Lei Ming, commander of the 4th Teaching Brigade, Zhu Rui, political commissar of the 4th Teaching Brigade and commander of the New 4th Brigade, and Zhang Haitao, commander of the Tai'an detachment, commanded the Eastern Group of the Eighth Route Army's Taixi Campaign. They have been waiting in hiding on the north side of Jinpu Road for the whole day, watching helplessly as the blocking troops and the
The Japanese troops were fighting fiercely, and they were already full of energy in their hearts, waiting for the order of the general attack.
Zhang Haitao, commander of the Tai'an detachment, has been very angry recently.
The last time Liu Yimin's aircraft formation was intercepted by Japanese aircraft, Li Chengyi, the instructor's guard regiment leader, Lu Wen, the deputy director of the radio station, and six pilots died. Four fighter jets and a transport plane were destroyed by the Japanese army, causing heavy losses. The culprit behind all this is
The code name is Sakura, and the pseudonym is Tang Xiuer, a senior assassin of the Communist Party of China. Tang Xiuer and Zhuang Yulian once joined the Chulai Village Army and later the Eighth Route Army.
The Tai'an detachment was a soldier. At that time, due to the vigilance of Wang Shangwu, the captain of the Second Sniper Squadron, the instructor's security department notified the Tai'an detachment to monitor Tang Xiu'er and Zhuang Yulian. Unfortunately, Tang Xiu'er disguised herself so well that the Tai'an detachment did not find any flaws and could not treat Tang Xiu'er casually.
Measures were taken. In the end, Tang Xiuer had to be agreed to go to Jinan for medical treatment. As a result, Liu Yimin's plane formation was intercepted by Japanese planes.
After knowing that Tang Xiuer was really the high-level killer of the Communist Party of China, Zhang Haitao regretted it and couldn't sleep for several days and nights. He scolded himself for not being vigilant enough. Later, he started writing inspections non-stop. Until Liu Yimin came back from Xi'an and talked to him.
After talking about it, he untied his knot.
Zhang Haitao intuitively believed that Tang Xiuer would definitely appear again and would carry out an assassination operation against Liu Yimin. He gathered the cadres of the Tai'an detachment and above for a meeting and told everyone that only the cadres and soldiers of the Tai'an detachment in the division were familiar with Tang Xiuer and Zhuang Yulian.
Zhuang Yulian is dead, let’s not talk about her. Tang Xiuer is still on the run. She will definitely not be willing to fail and will come back to assassinate the teacher again. Last time
It was the shame of the Tai'an detachment to let her successfully escape to Jinan and commit a shocking crime. This time they found her again and spoke directly with bullets without saying a word. Tang Xiuer has high martial arts skills and good skills. There is no need to have any scruples in dealing with her, so concentrate on machine guns.
, rifles, and covered her with a fire net, leaving her with no ladder to the sky and no door to the earth, and died under random gunshots. Otherwise, we would be sorry for the sacrifices of Li Chengyi, Lu Wen, Wu Le and others!
After the order for the Taixi Campaign was issued, Zhang Haitao sent a war invitation telegram to Liu Yimin, requesting that the Tai'an detachment be the main force of the blocking group. The reason was that the Tai'an detachment was familiar with the terrain, the backbone of the troops came from the main force of our army, and the combat effectiveness and equipment level were higher than those of the security brigades.
In the end, Liu Yimin did not agree, mainly because the Tai'an detachment had been at the forefront of defending the Taiyi central base area and participated in the southern front battle, resulting in heavy casualties among the troops.
Zhang Haitao was very angry at Liu Yimin's arrangement and felt that the division commander had underestimated the Tai'an detachment. Yes, in the previous stage of the battle, the Tai'an detachment cooperated with the Fifth Brigade and fought hard with the Japanese army, and the casualties were indeed not small. However, the Tai'an detachment
cadres and soldiers, except
Except for the eastward detachment brought by Zhang Haitao, there were originally four detachments, which were standard Taiyi soldiers. Now it is time to fight a battle to completely eliminate the enemy in Lunan. The Tai'an detachment cannot bear the most difficult combat tasks. Why?
