Pan Mingliang, commander of the cavalry battalion of the 7th Teaching Brigade, is the youngest battalion-level cadre in the teaching division. This little red devil, after being rescued by Hu Lao Lao during the Battle of Xikou, followed Hu Lao Lao as a cavalry, encircling and annihilating the Ma Jiajun in Tianshui.
During the battle, Pan Mingliang, a 14-year-old Red Army cavalry company commander, galloped alone with a submachine gun. He made great contributions and was awarded the title of special hero. When the cavalry regiment was expanded into a cavalry division, he became the battalion commander.
, was less than 15 years old at the time. Because he was too young, Liu Yimin felt that being promoted too quickly was not conducive to his growth. Therefore, when the cavalry battalion of the Du Fourth Division was established, he was transferred from the cavalry division and served as the cavalry battalion of the Du Fourth Division.
The purpose was to let him learn and exercise at the same time, so as to cultivate the ability to stand alone. After the Eighth Route Army was reorganized, the Fourth Division was organized into the 7th Teaching Brigade, and Pan Mingliang became the commander of the 7th Teaching Brigade Cavalry Battalion.
After receiving the task of blocking the Japanese and puppet troops who were sluggish in Qingdao's reinforcements in Wei County, the 18-year-old cavalry battalion commander Pan Mingliang led his troops to bomb the railway and conduct ambushes, leading the Japanese and puppet troops by the nose, and they fought vigorously.
Later, after receiving the order to stop the blockade and let the enemy march forward, Pan Mingliang led the 7th Brigade Cavalry Battalion to the right side of the Japanese and puppet troops, stared at the Japanese and puppet troops to monitor their movements, and followed the Japanese and puppet troops to the Wei River.
By this time, Pan Mingliang felt that his mission was almost completed, so he ordered his troops to rest in hiding on the east bank of the Wei River, and reported the location of the Japanese and puppet troops and his own position to the division headquarters. Unexpectedly, with this report, the mission was immediately over
After coming down, the division commander ordered the cavalry battalion of the 7th Brigade to immediately seize the road bridge and railway bridge over the Weihe River to resolutely block the retreat of the Japanese and puppet troops. They must hold on until the cavalry brigade arrives.
After fighting for so many years, the red kid not only grew taller and older, but also had greatly improved combat experience and commanding abilities. Upon seeing the division commander's order, Pan Mingliang immediately realized that he had undertaken the most arduous sealing task.
One battalion must be used to block the retreat route of the 17,000 Japanese puppet troops. This battle will be fought in a big way.
At this time, all the Japanese and puppet troops had crossed the Wei River and were heading towards Fangzi.
When Pan Mingliang led the cavalry battalion to the Weihe Highway Bridge, he did not find the Japanese defenders. After a little thought, he realized that the Japanese and puppet troops had never thought that they would lose the battle, and they did not send troops to guard such an important place. This made Pan Mingliang confused.
Feeling a little unmotivated, I muttered: "It turns out this is the Japanese's rubbish army. This battle is boring."
After muttering, Pan Mingliang knew that there were so many Japanese and puppet troops. If they really wanted to rush over in a swarm, one battalion alone would not be able to stop them. Time waits for no one, and they had to build fortifications quickly. The Japanese might turn around soon.
retreat.
The best way at this time was to blow up the Weihe highway bridge and railway bridge. However, the division headquarters did not order the bridges to be blown up, so Pan Mingliang did not dare to blow up the bridges, because although the Japanese and puppet troops from Qingdao were large in number, their combat effectiveness was probably eighth in line.
Not even a single regiment of the division can compare with it. As long as the main force of our army arrives, we can probably defeat the enemy very quickly. It would be a waste to blow up the Wei River bridge.
Pan Mingliang blocked and monitored the enemy all the way, and he knew the enemy's equipment and strength well. He knew that it was night time, there was no interference from enemy planes, and the Japanese and puppet troops had no tanks or armored vehicles. At most, they only had cavalry, cars, carriages and motorcycles. Highway bridge
It must be a key target of the Japanese. Only after the highway bridge is attacked, the Japanese and puppet troops will choose the railway bridge to pass. They can only pass infantry and cavalry. It is impossible for cars to pass the railway bridge. So he asked the Second Company to lead the railway bridge.
A platoon of the fire support company went to occupy the railway bridge. He took the first company, the third company and two platoons of the fire support company to set up positions at the east end of the Weihe highway bridge, setting up light and heavy machine guns, mortars and grenades.
