In the morning of early spring, the sunshine is particularly soft, and the wind gently blows the villages and fields, making the air extremely fresh. If there were no little devils, this day should be a day for girls and boys to communicate with each other, and it should be a day for farmers to gather together.
The days of fertilizing and weeding in the fields should be the days when children sit in the classroom and recite "Jasper makes up a tree as high as a tree, and thousands of green silk ribbons hang down. I don't know who cuts out the thin leaves, and the spring breeze in February is like scissors." Unfortunately,
The little Japs are coming to the Jilu border, and this day is destined to be a day of blood and fire!
Chen Hongyin held up his binoculars and looked at the Japanese cavalry who were riding south. He murmured to himself: "This should be the time when my wife is cooking soup for my parents. I wonder if she knows how to put in an extra handful of green onions today.
My father is getting older and everything he eats tastes bad. He needs to add more chopped green onions. Otherwise, my father will definitely stop drinking after half a bowl. Alas, the children don’t know if they are crazy if they run out. If they run out, it will be over. They didn’t run away.
If we go out, we can follow his mother into the tunnel, and maybe we can save our lives."
Shen Yuanxing heard what Chen Hongyin said was pitiful, sighed and said: "Old man, you are much better than me, and you still have your parents, wife and children to worry about. I joined the Red Army when I was fourteen years old, carrying a spear and spear, and my parents had already sacrificed their lives.
We're in the Soviet area. It's time to fight the Japanese to the death, and there's no one left to think about. Damn it, this damn world!"
The most important reason why Chen Hongyin was able to mobilize more than 200 anti-Japanese armed forces when the Japanese invaders came was that he was a scholar among farmers, a farmer among scholars, and he had high prestige among the villagers.
.As soon as he heard the usually stern instructor scolding his mother, he knew that today's situation was extremely dangerous, and he was probably going to have to deal with the more than 100 kilograms here. But he was open-minded by nature, and if he fought against the Japanese, there would be no sacrifice for him.
, it was no big deal, so he smiled and said: "Instructor, after this battle, I promise to find you a very handsome wife. You don't know, we have a private school teacher there, and the third daughter of his family is
People from all over the country know that he is a good person and has a good heart. As long as we can survive, I will ask my father to come forward to protect the matchmaker and guarantee it. Who among the fellow villagers in this area doesn't know that my instructor is an old Red Army?"
Shen Yuanxing said with a grin: "Okay, after this battle, go and see the girl you mentioned. Maybe the brigade commander will go to protect my old Shen! Get ready to fight, the Japanese are coming!"
After the Japanese cavalry passed Jixiantun, they continued their search south.
What the Japs fought was an iron wall encirclement and a sudden attack. What they needed was attack speed. They had to form an encirclement before the Eighth Route Army could react. Then they kept shrinking the encirclement to surround and annihilate the main force of the Eighth Route Army on the Hebei-Shandong border. Therefore, the Japs passed through all the villages and towns.
, only a small force was left to carry out the attack, while the main force marched straight in.
What the little devil didn't expect was that since Liu Yimin rebuilt the 18th Red Regiment on the Xiangjiang River, the troops of the instructor had formed a tradition of camping and vigilance. Since the army was formed, it had never been successfully attacked by any enemy. The little devil had just left Ziya.
Going south of Henan, the latent post of the New 18th Regiment was alerted, giving the troops an early warning time.
Originally, the New 18th Regiment did not have to fight this battle. They should have entered the tunnels as companies and platoons, and after the main force of the Japanese had passed, they would engage in tunnel warfare, mine warfare, and guerrilla warfare behind enemy lines. However, the Japanese army was suddenly attacked by a large corps.
, the New 18th Regiment must go all out to stop the Japanese and buy time for the folks in the base area to move. The New 18th Regiment has no choice!
The Japanese cavalry came up, their helmets were shining in the sun, their sabers were shining in the sun, and even the saddles on their horses were shining in the sun.
Shen Yuanxing is an old Red Army veteran who has fought in many battles. No matter how many Japs there are, he is not afraid. The division commander repeatedly emphasized that even if any unit of our army is surrounded by Japs, they must not panic, respond calmly to the enemy, and dare to fight the Japs.
Fight to the death. Are you going to fight? It's just that when the main force of instructors fights, they plan first and take the initiative to attack the Japanese. It is rare for them to be surprised and surrounded by Japanese soldiers. In the last battle of Taiyuan, the northern line blocking force was almost surrounded by Japanese soldiers.
