For the villagers of Guantang Village, New Year's Eve in 1939 was an unforgettable day. The honest old Jiangxi cousins were first frightened to death by the sound of gunfire close at hand, and then the whole family woke up surrounded by panic. Later, they discovered that a group of soldiers who called themselves the Xuebing Army guerrillas were selling military coats and canned food from house to house. The old friends were flattered. When they learned that the Xuebing Army had just won a great victory, thousands of people were annihilated. After the Japanese were killed, they were overjoyed. Many families set off firecrackers in front of their homes to celebrate.
Whether it's military coats or cans, they were all captured from the self-organized Fourth Brigade. The battle that took place around the Zhangyang Iron Cable Bridge ruined the fields of the villagers in Guantang Village. In order to detonate the explosives, they were buried in the east and west of the village. The mines at the north end of the village will naturally destroy some houses and haystacks, and the corpses of the Japanese will also need to be buried. The military coats and cans are just used to compensate the old cousins for their losses and as wages for them to bury the corpses of the Japanese.
It was indeed a great victory. In the Tietou Peak ambush battle, the Fourth Brigade had more than 11,000 people. More than 3,000 people were drowned, and more than 3,000 people were poisoned by mustard gas. In the end, only 2,000 people were killed. The rest of the people fled like lost dogs; more than 700 people of a puppet army regiment, including the company commander, were shot dead, and about 300 people were captured alive.
On the Third Guerrilla Division's side, about 4,500 people were killed in the battle, of which the Eighth Brigade lost about 2,600 people.
After spending five hours cleaning the battlefield, Jiang Tiezhang left the Eighth Brigade responsible for collecting and cremating the fallen comrades, and then drove straight to Wannian County with the large amount of loot captured.
New Year's Eve in 2039 was a harvest night for the Xuebing Army.
The ambush at Tietou Peak was an unexpected surprise, the victory at Fuding was a gift from Hisao Tani, and the victory at Yushan was due to the "Thunderbolt Fire".
In the Yushan defense battle, Xue Er's army resisted very hard at the beginning. Miura Saburo completely tore the soldier's face away. Once the Japanese infantry were unable to attack, they would use poison gas bombs. The drug-trafficking masks had limited protective effect against mustard gas. Xue Fifteen's The two infantry regiments of the brigade, plus the independent regiment directly under the brigade and the guard battalion were continuously filled in. The battle lasted until 1:30 in the morning, and only about 300 of the 3,500 cadets were left. Two of the three regiment commanders were killed.
The battle has now entered a stalemate. On the side of the Second Xue Army, Bian Moujie of the Eighteenth Xue Brigade replaced Du Linzi's Xue Fifteenth Brigade. The artillery regiment of the Xue Fifteenth Brigade had suffered heavy losses in the Japanese bombing before, and now it can be said that the entire brigade has been destroyed. Mo, their opponent, the 65th Infantry Regiment, also failed to take advantage. One brigade was almost wiped out, and the other three brigade lost their combat effectiveness. Of course, from the perspective of Saburo Miura and Shunroku Hata, they thought that they had already made a profit. arrived, because the Japanese army not only advanced the front several hundred meters, but most importantly, occupied the fourth and fifth trenches,
The two sides were mobilizing troops and generals to rearrange their front lines, and news came from the Tietou Peak battlefield.
In the headquarters of the Hufeng Frontline Cadet Army, the communications staff officer stood up and shouted to Ye Zhao, Du Linzi, Bian Mulu and others in surprise: "Good news, good news, the 3rd Guerrilla Division successfully ambushed the 4th Huncheng Brigade at Tietou Peak. Regiment, annihilate more than ten thousand enemies."
Ye Zhao and others had always looked solemn before, and they couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief after hearing the news. There was no need to worry about the northwest, so there was no need to hide the Special Artillery Brigade in the snow as the last weapon. On the Shangying battlefield, the Japanese army had the upper hand. The military equipment also has an absolute numerical advantage, which makes Ye Zhao not dare to expose the artillery in his hands prematurely for fear of being plotted by the Japanese army. Now, it is time to compete with the Japs.
