All participating troops of the Eighth Route Army were divided into four parts this time. One regiment was located due north of the battlefield, and two cavalry regiments were located in the northeast of the battlefield. The main force of the new regiment broke through from the southwest junction of the Japanese army and the 19th Division of the Appeasement Army. It had the strongest strength.
The weak New Regiment and Battalion were mainly attacking the 19th Division on the west side.
The 19th Division of the Pacification Army originally had four regiments with nearly 7,000 troops. However, in the early battle with the Eighth Route Army, three regiments and four regiments participated in the battle one after another. The two regiments suffered heavy casualties, and the Japanese army had no choice but to allow them to withdraw.
At this time, artillery shells bombarded the 19th Division's camp like raindrops. Although the firepower of the six Type 38 field guns was weaker than the entire camp, the raindrops were small and the thunder was loud.
The third and fourth regiments of the Pacification Army had just withdrawn from the battlefield, and their morale was already low. Every explosion struck the enemy's heart like a heavy hammer.
"Run quickly, the Eighth Route Army is coming!" A group of puppet soldiers quickly ran to the west.
In a tent, the commander of the 19th Division, Mi Liangyuan, and the Japanese adviser came out angrily. Mi Liangyuan shouted: "Don't run, everyone, stop, guard camp, anyone who dares to run will be shot immediately!"
"Yes!" A group of armed guards around Mi Liangyuan responded.
"Misan, General Kojima has also encountered artillery fire. Immediately assemble your troops and move closer to the Imperial Army headquarters!" the Japanese adviser said urgently.
"Hey, Taijun, please give me a few minutes to contain the troops!"
"Quick, quick!"
You don't need to make it clear, Mi Liangyuan also has this intention. Although the 19th Division currently has a lot of troops, the Second Regiment has already reached the frontal battlefield and only has one regiment of troops sent to the battlefield.
It was getting dark, and Mi Liangyuan was also a veteran of the battlefield. He knew that there must be an ambush of the Eighth Route Army outside. At this moment, if Nuo broke out alone, the fate of the 19th Division was unpredictable, and there was no way he could be safe with the Japanese army.
Just as the 19th Division of the Pacification Army was forcibly gathering troops, not far from the outskirts of its camp, a dark figure stood up.
I saw Zhang Dabiao holding a light machine gun in his hand and shouting loudly: "The commando team is at the front with me, and the rest of the troops are following. The first team and the second team are at the end. Come with me!"
"kill!"
"Come on, comrades!"
At the forefront was a commando team of more than fifty people. In order to defeat the enemy in one fell swoop, Zhang Dabiao assembled a battalion of twenty-seven light machine guns and submachine guns.
Then there is the second echelon of a battalion of more than 300 people. Although at least half of the more than 700 local armed forces have no weapons, they can fill the number.
The number of the attacking troops was only a little over a thousand at full strength, but the momentum they created was considerable.
This place is less than five miles away from the camp of the 19th Division. There are several guard posts along the way. Before the Eighth Route Army troops approached, the soldiers of the Appeasement Army in charge of guarding discovered it.
"The Eighth Route Army is coming, run!" More than a dozen soldiers of the Appeasement Army ran backwards one after another, and they were also engulfed in the remaining soldiers at the guard posts.
In the camp, before the 19th Division of the Pacification Army had finished gathering, a group of soldiers fled in one after another.
"Commander, the Eighth Route Army is everywhere outside, it's so dark!"
"There must be at least four to five thousand people, and you can't even see the end!" Although a group of puppet soldiers did not actually fight against the Eighth Route Army, what they said was more evil than the last.
"Baga, you are talking nonsense, you didn't fire a single shot, you ran away from the battle, you are dead, you are dead!" The Japanese consultant stepped forward and grabbed a puppet soldier by the collar and cursed.
"Taijun, the top priority is to stop this group of Eighth Route Army, otherwise once our troops are defeated, it will affect the entire war situation!" Mi Liangyuan whispered.
"Youxi, Misang, you are loyal to the imperial army!"
Then, Mi Liangyuan ordered the only organized regiment under his command to take over, while the guard battalion continued to gather the remnants of Yingxiao's third and fourth regiments.
The closer he got to the camp of the 19th Division, the calmer Zhang Dabiao became. The rising flames in the 19th Division's camp were just enough to guide the advance of the group.
I saw dark figures pouring out from the opposite side. Without Zhang Dabiao's words, the commando soldiers raised their weapons one after another and aimed at the enemy in front.
"Click, click, click!" The soldiers pulled the triggers and opened fire with their light machine guns. The firepower of the enemy on the opposite side was completely suppressed, and people kept falling down.
Outside the camp of the 19th Division, several simple fortifications were built. After the regiment opened fire first, several enemy heavy machine guns opened fire one after another.
Several commando soldiers in the front row fell to the ground one after another. Zhang Dabiao looked at his eyes with tears in his eyes, and then shouted: "Mortars, kill the enemy's firepower points!"
