The remaining troops on the Japanese army's southern front were the 106th Division and the 116th Division. Among them, the 116th Division was responsible for the defense of Lianyungang to Pi County, and the 106th Division was responsible for the defense of Pi County to Dangshan.
The two divisions built three lines of defense based on Longhai Road, and their mission was to prevent the Shandong Eighth Route Army from breaking through the siege and heading south.
Lieutenant General Kiyono Himeshi is from Ehime Prefecture, Japan. He graduated from the Land University and served as an officer from the Tokumiya War Office, the commander of the combat squad of the Army Infantry School Research Department, and the Third League of Guard Infantry
Team leader, Chief of the Battle History Section of the General Staff Headquarters, Commander of the 33rd Infantry Brigade, Secretary of the Army Non-commissioned Officer School, Chief of Staff of Taiwan Army, Commander of Yuliang Fortress, Commander of the Fourth Independent Guard,
The 12th Division was headed by the General Staff Headquarters. He was transferred to the commander of the 116th Division in May.
The 116th Division, the 106th Division, the 108th Division, the 109th Division, and the 1100th Division are all special divisions in 37th system, with the first one under their jurisdiction.
9, the first three 0 two infantry brigades, a cavalry brigade and field artillery brigade, engineer brigade, baggage brigade, etc. The two infantry brigades each have two brigades, each with type 41
There are 3 mountain cannons, 6 92 inch cannons, and 8 heavy machine guns. The total force is 21,902 people.
The special forces belong to the third category of troops in the Japanese army, but their combat effectiveness is relatively low. The reason is that the soldiers of these divisions are composed of reserve personnel from each division-managed area, with an average age of older people, and they are all guys who are with their families.
.These guys are unwilling to work hard in wars, but they are cruel and ruthless when they harm the common people. Their best things are rape, robbery and other things.
Due to the successive defeats of the Japanese army, especially after the Eighth Route Army entered Jinan City and showed its power, the various Japanese troops were trembling and extremely alert. In particular, Lieutenant General Qingshui Xizhong was proficient in war history, studied tactics carefully, and had grassroots troops led by them.
The general with experience in the army even stared at the terrified eyes, staring at the every move of the Eighth Route Army instructor. Although the battle report said that the Japanese heavy army group had pushed the Eighth Route Army to Jiaodong, the old Japanese Qingshui knew in his heart that there was a southern Shandong area.
The Eighth Route Army was blocking and restraining the Japanese heavy army some time ago. These Eighth Route Army might suddenly appear in front of his 116th Division and catch him off guard. Therefore, he strictly implemented the order of Soichi Tezuka and relied on Long.
The sea line builds a defense line and poses a stance to guard the north. Among them, Major General Takataro's 119th Brigade stationed in Donghai Prefecture, Takahashi is the 130th Division stationed in Pi Prefecture, and Kiyomizu
Lieutenant General Xizhong set up his division headquarters in Xin'an Ancient Town between Donghai and Pi County, commanding the field artillery gang, cavalry brigade, and engineering gang in the center to carry out reinforcements to the two brigades at any time. One of the 119th Brigade
The infantry brigade is stationed at Lianyun Port Port and is responsible for port security tasks.
Although it was deployed in this way, the 116th Division and the 106th Division are also responsible for the task of transporting supplies to Tada Jun Group, and must draw troops to protect the traffic line. Therefore, the 116th Division's baggage is also responsible for transporting supplies to Tada Jun Group.
In addition to leaving a brigade to manage the supplies transported by the Japanese army from the local area at Lianyun Port, the other two brigades are responsible for sending the supplies of Tada Jun Group from Lianyun Port to Xuzhou, and the 106th Division is responsible for sending them to Yanzhou, and from Yanzhou.
The 114th Division of the country was responsible for transferring to Tai'an. Although the Japanese army has joined forces in Qingdao, Tada Jun's southern line group troops belong to the Central China Front Army, and many of the materials were allocated by Central China, and the logistics tasks are still very heavy.
Kiyomizu was very happy. This old Japanese devil knew that the Eighth Route Army was particularly good at disguising Japanese sneak attacks, so he specially formulated a method to deal with the Eighth Route Army's sneak attacks, and asked the division chief Colonel Mikuyoiichiro to inform each unit of his division's mobilization and Japanese passing troops three times a day.
In the case, even the squad-scale troops must be approved by the division headquarters, and the command is changed several times a day, and military dogs are used in large quantities, so they are warned in advance. As long as each unit finds that it is not a soldier of its own troops, the command is incorrect, and the command is incorrect, it will be fired immediately.
