Since the wars between Youji and Yinji, the First Brigade and the New First Brigade have been fully deployed in Northeast Anhui, sweeping across the Northeast Anhui region like the autumn wind sweeping away fallen leaves.
Historically, after the Japanese army occupied Northeast Anhui, due to insufficient troops, there were very few troops stationed in counties and towns. For example, in Wuhe County, the Japanese army only stationed one squad with 13 people. This number later increased, and at most it increased by 1944.
To 44 people. At that time, as soon as the Japanese artillery fired, the county magistrates and standing troops fled immediately. The Japanese army relied on traitors like Lei Jiesan and Liu Futing to maintain local rule. In addition, Sheng Zijin and Xu Zhiyuan
The conflicts between local forces with Guangxi clique background, represented by Guangxi, were fought every day by one's own people, while the Japanese army gloated and watched on the sidelines. When the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army arrived in northeastern Anhui, Sheng Zijin cooperated with the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army to fight against Japan, and Xu Zhiyuan
They then turned to attack the Eighth Route Army and the New Fourth Army. With Han Deqin to the east and the Guangxi clique and the Eighth Route Army to the west, the New Fourth Army not only had to launch anti-mopping operations against the Japanese and puppet troops, but also had to deal with the provocations of the stubborn forces. It was equivalent to being attacked from both sides, and the struggle was abnormal.
cruel.
Today is different from history. Due to the two large-scale marches of the Eighth Route Army instructors southward, the Japs also had to increase their troops in northeast Anhui and strengthen local defenses. Basically, each county has a brigade-sized garrison. In important counties, there are also Japanese troops
Field troops were stationed in the field. Moreover, the Japanese army also learned the lesson and worked hard to win over and lure them to surrender. They divided and disintegrated various civilian anti-Japanese armed forces and cultivated traitor armed forces. In this way, the Eighth Route Army swept across northeastern Anhui and cut the heads of the little Japs wherever they went.
We must also eliminate those traitorous armed forces.
Another point is that the teaching division of the Eighth Route Army was so powerful and prestigious that Xu Zhiyuan and others did not dare to cause trouble with the main force of the Eighth Route Army. Even Sheng Zijin's department, because there were Eighth Route Army troops going south in northeastern Anhui, there was no historical support for Sheng Zijin.
During the Ministry of War of Resistance, two local armed forces of our party were integrated into Sheng Zijin's Ministry. His strength itself was not as strong as in history, and the total Communist Party only had a thousand local armed forces.
After leaving Yinji, the First Religion Group went straight to Yang Tuan's stronghold. As a result, there were only about one squad of puppet soldiers and a few Japanese soldiers left in Yang Tuan's stronghold. Seeing the fierce coming of the Eighth Route Army, they ran away and fled to Lingbi County. They were killed.
The Eighth Route Army pursued and killed those who were killed, and captured those who were captured.
By the time the first religious regiment arrived at Lingbi County, the Japanese and puppet troops who were defending the city were already in full formation. It turned out that as soon as Yamada Murasu's farewell message was sent, the little devils in Lingbi City immediately knew that they had been tricked by the Eighth Route Army, and the Lingbi garrison
Captain Wada Kazuo immediately ordered to prepare for battle.
In fact, Wada Kazuo can retreat because the garrison strength of Lingbi City is limited. There are only his garrison headquarters and the pseudo-Lingbi County garrison. His main forces are scattered in the strongholds of various market towns in Lingbi, and in Huigou,
The troops in the three strongholds of Dalu and Yangtuan have become the targets of the Eighth Route Army, so they can no longer be counted. The Yamada Brigade of the field troops has been destroyed, what can happen to his Lingbi garrison?
However, Wada Kazuo was a Japanese soldier and still had the spirit of Bushido. He was unwilling to abandon the city and fled in the name of the city, and was determined to defend the city. Therefore, Wada Kazuo urgently ordered the Japanese from various strongholds around the county to gather in the county, and at the same time requested an independent hybrid to form the Seventh
Emergency reinforcements from the brigade.
Of course, Wada Kazuo still had a bit of luck in his heart, that is, the Eighth Route Army would not attack Lingbi City. After all, it was a siege, and many people would die in the fight. The Eighth Route Army, which is good at sneak attacks and ambushes, would probably not come to attack the city.
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If Wada Kazuo knew that the ones who came to fight for the Lingbi were the 1st Jiao Brigade and the 1st Jiao Regiment that stormed Jinan City, I wonder if they would still have the bushido spirit to dare to defend the city.
