Chapter 70 The surprise attack on the Reed River (1)
Yang Zhen ambushed Weihe County to reinforce the Japanese army in Zhoujiayingzi. The battle went smoothly. [.Com text] Since the Liudaohezi pioneering regiment was attacked and all the advance personnel were wiped out, the Japanese army paid a lot of attention to the safety of each pioneering regiment.
Especially in those areas where they said there were anti-Manchu and anti-Japanese armed activities, they were much more cautious.
In addition to following the original practice of equipping each pioneering regiment with weapons and arranging puppet Manchukuo military police around them, a mobile unit equipped with trucks was also deployed in each county where the pioneering regiment was stationed to provide reinforcement at any time.
Although most of the Japanese and puppet troops in Weihe County were transferred to Daguokuizi Mountain in the Yabuli area to encircle and suppress the anti-alliance forces trapped there, the Japanese and puppet troops left in the city still moved very quickly.
Only half an hour after the detailed attack on the Japanese pioneering group in Zhoujiayingzi was launched, Yang Zhen received a report that the Japanese forwards had crossed the Ant River and were approaching the front line of Zhoujiayingzi. However, the number of enemy reinforcements was slightly different from the number in the intelligence.
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According to Yang Zhen's knowledge, the Japanese army deployed some Puppet Manchukuo policemen in Weihe County, as well as two squadrons of Japanese troops. The observation post deployed in Ant River reported that in addition to more than twenty Puppet Manchukuo military policemen,
In addition, this time the Japanese army only dispatched one squadron.
Although I was a little worried about the movements of the Japanese squadron that had not been dispatched, the arrow was already on the string, and there was no reason not to fire it. When all the Japanese troops who came to rescue entered the ambush circle, following Yang Zhen's order,
Intense machine gun fire accompanied by continuous falling mortar shells swept across the Japanese army.
Although the mortar platoon formed from the two mortars captured in Wei'an Mountain was just a beginner, Hao also practiced on Yang Zhen's wooden prop gun for a while. Although the accuracy was not even satisfactory.
No, but fortunately Yang Zhen didn't have too many demands on them. Yang Zhen only asked them to be able to shoot out the shells, as long as they landed among the enemy and not among his own people.
For these artillerymen who are not even half-assed, and this is the first time they have come into contact with real artillery, Yang Zhen naturally does not expect them to achieve much success. For them, Yang Zhen's only requirement for them now is to pass this time
Combat is a real mastery of the use of mortars.
It is also an ambush battle. Compared with the two ambush battles in Liudaohezi and Wei'an Mountain before, this face-to-face ambush battle with the Japanese army is the real test for Yang Zhen's troops. Compared with the previous Puppet Manchukuo military police
Compared with the Japanese, not only were their fighting qualities much higher, their fighting spirit was much more tenacious.
After discovering that they were ambushed, the Japanese squadron that was reinforcing the Zhoujiayingzi front line did not retreat but instead advanced as soon as it was hit by fire. After suffering the intensive firepower of Yang Zhen's troops like a storm, they quickly responded
The Japanese troops who came over immediately ignored the casualties and launched a counterattack under the cover of the barely imposed grenades, several external machine guns and a Type 92 heavy machine gun. They also judged the ambush position of Yang Zhen's troops extremely accurately.
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Looking at the Japanese troops who were constantly launching counterattacks, Yang Zhen, who was observing the progress of the war with a telescope, thought to himself: "It is indeed the Kwantung Army, which is known as the elite of the Japanese army. This arrogant and arrogant demeanor is not comparable to that of ordinary armies. Even if there are more than ten people in his own army,
Under the intense firepower of light and heavy machine guns, almost regardless of cost, the reaction speed is definitely not comparable to that of the Puppet Manchukuo military and police. ***, they are really tough."
Although the Japanese army immediately determined the location of the ambush of their ambush, under the concentrated firepower of more than a dozen machine guns, especially the accuracy was not very good, but under the frightening mortar shells, although they could still launch
counterattack, but the strength of its fire cover is greatly reduced.