The artillery of the Second Xue Army originally had seven regiments (the establishment of the Second Xue Army varied. Among them, the establishment of the Second Xue Army was, the Fourth Xue Division and the Fifth Xue Division were infantry divisions. Each brigade had two steps and one artillery. Organization: The Sixth Division is a chariot division, the Sixteenth Brigade and the Seventeenth Brigade are chariot brigades, with two vehicles and one step, and the Eighteenth Brigade is an infantry brigade. The organization situation is the same as above (two steps and one artillery) and another brigade (directly under the army), after these days of fighting, two regiments were destroyed by the Japanese aviation. Currently, the artillery of each division is deployed on the front lines of Leping and Dexing. On the Yushan side, there is only one heavy artillery brigade directly under the army.
Enraged by the Japanese gas bomb tactics, Ye Zhao slapped the table in front of him hard, and Gu Zuo said: "It's time for the 2nd Independent Heavy Artillery Brigade to attack. The 4th Independent Heavy Artillery Regiment will attack first, and the 5th and 6th Regiments are on standby." ,,Even if we lose the Second Heavy Artillery Brigade, all the Japanese artillery must be destroyed."
Du Linzi's 15th Brigade suffered heavy losses from the Japanese's poison gas bombs. Half of the soldiers who died in the battle were injured by poison gas bombs. He said: "Anyway, we still have a special artillery brigade, but all the artillerymen were destroyed." I’m not afraid either, but I don’t know if the Japanese will launch an attack overnight.”
The air supremacy of the Shangying battlefield is completely controlled by the Japanese army. This is where Xue Erjun is most passive at present. Otherwise, with the sharpness of Xue Erjun's military uniforms, there would be no way for the Japanese artillery to wreak havoc everywhere.
Ye Zhao: "These are not within the scope of our consideration. The water will come to cover the ground, and the soldiers will come to block it. The Japanese will attack whatever they want. Xiao Du, over there at the 1st Special Artillery Brigade, you go and pick it up. You must do a good job of concealment. Now The Hufeng area is too chaotic.”
After the Xuebing Army captured Shangrao and Yingtan, they spent great efforts to build two mountain roads connecting northeastern Fujian and southeastern Jiangxi. One of them ran from Pucheng County through Guangfeng County to Shangrao City; the other started from Wuyi Mountain and passed through Qianshan. From the county to Guixi City to Yingtan City, the construction of these two mountain roads greatly facilitated the dispatch of the army's troops. When Ye Zhao asked Du Linzi to pick up the 1st Special Warfare Brigade, the 1st Special Warfare Brigade was no longer close to Guangfeng. Thirty kilometers away,
In the Japanese Army Command Headquarters in Wencheng Town, Yushan County, Fujie Keisuke and Miura Saburo received a call from Hata Shunroku and were told that the fourth mixed brigade was almost completely destroyed at Tietou Peak. The two looked at each other in shock, almost unable to believe what they heard. everything that comes,
When Shunroku Hata suddenly received the battle report, his reaction was almost the same as theirs. The 5th Army's New Year strategy, although almost one-half of the troops were assembled in the direction of Yushan, because the Hufeng front line was the focus of the Xuebing Army. line of defense, so he is actually not optimistic about the open line of Yushan. He can't understand how the fourth mixed brigade encountered an ambush, and which unit of the Xuebing Army set up the ambush. Of course, it doesn't matter now. The New Year's Strategy is definitely We have to continue, otherwise His Majesty the Emperor and the Tokyo base camp will be unable to explain. Since the hidden line of the sneak attack on Yingtan cannot be carried out, we can only go all out to operate the open line of Yushan.
Shunroku Hata was really angry. He called Arikura Kazuno worthless on the phone and threatened to send him to a military court. He cursed Arikura Kazuno severely and then changed his mind. Said: "The sneak attack on Yingtan has failed. Now it's up to you. There are no battle reports from Fuding yet, but I guess the South China Front Army can't get it. Jiang Guangnai is a famous Chinese general and has been operating in Fuding for two years. If there are many, Fuding will definitely be impregnable, Matsui Iwane will be timid and will definitely not dare to give up a fight, but Hisao Tani will definitely advance rashly, the commander at the rear and the general at the front have different opinions, hey, in the battle of Fuding, there will be more defeats than victory, Fujie-kun, Miura-kun, Commander Guzhuang and I are eagerly awaiting your return of good news in Quzhou, and I hope you will not disappoint us."