Just as Liu Yimin finished his combat meeting and was about to bend his bow, the war on the southern front suddenly changed.
When Lieutenant General Maedajimae, the 35th Division stationed in Yanzhou, received a telegram from the new commander of the 12th Army, Lieutenant General Tani Susuo, was organizing troops to advance to the Nishan area, preparing to eliminate the Eighth Route Army in the Nishan area, and cooperate with Xuzhou.
The attack was launched by the main force of the 114th Division in Linyi.
Nishan is the birthplace of Confucius. Historical records show that Nishan was originally named Niqiu Mountain. The wife of Qisheng King Yan prayed here, and Confucius was born. The five peaks of the mountain stand together, including Confucius Temple, Nishan Temple, and Nishan Academy
In other buildings, there is a cave where Confucius was born - Confucius Cave.
Logically speaking, Nishan and the three Confucius in Qufu are both holy places of Chinese civilization. Since the Japanese have repeatedly claimed that they have the same language and origin as China, they should worship Nishan, but Maedajima doesn't care about these things, his mind is full of
How to destroy the Eighth Route Army. Therefore, the famous artillery experts in the Japanese army have a place to use their skills. He was planning to command the 35th field artillery revolt, violently bombard all suspicious targets in the Nishan area, and cover the infantry in Nishan.
The region launched a multi-way attack.
Unfortunately, the Eighth Route Army is flexible in tactics and implements active defense tactics. Small troops attack, local armed forces cooperate with militia, laying mine formations, and ambushing and attacking. The old Japanese Maedaji led the troops all the way, but had not yet joined the Eighth Route Army.
When the main force really takes up the battle, he already realizes the power of the Eighth Route Army guerrillas.
After reading Tanisuo's telegram, Lieutenant General Maeda felt that Tanisuo was worthy of being the commander of the 6th Division. His combat command was like a sharp arrow, much more sophisticated than the reckless guy of Tail Takagi.
It's so strange that Maeda and Otaka Turtle were quarreling at the 12th Army's combat meeting and formed a grudge in their hearts, but now Otaka Turtle was captured by the Eighth Route Army, and their lives and deaths are uncertain. When Maeda thought of him, he had a
The feeling of the sadness of the fox and the rabbit, and the quarrels and quarrels and quarrels with the turtle in the battle meeting were all forgotten.
Tani Shouo's telegram was equivalent to relieving the siege for Maeda. Because the mountainous terrain was complex, he had to be on guard against the trap set by the Eighth Route Army at any time. Maeda was cunning and knew that his 35th Division could recover to the present after the defeat in the Hebei-Shandong border.
The combat power is not easy and you cannot take risks at will. Therefore, although he nominally used the power of a division to sweep the Nishan area, in fact, his actions were very slow and he paid great attention to the cooperation between the various troops to avoid being seized by the Eighth Route Army.
He went all the way.
This time, the 114th Division of Xuzhou attacked southern Shandong, Maeda's troops were strengthened. Lieutenant General Momatsu Shigeji was very interested and sent a 5,000-strong puppet Manchukuo National Defense Force to assist. The purpose was to
The 35th Division must attack the Eighth Route Army on the flank to relieve the pressure of the 114th Division's attack in the direction of Linyi.
The Puppet Manchukuo Defense Forces are different from other puppet troops. Japanese advisers are sent to the platoon level and are firmly in the hands of the Japanese army. In a sense, the combat effectiveness of the Puppet Manchukuo Army is much higher than that of the Xuzhou garrison.
With these 5,000 puppet troops, Maeda Maeda was easy to deal with. He learned from the last defeat of Hebei-Shandong border and felt that although his 35th Division had such a long period of cruel training and battlefield training, his combat effectiveness was great.
Improve, but it is best not to be hit by the first wave of firepower of the Eighth Route Army, as the losses are too great and it is easy to lead to the defeat of the troops. If the 35th Division is placed on the second line to support front-line operations, Rong deliberately dispels the fear of the soldiers.
Psychologically, improve their courage. So Maedaji assigned the three regiments of the puppet army to him in the unit of the regiment to serve as the main offensive task. According to Maedaji's explanation to the three registrars, the task of the Imperial Army was fire support.
, tactical guidance and supervise warfare, the task of the Manchurian National Defense Force is to attack the Eighth Route Army positions, hunt down local cadres of the Eighth Route Army and eliminate guerrillas and militias. In short, the puppet army is the dog of the Japanese army, and the owner of the dog who lets the dog bite the leash just holds the leash.
