In the afternoon of that day, the Japanese and puppet troops had completed the encirclement of the first regiment, but the enemy was not in a hurry to take action.
Jing Dagang's regiment was used as a standard regiment. When fully staffed, the number reached more than 2,300. The artillery company directly under the regiment headquarters was transferred by Zhou Weihan to support the Heze battle, but a separate mountain artillery company was added, so the number was not too large.
Variety.
According to Jing Dagang's layout and the topography of the mountain, a total of three circular positions were arranged from the foot of the mountain to the mountainside, with the second battalion and the third battalion on top in sequence.
Since the old first battalion formed an independent regiment of the Southwest Shandong Military Division, the new first battalion's combat effectiveness was still lacking, so it acted as a reserve team.
The battle is about to begin, but there is no tense atmosphere in the group's position. Some soldiers are curled up and resting, and there are also many chatting and talking. While speaking, their eyes are constantly looking around.
Li Ziwen, political commissar of a regiment, led a platoon of soldiers from the back mountain to the front mountain position. When he saw Jing Dagang smoking a cigarette as if nothing had happened, he couldn't help but said: "Commander, the little Japanese is right in front of you, why are you not nervous at all?"
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When Jing Dagang heard this, he looked at him and said immediately: "I'm nervous, political commissar, I'm not talking about you, you are a veteran of the battlefield anyway, why are you acting like a new recruit?"
"Although I didn't have much education before, I read a lot of books now. The Art of War tells the courage of a soldier. As a commander, every move he makes is in the eyes of the soldiers. Even if he is going to die in the next second, he must give it to the soldiers.
Let’s set an example!”
"Yes, yes, it makes you look like a political commissar now!" Li Ziwen nodded, and sarcastically said in the next second: "But, if the Communist Party members are here, then I will definitely not be nervous at all, you Jing Dagang
It’s even worse to compare with the *** members!”
Jing Dagang, who was ridiculed, didn't get angry but smiled: "Yes, it's a bit interesting now!"
Li Ziwen snorted, unable to do anything against his old partner, and then said: "I took people to the back mountain to check, and the Japanese army did not find that path. It seems to be safe at the moment!"
"That's good, I hope I don't need it!"
The mountain forest where the regiment is located winds for nearly twenty miles from east to west, and the north-south span is not large. Jing Dagang set up his position here. Although it lacks strategic depth, the soldiers have previously discovered several caves in the mountains, one of which leads directly to
The cliffs in the back mountain are enough for people and pack horses to pass through, and they are covered by vines. It is undoubtedly an excellent escape route.
The words were divided into two parts. Not long after the Japanese army arrived at the battlefield, the Eighth Route Army also arrived due west of the Japanese and puppet troops. However, Zhou Weihan did not rush to take action. Instead, he let the troops hide nearby in the green gauze tent.
Just when Zhou Weihan was wondering why the Japanese army didn't take action, the telegraph operator jogged to report: "Commander, the headquarters forwarded a telegram. The Japanese aircraft at Xinxiang Airport took off a moment ago. The headquarters notified our department to strengthen preparedness!"
"Inform the first group immediately. This information about the independent group should be notified to the first group first!"
"Yes!" the telegraph operator responded.
"Damn it, I said it's getting dark right now, why hasn't the little devil taken action yet? It turns out he's waiting for us!"
"But it seems that the little devil has become cowardly. If this had been the case in the past when the base area was being raided, he would not have used planes so easily!" Li Yunlong said.
"Yes, but this shows that the Japanese puppet army seems to have a lot of troops, but it is empty. They only wait for the enemy to fight with a regiment before taking action to deal with them!" Zhou Weihan said in a deep voice.
Not long after, the roar of aircraft suddenly came from the sky. Zhou Weihan raised his head and looked up at the sky, watching the Japanese aircraft in the clouds flying towards Qinglongji.
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Although the Tainan Military Region also has a flying team, it is still at a disadvantage compared to the Japanese aviation force. This is a trump card that Zhou Weihan will never use until the critical moment.
At the same time, the soldiers on the regiment's position also heard the roar of Japanese aircraft from the sky.
After receiving the telegram from the headquarters, Jing Dagang asked most of the soldiers in the group to withdraw to several caves.
"Everyone, get ready!" Jing Dagang said in a deep voice. At this time, all the light and heavy machine guns in the group remained on the position.
If he were in the middle of a battle with the Japanese army and the personnel on the position were too dense, Jing Dagang would definitely take the initiative to order to mix with the Japanese army's formation.
But now that the little devil has learned a lesson, the ground troops are holding back, and instead let the planes bomb first.
Fortunately, at this time, the group's position was in a dense forest, and the personnel were relatively scattered.
The Japanese aircraft came from the southwest of Qinglongji.
A total of six Japanese aircraft came to Qinglongji to perform bombing missions. Two Type 97 fighter jets were responsible for escorting them. In addition, there were four Type 97 dive bombers.
The Type 97 fighter has two 7.7mm machine guns and can carry four 25kg aerial bombs.
The Type 97 dive bomber is a light bomber and was one of the main dive bombers of the Japanese Army Air Force during World War II.
There are two 7.7mm machine guns at the nose and one 7.7mm machine gun at the rear, which can carry 400 kilograms of aerial bombs.
The six Japanese aircraft did not rush to carry out bombing. Instead, they first circled over the Japanese army. The reason was very simple. The load capacity of Japanese aircraft was generally not strong, and the area of the mountain forest where the regiment was located was not small. In order not to waste aerial bombs, the Japanese aircraft
Guidance from ground forces is needed.
Although the Japanese and puppet troops did not launch an attack, the 38th Division and the 19th Division of the Appeasement Army, which were deployed on the east and west sides, have been advancing along the mountains and forests towards the location of the 1st Regiment. The Japanese army was able to roughly guess the location of the 1st Regiment.
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The guidance method adopted by the Japanese army was also very simple. The 12 mountain guns on the Xiaojiazi artillery position opened fire in unison, aiming directly at the position of the 1st Regiment.
In an instant, fire started to appear in many places in the group's position, and then the fire started to appear.
This time, the leader of the Japanese flying team, Komine Takayuki, was flying this Type 97 dive bomber. He was originally going to fly a fighter, but when he heard about a bombing mission, he forcibly snatched the bomber from another Japs pilot.
Driving rights.
Komine Takayuki did not take the Eighth Route Army seriously at all. After all, the Eighth Route Army did not have regular air defense weapons. Although Japanese aircraft were occasionally shot down by the Eighth Route Army, Komine Takayuki believed that it was just because the pilots at that time were not blessed by Amaterasu.
At this time, Komine Takayuki on the plane saw the situation on the ground and couldn't help but became furious. He had been suppressing his excitement for a long time, but he saw that the ground troops were giving guidance in such a rough way.
Then he cursed: "These damn army red deer, are they going to waste precious aerial bombs in vain? I must report it to my superiors after I go back!"
The Japanese army does not have a dedicated air force, and Takayuki Komine himself belongs to the combat order of the Japanese Army Air Force, but this does not affect the Army Air Forces' disdain for the ordinary Japanese Army.