After Liu Yimin led his division to Nanshe, Luo Yan was already waiting for him there, and introduced him to the terrain between Nanshe and Dongguan. The terrain here is not ideal, it is all flat land, and there is nothing big.
There are no big ditches or ditches on the mountain tops. Not only did Liu Yimin miss the terrain like Xiaoshui and Qingxi Town again, they were really natural battlefields for ambushes!
Although I am dissatisfied with the terrain, I have no choice but to fight here. Fortunately, although the enemy is well-equipped, the number of troops is too small after all. One brigade consists of two regiments with about 7,700 people, and one artillery regiment has about 2,500 people.
That adds up to 10,000 people. Besides, the 2,500 artillerymen have no chance to set up artillery, and there are not enough infantry weapons. They are no more than a group of sheep. The only thing to worry about is the tanks of the 21st Brigade. They should have three tank squadrons, about
45 tanks. As long as these tanks are eliminated, the remaining cars, armored vehicles and infantry on them will probably be broken into pieces soon under the saturation attack of hundreds of guns of the entire division.
The key issue now is that the 21st Brigade is known as a mechanized force, and the marching queue must be very long. We have to find a way to gather it into a pile so that it can be easily attacked with firepower. It would be easier to use cars alone, as long as
Triangular nails or buried machetes will suffice, but tanks will not work. It seems that the only way is to destroy the road and dig holes. As long as the road surface is destroyed, the convoy will naturally crowd together as soon as the speed slows down.
Liu Yimin ordered the Engineer Regiment Commander Ren Chaoran and the Political Commissar Li Zengyu to dig large holes continuously on the road near the end of Nanshe, so that the car could still swing through, but the speed must be slowed down. If there are not enough manpower, other divisions can be involved. One division
Dig a few holes and work quickly.
After the Engineer Regiment began to organize troop movements, Liu Yimin ordered Li Chang to mark this area as the Mountain Artillery Regiment, the area where the Field Artillery Regiment would focus its first round of strikes.
Because the effective range of the rocket launcher was too short, Liu Yimin asked each division to dig a bunker 100 meters away from the road, add wooden sticks to it, and put corn stalks on it to establish a launch position for the rocket launcher.
The communications battalion has set up the telephone and the reconnaissance battalion's observation post has been set up. Everything is ready. All that is needed is for the 21st Brigade to come and die.
Just when Liu Yimin was getting ready, Major General Miura Toshiji led the 21st Brigade and the Field Artillery Regiment, flashing a long string of car lights, and galloped over in a hurry along the highway from Taiyuan to Yuncheng.
In fact, it’s not entirely the fault of Major General Miura Toshiji that he rushed to die so quickly. The problem was that Colonel Shigeru urged him over and over again, as if the position was very dangerous. The infantry majors of the two 20th Division and the 109th Division
The captain also sent a telegram requesting tactical guidance, saying that the ammunition was being consumed too quickly, and begging His Excellency, Commander Miura Brigade, to provide tactical guidance.
Since it was a mechanized force, infantry search troops could not be sent out. I originally wanted to send a few armored vehicles to search in front, but thinking that they were going to rescue the cavalry regiment, Major General Miura Toshiji sent a cavalry squadron from the division's engineering regiment to the rescue.
Come over and let them take the first step to explore the way for the brigade. As for whether they will be attacked, Major General Miura Toshiji doesn't want to think about it at all. It is night, and this huge convoy can be seen far and far away.
With the bright lights, those Chinese troops couldn't even run away. How could anyone be so bold as to come to your door automatically?
At that time, due to road conditions and the low design speed of the cars themselves, and accompanied by tanks and field artillery regiments, the convoy was not moving very fast. However, looking from a distance at night, it looked like a flowing galaxy.
Same, it's very spectacular. Major General Miura Toshiji felt proud all of a sudden. He was the commander of this steel dragon, and he wanted to ride this dragon to conquer the beautiful China! The excited Major General Miura Toshiji couldn't bear it.
I recited a few haiku lines: "The phoenix is about to be born, how long is the unitary year? How similar is the silver, in the sand of the garden at night in the moonlight." After reciting, I felt that the text was not the topic, laughed silently, closed my eyes and went to rest.
At nine o'clock, Luo Yan reported that the forward observation post found a Japanese cavalry search force, a total of 156 cavalry, running towards Qixian County.
At 9:30, Luo Yan reported that the forward observation post discovered the lights of the Japanese convoy.
At 9:50, Luo Yan reported that the Japanese convoy passed the forward observation post, containing a total of 30 tanks, 30 armored vehicles, 376 troop carriers, 36 cannons, and some ammunition trucks.
At 10:15, Luo Yan reported again that the Japanese cavalry search troops were coming along the highway towards Nanshe.