Do you want to explain it to your fellow villagers?
He was aggrieved, but he still had to carry out the order, right? Zhang Haitao couldn't compete for the task of blocking the attack, so he wanted to show off the prestige of the Tai'an detachment in the general offensive. Therefore, at the pre-war mobilization meeting, Zhang Haitao changed what he had learned from Liu Yimin
Gentle and gentle, his words were full of murderous intent: "After the general attack order was issued, the entire detachment, including me, launched a charge. Taking the company as a unit, we attacked fiercely. Don't worry about the organization or organization.
Is it a chaotic battle? Just charge wherever there are Japanese enemies. Infantry artillery, small steel cannons, and heavy machine guns will follow up. If you are far away, use small artillery to hit them, and if you are far away, use small cannons, and if you are far away, use heavy machine guns to sweep them. If you are close, use grenades to explode them, and if you are close, use light machine guns and rifles to attack them.
In one sentence, move forward, move forward, move forward until we kill Maeda Haru, commander of the 35th Division, Masanori Morita, commander of the 13th Brigade, and Takamasa Seki, commander of the 14th Division.
Destroy all the Japanese who dare to resist!"
It’s not that Zhang Haitao doesn’t know how to fight. He was the commander of Liu Yimin’s guard regiment, and he has extremely high military accomplishments. How can he not know how to fight this battle? He has seen through it and knows that the powerful artillery group of the Eighth Route Army will open fire.
, the little devil is bound to blow up the camp. The Tai'an detachment is not as good as the First Teaching Brigade and the Cavalry Brigade. They use tanks, armored vehicles, cars, and war horses to move around, and their attack speed is fast. If the Tai'an Detachment moves slowly, they can only visit the battlefield.
Called.
When asked by the cadres, if the Japs were to rely on villages and towns, whether to attack and eliminate them by force or to encircle them first and call for artillery fire to eliminate them, Zhang Haitao's answer was simple: "Go to the tunnels, enter the village and fight the Japs in the streets, and resolutely eliminate the enemy!"
At 5:30 in the afternoon, after Liu Yimin issued the order to enter the position, the 4th Teaching Brigade, the 4th New Brigade, and the Tai'an Detachment took advantage of the cover of night and rushed towards Jinpu Road. When the general offensive order was issued at 6:30, the troops began to take action.
Zhang Haitao took the lead and led the Tai'an detachment to bypass Tai'an City and attack the little Japanese's flank from the south of the city.
Fighting side by side with the Tai'an detachment were naturally the Eighth Route Army's elite Fourth Brigade and the newly formed New Fourth Brigade.
When the Eastern Group launched the attack in the Battle of the West, the artillery group was extending its shelling.
Zhu Rui, like Li Chang, studied artillery in the Soviet Union and has a deep understanding of the Soviet army's artillery concept. But even the Soviet army has no precedent for such a large-scale centralized use of artillery. Looking at the swarms of artillery shells
Flashing across the sky, brilliant fireworks bloomed. Zhu Rui was so excited that he couldn't help but admire the people around him.
Lei Ming, commander of the Fourth Teaching Brigade, said: "I dare say that the establishment of an artillery headquarters at the division level is the first time in the history of military construction in the world; such a large-scale artillery group bombardment is also the first time in the history of human war!
It is not a loss at all for the little Japanese to die in the hands of our army. In terms of tactical guidance, they are much behind our army."
Compared with Zhu Rui, Lei Ming does not have such advanced military theoretical training. His knowledge comes from actual combat and the training Liu Yimin received after joining the 18th Red Regiment. When fighting with such a large corps, what Lei Ming knows is the infantry contract tactics taught by Liu Yimin.
As for the history of the development of artillery, he really didn't know much.