Dumplings, but that was because the instructor took the initiative to block the attack in northwestern Shandong in order to launch the Taiyuan Campaign. There was no problem of being raided by the Japanese. Today, it was a standard attack by the Japanese. Shen Yuanxing believed that it was a blessing to catch up with this kind of thing.
.What is the main force? The main force is the one who remains unchanged despite the collapse of Mount Tai, or the one who remains unmoved in the face of the siege of the Japanese army. Shen Yuanxing believes that his second battalion is the well-deserved main force, and today is the best test of the second battalion's combat effectiveness.
Chance.
Especially since he went north to fight against the Japanese, he has fought so many battles with the Japanese. He knows the rules of the Japanese war. Basically, the search team is in the front. What he wants to fight is the Japanese search team. After killing the Japanese search team, he will withdraw the troops.
Enter the village and rely on the village to stop the Japanese. There are villages to support and tunnels to rely on. As long as you hold on until dark, the Eighth Route Army will rule. You can fight or withdraw regardless.
The position of the Second Battalion is equivalent to the front line of the new 18th Regiment's large triangle position. On the left and right wings behind the Second Battalion are the positions of the First and Third Battalions. The regiment headquarters leads the troops directly behind the First Battalion.
The image of the little Japanese cavalry became clearer and clearer, until the features of the little Japanese cavalry could be clearly seen. Shen Yuanxing yelled "hit" and pointed the shell gun in his hand at the most cheerful Japanese cavalryman running at the front.
The gun. The snarling little devil with a face full of excitement was immediately knocked off his horse.
Following Shen Yuanxing's gunfire, the Second Battalion opened fire. Taking the drainage and irrigation canal outside Sizhuang Village as its main position, reaching Luozhuangzi in the east and Donghuaizhuang in the west, the Eighth Route Army's light and heavy machine guns and rifles were all aimed at the skirmishers.
The Japanese cavalry marched southward. The clicking, banging, banging sounds were like the singing of birds in early spring, awakening the Hebei and Lu border people who were intoxicated in the early spring.
Suddenly struck, the Japanese cavalry fell straight down like dumplings, but they could not stop their forward charging pace. The inertia of the Japanese cavalry's horses continued to move towards the Eighth Route Army like moths flying to the flames.
The position is coming.
The most feared thing for a cavalry unit in combat is to encounter fire from an infantry position when charging. In that case, the speed advantage of the cavalry will be transformed into a disadvantage of accelerated destruction. Therefore, since the birth of the Maxim heavy machine gun, the infantry firepower has become the cavalry unit.
This is also the reason why every time Liu Yimin used cavalry troops, in addition to luring the enemy, he used them when the Japanese army was defeated by artillery fire.
The Japanese cavalrymen, beaten like drunkards by the firepower of the Eighth Route Army infantry, finally woke up from their dreams, turned around and retreated. The Eighth Route Army's bullets chased them from behind, and the Eighth Route Army did not stop shooting until the Japanese ran out of range.
Although Chen Hongyin is the battalion commander, his strength is that he is good at mobilizing the masses. In terms of combat command, he is far different from Shen Yuanxing, who was born as a red kid. Therefore, during the battle, the second battalion was commanded by Shen Yuanxing. This
Seeing the Japanese cavalry retreating, Chen Hongyin wanted to order the troops to pick up the loot. Shen Yuanxing stopped him and ordered each company to immediately withdraw to the village and lay anti-tank mines and explosive packs to prepare for the Japanese infantry attack.
As soon as the Second Battalion withdrew from the drainage and irrigation canal position outside the village, the tanks and artillery of the Japs came over, and the machine guns on armored vehicles, motorcycles, and cars poured out ammunition at the Eighth Route Army position, which was equivalent to using firepower to destroy the Eighth Route Army that had just blocked the attack.
The position was covered. After a short time, the Japanese artillery seemed to have established a position. After a test fire, the artillery shells fell one after another.
When Chen Hongyin took a look, he saw that the little devil was really generous. The shells were so expensive, so why did he just smash them down as if they cost nothing, blowing up the drainage and irrigation canals into a mess?
Clicking his tongue, Chen Hongyin said: "Instructor, looking at the posture of the little devil, there is a high probability that the few villages we are guarding will be razed to the ground."