It is strictly forbidden to approach positions and posts. That's not all. Qingshui Xizhong's old Japanese also asked all troops to conduct anti-sneaking operations training, and even set the firepower points to combine light and dark, in an attempt to deal with the Eighth Route Army's disguised sneak attack.
Although Liu Yimin did not know about the precautionary measures that Qingshui was very happy, the information reported by the investigators showed that the Japanese army was extremely alert and could not approach the observation. Therefore, when formulating the combat plan, Liu Yimin considered that the Japanese army's defense line was stable and highly alert.
The range of warning searches is large, and it is impossible to sneak into the city quietly like attacking Tianjin and Qingdao. Therefore, he asked Liu to command the superior forces of three brigades to capture Lianyun Port, and he led the main force to concentrate his efforts to solve the Japanese troops stationed in the East China Sea.
The 119th Brigade then selected a battlefield between the East China Sea and Pi County, waiting for the enemy from Pi County and Xuzhou to come to help.
Although the Japanese army was a division of troops, they were engaged in blockade lines, which required connection points to form lines, and there were three blockade lines. In this way, the troops were relatively scattered, and there was not much military force at each point. Therefore, Liu Yimin
The tactics adopted are very simple, which is to give full play to your military strength advantages, attack multiple points, and advance quickly.
After receiving the order from Liu Yimin to capture Lianyungang, Liu Jian, the commander of the Second Brigade and commander of the Shandong Military Region, excitedly took off his military cap, swung it on the table, and shouted loudly: "Grandma, it's finally my turn."
The Second Teaching Brigade is on the stage!”
Zeng Chunjian, the new political commissar of the Second Education Brigade, was the leader of the old Red 18th Regiment. After arriving in western Shandong, he was directly appointed as the political commissar of the Second Education Brigade. Since the former Red 18th Regiment survived the Gulingtou war, all the cadres and soldiers who survived the war in Gulingtou of the former Red 18th Regiment have now become the tutors.
The backbone of the mentor, and when Xiangjiang was reorganized, most of the soldiers of the 18th Regiment were concentrated in the 1st Battalion, the 2nd Battalion, and the 2nd Brigade of Education were developed with the 2nd Battalion as the backbone. The brigade commander Liu Jian
I was familiar with Zeng Chunjian when I was in Jinggangshan, so Zeng Chunjian felt like he was going home and returning to the old army, and soon got into a relationship with his comrades.
However, after this period of running-in, Zeng Chunjian found that his old subordinates seemed to have become intellectuals, and they rarely swear. Liu Jian was even more like a Confucian general. According to the soldiers, this was all about learning from the demeanor of the teacher.
When Zeng Chunjian heard Liu Jian swearing, he couldn't help laughing: "Brig Commander, when did you learn to say "Grandma is a bear?"
When Liu Jian heard this, he felt a little embarrassed and his face turned a little red. Then he said, "Political Commissar, my second brigade of the Eighth Route Army is the three main brigades of the Eighth Route Army that run alongside the First and Third brigades of the Educational Brigade. We have been guarding the situation recently.
Luxi, the soldiers who had basically not participated in the big combat operations, saw that the first brigade and the third brigade had fought one battle after another, were already very frustrated. If they didn't fight a big battle, they would not be taught.
The first brigade, the third brigade was thrown away, and the fourth brigade and the fifth brigade could surpass us. Is that so great? This time, I made up my mind to quickly capture Lianyungang, and then to advance westward to the main force
Let’s meet the Japanese Xuzhou defenders together to see if my second battalion’s marksmanship is accurate or the Japanese bayonet is hard!”
What about soldiers? You can never be without a competitive spirit. Zeng Chunjian, who is also a general of the Red Army, knew this very well, and couldn't help but feel proud. He rolled up his sleeves and shouted loudly: "The brigade commander is right, you
In charge of command, I led the Fourth Regiment to fight for the vanguard of the entire brigade and ensured that Lianyungang was captured in one fell swoop."
When Li Congmin, the director of the political department next to him, he immediately said, "Braft Commander, Political Commissar, none of you can compete with me. If I, Lao Li, don't fight a brilliant battle, the division commander will forget the teacher and Li Congmin.
It’s a man! I didn’t say anything, I will teach the Fourth Corps as a vanguard. You can listen to it later, please guarantee that you will take down Lianyungang on time! If the mission is not completed, I, Lao Li, will be willing to accept the punishment!"
