This little New Year’s Eve is destined to be lively.
When Zhao Yonggang and the others, dressed in puppet army uniforms, escorting a cart full of new year's goods, braved the falling snowflakes, and rushed to the Japanese Army Garrison Squadron barracks at the south end of the town, the little Japanese sentry was alert and fired his gun.
Shuan shouted loudly and asked, "What kind of work?"
Zhao Yonggang only stayed in Suxian for two days, and he learned a few words in the local dialect. He deliberately pretended to be timid, ran to the Japanese sentry, and reported in a low voice that this was a new year's gift from a merchant in Bengbu to honor the imperial army, and from the security brigade.
The instructor Taijun asked everyone to be sent to the imperial army barracks. No one from the security team was allowed to stay. Anyone who dared to detain them privately would die!
Zhao Yonggang spoke and gestured at the same time, and what he said was lifelike, just like the truth.
The Japanese sentry's eyes lit up when he heard this, he put away his gun, waved his hand, and let him go.
Special operations team members disguised as puppet troops and driver drivers swarmed in. Some rushed to the Japanese squadron headquarters, some to the Japanese dormitories, and some to the Japanese lookout posts. The team members at the end,
Along the way, I killed the Japs' sentries and machine gunners on duty.
The little devil is practicing his stabbing skills on the playground!
There were five wooden stakes in a row, with guerrilla suspects captured by the Japanese army tied to them. The people were already dead, and the blood on the ground at the roots of the wooden stakes had solidified. The little Japanese soldiers still came out one after another, stabbing the corpses one after another.
After a round of assassination, the little devil's team leader on duty will stand up to comment, demonstrate, and give instructions to the soldiers on where to use the sword and how hard it should be.
The Japanese squadron leader and several squad leaders stood aside and watched the soldiers train.
Ding Maoxiu, the captain of the Suxian Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Column who followed Zhao Yonggang into the Japanese barracks, could no longer bear it when he saw this scene. He shouted "Little devil, *** mother" and fired the pistol in his hand.
Zhao Yonggang's plan is not to use guns. He also wants to use Fuliji Station to make a fuss. He wants to intercept the Japs train and go to Xuzhou to surprise the Japs! Ding Maoxiu's shot will probably alert the Japs at the station. I don't know.
Have the team members heading to the station arrived yet?
It was too late to say anything now. As soon as the gunfire rang out, the Japs were alert. When the Japs squadron leader turned his head, he saw soldiers from the security brigade pouring into the yard surrounded by a large car. He thought it was the puppet soldiers who accidentally set off the fire.
Ah! He immediately cursed: "Baga, what kind of work are you doing?"
Just when Zhao Yong didn't want to talk to the little Japs anymore, the guy in his hand spoke and shot the Japs squadron leader so hard that he fell to the ground.
The captain opened fire, but the team members hesitated any longer, and the rifles in their hands started to open.
The weapons of the soldiers of the pseudo-security brigade are all old sleeves. The special operations team members have not used these guns for a long time, and they are not very comfortable to use. However, most of them are from the old Red Army, and they used this kind of gun during the Long March.
I got the feel of the gun after just two shots. Just listen to the bang bang bang gunfire, and the little devils who were standing neatly fell to the ground one after another. Only a small number of the sensitive little devils had time to straighten their bayonets, ah
Screaming, he rushed upward toward the guns of the special forces team.
It's not that the little devils don't know how to shoot. The key is that they are training and the guns in their hands are empty. There are no bullets in them, so they can't fire even if they want to.
This kind of battle is simply not worth mentioning for elites like the Second Special Forces Squadron. Therefore, after the battle, Zhao Yonggang felt a little unmotivated and lazily said to the radio operator: "For Brigade Commander Hu, Commander Li
Send a report that our squadron has occupied Fuliji. Send a report to the division commander, please take Xiao Zhenghe to Fuliji to eat roast chicken."
After saying that, Zhao Yonggang entered the Japs Squadron Headquarters, picked up the phone and called Moxi Moxi. After getting through the phone number at the Japs Squadron Headquarters in Su County, Zhao Yonggang reported incoherently in Japanese on the phone, Security Squadron
They rebelled, rushed into the Imperial Army Guards Barracks, attacked the Imperial Army, and asked for quick support.
After making the call, Zhao Yonggang ordered the Sixth Team to reinforce the train station, be sure to catch the Japanese stationmaster, and ask if any trains would stop at Fuliji Train Station this afternoon.
After a while, the phone call came back from the Suxian Japs Guard. The kid was verbose on the phone. He first asked if the rebellious security team had been suppressed, and then asked the squadron leader to answer the call.