Under the fire attack, the Japanese machine gunners had just added machine guns, but they were knocked out by a dozen veterans who were good at marksmanship and specialized in machine gunners and grenade launchers arranged by Yang Zhen in advance. And several grenade launchers were knocked out.
The cannon man only had time to fire one or two grenades before he was beaten into a hornet's nest by two light machine guns specially arranged by Yang Zhen to suppress fire.
Countless veterans, especially machine gunners, who have experienced the war of resistance against grenade launchers in later generations can’t help but gnash their teeth when mentioning it. Both the Kuomintang and the Communist Party, who have fought with the Japanese for eight years, are imitating it if they have the conditions. If they don’t have the conditions to create conditions, even if they are suddenly mounted, they have to imitate them at close range.
Yang Zhen had long been wary of this weapon of war.
As early as when setting up the ambush circle, Yang Zhen specially arranged two light machine guns to specifically attack the Japanese grenade launchers. Unfortunately, despite adequate preparations, the Japanese soldiers in front of him were all veterans who had been trained for a long time. Even if they were
Aiming in a hurry, but the accuracy and reaction speed are absolutely top-notch.
Even the grenades fired in a hurry by a few Japanese grenadiers, which amounted to only a few rounds, caused a lot of casualties to Yang Zhen's troops. One light machine gun and one heavy machine gun were destroyed by these few rounds of grenades.
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Fortunately, the Japanese are strong, but they are not invincible. After several counterattacks that failed to make any progress, but resulted in more than half of the casualties, they could no longer withstand the firepower. After several counterattacks, they were overwhelmed by machine gun fire.
Under the attack of grenades that exploded in mid-air, they gradually retreated towards the river beach where Yang Zhen expected them to be their final burial place.
When the remnants of the Japanese army finally retreated to the riverbank according to Yang Zhen's plan and were looking for cover, Guo Bingxun, who had been silent since the battle began, also started fighting.
Seeing that the Japanese army that had just been stubbornly resisting was completely destroyed by the intensive firepower that suddenly appeared from behind, Yang Zhen did not hesitate to order the troops to launch all attacks except for a company led by Peng Dingjie that cut off the Japanese retreat.
Charge. At this time, Liu Changshun, who was attacking the Japanese pioneering group in Zhoujiayingzi, also turned around, and the command post pressed forward from the front.
There was not much training in hand-to-hand combat, and the hand-to-hand combat ability of the Japanese army was too different. Yang Zhen himself tried his best to avoid bayonet fights with the Japanese. The tactical combination specially trained for the Japanese hand-to-hand combat in Laoheidingzi Mountain was first used at this time.
It really showed its power. And after replacing the pistol with a lot of submachine guns captured in the two battles of Liudaohezi and Wei Anshan, it was even more powerful.
When the remaining thirty or so Japanese soldiers who were trapped on the riverbank saw the opponents charging from all sides and were removing the bullets from their rifles according to their daily training, the submachine guns of Yang Zhen's submachine gunners had already fired.
There was no chance for them to fight with bayonets.
Although the number of captured submachine guns was quite large, the number of bullets seized was not that much for this kind of weapon. Therefore, in the previous battles, Yang Zhen had not used these submachine guns, and Yang Zhen wanted to keep the few bullets.
Used during hand-to-hand combat.
Even during the hurried pre-battle training, Yang Zhen only let the selected submachine gunners fire a few rounds to get a feel for the gun. It was not as generous as when training to use rifles and machine guns. It was almost I destroyed more than half of the ammunition reserves I had on hand.
Yang Zhen has always been worried that the Japanese army is not equipped with submachine guns, and the number of submachine guns equipped by the Manchukuo military and police, all of which are provided by the Japanese army, will not be too many. Once the limited submachine gun bullets are used up, it will be difficult to replenish them. Yang Zhen still held this idea until a lot of submachine guns and ammunition were seized in the battle at Wei'an Mountain.
Fortunately, this kind of weapon, which is famous for its intensive firepower, does not require much training, let alone the precise shooting level of a rifle. Just aim roughly at the opponent and shoot out the bullet inserted in the magazine on the side of the gun body. However, the maintenance is also simple and tight. If it is not too wasteful of bullets and the range cannot be compared with the rifle machine gun, this weapon is still very suitable for use by recruits like Yang Zhen and others, who account for the majority of the troops.