There is another level that Wada did not expect, that is, it was only one regiment of the Eighth Route Army that was attacking Lingbi City, and now two brigades of the Eighth Route Army were acting at the same time. Not only his Lingbi City needed reinforcements, but other places as well. The Japanese guards in Suxian County
They followed the railway line motionless, for fear that the Eighth Route Army would cut off the railway line again. The Japs in Si County and Wuhe were far away from each other, and they also had to consider how to deal with the sudden attack by the Eighth Route Army, so they had too much time to worry about.
But in any case, thanks to Yamada Muraki's farewell message, Wada Kazuo finally managed to withdraw a squadron of troops before the Eighth Route Army arrived. Now, Wada wants to rely on this squadron of Japanese troops and four to five hundred people of pseudo-spirits.
The Bi County police force has come to defend the county seat.
At this time, due to the promotion of Shunroku Hata to the Prime Minister, the post of commander of the Central China Expeditionary Force was temporarily vacant. Chief of Staff Kawabe Shozo was temporarily in charge. The main force of the operation was the 11th Army commanded by Okamura Neiji. In this way, the Central China Expeditionary Force was temporarily vacant.
Matters concerning the scope of combat operations are basically directly decided by the base camp. Under normal circumstances, it would not matter, because places such as northern Jiangsu, central Jiangsu, and northeastern Anhui have become the rear areas of the Japanese army.
It is enough for the first army to undertake offensive operations. Anyway, the main force of the Japanese army has stayed away from these areas. However, the situation is different now. The Eighth Route Army troops going south want to become the Iron Fan Princess and get into the belly of the Japanese army to cause trouble. How can the little devils do this?
Can you bear it?
Kazuo Wada never dreamed that the Eighth Route Army would come so quickly. He had just gathered his troops with his front foot, and before he even had time to call for aviation, the Eighth Route Army's rolling iron stream came to cover them up.
This Lingbi City was originally Xiang Yu's military base during the Battle of Suishui between the Chu and Han Dynasties. From the Song Dynasty to the early Ming Dynasty, it only had an earthen city and was damaged by wars many times. It was not until the Zhengde period of the Ming Dynasty that brick and stone city walls were built. Modern times
The most evocative thing in history is that on November 26, 1946, the Lingbi County People's Government was surrounded by the Communist Party Feng Public Security Department, and all its members died heroically.
The Eighth Route Army had already arrived outside the city, and the city suddenly became a mess. Needless to say, the Japanese and puppet troops all went up to the city wall. The common people also knew that a war was about to begin, and they eagerly waited for the Eighth Route Army to invade the city so that they could wipe out these people.
The Japanese and traitors who helped people harmed people. The merchants hurriedly closed their doors for fear of losing their property. The family members of the traitors, on the other hand, were eager to clean up their belongings and prepare to escape with the Japanese if the Eighth Route Army broke through the city.
Zhang Zibo, the governor of the pseudo-Lingbi County Government, was already panicking at this time. He led the county government employees and his wife and children to the city gate, trying to escape from the city. However, he was blocked by the Japanese army at the city gate and escorted to the commander of Wada Kazuo.
department.
What Kazuo Wada fears most at this time is that the morale of the military is shaken, because the Japanese army has too few troops and has to rely on the puppet troops to defend the city. If Zhang Zibo is allowed to lead the people from the county government to escape from the city, the puppet troops will be in an uproar if they find out.
As soon as the gunshots of the Eighth Route Army were fired, the puppet troops would mutiny or flee. In this case, Wada Kazuo and more than one of his squadrons of Japanese troops would be completely destroyed.
Wada Kazuo smiled and told Zhang Zibo that if you believe in the combat effectiveness of the Imperial Japanese Army, such a strong city wall cannot be broken by Tubal Road. He will immediately call the aviation force to come to assist in the battle. The reinforcements from Si County, Suxian County, and Wuhe County will be the last.
We can arrive at midnight and we will definitely be able to annihilate the Tubal Road under the city. Please sit quietly at the headquarters, Mr. Governor, and wait for news of the imperial army's victory.
After saying these words, Wada Kazuo turned around and ordered the employees of the puppet county government to be issued weapons and go up to the city wall to defend the city. If they dared to retreat, they would be shot to death.
If things come to this, maybe Zhang Zibo can live a little longer. The problem is money. You said this Zibo should run for his life. He also took three suitcases with him, which were filled with looted money.
It was carried by his three most trusted guards.
Kazuo Wada ordered the county government employees to go to the city wall to guard. Facing the bright bayonets of the Japanese army, Zhang Zibo's three guards had to put down their suitcases and obediently followed the Japanese army to the city wall. Zhang Zibo repeatedly begged Kazuo Wada to keep these three soldiers.