Shen Yuanxing looked at the intensity of the Japs' artillery fire and said calmly: "The little Japs are just those tricks. A burst of artillery fire, a plane explosion, and then an infantry charge. There is nothing terrible. Order each company to put the Japs into the village to fight.
, make Molotov cocktails immediately and prepare to deal with Japanese tanks. Pay attention to saving bullets, today is a good day to practice shooting, and try to kill a Japanese enemy with one bullet."
The Japanese artillery began to extend their bombardment. The shells fell at the entrance of Sizhuang Village and Zhuangzi. There were explosions one after another, and some thatched houses began to catch fire.
The fellow villagers had moved into the tunnel, but the pigs, cows, and donkeys were unable to get out of the tunnel. They were frightened by the shell explosion and began to bark irritably.
When they saw a fire in a thatched house, the militiamen who ordered the villagers to go into the tunnel rushed out and braved artillery fire to put out the fire.
Just as the Japanese artillery fire extended, the Japanese infantry, under the cover of tanks and armored vehicles, launched an attack on the Eighth Route Army position. The result was a huge disappointment to the little Japs. The Eighth Route Army position where the gunfire was ringing just now was actually empty. Tubal Road slipped away!
Some unlucky little devils didn't know how powerful they were, so they jumped into the irrigation canal and wanted to rush over and attack the village directly. After jumping in, they discovered that the drainage canal was actually a trap. The booby traps laid by the Eighth Route Army exploded one after another, and there was a scene of crying.
A girly voice.
The Japanese army became so angry that they immediately targeted Luozhuang, Sizhuang, and Donghuaizhuang, and began to launch exploratory attacks.
Since they had just beaten the Japanese cavalry search team, the little devils had already determined that they had encountered the main force of the Eighth Route Army, so they became extremely cautious in their actions. In addition to the First Division and the Second Division, they are the old standing divisions of the Japanese army. Soldier training, weapons and equipment are all
Needless to say, first-class, the fighting ability is also first-class. The little devil has aroused his vigilance, and his fighting qualities are reflected.
The Japanese came too suddenly, and it was too late to lay large-scale mines outside the village. They could only lay anti-tank mines and explosive charges at the entrance of the village. They were designed to deal with Japanese tanks and armored vehicles, and could not be used to deal with Japanese infantry.
The little Japanese infantry came up, and began to set up light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers three hundred meters away from the entrance of the village. Four Japanese tanks roared and rushed toward the entrance of Sizhuang Village in a line. The tanks.
The little devil at the back was bent down and running at the speed of the tank.
When they were approaching the entrance of the village, the turret on the Japanese tank rotated, and with a sudden bang, the gatehouse at the entrance of the village collapsed. At this moment, an anti-tank mine exploded.
A Japanese tank shuddered and fell down.
The Japanese tanks behind immediately turned around and fired at the earthen wall at the entrance of the village. Several shells were fired, and several gaps appeared in the wall. The Japanese tanks roared towards the gaps, intending to crush them through the gaps and rush into the village.
Shen Yuanxing had ordered the Japs to be put into the village to fight, in order to get involved with the Japs and avoid being hit by the Japs' shells. Therefore, the Eighth Route Army in the village did not fight back and watched as the Japs' tanks destroyed the wall and guided the Japs.
The infantry entered the village.
In the North China Plain of this era, only the county towns occasionally had foreign-style buildings built with reinforced concrete. The villages and towns were all brick and tile houses or houses with earthen walls and tiled roofs, and even thatched houses for study in most places. Like Si Village, the village is not small, but the houses are basically
They were all made of earthen walls, and the courtyards of only a few wealthy households were made of pure bricks and tiles. After the little Japanese tanks entered the village, they simply went on a rampage. If the Eighth Route Army did not take action to destroy the Japanese tanks, they would just rely on the remaining three tanks.
An entire village could easily be razed to the ground.
Just as the Japanese tanks rushed into the village and marched along the main road in the middle of the village, the Eighth Route Army took action. Several Molotov cocktails were thrown out from a yard and hit the first tank. They soon exploded and caught fire, destroying the Japanese tanks.
Wrapped in flames.
When the two tanks behind saw the first tank on fire, they hurriedly reversed to avoid the blow. But it was easy to get in, but it was difficult to get out. Molotov cocktails were thrown out one after another, covering the second and third tanks.