However, now is the time when our army launches a general offensive. It doesn't matter if you don't know those military theories. The important thing is to seize the opportunity to attack fiercely and completely destroy the little Japanese's will to resist.
Seeing the artillery group roaring, the troops of the Fourth Teaching Brigade, the New Fourth Brigade, and the Tai'an detachment pounced on the chaotic little devils like tigers descending from the mountain. Lei Ming, as the commander-in-chief of the Eastern Group in the Tai-West Campaign, decisively ordered the charge horn to be sounded.
, inspiring the troops to charge bravely and completely destroy the little Japanese's will to resist.
When the Eighth Route Army captured Dawenkou, Liu Peiyi, a young man from Dongda Wucun who led the troops, made rapid progress because he had participated in military training organized by Han Fuqu in school and had cultural knowledge. After the recruits were assigned to the army for training, Liu Peiyi
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The five Tai'an soldiers who joined the army with him changed their names at the same time. Liu Pei changed his name to Liu Zhenhua, and the other four changed their names to Zhenxing, Zhenzhong, Zhenmin, and Zhenguo respectively. Liu Zhenhua also joined the party and paid it with the silver dollar his mother gave him.
Received the first membership fee.
Now, Liu Zhenhua is a squad leader of the Tai'an detachment, and Li Zhengyu, an underground party member who led him to join the Eighth Route Army, has become his deputy company instructor.
When the artillery group started bombarding, Liu Zhenhua and his whole squad of soldiers had already touched the roadside of Jinpu. This was a battle at the door of home. Liu Zhenhua was familiar with every plant and tree. He could touch Tai'an City with his eyes closed.
Countless car lights suddenly lit up in the north. Liu Zhenhua took a look and knew that it was the only armored regiment of the Eighth Route Army leading the assault group to launch an attack. Tanks and armored vehicles guided countless cars, with their lights on, from the north of Tai'an City to
People lined up on the north side of Feicheng's highway and launched an assault on the Japs. Following the tanks, armored vehicles, and cars were the cavalry brigade, the 1st Teaching Brigade, the 1st Teaching Brigade, the 3rd Teaching Brigade, and the cavalry and infantry of the 3rd Teaching Brigade, holding high torches.
, that scene was so spectacular!
Liu Zhenhua is young and has a lot of experience. He knows how to speed up the attack. Because the assault group has strong maneuverability and is the absolute main force of the entire army, it will soon crush the little devils.
Liu Zhenhua led his comrades across Jinpu Road and passed through the south of Tai'an City. Together with the blocking group troops who jumped out of their positions, they rushed towards the north side of the Japanese 35th Division.
Liu Zhenhua didn't know that at this time, the surroundings of Tai'an were already boiling.
For a whole day, the Japs fought from Yanzhou to the city of Tai'an. From the porcelain kiln to Tai'an, the sound of gunfire was loud all the way. The Eighth Route Army blocking troops fought desperately with the Japs. After the local armed forces and militia covered the villagers as they moved into the mountains and tunnels,
They also participated in the battle, using the villages and towns' earthen villages and tunnels to fight fiercely with the Japanese. Defense points such as Dawenkou and Beijipo were battlefields repeatedly contested by the two sides.
Tai'an is at the foot of Mount Tai, and the residents of the city have entered the mountain early. These evacuated villagers never imagined that the Eighth Route Army's teaching division headquarters is stationed in Tai'an City, the Shandong Bureau's organs are stationed in Tai'an City, and the Eighth Route Army's
The field hospital is in Tai'an City, and Liu Yimin's wife, children, and children are also in Tai'an City. The Eighth Route Army moved the villagers early to avoid them suffering losses.