Guards, but Wada Kazuo didn't bother with him at all, and was busy making phone calls to deploy the guards. Zhang Zibo saw that it was not a show, so he and his concubine took action together, trying to sneak away with the suitcase. This time, Wada Kazuo saw the way.
, I didn’t even make a call, I came over and took the suitcase with my hands, pried open the lock and saw that one suitcase contained gold bars, silver dollars, house deeds, land deeds, one suitcase contained cigarettes, and another suitcase contained
They were all banknotes, not only Japanese yen and military notes, but also the legal tender of the National Government and the RMB issued by the Eighth Route Army.
Kazuo Wada changed his face and immediately scolded Zhang Zibo for embezzling the property of the fake Lingbi County government and having illicit connections with the China government and Tubal Road. His conscience was so bad that some people died.
After saying that, Wada Kazuo raised his command knife and cut Zhang Zibo and his concubine into two pieces with two swipes. Then he tore off a piece of Zhang Zibo's sleeve, wiped the blood on the knife, and threw the dirty cloth to Zhang Zibo.
On the corpse, he said "Hey!" and asked the guards to put away the three suitcases.
Looking at Lingbi City in front of him, Wang Dahu felt heroic. You must know that this was the first time he alone commanded a battle to seize a county town, and it was a forceful attack.
The solid masonry city wall and the dark gun muzzles on the wall could not scare Wang Dahu. He had a field artillery battalion under his command, as well as more than a dozen tanks, and a religious regiment with infantry artillery and flying mines.
Cannons and rocket launchers won't take much trouble to deal with such city defenses.
The only thing that Wang Dahu regretted was that the troops had to launch an attack during the day. It would be great if they could sneak attack at night. They could sneak into the city quietly and kill them one by one. It would be a pleasure to kill them. Unfortunately, the fighter opportunity cannot be missed. As time goes by,
, I still don’t know what kind of trouble the Japanese army will create!
Wang Dahu quickly deployed his troops, concentrated all artillery fire, and bombarded the north gate of Lingbi City. The first battalion, with the cooperation of tanks, attacked by force. The third battalion and the supplementary battalion detoured around the west gate and feigned attack at the east gate. The second battalion hid outside the south gate.
An ambush was set up, waiting for the Japanese and puppet troops to escape through the south gate.
Wang Xinyun suggested that a force attack by the first battalion might cause too many casualties. Should he consider using a supplementary battalion to attack by force and set up an ambush at the south gate with the first battalion?
Wang Dahu glared and shouted: "The division commander has long told me that the main force is produced by fighting, not by habit. No matter which battalion is used for a strong attack, the casualties will be taken. The teaching battalion is the elite among the elite of the entire army, let them
If it goes up, the casualties may be smaller."
Only then did Wang Xinyun agree.
The preparation time for the siege was not long, because the Japanese brigade stationed in Yamada had been destroyed, and the Japanese and puppet troops outside Lingbi City were ordered to assemble inside the city, which meant that the Eighth Route Army was allowed to attack the base of the city wall.
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the scorching sun shone on the earth like a furnace. The Japanese and puppet troops on the city wall watched helplessly as the Eighth Route Army's cannons raised their muzzles, and the tanks also formed a battle formation. I don't know whether it was because of the sun or because
I was so scared that there were traces of sweat beads sliding across my face.
Wang Dahu's eyes flashed, he stared at the north gate of Lingbi City, and loudly shouted the order to fire.
During the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, the Japanese army relied on their artillery and tanks to knock on the city gates defended by the Chinese Communist Army. Today, the tide has turned, and the Eighth Route Army soldiers are manipulating sophisticated artillery and tanks produced by the Empire of Japan.
Fired artillery at Lingbi City where the Japs were stationed.
First, each gun was tested with one shot. After adjusting the parameters, a five-shot salvo was launched.
At this moment, the earth shook. More than a dozen field guns, a dozen tank guns, and the infantry artillery of the First Religion Regiment, and flying thunder cannons began to violently bombard the north gate of Lingbi City and the city wall around the north gate.
In an instant, the north gate tower collapsed first. The Japanese and puppet soldiers on the tower, who were eagerly waiting to show off their marksmanship when the Eighth Route Army launched their charge, were submerged in the ruins before they even had time to fart. Then, the city wall began to appear.
gap.
After receiving the report that the North Gate had been blown down, Wada Kazuo was shocked. He hurriedly got on a three-wheeled motorcycle and rushed to the North Gate. He climbed on the gap in the city wall and looked outside. He immediately gasped: Is this still Tubal Road? Why?