Liu Jian and Zeng Chunjian no longer said this, because Li Congmin has always been the second battalion and the political commissar of the second regiment. Since the establishment of the Red Seventh Corps, he has been in the position of director of the Political Department without any relocation. Although Li
I don’t say it, but I should really let the teacher know about this.
As a result, Li Congmin naturally went to the Fourth Underground Group for the 4th.
After Li Congmin left, Liu Jian found Zhou Chunru and asked about the situation in Lianyungang for the last time.
This year, Zhou Chunru's original name was Zhou Fangzeng and his courtesy name was Chunru. He was born in 1901. He was from Xijiaxu, Yibei Township, Guanyun County. He graduated from the Shanghai Art College sculpture major. During the Northern Expedition, he began to promote the revolution and organized a group in his hometown.
The members of the anti-Japanese propaganda team include Sun Haiguang, Feng Guozhu, Zhu Buying, Shimin, Cheng Tongmo, Zhu Ke, Wang Lanying and more than 20 people. They have successively been in Zhongji, Yishan, Zhu Da, Xin'an Town, Zhangdian, Du Dayang, and Yang Xu.
, Yang Ji, Tongxing and other places perform, teaches singing songs to save the nation, etc.
After the Eighth Route Army arrived in Guanyun County, although it was in a hidden standby state, such a large-scale army could be hidden from the Japanese, but it could not be hidden from the common people. Zhou Chunru's anti-Japanese propaganda team was at the back of the enemy at this time and had not been entrusted by the Guanyun Land Power of the National Government.
After disbanding and promoting anti-Japanese war in the countryside, he naturally contacted the Eighth Route Army soon and performed several performances for the soldiers.
The second brigade of the Second Education Brigade ran so far to capture Lianyungang. Liu Jian was overjoyed when he saw Zhou Chunru and immediately entrusted Zhou Chunru to organize young and middle-aged people who had been to Lianyungang to conduct reconnaissance and conduct reconnaissance on Lianyungang.
Zhou Chunru is very famous in Guanyun. He was once appointed by the party organization to participate in the work of the Kuomintang regime in Guanyun. He used cartoons to expose the crimes of the county magistrate at that time, which was very influential in Guanyun all walks of life. The county magistrate was eager for the stars and the moon, and finally
After waiting for the main force, what else can I say? I first introduced the situation in Lianyungang to Liu Jian, and then sent out the propaganda team to find young and middle-aged people who were familiar with Lianyungang to lead the way for the troops.
Now, the investigators have already reported the situation back. What Liu Jian is asking is no longer a military question, but the customs and customs of Lianyungang.
After hearing that Liu Jian wanted to understand these situations, Zhou Chunru opened up and explained what he knew clearly.
The port of Lianyungang was originally in Dapu Port. By 1933, Dapu Port was silted and the port was moved to Lao Kiln. This old kiln was actually the kiln where mountain people burned charcoal. Over time, it was built from a new kiln to an old kiln.
Later, it gradually developed into a fishing village, with more than 1,000 fishing boats, including more than 300 fishing boats of all sizes. Large boats are yellow flower boats and remote net boats, which can be fished in the distant seas. Fishermen commonly call it "going to the ocean". Most of the small boats are at their doorsteps.
Offshore fishing. Fishermen catch yellow croaker, hairtail, pomfret, flounder, yellow crucian carp, sea crab, shrimp, cuttlefish, etc., with a total output of 150,000 to 100,000 dan in spring and autumn. A small amount of fresh goods are sold locally.
The large-scale yellow croaker and hairtail caught are all taken to the sea with salt, and are harvested as they are caught and then sold to Haikou city.
During the spring flood season, Xinpu streets and alleys were filled with sea goods, and the price was very cheap, which was about the same as vegetables. At this time, every household was busy drying "spring fish", washing the yellow croaker I bought to remove intestines and threading them with a rope
Get up and put it in the patio to dry, and it will take dozens or hundreds of kilograms at a time. In addition to being convenient for food at any time in the future, dried spring fish is also the favorite snack for children. They wrap the dried spring fish with straw paper and put it in water
Soak it, then bury it in the ashes in the pot, and it will be cooked in about half an hour. Puff off the ash and straw paper, and hold it in your hand and tear it to eat it piece by piece. The "garlic cloves" are fragrant and chewy
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The most seafood is also prawns, which are also quite cheap. When the production is strong, the first leek is on the market. Fried prawns have become a fresh dish for ordinary people. When children cry, they can grab a cooked prawn for them.
I didn't cry while eating.
The fresh prawns on the market cannot be sold for a while and will soon rot. The fish shop boiled it in a large pot and set up a bamboo curtain in front of the door to dry it. The streets were covered with red prawns, which was full of fishy smell.