When the gunfire fell silent, the entire battlefield was more than 200 meters long from east to west and tens of meters wide from north to south. Except for a few people who responded quickly, they lay on the ground as soon as the gunfire rang out and could not get up. Apart from the puppet Manchukuo policemen who had escaped and became the latest batch of prisoners in Yang Zhen's hands, there was no Japanese and puppet soldier still standing at this moment.
As for the corpses scattered on the ground, the soldiers cleaning the battlefield would follow Yang Zhen's request to add a bayonet to prevent anyone from escaping. Naturally, they would not want the wounded who were not dead yet. Yang Zhen had no time at the moment, and he did not have the manpower or medicine. Go rescue these two-legged beasts.
When the gunshots fell completely on the battlefield, Yang Zhen, who knew what it means to be a soldier with great speed, swept the battlefield hastily, buried the bodies of dozens of soldiers who died in battle, and marked the burial places for future search, and immediately the whole army Depart for Weihe County.
There is no way, Zhoujiayingzi is really not that far away from Weihe County. The intensive sound of gunfire these days may even wake up ghosts, let alone Weihe County, which is so close at hand?
Even though Weihe County is now empty of troops, it is not the ancient times when news can only be delivered by manpower. Telegraphs and telephones can easily send all the news to where they want to go. Once the Japanese and puppets stay in Weihe County The army felt that something was wrong and easily summoned reinforcements. In order to buy as much time as possible, Yang Zhen could only lead the army to set off after hastily cleaning the battlefield. As for interrogating the prisoners, it could only be done during the march.
Fortunately, these pseudo-policemen themselves don't have much backbone. They only took a few butts of rifles before they had to explain something. Although the information they knew was not too much, it was enough for Yang Zhen. After all, even if he raised him The little devil is not completely at ease with the dog. What's more, these puppet Manchukuo policemen are just a few small fishes.
Why did the Japanese only dispatch one squadron to reinforce the Zhoujiayingzi front line this time? It was not because of Tuoda, but because there was only one regular Japanese squadron left in the entire Weihe County. The other one was escorted yesterday and was originally stationed in Weihe County to supervise the confrontation. Yasui Toji, who was suppressed by the coalition forces, went to Mudanjiang.
Since the attack on the Liudaohezi Pioneer Corps in Zhuhe, where all of them were killed, Ueda Ken has been reprimanded by the base camp. He was still serving a crime for the incident at the Ministry of Epidemic Prevention and Water Supply. Because of this incident, Ken Ueda was almost dismissed from his post and returned to Japan. Ji still attaches great importance to the so-called pioneering mission, which is related to the national policy and security of the empire.
According to the requirements of the commander-in-chief of the Kwantung Army and active army general, when the following Japanese and puppet troops receive reports of attacks on the Pioneer Regiment, they will never send out only a squadron instead of having a brigade on hand.
.So even though only one squadron of Japanese and puppet troops came to reinforce Zhoujiayingzi in Weihe County this time, they were definitely deployed in full force.
The main force of the Japanese and puppet troops originally stationed in Weihe County was completely wiped out by Yang Zhen in the Battle of Wei'an Mountain. The entire Japanese army that was reinforcing the Zhoujiayingzi front line was destroyed, which means that the Japanese and puppet troops in Weihe County have been basically eliminated.
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At this moment, there were only a few Puppet Manchukuo policemen and a dozen Japanese military police left in Weihe County, which was almost undefended. Yang Zhen easily captured this small county town without any difficulty.
The only two places where Yang Zhen encountered what can only be described as slight resistance in Weihe County were at the train station and the gendarmerie. The resistance from the dozen or so gendarmerie located at these two places, armed only with rifles and pistols, did not faze Yang.
It took a lot of effort and was quickly cleared.
After clearing the last resistance in the city, Yang Zhen issued two orders in succession. The first was to seize all Japanese shops and banks in Weihe County in the name of confiscating enemy property. Especially on September 1st.
During the Eighth Incident, after the fall of the entire Northeast, batteries, equipment, and medicines and other supplies that were urgently needed by the troops were strictly controlled by Japan and could be used by radio stations.