Then he divided the remaining explosive charges and mines into two parts and buried them on the road at the west end of the road bridge and the railway bridge respectively.
After setting up the position, Pan Mingliang ordered the two platoons of the fire support company to hold the east bridgehead position, and sent a squad to guard the horses. He led two companies to ambush at the west end of the bridge, preparing to surprise the Japanese at the west end of the bridge, and then
Then retreat to the position at the east end of the bridge and hold on.
As soon as the arrangements were made, the scouts reported that the Japanese vanguard had arrived.
Pan Mingliang took a look and saw that a squadron of Japanese cavalry came up first. They were probably ordered to seize the highway bridge. They were using flashlights and their horses were running very fast. They were galloping while using flashlights to shine in all directions.
Pan Mingliang knew that the Japs were about to step on the mines, but there were few Japs. Stepping on the mines at this time would affect the power of the mine explosion. He immediately ordered the first company and the third company to fire to repel the attack of the Japs cavalry and attract the Japs brigade.
Reinforce and expand the results of mine and explosive pack explosions.
Explosive bean-like light machine guns, submachine guns, and Bayi automatic rifles rang out, accompanied by neat volleys of guns. The Japanese cavalry squadron was immediately stunned. The men and horses in the front rolled to the ground, and the ones behind relied on inertia.
Facing the rain of bullets, they trampled on the corpses of their companions and rushed forward, rolling on the ground. It was not until the Japanese at the back reacted, controlled the horse, turned the horse's head and ran back that this little ambush ended.
It's over.
They were all cavalry, and the Japanese sabers were liked by all the cavalry soldiers. The Japanese infantry had not come up yet. Pan Mingliang gave the soldiers five minutes to clean up the battlefield, and then led the troops back to the Qiaodongtou position and reported to the division headquarters.
According to the battle situation, let the first company enter the blocking position, and the third company be in reserve, waiting for the Japanese to attack.
Hearing the sound of gunfire, not only Zhang Zongyuan was shocked, but Colonel Oshima was also shocked. Fortunately, judging from the sound of gunfire, there were not many Eighth Route Army soldiers and they did not have heavy weapons. It was probably that the small Eighth Route Army unit that had been harassing him all the way was up to its old tricks again.
They are responsible for attacking and interdicting. If you are lucky, the cavalry search squadron can kill them. At worst, the cavalry search squadron can also launch an attack on the spot and wait for the large troops to come up and defeat them.
Just as he was about to order the troops to run forward and reinforce the search squadron, the gunfire stopped. After a while, more than thirty cavalrymen ran back. As soon as they saw Colonel Oshima, a squad leader hurriedly rolled off the saddle and reported to the highway bridge.
Encountering an ambush on Tubal Road, the search squadron came back with more than thirty people.
Colonel Oshima's brain exploded with a bang. In just a few minutes of gunfire, a cavalry search squadron was basically wiped out. It was just a job!
After grabbing the team leader and giving him a slap in the face, Colonel Oshima's mind became clearer. He regretted that he only thought about reinforcements in Wei County. Why didn't he think about what to do if the reinforcements failed? Even the Wei River highway bridge and railway bridge were so
The important points were not guarded by the troops, which simply failed the education of the Army Academy.
Well now, the Eighth Route Army has seized the highway bridge, and presumably the railway bridge has also been occupied by them. This small force of the Eighth Route Army is not harassing, but blocking. Why are they blocking here? After thinking about it, there is only one possibility,
That is, the Eighth Route Army relied on the Wei River to block the Imperial Army's retreat and buy time for their main force to arrive. It had only one purpose, which was to keep all the 5,000 Imperial Army and Shandong Autonomous Allied Forces here. The Tubal Army also had a bit of an appetite.
It's too big!
As soon as his thoughts were clear, Colonel Oshima understood that the top priority was to seize time with the Eighth Route Army. He must recapture the Weixian Highway Bridge and open the eastward passage before their large forces arrived. Otherwise, I am afraid that he and 5,000 soldiers will be crushed in pieces.
This is the fertile Changwei Plain.
Colonel Oshima called over several captains, stroked his mustache, and scanned several people's faces with his sinister eyes, and then he imitated the tone of the captain and said: "Gentlemen, the reason why I ordered the troops to stop advancing is because
We retreated quickly along the original route because we received an order from the Commander of the Second Army, His Excellency Lieutenant General Dongjiurgong Nianyan Wang, asking us to stop our advance immediately, return to Qingdao as quickly as possible, and be on guard against an ambush on the Tubal Road. I judged that,
The Eighth Division must have been frustrated in its attack and returned to Jinan. In this case, our army will be alone and may be overtaken and surrounded by the main force of Tubal Road at any time."