Liu Yimin crawled into the bunker of the command post and took a look. The Japanese cavalry were holding torches and galloping forward under the moonlight. Liu Yimin ordered Li Lingfeng to seize the search team quietly.
At half past ten, the Japanese convoy appeared in front of the instructor.
The distance of the convoy is not too far, but the key is that there are too many vehicles and the queue is too long. The first vehicle has already arrived near the command post, but the rear is still far away.
Finally, when the convoy slowed down and the vehicles gradually gathered, Liu Yimin picked up the phone and ordered the troops to prepare for battle.
Major General Toshiji Miura was relaxing in the car when he suddenly felt that the speed of the convoy had slowed down, so he got out of the car and asked what was going on.
Seeing the brigade commander getting out of the car to inquire about the situation, the 21st Regiment Captain Hide Aamihara and the 43rd Regiment Commander Oba Shihei also got out of the car and led the captains of their respective regiments to Miura Toshi
At the side of the Major General.
The situation was soon clear. The road ahead was destroyed and a series of large holes were dug in the road. However, the Chinese people were too stupid to dig the holes deep enough. After a few tanks, they could continue to pass.
After all, Toshiji Miura was a veteran in the army. He was arrogant and arrogant, but he had so much experience that he immediately realized that there was a problem. This place was still far away from Pingyao County. Why did the Chinese destroy the road here? But after another look
The terrain here makes me feel careless. As far as the eye can see on both sides of the road, it is completely empty. Is there any enemy position anywhere?
However, Miura Toshiji always felt that something was wrong, and wanted to leave the place immediately. Then he turned around and saw that the convoy behind him was getting more and more concentrated. Miura Toshiji ordered his staff to send an order, asking the two tank squadrons to move out quickly.
Come one way and let the convoy pass quickly.
Just after giving the order, he saw two red flares rising in the sky. Miura Toshiji's heart trembled: "It's over. The Chinese people's target is my 21st Brigade. What rescue of the 5th Cavalry Regiment is probably a perfect match."
scam."
Major General Toshiji Miura is worthy of being a graduate of the Japanese Army University. This time he guessed correctly. Unfortunately, it was too late, and he no longer had time to continue thinking and issue orders. Because of the crosshairs of sniper brigade leader Wang Tongsheng
Having firmly secured his head, Liu Bin, Wang Shangwu, Yi Chengfeng, Wang Xiao, Li Aojie and other snipers were all in different bunkers, aiming at Miura Toshiji and the officers around him and opened fire.
The sniper brigade all chose their positions independently, but this time they all built the position 500 meters away from the damaged road. The calculation was that when the convoy had difficulty passing, the Japanese officers would definitely get out of the car to check. At this time,
The sniper reaped the rewards. Sure enough, as soon as the signal flare was raised, the sniper was the first to fire. The bullet rotated and passed through the heads of Major General Miura Toshiji, Colonel Hide Awaifara, Colonel Shihei Ohba and other officers.
Just as the snipers were firing, the artillery brigade hidden on the east side of the Tongpu Railway spoke.
Li Chang is now wealthy. When he set out from Hancheng, his field artillery regiment only had 23 field guns, the mountain artillery regiment had 44 mountain cannons, the mortar regiment had 96 75mm mortars, and all 60cm mortars had been fired.
All divisions were allocated to strengthen infantry firepower. Along the way, the field artillery and mountain artillery abandoned by the Central Army and the Shanxi-Sui Army were all given to the artillery regiment. Now, Li Chang's field artillery regiment has 42 field artillery and mountain artillery.
When the number of guns reaches sixty, two mountain artillery regiments can be formed.
This artillery division has not fought since its establishment, and it has not fought since it became an artillery brigade. For a person like Li Chang who is anxious without hearing the sound of artillery, these days are very difficult for the current leader. There is no place for such a powerful artillery force.
Li Chang was so anxious that he screamed in agony. Fortunately, the Japanese army recognized the situation and gave him a chance. Otherwise, Li Chang would have died of panic.
Before the signal flare was fired, Li Chang had already ordered the artillery group to prepare for firing, and the artillery positions were already prepared. As soon as the signal flare was fired, Li Chang ordered the firing. The first target was the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles on the damaged road area.
Watching the first wave of 42 field artillery shells, 60 mountain artillery shells, and 96 75 medium mortar shells flying out of the muzzle, arcing in the night sky, and rushing towards the Japanese convoy, Li Chang kept chanting: "
Little devil, don’t blame grandpa for being cruel. Your parents shouldn’t have given birth to you, and they shouldn’t have left you alone after they gave birth to you and allowed you to come to China to do evil. Grandpa has come to collect you for heaven’s sake!”