The equipment is exactly the same as that of the elite Fifth Division, Second Division, and Sixth Division? Amaterasu, the Eighth Route Army infantry has not yet attacked. The troops guarding the North Gate have suffered casualties to this extent. How can this battle be done?
beat?
When the Eighth Route Army tanks roared towards the moat and began to approach with precise artillery fire, Wada Kazuo realized what a stupid mistake he had made. The coming Eighth Route Army must have captured Jinan. The main force of the Eighth Route Army in Suxian County was how to defend Lingbi City.
What!
Kazuo Wada calmed down at this time. He knelt down and kowtowed in the direction of the Japanese archipelago. He muttered to himself, not knowing what he said. Then he stood up and ordered the defenders at the East Gate, West Gate, and South Gate to move quickly.
To reinforce the North Gate, he wanted to fight to the death with the Eighth Route Army.
The Japanese Lingbi garrison does not have heavy artillery, and grenade launchers are assigned to each squadron. The heavy firepower that Wada Kazuo can use is the grenade launcher and heavy machine gun of the squadron that returned to the county seat. Such weapons must be deployed on the city walls.
, as soon as the Eighth Route Army started shelling, they were the first choice to be hit. They were bombed from the beginning, and it looked like there was no hope.
What Wada Kazuo regretted most was that he did not have time to blow up the bridge on the moat, allowing the Eighth Route Army to easily cross the moat.
This time, Wada Kazuo was once again eye-opened. The Eighth Route Army's infantry-artillery-tank coordination level was so high. The artillery was extending its bombardment, the tanks were covering the infantry, and the infantry protected the tanks as they headed towards the north gate. The most terrifying thing was the attack of the Eighth Route Army infantry.
The formation was very loose, giving the Japanese and puppet troops no chance to use their firepower and cause large-scale casualties.
When the tanks and infantry of the Eighth Route Army crossed the moat, Kazuo Wada already knew his fate. However, he did not give up. Waving his sword, he commanded the Japanese and puppet troops to fill the gap in the city wall in an attempt to block the north gate and block the Eighth Route Army's first attack.
beat back.
Although he knew that Lingbi City would be destroyed and he would die, Wada Kazuo wanted to have a samurai spirit in his death. However, it was difficult for him to realize this wish.
After the Eighth Route Army crossed the moat, the infantry became artillery observers, constantly reporting artillery bombardment parameters and guiding artillery fire to strike accurately. As a result, the Japanese and puppet troops concentrated at the North Gate by Kazuo Wada were miserable and could only be used as cannon fodder.
Fortunately for the Japanese army, the little devils who narrowly escaped death under the artillery fire relied on the incomplete city wall to keep shooting and dropping bombs, and their performance was remarkable. The same cannot be said for the puppet soldiers of the pseudo-security garrison.
Therefore, the purpose of becoming a puppet army is not to fight a decisive battle with the Eighth Route Army. It is to make a living in the war years, make some money, and bully the people along the way. Seeing that the Eighth Route Army is about to attack, their lives are at stake. These puppet soldiers
Wherever they could remain calm, some people began to look for opportunities to flee. At the beginning, the puppet soldiers who were crawling on the ground pretending to be dead dogs and those who wanted to be deserters were still cautious because they were afraid of being discovered by the Japanese army.
, the little devils will never be merciless in dealing with them. However, the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire has been non-stop, and seeing the rumble of tanks approaching the north gate, these puppet troops no longer care about the little devils' bayonets and machine guns, and began to fight in twos and threes.
Escaped.
As soon as Wada Kazuo discovered that the puppet soldiers were escaping, he was so angry that he spoke to each other, kept cursing Baga, and ordered machine guns to shoot the deserters. However, the number of the Japs was small and the puppet soldiers were large, so they couldn't take care of them at all.
As long as the puppet soldiers escaped down the city wall and crossed the running road on the inside of the city wall, they would be safe. In this way, the surviving puppet soldiers became an example for other puppet soldiers. The Japanese and puppet soldiers' defense lines, which had been destroyed by the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire, became increasingly
is out of shape.
The Eighth Route Army entered the north gate.
After entering the north gate, Li Shanzhu, commander of the 1st Teaching Battalion, immediately commanded the troops to attack the remaining enemies on the walls on both sides in squad and platoon units.
The tactical training of the First Teaching Battalion is a model for all combat units of the teaching division, not to mention the equipment. When this attack is launched, the remaining Japanese and puppet troops cannot support it. What they use are all made in Sanba Dagai or Hanyang.