The air, pedestrians are like walking on the fishing village pier.
Later, the Japanese fishing ferry also came here to catch fish. Their boats had a strong horsepower, fast movements, and advanced fishing gear. They found that large fish were fishing first, frozen and boxed fresh fish and shipped to various places for sale.
Zhou Chunru's vivid words, Liu Jian also listened with relish, and couldn't help holding Zhou Chunru's hand and said, "Old Zhou, when I catch Lianyungang, I will treat you to seafood."
Seeing Liu Jian's longing look, Zhou Chunru said, "Brig Commander Liu, don't think the fishing village is so beautiful when you hear it. In fact, it turns out that it's very poor, and the fishermen are all illiterate. If the boat owners don't say it, they will naturally have money.
Ordinary fishermen are exploited by fishmongers and are very poor. The most pitiful thing is those who don’t even have small boats. They all rely on taking fishing gear on board the boat and doing short-term labor every year when they go to the ocean. After a season, they get a small amount of salted fish.
As a reward, they usually have to rely on fishing jellyfish by the beach, pushing shrimp skins, and picking frogs to make a living by making a living.”
Liu Jian nodded: "By the way, the world is as dark as crows, and there are many poor people everywhere."
Zhou Chunru continued: "This old kiln has become famous in the past few years. When the Longhai Railway was built, it was built from Xuzhou to the east and went all the way to Laoyao Town by the sea. The stationmaster thought Laoyao was the first to be built.
The name is Tu. When the port is between Liandao and Yuntai Mountain, it is named Lianyungang. Once the railway is connected, two more docks are built, connecting sea and railway transportation, and it will be prosperous immediately. It is a great official and noble person.
All the merchants and warriors flocked to the ground and built buildings. The dilapidated fishing village in the past was called the port town with foreign buildings. It is said that after the Japanese army captured it, they quickly restored the wharf they had to rely on the port to transport arms and supplies.
Facilities, expanding the dock into three docks and nine anchorage areas.”
Hearing this, the time for the troops to set off was almost up, and Liu Jian stopped listening and asked Zhou Chunru to follow the army to go to Lianyungang to carry out work. Then he ordered the Second Brigade of Education, the Western Shandong Guard Brigade, and the Southwest Shandong Guard Brigade to start the operation.
This Lianyungang area has a humid monsoon climate in the southern edge of the warm belt, and is in the transition zone between the warm belt and the northern subtropical zone. It has the dual characteristics of marine and continental climate. This is the rainy season, but unfortunately most of it is rainy, so it has not entered the Lianyungang day.
Otherwise, the instructor can fight on a large scale and no longer worry about the Japanese air superiority.
On the evening of July 2, the Second Eighth Route Army Education Brigade, the Western Shandong Guard Brigade, and the Southwest Shandong Guard Brigade arrived at the outskirts of Lianyungang after a secret movement. Then, they penetrated northward along the valley between the Shaoxiang River and the Dan River. Then the entire line was unfolded and formed a multi-way assault.
The group quickly attacked the Longhai Railway to the north and Lianyungang to the east.
Just as Liu Jian commanded the troops to take action, Liu Yimin led the main force of the instructor from the northern part of Ganyu County to head south and rushed directly to Donghai County. The first brigade of the teaching, the third brigade, the fourth brigade, the sixth brigade, and the eighth brigade,
The Cavalry Brigade formed six attack arrows, and under the cover of the Artillery Brigade and the artillery regiments of each brigade, launched a scattered offensive against the 119th Brigade of the 116th Division.
In addition to a brigade of the 119th Infantry Brigade, the Japanese stationed in Lianyungang also have a brigade of the 116th Division's logistics corps. The Japanese infantry brigade is mainly responsible for the garrison tasks of Lianyungang, and the logistics brigade is responsible for managing port affairs.
The infantry brigade's barracks were in the Lotus Pond in Sunjiashan, and the baggage brigade's barracks were in the Thirteenth Room of Laoyao. At the same time, in order to ensure the safety of the port, the Japanese built fortifications on Houyuntai Mountain and defended closely according to Qingshui's orders.
At this time, the section of Lianyungang to Xuzhou of Longhai Railway had been repaired by the Japanese, but there was no train running. Because during the Battle of Xuzhou, Li Zongren listened to Liu Yimin's suggestion and ordered all the trains to be withdrawn and all the railways were demolished. The Japanese army had no trains, so they had to sigh at Lu Xing's sigh.