Second, under the leadership and identification of the arrested so-called anti-Manchurian and anti-Japanese personnel who had just been released from the gendarmerie and the Puppet Manchukuo prison, a large-scale arrest of traitors in the entire Weihe County was carried out.
After convening a short public trial, all captured Puppet Manchukuo military police officers including police lieutenants and above, gendarmerie squad leaders and above, as well as Puppet Manchukuo county government section chiefs were publicly shot. In particular, several captured anti-Union traitors
, and not a single one was left.
In addition to those who were killed on the front line of Wei'an Mountain, the remaining traitors, especially the several high-ranking cadres who were traitors and were prepared to be used in the Anti-Alliance's follow-up encirclement and suppression campaign and stayed in Weihe County, were captured.
After a short interrogation, he was quickly executed.
Li Yanping, who hated these traitors with gnashing of teeth, personally used a machine gun to beat him into a hornet's nest, an anti-alliance cadre who he had liked very much before but who turned out to be a traitor at the most critical moment.
Looking at Li Yanping who was inspecting the corpses of the traitors one by one and firing a shot from time to time, Yang Zhen shook his head and stopped Peng Dingjie who wanted to dissuade him and said: "Let him vent? This time, almost all the Anti-Alliance Army was destroyed, especially that
The betrayal of a few of his favorite generals hit him too hard."
Peng Dingjie sighed when he heard this: "Lao Yang, I don't know if this kind of thing happened when the Red Army was in Guannei, but now the Anti-Japanese Alliance is really scared of traitors. There are several dignified provincial party committee secretaries who have been here for a long time.
After testing, the main division commanders who fought all the way through the hail of bullets betrayed their own beliefs and the cause they had promised to fight for their whole lives in critical moments, when they were needed most. They also betrayed the country and the nation.
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Pointing to the corpse of the traitor in one sentence, Peng Dingjie said with some sadness: "That person is the commander of the First Division of the Fifth Army. He is also one of the division commanders of the Fifth Army who is most respected by General Zhou of the Second Route Army."
"He was betrayed by a traitor back then and was tortured in the prison without rebelling. Unexpectedly, he became a traitor now when the Anti-Japanese Alliance needed him most, and he also took away the most powerful division of the Fifth Army. This
If Commander Zhou knew about it, I don’t know how heartbroken he would be.”
"The route is chosen by themselves and cannot be influenced by others. There is also a division commander who rebelled and took away a division. This shows that there is a problem in the army itself. When the Western Route Army failed, the Red Army's Western Expedition troops faced
The situation is much more serious than now.
"However, among the nearly 20,000 Red Army soldiers and cadres at all levels, many were captured, and even more died under the enemy's butcher's knife after being captured. But among so many cadres, there was only one traitor. And this traitor was
When he left, he didn't even take a single guard with him. If he hadn't tricked the guard into taking his gun and found out that he was rebelling, his guard would have shot him dead first."
"There are also many Red Army traitors in the pass, but to be honest, few of these traitors can pull away the troops. Whether it is the main force of the Red Army in the Long March or the guerrillas who stayed in the south after the Long March, even in the most difficult environment
It is very rare in Zhongdu for the leader of a unit to rebel and lead a unit to rebel collectively."
"Of course, this has something to do with the difference in environment. The cruelty of the environment in the Northeast is not comparable to that in the warm South. But it may also have something to do with the Anti-Japanese War itself. In a word, we need to be hard-working. As long as we continue to
The victory will enable the cadres and soldiers to build up a strong confidence in victory, and the rebellion will become less and less. Lao Peng, this is not only something that I need to work hard on, it requires the efforts of all of us.
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"Commander, you see, we actually captured a Japanese train transporting ammunition and supplies to Suifenhe at Weihe Station." When Yang Zhen and Peng Dingjie were talking about each other, Guo Bingxun, who was going to count the loot, came and interrupted their conversation.
, excitedly handed the pile of information in his hand to Yang Zhen.
After Yang Zhen took the information and read it carefully, he raised his head and said to Guo Bingxun: "Old man
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