Fortunately, these 5,000 puppet troops blocked the bullets for the Japanese army. Otherwise, the Eighth Route Army's bullets and mines would have targeted all the bullets and mines at the 35th Division.
Now, we can end the troublesome mountain battles legitimately and go to the plains to raid the Eighth Route Army. At this point, Maedajima felt that Tanisuo was better than Otachi Takashi. Although the ground in Shandong is large, it is still rich in the plains.
As long as you occupy the plains, you need money, food and food, guard the traffic lines, blockade lines, trap the Eighth Route Army in the mountains, and starve them to death, so how can you use the lives and ammunition of soldiers to fight for the mountainous areas?
So! Besides, the Imperial Army has strong mobility and is suitable for combat in the plains. It is difficult to find that the Eighth Route Army troops show up in the plains, which is equivalent to sending me credit. If you don’t go to the raid immediately, the book from the Army University will be in vain.
Now!
Maeda immediately acted, commanding a regiment of puppet troops with a brigade of artillery squadron, disguised himself as the main force, continued to feint the attack on the Nishan area, supported the battle of the 114th Division in Linyi, Xuzhou, and personally led the main force back to Yanzhou overnight. Tianming
Later, two brigades and division units were left behind in the 35th Bailout Regiment, commanding a regiment of the puppet Manchukuo National Defense Forces and county guards to station in Yanzhou area, and let the division search gangs and infantry 219th infantry corps pass through
We set out first, and led the 220th infantry revolver, the 221st revolver, the 35th field artillery revolver, and the 35th field artillery revolver, and a brigade of the logistics revolver. We quickly followed the highway from Yanzhou to Ningyang to Dongping and Feicheng.
Go north. Go to Anjiazhuang Town.
The small Anjiazhuang Town is the main battlefield for the fierce battle between the Eighth Route Army Taixi Group and the Japanese Independence-State 13th Brigade.
The 13th Independent Mixed Brigade of the Japanese Army was organized by the Kwantung Army. Like the First and Fifth Independent Mixed Brigade, this mixed brigade of 8,000 people was organized by the Japanese army in the early days, except for
In addition to five infantry brigades, it also has four special forces brigades: cavalry, crafts, artillery and luggage.
When the main force of the instructor advanced to Shandong, the 13th Independent Mixed Brigade suffered an annihilation blow at Beijipo Hejieshou Station, and all five independent infantry brigades were annihilated. Later, they were transferred back to Jinan and survived with the 21st Division.
A corps of a mixed group was added, and a part of the troops was organized into the Jinan Garrison. Since the basic strength of this unit was a field force and had strong combat power, it was later restored to the independent mixed group 13th Brigade and stationed in the garrison.
Thai West region.
After receiving the order from Otaka Kazuzo to gather troops and prepare to launch an offensive battle, Morita Masaki gathered the Japanese troops stationed in various places to Dongping Prefecture. Teraunuchi ordered him to evacuate Dongping and return to Tai'an to defend himself. When the order was issued, he would be independent.
The 13th Brigade had completed the assembly of troops. However, at this time, the 60th Battalion of the Independent Infantry of the 13th Brigade was annihilated when the Eighth Route Army Taixi Group launched an active attack, and Masafan Morita's only troops were the Independent Infantry.
There are four infantry brigades, independent cavalry brigades, independent artillery brigades, independent engineering brigades, independent baggage brigades, and independent baggage brigades, with a total of 8 brigades of about 7,000 people.
The commander of the brigade, Major General Masafan Morita, did not dare to neglect him. He burned and killed and looted Dongping County, and led the troops gathered around Dongping County to advance eastward, planning to return to Tai'an along the highway from Dongping to Tai'an.
As soon as Morita Masahiro left Dongping County, the Eighth Route Army surrounded him from all directions. Morita Masahiro attacked and advanced all the way. When he arrived in the Anjiazhuang area, he was completely trapped in the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army.
The old Japanese Masafan Morita was tough. When he saw that he was surrounded by the Eighth Route Army, he simply stopped leaving. It took only six or seventy miles from Dongping to Anjiazhuang Town. He had been walking too hard, and the Eighth Route Army was like a pack of wolves.
, constantly attacking his troops, and his bite was covered in blood.
Masafan Morita had heard it clearly. Although the Eighth Route Army besieged him was also of the same Japanese equipment, they did not have established mountain artillery and field artillery troops, not to mention tank armored vehicles, and heavy firepower was only infantry artillery, grenade launchers and
Heavy machine gun. Since this is the case, Masafan Morita decided to rely on the villages in Anjiazhuang area to launch troops, fight with the Eighth Route Army, and then withdraw back to Tai'an after defeating the Eighth Route Army.
