Along the way, our Eighth Route Army road breaking team never stopped harassing the Japanese troops of the 110th Division.
When the Japanese army advanced, the road-breaking team fired cold shots. The Japanese army opened up their formation and prepared for battle. The soldiers quickly hid and played a game of catching cats with the little devils.
Repeatedly like this, the marching team of the 110th Division was inevitably delayed. Although Iinuma Mamoru was furious, he was helpless.
In this way, valuable time is won for the main force of our army.
At about nine o'clock that night, the vanguard troops were already only more than ten kilometers away from Motou Town, which was designated by the division headquarters. The rear troops led by Zhou Weihan were less than twenty kilometers away from Motou Town.
Although the troops were very tired, Zhou Weihan still ordered the troops to continue moving and must arrive at Motou Town before 11 o'clock.
As time went by, various units of the Eighth Route Army gradually completed the encirclement of the 110th Division with Motou Town as the center.
The Eighth Route Army consists of the Eighth Route Army. The two regiments of the 385th Brigade of the Taibei Military Region are located near Yuzhuang to the west of Motou Town. The first and third regiments of the Hebei-Shandong-Henan Military Region are located in the small barracks northwest of Motou Town. The supplementary regiment and the assault regiment are located in Motou Town.
On both sides of the rear of Touzhen, the New 10th Brigade was deployed in the Nanbao area southwest of Motou Town. There were also two main regiments of the Southern Hebei Military Region responsible for blocking the 110th Division's retreat to Hengshui. The remaining four regiments of the Southern Hebei Military Region
And the three regiments of the Luxi Military Region were once again divided into three groups.
The entire encirclement spread for more than ten miles, and more than 30,000 Eighth Route Army troops were hiding in various places, gearing up one by one, waiting for the arrival of the 110th Division.
The ambush locations of various armies are some distance away from the Shide Railway. The artillery regiment is behind the combat troops and the headquarters is in the last position.
"Commander **, we have just finished contacting each other. All our units on the Western Front have arrived at the designated location. The division headquarters ordered us to take a short rest!" the telegraph operator reported.
Zhou Weihan nodded when he heard this, and then said to the correspondent: "Get me the assault group!"
"Yes!" After hearing this, the correspondent immediately turned on the walkie-talkie and handed it to Zhou Weihan.
"I'm Zhou Weihan, let Dong Jiang answer the phone!"
"Commander **, I am Dong Jiang!"
"The location of your assault regiment and supplementary regiment is very important. How is the situation in Motou Town?" Zhou Weihan asked.
"Commander, we just sent someone to check. All the defenders of Motou Town were wiped out by the road-breaking team, and the stronghold and gun towers were blown up!" Dong Jiang said.
"The Japanese troops of the 110th Division are at least 10,000. Once the battle starts, the Japanese troops will definitely move closer to Motou Town. This will become the focus of competition between the two sides, so you two regiments cannot attack with all their troops. Do you understand?
" Zhou Weihan ordered.
"I see!"
"In a moment, there will be two heavy machine gun companies in each of the first and third regiments to support you, arrange your firepower points!"
"yes!"
About half an hour later, the 110th Regiment, the leading force of the 110th Division, showed its traces, and a long queue slowly passed by the ambush site of the Jinan Military Region.
After that, there were less than 3,000 Japanese troops from the 163rd Infantry Regiment, nearly 2,000 Japanese troops from the division headquarters, field hospital, heavy infantry regiment, and artillery regiment. When more than 2,500 Japanese troops from the 140th Infantry Regiment passed through, Jinan
The two on the westernmost side of the military area quietly blocked the opening.
Along the way, the Japanese army not only had to rely on their legs to walk, but also suffered attacks from the Eighth Route Army all the time. The Japanese army was exhausted.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army that attacked Motou Town has withdrawn, and there are no minefields around it!" a Japanese officer from the 110th Regiment reported.
Iinuma Mamoru was about to go to the town of Motou, two or three miles away to the north of the railway line, and asked his adjutant: "In that case, the soldiers can be temporarily rested here, and the division headquarters and field hospital can be moved to Motou."
town!"
"Hi!" the adjutant responded, just as he was about to convey the order.
At the same time, various units of the Eighth Route Army reported the approximate location of the Japanese troops of the 110th Division to the division headquarters through walkie-talkies, as three signal flares rose in the sky west of Motou Town.
Iinuma Mamoru looked at the signal flares that dyed half the sky red, and his heart suddenly rose: "Baga, I knew that the Eighth Route Army would not let my troops return to Shimen like this, but the Eighth Route Army also underestimated the strength of my 110th Division.
You dare to fight with the imperial army in the plains, you really don’t know whether to live or die!"
In this battle, in addition to the 17 infantry regiments, the Eighth Route Army also had five artillery regiments, four of which were deployed in Motou Town and the west, and the artillery regiment of the Southern Hebei Military Region was deployed in the east.
The strength of the five artillery regiments varies, with a total of more than 150 artillery pieces, mostly mountain field artillery pieces, mixed with some infantry artillery pieces.
According to the order of the division headquarters, each artillery requires at least two bases, which is 30 rounds of artillery shells. After the artillery fire coverage is completed, all troops will press forward.
The torch held by the Japanese army was the final attack target, and all the artillery in the five directions were aimed at their respective targets.
In an instant, the screams of artillery shells piercing the sky continued to sound in the sky, and the Japanese army's long march was hit by artillery fire in many places.
Although the Japanese troops of the 110th Division responded quickly, the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire was too intensive, and for a while, the little Japanese screamed incessantly.
The shelling prompted the little Japanese to subconsciously retreat towards both sides of the railway. The 110th Regiment, with less than a thousand Japanese troops under the command of a captain, rushed forward.
The soldiers from the two regiments of the 385th Brigade, who were responsible for blocking the opening, looked coldly at the approaching Japs. Suddenly, more than thirty heavy machine guns opened fire like a tongue of flame, hitting the approaching Japs.
Facing the dense firepower network of the Eighth Route Army, the more than a hundred Japs at the front fell head-on to the ground. Immediately afterwards, nearly 200 50mm mortars continued to pour firepower at the Japs in front of them.
At the same time, facing the sudden war situation, and with all units of the 110th Division under attack, Mamoru Iinuma once again set his sights on the town of Motou in front of him, and immediately ordered: "Our unit has no fortifications to defend.
Only by occupying Motou Town can we have a chance to breathe. Order the baggage regiment to seize Motou Town, the 110th Regiment and the 140th Regiment to delay the advance of the Eighth Route Army, and the 163rd Regiment to move closer to Motou Town!"
Compared with other places, Motou Town seemed to have no movement, but in the eyes of the little devils, it was like a bloody mouth, waiting for them to approach.
Disobeying the order of the division headquarters, more than 600 little Japs headed towards Motou Town. As soon as the battle started, the assault regiment and the supplementary regiment sent a team to cross the back wall and occupied Motou Town.
Head Town.
Just inside Motou Town, the assault regiment has three heavy machine gun companies, 18 M2 heavy machine guns, more than ten anti-aircraft machine guns seized from Daguocun Airport, and the supplementary regiment has 23 heavy machine guns, and 36 heavy machine guns supported by the first regiment and the third regiment.
Maxim heavy machine guns, a total of nearly 90 machine guns, are distributed in the three directions of south, southwest and southeast of Motou Town, just waiting for the little devils to fall into their trap.