Where is the opponent of the teaching battalion armed with August 1 automatic rifles, August 1 machine guns, and rocket launchers?
This battle itself is like killing a chicken with a sledgehammer. The powerful Jiaoyi regiment faced more than one Japanese guard squadron, plus hundreds of pseudo-guards. It is simply a man who has practiced martial arts to fight a disabled person, let alone the Jiaoyi regiment.
Also strengthened field artillery and tanks?
In the end, Wada Kazuo could no longer hold on, and no longer talked about the spirit of bushido and dying with dignity, he fled towards the south gate with the remaining defeated soldiers. Because the east gate and west gate had been taken away due to their strength, the Eighth Route Army taught the third battalion to pretend to attack.
The first supplementary battalion of Hejiao Regiment also broke through the door and entered Lingbi City. Kazuo Wada had no way to escape and could only escape towards the south gate. Of course, he did not forget to put Zhang Zibo's belongings into the pocket of his motorcycle.
If Wada Kazuo was allowed to escape from the city like this, then the First Battalion would not be the First Battalion. As a result, Wada Kazuo was beaten to death at the south city gate, with a bullet hitting the back of his head, and his white brains burned the motorcycle.
How disgusting the car is.
Later, when the commander of the second battalion was taught, the instructor did not want Wang Dahu, saying that they had made a mistake and had not seen a single Japanese hair. They had to be the main attacker in the next battle, otherwise they would not be able to explain to the soldiers.
The sound of gunfire stopped, but the air in Lingbi City was still filled with the smell of gunpowder smoke and blood. The desperate puppet soldiers also stopped escaping after the Eighth Route Army entered the city, raised their guns and surrendered, waiting to be dealt with.
Wang Dahu sent a telegram to Gaoyuan and Cheng Cuilin reporting the victory of the capture of Lingbi, and then sent a telegram to the company staying in Youji, asking them to immediately tell Dai Shangyi and lead the county committee and county brigade to Lingbi County to accept the prisoners.
The puppet army expanded the county brigade.
On the plateau, Cheng Cuilin called back and instructed Wang Dahu and Wang Xinyun to leave a supplementary battalion to guard Lingbi and help the Lingbi County Committee form the county armed forces. After the main force rested, prepare to move towards Wuhe and assist the Third Regiment to capture Wuhe.
By the time Wang Dahu and Wang Xinyun entered Lingbi County, the streets in the county were already bustling with activity, and every household came onto the streets to welcome the Eighth Route Army into the city.
Wang Dahu was worried about the Japanese retaliatory bombing, so he ordered the soldiers to persuade the fellow villagers to disperse and go to the streets to congratulate them at night.
At Kazuo Wada's garrison headquarters, Wang Dahu saw the bodies of Zhang Zibo and his wife, and then looked at the property seized from Kazuo Wada's motorcycle pocket. Wang Dahu said disdainfully: "This traitor really proves the old saying.
Man dies for money, and bird dies for food. This guy became a traitor just to make money, and finally died in the hands of the Japanese, which is considered retribution!"
Wang Xinyun was busy organizing his troops to write slogans and put up slogans. After hearing this, he replied: "As long as he is a traitor, no matter whether he is a high official or a small official, no matter how nice he says, in his heart he is just for money, sex and power. Without these three words
, there would be no Wang Jingwei defecting to the enemy. You see, what he talks about is nice, such as peace and saving the country, and ***. In fact, they are all lies. They are just trying to satisfy the emperor's addiction. Otherwise,
Thinking about this, why did Wang Jingwei become a traitor? Not only traitors, but also those who were not determined in our army. The reason why they left the army and escaped was because they felt that the discipline of the Eighth Route Army was too strict and life was poor."
As soon as Wang Dahu heard this, he knew that Wang Xinyun was referring to something. Far away, there was the incident of Zhou Kun, the chief of staff of the 115th Division, leaving the team. This happened last year, and the headquarters issued a special notice for this, saying that Zhou Kun was carrying 30,000 yuan.
Military spending is going away, and all troops must strengthen education to put an end to this phenomenon. Recently, Yang Kezhi, the commander of the seventh regiment of the fourth detachment of the New Fourth Army, and Cao Yufu, the deputy commander, defected. The root of the problem is money.
Wang Dahu curled his lips: "A bunch of short-sighted guys!"
Wang Xinyun also laughed: "They are indeed a bunch of short-sighted guys. When we win in the future and put Wang Jingwei and his like on trial, I think he will regret it to his core!"
Wang Dahu added: "There are also those who are not firm-willed and have left the revolutionary ranks. They will also regret it."
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