Masamoto Morita also had a trump card, that was, he received the order from Tanisuo and knew that the 35th Division was gathering troops and preparing to advance in seclusion here and join him in attacking the Eighth Route Army.
It’s true that the combat effectiveness of the independent 13th Brigade cannot be underestimated. The Taixi Group commanded by Huang Su and Chen Shiqu really has no choice but to do anything to them in this development force.
The Japanese army had an independent field artillery brigade, with 12 field artillery, long range and great power, and several tanks and armored vehicles to cover infantry operations. The Taixi Group's Southwest Shandong Security Brigade, the Taixi Security Brigade is not the main force of the instructor, the Artillery Corps
Not yet built, nor are there any anti-aircraft guns and bazooka weapons. In addition to laying anti-tanks and electric explosive packages, they can only use melee grenades and mooring bottles to eliminate the Japanese tanks and armored vehicles. Unfortunately, the Eighth Route Army's infantry artillery and grenade barrels
He is not an opponent of the Japanese Artillery Brigade, and cannot destroy the Japanese artillery positions and cover the troops to attack. In this way, the Eighth Route Army can only surround the Japanese and seize the opportunity to pounce on them and attack.
If it were other Chinese troops, it would be possible to launch an attack at all costs, exposing the troops to the firepower of the Japanese, and use human-sea tactics to win. However, both Huang Su and Chen Shiqu knew that the instructors prohibited such fighting styles, and cadres and soldiers
Everyone knows that when Commander Liu was still the acting leader of the 18th Red Regiment, he said it very clearly that the most precious wealth of the Red Army is the life of the Red Army soldiers. In other words, there are many opportunities to eliminate the Japanese, and there are other opportunities.
After searching for the fighter, the troops had nothing left after fighting. Besides, the division commander's order was very clear, mainly attacking the Japanese guards and eating the Japanese devils bit by bit. If the Japanese army launched an attack with full firepower
It is estimated that before the battle ends, the division commander will dismiss them and investigate them.
Chen Shiqu and Wang Jian'an are both famous tiger generals in our army. Huang Su and Zhu Liangcai are also warriors who are both civil and military. Seeing that the Japanese army had a decisive battle, our army did not have much advantage except for its military strength, so we decided to adjust our deployment.
, ordered the troops to start building positions, fermenting smoke, and making plans for a long-lasting siege.
As a result, a very strange situation appeared on the battlefield, that is, the Japanese and Eighth Route Army were conducting small-scale tentative attacks, and they immediately retreated when they encountered the opponent's firepower block. The enemy and us were close together, while the Eighth Route Army was not large-scale
The Japanese army does not attack on a large scale, which means it is in a stalemate.
In fact, if Masahiro Morita was determined to break through at this time, the Taixi Group would probably not be able to stop it, but the Japanese army would suffer a lot. But Masahiro Morita knew that reinforcements had arrived at this time and defeating the siege of the Eighth Route Army was just
Sooner or later, he won’t break through! On the contrary, he changed his clothes to control the battlefield situation, stuck to the Eighth Route Army, and waited for the arrival of the main force of the 35th Division to attack the Eighth Route Army.
How could Huang Su and Chen Shiqu know that the Japanese would have such a conspiracy!
Shi Jianfei, the reconnaissance platoon leader of the Southwest Shandong Guard Brigade, who made great contributions in the battle of Guantai Ferry, took his reconnaissance platoon across the Dawen River that morning and arrived at Qianfushan Village in Ningyang County to prepare for the Japanese puppetization of Ningyang County
The army conducts reconnaissance and surveillance.
Since Liu Yimin set up a military camp warning rule in the Hunan Channel, both the Red Army University and the instructor’s teaching team have regarded battlefield alert as a must-read subject and trained cadres. The main force of the Taixi Group besieged the Japanese army’s independence in the Anjiazhuang Town area.
The 13th Brigade mixed together, and the troops serving as reconnaissance and surveillance were spread to four directions, southeast, west and north, closely monitoring the changes in the surrounding enemy situation.
This Fushan is divided into Fushan in front and Fushan behind. Shi Jianfei and his reconnaissance platoon selected Fushan as a hidden place because it was just on the side of the road from Ningyang to Anjiazhuang. If the Japanese set out to reinforce from Ningyang, they would definitely pass by here.
Shi Jianfei thought that it was unlikely that the Japanese would pass by here. Because the Japanese had trains, they were used to mobilizing troops along the Jinpu Road. If the Japanese took the railway, they would not escape the eyes of the Independent Regiment of the Southwest Shandong, and they had cut off the brigade.
