The Japanese army has been mobilizing secretly, and this is the reason why the Japanese 150th Regiment dares to do tricks in front of the 51st Army.
So in this battle, I’m afraid it’s still unclear who will win.
Because whether it is the Dragon Boat Festival or a part of the 51st Army, once it is entangled by the Japanese, the number of enemies will snowball like a snowball.
And this is exactly the principle that affects the whole body.
Just like Li Yunlong's attack on Ping'an County, although only Li Yunlong was fighting at the beginning, as time went by, all the surrounding troops were mobilized, and the entire Jinsui area was in chaos.
However, the difference this time is that it is the Dragon Boat Festival who fights this battle.
Duanwu's fighting style was completely different from Li Yunlong's. Li Yunlong had an adventurous spirit and attacked Ping'an County without any foreign aid or reporting.
But Duanwu did not take this risk, because just imagine, if it were not for the cooperation of the surrounding troops, Li Yunlong would most likely be surrounded by Japanese soldiers near Ping'an County.
Although the New Regiment at that time claimed to have more than 10,000 people, in fact it consisted mostly of militiamen and had limited combat effectiveness. Once it encountered a Japanese counterattack, the consequences could be imagined.
So as an excellent commander, Duan Wu would not do this, because if he failed, it would cost hundreds or thousands of lives.
Moreover, Duanwu would not imitate Li Yunlong's fighting style. He would wait until the troops arrived before fighting, because he was sure that the little Japanese would not dare to come down from the mountain.
So the telegram sent by the 51st Army stated that it would arrive before four o'clock in the afternoon, but the Dragon Boat Festival launched its operation just after noon.
He wanted to attract all the Japs' attention to himself, so that the 51st Army could have the effect of a surprise attack. Even if it couldn't swallow up the entire 150th Regiment in one go, it could directly cripple him.
At a quarter past twelve noon, Dragon Boat Festival had already surrounded the First Section of the Independent Regiment, the First Section of the Eighth Route Army, and the First Section of Zhou Weiguo. The target was No. 7 Heights in the southeast corner of the Japanese army.
During the Dragon Boat Festival, the seven highlands of Yandang Mountain are represented by numbers, and the last one is highland No. 7.
The Japanese were very self-righteous, thinking that they could sit back and relax by occupying seven highlands. However, they did not know that although these seven highlands were horns to each other, there was emptiness behind them.
Yandang Mountain is far less dangerous. The seven highlands are all domed mountains, with a height of only 200 to 300 meters.
Therefore, if the Dragon Boat Festival attacks from the southeast corner of Highland No. 7, the remaining six highlands will not be able to provide effective support at all.
Duanwu moved the artillery and fired a heavy bombardment at position No. 7 from the southeast corner.
The shells landed on the top of the mountain, and a large area of the Jaap's position was overturned.
Dozens of Japs became cannon fodder, and Xiong Chuan, the captain of the third infantry brigade of the Japanese 150th Regiment, was also a little panicked. He quickly reported the incident to the commander of the regiment, Kanazawa.
Kanazawa Keiichi is also an old fox. He graduated from the Japanese Army Academy in his early years and worked his way from the bottom to the current position as an officer.
Of course, he also used some connections, such as making friends with nobles like Endo.
But after all, this old devil still has some skills, otherwise even if he flatters him, he would not be able to sit in the position he is today.
When Kanazawa Huiyi received the news of the attack on Highland No. 7, he discussed with Endo on the side: "Endo-kun, our enemy has moved, and he is attacking from the blind corner of Highland No. 7 in the southeast. That Dragon Boat Festival
As expected, he was very difficult to deal with, and he could see the weakness of our defense at a glance.
However, he may have underestimated our Imperial Japanese Army too much. Although our artillery fire cannot provide support, we can send troops to outflank him, and in this way, hum!"
Kanazawa Huiyi sneered, as if he had already seen the tragic defeat of the Dragon Boat Festival.
But at this moment, Endo slightly waved his hand and said: "This is inappropriate, because this is the usual trick of the Dragon Boat Festival."
Kanazawa Huiyi was surprised: "Nani?"
Endo explained: "What the Dragon Boat Festival is best at is feinting, luring the enemy, dividing their troops, and then defeating them one by one. According to people who escaped from the Sakata Alliance, they were divided by the Dragon Boat Festival and defeated one by one. In the end, they encountered an Imperial plane.
The entire army was wiped out by bombing.
So when I came to Lai'an County, I avoided these things, and that's how I severely damaged Duanwu and others."
(Endo was bragging at this time. In the battle in Lai'an County, although Endo's brigade was not completely wiped out, it still ended in a disastrous defeat. The losses suffered by the Independent Regiment, the Eighth Route Army, and the 522nd Regiment were entirely due to the Japanese
Plane bombing.)
Naturally, Kanazawa Kaiichi didn't know that Endo was just bragging, so he took what he said to be true, flattered him for a while, and then asked Endo for advice on how to deal with the Dragon Boat Festival attack.
Endo said: "It is not advisable for us to send troops to outflank the Dragon Boat Festival, but we can send troops to reinforce the No. 7 Highland. Relying on the terrain of the No. 7 Highland to consume the enemy's troops, and when the Dragon Boat Festival's troops are exhausted, then we can easily
I can kill him easily!"
"Yoohee, Endo-kun is indeed the youngest hero in the empire."
Kanazawa praised it, and then followed Endo's suggestion and sent a squadron to support Highland No. 7.
At the same time, the Dragon Boat Festival sent people to fight for a long time. Not to mention that there were no Japanese who surrounded us, and there were more and more Japanese on the mountain.
There were casualties in the attacking troops, and Duanwu immediately ordered the withdrawal. He did not want to fight a war of attrition with the Japanese. He only had so many men at his disposal now, and they were all used up. What could he use to fight against the Japanese?
So he evacuated all the people and continued to rest in the woods.
At this time, Zhou Weiguo asked: "What should we do? Your plan did not succeed. The little devils have no intention of outflanking us."
Qiu Ming also said: "This little devil is getting better and better as he fights, so he won't be fooled at all?"
But Duanwu said indifferently: "Haha, don't be so discouraged. At least this time we know that the Japanese commander we met in Lai'an County is also here.
His name is Endo, right? This guy has two skills."
Zhou Weiguo asked: "What should we do? Didn't you just say that you wanted to attract the attention of the Japanese so that the 51st Army could successfully attack by surprise?"
Duanwu smiled and said: "Hasn't the Japs' attention been attracted? Come on, Lao Zhou, Lao Qiu, let's do this, this, and then this, and this.
And if the Japanese do this, this, and then we do this, this, this,... Do you all understand?"
Zhou Weiguo and Qiu Ming laughed loudly after hearing this: "Hahaha, you are really yours, can you think of such a harmful move?"
Duanwu Xiang pretended to be angry and said: "You two really can't talk. What is a bad move? That's called creativity. Do you understand creativity?..."