The little devil didn't know that the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army was hidden in Tai'an City. Maybe it was to concentrate ammunition to bombard the Eighth Route Army's blocking positions, or maybe it was because it felt that Jinan and Tai'an would be reoccupied soon, or maybe it was already known that the Eighth Route Army was used to fortifying walls and clearing fields, and this Tai'an
The people of the city have long
The Japanese planes did not carry out focused bombing on Tai'an City and Jinan City. Their bombing targets were set on the blocking positions of the Eighth Route Army, and aerial bombs were also thrown on the blocking positions of the Eighth Route Army. The disguised appearance of the Eighth Route Army was different from the real ones.
The blocking position was submerged in a sea of fire.
The roar of the cannons had already alarmed the villagers who were carrying out the task of fortifying the wall and clearing the fields. Only then did they realize that the Eighth Route Army had already set up a battlefield here, and the arrogant little devil jumped into the trap, and it looked like he would not survive.
So, under the organization of cadres and militiamen, the stretcher team and ammunition team that had been prepared set off behind the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops. In the ancient land of Tai'an, in addition to the roar of artillery groups and the singing of the charge, the Japanese army
In addition to crying for father and mother, there was also the squeaking sound of the wheelbarrow transporting ammunition, and the sound of the running footsteps of the stretcher team.
The lights on the Tai'an city wall came on, and the Eighth Route Army used searchlights captured from the Japanese army and lit countless torches to illuminate the battlefield and guide the troops to attack.
The troops of the Instructor Division and the New Eighth Brigade guarding Tai'an City rushed out of Tai'an City with the loud sound of the charge, and rushed towards the little Japanese who was suffering under the artillery fire.
Under the command of Zhao Xiaoman, the Art Troupe of the Instructor of the Eighth Route Army climbed onto the city wall of Tai'an and sang military songs and the majestic March of the Volunteers amidst the roar of cannons. The soldiers of the Art Troupe wearing the cotton uniforms of the Eighth Route Army all had solemn faces.
, singing loudly, as holy as the snow lotus blooming on Tianshan Mountain.
At this time, in Dawenkou, the Japanese troops on the Beijipo front line were mixed into the 13th Brigade and the 35th Division under Tai'an City. They had been blown to pieces by the Eighth Route Army artillery group and began to attack the Feizhong Mountains.
The Japanese 14th Division on the front line retreated.
This is not to blame for the little devil’s lack of will to fight. The key is that the Eighth Route Army artillery group’s attack force was too strong. The Japanese Eighth Division and the Tenth Division, such powerful standing divisions, were still wiped out under the attack of the Eighth Route Army artillery group.
What's more, the 35th Division and the *** were mixed to form the 13th Division?
This situation is not a fool's errand. This is the fact in the history of our army's war. When General Su Yu commanded the Battle of Jinan, 70% of the 100,000 defenders died under the powerful artillery fire of Huaye. The Battle of Liaoshen
The capture of Jinzhou and the capture of Tianjin in the Battle of Pingjin. The defenders' solid city defenses were all destroyed by our army's concentrated use of artillery fire.
Historically, during the Battle of Huaihai, our army's mountain artillery and field artillery were mainly used for close-combat artillery fire to attack enemy bunkers and trenches. The American-made 105 howitzers and Japanese-made 105 howitzers were used to carry out long-range attacks on the defenders. Chairman Mao once said,
Ever since our army had artillery, engineers, Chiang Kai-shek's planes, tanks, and artillery, it has become insignificant.
In fact, although the current artillery force of the instructor division is very strong, it lacks heavy artillery. 75 field artillery. The mountain artillery has a small caliber and a short range. This is one of the main reasons why Liu Yimin must prepare the battlefield in advance and conceal his troops in every battle. This is
During the Battle of Western Europe, what Liu Yimin wanted most was the Japanese heavy artillery brigade, which were all 105 howitzers and cannons, which could be used to suppress enemy artillery fire and cover long-distance artillery fire.
Maeda Haru, the commander of the 35th Division, is now completely despairing.
This old devil only found out after sending the telegram that his Thirty-fifth Division had collapsed. After the Eighth Route Army artillery group destroyed the position of the Thirty-fifth Field Artillery Regiment, the artillery shells fell like hail on the infantry regiments.