In flames.
The Japanese infantrymen following the tanks were very experienced in combat and immediately threw grenades into the yards on both sides in an attempt to kill the Eighth Route Army troops in the yards and rescue the tanks.
In order to protect the soldiers in the battle, the fellow villagers in the base area have long followed the requirements of the Eighth Route Army and opened up the courtyard. They usually put a bundle of sorghum stalks to block it. During the battle, they can move the sorghum stalks and enter the neighbor's yard. There are also
Ladders were used to make it easier for the soldiers to get to their houses. There were shooting holes in the courtyard walls facing the main road in the village, which were blocked with bricks or stones. If the soldiers needed to shoot, all they had to do was remove the bricks or stones.
Now that the Japs tanks have been set on fire, the remaining Japs infantry are easy to deal with. However, there is a key to putting the Japs into the village to fight, that is, you must let the little Japs enter the village, and you cannot fight them out at the entrance of the village. In that case,
Soon they will be bombarded by Japanese planes or artillery, and the village will be easily destroyed. The little Japanese must be allowed to arrive and victory is in sight, and then they will start a battle for the village with our army, infantry against infantry, rifle against rifle, standing still
to the same starting line.
Although the little Japanese tanks caught fire, they rushed into the village after all. The Japanese infantry swarmed in, first established an attack position at the head of the village, and then began to smash courtyard doors, blow up courtyard walls, and fight with the Eighth Route Army courtyard by courtyard.
At this time, the first goal of Shen Yuanxing and Zhang Hongyin was achieved. After they asked the Fourth Company and Sixth Company stationed in Luozhuangzi and Donghuaizhuang to report the situation, they reported to Yang Zhong that they had successfully lured the Japanese into the village.
, determined to rely on villages and tunnels to hold on and win time for the main force.
After the Second Battalion started, the First Battalion and the Third Battalion also started. There was no way, the Japanese troops were too huge. The Second Battalion only blocked the Japanese all the way. The first division and the second division added up to more than 50,000 people. The Japanese
The attack surface of the enemy is very wide. With the strength of the New 18th Regiment alone, even if they deploy a long snake formation, they cannot completely stop the Japanese.
Different from the second battalion's style of play, Yang Zhong led the fire support battalion to support the first and third battalions in the battle, hoping to temporarily block the Japs to the north of the defense line and leave a way for the troops to retreat. Therefore, he strictly ordered the first battalion and the third battalion to
The battalion defended its position and was not allowed to let the Japanese continue southward without orders. The second battalion was ordered to rely on the village and hold the Japanese back for at least two hours before they could enter the tunnel and move.
Courtyard battles and street battles are the specialty of the Eighth Route Army and one of the training subjects of the Japanese army. The fight between the two sides immediately became intense.
After the Second Battalion Fire Support Company withdrew into the village, they set up their position in the largest courtyard in the village. All the heavy machine guns were mounted in the room, and several mortars and grenade launchers were set up, waiting for the Japanese to come and serve food.
When he saw the Japanese tanks leading the infantry into the village, the Japanese also established a fire support position at the edge of the village. Heavy machine guns and grenade launchers covered the infantry entering the village. Shen Yuanxing called the fire support company commander and raised his hand to the Japanese infantry at the entrance of the village.
He pointed at the fire support position and shouted: "Kill it for me!"
Soon, several mortar shells flew over the temple and hit the Japs' fire position. The air waves from the shell explosion overturned the Japs' grenades and heavy machine guns.
As soon as the Japs' heavy firepower misfired, the Eighth Route Army's heavy machine guns on the roof roared and fired. Bullets flew like wind towards the little Japs on the road in the village, causing blood to splash everywhere. The little Japs had to lie down on the ground to find cover.
objects, dodge bullets.
Unfortunately, the good times did not last long. After four Japanese tanks were blown up, the Japanese suddenly mobilized 12 tanks. After killing four of them with explosive charges and anti-tank mines at the entrance of the village, they pushed away the damaged tanks that were blocking the way.
, roared towards the village. The machine guns on the tanks were screaming, and the tank guns fired at the house where the Eighth Route Army machine gunners were. They hit the target accurately, and often the house would be destroyed by one shot.
, the Eighth Route Army soldiers on the roof fell down together with their machine guns. The Japs tanks started to attack, and they simply used the tanks to hit the courtyard walls and houses of ordinary people's homes. This trick really worked, and the Eighth Route Army troops immediately used the courtyards to entangle the Japs.