Zhao Yonggang yelled on the phone, saying that the squadron leader went to the security brigade headquarters for a drink at noon and has not come back yet. He must have been killed. Now the security team is attacking the soldiers' dormitory, and the two sides are fighting fiercely. At this point,
As soon as Zhao Yong shouted "Baga", he cut off the phone line and ignored the little Japs from Suxian County.
Zhao Yonggang's troop deployment plan really worked. As soon as the Japs Guard Captain of Suxian County heard that the security brigade stationed in Fuliji had mutinied and launched a sneak attack on the imperial army, he immediately became angry and immediately called the captain of the puppet security brigade.
After beating him up, he ordered the troops to assemble, with the security team in front and the Japanese troops behind. They braved the wind and snow and left the city, killing Ben Fu from the gathering.
The Japanese garrison in the county where we stayed had long known that the Shandong Eighth Route Army had broken through the Longhai Road and headed south, and they were very vigilant. However, nearly twenty days had passed and there was no sign of the main force of the Eighth Route Army, so they became a little slack.
This group of Japs is different from those in Shandong. They have not been attacked by the Eighth Route Army yet, and they are very arrogant. They think that there are heavy Japanese troops on the front line in Xuzhou, and there are also large Japanese troops stationed in Bengbu. It is impossible for the Eighth Route Army to come and die. Last time the Eighth Route Army
They once went south to northern Jiangsu, but finally slipped back to Shandong. This shows that they were afraid of the plain terrain in the Jianghuai area and were afraid of a decisive battle with the imperial army here. This time the Eighth Route Army broke through the Longhai Road and headed south, and no large Eighth Route Army troops were found in the Suxian area.
It was still the Tuba Route guerrillas composed of farmers who were active. Maybe Liu Yimin's Eighth Route Army instructor had another false shot and had already slipped back to Shandong. Therefore, upon hearing that Fuli Ji, which is only a dozen kilometers away from Suxian County,
When the security brigade rebelled, the little Japanese guard captain was so angry that he led his team to suppress it without even thinking about it.
Snowflakes were dancing, the ground was already white, and a thin layer of snow had gathered on the road. The Japanese and puppet troops who left Suxian County braved the wind and snow, and marched along the road in the direction of Fuliji. There were constant puppet soldiers
He muttered randomly: "With such heavy snow, what kind of battle are we going to fight?"
The officers of the security team couldn't figure out how the security team in Fuliji could rebel! Even if they wanted to be Eighth Route Army soldiers, they wouldn't want them, and the Communist Party wouldn't want them either, because they themselves are bandits, soldiers and hooligans.
Scoundrels. No regular army would want them! Unless the little devil ruined their wives!
It doesn't matter if they can't figure it out, because they don't have to think anymore, the shining sabers and intensive firepower of the Eighth Route Army Cavalry Brigade will relieve them of all their worries.
Different from the Suxian battle where special forces were used for sneak attacks and reinforcements, Liu Jianli and Zhang Hongtao's attack on Longhai Road was very dynamic, with a large number of troops invested, and a battle posture.
Liu Jianli and Zhang Hongtao were both generals brought by Liu Yimin all the way to the Xiangjiang River. They had a deep understanding of Liu Yimin's strategic and tactical thoughts. After receiving the order, they knew that the reason why the division commander used two main brigades to break through Longhai Road was to let Longhai Road go.
The defenders of the sea route knew that the Eighth Route Army wanted to eliminate them, so they desperately asked for help in the direction of Xuzhou and Kaifeng, mobilized the main force of the Japanese army, and prompted them to divide their forces. Therefore, when the two men received the order to move to the Longhai line, they sent out reconnaissance troops to guerrilla
Under the leadership of the team, a detailed and meticulous investigation of the enemy situation along Longhai Road was conducted.
When Liu Yimin issued the order to launch offensive operations on Longhai Road and Jinpu Road on the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, Liu Jianli and Zhang Hongtao commanded the troops to start taking action and launch an assault on the enemy defenders on Longhai Road.
The assault point chosen by Liu Jianli and others was still the same place where they spent the last night on Longhai Road, at the junction of Dangshan and Yucheng. This is the junction of the Xuzhou area and the eastern Henan area, and it is also the joint between the defense lines of the Japanese eastern Henan troops and the Xuzhou troops.
.Military generals all know that the junction is often the weakest part of the defense line, and it will be destroyed if it is hit.
After the Japanese 38th Division retreated from southwest Shandong, it was stationed in Dangshan County. Its mission was to ensure the smooth flow of the Longhai Road and the connection between the troops in eastern Henan and Xuzhou.