.It is said that they are preparing to order locomotives from China and transport them to China. However, they have not yet arrived. On the Longhai Railway, only a few armored vehicles transported by the Japanese urgently were tossing back and forth, cooperating with the Japanese army to deploy defenses and patrols.
The battle first started at Xincun Station at the foot of Yuntai Mountain, which is the Yuntai Mountain Station in later generations.
The Japanese defended the line to the north, and the Eighth Route Army is now attacking from south to north, which is equivalent to stabbing the Japanese in the back.
The defending Xincun was a brigade and a squadron of the Japanese. It should be said that the Japanese were indeed very vigilant. When the military dogs barked wildly, the Japanese sentry pulled the bolt and looked around. The machine gun team on the Japanese position was throwing bullets.
The tubes and infantry cannons have also entered a state of combat.
Unfortunately, these Japanese who burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of evil in the surrounding villages. They encountered the nemesis in their lives. The Fourth Regiment of the Second Brigade, the main force of the Eighth Route Army, came to check out them.
Teng Xinxing, the first company commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 4th Regiment, has been in a state of rest and training since he eliminated the 21st Division and participated in the battle to recover Hebei. When he broke through Longhai Road last time, he was full of hope to fight and live a hard time.
.So the troops pass by is a strategic action, and they cannot get too involved with the Japanese. It is a bargaining Japanese. This time, they are fighting an annihilation battle, so they can let go of their hands and feet and do a big fight.
Just as the Japanese sentry at Xincun Station was awakened by the barking of military dogs and checked around vigilantly, Teng Xinxing led his company to quietly hide 200 meters away from the station.
This distance is a bit far for infantry charges, and the troops can easily become targets for the Japanese army. Of course, Teng Xinxing would not do such stupid things, nor would he let the soldiers charge blindly. He was waiting for the Japanese to investigate the firepower and wait for the Japanese to be exposed.
Fire point.
Sure enough, the Japanese could not bear it while the military dogs were barking and began to conduct fire reconnaissance. The machine gun bullets hit the hillside at night, rustling loudly.
After fighting for a while, there was no movement, the Japanese stopped shooting. A dozen Japanese led their military dogs away from the position and searched for the ambush of the Third Battalion.
Seeing that Teng Xinxing and the others were only forty or fifty meters away, the Japanese military dogs were barking even more happily. Teng Xinxing waved his hand, and more than a dozen crisp gunshots rang out, and more than a dozen Japanese who came to search were brushing together.
He fell to the ground, and even the barking military dog fell to the ground softly and never made any sound.
Now, the Japanese no longer care whether the firepower point would be exposed. They even turned on the searchlight, illuminating the station, and then the infantry cannons, grenade launchers, and light and heavy machine guns fired.
The Japanese firepower opened fire, and the support firepower of the Fourth Regiment of the Eighth Route Army Training Regiment naturally opened fire. At this time, the most useful ones were infantry cannons, mortars and flying thunder cannons. Especially the flying thunder cannons, after technological improvements, the range was longer and accurate
The degree also increased. The explosive pack flew over. After the explosion, the Japanese gunners and machine gunners all fell to the ground. The Japanese searchlight was also hit by the Eighth Route Army's shells, and Xincun Station fell into darkness again.
Taking advantage of the shock of the Japanese, Teng Xinxing made another gesture, and the heavy machine gun and grenade launcher of the fire support company began to suppress the fire. The entire company was divided into several routes and quickly touched the Japanese position.
When the Japanese devils were covered by the firepower of the Fourth Regiment, the Japanese captain stationed at Xincun Station had already woken up. When he saw the power of the Eighth Route Army's firepower, he knew that he had encountered a large-scale attack from the Chinese army. He hurriedly issued a battle alarm and ordered
He sent a report to the corps commander and brigade commander, and was in a hurry and was attacked by a large-scale attack by the Chinese army, asking for emergency tactical guidance.
In fact, what the Eighth Route Army likes most is the Japanese asking for help, so that the Japanese will leave the position to reinforce, allowing the Eighth Route Army to annihilate it in the field and reduce casualties in the army.
The Japanese devils in the 16th Division had a strong will to resist. When the heavy firepower was destroyed, the Japanese scattered soldiers were not panicked and began to shoot and counterattack. However, this kind of counterattack was very limited because the Japanese devils were in danger of being killed.
The troops were too small, and the Eighth Route Army used the most elite troops, with the intention of tearing apart the Japanese defense line in one fell swoop and breaking the connection between the Japanese army and the Japanese army in the East China Sea at the port of Lianyungang.