The enemy's blazing firepower point was like a conspicuous target, successfully attracting the attention of the reconnaissance company's observation post.
In the blink of an eye, the enemy who was trying to organize a defense line at the entrance of the camp was bombarded by double artillery. The six field guns were guided in their direction and bombarded with a steady stream of shells.
"Damn it, why are the Eighth Route Army's cannons like they have eyes and are shooting at our heads!" As soon as the puppet soldier finished speaking, the area was immediately shrouded in flames, and half a company of puppet soldiers around him were killed.
Artillery fire coverage.
Under the dark lights, an unknown number of Eighth Route Army troops were attacking outside, and their heads were being bombarded with force. At the same time, shouts of killing came from all directions. Everyone knew that they were surrounded by the Eighth Route Army and that the situation was over.
The morale of the puppet soldiers collapsed. No matter how hard the officers around them tried to suppress them, it was of no avail and they fled around.
Behind it was a supervising team composed of the 19th Division Guard Battalion. Seeing this, the Japanese adviser directly ordered: "Shoot, shoot quickly!"
A group of soldiers from the guard camp hesitated slightly and looked at Mi Liangyuan who was standing aside. In just a few seconds, at least seven to eight hundred puppet soldiers rushed over and scattered the guard camp team in one fell swoop.
Zhang Dabiao obviously felt that the enemy's firepower was weakening, and immediately shouted: "Comrades, success or failure depends on this, break up the enemy's formation!"
"Kill!" The cry of killing resounded throughout the sky, echoing the sounds of fighting in other directions, and the dark crowd took advantage of the situation and rushed into the enemy camp.
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The temporary headquarters was located in the green gauze tent. Zhou Weihan, with his hands behind his back, listened to the movements of the battlefield with a serious expression on his face.
In this battle, the Appeasement Army was the main force, and there were not many real Japanese troops. Even though Zhou Weihan said he looked down upon the Appeasement Army, if there were too many ants, they could kill an elephant.
Luo Benzhong on the side put down the microphone, with a smile on his face, and reported: "Commander, the observation post of the reconnaissance company reported that the first battalion and local armed forces led by Zhang Dabiao successfully attacked. Taking advantage of the darkness, they broke into the enemy's camp in one fell swoop. Ten enemies were killed.
The Ninth Division collapsed at the first touch and is retreating towards the Japanese headquarters!"
When Zhou Weihan heard this, he clapped his hands and his expression obviously relaxed: "Okay, this battle is settled!"
Although the actual situation of each unit cannot be obtained in time due to the inconvenience of communication, the weakest west side can achieve initial victory, needless to say, the other three directions.
At the same time, the situation on the frontal battlefield was one-sided. The Second Regiment of the 19th Division of the Pacification Army, which was responsible for the offensive, was afraid to move forward after seeing the tragic situation of the two regiments in front.
At this time, fighting was taking place on all sides. As soon as the Japanese headquarters was shelled, the Japanese advisers accompanying the army were decisive and immediately ordered the troops to return to the Japanese headquarters camp.
After that, Jing Dagang ordered the artillery battery to use up all the shells and bomb them randomly at the retreating enemy, and one of them took advantage of the situation to bite them.
When the scene changed, compared to the other three directions, the camp of the 38th Division of the Pacification Army to the east looked particularly strange.
The two cavalry regiments rushed all the way from the hidden Qinglongji to the 38th Division camp, but did not see a single enemy soldier.
"Captain, no enemy found!"
"We don't have one here either!"
"Captain, the enemy has even taken away the baggage!"
"What?" Zhu Dasheng and Sun Desheng looked at each other and saw the confusion in each other's eyes.
In the afternoon of that day, Sun Liangcheng witnessed the brutal battle on the frontal battlefield. Although the Appeasement Army launched many violent attacks, the Eighth Route Army troops still firmly defended the defense line. However, tens of thousands of troops were pinned down by an unknown number of Eighth Route Army troops.
As darkness approached, Sun Liangcheng became more and more uneasy. He originally suspected that Zhou Weihan was going to kill the Japanese army and the appeasement army in front of him in one fell swoop.
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So he told Kojima Yoshizo that the 38th Division could attack at night, and on the pretext of boosting the morale of the troops, he went to the 38th Division's camp in person.
Kojima Yoshizo separated Sun Liangcheng from his direct troops, originally intending to check and balance him, but seeing Sun Liangcheng acting like this, he immediately agreed.
General Sun Liangcheng then left the guard regiment behind and took the guard alone to the 38th Division camp. He discussed with Zhao Yunxiang and agreed that if there was an emergency, he would break out of the encirclement toward the southeast.
The attack time of all units of the Eighth Route Army is based on artillery fire. Qinglongji, where the cavalry regiment is located, is some distance from the battlefield. This also gives Sun Liangcheng an opportunity. When the cavalry regiment rushes to the 38th Division camp, Sun Liangcheng leads his troops early in the morning.