Jinpu Road.
The incident was unexpected to Shi Jianfei. After lunch, the investigator reported that there was a situation.
Shi Jianfei hurried to the side of the road, raised his telescope to observe, and found that a team of national cavalry came from a distance, with a small number of people, only about 200 people.
Shi Jianfei was puzzled. At this time, the National Army cavalry would appear? You must know that the main force of the National Army had already left here, so how could they march on the road in a swagger?
It was gradually clear that this team of cavalry in the national army was very generous, and it turned out to be the same color of Eastern Horses, Eastern Horses and Cavalry Spears. These things were taught by the Cavalry Brigade and the Cavalry Battalions of various brigades, and Shi Jianfei recognized them clearly.
Shi Jianfei's head exploded with a loud bang. Damn, the Japanese devils actually played the trick of pretending to be the national army. They didn't think about it. There were no cavalry troops in the national army with all kinds of Eastern Horses! If they were pretending to be the cavalry of the Eighth Route Army, they would still be
Almost the same, maybe I will be fooled!
Shi Jianfei didn't know that the Japanese army did not want to disguise the Eighth Route Army. The problem was that they had not eliminated the Eighth Route Army in an established system, and they didn't even know the numbers of the various units of the instructors. Once they were disguised, they would be exposed. They could only use the original seized national military uniforms to disguise them.
Shi Jianfei immediately ordered the radio station to report to the brigade commander, and found that the Japanese cavalry disguised as the National Army were searching along the Ningyang-Feicheng Highway.
After sending the telegram, Shi Jianfei ordered the reconnaissance platoon to continue to monitor the hidden surveillance to see if there were any Japanese troops behind him.
This hidden surveillance discovered a big problem. After the Japanese cavalry, a team of national infantry rushed up. This time, Shi Jianfei made a clearer judgment. Although the Japanese were wearing national uniforms and feet
But they were wearing Japanese leather shoes, that head, that strong body, the marching posture and the 38th cover, the 92 heavy machine gun, infantry cannon, and grenade launchers. They all mean that they are just a group of people.
The detained Japanese.
Shi Jianfei hurriedly asked the radio operator to send a report again, and found that the Japanese infantry disguised as the national army had a force of about 3,000, which should be one regiment after another.
The situation next became completely clear. The Japanese behind were even disguised. They were tanks, armored vehicles, cars, and field cannons carried by pack horses, and they were moving quickly along the road.
At this time, Shi Jianfei figured out all the enemy situation and immediately reported to the brigade headquarters: the entire Japanese 35th Division came to aid and headed north along the Ningyang-Feicheng Highway.
After sending the telegram, Shi Jianfei vaguely heard gunshots from the Dawen River from afar. He knew that it was the troops guarding the Dawen River that our army began to block.
After receiving Shi Jianfei's report, Huang Su, Chen Shiqu, Wang Jian'an, Tang Liang and Zhu Liangcai immediately understood that the reason why the Japanese Independence Mixed Brigade stopped retreating and confronted our army at the Anjiazhuang line was that it was
Wait for the 35th Division.
This enemy situation was so important. Chen Shiqu immediately said to Tang Liang: "Political Commissar, remember to appoint Shi Jianfei as the company commander of the brigade reconnaissance company after the war."
Tang Liang looked solemn and replied: "Don't talk about these useless things for now. Hurry up and study whether to withdraw or attack. Our army is very passive now and will be trapped in the attack of the Japanese immediately."
Chen Shiqu laughed: "The Japanese want to attack me? He didn't ask me when I was a soldier or what battles I had fought. Only I surrounded them and attacked them, and where would they come to attack me!"
Huang Su turned out to be the political commissar of the Red Eighth Army. When Xiangjiang was defeated, the ending of the Red Eighth Army was always in my mind. He knew the terrible result of the defeat of the newly formed troops. Therefore, he frowned and said, "Brig Commander Chen, don't forget it."
The Southwest Shandong Garrison Brigade and the Thai Garrison Brigade are both new troops and cannot be compared with the main force. For my opinion, I will immediately report to the division commander and political commissar, and request the task of siegeing the Independent Mixed Thirteenth Brigade, quickly transfer, and head north to Tai'an to
Establish a blocking position in the north and let the Japanese retreat back to Tai'an."
Wang Jianan asked back: "What if the Japanese devils do not retreat to Tai'an, but go north along Feicheng to Jinan and influence the main force of the division to capture Jinan, what should we do?"
After saying this, several people stopped talking and the command center fell into silence.