Going on to say more, I heard a captain exclaimed. When Captain Oshima turned around, he saw that the lights suddenly brightened in the direction of the square to the west. A long line of fast-moving torches appeared in the south and north. Needless to say,
It was the Eighth Route Army that came to outflank its main force. In order to gain time, they did not even conceal the whereabouts of their troops, but set out on the road directly with torches.
Colonel Oshima stopped being wordy and immediately ordered the artillery team to provide fire cover. The first defense brigade immediately captured the highway bridge, the second garrison brigade, the fifth garrison brigade as the second echelon, and the third garrison brigade as the third echelon.
The Fourth Brigade quickly captured the railway bridge. The entire army abandoned all their baggage and concentrated all their strength on the assault on the highway bridge.
After completing the deployment, Colonel Oshima sent a messenger to inform Zhang Zongyuan that he immediately gathered his troops and retreated with the imperial army. After crossing the highway bridge, he left a regiment to guard the highway bridge to block the Eighth Route and cover the retreat of the large army.
After giving the order, Colonel Oshima personally went to the artillery team and personally directed the artillery to start the attack.
The test of teaching the 7th Brigade Cavalry Battalion has arrived.
The enemy's shelling target was the area west of the Weihe Highway Bridge, because the cavalry search squadron identified the Eighth Route Army as ambushing here.
The Qingdao Garrison is actually a local garrison force of the Japanese army, mainly responsible for the security and garrison tasks of Qingdao. Qingdao is a port city where the Japanese fleet and marines are stationed. Needless to say, the fleet is responsible for the tasks of Qinhuangdao in the north.
, maritime operations and blockade missions south to Lianyungang. Since the Chinese navy has completely lost its combat effectiveness, some of the only ships have already withdrawn to the Yangtze River waterway and are used to block the Yangtze River waterway. Therefore, all the Japanese fleet stationed in Qingdao transported the first
The Sixth Division went to Lianyungang. In Qingdao, there are currently only the Qingdao Garrison and the Marine Corps. Needless to say, the Marine Corps, their mission is very clear, which is to undertake port defense tasks in the eastern Shandong area and cooperate with the fleet. The Qingdao Garrison is the new
The established troops are generally not used for field operations. Therefore, although the Qingdao garrison is composed of six brigades, its firepower equipment is far behind. Not to mention that it is incomparable with the Japanese field brigade, even with the independent mixed brigade.
Fabi, the general offensive only has one squadron-sized artillery team, which is more than 120 people, and four infantry cannons. Just this, Colonel Oshima is already precious, and he hopes to use these four infantry cannons to blast away the Eighth Route Army positions and cover the troops.
Breakout.
When the Japanese artillery began to bombard, the soldiers of the First Garrison Brigade, led by officers, began to move towards the highway bridge. As soon as the sound of artillery stopped, the Japanese formed a battle formation and launched the attack.
Pan Mingliang, who was hiding in the position at the east end of the highway bridge, felt relieved when he saw that the Japs only had four infantry guns. You must know that the instructors have paid special attention to artillery construction since the 18th Red Regiment. From the initial mortars
The current artillery brigade has a very strong infantry support firepower. Especially after the instructor decentralized all 60 mortars of the artillery brigade to the troops, every company has mortars, especially the main infantry battalions. Not only do they have mortars, they also have mortars.
Artillery, rocket launchers, and Japanese infantry artillery and grenade launchers. Of course, the cavalry unit focuses on mobility. Cavalry battalions generally do not have infantry artillery, but there are quite a few mortars, grenade launchers, and rocket launchers. Just now,
When Pan Mingliang set up the position, he gathered the three mortars from the fire support company and the four mortars and grenades from the first and third companies, and gave them to the fire support company to be under the unified command.
Seeing that the Japanese had arrived at the minefield, Pan Mingliang gently pulled the company commander who was crawling next to him. The company commander waved his hand down, and the soldiers pressed the detonator. There was a loud bang, explosive packs, and mines.
They all exploded, covering all the Japanese who entered the minefield in smoke and dust.
From the bright light of the explosion, Pan Mingliang saw the corpses of the Japanese flying up and falling in the smoke. Pan Mingliang was so excited that he wanted to shout. After he was so excited, he felt depressed again because he had blocked the attack all the way and there were too few mines and explosive packs left.
The casualties caused were also limited. If we had had this opportunity when we first set out, I'm afraid there wouldn't have been much left of the Japanese army.