Lost.
"Captain Zhu, the enemy must not be far away. We are coming from the east. The 38th Division may be running towards the southeast. With the speed of our cavalry, it won't take long to catch up!"
"Sun Desheng said.
Zhu Dashan was also quite annoyed. He originally wanted to win a fight, but unexpectedly he failed.
Although Sun Liangcheng had private contacts with the Eighth Route Army, he had been wavering. Zhou Weihan was very dissatisfied with this. The brat Yong Terauchi was still an honest man, and Sun Liangcheng, the wallflower, was far inferior to Yong Terauchi.
Therefore, the task assigned by Zhou Weihan to the cavalry regiment was to defeat the 38th Division, and he did not tell the cavalry regiment to show mercy.
"Damn it, I'm not willing to accept it. All the military exploits I got for free are gone!" Zhu Dashan said.
Sun Desheng was also unwilling to be second to others. He saw his brother's troops fighting vigorously, but his own troops were in vain. This was even more uncomfortable than killing him.
"That's right, we can't just let it go!" Sun Desheng agreed.
Zhu Dashan looked at the chaotic battlefield not far away, and immediately realized that now was not the time to hesitate, and then said: "Brothers and troops eat meat, and we cavalry have to get some soup to drink!"
"In this way, Commander Sun, I will leave my first and second companies to your command. No matter what, you will have to bite off a few pieces of flesh from the 38th Division!"
"I will lead the remaining troops to stay, block the gap, and encircle the troops with my brothers. What do you think?" Zhu Dashan said.
"That's it!" Sun Desheng responded immediately.
About ten miles away from the cavalry regiment, Sun Liangcheng and Zhao Yunxiang were standing on a small hill with some guards, and the troops were running along the way.
The two of them looked at the battlefield in the distance, the atmosphere a little solemn.
"Military seat, it's too late this time for the Japanese and the 19th Division. Fortunately, you had the foresight so that our troops could break away from the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army in advance!" Zhao Yunxiang said with more than enough heart.
Sun Liangcheng was quite pleased with himself when he heard this, and immediately said: "Every time you suffer, you gain wisdom. When we were in the National Army, we suffered a lot from the Eighth Route Army. What the Eighth Route Army is best at is fighting at night!"
"However, although we have preserved our strength this time, we still need to give an explanation to the Japanese afterwards. After all, the Japanese who were placed within the 38th Division are all dead!"
While the two were talking, gunfire suddenly came from behind the marching team. Sun Liangcheng was shocked and immediately realized that the Eighth Route Army was chasing them.
"Damn it, this bastard Zhou Weihan is too untrustworthy. I even opened a hole in the defense line, and the Eighth Route Army is still chasing after me!"
"You, go and inform the Third Regiment to keep one unit at the rear and the rest to speed up the march!" Sun Liangcheng pointed at a guard and shouted.
Due to the lack of convenient communications, the situation on the entire battlefield was relatively chaotic. However, before the war, Zhou Weihan clarified the tasks of each department participating in the war. Generally speaking, each department could still control the situation.
The participating troops advanced from the west and north, and the new regiment and battalion were gradually connected with the first regiment, thus putting more pressure on the enemy.
On the other hand, due south of where Li Yunlong was, the resistance from the Japanese headquarters was not too fierce.
In view of the fact that the Japanese army headquarters only had more than 900 infantrymen, Kojima Yoshizō sent more than 100 Japanese troops to cooperate with the tank squadron to fight, and the rest of the main force stayed in the camp to rest.
Under the fierce bombardment of the artillery regiment, the Japanese troops in the camp were severely damaged. By the time Li Yunlong led his troops to advance, there were not many Japanese troops left.
The only thing on the battlefield that could pose a threat to the participating troops was the remaining six tanks of the Japanese tank squadron. However, nearly 4,000 appeasement troops were driven over.
Although the little Japanese did not take the lives of the appeasement troops seriously, and the chariots crushed all the appeasement soldiers wantonly, the crowded crowd still delayed the advance of the Japanese tanks.
A group of combat artillery batteries followed closely, taking advantage of the slow movement of the Japanese tanks, and knocked out two Japanese tanks again. In the end, the little Japanese had no choice but to abandon the vehicles and run away.
As the situation on the battlefield became clear, each participating unit successively sent people to report on the results of the battle.
Inside the headquarters, Zhou Weihan couldn't help laughing: "Lao Luo, this battle is going more smoothly than imagined!"
"Yes, *** member, although we are not as numerous as the enemy, the enemy is not monolithic. Coupled with our artillery superiority, the enemy has already suffered heavy losses before the infantry launched the attack. How can we be undefeated?" Luo Benzhong smiled.
road.
"Generate electricity for the headquarters, win a great victory in southwestern Shandong, and capture Heze tomorrow!" Zhou Weihan said loudly.