On his head, the regiments of the 35th Division, which had just completed their assembly and were preparing to launch an attack, were blown into pieces.
Maeda Haru couldn't understand why the Eighth Route Army's cannons seemed to have eyes. They hit so accurately and so hard. Every time the shells fell, they brought up puffs of blood mist and pieces of stumps of Imperial Army soldiers.
Shattered body, could it be that Tubal Road has mastered advanced artillery observation technology?
What Maeda Haru hates most now is Morita Masanori. If Morita Masanori hadn't come up with the idea to concentrate all his efforts on a strong attack on Tai'an City to test whether the main force of the Eighth Route Army was in the Jinan area, he would not have ordered the various regiments to gather forces.
The main force was placed under the city of Tai'an. Now unlucky, the position of the 35th Artillery Regiment was destroyed, and even the opportunity to fire special smoke at Tai'an City was lost. The infantry regiment became the target of the Eighth Route Army artillery group, and blood flowed
It’s a river!
When he thought of this, Maeda Haru wanted to draw his sword and chop Morita Masanori alive. But in a blink of an eye, Morita Masanori also had a miserable look on his face, looking at him helplessly.
Maeda Haru sighed and said calmly to Masanori Morita: "Mr. Morita, the top priority is to order the troops to retreat quickly and move closer to the 14th Division. The original order for the troops to build positions on the spot and hold them is withdrawn. You can take command.
***Let’s form the 13th Brigade and retreat!”
Morita Masanori said dejectedly: "I'm sorry for causing you trouble. The Eighth Route Army has already rushed up, and it's impossible for me to go back to the *** and join the 13th Brigade. Unexpectedly, after fighting back and forth, we still fell into the trap.
Mr. Maeda, please order a retreat immediately. As long as we join the 14th Division, we can still gather our troops and wait for reinforcements. As soon as daybreak comes, we will be saved."
Maeda Haru, who had served as the commander of the 2nd Heavy Artillery Brigade, wanted to order the troops to withdraw to the direction of the 14th Division because he knew that the 14th Division was assigned a heavy artillery brigade that originally belonged to the First Army.
He wanted the heavy artillery brigade under the command of the 14th Division to launch a counterattack and destroy the Eighth Route Army artillery group. He was an artillery expert and had already experienced the artillery attacks from the Eighth Route Army artillery group.
As you know, the Eighth Route Army has a total of two artillery groups. Each artillery group is divided into six small artillery groups. Each small artillery group is the strength of an artillery regiment. Except for a small number of German-made medium-sized mortars, the others are
Japanese-made 75 mountain artillery, field artillery. If the heavy artillery brigade launches a counterattack, it can attack the Eighth Route Army artillery group from a long distance and cover the troops to defend or retreat.
Maeda Haru turned to his chief of staff, his tone indescribable desolation: "Chief of Staff, send a report to Lieutenant General Sekii Takamasa, requesting emergency tactical guidance from the heavy artillery brigade. The Eighth Route Army artillery group must be destroyed and cover our retreat. Suggestion
The 14th Division gave up its plan to advance north to attack Jinan, and held the Wenhe line to support our troops' retreat."
The chief of staff replied directly: "Your Excellency, Division Commander: The 14th Division was attacked by the Eighth Route Army's artillery group just like us, and the casualties must be huge. It is definitely not possible to want them to support our retreat. I suggest that Your Excellency, the Division Commander, immediately
If you retreat, it will be too late."
The Chief of Staff of the 35th Division was indeed right. If it is too late, it will be too late. But what if we retreat immediately? The Eighth Route Army is ambushing on all sides and attacking from east, west, north and south. Where can the little Japanese go? Therefore,
Before the chief of staff could say anything else, Maeda Haru roared: "Baga! Do you listen to you or to me? Execute the order quickly!"
The Japanese Chief of Staff then asked the radio operator to send a report to Seki Takamasa.