Just after one o'clock, the forward troops of the Japanese army arrived. These Japanese soldiers rode in more than 40 military trucks, led by nearly 20 motorcycles and 100 bicycles, and searched lightly. The Japanese soldiers were very cautious, and they were always cautious at intersections.
Or they might stop and conduct reconnaissance if there is a mountainous area that is convenient for setting up an ambush. This made Ding Haiyun, the brigade commander of the 9th Xuexue Brigade who first discovered this, a little worried. He was worried that this way of advance of the Japanese army would turn the ambush into an encounter.
Ding Haiyun's worry was not unfounded. The Japanese forward troops stopped after arriving at the Zhangyang Tiesuo Bridge. The Japanese captain got off a military truck and observed the Zhangyang Tiesuo Bridge for a while under the light of several motorcycle headlights.
Then he asked the puppet army commander who came over: "Qian Sang, is this the Zhangyang Iron Cable Bridge?"
"Yes."
The width of the Zhangyang Iron Cable Bridge was about 1.5 meters, and military trucks and armored vehicles could not pass through it. The Japanese captain looked at it for a while, and ordered the leading force composed of motorcycles and bicycles to cross the river and occupy the south bank of the Iron Cable Bridge, and then let a captain lead
Hundreds of Japanese soldiers crossed the river with two empty military trucks to test the ice's endurance.
In less than twenty minutes, the Japanese troops crossing the river established defensive positions on the south bank. At the same time, large Japanese troops also arrived one after another.
Aragura Yinong walked to the north end of the chain bridge surrounded by dozens of Japanese soldiers. The Japanese leader of the vanguard force immediately stepped forward to report the situation. Aragura Yinong led a group of people down the river embankment and personally inspected the ice surface.
Due to the endurance, we decided to follow the advice of the forward captain and cross the river separately.
"You kid is very cautious!" Jiang Tieyao said softly to Jiang Tiezhang, where the temporary headquarters of the Third Guerrilla Division was located.
Jiang Tiezhang didn't care much about this. He only cared about whether Boss Tie could control the Japanese artillery.
The Japanese army brought a total of fourteen cannons, two of which were heavy cannons with a caliber of 150 mm. The number seemed small, but for the Third Guerrilla Division, which only had dozens of mortars, it was huge.
threaten.
Jiang Tietou's reconnaissance battalion suffered heavy losses in the sniper battle at Nanjin Kiln. The first and second companies were almost wiped out. Although some were later added from Chu Tiange's guard troops, there are only two companies now. According to them
According to his observation, the Japanese army has a brigade that follows its artillery movement. Two hundred people versus more than a thousand people. Even though the reconnaissance battalion's military skills and tactics are much higher than the opponent's, and they also have the upper hand, Jiang Tiezhang is still confident.
insufficient.
While he was thinking about this with a slight frown, the communications staff officer next to him suddenly whispered: "Tieling received it." Then, he handed the microphone to Jiang Tiezhang and whispered: "It's from Boss Tieling!"
Jiang Tiezhang took the microphone and said, "I am Tie Laowu, boss. What's going on?"
At this time, Boss Tie was lying under the embankment on the west bank of Guantang Lake, about three kilometers away from the Zhangyang Iron Cable Bridge. About fifty meters away from him, the Japanese artillery and a brigade of infantry were winding their way south.
He protected Hua Mai and said softly: "Lao Wu, we have decided to take action, otherwise the Japanese artillery will join the main force! How are you doing over there?"
The Japanese artillery is the biggest threat and must be annihilated. However, if the reconnaissance battalion launches the attack first, it will inevitably cause a large-scale counterattack by the main force of the Japanese army. Therefore, for the sake of safety, it is of course better for the third guerrilla division to launch the attack first.
Jiang Tiezhang naturally understood this truth. He looked towards the south bank of the cable bridge and said to Zhu Hou, the leader of the guard regiment on the side: "Send the signal!"
Zhu Hou nodded, raised his pistol and pulled the trigger. Three gunshots rang out, one red and two green. Three flares, one red and two green, took off one after another, and then drew a beautiful arc in the sky and fell towards the iron cable bridge.
The signal flares were launched into the sky, and in the fields on the east side of Tietou Peak and the north bank of the Iron Cable Bridge, as several flares were launched one after another, the sound of gunfire rang out.
Three signal bombs suddenly rose in the southwest. Standing at the north end of the chain bridge and watching his men cross the river, Shinkura Yinnon looked up and saw it. He was shocked and blurted out: "The enemy is attacking! Hurry, defend on the spot!" he shouted.
Not necessarily, a series of explosions sounded a hundred or ten meters behind him, but it was Ding Haiyun who asked his men to trigger the series of thunders laid in advance.
"Fight!" "Come on!" Xue Ninth Brigade took the lead in attacking. The battalion and company commanders took the lead in getting up from the ground, shouting and rushing towards the Japanese army.
At this time, more than 2,000 Japanese soldiers from the mixed fourth brigade had crossed the river, and more than 300 military trucks were driving across the river. After someone from the main force crossed the river, the puppet troops and Japanese soldiers from the vanguard left.
After reaching the south bank, we continued to move forward. At this time, we happened to appear at the foot of Tietou Peak Mountain.
An explosion just came from the north bank. Fang Deqing, commander of the 7th Brigade, waved his gun and yelled to fight. More than 3,600 cadets roared and rushed towards the puppet soldiers and Japanese soldiers at the foot of the mountain. Before the gunshot was fired, thousands of grenades were thrown condescendingly towards the mountain.
The enemy troops at their feet were immediately exploded, causing the puppet troops to scurry away, and the Japanese troops to rush forward. Their formation was immediately disrupted.
At the same time, the Eighth Xue Brigade, led by brigade commander Luan Shan, broke out from Houlang and pounced directly on the waist and abdomen of the main Japanese army formation.
"Everything..." The mortar battalion, the only heavy firepower unit of the third division, began to show off its power under the command of Chang Chunguo in the camp. The shooting at Zhuyuan had been set long ago, and it was aimed at the river near the Iron Chain Bridge.
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The Le'an River flows rapidly. Even though it is frozen this time due to the severe cold, the thickness of its ice surface is incomparable to that of Gan River and Xiushui. The mortar battalion position is located on Tietou Peak, and a salvo can fire more than thirty people.
After firing three grenades, cracks appeared on the ice of the Le'an River. After five rounds, the ice began to collapse. Once a section of the ice collapsed, the Le'an River ice surface immediately seemed like an avalanche.
It could no longer bear the weight of the Japanese and military trucks above it, and it quickly collapsed. The width of this section of the Le'an River was about two hundred meters. At this moment, on the river that was three to four hundred meters wide, there were three thousand people
The remaining Japanese soldiers and hundreds of military trucks were staggering around. In just five minutes, these Japanese soldiers and military trucks were swallowed up by the cracked river surface, becoming a nightmare for the fourth brigade.
Under the flares, this scene was seen by the commanders of both warring parties. The morale of the student army was immediately high. The "tick-tock" charge horn sounded, and the students shouted: "Kill!" "Brothers,
Charge!"...while throwing grenades wildly and pulling the trigger fiercely, he rushed towards the Japanese army like a tiger down the mountain. As for the Japanese army, they heard the Japanese-style calls for help and miserable howls coming from the river, and many Japanese soldiers did not have the courage to fight.
Already dead, the puppet soldiers of that regiment just hated their parents for losing two legs. They ran regardless of the situation in the direction they thought was safe, but they happened to run into the hilly area occupied by Jiang Tiezhang and the others.