After being frustrated, Pan Mingliang quietly ordered the fire support company's mortars and grenades to lock on the Japanese artillery position. As long as it entered the artillery range, he would fire a five-round salvo at him, trying to destroy the Japanese artillery in one fell swoop, so that the Japanese could not
Use cannons to show off your ferocity.
The explosion of landmines and explosive packs frightened the captain of the First Guard Brigade who led the attack. It was this burst of explosions that sent one of his squadrons into the arms of Amaterasu. Fortunately, after the explosion, the Eighth Route Army
They did not take advantage of the situation to launch an attack. The bridge was quiet, as if the Eighth Route Army had withdrawn.
The Japanese captain was also very cautious. He combined the heavy machine guns and the few grenade launchers and launched a fire reconnaissance on the bridge. Then he ordered the remaining three squadrons to divide into three waves and quickly occupy the bridge.
Colonel Oshima cooperated very well. Seeing that there was no Eighth Route Army in the place where the shelling was just now, he became suspicious and ordered the artillery team to fire on the other side to see if there was any Eighth Route Army. He also took advantage of the situation to cover the charge of the troops.
Unexpectedly, Colonel Oshima miscalculated this time. He had just ordered the artillery fire, and the sound of artillery was also heard on the other side of the Wei River. The Eighth Route Army's mortar shells drew an arc in the air and fell towards the Japanese artillery position.
Colonel Oshima was so frightened that he peed his pants, and a few gangsters rolled around and rolled out of the artillery position. Looking back, they saw that the artillery position had been submerged by the dust caused by the explosion of mortar shells, and the artillerymen also escaped. Four cannons
I don't know if it was damaged by the explosion, but no door was pulled out.
At this time, Colonel Oshima's ferocity was completely aroused. He unbuttoned his clothes, raised his command knife, and ordered all the heavy machine guns and grenade launchers of each brigade to concentrate on the east end of the bridge to cover the east end of the bridge with firepower to cover the infantry charge.
, use corpses to block it, and also block the gun holes and muzzles of Tubal Road to open a bloody road.
Needless to say, Colonel Oshima's move is really damn effective. Although the Japs are a garrison with poor firepower, they are a brigade-sized unit after all. Although they lack a few cannons, they have light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers.
It was a little less, but when concentrated it was much more than the cavalry battalion of the 7th Brigade. The soldiers were so overwhelmed that they couldn't even raise their heads while crawling in the bunker.
Seeing that the Japanese infantry had already rushed onto the bridge and rushed toward the east end of the bridge with howls, Pan Mingliang realized that he had underestimated the Japanese. These guys were still very fierce when they really put their lives on the line.
Gritting his teeth, Pan Mingliang ordered all mortars, grenades, and heavy machine guns to fire to attack the Japanese firepower points. He ordered continuous fire to resolutely eliminate the Japanese on the Weihe Highway Bridge. He must not allow the Japanese to rush across the bridge and engage our army in hand-to-hand combat.
, in that case, with the huge force of the Japanese, they could flatten the cavalry battalion's position even with their feet.
As soon as the Eighth Route Army's blocking position opened fire, the Japs on the bridge were in dire straits. On such a narrow bridge, the Japs had nowhere to hide, so they could only serve as targets for the Eighth Route Army. But the life of the cavalry battalion was not easy either. As long as the soldiers raised their heads a little,
You might get hit.
After working hard and fighting hard, Pan Mingliang finally repelled the first Japanese attack. As soon as Pan Mingliang checked, he burst into tears. He repelled the Japanese attack this time, and more than 40 soldiers were sacrificed in a row. The only thing that is gratifying is that
The Japanese infantry artillery positions were destroyed, and the advantage of mortars having a longer range than grenade launchers was also demonstrated. The Japanese grenade launchers and heavy machine gun positions at the West Bridge were successively destroyed.
After taking a look at the corpses of the Japanese scattered on the bridge, and then at the torches coming from a distance, Pan Mingliang ordered the mortars to continue the bombardment, and called out the Japanese heavy machine gun positions and grenade positions one by one to cover the troops to complete the blocking mission.
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After thinking that the responsibility for this blocking mission was too great and that sacrifice was a trivial matter, letting the Japanese escape would be a major crime. Pan Mingliang ordered the radio station to send a report to the division headquarters, telling the Seventh Brigade Cavalry Battalion that they were in urgent need of reinforcements.
As soon as the order was issued, the Japanese's second attack began.