The fighting plan was ruined.
The raging Japanese tanks did not last long. The second battalion was equipped with three rockets in the same group, each assigned to three companies. Shen Yuanxing did not let them break into the Japanese tanks in the village at the beginning. The reason was very simple. The troops were trapped in the little Japanese tanks.
It is no longer possible to break out of the encirclement of the large army from the ground, and we can only rely on tunnel movement. There are so many Japs, and the elite First Division and Second Division are full of tanks and armored vehicles, and the rocket launcher team every
There are only eight rockets in the group, and they will be gone after they are fired. Shen Yuanxing still hopes to rely on them to open a way for the troops to break out and move at the critical moment!
There is no need now. If we delay for a while, the Japanese tanks will blow up or knock down all the houses in the village. Shen Yuanxing decisively ordered the rocket launcher group accompanying Wulian to attack and destroy the Japanese tanks.
As the rocket launcher group opened fire and Shen Yuanxing was ordered, something unexpected happened to Chen Hongyin. The Little Japanese tank reversed and covered the retreat of the Japanese infantry, completely ignoring the bullets pursued by the Eighth Route Army behind them.
Although Chen Hongyin had a lot to learn from Shen Yuanxing in terms of military command, he was older and had a smart mind. When he saw the Japs' actions, he immediately realized that the Japs were going to kill him, and he shouted anxiously: "Instructor, the Japs are going to kill you."
The village is being shelled. Hurry and order the soldiers to go down to the tunnel. If you are late, it will be too late."
When Shen Yuanxing saw the Japanese retreating, he also thought of this. You must know that this is a large Japanese army with many artillery, and there may even be planes coming to bomb. He did not hesitate and immediately ordered each company to enter the tunnel immediately to avoid the Japanese bombardment.
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The Japanese were fighting a surprise attack, but when the Eighth Route Army discovered that they were blocking the enemy, Naosaburo Okabe, who became an eunuch, was furious and directly ordered the aviation force to dispatch to assist the artillery in destroying the villages guarded by the Eighth Route Army, clearing all obstacles for the main force to move south quickly.
The last time the North China Front Army aviation group bombed the Eighth Route Army positions outside Dexian County, it wasted so much ammunition without achieving any success. It has long become a laughing stock among the Japanese army. Originally, the Japanese army needed to restock aviation ammunition, but the base camp issued an order that the North China Front Army's aviation ammunition
Temporarily transferring from the Kwantung Army, the problem was solved immediately. After receiving the order for the Wei Army to sweep across the Jilu border and provide air cover, Kinoshita Toshi vowed to Shan Shanyuan that the aviation force had the absolute ability to destroy all positions of the Eighth Route Army. At the beginning,
Because it was a surprise attack, Japanese fighter planes were not dispatched. Upon receiving the report from Naosaburo Okabe, Kinoshita ordered the bombers to take off to assist the infantry in capturing the Eighth Route Army positions.
By the time the Japanese planes arrived, the Japanese artillery had already covered Sizhuang, Luozhuangzi, and Donghuaizhuang with intensive artillery fire. After the Japanese planes bombed these three villages, they were all reduced to ruins, and the original paradise-like paradise was no longer visible.
Village.
Seeing that gunfire could no longer be heard on the ground, the Japanese army left some troops to search for the entrance to the tunnel in the ruins, preparing to destroy the tunnel and force out the Eighth Route Army and civilians in the tunnel. The main force rolled southward, like a frenzy, toward the New 18th Regiment.
The positions held by the first and third battalions.
Yang Zhong saw the changes in Sizhuang, Luozhuangzi and Donghuaizhuang from the telescope, and his hands were shaking with anger. If the war continues like this, how many villages on the Hebei and Shandong sides will be reduced to ruins? Damn that little devil.
They are beasts, and only this kind of fascist army can do such crazy things.
Angry and angry, scolding and cursing, the battle has to continue. The Japs have already attacked. Guns and cannons are firing on the positions of the first and third battalions. The battle has been extremely fierce since the beginning.
Due to the blocking of the Second Battalion, the First and Third Battalions were left with a short but extremely precious time. In this short time, the First and Third Battalions were able to build positions and lay mines. The little devils moved toward the First and Third Battalions' positions.
When attacking, the suffering will be much greater.
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