Lieutenant General Fujii Yoji, commander of the 38th Division of the Japanese Army, is a native of Hiroshima, Japan. He was born in October 1887 and is 52 years old. This guy’s service experience is different from that of ordinary army generals. He graduated from the Army Sergeant School at the age of 20 and graduated from the Mainland University at the age of 30.
After graduation, he began to serve as an attached service member of the General Staff Headquarters. A graduate of the Mainland University would be unwilling to work as an attached service member of the General Staff Headquarters, but he did it with flying colours. He worked for half a year before being promoted to a member of the General Staff Headquarters, which made Lu
The older classmates didn't want to mention him because they thought it would be embarrassing to be a classmate with him.
Fujii Yoji served as a member of the General Staff Headquarters for 10 years, during which he served as an instructor at the Mainland University for five years. It was not until July 1927 that times changed, and Fujii Yoji was transferred from his position as a member of the General Staff Headquarters and an instructor at the Mainland University to the 11th Infantry Regiment.
Attached to the regiment, one year later he was appointed captain of the Tianjin Zhutun Army Infantry Corps. This was the first time in his life that he held a full-time position. Then he was attached to the 12th regiment, attached to the 1st Division Headquarters. He was 45 years old before he became a captain.
A captain of the 37th Regiment. He had just served as captain of the 37th Regiment for more than a year. Before he was good enough, he was kicked to the 16th Division and served as the annex to the 16th Division Headquarters. Until he was 47 years old, that is, in 1935.
In August, he was promoted to major general and served as the commander of the 19th Brigade. In less than two years, he was sent to the Guards Division to serve as the headquarters of the Guards Division, and then returned to his original position. But then
Then he got lucky. The Japanese army expanded the war of aggression against China. The frontline generals died, and those who were transferred to the reserves were transferred to the reserves. There was a big gap in senior generals. The Japanese base camp finally remembered him. He was promoted to lieutenant general at the age of 52 and served as the number one left behind.
The division commander was soon changed to the commander of the newly formed 38th Division and went to the Chinese battlefield.
In a word, Fujii Yoji was a hard worker in the Japanese army. He had never done any profitable work for more than a few days.
Precisely because of the hardship, Fujii Yoji was very pragmatic, unlike those Japanese generals who had a successful career. Although his 38th Division was also a three-unit security division, its training was tight and its combat effectiveness improved quickly.
After retreating to the Longhai Line, especially after the Eighth Route Army once again broke through the Japanese Longhai Line defenses in the Xuzhou area, Fujii Yoji spent a lot of effort to strengthen the original defense lines and positions. This guy, in order to improve the solidity of the army's fortifications,
They snatched wood from many houses in the villages along the railway and used it to strengthen the fortifications. At the same time, they laid mines in key locations, set up deer villages, and blocked horses, trying to make their defense line able to block the Eighth Route Army.
Not to mention that, considering that the Eighth Route Army instructors were accustomed to sneak attacks, Fujii Yoji organized the traitor armed forces brought back from southwestern Shandong and asked them to garrison on the outside of the 38th Division's defense line and act as cannon fodder.
Now, the self-defense groups and security teams of the counties in southwestern Shandong that had followed the Japanese army to the Longhai line had work to do. These guys helped the Japanese kill the Chinese in southwestern Shandong. When they saw the 38th Division retreating, they knew that the Eighth Route Army
The main force was coming, so they hurriedly followed the Japs. When they reached the Longhai line, they found out that Taijun would not pay them military pay. They were worried about not having two meals a day, so Fujii Yoji asked them to station on the outside of the Japs' defense line. These
The guy was smart and immediately realized that there was an opportunity to make a fortune and loot the surrounding villages. So, a group of bandits composed of pseudo-self-defense groups and security forces took action and ruined the villages north of the Dangshan and Yucheng railways.
Jump.
He was afraid of what he was afraid of. Fujii Yoji was afraid that the Eighth Route Army would attack his Longhai Road defense line again, and the Eighth Route Army actually took action on Longhai Road.
On the afternoon of the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, seeing that the weather was about to change, Liu Jianshe decisively ordered the troops to take action. In an instant, the Fourth Regiment of the Religion was like a sharp knife, thrust directly into Yangji Town at the junction of Dangshan and Yucheng. Behind them, there was
The 5th Teach Regiment, the 6th Teach Regiment, and the 16th Teach Regiment, the 17th Teach Regiment, and the 18th Teach Regiment of the 6th Teach Brigade. The two artillery regiments of the 2nd Teach Brigade and the 6th Teach Brigade provided fire cover for the troops. Liu Jianli and Zhang Hongtao were clearly
A powerful offensive must be used to destroy the Japanese defense line in one fell swoop and completely cut off the Longhai Road.
