" Zhou Weihan nodded after hearing this, and then handed the telegram to Xing Zhiguo: "We were marching before and did not receive the telegram. Friendly troops have been calling us!"
"Notify friendly troops that our troops have arrived in the northeast of the battlefield. The troops will immediately launch an attack formation. Please hold on!" Zhou Weihan said to the telegraph operator.
"We can't wait any longer. There will be too many casualties in the melee. Even if we finally kill the Japanese army in front of us, we will not be able to deal with the Kwantung Army in Changzhi by then!"
"My order!" Zhou Weihan said in a deep voice. Jing Dagang, Wu Qin and others present stood at attention one by one.
"The first regiment advanced from the north, the fifth regiment advanced from the northeast, the third regiment advanced from the east, the 29th regiment advanced from the southeast, and the two accompanying mountain artillery companies were split into each regiment to assist in operations!"
"When each regiment advances, the organization should not be too dispersed. It is best to advance in battalion units and use the advantage of firepower to quickly eliminate the stubborn enemy forces!" Zhou Weihan finally said.
"Yes!" Everyone present responded in unison.
Zhou Weihan also had selfish motives for the advancement plan of the four regiments. Since Xu Dali led his troops to join the battlefield from east to west, the four regiments currently participating in the battle, if Zhou Weihan's expectations are good, will soon be supported.
Two regiments of the 94th Division.
Nearly 10,000 fresh troops joined the battlefield, and the effect was obvious.
Four regiments and twelve battalions covered the eastern part of the battlefield like a large net, followed by regiment-affiliated units carrying heavy firepower.
When the regiment soldiers who disrupted the organization along the way saw the main force arriving, they all thought about the main force approaching. The Japanese and puppet troops who were resisting were also torn to pieces under the fierce firepower of the Eighth Route Army.
At this time, Xu Dali was surrounded by only a guard company from the regiment occupying a small high ground. In front of him was a group of more than 40 Kwantung Army soldiers, and on the flanks there were also a dozen little Japs attacking.
Although the Kwantung Army was small in number, it had one heavy machine gun and two cannons. Although the guard company had many soldiers, they were suppressed by the firepower of the Japanese army.
"Where's the little cannon, waiting to give birth to its cubs? I got the little devil's heavy machine gun!" Xu Dali yelled.
"Captain, no more, all the shells have been fired!" the guard company commander shouted.
"Damn it!" Xu Dali slapped the ground hard.
At this moment, there was loud gunfire all around, and it seemed to be coming this way. Before the Japanese army could react further, a shell knocked out the Type 92 heavy machine gun on the Japanese army's position, and then a lot of gunfire appeared from all around.
Young Eighth Route Army soldier.
Seeing this, Xu Dali immediately shouted: "Our reinforcements have arrived, comrades, rush!" Then the Japanese troops were submerged in the sea of people.
The brief battle is over.
"Haha, Xu Dali, I saved your life again today, how are you going to thank me?" Wu Qin said with a smile.
"You also said that if you come here a little later, you will have to burn paper for me every year from now on!" Xu Dali complained, but in fact he wanted to get away with it.
"Don't talk about things you don't need. Three heavy machine guns or a Type 92 infantry cannon, you're not at a loss!" Wu Qin stepped forward and patted Xu Dali's shoulder and said: "After all, your brother has thousands of people under his command, why?
Did you get this result?"
"Don't mention it. It was fine when the troops first joined the battlefield. It didn't take long for the Japanese army to be defeated. At that time, I thought the little Japanese army was defeated. Now it seems that they took the initiative to disperse their troops!"
"While I was fighting, I don't know if it was because I was advancing too fast or something, but a group of Kwantung Army suddenly appeared in front of me, and I almost confessed!" Xu Dali said with more than enough intentions.
As Xu Dali said, the Japanese army was defeated on the surface, but in fact it was interspersed with small groups of troops to disrupt the national army and the structure of the Eighth Route Army.
Especially for the Kwantung Army who had been reinforced, after their forces were dispersed, the National Army troops on the west side also divided their forces to pursue them. As a result, the Kwantung Army killed one and penetrated them.
The funny thing is that when the reinforced Kwantung Army was established, it did not break through the 89th Division to intercept it. After dividing its troops, it instead advanced all the way and fought with the Eighth Route Army in the east.