The artillery brigade commander Li Chang here was muttering, while the commanders of the artillery groups over there were waving the command flags in their hands. Following the data reported by the observation posts, they kept modifying the parameters, shifting the direction of the bombardment, and forced the
The convoy on the road in the ambush circle was bombed from start to finish. Coupled with the artillery of each brigade, which was not to be outdone, and the rocket launchers specialized in attacking tanks and armored vehicles, by the time the bombardment finally stopped, such a large convoy had no one other than the field artillery regiment at the back.
Of the towing vehicles and ammunition vehicles, there is not a single good vehicle that can be driven.
Not to mention that the Japanese were stunned, the cadres and soldiers of the instructors were also stunned by the power of the saturation attack of the artillery group. My God, if anyone can survive under such artillery fire, it would be a miracle.
Especially those tanks that were beaten hard by field artillery and mountain artillery, and they themselves were in trouble. The infantry all wanted to experience what it was like to use a rocket launcher to hit a tank. This time, those tanks that were lucky enough to escape from the gunfire exploded and burst into flames.
, the most unfortunate thing is that those tanks that encountered anti-tank mines were blown to the ground immediately. What awaited them was follow-up fire from infantry rocket launchers. The entire road was full of burning vehicles and broken limbs.
When the cannon roared, some soldiers on the vehicles that had not been taken care of by the cannon jumped down one after another, and others started shooting from the vehicles. Unfortunately, the corn stalks piled in the fields on both sides of the road were lifted up.
, a stream of light and heavy machine guns sprayed bullets at the vehicles carrying the infantry like a wind. When the artillery group turned to these vehicles, a round of saturation strikes came. Not a single vehicle was spared, and naturally not many soldiers were left alive.
Rushing forward? Obviously not possible, the tanks were all blown up, and the imperial army sitting in the armored vehicle was also hit by the vicious rocket launcher and exploded together with the ammunition. Retreating? This road is even more impassable, it is also a rocket launcher, forcing
The artillery and light and heavy machine guns are waiting!
There was a major staff officer who was more lucky. He was beside Major General Toshiji Miura at the time. When the signal flare was raised, he was receiving the order from the brigade commander, and his waist was bent at 90 degrees. Therefore, when he remembered the sound of gunshots,
He crawled on the ground and opened his eyes. Amaterasu, the brigade commander, the chief of staff, the two regiment captains and several captains all went to see you. His brains were spewing out!
If this guy had just crawled on the ground, he might have ended up as a prisoner. It's a pity that this guy was so stupid that he actually thought that they were all dead. I can take over the command. I just need to rush up with my troops and kill them.
It was a bloody road, and the 21st Brigade might be its turn to be in charge in the future. So, this guy got up from the ground, pulled out his sagguan sword, shouted and roared, and ordered the surviving soldiers to shoot at the Chinese army. The result
It is conceivable that the instructors' soldiers all knew that the division commander's order was to use bullets to speak to the enemy, and they would rather sacrifice a hundred bullets than one soldier. Therefore, after the shelling, the soldiers did not launch a charge, but
Wherever the enemy resists, feed him with bullets.
The lucky ones were the 2,500 artillerymen, because Liu Yimin took a fancy to these cannons, and so did Li Chang. Therefore, they were not shot, but were chased and beaten by infantry weapons. In the end, the unarmed Japanese artillerymen actually wanted to launch artillery.
Fighting back, the misfortune began. Although they did not die as tragically as the soldiers of the 21st Brigade, the dense machine guns, automatic rifles, submachine guns and rifle bullets still took away their lives and sent them to fight with the sky.
The great gods are reunited.
The preparation for this battle was very labor-intensive, but there was no technical content at all when it started. The ferocious and capable 21st Brigade lost their brigade commander, chief of staff, wing captain, and group captain at the first opportunity, and then they lost their commander.
They lost the tanks and armored vehicles they relied on to fight. Most of the soldiers were killed by artillery shells on the cars, without even a chance to fire a shot. Therefore, at the end of the battle, when Liu Yimin, commander of the teaching division, came to inspect the battlefield, he couldn't help but
He said: "This battle is so boring. I want to see how the Japanese army can fight with bayonets. It's boring."
Luo Ronghuan said with a smile: "Don't be modest. Such a big victory is not exciting. I can guarantee that you will have two medals soon, one is our Red Star Medal, and the other is Chiang Kai-shek's Blue Sky and White Sun Medal. Just secretly be happy."
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Liu Yimin smiled and said: "I don't dare to ask for the Red Star Medal anymore. I already have two. I don't want the Blue Sky and White Sun Medal. If Chiang Kai-shek forces it, I will give it to Chairman Mao for safekeeping!"
After saying that, Liu Yimin shouted: "Chief of Staff, send a message to the Central Committee, the Eighth Route Army Headquarters, the Shaanxi Anti-Japanese Special Zone Government, and the Military Commission of the Nanjing National Government. Our division completely wiped out the 21st Brigade of the Fifth Division of the enemy and killed the brigade leader Miura."