As soon as the Eighth Route Army was dispatched, the Japanese Self-Defense Group discovered the pseudo-security guards outside the Longhai Road defense line. The performance of these guys exceeded Fujii Yoji's expectations. Under the guise of reporting to the imperial army, they turned around and swarmed towards Bianxu.
The Japanese defense line on the highway and Longhai Railway ran away, and I wanted to seek shelter from the little Japanese.
Zhang Minsheng, leader of the Fourth Regiment, and political commissar He Ke had already received a report from the reconnaissance platoon and knew that the Japs were laying mines on the defense line. Seeing the traitors and puppet troops retreating hastily, they thought they could use these guys to guide the way through the mines, so they ordered the troops
Instead of rushing to eliminate the traitor troops on the outer defense line, they chased them and escorted them to retreat towards the Bianxu Highway and Longhai Line to clear the way for the troops.
These security groups and Self-Defense Forces retreated swarmly, regardless of where there were landmines or where there were no landmines. They would inevitably step on the landmines, and the sound of explosions could be heard one after another.
When the little devil saw his mines being stepped on by the traitors, he was annoyed and shot at them directly. The crooked handle, the crooked handle, the 92 style, and the 38 cover all rang, and the bullets whizzed straight towards them.
The traitors flew away, bringing with them bloody flowers, which caused waves of yelling and wailing. Only then did these traitors realize that the little devils did not regard them as human beings at all, but simply used them as cannon fodder and scolded them as bastards.
The bastard has everything.
With no way forward, the traitors had no choice but to turn their guns and shoot at the pursuing Eighth Route Army in an attempt to block it. As a result, the Eighth Route Army's firepower was stronger than that of the Japanese army, beating the security groups and the Self-Defense Forces unable to raise their heads at all. These guys,
Don't talk about the dead ones, just lie down on the ground and pretend to be dead dogs.
As soon as the Japanese opened fire, the firepower point was exposed. The heavy firepower of the Fourth Teaching Regiment's fire support battalion and each battalion and company began to speak. Even the Second Teaching Brigade and the Sixth Teaching Brigade Artillery Regiment, which were responsible for fire support, began shelling, and groups of artillery shells were fired.
It flew across the sky and flew towards the Japs' position, blowing the bunkers, trenches and foxholes to pieces.
Since arriving in North China, the 38th Division has been transferred to the Longhai Line, and later transferred to garrison in southwest Shandong. Today is the first time it encountered the main attack of the Eighth Route Army. This unit, under the training of Fujii Yoji, became
They were very tenacious. In the face of the powerful artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army, they called for help and refused to retreat. In this way, the Fourth Regiment met its opponent, and the battle was quite fierce.
After all, the Fourth Teaching Regiment is a first-class main regiment on par with the First Teaching Regiment. It is well-trained, has good weapons and equipment, has strong infantry and artillery coordination capabilities, and has a tenacious style. Overall, the Japanese 38th Division cannot compete with the elite Fourth Teaching Regiment.
Even though they had a position to rely on, no matter how fierce the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire was, it was impossible to kill all the Japanese troops on the position. However, faced with the novel infantry offensive tactics of the Fourth Regiment, the Japs' first line of defense still quickly fell.
was breached.
Zhang Minsheng's tactics are to concentrate artillery fire and troops to attack a point to open a gap, and then move the whole regiment into the gap to continuously expand the gap. Zhang Minsheng learned this tactic from the Red Army Infantry Training Outline, and Liu Yimin wrote this book.
I learned it from the four-field tactical principles summarized by later generations of revolutionaries. It is a classic tactic that has been proven by history and is absolutely effective when used against the Japanese army.
By the time Fujii Yoji, the commander of the Japanese 38th Division in Dangshan City, figured out that the Eighth Route Army was launching a fierce attack in Yangji Town, the Second Teaching Brigade and the Sixth Teaching Brigade had already cut off the Longhai Line and were defending westward with one regiment and with one regiment.
As a reserve force, gather four infantry regiments and two artillery regiments to attack Dangshan to expand the results.
Fujii Yoji knew his defense line well. If the Eighth Route Army could open a gap in such a short period of time, it must be Liu Yimin's main force launching an attack. Therefore, Fujii Yoji personally informed Lieutenant General Iida Sadagu, the commander of Xuzhou's Twelfth Army.