After one glance, Pan Mingliang knew that the Japs were going to fight hard this time, and immediately ordered the third company in reserve to go into battle. All light and heavy machine guns, grenades, and rocket launchers were used to block the bridge, leaving only mortars to deal with the Japs' firepower points.
This time the little Japs became extremely cunning. They used the Japs' corpses as a cover and advanced while shooting. The soldiers in front were killed, and the soldiers behind immediately fell down and put their guns directly on the corpses of their comrades to shoot. The shooting accuracy immediately improved.
Improved.
The most terrifying thing is that after our army stopped shelling the Japanese artillery position, the Japanese artillery found an intact infantry gun from the position, and began to use this gun to bombard the mortar position of the fire support company, firing two shots and changing the position.
The mortars of the fire support company had no choice but to constantly move their positions. In this way, the suppression of the Japanese heavy machine gun and grenade positions was reduced, and the Japanese heavy machine guns with a large number of
It started to show its power again.
The two sides started fighting on this small Weihe Highway Bridge.
Pan Mingliang wanted to mobilize the second company guarding the railway bridge to return reinforcements, but he could no longer mobilize it. Gunshots also rang out from the railway bridge. Needless to say, the Japanese Japanese took advantage of the cover of night to attack the railway bridge.
Seeing that the 1st Defense Brigade, which had suffered heavy losses, had advanced to the bridgehead, Colonel Oshima felt that he could rush over with more force at this time, and immediately ordered the second echelon of the 2nd Defense Brigade and the 5th Defense Brigade to join the battle.
Assisted the First Garrison Brigade to defeat the Eighth Route Army positions in one fell swoop.
Colonel Oshima had just given the order, and the Second and Fifth Guard Brigades were about to rush onto the bridge. There was a thunderbolt, and groups of artillery shells flew over from the direction of the square, dragging their bright tails and arcing in the air.
, fell around the Weihe Highway Bridge. The team that the Japs had just assembled was immediately dispersed. Not only the dead ones, but the living ones were busy looking for bomb craters and jumping into them to avoid the shelling.
At this moment, Colonel Oshima fully understood where the Eighth Division had gone, and also understood that his last chance might soon be lost.
Sure enough, as soon as the bombardment ended, the ground south of the west bank of the Weihe River began to shake. Colonel Oshima saw that a large cavalry force of the Eighth Route Army was coming up. Looking at the formation, there was probably a brigade of cavalry and a long line of cavalry skirmishers.
Like a tide, it rushed towards the Qingdao garrison.
Colonel Oshima was terrified. He knew that if he encountered cavalry on this plain, he would not be able to rush over the road bridge in a hurry. Even if he rushed over, he would not be able to escape the pursuit of the cavalry. Therefore, he no longer cared about attacking the cavalry on the other side of the Wei River.
The Eighth Route Army was in position and issued an order that was the biggest mistake of his life: the troops immediately turned around, moved closer to the Shandong Autonomous Allied Forces, and stayed on the spot waiting for reinforcements.
When Hu Lao Lao led the cavalry brigade to the Weihe Highway Bridge, the main force of the Japanese Qingdao garrison had already withdrawn and fled westward in the dark night. Looking at the densely packed Japanese corpses on the road and on the bridge, Hu Lao Lao ordered three
The regiment sent two battalions to strengthen the defense force of the railway bridge and highway bridge, rescue the wounded of the cavalry battalion of the 7th Teaching Brigade, said to Pan Mingliang, "Liangzi, uncle, I will avenge you," then got on his horse and led the main force to pursue the Japanese.
After Liu Yimin rushed to Fangzi to join Zeng Zhongsheng, Li Chang commanded the artillery brigade to complete the turn. Liu Yimin was worried that the cavalry battalion of the 7th Brigade was too weak and that they would not be able to hold their position, so he ordered Li Chang to command the artillery group to fire and disperse the Japanese.
, reduce Pan Mingliang’s pressure.
At night at the end of May, the stars twinkled in the sky and the visibility was very high. The fierce battle between the cavalry battalion of the 7th Brigade and the Japanese artillery was equivalent to marking the location and coordinates of the artillery target for Li Chang. Therefore, when Pan Mingliang's call for help arrived, Li Chang
Chang commanded the artillery to be in position.
This time, for fear of accidental injury, Li Chang personally went into battle, measured the distance of the bombardment, shouted out a series of bombardment parameters, and directed the artillery group to fire to intercept the Japanese attacking troops. It was not until he saw the torch of the cavalry brigade arriving at the Wei River in the distance that Li Chang ordered
Stopped the bombardment and turned to the puppet troops to fire.