Make a phone call, report the situation, request your commander-in-chief for emergency tactical guidance, and request your commander-in-chief to order the troops stationed in Shangqiu to quickly launch an attack eastward to flank the Eighth Route Army.
After making the call, Fujii Yoji strictly ordered the frontline troops to resist resolutely, and then ordered the main force to be assembled to prepare for a counterattack in the direction of Yangji Town and resolutely repel the Eighth Route Army's attack.
After receiving the report, Twelfth Army Iida Sadagu immediately consulted with Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo who was also in Xuzhou, and the conclusion they came to surprised them.
If the Eighth Route Army is allowed to cut off the Longhai Line, the connection between the troops in Xuzhou and eastern Henan will be severed, and the troops in eastern Henan and Zhengzhou may become isolated forces. As long as Liu Yimin's troops can withstand the reinforcements of the main force of the Xuzhou Imperial Army, the Japanese troops in Henan
Falling completely into the encirclement of the Chinese *** troops, Chiang Kai-shek is likely to launch a military adventure, concentrate the troops in the First Theater and the Fifth Theater, and cooperate with the Eighth Route Army instructors to encircle and annihilate the Japanese troops in Henan.
Thinking about the fact that Liu Yimin's troops became stronger and stronger as they fought, and the scale of the battle became larger and larger, cold sweat broke out on the heads of Iida Sadagu and Okabe Naosaburo. It turned out that this was the reason why Liu Yimin's troops disappeared like yellow cranes after breaking through Longhai Road.
, he took a fancy to the fact that the Japanese army in Henan had no main division and was easy to bully, so he wanted to conquer the Central Plains in one battle. This guy's ambitions are getting bigger and bigger. Not satisfied with occupying most of Shandong, he actually wants to occupy Henan as well.
This is simply too much!
Neither Iida Sadagu nor Okabe Naosaburo understood the combat effectiveness of the 38th Division. In their impression, the garrison divisions were all garbage troops. When encountering instructor Liu Yimin, they would probably collapse at the first touch, which would only bring shame to the Japanese Army.
If reinforcements to the 38th Division in Dangshan were not made quickly, Liu Yimin would most likely attack the 38th Division first, capture Dangshan, and establish a solid defense line in Dangshan to block Xuzhou's reinforcements.
The top priority is to open up the Longhai Road before the Chinese *** team can react and crush Liu Yimin's attempt to avoid causing a greater disaster.
Iida Sadagu and Okabe Naosaburo immediately decided that the replenished 2nd Division and 5th Division, commanded by Lieutenant General Okabe Naosaburo, would immediately dispatch to quickly reinforce Dangshan, the 1st Division and the 23rd Division
Subsequently, they followed up and prepared for a decisive battle with Liu Yimin's forces between Shangqiu and Dangshan. The Sixth Division and the Sixteenth Division in the areas around Xuzhou were mobilized urgently to prepare for reinforcements.
After Iida Sadagu reported his deployment and judgment of the enemy's situation to the North China Front, Shanshan Yuan and Yamashita Tomofumi looked at the map over and over again, and came to a conclusion that was contrary to that of Iida Sadagu and Okabe Naosaburo. They believed that Chiang Kai-shek
After appointing the commander-in-chief of the Hebei-Cha War Zone and the commander-in-chief of the Sulu War Zone, it should be a heavy blow to Liu Yimin. Liu Yimin has no reason to cooperate with the First War Zone and the Fifth War Zone to fight a battle in East Henan that will not benefit him much.
The assault on the Longhai Road defense line by Liu Yimin's troops should be regarded as a tactical action. The purpose seems to be to disrupt the strategic deployment of the imperial army to concentrate its forces to sweep away Shandong. However, the Longhai Road is indeed too important to be cut off by Liu Yimin's troops. If left alone
Liu Yimin's troops cut off the Longhai Road, and the supply of troops stationed in Henan became a problem. Once Chiang Kai-shek discovered that the Japanese army in Henan was alone, the consequences may indeed be disastrous. Therefore, Shan Shanyuan approved Iida Sadagu's combat plan. He only further emphasized the need to
Fight steadily and don't give Liu Yimin an opportunity to attack the imperial army's reinforcements.
Just like that, after a while, the tanks and cars of the vanguard of the Second Division and the Fifth Division, which had completed their rest and replenishment in Xuzhou, started rolling towards Dangshan. Behind them, the Japanese mechanized troops
The main force of the Second Division and the Fifth Division also began to dispatch urgently, and the old Japanese Naosaburo Gangbe was going to carry out a quick roundabout and outflanking tactic again.
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